Getting In The Way
Authors: Richess a.k.a A.N.H. Richards
Email for feedback: richess78@hotmail.com
Summary: When Buffy begins to date a new guy spike suspects that he is not everything the slayer thinks he is. Things to know: Spike is not in love with Buffy at this point. This takes part after Into the Woods. A S/B ship
Disclaimer: We don't own a single part of BTVS or Mutant Enemy Productions; they belong to Joss and the other powers that be
Dedication: To every great writer that we have ever read.
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
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Part Sixteen
Willow performed the spell for the second time and it gave her the same location. She was just about to head out the door and look for Xander when the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Willow, it's me," a voice said softly.
"Tara, how is he?"
"He's in bad shape. He has a collapsed lung and some broken ribs. They had to remove his spleen and there were so many other things, but I couldn't keep track of everything the doctor said. It is like jumbled soup," Tara sighed. It was only nine in the morning and the blond witch already sounded drained.
"Where's Anya?"
"She went to see Giles; he woke up a little while ago. He was on so much morphine that he thought Anya was his mother."
"Wow!" Willow exhaled. "See if you can get a hold of Buffy and talk her into going to the hospital," Willow said, grabbing some crystals and shoving them into her pocket. "I think I found out where Xander is. I am going there now."
"Be careful. Especially if Deighton is involved."
"I know. I love you sweetie."
"Love you to."
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Spike paced his crypt. He had spent the better part of the day creatively cursing the shining sun outside, but finally gave up, sinking into his chair. He couldn't stop thinking of what the Powers That Be had revealed. That he loved Buffy and that the memory of that love had been ruthlessly repressed by Deighton and his accomplice. Spike hadn't believed it until the PTBs had removed the spell, flooding his mind with all of the stripped memories. He needed to figure out a way to get that necklace away from Buffy. Impatience and anger sweeping through him, Spike grabbed his blanket and took off into the sewers, sunlight be damned. He knew where he had to go, straight to the Watcher's.
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Ancora looked around the sparsely furnished room and then at the figure standing behind her. Xander swayed unsteadily in the far corner of the room, dazed. He had no idea how he even got here. But far worse, he had no idea why he felt compelled to be with her. The rational part of his mind knew something was wrong, but a more insidious voice whispered away his unease. He felt her cool hand slip inside of his and he followed her docilely into the bedroom.
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Willow reached the stairs of an apartment complex and wondered if the location spell had really worked.
"Xander, you better not be in there with some girl," Willow silently warned her best friend as she looked through the names on the directory, trying to find a familiar name. She looked down the first couple of rows and midway through the last row she saw it: Michale, D. - 1855. Willow pressed the code and after a couple of rings got an answer.
"Hello?"
"Ehm…Deighton? It's Willow?"
"Hey, Willow. Come on up. Its apartment 616," Deighton said quickly.
Willow jumped at the loud buzz and pulled open the door quickly. She didn't know what to expect, but she figured after what Tara found out she should be on guard.
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"Buffy, Tara called again," Dawn said as Buffy put on her coat. "Are you going to see Giles? I wanna come."
"I am not going to see Giles. Why would I do that?" Buffy grabbed her purse.
"Because you love him, Buffy! He's your Watcher. You guys have been through almost everything together. And now you meet this jerk Deighton and you hate everyone…" Dawn suddenly felt her lungs empty painfully as her back hit the living room wall hard. Buffy had a tight grip on her shoulders, pinning the young teen.
"Don't you ever say anything bad about Deighton again." Buffy loosened her grip on the squirming girl, only to slam her back against the wall, this time snapping her head into the plaster. "EVER!"
Dawn grimaced in pain, but the glow from the necklace around Buffy's neck was not lost on her. The Slayer let go of her sister and walked out the door. Dawn stumbled forward, her back and neck aching, and reached up gingerly to feel the incipient knot on the back of her head.
It was obvious that Buffy was in danger and needed help right away, and Dawn couldn't wait for the others. Willow and Tara were focussed on the missing in action Xander and Giles was in no shape to deal with anything let alone a suspiciously deranged slayer. That just left Dawn to figure out what was going on. She knew just where to start - Giles apartment. He would have all the books that she needed.
Dawn brushed off the dull ache she was feeling and headed out the door.
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TBC...
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