- Daydream -

Fan-Fiction based on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, written by Kasumi

All the characters are owned by Joss Whedon, 20th Century Fox and Mutant Enemy.

This story is set during the episode 5x4 "Out of My Mind"

Riley is dying because of the drugs the Initiative had given him. Buffy convinces him to have surgery, in a rush against time. Meanwhile, Spike and Harmony have kidnapped the doctor who has to operate Riley, in order to remove the chip from Spike.
What would happen if the doctor successfully removed the chip from the vampire and he would be able to defeat Buffy?

Notes: This short fiction is the prologue for my long "The Demon in Me".

Thanks to Carol "Spike is the BIG BAD" for beta-reader this story!

Genre: "What If", drama, erotic.
Rating: NC17
Chapters: 3

Chapter 1

An unequal struggle was playing out in the Medicine classroom.
On one side, Riley was reaching for Harmony, on the other side Buffy was trying to handle Spike.

Riley was hit by an arrow accidentally shot from Harmony's crossbow. He looked down at the object in his leg and groped at the table.
His body was exhausted, the drugs the Initiative had supplied him caused continuous withdrawal symptoms, risking a heart attack at any moment.

Harmony threw a chair at Riley and he collapsed harshly on the floor, pulling the steel table down with him.

Close by Spike watched Buffy and grinned, standing on the table that the doctor had used when removing the chip from his brain.

"I'm gonna swim in your blood, Slayer," he said, anticipating his revenge.

He jumped and pinned her against the floor, quickly sank his fangs on her neck. He gave her no time to react. His razor sharp teeth cut easily her flesh, finding it smooth and soft, and he started to suck her blood. Buffy gasped and tried to shove him away, but his grip was too firm.

She felt her strength draining away with her blood. The ceiling, the side of Spike's face, the hanging light, all of it faded and blurred as she slipped from consciousness.

Harmony made sure that Riley was unconscious before she moved to Spike's side, eager to taste the Slayer.

"Hope you'll leave a little for me."

He raised his face, deformed by the demon, and growled. "Don't touch her! She's mine."

Spike's golden eyes gleamed possessively as Buffy's blood dripped from his lips and rolled down his chin.

Harmony switched to her game face and tried to get closer, but Spike growled again.

"Harmony, I'll say it one last time, sod off," he hissed through his fangs, then he took Buffy in his arms and walked towards the exit of the laboratory.

Harmony followed at his heels. "Can I at least kill the doctor?"

The doctor in question was huddled in a corner with his arms protectively over his face, shaking uncontrollably.

"No, he lives." He looked from Riley's prone form to the doctor. "You're going to operate the boy," he told him, ignoring Harmony's whine of disapproval. "So the next time I beat him, it'll be in a fair fight."

"Why can't we just kill him?" Harmony complained.

"'Cause he just removed my bloody chip."

"Not him, I mean Buffy's boy-toy."

"I'm not going to repeat me self, Harm. Just shut your gob, and do what I tell you to." He looked at the girl in his arms, she seemed so small and helpless to him.
'Because Buffy loves him,' he thought.

Harmony held the door open for Spike and glanced at the doctor before following the other vampire.

"You're safe this time, but the next-"

"Harm! Get your ass out here!" Spike yelled to her.

As soon as they were outside the building, Harmony asked, "What are we going to do with her?"

Spike answered to her without giving a second glare. "Go away, Harmony, I don't need you anymore."

"What?" she shrieked.

"I'm serious, go away."

"You used me. You only wanted me to help you remove the chip. You bastard!"

"Sod off before I stake you! I'm really tired of you! "

She didn't dare reply; instead she stomped away, disappointed and hurt.

Spike decided to take the underground tunnels back to his crypt, not especially wanting to attract attention.

TBC