Title: Living In Danger
Author: MSKBSwedish
Rating: Mature
Summery: Set four years after the first story 'Midnight Sun'. Buffy and Spike's daughter Linn is now four years old and it's up to Spike and Buffy to protect their little girl from demons and other sorts of evil when the word gets out that the Slayer and the Slayer of Slayers have a child together. Set as M for heavy adult themes at times.
Note: I own nothing of the Buffyverse.

Chapter Twelve – Rainbow

By the time Spike got into the sewer to find the others, Xander held Buffy in his arms as Giles held Linn's hand and they walked toward the exit. He had just jumped down from the ladder when he could hear their distant shuffled motions. He stood there momentarily before his eyes set sight on the others.

"Drusilla?" Spike asked.

"Dust." Giles simply replied.

"Daddy!" Linn cried out and quickly she let go of Giles' hand and ran to her father.

Spike's senses flared as he scooped up the small child in his arms and closed his eyes. Linn wrapped her tiny arms around Spike's neck and squeezed him so tight. Her little body trembled. She was frightened but to be back in her father's arms felt like a dream come true.

"Oh god." Spike sighed. "Oh my darling." His voice was of nothing but relief as he held his daughter close to him. "I've gotcha. Daddy's here." Spike said softly, hoping to soothe the crying child.

"But... But mummy." Linn cried softly.

Spike opened his eyes and shifted his gaze over to Xander when Buffy's form came into view.

"What happened?" Spike shifted Linn to his hip and walked up to Buffy and Xander. Quickly he put his fingers against her neck. She was still breathing.

"She just collapsed after staking Drusilla." Xander explained.

"Linn, can I give you over to grandpa Giles for a minute so I can have a look at mummy?" Spike asked his daughter.

Reluctantly, Linn nodded her head and reached out as Giles took her into his arms. "Come on. Let's get you upstairs while they tend to your mum." Giles said softly as he began to climb the ladder with Linn in his arms which was proving to be a difficult task but it was no matter to him. He was just happy to see the little girl safe.

"She might be pregnant." Spike quickly said before taking Buffy into his arms. He knelt down on the ground with Buffy in his lap and studied her. She had grown pale and her eyes were dark around the rims. Spike sighed and quickly bit into his wrist. He held the open bite to her lips.

"What the hell are you doing?" Xander asked, putting a hand on Spike's shoulder to try and stop him.

"If she's pregnant, this little sprog in her womb needs blood. The last time she over exerted herself like this she was pregnant with our daughter and the only thing that brought her around was blood. So back off and let me do my job." Spike said with a hint of anger and annoyance in his voice.

Xander backed off and took a deep breath as he watched.

Spike used his hand to clench Buffy's chin firmly and open her mouth. He moved his wrist over her open mouth and let the droplets of blood drop down onto the slayer's tongue. With in seconds her eyes flashed opened and she was gripping Spike's wrist. He cradled her in his arms as her eyes shut to feed from him.

"Won't that make her a vampire?" Xander asked worriedly.

"You've been helping with vampires for how long now and you still don't understand?" Spike asked, raising a brow but never looking up from Buffy. "I'd have to drain her dry first. She's feeding from me because the baby needs it, not her." Spike explained.

Soon after, Buffy pulled away from Spike's wrist. Her mouth and lips were stained with blood for the moment.

"Linn.." Buffy breathed out.

"She's with Giles. She is fine." Xander smiled down at Buffy.

"Angel?" Buffy looked up at Spike.

"Dead." Spike simply answered.

She took a deep breath and a sigh of relief.

"Come on, love. Let's get you home." Spike said before standing, his arm around Buffy's waist and her arm hitched around his shoulders.

Warmth was all she felt the moment her body hit the bed. After a nice long bath and a hot meal that Tara cooked for the team, Buffy was exhausted and ready for bed. Tonight was going to be a special night for sure.

"Wait for me, mummy!" Linn hollered as she ran into the bed room and climbed into the bed on her father's side.

Her little arms were filled with cuts and bruises but it didn't seem to stop her from climbing up onto the bed to curl up in her mother's arms. Buffy hugged her baby girl tight to her body.

"Mummy?" Linn asked quietly. "Whas a slayer?" Linn asked curiously.

Buffy thought for a moment and looked down into her daughter's piercing blue eyes. "A slayer is someone who fights the bad people. They send them away for good so they can't hurt people anymore." Buffy tried to put the definition as "child friendly" as possible.

"Are you a slayer?" Linn looked up into her mother's eyes.

"Yes, I am a slayer." Buffy wasn't going to lie to her daughter anymore. She had to come to the realization that no matter how hard she tried to keep the life of a slayer away from her daughter, it was going to be impossible. She was going to see things and hear things that Buffy wasn't fond of her daughter knowing but it was going to happen.

Linn smiled and snuggled in closer to Buffy. "I wan' to be a slayer when I 'row up so I can save you and daddy like you save me."

Somewhere in that statement, Buffy felt a hint of pride. Of course she wouldn't wish this on her worst enemies but there was a sense of pride of being a slayer that was always there hidden inside of Buffy. She didn't always feel it but it amazed her that she had made that big of an impact on Linn.

"You can be whatever you want to be, moonshine. Just don't grow up too fast." Buffy said with a smile.

"Who's growing up too fast? I hope you're not talking about my little punky butt." Spike said as he came in the room, shutting the door behind him gently.

"Of course I was. Our little one wants to be a slayer like her mommy when she grows up." Buffy said in a matter-of-factly tone of voice.

"Oh really. That's a big job for a little girl." Spike commented as he slid into bed beside his girls.

"Daddy! I'm goin' to be big and s'rong one day like you!" Linn said, her tone was serious.

"Not if your mum's genetics have anything to do with it." Spike mumbled as he adjusted in the bed to get comfortable. To which he received a slap on the arm from his girlfriend.

"And that wouldn't change a thing." Buffy said as she eyed Spike whilst stroking Linn's arm.

Linn reached out from her mother's embrace and made grabby hands at her father. Spike smiled and moved as close to his girls as he could.

Spike shifted to his side to slide one arm beneath of the pillows and the other stretched across his daughter's body to her mother's where he rested his hand on her lower back. Linn faced her mother and wrapped her arms around Buffy's neck while Spike pulled both of the Summers women close to him.

Nothing felt better than that moment right then and there. His daughter and his girlfriend were wrapped safely in his arms where they belonged

Author's Note: There is one last installment (Which will be in the form of another story) to this which is pre-written and already completed. I will post it soon.