Chapter Sixty-One: The Mother

Riley had brought Alex and the twins to and abandoned hut one the edge of a cliff, away from civilisation away from police and away from their parents.

He walked the kids up the hill and sat them on the floor of the hut.

"Come on guys, just stay here for a little while I make arrangements for us to go away." He said taking off the tape that covered their mouths.

As soon as the tape was off Alex glared at him.

"We are not going anywhere with you."

Riley looked at him and smiled.

"I remember you, when you were this high." He said indicating up to his knee.

"Yeah, when you kidnapped and hit my mom." He said spitefully, he was young when that happened, but he still remembered.

Riley smiled and backed away from them.

"You now I had to do this, this was the only way, you see kids let me tell you a story of a man. When his life changed so rapidly, he didn't even know it was happening, when I met you mommy, we were so happy together, we were the perfect couple, then that bleached idiot came and ruined it..."

"You mean our DAD." Alex said emphasising the word dad.

"He is not your dad, I am." He said.

"No you're not, our dad is ten times the man you are." Alex said.

Riley tried to ignore the comment by carrying on with his story

"Anyway. He stole Buffy away from me, forced her to think she didn't love me anymore. But I know she does, so when I..."

"What are you trying to do, bore us to death? Because it's working." Alex said yawning.

"This is my life boy."

"And we're not interested, man." Alex said cheekily.

"Fine, go to sleep, I'll wake you when it's time for breakfast."

It took Willow a day and a half to break through the barrier and be able to locate where they were, as soon as she did she called Buffy and Spike.

"Hello?" Buffy answered frantically.

"I've found them," She said.

"Oh god, Willow thank you so much, where are they?"

Willow explained to Buffy exactly where they were, as soon as Buffy knew her and Spike ran out the door as quickly as they could.

Buffy and Spike drove up the hill, Spike glance over at Buffy. Her face was hard and emotionless. All Spike was thinking was: Riley, you son of a bitch I would not like to be in your shoes.

They came up to a little hut a little bit away from the cliff edge, Buffy could hear the oceans waves bashing against the rocks down below. When Spike stopped the car, Buffy was about to jump out and go and find her children when Spike stopped her by putting his hand on her arm.

"What?" She said not understanding why he was wasting time.

"I don't want you to go out there yet," Spike said.

"Don't be ridiculous," She said trying to open the car door again only to have Spike stop her again.

"I'm serious luv, I want you to wait right here until I call you." He said handing her the car phone.

"Spike! These are our kids we are talking about." She said, getting frustrated.

"Exactly, which is why I don't want you running out there and if they're not there you ripping Riley's head off. I can see the look in your eyes Buffy and I can't blame you, but you're right these are our kids, which means we have to play this safe. Just until we know they are safe." He said stroking her hair softly which all ways calmed her down.

Buffy let out a big breath then a little growl.

"Fine, go, your right, just please bring them home." She said looking at him.

Spike bent down and kissed her quickly.

"Promise." He said before jumping out the car and jogging up to the hut.
"I know a song that will get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves. I know a song that will get on your nerves and this is how it goes... I know a song that will get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves, get on your nerves. I know a song that will get on your nerves and this is how it goes... I ..." Alex sung before Riley stood up angrily.

"God, don't you shut up?" Riley said.

"You're the one who said you wanted kids." Alex said smartly.

"I should have left you, or thrown you off the cliff." He said going back to counting the money.

"Noo, Alex don't go" Katie said frightened. She didn't understand why this man she didn't know tied her up. Sometimes her brothers tied her up and she cried and her mommy or daddy came and got her, but no matter how much she cried, her mommy and daddy didn't come, she missed her mommy and daddy.

"Don't worry sis, I'm not going anywhere with out you or Jamie."

"That right, Katie, you're all coming with me, on a nice little holiday. Remember I'm going to be your new daddy." Riley said, coming towards Katie.

Katie just tried her best to move as close as she could to her big brother.

"For the last time, you're not our daddy, and when our daddy gets here, he is going to kick you ass." Alex said smugly, giving Riley a smirk he learnt oh so well off his dad.

All of a sudden the door opened and Spike stepped in.

"DAD!"

"DADDY!"

"DADDY!"

Spike looked over at his kids and thanked god they were ok.

"I'm here kids, don't you worry, daddy's here." Spike said walking over to them and kneeling down.

"Hey, they're mine now." Riley said walking over to Spike.

Spike stood up and faced the taller man and punched him in the nose.

"I don't think so mate." Spike said calmly as he reached for his cell and dialled the car phone. He let it ring then hung up as he knew that Buffy would get the signal.

"Oh but Spike, I do think so, see I can take you know, I'm stronger than you think."

Spike looked at him and started laughing.

"Oh, but its not me you should be worried about." Spike said.

All of a sudden there was a huge BANG as the door was torn off taking half the surrounding wall with it.

And there in the huge hole stood a very angry Buffy.

Alex smiled as he saw his mom.

"Mom." He said to himself.

Spike backed up from Riley and went to his kids, Buffy stood in front of Riley with her hands on her hips.

"You over stepped the mark Riley," She growled.

"Buffy..."

"Kids, I want you to close your eyes while your dad unties you" Buffy said without turning around.

Jamie and Katie obeyed instantly but Alex kept his eyes open wanting to see the violence.

"You too Alex." Buffy said without turning around.

Alex frowned and closed his eyes, then whispered to his dad.

"How did she know?"

"Mothers know everything." Spike said back as he untied them.

"You should have never come near my children Riley." Buffy said calmly.

"So what, now I have to go up against Buffy the Vampire Slayer"? Riley said cockily trying to touch her face

Buffy grabbed his wrist and snapped his wrist like a twig.

Riley howled in pain and looked up at her shocked.

Buffy smiled a sickly sweet smile.

"No, you are going to go up against, Buffy, the mother." She growled.

Spike smiled hearing her words as he untied the last knot on Jamie.

"Ok kids, hop on, you know the way to do it." Spike said kneeling down and letting them climb on him.

They had done this many times before, they all had a specific place to climb, Alex on first as he was the biggest, he would sit on Spikes back with his legs brought up high on Spikes chest. Jamie who would go on Spikes left side with his arms wrapped around Spikes neck and Alex's neck, then Katie would be one last, as she was the lightest she would be on his right hand side, her right arm resting on Jamie's arm and her left arm resting on Jamie's other arm, behind Alex's head.

"Everyone on?" Spike said.

They all nodded.

"Say the word princess."

Katie smiled at the familiarity of their game.

"Giddy up horsey." Katie said.

"That's my girl," Spike said before standing up and walking out to put them in the car.

"GO MOM, YOU'RE THE BEST!" Alex yelled as they left.

As her family left Buffy looked at Riley with an evil glint in her eyes.

"Look Buffy, I know your upset, but I did what I did for all the right reasons, I just wanted a family." Riley said trying to rationalise what he did.

"Upset, oh I'm way past upset, upset left my mind a couple of days ago when I found out some crazy piece of shit kidnapped my children." She said advancing on him

"Buffy, you don't understand..."

"NO YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. YOU STOLE MY CHILDREN!" She screamed.

"Yes but..." He said actually getting scared of the look in her eye.

"NO BUTS RILEY, NOBODY TOUHCHES MY CHILDREN. NOBODY SCARES MY CHILDREN. NOBODY HURTS MY CHILDREN. AND YOU MANAGED TO DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND THAT REALLY PISSES ME OFF."

Spike took that moment to walk back in after securely putting his kids in the car and locking the door and putting a blanket over the three of them and gave them some food while they listen to their favourite CD, telling Alex he was in charge and no one was to leave the car.

Buffy turned round when Spike came in.

"Are they ok?" She asked.

"Fine, listening to Lion King soundtrack." He said walking up to her.

"Good" Buffy said before punching Riley so hard he flew up into the air and landed on the ground with a thud

"Now Finn, you are going to pay for everything you have done to myself and my husband here." She said pointing at Spike.

Spike nodded as they both walked towards him.

Riley tried to get up but Buffy kicked him in the face.

"STAY DOWN!" She yelled.

Buffy then turned to Spike.

"Honey, I think our little friend here needs reminding of all the things he has done to us in the past, oh 10 years." Buffy said as Riley looked up at them.

Riley stood up and looked at both of them, he opened his mouth to say something but didn't get a chance as Buffy kicked him in the gut. When he doubled over in pain she kicked him in the face, which made him fall back to the ground.

"That's for shooting my husband!" She said.

Spike stepped in and helped him up.

"Here let me help you." He said picking him off the floor carefully, once he was up Spike punched him in the nose.

"That's for kidnapping my wife after our wedding." Spike said wanting to get a punch in.

"That's for releasing Angelus." Buffy said punching him in the chin.

Buffy then picked him up in roundhouse kicked him through the wall.

"That's for kidnapping me and Alex then sending Spike to another dimension." Buffy said.

"Oh nice kick pet."

"Thanks, that one really pissed me off so I had to make him crash through something." Buffy said as her and Spike followed Riley out the hole in the wall.

As they stepped out Buffy looked at a blooded Riley scrabbling back on the floor, Buffy smiled at him the sniffed the air.

"Mmmm, don't you just love the smell of the ocean Spike?" She said as the advanced on Riley.

"Beautiful babe, me, you and the kids should come here, tomorrow." He said wrapping his arm around her waist.

"Great, but lets get back to business, where were we?" She said.

"Please... no more." Riley struggled out.

Spike stuck his foot out and kicked Riley in the face.

"EY NO INTERUPTING, trying to talk here." He said.

"Oh, I remember now," Buffy said moving away from Spike and to Riley and getting right in his face.

"The doozy, the big one, because everything that we have just mentioned, is nothing compared to what I felt when I came home and my kids weren't in the house. The pain, the bruises you've got now is nothing to what I felt the moment I walked into their room, and their beds were empty. I thought I was gonna die, I part of me did." Buffy said her voice full of emotion.

Buffy picked Riley up and let him catch his breath.

"You have know idea," Buffy growled.

Buffy slapped him around the face as hard as she could, the sound of flesh on flesh echoing in the air.

"YOU HAVE KNOW IDEA WHAT THAT FELT LIKE. I DON'T THINK I COULD EVER FEEL THAT MUCH PAIN FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, CHILD BIRTH IS A WALK IN THE FUCKING PARK COMPARED TO WHAT I FELT THAT DAY, AND FOR ALL THE DAYS I JUST WANTED THEM IN MY ARMS, I FELT LIKE MY HEART HAD BEEN RIPPED OUT OF MY BODY." She screamed with tears coming down her face from the shire emotion she was feeling.

Riley didn't realise but as she shouted at him she was actually backing him up as well.

Spike came and stood beside Buffy and put a arm around her.

She smiled up at him before looking back at Riley who's face was blooded and bruised but what the couple found most amusing was that Riley was actually shaking with fear.

"Look Buffy I know I hurt you but please don't kill me." He whimpered.

"I didn't say I was gonna kill you," She said walking to him.

The sudden action made Riley jump and he lost his balance and stumbled at the cliff edge.

"NO NO PLEASE BUFFY HELP SPIKE, HELP ME PLEASE NO NOOOOOO..." He screamed before falling to his watery death below.

Buffy and Spike watched him fall and waited to here his body hit the water and jagged rocks below.

"I didn't say anything about you not killing yourself, goodbye Riley." She said to herself.

Spike wrapped his arms around her, shielding her body from the night's air and from the reality of what just happened.

"You alright baby?" Spike said into her ear.

Buffy nodded and leant into him wrapping her arms around him and holding him tight.

"Come on, there's three little monsters that want to see their super mom." Spike said leading her away from the cliff edge. Buffy chuckled at his choice of words and walked with him to the car.

As they drew closer they could see through the window and they could hear them miles away, Alex was in the middle leaning over the front seats to change the song on the CD, Jamie and Katie sat on each side of him arguing at which song to have.

Buffy felt tears come to her eyes as she watched them; she had missed them so much.

Jamie looked out the window and saw his mom.

"MOMMY" He screamed getting out the car and running towards her, Alex and Katie followed with smiles on their faces.

Buffy fell to her knees as tear wracked her body as she embraced her children, they were her world, she didn't know what she would have done if she had lost any of them.

"Oh god, I missed you three so much" She said squeezing them and raining kisses all over their faces

"Mommy was so scared, I love you so much, Alex, Jamie, Katie I love you, mommy loves you." She babbled.

Spike knelt down and sat next to her.

"Baby, its ok, they're ok, look." Spike said prying her off them to look at them.

Buffy pulled back and gazed at her children. "So beautiful." She said stroking their faces.

They smiled at their mother.

"Don't worry mom, I had it all under control." Alex said smugly.

"Oh, did you now?" She said smiling.

"Yeah, I had him right were I wanted him, he was like..." Alex started.

"Lets continue this in the car huh" Spike said picking up Jamie as Buffy picked up Katie, Alex stood in between them holding their hands as the walked back to the car. Buffy looked over Alex's head at her husband.

"Love you," She mouthed.

"Love you," He mouthed back as Alex talked and Jamie and Katie fell asleep on their parent's shoulders.

"So he was like talking right, and I was like 'are you trying to bore us to death' and he was like 'this is my life boy' and I was like..." Alex rambled.

AN: Hey people Riley has died, if you are happy about that i would like for you to please send me a review saying the words RILEYS DEAD WOO HOO, if you want to add something to that you can but please stay with me for the final chapter coming very soon