Meanwhile Angel and Spike continued to fight off the guards ,and the more
they took down ,it seemed twice as many instantly took there place.
Spike grabbed one guard into a head lock, swinging him around until his head collided with the wall knocking him unconscious, as another charged at him from behind
Spike ducked underneath his attackers flailing arms causing him to run straight past him, standing up Spike then reached for his head and with a quick flick of the wrist delighted in the loud crack of his neck snapping as the limp body fell to the floor.
He stood there for a moment relieved in the thought, and feelings of being able to hurt and kill humans once again.
He suddenly felt a presence behind him and although he wasn't a demon anymore something told him that whoever or whatever stood behind him it most definitely wasn't human.
Quickly grabbing a pencil off of a near by desk he spun around to be confronted by Drusilla wielding a knife
"Poor. Poor…Poor Spikey" she said in her usual sing-song voice, she took a step closer to him, her arms reaching out
"Mommy will make it right again" she took another step closer, her arms still out stretched
Spike lifted the pencil up in warning and she instinctively wrapped her arms around her self, letting the knife drop to the floor.
In that exact same moment Buffy raced into the room, only to be caught of guard by Darla, who wrapped an arm around her throat pulling her up against herself, vampire visage firmly in place, teeth barred
"Buffy" Cordelia cried causing both Angel and Spike to turn in there direction, Angel quickly delivered a roundhouse kick to the guard he was currently fighting, sending him sprawling in to the far wall.
While Spike glanced form Drusilla to Buffy and then back again. Drusilla leaned forward slightly before whispering
"You can't do it, you could never do it" She wrapped her arms around herself tighter
Spike didn't contemplate it for another second as he let the pencil drop to the floor; he then turned and headed over towards where Darla and Buffy stood.
Angel also took a step closer, as Drusilla drifted out of the room continuously chanting the same this over and over again "You can't do it, you could never do it"
"What are you doing Darla?" Angel asked calmly, Darla turned and focused on him "You love this girl don't you?" she asked tightening her grip on Buffys throat,
Angel simply nodded his head and Darla let out a disgusted snort
"You love the slayer, the one girl who is destined to hunt and kill our kind….even when you were a demon"
"I wasn't exactly one of you" he replied keeping eye contact
Darla took a small step away from Buffy and looked her up and down observantly
"What did she give you, that I couldn't" she asked spinning her back against her, before looking back to Angel
From across the room Spike had noticed that Angel was slowly inching forward
Darla grabbed a hand full of Buffy hair and yanked her head to the side exposing her neck "...and now you'll get to see her die" She taunted as she went to bite her
"No" Angel cried marching over to them "Take me" he begged as a large smirk spread across Darlas lips "I knew you'd never let it happen" she cried triumphantly Buffy struggled in her grasp
"Angel" she whispered "You can't do this, you can't leave me again" Angel looked at her with a small half-smile before taking another step towards Darla
"I could never watch you die" Angel simply replied his voice cracking slightly
Spike let out an aggravated sigh and marched over to Angel "Are you an idiot or something he asked staring him in the eye "This is her plan...She doesn't want Buffy, she never wanted Buffy…..she wants you"
But Angel didn't take any notice, pushing past Spike he stepped up to Darla, who in turn flung Buffy over to Cordelia, they both tumbled to the floor. Darla opened her arms to him; as he stepped in to her embrace
"Welcome home" she greeted, Angel tilted his head and waited for her fangs to penetrate his skin, after a moment she leaned forward
"Even though I haven't killed her, Angelus surely wil…"She froze a slight whimper of pain escaped her lips before she exploded in to dust
Angel opened his eyes to be confronted by Spike a leg from a broken chair in his grasp "Not if I can help it" he said with a slight smirk,
Angel nodded before turning around, just in time to catch Buffy as she flung herself in to his arms, tears streaming down her face soaking into his suit
"I thought I'd lost you…."she sobbed
Angel smiled pulling her closer to him, "Thank you" he mouthed to Spike who shrugged it off with a nonchalant sigh, he turned towards the door, when suddenly he watched as an elderly man fled past him
"Hey" Cordelia shrieked "Spike stop him…we need him to reverse the spell"
Spike quickly raced out the door and down the corridor after the man, once he had caught up with him, he spun him around slamming him against the wall,
When he suddenly just stopped, here in his grasp he held the key to his immortality, and to either Buffys happiness or to having to watch her become lost and alone once more,
He envied Angel because of the love that Buffy felt for him, but Spike loved her with all of his being and he couldn't bear to watch her be unhappy again
With that last remaining thought he pushed Ethan through the door and watched as he scurried away.
He turned back up the corridor in time to see Buffy, Angel and Cordelia jogging towards him "Where'd he go?" Cordelia asked him as she glanced around "What happened…"
Spike just shrugged in response "He got away" he said casually as he headed back up the corridor
Angel watched him walk away and Buffy studied him curiously but neither said a word.
Spike grabbed one guard into a head lock, swinging him around until his head collided with the wall knocking him unconscious, as another charged at him from behind
Spike ducked underneath his attackers flailing arms causing him to run straight past him, standing up Spike then reached for his head and with a quick flick of the wrist delighted in the loud crack of his neck snapping as the limp body fell to the floor.
He stood there for a moment relieved in the thought, and feelings of being able to hurt and kill humans once again.
He suddenly felt a presence behind him and although he wasn't a demon anymore something told him that whoever or whatever stood behind him it most definitely wasn't human.
Quickly grabbing a pencil off of a near by desk he spun around to be confronted by Drusilla wielding a knife
"Poor. Poor…Poor Spikey" she said in her usual sing-song voice, she took a step closer to him, her arms reaching out
"Mommy will make it right again" she took another step closer, her arms still out stretched
Spike lifted the pencil up in warning and she instinctively wrapped her arms around her self, letting the knife drop to the floor.
In that exact same moment Buffy raced into the room, only to be caught of guard by Darla, who wrapped an arm around her throat pulling her up against herself, vampire visage firmly in place, teeth barred
"Buffy" Cordelia cried causing both Angel and Spike to turn in there direction, Angel quickly delivered a roundhouse kick to the guard he was currently fighting, sending him sprawling in to the far wall.
While Spike glanced form Drusilla to Buffy and then back again. Drusilla leaned forward slightly before whispering
"You can't do it, you could never do it" She wrapped her arms around herself tighter
Spike didn't contemplate it for another second as he let the pencil drop to the floor; he then turned and headed over towards where Darla and Buffy stood.
Angel also took a step closer, as Drusilla drifted out of the room continuously chanting the same this over and over again "You can't do it, you could never do it"
"What are you doing Darla?" Angel asked calmly, Darla turned and focused on him "You love this girl don't you?" she asked tightening her grip on Buffys throat,
Angel simply nodded his head and Darla let out a disgusted snort
"You love the slayer, the one girl who is destined to hunt and kill our kind….even when you were a demon"
"I wasn't exactly one of you" he replied keeping eye contact
Darla took a small step away from Buffy and looked her up and down observantly
"What did she give you, that I couldn't" she asked spinning her back against her, before looking back to Angel
From across the room Spike had noticed that Angel was slowly inching forward
Darla grabbed a hand full of Buffy hair and yanked her head to the side exposing her neck "...and now you'll get to see her die" She taunted as she went to bite her
"No" Angel cried marching over to them "Take me" he begged as a large smirk spread across Darlas lips "I knew you'd never let it happen" she cried triumphantly Buffy struggled in her grasp
"Angel" she whispered "You can't do this, you can't leave me again" Angel looked at her with a small half-smile before taking another step towards Darla
"I could never watch you die" Angel simply replied his voice cracking slightly
Spike let out an aggravated sigh and marched over to Angel "Are you an idiot or something he asked staring him in the eye "This is her plan...She doesn't want Buffy, she never wanted Buffy…..she wants you"
But Angel didn't take any notice, pushing past Spike he stepped up to Darla, who in turn flung Buffy over to Cordelia, they both tumbled to the floor. Darla opened her arms to him; as he stepped in to her embrace
"Welcome home" she greeted, Angel tilted his head and waited for her fangs to penetrate his skin, after a moment she leaned forward
"Even though I haven't killed her, Angelus surely wil…"She froze a slight whimper of pain escaped her lips before she exploded in to dust
Angel opened his eyes to be confronted by Spike a leg from a broken chair in his grasp "Not if I can help it" he said with a slight smirk,
Angel nodded before turning around, just in time to catch Buffy as she flung herself in to his arms, tears streaming down her face soaking into his suit
"I thought I'd lost you…."she sobbed
Angel smiled pulling her closer to him, "Thank you" he mouthed to Spike who shrugged it off with a nonchalant sigh, he turned towards the door, when suddenly he watched as an elderly man fled past him
"Hey" Cordelia shrieked "Spike stop him…we need him to reverse the spell"
Spike quickly raced out the door and down the corridor after the man, once he had caught up with him, he spun him around slamming him against the wall,
When he suddenly just stopped, here in his grasp he held the key to his immortality, and to either Buffys happiness or to having to watch her become lost and alone once more,
He envied Angel because of the love that Buffy felt for him, but Spike loved her with all of his being and he couldn't bear to watch her be unhappy again
With that last remaining thought he pushed Ethan through the door and watched as he scurried away.
He turned back up the corridor in time to see Buffy, Angel and Cordelia jogging towards him "Where'd he go?" Cordelia asked him as she glanced around "What happened…"
Spike just shrugged in response "He got away" he said casually as he headed back up the corridor
Angel watched him walk away and Buffy studied him curiously but neither said a word.