Chapter 9- The Meeting.
Everyone was at The Magic Box. Well, almost
everyone.
Giles, Dawn, Tara, Xander, Willow, and Anya, sat around
the table.
Spike sat on the sofa, and Buffy was pacing around.
"So what's up Buff? Why did you call us all here?" Xander
asked, looking at Buffy, looking at all of them.
"I'll
explain when everyone is here."
"Everyone is here." Dawn
yawned.
"No. Someone else is coming. A, uh, visitor."
Spike
lifted a scared eyebrow at her.
"Who is it?" Willow asked,
seeming pretty cheery.
"Angel."
"Angel!" Spike
yelled.
"Why?"
"Are you getting back with him?"
"Is he evil?"
"Another apocalypse?"
"What's going
on?"
The room was filled with questions, none of them Buffy
heard did she hear to be too important, so she didn't answer. But
then the bell above the door sounded.
Angel walked into the
shop, looking uncomfortably around the room.
"Hey Angel."
Buffy greeted, giving him a hug. Spike growled.
"Hey, Buffy.
Um, everyone." He nodded.
"Okay, now, can you tell us what's
with the weird now that Dead Boy's here?"
"Yes."
"Is
it serious, Buffy?" Willow asked, cheery gone.
"Well, I'm
not sure. It's uh, Spike."
Everyone turned to look at Spike,
who just rolled his eyes.
"What about him?"
"Today, I
went to his crypt, to uh, see if he waned to patrolling tonight. But
he, uh, seemed to be sick…"
"But vampires can't get
sick." Giles imputed, almost to himself.
"I know that!"
Buffy yelled, everyone looked at her, "Sorry, I'm just tired of
people telling me that! Anyways, he was sweating, and he looked
pale…er than normal, he had a fever, and that's when I called
Angel. Figuring, vampire, sire, he might know what's going on.
Well, after I called Angel, I went back to Spike's crypt, and he
was sleeping, but he kept tossing and turning. When I finally got him
up, he was really weak. Uh, he couldn't stand. So uh, yeah. Plus he
was crying too. Later on and eating ice-cream and pickles. And yes,
uh, did I mention crying?"
Everyone, once again, turned and
looked at Spike. His eyes were wide.
"It was an emotional
time!" Spike defended himself. They kept starring. The sudden
change from his human face, to his vampire features, made them snap
around to face Buffy, and Angel who was now standing beside her.
"Well…it could be a spell. I'll have it looked into. But, it
could be something else." Angel spoke.
"Like what?" Giles
asked, obviously without answers.
"I don't know some wacky
Hellmouth side show? We have a whole lot of nothing to go on.
Again."
"Sounds like normal." Dawn said, everyone looked at
her this time, "Um, not the whole fever, night-sweats thing, the,
nothing to go on thing…"
She walked over, and sat by Spike on
the couch and rested her head on his shoulder.
"Well, first
things first…" Giles said, standing next to Angel.
"And
that is…?" Anya asked.
"We check him out." Angel said.
"Bloody hell."
