slayers_desire | the duties of a daughter ((tag clark))

It was a quiet day, and April was getting a quick nap while Jonathan was down for his daily nap. A hand rested on her pregnant belly, showing a little now that she was in her second month.

The nausea seemed to be the worst thing for her, and so she was resting just to feel back to 'normal' before going out for grocery shopping.

The sound of her PINpoint ringing brought her out of her mid-morning slumber. "Hello?" She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.

"April, it is Shasta here, have you seen Spike?" The worried voice of the woman on the other end of the line made April awaken even further.

"No. Was he supposed to be here today?" Her father hadn't mentioned he would be visiting.

"Well no... but he just... left. It was really weird. Wes hasn't seen him either. And I am just... worried."

April reached out with her voices, frowning with the sense of chaos and frustration when she tried to contact her father. "Okay Shasta. Don't worry. We will find him."

After hanging up the phone, April reached out to her husband, to see if he was at the Daily Planet, or busy responding to a situation as Superman.

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"Why did they do that?" Clark asks.

"They couldn't find Drusilla's soul anymore. Mine was still in Hell."

"Mother is at peace. They can never disturb her again." April is glad that Drusilla is out of harm's way.

"I meant why did they need a vampire who's given life," Clark says, glad that these people don't know April is another.

"To bring new life to the Anointed One. To make him even more special. A vampire who could walk in daylight... who has none of our regular disadvantages, would be quite powerful."

It is even more important to April, once hearing this information, that these vampires don't know she can give life. Or that already there is a little boy out there, who is very special on his own rights. Or she is pregnant again.

Clark is in full agreement of all those things. It was bad enough when the cult kidnapped her, believing that Jonathan was their unborn god.

"They didn't succeed yet... right?"

"No. They tried to bring in a familiar face too... but Spike..." Darla just laughed. As if finding the concept hilarious.

"What did they do to my Father?" April asked.

"Torture... until his soul was so weak, that it was easy to remove."

"I didn't know that could even happen." He knew all too well that vampires could lose their souls, of course, but not that torture could 'loosen it up' so to speak.

"The Scourge tried that with me..." April reminded him. The torture she endured made her so weak. And vulnerable.

It's been a long time since he's thought about the Scourge. And their relationship was new enough that at the time, he hadn't realized her actual soul was at stake. Just that they were trying to break her in the most horrible ways possible.

"I'm sorry we couldn't stop it from happening to your father."

"It's okay. We can reclaim his soul for him." Clark saved her in the nick of time. So she just knows that he will move Heaven and Earth to help her father too.

"But we are not leaving Darla here..."

"They will know you interefered," Darla pointed out softly.

"They'll know anyway, won't they?"

"Good point." Her chains are after all destroyed.

"We are not leaving you here Darla." April insisted again.

"What about Spike?"

"He... is destined to stay here for now..."

"We have to leave him here for now, but we'll be back for him," Clark agrees with a nod. "And leaving you here would do more harm than good."

"The best way out would be via PINpoint." April takes out her phone. There is a sound of someone approaching down the hall. And she knows that they have little time left.

"Do it." He can hear the footsteps, and can hear how far away they are. He doesn't want to find out who's coming.

April opens the PINpoint and helps Darla through it. They appear in Lorne's nightclub. The others are tending to the clone of Tansy, when she looks up...

And screams, seeing Darla there.

Darla just smirks slightly. "Her memories are not completely gone... I see."

That reaction seems a bit extreme. "What'd you do to her?"

"Tansy and I have a dark past... she is just remembering old memories. Centuries old." Darla reassured him.

"We should send a message to Connor. Let him know that his mother is back."

"If we can manage that, I'm sure he'd appreciate it," Clark agrees. "Too bad Qua-Toth doesn't get cell signal."

"There is still magical communication between the two dimensions. At least... things work out for them." April hugs herself. It has been a long day. And she just feels so tired.

Clark can feel her exhaustion, and he reaches over to give her a hug and a kiss on the forehead. "I think we can get Lorne and Wes to do that for us."

"That is a good idea. I really should just rest..." But she doesn't want to. She wants to keep looking for a way to help her father. And it is like she is torn between caring for herself (and their unborn child), and solving this mystery.

Mentioning the Scourge earlier reminds Clark of how helpless he felt, knowing that April had to be taken and there was nothing he could do about it until the time was right. He didn't have anyone to help him through that, knowing what it felt like. And he doesn't want to let her go through the same thing he did. All he can do is be there for her, understanding exactly what it's like.

((so I think this is a good place to end this part of the plot. Went a lot further than I originally planned, lol))

((Yah, our comment count went through the roof, lol

Good thread though.))

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