I Don't Need You: Understanding.
"W...what?"
"You're never going anywhere near those girls again." Angel repeated smiling slightly and chuckling. "Not while I'm standing you're not. I trusted that girl and her friends. I trusted them with the protection of my childe. I should've known they'd abandon you."
Spike was now sitting against a few pillows arranged around the headboard of his Sire's bed. He shook his head but stopped when the room began spinning. "They didn't abandon me Sire." He began. This was all a big misunderstanding. He would explain to Angel and then he'd take him back to Sunnydale and his girls. "The demons attacked the magic shop and I was taken."
"So they left you to be taken and didn't even bother following?" Angel finished. The older vampire was acting strangely. He was furious obviously, you could tell from the words coming form his mouth. But it was the way he said them that was truly worrying. Angel was completely calm, as if discussing the weather and not the near second death of his childe. "That is not proper vampire caring if you ask me."
"They were regrouping." Spike continued, frowning slightly. Angel couldn't be serious...could he? Keeping a charge from the Carer was like...like...keeping a Sire from their childe. It was unheard of. "They were making a plan to come and rescue me."
Angel snorted. "And a good job they did to. They had a stake to your chest when I got there. When were they going to save you? When you were a pile of dust on the floor? When William? When?"
Spike's emotions were already on edge from the weeks of Sinco he had been through and having his Sire confirm the fears that the head demon and years of abandonment had implanted in his head, was not helping. Feeling a few loose tears well up in his eyes he could do nothing but let them fall down his cheeks. "I don't know." He sobbed. "I don't know Sire, I'm sorry."
Angel sighed and wiped the tears away with his thumb. Smiling down at Spike he could only whisper the words that he knew to be true. "You see what those girls have done to you? They're reducing you to tears William. They've done nothing to help you. I'm going to look after you now. Okay? I'm going to look after you and you'll be fine." He stroked Spike's hair and waited until the sobs had subsided. "Now, tell me what you feel."
Spike lay still. Comforted by the smells of his sire and safety. Angel was right. He didn't need the girls. Angel could look after him he had before hadn't he? The only difference now was that Angel had a soul and that wasn't looking too bad considering they now had humans able to go out during the day. "My fangs hurt." He whispered, not wanting to break the moment. "And I have a weird feeling in my stomach." Angel bit his wrist and offered it to the youngster in his arms. "You're probably just hungry Childe. Drink. Drink and grow strong." Spike smiled and latched onto the wrist he knew so well. The blood seemed to help sooth his stomach and created only and feeling of warmth inside of him. If he put money on it he would be sure this was what heaven felt like.
Angel smiled and left Spike to sleep again while he went out for more blood and bandages. Telling Wesley and Cordelia of the situation, he made them swear to protect Spike while he was gone and promised to be back within the hour. Nothing was going to happen to his Childe. Not while he was under his Sire's protection again.
Higgy was ecstatic when she was finally able to get out of the car and breath fresh air. Red and DL were close behind and looking at the building they had been searching for. "Told you I knew where it was." DL muttered for the fifth time.
Red ignored her for the fifth time and ran to the doors of Angel Investigations. Swinging it open she sprinted into the room and smashed into Wesley causing them both to fall to the floor and land in a pile of limbs. Higgy and DL stepped over the heap and went to talk to Cordelia who was sitting at her desk painting her nails.
Without even looking up she began reciting the motto. "Angel Investigations. We help the..."
"Higgy!"
Higgy smiled and turned back to where the interruption had come from. Red was now helping a staring Wesley to his feet. The man had ruined Cordelia's moment and she was not looking too happy about it. "Hey Wes." Higgy replied and waved at the ex-watcher. "Guess you knew I was coming?"
"Hey Wes." Red smiled and shook the hand she was still holding before becoming distracted by the mirror opposite and going to check her hair.
"Hello Watcher." DL was always one to stand out and made sure she spoke with no emotion in her voice when greeting Wesley.
Wesley was straightening out his tweed suit while attempting to regain his momentum. "Higgy. Yes I was actually. Ever since Angel arrived home with Spike I was anticipating your arrival."
"Good." The blonde sighed and threw her leather coat onto the back of a chair. "Then you wont be surprised if I ask you to take me to him."
Cordelia had obviously had enough of being ignored and decided to speak up. "Wesley? Just who the hell are these girls? They just come waltzing in here and want to see Spike and you're going to let them?" she paused. "Are you crazy? Angel would kill us if anything happened while he was gone. He trusts us!"
"And I'd expect you to trust me Cordy." Wesley sighed and led Higgy to the elevator that went to his boss' apartment. "Believe me when I say that Higgy would never harm Spike or any other Auralius vampire." Cordelia fell silent and was left alone with the other girls that Higgy had bought with her.
Higgy was anxiously playing with her hair while the lift descended. She was certain that Spike would be in bad shape and probably very tired after his ordeal. The lift stopped and she braced herself, this was not going to be pretty, but she could deal. She had to.
Entering the bedroom she could only nod in silent thanks as Wesley went back upstairs to give her time. "Spike?" she whispered. The vampire was curled up in the sheets of the bed and purring softly like a content kitten. Brushing his hair with her fingers, she gently nudged him. "Spike? It's me. It's Higgy." One bleary eye cracked open in recognition of her voice and she had to smile. "Hey."
Spike narrowed his eye and slowly opened the other one to the same level, looking at the girl as if she would vanish suddenly if he looked away. "Higgy? Is that really you? Or am I having another nightmare?" He flinched and looked around in case the girl had brought weapons.
Higgy held his hand and squeezed slightly. "It's really me," she whispered. "I'm really here. And I bought you this." Pulling the dummy from her pocket, she placed it in his mouth and watched and he chewed on it thoughtfully before he smiled back.
"It really is you." He whispered and pulled her until she was perched on the bed with him. "Only you can stop my fangs from hurting. But why are you here? Thought you were in Sunnyhell, with Red and DL."
"They're here too." Higgy whispered back and sat beside her vampire, still holding his hand. "We're going to take you home. It's time for you to start stage three and you'll need to be somewhere you feel safe for it to be more bearable." She was so caught up in Spike's shudder of fear that she didn't notice the hand grabbing her by the throat until it had her pinned up against the wall.
Hey it's another cliffhanger! Haha! Review and give me ideas with what can happen. My plan is really bad and I want to see if any of you guys have any better ways for this fic to go. This is dedicated to mimifoxlove for her support of all my fics and she had helped me write more when I felt like deleting every piece of work I own. Thanks a lot!!! luv all you guys especially you mimifoxlove! Please also read my other fics!!! And Care part 2 is nearly done I swear!!!
"W...what?"
"You're never going anywhere near those girls again." Angel repeated smiling slightly and chuckling. "Not while I'm standing you're not. I trusted that girl and her friends. I trusted them with the protection of my childe. I should've known they'd abandon you."
Spike was now sitting against a few pillows arranged around the headboard of his Sire's bed. He shook his head but stopped when the room began spinning. "They didn't abandon me Sire." He began. This was all a big misunderstanding. He would explain to Angel and then he'd take him back to Sunnydale and his girls. "The demons attacked the magic shop and I was taken."
"So they left you to be taken and didn't even bother following?" Angel finished. The older vampire was acting strangely. He was furious obviously, you could tell from the words coming form his mouth. But it was the way he said them that was truly worrying. Angel was completely calm, as if discussing the weather and not the near second death of his childe. "That is not proper vampire caring if you ask me."
"They were regrouping." Spike continued, frowning slightly. Angel couldn't be serious...could he? Keeping a charge from the Carer was like...like...keeping a Sire from their childe. It was unheard of. "They were making a plan to come and rescue me."
Angel snorted. "And a good job they did to. They had a stake to your chest when I got there. When were they going to save you? When you were a pile of dust on the floor? When William? When?"
Spike's emotions were already on edge from the weeks of Sinco he had been through and having his Sire confirm the fears that the head demon and years of abandonment had implanted in his head, was not helping. Feeling a few loose tears well up in his eyes he could do nothing but let them fall down his cheeks. "I don't know." He sobbed. "I don't know Sire, I'm sorry."
Angel sighed and wiped the tears away with his thumb. Smiling down at Spike he could only whisper the words that he knew to be true. "You see what those girls have done to you? They're reducing you to tears William. They've done nothing to help you. I'm going to look after you now. Okay? I'm going to look after you and you'll be fine." He stroked Spike's hair and waited until the sobs had subsided. "Now, tell me what you feel."
Spike lay still. Comforted by the smells of his sire and safety. Angel was right. He didn't need the girls. Angel could look after him he had before hadn't he? The only difference now was that Angel had a soul and that wasn't looking too bad considering they now had humans able to go out during the day. "My fangs hurt." He whispered, not wanting to break the moment. "And I have a weird feeling in my stomach." Angel bit his wrist and offered it to the youngster in his arms. "You're probably just hungry Childe. Drink. Drink and grow strong." Spike smiled and latched onto the wrist he knew so well. The blood seemed to help sooth his stomach and created only and feeling of warmth inside of him. If he put money on it he would be sure this was what heaven felt like.
Angel smiled and left Spike to sleep again while he went out for more blood and bandages. Telling Wesley and Cordelia of the situation, he made them swear to protect Spike while he was gone and promised to be back within the hour. Nothing was going to happen to his Childe. Not while he was under his Sire's protection again.
Higgy was ecstatic when she was finally able to get out of the car and breath fresh air. Red and DL were close behind and looking at the building they had been searching for. "Told you I knew where it was." DL muttered for the fifth time.
Red ignored her for the fifth time and ran to the doors of Angel Investigations. Swinging it open she sprinted into the room and smashed into Wesley causing them both to fall to the floor and land in a pile of limbs. Higgy and DL stepped over the heap and went to talk to Cordelia who was sitting at her desk painting her nails.
Without even looking up she began reciting the motto. "Angel Investigations. We help the..."
"Higgy!"
Higgy smiled and turned back to where the interruption had come from. Red was now helping a staring Wesley to his feet. The man had ruined Cordelia's moment and she was not looking too happy about it. "Hey Wes." Higgy replied and waved at the ex-watcher. "Guess you knew I was coming?"
"Hey Wes." Red smiled and shook the hand she was still holding before becoming distracted by the mirror opposite and going to check her hair.
"Hello Watcher." DL was always one to stand out and made sure she spoke with no emotion in her voice when greeting Wesley.
Wesley was straightening out his tweed suit while attempting to regain his momentum. "Higgy. Yes I was actually. Ever since Angel arrived home with Spike I was anticipating your arrival."
"Good." The blonde sighed and threw her leather coat onto the back of a chair. "Then you wont be surprised if I ask you to take me to him."
Cordelia had obviously had enough of being ignored and decided to speak up. "Wesley? Just who the hell are these girls? They just come waltzing in here and want to see Spike and you're going to let them?" she paused. "Are you crazy? Angel would kill us if anything happened while he was gone. He trusts us!"
"And I'd expect you to trust me Cordy." Wesley sighed and led Higgy to the elevator that went to his boss' apartment. "Believe me when I say that Higgy would never harm Spike or any other Auralius vampire." Cordelia fell silent and was left alone with the other girls that Higgy had bought with her.
Higgy was anxiously playing with her hair while the lift descended. She was certain that Spike would be in bad shape and probably very tired after his ordeal. The lift stopped and she braced herself, this was not going to be pretty, but she could deal. She had to.
Entering the bedroom she could only nod in silent thanks as Wesley went back upstairs to give her time. "Spike?" she whispered. The vampire was curled up in the sheets of the bed and purring softly like a content kitten. Brushing his hair with her fingers, she gently nudged him. "Spike? It's me. It's Higgy." One bleary eye cracked open in recognition of her voice and she had to smile. "Hey."
Spike narrowed his eye and slowly opened the other one to the same level, looking at the girl as if she would vanish suddenly if he looked away. "Higgy? Is that really you? Or am I having another nightmare?" He flinched and looked around in case the girl had brought weapons.
Higgy held his hand and squeezed slightly. "It's really me," she whispered. "I'm really here. And I bought you this." Pulling the dummy from her pocket, she placed it in his mouth and watched and he chewed on it thoughtfully before he smiled back.
"It really is you." He whispered and pulled her until she was perched on the bed with him. "Only you can stop my fangs from hurting. But why are you here? Thought you were in Sunnyhell, with Red and DL."
"They're here too." Higgy whispered back and sat beside her vampire, still holding his hand. "We're going to take you home. It's time for you to start stage three and you'll need to be somewhere you feel safe for it to be more bearable." She was so caught up in Spike's shudder of fear that she didn't notice the hand grabbing her by the throat until it had her pinned up against the wall.
Hey it's another cliffhanger! Haha! Review and give me ideas with what can happen. My plan is really bad and I want to see if any of you guys have any better ways for this fic to go. This is dedicated to mimifoxlove for her support of all my fics and she had helped me write more when I felt like deleting every piece of work I own. Thanks a lot!!! luv all you guys especially you mimifoxlove! Please also read my other fics!!! And Care part 2 is nearly done I swear!!!