Chapter Six
AN: sorry about the wrong spelling change last chapter. Alisa's name is spelled that way, not Alyssa like I did last chapter, sorry if it confused people, I have a cousin who's name is spelled that way and it was just her first birthday...anyway off on a tangent, hope you like this chapter!
"What's up with Captain Forehead?" Spike asks the next morning at breakfast.
Fred shrugs, "he's been in his bedroom brooding all morning. He wouldn't read to the girls when they got up this morning like he usually does."
"You have any idea lil' bit?" Spike asks.
Dawn shrugs as well, "I introduced him to Connor and he was all bad moody afterwards, so Connor went home and I went to bed."
"It's Angel he's probably just worried about the girls, same as we are." Gunn suggests.
"Yeah," Dawn nods.
"So has Willow called with her flight information?" Spike asks.
Dawn shakes her head, "nope."
"Well she better get here soon because I want to know what the bloody hell is going on."
"Uncle Spike I thought you said you were going to stop saying that?" Maggie peers around the corner of the kitchen and they can hear Alisa's giggle behind her sister.
"Oh bugger." Spike exerts his frustration, only causing the girls to giggle harder. "You didn't hear that!"
"Yes we did!" Both girls chorus and they take off in the opposite direction, egging Spike on for a game of "catch us", their favorite.
"I'm going to get the both of you!" Spike calls but stops short in the lobby when he is faced with an entire group, most of which he recognizes.
The group all wear their own versions of amused expression, with the exception of the two that Spike doesn't know, "having fun Spike?" Buffy questions arching an eyebrow and grinning at the scene before her as both girls wrap their arms around Spike's legs, staring at the strangers.
"We didn't expect you so early." Spike comments.
"We can see that." Giles clears his throat.
Spike leans over and whispers into the girls ears and what was meant to be quiet turns into the girls yelling and running toward the dining room, "they're here! They're here!"
The group emerges quickly from the dining room with the girls staying in the other room, "Buffy!" Dawn calls hugging her sister tightly, "what are you all doing here?"
"We came to see you. Xander had some things to take care of in Africa and he couldn't get back in time or he would've been here." Buffy responds.
Dawn nods, "well I guess I'm best qualified to introduced everyone," leaving the two Spikes doesn't know until the end. "This is Magdalena, she's a slayer, and this is Brygid, she's Willow's girlfriend." Everyone exchanges pleasantries before they get down to business.
"Spike told us about the girls when he was last out, so we can run a simple test on both of the girls to see what's what." Willow states.
"Maybe we should meet the girls." Magdalena suggests.
"All right," Dawn nods, "'Lisa, Maggie why don't you come out here for a minutes." Both girls walk slowly out and Maggie whispers in Dawn's ear. Dawn smiles down at the girls then, "they aren't clients, it's all right." The girls look shyly at the people in front of them, they had been taught that they needed to be scarce when a client was around. "This is my sister Buffy, remember you talk to her on the phone sometimes."
Both girls nod and murmur, "hello."
"Why are you here?" Maggie questions.
"We're going to find out what happened between you two yesterday." Willow responds.
As if reminded of what happened the day before, something their young minds hadn't thought about, the girls step away from each other and neither looks at the other as if suddenly afraid of the other. Angel comes downstairs then and the group is covered with an uncomfortable silence that spurs from Angel and Buffy.
"We might as well make peace." Buffy states. "We're on the same side now that you left Wolfram and Hart."
"Can we just get on with this?" Angel asks, his voice cool.
"I'll show you to my lab." Fred suggests to Willow.
Willow nods and the group follow as she explains, "what I've set up is a mix of magic and science. For record sight we have all of the slayers' blood samples and magically I can compare all of them. We set it up hoping that we could find some common thread between all of the slayers, but as far as we know there isn't one yet. I'm going to need to draw a little blood from both of the girls."
Maggie clings fearfully to Spike then and Alisa reaches instinctively to Angel and both vampires hold the girls tightly as the wince, but don't cry, at the pinch that comes when Willow removes the blood. "All right," Willow states, "it'll take a few minutes for the results to come back, so if you guys want to take a seat I'll be out to tell you."
Everyone nods and move toward the living room, the group is silent with the exception of Magdalena and Dawn catching up, the two had been close friends before Dawn had left and Dawn felt bad for not keeping in touch with her friend. "Things have been the same old, same old," Magdalena is saying through her thick Spanish accent, "we have had about the same vampire count as usual but nothing apocalyptically bad."
Dawn nods, "yeah, everything been's quiet here too, just run of the mill demons, but they keep us on our toes."
"The girls look like they do too." Magdalena comments.
Dawn smiles, "they do, but in a better way."
"You look happy here," Magdalena states.
Dawn smiles, "I am. It's hard to explain, like I've staked my independence for the first time in my life."
Magdalena nods, "I get that, and I think you're lucky to not be a slayer."
Dawn nods, "I know. I still miss home though, but if I like it here, I'm building my life here."
Willow comes into the room then, "well I have the results."
"Well what are they?" Spike demands.
Short chapter I know, but hopefully the next chapter will be longer.
AN: sorry about the wrong spelling change last chapter. Alisa's name is spelled that way, not Alyssa like I did last chapter, sorry if it confused people, I have a cousin who's name is spelled that way and it was just her first birthday...anyway off on a tangent, hope you like this chapter!
"What's up with Captain Forehead?" Spike asks the next morning at breakfast.
Fred shrugs, "he's been in his bedroom brooding all morning. He wouldn't read to the girls when they got up this morning like he usually does."
"You have any idea lil' bit?" Spike asks.
Dawn shrugs as well, "I introduced him to Connor and he was all bad moody afterwards, so Connor went home and I went to bed."
"It's Angel he's probably just worried about the girls, same as we are." Gunn suggests.
"Yeah," Dawn nods.
"So has Willow called with her flight information?" Spike asks.
Dawn shakes her head, "nope."
"Well she better get here soon because I want to know what the bloody hell is going on."
"Uncle Spike I thought you said you were going to stop saying that?" Maggie peers around the corner of the kitchen and they can hear Alisa's giggle behind her sister.
"Oh bugger." Spike exerts his frustration, only causing the girls to giggle harder. "You didn't hear that!"
"Yes we did!" Both girls chorus and they take off in the opposite direction, egging Spike on for a game of "catch us", their favorite.
"I'm going to get the both of you!" Spike calls but stops short in the lobby when he is faced with an entire group, most of which he recognizes.
The group all wear their own versions of amused expression, with the exception of the two that Spike doesn't know, "having fun Spike?" Buffy questions arching an eyebrow and grinning at the scene before her as both girls wrap their arms around Spike's legs, staring at the strangers.
"We didn't expect you so early." Spike comments.
"We can see that." Giles clears his throat.
Spike leans over and whispers into the girls ears and what was meant to be quiet turns into the girls yelling and running toward the dining room, "they're here! They're here!"
The group emerges quickly from the dining room with the girls staying in the other room, "Buffy!" Dawn calls hugging her sister tightly, "what are you all doing here?"
"We came to see you. Xander had some things to take care of in Africa and he couldn't get back in time or he would've been here." Buffy responds.
Dawn nods, "well I guess I'm best qualified to introduced everyone," leaving the two Spikes doesn't know until the end. "This is Magdalena, she's a slayer, and this is Brygid, she's Willow's girlfriend." Everyone exchanges pleasantries before they get down to business.
"Spike told us about the girls when he was last out, so we can run a simple test on both of the girls to see what's what." Willow states.
"Maybe we should meet the girls." Magdalena suggests.
"All right," Dawn nods, "'Lisa, Maggie why don't you come out here for a minutes." Both girls walk slowly out and Maggie whispers in Dawn's ear. Dawn smiles down at the girls then, "they aren't clients, it's all right." The girls look shyly at the people in front of them, they had been taught that they needed to be scarce when a client was around. "This is my sister Buffy, remember you talk to her on the phone sometimes."
Both girls nod and murmur, "hello."
"Why are you here?" Maggie questions.
"We're going to find out what happened between you two yesterday." Willow responds.
As if reminded of what happened the day before, something their young minds hadn't thought about, the girls step away from each other and neither looks at the other as if suddenly afraid of the other. Angel comes downstairs then and the group is covered with an uncomfortable silence that spurs from Angel and Buffy.
"We might as well make peace." Buffy states. "We're on the same side now that you left Wolfram and Hart."
"Can we just get on with this?" Angel asks, his voice cool.
"I'll show you to my lab." Fred suggests to Willow.
Willow nods and the group follow as she explains, "what I've set up is a mix of magic and science. For record sight we have all of the slayers' blood samples and magically I can compare all of them. We set it up hoping that we could find some common thread between all of the slayers, but as far as we know there isn't one yet. I'm going to need to draw a little blood from both of the girls."
Maggie clings fearfully to Spike then and Alisa reaches instinctively to Angel and both vampires hold the girls tightly as the wince, but don't cry, at the pinch that comes when Willow removes the blood. "All right," Willow states, "it'll take a few minutes for the results to come back, so if you guys want to take a seat I'll be out to tell you."
Everyone nods and move toward the living room, the group is silent with the exception of Magdalena and Dawn catching up, the two had been close friends before Dawn had left and Dawn felt bad for not keeping in touch with her friend. "Things have been the same old, same old," Magdalena is saying through her thick Spanish accent, "we have had about the same vampire count as usual but nothing apocalyptically bad."
Dawn nods, "yeah, everything been's quiet here too, just run of the mill demons, but they keep us on our toes."
"The girls look like they do too." Magdalena comments.
Dawn smiles, "they do, but in a better way."
"You look happy here," Magdalena states.
Dawn smiles, "I am. It's hard to explain, like I've staked my independence for the first time in my life."
Magdalena nods, "I get that, and I think you're lucky to not be a slayer."
Dawn nods, "I know. I still miss home though, but if I like it here, I'm building my life here."
Willow comes into the room then, "well I have the results."
"Well what are they?" Spike demands.
Short chapter I know, but hopefully the next chapter will be longer.