Description: Buffy's not feeling well, Spike won't go away, and Dawn knows
more that she should. The Scoobies lives are about to be changed forever.
Rating: R
Pairing: Buffy/Spike (did you think otherwise?)
**Author's Notes: Okay, I'm not a med student, so when you hit all the medical stuff, I made it up! I've watched ER and Scrubs a few times, but that's it. So if some of it doesn't make sense, that's why. Thanx! **
"How long do you think before they get back?" Dawn asked Giles. Both were sitting in the Summers' living room playing a game of Monopoly.
"I don't know, Dawn." Giles said tossing the dice onto the board. "But I told your sister that I would have you in bed sometime tonight."
"It's only 11:23." Dawn said, glancing down at her watch. "I've still got time. Besides there's no way I'm going to bed when I'm finally winning a game against you."
"You are not winning." Giles huffed. "I'm simply in a slump."
"You're losing." Dawn laughed. "But you're too British to admit it."
"I am not." Giles said. He rose from his chair and walked to the kitchen door. "Would you care for something to drink?"
"I'll get them." Dawn said rushing to the kitchen. She only made it five steps before she collapsed.
Again she was in the spinning room. The colors were back, and swirling even faster this time. She was still floating above the floor, but something was different. There was sound this time. A low pitched, almost a whisper. Dawn couldn't make out the words, but she got a vibe from it that sent shivers down her spine.
Gradually the whispers grew louder until she could make out the words.
"TWO OF THE TWO, TWO OF THE TWO, TWO OF THE TWO, TWO OF THE TWO, TWO OF THE TWO." A chorus of voices shouted. The sound seemed to surround her, with no origin.
Dawn brought her hands to her ears to dull the sound but it did nothing. The voices grew louder and louder, still chanting the same thing.
Then a loud boom erupted from nowhere, but the voices continued to shout. That's when she finally saw it.
Two robed figures entered the room. Their cloaks were different than the others'. They were an off white color decorated with beads and jewels. Atop their heads was some sort of black headdress. It was made of thorns or something like it.
They were carrying something too. Dawn couldn't tell what it was, but each of them was carrying one. It was wrapped in a white cloth, whatever it was.
"The two of the two!" the crowd shouted and bowed before them.
"The sacrifices." One of them shouted. "We shall be free!"
Spike had no idea he could possibly run that fast, and carrying a person too. But he sprinted down the road, looking only straight ahead.
'Gotta get her help.' He thought. His feet pounded on the pavement as he turned the corner to University Hospital. The automatic doors swung open and Spike plowed through.
"I need some help!" He shouted. Immediately a dozen doctors and nurses surrounded Spike.
"What happened?" one of the doctors asked.
"We were attacked." Spike said quickly.
One of the nurses pushed over a bed. Spike gently laid Buffy's body on it. The doctors went to work.
"Pulse faint."
"Breaths are labored and shallow."
"She took one to the stomach." Spike managed to get in before he was cut off again.
"Let's get her in to ER 1 and start a mainline." Buffy's bed was pushed away by a group of four or five doctors and nurses. Spike tried to follow but one of them held him back. "Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to stay here."
"But I've got to stay with her." Spike attempted to get past the man, but he blocked the way.
"Sir," a doctor appeared in the doorway of where the bed had disappeared. "Sir we have a multiple patient complication."
"What's that mean?" Spike asked looking worried.
The doctor turned quickly. "That means your girlfriend is pregnant." He said before he too disappeared through the door.
Spike stood there in awe. 'Buffy.pregnant?'
"Dawn?" Giles called. He waved the smelling salt in front of her and called again, "Dawn? Can you hear me?"
Dawn's eyes fluttered open and the light came fading back. "Not again." Dawn sighed rubbing her head.
"Again?" Giles questioned. "Dawn, has this happened before?"
She looked up at him. Giles was the father that Dawn never really had. She felt like she could tell him everything, but she still didn't want to ruin it.
"Dawn," Giles said in a caring voice, "Dawn you need to tell me what happened."
"I-I uh-" Dawn stuttered, still trying to make up her mind. "I had a vision."
"You had a-a vision?" Giles stumbled. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. "How did this start? Was this the first one? Or has happened before?"
"Once." Dawn admitted.
"Why didn't Buffy tell me about this?" Giles asked.
"I didn't tell her." Dawn said quietly. At Giles's questioning look she explained further. "It's just that, Buffy's finally starting to enjoy life again, and I didn't want to ruin everything. Even she and Spike were starting to get along."
"Dawn, you can't-" Giles began, but was cut off by the phone ringing. He went to answer it, and Dawn sat up.
Her head was pounding. 'Probably from bouncing off the floor.' She thought.
Giles returned seconds later with a worried look on his face.
"Giles what's wrong?" Dawn immediately asked.
"That was Spike." Giles failed to explain further.
"Giles speak!" Dawn demanded.
'God she sounds so much like her sister.' Giles thought. "Spike took Buffy to the hospital."
Dawn jumped up from the couch and fell right back down again. Giles moved beside her and helped her to her feet.
"Is she okay? Was she hurt bad? What about the-" Dawn stopped herself just in time. She hadn't let anyone know that she knew about Buffy's current "situation". She didn't even think that Buffy knew herself. "Is she gonna be okay, Giles?"
"I don't know. Spike said they took her into the Emergency Room." He explained.
"Let's go." Dawn said rushing to the door.
"Dawn!" Giles shouted, running after her. He grabbed her coat off the hook and handed it to her. "Put on your coat. It's freezing out there."
Dawn slipped on her coat and Giles his. They were out the door in no time at all.
Rating: R
Pairing: Buffy/Spike (did you think otherwise?)
**Author's Notes: Okay, I'm not a med student, so when you hit all the medical stuff, I made it up! I've watched ER and Scrubs a few times, but that's it. So if some of it doesn't make sense, that's why. Thanx! **
"How long do you think before they get back?" Dawn asked Giles. Both were sitting in the Summers' living room playing a game of Monopoly.
"I don't know, Dawn." Giles said tossing the dice onto the board. "But I told your sister that I would have you in bed sometime tonight."
"It's only 11:23." Dawn said, glancing down at her watch. "I've still got time. Besides there's no way I'm going to bed when I'm finally winning a game against you."
"You are not winning." Giles huffed. "I'm simply in a slump."
"You're losing." Dawn laughed. "But you're too British to admit it."
"I am not." Giles said. He rose from his chair and walked to the kitchen door. "Would you care for something to drink?"
"I'll get them." Dawn said rushing to the kitchen. She only made it five steps before she collapsed.
Again she was in the spinning room. The colors were back, and swirling even faster this time. She was still floating above the floor, but something was different. There was sound this time. A low pitched, almost a whisper. Dawn couldn't make out the words, but she got a vibe from it that sent shivers down her spine.
Gradually the whispers grew louder until she could make out the words.
"TWO OF THE TWO, TWO OF THE TWO, TWO OF THE TWO, TWO OF THE TWO, TWO OF THE TWO." A chorus of voices shouted. The sound seemed to surround her, with no origin.
Dawn brought her hands to her ears to dull the sound but it did nothing. The voices grew louder and louder, still chanting the same thing.
Then a loud boom erupted from nowhere, but the voices continued to shout. That's when she finally saw it.
Two robed figures entered the room. Their cloaks were different than the others'. They were an off white color decorated with beads and jewels. Atop their heads was some sort of black headdress. It was made of thorns or something like it.
They were carrying something too. Dawn couldn't tell what it was, but each of them was carrying one. It was wrapped in a white cloth, whatever it was.
"The two of the two!" the crowd shouted and bowed before them.
"The sacrifices." One of them shouted. "We shall be free!"
Spike had no idea he could possibly run that fast, and carrying a person too. But he sprinted down the road, looking only straight ahead.
'Gotta get her help.' He thought. His feet pounded on the pavement as he turned the corner to University Hospital. The automatic doors swung open and Spike plowed through.
"I need some help!" He shouted. Immediately a dozen doctors and nurses surrounded Spike.
"What happened?" one of the doctors asked.
"We were attacked." Spike said quickly.
One of the nurses pushed over a bed. Spike gently laid Buffy's body on it. The doctors went to work.
"Pulse faint."
"Breaths are labored and shallow."
"She took one to the stomach." Spike managed to get in before he was cut off again.
"Let's get her in to ER 1 and start a mainline." Buffy's bed was pushed away by a group of four or five doctors and nurses. Spike tried to follow but one of them held him back. "Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to stay here."
"But I've got to stay with her." Spike attempted to get past the man, but he blocked the way.
"Sir," a doctor appeared in the doorway of where the bed had disappeared. "Sir we have a multiple patient complication."
"What's that mean?" Spike asked looking worried.
The doctor turned quickly. "That means your girlfriend is pregnant." He said before he too disappeared through the door.
Spike stood there in awe. 'Buffy.pregnant?'
"Dawn?" Giles called. He waved the smelling salt in front of her and called again, "Dawn? Can you hear me?"
Dawn's eyes fluttered open and the light came fading back. "Not again." Dawn sighed rubbing her head.
"Again?" Giles questioned. "Dawn, has this happened before?"
She looked up at him. Giles was the father that Dawn never really had. She felt like she could tell him everything, but she still didn't want to ruin it.
"Dawn," Giles said in a caring voice, "Dawn you need to tell me what happened."
"I-I uh-" Dawn stuttered, still trying to make up her mind. "I had a vision."
"You had a-a vision?" Giles stumbled. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. "How did this start? Was this the first one? Or has happened before?"
"Once." Dawn admitted.
"Why didn't Buffy tell me about this?" Giles asked.
"I didn't tell her." Dawn said quietly. At Giles's questioning look she explained further. "It's just that, Buffy's finally starting to enjoy life again, and I didn't want to ruin everything. Even she and Spike were starting to get along."
"Dawn, you can't-" Giles began, but was cut off by the phone ringing. He went to answer it, and Dawn sat up.
Her head was pounding. 'Probably from bouncing off the floor.' She thought.
Giles returned seconds later with a worried look on his face.
"Giles what's wrong?" Dawn immediately asked.
"That was Spike." Giles failed to explain further.
"Giles speak!" Dawn demanded.
'God she sounds so much like her sister.' Giles thought. "Spike took Buffy to the hospital."
Dawn jumped up from the couch and fell right back down again. Giles moved beside her and helped her to her feet.
"Is she okay? Was she hurt bad? What about the-" Dawn stopped herself just in time. She hadn't let anyone know that she knew about Buffy's current "situation". She didn't even think that Buffy knew herself. "Is she gonna be okay, Giles?"
"I don't know. Spike said they took her into the Emergency Room." He explained.
"Let's go." Dawn said rushing to the door.
"Dawn!" Giles shouted, running after her. He grabbed her coat off the hook and handed it to her. "Put on your coat. It's freezing out there."
Dawn slipped on her coat and Giles his. They were out the door in no time at all.
