Spike was sitting on the couch in silence. Complete silence. Usually he enjoyed this, but right now it bothered him. It wasn't really silence anyway, seeing as he could hear every movement upstairs. He could hear Dawn shifting in bed. He could hear her breathing deeply. He could hear her heart beating steadily. He could hear her-

screaming.

Spike ran up the stairs as fast as he could, and with his vampire speed he was up there within a matter of seconds. He barged through the door to Dawn's room to find her being practically sucked under her bed. He rushed over to her and tried to pull her up, but something was holding her down, and that something was strong.

"Spike make it stop! Make it stop!" Dawn cried. She was holding on to his shirt for dear life and her fingernails were digging into his skin.

"Kick your legs." he instructed. She did as she was told whilst still holding onto him. "Harder!" Spike yelled as he continued to pull her out.

Just as Spike thought he was starting to win another clawed hand came out and grabbed Dawn around the waist, causing her to scream even louder.

He managed to get her waist free and then concentrated on her legs. He shifted his arms around Dawn so that he could pull her without hurting her. He pulled with all his strength and she came right out, along with the demons not-so-attached-arm.

As soon as she was free Dawn hugged Spike harder than he thought humanly possible. He hugged her back as he picked her up, but the arm came with her. Dawn shrieked and threw it off, and he carried her out of the room.

Spike took her to the bathroom and sat her down on the counter. Then he reached into a drawer and pulled out a first aid kit.

He set the kit down on the counter next to her. "Here, turn this way." Spike told her as he helped her turn to the left.

Once she was there he lifted her leg up and looked at the worst of several cuts going up and down her leg.

He turned the water on and held her leg under the faucet. Once the water running off her leg was mostly clear he coated the deeper wounds with antiseptic spray.

"Oww!" Dawn pulled her leg away from him, but he pulled it right back. "No that stings!"

"Dawn." He simply stated with a warning tone, and she backed down quickly.

He finished covering her legs with bandages and moved to her stomach.

"Lie down." He instructed as he lifted her shirt. The cuts on her stomach were much deeper, but there were less of them. Dawn winced with pain as he touched the areas around the cuts. He cleaned them off with a washcloth and wrapped gauze around it.

"There" he said lifting her off the counter, he went to put her back on the ground but as he stood back up she wouldn't let go of his neck, so he just held her again.

Spike one handedly put the unused items back into the first aid kit and put the kit back in the drawer.

He walked over to her bedroom door and put a chair and bookcase in front of it, so that nothing could get out. After he was satisfied that the door was blocked he took Dawn downstairs and into the kitchen.

Spike sat her on the kitchen counter and moved towards the phone. He dialed Buffy's cell phone number.

"Hello?" she answered.

"You need to get back here."

"What? Why? Is Dawn okay?"

"Yeah she's fine. Demon attacked in her room, got it to back off but it's still in there."

"Well hack its head off!"

"I don't know what this thing can do, so if you think that I'm just going to throw myself in th-"

"OKAY fine I get it I'll come back, Angel's not here anyway."

"Right then, were gonna head down to the shop, maybe Giles can figure out what it is"

"Fine, let me talk to her."

Spike held the phone out to Dawn, but she didn't take it.

"Its big sis" he told her.

Dawn still didn't move so he held it to her ear.

"Dawnie?" Buffy called into the phone, no answer "Dawn? Dawn are you there?" Buffy gave up and closed her cell phone.

Spike looked at Dawn a little confused. She was just sitting there. He held the phone to his ear, "you still there?" he didn't hear a reply so he hung up the phone.

"Nibblet? You alright?" He lowered himself to look into her eyes, she didn't answer.

Spike let out an unneeded sigh as he grabbed his blanket from the chair.

"Come on" he told her while picking her up off the counter again.

After walking to the front door he put Dawn on the ground and knelt down to her level.

"Your gonna have to follow me, can you do that?" she nodded.

He covered himself with the blanket, opened the door, and stepped outside.


Sorry for the wait, had a lot going on. But that's done now so the next chapter should get up quicker :o). Thanks to Gep for help with the summary. And thanks to everyone that's reviewed so far! Keep them coming! They fuel me! Lol ok I think that's it...I'll try to get the next chapter up soon!