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"Dawnie, your sister took something of mine. I know you know where it is.”
Dawn stared at the woman pacing in front of her. “It doesn’t belong here. By not telling
me where it is, is just keeping from its rightful place.” Dawn continued to sit silently in
her chair, watching Glory pace. The woman stopped in front of Dawn and leaned in
close.

“You have two choices, Dawnie.” Glory said in a sickeningly sweet voice. “You
tell me where my key is, or-” Glory’s eyes grew wide and she stumbled back a step.

“NO!” She screamed, grabbing her hair in frustration. “Not now, I’m so-” Dawn
watched in horror as Glory’s features melted, her hair growing darker, and shortening, the
green orderly uniform grew tighter as the body beneath it shifted.

“-close.” Ben said as he blinked to clear his vision. “Dawn.”

“Ben.” Dawn cried, jumping to her feet and wrapping her arms around the
familiar man. “She was going to kill me. She is-” Dawn pulled back and looked around
the room in confusion. “Where’s Glory.”

“Ah-” Ben stalled, searching for an answer. “A creepy looking guy came in and
said something about finding a key, she took off after him.”

“Where was I?” Dawn asked, very confused. “Never mind, I’m just so glad
you’re here.”

“What are you doing here anyway.” Ben asked, leading the girl to the door.

“Mom had some complications and she is here over night for observation. I came
to visit with-Oh God!” Her eyes grew big. “Willow and Tara, we have to find them.”

“We will.” Ben said soothingly as he and Dawn hurried down the hall.

************************************

“Buffy!” Willow called, seeing the slayer run into the hospital, the blonde
vampire a step behind.

“Willow, where is she?” Buffy asked frantically. “What happened?”

“We brought Dawnie up to see your mom,” Willow said, gesturing to herself and
Tara, who had just returned from the nurses station.

“Where is the last place you saw her?” Buffy asked, waiting expectantly for
Willow’s answer.

“We were just coming out of your mom’s room when Dawn saw Ben and she
went to say hi when out of no where Glory grabs her,” Willow replied, her eyes filling
with tears. “She just pushed us aside and grabbed Dawnie and drug her down the hall.”

“W-we should go t-to the M-Magic Bo-” Tara said quietly.

“No!” Buffy yelled. “I’m not leaving this building until I find my sister!” Tara
nodded and backed away from the enraged Slayer.

“Buffy,” Will said in reproach. :There is no reason to yell at Tara. We’re here to
help. If you just calm-”

“Calm?!” Buffy asked incredulously. “You expect me to be calm when my
sister, who just happens to be able to open all hell dimensions, is in the hands of a
creature who knows how to use her to bring all hell on earth?! Not to mention she wants
to kill Dawn!” Willow looked at her friend, stricken.

“I understa-”

“No Willow you can’t begin to understand.” Buffy shook her head sadly. “She is
my sister, my responsibility. We have to find her!”

“Buffy,” Spike said softly, taking a step forward.

“We have to find her.” Buffy said urgently turning her back to her friends to face
Spike, her eyes bright.

“We will!” Spike replied with a smile, closing the distance between them so that
there was a scant inch separating his cool frame from hers. Buffy looked up into his face,
her eyes beseeching him to help.

“No one hurts my girls.” He whispered, his eyes burning into hers with barely
restrained possessiveness.

Buffy smiled sweetly, her body swaying to brush lightly against his, a flash of
warmth going through them both at the brief contact.

Willow watched in shock as Spike whispered to Buffy, moving in close to her
body. She couldn’t help but gape as Buffy leaned into Spike instead of the traditional
punch to the nose.

“Uh, Buffy?” Willow’s voice penetrated the fog that surrounded Buffy as Spike
continued to stare into her eyes. With a blink, Buffy broke contact and turned to face her
best friend. Buffy caught the shock on her friends face and took a quick step away from
the vampire. She didn’t have to look at him to feel the displeasure that radiated off him
in waves at her movement.

“I’m sorry Tara.” Buffy said tot the blonde witch. “You and Wills should go
back to the Magic Box and whip up a locator spell. Spike and I will search the hospital.
You can have us paged if you find her. Willow nodded slowly, still shocked at the
intimacy the mortal enemies obviously shared.

“Spike,” Buffy turned back to see him brooding against the wall, a dark
expression on his face.

“I need you to be my bloodhound.” Spike straightened his stature as he
caught the slightly emphasized words. “See if you can sniff out Dawn in amongst all
this-” Buffy waived her hand around.

With a nod, Spike moved down the hall, brushing against Buffy lightly as he
passed. The women watched for a moment as he stood in the middle of the hall, head
cocked to the side before Willow picked up her bag and gestured for Tara to follow.
Buffy gave her friend a grateful smile and moved after Spike. The witches were about to
enter the elevator when a voice called out, echoing through the hall.

“Buffy!” The blonde slayer turned to see Dawn running down the hall towards
her.

“Dawn!” Buffy yelled, meeting her sister half way to capture her in a tight
embrace.

“Are you alright? Did she hurt you?” Buffy cried, pulling back to check over her
sister for injuries.

“I’m fine. She didn’t do anything.” Dawn replied, her eyes looking over Buffy’s
shoulder. “Spike!” Dawn reached to the vampire with one arm, the other still wrapped
around her sister. Spike gave Buffy an apprehensive glance before moving to wrap on
arm around Dawn, the other sliding around her waist to pull his girls into a tight embrace.

The witches moved towards the trio, Tara with a smile on her face, Willow staring
in shock.

“you ok nibblet?” Dawn nodded without releasing either of her family. “How’d
you get away?”

“Glory was trying to get me to tell her where the key was then all of a sudden she
was gone and Ben was there. He brought me back to look for Willow and-” Dawn’s eyes
went wide as she pulled from their embrace and looked around the hall until her gaze
rested on the two witches. With a relieved squeal she ran and grabbed them in a tight
hug.

“Dawnie are you alright?” Tara asked softly.

“I’m fine. Ben showed up and showed me how to get back.” Dawn replied.

“Dawnie, great to see you’re alright but breathing becoming an issue.” The girls
laughed as they pulled apart.

“Ben?” Spike asked as he and Buffy came up to the trio. Buffy gave him a
sheepish smile.

“He is the orderly who helped out when mom ended up here the first time.” She
replied, not quite meeting his eyes.

“Buffy went our with him a few times.” Dawn piped up with a mischievous grin.

“We didn’t go out.” Buffy said, casting a furtive glance at Spike. “We met up at
the Bronze once.”

“He was at the party too,” Willow said happily before looking thoughtful. “But
you stayed home with Spike and Dawn that night.”

Spike shot Buffy a pleases grin before sliding it into his classic smirk.

“So where is this Bengi?” Spike asked, rolling his tongue behind his teeth as he
buried his hands into his duster pockets, and rolling back and forth on the balls of his feet.

“Ben.” Buffy said slowly, as if to a small child, giving Spike a not go gently
backhand to his stomach.

“Someone mention my name?” A voice said from behind the group. As one they
turned to see the tall dark haired man standing off to the side, clad in his blue scrubs.

The pleasant smile on Ben’s lips grew strained as his gaze fell in the blonde
vampire. Spike’s eyes grew wide in recognition before they narrowed, flashing yellow in
rage.

“You!” Spike growled, just before he attacked.





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