AN: Sorry for the wait, my bad. My niece was over for the weekend and then I got sucked into watching SPN, LOVE IT! Anyway here ya go! I still don't own nothing.

With everyone off on their tasks Breena headed off to the basement. Being who she was and having the powers she did sometimes made her wish she didn't. But other times like being able to save Spike or helping Angel made having all those powers so worth it. Especially when she could put someone like Buffy in her place, the younger woman just assumed Breena had no importance, but after waking her and Giles up and helping them to sit on the couch, she saw grudging respect in the slayer's eyes and also a good helping of fear. Reaching the bottom of the steps to the basement Breena shook herself and brought herself to the present. Looking out across the room and seeing the man she was falling in love with on his knees next to the bed of his Childer, crying, made her want to take Angel in her arms and comfort him, crying along with him. But she had to be the strong one right now.

"Liam, Xander?" Breena said softly but loud enough for Xander's human ears to hear her. Both men looked up and watched as she walked across the basement. Reaching them she kneeled down between the two men and looked at Spike's lifeless face.

"In order for me to heal him, I will have to do several things." She had both men's undivided attention. "I have to cut and bleed him," Xander started shaking his head in denial, turning she spoke only to him. "I know it sounds bad, but with Angel here and the others getting as much human blood as they can he'll be fine." She told him trying to reassure him.

"But if you bleed him completely won't he dust?" Xander asked her a tear leaking out, it was Angel who answered.

"Not if as she is bleeding him I am feeding him my blood. Right?" He asked Breena who nodded.

"Right, as long as there is blood going in as the last of it goes out he'll be fine. This is the only way to get the poison out of his system, it's risky sure, but because his Sire's here there is no risk, just messy actually. Sire's blood is incredible and can fix lots of problems if on of their childer is sick." Xander looked at Angel with awe in his eyes and fell across Breena's lap to hug him fiercely. Breena just smiled at Angel who caught her eyes over Xander's shoulder.

"You will really do this?" Xander mumbled against Angel's throat, not daring to hope yet. He gently lifted the human's head from his shoulder and wiped a stray tear from his cheek with his thumb.

"You're family." Was all Angel had to say making Xander hug him harder.

They sat that way for a little bit, Angel holding Xander, purring to soothe him, Breena rubbing soothing circles on Xander's back never breaking eye contact with Angel. So much was said with just their eyes.

"We need to talk after this is over." Angel mouthed to her. She blushed for the first time in centuries and hung her head smiling just as there was a knock at the basement door, Breena stood and spoke.

"Come down." She told whoever it was, there was the sound of the door opening and footsteps coming down the stairs, it was Tara holding two buckets stacked together and a knife in one hand followed by Gunn with a large red cooler sloshing with the melting ice as he walked. Tara smiled softly at Breena as she handed over the requested the items, Breena wore a kind smile in return and thanked Tara who walked back upstairs as Gunn walked forward.

"How much were you able to get?" Breena asked as she indicated where Gunn was to set the blood.

"I asked English how much was in the human body, ya know, cause I kinda figured out you were going to have to give him a transfusion." Breena nodded agreeing. "We were able to get ten liters which should be enough to drain his blood twice, cause there is five liters in a human body." Gunn finished proudly.

"Thanks Gunn." Angel said from over by the cot.

"No problem man, Spike is like an annoying older brother that picks on you all the time, but he's family." Gunn fist bumped Breena making her laugh and walked back up the stairs. Breena waited till she heard the door actually shut before she lifted her hand and pointed at the door hearing a click she whispered a word that not even Angel could hear.

"What was that for?" Xander asked, he was now sitting next to Angel instead of practically in his lap.

"I locked and warded the door." Breena said going over to the boys. "Just in case someone,"
"And by someone you mean Buffy?" Xander said interrupting her. Breena laughed.

"Yes if Buffy isn't deterred by the lock and tries to break in she'll still be stopped by the magics, and those can't be broken." Xander nodded looking relieved.

"All right guys let's get started." Breena said walking towards the trio.