Rota

by
JezT

Part Five

Xander shifted the stake from his right to left hand and sighed frustratedly, this was the fifth night that they had patrolled on the old school site and still they came up with nothing, the opponent that Cordy had seen Buffy fighting appeared to be a serpent which led them to believe that someone was to try and open the Hellmouth.

Across town Buffy, Riley and Willow were planning to check out the old high school site too, there had been signs of someone suspicious in the area and in Sunnydale suspicious was usually synonymous with evil. As the three prepared to 'move out' as Riley so eloquently put it Willow briefly suggested that they tell Giles what they were up to.

"No" Buffy answered, "He's been in a funk about something for weeks now and he would only spoil our fun." Willow flinched a little at Buffy's definition of the term fun, but said nothing, after all no one stood up to Buffy, not anymore anyway.

"Remind me again why we are here instead of sitting in a nice warm mansion." Spike groaned to Angel.

"You know that Xander feels that we need to protect Buffy." Angel replied, Spike raised an eyebrow at the statement and Angel returned the stare. "What? I'm supposed to get choked up over the Slayer?" There was a playful tone but deep down Spike revelled in the fact that Angel really was over Slutty, it would make killing her all that much easier.

Riley swept the area with his "Sub-T Scanner" and located two distinct "cold-critters" or Vampires as they were officially called. Buffy pulled out a loaded crossbow and got ready to fight, she was not prepared for the sight that she found.

"Angel?" she asked as she saw the familiar face smile as Spike cracked a joke, those two were not meant to be friends and Angel never smiled, or laughed. He was not supposed to be happy, at least not without her. It must be the demon she reasoned, he would not show her up this time. The Crossbow fired but Angel turned swiftly and caught it just as it was about to enter his heart through his back, why did Slayer's always choose this method to try and kill him?

"Buffy." Xander said "Angel is fine, just back off." He moved to intervene, standing between the pair.

"That is Angelus, Angel, my Angel is never like that." She replied not noticing that her ex-boyfriend and current boyfriend both seemed outraged by the comment.

"Buffy..." Angel said cautiously. Spike pushed his way forward.

"Oh, for pity's sake. Look Slutty, Can I call you Slutty? The Poof's soul is permanent, we're here to fight some evil and there is nothing that you can do."

"How...?" She asked, apparently only having heard the first half of Spike's statement. Xander blushed and Buffy turned her crossbow so that it pointed at him. "You? You did this? Little Xander, everyone's favourite screw-up, donut boy. You expect me to believe that you did this?" She laughed bitterly and Xander cringed at the statements, all of which he believed to be true. The Slayer moved to strike him but her fist was stopped by an angry and overly protective Angel in full game face, Buffy kept her attention on Xander and moved to give him a right hook, a fire burned deep inside the boy and an inner rage pushed out from within him, Buffy was thrown hundreds of metres in to the air and landed on Riley who had moved to the background to avoid confrontation, as Xander fell from the use of the power that he had barely managed to harness Spike caught him. The Vampire carried his body to safety, away from the witch that stared at them in disbelief, later when Willow found the will to move to where Xander had fallen she saw the amulet that he had worn, a pentigram surrounded by a golden serpent.

Willow felt the force field as she approached the mansion and found the appropriate incantation to create a door, she was met at the door by an angry and half asleep Wesley wielding an axe with his eyes glazed over with a look that showed he had every intention of using it.

"Willow." He said abruptly. "I suppose you want to come in." She nodded thankfully and came to a halt in the lounge area of the mansion seeing Spike and Angel pacing alternately around the room while Xander lay asleep on the couch. "Oh, ignore those two, they are like mother hens over an injured chick." he said.

"I..erm...I brought this back, I think that Xander dropped it when he, What did he do?" She asked.

"I think that you had better sit down." Wesley said before explaining without giving away too many details exactly what it was that the Alliance were.

"So, There is a secret group that runs around saving the world." Willow summed up. "Pretty much like the Watcher's council."

"Except we know what we are doing, at least we are supposed to." Xander said with a groan as he came to. "Hey Wills."

Willow stared at her friend with a look Xander had never seen before, the girl that had bested him at everything and had always been his superior was looking at him with awe. Angel smiled at Willow encouragingly, knowing that acceptance from his friends was important to Xander, even if Angel had had to physically restrain Spike from going after Buffy once they knew that Xander was safe. Willow moved quietly to her friend and took him in a friendly embrace, Xander felt the fire that had boiled inside him subside a little, the anger dissipating thanks to the love that he felt. There was a question at the back of his mind about what they could do about Buffy but that could wait, all he wanted to do now was sleep for a month, the last week beginning with spells and ending with a display of his telekinetic strength had drained him almost completely. Exhaustion swept through his system like a storm and he was again asleep, this time in Willow's arms, he stayed there for a few moments until Spike lifted him up and carried him to his room. The last thing that Xander felt before unconsciousness claimed him completely was the feather light touch of cold lips on his own, the gesture was not so much a passionate question but a loving promise, it was enough to tell Xander that he was safe and loved and he fell into a deep sleep.

Part Six

"I don't know how he did it." Wesley said to Angel as Spike returned to the room having made sure that Xander was comfortable. "But you taught him to harness that power." Angel said.

"Yes I did, but I had not expected him to have so much, the process is basic, it rechannels the strength of internal anger and externalises it as a shock wave. In truth I did not know that a blast could be that powerful."

"It's the Slayer, the bint brings out the worst in everyone." Spike said, ignoring Willow who sat in stunned silence at his statement. If Red was going to stay around she would have to accept a few home truths, Spike reasoned then returned up to Xander's room with the things he had retrieved. He didn't really care where the power had come from, or why it was that Xander had protected two of the people that he hated the most in high school, all he knew was that Xander needed protecting right now and he was quite happy to do the job.

Xander woke sixteen hours later from a beautiful dream about his two favourite fantasies and found Spike curled up asleep in the chair by his bed. The Vampire looked almost innocent, not the vicious killer but perhaps the lost boy that Angelus had corrupted. William Bradley had been 26 and a petty criminal about to hang for a robbery that had gone wrong when Angelus found him. Xander felt the strings of his heart pull as he wondered about the early life that Spike had led, he reached out to caress the face of the sleeping Vamp, wanting to feel the cool skin against his hands while he had the chance, as he reached the cold lips a smile spread across Spike's face and he looked directly at Xander.

"Spike...I ...er..." Xander began.

"It's all right pet. If you want to touch you just have to ask." Spike said with a leer, he wanted the boy and could smell Xander's arousal but was not above a small amount of teasing. Xander blushed a little and Spike knew that the boy would not ask so he took the hand that now hung midway between them and raised it back up to his face where he nuzzled it gently. Xander let out a groan as the assault on his hand became more erotic and he felt Spike's teeth graze the soft flesh of his wrist. Spike felt the blood that thrummed through Xander's veins and felt the tell tale sign of the change and pulled away, he did not want to hurt the boy but the taste of his sweet innocent blood was still on his lips. Despite having dropped Xander's hand he could not stop his game face coming through, he turned away in shame and was just in time to see his Sire enter the room.

As Angel entered the room he saw Xander's prone body laying in the bed and his Childe in game face leering over him, his demon thought the worst and before Xander or Spike could stop him he had his Childe pinned up against the wall, stake to his heart.

"He's mine." Angelus roared as he threatened his Childe. Xander trembled with both fear and arousal at the dominance, but knew that this was no time to get turned on, he had to save Spike from the demon, after all it was his fault that the demon was closer to the surface.

"Angel. I'm fine, Spike wasn't hurting me." Xander said, Spike watched as his Sire's face twitched and he slipped out of game face and back to his human guise.

"Xander?" Angel asked, letting his grip on his Childe wane a little. "He...he vamped out." Angel pointed out.

"We were getting it on you Poof." Spike said, finding his throat squeezed again as his Sire returned him to the choke hold that he had before but this time staying in human form. Angel did not respond this time when Xander called his name but the feeling if the warm hand on his arm made him let Spike go and turn to see the mortal standing next to him a look of understanding and compassion on his face. Xander threw a look of disdain to the younger vampire as he glared directly at his Sire, in answer Angel turned and left in silence, not wanting to disturb the two any more than he had.

"What did I do Pet?" Spike asked with a pout.

"You know what you did, Angel wants you, I don't need him attacking me in the same way that he went for you." Xander said, Spike laughed out loud.

"It's not me he wants you nonce, it's you. Angelus has lusted after you since before he fucked the damn slayer." Spike spat at him, the jealous rage clear in his voice, "He ordered me not to touch you even when he was screwing Dru, as far as the demon is concerned you belong to him." Xander watched the warring emotions that crossed Spike's face, not one, but both of his fantasies were about to come true, both the vampires wanted him and Xander was more scared than anything else. He had wanted the Vampires to get on together, expected that they would then not be alone once the Scoobies were gone, but he had not expected to come between them.

"Angel wants me?" Xander asked, needing to be sure.

"Doesn't everyone?" Spike retorted as he turned away and left the boy alone. Xander fell back on his bed deep in thought about where they could go from here and cursed the day that he had ever fallen for the Vampires, either of them.

Wesley had overheard the shouting from the next room but was certain that his student was able to work this out for himself, it was one of the final tests of his true mettle as to whether or not he could fulfil the prophecy of his destiny, to reunite two of the greatest killers and bring them into the light so that they could atone for their sins. Yes, if there was a little bloodshed so be it, as long as the end result went as planned.

When Xander left his room two hours after the initial argument he found both of his suitors in the library, Spike was cleaning his nails with a stake and Angel was polishing his favourite sword, it was clear that the two were goading each other into starting a fight.

"Hi." Xander said tentatively as they both looked up at him, their scowls falling away and being replaced by compassion. "Look, this is ridiculous, last week the two of you were shagging, now you are arguing over some stupid little mortal that you could snap like a twig." He said with a selfdeprecating laugh.

"Xan..." Spike began but Xander held up a hand to silence him.

"If you both want me that much, which I highly doubt, then you can have me, but you boys have to learn to share." Angel and Spike stared at him as if he were dressed in the pink bunny suit that Anya had chosen for Halloween. "What?"

"You want a threesome with us?" Angel said.

"Do you have a better suggestion? Alternate days perhaps?" Xander questioned. Spike smiled before moving to kiss his lover on the mouth.

"I think that it's a great idea Pet." Spike said. "but you need to get a bigger bed."

"The one in the basement will suffice." Angel said with a straight face, his way of telling them that he was in without losing face. Xander smiled widely and wondered what he had done to deserve such a dream come true, if he had more self-esteem he would have known that it was because he suffered as a child. The Powers looked kindly on those that had survived the hardships of the world and still believed in good.

Xander moved around the large Gothic bed and sat on the edge as far away from Spike and Angel as he could, he had thought that when he suggested this that they would laugh at him in disgust or pity but now they wanted him. It was something that would be laughable if it wasn't downright scary, nobody really wanted him, not Xander Harris. Except he wasn't donut boy anymore, he wasn't useless and he wasn't just Buffy's bait to draw out demons. The Alliance wanted him, he could work powerful majicks and rather than being bait he could kick Buffy's ass. Maybe they really did want him after all.

"Xan?" Spike asked gently, something so unlike the Vampire Xander had to smile. "If you don't want this say now." There was concern and apprehension that were not characteristic of a demon, but then as most Vamps would tell you Spike was not normal, he was undefinable.

"No, it's just..."

"hard to believe?" Angel asked, Xander nodded and closed his eyes as he expected a torrent of abuse about how useless he was, instead Angel growled lightly and pulled him across the bed and into an embrace.

This loving from both the Vampires shocked Xander, who had expected raw animal passion, it was unexpected but nice. Spike joined Angel in his barrage of playful nibbling of their mortal, and gradually it grew to a more passionate romp. Clothes were disposed of and soon Xander lay in his boxers with two naked Vampires sucking, kissing and licking all of his exposed flesh. Spike lapped at his ribs and nipples while Angel slid a hand inside Xander's boxers and freed his now engorged penis. Angel kissed it's head tentatively and when he received a gasp of pleasure took the entire member in his mouth and deep throated the already leaking cock. Spike began to nuzzle Xander's neck and Xander's breathe began to come in shorter pants, he felt the eroticness of the fact that Spike could drink from him and tilted his neck to give the Vampire better access, Spike looked into the eyes of his lover and saw love and trust there that made his body tremble and his cock stiffen, desperate to reassure him, to reassure both of them Xander tried to tell them what he wanted.

"It's okay...I mean...if...you want to drink." he said the words grunted through the pleasure from Angel's continued oral assault on his dick. Pulling away both Spike and Angel looked up at Xander and their demons howled as their game faces came out, Spike latched on to Xander's neck while Angel buried his fangs deep in to Xander's inner thigh, Xander came from the experience, and was followed shortly after by the pair that now lay back, the blood of their lover pumping through their veins. As they lay sated, a tangle of demon and human limbs Xander's talisman glowed and his wounds began to heal, not only the bites but those long seated in his spirit too.

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