Spike V
His head is spinning too fast through flashes of his recent life events. The image of almost raping Buffy was the most disconcerting one to watch. Every cell of his body hurts as he falls into the vortex of time. The mug of blood he had for breakfast was threatening to make his way back up. Spike groans as he falls chest down onto a wet and hard surface. He forces his eyes open trying to stay awake as he pushes himself up and feels nauseated. The vampire is startled when he hears his own voice exclaiming: -"What the bloody hell!? The voice is followed by Xander's voice in accusation: -"You... You did this. Throwing a copy of you at me. You evil fiend planning to kill me! Bo-woo you missed." Souled-Spike rolls his eyes as he stands and looks around Xander's basement. He had forgotten how pathetic it really was. His train of thought is stopped as he glanced at himself, like a reflection on the mirror. The old version of himself, was now staring at him looking confused. It amazes souled-Spike to look at him, so he stays silent while Non-souled Spike points a wrench at him, while saying: -"I had nothing to do with this." Bloody hell, how was he going to explain to this dimwits that he was from the future. He had not thought this far.
Xander was now looking back and forth from him to his old self, and saying: -"Oh.. I know this... this happened to Willow once. You are from a diferent dimension." Non-souled Spike growled saying: -"I am Spike. This is clearly a poor 'n fake cardboard copy." Out of nowhere the boy grabbed a broom and tried to hit him. Out of reflex, souled-Spike shoved him off. Xander hit the wall pretty harshly. Now, the boy was getting up, pointing his chubby fingers at him and saying: - "You! You don't have a chip!" He puffs as non-souled Spike complements: -"Hey, good for ya, mate!" It was to late for an explanation, the boy was already baking away from him. Souled-Spike did not see the point of it, he rolled his eyes and said: -"Look boy, I did not mean to hurt you. I need to see, Giles." His old self grumbles: -"Oh, come on, just kill the boy. Why the hell you are here if not for that." Spike shakes his head in despair, Willow had sent him too far back. He had hoped to get back just before Glory, but there he was still in Xander's basement. All the shit with the iniciative still had to go down, it made Spike weary. Would he have to watch Buffy kissing Riley again? He would kill himself before that.
Xander was looking at him in a distrustful manner and for souled-Spike's annoyance the boy had a stake at hand. He does not have time for this. Future Spike stares at the boy and says: -"I am going to Giles." He is not surprised the boy gets in front of him while saying: -"You are not going anywhere unsupervised, pal. Besides it is daylight." Spike groans, grabs a blanket and says: -"We will take the sewers than." The older version of himself plops down into the comfy chair and grumbles: -"I am not going anywhere!" Souled-Spike shakes his head as Xander grabs a hold of the non-souled vampire and forces him to follow. The image of the boy manhandling his past self makes him sick to his stomach. To have been reduced so many years from a warrior to a bloody wipped subserviant vampire still made future Spike twitch with frustration. But there was no time for that either. To his demise the walk to Giles house was not a silent one. Xander and non-souled Spike kept bickering amongst themselves. It gets in his nerves, but he says nothing chosing not to interfere. He is more than happy, when they get to their destination.
Future Spike throws the blanket over his head, craws out of the sweers and runs to get to Giles house. As they make their smoking way into Giles living room, he hears Buffy saying: -"Something horrible is going to happen, Giles." Spike stops, turns to look at her and smiles a little. He can not help but notice how young she is, how beautiful she looks, how happy... she glows. He can't help to stare in wonder, but suddenly the slayer does not look so happy. Buffy notices there is two of him and says: -"See I told you something horrible was going to happen! Why am I seeing two Spikes here, Xander?" The boy shrugs and says: -"Not my fault, this one just fell right down on my basement floor. Almost hit me on his way down too... and more importantly. Can I add this Spikey version is kinda chipless." Before he can provide any explanation, Buffy moves towards him with her fist already on its way to connect with his nose. The slayer had used this same move too many times with him, so future Spike easily docks it. She tries to hit the side of his head with her other arm, but he blocks her punch.
Non-souled Spike smirks and says: -"Just hit her already knock her unconcious." Souled-Spike now stands holding both her arms in his hands, so he quickly lets go and steps back saying: -"Look, Buffy. I don't want to fight." The old version of himself snarls and complains: -"You bloody ponce, hit her! Jesus christ, when did you fucking turn to Angel? Kill her!" Spike rolls his eyes at his former self and says:- "Oye, I am nothing like Angel. If you would just hear me out, I came from the future." Buffy is staring at them with her stake now at hand. His former self is circling and sniffing the air around him, the non-souled vampire grumbles: -"There is something diferent, you acting like..." The slayer kicks the back of his legs and souled-Spike falls foward. He had been distrated by his old self, what a rockie mistake. Buffy is now sitting on top of him with the point of the stake pressing at his back as she says: -"Move and you are dust to the wind." Souled Spike rolls his eyes and remains on the ground as he says: -"Make my bloody day. I bet the First Evil will be thrilled too. I am here on a mission, you wankers."
Buffy snorted and said: -"Shut up! I have no time for your chinanigans, Spike." She pressed the stake tigther into his back, it would leave a bruise he knew. He never thought he would glad for Giles to say: -"Maybe is better that we tie him up for interrogation. Spike, you mentioned the First Evil and a mission, if you could just be more clear so we can be certain you mean well." The slayer is annoyed at the task of tying him. She grabs a firm hold of his arm and shoves him forcebly to sit on a chair. Buffy turns to Xander for help, but the boy says: -"Look I very much liked to stay and help with this little interrogation, but I am late for work. So good luck with that..." The kid is out of the door before Buffy can say anything. Souled Spike sighs as he tries once more to explain: -"Look, I have been trying to explain... but maybe I am from the future, is a very complex concept to your lot." Non-souled Spike laughs at that and adds: -"This and every other concept in the world, a bunch of good for nothing stuck up morons that is what they..."
Buffy hits his past self square on the nose: -"Like you are a genius!? I bet this is all your fault!" Non-souled Spike clutches his nose and then protests: -"Oye, now! I had nothin' to do with that! I mean look at him, why would I allie myself with this fool... Utter disgrace pillock and I think he has a bloody soul" His past self is now staring at him with disgust and Spike says: -"My soul is beside the point." However, Spike is poiting at him accusing: -"A-há, I knew it. You bloody traitor. This chap, he is not me. Angel must have stollen my body in the future and done a swap..." Buffy punches the non-souled vampire once again, future Spike wonders if all this punches had let himself a bit impared. He did not remembered how much the slayer liked to hit him back then. Buffy turns to Giles saying: -"This is not helping. This Earth quake, something is going down. I chave no time to deal with one Spike, two is too many, Giles!" Something cliqed inside souled-Spike's head, earthquake it was the day he discovered he could hit demons. This could convince them, he could help and not cause much disturbance to the time-line.
Spike stood up from the chair, he had paciently been sitting in and said: -"I can prove I am from the future. This earth quake, Buffy is right. Some demons... Varhall demons were trying to open the hellmouth with a talisman that you bought Giles." The watcher looks concerned, he moves towards the weapons crest and pulls out a talisman while mumbling: -"I thought it was a fake." Buffy shakes her head and says: -"They are never fake. So what... we trust this Spike all the sudden? Just because he says he has a soul? He lies, you know! I mean time travel, is this even a thing?" Spike watches as Giles answers: -"I suppose it could be done time travel, but it would take a reckless, impulsive, stupid beyond his years fool to mess with the time line like this. The risks and the magic necessary I can not even begin to phantom the effects... So, yes I suppose." The watcher is staring at him with disapointment and intrigue now as he adds: -"Do you have any idea of what you being here implies, Spike?"
As the watcher takes out his glasses to clean them, Spike sighs and says: "Probably not. I know that my future, the one I live in at least, will soon cease to exist." The watcher does not seems please as he says: - "Your presence alone, might already changed things. It is called butterfly effect, we can not tell if any of your actions will alter future events... for worse or for better. I don't suppose you even remember having we this meeting at all!?" Future Spike shoves his hands on his pockets and shrugs, his older self laughs and says: -"Oh, that is rich." Buffy rolls her eyes at him and says: -"The real question is why did he want to change the past anyway. Is this clearly one of his scheme to kill me." Spike never thought this would be so hard, he rubs his temple with the points of his fingers as Giles asks: -" It is a good point. What in the world would you hope to change, Spike?" He would have to say it, it hurt him to do it, but souled Spike says: -"Buffy died okay. I am here to change that."
He is surprised, when both Buffy and his older self start laughing without control. Souled-Spike looks at them and then back at the watcher, and then again. He groans saying: -"This is not a joke. The slayer line was broken. The First evil is using that to finish the line once and for all!" Giles snorts as he says: -"So you want us to believe, you came back from the future, chipless to save Buffy's life?" Spike nods and says: -"And the world in that process, yeah!" Non-souled Spike steps closer to him and claps his back saying: -"Good one, mate. Now please stop ruining my reputation here, ANGEL. Well, we all had good news. Buffy dies, let's call it a day! Off you go into the future!" Souled Spike looks at Buffy, she had stopped laughing and seems wounded by the vampire comment. However, the slayer says: -"Shut up, Spike. Nobody cares what you think. And you new Spike... save my life really? Pleasee." He looks at them in resignation, they would have never thrust him. Buffy had told him many times, she did not thrust him. How could he have been so stupid... He should have brought Willow along. But if anything had gone wrong, Buffy would have needed the witch in the future.
Souled-Spike plopped down on Giles couch in defeat, as they bickered amongst themselves. He could not concentrate on the discussion. Maybe he needed to go at this alone. However, if he was not close to them how could he ever save her. He frowned and looked up to Giles, who was saying: -"Spike, are you listening? Let's suppose for a second it is true that you are here on a mission to save Buffy from dying. When does exactly this happens? Was it the First who killed her?" He felt exausted as he patted his own pockets for smokes. Spike found his pack of cigarettes and smiled seeing that they had made it through the time jump. To his demise the watcher complains: -"You can not smoke in here." Souled-Spike wants to scream bite me at him, but he remains silente as grabs a cigarette and lights it. At his back, non-souled Spike says: -"Oye, can I bum one? Its been ages, this stuck-up lot won't get me any cigarettes!?" He smirks at his former self and throws the pack at him saying: -"You can leave you know, it is not like she is going to stop you."
Spike watches as his past self lights his own cigarette and says: -"Got a bloody chip, have you forgotten? I need to..." Buffy interrupts them by saying: -"As much as I enjoy, you too cooking up a beautiful friendship together... actually, no I don't. I have no time for irony, there is apocalipse at hand. One that ass usual I can possibly die. So spill the beans Marty McFly" Future Spike scoffs a little at her joke and says: -"Look, I am tired. And since I don't care what changes my presence might imply, like your precious watcher pointed out. I am gonna tell you like it is as simple as I can. You die saving your sister dawn. She..." He growls as Buffy interrupts him saying: -"Ahá! I don't have a sister, he is lying!" Un-Souled Spike is sitting on the stairs, smoking a cigarette, but he is the one to scold her: -"He is not done talking, you dimn-wit" Souled-Spike rolls his eyes as the Giles says: -"Please, continue there will be no interruptions." The watcher glares at his slayer and the girl crosses her arms over her chest.
Souled-Spike sighs and continues: -"Your sister is a key, her blood opens the portals between dimensions. Dawn will be created yet. The year is 2001, some monks thought you would protect her more if she had family ties, blood ties. So they made her out of your blood. The thing is there is a Hell Dimension God, Glory. She is after the key, she wants to open the portals. Glory tracks Dawn, finds her, bleeds her, opens the portal and... the only... the only way to stop". He realises than that he can not do it, his voice cracks. There were tears on his eyes as he had tried rushing through the information of that day. Yet he could not say it... the memory of it still hurt him, it should have been him to jump. Why didn't him? Dawn had his blood too. He would fix it though, neither would have to jump he would kill Ben before that. Souled-Spike winces as Giles finishes his sentence saying: -"and Buffy closed the portal with her life?" He nods and looks away from the watcher. Buffy is staring at him with na inquiring doubtful face. It hurts him and he quickly avoids her gaze by staring at his own feet. Non-souled Spike adds to his misery by carelessly saying: -"She offed herself then, bloody suicide is what it is. Did not take you for a quiter, slayer."
He hears the crack of Buffy punching his past self in nose, Spike had no ideia why his nose was not crooked. She had broken it too many times, it occurs to him that maybe it is time for his former self to go. He watches as the poor vampire clutches his nose and curses at the slayer. The slayer is exasperated as she says: -"Giles, one apocalipse at the time." The watcher nods and says: -"Right, you should check on the Varhall demons. Call, Willow and Xander to back you up. Oh, and take chiped Spike with you! So I can keep questioning this one." Abruptly, souled-Spike stands up and says: -"No!" The watcher squints his eyes at him saying: -"I beg your pardon?" and Spike adds: -"He stays. She is not safe with him." His old self smircks and says: -"Damn right, she isn't. I am bad." Bufy is quick to be up in his face, hands on her waist saying: -"I don't know who died and made you captain..." He interrupts her by saying: -"You did." She squints her eyes at him in hatered as she says: -"Well, not yet. I am alive and you don't call any shots here. Understand?" Souled Spike nods and non-souled Spike growls in frustration saying: -"Bloody hell, you idiotic girl. I was off your back. Did you want me to tag along?"
By the slayer face, she clearly did not. Buffy had just wanted to make her point and assert her leadership onto future Spike, he knew this. He knew Buffy better, than his past self. The slayer is now pushing non-souled Spike out the door. He had to find a way to manipulate them and keep them apart, before his past self fell in love. As he is thinking that, there is a loud crashing noise, and he turns around to find his plans shattered. Future Buffy had fallen into a chair and was pushing herself up from the floor from the wreckage. Non-souled Spike rubs his temple as she gets a grasp of the surroundings, smiles and says: -"Oh, sorry to crash the party." Young Buffy stadings open mouthed looking at her future self, he winces as past Spike says: -"Great, another slayer. Let me guess you are from the future and came back to save me from dying!?" Souled Spike rakes his fingers through his bleached hair in despair, he did not remember how much of a prick his past self could be. Future Buffy flinches as she answers: -"Yeah kinda..." As she fidgets with her clothes, defeated future Spike plops back into the couch as Giles accuses: -"You said she was dead in the future." And Buffy replies: -"I kinda was for a while... Willow brought me back."