Title: Powerless

Author: Angelchica

Email: Mistyblue622@hotmail.com

Summary: When Buffy loses her powers and Dawn is kidnapped, it's up to Spike to keep hope up and to help Buffy deal. S/B pairing! They so belong together!

Spoiler: None! I don't ever spoil anything! I just write these from the top of my head!

Disclaimer: None of the characters obviously belong to me otherwise I wouldn't be stuck here. I would be in Hollywood or whatever getting tons of money!

Feedback: As always please R & R! Your reviews and the fact that you read my stories is what keeps me writing! Send me ideas that you would want me to write about. I would be happy to write stories on ideas that you give me. Just let me know! (mistyblue622@hotmail.com)

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Hidden Truths


Buffy punched the vampire which sent him flying towards a tree. Buffy turned around and kicked another vampire. She ran towards it and ran the stake through the vampire's heart. She turned around and notice that a big group had her surrounded.

"Looks like your odds aren't so good right now," one of the vampire's said. Right when she was about to answer with one of her comebacks she heard someone else beat her to it.

"Looks good to me," Spike said as he lunged towards them. Buffy looked upset but went on to do her duty. Spike punched one of the vampires and then kicked him. He looked around looking for a stake and then saw Buffy throwing him one. He grabbed it and then staked the creature. Another vampire punched Spike and then kicked him. Spike fell to the ground but then grabbed the vampire with his legs and cracked its neck.

Buffy was taking on several vampires. They grabbed each of Buffy's arms and she couldn't break free. She noticed that the vampires were staring into the darkness. She squinted and then saw some sort of creature coming out. Buffy's eyes widened and she tried to break free. Then she felt one of the vampires let go of her arm and she turned to see Spike beating it up. Buffy looked the other way and started to punch the vampire that was holding her.

"Stake!" Buffy yelled out to Spike as he tossed it to her. Buffy grabbed it and staked the vampire. They both looked around and noticed that the rest of the vampires had run away. Buffy looked back to the clearing where she thought she had some creature but was now no where to be seen. She looked back to Spike with an annoyed look on her face.

"Spike!" Buffy yelled. Spike turned to look at his love. He knew it was coming.

"Look, slayer, before you say anything I'm just going to leave. I'm sick and tired of you treating me like crap! I try my best to help you out cause it hurts me to see you all worked up and hurt. But I get it now. No thanks for Spike. One day you will say it though, slayer. You will thank me," Spike said as he started to walk away.

Buffy looked away. She wanted to say thanks to him, more than anything. The last few days she realized that she didn't hate Spike as much as she thought. He somehow made it to her heart and now there was no way of getting him out. She wanted to yell it at the top of her lungs. She wanted to yell out that she loved him but she knew she couldn't. They would all be disappointed in her. Willow, Xander, all of them, especially Giles. He wouldn't hear any of it. She could hear him now. She could hear him lecturing her on how mistaken she was. He would be disappointed in her. How is it that the slayer managed to fall in love yet again with another vampire!

Buffy shook away the thought. This was her life. She was never meant to be happy. She would always be the slayer until she was either too old to do anything or just dead and she didn't want to end up like that again. She had died but yet she was still here and she didn't want to be. She knew she had people who cared about her but it was different. Everything had changed. She had been in a place where none of this existed. All she knew of was of happiness, serenity, love. That's all she knew and all she needed. Now she was back in a world full of hatred, violence, crime, and she was the one who had to stop it all.

Buffy heard a rustling by the clearing. Buffy turned around and looked around but saw nothing. She started to walk slowly, stake in hand towards the rustling. She went up to it close when suddenly, a big demon jumped out at her. Buffy fell down with the demon on top of her. The demon grabbed her two hands but Buffy kicked the demon in the stomach and then got up. The demon was shocked but then regained itself and lunged towards Buffy.

Buffy punched the demon but then felt pain surge through her whole arm. Buffy looked at the demon and realized that he was made of what seemed to be steel. Then the demon pushed Buffy which sent her flying against a tree. The demon threw her so hard that the tree itself fell on Buffy. She was disoriented and weakened but she tried to pull it off of her when the demon jumped on her. Buffy saw the claws of the demon come out of its what looked like to be fingers, and saw it sink them into her stomach. Buffy screamed in pain but then she saw the demon fly off of her. She looked up and saw Spike standing in front of her, trying to pull the tree off of the slayer. He finally managed to pull it off and turned around to see that the demon was no where in sight. He knelt down besides Buffy.

"Are you ok?" Spike asked the slayer as he noticed that she was bleeding in her stomach. He offered her his hand and this time Buffy didn't refuse it. As soon as she was up she lost her balance but was caught in Spike's arms. Buffy looked up at Spike and noticed that he was concerned.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Try being trapped under a tree for a while," Buffy said trying to laugh if off as she pulled herself away from him and started to walk slowly and limping.

"You don't look so well, love. You're hurt," Spike said.

"Don't call me that I'll live plus I have super healing powers remember part of the whole slayer deal," Buffy said as she put her hand by her stomach trying to not show so much pain. She didn't know what had happened. She felt the nails of that demon go into her but then she felt something go into her and she didn't know what that was.

Spike noticed that she was having trouble walking.

"Well if you're not up to the walk, I can always carry you," Spike said. Buffy turned around disgusted.

"Oh you'd like that wouldn't you," Buffy said as she started to feel weaker.

"Well yeah, I mean no! No! Not in that way. I'd like that so that you don't have to be in pain," Spike said knowing that he had made himself so obvious.

"I don't have to take thi-" Buffy couldn't finish her sentence. She felt so heavy and she couldn't support herself. Everything started to turn dark but at the same time it was all spinning. All of a sudden she fell but Spike caught her before she could fall. He called out her name several times but he didn't get a response.

"Well, I guess I got my was one way or the other," Spike said a bit sadly yet concerned about the slayer's well being as he picked her up and carried her to his crypt.

* * *

Buffy opened up her eyes only to find herself in a dark room. She got up from the couch but then regretted it. The pain from her would surged through her whole body. Then she looked around and noticed that she was in Spike's lair. She held on to her wound and eventually got up only to be startled by Spike's voice.

"What are you doing up?" Spike said as he approached the slayer. Buffy looked down in his hands and noticed that he was holding a first aid kit.

"What do you think you're going to do with that?" Buffy asked.

"Well, I was going to cure your wound," Spike said.

"Don't you even come near me with that," Buffy said.

"Look, slayer don't give me this crap right now. You passed out back there. You were trapped by a tree and clawed by some kind of demon. You are not the strongest person out there. I mean yeah you can kick my butt easily but right now you need to get that wound healed before you pass out again," Spike said. Buffy looked at him. Spike saw that for once he had finally won over the slayer. She sat back down on the couch and let Spike cure her wound. Buffy examined the way he was treating her wound. He was going over it ever so carefully.

"I didn't think you knew how to do this," Buffy said.

"Yeah well ever since I got trashed by Glory that one day I started getting good at it. Hey nobody was here to cure my bruises so I figured hey why not practice and well practice makes perfect," Spike said.

Buffy looked up at him confused. That sounded so sad yet she thought about Spike curing himself and trying not to hurt himself to much.

"Spike, that's pathetic," Buffy said.

"Well try living in a crypt with all that you can do is watching a stolen TV. The only reasonable shows on is Passions," Spike said. Buffy couldn't help but let out a small chuckle but then got sad.

"Passions, my mom loved that show," Buffy said.

"Yeah I remember when she and Little Bit came to stay here. We had fun watching it," Spike said. He finished up bandaging her wound. Buffy examined it and noticed that he actually did do a good job.

"Well I have to go now. I left Dawn alone with Xander and Anya and knowing them I can just imagine what they are talking about," Buffy said as she got up and started to walk towards the door.

"Do you want me to walk with you?" Spike asked.

"I'm not a little girl Spike. I can defend myself," Buffy said.

"Well shouldn't you go tell Giles about what happened?" Spike said.

"No! And you better not say anything. I don't want him to get all worried. It's just a minor cut and it will go eventually like they always do. I don't want to worry him over nothing," Buffy said as she was almost out the door but then was interrupted by Spike again.

"Do I at least get a thank you?" Spike said. Buffy stood there and then just left. Spike looked down at himself.

"Gee woman! What does it take to win your heart!" Spike yelled out as he kicked the TV and sent it flying across the room.

"Oh crap! Smart! My only guilty pleasure gone," Spike yelled to himself. Spike sat down in the couch and reached over to grab his bottle of liquor. He took a sip and then shook his head. What does it take. He has been in love with her for the longest time now and she just wouldn't let him in. All he longed for was to actually have someone to love. Drusilla was a joke. That wasn't love. It was just lust. The power within them was what drove that relationship. This was different. He felt different with Buffy. He remembered when he had Buffy and Drusilla chained up and how he had chosen Buffy over her. But that didn't work. Nothing had and he wanted to give up but knew he couldn't. This feeling was more powerful than he was and he couldn't just make it go away.

* * *

It took a while for Buffy to reach her house. Maybe she should have taken Spike up on his offer but she didn't want him to see that she was letting in. She finally reached the front door but was out of breath. She searched for her key but couldn't find it so she rang the doorbell. Finally, Anya came to the door and opened it.

"Finally, you're home! I thought I was actually going to have to stay here the whole night and well me and Xander, we have stuff to do," Anya said as Buffy entered her home. She went over to the living room and noticed that they had been playing Monopoly.

"Hey Buffy. Guess what! I'm like kicking butt. Look at all this money!" Dawn said so happily.

"What are you so happy about?" Anya asked Dawn in an annoyed tone.

"Anya's a bit upset that she lost her winning streak," Xander said to Buffy.

"Well you guys just clean up whenever you're done. I'm going to go up and turn in early. I'm beat," Buffy said as she made her way towards the stairs. Dawn and Anya started cleaning up the board game but Xander noticed that Buffy was having a hard time going up the stairs. Xander got up and went over to where Buffy was.

"Are you ok?" Xander asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. There was just a lot going on tonight so I had so many things on my back but I'm sure its nothing a good sleep won't shrug off," Buffy said.

"Let me help you," Xander said as he went over to Buffy's side and tried to help her but she shrugged him off.

"Xander, I'm fine. Don't worry about me. Things have been worse. Like when I died. This is no biggie," Buffy said as she finished climbing up the stairs and made her way towards her room.

Xander just stood there and was approached by Dawn.

"Is she ok?" Dawn asked.

"Yeah. She just had a rough night. There was a lot of big bads out there I'm guessing," Xander said as he and Anya made their ways towards the door.

"Next time, I'm going to have all the money. You will be begging me for mercy," Anya said.

"Sure, whatever," Dawn said as she closed the door behind them and started to go up the stairs but noticed some droplets of blood on the stairs. Dawn ran through the rest of the stairs and went over to Buffy's room but the door was closed. Dawn knocked on the door but Buffy didn't answer.

"Buffy?" Dawn called out.

"I'm sleeping!" Buffy yelled out. Dawn just turned away and headed towards her room. Buffy headed towards her dresser and rummaged through her clothes and tried to find her pajamas. She felt so weak and didn't think that she would be able to put some pajamas on. Buffy decided that she should just go to bed and hope that she would feel better tomorrow.