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Six Months Pregnant.

Dawn sat in the waiting room, twiddling the bracelet that was around her arm. Her Mom was in the CAT scan room, she was having the scan done right then. She felt a hand on her shoulder, she jumped but then realised it was only Buffy. Buffy passed her a can of soda and sat besides her, opening her own can.

"What is a CAT sacan exactly ?" asked Dawn, opening her can.

"I don't know. It's some ... x-ray, I guess," replied Buffy.

"Where do they get the CAT scan from ? I mean, do they test it on cats or ... or does the machine sort of look like a cat ?" questioned Dawn, obviously trying to keep her thoughts from her Mom.

"Dawn, Im really -"

Buffy noticed the sadness in her eyes, she put her arm around her. Dawn lay her head on top of Buffy's bump, staring into space as she sighed. Suddenly, something pulled her out of her thughts.

"Buffy ?"

"Hmm ?"

"Your daughter just kicked me," chuckled Dawn.

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Giles, Willow, Tara, Anya and Xander sat in the Magic Box. Anya was wandering around, looking at the books on the shleves whilst the rest poured over the stacks of books on the table. They were trying their best to find out more about the woman that had attacked Angel, so far they had that she was blonde and average height with blue eyes. Giles sighed and turned around, putting his glasses back and when he noticed a blonde woman stood behind him.

"Oh! I beg your -"

"Uh-huh. I want these," cut in the blonde woman, she held the items up in her hand.

"Yes, of course!" smiled Giles, hurrying behind the counter and taking the items. "Um, you find everything all right ?"

"No problemo," replied the woman, pulling out her purse.

"Your receipt. And thank you!" smiled Giles, passing the woman the bag.

She smiled and left, Giles watched her with a smile on his face.

"She could be anywhere. But if she is as poweful as, uh, Angel says, I imagine it won't be long before she makes herself known," said Giles, turning back to the others.

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Buffy paced outside a door marked 'Examination room.' She twiddled her fingers in her hair nervously, stroked her huge bump then sighed. She felt someone's hand grab her shoulder, she spun around to see Angel.

"Angel," she whispered, taking a sigh of relief.

"Hey. Everything has been delivered and set up, I thought you could use some support," smiled Angel.

Buffy smiled and stood on her tip toes, she kissed him lightly on the lips.

"I do. I'm glad you're here," replied Buffy.

"How's she doing ?" asked Angel.

Buffy turned back to the door, she cast it an evil glow and bit her lip.

"Well, she just had a CAT scan. I was about to go in and find out. Will you sit with Dawn while I talk to Mom ? She's in the waiting room," smiled Buffy.

Angel nodded. He ducked down and kissed her again before turning the other way and walking down the corridor. Buffy watched him go, she turned to the door and took a deep sigh. She opened the door and made her way into the darkened room.

"Hi," said Buffy.

Buffy noticed that her Mom and the doctor were stood infront of a set of CAT scan images stook on a lightened wall. They both turned to face her, Joyce smiled at her oldest daughter.

"May I come in ?" asked Buffy.

"Oh, of course, baby, come on in. Uh, where's Dawn ?" asked Joyce, noticing her youngest daughter wasn't with her.

"She's with Angel. They're watching Tv in the waiting room," smiled Buffy, now stood besides her Mom.

"Excuse me, I'm just gonna check on the status of the OR," said the doctor, making his way out of the room.

"Dr Isaacs says I'm lucky there's one available on such short notice. Some people wait for days, sometimes, weeks," sighed Joyce, stroking the back of her kneck.

"Mom, what did they find ?" asked Buffy softly.

"A shadow. I've got a shadow. Somewhere ... over there ... he showed it to me, but, they have to do a biopsy to find out exactly what it is," replied Joyce.

Buffy bit her lips, tears threated to spill but she had to stay strong for her Mom. She hugged her Mom tightly, she never wanted to let go and couldn't help but let a tear fall from her eyes. She quickly wiped it away as she released her Mom.

"Doctor says it's too early to be concerned," said Joyce.

"Right. No concern," smiled Buffy weakly.

"Just a shadow," sighed Joyce.

Buffy sighed and turned back to look at the images on the lightened wall.

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A few hours later...

Dawn was curled up, asleep, on an armchair. Angel smiled gently, he took off his jacket and draped it over her. He stroked her cheek and made his way over to Buffy who had been sat watching them. Buffy leaned on his shoulder, one hand in his hand and the other on her bump, Angel kissed her head. Suddenly, Buffy saw the doctor approaching and got up and rushed over to him.

"Everything went fine, they're moving her into recovery now," smiled the doctor.

"Do we have the results yet ?" asked Buffy nevously.

"Let's, um, sit down over here for a minute," said the doctor.

"No! Excuse me, no, I - I don't mean to be rude, I just, I've been sitting for hours and I can't stand it anymore. I just ... tell me, please," sighed Buffy.

"Your Mother has ... the term is low-grade glioma. It's a brain tumour. The clinical name is Oligodendroglioma. It's in the left hemisphere of the cerebrum. In your Mother's case the tumour seems to have started there. In other words, it hasn't spread from another part of the body -"

The doctor continued to talk, Buffy felt sick and couldn't work out if it was pregnancy symptoms or not.

"I know this is very difficult, and because of the nature of your Mother's illness ... unfortunately, things may progress very quickly," sighed the doctor.

"Things ? What things ?" asked Buffy.

"Symptoms. There's a fair variety that might present. Loss of vision or appetite, lack of muscle control and mood swings," replied the doctor.

"But what can we do ?" questioned Buffy.

"Well, not much, until we determine if the tumour's operable. Which we are working on," said the doctor, leading Buffy over to some chairs and sitting down.

"Is there something that I - I mean - can I help ?" whispered Buffy.

"Well, there's some literature you might want to look at. If we aren't able to go in surgically, there are a number of new treatments that are very promising. Your Mother's prognosis is a lot better today than it would have been only a year ago. Even if the tumour's not operable, she has a real chance," smiled the doctor.

"What's a real chance ?" asked Buffy.

"Nearly one out of three patients with this condition does just fine. Now, let me ask. Does your Mother's insurance require copies of the MRI and pathology reports ?" questioned the doctor.

"Im not sure," mumbled Buffy, it was like he had spoken a foreign language to her.

"Well, just let me know as soon as possible. And I could use some information regarding your Mom's lifestyle and home environment. For instance, does she use a cell phone ?" asked the doctor.

"Uh, yeah, she has one of those ear things," said Buffy.

"Ok, is your house near any power lines, chemical plants, waste disposal facilities ?" asked the doctor again.

"I-I don't know. Maybe," mumbled Buffy.

"Well, the more we know ..."

"Im sorry," apologised Buffy.

The doctor scowled, he began to write on his clipboard whilst Buffy stared into space, alot of thoughts going through her head.

"Excuse me, Doc, but they told me you're needed in ICU," smiled Ben.

"Excuse me, Miss Summers," said the doctor.

"Uh, it's Ok," replied Buffy, who had been rather distracted.

The doctor left, Ben took his seat and smiled at Buffy who smiled back.

"Thought you looked like you needed a break. Guy's great, but he doesn't have the bone in his head that tells him when to back off. I mean you're pregnant, its not good adding this much stress onto your back, or stomach," smiled Ben.

"You mean, they didn't need him ?" questioned Buffy, smiling slightly.

"Well, I'm sure someone does somewhere, they always do. He really is a good doctor. Your Mom is in good hands," replied Ben.

"Thanks Ben," smiled Buffy, patting him on the shoulder.

They stayed silent for a while, neither of them interupted the silence that surrounded them as they both waited for the other to speak first. Finally, Buffy gave in and spoke.

"He, um, he was just telling me that there's nothing I can do," sighed Buffy, rubbing her bump.

"Yeah, I'm gonna tell you the same thing. Give yourself a break, don't stress yourself out to much. Listen, your Mom's gonna be unconscious for atleast another six, seven hours," replied Ben.

"A break ?" asked Buffy.

"Well, I just mean go out, get some air. It will be good for you and the baby, get Angel to take you for a walk. Come back later on this evening, talk to the Doc then if you want. My unsolicited advice for the day," smiled Ben.

Ben stood up and began to walk away.

"And Buffy ? Please, don't worry to much - you don't want to go in labour four months early," smiled Ben.

Buffy nodded, she watched as he walked off then sighed, she leant back and closed her eyes. She felt footsteps approaching her, she hoped it was Angel and not the doctor. When she heard the voice, she sat up and smiled. She got up and hugged Angel tightly.

"It's bad," mumbled Buffy into his shirt.

"I know," sighed Angel, stroking her hair.

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"Hey!" shouted Anya.

No one looked up at her.

"HEY!" she shouted louder.

Xander turned to look at her, she held up the receipt and waved it at Giles. Willow and Tara rushed over, Giles followed them with a large false smile.

"Anya, your 'heys' are startling the customers," whispered Giles.

"And pretty much the state," chuckled Xander.

"You sold someone a Khul's amulet and a sobekian bloodstone ?" asked Anya, holding up the receipt.

"Yes, I believe I did," replied Giles, who had taken the receipt and examined it.

"Are you stupid or something ?" questioned Anya.

"Allow me to answer that without a firing," replied Giles sternly.

"She's kidding!" chuckled Xander, he turned to Anya. "An, we talked about the employee-employer vocabulary no-no's. That was number five!"

"You never sell these things together, ever! Bad news! Don't you know about the Sobekites ?" questioned Anya, taking the receipt back.

"Oh! I do. It was an ancient Egyptian cult, heavy into dark magic," replied Willow.

"And the Khul's amulet, wasn't that a transmogrification conduit ?" asked Tara.

"Damn straight!" replied Anya, nodding her head.

"Be that as it may, I still see no reason for concern. I mean, the Sobekian transmogrification spells were lost thousands of years ago. And besides, the young woman to whom I sold them would have to have had enormous power -"

Giles clicked on. He began to remember Angel's description of the young woman, which fit the woman who had brought the ingrediants appearance perfectly.

"Young woman ?" questioned Willow, who had also understood.

"Oh, dear lord," whispered Giles.

Everyone looked alarmed, except for Xander who looked confused.

"What ?" he asked.

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"We've done just about enough making things worse for one day, haven't we?" said Anya.

Everyone nodded, although they did not expect Buffy and Angel to walk in just that minute.

"Why ? What do you mean ?" asked Buffy.

"Uh, nothing. Anya broke a bippity boppity boo. A thing. Don't worry about it," smiled Xander quickly.

"I did not! I didn't break -"

"Anya, Buffy and Angel don't need to hear about your clumsiness right now," interuppted Giles.

"My clumsiness ? I mean, that is so like me. Slippery, slippery... butterfingers," smiled Anya, who had been given meaningful glances of Willow and Xander/

"What happened ?" asked Angel, who was not fooled.

"Nothing -"

"Giles, tell us!" snapped Buffy, taking a seat besides Willow.

"The, uh, demon woman was here, the one who attacked Angel," sighed Giles, cleaning his glasses.

Buffy and Angel looked at each other, fully alarmed and listening carefully now.

"It's no biggie, she just got an amulet and a bloodstone," mumbled Willow.

"That can create a monster," added Anya.

"Ok, biggie," sighed Willow, rolling her eyes at Anya.

"My god, are you guys okay though ?" asked Buffy, throwing them concerned glances.

"No one got hurt, right ?" added Angel.

"Oh no, thankfully, no violence to speak of," replied Giles.

"Okay, thats good. How did she get away with this bad mojo stuff ?" asked Buffy, not understand why everyone looked guilty.

Everyone looked at the each other in embarassment, Angel and Buffy watched them with confused expressions. Finally, Anya turned towards them and began whispering.

"Giles sold it to her," she said.

"I-I-I didn't know it was her! I mean, how could I ? If it's any consolation, I may have overcharged her," sighed Giles.

"Anya figured out what the demon lady is up to," said Tara quickly, not wanting to get Giles in trouble.

"Yeah, a few thousands years ago, there was this cult; the temple of Sobek," began Anya.

"Sobek ?" asked Buffy, unsure of what that meant.

"Reptile demon. Sobekites were reptile worshippers," replied Angel, who earned a proud look from Anya.

"Just once I would like to run into a cult of bunny worshippers," sighed Xander.

"Great! Thank you very much for those nightmares," muttered Anya angrily.

"Sorry," apologised Xander, kissing her on the cheek.

"Anyway, their high priest Khul had great mystic powers. He, um, forged an amulet with transmogrifying crystal," contineud Anya.

"We're managed to decipher the markings that were on the bloodstone that i sold - that she left with. Um, cobra. She's going to transmogrify a cobra," sighed Giles.

"Ok, so she's making a monster. What for ? What does it do ?" questioned Buffy.

"Honey, breath," whispered Angel.

"That's the part we're working on," replied Giles.

"Well, you lot keep working on it. I'll go kill it," said Angel, leaning back from against Buffy's chair.

"Angel ?"

"Im going, I need to do this. You can't, Im not letting you go, Buffy," replied Angel.

"This chick creamed you last time, though," sighed Buffy.

"That's because I wasn't ready for her. I am now," smiled Angel.

He noticed the sad gloom in her wife-to-be's eyes. He lifted her chin up with his thumb and kissed her lightly on the lips. When they broke apart, Buffy still looked worried.

"I'll be fine, I promise," whispered Angel.

Buffy nodded, Angel turned and left. She sat down back, dropping her head in her hands and closing her eyes. She had to pass the time by, or else she would just continue to worry about him.

Im sorry this is getting so boring. I just want to make sure this Key plotline goes smoothly. I hope none of you mind! Let me know if you do! Love You all and thanks so much for the amazing reviews! x