Chapter 10
When the guys got back to Buffy's house it was late. They figured the girls would be asleep. When Spike opened the door he was greeted by what looked like a very worried Buffy along with Dawn and Faith. "Good, you're back. Please tell me that Emily is with you?" Buffy asked Spike when he came in, Robin and Xander right behind him.
"No, why would she be with us? Don't tell me she's not back yet." Buffy shook her head.
"She was supposed to be back two hours ago. She promised she would be earlier this time and I know she meant it, where the hell could she be?" Spike wrapped his arms around Buffy and hugged her close to try and calm her down.
"It's okay, love. We'll go out and look for her, I'm sure she's fine." With that Spike, Xander, and Robin went to look for Emily and Buffy just prayed that nothing happened to her. They came back over an hour later with no luck. They checked out all of the usual places that Emily would hang out at and they couldn't find her anywhere.
"I'm calling the police." Buffy said as she headed to the phone and Spike stopped her.
"That won't work, pet. They won't start looking for a missing person unless they've been missing for at least 24 hours." Buffy sighed.
"Well, I can't just sit around here and do nothing. I know she's been late before, but if it was going to be this bad she would have called. I know something bad happened, I can feel it." Spike nodded.
"I'll try calling the cops, see what I can do." Spike said as he went to the phone.
"If anything happened to her I don't know what I would do." Buffy said, trying not to let the tears fall down her face and not having much luck. Robin went to Buffy and put his arm around her and she rested her head on his chest letting the tears fall. He was rubbing her back to try and make her feel better. Faith then hugged Buffy also and looked at Robin. They both loved their kids more than anything and it would destroy them if anything happened to them so they could imagine what Buffy was going through. Dawn was sitting down on the couch still in a state of shock when Xander sat next to her and put his arm around her also. Spike then hung up the phone and everyone looked at him.
"Well, I got them to search for her. They should call back if they find anything. I think I gave a good enough description." Spike then went back to Buffy's side and Faith and Robin let her go so Spike could hold her. "It'll be alright, sweetheart. I'll find her if it's the last thing I do." He whispered to Buffy and she nodded as the tears continued to fall down her face. He just kissed the top of her head and continued to hold her as she cried. Robin was by the door when he saw a piece of paper slide underneath it. He picked up the paper without looking at it and opened the door to see no one there. He then closed the door and looked at the paper to see that it had Buffy's name on it.
"Buffy, this is for you." He said as he came back over to her. Buffy took the paper from him and opened it up. She then gasped at what she saw.
"Oh my god!" Buffy exclaimed as her hand came to her mouth. That got everyone's attention and they all wondered what was wrong.
"What is it, Buffy?" Dawn asked her and she looked up at her and all the others.
"It's David, he has Emily." Buffy told them and they all didn't know what to say after that.
When the guys got back to Buffy's house it was late. They figured the girls would be asleep. When Spike opened the door he was greeted by what looked like a very worried Buffy along with Dawn and Faith. "Good, you're back. Please tell me that Emily is with you?" Buffy asked Spike when he came in, Robin and Xander right behind him.
"No, why would she be with us? Don't tell me she's not back yet." Buffy shook her head.
"She was supposed to be back two hours ago. She promised she would be earlier this time and I know she meant it, where the hell could she be?" Spike wrapped his arms around Buffy and hugged her close to try and calm her down.
"It's okay, love. We'll go out and look for her, I'm sure she's fine." With that Spike, Xander, and Robin went to look for Emily and Buffy just prayed that nothing happened to her. They came back over an hour later with no luck. They checked out all of the usual places that Emily would hang out at and they couldn't find her anywhere.
"I'm calling the police." Buffy said as she headed to the phone and Spike stopped her.
"That won't work, pet. They won't start looking for a missing person unless they've been missing for at least 24 hours." Buffy sighed.
"Well, I can't just sit around here and do nothing. I know she's been late before, but if it was going to be this bad she would have called. I know something bad happened, I can feel it." Spike nodded.
"I'll try calling the cops, see what I can do." Spike said as he went to the phone.
"If anything happened to her I don't know what I would do." Buffy said, trying not to let the tears fall down her face and not having much luck. Robin went to Buffy and put his arm around her and she rested her head on his chest letting the tears fall. He was rubbing her back to try and make her feel better. Faith then hugged Buffy also and looked at Robin. They both loved their kids more than anything and it would destroy them if anything happened to them so they could imagine what Buffy was going through. Dawn was sitting down on the couch still in a state of shock when Xander sat next to her and put his arm around her also. Spike then hung up the phone and everyone looked at him.
"Well, I got them to search for her. They should call back if they find anything. I think I gave a good enough description." Spike then went back to Buffy's side and Faith and Robin let her go so Spike could hold her. "It'll be alright, sweetheart. I'll find her if it's the last thing I do." He whispered to Buffy and she nodded as the tears continued to fall down her face. He just kissed the top of her head and continued to hold her as she cried. Robin was by the door when he saw a piece of paper slide underneath it. He picked up the paper without looking at it and opened the door to see no one there. He then closed the door and looked at the paper to see that it had Buffy's name on it.
"Buffy, this is for you." He said as he came back over to her. Buffy took the paper from him and opened it up. She then gasped at what she saw.
"Oh my god!" Buffy exclaimed as her hand came to her mouth. That got everyone's attention and they all wondered what was wrong.
"What is it, Buffy?" Dawn asked her and she looked up at her and all the others.
"It's David, he has Emily." Buffy told them and they all didn't know what to say after that.