Chapter 6
Willow, Tara, Anya, Xander, Giles, and the new Slayer, Christina all sat in the Summers' living room. They were waiting for Dawn.
"So how do you think she knows about the prophecy?" Xander asked.
"You dated her." Willow simply said.
"Cordelia must have had a vision or something, only I'm not sure how this involves Dawn." Giles was looking threw his books.
Suddenly a knock came from the door. Xander got up to answer it. When he opened it he saw Spike and a young lady who looked pregnant. He looked hard at the girl then fainted.
When the rest of the group heard the thud they ran to the door.
"Oh my God!" Anya said.
"Dawn!" Willow pulled the girl into a hug. "And hi Spike."
Tara smiled and pulled Dawn into a hug too, "We missed you so much Sweetie."
The Watcher knew why Dawn was here now, "Dawn. Nice to see you again."
"Peaches," Spike yelled out the door, "When you're done with the bags come carry Zeppo in."
"Spike you're vampire. You have super strength too."
"But I'm taking care of Dawn."
"All the more reason you should help Xander."
"ANGEL." Cordelia yelled, "Stop it! For once in your un-life let them be!"
Spike shrugged and picked up Xander. He tossed the man on the couch. Then sat down beside Dawn.
"So you're Dawn." Christina said, "I've heard so much about you. You're the Key right?"
Dawn flinch. She was only the Key here. Not Dawn the person, but the Key that needed to be taken care of.
Cordelia and a very mad Angel joined the crowd. "So Dawn, tell everyone why we are here." Cordelia said.
"Right. When Spike and I lived in New York someoerapedme." Dawn mumbled the last bit.
"What?" the whole group said.
"Someone raped me."
"Oh God, Dawnie." Willow whispered.
"So you'll give birth to the baby in the prophecy." Giles looked over his book, "Made of light. In shadow of the Slayer. She will bare the baby of power."
"So what's this baby of power?" Christina asked.
"It's a baby born with a lot of power." Giles read over the page, "It seems there are many. One is born every 50 years. All with the same father. He is reincarnated every time. It sees that every mother of the babies were sister's to a Slayer. It says that this year he will use all the power to end the world."
"Not again." Dawn moaned.
"What?" the Slayer asked.
"It's always my fault when the world ends."
"Ok so all we have to do is keep Dawn and her baby safe." Willow said.
"Yea, but for how long?" Tara pointed out.
"It says here the power is lost after 2 hours." Giles flipped the page. "He will be destroyed after so we don't need to worry about him coming back."
"Ok, it doesn't seem that hard. We keep the Bit safe until then."
"You already did a good job of that." No one had noticed the very awake Xander, "If it wasn't for your good job of protecting her we wouldn't have to deal with this."
Spike growled, "You don't think I know that. You don't think I know it was my fault Dawn got hurt. I should have been there. I made a promise, and I couldn't help her. I know, so don't tell me it was my fault because I already know."
Spike walked out of the house. Dawn was about to go after, but Angel stopped her. He went outside after Spike.
"Spike?"
"What do you want?"
"There's nothing you could have done. Dawn knows that. You shouldn't blame yourself."
"I thought you would like this. It only proves what you said. I corrupted an innocent girl."
"No you fell in love with her. I believe you, no matter how much I don't like it."
Spike wanted to cry. He never would be able to fully protect her. He hated it. "I don't know if I can do this. I don't know if I can always be there for her. I just think so day she'll wake up and realize she needs more."
"I will be there for you, for her." Angel pulled his Childe into a hug.
"Thanks." Spike whispered. "But I still hate you."
"Right." Angel chuckled.
"XANDER!" Dawn screamed when Angel left.
"What? He let you get rapped."
Dawn felt like killing Xander at that moment. "I've spent too long trying to get him to believe there was nothing he could have done. You - you jerk!"
"He could have done something." Xander protested.
"Like what? Not let me go out on a date? Spike is the only one who sees me at 19! I'm an adult! I'm not Buffy's kid sister anymore, I'm not the Key, and I'm not some baby that has to be on a leash! I'm a grown woman! He didn't even want me to go. I told him to stay away! This is why I didn't come to you guys first! You never even liked Spike, you never accepted him."
"He's a vampire." Christina pointed out.
"He was helping us before you were here. Did they tell you that? Did they tell you he can't hurt humans? Did they tell you he saved me life a few times? He stuck around after Buffy died. He tells me all the time that it was because he wanted to, a God knows Spike only does what he wants to."
Christina shook her head.
"Dawn you must see our point of view. You left in the middle of the night with Spike. We thought you were forced." Giles said.
"Yea I was, by you guys. The people who loved Buffy. I thought you guys didn't love me, but Spike. He spent his nights outside my window making sure I was safe. When you guys went to the Bronze or to fight evil Spike a 'soulless vampire' would rather spend time with a 14 year old girl than you would."
"Dawnie" Willow began, but Anya cut in.
"It's true. My friend Halfreck came here, but Dawn had already left. She said that she was said and lonely."
"Why didn't you tell us?" asked Xander.
"Because would you have believed me? That Dawn was sad around you guys. That she felt unloved?"
Everyone was silent.
"Dawn?" Angel came in.
"Yea?"
"Spike wants to talk to you."
"Ok." Dawn walked outside and sat beside Spike. "Hey."
"Dawn. I'm sorry."
"You don't have anything to be sorry about." Dawn put her head on his shoulder, "I love you."
Spike wrapped his arm around her and held her, "I love you too."
Willow, Tara, Anya, Xander, Giles, and the new Slayer, Christina all sat in the Summers' living room. They were waiting for Dawn.
"So how do you think she knows about the prophecy?" Xander asked.
"You dated her." Willow simply said.
"Cordelia must have had a vision or something, only I'm not sure how this involves Dawn." Giles was looking threw his books.
Suddenly a knock came from the door. Xander got up to answer it. When he opened it he saw Spike and a young lady who looked pregnant. He looked hard at the girl then fainted.
When the rest of the group heard the thud they ran to the door.
"Oh my God!" Anya said.
"Dawn!" Willow pulled the girl into a hug. "And hi Spike."
Tara smiled and pulled Dawn into a hug too, "We missed you so much Sweetie."
The Watcher knew why Dawn was here now, "Dawn. Nice to see you again."
"Peaches," Spike yelled out the door, "When you're done with the bags come carry Zeppo in."
"Spike you're vampire. You have super strength too."
"But I'm taking care of Dawn."
"All the more reason you should help Xander."
"ANGEL." Cordelia yelled, "Stop it! For once in your un-life let them be!"
Spike shrugged and picked up Xander. He tossed the man on the couch. Then sat down beside Dawn.
"So you're Dawn." Christina said, "I've heard so much about you. You're the Key right?"
Dawn flinch. She was only the Key here. Not Dawn the person, but the Key that needed to be taken care of.
Cordelia and a very mad Angel joined the crowd. "So Dawn, tell everyone why we are here." Cordelia said.
"Right. When Spike and I lived in New York someoerapedme." Dawn mumbled the last bit.
"What?" the whole group said.
"Someone raped me."
"Oh God, Dawnie." Willow whispered.
"So you'll give birth to the baby in the prophecy." Giles looked over his book, "Made of light. In shadow of the Slayer. She will bare the baby of power."
"So what's this baby of power?" Christina asked.
"It's a baby born with a lot of power." Giles read over the page, "It seems there are many. One is born every 50 years. All with the same father. He is reincarnated every time. It sees that every mother of the babies were sister's to a Slayer. It says that this year he will use all the power to end the world."
"Not again." Dawn moaned.
"What?" the Slayer asked.
"It's always my fault when the world ends."
"Ok so all we have to do is keep Dawn and her baby safe." Willow said.
"Yea, but for how long?" Tara pointed out.
"It says here the power is lost after 2 hours." Giles flipped the page. "He will be destroyed after so we don't need to worry about him coming back."
"Ok, it doesn't seem that hard. We keep the Bit safe until then."
"You already did a good job of that." No one had noticed the very awake Xander, "If it wasn't for your good job of protecting her we wouldn't have to deal with this."
Spike growled, "You don't think I know that. You don't think I know it was my fault Dawn got hurt. I should have been there. I made a promise, and I couldn't help her. I know, so don't tell me it was my fault because I already know."
Spike walked out of the house. Dawn was about to go after, but Angel stopped her. He went outside after Spike.
"Spike?"
"What do you want?"
"There's nothing you could have done. Dawn knows that. You shouldn't blame yourself."
"I thought you would like this. It only proves what you said. I corrupted an innocent girl."
"No you fell in love with her. I believe you, no matter how much I don't like it."
Spike wanted to cry. He never would be able to fully protect her. He hated it. "I don't know if I can do this. I don't know if I can always be there for her. I just think so day she'll wake up and realize she needs more."
"I will be there for you, for her." Angel pulled his Childe into a hug.
"Thanks." Spike whispered. "But I still hate you."
"Right." Angel chuckled.
"XANDER!" Dawn screamed when Angel left.
"What? He let you get rapped."
Dawn felt like killing Xander at that moment. "I've spent too long trying to get him to believe there was nothing he could have done. You - you jerk!"
"He could have done something." Xander protested.
"Like what? Not let me go out on a date? Spike is the only one who sees me at 19! I'm an adult! I'm not Buffy's kid sister anymore, I'm not the Key, and I'm not some baby that has to be on a leash! I'm a grown woman! He didn't even want me to go. I told him to stay away! This is why I didn't come to you guys first! You never even liked Spike, you never accepted him."
"He's a vampire." Christina pointed out.
"He was helping us before you were here. Did they tell you that? Did they tell you he can't hurt humans? Did they tell you he saved me life a few times? He stuck around after Buffy died. He tells me all the time that it was because he wanted to, a God knows Spike only does what he wants to."
Christina shook her head.
"Dawn you must see our point of view. You left in the middle of the night with Spike. We thought you were forced." Giles said.
"Yea I was, by you guys. The people who loved Buffy. I thought you guys didn't love me, but Spike. He spent his nights outside my window making sure I was safe. When you guys went to the Bronze or to fight evil Spike a 'soulless vampire' would rather spend time with a 14 year old girl than you would."
"Dawnie" Willow began, but Anya cut in.
"It's true. My friend Halfreck came here, but Dawn had already left. She said that she was said and lonely."
"Why didn't you tell us?" asked Xander.
"Because would you have believed me? That Dawn was sad around you guys. That she felt unloved?"
Everyone was silent.
"Dawn?" Angel came in.
"Yea?"
"Spike wants to talk to you."
"Ok." Dawn walked outside and sat beside Spike. "Hey."
"Dawn. I'm sorry."
"You don't have anything to be sorry about." Dawn put her head on his shoulder, "I love you."
Spike wrapped his arm around her and held her, "I love you too."