"Are you sure you want to do this?" Buffy asked for the 43rd time since the
night before.
"I'm sure," Thea answer for the 44th time.
"You do know that it's going to be really dangerous and you'll be all on your own for quite some time?"
"I know, Mom!" she sighed.
Just then, Spike popped his head round the door. " A pr?t?(ready?)"
"Oui, Papa." Thea held onto his hand. "Bye, Mommy, see you later."
"Bye," Buffy called sadly. She hated watching her daughter going off to fight. But she couldn't follow; she was too well known by Wolfram and Hart to get anywhere near the building, let alone inside.
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"Hello and welcome to Wolfram and Hart law service, how may I help you?" A cheerful receptionist asked Spike. She was obviously a demon, no human could ever be that chirpy.
"Bonjour, ma petite fille est ici voir Lilah Morgan (Hello, my little girl is here to see Lilah Morgan)," Spike told her in a perfect French accent.
The receptionist looked blankly at him. She obviously didn't speak French. Spike picked up Thea and sat her on the desk. The woman nodded, she had been told that Lilah was expecting a young French girl.
"Down there and the lift up to the twentieth floor," she pointed, passing them a security pass each, hoping that he would understand her.
Spike nodded as he helped Thea climb down and started off in the direction pointed.
"Dass war sehr leicht! (That was very easy!)" Thea exclaimed once they had entered the lift. She switched to speaking German without any problem.
"Ja,(Yes)" Spike agreed. "Obwohl, sein wir vorsichtig mussen. (Although we must be careful.)"
Thea nodded as they arrived not on the 20th floor as instructed but basement level seven. This is where they would find the files needed to discover what Wolfram and Hart's plan for Angel, his friends and the rest of the world.
"I have to go now," Spike whispered to Thea. "Be very careful and if anyone tries anything, just run."
"I'll be good." The little girl smiled at him. Sometimes Spike could see flashes of the grown woman that Thea really was. But not very often. It was like she was frozen in time and her mind only saw the world through the eyes of a six year old.
"Be careful," the blonde vampire instructed her before climbing up in the air vent where Leah was waiting for him.
"Buffy's waiting for you down the other end," the ten year old instructed Spike. She had been sent as the others didn't know how much weight the air conditioning system would hold. It seemed logical to send the lightest and smallest member of their unconventional 'family'.
"Lead the way."
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"I'm sure," Thea answer for the 44th time.
"You do know that it's going to be really dangerous and you'll be all on your own for quite some time?"
"I know, Mom!" she sighed.
Just then, Spike popped his head round the door. " A pr?t?(ready?)"
"Oui, Papa." Thea held onto his hand. "Bye, Mommy, see you later."
"Bye," Buffy called sadly. She hated watching her daughter going off to fight. But she couldn't follow; she was too well known by Wolfram and Hart to get anywhere near the building, let alone inside.
~~~
"Hello and welcome to Wolfram and Hart law service, how may I help you?" A cheerful receptionist asked Spike. She was obviously a demon, no human could ever be that chirpy.
"Bonjour, ma petite fille est ici voir Lilah Morgan (Hello, my little girl is here to see Lilah Morgan)," Spike told her in a perfect French accent.
The receptionist looked blankly at him. She obviously didn't speak French. Spike picked up Thea and sat her on the desk. The woman nodded, she had been told that Lilah was expecting a young French girl.
"Down there and the lift up to the twentieth floor," she pointed, passing them a security pass each, hoping that he would understand her.
Spike nodded as he helped Thea climb down and started off in the direction pointed.
"Dass war sehr leicht! (That was very easy!)" Thea exclaimed once they had entered the lift. She switched to speaking German without any problem.
"Ja,(Yes)" Spike agreed. "Obwohl, sein wir vorsichtig mussen. (Although we must be careful.)"
Thea nodded as they arrived not on the 20th floor as instructed but basement level seven. This is where they would find the files needed to discover what Wolfram and Hart's plan for Angel, his friends and the rest of the world.
"I have to go now," Spike whispered to Thea. "Be very careful and if anyone tries anything, just run."
"I'll be good." The little girl smiled at him. Sometimes Spike could see flashes of the grown woman that Thea really was. But not very often. It was like she was frozen in time and her mind only saw the world through the eyes of a six year old.
"Be careful," the blonde vampire instructed her before climbing up in the air vent where Leah was waiting for him.
"Buffy's waiting for you down the other end," the ten year old instructed Spike. She had been sent as the others didn't know how much weight the air conditioning system would hold. It seemed logical to send the lightest and smallest member of their unconventional 'family'.
"Lead the way."
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