Chapter Six
The next afternoon Kanika was awoken by the sound of the front door slamming and voices speaking urgently. She got up and checked Ranae's room. She wasn't there. Kanika wondered why she could be up, seeing as it was only about 2:00 in the afternoon. Kanika wandered downstairs to see Ranae sitting in the living room with Spike.
"What's going on?" asked Kanika.
Ranae sighed and looked at Spike disapprovingly. "The new slayer's after Spike."
"What?! The new slayer? Why?"
"Seems that the new slayer is Buffy's sister." Ranae looked at Spike again.
"Hey, don't look at me like that. I can take care of her.she just surprised me is all. It's not so easy to fight slayers in the daylight, you know," Spike snapped defensively.
"Whatever," Ranae replied, "Does she know that you're here?"
"Well, I don't know. I was busy trying to get away, I don't if she followed me or not."
Ranae groaned loudly.
"Well, if she did follow Spike, we should find out pretty soon, huh?" Kanika interrupted.
"You're not helping this, Kanika." Ranae said.
"Sorry." Kanika replied, not really meaning it. She wondered why Ranae was so uptight since Spike came into town.
"Ok, Spike, I guess you'll have to stay here for the time being," Ranae looked around the house, wondering if letting Spike stay here was really the best thing, seeing as how the Slayer would probably find him soon. Ranae sighed again and put her head in her hands "I can't believe this."
"I'm telling you, it's not that bad, luv. I'll only need to stay here 'til sunset. Then I'll be out of here and looking for the slayer." Spike said. Ranae didn't reply, so Spike figured he owed her an apology. "Look, I'm sorry I dragged you into this."
"No, it's not that Spike, I just can't help worrying about this slayer. I mean, are you sure that you can handle this?"
Spike was taken aback by this. He raised an eyebrow. "What? You don't think I can handle this? Dawn's been the slayer for less than 3 months and worried that I can't handle her?"
"Well, she grew up around Buffy. Wouldn't she have had some training before becoming the slayer?"
"No-" Spike started, but Ranae cut him off.
"AND, there's always a possibility of surprise, Spike, I mean, you never know."
"Listen, I can handle her, ok? Just, stop worrying about me"
Ranae grumbled. "At least let me come with you. It may not only be the slayer, there could be others, Buffy's friends."
Spike chuckled. "Are you kidding?"
"Just let me come, Spike. I have to do something, you just came back, and I'm worried that I might lose you again."
Spike smiled and took a step closer to Ranae. "Nothing's going to happen to me."
"I'm still coming with you." Ranae said.
"Ok." Spike agreed.
"I'm coming too!" Kanika called from the stairs.
The next afternoon Kanika was awoken by the sound of the front door slamming and voices speaking urgently. She got up and checked Ranae's room. She wasn't there. Kanika wondered why she could be up, seeing as it was only about 2:00 in the afternoon. Kanika wandered downstairs to see Ranae sitting in the living room with Spike.
"What's going on?" asked Kanika.
Ranae sighed and looked at Spike disapprovingly. "The new slayer's after Spike."
"What?! The new slayer? Why?"
"Seems that the new slayer is Buffy's sister." Ranae looked at Spike again.
"Hey, don't look at me like that. I can take care of her.she just surprised me is all. It's not so easy to fight slayers in the daylight, you know," Spike snapped defensively.
"Whatever," Ranae replied, "Does she know that you're here?"
"Well, I don't know. I was busy trying to get away, I don't if she followed me or not."
Ranae groaned loudly.
"Well, if she did follow Spike, we should find out pretty soon, huh?" Kanika interrupted.
"You're not helping this, Kanika." Ranae said.
"Sorry." Kanika replied, not really meaning it. She wondered why Ranae was so uptight since Spike came into town.
"Ok, Spike, I guess you'll have to stay here for the time being," Ranae looked around the house, wondering if letting Spike stay here was really the best thing, seeing as how the Slayer would probably find him soon. Ranae sighed again and put her head in her hands "I can't believe this."
"I'm telling you, it's not that bad, luv. I'll only need to stay here 'til sunset. Then I'll be out of here and looking for the slayer." Spike said. Ranae didn't reply, so Spike figured he owed her an apology. "Look, I'm sorry I dragged you into this."
"No, it's not that Spike, I just can't help worrying about this slayer. I mean, are you sure that you can handle this?"
Spike was taken aback by this. He raised an eyebrow. "What? You don't think I can handle this? Dawn's been the slayer for less than 3 months and worried that I can't handle her?"
"Well, she grew up around Buffy. Wouldn't she have had some training before becoming the slayer?"
"No-" Spike started, but Ranae cut him off.
"AND, there's always a possibility of surprise, Spike, I mean, you never know."
"Listen, I can handle her, ok? Just, stop worrying about me"
Ranae grumbled. "At least let me come with you. It may not only be the slayer, there could be others, Buffy's friends."
Spike chuckled. "Are you kidding?"
"Just let me come, Spike. I have to do something, you just came back, and I'm worried that I might lose you again."
Spike smiled and took a step closer to Ranae. "Nothing's going to happen to me."
"I'm still coming with you." Ranae said.
"Ok." Spike agreed.
"I'm coming too!" Kanika called from the stairs.