Chapter Sixty: Soldier
After the paramedics and police had left, Buffy had cried herself to sleep in Spikes arms, Spike had shed his own tears and fell asleep beside her.
At 5:00 in the morning Spike opened his eyes to find Buffy on the bed putting on her shoes on. He watched her jump up and run out the room, he got up and followed her, he watched her go into Katie's room and look in the cupboards and under the bed calling her name, then he watched her run into Alex and Jamie's room and to the same. Then she was about to go down stairs.
"Buffy, what are you doing?"
Buffy turned round and looked at him, her eyes red and puffy from crying.
"I checked to see if they were hiding in their rooms because you know how sometimes they like to play hide and seek." She said, Spike could see by the say tears came back to her eyes and how she trembled that she was in serious pain.
"Buffy..." He said reaching out for her.
Spike pulled Buffy into his arms she silently cried in his arms before pulling away.
"No, Spike... I have to find them, they could be hurt, and scared... oh god they must be so scared, Katie hates being away from us for to long, she needs us, they need us Spike... I have to go..." She whimpered while trying to get away.
"No Buffy, we have no clue where they are, and I'm not letting you out their in this state, for some vamp or demon to sneak up on you because I'll be damned if I lose you too." He said forcefully holding on to her shoulders.
Buffy clutched onto Spike and let out painful sobs, he bent down and scooped her up in his arms and carried her back to their room and held her while she fell back to sleep. Once she fell asleep, Spike retracted himself from her arms and walked out the room.
He walked in to Katie's room and sat on her bed. He picked her pillow and brought it up to her nose, a tear fell down his face as he remember the first time he held his little princess in his arms.
FLASHBACK
Buffy pushed with all her might until she heard a piercing cry, Buffy slumped back into Spikes arms as he laughed with delight.
"It's a girl." The midwife pronounced.
"A girl, I've got a baby girl." Buffy said.
"We've got a little girl Buffy!" Spike said excitedly.
END FLASHBACK
He carefully placed the pillow back on the bed and stroked it lovingly and placed it back on the bed and walked out.
He walked to his sons room and stood at the door looking at their empty beds, then he noticed something in the corner, a piece of paper, he walked over to it and opened it.
It said one word:
'Soldier.'
Spike looked at it confused, then something clicked, a phone conversation he had had with Alex a few years back.
FLASHBACK
"Daddy, I'm scared" Alex said as he started to cry.
"Alex? What's wrong? Where's your mum?" Spike said worriedly.
"She told me to tell you soldier got mommy at the store."
END FLASHBACK
"Oh, shit. It's Riley, that bloody son of a bitch has got my kids." He said jumping up to go and tell Buffy, then he stopped.
He new if her told Buffy tonight she would jump up and go running around town looking for him, so instead he went to the phone.
"Hello?"
"Willow, its Spike."
"He Spike, any news on Faith?" She said.
"We'll go and see her tomorrow, but more importantly I need a favour."
Riley drove around with the three children in the back of the car, tied up and gagged.
"You kids ok back there?" He asked.
Alex glared at the man in the front seat as his sibling sat either side of him.
"Sorry about the gags, it just so we can get to know each other a bit more, ok?" He said looking back at them; silent tears came down Katie's face as she looked at him.
"Hey sweetie, don't cry. I'll make it better, daddy will make it all better." He said, reaching back and stroking her hair.
Alex struggled and lifted his leg and kicked his hand away from his sister.
Riley looked at him and kept driving.
Spike waited for the call back from Willow, he sat beside Buffy stroking her hair, and he felt his phone vibrate and answered it.
"Have you got it?"
"Do you want the good news or the bad news?"
"Willow." Spike growled, he didn't have time for games
"Ok ok, the good news is the kids are alive and are with Riley."
Spike let out a breath of relief; his children were alive.
"What's the bad, Red?" He asked.
"Well, Riley has got some kind of block around himself and everyone that is with him. It will take me a while to break through the magic that has been put around him."
"How long?"
" A day or two, I'll work my ass off to find your kids Spike, don't worry." She said.
"Thank you Willow, thank you so much, call me and tell me what's going on yeah."
"Ok, bye Spike."
Spike hung up and curled up behind Buffy, spooning her back and kissing her neck.
"We're going to get them back baby, don't you worry." He murmured.