Jonathan, Andrew, and Warren sat in the basement watching 'Starwars episode 1' for the 100 billionth time. "Guys I'm telling you Darth Maul is doing his own stunts." Jonathan argued.
"No way! It's a stunt devil. Look! Pause. Rewind. Right there. Now look at that! It's someone else!" Protested Andrew fiddling with the remote.
Warren grabbed it away from him and shoved it aside. "Guys! Would you just shut up! You guys are pathetic." Jonathan and Andrew looked down at the floor embarrassedly. "I mean Darth Maul obviously does his own stunts." He added. Jonathan and Andrew looked up, "Hey!"
They started chucking pillows at him when Spike came storming in. "Hello boys!" Startled, they all jumped up. Warren stepped forward nervously. "Hey. Spike. Um, we thought we had a deal when you said you'd never come back." Spike advanced on him menacingly. "Yeah well, what can I say? I couldn't resist another visit."
"What do you want?" Andrew stuttered.
"You're going to get this chip out of my brain. Don't play dumb because I know you can."
"And what makes you think we'll do you that favour?" Jonathan chuckled, "Out of the goodness of our hearts? I think you're forgetting something. We're evil now. Got it!" Spike walked up to Jonathan real close and looked down at him. "You have absolutely no comprehension of what evil is," he whispered, "none of you."
Jonathan gulped and stepped back. Andrew and Warren scurried behind him and said nothing out of pure fear. Spike sighed frustratedly. "Do I have to threaten you again by pulling out a bloody little toy action figure from the package again?" he whined.
Andrew jumped. "Ok, ok. We'll do it."
Spike smiled and walked pass them. "Good."
The 3 boys followed him while Warren whispered harshly to Andrew, "Way to go Andrew! My mom will kill me if we get blood on the carpet!"
***
The next night
"Oooh! Wear that! That colour kills!"
"You think so?" asked Dawn.
"Oh yeah! Now, what should I wear?" questioned Alysson, one of Dawn's best friends. "You look fine with what you're wearing now."
Alysson held up a black tank top to the mirror and sighed, "I guess you're right."
"Who are you trying to impress anyway?" Dawn laughed going down the stairs. Alysson followed. "No one. I just want to look good." Dawn smirked, "Sure, sure."
The girls entered the kitchen where Buffy was talking to Xander. "Dawnmiester!" Xander cried, running over to Dawn giving her a big hug.
Dawn laughed, "Xander, Buffy, this is my friend Alysson. She's coming to the party with me." Xander nodded to Alysson and smiled, "Hi."
"Hi!" Alysson chirped.
"Do you need a hug too? There's plenty to go around."
"No thanks, I'm good." Xander went back to Dawn and outstretched his arms. Dawn smiled and hugged him again. "What's with all the hugs?"
Xander shrugged. "I think it's a hugging moment." They heard honking outside and Alysson went for the door.
"Ooh! Cab's here! Let's go!"
"You two have fun now. Behave and don't make the boys cry like last time. Their mom's call here to complain!" Alysson laughed and headed out, her long blonde hair bobbing behind her.
Dawn reached the door and was about to close it behind her when Buffy finally said something. "Dawn?"
Dawn turned around, "Yeah?"
"Be careful." she said softly, trying hard to smile. Dawn nodded, "I will." and left shutting the door.
Buffy sat at the counter and sighed. Xander shut the refrigerator door with a juice box in his hand. "Buff, you ok?"
"Oh, I'm just worried about Dawn. I know she'll be fine, but I just can't help but fear for her." Xander smiled and took a sip from his juice. "Dawnie will be ok. Nothing bad will happen."
Buffy's eyebrows shot up. "Xander! Of all people you would know not to say that! It's the ultimate jinx."
"Oh yeah. Sorry." Buffy groaned and looked at him pouting. "Still got some hugs left over?" Xander put his juice box down and hugged her tightly, stroking her hair. "As many as you need." Buffy sighed and her body started to relax in his arms. He rocked her very slowly and asked, "You wanna watch some movies and have a cuddle fest on the couch?"
"Yeah." Buffy said, like a little child yearning for comfort.
***
Alysson and Dawn entered the large house. The music exploded from every room. But it wasn't so loud that they couldn't hear each other. "Do you think Jeff will be here?" Alysson asked, tossing her long hair over her shoulder and adjusting her cute blue dress nervously.
Dawn shrugged. "I have no idea. But I heard last week that he's going out with Becky Lawson.
Alysson shook her head, her eyes wide. "No. Dawn, no. That's just a silly rumour. He knows that I'm crazy about him."
"Alysson, you two did break up over 8 months ago. I'm sure he's moved on by now." Alysson smiled cheerfully.
"He's not. I know it. He loves me. That's all there is to it."
Dawn tried to change the subject and started walking into the livingroom, "Lets go check out the band." Alysson followed. As she passed by people, Dawn grabbed a glass of punch and tried to avoid spilling it on her short white tank top.
The band wasn't too bad, one of those cover bands from her school. "See Alysson, this will be great, even if you don't find Jeff."
Alysson didn't respond. Dawn looked to where Alysson was gazing off to and her voice got stuck in her throat. Jeff was sitting on the couch making out with some girl she had never even seen before. They both seemed really into it and Dawn good see the tears welling up in Alysson's eyes quickly, ready to fall at any moment.
Dawn took Alysson's arm gently and tugged her away, "Come on Alysson, we can go to my place. We don't need to party. You can sleep over." Dawn whirled around and bumped into someone. "Oops! Sorry! I didn't...Spike!!"
Spike's eyes nearly popped out of his head. "Dawn! What are you doing here? Did you follow me?" Dawn blinked a few times and stuttered, "Follow you? You, you were following me! Buffy told you to do this, didn't she!" Spike regained his focus and took a good look at her. "No...she didn't. I mean she did, but I told her I was going to a party. You look very...um..."
"Pretty?"
"Skanky?"
Dawn punched him in the arm. "I'll just ignore that remark and stick with the pretty." Spike smiled and a large guy suddenly popped up behind him. "Spike! This party rules man! Did you get a look at the fine looking ladies they have here? MmmMmm, I could just eat them all up..." He saw Dawn and outstretched his arm. "Hello there!"
"Lucifer sod off." Spike rolled his eyes.
Dawn shook his hand politely and shivered, his hands were freezing. She quickly figure out how Spike and Lucifer were friends. "I'm Dawn. Oh, and this is Alysson." She glanced at Alysson and could see that Alysson was smiling slyly at Lucifer, twirling a strand of her hair around her finger. Lucifer tensed instantly when he saw Alysson. Dawn could swear she saw a yellow flame ignite in his eyes.
Alysson and Lucifer kept eye contact and simply walked away to another room leaving Spike and Dawn together. "Hmm...that wasn't uncomfortable at all." Dawn said sarcastically. Spike smirked and picked up his electric guitar that was stationed against a chair. "Ready to get this party started?"
Dawn grinned, "You bet! I'll let the band know to step aside!" She ran over to the bass player and whispered in his ear, he nodded and let his band members know what was happening. Reluctantly they left the stage clear.
Spike stepped up and smiled at them, "Don't be upset boys. This is an open house, you should have expected that there wouldn't be just you who wants to entertain." He tapped on the mic and cleared his throat. "Hey people, this is an original, so fasten your seat belts kiddies." Dawn plugged in his guitar for him and stepped back into the crowd that was gathering around. Spike played one note and immediatly everyone was alert. Even Jeff had stopped sucking face with the girl he was with, Dawn had noticed.
"Don't expect to hear thanks from me
Don't underestimate my power
When the wine has no taste
and the food disgusts you
You'll know..."
Spike went into the chorus, everyone was going wild, and loving his new sound.
"You're a part of me
Even though you fear it most
You can't stop it
It lives inside of you
Right beneath the surface
You're a part of me."
***
Lucifer couldn't believe it. The girl standing infront of him was his Alysson. Her hair, her eyes, her lips, her curves. She was perfect. He was having a hard time controlling his animal-self. It kept trying to take over and unleash itself. He whispered her name and took her hand softly.
***
Spike ended his song and the crowd pleaded for more but he stepped down, "Maybe later." Dawn steared him to the couch and sat down beside him. "Spike you were incredible!"
"Thanks 'bit. I appreciate your opinion."
"That song was amazing. How did you come up with the idea?"
Spike rubbed the back of his neck. "I was inspired by my relationship with Dru. Unfortunately for Lucifer, his was different." Dawn glanced away and saw Alysson and Lucifer go upstairs together. Spike saw them too and shook his head. "He had a doomed-to-be love when he first became a vampire. She looked alot like your friend there. Had the same name too. He loved her very much. Not as much as I loved Dru I think. They resented each other as much as they loved each other. For me and Dru, we always loved each other. We hurt each other and ourselves because we loved each other so much. So in love...it was painful." Spike smirked sadly and lit a cigarrette.
"What happened to Lucifer and his love?" Dawn asked curiously.
"He killed her. He was young at the time. He didn't have any experience. Never forgot about that night, I'm sure. I was there. I found him with her in a bedroom. He was delirious. But I helped him out by murdering the whole house full of guests at the party that we were attending."
Dawn thought to herself that she should have known that it would end up like that. "Well, he's probably really happy with Alysson right now. The way he looked at her was so...I wish someone would look at me like that." Spike's cigarrette hung between his lips and he patted her hand.
"You'll find him. Don't worry. Enjoy everything now while it's good, cause you never know when it'll get screwed up." Dawn smiled at Spike and hugged him. Spike didn't expect it but smiled and hugged her back. "You're right about Lucifer being happy. The way he looked at Alysson was the way he looked at his old love."
"Atleast he's like you and she's safe with him."
Spike stared at her oddly, "What do you mean he's like me?"
"You know, he doesn't bite and stuff. He's nice." Spike bit his lip, looking at Dawn's neck. He never got the chance to eat without his chip yet. "Spike, why are you looking at me like that?" Spike jumped to his feet in horror, he had to find Lucifer.His cigarrette dropped from his lips, he ran through the crowd ramming through people like they weren't even there and flew up the stairs. Dawn stood up, "Spike!" Her face became pale as the thought hit her. Spike was evil again. Which meant so was Lucifer. And he was with Alysson! Dawn tried to get through the crowd but they were so tightly packed she could hardly get by anyone.
***
Spike smashed open the door, entering the bedroom and Lucifer grabbed him by the shoulders. His face was dripping with blood. He realized that Lucifer was sobbing histerically. Alysson lay motionless on the bed. "Spike! I couldn't do it! I didn't know when to stop! I didn't know what I was doing! Something just came over me and I was lost!" Lucifer fell to his knees screaming. "I'll never get her back!"
Spike pushed him away and ran to the girl on the bed. She was dead. Drained of every drop. Spike ran back to Lucifer and pinned him high up against the wall shaking him fiercely. "You son of a bitch!" He screamed. "What have you done!"
Lucifer shoved Spike hard and yelled back. "It was a mistake! How can you scream at me like I'm not like you? We are the same. I'm a part of you, and you're a part of me!"
Spike rammed his fist through the wall. "Damn this to hell!"
Dawn rushed into the room. She stopped when she saw Spike and Lucifer. Then she turned to the bed and saw Alysson. She ran to her side, "NO!! Alysson!! Alysson wake up!" Dawn burst into tears and shook her friend's dead body. "Alysson please!!" Dawn got up and charged at Spike, "You did this to her!! You killed her!!" She pounded on his chest desperatly, scratching at his face and slapping him.
Spike grabbed her and threw her onto the bed. "Don't test me little girl. I'm not who I used to be anymore. William the bloody is back."
"No way! It's a stunt devil. Look! Pause. Rewind. Right there. Now look at that! It's someone else!" Protested Andrew fiddling with the remote.
Warren grabbed it away from him and shoved it aside. "Guys! Would you just shut up! You guys are pathetic." Jonathan and Andrew looked down at the floor embarrassedly. "I mean Darth Maul obviously does his own stunts." He added. Jonathan and Andrew looked up, "Hey!"
They started chucking pillows at him when Spike came storming in. "Hello boys!" Startled, they all jumped up. Warren stepped forward nervously. "Hey. Spike. Um, we thought we had a deal when you said you'd never come back." Spike advanced on him menacingly. "Yeah well, what can I say? I couldn't resist another visit."
"What do you want?" Andrew stuttered.
"You're going to get this chip out of my brain. Don't play dumb because I know you can."
"And what makes you think we'll do you that favour?" Jonathan chuckled, "Out of the goodness of our hearts? I think you're forgetting something. We're evil now. Got it!" Spike walked up to Jonathan real close and looked down at him. "You have absolutely no comprehension of what evil is," he whispered, "none of you."
Jonathan gulped and stepped back. Andrew and Warren scurried behind him and said nothing out of pure fear. Spike sighed frustratedly. "Do I have to threaten you again by pulling out a bloody little toy action figure from the package again?" he whined.
Andrew jumped. "Ok, ok. We'll do it."
Spike smiled and walked pass them. "Good."
The 3 boys followed him while Warren whispered harshly to Andrew, "Way to go Andrew! My mom will kill me if we get blood on the carpet!"
***
The next night
"Oooh! Wear that! That colour kills!"
"You think so?" asked Dawn.
"Oh yeah! Now, what should I wear?" questioned Alysson, one of Dawn's best friends. "You look fine with what you're wearing now."
Alysson held up a black tank top to the mirror and sighed, "I guess you're right."
"Who are you trying to impress anyway?" Dawn laughed going down the stairs. Alysson followed. "No one. I just want to look good." Dawn smirked, "Sure, sure."
The girls entered the kitchen where Buffy was talking to Xander. "Dawnmiester!" Xander cried, running over to Dawn giving her a big hug.
Dawn laughed, "Xander, Buffy, this is my friend Alysson. She's coming to the party with me." Xander nodded to Alysson and smiled, "Hi."
"Hi!" Alysson chirped.
"Do you need a hug too? There's plenty to go around."
"No thanks, I'm good." Xander went back to Dawn and outstretched his arms. Dawn smiled and hugged him again. "What's with all the hugs?"
Xander shrugged. "I think it's a hugging moment." They heard honking outside and Alysson went for the door.
"Ooh! Cab's here! Let's go!"
"You two have fun now. Behave and don't make the boys cry like last time. Their mom's call here to complain!" Alysson laughed and headed out, her long blonde hair bobbing behind her.
Dawn reached the door and was about to close it behind her when Buffy finally said something. "Dawn?"
Dawn turned around, "Yeah?"
"Be careful." she said softly, trying hard to smile. Dawn nodded, "I will." and left shutting the door.
Buffy sat at the counter and sighed. Xander shut the refrigerator door with a juice box in his hand. "Buff, you ok?"
"Oh, I'm just worried about Dawn. I know she'll be fine, but I just can't help but fear for her." Xander smiled and took a sip from his juice. "Dawnie will be ok. Nothing bad will happen."
Buffy's eyebrows shot up. "Xander! Of all people you would know not to say that! It's the ultimate jinx."
"Oh yeah. Sorry." Buffy groaned and looked at him pouting. "Still got some hugs left over?" Xander put his juice box down and hugged her tightly, stroking her hair. "As many as you need." Buffy sighed and her body started to relax in his arms. He rocked her very slowly and asked, "You wanna watch some movies and have a cuddle fest on the couch?"
"Yeah." Buffy said, like a little child yearning for comfort.
***
Alysson and Dawn entered the large house. The music exploded from every room. But it wasn't so loud that they couldn't hear each other. "Do you think Jeff will be here?" Alysson asked, tossing her long hair over her shoulder and adjusting her cute blue dress nervously.
Dawn shrugged. "I have no idea. But I heard last week that he's going out with Becky Lawson.
Alysson shook her head, her eyes wide. "No. Dawn, no. That's just a silly rumour. He knows that I'm crazy about him."
"Alysson, you two did break up over 8 months ago. I'm sure he's moved on by now." Alysson smiled cheerfully.
"He's not. I know it. He loves me. That's all there is to it."
Dawn tried to change the subject and started walking into the livingroom, "Lets go check out the band." Alysson followed. As she passed by people, Dawn grabbed a glass of punch and tried to avoid spilling it on her short white tank top.
The band wasn't too bad, one of those cover bands from her school. "See Alysson, this will be great, even if you don't find Jeff."
Alysson didn't respond. Dawn looked to where Alysson was gazing off to and her voice got stuck in her throat. Jeff was sitting on the couch making out with some girl she had never even seen before. They both seemed really into it and Dawn good see the tears welling up in Alysson's eyes quickly, ready to fall at any moment.
Dawn took Alysson's arm gently and tugged her away, "Come on Alysson, we can go to my place. We don't need to party. You can sleep over." Dawn whirled around and bumped into someone. "Oops! Sorry! I didn't...Spike!!"
Spike's eyes nearly popped out of his head. "Dawn! What are you doing here? Did you follow me?" Dawn blinked a few times and stuttered, "Follow you? You, you were following me! Buffy told you to do this, didn't she!" Spike regained his focus and took a good look at her. "No...she didn't. I mean she did, but I told her I was going to a party. You look very...um..."
"Pretty?"
"Skanky?"
Dawn punched him in the arm. "I'll just ignore that remark and stick with the pretty." Spike smiled and a large guy suddenly popped up behind him. "Spike! This party rules man! Did you get a look at the fine looking ladies they have here? MmmMmm, I could just eat them all up..." He saw Dawn and outstretched his arm. "Hello there!"
"Lucifer sod off." Spike rolled his eyes.
Dawn shook his hand politely and shivered, his hands were freezing. She quickly figure out how Spike and Lucifer were friends. "I'm Dawn. Oh, and this is Alysson." She glanced at Alysson and could see that Alysson was smiling slyly at Lucifer, twirling a strand of her hair around her finger. Lucifer tensed instantly when he saw Alysson. Dawn could swear she saw a yellow flame ignite in his eyes.
Alysson and Lucifer kept eye contact and simply walked away to another room leaving Spike and Dawn together. "Hmm...that wasn't uncomfortable at all." Dawn said sarcastically. Spike smirked and picked up his electric guitar that was stationed against a chair. "Ready to get this party started?"
Dawn grinned, "You bet! I'll let the band know to step aside!" She ran over to the bass player and whispered in his ear, he nodded and let his band members know what was happening. Reluctantly they left the stage clear.
Spike stepped up and smiled at them, "Don't be upset boys. This is an open house, you should have expected that there wouldn't be just you who wants to entertain." He tapped on the mic and cleared his throat. "Hey people, this is an original, so fasten your seat belts kiddies." Dawn plugged in his guitar for him and stepped back into the crowd that was gathering around. Spike played one note and immediatly everyone was alert. Even Jeff had stopped sucking face with the girl he was with, Dawn had noticed.
"Don't expect to hear thanks from me
Don't underestimate my power
When the wine has no taste
and the food disgusts you
You'll know..."
Spike went into the chorus, everyone was going wild, and loving his new sound.
"You're a part of me
Even though you fear it most
You can't stop it
It lives inside of you
Right beneath the surface
You're a part of me."
***
Lucifer couldn't believe it. The girl standing infront of him was his Alysson. Her hair, her eyes, her lips, her curves. She was perfect. He was having a hard time controlling his animal-self. It kept trying to take over and unleash itself. He whispered her name and took her hand softly.
***
Spike ended his song and the crowd pleaded for more but he stepped down, "Maybe later." Dawn steared him to the couch and sat down beside him. "Spike you were incredible!"
"Thanks 'bit. I appreciate your opinion."
"That song was amazing. How did you come up with the idea?"
Spike rubbed the back of his neck. "I was inspired by my relationship with Dru. Unfortunately for Lucifer, his was different." Dawn glanced away and saw Alysson and Lucifer go upstairs together. Spike saw them too and shook his head. "He had a doomed-to-be love when he first became a vampire. She looked alot like your friend there. Had the same name too. He loved her very much. Not as much as I loved Dru I think. They resented each other as much as they loved each other. For me and Dru, we always loved each other. We hurt each other and ourselves because we loved each other so much. So in love...it was painful." Spike smirked sadly and lit a cigarrette.
"What happened to Lucifer and his love?" Dawn asked curiously.
"He killed her. He was young at the time. He didn't have any experience. Never forgot about that night, I'm sure. I was there. I found him with her in a bedroom. He was delirious. But I helped him out by murdering the whole house full of guests at the party that we were attending."
Dawn thought to herself that she should have known that it would end up like that. "Well, he's probably really happy with Alysson right now. The way he looked at her was so...I wish someone would look at me like that." Spike's cigarrette hung between his lips and he patted her hand.
"You'll find him. Don't worry. Enjoy everything now while it's good, cause you never know when it'll get screwed up." Dawn smiled at Spike and hugged him. Spike didn't expect it but smiled and hugged her back. "You're right about Lucifer being happy. The way he looked at Alysson was the way he looked at his old love."
"Atleast he's like you and she's safe with him."
Spike stared at her oddly, "What do you mean he's like me?"
"You know, he doesn't bite and stuff. He's nice." Spike bit his lip, looking at Dawn's neck. He never got the chance to eat without his chip yet. "Spike, why are you looking at me like that?" Spike jumped to his feet in horror, he had to find Lucifer.His cigarrette dropped from his lips, he ran through the crowd ramming through people like they weren't even there and flew up the stairs. Dawn stood up, "Spike!" Her face became pale as the thought hit her. Spike was evil again. Which meant so was Lucifer. And he was with Alysson! Dawn tried to get through the crowd but they were so tightly packed she could hardly get by anyone.
***
Spike smashed open the door, entering the bedroom and Lucifer grabbed him by the shoulders. His face was dripping with blood. He realized that Lucifer was sobbing histerically. Alysson lay motionless on the bed. "Spike! I couldn't do it! I didn't know when to stop! I didn't know what I was doing! Something just came over me and I was lost!" Lucifer fell to his knees screaming. "I'll never get her back!"
Spike pushed him away and ran to the girl on the bed. She was dead. Drained of every drop. Spike ran back to Lucifer and pinned him high up against the wall shaking him fiercely. "You son of a bitch!" He screamed. "What have you done!"
Lucifer shoved Spike hard and yelled back. "It was a mistake! How can you scream at me like I'm not like you? We are the same. I'm a part of you, and you're a part of me!"
Spike rammed his fist through the wall. "Damn this to hell!"
Dawn rushed into the room. She stopped when she saw Spike and Lucifer. Then she turned to the bed and saw Alysson. She ran to her side, "NO!! Alysson!! Alysson wake up!" Dawn burst into tears and shook her friend's dead body. "Alysson please!!" Dawn got up and charged at Spike, "You did this to her!! You killed her!!" She pounded on his chest desperatly, scratching at his face and slapping him.
Spike grabbed her and threw her onto the bed. "Don't test me little girl. I'm not who I used to be anymore. William the bloody is back."