Saving Spike

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"Sire made me leave the submarine. Told me to swim for land before the sun burned me up. Almost didn't make it, but I did."

Xander blinked in confusion. "W-was the submarine taking on water or something? Is that why Angelus told you to leave?"

Spike said nothing for a moment. He had a pained look on his face before saying, "It was Angel, not Angelus. Sire had a soul then. He had to save the crew. I wasn't part of the crew. Didn't matter if I lived or died. Just had to leave. Get out. Go. Swimming and swimming. Not knowing when land would show itself. Thought I was going to burn. And Sire didn't care."

Xander felt his hate for Deadboy grow. "Well, there is nothing to worry about now. The plane is safe. And I'm here. I'll protect you."

Chapter 6

Meeting Giles

Xander smiled down at the blond vampire sleeping in the seat next to him. Regretfully he had to wake him up as the plane had landed and it was time to get off and go find Giles.

"Spike," he said softly, not wanting to scare him. Spike just snuggled next to him, causing Xander to smile. "Spike. It's time to get up." Spike slowly opened his eyes and smiled shyly when he saw Xander gazing at him. Xander smiled back and gently pulled Spike to his feet. Not letting go of Spikes hand, he led the vampire with him towards the exit. Once outside they both looked up wearily at the sky and sighed with relief when all they saw was thick rain clouds. No sun in sight.

Xander and Spike walked into the airport and Xander quickly spotted Giles waiting for them near the exit. "Giles!" He quickly pulled Spike along with him as he ran over to meet with his father figure, making sure not to let go of Spike's hand as he did so. He so did not want to lose Spike in this crowd.

Hugging Giles one-handed, as he still had one hand occupied, Xander finally looked over and noticed how upset his blond vampire looked. He was shaking slightly and looked awfully pale. Also the fact that he was trying to hide behind Xander just cemented the fact of how afraid he was.

Sighing, Xander squeezed Spikes hand in reassurance and slowly pulled him forward to face Giles. He didn't want to overwhelm him, but he needed Spike to feel comfortable around Giles now rather than later.

Spike shivered in his arms as he pulled him in front of him. "Spike it's alright. You know Giles. He's not going to hurt you, I promise." Spike's shivering calmed slightly. Xander rubbed his arms encouragingly and said to Giles, "Sorry G-man. Spike here has been having some people issues. You should have seen how he reacted when the flight attendant asked him if he wanted anything. That was interesting, and not in the good way. But were working on it. Aren't we Spike?" Spike nodded slowly and finally looked up shyly at Giles.

As strange as it was to see Spike acting like a child in front of him, Giles was glad to see Xander taking care of him. It looked as though Spike truly needed Xander, and Giles was sure that Xander would benefit greatly from having to care for Spike. He smiled and said, "Well it's good to see you both. Now what say we head home?"

Both boys smiled as they heard that. Home. They were on their way home.