Title: Return
Author: Niki
Rating: PG13
Summary: Another What happens when Spike comes back fic. Yet Another Apocolypse is threatning Sunnydale, and the Scoobies, reunited with old friends will try to stop it.
Spoilers: Through the end of season six.
Disclaimer: I own nothing!!! Jos owns everything. I'm just borrowing. (although I really wish I could own Spike! (hehe)
Please Review!!!
*Writing in these are thoughts*
It had been a long summer. Buffy and Dawn had spent the days helping Willow cope, and the nights slaying. At first Buffy was a little wary about letting Dawn go on patrol with her, but Dawn was turning out to be really good. Almost as good as Spike. *No!* she thought, *don't think about Spike. Spike thoughts are bad!* She hadn't seen him since that night when he-*No! stop thinking about him!* She had quit work at the Double Meat Palace when her father had finally remembered that he had two children, and sent them enough money to live comfortably for the rest of their lives. She would be starting again at UC Sunnydale next week. (Her father had pulled some strings to arrange that) She was now working part time at a bank.
Dawn would be a freshman at the new Sunnydale High School. The stupid Board of Education hadn't been smart enough to build on a different spot, and this new school was still on the hellmouth. Buffy was apprehensive about sending Dawn to the hellmouth every day, but Dawn pointed out that Buffy had done it for four years and only had it open once.
Xander and Anya were slowly working out their problems, and had started dating again. Xander had been having good luck ever since he had saved the world. He had been promoted to a contruction supervisor, and got a huge pay raise, and had been able to rent a nice new apartment. He was doing really well, and was spending a lot of time helping Willow cope.
Willow was doing better, and would be a sophmore at UC Sunnydale. She had spent the first month and a half of the summer in her room, and then one day in the middle of July, Buffy had awoken to the smell of pancakes. Willow had said good morning, and acted just as cheerfully as she was before Tara died. When Buffy had come home from work that evening, dinner was on the table, and the aroma of fresh baked cookies hung in the air. The cookies were Willows favorite way to apologize, and they practically flowed out of the oven for the next month. As Willow felt less and less guilty, the flow of cookies slowly diminshed. She now was almost back to normal. Once in a while she would find something that would remind her a Tara and the tears would start flowing again, but over all, she was much better.
Giles was still in Sunnydale, he had moved back, and Olivia had joined him. They were engaged, and Olivia was expecting their first child in January. They had gotten his old apartment back, and Buffy and the gang had frequent scooby meetings there.
Buffy was sitting on her couch contemplating this when the doorbell rang. She got up to get it, but before she could, the door opened and Xander and Anya ran in, breathless. They slammed the door.
"Vampires!" He gasped out, "10 of them!"
"Dawnie!! Willow!" Buffy screamed. the two girls came running down, Buffy tossed each person a stake, told Xander and Anya to come out when they got their breath back, then opened the door and launched herself into the fray. After about 10 minutes, the dust cleared, and all that was there was five breathless scoobies.
"We're getting better and better!" Dawn exclaimed,checking her watch, "That was our best time yet this summer!"
"Dawnie, It's not about the time it takes, it's about ridding the world of-" Xander stopped, staring into the street. After about a seccond, he closed his mouth, which had dropped to the ground, picked his stake up, and headed towards the figure standing on the sidewalk next to an old beat up Desoto. "Dangerous, evil beasts" he finished, as he started to aim the stake towards Spike's heart.
"Oh, just do it already, Xander, You've been threatening for years." Spike said in a really exhausted voice.
"Wait a seccond!" You just called me Xander! You never call me Xander! What happened?" Xander was completely dumbfounded.
"Spike, you have a soul! Congratulations!" Anya exclaimed.
"What!" A collective answer came from Buffy, Xander, and Willow, right before all three kind of collapsed to a ground in an faint-like state.
"I can sense his aura, now that my demon capabilities are back, and Spike definitely has a soul!" Anya explained.
"Spike! You run off, you don't call or write for three months, you come back with a soul, asking Xander to stake you... Oh god, you haven't turned out like Angel have you?"
"No Dawnie, he hasn't, but I'm glad to see you like me so much." Angel stepped out of the shandows.
"Angel!" Buffy gasped, from the ground and fainted.
"Deadboy! What are you doing here?" Xander slowly stood up.
"Um guys?" Willow, as usual was the voice of reason,"Why don't we take this inside? The neighbors may decide to call the cops soon." The rest of the group looked around at the nearby houses, many of them with lights turning on and people sitting in the windows.
Xander picked up Buffy's unconscious body, Dawn helped Willow up from her spot on the ground, and they troop inside to the Summers family living room. Xander put Buffy on the couch, and then went an sat on the loveseat with Anya. Dawn situated herself on the floor in front of the couch, while Angel and Willow grabbed the two armchairs. Spike, being the last one in, shut the front door, and leaned up against the living room doorframe.
"Where's Glinda?" he asked."Red, did you two have another fight? I thought you had just gotten back together" he added, as she broke into tears. Dawn quietly explained to the newly souled vampire what had happened after he had left. "Oh god" he said, digesting the information. "I'm dreadfully sorry Willow, I had no idea."
"There you go again deadboy Jr, with the using of the names. What's up?" Xander asked
"I told you already Xander," Anya answered in the voice of a teacher who has explained a topic way too many times, "Spike has gotten his soul back." She then voiced a question to the vampire in question. "How did you do it Spike? Did some one cast a spell on you, like they did to Angel? and speaking of that, how come you aren't.. well, more broody and Angel-like? Before Spike could answer, Angel interceded.
"We have been studying this for the past month, and as far as we can tell, when I was given my soul back, I was the full blown, evil, scourge of Europe. When Spike got his soul back, he had already started on the path to good, and so his souled and un-souled personalities are very similar." Right then, Buffy wolk up.
"That's funny," she said, seeing Willow, "I just had the weirdest dream that Spike had come back with a soul, and brought Angel, too!" she looked around the room, and realized that her so-called dream was a reality. "Oh, god," she moaned, and sank back into the couch."
"Buffy? Are you okay?" Willow asked,"You didn't faint again, did you?"
"No," she said, her voice muffled by the couch, "but I wish I had."
"Hey Buffy, this is like an old boyfriend reunion!" Dawn piped up. "All you need is for Riley to come back, and that mangy asshole Parker!"
"Dawn!" Buffy repremanded her for swearing. Just then, the doorbell rang. "Oh, god Dawnie, see what you've done!" she moaned, and buried herself under blankets and pillows.
"I'll get it, Willow said, "To save you any trauma if it is either of them." She got up, and went for the door. As she opened it, she almost fainted.
"Hi Willow."
"H-h-hi Oz." she replied.
End of part 1
Author: Niki
Rating: PG13
Summary: Another What happens when Spike comes back fic. Yet Another Apocolypse is threatning Sunnydale, and the Scoobies, reunited with old friends will try to stop it.
Spoilers: Through the end of season six.
Disclaimer: I own nothing!!! Jos owns everything. I'm just borrowing. (although I really wish I could own Spike! (hehe)
Please Review!!!
*Writing in these are thoughts*
It had been a long summer. Buffy and Dawn had spent the days helping Willow cope, and the nights slaying. At first Buffy was a little wary about letting Dawn go on patrol with her, but Dawn was turning out to be really good. Almost as good as Spike. *No!* she thought, *don't think about Spike. Spike thoughts are bad!* She hadn't seen him since that night when he-*No! stop thinking about him!* She had quit work at the Double Meat Palace when her father had finally remembered that he had two children, and sent them enough money to live comfortably for the rest of their lives. She would be starting again at UC Sunnydale next week. (Her father had pulled some strings to arrange that) She was now working part time at a bank.
Dawn would be a freshman at the new Sunnydale High School. The stupid Board of Education hadn't been smart enough to build on a different spot, and this new school was still on the hellmouth. Buffy was apprehensive about sending Dawn to the hellmouth every day, but Dawn pointed out that Buffy had done it for four years and only had it open once.
Xander and Anya were slowly working out their problems, and had started dating again. Xander had been having good luck ever since he had saved the world. He had been promoted to a contruction supervisor, and got a huge pay raise, and had been able to rent a nice new apartment. He was doing really well, and was spending a lot of time helping Willow cope.
Willow was doing better, and would be a sophmore at UC Sunnydale. She had spent the first month and a half of the summer in her room, and then one day in the middle of July, Buffy had awoken to the smell of pancakes. Willow had said good morning, and acted just as cheerfully as she was before Tara died. When Buffy had come home from work that evening, dinner was on the table, and the aroma of fresh baked cookies hung in the air. The cookies were Willows favorite way to apologize, and they practically flowed out of the oven for the next month. As Willow felt less and less guilty, the flow of cookies slowly diminshed. She now was almost back to normal. Once in a while she would find something that would remind her a Tara and the tears would start flowing again, but over all, she was much better.
Giles was still in Sunnydale, he had moved back, and Olivia had joined him. They were engaged, and Olivia was expecting their first child in January. They had gotten his old apartment back, and Buffy and the gang had frequent scooby meetings there.
Buffy was sitting on her couch contemplating this when the doorbell rang. She got up to get it, but before she could, the door opened and Xander and Anya ran in, breathless. They slammed the door.
"Vampires!" He gasped out, "10 of them!"
"Dawnie!! Willow!" Buffy screamed. the two girls came running down, Buffy tossed each person a stake, told Xander and Anya to come out when they got their breath back, then opened the door and launched herself into the fray. After about 10 minutes, the dust cleared, and all that was there was five breathless scoobies.
"We're getting better and better!" Dawn exclaimed,checking her watch, "That was our best time yet this summer!"
"Dawnie, It's not about the time it takes, it's about ridding the world of-" Xander stopped, staring into the street. After about a seccond, he closed his mouth, which had dropped to the ground, picked his stake up, and headed towards the figure standing on the sidewalk next to an old beat up Desoto. "Dangerous, evil beasts" he finished, as he started to aim the stake towards Spike's heart.
"Oh, just do it already, Xander, You've been threatening for years." Spike said in a really exhausted voice.
"Wait a seccond!" You just called me Xander! You never call me Xander! What happened?" Xander was completely dumbfounded.
"Spike, you have a soul! Congratulations!" Anya exclaimed.
"What!" A collective answer came from Buffy, Xander, and Willow, right before all three kind of collapsed to a ground in an faint-like state.
"I can sense his aura, now that my demon capabilities are back, and Spike definitely has a soul!" Anya explained.
"Spike! You run off, you don't call or write for three months, you come back with a soul, asking Xander to stake you... Oh god, you haven't turned out like Angel have you?"
"No Dawnie, he hasn't, but I'm glad to see you like me so much." Angel stepped out of the shandows.
"Angel!" Buffy gasped, from the ground and fainted.
"Deadboy! What are you doing here?" Xander slowly stood up.
"Um guys?" Willow, as usual was the voice of reason,"Why don't we take this inside? The neighbors may decide to call the cops soon." The rest of the group looked around at the nearby houses, many of them with lights turning on and people sitting in the windows.
Xander picked up Buffy's unconscious body, Dawn helped Willow up from her spot on the ground, and they troop inside to the Summers family living room. Xander put Buffy on the couch, and then went an sat on the loveseat with Anya. Dawn situated herself on the floor in front of the couch, while Angel and Willow grabbed the two armchairs. Spike, being the last one in, shut the front door, and leaned up against the living room doorframe.
"Where's Glinda?" he asked."Red, did you two have another fight? I thought you had just gotten back together" he added, as she broke into tears. Dawn quietly explained to the newly souled vampire what had happened after he had left. "Oh god" he said, digesting the information. "I'm dreadfully sorry Willow, I had no idea."
"There you go again deadboy Jr, with the using of the names. What's up?" Xander asked
"I told you already Xander," Anya answered in the voice of a teacher who has explained a topic way too many times, "Spike has gotten his soul back." She then voiced a question to the vampire in question. "How did you do it Spike? Did some one cast a spell on you, like they did to Angel? and speaking of that, how come you aren't.. well, more broody and Angel-like? Before Spike could answer, Angel interceded.
"We have been studying this for the past month, and as far as we can tell, when I was given my soul back, I was the full blown, evil, scourge of Europe. When Spike got his soul back, he had already started on the path to good, and so his souled and un-souled personalities are very similar." Right then, Buffy wolk up.
"That's funny," she said, seeing Willow, "I just had the weirdest dream that Spike had come back with a soul, and brought Angel, too!" she looked around the room, and realized that her so-called dream was a reality. "Oh, god," she moaned, and sank back into the couch."
"Buffy? Are you okay?" Willow asked,"You didn't faint again, did you?"
"No," she said, her voice muffled by the couch, "but I wish I had."
"Hey Buffy, this is like an old boyfriend reunion!" Dawn piped up. "All you need is for Riley to come back, and that mangy asshole Parker!"
"Dawn!" Buffy repremanded her for swearing. Just then, the doorbell rang. "Oh, god Dawnie, see what you've done!" she moaned, and buried herself under blankets and pillows.
"I'll get it, Willow said, "To save you any trauma if it is either of them." She got up, and went for the door. As she opened it, she almost fainted.
"Hi Willow."
"H-h-hi Oz." she replied.
End of part 1
