1 Family Ties

Chapter 4

Disclaimer-I trained my fanatical hamsters to deal with the goon squad and a group of well-paid weasels for the lawyers. Any minute I'll rule the Universe once again…Shit now they're all suing me!

Note-Reality bites. Eventually more will come once I remember where I put the other parts of the plot line…Here plot line...Here boy…I brought your favorite bone…here plotty plotty plotty…



Their part of the patrol was quiet. They encountered a few fledglings which Andrew and Spike to great delight in dispatching. After the last bout Spike and Andrew began to talk about each other's style of staking. Spike did it for crowd control. Andrew did it for fun. Xander watched in amusement as his father killed vampires while another vampire commented on his style. "Oi, you're leaving your chest wide open!" thud grunt, "I told you. Keep your other arm closer to your body to block body shots! Even the whelp knows this by now!" Crack. grunt, "Told you to keep your guard up. That looks like it hurt."

"Thanks a lot for your help Spike." Andrew said menacingly. I wonder how much he'd need for a bribe to have Xander say that Spike Accidentally got impaled on a stake.

"You're quiet welcome good gentlemen. Always happy to be of service." Spike said in upper crust tones while bowing towards Andrew. "You wouldna lasted five minutes with Angel." He said returning to his normal accent.

Xander flinched, "Blondie's right. You're a bit out of practice if those fledges are getting to you. If you're going to come demon hunting than you need to get back into shape for it." An image of his dad's body broken and bloody filled his imagination. Maybe he could get his father back out of the business entirely.

Andrew critically reexamined the battle. He was appalled at his performance. He'd been slow and stupid. He could look forward to many a day spent training to return to his old abilities. It would be good father- son bonding cause if he had to suffe..umm train then so would Xander. "Lets get to the rendezvous site.

A few minutes they met back up with Buffy and the others. They began to make their way cautiously forward on the route. These demons were dangerous. Drusilla was in the back while Spike was in the front acting like lookout guards. Dru had been strangely quiet that evening. Occasionally looking up at the stars and smiling.

In a flash Willow was flying thru the air and hit a tree. The demon had found them instead. Buffy and Spike attacked it as one. Dru as previously instructed hung back and checked on Willow. She was already shaking off the blow. Xander taken by surprise made a wild swing. It was a good thing because the demon tried to run Buffy through with one of it's horns.

"Thanks Xander. Where's the apple…" Splat! ROAR!!! The demon screamed its agony and anger as its prey attacked it. The applesauce acted like acid and began to eat away at the skin. From the perimeter both Dru and Willow lobbed apples and more applesauce at it. In anger and hatred it swept aside both Spike and Buffy into the wall of a mausoleum and grabbed Andrew by the throat and threw him the other way. Xander standing directly behind him was ignored as it lumbered over to Willow. The apples were only making it madder. He only had a second to decide. Xander threw the special dust that had been stored in his pocket over his shoulder in a second a flash of light engulfed him. The monster stopped and sniffed the air. It's favorite prey was about to show itself…





Don't you just hate it when authors stop just when its getting interesting? I'm thinking of making a pairing in here. Any suggestions?