"Luck."

"Luck."
Part twenty 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)

He grabbed a beer for himself and a soda for Dawn. He pulled up a chair and took a swig of his beer as he sat down.

"Don't you think you've had enough to drink in the past couple of hours?" Dawn asked.

He ignored her question. "I've got a Jones Soda for you. Fufu Berry."

"Is that the stuff with the cute little pictures on the label and the fortune on the cap?" she asked.

"Yeah. This one has a picture of a headstone. I thought it was fitting." He turned the bottle so she could see it. "What the hell is a Fufu Berry anyways?"

"I'm not really sure. Kinda tastes like a Jolly Rancher." Dawn answered.

"And you people drink this stuff?" He said opening the bottle and flipping over the cap. "Your friends will show their true colors today." He read. "How lucky for you, bit."

"It's not my fortune. You opened it." She said.

"Well then I think they need to get someone else to write their fortunes. I don't have any friends." He said with a laugh.

"Sure you do. You've got me."

"That's real great. I've been around for over a century and I have managed to accumulate one friend." He said and then realized that Dawn could take that the wrong way. "Not that I'm not glad to have you as a friend. It's just rather pathetic don't you think."

"I'm not your only friend. What about Buffy?"

"Buffy and I aren't friends. We're mortal enemies."

"Yeah, but that was before. She doesn't look at you like that anymore and neither does anyone else in the gang."

"That's real nice, but it doesn't change anything." He said wanting Dawn to just drop it.

"What do you mean it doesn't change anything?"

"I mean there's nothing there. I'm never going to be what Buffy wants me to be."

"Nobody can ever be what Buffy wants them to be. I don't even think Buffy can be what Buffy wants Buffy to be. No wait that didn't make any sense."

That's when the thing Spike had been waiting for happened. Buffy pushed the door of his crypt open and started yelling. "Spike. Dawns gone we have to go…. Dawn's right here."

Spike stood throwing the bottle of Jones Soda that Dawn never got to drink against the wall. "That's right." He said.

"What's going on? Dawn you can't keep doing this. You need to tell us when you're going to come and see Spike. We were worried about you."

"I didn't come here. Spike dragged me. I think he drugged me too. And maybe other things I don't remember." Spike knew that Dawn was doing her best at being the frightened little hostage, but she wasn't one of the worlds best actresses.

"Spike drugged you?" Buffy said laughing. "You know I needed something to brighten my day."

"Glad you find it so amusing." He said stepping behind Dawn and grabbing her by the neck. "Cause I can make it a whole lot funnier if I just snap her neck."

"Oh please. You can't touch her." Buffy said still laughing.

"I think your plan isn't going to work." Dawn said.

"DAWN!" He yelled.

"What plan?" Buffy asked.

"He wouldn't tell me. Just asked me to be the hostage. Well actually he didn't ask. He really did drug me and drag me, but I got over it and said I would help."

"You drugged her!!" Buffy yelled.

"Buffy it isn't a big deal. I know Spike wouldn't hurt me. Sure he could have gone about the whole thing better. I mean he could have just asked instead of using the drugs. And the ropes on my hands could be a little bit looser, there starting to get numb. And….."

"I think you've helped enough bit." Spike said.

"What the hell is wrong with you? You can not use people in your sick little plans!" Buffy screamed and then punched him in the face. Spike hit her back and she flew across the room.

"Spike are you OK??" Dawn asked.

"I'm fine." He said as Buffy managed to kick his feet out form under him.

As they continued to fight on the ground Dawn spoke. "But your chip?"

Spike and Buffy were once again on their feet. "What Buffy didn't tell you? She came back wrong. Little bit more demon then she was. Don't worry though. She can't die. Well not unless Willow dies." Buffy hit him harder for that one. They were quite the match for each other. It seemed like the only things breaking down from their fighting was the objects surrounding them, which were all becoming broken. Objects were thrown, bodies were bruised, and Dawn continued screeching. Then Spike did what he intended. He grabbed Buffy's arm and placed handcuffs around her right wrist.

"What the hell!" Buffy said as she raised her arm to see that she had just been handcuffed to Spike.

"Thanks Dawn." Spike said going over to her and untying her.

"Get these things off of me!" Buffy yelled trying to pull the handcuffs off.

"You're free to go. Your sister on the other hand is going to stay and listen to me for a change." Spike said to Dawn while Buffy was still trying to pull the handcuffs off. She had given up on trying to pull them off her own wrist and was pulling at his.

"Good luck." Dawn said as she left.

"Thanks. I have a feeling I'm going to need it." Spike said. And then Dawn was gone. All that was left was him, a rather pissed off Buffy, Aurora, and Drusilla. He was alone with all the things that caused him so many problems. And this time they weren't going to be able to leave. He was going to put an end to it all. They were going to understand.

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