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~Willow glanced around, her eyes settling on Xander. He was looking around, just as curious. "Xander?" she asked.
Xander looked up. He smiled. "Wills! What am I doing here? I wasn't at the battle with the big purple ugly demon!"
"So you are here, in the dream, with me?" she asked.
"Yea," he frowned, hoping off the table. He went to her, standing in front of her. "I know that I'm downstairs with Deadboy and Xand, sleeping between them. Kinda scary, sleeping between two vampires, but at least I know I'm being protected. . ."
She frowned. "I wonder if anyone else is coming."
Xander's grin grew somewhat evil. "I don't think so. I killed them all."
Willow blinked. "What? You killed who?"
"Spike, Angel, Cordelia, Wesley, Gunn, and that poor little human you called Xander."
Willow's eyes widened in recognition as his flashed in yellow. "You are Xand! You lied! You said you were my Xander. . ." She turned, gasping. There were two piles of dust, and the bodies of her human friends against the wall. "No," she cried softly, tears filling her eyes. "Please, don't. . ." She turned back to him.
He had vamped, and grabbed her arms. He pulled her to him, smiling. "Now you are mine, Willow." He sunk his fangs in her neck.~
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"NO!" Willow screamed, sitting up with a jerk. She was breathing hard, trying to catch her breath.
Spike sat up, wrapping comforting arms around her. "Are you ok, pet?" he asked softly.
"No," she sobbed. "Xand. . .killed you guys, and drank from me. . ." She buried her face in his neck. Her next words were muffled, but he could make them out. "It hurt, Spike. Goddess, it hurt so bad. I could feel it, I could feel the pain when he bit me. . ."
"Shh," he whispered, rocking her. "Don't worry, Pet. I won't let anything happen to you."
Downstairs, in the silence of Angel's bedroom, a slight evil smile spread across the sleeping Xand's face.
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~Willow frowned, glancing around. She knew she was dreaming again. She sighed, sitting down. She was waiting for the next nightmare to begin.
"Willow?"
Willow looked up, sighing. "Hey, Angel. No, wait, let me guess. Angelus. You are going to kill me, right?"
Angel's eyebrow rose. "No, I wasn't planning on it. . ." He frowned. "My demon wants to hurt you, but I'm not going to let him. I'm not going to join in on this nightmare you have going on."
"Oh, god. . .Spikey. . ." a voice purred from the other room.
Willow frowned, looking at Angel. She grabbed his hand and went to the door. She pushed it open, gasping. Spike was stretched out on top of Drusilla, pounding into her. He turned to her, yellow eyes blazing. "Red," he purred. "What are you doing here?"
"You. . .you are with Dru!" she cried. "I thought you wanted me!"
Spike laughed, pulling away from his cackling Dark Princess. He stood up, crossing his arms, oblivious to his nudeness. "You think, you puny little human, that I would honestly choose *you* over Drusilla? I loved Dru for over a bloody century. You are just a passing phase, until she comes back to me."
Tears filled Willow's eyes. "No," she whispered. "Please, don't say that. . ."
"We should change her," a third voice said behind them. Willow spun around to be staring at a vamped out Xand, who was wearing the same clothes her human best friend wore. "She's such a beautiful vampire. She would give even Angelus a run for his money." He nodded towards Angel, who was gripping Willow's arm.
Willow glanced up, her body giving way to fear. He was staring down at her in full game face. He licked his lips, his tongue running playfully over his fangs. "You smell delicious, Willow," he purred. "I bet you taste even better."
"No," she whispered. "I thought. . .I thought you weren't going to submit!"
"Guess you thought wrong, bitch," he hissed. He grabbed her and pushed her down to the bed beside Drusilla.
She closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face. < This is just a dream, this is just a dream. . . >
Her eyes flew open when three pairs of fangs ran briefly over her skin. Angel and Xand were at her neck, and Spike had settled between her legs, poised over her thigh. "Ready?" Spike hissed, his maniacal laughter echoing off the walls.
The two nodded their heads yes, while Willow shook her head no. "Please, Spike. . .please, wake up," she begged.
"Now," Spike hissed.
The three descended: Angel and Xand on either side of her neck, and Spike on her thigh. She screamed as loud as she could as the pain radiated through her body.~
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Willow woke up, drawing deep ragged breaths into her lungs. Her neck was sore, but it felt more like it had cramped up in the middle of the night. However, the place on the inside of her thigh, where Spike had been biting her, was burning with fire.
She threw the covers off and gasped. Spike had his fangs deep in her thigh, his eyes closed in sleep. She pushed at his hips with her feet, trying to get him to stop before she lost too much blood. She was already starting to feel lightheaded.
He pulled out, looking at her with piercing gold eyes. "You won't stop me," he hissed. "Eventually, I will drain you, and your bloodied body will lie at my feet. I will present it to the Slayer, right before I kill her." He grinned maniacally. Willow's heart sped up in fear. He was awake and saying this, right?
Suddenly, he blinked rapidly, his demon retreating. He frowned. "Red?" he asked softly.
She pulled away from him, pulling her legs to her chest. Her heart was pounding in her ears. "Don't," she whispered. "Don't come near me."
He looked hurt. "Red, what is. . ." His eyes glazed over as he remembered their shared dream. "Oh, god," he whispered. "Red, I would *never* pick Dru over you."
She sniffed, tears running down her face. "It's not that, Spike. I mean," she sniffed, wiping her nose. "That's part of it. But when I woke up, you were *biting* me." She pulled her legs apart, showing him the deep bite on the inside of her thigh.
Spike mulled over that. "Oh, god," he whispered. "Xander."
"What?" Willow asked, her heart beat tripling.
"Willow, Xander's down there with two vampires who were biting *you* on the neck in your dream! And you woke up to me biting you on your thigh, where I was biting you in the dream!"
The two flew down to Angel's apartment at almost an inhuman speed. Willow gasped when they went into the bedroom. Xand and Angel were leisurely drinking from Xander's struggling form. Angel had his hand over Xander's mouth, and the human had pure unadulterated fear in his eyes.
Spike growled, his game face falling in place. Willow blinked, tears filling her eyes. < Oh, goddess, Spike's going to join them! He's going to help them kill Xander! >
Spike grabbed Angel by the arm and pulled him up. As soon as Angel's hand was gone, Xander started to beg softly for his life. Spike hauled back and punched Angel in the face, trying to wake him up. Angel staggered, then his angry eyes settled on his childe. "What the hell was *that* for?"
"Your pet is going to drain Xander if you don't stop him!" Spike exclaimed.
Angel turned, his eyes widening. Xand was drinking from Xander! Angel flew around the bed and grabbed the vampire by the scruff of the neck, pulling him away. Xand struggled, until he finally woke up. "What. . .what happened?" Xand asked, rubbing his face.
Xander crawled out of bed and went to Willow. The two held each other, sobbing.
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