With a glance at the vampire Buffy turned and followed Fred back to where they were keeping Spike, battered and bruised, but recovering slowly. Her gaze traveled to the seemingly younger girl perched at his bedside, talking in hushed tones with her sister and the beautiful vampire in the bed. "Dawn... we gotta go." She said as she moved closer and lightly placed a hand against Spike's covered leg which rewarded her with a death glare from the girl with the black curls. "Hey, how're you feeling?" the slayer asked gently.

"Eh, I was pummeled to a bloody pulp... as always I'm dandy," he laughed, his hand seeking Mana's on the bed to make it clear he was owned property.

Buffy took the hint and removed her hand from his leg, leading her sister out of the room. "Well take care of yourself…" she said and then she was gone.

Mana was behind Angel suddenly, her steps quiet as a feather on the wind, as they had always been. "Um.. He wants to speak with you…" Her voice was as soft as it always had been as well, almost like the tinkling of a small bell. She stepped around him and knelt next to the girl, offering a wrist to her cold lips, she knew the look of a starving vampire, having seen it many times before, and for some reason unknown to her, her heart reached out to this seemingly lost child. "Go... I'll see to her.."

Angel was hesitant to leave her side, but he doubted the girl would do any harm to Selene so he left quietly to see what Spike wanted of him.

Selene sniffed the offered wrist before turning her head, "I'd sooner taste that slurry that they call blood than drink from you!" she hissed and a soft sigh passed her lips. "I can only imagine what kind of lies Spike is telling Angel about me."

Mana sighed heavily and gripped the girl by the face, pressing the wrist to her mouth by force. "Take. It." She growled, and pressed harder against the girl's lips. "And he's not telling any lies. Spike is very loyal. Even if others aren't so much," She spat her words as though they left a foul taste in her mouth.

Selene put up a vicious struggle, refusing to part her pale lips. ~I refuse to take your blood again!~ she projected into the eternal teenager's mind.

Mana hissed viciously, eyes narrowed to no more than slits as her face moved within inches of the girl's. "I said. Take. It."

Gently tears streaked down Selene's face, ~I never want to taste that sweet ambrosia from you.~

The teen vampire was lost with those eyes staring up at her, but still she was angry with this girl before her and with each moment the conflict rose within her, the pull of motherly affection versus the want to beat her ass for what she did to her Spike. "Damnit! You better take it Selene LeBeau before I.…" She froze, catching what she had said, her face turning to stone. "I'm sorry. It's just been...a long day will you take it please so I can go back to him?"

Tears gently trickled down Selene's face shaking her head pulling the wrist away carefully, "If I do I wont be able to stop this time. He isn't here to pull me off this time Mana. Go back to Spike, I just want to lay here in peace," she whimpered as her white pants slowly turning red.

Mana's free hand twisted in the woman's long black locks. "I said take it!" She practically screamed. "I promised I'd look after you! Just fucking DO IT!"

"Please..." Selene grimaced, "M-Momma go back to Spike..." she trailed off flinching.

The teen frowned, her mind not believing what her ears had heard. "Don't call me that. Just take the fucking wrist."

"I don't want to taste you again Mommy," Selene muttered, shaking growing paler, straining her ears to try and pick up on the boys conversation.

Mana's hand rose and fell sharply against the vampiress's cheek, the shock of it surprising even her. "I said SHUT UP! Don't call me THAT!" She screamed before getting to her feet and bolting to the fire exit and down the stairs.

Selene quickly curled up tightly against her pains, tears rolling down her face. "Even my own mother doesn't want me. My love is going to run off with a mortal....and I end up alone again," she said letting out a small cry of pain.