Disclaimer: I don't own Spike or anyone mentioned in this story. They all belong to Joss and Mutant Enemy. In fact the only thing I own, are the shoes I'm wearing, which are falling apart anyway.
"To kill her, you've got to love her."
The words rang in my ears when I saw her broken body in the rubble. She jumped. The stupid bint jumped off the tower. After my little cry-fest in front of the Scoobies, I climbed the tower and took a crying Dawn into my arms. As I sat there holding her, I realized how true those words were. Angelus thought it was his love that would kill her, but it was her own. Her love for her sister, for Dawn, for her friends, made her jump off that tower. I would have laughed at the irony of it all, if it hadn't hurt so much. She jumped to save Dawn, to save the world.
"To kill her, you've got to love her."
As the words rang in my head once more, I cried. I cried because the girl I loved died. I cried because this little girl in my arms was all alone now. Sure she had the Scoobies, but they would resent her, because Buffy died for her. As I sat there, I made a vow, to protect her from what goes bump in the night. And with that vow I continued to cry in sync with Dawn. Together we cried and grieved over the girl we both loved. And I cried because Angelus was right.
"To kill her, you've got to love her."
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