Part 14
Xander slowly wakes and finds himself chained to a wall. Turning his head he sees he's in a cell. "Giles?" It comes out little more than a whisper. Xander licks his dry lips and tries again.
"Giles?"
He hears movement to his left and sees Giles is chained up in an identical cell.
There is a feminine yell to his right and he sees Kendra struggling with her chains.
"Won't do you any good, Slayer but keep trying. It's fun to watch you struggle." Willow leans back into Spike as they watch Kendra trying to pull the chains from the wall.
"You won't be laughing when Buffy comes and rescues us."
Spike leans down and places a kiss on Willow's neck but keeps his eyes on Kendra, "Oh, I think we'll be laughing harder when Buffy comes. And she might be coming to rescue Giles and Xander but sadly I don't think she'll come for you."
Willow nodded her head sadly, "Yeah, poor Kendra killed in the fight at the library."
"W-what do you mean?"
Willow smiled over at Giles who had finally come awake. "You know, Giles. Since I've become a vampire I've been able to tap into a lot more magick. It's really amazing how much dark magick is available to those that seek it out. Don't worry I didn't do much. Just a little glamour spell on a dead body."
Angel joined them out of the shadows and placed his head on top of Willow's but looked over at Giles.
Giles watched in disgust as Angel embraced both vampires.
"Isn't she something, Giles? And to think I wouldn't have known about her potential if it hadn't been for Dru seeing the darkness in her. I already thanked Buffy so I'll thank you and Xander as well. So thanks for not paying attention to Willow."
"We paid attention to her."
"Did you? Did you even notice when Willow went running out of the library after seeing Xander and Cordelia?"
Kendra continued to struggle with the chains hoping to break free but they weren't moving at all.
Willow rolled her eyes and turned her head back to Kendra, "Okay, this is getting boring. Will you quite struggling? I magically enhanced them so they would be immune to Slayer strength." Willow turned back to Giles and Xander. "Same goes for yours. See aren't you proud of me, Giles? I've learned all sorts of magick now."
"Why not kill us?" Xander asked.
Willow broke away from her two lovers and walked over to Xander's cell. She caressed the bars while talking to him. "Now where's the fun in that? That would have been a quick death this way we can play for years with you."
"Years? But I thought you were going to suck the world into hell?"
Angel and Spike laughed as they came over to join Willow. "Well watcher, hoisted on your own petard, eh?"
"W-what are you talking about?"
"I mean there is no Acathala, there is no ceremony, there is no end of the world."
With dawning horror Giles sees how much he seriously underestimated Angel, Spike and Willow.
Willow began to giggle, "Didn't you even suspect anything when NOTHING was in your precious books about Acathala?"
"But my Watcher found some things."
Willow turned back to Kendra. "Yes he did. But did he find them in books? Nope! On the computer, which is easy to hack into and plant all kinds of information."
"Buffy has stopped apocalypses before and she'll stop you."
"Yes she has. BUT she's always had the help of her Watcher and the Scoobies. Sadly neither are available to her now."
Spike looked down at his watch. "Showtime. And you guys owe me BIG for this. I have to make nice with the Slayer."
Willow pulled Spike's head down for a kiss while Angel caressed him from behind and whispered in his ear. "Don't worry, boy. We'll make it up to you."
Spike reluctantly stepped away from Angel and Willow and went to bring Buffy to them. Angel pulled Willow into a kiss before turning to Giles,
"Time to torture the Watcher. Have to make Buffy think I need information from you."
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Buffy runs through the streets of Sunnydale keeping to the shadows and dodging the police cars. She had called the hospital but there had been no signs of either Giles or Xander and she was getting seriously worried.
Buffy cuts through the park and sees a patrol car coming up behind her. She hopes it won't notice her and she ducks her head. The police officer gives a short burst of the siren before pulling over and getting out. Buffy ignores him and keeps walking.
"Hold it right there!"
Buffy spins around.
"Put your hands on your head."
Buffy begins to raise her hands when the officer is suddenly tackled from the side. Spike punches the man and then slowly stands and turns to Buffy.
"Hello, cutie."
Buffy hits Spike and his head twists to the side and then back. He smiles down at her. She does a kick to his gut and he doubles over for a second and then shoves her back. Buffy pulls a stake out of her coat and steps toward Spike.
Spike takes a step back and holds up his hands, "Hold on a minute. White flag here."
"Let me clear this up for you. We're mortal enemies, there is no white flag."
Spike just lifts an eyebrow at her, "You want to go a round? FINE. I just thought you might want my help in stopping Angel."
Buffy rolls her eyes, "That has got to be the lamest trick you have ever thought up." She starts to walk away.
Spike yells after her, "He's got your Watcher. Probably torturing him even now."
"What do you want?" Buffy asks exasperated.
"Told you. Want to stop Angel."
"Yeah, right. You want to save the world."
"Hell no. I want Red for myself."
"You're pathetic." Buffy hits Spike and he hits her back. "I lost a friend tonight. Maybe two."
Spike holds up his hands, "Hey, I wasn't in on that raid."
"I may lose more, the world's gonna be sucked into hell and you want my help because you got a crush on Willow?!? Well, let me take the opportunity to show you how much I don't care."
"I can't fight them both alone and neither can you." Spike looks back at the police officer who is starting to wake up. "And I'm all you've got."
Buffy looks down at the police and then back at Spike. She realizes he's right. If Angel and Willow have Giles and hopefully Xander she can't fight them alone. Especially with the police after her as well. She needs Spike's help.
"Fine. Let's talk. But not here."
Spike smiles evilly as he follows Buffy.
