New Order

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Spike was still smiling into Xander’s back at his Sire’s words. He was pleased to know that Angel felt so strongly about him, and about the whelp. Not that he would ever ask his Sire for words. He wasn’t some prissy girl wanting roses and chocolate. But they were nice to hear just the same.



Angel continued to hold Xander and started to brood, er reflect, on his words. Should he say more to convince the man of his importance? He wanted nothing more than to take him right back upstairs again and demonstrate the strength of his feelings. But he knew that with Xander feeling that he was just a body, more sex wouldn’t be the answer. Damn. He was getting hard just thinking of taking the man back upstairs.



He pulled away to look at Xander again, shifting himself slightly to ease his growing erection. Xander felt the movement and chuckled. “I know you’re wanting to march me right back upstairs, Angel. This has all happened so fast and I just don’t trust anything I’m feeling anymore. But I do trust you. And Spike. And I’ll try to stop freaking out long enough to see where this takes us. But you guys have to let me freak out sometimes too without going all ferocious. Freaking out is kind of what I do best so you’ll have to get used to it.”



Spike started to chuckle behind the man and lifted his head. “He’s right, Sire. The whelp here tends to have his own freak out session. It’s sort of how he handles change. Should have seen him when they first put me down in his basement. This one’s nothing compared to the freak out he had then.”



Xander cringed at the memory of chaining his lover so many years ago. “Spike, I know I’ve apologized for all that…”



Spike interrupted him. “No pet, you did what you had to do then. Wouldn’t be where we are now without all that rot in the past. I wouldn’t change a thing. Well, except that now I’d have you chain me up naked and have your wicked way with me.”



Angel smiled as Xander blushed. “You know Xan, we have some chains upstairs. I’d be more than happy to show you where they are.” Both vampires felt a surge of lust at the thought but laughed as Xander’s blush deepened. They were both so tempting. He was sure he would end up learning a lot of new ways to chain Spike up before too much time passed. He looked forward to the challenge.



The tension in the room lifted and all three continued to loosely embrace each other. Spike eventually pulled away. “Sire, I know we have some business to deal with. Why don’t we introduce the whelp to our operations? He’s got a fair hand for these things. Could learn enough to start helping us out.”



Angel moved away and gestured towards the chairs across from his desk. As they began discussing strategy for ongoing issues and the daily running of their growing clan, Xander realized the extent of what they had created in the year since Angel defeated, well whoever it was he defeated. Xander was unsure of the details and figured he’d probably zoned out during what he was sure had been a lengthy discussion in a meeting with Giles. At the time, details of Angel’s existence hadn’t seemed important. Now he wished he paid more attention.



Angel and Spike occasionally asked his opinion on something but mainly he just sat back and listened as they planned. It was fascinating to watch them at work. They finished each others thoughts and seemed to have a language all of their own consisting of grunts and growls. Funnily enough, he seemed to understand them as well.



When Angel turned the discussion to hotel security, he noticed an immediate tension in both vampires. Not knowing what had caused the change of mood, he asked if there were recent problems or threats against the hotel.



Neither vampire looked at him. They just stared at each other for a long moment before turning to face him. Spike finally answered. “No pet, there haven’t been any problems lately. It’s just that we’ve more to protect now.”



Xander wasn’t sure if he should be pleased or insulted at the words. Both vampires seemed to think his presence would cause the need for increased security. His insecurities threatened to surface again but he fought them back.



“Look guys, you don’t need to change anything on my account. Well, actually, you may need to talk to the front door guys because I just bulldozed my way right back in here when I came back from the airport. Of course, they knew I had just left so that probably had a lot to do with it.” Xander finished with a rush, hoping not to get any of the guards in trouble. He knew that vampire punishments could be severe and didn’t want to cause any because of his quickly spoken words.



This time Angel answered. “They were following orders Xander. I told everyone here that you were welcome at anytime. But we still need to make sure you’re protected. Like it or not, you are a human in a hotel full of vampires and other demons and as it’s well documented that you seem to draw demons to you, both Spike and I feel that some added security would be wise.”



Spike looked at Angel thoughtfully. “What about the Kor’Chucks? They’re fierce. Known to be tough as nails and loyal. We’ve just signed the treaty with them but if we did some sort of rotation with them and some of the higher level minions, we could have a good balance there.”



Angel nodded his agreement. “The Kor’Chucks are ferocious and this would be a way to set some groundwork with them for later. Placing someone so important to us with them, shows that we trust them. That will prove useful later. Good Spike. Set it up.”



Before they could move on, Angel’s face twisted with a grimace of pain. Spike realized his Sire was having another vision and moved to his side. In moments it was over and Spike was relieved that all the visions wouldn’t be as intense as the one with Xander.

Xander looked worried. It wasn’t often that he saw Angel look like he was in pain and he wasn’t sure what to do. Spike quickly moved to the other vampire’s side and after a moment, Xander moved to do the same. He placed a comforting hand on Angel’s shoulder and waited to find out what exactly was going on.



Angel looked up at both is lovers surrounding him and reached to touch them both. Looking at Spike, he described the vision. “Looks like a group of idiots is planning to sacrifice some kids down by the park. We need to go quickly if we’re going to stop them.”



Angel and Spike both moved towards the weapons cabinet, leaving a confused Xander standing by Angel’s desk. Both vampires stopped when they realized that they would need to decide what to do with Xander.



Xander decided for them. “You guys go. I’ll wait here in the office for you to get back. Then one of you is going to explain to me what this is all about.”