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A/N: Many thanks to my lovely Beta d767468

The elevator ride to the med lab was absolutely silent, no one made a single sound. The only noise that was heard was the dinging sound the elevator made at every floor. Everyones eyes were glued to the numbers showing which floor they were passing. Xander fed on Willows strength the whole way up, he was so glad she was there.

The door opened after what seemed like hours and they filed somberly out of the elevator into the med lab which took up an entire floor of the building. It was primarily used to patch up slayers if they got hurt patrolling. But there was a section devoted to medical research. Currently there was someone carrying out testing to see how slayer genetics worked.

Abbey was the name of the scientist who came forward to meet them. She was wearing a purple shirt with black dress pants and a white lab coat. She was probably in her 30's and had shoulder length black hair. She smiled at them and shook Sams, then Xanders hand. Her eyes lingered over Sam for a moment longer than the other two, but that was probably because she had never seen him before.

"Don't worry it's a non-invasive process." she said to Sam. Xander already knew the process because his DNA was already on file for security reasons. He was just here to make sure Sam actually went through with his DNA test. Abbey led Sam over to one of the beds and gestured to him to sit down, which he did all the while looking uncomfortable. Abbey fiddled around with something then held up a cotton swab, with a container at the bottom.

"All that's going to happen is I'm going have you swab the inside of your cheek." she handed him the cotton swab and watched as he did as she had instructed..After he handed the swab back to her, she moved the container from the bottom to the top enclosing the swab and smiled.

"That's it, the result should be back in several hours." Xander took in a deep breath, he knew it wouldn't be instant, but it just seemed like forever. Sam nodded and stood up from the bed.

"I guess you can go back to researching until the results come in." Xander said. Sam nodded again and started heading for the elevator, Xander and Willow following a few feet behind him.
The ride back to the library was just as quiet as the ride from the library had been. Xander was going to go with Sam, when he realized that until they knew results it would just be as awkward as it was at that moment.
"I'll find you when the results come in." he said instead and saw Sam nod and leave the elevator.

Xander turned to Willow.

"Please distract me." Willow smiled.

"Of course let's go back to my room, I'm sure Lindsey would love helping distract you again." Willow hit the button for their floor and they waited as the floors went by until the elevator door opened again, this time on the floor containing their living quarters. They made their way past Xanders room to Willow's.

Willow opened her door, the doorknob itself was spelled if he remembered right. Only Willow, Rebecca, or Lindsey could open the outside doorknob. He had barely walked 2 steps into the room when a little red haired bullet attacked his legs.

"Uncle Xander you're back!" Lindsey said, filled with excitement.
"I'm back." Xander said matching her excitement. She then frowned.
"You didn't say goodbye." Xander looked back and remembered she was right.

"You're right Lindsey, I'm sorry I left without saying goodbye."

"It's okay."she said instantly perky again. She grabbed onto his hand and started pulling him down the hallway. He saw Rebecca andshe smiled at him and Lindsey. Rebecca was a year younger then Willow, had brown hair and blue eyes, was pretty and best of all loved his Willow. He trusted her with his Willow.

"Hey Rebecca."

"Hi Xander."

"How are you?"

"Nervous, Willow's told you about it hasn't she?"

"Yeah, I would be nervous too in your situation." Lindsey started tugging on his hand insistently, Xander gave Rebecca an apologetic look and Rebecca smiled at him in a 'what can you do' kind of way. Lindsey pulled him into her room again and pushed him down into a sitting position. She gave him one of her dolls.

"Play." it was a command and Xander smiled. He didn't have any sisters, so he had never really played dolls until Willow and Buffy had kids. Lindsey was the closest thing he had to children of his own since he wasn't going to have children. He probably still physically could, but he couldn't fathom how he would be able to stand raising a family and hunting at the same time. He was close with Buffy's children as well, but he more often made it to Ohio than California and saw Lindsey more than Buffy's kids. They played with the dolls, then with stuffed animals, and had moved on to the Legos when there was a knock at the door. Willow opened it a moment later and stuck her head in.

"It's time for dinner you two." she said with a smile. Xander took his cell phone out and looked at it. Had it really been that long? He got up from the floor and stretched a bit, yep he was definitely getting old. He followed Willow and Lindsey to the kitchen. Where there was a very good smelling pizza waiting for them, along with Rebbeca.

"Pizza." Lindsey said with excitement.

"Well Uncle Xander's here we figured it was a special occasion." Willow said with a smile. He picked a piece of Hawaiian pizza up only to realize he was too nervous to eat at the moment. He put the pizza back down on his plate.

"You okay?" Willow asked after chewing a bite of her own piece of pizza.

"Just not hungry is all." Willow nodded.

"We'll save you some for when you're hungry again." Xander smiled, he was so lucky to have a friend as great as Willow, and Buffy and Dawn too, even if they were far away at the moment. Dawn and Buffy had called him several times after he had left Willow and had started searching for Sam.
Lindsey for being so small, managed to pack away a lot of pizza in a not so neat way. Pizza sauce and cheese covered her little face. Xander smiled wider, she looked so cute. She smiled back at him and Xander took out his phone and took a picture of her. Willow laughed, but brought out a napkin which Lindsey dodged when Willow tried to wipe her face.

"Lindsey!" Willow admonished. Lindsey shook her head.

"Lindsey!" Willow said louder. Lindsey made a face, a very funny face and Xander had a hard time hiding his smile as Lindsey finally stayed still and let her Mom clean off her face. As soon she was done Lindsey started pulling him back to her room. This time Xander resisted, remembering he had to grab his and probably Sam's bags too from his car.

"I have to go grab my bags, I'll be back in a minute."

"Can I come with?" she pleaded.

"Ask your mom." Lindsey looked up to her mom and asked.

"Mom can I help Uncle Xander with his bags?"

"Where's your car?"

"In the parking lot." the unspelled parking lot.

"Maybe you should just wait till Uncle Xander get's back."

"I'm five years old." she said putting her hand up as a visual aid. "I'm not a baby."

"I know honey but I think it's better if you stay up here." Rebecca said. Willow and Rebecca were both very protective of Lindsey.

"I'm not a baby." knowing even at five what her mom's resolve face looked like she knew she wasn't going to get anywhere.

"Fine." she said as she stomped off to her room.

"I'll be back soon." he called to her, Lindsey didn't give any indication that she had heard him.

"I'll be back soon." he said to Willow and Rebecca this time, they nodded. Xander left the room and made his way down to his car where his grabbed both his and Sam's stuff and made his way back to his room.

He put his duffel bag by his bed and Sam's on the other side of the room. He yawned as he shut the door again, on the way to Willow's room. He hadn't slept since last night and he was really starting to feel it. Lindsey would hopefully get him energized again. He tried to stifle another yawn as he knocked on the door to Willow's place. Lindsey opened the door and let him in.

"What are we going to play now Uncle Xander?"

"Play." that sounded ominous, like it was going to take a lot of energy.
"Um let's just play a quiet game." she stick her bottom lip out.

"But those are no fun." he thought it was funny, but had trouble finding enough energy to let out more then a snort. Suddenly the couch in front of him started looking very comfortable.

"I just need to sit down for a moment." he said as he sat down. The couch was even more comfortable than it had looked like to begin with. His eyes kept falling closed and he kept prying them open as each time it was taking more energy. He couldn't sleep, he had to stay awake so he knew when the results would come in. Yet somehow that thought only seemed to make his eyelids even heavier.
"Xander? Xander?" Lindsey was pulling on his hand.

"Uncle Xander just needs to close his eyes for a moment."

"But Uncle Xander!" she whined.

"Just a minute..just a minute." he muttered, probably incomprehensibly as his surroundings faded into black.

Xander opened his eyes slowly and looked around, his brain foggy. The surroundings were unfamiliar, though that was normal since he moved around so often. It took his brain a few moments to recognize that he was at Willow's place. He was still tired and was about to close his eyes to go back to sleep when he looked up and met Willow's eyes.

"Willow?" he said sleepily.

"Yeah Xander it's me." his eyes closed briefly again before they opened and he looked sleepily at her.

"You took a nap, it's 10 pm." He was wide awake. Why did Willow let him fall asleep? What if Abbey had called? He fumbled around in his pockets looking for his cell phone and took it out. It had no missed messages, he relaxed minutely.

"You okay?"Willow said sitting across from him.

"Yeah." Xander said. He didn't really want to elaborate at the moment, it seems like the worry which had mercifully been gone while he was asleep was back and worse then ever. But the only thing that would change his worry was the answer.

"It's 10pm?" he asked.

"Yeah." Willow replied.

"Is Lindsey asleep?"

"She tried to wake you even though I told her not to, but you were sleeping like the dead."

"Please don't use phrases like that." he said. She laughed a little.

"Sorry." she said. "Are you sure you're okay?" His cell phone rung, saved by the bell he thought and he answered it as soon as he got it out of his pocket.

"Hello."

"Hey Xander this is Abbey, the test results are in." He wanted to know right then but he and Sam should probably find out together.

"I'll be there in a minute." he said.

"Bye." Abbey said.

"Bye." Xander echoed faintly. He put the phone down on his lap and stared at it for a long moment.

"Xander are you okay?" Willow asked.

"The results are back in." Xander said faintly.

"Did she tell you?" Willow asked concerned. Xander shook his head.

"I told her I would get Sam and meet her in the lab."

"Do you even know if he's awake?"

"He's obsessed with finding Dean, I'm 90% sure he's awake, and that he won't go to sleep until someone makes him or he falls asleep in a book."

"Well then shouldn't you go get him?" Willow said after a moment. Xander nodded. He knew he should but couldn't seem to find the strength in his legs to get to his feet.

"Xander you've been searching for the Winchesters for awhile now and now you've got one here, admittedly it's not the best situation but family usually is full of problems anyways. You know that you need to know, just so you know for sure, so stop worrying about it and go find out whether or not there's really anything to worry about."

"Willow what the hell would I do without you?" he said warmly, Willow smiled in return, and then launched herself at him and wrapped her arms around him giving him a long hug. Xander tried to absorb her strength and they eventually pulled apart.

"Do you want me to go with you?" the answer was yes, but at the same time no. Whatever the answer was, it would change everything, if he was Sam's brother then he had to focus on getting Dean out of Purgatory. If they weren't related then Xander had to focus on finding his family, and he needed to figure out the truth without Willow. He shook his head slowly.

"Alright then, if you need me call or just come here any time."

"Thanks Willow you're the greatest."

"So are you Xander." Willow replied with a smile. Xander got off the couch, went to the door, opened it, walked out and closed it behind him. He reached for his phone to call Sam, only to realize he didn't actually have Sam's number and that despite it seeming a lot longer, he had only really known Sam for a few days. Xander sighed and made his way to the elevator.

He found himself standing in front of the library door Sam was behind in what seemed like no time at all. He knocked on the door twice before opening it, not wanting to surprise Sam. Sam was looking at him, his eyes were red, Xander bet his eyes were as well, at least Sam slept most of the way there though. He had had an unintentional 3 hour nap and he was way past due for a real sleep. However the anxiety of what was facing them kept him very awake at the moment.

"The results are in." Sam nodded but Xander couldn't read the expression on his face. Sam got up from the table and started towards the elevator, Xander following a few steps behind him. Boy was Sam tall and he had a long stride. They went into the elevator and Xander hit the button. Xander couldn't help but keep glancing at Sam who didn't look nervous at all. The doors opened and they stepped out of the elevator and into the lab where Abbey was waiting for them with a sheet of paper in her hands.

"So like I told Xander I have the result of the DNA test, and there's a 92% chance that the two of you share the same father." she handed the sheet to Xander, he had no idea what it meant, except it probably proved that they were brothers. Sam took the sheet from his hands and scanned it, apparently knowing more about what was on the sheet than he did.

"Okay, we're brothers, so now you have to help me save Dean." Xander laughed, whatever he had been expecting that hadn't been it.

"Sam, I will help you save Dean, I already told you that. Don't you have anything to say about us being brothers at all?" he could tell Sam wasn't paying attention, his gaze was focused far away from the room they were standing in. Maybe after the younger man got some sleep things would be better.

"Alright Sam, you need to go to bed."

"I've only read through a few books. "

"No matter how many books you read through you need to sleep because you have not been doing a lot of that."

"I'm not a kid you can't tell me when to go to bed!"

"And if you weren't acting like a kid who needed someone to tell him to go to bed I wouldn't, but if you don't get enough sleep what happens if you miss something, some subtext while you're reading? Do you want that to happen?" Sam seemed indignant then seemed to think about it for a second. His look changed and Xander knew then Sam had realized the truth in Xander's words even though he didn't want to lose time researching.

"I just want to save him."

"I know Sam, I know you want to save him, but you have to take care of yourself so that you can save him. You got your card key." Sam nodded tiredly.

"I forgot my bags in the car."

"That's okay I brought them in, I'll bring your bag to you in the morning, just go to bed." Sam nodded then turned around and made his way out the door.

"Are you okay Xander?" Abbey asked. He had absolutely no idea whether he was okay or not.

"Do you need to call Willow?" she added a bit awkwardly. Xander smiled a fake smile.

"I'm fine." he lied. "I'm just going to head up to my room and sleep." Abbey nodded awkwardly and Xander nodded back at her and made his way to the elevator. How many times had he found himself on this thing already today, it seemed like a million? He made his way off the elevator and into his own room. He took off his coat and shoes and collapsed onto his bed staring at the ceiling.

So he finally had the truth. His father was John Winchester, his half brothers were Sam and Dean Winchester. Sam the only living family member he had, was completely obsessed with saving Dean, who was apparently in Purgatory at the moment. Both his brothers had been to hell and... and honestly it was all just a little too much for him to deal with at the moment. It had been a long day, a long couple of weeks and right now he wanted to think about anything but his life. Xander struggled to remember where he had put the remote and turned on the TV in his room. There wasn't much on, but he focused on the nothing really well and soon the exhaustion he had been able to ignore for most of the day overtook him.

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