(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
