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What if the Initiative came to Sunnydale a few years earlier than we thought? And what if Angel got chipped instead of Spike? Just an idea…
Drucilla watched the young man asleep next to her. The heat radiating off him warmed her and made her feel alive. She smiled a small smile as she remembered their last few hours together, her resolve beginning to melt. She was more than puzzled by the emotions that were running through her. Love, an emotion that she thought was long dead seemed to be alive and kicking her in the abdomen right now. She smoothed her hand over her stomach, calming her child. And this man lying next to her? When and how did he come to mean so much to her? Seeing the changing light of the afternoon as it turned to dusk, Drucilla rose from the bed and went to pull the curtains aside. It was almost time to wake Riley. He wouldn't be please, of this she was sure. The voices had stopped but her visions hadn't and right now all that she was worth was telling her she needed to go back. Her baby was telling her she needed to go back.
She went to Riley and rubbed her hand across his back. "Love?"
He rolled over, looking up at her, he smiled. She had to be the most beautiful thing he had ever seen in his life. "Dru. What are you doing up? It isn't time to go. We have a few more hours. You really should get a bit more rest." He pulled her hand, urging her back into bed.
"No sweet boy. We need to go. We need to get back. The baby needs to get back. The slayer and Angel. They need us too." She spoke softly.
"What are you talking about Drucilla? We need to get as far away from that damn Hellmouth as we can."
"Oh my love, we can't run away from our destinies. And right now our destiny lies with my sire. You have to trust me. For our sake, ours and the baby. We need to go back."
Riley shook his head. "No Dru. I need to keep the two of you safe and you won't be safe there. Please baby, don't ask me."
"Oh sweet boy. We will never be truly safe. We all know too much. And I cannot give birth in a regular hospital. We need to have help. And the only place where we can get that help is back there." She sighed.
"We still have time Dru. The baby isn't due yet. I promise, when the time is near I'll take you back if you still want to go. Okay?" He tried to sooth her.
"My baby will come in his own time Riley. And I fear his time is very soon. Who really knows the gestation period of a vampire?" She lay next to him and put her lips close to his ear. "It will all go the way it needs to go my love. There is no changing destiny."
Buffy was still in her head considering the revelation Spike had laid on her. Pregnant? Only a few days at most, but Spike could tell. Which meant Angel knew and didn't tell her. Why? Afraid, that's why. He was afraid of her reaction. And with all of this other crap going down he wanted her to be calm. Yeah, right, she thought. Here I am on the down low with an evil, bleached blond vampire, who by the way deserted his girlfriend of at least a century, several months back. And here he was, trying to rescue her. Whatever, she shrugged. Pregnant? Could I really be pregnant? She thought.
"So, is this the place?" Spike looked around the ally for a sewer opening grate.
"Umm, yeah. I think it must be over here." She went behind a dumpster and moved it forward revealing the covered hole. She lifted it up and looked over at Spike. "Coming?"
"I love a take charge bird, especially when she does all he hard work." Spike threw his cigarette down and followed her down the hole. They entered a series of tunnels that looked a lot more sophisticated than the sewers he was used to traversing. "How come I never met up with these before?"
Buffy rolled her eyes. "Because genius, the army built them and they don't run through the whole city. Just where they want them to go." She saw a series of lights and decided this must be the way as she followed them.
"Sure you know where you're headed slayer?"
She turned and gave him a nasty look. "No, but at least I'm making an effort. If I waited for you we'd be here until my next birthday." One minute they were both walking in the same direction and the next Buffy was alone. "Hey, where the hell are you?" She sighed angrily and turned back only to be greeted by six soldiers, all pointing tasers in her direction.
"You should keep an eye out for cameras Ms. Summers." One of the soldiers pointed up.
Buffy smiled and shook her head, that bastard Spike had deserted her. No surprise there. "Great. Well, I guess, take me to your leader?"
Angel was frantic to head out. "We have to leave now Giles." He turned to Willow. "So, if we can get you in there you think you can disrupt the electric systems long enough for us to get to Buffy and her mother?"
"I know I can. But Angel, we don't even know if Buffy has been captured." Willow handed her computer to Oz and picked up her bag of supplies. Angel looked at her questioningly. She smiled and shrugged. "Just in case. Better to be safe than sorry."
"Let's just get there, okay?"
"Yes Angel, we're off." Giles grabbed his own bag of weapons and headed out followed by Angel, Willow, Oz, Xander and Cordelia.
Cordelia pulled on Xander's hand. "Are we sure we need to go?"
"Willow may need us. Babe, why don't you stay here and wait for us? We'll be back soon, I promise." Xander kissed her forehead.
Cordelia hesitated for a moment and shook her head. "Yeah, like after all we've been through I'm going to just desert you. I mean I gave away my popularity among other things, for you, so I guess we can do this one more time. But after this Harris, we are taking a vacation from danger for a few weeks. Okay?"
"Okay." He gazed at her as she pulled him out the door.
Drucilla and Riley made it back to Sunnydale in record time as they pulled into a parking structure on campus. Riley looked over at her. "Dru, are you sure about this?"
"They already have the slayer Riley. I can't see clearly, but I know we have to get her and her baby out of there. They need to be safe."
"Baby? Buffy's pregnant? Oh my god, this just keeps getting better and better. My god, she's just a kid. What was Angel thinking?" Riley shook his head.
She stifled a giggle. "He's a man as well as a vampire Riley. And you have seen her. She's not a child. She's a slayer and slayers have a history of short life spans. Biologies do what they need to do to survive. I'm a prime example. Besides, they love each other. Both the demon and the soul love her and Buffy, well." She paused for a moment as her baby kicked. "Well, he's her soul mate. Years don't matter when souls find each other." He gave her a questioning look. She just shrugged. "It happens."
"Fine Drucilla. Fine. Buffy's pregnant as well. But you need to be safe too. I'm going to leave you at the Summers' house and I'll go in and get her out. Okay?" Riley didn't have a good feeling about this.
She smiled her Mona Lisa smile and Riley felt his stomach drop. "The dye has been cast my love. We'll go together."
"Dru…" Riley attempted to dissuade her but was stopped as she lay her finger over his lips.
"I'm older and I know best." She replaced her finger with a firm kiss. "Now, let's do this."
Riley stared at the woman in front of him and was once again amazed at her lucidity. She seemed to grow stronger with each passing day of her pregnancy. He was afraid that once the baby was born…no! he chided himself. He would not allow his thoughts to go there.
"Fine." He capitulated. "Let's go then and get this over with."
"Yes. Let's end this." Dru touched his cheek before turning to open the car door.