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Chapter Two
Spike arrived in Los Angeles the next day at noon. He was glad that he had the ring because that meant that he would not have to wait to start looking for Buffy. He looked around for a little while when he thought that he should probably find himself a source of steady income because apparently if she did not want to be found his search for Buffy could take some time.
He went to one of the many demon bars in the city to get a job as a bouncer. He got the job at the first bar that he went to by killing the demon that had been the bouncer and 'applying' for the job. He made pretty good money for just doing what he liked, in other words fight anyone who started to try anything. The other good thing being that he got free shot of whiskey or blood, whatever he wanted.
As he had a steady income and the ring he decided to get an apartment for the time that he would be in this town. The thing that he did not realize was that he was now living in the same apartment building that Buffy herself resided in.
The one downside to being a bouncer in a demon club was that if you pissed off the wrong person then they would probably follow you and try to kill you. So after a few nights of this whenever he heard a demon following him he would attack him first. He never thought about the fact that to an observer he looked like he was doing the same job that the Slayer does.
He was walking back to the apartment one night and heard a commotion in one of the alleys that he was walking past and the sounds he new had to be demonic. He did not even stop to think he just ran down the alley in time to see a Polgara demon skewer a girl through the stomach with the stinger that comes out of its arms.
The girl went down and Spike quickly went over and snapped the Polgara's neck. He looked at the girl who was quickly losing blood and finally realized that the reason that it had been attacking her was that it was Buffy. In his mind he was the only person who had the right to kill her so he took her to hospital a few blocks away.
When asked what happened by the doctors Spike said "She was being mugged and the attacker stabbed her. When I saw them he ran and I got her here as fast as I could."
"Okay, do you know her information?" One of the doctors asked.
"I've only seen her once before, all I know is that her name is Buffy Summers and she's visiting friends here because her family is in Sunnydale." He told the doctor. "Is she gonna be okay?"
"I don't know we'll do everything we can for her. You can wait here for her if you like." He left and Spike sat down in the waiting room.
Since he was the one who brought her in the doctors told him when they got her out of surgery and informed him that she was stable.
"Can I see her?" He asked the doctors.
"Sure, but she is not awake yet. She might not wake up for some time." He was told.
"That's okay I just want to sit with her for a little while." He said.
"Okay the nurse will show you to her room. But remember that you will be asked to leave after visiting hours are over." The doctor said.
When he walked into the room he could not believe how pale she was. She was almost as white as he was. Her breathing was so soft that if it were not for his enhanced hearing he would have thought that she was dead. He sat down in the chair beside her bed and decided to just wait to see if she would wake up.
After sitting there in silence for half an hour he started reminiscing about all that had happened the year before. When he started to talk about the last time they had seen each other before he left he heard a slight change in her breathing pattern and realized that she was waking up. He went to get a nurse so that she would be able to tell if there was anything wrong with her that her healing would not take care of.
He was told to wait in the hall while they ran some tests to make sure she was going to be okay. So he sat there waiting for what seemed like forever but really was just a few minutes. He was told that he cold go back in as long as he did not upset her too much.
As soon as he saw that she was fully awake and aware of her surroundings he said. "Hey luv, how are you feeling?"
She seemed a little confused as to why he was there but just answered, "Like I was stabbed in the stomach."
He laughed a little at that and replied, "Well if you are already making jokes then you must feel better than when I found you and brought you here."
"You brought me here? Why, I would have thought that you of all people would be cheering if I died." She said puzzled that he was being nice to her. Then she noticed for the first time that he was standing in her room in direct sunlight. "Why aren't you burning to a crisp?" she said as she gestured toward the window, then wincing as it hurt her stomach to turn even that much.
"Bloody Hell, I brought you here because I did not want you to die in as alley from a Polgara demon. I wouldn't have cheered to see you die at the hands of such a pathetic demon. And the reason that I can stand in sunlight is this little trinket here." He said holding up his hand.
"What is it?" She wondered aloud.
"It's the Gem of Amara." He said
"That doesn't tell me anything." She said impatiently
"It is a supernatural stone that makes the wearer invincible." He told her.
"Oh. You're not in here to kill me are you because I gotta tell you that I'm not at my best right now." She said half jokingly.
"Well, my original plan was to kill you but I would not try to unless you were at full strength because it just wouldn't be the same otherwise." He informed her.
"Oh, okay." She said as she started to fall asleep.
Five minutes later the nurse told him that visiting hours were over. She said that he could come back in the morning to visit her again if he wanted to. He agreed and left mostly because he would have to be at work in a few hours and he wanted to keep getting paid and not have someone else hired because he was late.
TBC…
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