Title: Unexpected Blessings
Author: Pattyanne
snapkik@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: Not mine
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Summary: Buffy and Spike have a baby.
Retribution
"What makes you think she'll be here?"
Spike stopped the car across the street from the
factory where he'd once lived with Drusilla.
"Like I said...she's as stupid as ever. Dru never
thought things all the way through. That's why she
can't manage on her own," he replied, stepping
out of the car.
When they found the back entry, Xander tested
the door. "It's locked," he whispered.
Spike didn't reply. Lifting one foot, he kicked the
door in so hard that it snapped off it's hinges and
fell to the floor with an echoing clatter.
Xander stared at him. "Good idea. Let's sneak up on
them."
Spike ignored the comment and walked into the
warehouse area of the factory. He picked up Dru's
scent immediately and his demon emerged, fueled
by rage and eager for violence.
"DRUSILLA!!" He stood in the middle of the cavernous
room and shouted her name.
He felt her before he saw her step out of the
shadows on the opposite side of the room.
"Spike," she said, with airy unconcern. "Come
to call, love?"
"Not exactly a social visit, Dru." He approached her at
a slow pace. Jacob stood a few feet away, and without
thinking twice, Spike pulled out his crossbow and fired
the bolt through the other vampire's heart.
"That the best help you can get these days, Pet?" Spike
asked as Jacob's dust settled. "How things have changed."
"You're being very cruel, Spike." She tilted her head
to one side and pouted, a gesture he had once found
irrestible, but now only made him want to snap her neck.
"Tough shit," he said curtly, reloading his weapon. "I'm
just getting started. Where's my...." He was
cut off by the sound a baby wailing miserably.
With a tiny smile on her lips, Dru scolded him. "Naughty
Spike...you woke the baby."
Striding quickly across the room, Spike entered a small
office and found his daughter lying on the cold, filthy
floor, yelling her tiny lungs out.
Relief washed over him, sending him to his knees beside
her. "It's all right, sweetheart." After checking her for bite
marks, he scooped her up and realized immediately why
she was so upset.
Apart from how hungry she must surely be, the room
was freezing and she hadn't been changed in so long
that her sleeper was soaked from the waist down.
Holding her under her arms, he kissed her little face.
"S'all right, love" he said soothingly. "It's all over.
Daddy's here now."
There was nothing he hated to hear more than the
sound of his little girl crying. He'd kill Drusilla for that
alone.
"Come on, baby," he said, working himself out of his
jacket and wrapping it around her. "Mommy's home
waiting for you. She'll fill up that empty tummy."
The baby recognized her father's voice and his touch,
and allowed herself to be comforted. Holding her against
his shoulder, he picked up his crossbow and carried her
back to the main room.
Xander had Drusilla backed up against a wall, his own
weapon precisely aimed, being careful not to make
eye contact with her.
"Take her outside," Spike said, reluctantly handing Katie
over.
Xander lowered the crossbow, and took her in one
arm. "What about...?" He gestured at Drusilla.
"Just take her out to the car," Spike said. "See if there's
a blanket in the back. She's cold."
With a brief nod, Xander headed for the exit. Before he
walked out, he turned to look back. "Spike?"
"Yeah?"
"Finish it this time."
Spike waited until they were gone, then turned to look
at Drusilla.
"I really wish you'd stayed away, Dru. You've gotta stop
listening to the voices in your head. They're
giving you a lot of bad advice."
"And you should stop consorting with humans," she
replied. "They've been a bad influence on you."
He shook his head. "We had some good times, you
and I. You made me what I am today and I loved you
for it. For over a hundred years, I loved you. I'd have
done anything for you."
"You were my prince," she sighed, extending one
hand.
Spike nodded. "And you were my dark princess."
"Spike..."
"But..things change." He chuckled softly. "Angel
told me that once. And...well, I told him that WE don't
change. Demons don't change."
Spike smiled ruefully. "Turns out I was wrong. I changed.
I don't love you, Dru. Not for a long time. But..you knew
that. You knew about the slayer."
Her eyes hardened, then became slightly unfocused. "The
other one you love."
"No," he corrected. "The ONLY woman I love. It's her,
and it always will be."
Moving a few feet away, he turned his back. "Don't
get me wrong though. I'm still grateful to you for turning
me. If you hadn't...I would have died long ago. I never
would have met the slayer."
Swinging around abruptly, he nailed her with a cold, direct
gaze. "And I wouldn't be her husband."
He moved one step closer to her...
"You really shouldn't have come back here."
And another step...
"It was a big mistake."
And another...
"But you made an even bigger mistake when you
took the slayer's child. Because, when you stole
HER child..."
He paused and smiled. "You stole MY child, too."
Leveling his weapon, he took aim.
For the first time since he'd come here, she looked
afraid. "Spike?"
"Now...it's your turn to be punished," he whispered,
and fired the bolt.
He stayed there for just a moment, kicking his foot
and smearing the residue of dust around the floor.
"You always were a stupid bitch."
**************************************
Spike crossed the street and saw Xander waiting
by the car with the baby.
Holding out his arms, he gathered her up and
held her so closely that he could feel her little
heart beating.
"So," Xander said. "It's done?"
Spike nodded. "It's done. It's finally done."
Walking around the to the other side of the
car he climbed into the back and buckled
Katie into her car seat.
"Let's go home, sweetheart," he said, kissing
the top of her head. "Home to mommy."
**************************************
When they pulled into the driveway, Buffy was
standing at the open front door, frozen by fear
into immobility.
"Hey, Buffy!" Xander shouted as he climbed out
of the car. "We've got someone here who could use
a little motherly love. You interested?"
When she saw Spike come around the back of the
car with a small bundle in his arms, Buffy let out
a cry of happiness and launched herself off the
porch and across the lawn.
Sweeping the baby into her arms, she cuddled
her close and burst into tears.
"Oh, baby...mommy missed you so much! Yes,
I did." She held the baby away and covered her
little face with kisses. "I'm so happy you're
home!"
Holding Katie close again, Buffy looked up into
Spike's eyes. "I love you," she whispered.
"I love you, too," he said, wrapping his arms around
his girls.
"Thank you for bringing her home."
The baby began to fuss, then to cry.
"Someone's hungry," Spike said, stroking her
soft hair.
"Not to mention wet." Buffy patted the baby's
bottom, then wiped her hand down the front of
her sweater.
"Let's go inside, love. It's too cold out here for her."
As they walked back to the house, Buffy looked up
and saw the others standing on the porch waiting.
Dawn was sobbing and shaking, unsure of what to
do or say. Buffy handed the baby to Spike and
walked up the front porch steps. She threw her arms
around her sister, hugging her tightly.
"It's over now," she said. "And I don't want you
blaming yourself for this."
"Buffy..."
"No, Dawn. There's no way you could have known
about Drusilla."
"She's right, bit," Spike added. "It's all over..and Drusilla
won't be bothering us ever again."
"And thank you for THAT," Giles said as everyone filed
back into the house. He closed the door, then locked
all three dead bolts.
************************************
"Was it hard for you to kill her?"
Buffy lifted the baby from her bathtub and held
her as Spike wrapped a towel around her.
"Are you kidding?" he grunted derisively. "I just
wish I could have brought her back and done it
again."
He carried Katie into their bedroom and laid her on
the bed, drying her thoroughly.
Buffy stood in the doorway watching the tender
care he gave their child. "You're a good daddy," she
said, smiling.
He looked up at her, pleased by the compliment. "You
think?"
Buffy nodded. "Oh, yeah."
Sitting down beside him on the bed, she powdered
and diapered the baby's bottom, then zipped her
into a clean sleeper.
She had been horrified at her child's condition
when she'd first begun to undress her. After peeling
off the wet sleeper, she had found that Katie's
diaper was so soaked that it had swelled to three times
its normal size and was beginning to fall apart. Her
tiny bottom looked red and sore.
The baby had been so hungry that she'd taken every-
thing Buffy had to give without slowing down.
Now, with her tummy full and her body clean, dry,
and warm, she fell asleep on her parent's bed. They
stretched out on either side of her, facing each other
and talking quietly.
Buffy was trying to stave off the inevitable moment
of putting the baby to bed in her crib. She wanted her
daughter no farther away than the reach of her hand.
Spike, as always, seemed to read her thoughts and
said, "Let's keep her in here with us tonight."
Buffy beamed at him. "That's exactly what I was
thinking."
The night's terrible events began to take their toll,
leaving them physically and emotionally wrung out.
Spike forced himself to get up and move the bassinet
next to their bed, then scooped up the baby without
waking her. He tucked her snugly beneath her blanket,
then leaned over and kissed her, taking in her fresh
baby scent with his eyes shut tight and silently thanking
whoever had been kind enough to help a vampire without
a soul anywhere on him.
He undressed and crawled into bed next to Buffy. "The
only positive side in all this is that she won't remember
any of it."
"Yeah," Buffy said, moving into his arms. "But WE will."
They laid in bed quietly, until Spike broke the
silence.
"If you thought I was over protective BEFORE...."
The End.
(There will be more of Spike/Buffy/Katie
in a continuing series I'm calling
'Daddy's Girl'.)
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