Jan 10, 2005 01:35
Here I was.. Wolfram and Hart. Who in their right mind would have ever dreamt that I'd end up here. Not me, that's for sure. So here I was sitting alone in a.. my rather large office. I had hoped that I wouldn't actually be sitting in my office alone, but I guess that's the way things worked out. Everything started out fine at first. We all decided.. well, I decided that we would accept Wolfram and Hart's offer and come to work here. After all, we could beat the beast from within.., right?
I looked at the picture on my desk of Wesley, Cordelia, and me from so long ago. Picking up the picture, I could help but miss those days where we were cooped up in that small office working off of whatever vision the Powers decided to send Cordy. So many things had changed since those days. First, I was now working for the very people that I fought against for so many years.
Second, there was Connor. He had been so torn up in those last few weeks. I could even bare to think about what he would have done to Cordy if I hadn't taken this job and gotten this place to change his memories. When I went to see him right after I accepted their offer I never had so much pride and regret as a Father at one time in my life.
Then, there was Cordy. She had been with me since the very beginning and now.. now she had left to start her own agency. When she told me that she wasn't going to stay here and she was leaving I can't describe how I felt. There was first the feeling of relief because I knew now that the people here couldn't harm her. But also, there was a feeling of.. I don't know exactly what the feeling was. I had no idea if she'd ever speak to me again or if one day down the road that we'd cross paths and we were at odds over something having to do with a case.
With a sigh, I placed the picture back on my desk and turned my gaze from it. I needed to get my mind off things. I picked up my phone and buzzed Harmony.. who was now my new secretary and asked her to get all of "my" people here for our first official meeting. I don't even know if I was sure who all would be included in this meeting. After Harmony told me she'd get them down here I put the phone back down and sat back in my chair.
Was I really doing the right thing by being here?
[Open to Fred, Gunn, and anyone else who's staying on at Wolfram and Hart]