Authors: Richess a.k.a A.N.H. Richards
E-mail for feedback: richess78@hotmail.com
Summary: When Buffy begins to date a new guy spike suspects that he is not everything the slayer thinks he is. Things to know: Spike is not in love with Buffy at this point. This takes part after Into the Woods. A S/B ship.
Disclaimer: We don't own a single part of BTVS or Mutant Enemy Productions, they belong to Joss and the other powers that be
Dedication: To every great writer that I have ever read, Sabre, Margot, Meredith, Cyndy&Sara, and especially each of The Hunnies. To Lisa for always listening to me. And special thanks to Esme my beta.
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Part Nine
Buffy was drained after patrolling, Spike's barbs and a bunch of nasty new feral demons took a lot out of her, plus she had a paper that was due a week ago that she still needed to finish, but all she wanted to do was sleep.
"So what did you find out, Ancora?" Deighton asked, laying next to her.
"Well, Xander, the one you said to have no worries about? He has feelings for her." Ancora replied, tracing the muscles on his arms.
"I could see her tonight." Deighton suggested. "Try and get a feel for her feelings about him."
"No! I can handle it. I just have another slight problem to take care of first." She smiled as her lover turned to her, "Help me dream?"
He gently traced soft kisses along her jaw and held onto to her necklace as it began to glow, before she peacefully began her invasion.
They laid in each others arms, the pounding of their hearts the only rhythm left playing. Their love making was powerful and exotic. Buffy had reached depths never deemed possible. She had never felt more at ease or more content then she did now. The Slayer smiled as she cuddled into Deighton's chest. He stroked her hair gently, "I love you so much Buffy."
"I love you too..." His bedroom door flung open, suddenly they were surrounded by the Initiative Commandos and their leader peeled off his mask.
"Riley?" Buffy gasped, as she looked into his cold blue eyes. Deighton sat up and immediately pulled the covers making sure that Buffy was completely covered.
"It's me. I'm back. And now he's gone." Riley smirked as he took out a tazer gun. The crackle of the electricity made her jump.
"I'm not going anywhere." Deighton growled, before five commando's stalked toward the bed.
"Riley, I am so going to kick your ass if they come near us." Buffy cautioned.
"Fine Buffy!" Riley pulled out a semiautomatic.
"You are not going to kill him."
"I don't have to shoot him Buffy." Riley directed a commando with the movement of his hand to give Deighton his pants. He looked back at Buffy, "I just have to shoot you." The gun was suddenly trained on her.
Deighton's look of panic moved Buffy. "He won't do it Deighton." Buffy truly believed her words until she felt the cold steel against her temple.
"You think so baby? You are in another man's bed and you actually believe that." The click of the safety echoed in the now empty room. She stood before Riley and next to Deighton in a completely white room.
She grabbed hold of Riley's arm, twisting it violently, and as a bullet whizzed past her head she wrenched Riley's arm back. He tried to spin out from underneath her grip but couldn't break her hold. He dropped the gun as Buffy punched him in the face with her free arm, sending him sprawling backwards. She turned triumphantly to Deighton, but he was lying on the cold ceramic tiles, a pool of blood encircling him. Buffy dashed to his side as she tried to cover the gaping chest wound that wouldn't stop bleeding. Deighton's eyes danced wildly, as if he was looking for something. Buffy began to cry as Deighton reached for her.
"Buffy?" He asked weakly.
"Shhhh! It'll be ok!" Buffy stroked his brown hair.
"I'm cold."
She choked back a sob and held onto his hand as he gave it one last squeeze.
"I love you Buffy, remember that." His final words left his mouth and his eyes peacefully closed as he gasped his last painful breath. Even through her screams of pain she could hear Riley laughing behind her.
Buffy woke up suddenly, her sheets soaked with sweat and her face soaked with tears. It was another dream. She sighed as she got up begrudgingly and wiped the tears from her eyes.
Spike sat on the roof as still as could be. He could hear the pounding of her heart slow down as she realized that it was a dream. He waited for her to leave, and watched her come back with a new sheet of bed linen, and turn on the lights.
"You really shouldn't be spying on people." Buffy suggested, annoyed at the blond vampire.
"Well, people shouldn't have nightmares about ex-boyfriends killing the new hunny."
"How did...."
"You talked in your sleep." Spike replied quickly. "So is this a regular occurrence? I saw Niblet's neck when you were done dreaming the first time."
"Get lost, that was an accident."
Spike's snort made the Slayer angry.
"You got something to say?"
"Yeah pet. How long you been living on a hell mouth? 4 years now, and you still don't know when some big bad is putting the mojo on you." Spike scoffed as she angrily tore the sheets from the bed.
"There is no mojo on me Spike. And since when do you care if there was mojo on me anyway."
"I don't pet. Of course, there is the fact that you've got a necklace on that you can't take off, and you're having nightmares about every male in your life killing that bloody twit you call a boyfriend."
"First of all, Deighton told me that it's a hidden clasp, and secondly, every male in my life has not killed him in my dreams. No Xander dreams, none of Scott or Parker or anyone, none of you."
"I'm not in your life pet." Spike shrugged.
"Why am I talking to you?" Buffy sighed.
"Because I am probably the only one that can get you out of this mess that you are in."
Buffy threw a pillow and a pillow case at Spike, "Talk while you help."
"Bloody..." Spike resigned to his fate and helped her. "A long time ago there was a clan..."
"I heard this before."
The glare from Spike stopped Buffy as he continued, "Once upon a time"
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