Chapter 7 La Citta Eterna. Buffy must decide to be the mistress of the Immortal, Edwin, or to stay human and kill Edwin. See what Buffy decides to do with her predicament next. This is for platinumvamp, new reviewer, check out my other stories. I'm all variety type. With couples that is. Long chap.

Buffy looks at everyone that surrounds her and Edwin. She looks at the ring that Edwin still held in his hands.

"Guards!" shouts Edwin.

"I think they're sleeping on the job tonight," says Piper.

"You all should of stayed away," says Edwin. He uses he's 'witch' powers and tosses Pike, Piper and Phoebe away. He then moves with his mind a piece of broken wood nearby and aims it at Spike.

"Look out," says Paige jumping on top of Spike as she pushes him out of the way. Paige looks at Spike's mesmerizing blue eyes. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," replies Spike with a smirk. He then hears some foot steps and grabs hold of Paige. He and Paige roll away from a guard who almost axe them. Spike is now on top of Paige. He then helps her up and they face the two guards with axes in their hands.

"Axes," says Paige. The two axes disappear from the guards hands and appear in Paige's hands. "Want an axe?"

"Love one," replies Spike taking the second axe she had as they attack the guards.

Angel pulls out two swords and hands one to Leo as they see more guards enter the main room.

"You know how to use one?" ask Angel.

"Yeah, I can handle one," replies Leo as he starts to fight the guards.

Pike gets up and walks back into the main room where Edwin and Buffy are. He pulls out his cross bow and shoots three in a row. They each hit Edwin on the chest. Edwin backs up and looks at Buffy who grabs him holding him close to her. She touches his chest filled with blood.

"Edwin," says Buffy. She grabs his right hand, which has the ring in it. Then with his powers he pulls the arrows out of him and he aims them at different directions. One heads straight toward Pike. Luckily Piper freezes it. Phoebe hit's the arrow with her hand and it falls to the ground.

"Thanks," replies Pike to both Piper and Phoebe.

The other hits Paige in the back. As Spike knocks out his guard he turns to Paige and sees the arrow go right through her. Leo feels the pain of his charge and loses balance with his foe. Angel sees this and runs Leo's guard with his sword.

"Paige!" yells Spike as he quickly moves over to the guard she is fighting and knocks him senseless. He knelt to the ground and held her in his arms.

"I guess I'm not a fighter," says Paige. "I'm kind of more use to fire balls and demons." Paige coughs up blood.

"No, you've gotta hang in there love," says Spike. Leo orbs to Paige's side. He puts his sword down.

"I'll handle this," says Leo. "You go help your friend." Leo's hand glows of blue lights and Spike sees that Paige's wound is healing. He grabs Leo's sword and heads over to help Angel, his friend.

The other arrow is directed toward Krista but Xander jumps in the way and it hits him instead. Xander falls into Krista's arms.

"Xander no," says Willow getting really angry. Her eyes turn red. Buffy turns around and sees Krista on the ground holding Xander with an arrow in his chest. Buffy's eyes widen and she turns to Edwin.

"Buffy. What's the matter?" ask Edwin. Someone's hand touches his shoulder and a burst of energy engulf the two. Buffy is push away. A bright light shines on both of them then some sparkling blue lights hover above the two. The blue light is pulled into Krista.

"Am I in Heaven?" ask Xander as he sees blue lights all around Krista. "Are you an angel?" Krista looks down at Xander and puts her finger over his lips. She then pulls the arrow with the powers that have been return to her and heals him.

"You're going to be alright Xander," says Krista. Willow runs over to the two and hugs Xander as tears stream down her cheek.

Everyone turns to see Edwin on the floor in the middle of the room. Buffy gets up and walks over to him.

"Buffy stay away from him," says Pike. Buffy looks at Pike then back at Edwin. She picks up a sword from the ground. Edwin sees that she carries her sword on her left hand. She caresses Edwin's cheek with her right hand and he touches her hand.

"Goodbye," says Buffy as she kisses him on the lips then she backs away. She then is about to swing her sword when something hits Buffy on her back. She coughs and Buffy drops the sword. Edwin's eyes widen and he quickly catches her before she falls to the ground.

"Buffy!" shouts Pike, Angel, Spike and Willow. Angel is the first to move towards Buffy, but Piper and Phoebe get into his way and pull him back. Piper looks at Leo.

Edwin grabs Buffy's right hand and sees that she has the ring he tried to give her. He looks up to Angel, Piper and Phoebe.

"The ring," says Paige. "Axe." The axe that hit Buffy in the back appears in Paige's hand. Then they all see the wound heal by itself and Buffy opens her eyes. She looks at Edwin and gets up. Pike walks over to Paige and takes the axe. He turns to face Buffy and Edwin. Pike walks over to Buffy and extends his hand to her. Buffy grabs his hand and moves away slowly from Edwin.

Buffy stops and is about to take the ring off when Edwin stops her. He pushes it right back into her finger.

"Keep it," says Edwin. Buffy gives him a smile as Pike takes her away from Edwin. The two head to the door and just before he exits, he drops the axe. Everyone else follows, and after the door close, Edwin turns toward the stairs. He walks up and into his room.

At Krista's charges house everyone regroups and they all stay silent for a very long time. Pike is still holding Buffy's hand and she notices. She looks down at his hand then looks up at Pike.

"So what are we going to do tomorrow night," says Xander breaking the ice. "Nothing too strenuous or death defying cause I got my once a week experience with death, thank you very much." Xander's comment gives a smile to everyone, even Buffy.

"Well, I think we better get going," says Leo. The Charmed ones say their good byes to everyone.

"Paige," calls Spike. She walks up to him.

"I'm actually going to miss you," says Paige with a smile. "I'm going to admit that I'm not into liking the bad boys, but you're alright in my book."

"Thanks," replies Spike. "Am I ever going to see you again?"

"Anytime you're in San Francisco look me up," says Paige as her hand caresses his face. Spike gives her smile.

"It's been a pleasure working with you guys," says Willow. "It's like a dream come true. I can't wait to tell Giles." Willow turns to Xander in a giddy mood.

"Thanks," says Piper with a smile. Angel glances over at her for a minute and Piper notices it. Leo grabs Piper's hand and Phoebe takes Paige's. In the instant that they came they were gone in splash of blue orbs.

"We need to go," says Angel. Spike looks at Angel surprise. "Pike." Angel turns to Buffy and Pike. "Take care of her."

"I will," replies Pike still holding her hand. Buffy smiles at Pike then at Angel. She then gives Angel a hug.

Spike folds his arms over his chest. He walks over to the two and stares Pike down.

"You better," says Spike. "Or I'll come looking for you." Buffy gives him a look. Spike looks at Buffy and takes her other hand. "Take care luv." He kisses her hand.

Angle and Spike say their goodbyes and head out into the night to catch their jet back to LA.

"Let's go home," says Pike. Buffy nods her head and the two head out.

Willow, Krista and Xander see them as they walk down the street hand in hand. Xander nods his head and looks at both the girls.

"What kind of name is Pike?" asks Xander. "Isn't that a fish?" The girls nod their heads and they close the door.

Xander is sleeping in the sofa that night and he attracts company. Krista sneaks out of her room and goes over to the sofa. She looks at Xander with his eye patch on his left eye and caresses his left cheek gently. Suddenly some sparkling blue light emanates from her hand. Xander's right eye opens and he sees Krista.

"What are you doing here?" ask Xander a little daze because he's half asleep. Krista doesn't respond. She then starts to pull off Xander's eye patch. "Whoa! What are you doing?"

"Trust me," says Krista as she removes the patch gently from his left eye. She sees that his eye lid is close. "Open you're eye."

"It's not a pretty sight," says Xander in somber tone. He then slowly opens his left eye. A bright light shines in it first then he begins to focus on the image of Krista. He blinks a couple of times thinking that it's all a dream. "I can see. How did you…"

"I don't know," replies Krista.

"Thank you." Xander moves in close to her and kisses her on the lips. He then realizes that maybe she didn't really want to be kiss but he gets a quick response back. Krista returns his kiss and climbs unto his lap. Xander wraps his arms around Krista's waist and both his hands travel in opposite directions of each other. One up her shirt and the other down to her leg. (and well you know what happens next. He takes out his Tarzan thong.)

Meanwhile on a jet, Spike and Angel relax on the jet taking them back to LA. The two stay quiet for a while. Angel sighs and Spike nods his head.

"You always like the same type of girls," says Spike.

"I do not," replies Angel.

"Yes you do."

"I do not."

"Yes you do. All powerful girls. I'm not blind Angel. I know you had a thing for that Piper chick. I don't blame you. She's hot. Though her sister Paige is better. Her long…"

"I don't want to know about it Spike. Besides she didn't give you a number. I don't think she's really interested in you." Angel gives a an evil smile. Spike glares at him.

On the same night, at Buffy and Pike's villa, Buffy comes into the living room in a small bathrobe. She sits down with Pike on the sofa who is watching TV. Buffy leans over to Pike and kisses him.

"I'm sorry," says Buffy. Pike looks at Buffy. "I got carried away. His charm."

"I understand that you did this for Krista," says Pike. "I just didn't understand you falling in love with him."

"I didn't."

"Buffy."

"But he was in love with me. I felt for him. He did make me feel good when I was around him." Buffy looks at her finger where she is still wearing Edwin's ring. Pike takes Buffy's hand.

"You had a thing for him."

"For a while, but I only love one person. That person has known me most of my life. He knows me better than I know myself." Pike looks at Buffy then looks down.

"Who's that?"

"You." Buffy takes off Edwin's ring and lays it on the coffee table. She leans over to Pike and kisses him on the lips. "Don't you forget that." Buffy gives him a smile and Pike pulls her closer to him.

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