Should I be Thankful for….?


Chapter 1


Willow and Buffy were on their way to the store when Buffy and Willow ran into Riley.


“I’ll just leave you two and go and get some coffee, you know where to meet me, when you’re done talking. Buffy.” Willow told her as she started to walk off in the direction of the coffee shop.


“Kay Will, see you in a couple minutes.” Buffy replied before she turned her attention back to Riley.


“So we’re having this Thanksgiving dinner tonight at a friend’s house, because my Mom had to go out of town. Would you like to come?” Buffy asked the Man who had made it clear that he was interested in her.


“Well I was going to be going back to Iowa, but something happened and I have to stay and work at my part time job instead, so if you don’t mind one extra sure I will be there.” Riley told her.


“It’s not a problem, the more the merrier they always say.” Buffy told him as she took out a piece of paper out and wrote down Giles address on it before handing it to him. “Could you come for 6pm, I’m running behind so we won’t be eating before then.” Buffy informed him as she turned and walked away.


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Once she met back up with Willow in the coffee shop, she bought a cup of coffee and, sat down in the booth Willow was sitting in.


“So you talk about anything interesting,” Willow asked before adding, “I noticed there was a lack of kiss age.”


Blushing, “Well we are taking it slow, but I did invite him over to Giles for dinner tonight.” Buffy informed her.


“Then I guess we better get to the store, and get back to Giles’s to finish making dinner.” Willow suggested to her, as she got up and threw her coffee away.


Buffy stood up as well, and they left the coffee shop, talking quietly.


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As they enter the food store, to buy what they need, Buffy dropped her empty coffee cup in the garbage can, beside the entrance.


30 minutes later, they had exited the store with everything that they had purchased, and were entering Giles flat again.


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2 hours later there was a knock at the door, so Buffy went to answer it, seeing that Spike was standing there, blanket wrapped around him and smoking, “What do you want, Spike?”


“Help me? He asked, just before he was pushed back away from the door, by a slightly angered Slayer. “What part of help me do you not under stand?” He said as he stood up and made his way back to the door.


“The part where I help you,” Buffy told him as she took a stake from Giles.


“Come on, I'm parboiling out here.” Spike told her before pleading with her. “Come on invite me in.”


Standing behind his Slayer, Giles stated, “NO, it’s fairly unlikely.”


Pleading again, he says as he asked Willow, “Oh, damn it! Look, I'm safe. I can't bite anyone. Willow, tell' em what I did?”


“You said you were going to kill me, then Buffy.” Willow answered honestly.


“Right, bad, let’s skip to the part where, I couldn’t bite you?” Spike suggested to her.


Both Slayer and Watcher looked over to where Willow stood in the living room, as they waited for her to answer. “It is true; he had a little trouble performing.”


With a shrug Spike said when they looked back at him, “Yeah, well, looks like they did me in for good.”


Confused Buffy asked, “What are you talking about Spike?”


“I'm saying that Spike had a little trip to the vet and now he doesn't chase the other puppies anymore. I can't bite anything. I can't even hit people.” Spike told her.


In a mocking tone, Buffy said, “So you haven’t murdered anyone lately, let’s be best pals.”


As he pleaded this time, he turned his eyes to the Watcher knowing he was all for the information. “I've got information. About the soldier boys you were fighting. Got the inside scoop. Come on, what have you got to be afraid of?”


“Come in, Spike.” Giles said when Spike said he had information.


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Moving aside to let Spike into the Watcher’s house, Buffy said “Giles are you crazy Spike is a soulless evil, Vampire.” Thinking to herself she said, ‘who gets you hot, every time you fight.’ Then she told him, “He could eat you in your sleep, and no one would be here to help you.” Again she thought, ‘he could eat me anytime he wants, no I like Riley, want to get to know Riley, stop thinking about the evil, soulless, yummy, Vampire.’


Being brought out of her thoughts by Giles, question. “I know what I am getting into, would you please go get me the rope Buffy, and if you are so worried about me you could always take the spare room and help keep an eye on Spike.”


“I just might,” She told him as she walked to his weapons chest to get the rope.


“Are you sure you’re feeling alright, Slayer?” Spike asked when she walked by him to get to the weapons chest. He had smelt her arousal and wasn’t sure if he wanted it directed at him or the Watcher.


“Fine, Spike, I never knew you cared so much.” She told him as she walked back over to him and handed the rope to Giles.


“Maybe you should be the one to tie him after all you are the strongest here.” Giles tells her, while giving her back the ropes.


Seeing the Slayers eyes light up, he said, “I didn’t know you were the kind that went for bondage Slayer.”


“You’re a pig Spike,” She snapped at him as she tied the ropes around his chest.


“You love, me still the same.” He informed her after she had finished tying him up.


“If you need me Giles, I have more of a dinner to get ready for, oh and I also invited Riley, because he was unable to go home.” She told him as she made her way back to the kitchen and Willow.


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1.5 hours later, there was another knock at the door, as Giles got up to answer it; he heard a slight growl from Spike.


“Do be quiet, Spike.” He said before he answered the door, and then said to Angel, “Angel, I didn’t expect you this soon. Please do come in.”


Angel entered the flat and noticed Spike right a way. “What is he doing here?”


“Says he has information for us, so I figured it would wait, until after everyone has left for the night.” Giles informed him.


Looking at Spike as he sat down, he stated “He’s not well.”


“No you poof, that is what almost a week of not eating does to you.” Spike told him with a growl.


“Then eat, oh yeah you do that and either, Buffy or I will have to stake you.” Angel simply stated.


Before Spike could say or do anything, Giles sat down in his chair and said. “It would seem that some kind of Government agency got a hold of Spike and made it so he could not harm any living thing.”


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Just then Xander and Anya came through the door, Xander started to laugh at what Giles had said, “Oh that is to good, do you think we could have some of them, put them in anyone we need to.


“Xander please do not joke about a thing like that.” Giles chastised Xander.


Sitting down in a chair with Anya, he asked “No really why is Dead boy Jr. here?”


“For the very reason you are laughing about.” Giles told him.


“Oh this is good, do we have any proof?”


“As a matter of fact we do.” Giles stated.


“You have proof that he can’t bite anyone, what, how and who?” Was all Xander could think to ask.


“Willow, it would seem.” Giles told him.


The room feel into silence after that.


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At 5 minutes to 6 pm there was a knock at the door, Buffy got up to answer it saying, “That must be Riley.”


Opening the door, she said “Hello Riley, why don’t you come in and have a seat, then I will introduce you to everyone.”


Riley came in and grabbed a seat on the couch next to Angel he noticed the tied up man but never said anything.


“I know you know Willow, this is Xander another friend of ours and his girlfriend Anya. The older man over there is the Giles he owns this place and well I kind of work for him. The brown haired man in Angel he is a friend of ours and a family member to Spike he is the one tied, he is into bondage, and this is Riley Finn everyone.” She told him coming up with a way to explain why Spike was tied up.


“Hello Willow, Xander and Anya, nice to meet you, thank you for having me Mr. Giles. I don’t think I have met you before, do you go to UC Sunnydale,” Riley asked Angel, before addressing Spike, “I have seen you before, but I thought you name had a 17 or something like that at the end.”


Unable to help himself at the mention of 17 he let out a growl.


“Spike,” Buffy said as she went over there turned her back to him and showed the stake in her waist band.


Grabbing the Slayer he pulled her to his lap then growled again.


Seeing what Spike had just done, Angel then growled at Spike.


Seeing what was going on, Riley said “Buffy can we talk?”


“Sure what do you want to talk about?” She asked as she started to rub Spikes hand and arm where he was holding her.


“I was kind of hoping alone.” He said really wanting to get her away from Spike, if he didn’t know any better he would say that was hostile 17.

“Believe me Riley what ever you have to say about Spike or Angel can be done in front of everyone, we have known them both for years.” She told him, never making a move to get off Spike’s lap.


Before, Riley could say anything, the ever tactful Xander chimed in. “Yeah Buffy, why are you sitting on Dead boy Jr. lap?”


“It seems to be calming him for some reason; we are a bit short on seats, so decided I stayed here. It is not big deal.” Buffy told him.


“Buffy don’t take this the wrong what, and I can explain to you, but I think you are sitting on a Vampire.” Riley told her.


Starting to laugh, “A” but she could not get it out, without laughing harder. “A Vampire.” Instantly calming, she said to Riley, “I have knowing Spike for years; I know exactly what he is.”


“So if you know he is a Vampire, then why are you protecting him and not handing him over to the Government so we can finish what we started.


“You want me to hand over someone you had no right to do work on back over to you,” She said angrily to Riley.


“Slayer, calm down.” Spike said not knowing why he was doing this, but to see her protecting him, he didn’t know if he wanted to see a brassed off Slayer while being tied up.


“If anyone has to get rid of the Vampires and demons, it would be me.” She coldly informed him not even listening to what Spike had said.


“And what could you do, to stop them, you are just a girl.” Riley told her.


Everyone but, Spike and Angel gasped at Riley’s comment, seeing that Buffy had brought back her fist prepared to strike Riley.

Angel had her in an instant, moved her a way from Riley and pushed her back down to Spike, once he made sure Spike had a hold of her, he said to Giles, “Untie him so he can deal with her better.”


As Giles started untying Spike, Buffy said, “I have never killed a human yet, but if you come near Spike again, I will kill you.”


Again gasps were heard through the room, before Spike said, “Can’t let you do that, Slayer.”


“Let’s make it clear again, come near my childe or Buffy again and I will kill you.” Angel told Riley, as his fangs started to descend so Riley could see he was serious.


“You’re a Vampire, too.” Riley stated, trying to hide his shock.


“Yep, one of the most feared Vampires’s in the world.” Angel told him through his fangs.


“Looking over to Xander and Anya he asked, “Are you going to suddenly sprout fangs too.”


“No, but I am an ex-vengeance demon.” Anya told him proudly.


“An, Riley seems to be one of the Commando’s we have been working on trying to find information out about then.” Xander told him.


“Yeah, well what is he going to do to me, I am human now?” Anya asked.


“All of you are crazy, I should have taken you that night in the dorm, but figured Willow would be smart enough not to fall for a Vampire.” Riley said as he pulled out his phone.


“I wouldn’t do that if I were you.” Angel informed him.


Not listening to Angel, he started to dial a number on the phone, as it got answered; Willow whispered a word and the line went dead.


Seeing Riley phone had been knocked out, she said, “opps did I do that?”


“Yeah Red, thanks.” Spike said as he fought to hold the Slayer a little longer.


Breaking his hold on her, Buffy got up and went to the door, “I think it is time for you to leave, Spike will be staying here with me, he is under my protection as of right now, send anyone near him and they will die.”


“He is under my protection to, I will be watching you and if you so much as breathe the wrong way, I will make your death a slow and painfully one.” Angel informed him as he followed Riley out the door to make sure he had left.


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Coming back into the flat, he said “lets eat; I would imagine he will be back so we need to get you into safe locations. Buffy do you still have the key for the apartment?”


“It’s at Moms.” She told him.


Good we will go get it, before we spilt up. You can either take Spike then go to the apartment or you can go to the Mansion with everyone and I will take Spike to the apartment.” Angel tells her.


Looking at her friends, before answering him, she asked, “What would you suggest?”


“Honestly, I need to have to talk to the both of you before I tell you.” He told her.


“Willow could you and Xander set up the table and we will be down in a minute.” Buffy asked.


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10 minutes later, Buffy, Spike and Angel we coming back down from Giles’s upstairs. “Giles I am going with Spike and Angel will go with you guys.” Buffy told him in a no questions asked voice as she came over and sat at the table.


“I heated up some blood that Giles had bought for Angel, so both Spike and Angel could have some, so unfortunately it isn’t much.” Willow told Spike and Angel as they also came to sit down.


“We don’t have a lot of time so dig in everyone, because we still have to go and get our things, please tell me you still have things at your parents place Willow, because I think the dorm is the last place we should go right now.” Buffy told them.


“I do.” Willow said quietly, as she started to eat.


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Just over an hour later, Angel had left Spike and Buffy in his old apartment, so he could take the rest of the gang over to the Mansion. “I will be back with some blood after I call my crew in LA,” He told them as he closed the door behind him, just to re-open it and give Buffy one last instruction, “Keep it locked we all know how you are with locks and use the peek hole in the door.” Then he was gone.


“So Slayer you going to keep me tied up? I see you brought the ropes,” Spike asked her after Angel had left.


“That would all depend on you Spike, I don’t know what happened at Giles but something happened with us.” She informed him thinking back to how she managed to calm him and her wanting to protect him, after all it was Spike.


“Right then, so what do we do now to pass the time till Granddaddy gets back?” Spike asked as he sat in one of the chairs, “Do you think he kept the cable hooked up?”


“Yep still hooked up,” Buffy said from the kitchen, where she is washing a knife. “But you are not going to be watching it yet, we are going to feed you.”


“Um Slayer, you do know it has been almost 2 years since he has lived here so if there is still blood in the fridge it would be rather chucky by now.” Spike told her thinking she has lost her marbles.


As she walked out of the kitchen she said to him, while holding up and knife and a glass. “No silly, it will be a matter of trust if you can stop yourself when I tell you too, you can drink right from the source if not, and it goes in a cup.”


“If we do this Slayer we do it naturally, you straddling my lap as I drink from the tiny slice you put in your neck.” He told her as she sat down on the bed.


Nodding she pulled off her sweater leaving herself in just her camisole and pants, and then she picked up the knife again and walked over to Spike. Once she was in front of Spike she brought the knife to her neck and gave it a small but deep cut.


As she tossed the knife to the side, Spike pulled her down to his lap. “Promise you I won’t hurt at all.” Then he started to suck at the cut neck. After a few minutes, he noticed she was lost in the pleasure that often came with a bite and sunk in fangs in as well.


As he removed his fangs, from Buffy and started to seal the cut and his fang marks, he heard Angel entering the room. He got up and laid Buffy on the bed, before turning to his Grandsire and picking up the knife.


“I had a feeling she would do something like that, that is why I also brought some orange juice, and iron pills.” Angel told him as he went to the kitchen and put the blood and other stuff in the fridge and the pills on the counter.


Following him in with the knife so he could wash it, Spike said, “What the great Angelus isn’t going to be mad at me for drinking from his girl?”


“I have a feeling if it was anything like when she used her blood to feed me that she would have forced you if she had too.” Angel told him as he made his way back into the living room bedroom area of the small apartment.


“You knew she would do that and you still chose to leave her with me?” He asked in amazement as he followed Angel over to where Buffy was lying on the bed.


“She’s Buffy, if I told her she had to go with her friends when she wanted to be with you, she would have still done what she wanted, She had to beat me in order to get me to feed from her, once she got the demon out, it almost killed her. But what I saw at Giles’s today, your demon doesn’t want to kill her or you would not have calmed when she told you too.” Angel pointed out the facts to Spike.

“Dru said she was all around me, that I am in love with the Slayer,” Spike told him with a snort.


“I would not knock it, if Dru said it; Buffy and you will end up together, and she will love you with her whole heart.”


Raising an eyebrow to Angel before he answered, with a “Yeah right, after what you put her through I would not exactly say that.”


“Okay I will admit Angelus changed her,” Angel told him, before he turned and walked to the door, before he opened it he said, “Just don’t hurt her.”


“As if I could.” Spike said with a small laugh.


Speaking loud enough so Spike could only hear, “She doesn’t know it yet, but she is not entirely human, think, what makes up a Slayer.” Then he left the apartment.


In as slight state of shock, to what Angel just said Spike moved back over to the chair he was sitting in earlier and started to think, about everything said and done, in the last few hours.

Should I be Thankful for…?


Chapter 2


The Monday morning after Thanksgiving, Buffy and Willow sat at a coffee shop not to far away from the UCS campus.


“So did you have a lot of trouble leaving the apartment this morning?” Willow asked her friend.


“No he was asleep, so I left him a note.” Buffy told her best friend.


“I guess that is the benefits about staying with a Vampire and not Giles.” Willow said to Buffy.


“So Giles gave you trouble then?” Buffy asked her friend.


“Yeah, said that we could run into Riley and he might have told who ever is in charge of the group of which he works for.” Willow told her honestly.


“What did you say to that?” Buffy asked her friend feeling so out of the loop since she was staying with Spike.


“That we can’t hide forever.” Willow said.


“Good cause we can’t.” Buffy replied back to Willow.


“Nope, so what has it been like with Spike?” Willow asked her friend knowing what she saw on Thanks giving day.


“Different, he is totally different than what he portrays. He is kind and sensitive to things; I am not sure why Dru gave him up. It is weird to I can totally trust him almost like I know he won’t hurt me.” Buffy honestly told her friend.


Joking some, Willow teased, “Does Buffy have feeling for Spike?”


“Umm, Yeah I think I might.” Buffy told her with an expression on her face, saying please understand don’t make fun of it.


“Its okay Buffy, if you do, you need someone that is strong and I also over heard Giles and Angel after Angel got back from bringing Spike blood the first night.”

“Oh no what did they say?” Buffy asked a little worried that Angel might have told Giles she fed Spike her own blood.


“Giles asked Angel point blank from what he saw that afternoon, are Buffy and Spike going to end up Mated?”


“Mated, what did Angel say?” Buffy asked as she tried not to spit out her coffee at the word mated.


“Angel told him, most likely all the sign are pointing to it and Drusilla also predicted it.” Buffy told her with a look of confusion on her face.


“And they are both okay with it?” Buffy asked a little confused herself.


“Yeah it was strange, almost like saying if Drusilla saw it, it was written in the sands.” Willow told her friend.


“Okay did they not forget that Drusilla is insane?” Buffy wondered to her self but said it out loud.


“She might be insane but according to Giles she is also a Seer, what ever that is.” Willow informed her friend.


“I don’t know, but maybe we should start to head to class.” Buffy suggested to Willow really not wanting to get into now.


“Yeah, Professor Walsh starts in like half and hour.” Willow said looking at the clock behind Buffy on the wall.


As Buffy got up to put on her coat her hair moved off her neck and Willow saw what looked like a fresh bite, so she asked. “Have you been feeding Spike?”


“A couple times” Buffy answered trying to get her friend to understand from the look in her eyes.


“Its okay Buffy, I won’t tell anyone, just be careful.” Willow told her as she got up and put her coat on as well.


“I will Thank you for understanding.” Buffy said as she threw her coffee cup away.


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Back at Angel’s old apartment.

Spike was just coming awake and when he rolled over he noticed that Buffy wasn’t lying beside him, like she had for the past few days. Looking around the apartment he didn’t see her, so he let out his senses to try and find her.


After coming to the conclusion she was not there, he got up and heated himself a pack of blood.


As he returned to the living room area, he noticed a note sitting folded on the table. Picking it up he takes a sip of blood and starts to read the note.

Spike
I have gone to class, I hope you understand that I still need to go to school and get and education. I can’t hide, if we do not go to school today people might notice something is up. After all Riley is a TA in one of my classes. Please don’t worry about me I will have Willow with me.
Love
Buffy


Downing the rest of his blood in one gulp, he quickly walked over to the phone and dialed the number to the mansion.


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Hearing the phone ring Giles quickly answers it, so it did not wake the sleeping Vampire. “Hello, Rupert Giles speaking, how may I help you?”


“Watcher, she is gone.” A very worried British voice came over the phone.


Reacting to the words Spike just said, Giles goes off on Spike. “How could you do something like that, she was only trying to help you and some how you managed to get your third Slayer, and your what looking for help now from me.”


Hearing Giles from the other room, Angel picked up the other phone that happened to be in his bedroom and said into it “Spike what happened?”


“Buffy’s gone” Was all Spike could say to Angel, before he let the worry over take him again.


Not really believing what Giles was implying he asked Spike, “Were you feeding from her, when it happened?”


“No been drinking that blood you brought over.” Spike told him as if he was talking to a child.


“Then how did she die Childe?” Angel asked Spike reminding him just who he was talking too, still aware that Giles had never hung up yet but was staying silent.

Getting really agitated Spike, let it show in his tone as he said, “Buffy is gone, not dead, I woke up to a note saying she was gone and would be back later.”


Realizing that he had misunderstood Spike, Giles said, “I am sorry Spike, when you said she was gone, I thought she had died some how, but the fact is you were talking about her not being in the apartment gone.”


“Does it say where she went Spike?” Angel asked still trying to calm his Grande-childe.


“Says she went to school.” Spike said before continuing “but that soldier boy is from her school.”


“Yes, Willow went as well, I did not want her to go, I am not sure if it is safe until we find out more about the operation that did what they did to you. But they both believed they needed to make everything look normal.” Giles informed Spike.


“You’re the Watcher go and get them.” Spike ordered.


“They should be home in about an hour Spike.” Giles told Spike.


“What am I suppose to do for an hour?” Spike asked.


“You’ve been around a lot longer than me, I am sure you can think of something. Now if you don’t mind I have work to do.” Giles told him as he hung the phone up.


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30 minutes later, Professor Walsh’s classroom.


“You all have you assignment, so I will see you all on Wednesday, you are dismissed.” She said as she turned her back on the class, and started gathering up her things.


After everyone had left the class, Buffy and Willow were still taking there time to put their things away and walking to the door.

As they went to leave, Maggie looked up at Buffy and said. “Ms. Summer, could I talk to you for a minute?”


Buffy looked over at Willow before saying to Maggie, “Yeah sure what did you want to talk about?”


Stalling Maggie said, “I just wanted to see what you thought of the course.”

While standing in front of Professor Walsh, Buffy sensed someone behind her, quickly answering, “I like it, thanks.” She then turned to her attacker, and quickly gave him a round house kick knocking him to the ground. Just as she was about to take Willows hand and leave Buffy got hit in the back knocking her to the ground. Rolling she jumped back up and gave her attacker a right hook to his face.


Willow quickly realized they were set up and tried to do her best in helping her best friend with a protection spell, but before she could do anything she was knocked out, from behind.


After seeing how Buffy is fighting and her attention briefly got switched to Willow, a long range blaster was shot at Buffy and knocked her out. Riley and a few other of the men quickly grabbed Buffy and left the room with her.


As one of the men went to leave, he stopped at Willow and asked, “What about her?”


“He have no reason be believe she is one of them, we will leave her for now.” Maggie told him as she walked out of the room.


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30 minutes later, Willow woke up and looked around, seeing Buffy bag, she picked it up and ran back to the mansion.


As she burst through the mansion door, she yelled out, “Buffy has been taken,” and promptly passed out again.

Should I be Thankful for…?


Chapter 3


As Giles and the others, ran up to Willow, Angel calmly said to them, “I better go and get Spike; if I know him at all he will be out of him mind by now.”


“Yes I do believe it would be best if we are all together, now.” Giles told Angel as he and Xander helped carry her to the couch.


“I won’t be to long. We might want to call my crew too.” Angel suggested as he walked to where there was a covered sewer entrance.


Seeing him jump down into the sewer entrance, Giles said, “Well I can certainly see now why he picked this place when he was Angelus.”


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10 Minutes later he was banging on the apartment door to his old apartment.


“I coming Peaches don’t get your silk knickers in a twist.” Spike called out as he went to open the door.


“Spike” Angel said through the door as it was opened.


“Come in.” Spike said as he moved aside to let Angel into the apartment.


As Angel sat down in the chair, he let Spike see his face for the first time and the worry for Buffy that it contained.


Looking at Angels face, Spike said one word, “Buffy.”


“Yes Willow just got back, it seems somehow Buffy was taken from class today. I don’t know much because she passed out again after she told us Buffy had been taken. We believe it would be best for us all to be together right now and I also called my team to come up from LA.” Angel told him as he rested his head in his hands.


“I knew she shouldn’t have gone,” Spike said as he grabbed his coat and stuffed his and Buffy’s belongings in a bag. Putting on his coat he said to Angel, “Right then lets go.” Then started to walk towards the door.


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The next morning in the under ground caves of the Initiative, Buffy woke up to her body throbbing in pain all over the place.


As she sat up on the bed, a voice was heard over the speaker in her room. “Welcome, Buffy it is good to see you are finally awake.”


Looking around the room, she recognized Maggie Walsh’s voice but could not find her. Buffy then asked in a very pained tone, “What do you want with me?”


“Why research of course, we always believed the Slayer to be a myth, and now we find out that it is true and she is harbouring a known Hostile.” Maggie told her honestly.


“Spike is not yours, he is mine. Mine to do as I please with and mine to kill.” Buffy called out with all the possessiveness in her voice.


Chuckling before answering, Maggie said, “Well that is were you are wrong Ms. Summer, I happen to own you both.”


“And just what do you want with me, the Council will not take lightly to having their Slayer kidnapped. What will the College; say when, my Watcher informs them of the corrupt organization going around under their school ground.”


“You think you and some group of children can beat me?” Maggie questioned before she laughed at Buffy.


“I know we can, you are forgetting who you are talking to or you just don’t know who you are talking too.” Buffy informed her while in her head she was saying ’don’t taunt the evil women.’


“You can’t threaten me, just so you know my men are coming for you, don’t try anything funny.” Maggie informed her.


“As if I, would ever take orders from you!” Buffy retorted back over the speaker.


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Back at Angel’s Mansion, the same morning as Buffy woke at the Initiative.


After hearing a knock at the door, Giles got up and answered it. “Come in Angel and Spike are resting right now.” Then he moved a side to let the AI crew in.


“Spike” Cordelia squeaked out.

“Yes but he is not the same Vampire he was a month ago. I think it might be best to allow Angel to explain everything to you.” Giles informed them as he followed them into the living room. As he went to sit on one of the chairs he said to Doyle, “I am sorry I do not believe we have met before. My name is Rupert Giles I am Buffy’s Watcher.”


“Francis Doyle, but you can call me Doyle; I work for the powers that be.” He told Giles just as Angel walked in the room.


“Willow and Anya have gone in to sit with Spike, he is doing a little better, but we better get her soon.” Angel told Giles before he noticed Cordelia and Doyle. “Hey Guys I guess you are wondering why you are here.”


“It has crossed my mind, why you came to Sunnydale then never returned, did you call to say that we are going to be working from Sunnydale because you got back together with Buffy.” Cordelia ragged on Angel.


“It is nothing like that, Buffy and Spike are in danger, currently a government group has Buffy and they had Spike but he managed to escape, but not before they put a chip in his brain causing him harm if he hurts a living thing.” Angel explained to this staff as Xander walked into the room.


“Wow that must be hard because, that would also mean not hurting plants, trees or anything else that we might walk upon daily.” Xander said as he sat down beside Giles.


“Well let’s hope it is not that bad, or he might essentially be stuck in doors.” Giles explained to the group, also thinking about how bad Spike would take it if he could never go outside.


“I see your pain big guy.” Xander said to Giles.


“Please don’t call me that, that is actually worst then what you normally call me.”


“So can we get to planning how we are going to get Buffy out of that place so we can head back to LA?” Cordelia asked.


“I believe we need to know more about the place and that will just have to wait till Spike wakes up again.”


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A couple minutes later, Anya came out of the bedroom and said, “Spike is awake and he is asking for blood, should I get it for him, or tell him no?”


“I’ll get him the blood, because we will need him soon to help with the rescue planning.” Angel said as he got up from his seat on a couch and noticed that Doyle was in a trance like state.

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5 Minutes after he answered the call from the Powers that be, he turned to the group assembled in the living room of the mansion and said, “The Powers that be, have a protection spell that they have put on Buffy, so no one can harm her.” Then he decided to tell them the last part. “It has been in place for a few years now, once she killed the Master she also became something else to them and they are protecting her until she can fully take on that roll.”

Chapter 4


At the same time Doyle was getting the message from the Powers that be, Buffy was being given farther orders in her holding cell down in the Initiative.


Just before her cell door opened, she saw Riley, Forrest and Graham all at the glass before she received a message from Riley as he spoke into the intercom. “Move to the far back corner so we can enter and no one will get hurt.”


As the entered they held up guns so she moved back out of worry were they real bullets or just tranqulier darts like they had for OZ.


Once inside the cell, Forrest locked the cell again and they all went to Buffy, “we need to transport you to another room, do you come peacefully or will we be taking you by force.” Riley said to her.


“As if you can take me!” Buffy laughed as she started to advance on them, until one raised their gun and was getting ready to shoot her, then she said “I will come peacefully if you put the gun down.”


Gesturing to Graham who held the gun up to Buffy, Riley said “At ease Soldier.” Riley and Forrest then went up and attached cuffs to her wrists and a chain to her waist.


They then turned and unlocked the cell door and led Buffy out of her cell, all the while Buffy was thinking IS this what Spike had to go though and shouldn’t I be like breaking the cuffs or something. Right where am I going to go, they have taken my clothes and shoe, and left me just in a hospital gown.


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Once they reach the testing room that they plan on using for Buffy, they meet with Maggie Walsh, “Very good boy, the doctors will take it from here, if you could just hand me the key for the cuff and then you can go.”


Riley held the key out to Maggie and waited for her to take it. Once she took the key from him she motions inside the room to Buffy.


Buffy walked into the room with Maggie following her, to see at least 3 other doctors there.


“Would you please get up on the bed, Miss Summer, we are just going to do some testing on you, just to see if we can figure out how you get your Slayer powers, if you cooperate you might even get to go home to night.” One of the male doctors told her.

“Like you would ever let me go, most likely put a chip in my head like you do to the vampires, once you find out what a Slayer is.” Buffy spat at him, in disgust of what they do.


“We have not intentions to chip you, Miss Summers.” Maggie said to Buffy as she motioned for the doctors to strap down the now laying down Buffy.


Once they had Buffy strapped down, they then removed her gown and started giving her shallow cuts. Just as they started doing the second cut and invisible form came down and stood beside Buffy.


“What do you want? Mr. Fedora himself.” Buffy asked the form of Whistler.


Bending down into her he said to her “no one but you can see or hear me I have also made it so they can not hear you talking to me.”


Buffy just glared at him.


“I have been sent down here to tell not to worry child. The Powers that be have protected you, nothing they do to you in here will allow them to harm you in any way, you belong to the Powers that be as the chosen Guardian of the Slayers, you and your Mate, the Slayer of Slayers will guard when it is time for you to take your place, you will learn more about that in the years to come it is not for a few years away. Anyways you are not going to be harmed you are protected and will not feel at time of there doing what they have done to you, I am putting you to sleep soon, on your waking you will feel everything they have done for no more then 5 minutes but you will keep the memories for what has been done, you will need these memories of yours and your mates so you can get your revenge. They need to be shut down Slayer.” Whistler told her as he brought up his hand and placed it on her forehead, before he said, “Sleep now child to wake up when the time is right.” Then he drew the hand down over her face putting her to sleep, till it was time for her to awake.


He stood there for a few minutes longer before he vanished the same way he came in.


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30 minutes and still not able to get any cuts to stay open longer then a few minutes, Maggie was frustrated beyond belief. So she asked, “Do you manage to at least get any eggs harvested from her when she was out the first time?”


“Yes we did and have already started putting them with the demon sperm you asked us too.” The female doctor spoke up for the first time.


“And tell me we do have some of Hostile Seventeen’s sperm count as well, from when he was here?” Maggie asked.


“Yes we have already set it up with the rest to see if we can get any to take; all we need now is the three Soldiers you asked to try it with too.” She replied to Maggie.


“Good, so shall we move onto the heart test, after all she has to get her power from somewhere? We need to see if it is like a Vampires heart.” Maggie informed him.


“Well lets hope we get better results with it, then we are getting with this healing time test, it is as if something is protecting her.” The second male doctor suggested as he picked up a large needle and proceeded to fill it with the liquid they injected into the Vampires.


Once the needle was full, he injected it right into Buffy’s heart, they all sat back waiting for a reaction. Once 20 minutes have passed he declared nothing had happen. “All clear, not anything there.”


“I guess you can either bring in the next part of your testing or send her back to her room, as he pointed out, she seems to be protected by something.” The female doctor told them.


“Lets put her back in her room and we can try again another time, I will get the Soldiers to meet with you so you can get what you need from them.” Maggie informed them as she walked out of the room.


The 3 doctors looked at each other and let out a sigh as they started to transfer Buffy to a transfer bed to bring back to her cell.


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After leaving Buffy’s side, Whistler went to the mansion that held her future mate and the other representative from the powers.


Showing up into the living room where everyone was seated after Doyle told them that the powers had a protection on Buffy, he said “It is done; I have put her to sleep till it is time for her to awake.” Then he went over and sat on the couch beside Spike.


Spike started to growl at the scent of Buffy being on Whistler, and he said “Hush now, your mate is not in any danger this way, and she will only hurt for no more then 5 minutes upon her waking. But she will hold the memories of what happened to allow her to extract revenge on them for what they did to her as well as her mate.” He then reached up and touched Spike’s head in the spot the chip was located.


At Spike’s surprised look, he said in a voice only the vampires and power could hear, You have just been given the power to help your mate, she will need it, and will need you whole, the chip has been removed though you do not have a soul you do know right from wrong, and will continue on the path that has been chosen for you with Buffy at her side. You have also been given your memories from when you were held in there so you can help with the rescue from afar; you are too valuable to lose in this fight.” With that said, he vanished from the spot on the couch.


Anya was the first to speak, “Ok who was that and what is wrong with the door?”

“Whistler, he works for the Powers that be, I do believe he might have just disabled Spike’s chip or removed it.” Giles told her.


“Yeah he did Watcher, gave me something else too, not a soul but just as good, in my books.” Spike told him as he opened his hand to the chip that somehow got in it.