Chapter 7
"Their mother's not a slayer." Willow declares. "They aren't children anyone who's blood sample they have on file, she's not the daughter of a slayer."
"Angel are you sure you don't know anyone who could be their parents?" Buffy asks.
"Right after two and a half years I've been holding back, in all reality I know who their parents are." Angel snaps.
Buffy looks slightly shocked and hurt by Angel's comment and Willow brings the focus back to the children. "There are simple tests we can run on both of the twins, I want to test both of them individually for slayer abilities and for magical abilities."
"I thought that's what you were doing?" Fred questions.
Willow shakes her head, "no that was just a blood test. The slayer test and magic test are different, who should I start with?"
Spike and Angel exchange glances, "we can start with Alisa," Angel volunteers standing up with Alisa in his arms.
"Where are they takin' 'Lisa?" Maggie asks looking up at Spike.
"They'll be right back." Spike responds.
Maggie looks confused for a minute and then wraps her arms around Spike and buries her face in his neck whispering, "this is dumb, I just wan' play."
"In awhile lil' bit, we just have to take care of this stuff first." Spike states as Angel comes back out of the lab without Alisa.
"She said she could do it on her own," Angel responds.
"She's got an independent streak, doesn't she." Magdalena comments to Dawn.
Dawn nods, "Alisa is the ringleader of the two, Maggie likes to follow Alisa's lead."
A very long half an hour passes and when it passes Alisa comes running out of the room and launches herself into Angel's arms, "that was fun!" Alisa declares.
"Was it?" Angel asks.
Alisa nods, "I got to do lotsa fun stuff."
"Good," Angel nods and when Willow appears he asks, "well?"
Willow grins, "she's a slayer. 100 percent slayer, the youngest we've found yet, but no magic inclination."
"Wha'sa slayer?" Alisa asks watching Angel.
"It's a little complicated to explain, we'll explain it when you're older." Angel responds.
"Older's 'tupid." Alisa pouts.
"Alisa Cordelia, we don't say stupid." Angel scolds gently.
"Well, it is." Alisa crosses her arms, "I wan' down." When Angel sets her back on her feet she scurries over to Dawn places herself in Dawn's lap.
"Alisa, what do you say?" Dawn asks.
"I'm sorry for saying 'tupid." Alisa responds and hurries back over to Angel, gently kissing his cheek
The group of adults try to hold back their laughter and Willow finally asks, "so should we start with Maggie?"
Maggie shakes her head, "don' wanna." Maggie clings to Spike.
"Maggie, sweetie you have to go." Fred encourages from next to Maggie and Spike.
Maggie looks on the verge of tears for a second, "can Uncle Spike come?"
Everyone looks at Willow who nods, "That's fine."
Once Willow, Spike and Maggie disappear Giles brings up Alisa, "we can take Alisa and train her, her age might actually be an advantage. She'll have more training by the time we let her fight than the other girls would."
"No." Angel states firmly, hoping not to alert Alisa to the fact that the other's want to leave. "They won't be training in Ohio."
"All the slayers we find live in Ohio," Giles respond.
"I'm a slayer," Alisa looks up at Angel her blue eyes shimmering with tears, "I don' wanna go!"
"You're not going anywhere," Angel assures.
"If you are worries about separating the twins we can always take Maggie with us even if she isn't a slayer, we can train her as a watcher." Giles insists.
"No," Angel responds firmly, "they aren't going anywhere. Wes can train Alisa and Maggie if need be. We aren't some ignorant parents, we are aware of what it would take to raise a slayer, maybe two."
"The school in Ohio is about uniting the slayers to fight as one, the school is the best place for Alisa, she will be with other kids like her." Buffy forces the subject.
"No!" Angel exclaims jumping up with Alisa in his arms, "you aren't taking them away from me, from us. I won't loose them."
Spike enters the room then, "what's going on here?"
"Spike," Buffy attempts to use him to convince Angel, "you've seen the school. Can you convince Angel that the school would be the best place for both girls."
Spike shakes his head, "I'm with Angel on this one pet, the girls aren't leaving."
"Great, now you guys are teaming up against me." Buffy storms out of the room with her words.
"I'll go." Dawn offers standing up and following her sister out of the room.
"Dawn, you've seen the school, you lived there, you mean to tell me that you don't think it's the best place?" Buffy asks.
Dawn shakes her head, "for most of the girls I do. But not for these two, you don't understand how much Alisa and Maggie mean to Spike and Angel. How much they mean to everyone here. And how much everyone here means to them."
"It's just..."
"This is hard for you." Dawn supplies.
"Yeah, and I can't explain why." Buffy sighs.
"Could it be because they are both moving on and you have be here to witness it." Buffy shrugs at her sister. "Because that's okay."
Buffy sighs again, "all right, maybe in this instance letting Angel's team handle them is the best idea."
Dawn hugs her sister, "good, now should we get back in there and wait with everyone else?"
Buffy nods and as they walk back into the room Willow is walking out with Maggie holding her hand and skipping. "Wasn't it cool?" Alisa asks.
"So cool!" Maggie responds enthusiastically.
"Maggie proved that she has definite magical powers and without the proper training and enforced I think she has the power to be dangerous...at the school..."
"No." Buffy stops the fight this time, "the twins can be properly trained here and we can check in every once and awhile on their progress."
"Their mother's not a slayer." Willow declares. "They aren't children anyone who's blood sample they have on file, she's not the daughter of a slayer."
"Angel are you sure you don't know anyone who could be their parents?" Buffy asks.
"Right after two and a half years I've been holding back, in all reality I know who their parents are." Angel snaps.
Buffy looks slightly shocked and hurt by Angel's comment and Willow brings the focus back to the children. "There are simple tests we can run on both of the twins, I want to test both of them individually for slayer abilities and for magical abilities."
"I thought that's what you were doing?" Fred questions.
Willow shakes her head, "no that was just a blood test. The slayer test and magic test are different, who should I start with?"
Spike and Angel exchange glances, "we can start with Alisa," Angel volunteers standing up with Alisa in his arms.
"Where are they takin' 'Lisa?" Maggie asks looking up at Spike.
"They'll be right back." Spike responds.
Maggie looks confused for a minute and then wraps her arms around Spike and buries her face in his neck whispering, "this is dumb, I just wan' play."
"In awhile lil' bit, we just have to take care of this stuff first." Spike states as Angel comes back out of the lab without Alisa.
"She said she could do it on her own," Angel responds.
"She's got an independent streak, doesn't she." Magdalena comments to Dawn.
Dawn nods, "Alisa is the ringleader of the two, Maggie likes to follow Alisa's lead."
A very long half an hour passes and when it passes Alisa comes running out of the room and launches herself into Angel's arms, "that was fun!" Alisa declares.
"Was it?" Angel asks.
Alisa nods, "I got to do lotsa fun stuff."
"Good," Angel nods and when Willow appears he asks, "well?"
Willow grins, "she's a slayer. 100 percent slayer, the youngest we've found yet, but no magic inclination."
"Wha'sa slayer?" Alisa asks watching Angel.
"It's a little complicated to explain, we'll explain it when you're older." Angel responds.
"Older's 'tupid." Alisa pouts.
"Alisa Cordelia, we don't say stupid." Angel scolds gently.
"Well, it is." Alisa crosses her arms, "I wan' down." When Angel sets her back on her feet she scurries over to Dawn places herself in Dawn's lap.
"Alisa, what do you say?" Dawn asks.
"I'm sorry for saying 'tupid." Alisa responds and hurries back over to Angel, gently kissing his cheek
The group of adults try to hold back their laughter and Willow finally asks, "so should we start with Maggie?"
Maggie shakes her head, "don' wanna." Maggie clings to Spike.
"Maggie, sweetie you have to go." Fred encourages from next to Maggie and Spike.
Maggie looks on the verge of tears for a second, "can Uncle Spike come?"
Everyone looks at Willow who nods, "That's fine."
Once Willow, Spike and Maggie disappear Giles brings up Alisa, "we can take Alisa and train her, her age might actually be an advantage. She'll have more training by the time we let her fight than the other girls would."
"No." Angel states firmly, hoping not to alert Alisa to the fact that the other's want to leave. "They won't be training in Ohio."
"All the slayers we find live in Ohio," Giles respond.
"I'm a slayer," Alisa looks up at Angel her blue eyes shimmering with tears, "I don' wanna go!"
"You're not going anywhere," Angel assures.
"If you are worries about separating the twins we can always take Maggie with us even if she isn't a slayer, we can train her as a watcher." Giles insists.
"No," Angel responds firmly, "they aren't going anywhere. Wes can train Alisa and Maggie if need be. We aren't some ignorant parents, we are aware of what it would take to raise a slayer, maybe two."
"The school in Ohio is about uniting the slayers to fight as one, the school is the best place for Alisa, she will be with other kids like her." Buffy forces the subject.
"No!" Angel exclaims jumping up with Alisa in his arms, "you aren't taking them away from me, from us. I won't loose them."
Spike enters the room then, "what's going on here?"
"Spike," Buffy attempts to use him to convince Angel, "you've seen the school. Can you convince Angel that the school would be the best place for both girls."
Spike shakes his head, "I'm with Angel on this one pet, the girls aren't leaving."
"Great, now you guys are teaming up against me." Buffy storms out of the room with her words.
"I'll go." Dawn offers standing up and following her sister out of the room.
"Dawn, you've seen the school, you lived there, you mean to tell me that you don't think it's the best place?" Buffy asks.
Dawn shakes her head, "for most of the girls I do. But not for these two, you don't understand how much Alisa and Maggie mean to Spike and Angel. How much they mean to everyone here. And how much everyone here means to them."
"It's just..."
"This is hard for you." Dawn supplies.
"Yeah, and I can't explain why." Buffy sighs.
"Could it be because they are both moving on and you have be here to witness it." Buffy shrugs at her sister. "Because that's okay."
Buffy sighs again, "all right, maybe in this instance letting Angel's team handle them is the best idea."
Dawn hugs her sister, "good, now should we get back in there and wait with everyone else?"
Buffy nods and as they walk back into the room Willow is walking out with Maggie holding her hand and skipping. "Wasn't it cool?" Alisa asks.
"So cool!" Maggie responds enthusiastically.
"Maggie proved that she has definite magical powers and without the proper training and enforced I think she has the power to be dangerous...at the school..."
"No." Buffy stops the fight this time, "the twins can be properly trained here and we can check in every once and awhile on their progress."