Rated: Pg13 for this chapter
Summary: Willow is stuck in the middle of a Prophecy and Spike and Angel decide to help.
Pairings: S/W and Angel/Anya later on.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, it all belongs to the mind of Joss.
Distribution: If you want it, just ask.
A/N: I hope you like it.
Spoilers: None that I can think of. Maybe some from Season 4
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~Part: 1~
Willow walked into the Scooby meeting sneaking a glance at Spike who lounged on Giles couch.
"Hey Wills." Xander waved happily, while munching on a twinky.
"Hey Xander." Willow had to hide a grin at the glare Spike gave Xander.
Everyone was sitting. Xander on the recliner, Anya on his lap. Giles was sitting at the table a book in his lap. And Buffy and Riley also shared a chair. They seemed to be attached at the lips. Willow sits on the other side of the couch.
"So Giles whats up? You sounded like it was something big."
Giles clears his throat, "Well yes Willow, now that everyone is here I think I can start." He looks around making sure he had all of there attention. "You all know that there have been a series of attacks on young college girls. And until now there hasn't been any leads that we could follow. Angel called me today." He stops when Buffy coughs.
"Angel called here? Why?" Buffy, again thinking it had something to do with her waited for his reply.
"Well" Giles continues, "It seems that Wesley found some information about the girls who were attacked." He gives a lingering look to Willow, which only Spike notices. "The girls were attacked by the Baldwin demon. He feeds of the engery of young Witches. Of course his feeding kills them. But Wesley found a prophecy that looses translates, that the demon came to SunnyDale looking for, as it states, `The Red weeping tree.' It says that once he finds her and feeds off her power, he will have enough power to open the hell mouth." Buffy stands, obviously not fazed in the least, "So whats the big? We find the girl he is looking for, kill the demon, nothing we haven't done before."
Anya shakes her head in bewilderment, "Buffy, do you know anything about this demon? I met him back in the thirties. I was cursing a woman's husband. He had cheated on her so she had me, twist his-" She stops when Xander clears his throat. "Anyways this demon, he cant be killed by any weapon you can think of. He cant be killed by any means, and the slayer cant kill him. When I was there the Slayer of that time fought him, and she died. It was really neat, he ripped out her heart and then-" she stops again when Xander coughs, "Anyway Buffy, you cant kill this demon. The Slayer couldn't take him down, and niether could the whole village. He is indestructible." Happy that she had made her point, she snuggles in Xanders lap.
Giles speaks up, "Anya, do you know of anyway that this demon can be killed?"
Anya looks up again, "Well, there is a book, its called the Zerximons diaries, and if I remember correctly, it did talk about a way to kill him, but as I remember that volume is no longer able to be found."
Giles thinks for a moment, "Give me a moment I need to make a phone call." He walks out of the living room, into the kitchen to make his call.
Anya and Spike seem to be the only one who notices how pale and shaken up Willow is. Anya, to Xanders disapointment, climbs off his lap and sits next to her, while Spike kneels in front of her and takes her hand in his.
"Don't worry Red, we wont let anything happen to you." Spike looks into her eyes, and Willow is shocked to see the sincerity there.
Anya pats her back, in what is ment to be a friendly gesture. "Yes, Spike is right. We will not let him hurt you. We will kill him, well no we wont cause we cant, but we can run. Running seems to be helpful in cases like this. We could go to the Bahamas, and lay on the beach while hot men fawned all over us.'
Willow smiles and wipes a tear away, "Thanks Anya, but I think we can stick around."
Anya pouts, "So no naked hot men?" When Willow shakes her head Anya sighs, "Oh well."
Buffy, looking baffled asks, "Why are you so worried about Willow?"
Willow, Anya, and Spike look at Buffy like she has grown another head. Anya states the obvious, "Buffy you cant tell me you don't know?"
Buffy shakes her head in confusion, "know what?"
Spike stands up, anger radiating off of him. How stupid could they all be? "You mean to tell me you really have no idea why we are worried about red?" He growls at there dumb looks. He turns to Giles as he walks in and pleads, "Giles, can you please tell them why Anya and I are concerned about Willow?"
Giles sighs, he knew his slayer wasn't the brightest but he thought she would have caught on. "Buffy remember, the Red Weeping Tree? You have no idea who that is?" Buffy is still confused, "The girl the demon wants. So what does that have to do with Willow?"
Spike having had enough yells, "Willow is the Red Weeping Tree you sods!"
Everyone just looked in shock. None of them wanted to believe it possible.
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