Giles was flustered to say the least. A master vampire that had been feared for most of his existence had just given him details of his unlife. Yet, he had been an accident? How did that work? The Brit cleaned his glasses and watched the vampire enjoy his new mug of blood.

Certainly Spike was different from other vampire, but he had put it down to being so old. But now he had just been told that Spike was the youngest of twelve. An unwanted youngster from the clan of Auralius. Yet he was the only one of Angelus' childer that had tried to kill the slayer. Certainly Drusilla was there, but she never really came near Buffy.

Giles sighed and put his glasses back on. "An accident? How exactly?" He asked and fiddled with his pen. He was about to unearth something that no other watcher had ever heard of. An unwanted childer. A very rare occurrence and only one other recording of it had been mentioned to him. Yet there were only documents stating that the female had been turned, tried and staked for not fulfilling her sire's wishes. But she had meant to be turned really...this was confusing.

Spike grinned and Giles noticed that some blood had escaped his mouth and was making a neat line of red down his chin. The vampire hadn't noticed and began talking. "Don't think it was like: 'Hey Darla, I accidentally bit this kid then he slipped and fell on my bleeding wrist.' It was nothing like that. It's weird how it happened, and I don't remember all of it. Just the parts where I had most of my blood."

The ex-watcher was fascinated and scribbled down some notes on his nearly full pad of paper. This was truly golden information he was getting. "Please Spike, do go on. I'd like to hear about..."

"Hey Giles!"

"G-man!"

"It's our very own book man here to save the day again."

Spike was out of his seat in the blink of an eye and making his way upstairs to his room. Giles sighed and threw his pen down. These overgrown teenagers were getting in the way of vital information. "What have I told you about calling me that?"

Xander grinned and flopped onto his sofa. "You know you love it really." He commented and flipped through a magazine he'd found. "Say, what's up with the neutered vamp today?"

"He does seem pretty huffy and not so 'grr' as usual." Willow smiled and went to the kitchen. She poured herself a cup of coffee and went to sit beside her best friend. Xander smiled and shifted slightly so that Willow could have some room.

Giles nodded and sipped at his cold cup of tea. "Spike's fine." He reasoned with them. He pulled the pad of paper he'd been writing on and handed it to Buffy. "I think you should read this. It's about a vampire family I've been researching, it could help you prepare for what they're like."

Buffy shrugged and pocketed the small pad. "Sure. Buffy read Buffy slay. I can do that." She nodded and smiled at her ex-watcher. "Which reminds me, I think we have got a new family of vamps in town." Giles seated himself and listened to her. "When I was talking to Spike earlier, I felt this huge...presence. My slayer senses were going berserk. Like it does when there're really old vamps in town."

Giles nodded and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Did you, erm...see any vampires around?"

"No. That's the point. I searched for the rest of the night, even after Spike left and there was nothing. I couldn't find a vamp anywhere. It's like they just scampered away or something." Buffy frowned and picked up a book of Giles, although they all knew she didn't intend to study it.

"Like they could sense the new big bad too?" Willow asked from the sofa. Giles paused contemplating. It certainly fitted.

"Most likely. Vampire's can sense each other's presence you know." The watcher sipped his tea and contemplated the information he had about vampire families. Indeed it seemed that Spike would be needed in this case.

"Really? They have like...radar for other vamps?" Giles paused at Xander's analogy. Indeed the boy could whittle things into their simplest forms.

"Only for old vampires. Ones with power." He paused again checking his brain for any other information. "And they can smell each other."

"Ew!" Buffy pulled a face and looked at her friends then watcher. "Like dogs? That's so gross."

"I'm pretty sure they don't go around sniffing each other's butts Buff." Xander pointed out and watched as Willow made a face, obviously having bad visuals. "Alright, what are you thinking of?"

"The dog thing. Spike and Angel." She shuddered and waited for them to catch on. As if on cue they gave a collective shudder and simultaneously told off Willow forgiving them the bad visuals.

"Well either way, I have big bad vamps to kill. Before those initiative guys catch them." Buffy jumped off the side she had been sitting on and grabbed her coat. Xander and Willow declined her offer of joining her and she shrugged before leaving the house. Giles sighed and sat on the sofa beside the other two.

"I think we're meant to be researching." Xander pointed out. None of them moved to get the books.

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Kim and Sophie watched from their perch on the sofa as Penn threw more vases and antiques at the wall. He let out an animalistic yell and tore at everything in the room. He let out everything from a snarl to a yell before sinking to the floor in the middle of the room.

Nick was sitting on the floor leaning back on Laura's legs with Dru by his side. Dru was quietly talking to her doll and he was toying with the wheels on his skateboard whilst Laura played with their hair. Mike was pacing round the room quietly thinking. The troublesome trio of Rick, James and Chris was huddled together on the opposite sofa to their sisters. Becky was lying on her back staring at the ceiling, not making a sound.

"The slayer!" Penn cried and hit the floor in rage. "Why?" he snarled and beat against the carpet beneath his palms. His siblings were used to Penn showing his emotions through rage. It was just easier to let him carry on and calm down in his own time.

Michael, or Mike as he was now known, had stopped his pacing and was thinking hard about what they had seen. Their little brother had been talking to the slayer. Not fighting, not insulting, not torturing, talking to the slayer. They had to find out why. This was not acceptable.

"Why Laura?" Becky whispered from her spot on the floor. "Why was he doing that?" If in doubt, ask Laura she was the eldest and more than likely knew the answer. But she just shook her head and went back to stroking Nick and Dru's hair.

Rick suddenly stood up with a look of determination on his face. "That's it." he spoke firmly and evenly. "I can't sit here and do nothing while our brother is doing one of the most unnatural things possible." He stalked towards the door and pulled it open.

"Where do you think you're going?" Sophie called from her seat. They were all watching as their brother looked back before explaining.

"I'm going to find him. Who's coming with me?" Not surprisingly James and Chris stood immediately and made their way to their brother's side. The three had been inseparable at one time and now they practically did everything together.

"You can't just go find him!" Kim called to them. Shocked at their behaviour. They had all been taught how to hunt and search efficiently but it seemed the boys had forgotten everything Angelus had ever taught them.

"Why not?" Nick stood from the floor and held his skateboards close. "It's what we came here to do." He joined his brothers by the door and they smiled at him in thanks.

Becky sighed and got to her feet. "They're right. And we need to find out what's going on before I go crazy." She made sure her beanie was firmly on her head before going over to her four brothers. The five of them made quite a team.

Michael sighed and sat next to Laura. The two were the decision makers of the team and they knew they had the final say. When Drusilla danced over to the majority of her siblings they knew they were fighting a loosing battle.

Penn was soon on his feet and Sophie and Kim were also. Laura sighed and nodded her head. It seemed they had a brother to find.

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Okay it has to be said. I'm a bad rude girl. I thought you guys might want a separate chapter for William's turning so you can have it next time. I swear. Big promises and a cherry on top. Of course, that's only if you give me ideas. I don't know where this fic is going exactly and I'd appreciate any ideas. Also Mimi, thank you for your ideas for Care! I love them so much. But please no more or I wont have time to put them all in. luv Higgy xxx.