Sparkie sits there, staring out the window at Angel's new office in
Wolfram and Hart. " Hey" Angel says quietly as he hugs her neck. "You all
right?" she nods and gives out a loud sigh, "hm?" angel asks. " Well its
just that I have been watching these people for some time now and well,"
her eyes narrow somewhat, " do you think they notice that they are wasting
away just to please someone or do this or that?" Angel thinks for a moment
then pats the top of her head " you have to much time on your hands." She
turns around in the chair as he sits on his desk and grabs an envelope. "
Too much time? Angel I had to much time on my hands back at the apartment
when I read up on my demons" He lets out a small chuckle, " yeah I guess
your right there." Fred, Gunn, and Wesley come in just as Angel opens the
envelope. When he does so an amulet falls out. Sparkie scoffs at the rusty
chunk of diamond and gold " oh boy oh boy an amulet, is it from the
seniors?" and she resumes her staring.
Suddenly a light with swirling smoke burst out of it. Forming into a man.
" Spike?" Wesley says in shock and confusion. Angel replies with some
anger, "Spike." He doesn't respond, but stands there, clinging his jacket
to his chest. At the sight of Angel, he vamps out and races at him. To both
of their utter amazement, Spike goes right through Angel and into the desk.
"Alright then." Fred says utterly shocked. Sparkie gets up and stretches, "
well I'm off you guys a-" Angel signals her to come over and points at
Spike. " What?" she asks somewhat annoyed. He grabs her chin and points it
right at Spike. She gasps, "Nice hologram guys, no since y'all are so lazy, I'm going to
walk myself" and she heads out.
Everyone is even more confused now. " How do they know each other?" Fred
mumbles. Gunn lowers his head in thought, " hey man wanna share with the
group?" Wesley says while jabbing Gunn in the arm. He raises his head, "
When he looked at her he mumbled something, Celest I think it was-isn't
that like the new generation of you and-" Spike interrupts him with a
series of worried mumbles, "What the bloody hell did you sick people do to
me!" Angel sighs loudly and places his hand on his forehead. "You're a
ghost?" Angel asks, extremely irritated. Spike removes his attention from
the room and scoffs, " Yeah now bloody thanks to you!" when spike wonders
off into the new office building, they begin to think of ways this was even
possible. " Umm Wesley, you and Fred run some tests on the amulet, see what
its capable of?" the two nod and head off. Spike soon returns, "Nice place
ya got here" Angel doesn't reply. When Sparkie walks in, Spike attempts to
hug her and sadly fails.
Sparkie looks at Angel angrily, " Ok now its programmed to hug me?" Angel
sighs loudly, "Um, that's spike-but in ghost form". She gasps. She shakes
her head and backs up into the wall. "No-no, he died, this is just some
sick joke" She crouches down and curls up. Angel crouches down by her and
gently rubs her back, " I-I'm sorry but it's really him, no hologram or
sick joke" She refuses to believe. Sparkie had almost ceased to exist when
she found out what Angel did. Spike walks up to her and crouches down also,
when she looks up she wants to die. The man she loves more than anyone on
the planet is in her face and she can't touch him. She runs out of the
room, "Spark!" Fred calls out. She looks at angel then sighs, "come on
Spike, lets go figure out what your deal is" and they head out. Angel
tracks his sister through out the whole building till he ends up in his
room. He lies down on the bed and is quickly joined by her and he lovingly
hugs her. " You going to be all right?" she nods and he kisses her head.
"Its-its just so" she pauses for a moment, "how is it possible?" she looks
up at him, seeing the utter confusion in his eyes. " Well they are working
on it" they are quiet the rest of the time and soon its sundown. When they
head to his office Spike appears in front of her.
"Hello love" She does not reply. She turns and they begin to walk around
the building, talking about Sunnydale and their fight against the big bad.
"So when you saved the world, you got sucked into the amulet, whoa" Spike
gets up and she can sense he is somewhat uneasy. "What's wrong?" he only
shakes his head. She gets up from her chair, causing him to sigh loudly, "
God-its-just that-" he looks away from her eyes, which are filled with love
and concern " I wanna hold you some much, you don't know how hard it is to
be with you when I'm like this". She looks down "oh" she mumbles and they
head back in.
They walk up to the door, " Well better go in there and talk with bro and
the other dorks". She laughs somewhat but it soon fades. " You know spike,
I will always love you" and she walks in, closing the door behind her. He
stands there for a moment, thinking about what she had just said. " There
has to be something we can do, Wesley?" but he only shakes his head. The
others have the same response. She can't believe it; the team that has
fought everything in L.A. can't resurrect a ghost. But little does she know
that he is beyond a ghost. "Well then I'm just-uh-gonna get some sleep
then" and before she can open the door, Angel grabs her shoulder " I know
what he means to you, we'll do everything we can" she nods then leaves.
When she leaves, Spike comes in. They spend hours talking about spells that
could do anything for poor Spike. Finally they come up with something and
head to her room. There is Sparkie, sleeping soundly. Angel turns to Spike
" You ready for this?" Spike nods and Angel begins to chant. When he
finishes, Spike hits Angel in the arm, "ow!" he whispers loudly. Spike
smiles innocently, " hey I had to see if it worked".
He approaches her bed, being careful not to wake her up. " Thanks man" He
lips to Angel and then he turns back to Sparkie. He strokes her hair,
causing her to turn over towards him. " Hello pet" he greets her as her
eyes flutter open. She sits up and rubs her eyes, "Wha-who" she sees who it
is and gasps. "Spike!" Sparkie throws her arms around him, " How? How did
you do it?" He returns the loving hug and kisses her head. " It doesn't
matter". She looks into his eyes, and it seems as though she is trapped in
some perfect dream.
Fred walks by and sees Angel in Sparkie's door. "Wha-" he shushes her and
she notices the couple. "How?" she whispers excitedly. He turns to Fred and
smiles, " It's a temp. spell-it'll last through tonight then he'll be
whatever he is again" Fred smiles and quietly giggles, "hm?" She looks at
him and clears her throat, " you -uh gonna watch them?" Angel closes his
eyes and walks away with Fred.
Spike gently pushes her down on the bed and kisses her. She grabs his coat
and responds, tears in her eyes. He breaks it, " no love, no crying. I'm
here now" He kisses her neck gently. " You don't know how happy I am right
now." She whispers in his ear. They continue through out the night and soon
morning comes. She lies like a small child in his arms. When he sees the
sunlight he kisses her and she awakens. " Bye" he mumbles with a soft
smile. He becomes paler and when she puts her hand on his cheek it goes
through him. "No-no!" she cries softly, " You can't leave me, not now."
Spike shakes his head; "I'll never leave you, never" Suddenly he begins to
fade. She looks around in confusion and pain. Sparkie gets dressed and
before she heads out she closes her eyes and shakes her head, "it was just
a dream, a wonderful dream".
When she enters Wolfram and Hart, she is greeted cheerfully by Harmony.
"Hey Sparkie-um-there's a Wiccan cult do-" When Sparkie turns around, there
stands angel, " Where is it at?" he asks. She turns back to Harmony who
hands her directions. Sparkie turns into a small wolf and heads out.
Harmony fixes some papers on her desk, "Does she know yet?" Angel shakes
his head. When she places her hand on his arm he looks at her oddly, " You
have to tell her soon, she can't stay like that for long". He looks at the
elevator and nods. "Thanks"
Angel goes into his office and begins to pace. When Fred comes in she seems
confused, " Is Sparkie ok?" she questions. He stops and sighs, " Hey do you
know where she went?" Fred nods, " yeah um she went to the Wicca center
downtown, they needed something I guess. I guess their her clients." Angel
suddenly grabs her shoulders, "Clients?" She nods while shaking somewhat.
Spike enters looking somewhat shocked. " What are you doing here?" angel
asks annoyed. The blonde raises his hands in the air, " ey' mate, I tried
to leave then got poofed back here-have you seen Celest?" Angel turns at
him and growls. "She isn't Celest anymore. She's Sparkie" Spike only nods
and rolls his eyes.
When Angel goes down to the garage, he can't help but smile at all the
cars. After a minute he picks the viper only to find his new spook there,
"out" Spike shakes his head and gives a small laugh, " I wanna go too man,
she's my woman". Angel slams the door and goes to the next car. Only to
find Spike in the passengers seat this time. " Tally ho!" Angel sighs and
they leave towards the cult. The come upon a huge church area and inside
they find demon bodies all over and Sparkie talking to the priestess. Angel
walks up yo her and grabs her arm, "who-what are you doing!?" he stammers.
She breaks loose of his grip and scoffs, but before she can answer she sees
spike. She quickly turns away, " taking my mind off things that's all, and
besides these are my clients." Angel laughs, "your clients? Wesley does
cult stuff-" but his sister swiftly interrupts, "too much for em'" Sparkie
finishes with the woman and gets in the car.
All is quiet till angel opens his mouth, " I did it" the two look at
angel, this causes spike to sit back and scoff. "What do you mean? Did
what?" angel sighs loudly as he pulls into the garage; " I made Spike solid
that night" she is thrown. She never thought her own brother would do such
a horrible thing. When they get upstairs she stops.
"Come on sis" angel says but she won't listen. " How dare you mess with my
emotions like that!"
