Angel and Buffy awoke and looked at each other over the sleeping blond in between them. Both had a shocked look on their face. Something was not quite right. Angel heard two heartbeats in the room. He used his senses to ascertain where it was coming from. Seconds later they both looked back at the sleeping vampire again. Buffy put her ear to Spikes chest and Angel did the same to his back. Their eyes met again. Spike's heart was beating.
Spike awoke feeling strange. He lay there thinking over all that had happened in the past month. He had been made corporeal again. Flew halfway around the world, found Buffy. Who was in love with him. He still could not believe that she actually loved him. Then Drusilla had called upon the blood bond and asked him to kill her. The blood bond was sacred. It was stronger than anything humanly imaginable. He could not resist the request. Buffy and Angel had comforted him. Buffy had participated in the ritual to claim him as her mate. She had even participated in the ritual with Angel giving him to her. He and Angel had made up after the death of Dru. Spike lay there for another moment then he noticed that he was alone.
Fear shot through him then he saw a note on the night stand. The note said Buffy was called to an emergency meeting and Angel had gone for food for him and Spike. Spike relaxed a little after reading the note and decided to get a shower. He took a nice hot shower even though he could not really feel the temperature he still liked to make the bathroom all steamy. As he was toweling himself off he tensed when he saw someone in the foggy mirror.
He looked around not finding anyone. He wiped off the mirror and stared at a man with intense blue eyes and bleached blonde hair. He turned his head slightly and so did the man in the mirror. Spike splashed water on his face and rubbed his eyes before looking at the mirror again. He realized it was his refection.
Spike shook his head a few times and wondered if he was dreaming, he wondered if he would wake up in his room in LA and find this all a dream and nightmare. Realizing he was not dreaming he began to really look at himself while his brain continued to wonder what spell did this, who cast it, and was this a bad thing?
He noticed he needed to do his roots and that his hair was getting long enough it started to curl at the ends. He saw those cheekbones the girls always fancied. He thought for a moment and then slipped into game face and examined his demon. Then he heard it. A steady heart beat really close. He was not sure where it was coming from. He listened for a moment and exclaimed "Bloody 'ell I got a 'eart beat" his accent very pronounced as he spoke to the demon in the mirror.
He finally dressed, his human mask slid effortlessly into place and walked out of the bathroom as Angel entered the hotel room.
Angel looked at the expression on his childe's face and smiled. The only other times he had saw that look was the first time William had opened his vampiric eyes and took in the world anew and last night when Buffy claimed him as her mate.
Spike looked at Angel with a goofy grin and said "I got a 'eart beat and a reflection." Angel forced himself not to laugh and simple said "Destiny and prophecies."
Spike still did not understand so Angel tried to explain, "You drank the last drop and last night was a blood moon. You are destine to fulfill the prophecy. " Angel laughed as he put his arm around Spike, "The fun is just starting, my boy, and who knows what will happen to ya next. " Angel was still laughing at the stunned vampire when Buffy walked in.
She grabbed Spike away from Angel and placed a bruising kiss on his lips before she let him go. Spike grinned at her and said "I 'ave a reflection." With this Buffy smiled and Angel broke into another fit of laughter.
Giles stared at the papers in front of him and his face showed his tiredness and frustration. The rest of the research group's faces echoed his expression. Spike, Buffy and Angel all showed up at the research room after Giles called. The found out there was both good news and bad news.
The one time Watcher decided there were parts of their research that the three did not need to know and the research group had all sworn to not say a word only to watch. Giles feared that if they knew too much it would change the out come or things would happen out of time.
Buffy had told Giles about Spike's new condition earlier that day. "Watcher, what's happening to me? I am changing but into what mate?" Spike asked as they entered the room. Buffy worried, what if he turned human? Would he loose his strength and everything that made him more her equal? If not what else might change? Would the bond they now shared be all for not? Would he leave her like every other man in her life? Would she hurt him? "Stop worrying luv" Spike whispered so only she could hear.
"From what we found it seems you are becoming the first male Slayer. We will have to keep an eye out for more changes, but that is what we know right now. The prophecy said, "With sires death again draw breath. An act of love draws sires blood. A change will follow soon when blood is on the moon." You told me that it was Drusilla's blood that turned you so I think that is the Sires death and the act of love that drew sires blood. Last night was the blood moon and so it explains a bit about the changes."
Spike was unsure, "Watcher I did not draw Sires blood. I drained Dru dry because she called on the blood bond that bound me to her." Angel then spoke, "Spike, last night you drew my blood as we renewed the blood bond between us. You did that out of love for Buffy."
"No he did that out of love for you, Angel. What we did together was out of love for me,” Buffy added as she blushed and looked down at the floor, She had not talked to Giles about what they had done and he knew she was holding something back.
Giles was confused but knew it was a vampire thing and left it alone, "I want you to move into rooms here at the school for a while. It will make it easier to contact you, cheaper and I will assure you your privacy." Giles insisted. "Angel how long are you staying?" Spike asked. "I have things I must attend to. I will be here a day or two more then I must tend to my life in LA." Angel answered.
"I must have missed something. I know my site is not what it once was to be but dead boy and dead boy junior there just got along? Like friends or something?" Xander said. "Xander" several people in the room said as they rolled their eyes. "They made up" Buffy said as she smiled a secret smile at the to greatest loves in her life.
Angel and Spike laughed as Spike said "Prodigal son returns to dear old Granddad!" "Last descendants of The Order of Aurelius are family once more." Angel laughed. Everyone but Buffy looked a bit puzzled.
A few researchers slipped out unnoticed and began to look up The Order of Aurelius. A new group had been assigned to collect all the information on the bloodline they began immediately.
Spike, Buffy and Angel all moved into the school. They had their own suite complete with a small kitchen and refrigerator that someone had stocked with blood for the two men.
Angel stayed a few days as he said he would then returned to LA to deal with events set into place there. Both Spike and Buffy knew something big was about to happen. A lot of little changes occurred over the next several months.
Buffy felt different. She could not put her finger on what was going on with her. She had been so focused on Spike and helping him adjust to his changes she did not even notice the strangeness going on in herself and was unsure of when it started.
She did not say anything to anyone but just started to note in her journal anything odd about herself. She finally decided it was stress over everything that had been going on. She still jotted down a note if anything unusual happened but said nothing.
“You want me to what?” Spike asked Giles. *Was this git actually suggesting he get a job? * “I would like you to train the new Slayers in fighting techniques and help me translate some old text only you can read. Really Spike I know you are a lot smarter than you let on and that you had an extensive education before you were turned. I mean thirty years old in the 19th century ...You must have been a scholar or had a benefactor or something. You mannerisms do not say street urchin to me no matter how bad you behave. I suppose most of that is due to your mother’s up bringing and the fact that she at least had been born to money before the unfortunate events that happened to her after you conception.” Giles responded. "Careful how you speak of her Rupert" Spike warned.
Willow piped up with how if he was making money he could take care of Buffy and himself legally. That would make Buffy happy, Spike would have his own money to do what he wanted with, and He and Buffy could get their own place. That was the button Giles had forgotten about William would have killed for the opportunity to learn and make lots of money to support and impress his ladylove.
Spike was worried what a job would do to his reputation. In the end 19th century William reminded him of the since of pride in his own hard earned belongings and care of his family. Spike still held the sodden door open for her when he could so yeah, he would work to give her what ever her heart desired.
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Disclaimers: I obviously do not own or claim to own any of the people, places or events written for BTVS or Angel. I do own all original people, places, and events in my stories. If I borrow from another writer I claim no ownership they own what I borrow and will have credit for it. I think that covers it.