A/n-Well once again I've failed to update quickly. No surprise there. But
in this installment I would like to get to the reviews, fun. By reading
them it seems that I am promising, hilarious, an instigator of short
people, and a horrible person for writing cliffhangers! I am touched that
people actually reviewed! By the fourth chapter I have 37 reviews, two
words: HOLY CRAP! Thanks to everyone who reviewed or even read my story and
even though I'm not going to really reply to any reviews I am taking them
all into my brain. Now that that's said, here is the fifth chapter!
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Spike stared around his surroundings. All he could see was black, it seemed like his eyes weren't even open. He tried to move but found he couldn't, it was as if he was chained to the ground. A little confused and disoriented he continued to look around himself. The last thing he remembered was being in Fred's office when he felt sick to his stomach and then nothing, darkness. Spike heard a noise coming from behind him. The noise got louder and he could tell they were footsteps. Suddenly the footsteps stopped. From what he could tell whatever had been making them was somewhere near him. He was about to look around even more when he felt a shooting pain in his stomach.
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Harmony and Gunn had left Angel, Lorne, Fred, and Wesley in the lab in case anything new happened with Spike. Wesley had gotten a few of his books on Mystical remedies and potions hoping to find something on Trea. Angel, Lorne, and Fred were helping him to look through the books. The lab filled with the smell of aged books while the group looked on page after page. After two hours with no success Fred suddenly stood up with her book. "I found something!" she shrieked.
"What?" Wesley questioned.
Fred sat down, a frown on her face. "Never mind, it says tree not Trea." Disappointed the friends went back to their own books. After another half an hour passed by Wesley stood up.
"Did you find anything?" Angel asked
"No, sorry. I was just thinking that maybe we should look in more areas for this "Trea". I was going to try and get a team to look around any places it might be dealt in, that is if it's alright with you?" Wesley questioned.
"Sure Wes go right ahead we haven't found anything here." With that Wesley left the room. Looking to the other two people remaining in the lab, "You guys can leave too. We've looked in these books for a few hours, now. A little break won't hurt."
Lorne protested, "Angel-cakes were fine. Right Fred?"
"Right" Fred agreed. "Besides I was just getting to a part in the book which might be helpful. But first, Angel do you have any idea how or when Spike might have gotten injected with the drug? I think it could help narrow our research a lot."
"I don't know. Last night all we did was go patrolling on a tip about a demon on the streets. We found the demon, fought, and killed it. That's all I remember. Wait a second-"
"Angel?" Fred questioned. "Is something wrong?"
"No, it's just, it's probably nothing really but last night the demon we were fighting stabbed Spike in the arm. Could that be it?"
"I don't know but it's worth a try. What did this demon look like?"
"It was all black except for red eyes. It had a scaly texture too. Do you think we can look for it?"
"I think so." Lorne said "We'll get right on it."
Angel glanced over at Spike and noticed the blond vampire had a mixture of pain and sadness on his face. Suddenly the vampire began to writhe in pain as his shirt was beginning to be shredded by what seemed like an invisible knife. Angel ran to Spikes side. "Lorne what's happening?" Angel yelled, concerned.
The other two in the room joined him by the ill vampire. "If I'm right this happens in some cases. From what I know some times things that happens in the minds of people infected with trea becomes real. Whatever Spike is fighting in his mind must be pretty strong for his wounds to become physical."
Fred was pained to see Spike in pain. "Is there anything we can do?"
Lorne didn't know what to say "I'm not sure right now pumpkin," he said with a frown "We have to find out more."
"Well I'm not going to wait for him to die because of some measly demon." Angel declared. "Will you guys stay here? I'm going to see If Wesley has found anything. Call me if anything else happens."
"Sure"
Angel left the room and was walking down the hall when he saw Eve coming from another wing right in his direction. "Angel!" she called. "I've been looking all over for you. I heard something was wrong with our Billy Idol look-alike."
"Congratulations." Angel sourly replied as he continued to walk down the hall.
Eve continued towards Angel. "So what's wrong? Another little twist from the Senior Partners maybe? Or maybe-" She was cut off by angel
"Eve,"
"Yes Angel?"
"Shut up." Angel said as he walked right past her.
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Harmony sat at her desk staring into space, like usual. She was thinking about how Spike was doing. She knew that they would never have a serious relationship but she still cared about her Blondie-Bear. Snapping out of her daze she begin rifling through the papers on her desk trying to get organized. She was just about to reorganize her unicorn collection when she heard an annoyed cough, as if someone was trying to get her attention.
"Excuse me" the annoyed women exclaimed.
"One second." Harmony replied in a very non-cheerful way. She placed the unicorn she was holding down and finally looked up from her desk. "How can I help you?"
"Harmony? You work here?" the women half questioned half yelled. "Does Angel know?"
"Uh duh." Harmony answered in an angry tone. "What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be traveling the world or something."
"Yeah, this is that "or something". Where's Angel I need to talk to him."
Harmony thought over her possible answers. She could say that Angel was in a meeting, that's what she usually said when she didn't want to get him, or she could say he was out. She was not going to tell this woman that Angel was trying to cure a sick Spike. That was out of the question. Thinking it over for a few seconds she replied, "He's out right now, but I'll tell him you stopped bye. Tah!"
Harmony thought she was in the clear just when her phone rang. Forgetting that it was on speaker she excused herself and answered. "Harmony is Angel still in the lab?" she heard Wesley ask. Seeing her mistake she quickly picked up the phone and answered, all the while the woman staring at her in suspicion. "Why no Wes he's not in there anymore. In fact I think I just saw him leave for lunch." Her guest was obviously not buying it but Harmony continued in the act. "Well I hope you find him." She continued the conversation a few seconds longer, while Wesley had hung up after Harmony first replied.
"Ok then I guess I'll just go back to my hotel, will you tell Angel I stopped by?" the woman asked.
"Sure!" Harmony said then under her breath she added a "yeah right" thinking she had fooled her guest she went back to reorganizing her unicorns. After a few moments she realized she hadn't seen anyone go down the hall leading to the front door. "Oh Crap."
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A/n- Yeah I know good covering up! Yes I pride myself on that. Well I hope this chapter's a little bit longer than the others. It looks like it on my Microsoft word! Hehe sorry. Well until next time!
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Spike stared around his surroundings. All he could see was black, it seemed like his eyes weren't even open. He tried to move but found he couldn't, it was as if he was chained to the ground. A little confused and disoriented he continued to look around himself. The last thing he remembered was being in Fred's office when he felt sick to his stomach and then nothing, darkness. Spike heard a noise coming from behind him. The noise got louder and he could tell they were footsteps. Suddenly the footsteps stopped. From what he could tell whatever had been making them was somewhere near him. He was about to look around even more when he felt a shooting pain in his stomach.
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Harmony and Gunn had left Angel, Lorne, Fred, and Wesley in the lab in case anything new happened with Spike. Wesley had gotten a few of his books on Mystical remedies and potions hoping to find something on Trea. Angel, Lorne, and Fred were helping him to look through the books. The lab filled with the smell of aged books while the group looked on page after page. After two hours with no success Fred suddenly stood up with her book. "I found something!" she shrieked.
"What?" Wesley questioned.
Fred sat down, a frown on her face. "Never mind, it says tree not Trea." Disappointed the friends went back to their own books. After another half an hour passed by Wesley stood up.
"Did you find anything?" Angel asked
"No, sorry. I was just thinking that maybe we should look in more areas for this "Trea". I was going to try and get a team to look around any places it might be dealt in, that is if it's alright with you?" Wesley questioned.
"Sure Wes go right ahead we haven't found anything here." With that Wesley left the room. Looking to the other two people remaining in the lab, "You guys can leave too. We've looked in these books for a few hours, now. A little break won't hurt."
Lorne protested, "Angel-cakes were fine. Right Fred?"
"Right" Fred agreed. "Besides I was just getting to a part in the book which might be helpful. But first, Angel do you have any idea how or when Spike might have gotten injected with the drug? I think it could help narrow our research a lot."
"I don't know. Last night all we did was go patrolling on a tip about a demon on the streets. We found the demon, fought, and killed it. That's all I remember. Wait a second-"
"Angel?" Fred questioned. "Is something wrong?"
"No, it's just, it's probably nothing really but last night the demon we were fighting stabbed Spike in the arm. Could that be it?"
"I don't know but it's worth a try. What did this demon look like?"
"It was all black except for red eyes. It had a scaly texture too. Do you think we can look for it?"
"I think so." Lorne said "We'll get right on it."
Angel glanced over at Spike and noticed the blond vampire had a mixture of pain and sadness on his face. Suddenly the vampire began to writhe in pain as his shirt was beginning to be shredded by what seemed like an invisible knife. Angel ran to Spikes side. "Lorne what's happening?" Angel yelled, concerned.
The other two in the room joined him by the ill vampire. "If I'm right this happens in some cases. From what I know some times things that happens in the minds of people infected with trea becomes real. Whatever Spike is fighting in his mind must be pretty strong for his wounds to become physical."
Fred was pained to see Spike in pain. "Is there anything we can do?"
Lorne didn't know what to say "I'm not sure right now pumpkin," he said with a frown "We have to find out more."
"Well I'm not going to wait for him to die because of some measly demon." Angel declared. "Will you guys stay here? I'm going to see If Wesley has found anything. Call me if anything else happens."
"Sure"
Angel left the room and was walking down the hall when he saw Eve coming from another wing right in his direction. "Angel!" she called. "I've been looking all over for you. I heard something was wrong with our Billy Idol look-alike."
"Congratulations." Angel sourly replied as he continued to walk down the hall.
Eve continued towards Angel. "So what's wrong? Another little twist from the Senior Partners maybe? Or maybe-" She was cut off by angel
"Eve,"
"Yes Angel?"
"Shut up." Angel said as he walked right past her.
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Harmony sat at her desk staring into space, like usual. She was thinking about how Spike was doing. She knew that they would never have a serious relationship but she still cared about her Blondie-Bear. Snapping out of her daze she begin rifling through the papers on her desk trying to get organized. She was just about to reorganize her unicorn collection when she heard an annoyed cough, as if someone was trying to get her attention.
"Excuse me" the annoyed women exclaimed.
"One second." Harmony replied in a very non-cheerful way. She placed the unicorn she was holding down and finally looked up from her desk. "How can I help you?"
"Harmony? You work here?" the women half questioned half yelled. "Does Angel know?"
"Uh duh." Harmony answered in an angry tone. "What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be traveling the world or something."
"Yeah, this is that "or something". Where's Angel I need to talk to him."
Harmony thought over her possible answers. She could say that Angel was in a meeting, that's what she usually said when she didn't want to get him, or she could say he was out. She was not going to tell this woman that Angel was trying to cure a sick Spike. That was out of the question. Thinking it over for a few seconds she replied, "He's out right now, but I'll tell him you stopped bye. Tah!"
Harmony thought she was in the clear just when her phone rang. Forgetting that it was on speaker she excused herself and answered. "Harmony is Angel still in the lab?" she heard Wesley ask. Seeing her mistake she quickly picked up the phone and answered, all the while the woman staring at her in suspicion. "Why no Wes he's not in there anymore. In fact I think I just saw him leave for lunch." Her guest was obviously not buying it but Harmony continued in the act. "Well I hope you find him." She continued the conversation a few seconds longer, while Wesley had hung up after Harmony first replied.
"Ok then I guess I'll just go back to my hotel, will you tell Angel I stopped by?" the woman asked.
"Sure!" Harmony said then under her breath she added a "yeah right" thinking she had fooled her guest she went back to reorganizing her unicorns. After a few moments she realized she hadn't seen anyone go down the hall leading to the front door. "Oh Crap."
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A/n- Yeah I know good covering up! Yes I pride myself on that. Well I hope this chapter's a little bit longer than the others. It looks like it on my Microsoft word! Hehe sorry. Well until next time!