Disclaimer: See Chapter One.
Parings: Dawn/Conner, Dawn/William (friendship) and much lmuch later possible Spangle
Warnings: nothing major, maybe some language.
A/N: Thank you to the reviewers: anon, baby sweet, Buffy-CrazyaboutAngel and the many more!
Chapter 5: The Day after Tomorrow
Sunday 6:00 pm Summer's Residence
After William's little reveal of information they thought a bit of questioning before they preceded would be best. From William they learned, he knew he was three-years-old and a vampire but not much else. He didn't know about a Hellmouth or slayer or what decade he was in. Everyone in the house was foreign to him, except for Dawn. Who he didn't quite know but was the only person he was comfortable with.
When asked about Angelus, he said he was his sire, his daddy. He also knew of his Grandsire Darla and dark princess. This news just unsettled the group even more. William was beginning to get very bored with these silly questions, but like usual loved the attention. They decided to take a break from their interrogation since it was getting late. Tara ordered them some pizza and William lay on his stomach to color in his new books.
Dawn spent the night with William curled next to her watching TV with the occasional spell performed. They usually resulted in spectacular puffs of smoke and using more ingredients than Anya deemed necessary, but with no visible change in William's condition.
Sunday 11:30 pm
"So, Willow what's next? I mean regular little Spike is creepy but now with is this Angelus stuff its giving me the willies." Xander said with his mouth half full of pizza. The group by now as visibly on edge and everyone but Willow abandoned their books to lounge on the couch.
"I know Xander I've gone through almost every reversal spell I know. But we don't even really know what happen to Spike or William." Willow said walking toward the living room. "I think we all know what we have to do next." Tara declared from the mantle. "No, Tara your not going to say what I think you are, right? We are not calling dead-boy!" affirmed Xander from his seat.
"What other choice do we have! We have no idea what damage Willow did with that spell. Angel or Wesley could help us find out what we need to do." said an exhausted Tara.
"Damage I've done! Tara I said I was sorry, I mean what if I didn't even do it? I've reversed every spell I've performed in the last week, and nothing!" Willow replied exhausted. "Really, so how many was it? A whole week of spells that must be…" countered from the fireplace.
"Ok... guys. Umm…Dawn its pretty late why don't you take William upstairs and the two of you go to sleep." Xander stood up quickly nervously fidgeting. "Will, I think as much as I am going to regret this, maybe calling Angel would help." Xander peacefully proposed.
"Well it could also get tiny child Spike out of our hair, he has a parent he isn't our problem." Anya said rousing from her sleep. "Anya his memories are all jumbled up, he didn't mean daddy." Xander said walking back to his chair.
"No I mean he is family, Spike's a vampire, Angel's his sire he's his responsibility. Spike was much more pleasant to look at full size, I mean have you seen hm without his shirt on…" Anya said looking off into the distance. "Anya first eww, second he's a demon that's just gross." Xander said walking towards her quickly realizing how far in mouth his foot was.
Dawn's eyes where getting misty as she watched the fighting in the living room. She watched as the only people she had left fought. She was only snapped out of her sorrow when a little hand tugged and her arm. "Awny what's wrong?" lisped a little William. "Nothing, Will come on its getting late." She said walking back to Buffy's room, where she slept sometimes sleeps on those really hard days. William fell asleep pretty quickly, resting his head over Dawn's heart. Dawn lay quietly with him in her arms smelling his hair. Spike's smell was getting very faint; she couldn't smell his cigarettes or crypt any more, her Spike was gone.
Monday afternoon 4:00 LA
"Hello Willow its Angel, what wrong?" Angel grabbed the phone, walking into his office leaving Gun and Fred at the front desk.
"Hi, Angel no nothing's wrong like Apocalypse bad, it umm…well we have a Spike problem." Willow nervously got out.
"I knew it this whole chip thing good guy wouldn't last! Spike lives for Spike he doesn't care about..." Angel replied slamming his fist down on his desk.
"No, Angel it's nothing like that. Spike's helping us, it's he's well, I guess hurt. Well not hurt like injured, I can't really explain this over the phone. But he's been like this for two days and he doesn't know what's wrong either. But he's asking for well, you. He wants to go see you." Willow said in one breath.
"He's what? He said he needs to see me, oh my god how many limbs is he missing? Angel's demeanor became more serious and his face perplexed.
"No, none! He has all his arms and legs and he's not mortally wounded, its…we thinks it a spell gone wrong, he just not well, himself. Xander is going to drive me, Dawn and Spike to LA to see you." Willow confirmed.
Ok, Willow I guess will see you later tonight. Bye." Angel said hanging up the phone.
A/N: Thanks guys for waiting for this update for so long. I finally got Angel's reaction, hope it wasn't disappointing. He does know something's wrong but what will happen when his sees mini-Spike? Please review!