Those Who Have Faith Shall Be Restored
Title:- see above
Rating:- PG13
Distribution:- you can have whatever you like but ask first.
Ownership:- Joss is God etc.
Feedback:- would *so* be appreciated!
Joyce shivered,
"It's cold out here."
"Mom, you're holding Spike's hand."
Spike growled,
" What of it? She was scared."
"Spike, you're a vamp. I.e, no body heat."
"Oh, yeah. She's right you know. Here, take my jacket."
Buffy's face was a picture of utter disbelief,
"Spike? What're you doing?"
"Keeping your mother warm."
"What happened to "Come anywhere near me again and I'll do somthing drastic"?"
"I'm safer with you. I don't have many friends of the demonic sort."
"Make that *no* friends."
Joyce accepted the leather jacket gratefully, though it took a while for her to warm up. Spike had no body heat so the inside of the jacket was like ice. Spike shrugged,
"Don't need any. Never have done, well, not really anyway. Not since Angelus abandoned me and Dru and ran off with Darla. He never did like the idea of being a father."
Buffy sighed,
"This 'll give Angel a chance to get more work done."
"Oh don't start with the mush."
"Shut up Bloodbrat."
Spike snarled angrily,
"Stop calling me that. It makes me hungry."
They wandered towards the park and sat on a bench. All three of them. Then Joyce looked pensive and looked at the blonde vampire,
"Think you'll ever get that chip out?"
"Why? Can't wait for your daughter to kick my head in?"
"No, you just don't seem very happy."
"I'm not and don't start with the Agony Aunt routine. Willow's already tried that one."
"I wasn't."
"Mom, he's a vampire. Drinks human blood."
"Everyone has to eat. If foxes can eat rabbits why can't vampires eat humans?"
Spike nodded,
"She has a point, Slayer."
"I mean *someone* has to be top of the food chain."
"Mom, you think too much. Besides, why can't they just eat animals? It does the same job."
Spike prodded her arm,
" 'Scuse me, one of *them* is sitting right here, and human blood is richer and tastes better."
They looked up as Riley and a couple of other Initiative guys approached,
"You should go get some rest. We'll take over."
Buffy smiled gratefully and signalled for Spike and Joyce to come with her,
"Thanks, guys. Eternal patrol isn't exactly on top of my list of "Oh yay"."
Spike sat infront of Giles' fire toasting a marshmallow for the Slayer,
"Here."
He handed her the melting sweet and she grinned like a child at Christmas,
"Thankyou."
The vampire enquired around the room,
"Anyone else?"
The reply was negative and lights went off as thunder rolled over head. He stood and fed the fire more wood,
"Powercut. Better unplug the TV."
Giles sat on the floor. In doing this he couldn't fall anywhere and so was safer...unless some thing fell on him,
"Why?"
"Dunno. Someone told me it was safer."
He went to plug the TV but with all his nightvision couldn't find the socket.
The room lit momentarily as lightning flashed outside. The vampire moved towards the TV and rested his right arm on it, using the left to feel down the wire to find the plug. Pausing for a moment, he looked around the room to check everyone was alright. Getting soft in your old age, he thought to himself. Lightning blazed outside and the room lit up, allowing Spike to find the socket. Lightning flashed yet again, this time hitting closer to home. Spike had his hand on the plug and his body tensed as the electricity from the lightning outside shot through the wire and into his hand, spreading through his body like wildfire. Willow saw what was happening and rushed to his aid,
"Spike!"
Tara stopped her,
"You'll be electricuted!"
The vampire's figure fell limply on the floor a the current phased out. He dropped the plug and lay unconscious beside the destroyed television.
Hours passed, and no-one touched him incase he was still charged. There was a respectful silence as he stirred and opened his eyes,
"That was.....um....interesting."
Buffy went to help him to his feet. Loathing human sympathy, he pushed her away from him using every shred of energy left in him. It was enough to send her across the room. She pulled herself to her feet as he did and stared at him slightly apprehensively,
"Did that hurt?"
Spike growled,
"I was fried for Christ's sake, woman! Of course it bloody well hurt!"
"No, you pushed me. Your head, did it hurt?"
"What are you talking about?...Oh."
All eyes focussed on the vampire as he looked at his feet, then grinned,
"No. It didn't."
Willow didn't understand,
"But the chip?"
Buffy looked at the Spike ready to attack if he tried anything,
"Took a trip to the deep fat frier."
He shrugged,
"Guess I'll be off then."
They watched as he happily strided out of the house and down to the Bronze for lunch. Buffy glowered,
"Just when I thought things couldn't get worse!"
Title:- see above
Rating:- PG13
Distribution:- you can have whatever you like but ask first.
Ownership:- Joss is God etc.
Feedback:- would *so* be appreciated!
Joyce shivered,
"It's cold out here."
"Mom, you're holding Spike's hand."
Spike growled,
" What of it? She was scared."
"Spike, you're a vamp. I.e, no body heat."
"Oh, yeah. She's right you know. Here, take my jacket."
Buffy's face was a picture of utter disbelief,
"Spike? What're you doing?"
"Keeping your mother warm."
"What happened to "Come anywhere near me again and I'll do somthing drastic"?"
"I'm safer with you. I don't have many friends of the demonic sort."
"Make that *no* friends."
Joyce accepted the leather jacket gratefully, though it took a while for her to warm up. Spike had no body heat so the inside of the jacket was like ice. Spike shrugged,
"Don't need any. Never have done, well, not really anyway. Not since Angelus abandoned me and Dru and ran off with Darla. He never did like the idea of being a father."
Buffy sighed,
"This 'll give Angel a chance to get more work done."
"Oh don't start with the mush."
"Shut up Bloodbrat."
Spike snarled angrily,
"Stop calling me that. It makes me hungry."
They wandered towards the park and sat on a bench. All three of them. Then Joyce looked pensive and looked at the blonde vampire,
"Think you'll ever get that chip out?"
"Why? Can't wait for your daughter to kick my head in?"
"No, you just don't seem very happy."
"I'm not and don't start with the Agony Aunt routine. Willow's already tried that one."
"I wasn't."
"Mom, he's a vampire. Drinks human blood."
"Everyone has to eat. If foxes can eat rabbits why can't vampires eat humans?"
Spike nodded,
"She has a point, Slayer."
"I mean *someone* has to be top of the food chain."
"Mom, you think too much. Besides, why can't they just eat animals? It does the same job."
Spike prodded her arm,
" 'Scuse me, one of *them* is sitting right here, and human blood is richer and tastes better."
They looked up as Riley and a couple of other Initiative guys approached,
"You should go get some rest. We'll take over."
Buffy smiled gratefully and signalled for Spike and Joyce to come with her,
"Thanks, guys. Eternal patrol isn't exactly on top of my list of "Oh yay"."
Spike sat infront of Giles' fire toasting a marshmallow for the Slayer,
"Here."
He handed her the melting sweet and she grinned like a child at Christmas,
"Thankyou."
The vampire enquired around the room,
"Anyone else?"
The reply was negative and lights went off as thunder rolled over head. He stood and fed the fire more wood,
"Powercut. Better unplug the TV."
Giles sat on the floor. In doing this he couldn't fall anywhere and so was safer...unless some thing fell on him,
"Why?"
"Dunno. Someone told me it was safer."
He went to plug the TV but with all his nightvision couldn't find the socket.
The room lit momentarily as lightning flashed outside. The vampire moved towards the TV and rested his right arm on it, using the left to feel down the wire to find the plug. Pausing for a moment, he looked around the room to check everyone was alright. Getting soft in your old age, he thought to himself. Lightning blazed outside and the room lit up, allowing Spike to find the socket. Lightning flashed yet again, this time hitting closer to home. Spike had his hand on the plug and his body tensed as the electricity from the lightning outside shot through the wire and into his hand, spreading through his body like wildfire. Willow saw what was happening and rushed to his aid,
"Spike!"
Tara stopped her,
"You'll be electricuted!"
The vampire's figure fell limply on the floor a the current phased out. He dropped the plug and lay unconscious beside the destroyed television.
Hours passed, and no-one touched him incase he was still charged. There was a respectful silence as he stirred and opened his eyes,
"That was.....um....interesting."
Buffy went to help him to his feet. Loathing human sympathy, he pushed her away from him using every shred of energy left in him. It was enough to send her across the room. She pulled herself to her feet as he did and stared at him slightly apprehensively,
"Did that hurt?"
Spike growled,
"I was fried for Christ's sake, woman! Of course it bloody well hurt!"
"No, you pushed me. Your head, did it hurt?"
"What are you talking about?...Oh."
All eyes focussed on the vampire as he looked at his feet, then grinned,
"No. It didn't."
Willow didn't understand,
"But the chip?"
Buffy looked at the Spike ready to attack if he tried anything,
"Took a trip to the deep fat frier."
He shrugged,
"Guess I'll be off then."
They watched as he happily strided out of the house and down to the Bronze for lunch. Buffy glowered,
"Just when I thought things couldn't get worse!"