Chapter 10
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7:04pm
"Are you sure this is okay," said a feminine voice. "I could come back later."
"Yeah no problem," came another familiar voice.
Both Spike and Willow looked at each other from their hiding space then to Jesse and Xander standing in the middle of the Magic Box with a blonde headed women.
"I think we ought to send the Slayer a message," whispered Spike to his childe.
"That's my jacket!" Willow whispered in outrage as she stared at the gorgeous blonde.
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7:06pm
"Fuck your jacket," hissed Spike, smacking the back of his childes head. "I'll steal you a new one."
Willow just look at her sire, her yellow eyes burning with agitation. "Then what do you suggest we do, oh great one?" she mocked.
"Just follow my lead," he hissed out to the redhead.
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7:24pm
"You said you pre-ordered it a week ago?" asked Xander as he walked behind the cashier stand. "Hmm, I don't see it back here," he proclaimed as he looked inside the cabinets underneath the counter. "Hey Jesse, do you mind looking in back?"
"Yeah, no problem," said Jesse, walking away from the blonde towards the back storage room.
"So…" hesitated Xander as he walked around the counter and back towards the blonde. "are you new here?"
"Yes. I..I j-j-just moved h-h-here," she stuttered with a slight blush.
"That's cool. Where from?" he asked as he lent against a table covered in jars and candles.
"Oh…uh…" Tara faltered. Before she could say anything else Jesse busted back threw the backroom door, his face completely pale.
"Xander!" he screahed. "Xander, there's a bod…lots of bloo…" Jesses gasped all the while trying desperately to not throw up.
"What? Jesse, I can't understand you," Xander said, pushing himself away from the table.
"Maybe I could help with this miscommunication," smirked Spike as he walked out of the basement doorway. As he immerged from the darken doorway, his golden eyes and teeth gleaming with hunger, he advanced towards the three teenagers, his childe remaining in the basement stairwell. "I believe your friends trying to tell you there's a bloody body in back," he smirked.
"Actually there's two," chuckled Willow as she emerged from the darkness. Her pale features half hidden in the shadow.
"You," husked Xander, his eyes growing wide as he stared at the bleach blonde male.
"Oh, do let me introduce myself," he said, placing a pale hand over his un-beating heart. "They call me William The Bloody, but you… you can call me Spike," he growled out as he leaped several feet, lashing out at the nearly unconscious Jesse.
"Jesse," Xander shouted as he positioned himself in front of the blonde. "Tara run!" He demanded as he tried to stare down the two vampires.
"No, no blondie," tisked Willow as her body glided weightlessly towards the front door. "Why don't you stay awhile?" she grinned as she ran her eyes along the blondes sleek form.
"G-g-get away f-from m-m-me," warned Tara as she dug her hand into her new jacket pocket. With her other hand she started knocking over bottles and glass jars that lined the display tables in search for holy water.
"Mhh, not a chance," Willow clucked as she advanced on the blonde.
"I'm w-w-warning y-y-you," she said as she backed up as far as she could go.
"Willow, just got the bitch already," shouted out Spike as he rapped his grip even tighter around Jesse's neck. "Or would you rather trade for this one?"
Taking this slight distraction to his advantage, Xander flung himself at the slightly shorter vampire. With his momentum and weight coming into play, Xander caught Spike by surprise, sending all three of the sprawling backwards on the cold linoleum floor.
"You son of a…" shouted Willow, turning to attack Xander.
"Hey!" shouted Tara as she removed her hand from her jacket.
Whirling back around, her gold eyes burning with hatred, she found herself staring at the blonde. With snarling teeth almost an inch long, Willow soon realized how dangerous the blonde really was, "What?"
"I Warned you!" she said as she removed a gold cross from her jacket and shoved it into the redheads face.
7:54pm