Chapter 12- It is The Hellmouth ya know
"Okay. I think Angel's
sick." Buffy put her hand on Angel's forehead.
Willow
addressed the room, "First of all, vampires can't have kids. And
if that wasn't reason enough. Spike is not a girl."
"Thanks
Red. I wasn't quite sure on that, but now that you say so…we can
all stop talking about reasons why what Peaches said is so very,
very, wrong, and ask him, exactly, what made the final thread
snap. What little thing finally made him lose his marbles."
"Would you all shut up? I'm not insane! There IS a heartbeat
coming from Spike, and it's not his! It's too small. I know
heartbeats, and that is a BABY heart beat. So, unless Spike swallowed
a baby, does anyone have any explanation?"
Spike started to
cry. "My mother always told me this would happen one day! Well, not
exactly this way…" Dawn patted his back.
It was Buffy's turn
to take the lead…again.
"Okay. Everyone sit down and shut up.
Or stand up and shut up. Just shut up!" Everyone sat down in seats
spread across the room. "Now. Spike is not pregnant. We know this.
Maybe he is turning human, we don't know!" Angel started to
protest but Buffy held up her hand. "Maybe his uh, heart beat has
to grow. Can't just turn its self on. Flick a switch, after over a
hundred years of being off. Let's look at this objectively…what
are the reasons this can't happen?"
Willow rose her hand, like
she was in school, "Um, one, he's a guy."
"Not to mention
vampires can't have kids." Dawn said, still standing by Spike,
who wasn't crying anymore, but seemed to look bored.
"Okay…"
Buffy continued, she was taking charge, but everyone could tell she
was completely freaked out. "And what are the reasons this can
happen?"
Giles took off his glasses and started cleaning
them, "Because it's The Hellmouth."