The two vampires battled on for their cause. Each wanting what the other
did. Blood was spilled, bones were bruised and muscle was torn yet they did
not give any sign of stopping until the other would yield. Animalistic
growls and snarls were heard all round the area they were fighting in.
Neither of the warriors was going to give in.
"All right you two that's enough!" Another vampire yelled. The younger two who had been fighting ceased immediately and backed away from the other. "Nick you can have the room next to Mike's. Rick you can be next to James. Now stop fighting before you have no strength left for tonight's hunt."
"But then who gets that room?" Rick asked with folded arms. It wasn't fair, he wanted the biggest room but his younger brother Nick had started a fight over it. Now his eldest sister Laura had got involved.
Laura rolled her eyes and threw her bags into the room that they were fighting over. "Settled?" Both boys scowled at her before stalking off to their assigned rooms. Laura nodded to herself and closed the door behind her. It was hard having to cope with all her younger siblings, but she could deal. Ever since their Sire had left she'd been in charge, so she had to deal.
They had taken up residence in the mansion their Sire had used last time he was on the Hellmouth. It was large enough to accommodate all of them as it had twelve bedrooms in all and the house itself was huge so they could get away from each other if needed. Laura was now in the largest room to stop the fighting and she was glad that there were no other overly large rooms, or there would have been more fights.
The eldest boy Mike was down at the very end of the hall. Nick was next to him in the left room and Becky was in the right. Kim was next to Nick followed by Drusilla. As soon as they had arrived at the mansion Dru had begged to have the nursery as her room. They had all agreed so that she would be calm tonight and not be too bad on the hunt. Next to Becky was Sophie and next to her was Rick, and then James in the room after that. Next to James he troublemaker was Chris and then Penn next to him. Laura was opposite Penn and next to the spare room. They all knew whom that was reserved for.
Each had retired to their own room to throw in their belongings and get settled. The cars were parked around the back after Mike had pointed out that humans were stupid enough to try and steal a vampire's car. Sometimes Mike loved that car more than his siblings. Although, sometimes it wasn't that hard to hate every single one of the vampires.
They'd arrived on the Hellmouth about half hour ago and they were all very hungry after their journey. It had been pure hell getting here from Mexico where they'd picked up Dru. The insane vampire had told them all that this was where their power circled. They would be safe here and they would find the last member of their family. At least, they hoped they would.
James pulled on his traditional black cap to cover his light brown hair and twisted it round so it was backwards. He grinned and checked that his room was in the normal mess. No point in a tidy room if it wasn't going to stay that way. He banged on the wall between his and Chris' room before going out of his room and into his brother's. His sandy haired brother was jumping up and down whilst playing some tune on his black guitar. He waited for Chris to open his brown eyes and see him before talking.
"Ready to go hunting? Laura said we can go when we're ready and I'm starved." James asked the younger vamp and waited for the answer he knew he would get.
"Sure." Chris replied and put his guitar loving on his bed. He'd had that thing for years now and he'd never let any harm come to it. It was in nearly pristine condition and none of his siblings were allowed to touch it. "Are we all going?" Chris followed his brother to Rick's room before he got an answer.
Rick was doing his blond hair when they entered. Rick was the only male who had taken the habit form their Sire. All the other boys couldn't give a damn about their hair, except Rick. It always had to be perfectly straight so it fell about his face in bangs. James took the opportunity to throw a nearby paperweight at his older brother and get a laugh out of him.
"Of course we're all going tonight Chris. We're all hungry are we not?" Rick answered and pulled on his usual pale blue tee with various surf symbols on it. The younger two followed their brother out to the hallway where they met two of their sisters. Kim and Sophie were discussing some sort of dress code or something and James had to roll his eyes.
Sophie's hair was as usual in a perfect knot on her head with a few precise strands falling round her face. The sandy red hair was a perfect way to accentuate the paleness of her skin. Kim on the other hand had her short blonde hair in a simple high ponytail. The few strands that could have fallen down were pinned to her head with some Kirby grips. The boys had learnt early on that Kim would rather cut all her hair off than have it get in her eyes while she hunted. Sire had been mad when she came home with her short hair that time.
"As usual Rick is being surfer dude. Don't you have any other type of clothes?" Sophie criticised her younger brother. Even if Rick did have perfect hair, she still complained about his style of clothing. Rick shook his head and was about to throw an insult back at his sister when a knife embedded itself in the wall next to Kim's head making them all jump.
"Whoops." Penn grinned and followed the knife's path to pull it from its resting place. Kim scowled at her younger brother and stormed downstairs with Sophie. When the girls had left he received three high fives from his younger brothers. They all congratulated him in their own way before he spoke again. "So, think she'll stay away from my dagger collection now?" They all laughed and followed their sister's to the main room downstairs.
Laura and Dru were already downstairs and waiting on the sofa. Dru was talking to her doll Miss Edith and Laura was explaining something to Kim and Sophie. The boys ignored them and waited for the three remaining members of their party. Penn left the other three within a matter of seconds and went to talk to Mike who had appeared on the stairway.
Becky made her entranced known as she slid down the banister and landed in a neat twist at the end. She gave a quick bow before going to talk to Dru, beanie placed in pride of place over her brown hair. Unlike the other girls Becky was a complete tomboy and was wearing her usual jeans and tee shirt. Her sisters had tried to convince her to where dresses and skirts but they only received a glare and a slammed door in their face for their efforts. Needless to say they had given up pretty soon.
Ten minutes was wasted downstairs before someone thought to yell for their second youngest brother to join them. Nick always had a way for being late. Penn yelled for him twice before any movement was heard. It was unmistakeable that it was Nick heading downstairs. Only he had a skateboard. Nick appeared at the top of the stairway on his beloved board. He grinned before taking a few steps back and leaping onto the handrail only to grind his way downstairs and create long scuff marks on the floor. He kicked up his board and turned to meet his siblings' gaze.
"Eight out of ten." Chris replied to the silent question. Penn shook his head and glared at the youngest male there.
"Miss Edith says you are above the level. You must rise more to regain the numbers unknown to be grasped." Drusilla smiled to her older brother and watched as Nick beamed with pride. Even though he wasn't sure if Dru gave a compliment.
"Nick that was only six. You scuffed the floor." Rick and James shook their heads and gave their answers together.
Nick scowled. "There was no way that was a six. That was a seven at the least." He folded his arms and flicked a stray spike of brown hair that had fallen into his green eyes. The rest of his hair was spiked up and he wore the usual chains and badges on his baggy jeans and tee. His trainers were scuffed to the point of no return and he was wearing his best clothes. Nick was not a vampire for appearance.
Laura shook her head before the fight to break out and stood up. "Enough games guys. Let's go eat." She opened the door and watched everyone go out onto the streets they were going to prowl. Tonight was going to be a good night.
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Spike kicked another stone and sighed to himself. Why had he said all those things to the watcher? His siblings were his private life. No one else had to know about them. He was so stupid sometimes. Now there was going to be more and more questions until Giles knows everything. The he'd probably make sure that Buffy knew what they all looked like so she could stake them on the spot if she ever saw them.
God why was he such an idiot? His Sire would never have said a word about this. Angel was probably the one to tell Giles that he only had Dru and himself as childer to protect them all. Bugger, now he'd just ruined everything. Well done Spikey you moron.
The blond sighed and turned back to Giles. Maybe if he went back and told Giles it was a joke then he wouldn't keep pushing the matter and he would never know. It was worth a try.
Of course, it's hard to ignore what you said when the slayer finds you and keeps asking about it. Giles had sent Buffy to patrol and now she'd found Spike. She was now walking alongside the vampire and pissing him off immensely. Not only did he want to forget his siblings, he wanted to be left alone. But no, the slayer had other ideas.
Now he was stuck with the blonde bimbo until either she pissed off or the sun rose. He couldn't even hit her to get the message across. Bugger.
"So what were you and Giles talking about earlier? You seemed really pissed when we got there." Buffy poked the vampire in the side, which only made Spike growl and speed up. He really needed to kill something now. "Was it information? Coz if it was you'd better tell me Spike. I'm the slayer."
Spike rolled his eyes at the usual speech. "I know Slayer. It wasn't information. It was personal stuff that you don't need to know about." He hissed at her and began walking in the opposite direction. The slayer was going patrolling so he'd be able to get away from her if he headed away from the cemeteries.
"Oh what so you can tell Giles but not me?" Dammit she was still following him. Why couldn't she just leave him alone? Spike growled and turned to face her again.
"What do you want to be a vamp psychiatrist or something now? Tough slayer. You kill my kind, and you've tried to kill me enough times. Do you really think I'll talk to you about my life?" He scowled at her through the darkness and she tensed slightly. Spike hoped she was scared. Chip of no chip he was ready to hit her if she didn't stop asking questions.
"For your inform..." Buffy was cut off by a scream from nearby. "Come on." She grabbed the cuff of his duster and began dragging Spike in the direction the scream had come from. When he pulled back she turned back to face him. "What? You look like you need to kill something and screams equals demons equals kills aplenty." She took off again and Spike followed slowly.
Sure he wanted to hit something. Just not a demon, a slayer really. He followed her into the alley and watched as she threw a vamp across it into the opposite wall. Spike sighed and watched the slayer work. There was no point helping if there was only one vamp was there? Not really a match. Watching as she pulled out a stake and rammed it into the fledgling's chest he was reminded of all the times he'd nearly been on the receiving end. God his unlife sucked.
Buffy flipped back onto her feet and walked over to her unlikely companion. "Well that was fun." Spike shook his head and rolled his eyes before walking in the direction of Giles'. He needed a drink, and the watcher had some killer brandy.
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They watched from the roof as their brother walked away from the slayer. Something was wrong with him. Very wrong and they were going to find out what.
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"All right you two that's enough!" Another vampire yelled. The younger two who had been fighting ceased immediately and backed away from the other. "Nick you can have the room next to Mike's. Rick you can be next to James. Now stop fighting before you have no strength left for tonight's hunt."
"But then who gets that room?" Rick asked with folded arms. It wasn't fair, he wanted the biggest room but his younger brother Nick had started a fight over it. Now his eldest sister Laura had got involved.
Laura rolled her eyes and threw her bags into the room that they were fighting over. "Settled?" Both boys scowled at her before stalking off to their assigned rooms. Laura nodded to herself and closed the door behind her. It was hard having to cope with all her younger siblings, but she could deal. Ever since their Sire had left she'd been in charge, so she had to deal.
They had taken up residence in the mansion their Sire had used last time he was on the Hellmouth. It was large enough to accommodate all of them as it had twelve bedrooms in all and the house itself was huge so they could get away from each other if needed. Laura was now in the largest room to stop the fighting and she was glad that there were no other overly large rooms, or there would have been more fights.
The eldest boy Mike was down at the very end of the hall. Nick was next to him in the left room and Becky was in the right. Kim was next to Nick followed by Drusilla. As soon as they had arrived at the mansion Dru had begged to have the nursery as her room. They had all agreed so that she would be calm tonight and not be too bad on the hunt. Next to Becky was Sophie and next to her was Rick, and then James in the room after that. Next to James he troublemaker was Chris and then Penn next to him. Laura was opposite Penn and next to the spare room. They all knew whom that was reserved for.
Each had retired to their own room to throw in their belongings and get settled. The cars were parked around the back after Mike had pointed out that humans were stupid enough to try and steal a vampire's car. Sometimes Mike loved that car more than his siblings. Although, sometimes it wasn't that hard to hate every single one of the vampires.
They'd arrived on the Hellmouth about half hour ago and they were all very hungry after their journey. It had been pure hell getting here from Mexico where they'd picked up Dru. The insane vampire had told them all that this was where their power circled. They would be safe here and they would find the last member of their family. At least, they hoped they would.
James pulled on his traditional black cap to cover his light brown hair and twisted it round so it was backwards. He grinned and checked that his room was in the normal mess. No point in a tidy room if it wasn't going to stay that way. He banged on the wall between his and Chris' room before going out of his room and into his brother's. His sandy haired brother was jumping up and down whilst playing some tune on his black guitar. He waited for Chris to open his brown eyes and see him before talking.
"Ready to go hunting? Laura said we can go when we're ready and I'm starved." James asked the younger vamp and waited for the answer he knew he would get.
"Sure." Chris replied and put his guitar loving on his bed. He'd had that thing for years now and he'd never let any harm come to it. It was in nearly pristine condition and none of his siblings were allowed to touch it. "Are we all going?" Chris followed his brother to Rick's room before he got an answer.
Rick was doing his blond hair when they entered. Rick was the only male who had taken the habit form their Sire. All the other boys couldn't give a damn about their hair, except Rick. It always had to be perfectly straight so it fell about his face in bangs. James took the opportunity to throw a nearby paperweight at his older brother and get a laugh out of him.
"Of course we're all going tonight Chris. We're all hungry are we not?" Rick answered and pulled on his usual pale blue tee with various surf symbols on it. The younger two followed their brother out to the hallway where they met two of their sisters. Kim and Sophie were discussing some sort of dress code or something and James had to roll his eyes.
Sophie's hair was as usual in a perfect knot on her head with a few precise strands falling round her face. The sandy red hair was a perfect way to accentuate the paleness of her skin. Kim on the other hand had her short blonde hair in a simple high ponytail. The few strands that could have fallen down were pinned to her head with some Kirby grips. The boys had learnt early on that Kim would rather cut all her hair off than have it get in her eyes while she hunted. Sire had been mad when she came home with her short hair that time.
"As usual Rick is being surfer dude. Don't you have any other type of clothes?" Sophie criticised her younger brother. Even if Rick did have perfect hair, she still complained about his style of clothing. Rick shook his head and was about to throw an insult back at his sister when a knife embedded itself in the wall next to Kim's head making them all jump.
"Whoops." Penn grinned and followed the knife's path to pull it from its resting place. Kim scowled at her younger brother and stormed downstairs with Sophie. When the girls had left he received three high fives from his younger brothers. They all congratulated him in their own way before he spoke again. "So, think she'll stay away from my dagger collection now?" They all laughed and followed their sister's to the main room downstairs.
Laura and Dru were already downstairs and waiting on the sofa. Dru was talking to her doll Miss Edith and Laura was explaining something to Kim and Sophie. The boys ignored them and waited for the three remaining members of their party. Penn left the other three within a matter of seconds and went to talk to Mike who had appeared on the stairway.
Becky made her entranced known as she slid down the banister and landed in a neat twist at the end. She gave a quick bow before going to talk to Dru, beanie placed in pride of place over her brown hair. Unlike the other girls Becky was a complete tomboy and was wearing her usual jeans and tee shirt. Her sisters had tried to convince her to where dresses and skirts but they only received a glare and a slammed door in their face for their efforts. Needless to say they had given up pretty soon.
Ten minutes was wasted downstairs before someone thought to yell for their second youngest brother to join them. Nick always had a way for being late. Penn yelled for him twice before any movement was heard. It was unmistakeable that it was Nick heading downstairs. Only he had a skateboard. Nick appeared at the top of the stairway on his beloved board. He grinned before taking a few steps back and leaping onto the handrail only to grind his way downstairs and create long scuff marks on the floor. He kicked up his board and turned to meet his siblings' gaze.
"Eight out of ten." Chris replied to the silent question. Penn shook his head and glared at the youngest male there.
"Miss Edith says you are above the level. You must rise more to regain the numbers unknown to be grasped." Drusilla smiled to her older brother and watched as Nick beamed with pride. Even though he wasn't sure if Dru gave a compliment.
"Nick that was only six. You scuffed the floor." Rick and James shook their heads and gave their answers together.
Nick scowled. "There was no way that was a six. That was a seven at the least." He folded his arms and flicked a stray spike of brown hair that had fallen into his green eyes. The rest of his hair was spiked up and he wore the usual chains and badges on his baggy jeans and tee. His trainers were scuffed to the point of no return and he was wearing his best clothes. Nick was not a vampire for appearance.
Laura shook her head before the fight to break out and stood up. "Enough games guys. Let's go eat." She opened the door and watched everyone go out onto the streets they were going to prowl. Tonight was going to be a good night.
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Spike kicked another stone and sighed to himself. Why had he said all those things to the watcher? His siblings were his private life. No one else had to know about them. He was so stupid sometimes. Now there was going to be more and more questions until Giles knows everything. The he'd probably make sure that Buffy knew what they all looked like so she could stake them on the spot if she ever saw them.
God why was he such an idiot? His Sire would never have said a word about this. Angel was probably the one to tell Giles that he only had Dru and himself as childer to protect them all. Bugger, now he'd just ruined everything. Well done Spikey you moron.
The blond sighed and turned back to Giles. Maybe if he went back and told Giles it was a joke then he wouldn't keep pushing the matter and he would never know. It was worth a try.
Of course, it's hard to ignore what you said when the slayer finds you and keeps asking about it. Giles had sent Buffy to patrol and now she'd found Spike. She was now walking alongside the vampire and pissing him off immensely. Not only did he want to forget his siblings, he wanted to be left alone. But no, the slayer had other ideas.
Now he was stuck with the blonde bimbo until either she pissed off or the sun rose. He couldn't even hit her to get the message across. Bugger.
"So what were you and Giles talking about earlier? You seemed really pissed when we got there." Buffy poked the vampire in the side, which only made Spike growl and speed up. He really needed to kill something now. "Was it information? Coz if it was you'd better tell me Spike. I'm the slayer."
Spike rolled his eyes at the usual speech. "I know Slayer. It wasn't information. It was personal stuff that you don't need to know about." He hissed at her and began walking in the opposite direction. The slayer was going patrolling so he'd be able to get away from her if he headed away from the cemeteries.
"Oh what so you can tell Giles but not me?" Dammit she was still following him. Why couldn't she just leave him alone? Spike growled and turned to face her again.
"What do you want to be a vamp psychiatrist or something now? Tough slayer. You kill my kind, and you've tried to kill me enough times. Do you really think I'll talk to you about my life?" He scowled at her through the darkness and she tensed slightly. Spike hoped she was scared. Chip of no chip he was ready to hit her if she didn't stop asking questions.
"For your inform..." Buffy was cut off by a scream from nearby. "Come on." She grabbed the cuff of his duster and began dragging Spike in the direction the scream had come from. When he pulled back she turned back to face him. "What? You look like you need to kill something and screams equals demons equals kills aplenty." She took off again and Spike followed slowly.
Sure he wanted to hit something. Just not a demon, a slayer really. He followed her into the alley and watched as she threw a vamp across it into the opposite wall. Spike sighed and watched the slayer work. There was no point helping if there was only one vamp was there? Not really a match. Watching as she pulled out a stake and rammed it into the fledgling's chest he was reminded of all the times he'd nearly been on the receiving end. God his unlife sucked.
Buffy flipped back onto her feet and walked over to her unlikely companion. "Well that was fun." Spike shook his head and rolled his eyes before walking in the direction of Giles'. He needed a drink, and the watcher had some killer brandy.
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They watched from the roof as their brother walked away from the slayer. Something was wrong with him. Very wrong and they were going to find out what.
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Like? I know the order of the siblings' ages is confusing at the moment but it will be explained in the next chapter by Spike. Please review and tell me what was good and what was bad. Thanks. Higgy xxx.