The Unorthodox
"You're right Giles I am no good at this, what else can I do?" Buffy asked with a sigh.
Giles didn't tell her that he had been listening and he thought that she was an excellent partner in the whole scheme.
Giles nodded, "I need you to talk to some people. Just tell them what is going on. I've got a couple of rooms of high level watchers who need to be bound to us. Take Tara and go see what you can do."
Giles handed her the orb of Galia and Buffy smiled.
"Sounds good."
Buffy began to walk away. Then she turned back.
"Giles where is Spike," Buffy whispered, afraid to know the truth.
Giles smiled, "He's safe Buffy."
"Where Giles," Buffy asked a little less pliantly.
Giles adjusted his glasses. He had made the promise to Spike that Wesley had. The vampire had his pride. The vampire would probably drown in his pride. However there was no reason to rile a very pregnant Buffy and that is the root of why Spike didn't want to come back immediately. Buffy had enough to deal with. Giles and Wesley had agreed to this.
"He's safe," Giles told her again.
"Giles I came here for him and he's within a mile of me and I don't get to see him, its killing me."
"Trust me."
"But.." Buffy began and never finished. Giles crossed over to her and he put his hand on the sphere that Buffy held.
"Always have you been a daughter, now you are a partner. All that I have done in recent years is for you. You will live and you will be happy as long as there is breath in my body. I will do what I can to make you strong as long as you put your trust in me."
Buffy was thunderstruck by the devotion in his voice. She nodded and the gold in the sphere went up into his arm. Giles relased the sphere and nodded.
"Go now Buffy. I will do what needs to be done. You go do what you can," Giles said turning away from her.
Buffy looked at her watcher who was the binding force of the sphere. They pledged their loyalty to him. That man had just given her equal rights. He had given her half of everything that he received. She was in awe.
However she also had to do something that she hated to do.
She had to not question and she had to give over the control of the situation to her watcher. Her watcher was there to look out for her. There was quite a bond between this watcher with his unorthodox past and with the very unique slayer.
Buffy sighed and walked down the hall. She attempted to trust the bond.
*****
Buffy left and Giles turned to Willow, "This may not be pretty, but Willow we need you."
Willow looked at him and didn't say a word. She entered the room and Giles closed the door behind them. The three began to get the information that they needed out of Holden.
****
At first the information came in drips. It was just a little bit here and a little bit there.
It took twenty hours of private sessions with Angel, Willow and Giles before Holden broke.
Buffy was in the room just in time to hear his confession.
"It's the baby."
"My baby?" Buffy said coldly.
"Yes we took him to make sure that he wouldn't protect the baby."
Buffy took a step forward, but Giles shook his head.
"The baby is the key. She's a child unlike any other child. We couldn't find any prophecies, but this child should be under the control of the council. "
This time Angel was holding Buffy back, at Giles request.
"We couldn't hurt the vampire without killing the baby and the mother. So we were to keep him out of sight. We kept him incapacitated by breaking his legs daily and not giving him blood. We figured that once the baby was born he wouldn't be needed anymore. Then we could kill him once the baby was born."
Willow was needed to sedate Buffy. Buffy slipped to the floor and Angel took her and put her in a chair.
"We would have killed her once the baby was born and it would have been ours.
Giles looked at his sleeping girl and he knew that he came very close to loosing her.
And once again they underestimated her.
He had then made a derogatory remark about Buffy's taste in men and once again Giles had hit him. Holden passed out.
***
Willow looked at the figure of Holden. She spoke lightly to Giles about what she saw in Holden' head. Buffy sat in a chair with Angel rubbing her feet. Most of the members of the council had been sworn into exile. Three pledged allegiance to the rebels. One was a friend of the Hayden family. One was more interested in The Wyndam-Price money over anything else. One just hated Holden.
***
"Where is Wesley?" she asked impatiently. She had waited three days for Spike.
Giles rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"He'll be here soon. We wanted to give Spike a few days for safety's sake so that we could take control without putting him in trouble anymore."
They had spent two days in the headquarters. Giles had spent most of the day gathering information and meeting with the wiccas and different groups of Watchers. There were some very unhappy, but Buffy was by his side. That made most of the difference. Buffy was the legendary slayer. She was a pulling power. She was brash and the council abhorred her methods. However she had managed to do many things that other slayers could not.
With the slayer by his side Giles was looked to lead and Buffy was looked to as a consult. The traditions of the council were being shook to their core, and it was hard.
But Buffy and Giles had worked so long together that they found that their relationship of watcher and slayer lead to a good partnership. The challenge that that they had undertaken was extensive, but Giles had the know-how and Buffy had the practical knowledge.
However knowing Spike was safe was no longer enough. She couldn't work enough hours to make her content enough to be without him.
"He'll be here at nightfall. Wesley thought it best."
Buffy muttered under her breath.
She held her belly and sat. she waited for the sun to go down.
***
"You're right Giles I am no good at this, what else can I do?" Buffy asked with a sigh.
Giles didn't tell her that he had been listening and he thought that she was an excellent partner in the whole scheme.
Giles nodded, "I need you to talk to some people. Just tell them what is going on. I've got a couple of rooms of high level watchers who need to be bound to us. Take Tara and go see what you can do."
Giles handed her the orb of Galia and Buffy smiled.
"Sounds good."
Buffy began to walk away. Then she turned back.
"Giles where is Spike," Buffy whispered, afraid to know the truth.
Giles smiled, "He's safe Buffy."
"Where Giles," Buffy asked a little less pliantly.
Giles adjusted his glasses. He had made the promise to Spike that Wesley had. The vampire had his pride. The vampire would probably drown in his pride. However there was no reason to rile a very pregnant Buffy and that is the root of why Spike didn't want to come back immediately. Buffy had enough to deal with. Giles and Wesley had agreed to this.
"He's safe," Giles told her again.
"Giles I came here for him and he's within a mile of me and I don't get to see him, its killing me."
"Trust me."
"But.." Buffy began and never finished. Giles crossed over to her and he put his hand on the sphere that Buffy held.
"Always have you been a daughter, now you are a partner. All that I have done in recent years is for you. You will live and you will be happy as long as there is breath in my body. I will do what I can to make you strong as long as you put your trust in me."
Buffy was thunderstruck by the devotion in his voice. She nodded and the gold in the sphere went up into his arm. Giles relased the sphere and nodded.
"Go now Buffy. I will do what needs to be done. You go do what you can," Giles said turning away from her.
Buffy looked at her watcher who was the binding force of the sphere. They pledged their loyalty to him. That man had just given her equal rights. He had given her half of everything that he received. She was in awe.
However she also had to do something that she hated to do.
She had to not question and she had to give over the control of the situation to her watcher. Her watcher was there to look out for her. There was quite a bond between this watcher with his unorthodox past and with the very unique slayer.
Buffy sighed and walked down the hall. She attempted to trust the bond.
*****
Buffy left and Giles turned to Willow, "This may not be pretty, but Willow we need you."
Willow looked at him and didn't say a word. She entered the room and Giles closed the door behind them. The three began to get the information that they needed out of Holden.
****
At first the information came in drips. It was just a little bit here and a little bit there.
It took twenty hours of private sessions with Angel, Willow and Giles before Holden broke.
Buffy was in the room just in time to hear his confession.
"It's the baby."
"My baby?" Buffy said coldly.
"Yes we took him to make sure that he wouldn't protect the baby."
Buffy took a step forward, but Giles shook his head.
"The baby is the key. She's a child unlike any other child. We couldn't find any prophecies, but this child should be under the control of the council. "
This time Angel was holding Buffy back, at Giles request.
"We couldn't hurt the vampire without killing the baby and the mother. So we were to keep him out of sight. We kept him incapacitated by breaking his legs daily and not giving him blood. We figured that once the baby was born he wouldn't be needed anymore. Then we could kill him once the baby was born."
Willow was needed to sedate Buffy. Buffy slipped to the floor and Angel took her and put her in a chair.
"We would have killed her once the baby was born and it would have been ours.
Giles looked at his sleeping girl and he knew that he came very close to loosing her.
And once again they underestimated her.
He had then made a derogatory remark about Buffy's taste in men and once again Giles had hit him. Holden passed out.
***
Willow looked at the figure of Holden. She spoke lightly to Giles about what she saw in Holden' head. Buffy sat in a chair with Angel rubbing her feet. Most of the members of the council had been sworn into exile. Three pledged allegiance to the rebels. One was a friend of the Hayden family. One was more interested in The Wyndam-Price money over anything else. One just hated Holden.
***
"Where is Wesley?" she asked impatiently. She had waited three days for Spike.
Giles rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"He'll be here soon. We wanted to give Spike a few days for safety's sake so that we could take control without putting him in trouble anymore."
They had spent two days in the headquarters. Giles had spent most of the day gathering information and meeting with the wiccas and different groups of Watchers. There were some very unhappy, but Buffy was by his side. That made most of the difference. Buffy was the legendary slayer. She was a pulling power. She was brash and the council abhorred her methods. However she had managed to do many things that other slayers could not.
With the slayer by his side Giles was looked to lead and Buffy was looked to as a consult. The traditions of the council were being shook to their core, and it was hard.
But Buffy and Giles had worked so long together that they found that their relationship of watcher and slayer lead to a good partnership. The challenge that that they had undertaken was extensive, but Giles had the know-how and Buffy had the practical knowledge.
However knowing Spike was safe was no longer enough. She couldn't work enough hours to make her content enough to be without him.
"He'll be here at nightfall. Wesley thought it best."
Buffy muttered under her breath.
She held her belly and sat. she waited for the sun to go down.
***