Chapter 5

~1921~

Spike refused to flinch as the whip cracked through the air cutting deep into his back. The pain was evident in the way his jaw was tightly clenched. Lanis let out a low chuckle, knowing he was gonna be stubborn about it. But that was what she wanted. She didn't want him to give in too easy. Then there was no challenge and she craved a challenge, hence why she was so picky about the ones she chose to dominate.

"Did that hurt, William? You did not scream. Did you enjoy it?" Lanis smirked tracing a finger along the reddened welts that grazed his back.

"I'm going to enjoy killing you, wench." Spike growled through clenched teeth.

"Such violent threats, my William. I take it you are not having any fun. But remember it was you who sought me out." Lanis replied and then thrashed the whip once again against his back. Not once did he scream.

Later Spike awoke surprised to find himself unchained and laying in a bed alone. It wasn't the same room that he was chained in before and he had no clue how he had gotten there. Spike didn't even remember falling asleep.

"You're awake." Lanis stated walking into the room with a silver goblet in her hand. Spike moved to the other side of the room, away from her. Lanis paused and studied him amusement etched across her face.

"Sit down." She said indicating to the bed. Spike did not move but studied her cautiously then glanced at the open door.

"Don't even think of it. You can't leave this room without my permission." Lanis sighed taking a seat on the bed.

"And who is going to bloody stop me, pet? You?" Spike replied. She shrugged casually. Spike sauntered over to the door in order to test her but found at the doorway was an invisible barrier.

"Told you." Lanis said softly not looking up at him.

"Then why put me in here? Tired of the chains, Lanis?" Spike spat out angrily.

"If you want the chains, I could easily bring them back." Lanis declared.

"What the bloody hell do you want from me? Didn't you get all your fun last night?" Spike hollered.

"Oh I'm not even close to being finished." Lanis chuckled softly. "Sit down. I know you must be hungry." Spike finally noticed the silver goblet in her hand and realized that the contents inside were blood.

"You really don't expect me to drink blood out of a cup, do you?" Spike asked appalled at the thought of not having it fresh from a warm human body.

"Then you don't eat." Lanis smirked. "And I could care less on if you starve yourself to death. But know this. I have no plans to kill you, Spike. Just play with you for awhile and if you give in to me you might actually have a bit of fun as well. It is you who punishes yourself. Not me. Think about that for awhile." Lanis said and gracefully exited the room leaving the cup of blood sitting on the bedside table. She was heading down the stairs when the cup came sailing out of the room crashing into the wall a few feet from her. Lanis shook her head and made a mental note to have the minions to clean up her new pet's mess.

~2001~

(Please note: the rest of this goes into AU more so then previously.)

"Hey, you okay? We heard Spike yelling." Xander asked as Lanis walked back into the room.

"Oh I'm fine. I have a question though. Why do you keep him chained up if he can't hurt anyone?" Lanis asked taking her seat once again.

"Cause he's a vampire and we can't trust him." Buffy stated.

"But why do you care? He can't hurt you guys. More then likely he'll get himself killed out there. In here, you're coddling him."

"What do you mean coddling him?" Xander asked thinking about what Lanis had just said. Anya just smirked to herself knowing that Lanis was just trying to get the vampire free to have easier access to him then under the tight view of the Slayer.

"He has a place to stay, blood fed to him out of a cup, a TV to watch. Basically it's the easy life." Lanis stated.

"She may be right Giles." Buffy said turning to the ex-watcher.

"Buffy, he is a vampire. We can't just let him loose. There's no saying what he may do." Giles argued.

"But he can't do anything. And you have to admit that it's getting a bit old to have him living in your tub for these past couple weeks." Buffy replied.

"Yeah but..."

"No Buts, Giles. Lanis has a point and I think it is a good idea if we let Spike go on his own for awhile."

"Alright." Giles agreed liking the idea of having a free bathroom once again.

"Well, I am going to call it a night. It was nice meeting all of you." Lanis said standing up.

"It was nice meeting you as well, Lanis." Giles smiled warmly.

"Call me tomorrow?" Anya asked looking up at her friend.

"Of course." Lanis smiled and then made her exit out the door.

"Might as well release Spike now so he can go find a place to stay." Giles sighed and disappeared into the back.

"What do you want, mate?" Spike asked as Giles stepped into the room.

"I'm letting you go." Giles replied unlocking the chains that held Spike in place.

"What? Are you bloody insane? I'm a vampire. Evil! And you're letting me go? Is this some cruel trick?" Spike asked as the chains fell loosely around his body.

"No. let's just say I was convinced to do the good thing and let you defend for yourself." Giles replied and left the room. Spike sat there for a moment in slight shock that he was finally free. What did the Watcher mean by saying he was convinced? Spike then realized who had talked the Slayer and her pals into this 'good' deed. A smirk spread across his face as he climbed out of the tub. He would have to find a way to repay Lanis for this, he knew.

"So where are you gonna go?" Anya asked as Spike walked into the room.

"I dunno. Probably get me a crypt. Something dark and dank." Spike stated.

"Sounds nice." Anya stated putting the information in the back of her mind to relay later.

"So the chit left?" Spike asked looking around.

"If you mean Lanis, then yes, she did leave. Why must you be rude to all our guests?" Giles sighed.

"Rude? She was the one bloody rude. She always has been, daft chit." Spike replied. Anya sent him a warning glare which stopped him from continuing his rant.

"What do you mean always been?" Buffy asked facing Spike.

"Exactly what I said, always." Spike replied.

"Are you saying that you know Lanis?" Xander asked.

"Bloody hell yeah! Met her back in 1921, kidnapped me and all that."

"She kidnapped you? Anya, do you know what he is talking about?" Buffy asked.

"Not in the slightest. I think he's been watching too much TV again." Anya replied.

"Whatever. I'm out of here." Spike said and slammed the door behind him. He didn't need to deal with the Scooby gang's mixed up lies. Nope, he had a crypt to find.