Chapter 11
After a few moments of silence Faith spoke up, "So…what is going to happen to the little dude?"
Angel glanced at the younger vampire, who froze at the mention of the little boy's name, "Spike, You heard what Buffy said."
Faith walked over to Spike and put William in his arms, "He's right, B. did this for you."
Spike stared at the sleeping child in his arms, "Buffy? How? Why would she…Buffy wouldn't…not for me."
Faith nodded, "She did, don't know how, made with the mojo from what I hear, but she did it for you, said you deserved it, after what she did, you deserved it."
"But this…and his name? My mortal name,"
"That too, she was totally set on naming him after you, especially after you died."
"Called me William…day Captain Cardboard came back. The name fits 'im better than it ever fit me."
Faith grinned, "Would have spoiled the kid's chance at a social life if she'd named him Spike." Spike just nodded and watched his son sleep.
Angel cleared his throat, "Now that we've taken care of that, we have to do what we can to save Buffy."
Giles stood up, "Wesley and I will do some research, see if we can't find some sort of way to reverse it, stop the amulet from killing Buffy."
Wes nodded, "There might be a spell that we can perform to bind Buffy and her demon half here, so that the amulet can't take her. "
Angel scratched his head, "Andrew why don't you help them with the research, I am going to go see if Fred has found anything else that might be helpful."
Xander stood up, "I'll fill Willow in on what is going on and see if she knows any spells or something that might help."
"That would be great, now let's get to work, we have to do the most we can to save Buffy."
Everybody began heading towards the door when Spike suddenly looked up, "Wait! What am I supposed to do with him?" nodding at the boy.
Faith grabbed Spike's arm and dragged him out of the room, "Its baby training for you Bleached Boy, and man are you in for some major diaper changing, why we don't go to your apartment. You can get to know your kid a bit too."
"Does he talk yet? Can he walk? What is he going to call me? What do I call him? Bloody hell!"
Faith shook her head, for some who's been alive for a little over a hundred years you would think he might know at least a bit about caring for children, "Yes he can talk and walk but just a bit still too young to have a conversation 'bout the weather, I guess he would call you Father or dad, and you would call him William, that is his name you know."
Spike nodded as Faith went on about what they would have to buy and when certain things would have to be done but he wasn't listening, William was the most incredible gift that he'd ever received and it had come from Buffy, his Slayer to top it all off. Buffy had done something so that she could have his child, his son. For him, she did it for him.
Never been a father before, what am I supposed to do? Never thought it important to learn how to raise a child. Every kid that Dru or I brought home had just been a toy, treat the kid all nice and make it feel like its safe and then drain the life out of it. never fed from a child, but Dru liked them. She treated them like her dolls; she treated them nice until she grew hungry. Wonder how Dru knew how to take care of a child? Mustn't think of that now, I have a son.
What do I do with a son?