Chapter one:
It was very quiet in the cemetery, considering that it was Sunnydale, California. Buffy Summers a.k.a the Slayer, was patrolling by herself.
"Here vampires, where are you?" she said to herself
She sat on a nearby tomb stone and fiddled with her stake.
"You should really stay on guard, Slayer. Anyone could sneak up on you"
Buffy was so startled she fell off the tomb stone. She quickly got up and dusted herself off. Standing in front of her was Spike.
"You know you should really warn someone when you do that, I could have had a heart attack"
He chuckled "Don't kid yourself. You're the Slayer, you're not a normal person" he corrected her
"I'm trying to make a point!"
"I'm so sorry" he said sarcastically
"So you should be. Anyway, what are you doing here?"
"I was just walking"
Buffy raised her eyebrow
"Alright, I figured you'd need help"
"Not tonight, nobody wants to come out and play. Anyway, I thought I didn't need help"
He snorted "I was only joking, as if I'd help you"
"Ok...bye Spike"
And with that she walked off.
She walked up to her house and was about to open the front door, when someone tapped her on the shoulder. She pulled out her stake, turned around and was about to drive it through their heart, when she realized it was Angel.
"Angel" she managed to say
"Buffy, look I know I came unexpected, but we need to talk"
"This wouldn't happen to be a social call, would it?"
"No, I'm afraid not"
"So that means dangers coming, right?"
"Yeah, can I come in?"
"Sure" she opened the door and they walked in
"Buffy, thank God your home. Can you get the spider out of my room?"
Dawn said as she came running down the stairs
"Dawn, it's a spider get it yourself. There are some tissues in the bathroom" she yelled at her sister
When Dawn reached the bottom of the stairs her eyes fell on Angel.
"Hi Angel, what are you doing here?"
"Oh, you know, the usual"
"Buffy, can you please come and get the spider? It's as big as a taranchella!"
"I think you're over exaggerating Dawn. But I'll get it for you; I'll be back in a minute Angel"
Buffy and Dawn went upstairs to get the spider. A minute later there was a high pitched scream.
"Buffy? Dawn?" Angel shouted
He rushed upstairs to Dawn's room and saw Dawn huddled in a corner screaming and Buffy on the floor and what looked like what Dawn had said; a taranchella was on Buffy's face. Angel grabbed the spider and tugged hard on it, it took a while but it came off. Angel then stabbed it with a knife.
"Are you ok, Buffy?" he asked as he helped Buffy up
"Yeah, I'm fine" she said as she collapsed
"Buffy!" Angel and Dawn screamed
When she didn't respond, Angel grabbed her and rushed her to the hospital.