Unexpected Arrival
Chapter 18
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The Scoobies
continued to stare at Rebecca in stunned silence.
Buffy realized what
Spike had said “What do you mean they resurrected ybabybaby?”
Spike gently
stroked Rebecca’s stomach his eye’s never leaving her face.
Buffy moved to sit
beside Rebecca hesitantly reaching out a hand to touch her.
when nothing happened.
Buffy turned to
wearily rubbed her eyes.
Buffy could sense
that Rebecca was tiring ‘Why do I know what Rebecca is feeling?’
carefully, Buffy then looked at the others.
The entire Scooby gang were staring at
Rebecca. Buffy could almost hear what
each was thinking. Spike wanted to take Rebecca
somewhere quiet so they could talk,
heads, Giles was thinking about someone called Samuel…and maybe he could help. ‘Hang
on…huh?’ Dawn was excited about the
baby and a bit…jealous maybe, Anya seemed to be fixated on Spike’s ‘Neck?’
“Um guys I know
this is going to sound weird...but can any of you…do you know”
“What the others
are thinking” Dawn finished her sentence for her.
Buffy nodded her
head slowly.
“Oh
good lord!
chairs.
“SPIKE!”
Everyone jumped
and turned to look at her. Anya was
starting to get excited her hand patting the side of her neck in small rapid
movements.
“When…whatever it
was” she motioned towards Rebecca’s stomach “was happening your neck was
bleeding.”
Spike’s hand moved
towards the tender mark on his neck and nodded slowly “And…?”
“How did it feel?”
Anya was now starting to pace as her mind grasped onto something from her past.
Spike frowned for
a moment “Like I was being bitten over and over.”
Anya was nodding
furiously “How does it feel now?”
Everyone turned
their attention back towards Spike; he could feel the curiosity rolling of them
in waves. “It kinda tingles.
stronger. More
powerful.”
Anya’s face lit up
with excitement and she began to pat at her neck again “I know what this
is! My neck tingles too and I bet so
does everyone else’s.”
Gile’s looked at
each of the Scoobies as each of them nodded that they too felt the
tingling. “Anya dear perhaps you should
explain what this is.” Gile’s waved his hand in the general direction of the
gang.
“It’s a familial
claim” Anya proudly announced.
“Huh?
Anya moved to
perch on the arm of Giles chair “A familial claim is where a vampire extends
their claim to the genetic members of its mate.
markings, so that would explain Buffy’s neck.” Anya motioned towards Buffy.
“Like a fresh
start sort of thing” queried Dawn
Anya nodded “I
think what happens is that the mated pair bring all the family members they wish
the claim to extend to together and then there’s some sort of spell or magic I
guess and the claim extends to the others”
“Why would a
vampire do that?” Xander was rubbing his neck and staring at Spike
“I assume it would
be a safety issue” Giles theorized
Anya nodded
furiously “The claim allows each of us to connect with the others in the
family; we’ll know when someone is in danger.” She frowned slightly “There’s
more to it than that but I can’t remember”
“But if it’s a
familial claim why do we all feel it?”
“I mean I can understand Buffy and Dawn, but the rest of us don’t have a
genetic link to them.”
“Yes we do”
her stomach
“Ok! NO! Stop”
Xander was backing away from the rest of the group “this is…it’s just.
door.
The others just
stood and stared as Xander fled, they could all feel his confusion and
pain. There was something else as well,
an unsettling feeling that almost left a strabittbitterness in their mouths.
“Do you think
someone should go after him?”
and the darkness that lay beyond.
“I think
Giles reassured her.
“Come on baby
let’s go to bed”
“I think that is a
wise decision for all of us” Giles consulted his watch “We have a few hours
left before dawn; I suggest we get as much rest as we can.”
Buffy smiled
slightly as she watched Giles nervously fidget as he cast surreptitious glances
towards Anya. “You two are taking my
room remember.”
Giles stood “Yes well
goodnight then” he lightly clasp Anya’s hand as they headed upstairs.
Buffy waited until
the couple were almost to the top “And keep the noise
down will you.” She giggled as Gile’s blushed a deep
red. Anya merely laughed and promised to
try.
Buffy turned
laughing eyes back to the other’s that remained “Bedtime for you too Dawn.”
Buffy grabbed her sisters arm and began to pull her up before turning back to
Spike and Rebecca “See you two in the morning.”
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Buffy lay in bed
letting the quiet of the early morning settle around her.
like a true family. ‘Think I like that idea’.
She turned to look
at Dawn who was snuggled deeply into the covers. A wave of tenderness washed
over her as she watched her sister sleep small moans escaping from her throat
every now and then.
Buffy frowned as
Dawn moaned more loudly and began to writhe slightly ‘Great I get to share a
bed with the teenage hormone bomb’. Buffy’s
frown deepened as she felt a tingling sensation begin between her legs, her
breathing started to quicken ‘Ok what’s going on?’
Buffy took a deep
breathe and tried to concentrate, allowing herself to focus on where the
feelings were coming from. Suddenly her
eyes grew wide “Oh gross” she flew out of bed and into the hall looking around
wildly,
flushed and breathless. As the feelings
began to intensify Buffy could hear footsteps on the stairs ‘Ok not them, so
that only leaves ………’ “ewwwwww” she flung herself
towards the door to her room banging loudly.
“Ok you two break it up in there!”
Buffy could hear
low voiced inside the room before the door was opened by a displeased looking
Anya “What’s the problem Buffy; you’re interrupting my orgasm time?”
Buffy glanced over
her shoulder to see Giles hurriedly pulling on a shirt “Yes well the thing
is….ummmm” Buffy blushed deeply and looked towards the others for support.
and were trying to avoid looking directly at any of the others while Spike was
leaning against the wall a slight smirk on his face.
“Buffy is anything
wrong?” Giles slid his borrowed glasses on as he came to stand behind Anya.
“Well you see
it’s…..ummm……the thing is.” Buffy could
feel her face flaming even brighter as she struggled to find the right words
“The claim…..and I know that you didn’t mean…..but……with the thing and you…..”
“Just spit it out
will you Slayer!” Spike was inspecting his nails with an air of boredom about
him. “What the Slayer is trying so
eloquently say is that with the claim being so new and all, they haven’t learnt
how to block it yet.” He fixed Giles
with a pointed glare while he waited for the penny to drop.
Both Anya and
Giles frowned as they tried to work out what Spike was saying.
exclaimed happily “Oh they are getting orgasmie type feelings from us”
Giles look aghast as
he took in this information “Oh dear lord!”
you’ll learn how to control the link” Spike thrust his hands into the pockets
of his jeans as he rocked slightly onto his heals, he gave them all a wide
smile running his tongue lightly across his teeth “Til then you might wanna try
not touching Anya in her special places, that way we might all get some
sleep” with that Spike sauntered back downstairs.
Anya pouted
as she looked up at Giles "What does he mean no touching, that's not fair
why should we go without orgasms?"
continued "I mean they get to feel all the yummy feelings that you give to
me, I know that I would appreciate their orgasmie type feelings."
Buffy stared
at the closed door for a few moments before heading back to bed.
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Dawn woke up
the next morning feeling quite sated ‘Wow
that was the best night’s sleep I’ve had in ages’ she stretched slightly
and turned to look at Buffy who was frowning slightly in her sleep.
“Hey sleepy
head wake up”
Buffy
grunted softly before burrowing further under the covers.
“Come on
Buffy get up I’m starving” Dawn’s stomach rumbled loudly as if in emphasis.
Buffy
cracked one eyelid to stare at her sister blearily “You go get started I’ll be
down in a minute”
“Yeah right”
Dawn muttered as her sister began to snore softly “Ohh pancakes” Dawn jumped
out of bed and made her way downstairs to the kitchen.
Dawn could hear the sound of movement coming from upstairs.
not Buffy though.” She began to noisily search the cupboards for the syrup
“Here syrup” she whistled softly “where are you? Come out come out wherever you
are.” Dawn abandoned her search for a moment as she turned to check on her
pancakes and let out a piercing scream.
The rest of
the household sprang into action at the sound of Dawn’s scream.
promptly ended up sitting on her backside in the middle of a puddle of
something very sticky. “DAWN!” Buffy
lifted her tacky hand to her nose and sniffed “You screamed blue murder because
the syrup was what?......possessed!”
Dawn stared
at her sister, eyes wide with fear “YES”.
Buffy stared
down at her sticky hands and began to backpedal away from the mess, clambering
to her feet and frantically trying to scrub the offending substance from her
skin.
“How do you know
it’s possessed Dawnie?” enquired
“Can you sweetie?”
shock her head silently “Maybe you should start from the beginning Dawn, and
tell us what happened.”
Dawn took a
large breath and began to speak “I was making pancakes and looking for the
syrup and I turned around and there it was.”
She noticed the other’s puzzled looks “It appeared out of nowhere” Dawn
was beginning to get frustrated that the others weren’t getting it “It was FLOATING
people. IN MID AIR”
possession”
were all business now trying to feel any residual magic.
“Why would
anybody use magic to make syrup appear?” Buffy was gingerly pulling her sticky
PJ bottoms away from her skin “What did they have something against my Hello
Kitty Pajamas?”
studied Dawn carefully seemingly weighing her words before she spoke “What
EXACTLY were you doing just before the syrup appeared?”
Dawn frowned
“I told you, I was looking for the syrup.”
“But did you
SAY anything while you were looking for it”
“I was just
talking to myself…..sort of calling the syrup like it was a puppy”
“Dawnie you
did magic”
didn’t you tell us you could do magic”
“Huh! What?”
Dawn seemed confused “But nothing like this has ever happened before” she
turned frightened eyes towards Buffy “Honest Buffy I would have told you.”
“OH” Anya
moved towards Dawn, gingerly sidestepping the sticky mess on the floor “I think
Dawns claim has settled in” She lifted Dawns hair to one side and inspected her
neck, before moving to check both Spike and Rebecca’s necks.
“Anya dear,
could you please explain a little more.” Giles moved forward to inspect Dawns
neck, a faint pale mark was clearly visible.
It seemed to be a mix of a human and vampire bite and perfectly matched
the marks sported by both Spike and Rebecca.
“Well seeing
as we were rudely interrupted during our orgasm time last night” Anya huffed in
frustration “I couldn’t get to sleep and I remembered more about familial
claims.” Anya began to move around the
kitchen making herself breakfast.
“Well!”
Buffy asked in frustration “What did you remember?”
“Ok remember
how I said that it allows the members to connect with each other?” The others
all nodded “Well I remembered that the connection also means that we can draw
on each others strengths.”
“So what
you’re saying is that Dawn drew on
and
“Cool!”
everyone turned to stare at Dawn “well it is cool I can like magic up my
homework.”
Buffy shook
a finger in Dawns direction “No cheating and I don’t know if I like the idea of
you doing magic. Especially as you have
absolutely no idea what you’re doing.”
“I think we
better all start learning a few of the magical rules” suggested
“Just to be on the safe side.”
“I think
that’s a good idea” agreed Giles. He
turned to frown at Dawn who was staring intently into the glass of the
microwave craning her neck. “Dawn what on earth are you doing?”
“Trying to
see what my bite mark looks like” suddenly Dawn grabbed Buffy shoving her hair
back “Nope nothing yet” she moved on to the others “No, No, No, Tara you’ve got
faint marks coming up” She tugged on
Tara’s hand “Come on lets go have a look in the mirror in the bathroom.”
upstairs “This is so cool, I can’t wait to tell Janice.”
Buffy smiled
wryly as she watched Dawn drag
might go have a shower and get myself unsticky.”
“And I’ll
get with the cleaning of the evil syrup from the floor” offered
she started pulling cleaning liquid out of the cupboards when the back door was
suddenly flung open.
Xander
charged through the doorent ent on finding Dawn, he had been sitting in his old
room in his parents basement thinking ‘Sulking’
when he had this overwhelming feeling that Dawn was in danger.
had gone straight to the back door, charging through at full speed.
was too late, the next thing he knew he was on his back, his head hitting the
floor sharply as he fell.
Spike
skirted around the sunlight as he moved to stare down at the now unconscious
Xander “Think it’s safe to say that the claim is working well on the
whelp.” Spike hoisted him up and sat him
against the counter gently patting his cheeks “Come on dough boy, wakey wakey”
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between updates; I’ve been having a lot of trouble getting into
posting updates on my livejournal as well http://www.livejournal.com/users/mefiant_aus/
and will update whenever I can get in to the site.
happening but I’m trying to set up the story.
I think maybe 4 or 5 more chaps setting everything up then the action
and the Spuffy will finally kick in.