What do you mean by one eye? ", Angel asked and Noogle looked scared. " Friend only have one eye. O-other eye covered. This one. ", Noogle said when he covered one of his eyes and Angel looked at Faith. " Shit. ", Faith said when she let go of Noogle and walked away. Angel looked at Noogle when he let Noogle go and Noogle looked at him. " Go home, Noogle, we'll bring your mistress home. ". " Yes. Tha-thank you! ", Noogle said when Noogle ran off and Angel walked after Faith. Faith sat on the hood of the car when he walked closer and she looked like she was going to cry. " Faith? ". " I can't believe it! Why would he want to hurt Buffy like that!? ". " I don't understand. ", Angel said as he sat on the hood of the car next to her and she sighed. " The one eye guy Noogle was talking about. I know who it is! I know that he was upset but this! ". " You lost me. ". " He's pissed because of what happened! ". " Faith!? Who are you talking about!? ". " Xander! ". ------------------------- Buffy walked back into the bedroom when she looked at Spike sleeping under the covers and she walked to the crib. Dawn had placed the baby to bed after she found them asleep but the baby woke Buffy and she picked him up. There was a rocking chair near the window as she sat down and fed the baby. She softly hummed when the baby finished the bottle and she burped him. The baby went back to sleep as she placed the baby back in the crib and walked to the bed. She turned the lights off when she got under the covers and felt fingers on her back. She turned as Spike smiled with his sleepy blue eyes sparkling at her and she brushed the hair from his eyes. " Did I wake you? ", she asked when he nodded and she snuggled close to him. He held her while she touched the bandages on his hands and she felt him breathing against her back. His breath floated over her hair as she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. Her brain was about to drift into dreams when she heard something and became totally awake. Her eyes opened when she looked around and the shadows blended together. She listened to the room when she felt like there was something wrong and looked over at the window. The shadows waved against the glass when she slowly got up and headed for the crib. She picked the baby up when she walked to the bed and shook Spike. " Spike! Wake up! ", she said as she shook him harder and he snorted. " Wha-what? ", he said when she turned the lights on and he hissed sitting up. " There's something out there! ", she said as he looked at the window then pouted. " Buffy, there isn't anything out there. Come to be.... ", Spike said when something flew by the window and he looked at her, "....Bugger! ". Spike got up when something slammed against the glass and she screamed. The baby started to cry as something slammed harder against the glass then the wall and the window exploded inside the room and they headed for the door. " Buffy! Run! ", Spike said as something came into the room and the tip of it's leathery wings scraped the ceiling. They ran out into the hallway as the others came out and looked at them. " What was that?! ", Dawn asked when something caused the doorway to explode into the hallway and they screamed. Before them stood a ten feet tall gargoyle, with leathery wings, yellow eyes, a turned up nose, pointy ears, gray skin, tight muscles, claws and talons, and a split tail. It wore leather trunks as it snarled at them and they headed for the stairs. The gargoyle charged down the hallway as they ran down the stairs and Buffy held the baby close to her. Spike and Daimon took the rear as the gargoyle came closer and Daimon held the wooden staff in his hand. Yellow light flashed out of his hand as the yellow lights hit the gargoyle but it came closer and closer and Daimon growled. They ran down the stairs when the gargoyle hopped onto the railing then soar down at them and Daimon fired more yellow light at the gargoyle. The gargoyle roared when Willow fired some red bolt of light at the gargoyle and the gargoyle flew out of the way. The bolts hit the walls as parts of the walls fell around them and Buffy stood behind Spike. " You ever play darts, Champ? ", Daimon asked as Spike looked at him then pouted. " What does that have to do with anything?! ". " Have you!? ". " Yeah. ". " How good are you at hitting the bull's eye? ". " Good enough. ", Spike said when Daimon handed Spike the wooden staff and it felt heavy in Spike's hands. He turned it point up when he noticed the sharp tip and got what Daimon was talking about. He held the wooden staff in his hand when the gargoyle looked at him and hissed. The gargoyle came closer as Spike took a deep breath and took aim. Daimon took Buffy and the baby out of the way when Spike held the wooden staff in his hands and the gargoyle roared charging at him. " Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo! ", Buffy screamed when Spike launched the wooden staff at the gargoyle and the wooden staff sailed through the air and into the gargoyle's chest. The black blood rolled out of the holes in the gargoyle's chest and back as the gargoyle stopped and gurgled. It took three steps then fell as Spike stood there and growled. He howled in an inhuman voice as they looked at him and he turned around. " Ohhhhhhhhhhh, shit, THAT isn't good! ", Daimon said as Spike growled and his eyes were black. ---------------------------------- " What does Xander have to do with anything? ". " You don't remember? Anya died when Sunnydale fell. He blames him for everything. ". " Blames who? ". Angel asked as she looked at him and realized that she nearly told him about Spike. " Never mind. Lets go home. ", Faith said as they walked back to the car and got inside. The car moved down the street while she looked out the window and Angel looked at her wondering who she was talking about. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------