Title: To Claim What's Yours

Title: To Claim What's Yours

Author:  Phoenix Redfern

E-mail: phoenix_redfern@hotmail.com

Pairing: W/Aus/S

Rating: R

Summery: Angelus comes back and decides to get something he's always wanted with a little help from Spike.

Spoilers:  After Season 4 finale

Authors notes:  Tara and Willow never dated.  They're friends, but nothing more.  Oz left and Willow hasn't really got over it although she hides her pain well.  Spike and Willow are good friends.

Disclaimer:  I own nothing, although that doesn't mean I wish I didn't

Status:  Unfinished

Part 1

Willow walked into Giles' apartment and flopped down on the sofa.  Giles looked up from the books that he was researching and saw the sullen look on her face.

"Is there anything wrong Willow?"  He asked.

Willow's head snapped around at the sound of Giles' voice.  "No, I just didn't sleep well last night.  Where are the others?"

"They're on their way here now.  I need you to go onto the computer to try and find any unexplained deaths that have happened around Sunnydale recently."

"Sure, I can do that."  Willow said going to the computer.  "What kind of time frame are we looking at?  Six months, one year?"

"No more than six months I think.  Then go into the coroner's file if you find anything and tell me what you find."

Before he could say anything else.  The front door burst open and Buffy, Riley, Xander and Anya came in looing a little worse for ware.

"Giles we saw it?"  Xander exclaimed.

"Yeah, and it was huge!  It fought really well; we barely made a mark on it.  We're lucky we got away as it is."  Riley said.

"And it was ugly!"  Buffy exclaimed.  "Spike's coming out of its head and these little beady eyes.  Something looking like that shouldn't go out in public."

"Getting of the subject there, Buff," Xander stated.

"Yes you are."  Giles said.  "I need more information from you.  Did it have any sort of powers?"  He started going through a pile of books on the table.

"It was about seven feet tall, with spikes coming out of the top of its head and going about half was down its back.  Buffy was right, it was ugly."

"Yes, yes, we've gathered that it wasn't the best looking creature on earth," Giles said impatiently.

"It was really strong.  Buffy broke off one of the spikes on its back and it grew back!  Right in front of our eyes!  It wasn't the most comforting site."  Xander said shuddering.

"Interesting," Giles stated with raised eyebrows.  "You're saying that it regenerated itself?  Well that certainly narrows it down a bit."

"It reminds me of a demon I knew ages ago."  Anya said.

"Really?  What type of demon was it?"  Giles asked.

"Oh I don't know.  Why would I remember something like that?  I was only about two hundred at the time that was a long time ago.  But if I remember, you'll be the first one I call."  Anya said.

"Well I guess we should try to find it."  Giles said.  "Grab a book everyone.  Willow can you try to find that information on the net?"

"Sure, I get right on it."  Willow said, firing up the computer and logging onto the net.

*********

15 minutes later

"I think I found something."  Willow said from the computer.

"What is it?"  Giles said coming over to her.  Everyone else also gathered around the computer screen.

"Over the past five months, five people have died."  Willow began.  "They all seem to have died on the same day, but a month apart."

"One died a month," Giles said to himself. 

"So this demon could be doing some sort of ritual."  Buffy said.

"Yes, but what kind of ritual."  Giles said.  "I'll keep looking for the demon, maybe when I find it, we'll be able to find out what it wants."

"Oh, Oh, Oh!"  Anya said tapping her head.  "I remember what the demon was called!"  She sounded very pleased with herself.

"Well what was it!"  Giles said when she said nothing else.

"It was a Coswick demon."  Anya said.

"Thankyou."  Giles went over to his books to start more research.  Xander and Anya went with him, but Buffy and Riley stayed with Willow.

"How did the people die Will?"  Buffy asked.

"Wait a second I'll find out.  Oh, ew!"  Willow exclaimed.  "Yuck!  That's disgusting."

"What is it!"  Riley asked.

"They were gutted.  They're stomachs were ripped open and their intestines were taken out."  Willow said.

"Ew."  Buffy said softly.

"So maybe this demon is trying to make a really long straw with people's intestines."  Xander said.  Everyone looked at him horrified.  "Well if you see the humour in it…" he said softly.

"That's gross Xander."  Willow said softly.

All of a sudden the front door the Giles apartment burst open and Spike walked in.  "It's okay now, life can continue!  Spike is here now!"  He said.

"Well now I know that I'll be able to sleep better at night."  Buffy said sarcastically.

"Not that you do much sleeping eh Slutty?"  Spike said rasing his eyebrows a few times.

"Stop it Spike," Willow said softly.

"Hah!  Willow told you to shut up!"  Buffy said triumphantly.  "She doesn't really like you."

"She loves me Slayer.  Don't you Red?"  Spike said, making kissing noises at Willow.

"With all my heart."  Willow said laughing softly.

"See told you."  Spike said to Buffy.

"Could you please stop acting like children?"  Giles said, "We have a lot of work to do.  We have to find this demon."

"I found it!"  Xander exclaimed half and hour later.

"Coswick demon."  Giles said reading from the book.  "Every one hundred years they need the intestines of five people to remain alive.  After they obtain the five intestines they go into hibernation for another one hundred years until they need the intestines again."

"Well since they already have the five intestines, then we don't need to be here anymore."  Anya said.  "Come on Xander, we can go have sex now."

"Anya!"  Xander moaned.  "Do you have to announce things like that in front of people?  There's a time and a place for things like that, and this isn't one of them."

"Actually Anya is right, you can all leave now.  Since the demon has been sated there's nothing we can do.  Go home and enjoy the rest of your night."  Giles said packing up his books.

"Okay!"  Buffy said, and within seconds her Riley, Xander and Anya had left.

"Well they certainly didn't want to be here."  Spike said.

"Spike, don't be mean.  They obviously had plans."  Willow said.

"Well since you are stuck with nothing to do, your coming back to my apartment and were going to have a video fest."  Spike said rubbing his hands together.

Willow laughed.  "Ever since you got that membership to the video store, you're practically there all the time."

"Well you are about to benefit from that tonight my dear, because we are going there now to get some video's."

"Okay then."  Willow said getting her jacket to leave with Spike.  Spike got a weird look on his face.  "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, fine."  He said,  "Let's go."  But it wasn't fine because Spike just had a feeling he had only had once before.  When Angel had lost his soul.  His Sire was back.