Recovery.

[shanshu_angel]

The dragon in the alley had sent me flying at like a hundred miles per hour into my own hotel and I had crashed through it, my powerful arms going out to protect my head from the impact, not enough to knock my marbles around, knock me unconscious and make me incoherent

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[shanshu_angel]

"Gotta side with Angel on this one, Buffy, Faith. We have to stop those demons, even if Angel can't fight right now. Too many innocent people are gonna be killed if we what? Rest for the rest of the night? Faith and I can go after the demons and get as many as we can, if you want to stay here with Angel, Buffy. Way I see it, is somebody's got to go after them and it will be easier attacking them from behind then it was with all of them coming at the four of us, earlier."

I tried to get up. I wasn't about to let Spike go out and steal thunder in the eyes of Buffy, or Faith for that matter, at my expense. Even though I had barely any control over my body, I tried to get up, but Buffy wouldn't let me. I had to get school yard about this, but I was no match for Buffy's strength at the moment.

"I think that plan is good enough. I'll be damned if I'm gonna be stuck in here while there are demons to be killed. I'm long over due."

I started to wonder if Faith and Spike would go out there and that Buffy might be staying here with me. That, in it's own right, was appealing, but even the prospect of that wasn't enough to keep me away from going after those demons. I had unleashed them, and I had to stop them. The problem was, that I could barely stand and hardly talk, and if Buffy didn't want me going out there, then I wasn't going out there.

"Don't worry, B. I'll take care of your boy."

I think, if Buffy weren't keeping me from getting up, that alone, those words, gave me the strength to get up. Spike being called Buffy's boy was something that I didn't need to hear.

Buffy didn't mention going out with Spike or Faith, and I knew that she knew that I was in no condition to fight.

"I don't think that the two of you should be going off to fight all of those demons alone. I mean, Spike, you saw them. There are too many. Maybe you can call Giles, Faith?" I looked at Buffy too. "Maybe you guys can convince Giles to send in more slayers? This is a slayer type of problem. I would fight them right now if I could, but we all know that I can't. Buffy's not going to leave me alone like this and I only think it's safe if the four of us fight them...."

Spike and Faith walked towards the door after looking at me. I hated that they were going and that I couldn't do anything about this. Spike didn't look exactly strong and I didn't think that the two of them should have been going alone.

"I don't like this, Buffy," I said to her, for the first time, really looking into her eyes again. The problem was, that both of us were filled with anxiety and probably for the same and different reasons.