"Help."




"Help."
Part twelve of the "What Am I?" series.
Rating: R. for the entire series.
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)

"And here I thought my day couldn't get any better." Buffy said as she got up off the floor.

"Buffy, luv. I don't really think you're in the position to complain." Spike said referring to the fact that they were being held hostage.

"You actually think that she's a threat to me? Been there, done that. I won. Besides she can't even finish a complete thought, let alone plan my demise." Buffy said glaring at the woman who stood in front of Spike.

Her laughing stopped. She turned and faced Buffy. "It's wrong. You think wrong. Not the same."

"See what I mean? No complete thought there." Buffy said to Spike completely ignoring the other babblings coming from the woman.

"Oh she has complete thoughts. They just get a little jumbled. She could end the world in a day if she really tried. Part of the reason I loved her." Spike put his hand on the bar of his cage and spoke to the disoriented woman. "Drusilla, pet, come and let us out."

"Spike you're too far away. I can't help you. It's gone. You're nothing. She took you. She took you. She took you. She took you. She took you…" Drusilla walked closer to Buffy continuing to scream.

"Now you've upset her. Just what we need an upset crazy lunatic." Buffy sat back down on the floor.

"Drusilla. We can't have this. Nothing will work out if you don't calm down." Aurora walked up behind Drusilla and put her hand on her shoulder. "Now what do you say? Is it time to give her, her present?"

"He used to bring me presents. Beautiful people. But he stopped. He used to be mine. But her and William took him away. He's gone." Drusilla followed Aurora as she spoke. It was clear to Spike that Drusilla was the one in charge, even though Aurora was the one making all the moves. It had been that way when he was with Dru. She controlled everything he did, yet it always looked like he was controlling her. A part of him missed that control. The demon in him loved Dru. Always would. She was the rarest black beauty. He always wondered what went on in her head. To be that much in control of others takes talent. A part of him would always love her, but that part was so small compared to the part that was in love with Buffy. Maybe Dru was right. Maybe the man in him finally did take away the demon.

"If you're going to keep us here could you at least tell us why?" Buffy was annoyed.

"Spike made me the best little doll." Dru said brushing Aurora's hair with her fingers. "So much anger in her. Upset by who she is and what she was. We're going to stop them. All of them. The slayers."

"Dru you can't stop the slayers. After one dies another one is called." Spike rolled his eyes as he spoke.

"We can. As long as we stop them from becoming slayers." Aurora stepped away from Drusilla and stared at Buffy.

"Why is it so important for you to stop the slayers? From what I've heard about you, you haven't exactly tried to end the world in the past fifty years." Buffy asked Aurora.

"Where'd you hear that luv?" Spike asked amused by the amount Buffy knew about Aurora.

"Angel." Was all she answered.

"I don't want to end the world. Just the chosen one." Aurora had hate in her eyes.

"So why lock me in a cage? Why not just kill me?" Buffy had a point. If they wanted an end to the slayers, why were they keeping Buffy alive? And why was he locked in a cage?

"Because you're going to help me." Aurora stated matter of factly.

"Help you kill innocent people. I'm thinking No." Buffy looked at Spike as if to say 'Can you believe what these people are saying'. He did believe Aurora. It was all coming together. They kept her alive because they needed her. And the look on Drusilla's face told Spike that she knew Buffy was going to help them. Buffy was going to be the one to put and end to her kind. She was going to help end the slayer.


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