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Chapter 48
Willow and Giles each held a piece of the spear in their hands.
"Giles how are we going to do this? We don't know very much about this thing."
"This is a mystical object. We may not need to do anything other than bind it together and place it on Wesley's wound."
"Let's hope so." Willow handed him her half and turned to a small cabinet on the wall next to the table. She opened a small drawer and took out a spool of thread made from spun gold, then turned back to Giles. He cradled one piece within the other and Willow began to wind the thread around the outside and inside lower parts of the spear. After she had run the thread around several times she cut it at the end and placed the flame of a candle against the ending of the thread and melted the piece into the rest. She took the spear from Giles and inspected her work, making sure it was firmly in place.
"I think its sturdy enough, what do you think." She handed it to Giles. He took it and pulled at it a bit.
"Yes, you did a fine job. Lets take this outside then." They walked out into the library. Jenny had made tea and biscuits, and the others were eating. Giles walked to Wesley and Faith.
"Let's go upstairs. I think this will be a simple fix. We will let the spear do the work for us. We may not need to get too technical. I think that it wants to repair the damage it's done. There is an energy running through it. I can feel it."
"Can I hold it?" asked Spike. Giles handed him the spear and Spike felt the energy vibrating from the object onto his hand and slowly going up his arm. It was a current of energy that was unmistakably the power, which Angelus was searching for. "This feels incredible." He smiled, then furrowed his brow and handed it back to Giles. "We need to lock that away somewhere." Giles sighed deeply and nodded his head.
"Yes we do. This is a very powerful and extremely dangerous object. We cannot afford it getting into the wrong hands. Nor can we let ourselves be tempted by it either." He turned back to Wesley and helped him up. Faith followed the two men up the stairs and into the bedroom. Giles helped Wesley lie down and Faith come and unbuttoned his shirt. She pulled back the bandages and exposed the open wound, then stood back and looked Giles.
"What now?" she asked.
"Lets try the simple fix first. I'll put this on the wound; if it doesn't do anything then we can try some spells. But first lets try it this way." Wesley held Faith's hand as Giles placed the spear on his wound. At first nothing happened, then Wesley began to feel a vibration coming from it. There was also a humming noise now emanating from it, which could be heard around the room and throughout the entire house. The rest of the group that had been downstairs looked up. Andrew stood and began to fade away.
"Something is coming. I can't maintain myself here. Brace yourselves, this is big." He was gone. Meanwhile upstairs, Giles felt the spear begin to heat.
"Do you feel something?" he asked Wesley
"Yes. God, it feels ..ugh.it's melting into my flesh." The humming grew louder and the spear began to shake beneath Giles' hands. Wesley's face contorted as the pain he felt was running throughout his entire body.
"Wesley?" Faith started to touch his forehead, but then both she and Giles were thrown back against the walls as Wesley screamed in pain.
Downstairs everyone jumped from their chairs and began running up the stairs. Spike and Elizabeth were the first to reach the room, but when they reached for the door they were also thrown back against the wall. Willow and Xander stood at the head of the stairs as they could see the door begin to buckle and light coming from the room.
Willow ran to the door and felt the rush of energy coming from inside. She felt it inside of her entire body as she reached to open the door.
"No Willow!" yelled Xander as he began to rush towards her, only to be thrown back as the others had been. Her hair was flying all around her; her eyes had become a bright shade of green. She saw Wesley struggling on the bed writing in pain. She held her hand out and drew the power she felt inside of her out to the surface.
"Repare Longinus!"
The room suddenly went still. The light faded and quite settled in. Xander came up behind Willow and held her up.
"Are you all right?" he asked
"Yes, I'm fine Xander." She ran her hands through her hair and looked at Wesley.
Spike shook his head and crawled to Elizabeth who was rubbing her shoulder.
"Luv?" he held his had to her and helped her stand.
"I'm fine." She turned and they headed into the room.
Jenny was already at Giles' side and Faith was kneeling next to Wesley. He had his hand on the spear and slowly pulled it away. The wound was gone. There was not even a scar.
"Wesley how do you feel?" asked Faith.
"Like I've been hit with a bold of lightning, but other than that, not half bad."
Chapter 48
Willow and Giles each held a piece of the spear in their hands.
"Giles how are we going to do this? We don't know very much about this thing."
"This is a mystical object. We may not need to do anything other than bind it together and place it on Wesley's wound."
"Let's hope so." Willow handed him her half and turned to a small cabinet on the wall next to the table. She opened a small drawer and took out a spool of thread made from spun gold, then turned back to Giles. He cradled one piece within the other and Willow began to wind the thread around the outside and inside lower parts of the spear. After she had run the thread around several times she cut it at the end and placed the flame of a candle against the ending of the thread and melted the piece into the rest. She took the spear from Giles and inspected her work, making sure it was firmly in place.
"I think its sturdy enough, what do you think." She handed it to Giles. He took it and pulled at it a bit.
"Yes, you did a fine job. Lets take this outside then." They walked out into the library. Jenny had made tea and biscuits, and the others were eating. Giles walked to Wesley and Faith.
"Let's go upstairs. I think this will be a simple fix. We will let the spear do the work for us. We may not need to get too technical. I think that it wants to repair the damage it's done. There is an energy running through it. I can feel it."
"Can I hold it?" asked Spike. Giles handed him the spear and Spike felt the energy vibrating from the object onto his hand and slowly going up his arm. It was a current of energy that was unmistakably the power, which Angelus was searching for. "This feels incredible." He smiled, then furrowed his brow and handed it back to Giles. "We need to lock that away somewhere." Giles sighed deeply and nodded his head.
"Yes we do. This is a very powerful and extremely dangerous object. We cannot afford it getting into the wrong hands. Nor can we let ourselves be tempted by it either." He turned back to Wesley and helped him up. Faith followed the two men up the stairs and into the bedroom. Giles helped Wesley lie down and Faith come and unbuttoned his shirt. She pulled back the bandages and exposed the open wound, then stood back and looked Giles.
"What now?" she asked.
"Lets try the simple fix first. I'll put this on the wound; if it doesn't do anything then we can try some spells. But first lets try it this way." Wesley held Faith's hand as Giles placed the spear on his wound. At first nothing happened, then Wesley began to feel a vibration coming from it. There was also a humming noise now emanating from it, which could be heard around the room and throughout the entire house. The rest of the group that had been downstairs looked up. Andrew stood and began to fade away.
"Something is coming. I can't maintain myself here. Brace yourselves, this is big." He was gone. Meanwhile upstairs, Giles felt the spear begin to heat.
"Do you feel something?" he asked Wesley
"Yes. God, it feels ..ugh.it's melting into my flesh." The humming grew louder and the spear began to shake beneath Giles' hands. Wesley's face contorted as the pain he felt was running throughout his entire body.
"Wesley?" Faith started to touch his forehead, but then both she and Giles were thrown back against the walls as Wesley screamed in pain.
Downstairs everyone jumped from their chairs and began running up the stairs. Spike and Elizabeth were the first to reach the room, but when they reached for the door they were also thrown back against the wall. Willow and Xander stood at the head of the stairs as they could see the door begin to buckle and light coming from the room.
Willow ran to the door and felt the rush of energy coming from inside. She felt it inside of her entire body as she reached to open the door.
"No Willow!" yelled Xander as he began to rush towards her, only to be thrown back as the others had been. Her hair was flying all around her; her eyes had become a bright shade of green. She saw Wesley struggling on the bed writing in pain. She held her hand out and drew the power she felt inside of her out to the surface.
"Repare Longinus!"
The room suddenly went still. The light faded and quite settled in. Xander came up behind Willow and held her up.
"Are you all right?" he asked
"Yes, I'm fine Xander." She ran her hands through her hair and looked at Wesley.
Spike shook his head and crawled to Elizabeth who was rubbing her shoulder.
"Luv?" he held his had to her and helped her stand.
"I'm fine." She turned and they headed into the room.
Jenny was already at Giles' side and Faith was kneeling next to Wesley. He had his hand on the spear and slowly pulled it away. The wound was gone. There was not even a scar.
"Wesley how do you feel?" asked Faith.
"Like I've been hit with a bold of lightning, but other than that, not half bad."