I got plenty of feedback for the The End story - and they
basically said the same thing...
"Good story, but did you have to tear my heart out?!" So I am
telling you all that what REALLY happened was:
Spike was dragged out of there by a demon who wanted to eat him for
dessert (he being the yummiest of treats). He dragged Spike underground and
was about to eat him when Spike woke up and with that leopard grace
of his, broke the demon's head. Spike whipped his hands from the
gooey blood coming from the demons wounds and made his way back to
the factory. He thought of just going back to the crypt, but his
concern over Buffy and the Scoobies got the better out of him.
So he made his way up, limping a bit from his wounds (hey that demon had
sharp teeth)... When he finally makes it to remains of the factory he
sees Buffy on the floor and the three Scoobies standing around her. Red
is crying and Xander has his hand on Buffy's shoulder...
- Buffy is crying? He thinks to himself. What happened here?!
That's when he hears Buffy saying: "I love you Spike."
His head spins and he almost falls, making a noise that turn four pair of
eyes in his direction. Then Buffy is running towards him and Red is laughing
madly and the whelp and the ex-demon girl are smiling like morons. But
then, so is he! She did say she loved him... or was he hallucinating?
He doesn't have time to complete his thoughts because Buffy is there
looking at him with eyes full of tears. She slaps him hard across the
face and he looks at her in total shock! What in the bleeding hell had he
done now?!
"NEVER. EVER. EVER. Do. That. To me. Again! I thought you were
dead!" With that she is kissing him and hugging him. She hugs him
so ferociously that the wound hurts like hell... it's the best pain
he ever felt. "I love you Spike!"
The Beginning
(There, feel better?)