Title: Returning
Summary: Spikes been gone from Sunnydale for awhile. He and Angel have renewed their relationship. Now Dawn needs him, and he must return. How will the Scooby's react to Spike and Angel's relationship?
Rating: pg-13 to start, N-17 later
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Chapter Ten
Gunn sighed and watched the blonde belt down yet another shot of Jack Daniels. They had been sitting there for a couple of hours now ever since Spike had woken up and decided to let Angel sleep and come and get him to drag him down the local demon bar, whose owner was the biggest snitch and the best person to get any information off of, at least that's what Spike had said but the vampire had yet to say anything to the man, in fact he has not said a word only to ask for another shot. Tired of the silence Gunn finally asked what he had been sitting here wondering.
"Is there a point to being here, Spike?' Spike looked over at him and said.
"Course there is, mate. Getting drunk, and that's what I fully intend on doing, getting knock down can't move unless I crawl drunk."
Now Gunn was getting really worried the blonde used to get drunk at every opportunity in the past, to the point where Gunn finally figured out it was his way of dealing with pain, but lately he had not been drinking as much preferring instead to be around Angel, so what was puzzling him was why was he here instead of back at the hotel with him?
"You and the big guy have a fight?' Gunn asked him. Spike shook his head and replied "No, just needed to get away for a little while give him a break from the emotional thing that is my life right now. Plus I really am not looking forward to seeing the Slayer again tonight. Bloody hell let's get out of here by now Angel's probably up and ready to send a all points bulletin out for me." With that he drained his beer and walked towards the door.
"Looky here, Dale it's the Slayer's pet vampire. Word has it that she's been keeping a tight leash on you ,Spike" There was a snicker behind him and when he turned around Spike froze, no it couldn't be but it was, the one demon that Spike had no way of defending himself from, being that he was half human the chip didn't recognize him as demon, so that resulted in one of the worst nights of his life, it all came crashing back the stink of cum, the pain of at least ten cocks being shoved up inside of him repeatedly ramming into him until his world became one huge red ball of pain, then came the real torture, the things that happened after that would've made his experience with the Angelus a few years back feel like child's play. He was so deep into his nightmare memories that he didn't hear Gunn's scream in warning there for he didn't see the knife coming at him until it was too late to stop it.
Gunn looked on in horror as he watched the normally cool vampire literally freeze in terror, and as he watched thinking that Spike would snap out of it a knife came out of no where catching the unsuspecting blonde in the side. The next thing he knew all hell literally broke out at least twenty demons jumped on Spike taking him down to the ground easily, he threw his cell phone to the snitch and told him.
"Press #4 and tell Angel that Spike needs him now." With that he jumped into the fray to help Spike.
Chapter Eleven
Angel was just coming out of the bathroom drying his hair and wondering where Spike took off to without waking him up, whenever his cell phone started ringing, he picked it up wondering who could be calling ,when he saw Gunn's number on the little screen he answered it.
"Angel." When he heard the message on the other end he hung up and quickly put on some clothes and then he grabbed his keys, running out the door he headed for the car not even bothering to stop whenever Cordelia asked him what was wrong the only thing on his mind was getting to his childe before it was too late.
Whenever Angel walked into the bar there wasn't a single demon that wasn't involved in some way or the other he looked around frantically for the familiar bleach blonde head and felt the demon inside him rage, his childe was laying on the ground in a fetal position while three demons was kicking him he did a quick survey of the rest of the room, spotting Gunn frantically screaming Spikes name while knocking anything that got in his way down.
He let the demon take full control and he tore into anyone who dared to come between him and his boy, snapping necks he went thru everyone until he reached Spike's side, his golden eyes flashing pure rage, his demon loving every minute of the violence while at the same time it raged at the pain and fear that he could sense coming off of his boy in waves.
Whenever he finally reached Spikes side he knelt down beside of him rumbling deep in his chest as he reached for him.
Spike laid there lost in the reenactment of that night whenever he sensed something, Angel, his sire was here everything would be alright now; he jumped whenever he felt gentle hands lift him from the floor and into the strong arms that he loved so well, he turned and buried his face into the strong chest and started to shake.
When Angel felt a hand touch him on his shoulder he turned game face in place, only to relax whenever he saw it was Gunn.
"Wow, Big guy let's get him out of here." Angel nodded and stood up his precious burden in his arms and followed Gunn out of the bar.
Chapter Twelve
Whenever t hey got back to the hotel all that was on his mind was that his boy was holding onto him Chapter Twelve
Whenever t hey got back to the hotel all that was on his mind was that his boy was holding onto him like he never wanted to let go and it made him want to go back to the bar and kill the bastards that did this all over again, this time slowly and painfully. He started when he heard his boy's voice.
"Sire." He looked down at his boy and meant eyes that were deep pools of pain, and felt something give inside of him.
"Yes, childe?" He asked knowing subconsciously that right now Spike needed his sire, the tears streaming down his face confirming it.
"They hurt me. "He said this so low that Angel even with his sensitive hearing could barely understand.
"Yes, I know. And now they are dead."
"No, they really hurt me before in the alley."
"They hurt you in the bar, Will." Angel corrected gently thinking that he was to upset to remember where he was.
"NO!" Spike screamed frustrated that Angel didn't understand what he meant, he tried to pull away only to have Angel tighten his arms and ask him.
"What is it, Will?"
"Those bloody bastards raped me, Angel. In that alley repeatedly, over and over again, and when they were done they left me lying there hoping that the sun would rise and finish the job that they started."
Angel listened to his childes story in horror tears running down his cheeks he pulled Spike closer to him and kissing the top of the golden locks he said. "They can never hurt you again, Will. They are dead I killed them all."
Spike nodded, and then Angel lay back on the bed pulling Spike with him he said." Sleep, Will. "Spike nodded before succumbing to the exhaustion that suddenly over come him. Angel sighed and thought this was just one more thing that he had to make up to Spike.
The things that his childe had to go thru in the years he had been away would have broken a lesser vampire , but not his Will, he just accepted things and moved on until things got to be too much and he just shut down.
He tightened his arms around his sleeping childe before he too succumbed to sleep.
Chapter Thirteen
With a frustrated sigh Buffy plopped down into the chair beside Giles, causing him to jump. "Anything?" She asked.
Giles looked up from the book he was reading and leaned back in his chair. He pulled off his glasses and started to polish them the way he always did whenever things got to be too much.
"No, unfortunately the only thing the key, Dawn, was ever tied to was Glory, and we all know that is not a possibility. But I still have some more things to go over." Buffy frowned and then she got up and walked over to the door and looking out frustration in her movements, she turned around and said.
"Well, for wanting to help, Spike sure isn't here is he?" Just as she said that the door opened, almost knocking her down, to admit Cordelia and the man who said his name was Gunn, and behind him was the same mousy little girl who has yet been introduced.
"So where is the fanged wonder and Angel?" Buffy asked sarcastically.
Gunn stiffened ready to jump all over the blonde bitch that had made both his friends so unhappy, whenever Cordelia said.
"Something came up, and they can't make it tonight." Buffy looked ready to say something smart but before she could Cordelia went on. "And before you say something that will cause me to turn around and walk back out that door, despite the promise I made to Angel. Shut up and sit down and let's get some research done. I so want to get out of this town of doom."
And so saying that she walked over to the table and sat down, picking up a book that was sitting beside Giles and started to leaf thru it, Gunn and the girl following close behind.
A few very frustrating hours later, Cordelia slammed the book she had been reading, causing the people around her, to jump. "This is ridiculous. We are never going to find anything, because it is not here. I vote that we get some much needed rest. Maybe tomorrow someone will contact Buffy."
"Well, no one asked you to come anyways. In fact I don't remember asking any of you here. So why don't you and your little friends jump back on your broom and fly out of here." Buffy said and much to her dismay Giles spoke up to that.
"Buffy, please if we're going to get anywhere in this we need all of the help we can get." He then turned to Cordelia and told her "That's fine. And please tell Angel and Spike that we hope to see them tomorrow." Cordelia nodded and got up and walked towards the door followed closely by her friends.
"What was that all about, Giles? We don't need their help." Buffy told him angrily.
"Right now, Buffy I'm afraid we need all the help we can get. We have nothing and the longer we wait the more of a chance that we never find Dawn." Buffy nodded in agreement then she got up and left fully intending on finding where Dawn was tonight. She wanted to get her sister back as soon as possible, and on the plus side Spike and all his little friends would be able to leave too.
Chapter Fourteen
Spike awoke to the feel of strong arms wrapped around him and smiled, and then the events of the night before came flooding back to him causing him to stiffen. The fear was still there inside of him, he thought that he had gotten over it and moved on, but seeing Dale had brought it all back, in vivid detail, and now Angel knew his deepest shame. Slowly as he could he inched out from beneath Angel's arm and headed for his coat he needed to get out of there and think, and he did his best thinking while beating the shit out of the beasties and where better to find them, then in the city of the Hellmouth?
Spike wondered into his cemetery, yes he still thought of it as his, and searched for his first victim of the night, and he wasn't disappointed, there was a newly risen vampire making his way towards him. "Thinking on an easy meal then, mate?" Spike taunted him and then let loose with a flying kick that sent the vampire to the ground, Spike looked down at him and let out a bark of laughter, the guy looked like a reject from the sixties, he gave him a hand up and then taunted. "Come on surely you can do better than that? " With that he sent the vampire flying and he landed against a headstone breaking it. "Oh, bloody hell this isn't any fun." With that he staked the reject and walked farther into the cemetery lost in thought he didn't see Clem until he ran into him. Looking up ready to do some more damage on the vampire world, Spike saw who it was and grinned.
"Clem, "
Clem looked up to see who it was that ran into him when he heard the familiar voice he hadn't heard in years not believing his eyes or ears he asked.
"Spike, is that really you?"
"Yeah, mate it's really me. Listen I'm glad I ran into you. I was going to look you up later, but this is just as good. My crypt still empty?" Clem nodded and then said "Yeah, I've been staying there watching it for you, in case you ever came back." Spike looked surprised and then he headed in the direction of the place he called home for three years.
"Thanks I appreciate it, but you can have the place, I 'm not here to stay." He opened the door and walked in, it still looked the same except for the Doritos bags littering the floor. He went over to the couch and sat down, and then he asked.
"Clem, I need you to tell me everything that you remember hearing about Bit and the people who took her." Clem looked thoughtful for a minute and then he said.
"There's really not much to tell really." Spike looked ready to chew nails.
"What did the wankers look like?"
"Well, the one was really big. I mean he was big and tall, and he had this scar over his right eye, which was missing and the woman with him had a weird accent." Spike nodded and then gestured his hand for Clem to continue. "But, it was the funniest thing, the woman she shut the man up when he corrected her on the reason as to why they took Dawnie."
Spike looked at Clem and waited for him to go on. "He said that Angelus' spawn would fall for the trap that they set and then they would him right where they wanted him." Spike jumped up screaming "Bloody hell, they were looking for me and when they couldn't find me they figured they would take the one person that would make me show myself. Did you hear anything more?" Clem shook his head no, but then he nodded." Well which is it then yes or no?" Spike asked impatient to get the whole story out of his old friend.
"Tonight at the poker game, this new guy he was bragging on how his mistress was going to bring the mighty Angelus to his knees by getting the thing that he held dearest to his cold heart, his favored youngest childe."
Spike got up and started cursing in every language that he knew, and started pacing back and forth; Clem who by this time was really confused asked "Do you know this Angelus?" Spike stopped pacing and looked at Clem.
"Yes, I bloody well know him. He's my sire and I'm the favored childe, but who could possibly think that Angel would even care is beyond me. How could they possibly know that I am back with him?" spike started towards the door, after telling Clem he would be in touch.
Chapter Fifteen
Angel woke up and reached for Spike, but when all he felt was the empty space where he was supposed to be lying he jumped up with a curse. He should've known this would happen, and reached for his phone intending to call Gunn's room and see if he saw him when the door flew open and he walked in.
"Where did you go?" He asked and winced at the anger in his voice, but Spike wasn't paying any attention to what Angel said he just walked over to the phone and picked it up and dialed, after a few minutes someone answered and Spike spoke into the phone.
"Yeah, Red .It's me listen get everyone together I got a lead on who has the Niblet." He listened for a minute and then said angrily. "You tell the bloody bint that it was from a good source, oh bugger it. Please, Red convince her this is serious…no not end of the world serious." Then he seemed to think better of it and said "It could be, so please just do it…ok.bye, Luv" When he hung up the phone he sat down like all the fight had just drained out of him. Then he looked over at Angel and said.
"The bitch is back." Angel looked at him in confusion and then his face cleared when he realized who Spike was talking about.
"That's impossible, Spike I set her on fire. "But he faded off when he saw Spike shaking his head. "They got out Dru and Darla, Dru she showed up here, after it happened she went on about you, and wanting the family back together…like we were ever a family. Darla always hated me, hated the attention that I got from you, the love, and now she's got the bit, but it's me that she's gunning for."
Angel seen by the look in Spike's eyes what was coming and shook his head.
"No, you're not going to do it. What could she possibly hope to accomplish by taking you?" He asked not realizing how it sounded to his already emotionally distraught childe he went on. "Who would it hurt?"
Spike looked crushed and Angel realizing what he just said hurried to finish what he started saying "Here, who here would it hurt." And then he realized that he was only making things worse he gave up.
"That's what I thought too. No one cares whether I turn to dust or not, but apparently she thinks you will." Angel then realized what was going on, and he pulled Spike into his arms.
"She's going to take you to get to me." Spike nodded and hugged Angel closer to him "She wants Angelus back and she figures that the only way to get him is by killing-"
"You." Angel finished in horror. He pulled his boy closer to him wanting to take him and run. He snapped back to the present when he heard that Spike was saying something.
"I'm the reason the bit's missing, if I wouldn't have left she would have me right now and then I'd be dust and Angelus wouldn't be in danger of reappearing." Angel not believing what he was hearing pouring out of his distraught childe's mouth pushed him away, grabbing him by the arms he said angrily.
"Will, look at me." When Spike wouldn't meet his eyes he growled and said "Damnit, Will look at me."When Spike meant Angel's eyes he was shocked by the anger underlined by hurt in his eyes.
"Angelus still would've made an appearance, Will. He would've come back and after staking Darla he would've greeted the sun." Spike dove into Angel's arms and he listened while his sire poured his heart out to him.
"Because we both love you, Will. Hell, who am I kidding Angelus is me. I love you and no one not Buffy or Darla is ever taking you away from me again."
Spike pulled away from him and kissed him then said "Alright, let's get over to the meeting and figure out what to do."