Kiss of the Vampire Princess

[slayers_desire]

It was a quiet day in Los Angeles. Spike was babysitting Jonathan for April and Clark, taking extra care with his grandson (especially considering the last time the young boy had visited there had been an difficult situation to handle).

The was good reason why things were quiet. Connor no longer stayed with Spike, Wes and Lorne. And while Angel and Buffy had returned from helping Connor reclaim Quo'Toth properly, both the elder vampire and the vampire slayer had not stayed long.

It was nice to spend time with the grandchild too. Spike was still giving Shasta time to mourn over the loss of Jash, and for the Vampire Village to recover from the recent loss. And Jonathan was at the age were he was learning so much, and Spike was taking it among himself to teach the young child about weapons and self-defense.

After a long day, the two of them went down for a nap. Spike held the toddler in his arms securely, confident that no one would dare touch the child or wake the sleeping vampire. He was partly right...

A hooded figure entered quietly, watching over the vampire and sleeping child for a while. Then the figure left a simple white unicorn statuette behind, leaving without incident. And minutes before April and Clark appeared, via PINpoint.

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[kalel_ofkrypton]

Clark doesn't immediately notice anything out of the ordinary, smiling at his sleeping son and father-in-law. "Think he'd kill us if we took a picture?"

[slayers_desire]

"Oh I think we should, before he wakens..." April softly chuckled. This was a definite happy moment she wanted to remember.

[kalel_ofkrypton]

Clark pulls his phone out of his pocket, snapping a quick picture of the two of them together. "I can't tell which one tired out the other."

[slayers_desire]

"Jonathan, definitely. He must have had a full day with his grandfather." April gently moves to cover the two of them with a blanket. The movement does stir Spike slightly, who opens his eyes to ensure he doesn't need to jump into action.

"Your home..." He whispers.

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"We are," Clark says, keeping his voice low so they don't wake the sleeping baby. "Everything went all right?"

[slayers_desire]

"Everything went great." Spike pats the back of the sleeping child on his chest.

"Were you two playing house?" April chuckles, picking up the unicorn statuette.

"That's not mine..." Spike frowns. And it doesn't sound like a 'oh oh caught with girl-themed toys' reaction either.

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"Then whose is it?" Clark asks with a frown, looking at the little statue.

[slayers_desire]

"Wasn't here before we laid down..." Spike frowns, a strange look crossing his face. "But it looks familiar."

"It is old. But there is a sense of... excitement bound to the soul of the object," April says, looking at it closer.

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"What kind of excitement?" Clark is a bit worried that something like this could just appear here, especially while Spike's guard was down.

[slayers_desire]

April concentrates her voices on the object, then gets a flushed face. "The woman who left this... enjoys the kinkier side of life. And has experienced a few of her inner desires with Spike."

"It must be Harmony then..." Spike frowns.

[kalel_ofkrypton]

Well, that's certainly... descriptive. At least it's only something that evokes embarrassment this time. "Who's Harmony?"

[slayers_desire]

"Harmony used to attend Sunnydale. She was sired by a vampire... and we..." Spike looks at the sleeping infant for a second. Then uses child-friendly terminology. "Dated for awhile."

"She had worked with Angel in Los Angeles. Haven't seen her since then."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

Clark reads between the lines, understanding immediately. "So you haven't seen her recently."

[slayers_desire]

"Nope. From what I heard, she was dating Marcus Hamilton, who was the Senior Partners' new liason. But Angel killed him."

"Why would she leave this here?" April asks her father.

"No idea pet."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"She must have wanted something. Wanted you to know it was her... otherwise she wouldn't have left that," he says, nodding towards the unicorn. "The question is why?"

[slayers_desire]

"Don't know what she wants. Or why I should bother..."

"She is going to keep showing up until someone talks to her," April warned. She could sense that much off the statuette.

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"Either way, she was able to get in and out without you noticing, and she could do it again. That's reason enough to go after her."

[slayers_desire]

"I guess that means I gotta move the little guy." Spike gently pats the back of Jonathan again.

"Afraid so..." April carefully lifts her son into her arms.

[kalel_ofkrypton]

Clark doesn't say anything to Spike, but he watches Jonathan as April takes him into her arms. She didn't do anything to our son, did she?

[slayers_desire]

April is checking over her son right now, using her enhanced vampire senses and her voices. No. He wasn't touched at all

[kalel_ofkrypton]

Good. It unnerves him to think that someone they don't know had access to their child while he was vulnerable.

[slayers_desire]

Do we have someone who can care for him, while we take care of this situation?

((have to cover the local fair. might be two hours))

[kalel_ofkrypton]

He'll always be safe with the Justice League. Clark pulls out his phone to make the arrangements.

((All right, see you later!))

[slayers_desire]

"Father, you better start getting us some more intel on Harmony." April advised, rocking her sleeping child gently.

[kalel_ofkrypton]

Clark steps away a little as he makes his call, so he doesn't disturb the conversation, but he keeps an ear on April and Spike. Learning to split his attention between two sounds has helped a lot in his career as Superman, and it serves him well now, letting him contact a babysitter in the League without missing out on the intel.