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: You guys will probably hate me by the time I'm done with this arc but I'm writing what I'm writing for the sake of the overall plot… plus I hate the council… and I have no idea what I'm doing with the LA characters… ((off to watch a few episodes of Angel and try to get Fred and Gunns characters down)) If anyone knows a good fic that characterizes them well please let me know… cause I'm kinda unsure of myself when it comes to using them… Anyway thanks for the reviews everyone! ^_^ I love getting feedback!!!!
TO THE STORY!
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Part Thirteen
Doctor knows best
60 days
"There, that didn't even hurt, did it?" A young woman held a syringe filled with fresh blood in font of her face. She smiled at Spike. "We'll get this off to the lab…. do you want a regular band aid or a cartoon one?"
Spike growled as she held the plane beige and the colorful Invader Zim one in front of his face.
"Hmm, well I'll just give you a cartoon one, that will perk you up." She smiled sweetly as she placed it on his arm where she had drawn the blood. Spike jerked reflexively and pulled at the chains that bound him to the hospital bed, she just ignored him.
*
"Why would someone want to kidnap him?" Willow asked glancing around at her friends.
"Well William is the first of his kind, an actual male slayer. As soon as his existence got out to the demon populace and even some humans many cults and demon factions would be after him for various reasons," Giles had removed his glasses and had begun inspecting them as he talked.
"Yah, like seeing how good he tastes, I knew I should have gone with him on patrol." Nich laid her head on her arms, which were folded on the table.
Tara watched Nich and sighed, the girl was blaming this on herself. "Guys we need to figure out who has him and where."
"We'll have to ask around at the local haunts, see what groups are in town… any gossip on a group going after a slayer or hunter." Giles walked over to the bookcase that held some of the research books.
Willow nodded and stood up. "I can start researching on my trusty lap top, you know the one Nich didn't crash last week."
"Hey." Nich suddenly straightened.
"Well you did crash it, its not like I'm throwing the blame around, you came to me and said-"
"I know I crashed your lap top," Nich shook her head. "They were human."
"Oh good." Willow smiled. "What?"
"They were human?" Tara asked she touched the girls shoulder and Nich glanced at her. "Are you sure?"
"Positive." She looked over at Giles. "They were wearing black and had tranquilizer guns. I saw one of the vans in my vision too. I couldn't make out the license plate."
"You just remembered this?" Giles asked.
"You try getting a load of info implanted into your brain and see how easy it is to sort it all out," She frowned. "Its not as easy as I seem to be able to make it sound."
"So they're human, that means they probably have a base of operations," Tara smiled and she and Willow exchanged a look.
"Which helps us out how? We still have to find them." Nich raised her eyebrows and glanced between the two witches.
"We could do an uh," Willow bit her lip.
"Locator spell, a small one. As long as William is relatively in one place Willow should be able to do it." Tara turned her gaze to Giles who was staring at the book in his hand. The room fell into an awkward silence till the ex-watcher nodded.
"Yes, that might be a good idea, Willow are you sure your up to it?"
She gave him a small smile as she nodded. "Yes. They taught me how to do it last week in class."
"Well then why don't you and Tara go retrieve the supplies? Nich and I will stay here and research."
*
Travers glanced up as Emma McFowell the doctor he had had check the ex-vampire. She smiled as she held a manila folder out to him.
"The results are in," She said as he took it from her. "I thought you might like to see them."
"Yes of course, so he is human?" He asked as he glanced over pages of medical information.
"More or less. The tests show that he is indeed a male version of a slayer. The b-"
"Yes, are there any other tests you need to perform?" He glanced up at her.
"Not till tomorrow," She tilted her head causing her short black hair to fall around her face. "You still want the procedure done?"
Travers glanced at the papers in front of him, "Yes, I do."
"Alright then, it'll proceed tomorrow afternoon." She smiled sweetly, her blue eyes brightening. "Thank you so much for letting me have the pleasure of doing this, I won't let you down sir."
After she had left the office, still brightly smiling, Travers smiled himself, "No you won't."
*
Willow grabbed a bag of herbs off the shelf and stared at it. So many things had happened in the last few months, her life had changed drastically leaving her a new person. She found her mind wandering back to when she had been in high school. She had been a geek, teachers pet, nerd… those were only a few of the terms she had been labeled with. That had changed in just a few years though; sure she was still a good student and still got called a genius or geek at times but she had began to delve into magic. The powerful art had made her more self confident and eventually she had began to use it for more than just to protect people or slay demons.
The Art had become a crutch that was something she didn't want to happen again, she was scared to death that it would happen again and that this time perhaps nothing would be able to pull her back from the darkness.
"Willow?" Tara's voice cut into her thoughts causing the red head to jump slightly. "You have the bracken root?"
"Uh yah." She held it up and smiled sheepishly. "Yep, right here."
"Good. I have the other supplies," She nodded to her full arms. "So lets go pay for everything and head back to the apartment."
"Yah, let's do that." As she followed her love a twinge of pain and regret shot through her. About five months ago Tara had been killed, murdered by a man by the name of Warren. That was what had caused her spiral into the darkness, Tara's death. She had avenged her lover by skinning the man alive and had then proceeded to head after the other members of their group. Vengeance, that's what it had been- her reason for murdering a human being. She had killed out of pure rage, out of vengeance… and never once had felt bad about it till she saw her love alive, standing before her, alive.
*
"I got a map." Nich announced unfolding it onto the dinner table. She glanced over to where the ex-watcher Giles was going through some of the research books.
"Awe, yes… thank you Nich." He nodded absently.
"Do you think Willow and Tara will be back soon?" She asked as she tried to get a look at one of the books he had in his hand. There was a picture of a demon and text along with various symbols. He moved the book at an Angle where she couldn't see it very well.
"Yes I'm sure they'll be back soon."
"Why do you do that?" She asked suddenly.
Giles glanced up and frowned, "What am I doing?"
"Moving things away so I can't see, trying to not get me directly involved with the research. You made me go down to the corner shop and get another map… granted it's slightly larger than the one we have here but still…" She sighed. "The other one would have done just as well."
"I am not-" Nich cut him off with a look and he sighed. "You're a child, there's still a chance that you can go do-"
"What have a normal life? Yah sure," She rolled her eyes. "If you don't remember I get visions, as in I'm a direct link to the Powers That Be. Also, half demon here… I tried the normal life scene, it didn't work out… if it had I wouldn't be here."
Giles shook his head, "There are still something's that are inappropriate for a child your age- hey!"
Nich backed off a few steps and snorted as she read the book that she held in her hand, "The life styles of a Derigon demon clan? Oh a picture of the mating ritual. Hmm… I can tell you one thing pops, these guys didn't do this… the Derigon demons may have a back history of violence but they were pretty much wipped out about six years ago when a group of Gebion demon slaughtered they main clans. Those that remain are scatters, its not only pretty hard to find a full blood but also finding more than two or three together in one place unless its within a few months of a birthing, not gonna happen."
"How did you?"
"Knew one growing up," She glanced at the door as Willow and Tara walked through.
"We have everything we need… so lets get started." Tara told them putting her bags on the table.
"Great," Nich smiled. "The sooner we find William the sooner we can all beat him up for being stupid.
*
Spike was completely drained by the time he fell to the ground pulling the tab from the treadmill and bringing it to a stop. His vision was blurred slightly and his chest heaving as he stared up at the off-white dusty ceiling of the council training room. His muscles ached and his head hurt.
The 'good' doctor stood over him and looked down smiling widely at him. "Very good William." She spoke to him as if speaking to a small child and it had begun to irk the male slayer. "Your endurance is white amazing!"
He watched as she wrote some notes on the note pad she carried. Spikes head rolled back and he shut his eyes as a wave of nausea rolled over him. It was one of the things he hated about being human. He could get sick.
She smiled again as two of the guards hauled him up. She walked over and patted his head, "Don't worry you'll be up and about and pretty perky tomorrow! Just in time for the big surprise!" She giggled and motioned for the guards to take him back to his cell.
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Author Note: Poor Spike! I mean that doctors like insane or something! Lets see so far my parents have made no move to remove the computer from my room so YAY… Now if its gone tomarow I'll pout, kick and scream…if it does leave I'll have a friend post a note for me tomarow, if theres no note expect another part on Friday or Saturday… I wanna type up part 20 before I post another part so I know if I have to change/add something…
To be continued in: When the sand runs out…
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