Disclaimer: I don't own BTVS, ATS or Dollhouse Joss Whedon does what it do baby. Big thanks to my collaborator xanderfan20, thanks for brainstorming with me I hope your well.

Warning: SEXUAL SITUATION. If under 18, do not go any further. I up the rating in this chap because of this. You have been warned.

Love's Survival Game

Time is a luxury that many people do not have. It always seemed to go way to fast and slip through your fingers like so much sand. When you weren't looking, it is gone and you have none left. For Dawn and Connor that statement became even more pronounced. It had been almost a year and they had spent that time running for their lives and fighting for survival. The two had gotten to know and depend on each other very well. Maybe it was the life and death situation forced upon them, or the endless hours that they spent talking to one another when Holtz was not chasing them, but somewhere along the way, they had fallen in love with one another.

Holtz had spent his time playing cat and mouse with them. Hunting them to the point of exhaustion and then giving them a chance to catch a breath and relax into complacency only to come from the shadows and start the chase once again. Holtz could be a very sadistic bastard when he wanted to be and they found that out first hand. At one point, he had captured Connor while he searched for food for him and Dawn and tortured him within an inch of his life. He had somehow escaped the demented old man or he let him escape to continue his cat and mouse game with them.

Connor found a frantic Dawn searching for him. When she came running towards him with tears streaming down her face, he collapsed in her arms. Connor didn't wake up until the next night and found himself in a dark cave and Dawn was tending to his wounds. He sat up and grimaced from the pain, but it was already ten times better than before he collapsed. Must be the benefits of being born of two vampires, He thought to himself. He looked up at a disheveled Dawn and saw that she was sweating from the heat of the cave.

Her hair was entangled, her face smeared with dirt and tears and her clothes were torn and clinging to her body. Still he looked at her and thought she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen in his life. He reached up and touched her cheek and she reeled back in anger.

"I thought you were dead and that I was all alone here. Don't you ever leave without telling me again," Dawn said with barely contained anger.

"I'm sorry Dawn I thought I would be safe enough to go out and find us food; I should have known that Holtz would be waiting for me," Connor frowned as he thought about how stupid he was for going out alone.

"Yeah well, you're like you're father in that aspect. You both like to run off half cocked and all by your lonesome even if there is a homicidal maniac after you," Dawn gently hit him in the head and faintly smiled as she continued to tend to his wounds.

"Promise me that you won't go off by yourself again. It's only a matter of time before Holtz grows tired of playing Tom and Jerry with us and decides to end this demented little game he's playing. We need to stick together if we want to have any chance of surviving," Dawn said earnestly.

He looked up at her and smiled teasingly. "Yes dear."

Dawn scowled at him and temper boiled over. "This is serious Connor, We humph…" Her tirade cut short by Connor's lips as he began to kiss her ever so slowly. She struggled for only a moment before she melted into his kiss and he gradually deepened it as he ran his fingers through her matted hair.

She moaned as his hands unhurriedly started to caress her entire body. First, down her back he ran his finger ever so gently and sensually down her spine, which caused her to shiver in excitement. Then he briefly brushed against her buttocks all the while letting his tongue explored hers.

His hands continued their trek of Dawn's form, he maneuvered his hands to massage her inner thigh, she gasped as his hands slowly made their way up her thighs and he touched ever so lightly her love. She whimpered when he did not stay for very long and he looked into her eyes with a passion that said he would return very soon.

His hands travelled to her mid section and his fingers circled her belly button, which made her giggle slightly. He cupped her breast and gently rubbed her most private areas until she moaned his name loudly. He laid her down on a soft surface and slowly unbuckled and pulled her pants down as he looked into her eyes intimately. Dawn lost herself within his smoldering eyes as he continued to ravish her body.

She ran her fingers through his hair as he tenderly kissed down her neck to her breast to her midsection and then she nearly lost her composure as he went further south and stayed there and played until she boiled over in orgasmic bliss. She was breathing quite heavily when Connor kissed his way back up her body reheating her all over again. As he reached her neck, their bodies joined and began a rhythmic dance.

Dawn arched her back loving the feeling Connor was giving her and she huskily groaned his name and their lovemaking turned frantic as the need to release became foremost on each of their minds. As Dawn succumbed to the passion of their dance, she tightened herself around Conner he yelled out her name as pleasure took over his entire being.

Connor looked into Dawn's misty eyes and his heart melted over her beauty. "I love you Dawn," Connor said as he watched for her reaction.

Dawn eyes clouded over with fresh tears as she gazed into the eyes of the man that she had come to trust and depend on who had proclaimed his love for her. She had no problem reciprocating that statement like she had with Spike. "I love you to Connor," He then plunged down on her lips and kissed her senseless.

Lying in each other's arms breathing heavily they both fell into a deep sleep, oblivious to the fact that they had an audience in the form of Holtz watching their intimate moment with an evil grin on his face.

"Time to end this little game and put an end to this devil's spawn," Holtz said as he watched them sleep.

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Dawn got up early the next morning and found a little lake area to cleanse herself. When she finished she clothed herself and started to collect things that looked eatable when Holtz took her by surprise. She tried to fight him off to no avail and she succumbed when hit punched her almost knocking her unconscious.

He grabbed her by her neck and whispered in her ear. "You know it's a little hypocritical to tell Connor not to go anywhere alone and then do it yourself, you stupid cunt," He then proceeds to drag her to their cave. "Let's go see what lover boy is doing shall we."

Connor came to only to find that Dawn was not beside him any longer. He looked around the cave and to his horror, he found Dawn in the hands of Holtz with a knife to her throat.

"Rise and shine Connor," Holtz tightened his grip on Dawn as Connor rose and clothed himself.

"Holtz let her go, it's me you want leave her out of this," Connor tried to move closer but stopped as he noticed the knife go deeper into Dawn skin and she squeals in pain.

"Do not dictate to me boy, I am the one in control here not you. I will decide what happens to your little bitch," Dawn shivers as Holtz takes a deep whiff of her hair. Maybe I'll take her for a spin like you did last night, you always liked to share."

Connor growled and again tried to rush forward to attack but Holtz brutally yanked Dawns head back by her hair and she screams as the knife cuts her a little more.

"Do not play with me Connor, I will slit her throat before you have a chance to do anything to stop me," Holtz growled out in anger.

Connor held out his hands to calm the deranged man somewhat as he tried to think of a way to rescue Dawn. "I'm sorry father, I should know better than to defy you." Connor noticed that Dawn's blood was dripping from Holtz's fingers and he tried to control his anger knowing that if he did anything rash Holtz might end Dawn's life.

As he tried his best to placate Holtz neither of the three noticed the portal that was slowly opening because of Dawn's blood.

Holtz laughed at Connor as he tried to lie his way out of the situation. "You never could lie to me very well Connor and even though I love watching you squirm and plead. It is beyond time to end this."

Dawn screamed as Holtz began to slit her throat, Connor tackled the two as the portal behind them expanded and the three of them fell through, each fighting for control of the other.