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Disclaimer: Story mine, characters not so much.

Chapter 10: A Fighter and a Lover.

"Place seems kinda dead." Buffy noted.

"We are in a cemetery luv." Spike pointed out as they walked amongst the headstones.

"I wanted to beat somebody up." Buffy pouted.

"Want me to drag one out for you?"

"Aw, that's sweet. No, they'll wake up at some point."

"I had plans for us, there was chocolate involved." Spike winked.

"Ooo, well I could call it a night."Buffy smirked.

"Spike." Dru's creepily sweet voice chimed.

"Crap, can we make this quick? I have to go shag your ex." Buffy said with an annoyed expression. With that she leapt into the air and delivered a swift kick to her ribs. Dru fell back but was up in a second, her long nails tarring into Buffy's cheek leaving a trail of blood in their wake. Spike pulled Dru away and punched her square in the jaw. She shoved him out of the way and fell on Buffy again her talons going for her eyes and almost succeeding. "Ow shit. Spike!" Buffy cried as the blood trickled from her eyelids.

"Sod off Dru. You left me remember?" Spike growled as she fought against his attempts to peel her off like a savage animal. Drusilla continued to slash at Buffy's face and body until the grass was stained red. Spike grabbed his sire around the waist and set her skirt aflame with his lighter and she took off for the lake. "Buffy?" He asked franticly as he knelt beside her.

"Spike?" She asked as blood flowed from her mouth.

"I'm here Goldilocks. Don't move." He eased her back down when she tried to sit.

"Did we get her?"

"No. She ran off."

"Damn. Can we go home? I feel all gucky." Buffy complained wiping the blood from her eyes.

"Let's get you cleaned up first. Dawn will have a fit if she sees you like this."

"Right." She tried to stand then the shock hit and she collapsed.

"Buffy?"

"Those nails... it hurt so much." She blubbered.

"She's gone, shh." Spike soothed picking her shaking body off the ground.

"I'm gonna die... again."

"No you're not! I won't let her touch you EVER again." He swore.

She felt weak as she clung to him like a toddler. "Promise?" This was ridiculous she was the Slayer, no beast alive should spook her. Drusilla was wild though, killing for pleasure, a female Angelus; a true nightmare.

"I promise." He whispered when they entered the crypt. He laid her on the bed and brushed her sticky blood soaked bangs off her forehead. "I'm gonna take care of you." He promised as he filled a bowl with water and tore sheets into strips. "This might sting a bit." He warned as he brought a wash cloth to her skin.

"Ouwey." She hissed.

"Sorry pet." He winced.

"It's okay. I'm the one who should be sorry. I must look like an all you can eat buffet right about now." Buffy apologized.

"Don't be daft." Spike scolded as the blood washed away.

"I didn't think I was."

"The only thing I feel now is sick."

"Oh, so now I make you sick?" Buffy scowled.

"What? No!-not you- just looking at you-wait?-bollocks! When I see what she's done to you, THAT makes me sick, not you." Spike explained.

"Oh, that makes sense." Buffy sighed curling up in Spike's arms when he lay next to her.

"Go to sleep luv, I'll let Dawn know you're with me." He kissed her brow.

"Sleep good, Buffy tired." She yawned.

Spike sang softly as she drifted;

"Early one morning, just as the sun was rising
I heard a maid sing in the valley below
"Oh don't deceive me, Oh never leave me,
How could you use, a poor maiden so?"

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