Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy or any of its characters... which I kind of a shame as I can think of a few good things to do with spike :P

Spike POV

It must have been at least ninety years since I had set foot I that god forsaken place, admittedly the last time I had all that remained of it after was a fucking great hole in the ground, but since then Sunnydale had been completely rebuilt, right down to the dingiest of demon haunts. I couldn't help but laugh as I drove past the Sunnydale sign, remembering the first time I came here. You have to admit; I made an entrance, but once I opened the door to that memory, a million others flooded in, not just of Buffy or of this town even, but of the others too, especially Dawn. I remembered the day I was told that she had disappeared. No body was ever found but knowing what I do about this world I know a pretty young niblet like her can't have lasted long, anyway, even if she had lived on she would be long gone now. They were all gone now. Shaking my head I kept driving until I arrived at a bar I remembered well. As I strode through the door I saw a whole range of demons, including my old mate, Clem. He was the only reason I was here at all. Apparently there was something he desperately needed to show me. Of course that sort of desperation made me interested but I couldn't help but think that it may just be another kitten gambling ring that's sprung up ad he wanted me to get involved.

Clem turned his head to face me and smiled, waving me over. As always I got a few interested looks on my way over to the bar, I even heard a few muttering of my name, though they soon stopped when I turned to see where they were coming from. Soul or not, my reputation seemed to be intact. That could be to do with my adventures with Angel's 'lil gang. How the fuck I managed to survive that I don't know but it was one hell of a fight. Thought it was the end of the world. I guess almost was. Only me, Angel and the blue chick Illyria managed to even live through it. Damn that girl could fight. I can see how she could be worshipped as a god. With that I couldn't help but remember our little testing sessions. She tried to touch my clipboard! Bitch. Anyway, I'm getting off topic, as I was saying; I walked across the room towards Clem waiting to see what he had found that was so goddamn important to drag me away from my brooding. Ah shit I really am starting to sound like the nancy boy vamp. Well screw him, my brooding days are done. Anyway I'm pretty sure he's done enough brooding to last the both of us a lifetime, which is a kinda impressive achievement considering we're both vamps and have the whole immortality thing going for us.

Clem's grin grew as I got closer. Maybe he really did have something decent for me. "Spike! You actually made it!" He said "Here, I got you a glass of your favourite." Looking down at the bar I saw a glass of that gorgeous red stuff. O positive by the smell of it. Good to know the ugly git still remembered what I liked.

"So, what is it you wanted to tell me?"

"Drink up first; we need to wait for my other good old friend to get here."

"Look Clem, I don't want to be messed around here, you got that? You know I don't get on well with people who try that with me"

"Trust me; this friend is well worth sticking around for."

I asked if it was anyone I knew but Clem just tapped the side of his nose like he had a secret too good to share. Knowing that I wasn't going to get anything else from him I sat down and drank up, enjoying the comfortable silence. Well I say silence, that was only if I ignored the drunken brawl between two demons going on behind us, even if it did get quite hard to ignore when some fucker was pushed onto the bar knocking what was left of my second glass. The rest of the room shut up after that, everyone turning to see my reaction. Not wanting to disappoint I picked the git up and threw him into his 'lil sparring buddy knocking them both out. I was about to turn around and order another drink when I heard a slow clap coming from somewhere near the door.

"Wow, you really haven't changed a bit, have you?" An oddly familiar voice called out.

I turned to see who the hell it had come from and noticed a brown haired vamp girl stood in the shadows. Her face was still in monster mode and half hidden in the dark but I knew I recognised it from somewhere. I just didn't know where.

"Maybe I have, what's it to you? Unless you were wanting a lil' bit of roll-around too eh?"

"I thought I was always too young for you back then, though I guess it has been a few years since we last bumped into each other hasn't it you still running around claiming to be the big bad, or have you just found another slayer to bang?"

"Look I don't know who you are and right now I'm not sure I care, but I suggest you get your pretty fucking arse out of here before I find out"

"Now now, Blondie Bear, is that any way to treat an old friend?"

I saw her face turn back into its normal form before the girl stepped into the light. Now I definitely recognised her.

"Dawn?"

"Surprise," I heard Clem say from behind me.

I guess he had been right; this really was worth sticking around for...