Chapter 3. Kidnapper.

The girls started with the shopping spree, so they headed to the mall to shop till they drop. Buffy buys five to six full ensembles, three that probably Xander would not want her to wear in public and the others were maternity clothes for a cool, hip mom that fights the forces of darkness on a daily basis.

"I can't believe you bought that, Buffy," says Dawn.

"Come on," says Buffy. "It's my second chance. I want to be wild and sexy."

"Okay, you are honing in on Faith a little too much."

"Maybe Xander would like that."

"Buffy, Xander likes you for you. You don't have to impress him."

"Dawn's right, Buffy," says Willow. "I should know. I've known him my whole life."

"I know you guys, but I kind of feel like I owe him," says Buffy. "I mean, we had to wait all this time, him with his demon girlfriends and me with my strange men." Buffy realizes that Ann is with them.

"Demon girlfriends?" says Ann.

"Xander has had a tendency to attract the wrong species," says Buffy. "He's come a long way." Ann laughs at that.

"And you?"

"I guess I've come a long way, too."

"I hope that Damon doesn't get into Xander's girls," says Casandra. "He's already attracted that first vampire, who was a girl that night we saw vampires for the first time."

"Nah," says Buffy. "I don't think you have to worry about Damon. He's a normal kind of guy and dates normal kind of girls, who have Slayer strength, which is a bonus." Casandra laughs at that as they enter their first store.

After the shopping spree was over, the girls headed to the spa that was both a spa and salon in one. Buffy is totally in for a new do' because her tresses are doing nothing for her at all. As her golden locks drop to the ground, the girls wanted to get a surprise for Buffy when they had finished primping themselves.

When the girls got back to the salon and they caught Buffy's neat new haircut. They all loved it. She looked very pretty and she had hoped that Xander would love it, too. Then they all got their nails and facials. It was a girl slumber party and everyone loved every minute of it. At the end of the day, the girls were lying in mud baths and relaxing away.

"Oh, this feels so good," says Buffy. "I never knew mud could be so calming."

"I know," says Willow. "When we were kids, we used to roll all over it. Wonder if the parents didn't want to tell us their secret."

"Hot mud is divine," says Casandra.

"I kind of feel like a movie star," says Dawn. "Being waited on hand and feet. I can get use to it."

"It will only happen here, girls," says Ann. "This is a happy place for all girls."

"Who wants to start a mud fight?" Buffy says. No one answers, so she continues to relax.

In the evening hours, Xander, Giles, Damon, Casandra, and Donald are on patrol for Buffy tonight. The night has been pretty quiet and they all are on the alert. Quiet nights always means trouble.

"So, Damon," says Xander as he is walking side by side with Damon. He is carrying a stake in his hand and is on the alert. "You and Buffy didn't…you know." Damon looks at Xander and stops.

"No, Xander," replies Damon.

"Good." Xander is pleased. "Can we keep this to ourselves?"

"Sure." The two keep walking.

"The Slayer shouldn't be off just because it's her birthday," says Donald complaining.

"Dad, lighten up," says Casandra. "Besides, Buffy needs some relaxation. She's lived longer than any other Slayer in history. Except for the times that she died."

"Buffy is an incredible Slayer," says Giles. "I couldn't ask for anybody else."

"Anyways, this will give me sometime to lead and kick some vampire ass," says Casandra.

"Casandra, I think you've been hanging around Buffy way to much," says Donald.

"Dad." Casandra rolls her eyes.

Suddenly, they spot some vampires and they start to attack. They all start to fight and kick some butt. One vampire gives Xander a good hit and he drops his stake. Damon sees this and goes over to his aid. He punches the vampire and stakes him. Casandra does a hurricane kick on one vampire and it knocks him out, hitting another one on the way. Then a vampire pushes Giles onto a gravestone and he starts to get strangled by the vampire.

A couple feet away, Buffy is walking over to the cemetery. She had decided to come and visit them just in the nick of time. She quickly grabs the vampire that has Giles pinned down and pulls him away.

"Need a little help?" says Buffy to Giles as she looks at the vampire. She then stakes the vampire and helps Giles up as he starts to breath normally again.

"Buffy, thanks…" says Giles as he looks at her. "Your hair?"

"We'll talk later." Buffy heads over to help the others. Casandra gets thrown over and lands on top of Damon, knocking him down. Then the one who threw Casandra sees Buffy and runs away. "Hey, where are you going?" Buffy goes running after him. She knocks some vampires on her way. When Buffy catches up to the vampire, she is running after she suddenly realizes that he isn't a vampire at all.

The strange being has a green face and beady eyes that begin to mesmerize Buffy. The demon grabs her as she is completely under his trance. He puts his hand on her stomach and his other hand on her neck, holding her up. Some kind of surge enters Buffy's body.

All of sudden, Buffy's baby begins to grow rapidly inside her. Then out of nowhere, someone comes over and pulls the demon away from Buffy. He realizes that the demon had Buffy within his grasp as he pushes the demon onto the tree. Buffy falls back and leans on a tree for support. She feels weak and slides down onto the floor. Her rescuer then looks at the girl he saved.

"Buffy?" says Spike surprised that she actually got taken by a demon. "Whoa! Who knocked you up?" Buffy shakes her head and sees that her baby belly is more noticeable now.

"I'm only two months pregnant," says Buffy shocked that her belly had grown.

"Two months. Looks like six or seven to me." Buffy starts to get up and is very uncomfortable with the big belly as she walks over to where Spike is holding the demon.

"Okay mister, if you did something to my baby so help me God I…"

"Cool it, Slayer. He's a snapper demon."

"A what?"

"He kidnaps babies. Usually unborn ones. Also has the power to know when a woman is pregnant and advance their pregnancy to steal the kid."

"Oh, well couldn't they just call themselves kidnappers?"

"Slayer, stop messing with the name and rip his throat out." All of sudden the demon pushes Spike away from him and runs away. "Damn it! He's getting away."

"Forget about that, Spike." Buffy starts to feel a lot of pain in her abdomen. She leans forward holding her big belly.

"He's going to come back for you." Spike tells her this, without paying any attention to her. He then turns and sees that she is in a lot of pain.

"Spike, I think I'm going into labor." Spike is in shocked by her words.

"What do you want me to do? I'm not a midwife." Spike takes her hand and helps Buffy walk a little.

Then Xander comes running over to them and right behind him the others, who finally had finished taking on the vampires.

"Spike, get your hand off her," says Xander as he grabs her other hand.

"Hey, you have no right to say that to me," says Spike. "I was helping."

"Will you two shut up and take me to the hospital," says Buffy squeezing both of their hands. The two feel the pain of the Slayer almost breaking their hands. They quickly head out of the cemetery and into Casandra's car. Damon and Donald stayed behind and decided to walk to Buffy's to tell her dad about Buffy.