Chapter 2
Liz slung her duffel bag over her shoulders. She had just got off the phone with her dad, she told him that she needed to get away. He almost happily agreed, he had notice the difference in his daughter, he had guessed it had something to do with that Max Evans. He was glad to get her away from him. Liz was leaving Maria in charge until she or her dad got back. The difficult thing here was actually telling her.
Maria glanced up from wiping the table clean. She hadn't spoken to Liz since the inncident last night. Then she noticed the bag and Liz not being in her uniform. "What's going on?" she asked. Liz bit her lip, suddenly she wasn't feeling like the all powerful Slayer. "I have to go somewhere, and since Dad won't be back in a couple of days, you're in charge." she explained. Maria's face changed from confusion to anger. "Where are you going?" her voice barely concealed the obvious rage. Liz's voice went a couple of degrees cooler. "I've got places to go and people to see. Important stuff to do." she shrugged her shoulders. Maria threw the rag down, she put her hands on her waist. Liz had to give it to Maria, she always had spunk. "More important than Max! Or his son! Or anyone of us for that matter!" she practically screeched. Liz didn't say anything she just glared at Maria, "I guess it is." she said and picked up her duffel bag. Before she could walk out the door Maria grabbed ahold of her shoulder. "Kivar is going to come in a couple of days, with Max's son. And Tess. Max really needs you, don't leave." she said. Her voice held no anger, just ultimate sadness for the loss of her best friend. For a moment Liz hesitated, her body tensed. She took a deep breathe, "Tell Tess I said hi." and ripped herself away from Maria's grasp. She kept walking until she gets to the bus stop. The bus comes and she gets on letting herself sit down and start to sob.
Maria trembled with rage and sadness. Whoever that was that was not Liz. Michael came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. He gave her a reassuring kiss on the back of her head. Maria turned around and began to cry in his shoulder. Tears soaked through his shirt but he didn't care. "It's ok Maria." Michael said. Maria shook her head, "But it's not, I'm so scared for her."
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Liz got to Sunnydale the next day. The bus dropped her off. The morning sun glared in her face. Liz used her hand as a visor and looked around. She saw a sign on a store, it said 'Magic Box'. Hmmm, Liz thought, she think she heard Buffy mention something like that. She shrugged, it was a start, Liz suddenly realized that she had no idea where Buffy lived at. She sighed and crossed the street. She walked into the Magic Box, the bell declaring her entrance. She was greeted with a young woman, she had dark brown hair and was busy counting the money in the register. Anya looked up and smiled, "Hello, I am happy to serve you as long as you have money." she said in an overly blunt and excited voice. Liz arched an eyebrow. Then an older man walked out of the back room, he was working on the vigerous task of cleaning his glasses. "Anya, how many times do I have to tell you. It's 'I am happy to serve you' leave out the 'as long as you have money' part." he said in an english accent. Anya shrugged, "Why would I be happy to serve her if she didn't have money?" The older british guy sighed and looked at Liz. "Is there anything I can do for you?" he asks in a polite voice. "I'm looking for someone and they said that they stop here often." she said. Anya and Giles looked at her, a bit of suspicion and interest in their eyes. Liz continued, "Her name is Buffy Summers." she said. Anya opened her mouth but Giles sent her a glare telling her not to say anything. They have lived in Sunnydale enough to know, when someone is looking for Buffy, it's never good. But Giles decided to play it cool, "Um, yes, well, why would you be looking for her?" Liz was about to open her mouth and feed him some lame excuse when a shriek erupted from behind her, "Liz!" Liz turned around and saw the very happy and excited blonde slayer.
Buffy ran up to Liz and hugged her fiercely. Giles cleared his thoat, sending a questioning look towards his Slayer. Buffy pulled away from Liz, a happy but embarrased look on her face. "Um...sorry, this is Liz." she said like that explained everything. It was enough for Anya who went back to counting her money, but Giles wanted more. "She's the Slayer." Buffy blurted. Giles sputtered and Anya looked up interested again. "Good Lord, the Slayer." he said. Liz looked at Buffy, "You haven't told him?" she asked. Bufy shrugged, "Some stuff had come up and I just never got around to it." she said. "Make a girl feel special." Liz said sarcastically. At that moment, Xander and Willow decided to join the group. They walked in chattering about something. They stopped dead and looked at Liz, question in their eyes. Buffy sighed, "I'll explain everything but Liz is the Slayer." Giles looked at Liz, "Ok...we know she is the Slayer but how do you know each other?" he asked. "Our dreams." Liz explained. "Dreams?" Willow asked. "Yeah, we have dreams and are sort of connected like that." Buffy gave a rough explaination. Xander looked a little leery. He leaned towards Willow and whispered, "I don't know, I've never had any luck with dark haired, dark eyed Slayers. I'm seriously getting a Faith de ja vu here." Liz heard with her Slayer hearing and her head perked up, "Faith? Where?" she asked looking around. Everyone looked confused except Buffy who looked like she should be getting in trouble right about now. "Um...Faith is in our dreams too." she explained sheepishly. "And when were going to tell me this?" an angery Watcher asked. Buffy instantly went on the defence, "The Council wasn't going to send her a Watcher, they were just going to let her die?" she explained. Giles sighed defeated. "Why is she here now?" Willow asked.
Her question was interrupted by a "Bloody hell." and a figure with a blanket covering himself crashes through the door. Liz slightly hops back. The figure takes off the blanket showing a startling handsome blonde, blue eyed vampire. But no matter how handsome he was there was no mistaken that he was a vampire. She reached for the stake in her jacket and lunged at him. He looked surprise as she tackeled him to the ground. She raised the stake and was about to plunge it in his heart before a hand stopped her. "Liz! Don't!" Buffy yelled. Spike took this distraction and bucked. The young Slayer lost her grip. He growled and flipped her underneath him. "Who's this little spitfire?" he asked slightly amused. Buffy looked at him with annoyance, "That's Liz, she's a slayer. A slayer who came about this close to staking your ass." she reminded him. Spike looked down at Liz who looked up at him and Buffy confused. "But you saved me didn't you luv?" he said in a strangely seductive voice. Buffy squirmed and looked away. Liz was about to ask what the hell was going on when Spike looked down at her. She still had the stake in her hand but Spike had both of her tiny wrists in a death grip. He took the stake out of her hands and swung it temptingly in her face. "We'll be having none of that, now will we pet." he said. Liz was still confused with the whole thing and dumbly nodded. "Now will you please get off of her?" Buffy said breaking the daze. Spike put on one of his trademark smirks, "Jealous luv?" he asked as he got off of Liz and she sat up. Buffy rolled her eyes, "You wish." she muttered. "What's going on?" Liz asked with more than a little venom. "Spike is a vampire but there's a chip in his head that doesn't let him hurt humans. So basically he's a teddy bear with fangs and a bad dye job." Xander explained. Spike glared at him but then his gaze returned to Liz, he knew he had hurt her. When he flipped her over he could hear and feel her head hit the ground hard, and he was sure he left bruises from the grip he had on her. Liz was about to open her mouth and protest that he did hurt her and then it hit her. She wasn't exactly human. She knew she was even less human than Buffy. When Max saved her it made her...different. And she wasn't about to explain that now. Her thoughts were interrupted by Giles.
"So what exactly is she doing her now?" he asked in a bit annoyed voice. "Saving your asses." she replied. She took off her jacket and the tank top revealed the tatoo with the Antarian writing. Everyone gasped.
{{Ok....I know there was some Liz/Spike chemistry going on here...but it will be a Buffy/Spike and Max/Liz fic....I just need a reason to make Buffy jealous and Max too. But it will by a Liz/Spike friendship...which means there will be some flirting but never fret...Spike's heart will always belong to Buffy....same goes with Liz...I mean Liz and Max sooo belong together it's sickening! I love feedback...so please tell me what you think! Thanx!}}
Liz slung her duffel bag over her shoulders. She had just got off the phone with her dad, she told him that she needed to get away. He almost happily agreed, he had notice the difference in his daughter, he had guessed it had something to do with that Max Evans. He was glad to get her away from him. Liz was leaving Maria in charge until she or her dad got back. The difficult thing here was actually telling her.
Maria glanced up from wiping the table clean. She hadn't spoken to Liz since the inncident last night. Then she noticed the bag and Liz not being in her uniform. "What's going on?" she asked. Liz bit her lip, suddenly she wasn't feeling like the all powerful Slayer. "I have to go somewhere, and since Dad won't be back in a couple of days, you're in charge." she explained. Maria's face changed from confusion to anger. "Where are you going?" her voice barely concealed the obvious rage. Liz's voice went a couple of degrees cooler. "I've got places to go and people to see. Important stuff to do." she shrugged her shoulders. Maria threw the rag down, she put her hands on her waist. Liz had to give it to Maria, she always had spunk. "More important than Max! Or his son! Or anyone of us for that matter!" she practically screeched. Liz didn't say anything she just glared at Maria, "I guess it is." she said and picked up her duffel bag. Before she could walk out the door Maria grabbed ahold of her shoulder. "Kivar is going to come in a couple of days, with Max's son. And Tess. Max really needs you, don't leave." she said. Her voice held no anger, just ultimate sadness for the loss of her best friend. For a moment Liz hesitated, her body tensed. She took a deep breathe, "Tell Tess I said hi." and ripped herself away from Maria's grasp. She kept walking until she gets to the bus stop. The bus comes and she gets on letting herself sit down and start to sob.
Maria trembled with rage and sadness. Whoever that was that was not Liz. Michael came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. He gave her a reassuring kiss on the back of her head. Maria turned around and began to cry in his shoulder. Tears soaked through his shirt but he didn't care. "It's ok Maria." Michael said. Maria shook her head, "But it's not, I'm so scared for her."
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Liz got to Sunnydale the next day. The bus dropped her off. The morning sun glared in her face. Liz used her hand as a visor and looked around. She saw a sign on a store, it said 'Magic Box'. Hmmm, Liz thought, she think she heard Buffy mention something like that. She shrugged, it was a start, Liz suddenly realized that she had no idea where Buffy lived at. She sighed and crossed the street. She walked into the Magic Box, the bell declaring her entrance. She was greeted with a young woman, she had dark brown hair and was busy counting the money in the register. Anya looked up and smiled, "Hello, I am happy to serve you as long as you have money." she said in an overly blunt and excited voice. Liz arched an eyebrow. Then an older man walked out of the back room, he was working on the vigerous task of cleaning his glasses. "Anya, how many times do I have to tell you. It's 'I am happy to serve you' leave out the 'as long as you have money' part." he said in an english accent. Anya shrugged, "Why would I be happy to serve her if she didn't have money?" The older british guy sighed and looked at Liz. "Is there anything I can do for you?" he asks in a polite voice. "I'm looking for someone and they said that they stop here often." she said. Anya and Giles looked at her, a bit of suspicion and interest in their eyes. Liz continued, "Her name is Buffy Summers." she said. Anya opened her mouth but Giles sent her a glare telling her not to say anything. They have lived in Sunnydale enough to know, when someone is looking for Buffy, it's never good. But Giles decided to play it cool, "Um, yes, well, why would you be looking for her?" Liz was about to open her mouth and feed him some lame excuse when a shriek erupted from behind her, "Liz!" Liz turned around and saw the very happy and excited blonde slayer.
Buffy ran up to Liz and hugged her fiercely. Giles cleared his thoat, sending a questioning look towards his Slayer. Buffy pulled away from Liz, a happy but embarrased look on her face. "Um...sorry, this is Liz." she said like that explained everything. It was enough for Anya who went back to counting her money, but Giles wanted more. "She's the Slayer." Buffy blurted. Giles sputtered and Anya looked up interested again. "Good Lord, the Slayer." he said. Liz looked at Buffy, "You haven't told him?" she asked. Bufy shrugged, "Some stuff had come up and I just never got around to it." she said. "Make a girl feel special." Liz said sarcastically. At that moment, Xander and Willow decided to join the group. They walked in chattering about something. They stopped dead and looked at Liz, question in their eyes. Buffy sighed, "I'll explain everything but Liz is the Slayer." Giles looked at Liz, "Ok...we know she is the Slayer but how do you know each other?" he asked. "Our dreams." Liz explained. "Dreams?" Willow asked. "Yeah, we have dreams and are sort of connected like that." Buffy gave a rough explaination. Xander looked a little leery. He leaned towards Willow and whispered, "I don't know, I've never had any luck with dark haired, dark eyed Slayers. I'm seriously getting a Faith de ja vu here." Liz heard with her Slayer hearing and her head perked up, "Faith? Where?" she asked looking around. Everyone looked confused except Buffy who looked like she should be getting in trouble right about now. "Um...Faith is in our dreams too." she explained sheepishly. "And when were going to tell me this?" an angery Watcher asked. Buffy instantly went on the defence, "The Council wasn't going to send her a Watcher, they were just going to let her die?" she explained. Giles sighed defeated. "Why is she here now?" Willow asked.
Her question was interrupted by a "Bloody hell." and a figure with a blanket covering himself crashes through the door. Liz slightly hops back. The figure takes off the blanket showing a startling handsome blonde, blue eyed vampire. But no matter how handsome he was there was no mistaken that he was a vampire. She reached for the stake in her jacket and lunged at him. He looked surprise as she tackeled him to the ground. She raised the stake and was about to plunge it in his heart before a hand stopped her. "Liz! Don't!" Buffy yelled. Spike took this distraction and bucked. The young Slayer lost her grip. He growled and flipped her underneath him. "Who's this little spitfire?" he asked slightly amused. Buffy looked at him with annoyance, "That's Liz, she's a slayer. A slayer who came about this close to staking your ass." she reminded him. Spike looked down at Liz who looked up at him and Buffy confused. "But you saved me didn't you luv?" he said in a strangely seductive voice. Buffy squirmed and looked away. Liz was about to ask what the hell was going on when Spike looked down at her. She still had the stake in her hand but Spike had both of her tiny wrists in a death grip. He took the stake out of her hands and swung it temptingly in her face. "We'll be having none of that, now will we pet." he said. Liz was still confused with the whole thing and dumbly nodded. "Now will you please get off of her?" Buffy said breaking the daze. Spike put on one of his trademark smirks, "Jealous luv?" he asked as he got off of Liz and she sat up. Buffy rolled her eyes, "You wish." she muttered. "What's going on?" Liz asked with more than a little venom. "Spike is a vampire but there's a chip in his head that doesn't let him hurt humans. So basically he's a teddy bear with fangs and a bad dye job." Xander explained. Spike glared at him but then his gaze returned to Liz, he knew he had hurt her. When he flipped her over he could hear and feel her head hit the ground hard, and he was sure he left bruises from the grip he had on her. Liz was about to open her mouth and protest that he did hurt her and then it hit her. She wasn't exactly human. She knew she was even less human than Buffy. When Max saved her it made her...different. And she wasn't about to explain that now. Her thoughts were interrupted by Giles.
"So what exactly is she doing her now?" he asked in a bit annoyed voice. "Saving your asses." she replied. She took off her jacket and the tank top revealed the tatoo with the Antarian writing. Everyone gasped.
{{Ok....I know there was some Liz/Spike chemistry going on here...but it will be a Buffy/Spike and Max/Liz fic....I just need a reason to make Buffy jealous and Max too. But it will by a Liz/Spike friendship...which means there will be some flirting but never fret...Spike's heart will always belong to Buffy....same goes with Liz...I mean Liz and Max sooo belong together it's sickening! I love feedback...so please tell me what you think! Thanx!}}