Running Free
By Lizzie and Anna
Disclaimer: *sob* We don't own anything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Everything belongs to Joss, the lucky so and so, Mutant Enemy and UPN. Please don't sue us!
Authors Notes: Hi everyone! This is our first fanfic, so, you know. . .fingers crossed. Please R&R!
Spoilers: Umm.Seeing Red. Which sucked, by the way. Well, in my (Anna's) opinion. Lizzie liked it.
On with the story! Drum roll please. . .
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Chapter 1
Spike took a deep breath before making his way up the walk to Buffy's house. He really needed to talk to Buffy and Dawn about where he had been the last three months, and the changes he had been through. Knocking lightly on the door Spike patiently waited for the door to open. When the door opened Spike was shocked to see a girl he didn't recognise. She was tall and thin and looked much older than Buffy. The girl looked nervously at Spike.
"I- Is Buffy here?" He stammered.
The girl looked at him, confused. "Erm, no. Sorry."
"Oh. Well, is Dawn here?" he asked thinking the girl was a babysitter or a friend of Willow's.
The girl looked confused again. "No, sorry but no one by that name lives here."
Spike's eyes were suddenly filled with rage. "What do you bloody mean she doesn't live here? This is the Summers house! She has to live here!"
"Oh." the girl said smiling. "You must be looking for the people who used to live here. I'm sorry I never got to meet them- I just rent this place off of a friend of theirs, Mr Giles. My name is Jasmine, by the way."
"Giles." He sneered. "Do you know where I can find him?"
"Oh. . . Yeah. . .He hangs out at this place called The Magic Box."
"Thanks!" Spike yelled running down the path. "Sorry to disturb your night Jasmine!"
"No problem." She said with a flirty smile.
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Spike raced over to the magic box. He should have gone back to his crypt for his car and a change of clothes, but he wanted to find out what happened to Buffy and Dawn. Spike crashed through the door of The Magic Box and scanned it for life.
"Watcher!" he bellowed. "Where the bloody hell are you?"
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Anya rushed in from the back room. "Hi! Do you have money? Can I help you?" She asked, looking curiously at the man. Anya took a step closer to look at him. "Oh my god! Spike is that you? What did you do to your hair?!"
Spike nervously raked his hand through his now longer, caramel coloured hair, not able to look at Anya after there last "encounter."
"Where's Rupert? I need to speak to him. Where's Buffy and Dawn?"
Anya's jaw dropped open. "Oh god! Xander! Giles! Come quick!"
"What is it Ahn?" Xander said coming out of the training room with Giles following. His eyes locked on Spike for a second before he charged at him, knocking him against the wall.
Spike pushed Xander off him and watched as the three looked at him in shock.
"The- the chip?" Xander stammered.
"Long story." Spike said, dismissing Xander. "Where are they?" he barked at Giles.
"Long story." The watcher mimicked. "Tell us what happened to you, and then maybe I'll tell you what happened to them."
Spike grabbed a chair, turned it around and straddled it. "I'm human, OK? Where are Buffy and Dawn?"
.~*2 months earlier*~.
"Hey Giles." Buffy said coming in the door of the magic box with Dawn following. "Have you heard anything from England about Willow?"
"No." Giles said looking over the books. "They should be ringing soon though."
"Hey Buffy, Dawn." Xander said, coming out of the training room with his tool belt on. "Just fixed up a few things in there. You should be able to do a little training."
"Thanks Xander." Buffy then looked around The Magic Box. When she was satisfied she turned back to Xander. "How are things with you and Anya?"
"Not too good" he replied sadly.
"Everything will be OK, you'll see." she said taking a seat at the table with Dawn.
"Yeah Xander! You'll fix it" Dawn said, trying to encourage him.
Buffy smiled sadly. It had been a while since Spike had- attacked her. After he left, Buffy had put his long, black leather duster at the bottom of her wardrobe. Sometimes she got it out and kicked it around the room, screaming at it. Other times she slept with it, her cheek against the cool leather. Every day she told herself she'd get rid of it, but she never did. She couldn't.
Dawn had found it hard to take, when Buffy told her. She tried not to, but she missed Spike. They all did.
The telephone rang and both Buffy and Dawn looked at it.
"We just jinxed ourselves, haven't we?" Buffy said, turning to Dawn.
Dawn nodded in response.
Giles went to the telephone and picked it up. "Hello Magic Box. What? WHAT?! Angel! Look, calm down. . .They did what? Oh, god. . ."
Buffy looked over at Giles with a worried expression on her face.
"OK, Angel. . .Yes. . .Yes, straight away! I'll get them out by tomorrow night. Call me if you have any news, OK? Thank you."
Giles hanged up the telephone and looked grimly at Buffy and Dawn. " We have to get you both out of town NOW!" He said.
"W- What?! Why?" Buffy finally managed.
"The council tried to kill Faith."
Buffy's face paled. She'd always felt guilty about Faith.
Giles took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. "They drugged and kidnapped her, she got away but not before finding out what they were up to. They are coming for you Buffy, and they want Dawn too. She is made from your blood- slayer blood. Angel managed to put Faith into hiding. It seems the Council want to make the ideal slayer. They're going to destroy this line of slayers completely and raise the new one that will be called to fit their wishes."
Dawn froze. Buffy whimpered, "Giles.I can't run from them, I'm the slayer!
Giles walked over to Buffy and grabbed her roughly by the shoulders. "Buffy. . .I'm sorry. But I'm going to let them get to you! You have to. For Dawn, for the Scoobies, and especially for the poor girl who will be called if you're gone. She won't have a life. She'll be a machine. A living, breathing machine."
Buffy looked over at the worried Dawn. "OK, Giles. Tell me what I have to do."
Buffy and Dawn hugged their friends. They had said goodbye to Willow on the phone, and they had been to the cemetery to see Tara and Joyce for the last time.
"Goodbye. . ."
.~*Present day*~.
"So, where ARE they?"
"I can't tell you that."
"Tell me!"
"No, Spike! I will not tell you! Get out! I ought to stake you now.I know what you did!
"Go on then, Watcher. Why don't you?" Murmured Spike.
Giles took a deep breath.
"It's Buffy decision."
Spike nodded. The doorbell jangled as he walked out of the shop.
.~*To be continued.*~.
PS- OK, the human thing.Will be explained!
Disclaimer: *sob* We don't own anything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Everything belongs to Joss, the lucky so and so, Mutant Enemy and UPN. Please don't sue us!
Authors Notes: Hi everyone! This is our first fanfic, so, you know. . .fingers crossed. Please R&R!
Spoilers: Umm.Seeing Red. Which sucked, by the way. Well, in my (Anna's) opinion. Lizzie liked it.
On with the story! Drum roll please. . .
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Chapter 1
Spike took a deep breath before making his way up the walk to Buffy's house. He really needed to talk to Buffy and Dawn about where he had been the last three months, and the changes he had been through. Knocking lightly on the door Spike patiently waited for the door to open. When the door opened Spike was shocked to see a girl he didn't recognise. She was tall and thin and looked much older than Buffy. The girl looked nervously at Spike.
"I- Is Buffy here?" He stammered.
The girl looked at him, confused. "Erm, no. Sorry."
"Oh. Well, is Dawn here?" he asked thinking the girl was a babysitter or a friend of Willow's.
The girl looked confused again. "No, sorry but no one by that name lives here."
Spike's eyes were suddenly filled with rage. "What do you bloody mean she doesn't live here? This is the Summers house! She has to live here!"
"Oh." the girl said smiling. "You must be looking for the people who used to live here. I'm sorry I never got to meet them- I just rent this place off of a friend of theirs, Mr Giles. My name is Jasmine, by the way."
"Giles." He sneered. "Do you know where I can find him?"
"Oh. . . Yeah. . .He hangs out at this place called The Magic Box."
"Thanks!" Spike yelled running down the path. "Sorry to disturb your night Jasmine!"
"No problem." She said with a flirty smile.
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Spike raced over to the magic box. He should have gone back to his crypt for his car and a change of clothes, but he wanted to find out what happened to Buffy and Dawn. Spike crashed through the door of The Magic Box and scanned it for life.
"Watcher!" he bellowed. "Where the bloody hell are you?"
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Anya rushed in from the back room. "Hi! Do you have money? Can I help you?" She asked, looking curiously at the man. Anya took a step closer to look at him. "Oh my god! Spike is that you? What did you do to your hair?!"
Spike nervously raked his hand through his now longer, caramel coloured hair, not able to look at Anya after there last "encounter."
"Where's Rupert? I need to speak to him. Where's Buffy and Dawn?"
Anya's jaw dropped open. "Oh god! Xander! Giles! Come quick!"
"What is it Ahn?" Xander said coming out of the training room with Giles following. His eyes locked on Spike for a second before he charged at him, knocking him against the wall.
Spike pushed Xander off him and watched as the three looked at him in shock.
"The- the chip?" Xander stammered.
"Long story." Spike said, dismissing Xander. "Where are they?" he barked at Giles.
"Long story." The watcher mimicked. "Tell us what happened to you, and then maybe I'll tell you what happened to them."
Spike grabbed a chair, turned it around and straddled it. "I'm human, OK? Where are Buffy and Dawn?"
.~*2 months earlier*~.
"Hey Giles." Buffy said coming in the door of the magic box with Dawn following. "Have you heard anything from England about Willow?"
"No." Giles said looking over the books. "They should be ringing soon though."
"Hey Buffy, Dawn." Xander said, coming out of the training room with his tool belt on. "Just fixed up a few things in there. You should be able to do a little training."
"Thanks Xander." Buffy then looked around The Magic Box. When she was satisfied she turned back to Xander. "How are things with you and Anya?"
"Not too good" he replied sadly.
"Everything will be OK, you'll see." she said taking a seat at the table with Dawn.
"Yeah Xander! You'll fix it" Dawn said, trying to encourage him.
Buffy smiled sadly. It had been a while since Spike had- attacked her. After he left, Buffy had put his long, black leather duster at the bottom of her wardrobe. Sometimes she got it out and kicked it around the room, screaming at it. Other times she slept with it, her cheek against the cool leather. Every day she told herself she'd get rid of it, but she never did. She couldn't.
Dawn had found it hard to take, when Buffy told her. She tried not to, but she missed Spike. They all did.
The telephone rang and both Buffy and Dawn looked at it.
"We just jinxed ourselves, haven't we?" Buffy said, turning to Dawn.
Dawn nodded in response.
Giles went to the telephone and picked it up. "Hello Magic Box. What? WHAT?! Angel! Look, calm down. . .They did what? Oh, god. . ."
Buffy looked over at Giles with a worried expression on her face.
"OK, Angel. . .Yes. . .Yes, straight away! I'll get them out by tomorrow night. Call me if you have any news, OK? Thank you."
Giles hanged up the telephone and looked grimly at Buffy and Dawn. " We have to get you both out of town NOW!" He said.
"W- What?! Why?" Buffy finally managed.
"The council tried to kill Faith."
Buffy's face paled. She'd always felt guilty about Faith.
Giles took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes. "They drugged and kidnapped her, she got away but not before finding out what they were up to. They are coming for you Buffy, and they want Dawn too. She is made from your blood- slayer blood. Angel managed to put Faith into hiding. It seems the Council want to make the ideal slayer. They're going to destroy this line of slayers completely and raise the new one that will be called to fit their wishes."
Dawn froze. Buffy whimpered, "Giles.I can't run from them, I'm the slayer!
Giles walked over to Buffy and grabbed her roughly by the shoulders. "Buffy. . .I'm sorry. But I'm going to let them get to you! You have to. For Dawn, for the Scoobies, and especially for the poor girl who will be called if you're gone. She won't have a life. She'll be a machine. A living, breathing machine."
Buffy looked over at the worried Dawn. "OK, Giles. Tell me what I have to do."
Buffy and Dawn hugged their friends. They had said goodbye to Willow on the phone, and they had been to the cemetery to see Tara and Joyce for the last time.
"Goodbye. . ."
.~*Present day*~.
"So, where ARE they?"
"I can't tell you that."
"Tell me!"
"No, Spike! I will not tell you! Get out! I ought to stake you now.I know what you did!
"Go on then, Watcher. Why don't you?" Murmured Spike.
Giles took a deep breath.
"It's Buffy decision."
Spike nodded. The doorbell jangled as he walked out of the shop.
.~*To be continued.*~.
PS- OK, the human thing.Will be explained!