Buffy barged into Spike's crypt with Angel right behind her. Spike jumped up, "Knocking doesn't apply to this world any more does it?"
"Cut the crap Spike," Angel said, "we need your car."
"And I'm going to let 'you' take it because..."
Angel growled and took a step forward but Buffy put a hand on his chest to stop him. "Let me handle this." Buffy went up to Spike a punched him in the face. "We're taking your car." Spike touched his jaw gently, resisting the unbelievable urge to kill her right away. But he thought better of it. It was best to wait for the perfect moment.
"What's the hurry love? Want to run away with nancy boy here?"
"Darla's back in Sunnydale and we need to find her." Buffy answered angrily.
"Oh yeah. You shouldn't worry. She's fine. A little out of her mind, but fine, I assure you."
"You knew about this? And didn't even tell me?! God, I am one step away from staking you right now if it weren't for you chip."
Spike rolled his eyes and popped open a leftover bottle of wine. "Oooh! Wouldn't want to stop you now that I'm all soft. By all means, don't restrain yourself." He drank some wine and set it on the table.
Buffy shook her head and started walking away. "I don't have time for this."
Spike couldn't let her go and followed her sighing frustatedly. "Bloody hell," He muttered, "atleast let me drive my own car. I'll get you to wherever you want to go to." He walked out of his crypt and went out to his car. Angel and Buffy followed. They all got in; Buffy sat in the front with Spike and Angel sat in the back. Spike turned on the engine and glanced back at the two of them, "Hang on to your lunches children." and quickly sped off onto the highway.
***
"And does he really care? NO! Does he respect me at all? NO! Do I deserve more? YES!!" Darla screamed while pounding on the steering wheel.
Dawn, terrified, sat as far away from Darla as she could. "You know, you can just drop me off right here." She attempted to open the door, while Darla was driving, but the handle wouldn't budge. "Child-lock." Darla said. "And you're not leaving! I have to much on my mind! You're staying until I'm done talking..." Darla's face morphed and looked at Dawn, "or if I get hungry. Whichever comes first." Dawn screamed, pushing herself against the door as hard as she could. Darla morphed back and laughed, "There's no use. Don't even bother wasting your energy. Just sit tight and relax honey. We'll have fun together, just you wait."
***
"Spike! Where the hell are you going?" They were speeding down the road and Spike was turning corners randomly every few minutes.
"I'd know if you told me where you wanted to go!" He yelled back.
"Atleast slow down a bit!" Angel said from the back.
Spike sighed and let go of the gas pedal slightly, "Alright, but this isn't the way to find her."
Buffy glanced over at a car that was trying to pass them. "DAWN!" She screamed. Dawn looked out the window by chance, tears streaming down her cheeks and emmidiatly saw Buffy and called out her name but it couldn't be heard.
"Darla's driving that car!" Angel said, leaning forward trying to get a better view. "Spike keep up to them!"
***
Darla passed the car and realized they were chasing her. "Damn it!" She pounded again on the steering wheel. "This is all your fault." She glared at Dawn. Dawn tried to ignore Darla. She turned around and watched as Spike tried to get close enough without crashing. "Who's in that car anyway?"
"Spike, Buffy, and...Angel."
Darla morphed, "ANGEL! BASTARD!!" She flung the steering wheel to the right and the car screeched onto the highway. Dawn fell back and hit the back of her head. "Don't hurt yourself Dawnie. I'm taking you away to live me." Dawn rubbed her head and looked at Darla, who was smiling oddly. "Angel will regret what he did. Spike's a little smarter but isn't one to stick around in one place for over a century."
"Spike can rot in hell." Dawn muttered under her breath.
Darla laughed histerically. "What do you have against Spike now?"
Dawn looked away and tried to fight more tears, "He killed my best friend."
Darla laughed even more. "No he didn't."
"What?? How do you know?"
"Because that's not his style. He doesn't go after friends, he'd go after you first. He doesn't have the creativity to go after friends. But Angel does..." She became enraged and cut another corner.
***
"SHIT!" Spike yelled as he tried to steer the car onto the highway following Darla.
"What is she doing?!"
"I don't know Angel, maybe you should jump out and ask her." Spike said through clenched teeth.
"Spike stop it." Buffy said. "Just drive and don't lose them." She turned around to face Angel. "Eventually she'll run out of gas. And the sun will come up."
Spike gave another sharp turn. "I don't think I'll be able to keep up with her that long princess. I think the only way to stop her is to crash right into her. It'll stop the car atleast." Buffy's eyes went wide and she opened her mouth to protest.
"He's right Buffy." Angel said. "It's our only chance."
"But Dawn's in that car!!"
"I know, but it's our only option right now."
"Then wait!"
Angel grabbed both of Buffy's hands. "Buffy, we have to do this now. Spike, do it."
"Here we go!!" Spike said, unable to hide the anticipation in his voice.
Spike slamed the gas pedal down all the way and drove right beside Darla's car. He rammed into them extremely hard and Darla's car went out of control. It flipped several times into the ditch and exploded into fire. Spike stopped the car and Buffy ran out screaming Dawn's name. Without thinking she dove into the flaming car and dragged Dawn out. She carried her back into the car, "Hospital! NOW!" Buffy shouted.
"Cut the crap Spike," Angel said, "we need your car."
"And I'm going to let 'you' take it because..."
Angel growled and took a step forward but Buffy put a hand on his chest to stop him. "Let me handle this." Buffy went up to Spike a punched him in the face. "We're taking your car." Spike touched his jaw gently, resisting the unbelievable urge to kill her right away. But he thought better of it. It was best to wait for the perfect moment.
"What's the hurry love? Want to run away with nancy boy here?"
"Darla's back in Sunnydale and we need to find her." Buffy answered angrily.
"Oh yeah. You shouldn't worry. She's fine. A little out of her mind, but fine, I assure you."
"You knew about this? And didn't even tell me?! God, I am one step away from staking you right now if it weren't for you chip."
Spike rolled his eyes and popped open a leftover bottle of wine. "Oooh! Wouldn't want to stop you now that I'm all soft. By all means, don't restrain yourself." He drank some wine and set it on the table.
Buffy shook her head and started walking away. "I don't have time for this."
Spike couldn't let her go and followed her sighing frustatedly. "Bloody hell," He muttered, "atleast let me drive my own car. I'll get you to wherever you want to go to." He walked out of his crypt and went out to his car. Angel and Buffy followed. They all got in; Buffy sat in the front with Spike and Angel sat in the back. Spike turned on the engine and glanced back at the two of them, "Hang on to your lunches children." and quickly sped off onto the highway.
***
"And does he really care? NO! Does he respect me at all? NO! Do I deserve more? YES!!" Darla screamed while pounding on the steering wheel.
Dawn, terrified, sat as far away from Darla as she could. "You know, you can just drop me off right here." She attempted to open the door, while Darla was driving, but the handle wouldn't budge. "Child-lock." Darla said. "And you're not leaving! I have to much on my mind! You're staying until I'm done talking..." Darla's face morphed and looked at Dawn, "or if I get hungry. Whichever comes first." Dawn screamed, pushing herself against the door as hard as she could. Darla morphed back and laughed, "There's no use. Don't even bother wasting your energy. Just sit tight and relax honey. We'll have fun together, just you wait."
***
"Spike! Where the hell are you going?" They were speeding down the road and Spike was turning corners randomly every few minutes.
"I'd know if you told me where you wanted to go!" He yelled back.
"Atleast slow down a bit!" Angel said from the back.
Spike sighed and let go of the gas pedal slightly, "Alright, but this isn't the way to find her."
Buffy glanced over at a car that was trying to pass them. "DAWN!" She screamed. Dawn looked out the window by chance, tears streaming down her cheeks and emmidiatly saw Buffy and called out her name but it couldn't be heard.
"Darla's driving that car!" Angel said, leaning forward trying to get a better view. "Spike keep up to them!"
***
Darla passed the car and realized they were chasing her. "Damn it!" She pounded again on the steering wheel. "This is all your fault." She glared at Dawn. Dawn tried to ignore Darla. She turned around and watched as Spike tried to get close enough without crashing. "Who's in that car anyway?"
"Spike, Buffy, and...Angel."
Darla morphed, "ANGEL! BASTARD!!" She flung the steering wheel to the right and the car screeched onto the highway. Dawn fell back and hit the back of her head. "Don't hurt yourself Dawnie. I'm taking you away to live me." Dawn rubbed her head and looked at Darla, who was smiling oddly. "Angel will regret what he did. Spike's a little smarter but isn't one to stick around in one place for over a century."
"Spike can rot in hell." Dawn muttered under her breath.
Darla laughed histerically. "What do you have against Spike now?"
Dawn looked away and tried to fight more tears, "He killed my best friend."
Darla laughed even more. "No he didn't."
"What?? How do you know?"
"Because that's not his style. He doesn't go after friends, he'd go after you first. He doesn't have the creativity to go after friends. But Angel does..." She became enraged and cut another corner.
***
"SHIT!" Spike yelled as he tried to steer the car onto the highway following Darla.
"What is she doing?!"
"I don't know Angel, maybe you should jump out and ask her." Spike said through clenched teeth.
"Spike stop it." Buffy said. "Just drive and don't lose them." She turned around to face Angel. "Eventually she'll run out of gas. And the sun will come up."
Spike gave another sharp turn. "I don't think I'll be able to keep up with her that long princess. I think the only way to stop her is to crash right into her. It'll stop the car atleast." Buffy's eyes went wide and she opened her mouth to protest.
"He's right Buffy." Angel said. "It's our only chance."
"But Dawn's in that car!!"
"I know, but it's our only option right now."
"Then wait!"
Angel grabbed both of Buffy's hands. "Buffy, we have to do this now. Spike, do it."
"Here we go!!" Spike said, unable to hide the anticipation in his voice.
Spike slamed the gas pedal down all the way and drove right beside Darla's car. He rammed into them extremely hard and Darla's car went out of control. It flipped several times into the ditch and exploded into fire. Spike stopped the car and Buffy ran out screaming Dawn's name. Without thinking she dove into the flaming car and dragged Dawn out. She carried her back into the car, "Hospital! NOW!" Buffy shouted.