Title: The First Seconded
Author: Falcon-Rider falcon_rider@hotmail.com
Rating: PG-13 for Agnst and ect. (Spike will have guilt and feels remorse, more on that will be touched on in later chaps)
Disclaimer: I own nothing 'cept the plot and Nich.
Authors note: This starts up after Willow has healed enough to handle herself and has already found out about Spike… I had to skip ahead other wise this story would go extremely slow… this chap is a transition into a different area of the story…. I hope you enjoy! I also want to thank my reviewers, I love reading reviews! ^_^ I hope you enjoy this… I will have another part up tomorrow because this really has nothing to do with the plot… so look around tomorrow afternoon for part twelve!
TO THE STORY!
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Part Eleven
'Did I get them?'
65 days
Spike was breathing heavily as he ran; the vampire was about 5 yards ahead of him and weaving through the headstones quickly. He flipped over one landing just ahead of the vampire. It stopped and growled at him showing her fangs.
"You made a big mistake trying to eat me ducks." Spike smirked as they began to circle each other.
"Who made the bigger mistake hunter? You're no match for a master Vampire." She replied shortly as she flipped her long red hair away from her bumpy forehead.
"You a master?" Spike laughed shaking his head. "You can't be more than a decade old."
"I was sired in 1978, I have five childer-" She glanced down at her stomach as an arrow pierced it she laughed as it had obviously missed her heart. "Awe shi-" She was reduced to dust before she could finish the curse. Spike placed his stake into a hidden pocket in his jacket and stood up straight.
"Thanks Red." Spike glanced up as Willow and Tara jogged up.
"You're welcome Sp-William." Willow nodded cringing. "Sorry I missed the heart."
"That's alright, it distracted her," Spike replied. "Your aim is getting better."
"I'm still practically helpless in a fight though." She replied quietly.
"No you're not!" Tara touched her shoulder frowning. "How can you think that?"
"It's just I'm not anything special anymore. No magic, and me with out magic? Geekapalooza."
"Can't be worse than I was before I was turned." Spike replied as the trio began to walk out of the cemetery.
"Wanna bet? You were like this 19th century nobleman-"
"Who sat around writing awful poetry, got beat up when he was younger and was afraid of the dark." Spike patted her on the back. "Don't worry I think I have you beat in the ex-geek area. Sides by the time you get back to Sunnydale old Rupert will have you staking Vampires right and left."
"Plus you should be able to do the ball of sunlight spell!" Tara smiled giving Spike a pointed look.
"Right! And you can throw that into the Vampires chest, right through the heart. Great way to kill 'em!"
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64 days
"So how'd I do?" Nich asked glancing around blind folded. Her fingers itched to remove it but Spike and Giles still wouldn't let her.
"Once more." Spike replied replacing the staff into her hand.
"Fine, but this time I want to know how I did." Nich twirled it in her hand closing her eyes under the black blindfold.
"Alright, begin." Giles called from the side of the room.
Tara reached out and grabbed willows hand guiding her through an illusion spell helping her learn it. Willow barely had enough power to create one Vampire look alike again as Tara created three of her own. The illusion vamps circled Nich their game faces on.
Nich swallowed and spun connecting her staff into one of the illusion-vamps stomachs sending it 'flying' to the floor. She ducked as one sent a fist over her head and knocked the feet out from under a third. The fourth grabbed her from behind and she swung her staff around colliding it behind her back with the illusion-vamps backbone. It fell foreword on her heavily causing her to fall to the ground under it. She managed to roll away as she hit her foot remaining under it. The vamp she had knocked to the ground and the one who had tried to punch her grabbed her shoulders and she flipped kicking each of their faces.
Nich grabbed a stake and rammed it into one of their hearts before the third vamp kicked her square in the back. Her hand touched her staff and she grabbed it and slammed it up into the oncoming illusion-vampires chest. Willow relaxed and let her illusion fade away to nothing as Tara controlled the remaining two. The teen stood in a fighting staff still waiting for the slight rush of air that would tell her the next illusion-vampire was near.
(Note- the spell crates a hologram type thing so you can touch and feel and ect the illusions… you can even hear 'footsteps')
The two remaining ones came at her from opposite sides simultaneously and she spun her staff hitting one upside the head and the other in the 'heart.' She then slammed the staff into the last vamp as it went to get up.
Tara sighed as she dropped the final illusion.
Nich stepped back and waited for a few seconds. "So did I get them?"
"What kind of demon did you say are you half of?"
Nich shrugged, "I didn't?"
*
Spike sat heavily on the couch after having taken a shower. Nich sat next to him her head leaning on her hand as she watched some British soap opera. Willow and Tara had already left to return to the coven for Willows lessons that afternoon.
"So Watcher, how'd I do?" Spike asked tiredly as he glanced at Giles who was staring at his notes.
"Well you certainly have the strength, stamina, endurance and agility of a slayer," Giles glanced up at him. "And your scores on the endurance running, length of time, distance, and speed, are almost identical with," Giles hesitated for a few seconds. "Buffy's."
Spike nodded, "So I am a Slayer in you're book."
"Really? Which one did better?" Nich asked at the same time Spike spoke.
Giles ignored her and Spike glared at her, "Yes, I do believe you are a Slayer."
"Well its about time Rupert… I was wondering how much longer you were going to test me."
"Spike," Giles began. "William, you have to understand that this isn't a joking matter."
"I wasn't joking."
"You have some serious decisions to make, such as do you want the council to know about you-"
Spike laughed, "Yah do I want the council of wankers to make me a test subject? The answers no and will stay that way."
"You also have to decide if you want the under world finding out about your new status, most likely many demons already know."
Nich nodded, "He's right Will, I mean you've been slaying demons and vamps… not to mention helping people get away from them for several months now."
"I've helped people for several years now, I helped out in Sunnydale didn't I?" Spike replied standing up.
Nich shook her head, "This is different. This time the vamps you slay are going after you for food. You have a heartbeat now, which many demons, even I can hear. So don't go telling me no ones going to notice cause yah they will. Not to mention the demons who can smell your soul."
Spike walked across the room to the table and ran his hand along a knife, which had been placed there at some point that day.
"Nich is right William, you can't hide the fact that you're human." Giles stood slowly picking up his books and placing them in bag. "You breathe, you're heart beats, you have a tan…" Giles trailed off. "I must be off, Anya is teleporting in to talk about the progress on remodeling the shop."
Spike nodded as Giles left.
"So," Nich bit her lip. "What are you going to do?"
Spike glanced toward the teen and closed his eyes. He shook his head slowly trying to clear it. "I have no idea."
*
"Have you found him?" Quentin asked as Devon entered the room.
"Yes sir, we think we have."
"Good, bring him in then." Quentin smiled and opened up another report.
"Sir, we have reason to believe that Rupert Giles has been having contact with the ex-vampire."
"Why am I not surprised?" Quentin shook his head. "No matter, ignore him and continue with the mission. I want William the bloody brought in."
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Author Note: Okay this is a transition piece… kind of a between piece to show how life has been going… as you can probably tell Willow is fairing better and not a depressed. And this part added a bit about Nich's demonness… you'll get to see more of that later and by part nineteen you will see all members of the S6 scooby gang and then some… though not all on the same continents. Oh and by the way I love invader Zim! It's the coolest cartoon evah! And they canceled it GRRR!
To be continued in: Everybody needs a Social Life
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