Chapter 3: Scene Behind the Bean

(FYI: This is after the episode after 'Normal Again', and yes, I know it comes out next week but I just can't wait to write this so in this Buffy is cured of the weird double dimension thing. Also I don't remember what the coffee shop in Sunnydale is called so I'm calling it the Bean Machine)

Sunnydale, California

Buffy walks out of the Bean Machine, Mocha Frapachino in hand. It's late and it's been an uneventful night. No demons, no vamps, no bad guys period. How boring. She sighs as she walks down the sidewalk and slips into an alley behind the coffee shop. She sits on a pile of crates and takes a sip of her tasty treat. Suddenly there is a hand on her shoulder she grabs it stands and flings the person over her head and lets go.

Spike lands on his back hard. Buffy rolls her eyes.

"Bloody hell," he says as he gets back on to his feet. "What was that for?"

"You shouldn't startle me like that, especially when I'm on patrol. How was I supposed to know it was you." She replied.

"Right then," He looks at her as he finishes brushing off his red cotton shirt and black jeans. "Uhhh… you've got some…" He says pointing to her pants with his black finger nail.

Buffy looks down and sees that she has spilled her Mocha Frap all over her snack skin, shiny white leather pants. There is also some on her Celtic knitted (twisted stripes) dark red sweater.

"Oh, and here I thought I was going to go through a whole night of patrol without ruining an outfit, but nooo, that's just to much to ask isn't it." She says sarcastically.

"Well I just wanted to see if you umm, want company." Spike said.

"That's a no," She says, and he seems kind of mixed angry and hurt at her tone, so she adds softer, "Thank you though."

'Yeah, whatever." He says and turns around to leave the alley.

But behind them stand a girl dressed in all black with blond hair and the top of an odd looking knife sticks out of her pocket. Spike is surprised, so is Buffy. They stand waiting for her to move. She draws her knife quickly and grabs Spike and pins him to the ground. She holds the knife at his throat. For some reason it burns his skin. Before Buffy came get close enough to do anything, Spike flings the girl off against a wall. When she looks up again she is vamped out. Buffy pins her to the wall, a stake held above her heart, if she puts anymore pressure on it then the vampire girl will go poof. Spike rubs his neck where the knife had touched him.

"Before I kill you anything you wanna say to my friend here. It seems like you have something against him, you should really try to work your problems out with words, it always ends badly other wise." Buffy says to Vamp girl.

"He who's grand sire is the vampire with a soul, be warned, more will come." She says and then grabs Buffy's hand and push the stack into her own heart. The vampire burst into dust.

Buffy turns towards Spike.

" Vampire with a soul, that's Angel." She states the obvious.

"Yeah. It seemed that girl didn't really want to talk much on account she staked herself before you could make her say more." He says and rubs his neck and cringes.

"We should go…" Buffy starts but is cut off.

"Tell the gang." Spike finishes the sentence for her. She nods and the walk quickly out of the alley.