Something Wicked This Way Comes
Chapter 4: Team Work
By: Rogue-Slayer13
Disclaimer: The characters of Btvs and Ats belong to Joss Whedon, not myself.
Summary: See pervious chapters
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Fred looked up at Buffy from her spot on the couch in between Wesley and Dawn. The blonde Slayer shifted slightly from foot to foot and avoided making eye contact with Fred.
"I think the Slayer has something she wants to say." Spike nudged Buffy a bit.
"I-I just wanted to say that," Buffy took a deep breath. "I'm sorry for attacking you."
Fred was quiet for a moment and then cocked her head to the side and looked at Buffy.
"Apology accepted and I'm sorry for hitting you as well," replied Fred with a smile. "It's just I get really defensive of my friends and family and you were awfully snarky with Spike."
"Yeah, I'm sorry about that." Buffy looked over her shoulder at Spike.
"No problem Pet, I'm used to it by now."
Although this was supposed to help, it only made Buffy feel worse.
"See, I told ya we could all get along," said Dawn happily.
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"So what exactly is going on here with you guys?"
The group was gathered in Spike's living room, Dawn had fallen asleep watching TV and so Spike had put her in his room so they wouldn't bother her.
"We're going up against the Senior Partners of Wolfram & Hart," replied Angel.
"And they would be?"
"An ugly three headed monster consisting of a wolf, a ram, and a vampire," said Gunn as he sat down and opened up his bottle of beer.
"Really? Never heard of them before."
"Not a lot of people outside the demon world have," stated Wesley.
"Outside the demon world? How am I, a slayer, outside of it?"
"You're not exactly on the VIP list Buffy." Spike looked over at the Slayer.
"Still, I should know about these things."
"And now you do," said Angel.
"Well talk about being the last to know."
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"Since we've filled you in, do you think you'd be able to lend us a hand?" asked Wesley.
The group had spent the last couple of hours filling Buffy in on the Senior Partners and Wolfram & Hart.
"I'm sure Giles and Andrew can dig up some research on them and I bet Kennedy called them as soon as she finished calling me."
"It's always good to know your enemy," said Fred.
"What do you think you could spare in terms of man power?" asked Gunn.
"We've got Faith, Robin, the slayers, Willow, Xander, myself, and Dawn which should be useful."
"Wait a second. You let Dawnie fight?" asked Angel.
"She's not Dawnie any more Angel, she's sixteen, a whole year older then I was when I got into all of this. Besides, she wouldn't stop bugging me until I let come on patrol with me."
"So, with all of our extra help, we should be able to face the Senior Partners, just this side of never," commented Lorne.
"No, I think we'll be able to do it with the Slayer's help," said Spike. "Or at least we'll stand a better chance with 'em then without."
"I think if we could find a weakness we'd be able to do it without a problem," said Fred.
"Yeah, but finding one's the hard part," replied Gunn.
"Not with two ex-watchers and a watcher in training on our side," said Fred. "Wesley and Giles are more then capable of digging up some excellent research and Andrew's not that bad either."
"I'll give them a call tomorrow incase Kennedy hasn't already blabbed to them," said Buffy.
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"You did what!?" Willow couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"I called Buffy and told her that Spike had been over here."
"How could you do such a thing, especially after I asked you not to?"
"I thought she deserved to know," replied Kennedy.
"Yeah, well, what Buffy deserves to know and what's crucial to the averting of an apocalypse are two totally different things." Willow got up from her spot on the couch and began to pace the length of the living room.
"Apocalypse?" asked Kennedy.
"Yeah, apocalypse. You weren't awake when Spike told me what had been happening in LA. He had to hurry back because they were in the middle of averting the apocalypse."
"Well why didn't you say anything?" asked Kennedy.
"Because it was on a need to know basis. I needed to find a way to tell Giles so he and Andrew could start researching and then once we had some sort of information to go on, I was going to tell Buffy. But oh no! You just had to go and jump the gun on this one."
"What's wrong with Buffy knowing?"
"If she kills or injures Spike, which is likely to happen, because he didn't tell he was back, he wouldn't be of much use in a fight now, would he? From what I found out from Spike, we'd need all the manpower we could find to take out the Senior Partners."
"Well, why don't you go ahead and call Giles now?" suggested Kennedy.
"I did already. I had that part of my plan finished before you told me you called Buffy. I still can't believe you did that Kennedy."
"Look, I'm sorry, but I thought she deserved to know."
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To Be Continued . . .
Thanks to all fo you who keep leaving positive reviews. Just to clear a few things up so I don't get any more reviews about how much this fic sucks, I'm not making Spike and Fred be together, this fic is Fresley with some Spike & Fred friendship and maybe a little Spuffyness. Also, if you don't like this fic, don't leave a review saying how much it sucks and then say you want to see what happens next. Make up your mind people, either you like it and you review which is nice or you don't and you don't leave a review. Thanks again to all who like this fic and keep leaving positive feedback!