Chapter 10: No Sleep for Me



Scene:The library


It was about five in the morning as Xander sat in a chair at the table, trying to stay awake, because Giles gave him some boring lecture about not falling asleep for awhile after having a concussion and every time he would start to doze off Giles, who was standing behind the counter looking through some of his books he had brought from his house, would squit him with a water gun, filled with holy water nonetheless.

"Hey!" Xander shouted as the water hit him in the face. "I'm not a vampire, you don't need to shoot me with holy water." he said defensively.

"To keep you awake I do, besides it's either the holy water or this." Giles said holding up a crossbow.

Xander sighed sitting upright in his chair, taking one of what seemed like a hundred books on the table.

Giles smiled and was about to go back to reading when Xander spoke up, "Giles, do you know how to read dreams?"

Giles looked up from his book, "Read dreams?" he asked with confusion.

"Yeah, You know...like inturrept them." Xander said.

"Interpret?" Giles asked.

"Whatever. Do you know how to *INTERPRET* dreams?" Xander asked annoyed.

"Yes, well somewhat...(then looking at Xander) "Why do you ask?"

"Oh, No reason." Xander said looking back at the book in his lap.

Xander looking at the book like he was interested in it was a dead give away to Giles that something was bothering him.

"What kind of dreams have you been having?" Giles asked.

Xander looked up at Giles "Not dreams, dream, as in one."

"Can you describe it?" Giles asked, walking out of his office door and over to the table.

"Well, when I was out cold from the demon playing catch with the tree, using me as the ball, I dreamed that I was walking down the halls of school and I could hear voices and (Giles inturrepted him) "Voices?"

"Well, more like whispers. I couldn't make them out...anyway I go to the library and I find you talking to Willow and Oz at the table. I tried to talk to you, but you acted like you couldn't see me."

"What were we saying?" Giles asked.

"I don't know, you were whispering too low for me to understand."

Xander didn't feel like telling Giles about seeing Buffy in his dream, because he knew Giles would say something like ("Well, it's understandable seeing Buffy, with you losing her and now all of the sudden she's here again etc.....") Besides, Xander was still wigged about the way she whispered to him in the dream.

"Well," Giles said snapping Xander out of his thoughts, "You probably just need to start listening to me more carefully." Giles said smiling.

Xander slightly smiled and then looked at the clock and changed the subject, "Well, when can I lay my head down without you giving me a baptism?"

Giles looked at his watch, "Well, I suppose it wouldn't hurt if you (but before he finished Xander's head was on the table.)

Giles smiled and went back to his books behind the counter.

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Scene:Back at the factory


Spike was tired of all this sitting around and letting others have all of the fun. Spike got up from his chair at the long table positioned in the middle of the room, "Dru, I'm tired of sitting on our asses, lets go and have some fun." he said holding out his hand for her to take.

They were inturrepted by what sounded like fighting outside, "Bloody hell!" Spike said as he let go of Drusilla's hand to go investigate, but he didn't get far because coming in the doorway was, "Slayer!" Spike said grinning at her before continuing, "We were just coming to kill you."

One of Spike's men charged Buffy, but when he got within a few inches of her, he turned to dust. As the ashes fell to the ground Spike and Drusilla stood with shocked expressions, but not because she staked the vamp, but because her face vamped out as she walked towards them.

"What the bloody hell is... was all Spike could say as she threw a punch, sending him flying across the room with Drusilla not far behind.

As Spike got up with Drusilla, he was pissed, but also intrigued, "How did...who (he was cut off by a voice from behind him) "Maybe I can help answer your questions." A man said as he came out of the shadows smiling with his fangs showing.

"Let me introduce myself, name's Jesse." he said.

Jesse told Spike how he found Buffy (the Buffy of this reality) after the demon left her and Xander for dead and then turned her. He was going to turn Xander as well, but the ambulances and police showed up so he left, leaving them for the paramedics to find. Then he went to Buffy's grave and waited for her to rise.

After Jesse told Spike all of this he stood there smiling at Spike, "You see Spike, she's mine and she'll do whatever I say or kill whoever I want her to..." But he didn't finish his sentence as he felt a sharp pain to his chest. Looking down he saw a stake impaled in it as he looked up at Buffy in shock before turning to dust.

Spike and Drusilla stood looking at the vamp as he turned to dust, then Spike looked at Buffy, "Y-You killed your Sire." he said in shock.

"I don't take orders from anyone." Buffy said, then she looked at Spike and Drusilla, "I'm moving in, so I suggest you leave."

"I think I like you better as a human." Spike said as he grabbed Dru's hand, "Come on love, lets go."

"But Spike, I want to play." Drusilla said whining.

"Oh, we'll play, just not now pet." he said as they left.

After Spike and Drusilla left, Buffy looked at one of the vamps who was Spike's men, "Tell all of your friends either pledge themselves to me or die."

The vamp looked at her frightened, "W-What are y-you going to do...Master?"

"Get what I want." she said looking down at a picture of her and Xander as she grinned showing off her fangs.
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