Chapter 14

"Push yourselves girls." Faith was saying to the slayers.

It was yet another one of Faith's lessons which involved pushing themselves to the limit.

Madison did, she thought people would call her teachers pet, because she tried so hard and because she was dating Spike. No one did. They were all really supportive.

At the end of the lesson all the girl were tired and out of breath. Madison, who usually wasn't, was. She had a tight pain in her chest.

It hurt so much; she held her chest tight and made her way to her apartment.

When she got there, Spike was already home.

"Hey pet." He said kissing the top of her head, Madison immediately stood up straight so Spike wouldn't notice anything was wrong. He didn't.

"Had fun?" he asked teasing.

"Yeah, it was okay. Why aren't you at work?" she asked sitting down, the pain had stopped.

"Oh I am, I decided that since I live near my office I could work from here and be with you." He smiled and kissed her lips firmly.

"Great, but I'm really beat. I was thinking of just going to bed."

"Hmm, I could join you." Spike said raising an eyebrow.

"It's okay, you don't have to. You should get back to work."

"If there's an emergency someone will ring. They always do."

"Oh, great." Madison said disappointed, she loves Spike and everything but she wanted to be alone. She couldn't tell him that though, he would worry and she didn't want him to.

Willow sat eating her lunch from behind a book. She had been reading this book for about an hour and had really got into it. It was something about advanced magic's. Willow's eyes focused hard on the text, she read everything on every page with such detail.

"Hey." Kennedy said bursting through the door.

"Hey." Willow said between bites of apple, she didn't even look up at her lover; she had been dragged into the book.

"Earth to Willow." Kennedy said waving a hand in front of her.

Willow put the book down.

"Hey, sorry. Was reading."

"Yeah I noticed. You said you were meeting me for dinner today."

"Oh, I'm sorry I forgot."

"Yeah, well it doesn't matter because I've brought you dinner." Kennedy held out a bag.

"I've already ate." Willow said holding out the apple in her hand.

"Oh." Was all Kennedy could say.

"I'm sorry baby." Willow said, she had now placed the book down on her table.

"It's okay. I'll just eat it here and we can talk."

"Sure." Willow said with a smile on her face.

As Kennedy sat down a red light flashed and a loud siren flooded into the science and magic's lab.

"What's that?" Kennedy asked looking at Willow's shocked face.

"Follow me."

Spike laid in his bed with Madison and stroked her hair with the back of his hand.

"I love you." He said smiling down at her.

"I love you too."

They both smiled. Suddenly the siren went off and Spike sprang into action.

"What's that?" Madison shouted over the noise.

"It's a bomb alarm." Spike mentioned calmly.

"Oh yeah a bomb alarm. What the hell is a bomb alarm going off for." Madison screamed as they made their way down the hall.

"A bomb is in the building."

On the corridor they were joined by Dawn and Andrew.

"What's going on?" Dawn asked still in her dressing gown.

"A bomb." Spike shouted taking the lead and rushing to the canteen.

When they got there everyone was there, the staff, the slayers and the scoobies. They were all on the floor and only one man was stood up.

He was a worker at Wolfram and Hart, Spike had seen him before. He has short black hair that had a receding hairline at the front and a bald spot on the back of his head.

"On the floor." He shouted when he saw Spike and the rest enter.

They did as he said. He was wearing something strapped to his waist; Spike knew it was a bomb. It had a red flashing light on it and wires coming from all directions.

"Calm down." Spike said to him.

"Calm down! How can I calm down when my wife's sleeping with this bastard?" He shouted and pointed to a scared man sitting at the front. The man at the front was wetting himself and crying. What a wuss Spike thought.

"Look, killing everyone in here isn't going to help." Madison fired at him.

"I know." The man cried. "But he needs to pay."

"Then punch him a couple of times. Killing everyone in here is madness."

"I can't stop it now. What's done is done." The man said and the beeping on the bomb grew faster and faster. Then it stopped.

Everyone ran for the door, not all were lucky to make it. The bomb went off and people went flying everywhere.

Madison laid on the floor coughing. She had a weight on top of her and then she realized it was Spike. He must have jumped on top of her to save her from the blast.

Spike moved and rolled to the side. His face was black from the smoke and his hair all messed up.

"You saved me." Madison whispered.

"Yeah, can't let the love of my life getting blown up now can I?" they both laughed.

Madison tried to get up but couldn't, the pain in her chest had come back and was more painful than before.

"You okay?" Spike asked with obvious concern in his eyes.

"Yeah, I'll be fine." Madison said then collapsed.

Madison's eyes flickered open. She was in a room somewhere. It had beeping machines all over, and then she remembered the bomb. Was she living it all over again?

"Hey sleepy head." Spike stood at the door with a bunch of red roses in his hands. He walked over to Madison and placed them beside her.

"Where am I?" she asked.

"You're in the hospital pet. Had a nasty fall or something from the explosion. The doctors won't really tell me what's happening."

"Did anyone die?"

"Just the bomber guy and the guy who was sleeping with his missus, the rest are just battered and bruised really." Spike explained.

The doctor soon came into the room, Spike stood up to hear the verdict.

"Madison, I'm sorry. But I'm afraid I have some bad news."