Title: Bye bye baby

Author: Lady Fire heart aka Faith

Rating: R

Pairings: B/S

Summary: Buffy finds gets majorly sick and goes to the doctor but when she gets there the diagnosis is not what she was expecting.

Time set: Maybe late season 6 to early season 7

Feedback: please oh please I would love that.

Disclaimer: These characters to not belong to me. They belong to the great and almighty Joss. Believe me I wish I had written it. Then I would have an excuse to meet James marsters. (lol)

Special thanks go out to:

Rick for helping me feel better when I was kind of depressed

Tanner for showing me that guys were not all so bad

Chris for showing me international guys were a lot of fun.

Jessica for being a great online buffy buddy

and the next Jessica for being another great buffy buddy

Luna for being just really wise and giving me confidence to keep writing

Sydney for being just totally off the wall and making me laugh.

Kristyn: for reading and just making me way to proud of myself sometimes

Mary: for being the best buddy anyone could have.

Teri: For teaching me lot's of sneaky ways that people could get around problems in the story.

Mark: For challenging me into all kinds of story plots and giving me a really awesome demon idea for this story.

Ant: I never knew why you wanted to be called ant and I still am not sure about your real name but you are a great guy friend to have.

Morgan: for showing me just because your little doesn't mean you're a wimp.

My mom for telling me I could be whatever I wanted to be.

Sarahvampgrl: A great writer on this same site! She wrote so incredibly well that I had to try it out.

And last to Anthony who has annoyed me and wrote me and wrote me and told me I was a hot mama. Thank you for introducing me to Rick so that now I have a new friend.

And thank you reader for reading my stories. Please read and review.

Ok now enough thank you's I think. And on with the story. Ba da da dah. (Drum roll please)



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Buffy snuck softly around the back of the house and listened for any sounds of demons sneaking up. The plan was to sneak in the small attack window and down to the first floor where the demon had Joyce and Dawn. Buffy gasped and pulled the sword back to kill the demon but sighed in relief as she saw it was only Spike.

"Spike slow down." She whispered. He held the ax and looked up towards the window. "No. I am not slowing down until that bloody demon is dead." Spike leaned down and held his hands together forming a brace for buffy to step onto. "Come on love. Up and at them." Buffy stepped onto his hand and he lifted her up until she could pull up onto the ledge and crack the window open.

Buffy held tightly to the window frame and leaned out to spike. "Come on." She whispered. Spike climbed up the trellis and grabbed onto Buffy's hand. She pulled harshly and they tumbled back into the attic. Spike pulled Buffy to her feet as he stood. "Thanks" he whispered before grabbing the ax and moving towards the door. Buffy picked up the sword and walked over to the door. "Let's go save them." She whispered.

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The demon nodded to his minion's and they pushed dawn towards him. "Now." He hissed as he raised a Dagger towards Joyce. "I want to kill you little babe first." Joyce's cries rang through the room and the minions bowed down to the floor chanting. The demon held the knife high as a mist formed around the ceiling.

"Nos fer ta tilla!" He looked down to the baby in his arms and lowered the knife to her throat. The baby screamed in fear as he chanted again. "Notilla Fo nankia! Let the floor fill with the child's blood. Let red be red!!" he shouted.

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Buffy leapt out and staked the first vampire minion and along with Spike they ran into the pack. Spike staked two of them at the same time and Buffy fell onto her back and leapt out from the reach of another. Buffy staked the vampire angrily and kicked the next one hard enough that he fell down and she staked him. Buffy looked to see Spike kill the last one and they both stood back to back in front of the Demon.

The demon growled low and grabbed dawn. "Back away." He ordered. Spike growled. "Hand over the children." He hissed. The demon raised both of the children and smiled evilly. "One or the other. You can save you daughter. Or you can save your sister. Which will it be?" Spike and buffy looked at each other in horror. Buffy looked at the ax near Spike's foot. "Pst." She hissed.

Spike looked down at the ax and back at buffy. She pointed to her arm and made a small circle shape. Spike nodded. "Having trouble?" the demon cackled. Spike stepped down onto the ax handle and it shot up into the air. Spike caught it with ease and smirked at the demon. "Well I'm not. But you'll be." With that said spike swung the ax down and it cut the demon's right arm off. The demon roared in anger and Spike grabbed Joyce and Dawn.

The demon's figure distorted into a blurry shadow and shot out in a thousand strands of gold. A blast of wind knocked Buffy and Spike back and a howl pierced the air. Buffy peeked out from the cover of her hands and rushed to Spike. "Spike are you okay?" spike nodded wearily and lifted Joyce into Buffy's arms. "She's trouble. Just like her mum." Buffy smiled and hugged the Joyce to her. Dawn slowly sat up holding her head. "Did we win?" she murmured. Spike chuckled and held Joyce's hand. "I thought we were going to lose you both." He whispered to the baby and Dawn.

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Buffy rocked Joyce slowly back and forth as Spike nailed the door back to the frame. "This door as been through way to much." Anya said haughtily. "I mean really. Aren't I right?" buffy nodded. "Yes Anya. Your right." Anya turned back to the door proudly. "See? I knew I was right sometimes."

Spike stood and walked over to stand behind buffy. "How's Joyce?" he asked quietly. Buffy looked up at spike. "She won't be fine until she's far away from us." Spike looked at willow and Tara whom were picking up the books and trying to organize them.

"Well. Didn't the witches find something to help?" Willow stood exhausted and looked at Spike. "No. We didn't find one thing. Not one thing at all." She leaned back down and picked up torn pages from a magic book. "Aw. I liked this book…" Buffy stood solemnly and looked to Anya. "An. we're going home." Anya nodded as she looked around naming the things that the insurance company would pay for.

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Spike closed the door behind them as they walked out onto the street. "So we're going to go home. Wait for Tara to drop Dawn off and then in the morning just give Joyce up?" Buffy asked. Spike closed his eyes to hold back tears. "We have to Buffy. Joyce is in danger and we cant change. Nothing that Willow and Tara do will help."

Buffy bit her lip and stopped. "Spike. I know who has this kind of power. They can help." Spike turned suspiciously. "And just who are you thinking of?" Buffy took a deep breath, "Rack." Spike stumbled back in shock. "Rack? Are you kidding me? No way in hell." Buffy placed a hand over his mouth. "We either ask him for help. Or we lose Joyce. Which one will it be Spike?" spike looked down at Joyce and sighed. "Fine. Let's go ask him."

TBC

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Next chapter Buffy and Spike go and ask Rack for help. But will he grant the help they want?