(part 15)"You let them bite you?" Xander asked for the tenth time since they had left Willow's house. Willow paused once again to explain it to Xander. "Neither of them bit me. For the ritual to have worked both Angel and Spike needed to consume some of my blood." Willow said impatiently. Xander wasn't even able to comprehend this small part of what had happened. There was no way Willow was going to tell him about drinking Spike's blood. "But, why?" Xander asked in confusion. "Xander, I've already explained more than once." Willow snapped. She loved the teenaged boy but he had just used up her patience. "We don't have time to play twenty questions. Especially when you already know the answers. We have to save Buffy and Faith!" Xander looked shocked at having Willow yell at him. Willow never yelled about anything. Xander was sure it was Spike's influence causing her to act like this. The fact that Willow had begun to grow up and finally understood the gravity of the situations they were always in never crossed his mind. Silently the odd looking group of people walked the rest of the way to the cemetery. Once there Willow and Angel led everyone to the mausoleum where Willow and Xander had first encountered vampires. "The entrance is right back here." Angel said. He walked to the back of the cement tomb and opened the entrance to the tunnels. Cordelia and Willow followed him down with the rest not far behind. "I cannot believe I am going down into the sewers wearing Gucci shoes." Cordelia complained. "It's an electrical tunnel, not a sewer." Giles corrected her mildly. "That is so not the point!" Cordelia said. "Well you could have stayed home and waited for the apocalypse. I'm sure your shoes would fare much better during that." Xander said sarcastically. "Shut up, Xander. I'm here aren't I?" "Would you two stop." Willow said. Then she blanched at the sudden image that popped into Spike's head, Xander and Cordy were doing a lot more than bickering. Thanks a lot Spike. That picture will be forever burned into my brain. Willow thought. "No problem, Luv." Spike said out loud. Everyone, except Willow and Angel, turned to look at him weird. "It's the melding. We're still getting used to it." Willow explained to them