Hey everyone! Hope you had a wonderful holiday & New Year! :D Can't say mine went too well but I'm still here, right? Anyway! I finally got the next chapter done, yay! It took me a bit with getting sick, having my hand injured, and trying to keep up with my A&P. Sadly, I can tell you now that another chapter won't even be close to done until way after the 7th. Hopefully I'll have it up by the 10th? Maybe 11th? Anyway, I'm gonna try. Lemme know what y'all think! (Neko-san, the ending was just for you! :3)
Warnings: Hints of guy love :3 Mainly just plot, some nasty language & threats of mutilation! :)) Always a favorite
Disclaimer: I do not own BTVS nor do I make a profit. If I had either, the show would have been UTTERLY different & i'd have a really nice car...
ENJOY! :D
Everyone sat around Giles' kitchen table, all laying out any ideas they could have about where Buffy might be at.
"This just doesn't make any sense! Even if something serious was going on, she wouldn't just leave Dawn alone like this!" Willow ranted, banging her fists on the table. Xander placed his hand in comfort over hers, trying to relax her.
"Maybe you just misunderstood Wills, maybe Buffy has been by there."
"No! Dawn acted really apprehensive and uneasy when I made it seem like I haven't seen her in a while. Who only knows what could have happened to her!" Giles sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose.
"I got to agree with Red. I hated the Slayer before hand, but little-bit is only so talented of taking care of herself." Spike jumped in, leaned up against the kitchen counter to give himself some space from the others. Wesley nodded his head in agreement with Spike, flushing when Angel sent him a look.
"She's only a young girl with no special talent other than small amounts of training. An attack could leave her in the hands of death." Wesley jumped in.
"So still the question is where could Buffy be?" Willow stated once again.
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On the other side of town, Buffy walked out of the run-down building, counting the bills in her hands before pocketing it away. It was a good investment, running into those junkies in her boredom. They thought they could beat some sense into her, and then drug her up as a fun toy. Now that two of their best sellers were dead because of it, she'd picked up the slack and started making good money because of it. Starting to feel herself sweat a little, she swallowed; a dry mouth irritating her throat.
'Damn, I need to get more pills soon.' Headed in the direction she knew her guy would be, she continued to lay out her plans on how to get revenge on Spike and Xander.
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Angel waited at the door for Wesley as he gathered a few books from Giles to borrow.
"Thank you again, Giles. I'll return them once I'm finished."
"Rupert," Giles insisted for the second time that day, fourth time since they came to visit. Flushing, Wesley conceded with a small mumble of his name. Angel held back a growl, waiting until Wesley walked out the door before he went to follow him.
"Hey Dead Boy!" Feeling the urge to growl again well up in his throat, he turned and waited for Xander to finish making his way over to him.
"What can I do for you Xander?" Feeling embarrassed, he glanced back over to Spike and sighed when he pressed him on with a nod of his head.
"…Thank you, for what you did. I know we don't see eye to eye, but I appreciate it none-the-less." Angel was quite shocked at his words, especially since it seemed his Grande Childe had to persuade him to come over.
"You're quite welcome, don't mention it." Without another word he left, a small smile grudgingly tugging at his face.
Xander laced his fingers with Spike's, grinning when said vampire sighed in exasperation; yet gripped his hand back.
"Peaches seemed pretty happy when you thanked him." Xander stuck his tongue out playfully and Spike snapped his fangs at him in return; causing him to shiver.
"Yes well, I am thankful for what he did. I'm thankful to both of you." Spike pulled him close, wrapping an arm around him.
"I know love, though, I know some other ways you can thank me if you'd really like." Xander's pupils dilated at his words, his own tone of voice lowering in lust.
"Oh yeah? Wanna share some of those ideas with me?" Spike leered at him, his hand slipping down to fondle Xander's ass; ripping a moan from him.
"Oh I'm pretty sure we could come to a good agreement pet, don't you?" Xander rubbed his body up against Spike's, causing both of them to harden quicker.
"I'm more than sure we could." Without another word, Spike pulled Xander into the apartment before slamming the door behind them.
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Willow sat at the table with Xander, looking all the way through some books for the demon Giles and she had killed just a few nights ago. No one had seen or run into Buffy yet, though Angel was still looking for her. Wesley and Giles were in the back, going through books and doing inventory, while Spike was out doing a small patrol for them.
"Ugh, this sucks," Xander moaned, a small blush coating his cheeks. He'd been unusually hot and horny for the past week; and his demon was giving no answers about why other than presenting his ass to Spike at every given chance. No that he minded of course, he had no problems with the things Spike did to his ass. Flushing deeper, Willow glanced over at him for the fifth time in the past hour.
"Is something the matter Xander? You seem flushed and really out of it." Xander snapped his eyes up to her, blushing deeper.
"Y-yeah I'm great Will! Just a bit distracted is all I guess…" Xander mumbled, skimming through a few more pages. Giles and Wesley had come back downstairs; chatting all the while Willow still occasionally glanced at Xander curiously. Spike suddenly walked in, Willow only noticing because Xander quickly got up and made his way over to Spike; nuzzling under his chin. Willow noticed Spike's pupils dilate before wrapping an arm around Xander; kissing the top of his head.
"Alright there love?" Xander hummed happily, nuzzling and sniffing at Spike's neck; leaving small kisses of delight that the other hadn't been injured. Use to Xander's behavior for the past week, Spike ignored it with a smile. Curiosity spiked even further by the actions, Willow filed it away to look up later.
"Anything out there Spike?" Spike looked over at Giles, keeping an arm around Xander as he made his way over to the table to sit; Xander curling up in his lap without question.
"Just a few fledglings from some rouge vamps passing through. All of them are gone now; no one's said anything about the Slayer so she hasn't been around patrolling for at least a week now." Xander made an unhappy noise before snuggling deeper into Spike; which caused him to instinctively pet his head to calm him.
"Well I suppose that is good news and bad news. Hopefully Angel finds something before he returns. Ah, Xander, have you heard anything from your boss, Mr. Rex?" Giles inquired, Wesley beside him filing through the supply sheet. Xander looked up when his name was called, making a noise of disagreement.
"Nah, he hasn't called in a while, told me to take it easy for a bit. I'll start back up work by the weekend, maybe I'll see if he's heard anything." Without any other words, he went back to snuggling Spike who just held him and ran his fingers through his hair.
"Find anything useful in those tombs of yours?" Spike asked Willow, pressing his face into Xander's hair; breathing deeply.
'Interesting,' Willow noted again before making the same noise Xander did before.
"Not so much. Has everything I want to know but what I'm looking for. Would you and Wesley mind looking for some other books Giles?" Willow asked as she already began putting the other books back.
"Not a problem." He and Wesley made their way back up to the top row; skimming through many books. Just then Angel walked in, glaring up at Giles who stood very close to Wesley as they looked through books.
"Find anything on the blonde bint?" Spike asked non-committally, keeping an arm around Xander tight.
"No, not that anyone answers anything easily around here. I'm going to check parts of downtown later, maybe someone there will know something." Just then, Wesley fell from the small ladder he had been on; trying to reach a heavy book from the higher shelf. Giles quickly reached out, catching him around the waist and allowing him to fall on his lap. Everyone was silent as Wesley turned to express regret when Giles suddenly locked his lips to the other mans. Everyone stared wide-eyed, even Wesley himself, before he was quickly yanked from Giles' grip by a growling and death-glaring Angel.
"You ever touch him again and I'll remove every last appendage you own!" He snarled violently, game face quickly shifting on before he flitted down the ladder and out the door with a still shocked Wesley in his hold.
"Well…that was unexpected." Xander finally spoke up, wondering what everyone else would say. Willow squeaked softly before getting back to her books while Spike snickered as Giles cleaned up the books.
"Oi' Watcher! You totally knew Peaches was gonna have a freak attack, didn't you?" Spike called a deep laugh rumbling in his chest. There was a pause from Giles before he continued stacking books back.
"…I don't know what you're talking about." Without another word, Spike laughed even harder; Giles hiding a small smile as he faced the other direction.
Ta-da, there it is! Even crippled I still got it done! xD Lemme know what you think! -R.F.