"Unwanted Truth."
Part six of the "What Am
I?" series.
Rating: PG-13. For this part
of the series anyways.
Spoilers: I don't have the
time or the energy to go through and state exactly what spoilers are contained
in my fics just assume that anything that has aired in the US is fair game.
Disclaimers: Joss owns everything
fun. I only borrow it for a while.
Feedback: Let me know what
you think. (ladyduvessa19@icqmail.com)
"Ok. Stop, rewind, repeat." Xander had said exactly what Spike knew Buffy would have if she could form words. She was staring blankly into space and a part of him wanted to go to her, but he knew it would be better if he just stayed put. Watching from a distance.
"Repeat what. That I don't really know if she's a demon. I guess you could call her one, I mean she has some of the same similarities…….." Anya was about to give them the whole demon lowdown.
"Not that. The part about the slayer." Once again Xander spoke on behalf of Buffy.
"Oh that. She used to be one. But that was decades ago. Really Buffy I don't think she's here for your job."
Buffy spoke, she was angry. "My job?? How could you have not told me about this? She used to be a slayer. What happened to her? How can she be here? A new slayer isn't called until the old one dies."
"She did die. Then she came back. It's not that big of a deal." Spike was grateful that Anya was so nonchalant about the whole thing.
"NOT A BIG DEAL! How can you say that? Of course it is. There is a slayer out there who's alive that isn't me and it isn't Faith."
"That's what I don't know. I mean she walks and talks and everything, but I'm not real clear on weather or not she's alive." Anya reached for Xander's hand as she spoke.
"What are you talking about? She was here. I saw her. She was alive." Spike could see tears starting to form in Buffy's eyes. Yet he did not go to her.
"You of all people should know that just because someone is walking and talking doesn't mean they are alive. Come on Buff, vampires for instance." Xander had chimed in. Spike figured that he was trying to keep Buffy from killing his soon to be wife.
"Ok fine. So why is she here? What happened to her? How did she die?" Spike hoped that Anya didn't know the answers to those questions. He should be the one to tell Buffy, but at the same time he didn't want to be the one to tell her. He at least wanted to be alone with her when he told her. He couldn't tell her here. Couldn't tell her now.
"It was a vampire. I don't know much about it. I didn't meet her until much later. All I know is that he changed her and then took off." Anya still wasn't taking this as seriously as Buffy was.
"You mean he changed her into a vamp. But it's the middle of the day and she just walked out into the sun." None of this made any sense.
"See that's what I mean. She's kind of like them, but then she's not. She doesn't age, she can go all 'ghhrrrr' with the fangs, and I've seen her drink blood. I don't think that she needs it, but she just kind of craves it. And at the same time she can go out in the day and a wooden stake through her heart doesn't cause her to become piles of dust." Even Spike was surprised by these facts. He really didn't know anything about her.
"You're sure she was turned vamp?? She isn't some other kind of demon or something." Clearly Buffy wasn't getting it.
"She told me that she had gotten hung up on some guy and the next thing she was dead and then not so much. She said it was a vamp. I don't know why she would lie to me. So, yeah, I'm sure it was a vamp."
Buffy headed for the door. Xander tried to stop her. "Where are you going? Look Buff, you just got a lot of information here, don't you think you need a little time to sort it out?"
"No I need to go. I just need to be alone." Buffy didn't even look back at them as she headed out the front door of the magic shop. Spike went to follow her.
"So you were spying on us." Xander said just as Spike walked past him.
"You knew I was there." Was
all Spike said. He headed for the door. As he pulled his blanket over his
head he heard Xander mumble something about how he still shouldn't have
been listening. Spike didn't care. He went out the magic shop door after
Buffy. He couldn't see where she went, but he figured his best bet would
be to check her house. He had gotten halfway there when something hit him
on the back of the head. He fell to the ground unconscious.
Part 5 || Part 7