"Ya right whatever." Dawn said, as she continued down the stairs, safe in the knowledge that Spike couldn't hurt her.
"Oh good, make this easy on me."
Spike rolled his eyes and then grabbed her as she stepped off the last stair. He pulled her around roughly and pushed her hair out of the way, leaning toward her neck. Dawn suddenly realized that Spike wasn't experiencing any pain and let out a blood-curdling shriek. She fought against him, kicking and wiggling, trying to do some of the moves she had seen Buffy do in the past. Joyce suddenly appeared at the top of the stairs.
"What on Earth..." she stopped dead as she saw Dawn struggling in Spikes arms. "Spike, what are you doing?"
Just as he was going to bite down, Spike lifted his head, "I think that would be obvious, Joyce. I am going to kill little Dawny here, and then, I am going to kill you."
While Spike was distracted by her mother, Dawn used all of her might to pull an arm free. She then jabbed backwards with all her strength and elbowed Spike in the stomach. He was so surprised that he released his grip for just a second and she flew up the stairs to her mother. Joyce gathered her in and the two of them raced into Joyce's bedroom and locked the door. Spike came pounding up the stairs after them and started kicking at the door. Dawn slid across her mother's bed and quickly dialed the phone.
"Mr. Giles, it's Dawn. Is Buffy there? Well Spike is here, he can bite again, and he is about to kill me and mom."
"But, but I just saw Spike, and he was human..."
"Human? Nu-uh, not unless humans have fangs. Help!"
Dawn screamed and dropped the phone as Spike kicked the door in. Dawn screamed again... Buffy and William were approaching her house when she heard Dawn scream.
"Wait here!" She ordered him as she ran up to the house and through the front door.
"Dawn? Mom?" She yelled.
"Buffy!!!"
She heard her mother and sister shriek! Buffy ran up the stairs and to her mother's bedroom. She came bursting through the broken door to see her sister and her mother up against the wall and what looked like Spike from the back approaching them.
"Spike?" Buffy said confusion evident in her voice.
Spike spun around, "Slayer. I've been waiting for you."
Buffy didn't stop to ask questions, she just hit out with her fist, punching Spike in the nose.
"Every bloody time..." he muttered as he was hit again.
This time he grabbed her arm as it pulled back and twisted it so that her back was to him. Buffy leaned over and threw Spike over her head.
"Mom, Dawn, get out of here, find Giles!"
Dawn and Joyce slipped around the fighting Slayer and vampire and flew down the stairs. Buffy and Spike continued to fight. Several times Spike had Buffy in position to bite her but each time she maneuvered out of his reach. She finally took him by his backside and his collar and threw him through the bedroom window. He landed with a grunt and stood up.
"Next time, Slayer, next time I will get you."
He ran off into the night. William was still standing out under the tree in Buffy's front yard. Joyce and Dawn stopped short as they spotted him.
"Spike?" Joyce said, confused.
"Pardon me? No, my name is William, madam...miss."
He replied, nodding to Dawn. Just then Buffy came flying out of the house behind them; stopping short when she saw that William was still there. Just then Giles pulled up in his little red car, tires squealing.
"What is going on?"
"That, Giles, seems to be the question of the hour. We need to call the gang back together, no matter how late it is. Something very strange is going on."
Dawn rolled her eyes. "Surprise surprise..."