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The room went instantly silent at her remark. They had something else to worry about now. The way she said it caused them all to listen and hang on her every word. Even though they were all use to upcoming apocalypses they happened all the time. This seemed different not like an end of the world thing like and end of their world thing something less life threatening but something that scared them more than death. Something in Buffy's eyes that told them this was different.
"Willow was using again." Buffy paused. "She was out the other night at a club and she got attacked by some guys she really pissed off." Buffy explained.
"So what's the big problem, you afraid Red is going to go evil again?" Spike asked one arm wrapped around Dawn facing Buffy.
"No, she has the magic's under control." She looked at Dawn. "It's the people she pissed off. A legion of Master Vampires Demons and other...things." Buffy spoke moving her hands. "Their pretty bad from what I hear and now she is missing and I know they took her. I am afraid that something bad will happen to her." Buffy paused looking at everyone's reaction. "And I need Dawn's help."
"How?" Dawn asked curious, ready to help Willow she was the only one who was supportive of her besides Faith, who was always supportive anyway.
"They run this sorta club it's new and just outside of Sunnydale." Buffy looked at Dawn's lost face. "They have this thing for young innocent girls ya know, mainly their leader it's kinda his vice. Maybe you could get in flirt a little and possibly find some things out, maybe where they have Willow, anything really."
"No she bloody hell will not." Spike protested. "My little bit's not going right into the lions den." And I certainly don't want her flirting with them.
"Spike it's all right, it's for Will." She looked up at him.
"Red gets into trouble and so were gonna put Dawn in danger. There's nothing rational about that." You'll have to pry her from my cold dead fingers.
"Spike we'll be there around or outside. We can have her wired so we can communicate in case she gets into too much trouble." Buffy looked at him almost envious of his hold over her little sister, the protectiveness. "Do you honestly think I would ever let anyone hurt her."
"I'll do it." Dawn spoke ready for action.
"Might wanna get changed." Buffy suggested. "Maybe something ya know..."
"Ya I gotcha." Dawn nodded.
"Oh bloody hell." Spike slapped his forehead.
"I'll go change." Dawn walked upstairs.
"I'll...uhmm...help." Spike followed.
"That's wrong." Buffy frowned.
"I think their kinda adorable ya know. In a sick sorta way." Faith tried to explain but only made the situation worse as usual.
Dawn rummaged through her closet as Spike stepped into her room with out her hearing him. She moved clothes around inside her closet sliding through the outfits trying to put something sexy together. She was usually pretty good at putting together outfits to look cute for...Spike, but she was doing this to attract someone she didn't know, it made it harder. She knew everything about Spike and so she knew what he was attracted to dressing up to attract him was simple, even though it never helped much before just got her a few glances and he ended up kicking her out when she caught him staring too much. This was hard she knew nothing about these...vampires how could she know how to dress.
Spike snuck around her room while she looked with out her even noticing. He wanted to watch her with out her knowing he was there, she would probably kick him out. Only because her room still looked like a little girls room. She had stuffed animals on her bed and a few girly designs still hanging around. She never wanted to get rid of them because they were from her mother, a piece of her in a way since she got them for her. Spike enjoyed just being near her, when she wasn't hostile, but truly he even liked that.
Dawn turned around to pull out a mini skirt and place it on her bed and she saw Spike sitting there holding up her dog stuffed animal. "SPIKE!!" She hollered.
"What kitten?" He asked playing with her.
"What the hell are you doing in here?" She yelled angry.
"Pet why don't you leave the swearing to the professionals." He joked with her trying to make her more angry.
"Spike shut up!" She yelled ripping the stuffed dog from his hands and placing it gently on her bed. "And hands of the animals!"
"Your so sexy when your mad." He smirked maliciously.
"Your not getting off by flirting and get out I have to change." She glared at him.
"Oh come on luv." He gleamed. "It's not like it's something I haven't seen before." Spike smirked. "I've seen much more of you."
"Yeah well right now I actually have to change so go." She gave him a very stern serious look and pointed at the door.
"Baby..." He stepped closer.
"Spike, let me change." She insisted.
"Fine, I'll behave I promise just change." He sat back on the bed.
"Whatever." She turned around and walked back to the closet. She breathed in one quick nervous breath. She undid her jeans and pulled them off. She rushed to throw on the black mini skirt but in the process got tied up in the leather and fell over. She was uterly embarrassed.
Spike rushed over laughing hysterically. "It's not funny." Dawn wrinkled up her forehead.
"Sorry, luv." He laughed one last time and knelt over Dawn laying on the floor. He had his hands beside her head as he straddled her. "Compromising position isn't it?" He smirked that same crooked smirk he always had.
"Spike." She gulped. "I really have to get changed."
"Whatever you say." He leaned in and rested his lips against hers. He pulled away and stood up. Spike reached down and lifted Dawn up with ease leaving her breathless.
"Thanks." She spoke breathy.
"Anytime, you better get changed." He walked down out the door and down the stairs leaving Dawn still breathless.
Spike walked down the stairs and waited for Dawn to arrive in his sight. "Spike, don't look so nervous." Faith comforted. "We wont let anyone hurt her."
"Hell right I won't" Spike assured her.
"I know you love her Spike I see it in the way you look at her." Faith smiled.
"I just hope she doesn't wake up one morning and realize she is far too good for me." Spike looked down.
"She won't." Faith stood up and walked away to talk to Buffy.
Spike sat on the couch in the Summer's living room awaiting the moment when he had to see his precious Dawn in danger. Dawn walked down the stairs, she was wearing the black leather mini skirt and a plain black tank. It was simple but it was enough to drive Spike insane with jealousy. No other man should see her in that.
"We ready?" Dawn asked nervous.
They all piled into the car. Buffy was driving Faith in the passenger seat and Dawn and Spike in the back with Angel who had showed up last minute, Dawn ended up sitting in the middle of them both. They settled into their seats all nervous no one more than Spike. They drove out of the driveway and towards the club.
"Poof keep your hands off of the girl...I should have sat in the middle." Spike spoke annoyed.
"Spike, Dawn is a little too young for me. But I would be afraid of losing her to me if I were to you too." Angel teased.
"What the bloody hell is that supposed to mean?" Spike looked over at him.
"Just that every women you have ever loved has loved me more than you." Angel smirked.
"Well she's different so keep your mouth shut poof." Spike wrapped his arms around Dawn pulling her closer.
"Will you two get a room." Dawn teased.
"Me and you could get a room." Angel snickered looking down at Dawn.
"Don't make me kick your bloody ass." Spike threatened.
"Will you two shut your traps." Faith hollered.
"He started it." Spike accused.
"Spike grow up." Buffy gripped the wheel annoyed.
"Bloody hell slayer, that's inappropriate." He smirked.
"Oh my God that's disgusting Spike shut up." Buffy wrinkled up her face feeling sickened.
"Spike your annoying everyone." Dawn pulled away from his grasp.
"Sorry Kitten." He pulled her into him again giving her the same smoldering puppy dog eyes that made her melt.
"It's all right." Dawn forgave him with out hesitation.
"Well that's enough to make someone loose their breakfast.." Angel looked away.
"Everyone please just stop screwing around." Buffy took control as usual.
"Yes mam." Spike said jokingly.
"Dawn, keep control of your idiot." Faith looked back at her.
"Fine then." Dawn nodded. "Down boy." She looked up at Spike who snickered.
"Let's all be serious now please." Buffy insisted. "Dawn, you need to prepare yourself here is a microphone it needs to go inside your bra so that they can't see it." Buffy added as Faith handed her the small speaker.
"Bloody hell better not see it there." Spike assured her.
Dawn fumbled around with it but couldn't seem to get it. "Arghh, I can't get this stupid thing on."
"Here let me help pet." Spike grabbed the speaker. He reached his hand into her shirt as she gulped. Spike clipped the speaker onto her bra and pulled away adjusting the wire so it wasn't visible. "There, feel right?" Spike asked.
"Uhuh." She spoke weekly. So right.
"So we can communicate with these and we'll know if your in danger." Buffy looked back at Dawn in the mirror. "Faith hand her the pictures." Faith handed Dawn back a few pictures. "These are them the names are on the back's and a brief description of who they are."
Dawn took the photo's and flipped through them. Most of them were pretty good looking but something in them was dark, something was not quiet right. She observed the photo's committing every one of them to memory. She didn't want to make one mistake this time it wasn't a safe situation already and if she made a mistake...it just wasn't aloud now no room for her to slip up.
"Hope this actually helps and Red isn't already dead." Spike spoke looking around as everyone stared at him in shock. "What? I was just being honest."
"Can some one put the radio on er something?" Dawn asked trying to ignore everyone's comments.
"As long as it aint the bloody poofter's music, what is it now Angel N'sync." Spike leaned over and looked at an angered Angel.
"Spike just shut up." Angel added not able to come up with a rebuttal.
"Here I have a mix cd we can put in." Dawn reached into her bag and pulled out a cd and handed it to Faith.
"Mmmhmm, like this is gonna be any better." Spike teased.
"Listen Spike my music taste has changed since you were last here." She tilted her head sarcastically.
Faith popped in the cd and they all waited to discover her new found taste in music. The only one not needing to was Buffy, she had heard Dawn blast this cd in her room constantly. The cd spun in the layer as the music began to pump from the speakers.
"It's in the water baby; it's in the pills that bring you down.
It's in the water baby, it's in the your bag of golden brown,
It's in the water baby; it's in your frequency,
It's in the water baby it's between you and me."
"What's this?" Spike asked interested in the semi eerie rock music playing next to his head.
"Post Blue by Placebo...it's good isn't it?" She asked.
"Not bad." Spike smirked.
"It's in the water baby; it's in the pills that pick you up,
It's in the water baby; it's in the special way we fuck,
It's in the water baby, it's in you family tree,
It's in the water baby; it's between you and me."
"Whoa, bloody hell that's pretty sexual music little bit'." Spike looked shocked.
"Not really." She snickered.
"For you it is." Spike added.
"You bite the hand that feeds,
You tap the vein that bleeds.
Down on my bended knees.
I break the back of love for you..."
"It's catchy though." Angel smirked. "You got an obsession, your always hanging with vampires and now you got a song talking about tapping veins that bleed." Dawn nodded and shrugged her bony shoulders.
The music rolled through the car as the next song came on. Tatou By Brand new.
"So how long before we get there?" Angel asked Buffy.
"Not long." Buffy answered.
"Good It's getting cramped back here with these two snuggling." Angel looked sickened.
"I think it's pretty comfortable." Dawn added snuggling up to Spike chest. Spike looked at Angel over Dawn's head and nodded as he smirked as if to say 'yeah that's bloody hell right she's mine.'
The car was silent as they waited to arrive at the club. Finally Buffy pulled the car into the parking lot of the club with a neon red sign that said "Blood fuel."
"Bad pun." Dawn spoke in a meek voice.
"Okay, so were here. Dawn are you ready?" Buffy unbuckled her seat belt. A few years ago she would never have even strapped in, she had had a death wish, not that she was with Ben things were better, much better.
"I guesse so." She spoke not wanting to let go of Spike as she sat up.
"Okay so me and Angel are going inside with you, Spike and Faith are gonna stay out here." Buffy looked back at Dawn's worried eyes.
"Wait a bloody second." Spike questioned. "Why am I staying in here?"
"Because Spike we can't have you beating up some guy if he flirts with Dawn or touches her or looks at her the wrong way." Buffy looked over at Spike. "You are going to stay in here with Faith." Buffy demanded.
"Spike it's fine this will be over soon it's not that big of a deal I'm in a public place and Buffy and Angel will make sure I'm all right." Dawn comforted him.
"All right let's go." Buffy opened the door and so did Angel as they both got out. Dawn started to slid out as she was quickly jerked back and pulled into a fiery kiss Spike letting go of all control and sliding his tongue into her mouth his tongue entangling with her's once again leaving her breathless. As they pulled away Dawn smiled and whispered his name.Faith looked away feeling out of place, uncomfortable to even be in the same car while this was occuring. Dawn slid out the door and walked into the club side by side with her sister and the elder vampire. They walked towards the club watching the people piling in.
They walked into the club music pumping from the speakers. The place was crowded and dark. Music pumped from the speaker so loud Dawn feared they wouldn't be able to hear her scream. The lights were all dark neon blue or red. Angel nodded at them as he walked over to the bar. Buffy looked at Dawn and quickly pointed to their younger more easily manipulated vampire. Dawn nodded and prepared herself for what was to come. Afraid for her life more afraid for Willow's afraid if she failed that her friend would be no more. And Dawn would regrettably blame herself forever no matter how illogical it was. She was nervous that it was all on her shoulders. Then it kicked in the slayer inside of her the strength, the power, the voice that told her she could do this, she would do this. The voice saying that they were going to get what was coming to them, those bastards how dare they take her, and the slayer was all that was left now because it was the part of her she needed, not the key, not innocent little Dawnie, but the powerful, manipulative slayer. And it was what she needed now it was what would save Willow from the darkness, from death.