Hehehe. Chapter three! Have fun!

CHAPTER THREE

A few days passed, filled only with the sound of flicking pages and Anya whispering the words to herself. Buffy began to get more and more nervous. Would Spike help her? Had he found any thing yet? These questions flitted through her brain as she turned the pages. She could have found something and not noticed it, she was so worked up. Giles and Willow obviously knew something was wrong, as they kept stealing worried glances at her.

"I'm gonna go out," she announced one day.

"Where?" asked Giles.

"Spike said - no, promised - that he could get something on it. I'm gonna go and see if he has," Buffy answered. With that she grabbed her jacket and marched out of the Magic Box door, slamming it behind her.

Xander appeared from behind a book. "Is it just me, or is Buffy tense?"

Giles, Anya and Willow turned and stared witheringly at him.

The sun was going down, and Buffy turned to watch it.

"Looks good, dosen't it?" said a voice from the shadows behind her. "Haven't seen it for ages." Buffy knew who it was, so didn't turn around when a hand gripped her shoulder. Without realizing, her own reached up and held it tightly.

"Hey, Spike, I was just coming to see you." Buffy said turning to the handsome blonde behind her.

"Thought so," he answered.

"So, got anything for me?"

"Well, I've been hearing rumours about who has it. Someone said last night thats it was Seethar, who's this demon who thinks he's a god, and also Orisal, Bansuiu and Ranuman. But I don't know the last three, sorry."

"Thats enough to work with, thanks Spike," she said, before kissing his dry cheek and running off. Spike rubbed his face, shook his head, and began the walk back to his crypt.

"WILLOW!!" yelled Buffy, smashing through the door of the Magic Box. "I've got something for you!"

"What?" asked Willow eagerly.

"See if you can work out something from the names Seethar, Orisal, Ranuman and Bansuiu!" Buffy shouted back.

"Oh, I guess you found Spike, then," Xander asked.

"Not exactly. Spike found me."

"And you brought him back, huh?"

"What?" Buffy turned round to see Spike at the door, sporting a heavy nosebleed.

"God, anyone know what's up with Angel?" asked Spike.

"What?" Buffy said again.

"I open the door to my crypt, and there he is, he wallops me and legs it! Any ideas why?"

"Why d'you come here?" asked Xander with intense dislike.

"'Cause I thought you lot might know why he decided to beat me up."

Buffy walked up to him, and whispered something no - one else could hear in his ear. The two of them turned to leave the shop, when Willow called.

"I've worked out a connection! They all have Egyptian roots. Seethar is Seth, Orisal is Osiris, Bansuiu is Anubis and Ranuman is Amun Ra. That book is written in Egyptian, and the dagger is made with gold mined in Egypt!" She beamed triumphantly.

"That's great." Buffy said distractedly. "Giles, see if you can find any other Egyptian demons. See you later." And with that, she dragged Spike out of the door.

"Where are we going?" asked Spike once they were on the road.

"Back to mine." Buffy said shortly.

"I hope you don't mind me asking, but why?"

"'Cos I'm not having you getting killed by Angel." said Buffy.

"Oh, right."

The two said nothing until they got back.

"So, what am I gonna do?" asked Spike as they came up to the door. Buffy looked at him questioningly. "Am I gonna sleep here or go back?"

"Stay here, of course." said Dawn as she opened the door.

"Yeah, for once I agree with Dawn. Stay here."

"So, where am I gonna sleep?"

"With Buffy!" Laughed Dawn before running up the stairs to her room and locking the door.

"Buffy?"

"I hope I didn't hear any hope in that," She glowered before marching up the stairs, leaving Spike grinning at the bottom of them.

"So that's a 'no' then, is it?" He called. A door slammed. "OK then."