Chapter 2

Spike pulled in the semi-circle driveway of his big white house. It was the Order of Aurelius's house, so he'd inherited it as Master of the Order. The Vampire's Council had been pleased when Angel had given up the position to Spike. Spike had made it obvious that no one in Aurelius would be killing people. They were the new line of champions and there was nothing they could do about it. The new champions were half-vampire half-human, with all the strengths and none of the weaknesses. Therefore Harmony, Angel and Xander were all champions for the Powers that Be. Spike, however, was different. When Buffy the Slayer had gone comatose, the Powers decided they didn't want a comatose slayer, so they gave Spike all of her power and strength. Combined with what the New Initiative had done before he destroyed them, he was now part human, part vampire, part machine, and part slayer. All in all, he was the best fighter the world had ever seen.

"DADDY!" A little blond five-year-old immediately tackled spike. Jaime was Spike and Harmony's youngest, and their only biological child. Spike happily picked up the little boy and swung him in a circle.

"Hey Jaime," he said, hugging the boy close, "How was your day, squirt?" Jaime immediately launched into a story about what happened at recess today. Spike laughed in all the right places and Jaime beamed. Harmony and Dawn stepped out into the Louisiana sunshine and smiled at the pair.

"Hey dad," Dawn said, hugging Spike as they came up the stairs.

"Hey, Bite-size," He kissed her forhead and messed up her hair. She rolled her eyes and took Jaime off his hands. Harmony stood next to Spike and watched as their children went inside to help Helen cook.

"Hey, Blondie-bear," Harmony said, standing on her tip-toes to kiss him softly.

"Hey, Princess," Spike said, putting his stuff down to hug her closer. "Anything spectacular happen today?" Harmony shrugged and leaned into his embrace.

"Angel and Nina are coming tomorrow morning instead of tomorrow night," she said. Spike nodded happily. "And Robin and Faith will be in later tonight." Spike grinned. He loved having his entire extended family around for the holidays. It was late November, but it was still warm so everyone migrated to the Kellogg's house in New Orleans for winter holidays.

"Thanksgiving 2010 is going to kick ass," Spike said, smiling happily as he and Harmony walked into the house.