Chapter 3: It's About Bloody Time That Beat Up Car Broke Down

Spike sadly walked away from the Summers' house and got his DeSota from the car lot where he had parked it and drove away from Sunnydale for what he thought was going to be the last time. His eyes teared up and he tried not to cry. 'I'm not going to cry. I'm the Big Bad, not some bloody poofter'. He was going to miss Dawn, and even though he was leaving because she treated him badly, he was going to miss Buffy too. He was even going to miss Willow, Anya and Tara. But no, he was not going to miss Xander. At least that's what he kept telling himself.

Buffy was out on patrol alone. She was mad at Spike because of his departure. "How dare he just up and leave like that! After he told me that he'd never leave me like the others did. The nerve of that creep!" "Hey, Slayer, don't take out your boy troubles on me!" a vampire yelled at her right before Buffy dusted him. Then Buffy continued her rant. "They all just up and leave. Every man in my life leaves me. My dad, Angel, Riley, and now Spike." Then suddendly she stopped herself. "Wait a minute, I loved Angel, Riley and my dad, but I don't even love Spike." Buffy couldn't figure out if she was angry that Spike left because it meant that another guy had abandoned her or if it was something else. "I have got to get home and rest."

Buffy went home to find a crying Dawn on the living room couch. Of course Buffy knew why Dawn was upset. Before she could say anything, Dawn looked at her and asked angrily, "What did you do to him?" "Dawn, I didn't do anything to him," she answered calmly. 'Nothing except use him as my sex toy and beat the shit out of him.' "Well, you must done something really bad to finally drive him out of town." "Dawn, happened between me and Spike is private. It's not stuff that I think you should know." "Yeah, that's what he said too," Dawn said disappointed that she wasn't getting any answers. "Then he was right," Buffy said not believing that she actually admitted that Spike had said something that was right."Were you two in a relationship?" Dawn asked her. "No, of course not. Why would you think that?" Buffy asked nervously. "Well, Spike kinda, accidently let it slip out." 'Damn!'

"Dawn, I'll just tell you this much about the situation and you'll just have to accept this. Me and Spike both did some pretty nasty things to each other. We both said some things that we shouldn't have said. I know you'll miss him, Dawn. And I hate to admit this, but I think I'm going to miss him too. But it's better this way, for him. He needed to leave, to go out and find his real purpose of existence. He wasn't happy here. It would've only gotten worse if he'd have stayed." Dawn sighed, "Yeah, I guess you're right," Dawn said but she wasn't sure if she believed that this was for the best; neither did Buffy.

The next day Dawn and Buffy informed the rest of the Scoobs of Spike's departure, without gving any details on the reason why he left. Xander was happy; Anya, Willow and Tara were a little sad, but not too upset. Dawn even read from Spike's note telling them the things he wanted them to hear. They were all touched. Well, except for Xander of course.

Tara, who was the only one who knew the truth about Buffy and Spike's relationship, (Of course, Dawn's suspects it) took Buffy aside to talk to her in private. "How are you taking Spike leaving?" "I'm OK, really. I mean, I didn't love him." "Yeah, I know, but..." "I got over Angel and Riley leaving, I can definitely get over Spike." Tara hoped that Buffy was right.

About a weak later, while Spike was still on the road, the DeSota droke down. "Bloody hell!" he yelled as his car just stopped in the middle of the street. Fortunately, it was at night and he wasn't on a highway. He got out of the car and miraculously managed to push the car to the side on the road without being hit by the other cars. Then he walked to the nearest gas station to call a tow truck to get his car and take it to the mechanics.

What Spike didn't know was that he was being watched by vampires. The leader was a female named Zieda. She had 3 minions with her. They knew who Spike was and wanted him dust. They even came up with a good plan on how to do that. The minions came out of nowhere and jumped in front of him. "Hey, Spike, we're vampires. Do you want to kill us?" Carl said. 'Huh?' Spike thought confused. Vampires didn't usually ask him if he wanted to kill them, they just usually said that they were going to kill him. Spike charged at the minions, but instead of fighting they jumped away from him. "You can't kill us here. If the humans see, they will all know vampires exist. You don't want that to happen do you?" asked Tron. 'These minions sure are strange.' Another minion, Mort, yelled at him, "If you want to kill us. Come and get us."

The vamps started running off and Spike ran after them. He needed to kill something to get his mind off of Buffy. He didn't even stop to ponder if this could be a trap. Right as he was about to dust Mort, Zieda, who was hiding in the bushes, shot him in the back with a poisonous arrow. Before Spike could say, 'bloody hell' he fell to the ground unconscious. Zieda and the minions brought him back to their lair and tied him up, although it might not have needed to. The poison from Zieda's arrow would drain Spike of all his vampiric strength, therefore making it a lot harder for him to escape.

Author's Note: Read on to find out what happens to Spike. I'm warning you though, it will shock and possibly disgust you. And you may not like it.