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The doors to Walsh's office swooshed open to reveal a very satisfied Riley and a barely conscious vampire behind him.
"We caught him outside the perimeter trying to make a break into the compound." Riley said to Walsh as he kicked Angel in the ribs. A grunt and then low growl emerged from Angel.
"Very nice, I'm sure we could have some fun with him." She said eyeing him up like a kid eyeing a Christmas gift. "Lets have some fun agent Finn, lets put him in cell 457281." She said with a sparkle in her eye.
"But maim, isn't that the sla-"
"Are you questioning my orders soldier?" She asked daring him to speak against her.
Riley straitened up and made Angel stand up. "No maim." And with that he turned around and headed to the containment block with Angel in tow.
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"What do you mean Dead Boy got captured?" Xander yelled after Spike had explained what happened.
"He was so set on getting in there that he didn't see the soldiers coming around and knocking him out." Faith tried to say calmly, she was on the verge of knocking Xander's ass down.
"But he was our best hope of getting her out, he is our strongest left." Willow said looking down at the table.
"You know I take offense to that," Spike said coming forward. "We can get them out, it's just we all relied on them to always do the dirty work. They always saved us now its time for us to save them." He said pounding his fist on the table.
"Yes but how?" Giles said review the blueprints for the compound again. "The entire place is quite complicated."
"Well I guess than that you will need to do some research, and isn't that what you mates are best at?" He said quirking an eyebrow and leaving the building hearing computers being turned on and seeing renewed hope.
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Buffy lay curled in the fetal position, cringing every now and then, when the doors to her cell opened. She didn't even try to get up or even lift her head to see who or what was coming, the fact was that she had given up and was in too much pain to make the effort. That is until the doors closed and she could her a groan from the opposite corner. She lifted her head enough to see a mass of dark clothing and dried blood. OK, now she was interested.
Though she was in pain, she managed to craw her way to the mystery figure. She gently pushed the figure over and exposed the face and gasped.
"A-Angel?" She gasped, laying her head in her hands as sobs racked her body.
He groaned, rolled to his side and coughed up blood. She petted his hair back and whipped away some of the sweat on his brow, her gentle ministrations bringing him back to reality.
Another pain made its way into her abdomen and she doubled over, curling into a ball and awaiting for the pain to subside.
Angel shook his head and rubbed his eyes roughly. He smelt something, something very familiar, it was vanilla and pain?
Buffy.
His eyes shot open to see his golden goddess curled up in a tight ball in obvious pain. His undead heat broke as he saw a small tear escape from her eye and trail down her cheek.
He crawled over to her and spooned his body around her in a protective manner while rubbing her back, hoping that it was helping.
She cringed again as a second wave of pain hit her, and then it hit him, she was in labor. Buffy was in labor and they were stuck in a crazy military compound. Shit.
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"All right so this should be the 'backdoor'," Willow said outside an old mausoleum. "This should take us right into the compound, and according to my spell we are just a hundred yards form Angel. Though where Buffy is I don't know, it wouldn't give me a clear answer." Willow said apologetically.
"That's all we need to know Wills, once in we'll find B in no time." Faith said crashing in the door. "Nothing like making an entrance." She said then running in with Spike closely in tow.
"Nothing like running into our immediate deaths." Xander chuckled and darted in with Oz and Giles. Willow stayed behind with her lab top, she was connected to the military mainframe, helping them along.
"Guys we have company." She said onto the microphone as she saw the first wave of commandos darting at the intrusion.
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"Buffy c'mon you need to sit up, you need to hold on baby, you're in labor." Angel said trying to straiten her out.
"NO....cant be...in...ahhh...labor. NOT HERE." She yelled as she sat up. The pain eased and she whimpered. "Angel you shouldn't have come here, I don't want them to hurt my entire family."
"Buffy I wasn't going to leave you in here, alone and in pain. I save you-you save me, that's how we work remember?" He chuckled and rubbed her belly. Just then sirens went off and the entire military compound was in a up roar.
Soldiers were flying down the halls, their radio screaming 'breach'. And just as Buffy grunted through another contraction Professor Walsh came walking in with a doctor and four soldiers.
"Looks like this is turning into the maternity wing. Time to deliver the child is it Angelus?" She laughed. "Now we can sedate you and go through the hassle of putting you down, or you can be coherent through all this and watch the birth, feel privileged that I am giving you a choice."
Angel scooted his body and helped lift Buffy's legs as the doctors were allowed to help with delivery.
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Spike could feel his sires torment; Faith could feel Buffy's pain. They both knew if they didn't get to the duo soon this whole rescuing would be pointless.
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Buffy wailed and Angel cringed, the professor was just ginning ear to ear.
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Even Willow could feel the build up of power. And in an instant everything seemed to slow then stop, everyone stopped fighting and then the air snapped and crackled and then it was still again. Everyone looked around in amazement then lifted their weapons and began fighting again.
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"Congratulations Angelus and Slayer you have a baby girl." Walsh said lifting the baby up to the parents.
Buffy was woozy, she had lost a lot of her blood, the crimson liquid coating the floor. But she was already almost healed; her once rounded belly was now almost as flat and toned as she was before her pregnancy. She could feel her organs shifting and moving to their rightful places. Her body was working double time knowing that battle was evident.
"Now say buh-bye to mommy and daddy." Walsh cooed.
That's when Buffy snapped, deciding she was healed enough. Not even Angel sensed Buffy's changed demeanor.
And that's when all hell broke lose.
The doors to Walsh's office swooshed open to reveal a very satisfied Riley and a barely conscious vampire behind him.
"We caught him outside the perimeter trying to make a break into the compound." Riley said to Walsh as he kicked Angel in the ribs. A grunt and then low growl emerged from Angel.
"Very nice, I'm sure we could have some fun with him." She said eyeing him up like a kid eyeing a Christmas gift. "Lets have some fun agent Finn, lets put him in cell 457281." She said with a sparkle in her eye.
"But maim, isn't that the sla-"
"Are you questioning my orders soldier?" She asked daring him to speak against her.
Riley straitened up and made Angel stand up. "No maim." And with that he turned around and headed to the containment block with Angel in tow.
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"What do you mean Dead Boy got captured?" Xander yelled after Spike had explained what happened.
"He was so set on getting in there that he didn't see the soldiers coming around and knocking him out." Faith tried to say calmly, she was on the verge of knocking Xander's ass down.
"But he was our best hope of getting her out, he is our strongest left." Willow said looking down at the table.
"You know I take offense to that," Spike said coming forward. "We can get them out, it's just we all relied on them to always do the dirty work. They always saved us now its time for us to save them." He said pounding his fist on the table.
"Yes but how?" Giles said review the blueprints for the compound again. "The entire place is quite complicated."
"Well I guess than that you will need to do some research, and isn't that what you mates are best at?" He said quirking an eyebrow and leaving the building hearing computers being turned on and seeing renewed hope.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Buffy lay curled in the fetal position, cringing every now and then, when the doors to her cell opened. She didn't even try to get up or even lift her head to see who or what was coming, the fact was that she had given up and was in too much pain to make the effort. That is until the doors closed and she could her a groan from the opposite corner. She lifted her head enough to see a mass of dark clothing and dried blood. OK, now she was interested.
Though she was in pain, she managed to craw her way to the mystery figure. She gently pushed the figure over and exposed the face and gasped.
"A-Angel?" She gasped, laying her head in her hands as sobs racked her body.
He groaned, rolled to his side and coughed up blood. She petted his hair back and whipped away some of the sweat on his brow, her gentle ministrations bringing him back to reality.
Another pain made its way into her abdomen and she doubled over, curling into a ball and awaiting for the pain to subside.
Angel shook his head and rubbed his eyes roughly. He smelt something, something very familiar, it was vanilla and pain?
Buffy.
His eyes shot open to see his golden goddess curled up in a tight ball in obvious pain. His undead heat broke as he saw a small tear escape from her eye and trail down her cheek.
He crawled over to her and spooned his body around her in a protective manner while rubbing her back, hoping that it was helping.
She cringed again as a second wave of pain hit her, and then it hit him, she was in labor. Buffy was in labor and they were stuck in a crazy military compound. Shit.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"All right so this should be the 'backdoor'," Willow said outside an old mausoleum. "This should take us right into the compound, and according to my spell we are just a hundred yards form Angel. Though where Buffy is I don't know, it wouldn't give me a clear answer." Willow said apologetically.
"That's all we need to know Wills, once in we'll find B in no time." Faith said crashing in the door. "Nothing like making an entrance." She said then running in with Spike closely in tow.
"Nothing like running into our immediate deaths." Xander chuckled and darted in with Oz and Giles. Willow stayed behind with her lab top, she was connected to the military mainframe, helping them along.
"Guys we have company." She said onto the microphone as she saw the first wave of commandos darting at the intrusion.
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"Buffy c'mon you need to sit up, you need to hold on baby, you're in labor." Angel said trying to straiten her out.
"NO....cant be...in...ahhh...labor. NOT HERE." She yelled as she sat up. The pain eased and she whimpered. "Angel you shouldn't have come here, I don't want them to hurt my entire family."
"Buffy I wasn't going to leave you in here, alone and in pain. I save you-you save me, that's how we work remember?" He chuckled and rubbed her belly. Just then sirens went off and the entire military compound was in a up roar.
Soldiers were flying down the halls, their radio screaming 'breach'. And just as Buffy grunted through another contraction Professor Walsh came walking in with a doctor and four soldiers.
"Looks like this is turning into the maternity wing. Time to deliver the child is it Angelus?" She laughed. "Now we can sedate you and go through the hassle of putting you down, or you can be coherent through all this and watch the birth, feel privileged that I am giving you a choice."
Angel scooted his body and helped lift Buffy's legs as the doctors were allowed to help with delivery.
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Spike could feel his sires torment; Faith could feel Buffy's pain. They both knew if they didn't get to the duo soon this whole rescuing would be pointless.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Buffy wailed and Angel cringed, the professor was just ginning ear to ear.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Even Willow could feel the build up of power. And in an instant everything seemed to slow then stop, everyone stopped fighting and then the air snapped and crackled and then it was still again. Everyone looked around in amazement then lifted their weapons and began fighting again.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Congratulations Angelus and Slayer you have a baby girl." Walsh said lifting the baby up to the parents.
Buffy was woozy, she had lost a lot of her blood, the crimson liquid coating the floor. But she was already almost healed; her once rounded belly was now almost as flat and toned as she was before her pregnancy. She could feel her organs shifting and moving to their rightful places. Her body was working double time knowing that battle was evident.
"Now say buh-bye to mommy and daddy." Walsh cooed.
That's when Buffy snapped, deciding she was healed enough. Not even Angel sensed Buffy's changed demeanor.
And that's when all hell broke lose.