Title: The Clones Arrive
Author: DivaDelilah (divadelilah@aol.com)
Description: Series started by an invitation to Two and Tracy's party. Pretty
much a round robin.
Disclaimer: In short, Spike's not ours and thanks goddess, neither is Riley.
Joss/Fox/SandDollar/Mutant Enemy/UPN own them. However, we all own our respective
bots and clones.
Distribution: Fanfiction.net, my yahoogroups (spuffy_fics and delirobins), DivaDelilah's
Domain, any sites I've okayed, including award sites and various lists. Hell,
just tell me where it's going.
Feedback: Come on baby, light my fire…
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When Deli finally emerged from her room, she immediately headed for the computer and Loth rolled his eyes. She was going to play that bloody game again, he knew it. When she switched on her email and starting IM'ing with Lin, he felt a little relief creep into his tight muscles. Not that he was going to forgive her anytime soon for hiding out with Trouble instead of him, but at leas he knew she wasn't depressed out of her mind.
Growling at Trouble as he passed by, he stalked to his room to write in his
journal. That bloody woman will be the death of me, I know it, he thought
grimly.
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Deli sat at her computer as she watched her bot stalk off yet again. If she
had nickel for every time he stalked off in a sulk, she'd be a millionaire by
now. One of these days, she'd have to get Fangy to admit he put a brooding program
in Loth when Lin wasn't looking.
Seeing Lin had was IM'ing her back, she went back to furiously typing back. Helping Lin decide what to do about her newest clone was kind of fun. Plus, it let her rant about all the BS that happens when you run a big game like she and Di did. When Lin finally decided to get offline, she offered to put Raj up until Lin had decided if it helped out.
Surprisingly enough, Lin sent both Raj and Fangy packing to her place. Deli's eyes bulged out. Now what would she do? There just wasn't enough room anywhere in her house to bed all these Spikes! I guess me and the boys'll have to go shopping, she thought, grinning to herself.
"Loth?" she called out.
"He's still off brooding, luv," Trouble replied from the living room.
Deli sighed heavily and joined him, curling up on his lap to watch the action movie he had on. "Think he'll blow a gasket when finds out Raj and Fangy are coming to stay for a bit?"
Trouble snickered. "If he does, Fangy can always fix it."
Deli grinned and hugged the playful bot. "Yep, guess so."
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The doorbell rang several hours later, and when she opened the door, she was
greeted by her very favorite clone and his new companion. "Fangy!"
she squealed, almost knocking him down in a hug.
Trouble waved from his perch on the couch, too intent on his movie to react very much.
Fangy stepped aside and pushed the clone behind forward. "This is Raj. Raj, this is the infamous Deli."
Raj smiled shyly for a moment and almost toppled backwards when she gave him an enthusiastic hug and kiss on the cheek. "Hi," he said, his shyness fading. He dipped her back and gave her a deep kiss, grinning as she flushed. "Fangy said that's the only proper way to greet Deli."
Deli giggled, squirming out of his grasp to swat Fangy on his arm. "You are so bad!"
Fangy shrugged unrepentantly, and looked around. "Okay, where's my wayward boy at?"
Deli frowned for a moment, and indicated the boys' room. Fangy rolled his eyes, muttering under his breath about poofy bots, and gestured for Raj to bring his stuff. The clones headed for their room, and Deli beamed as they walked away.
Trouble raised his eyebrow at her, and she sat on his lap. "How come I never get a welcome like that, pet?" he asked, nibbling on her neck lightly.
"Sounds like you're jealous," she replied, giving him a mischievous look. "Are you turning into Loth?"
He snorted loudly, and she hugged him. They were still curled up on the couch when Raj, Fangy, and a steaming Loth walked out into the living room. Loth immediately sat on the couch, pulling Deli onto his lap and burying his face in her neck.
"So," Deli asked, ignoring the possessive bot. "Feel like going shopping, boys?"
Fangy, Loth and Trouble groaned, knowing what shopping with Deli was like: an odyssey. Raj simply smiled, and reached for Deli's hand. "Lead the way, cutie."
TBC