Something Wicked This Way Comes
Chapter 7: Here Comes the Calvary
By: Rogue-Slayer13
Disclaimer: The characters of Btvs and Ats belong to Joss Whedon, not myself.
Summary: See pervious chapters
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Faith knocked on Spike's door and waited for someone to answer. It didn't take too long before the door was opened by Spike himself.
"Howdy stranger," greeted Faith with a smile.
"Hey," replied the vampire stepping aside to let Faith in. "Where's your boy toy and the slayers?"
"Robin's with the slayers at the hotel," Said Faith as Spike shut the door behind her. "I didn't think you'd have room for all of us here."
"And right you are," said Spike. "Red's looking for a bigger place the Senior Partners don't know about yet."
"I know they know about The Hyperion, but do they think we'd be stupid enough to go back there?" asked the dark-haired Slayer.
"I don't know," replied Spike. "We should ask Peaches."
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"Are you suggesting that we move into The Hyperion?" asked Angel after Faith brought up the idea.
"Yeah, I mean do they actually think we'd go back to a place they know about?"
"It is a pretty risky move," said Lorne.
"One that we wouldn't typically do," said Fred from her spot next to Wesley.
"What do you think Giles?" asked Buffy.
"The best hiding places are sometimes the most obvious," replied the ex-watcher.
"I can do some really powerful protection spells," offered Willow.
Angel was quiet for a moment.
"The Senior Partners won't expect it, so let's go ahead and do it."
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"Wow! This is way better then Hotel Summers," commented Andrew as he followed the group into The Hyperion.
"Yeah, there's enough bedrooms and bathrooms for everyone," added Dawn.
"I'll get to work on the protection spells." Willow took her bag over to the couch in the lobby and began setting up the spells.
"I'd suggest we do a sanctuary spell, but that'd rendered Spike and Angel helpless as well," said Wesley.
"Well, if no demons can fight, then there wouldn't be a need for Spike and Angel to be able to fight," said Fred. "Right?"
"She does have a point," said Spike.
"We might as well do the spell just to be safe," said Xander.
"I'll need someone to tell me how to do it," commented Willow.
"I remember how." Fred walked over to help Willow with her spells.
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"Imagine that, three hours later and a lot of elbow grease, this place looks decent to live in," said Kennedy looking around the now clean and organized lobby.
"I don't remember you putting in a lot of anything," mumbled Andrew under his breath.
"Did you say something?"
"I didn't say anything," lied the blonde.
"I must be imagining things."
"Must be."
"The Hyperion is now protected from anything that walked, crawled, or dragged itself out of the Hell Mouth," announced Willow.
"What about those things spat back out?" asked Dawn.
"Got those covered too," said Fred.
"Great," said Kennedy.
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"I'm not used to having this much space," said Gunn as he helped Spike and Angel go through the boxes in the basement of The Hyperion.
"Yeah, after all those weeks crammed in that small ass apartment, it's nice to be able to stretch my legs a bit," added Spike.
"I just hope this works out as well as we want it to," said Angel.
"What have we 'ere," said Spike with a smile as he opened up a box.
"What'd you find?" asked Gunn.
"Are these yours Peaches?" Spike pulled out to very wicked looking daggers with curved blades and spikes on the handles.
"I thought I took those with us to Wolfram & Hart," replied Angel taking the daggers from Spike.
"It looks like you left behind a great deal of your weapon's chest." Spike pulled several more knives out of the box as well as a handgun.
"Where were these when we needed them?" asked Gunn.
"In between the office supplies and the hair gel," joked Spike.
"Ha ha, very funny," replied Angel.
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To Be Continued . . .
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