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Chapter 14 - Ghost of you

“What the hell happened whelp?” Spike shouted trying to get to Lucy.

“What..? Me? I did nothing. We just got that book out and wham, giant bubble thing!” Xander stammered.

Giles examined the sphere, nothing could get through. Sparks flew making them all take a step back. A cough could be heard above them. All looking up they saw an old man in a tweed suit smiling down at them all.

“Rupert, good to see you again.” he smiled

“Dad? Are you a ghost?” Giles asked frantically trying to find something to clean his glasses with.

“Yes of course I am you stupid boy, what do you think I am the walking dead.”

“Well I have to ask!”

“She isn’t taking it well.” he said looking down at his granddaughter. “You never told her about Aimee did you?”

“Aimee? What’s this got to do with Aimee? She died that’s all, a baby that didn’t make it, why would that have anything to do with any of this?”

“Hang on a minute and you are…?” Xander asked looking between Giles and the old man.

“Brian Giles, Rupert’s father and Lucy’s grandfather. And your Xander, Buffy, and William.” he smiled at each one in turn. “I’ve been watching you all over the years, and into the future, stick together is my advice.”

“Hang on a bleeding minute their mate, you said Aimee, you said Lucy’s sister was called Aimee.” Spike said thoughts dawning on him.

“Yes I have some explaining to do there.” he said looking at his shoes.

“Shall we pull up a chair or is this a short story today father?” Giles asked a cocky smile plastered across his face.

“Always the droll one weren’t we, just shut up boy and listen, there are things you need to know and information to get rid of Daniel, so please.” he looked around the group to make sure he had their full attention. “Right, Aimee is Lucy twin, I knew many years ago, before they were born that this would be coming, so with help from a witch friend of mine I found William here.” Spike looked at him, intrigued as to why he had been chosen. “You had always been prophesised to become a great champion, and I thought you would be the best person to watch over my granddaughter. I always knew you would be turned but my friend also saw the good you would do and that you would never really loose you soul. So I took her to your home, your mother agreed to take and raise her as your sister, what I didn’t count on was Angelus. He ruined the whole plan that night, didn’t read his little books properly, but I will get to that in a moment. Lucy has just been shown all of this, I thought it best for her to see it for her self, Aimee’s attack everything, but Aimee’s alive.”

“Hang on a minute, she cant be mate, its not possible. She would over a hundred, she’s dead.!” tears were appearing in Spike’s eyes.

“She’s very much alive my dear boy, but not for much longer if we don’t act fast and neither is Lucy. Angelus didn’t kill her that night, just took a taste so to say, he left her suspended in time, till he could find her other half. Now Daniel has her and he has his mother with him.”

“Dru’s here?” Buffy asked taking hold of Spike’s hand.

“Sadly so, and she’s been behind all this, wants her family back, she knows Williams human again and she doesn’t like it. Aimee cant be far away, they would have had to bring her here to complete things, and its coming soon. New years eve is the first time in 150 years that a full moon is going to bringing in a new year, that’s the key that’s what Angelus got so wrong so many years ago.”

“Right then we find Aimee, dust Dru and Daniel and we all live happily ever after.” Xander said happily.

“Its not that simply is it dad?” Giles piped up, still digesting what his father had been telling them.

“No its not, Aimee will be sent back to her own time, she’s part of that time now, she cant survive here, as soon as you defeat them and open that bubble you have an hour before she will go back to her time, exactly where she left it.”

“No, no you cant do that to us.” Spike cried out, “You cant take her away from us again.”

“There is no choice. Time is running short, Lucy will be awake in a moment, but I will leave you with this, none of us are who we were, redemption is always ongoing.” the voice grew fainter as the bubble faded and Lucy stirred.

She sat up slowly Spike moving in to help her, tears were streaming down her face, but anger was in her eyes. “Where is he?”

“Where’s who love?” Spike asked helping her to her feet.

“Angel, that murdering pig, he has my sister, all this time he had my sister…” then it dawned on her. “He took our sister!” Spike held her close, trying to calm her tears.

“I’m gonna kill him.” he said looking at Buffy, the fire was there and she knew he meant it. “He’s gonna be dust.”

“I feel the same as you do.” Giles said placing a hand on his shoulder. “But you heard the old man, he’s not Angelus anymore, and he may know something.”

“I may know what.” Angel said appearing at the door, his presence met with icy stares.

“Where’s Aimee?” Lucy spat out breaking free from Spike’s grip.

“Where is she Angel?” Buffy asked hoping he knew nothing, hoping that he hadn’t lied to her again.

“I don’t know.” he said looking at his feet. “I’ve been looking, trying to find them, I do have an idea though after last night.” everyone just looked at him, waiting for his information. “There’s a house, its way out on the edge of town, I think hes holding up there.”

“Well, that’s where we go, oh and for your information peaches, Dru’s with him.”

With that they all left Angel, not wanting to spend anymore time then necessary with him.

Spike put Lucy in her room, Giles stayed with her, trying to fill her in on bits he knew about Aimee. Lucy had so many questions, swirling round her head, she didn’t know where so start, though she did know that Spike would be interrogated next.

Spike ran his hand through his hair as he entered the kitchen. Buffy and Xander were sat at the table staring silently into their coffee.

“She ok?” Xander asked.

“Kinda of yeah.”

Buffy walked over to him wrapping her arms around his chest, kissing him gently. “We’ll get him, and he’d dust, she’s gonna be my sister too soon, and we Summer’s look after our own.” she smiled. “Just I was wondering what you wanted to do about Dru?” she couldn’t look at him this time.

“Dru is dust too, she’s gone too far this time. All those years together and she said nothing to me about her, not a hint that she was still alive. We just have to be careful, she’s totally insane, but she ain’t stupid.” he said planting a kiss on her head.

The front door opened and Dawn and Willow returned with a very hyper Luke in tow. Entering the kitchen all smiles, they stopped dead seeing the solemn faces that met them. “Gee’s who died?” Dawn asked.





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