Sword Of Life

“Um…” Xander glanced over at Spike who was still lying on the bed where they had left him. “It’s ok Blair he’s not like the ones from last night, he fights with us to protect the innocent and can’t even hurt humans at the moment. Will you give us a chance to tell you the whole story before you leave?” Xander asked as he got the blood out of the microwave to take to Spike.
Blair looked over at the bleached blond man/vampire who had helped save his life the night before and tensed.
Lying at the side of the bed was a strange cat with his wolf spirit guide sitting next. Blair frowned as he realised the cat had a faint blue aura around it like the wolf spirit guide, they were both looking over at him, his jaw almost dropped in shock as the cat and wolf faded away.
“Ok I’ll let you explain but I want the full story.” Blair insisted as he walked with Xander over to the bedside.
Xander nodded in agreement at Blair’s statement and sat on the edge of the bed.
Stroking a gentle hand across spikes face he slipped his hand behind his head and lifted it to feed Spike the blood.
Spike still unconscious slipped into game face and slowly costumed the blood.
Xander was aware of the hitch in Blairs breathing as he saw Spikes game face for the first time.
Choosing to ignore it he continued to focus solely on Spike as he began to come around.
Dazed golden eyes opened and fixed on Xanders brown ones. Spike blinked at the concern he saw in them. Concern from Xander for the ‘Fangless blood-sucking soulless demon’ that he hated.
As Spike sat up and reached for the mug Xander was holding for him he saw Blairs pale shocked face.
Xander smiled and answered Spikes unasked question.
“He remembers last night and knows what you are. He has agreed to here us out before he does anything.”
Spike nodded and took the mug from Xander and sat back in the bed.
“Wot no marshmallows to go with my blood pet?” Spike asked watching Blair to see what his reaction would be.
Blair’s face turned green at the thought of blood and marshmallows.
“I think I’m going to be sick.” He said shakily.
Xander pointed too the bathroom and Blair ran off.
Spike and Xander listened to Blair being sick in the bathroom.
“That wasn’t very nice Spike. You could at least have waited till after breakfast it would have had more of an effect.”
Spike smirked at Xander.
“But it was fun.” He said “Oi hang on since when aren’t you bothered by my eating habits?”
“Spike all the gang is aware that one of the main reasons you make such a fuss about putting human food for texture in your blood is to squick us humans out.”
“But… Why do you make such a fuss about it when I do then?”
“Because if we didn’t you would get upset. It makes you happy to squick us out so we play along. Well all except Giles I think his is a natural reaction.”
Xander got to his feet and went to make then all breakfast.
Spike watched as he walked away in shock over what had just been reviled.
The Scoobies wanted him to be happy?
Spike felt his undead heart tighten.
These people who hunted his kind and who he had in the past tried to kill wanted him to be happy?
Spike couldn’t believe it.
They had to be planing something, he would just have to wait to find out what.
Hopefully he would survive losing the only place he could call home and the only people he could come close to calling family now that his Dru didn’t want him around and Angeles was gone.
He would just have to wait and see.