Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Not Forgotten"
Chapter Two
Spike entered the home and was greeted by Andrew. He was looking more and more like Giles every time he saw the kid. Spike smiled flatly.
"Spike...you're here...good...we could really use an extra person for training and patrolling."
"Rome is getting to be a handful for you huh?"
"No, the girls are the handful."
Spike frowned.
"How many of them do you have now?"
"Um...I don't know...last I counted I think we had at least fifty, and that's not counting what Giles has in London."
"Well...what do you need me to do?"
Andrew shrugged.
"Right now...nothing...you can get settled in. There's a room for you up on the eighth floor...we'll call you in the morning and I'll introduce you to the girls you'll be working with."
"Sounds great."
Andrew took Spike to his room. Rather than stay in the room, Spike went off exploring the large house. At his best bet, Spike figured that the house used to be some kind of boarding school; there were several large rooms with blackboards, for classrooms, and lots of smaller rooms, probably once dorm rooms like the room he had. But after a quick look around Spike headed back to his room. Spike knew better than to be messing around when there was a hand full of slayers in training, who could shove something into you if you weren't paying attention...he wasn't going to make that mistake. He sat down on his bed and eventually, closed his eyes and fell asleep. The next morning he awoke to the noise of Andrew pounding on his door. Spike went and answered the door. Andrew looked at him and frowned.
"I've been pounding on your door for like an hour!"
"Sorry."
Andrew huffed.
"Are you ready?"
Spike nodded.
Andrew took down the stairs, and through one of the halls to one of the large classrooms, Four girls were waiting for them.
"Okay, Spike...I'd like to meet Sara, Ruthy, Katrina, and Christa...these are the girls you'll be working with for now." Andrew turned to the girls. "Girls, this is Spike...yes, he's a vampire...but be nice to him...he's here to help us."
Christa stepped forward and looked coldly at Spike.
"A vampire whose here to help us? Please…" She turned to Andrew. "Is this a joke?"
Andrew sighed.
"No, Christa, this isn't a joke...haven't you girls been listening to Buffy's ethics class? Not all vampires and demons are evil." He waved a hand at Spike. "Spike is a good guy."
Christa lifted her head.
"We'll see about that." She went and took a seat in one of the desks. Andrew turned to Spike.
"All right...they're all yours...have fun." He waved and took off quickly...a little too quickly Spike thought. He turned to the girls. Christa looked like she was the oldest. Dark skinned, Philippino girl. Katrina looked like she was the youngest, an Asian girl, calm and quiet. She was sitting on one of the window ledges looking out. Sara and Ruthy were probably in between them.
"So what exactly, do you think you can teach us, that they can't?" Christa asked. She had some attitude. Spike frowned.
"Well...what are they teaching you?"
"Kennedy is our marks trainer...we learn martial arts, and weapons from her." Sara said. "We have different classes from Buffy...she teaches history, ethics, and we learn Latin, and Italian and folklore and mythology from Andrew...he also teaches us chemistry and physics."
"Oh." Spike muttered. He paused. "What about Faith?"
Sara shrugged.
"She's not really here that much...I think she goes and helps out in London...Kennedy isn't really here that much either...sometimes they have some of the girls they've been training for a while help out."
"Right." Spike said. He glanced at Ruthy. She was quiet...She looked up and smiled at Spike though...he figured, maybe she didn't speak English. She had very long, thick, dark hair...pale maybe...he thought. Judging from her colorful costume like clothing.
"Well...answer my question vampire." Christa sneered. Spike was starting to get annoyed with her.
"Obviously, I'm just here to help you with your field training."
"Field training?" Katrina finally said. She turned and looked at Spike. "You mean they're actually going to send us out there?" The girl was clearly terrified of the very thought, but at the very least it had gotten her attention. Spike grinned.
"Yes...I didn't come here to be some kind of instructor...I'm here for the fight." Spike replied.
"So what? You're just going to sit back while we do all the fighting?" Christa asked.
Spike grinned. He was going to love this...this was so much better than joining Angel on his hell-bent mission to destroy Wolfram and Hart...Angel had become obsessed now, with finding ways to get rid of the evil law firm, and he was still having problems with Lindsey...exactly why, they couldn't figure out how to kill Lindsey was beyond Spike...the man was just human...Wasn't He? In any case, Spike was in Rome, because he needed a break from Angel's chaotic phase or whatever it was he was in. Buffy entered the room. Spike turned. She smiled.
"Buffy." He mumbled.
"I'm going out with you guys tonight...I want to make sure that everything goes smoothly." She said. She turned to Spike. "And that you don't get them into any kind of trouble."
Spike frowned.
"Me? Get them into trouble!" He exclaimed. Buffy shook her head and turned back to the girls.
"Let's go girls."
The girls all got up and headed out the door behind Buffy. Christa glared coldly at Spike on her way out. The girl had some issues with vampires; Spike thought...that was never a good thing. He sighed and followed behind her.