Title: Poison Berries
Author: Tai Blanchet
Disclaimer: I only own the character Holly; all of the other characters belong to Joss Whedon.
Summary: set after season 6. Spike is in Africa, recovering from doing his tasks. He meets an archaeologist and they become great friends, but it doesn't end as sweet as candy… more like Poison Berries. Possible character death. Please R&R.Any useful info: ***** means that there is a flashback. Also italics are the characters thoughts. That should be it for now…
Authors comments: ok, this chapter will probably be a little more of a PG-13 then any of the others. I'm actually still on holiday while writing this and instead of the sunny hot weather, it's raining so I had a little more time then to write.
Feedback: I really would love some please!
Distribution: if any one wants to use my story/ies for their websites etc. please email me first.
Notes: this chapter is what happened to Spike before he got back to Sunnydale. The last chapter was when he actually came back, so it kinda back to front if you know what I mean!
IMPORTANT SPOILERS!!!!!!!
· Bargaining parts 1 and 2
· The after life
· Entropy
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(a/n. I don't wanna ruin any of the episodes because I'll get eaten so please realise I'm doing this for the people who haven't seen the episodes.)
"I was warm, and I was loved and I was finished. I don't understand theology or dimensions, any of it really, but I think I was in Heaven, and now I'm not. I was torn out of there, by my friends. Everything here is bright and violent. Everything I feel, everything I touch… this is Hell. Just getting through the moment and the one after that, knowing what I've lost. They can never know…" ~The Afterlife
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These words were in Spike's head from the minute he arrived in London. He couldn't work out where they were coming from. He looked around his surroundings. London looked different form the London he remembered. There wasn't the cobbled streets, the horses and carriages and the dress sense. Everything was new and bright and different. He knew that this was his place of beginning and ending.
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Angelus was scouring the streets for a man. It was Dru's 'birthday' and he was bored of having to look after. He needed someone that she could have with her all the time and hopefully she'd fall in love him so he could go and do what he did best on his own. He spotted a young man in an alley. He was huddled up in a ball crying. Perfect! He's weak. He thought. Angelus grabbed the man and bit him. Dru won't mind if he's a little nibbled. And he took the human William back to Druscilla.
"Happy Birthday Dru" Angelus said laying the unconscious body at her feet. "I've bought you a new friend. Are you going to turn him?"
"Angelus you do spoil me!" Her beautiful face turned to one of a hideous monster and she started to drain the man she slit a line along her own chest and let her crimson blood drip into his mouth. When she was done she laid the body next to hers on her bed waiting for his resurrection.
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Spike shook his head with confusion
"Bloody head, it's playing' games with me again" he mumbled. By now he was waking down the darkened alley, still not knowing where he was going but it felt right, it felt like home.
"This is where…" his hand touched is neck and a surge if shivers reached his spine. "No, I'm dreaming, I'm just William." He shivered once more before curling into a wall In the middle of the alley and went through a night of painful memories.
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"A body has reported to be found on the outside of a small archaeologist village in the South of Africa. It is believed to be the body of 21-year-old Holly Dixon after she went missing 3-weeks ago. The young woman appears to have crashed her jeep and had flown out of the front window. The body also seems to have been under some form of attack with areas of her neck and chest slashed. A full investigation is expected to follow and the police are appealing for witnesses that saw Miss. Dixon before she went missing. This is Maria Jones reporting for CNN News, Africa"
"Holly? I'm sure I know a Holly…" Spike said to himself as he boarded the boat to America.
"It's nasty what you hear these days isn't it?" A woman said next to him.
"Yeah, a pity. Listen love, you wouldn't know how I could get to a place in L.A, see I'm looking for someone but I can't remember where they live."
"Well depending where in L.A. I'll be on the plane after this trip to central L.A. Where is it?"
"Um, Sunnyville? No Dale, Sunnydale." The woman's eyes lit up with horror.
"Why would you want to go there it's not safe! Have you heard of all the killings that go on there? It's almost us nasty as that little place on the tv." She nodded in the direction of the television now showing pictures of the body.
"It's her! Oh God no!"
"Who's her? Are you alright?"
"The girl she's the one who helped me when I got this blasted soul back! Why did he have to get her! It's me he wants!"
"You sure you're ok? And if you really do know the girl then you should report it."
"No, no, no!" and with hat he fell to the floor.
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Images of Buffy lying on the bathroom floor flashed in his head, the sound of her screams ringing in her ears
"you should have let him kill me."
"I couldn't do that…"
"Why?"
"You know why…"
"Because you love me."
"No I don't!"
"Why do you keep lying to yourself?"
"How many times do I!… I have feelings for you. I do, but it's not love. I could never love trust you enough for it to be love."
"Tch. Trust is for old marrieds Buffy. Great love is wild and… passionate… and dangerous, it burns and consumes…"
"Until there's nothing left. Love like that doesn't last."
"I know you feel like I do." Spike started to pull Buffy closer to him, clawing at her clothes.
"Ow! What are you doing?! OW! ARG!" Spike pushes Buffy down and she brings the shower curtain with her.
"I know you felt it when I was inside you…"
"Please! Please! Spike Please!"
"You'll feel it again Buffy… I'm gunna make you feel it!" he tries to have sex with her but she kicks him across to the other side of the bathroom.
"Ask me again why I could never love you…"
"Buffy, my god… I didn't…"
"…Because I stopped you. Something I should have done a long time ago."
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GGGRRRR ARRRG………
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Author's comments: well I found this chapter a litter harder to do. I had to sit and watch the episodes again and again and again and again to get thee quotes. I would love some help with the next chapter! Please R&R if you read this story and don't put a review up, then I won' put up chapter 4 that is shortly on it's way. See you all soon…
~*~*Tai*~*~