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Chapter 7


“Hello-ooooooooooo, Anyanka, where are – Oh!”

“Well?”

“Surprise!”

Anyanka’s frosty countenance immediately disappeared and she grinned and impetuously threw her arms around Halfrek’s neck

“Um, Sweetie, you might want to stop crushing the eggs…”

“Oh my god – you got all three – was it hard?”

“They were on the table, just waiting for me! – Blinked and they missed me!”

Anyanka went to hug her friend again, but Halfrek drew back

“Little too human there sweet, all this hugging that doesn’t lead to sex, it’s… frustrating” Halfrek gave a sort of shiver and patted her hair, Anya let her arms drop and she blinked and went and sat down

“So, now we’ve got them, what happens next?” Hallie came and sat by her friend

“Well, we let the Hellions know…and the Gassenbeeks failed, so they will be slaughtered in their thousands and millions will be thrashed to within inches of their stinky little existences” Both vengeance demons grinned at this, then Anya continued

“We have five days left, the ritual MUST be done by then or there will be hell to pay, literally”

“You mean the birth will be in five days, or-“

“Heck if I know when the birth will be, if it’s not ready, then it’ll have to be induced”

“So why the time line honey?”

“D’Hoffran of course – while he’s still out in the Gamma quadrant. News travel slow in that part of the galaxy, he mustn’t hear of my plan, else he’d back here before you could spit and try and stop it”

“Too right he would!” Hallie agreed

“And I’ve had enough of my best laid plans going kerbluey for three lifetimes at least”

“So sweetie, what shall we do tonight – how about some hell-raisin’ – literally, we could both go tell Razor the great news about (she rattled the eggs) and-“

“You go - I’m a little tired. I want to rest and be in top form for the ritual, NOTHING must go wrong”

“Fine – sure I can’t tempt you?” Anya shook her head

“No, I will find a safe place for these, until the time comes…”

Hallie was not sorry that Anya didn’t want to come with her, she had a ‘thing’ for Razor…could prove a very interesting night.

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Walking back from a patrol around the Military cemetery Clem said,

“Smell that?”

“What – smell what?” Xander asked

“That horrible, sulphur smell has gone – all I can smell is………pizza and cold night air”

They met Angel and Gunn on the corner by the Peaceful Vale cemetery

“Have you noticed the smell has gone?” Clem asked Angel

“Yes…surprised we didn’t see any Gassenbeeks either, yesterday, the place was crawling with them”

“Do you think it’s because the eggs have gone – that was their raison d’etre and now…” Gunn said, shrugging

Angel’s brows rose

“Most probably…”

“Well that means they’re one step closer to the ritual” Xander said and everybody looked uncomfortable

“We need to get somebody into that demon bar where Razor is” Gunn said.

“Yeah, but we have a big problem, don’t we…I can’t go, they’d immediately smell my soul, Clem is too mild-mannered plus, Hellions just love…” Angel flapped one of Clem’s ears.

“What do they love?” Xander asked

“They cut off our ears, and eat them” Clem said frowning

“Ew…go on – and Spike can’t go, he needs to be with Buffy”

“But they know it’s HIS baby, plus he has his soul, they’d smell it too, so they know he wouldn’t have a valid reason to be helping their cause…”

“We’ll just have to go to Willie’s, see what we can pickup from the gossip, that’s all”

“Is that all we can do?” Xander asked – They’d all started to slowly saunter towards the Magic Box.

“What else CAN we do – come on, lets see if they’re anywhere nearer to finding out what ritual could be used” Gunn said quickening his step.


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Spike looked out of the window and went to close the curtains.

“Don’t baby, it’s the only chance I get to see outside”

“Sorry babe…I won’t put the lights on, we can sit by the TV light, okay – can I get you anything?”

“Anything?”

“Sure – if we haven’t got it, and the 7-11 stocks it, I’ll got out and get it for you”

Buffy smiled

“So kitten, what is it?”

“Pineapple”

“What tinned – we have some in the-“

“No, fresh” Buffy swallowed and licked her lips, she was salivating at the thought

“Fresh pineapple” Spike repeated, and Buffy gave a big nod

“Okay, I’ll see what I can do…anything else?”

“Some peaches and raspberries – oh and some blueberries too, if you can get them”

Spike heaved a sigh, he’d do his best…

“I’ll go on my motorcycle, it’ll be quicker – I might drop in at the Magic B-“

“Not before you come home with my goodies!” Buffy said, holding her arm out to him

Spike smiled and came over to her and held her hand, leaned over and gave her a kiss

“Not before I’ve dropped off your goodies, I promise – you want anything Red?”

“Camomile teabags?”

“Are those the ones that taste like grass? – We have some in the cupboard” Spike said, and then added,

“You promise you won’t leave Buffy on her own now”

“I promise” Spike nodded, Gave Buffy’s hand a squeeze, and another kiss and he left.


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Spike roared off and drove 12 miles out to the all-night supermarket, where he got his beloved a fresh ripe pineapple, six fresh peaches, and two punnets of fresh raspberries and two of blueberries. To be on the safe side, he also bought a large bar of chocolate and some more ice-cream too………

When he proudly entered the house again, Willow put her finger to her lips and Spike nodded and pointed to the kitchen

Willow followed him through

Spike was busy putting the ice-cream away and he then put the chocolate in the fridge.

“Giles called while you were out”

“Oh yeah, what’d he say?”

“He said that according to Angel and co, the Gassenbeeks have gone”

“Did you tell him I was going to drop by the shop later?”

“Yes – oh hey” Buffy came padding into the kitchen

“Any luck?”

She stood absently rubbing her bump, looking tired and vulnerable

“What do you think, for my best girl and my son, huh?” With a grin Spike carefully laid out exactly what she asked for on the table, and then he frowned when he saw her tear up and she dashed to him and flung her arms around his neck, squeaking something unintelligible.

Willow made a discreet exit back into the lounge to give them some privacy.

“Hey now come on poppet, what is it huh? – Did I get it wrong?”

Buffy clung to him

“No, it’s perfect…and you’re so good to me…and I don’t know why I’m crying…but I’m scared, and -”

“Shush now baby…come on, here sit on my lap…” Spike sat on one of the kitchen chairs

She did as she was told, resting her head against Spike’s shoulder.

“Now, don’t you go fretting my baby, Willow will wash and prepare this lovely fruit for you, and if you’re a good girl, well I might tell you where I’ve hidden some ice cream and a big bar of chocolate”

Buffy sat up and wiped her eyes, and looked at Spike with a small smile

“You bought chocolate?”

“I did, but it’s for none-fretting good little girls only!”

Buffy grinned and then said,

“Sorry…I don’t know what came over me”

“It’s your hormones pet, they’re all over the place at the moment, now are you going to let me up so I can go and see this bunch of reprobates at the shop so I can give them a right bollocking?”

“Not before I………Hmmmmm..mmmmmmmmmmmmmmwwwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaahhhhhh”
Giving Spike a huge big kiss, he grinned and shook his head

“Right, I’m ready for anything now!”

“Be careful baby”

“I will” Spike winked and went into the lounge

“Is she okay?” Willow asked

“Yeah, just hormones, you know, I’ll be back later”

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“Anything?” Giles asked Gunn hopefully, but Gunn just shook his head

Giles sighed; they were no nearer now than they were at the beginning………

The loud rapping on the shop door made them all jump, and Giles got up to answer it.

Spike strode in with a scowl, and nobody would meet his gaze

Angrily he threw his coat over the back of a spare chair.

“Right, are any of you reprobates any where nearer to finding out what ritual is going to be used?” A few murmurs of ‘no,’ ‘sorry’ and ‘not yet’ wasn’t what he wanted to hear.

“Gods, can you lot do ANYTHING bleeding well right?”

“Hey, that’s hardly fair, we’ve been here,- “ Angel began

“-Doing bugger all, letting demons swan in and take the very fuckin’ thing they need for the ritual right from under your very noses………well, am I wrong?” Spike glared at each of them in turn

“No…but it isn’t, wasn’t as simple as that!” Giles protested

“Oh wasn’t it? How fucking difficult was it then, huh? Gorgon eggs, on the table, demon teleports in, snatches said eggs, and fucks off quick as blink…I think they must have thought that you were on their bleeding side, for fuck’s sake! In fact, are you?”

“Don’t be so ridiculous!” Giles snatched the glasses from his face and began to clean them furiously

“Look Spike, I, I mean we know how you feel, but-“ Xander began

“Know how I feel? Bollocks you know how I feel – have you got an eight months pregnant wife stashed away somewhere you haven’t told us about, huh?

“No, but-“ Angel stepped in, but Spike cut him off too

“Well then, but nothing! – You couldn’t possibly even Begin to know how I feel”

“Why isn’t one of you at Willie’s gleaning info? Try leaning on Willie, threaten his person and you usually get somewhere, threaten his bar and he’s ALWAYS happy to oblige – do you know where Razor’s staying, have you seen Hellions out looking for possible venues for this ritual to take place – come ON people, this is basic stuff here, not bleedin’ rocket science!”

“We were just going to do that, we were talking about it earlier” Xander said

“Then get up off your lazy arses, and go and DO something then – instead of sitting here swilling tea and scratching your-“

“Spike that’s enough, ladies present!” Spike looked over to Cordelia

Spike did Giles’ bidding and actually did shut up

“I’ll go to Willie’s, somebody want to come with me?” Clem said standing

Both Gunn and Angel stood

“That’s good, Clem, you can sit in on a card game, that’s usually good for idle gossip – and you two, well keep your ears pinned back”

Angel didn’t say anything, he knew his childe was worried for Buffy and the baby – William’s baby after all, and Spike had every right to be angry, they had been pretty lackadaisical – and to loose the Gorgon eggs from under their very noses was pretty stupid………





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