"Leo!" Piper yelled as soon as she and Phoebe walked through the doors of
Halliwell Manor. "Leo!" She yelled again just as a flash of orbs appeared
in front of her. "Leo. Good. Book of Shadows. Come on." With that she
pulled Leo up the stairs behind Phoebe who had already jetted up the
stairs.
*****
"Okay. Blinding lights, fangs, and flames. I know you're in here somewhere." Phoebe mumbled to herself flipping furiously through the pages, involuntarily stopping at the page marked Belthazar. "No. No. No! You're not helping with this! You're gone!" Phoebe screamed at the page throwing the book across the room only to see it freeze right in front of a lamp.
"You sure you're all right, Pheebs? Because right now you look far from all right. Do you want to talk about it?"
"No, Piper! I do not want to talk about it. I just need to save him!"
"Who, Phoebe? The person you met not an hour ago, or yourself?"
"Piper! I need him! I don't know why, but I was meant to save him and God damn it I will!" Phoebe pushed past Piper and out of the room just as the book unfroze and crashed into the lamp.
*****
Phoebe flew down the stairs and into the hallway. 'Okay, this is weird. Who would be coming here at three in the morning.' Phoebe looked at the scene in front of her, Paige was at the door talking, or more accurately bickering, with someone, but she couldn't see who. 'Paige wouldn't mind if I listened just a little bit.' Phoebe told herself.
*****
"I'm sorry, who did you say you were here for?" Paige asked the annoying bleach blonde from the club again. 'I cannot believe he actually had the nerve to follow Phoebe home!' Paige's mind screamed.
"Look, pet, I don't know who you are, but at the the moment, I don't bloody well care who you are. I just need to talk to Phoebe."
"And why is that..."
"Name's Spike and honestly luv, that's between me and her."
"Sorry. She's not here. I'll tell her you came by though. Okay. Bye." Paige started to slam the door in Spike's face when she saw his eyes. They flashed yellow. "I'm sorry. How did you say you knew Phoebe?" she asked him opening the door again.
"Met her at that club of her sisters. P3, is it. Barkeep said I would find her here."
"Normally you would, but not tonight sorry." She said yet again moving to slam the door in his face. This time however, Spike grabbed it before it closed swinging it open.
"Now you listen to me, pet." He growled. "I came to see Phoebe and I will adventually whether or not you like it. You want to protect your sis, I understand that. I did my share of protecting my own lil bit, just make sure she gets this." Spike shoved a card into Paige's hand, pushed away from her and stormed down the walkway.
*****
"Paige, what the hell was that?" Phoebe yelled at her sister.
"You were listening?"
"Yeah." Phoebe huffed. "And could you have been any ruder? Paige, what the hell is your problem?"
"I was just trying to help you." Paige yelled after Phoebe as her sister stormed out of the house.
*****
'Now, where did he go?' Phoebe thought to herself as she ran down the front walk.
"Where ya off to, pet?" Spike asked Phoebe as he stepped out from behind a tree, tossing his lit cigarette to the ground.
"God. Do you always lurk like that?" Pheobe asked as she caught her breath.
"Naw, normally I wear a bell, but that takes out all of the suspense."
"Who are you?"
"Thought we already covered that, luv. I'm Spike and you're Phoebe."
"I know that, but you just show up at my house, you must have a reason-"
Phoebe was cut short by the vampire that lunged at her.
*****
'Bloody hell. Couldn't anything go right tonight? First being ambushed by Angelus, now this ponce of a minion thinks he can attack his Phoebe. Not bloody well likely.' Spike thought to himself as he grabbed the minion away from Phoebe.
Phoebe watched in stunned silence as Spike threw the minion to the ground and shoved what looked like a stick into his heart. 'That's what you get, mate, for messing with something that belongs to ole Spike.' he thought not even noticing that he slipped into game face.
"What the hell are you?" Phoebe yelled at him and pointed to his face.
Spike groaned inwardly as he slimmed back into his human face. "Well, pet, it goes like this I'm chipped. And you are?"
"Charmed."
*****
*****
"Okay. Blinding lights, fangs, and flames. I know you're in here somewhere." Phoebe mumbled to herself flipping furiously through the pages, involuntarily stopping at the page marked Belthazar. "No. No. No! You're not helping with this! You're gone!" Phoebe screamed at the page throwing the book across the room only to see it freeze right in front of a lamp.
"You sure you're all right, Pheebs? Because right now you look far from all right. Do you want to talk about it?"
"No, Piper! I do not want to talk about it. I just need to save him!"
"Who, Phoebe? The person you met not an hour ago, or yourself?"
"Piper! I need him! I don't know why, but I was meant to save him and God damn it I will!" Phoebe pushed past Piper and out of the room just as the book unfroze and crashed into the lamp.
*****
Phoebe flew down the stairs and into the hallway. 'Okay, this is weird. Who would be coming here at three in the morning.' Phoebe looked at the scene in front of her, Paige was at the door talking, or more accurately bickering, with someone, but she couldn't see who. 'Paige wouldn't mind if I listened just a little bit.' Phoebe told herself.
*****
"I'm sorry, who did you say you were here for?" Paige asked the annoying bleach blonde from the club again. 'I cannot believe he actually had the nerve to follow Phoebe home!' Paige's mind screamed.
"Look, pet, I don't know who you are, but at the the moment, I don't bloody well care who you are. I just need to talk to Phoebe."
"And why is that..."
"Name's Spike and honestly luv, that's between me and her."
"Sorry. She's not here. I'll tell her you came by though. Okay. Bye." Paige started to slam the door in Spike's face when she saw his eyes. They flashed yellow. "I'm sorry. How did you say you knew Phoebe?" she asked him opening the door again.
"Met her at that club of her sisters. P3, is it. Barkeep said I would find her here."
"Normally you would, but not tonight sorry." She said yet again moving to slam the door in his face. This time however, Spike grabbed it before it closed swinging it open.
"Now you listen to me, pet." He growled. "I came to see Phoebe and I will adventually whether or not you like it. You want to protect your sis, I understand that. I did my share of protecting my own lil bit, just make sure she gets this." Spike shoved a card into Paige's hand, pushed away from her and stormed down the walkway.
*****
"Paige, what the hell was that?" Phoebe yelled at her sister.
"You were listening?"
"Yeah." Phoebe huffed. "And could you have been any ruder? Paige, what the hell is your problem?"
"I was just trying to help you." Paige yelled after Phoebe as her sister stormed out of the house.
*****
'Now, where did he go?' Phoebe thought to herself as she ran down the front walk.
"Where ya off to, pet?" Spike asked Phoebe as he stepped out from behind a tree, tossing his lit cigarette to the ground.
"God. Do you always lurk like that?" Pheobe asked as she caught her breath.
"Naw, normally I wear a bell, but that takes out all of the suspense."
"Who are you?"
"Thought we already covered that, luv. I'm Spike and you're Phoebe."
"I know that, but you just show up at my house, you must have a reason-"
Phoebe was cut short by the vampire that lunged at her.
*****
'Bloody hell. Couldn't anything go right tonight? First being ambushed by Angelus, now this ponce of a minion thinks he can attack his Phoebe. Not bloody well likely.' Spike thought to himself as he grabbed the minion away from Phoebe.
Phoebe watched in stunned silence as Spike threw the minion to the ground and shoved what looked like a stick into his heart. 'That's what you get, mate, for messing with something that belongs to ole Spike.' he thought not even noticing that he slipped into game face.
"What the hell are you?" Phoebe yelled at him and pointed to his face.
Spike groaned inwardly as he slimmed back into his human face. "Well, pet, it goes like this I'm chipped. And you are?"
"Charmed."
*****