Author: Lissa-Bean
Parts: 9/10
Rating: PG-13 Little swear words here and there..
Feedback: Yes, please! MyLuv4JeffHardy@aol.com
Distribution: Go ahead, I don't mind, just credit me and tell me where it's going.
Disclaimer: Joss & Co. owns all these people.... I just kind of play along
Note: Word Italicized how's what people are thinking. Example: **Thoughts** This was set before the knew Dawn was the key and all... I donno when that was though.
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Night hit before they all knew it. "Okay, Xander, Giles, take the East side of town. Willow, Tara, get the West. Spike and I will take the North and south. If you find Glory, you all have your radios?" Buffy said holding up her 'walkie-talkie' as Dawn would say. "Check the high priced hotels. Glory would think she deserves nothing but the best right?"
Buffy and Spike kept roaming town, silently, keeping their eyes open for anything different. Buffy looked from hotel to hotel, they all looked the same and had no Glory. "Buffy, I think that your still not well enough to fight Glory. She's a God and you've barely been able to hold your own before you had the bloody kid. Promise me you'll let me do the fighting and that you'll only fight when you bleeding have to?" Spike walked in front of her, turned around, then stopped to face her.
"Promise me, luv?" She had a tinge of pain in her eyes. How could Spike have so little confidence in her? She was still the slayer and still had slayer strength, just not full slayer strength. Who was she even kidding? "Spike you are right, but I don't expect you or anyone else to die in my place. I was meant to help protect the key, the world, my friends, even you. You have to accept this." Buffy said, quickening her pace around him.
"No, your wrong. You were meant to protect people. I am not a person, I am a monster and you know it. You are worth bloody 10 of me and I won't have you die when I can't stop it, pet." Spike said still having his back turned to Buffy.
Buffy turned around to face Spikes back, hoping to see some kind of expression, how he was feeling. After all she didn't want to piss him off. At least not now. "I was meant to help people and if you act like a person and show love and lust, well then that's a good enough reason for me." She grabbed his hand hoping to get him to hurry, of all this, their child's life was still at sake.
"Spike?" Buffy asked in a quiet tone looking up at him searching his face. She searched for anything that would help gain them confidence, and found his love that had always been there for her. That was regaining her confidence. Spike did the same, searching her face. This was the only time he found something. His love, being returned. He could tell she loved him by her eyes, which made his heart soar.
"Yes, luv?" he asked finally after a long silence. "You're not worth ten of me, and you're not beneath me. We are equal, the same, and your not a monster because you don't act like one. I need you right now and you have to promise me, if you are going to risk you life, don't do it for me. Do it for our daughter." Buffy asked. Unconsciously during this whole time, she was still holding his hand.
"Anything you say." He said quietly. He knew he was gonna risk he life for the both of them, not just one. If anyone was gonna die in there, he knew it would be him, he wouldn't let it be any one else.
"Uhh... Buffy..." he said quieter than usual. "I think we just found Glory. Spike pointed to two scabby demons, obviously the ones that followed Glory carrying a garbage man. Spike and Buffy didn't know it but the garbage man was to fulfill Glory's appetite.
Spike picked up the radio and called Willow, Tara, Giles, and Xander and told them where Glory was and to be there as fast as they could. Spike and Buffy decided that they would go in and try to hold up without the gang and when they arrived, Glory would be caught up in the element of surprise and then someone would grab Little Will and they would all make a run for it. After all, no one even knew how to kill Glory.
Spike and Buffy proceed inside, being as quiet as they could be and followed the scabby demons. They ran through one of the hotel rooms, to much in a hurry to close the door. Buffy and Spike peeked in, not making their move just yet. First they needed to know their position. Little Will, slept in her pink blanket, as she did when Buffy was holding her for the first time. She lay there sound asleep, unconcious of what was about to go down, on the couch next to the fireplace which was lit ablaze.
"Scabby minion, why isn't my key here yet?" They demons threw the garbage man in the corner. He was to frightened to move. Glory curled up inside the arms of one of her minions. She did this a lot when she was mad, and it frightened her followers. She would probably suck one of their brains out soon enough. But now she had the garbage man and she slowly backed away from the "Scabby Moron" in her point of view.
She walked over to the baby and patted it's head. "It your mother can't be here in time, you can be my appetizer little one." She grinned slightly and jumped on the love seat with her arms stretched relaxed.
"Now" Buffy whispered Spike ran in and took on all of the scabby demons himself while Buffy was prepared to take on the lady herself.
"Well, so we meet again, Slayer." Glory got up from her resting place and pointed to the baby. "I bet your looking for her?" Glory let out a little chuckle. She couldn't help not to, the slayer was her in her little paws, all she had to do was seize the moment.
"Well, you could say that..." Buffy had her ax, which she had gotten ready earlier for this occasion. He little bag of other goodies lay just outside the door. Buffy swung the ax and ended up hitting Glory with the flat side (not the blade). Glory knew Buffy wasn't at her best, but she was still stronger than humans.
Buffy picked up the ax and slashed Glory's arm. Glory let out a raging shriek and grabbed Buffy by the neck. Buffy was gasping for air. "You'll pay for that Slayer, in more ways than one."
Spike chopped the last demons head off. He knew Glory had some more minions hiding somewhere, but he didn't care. He looked across the room to see Buffy getting the breath choked out of her. "BUFFY!!!" he screamed as he ran over and around the debris they had cause up until this point. **Don't worry luv, I am coning**
Spike threw and bone crushing punch right into her left eye. "If that leaves a mark vampire, your dead." Glory did end up dropping Buffy who was gasping for air. Glory focused her full attention to Spike.
Spike knew he was in some deep shit. He grabbed Buffy's ax and slashed her midriff.
Willow stood in the doorway preparing for her spell, Tara next to her, the rest of the gang behind her. She chanted in ancient Latin in unison with Tara. She held up her had as if to motion Stop. Her words got louder and stronger, they seemed to be holding Glory in that place.
"Spike, Grab Willow, and Buffy. Head out, run as fast as you can." Willow said still holding her hand up. Spike did as he was told and ran to his crypt. Where else could he go? He was deinvited from Buffy's house.
Willow chanted some more hoping to time the invisible cage that was holding Glory there so it would let go of her when they left and were safe. Willow and everyone took off towards Buffy's house where they knew they would be safer. For now, they had all survived.