"Come on, I'm not getting any younger," Buffy said to the fresh grave.


She was our patrolling, so far, it had been a long night. She had chased down a vamp who had obviously been eating his Wheaties, he actually put up a good fight but was dust in a few minutes. Then there had been the fat vampire who was so big that his arms and legs had been too short to do any actual real fighting, seriously some vamps were not too smart when it came to the picking and choosing, so that had been over quickly. Finally there had been some type of demon that was eating a park bench, but who says that a stake through the heart can't kill everything? Now she was waiting for this vampire to wake up.


"And besides, Buffy continued," if I don't get my sleep I am going to look so..."


"So what, pet?"


Buffy turned around and came face to face with Spike.


"Not good," Buffy finished.


"Well, no I don't think you will, you'll look just as you always do."


"Like I've been fighting demons?"


"Beautiful."


"Oh," Buffy smiled shyly. "Well, you know, maybe you've just been underground for too long."


"No, pet, I really don't think I have, and even so they still have televisions underground so it's not like I've been completely out of touch with society."


"Well... huh" Buffy had been kicked into Spike. The newly raised vampire behind her growled, and went to leap at Buffy for a second time.

"Do you mind?" Spike growled at the vampire as he drove a stake through the vampire's heart. "We were talking," he said to the exploding pile of dust.


"Finally," Buffy said tiredly as started to head out of the cemetery grabbing Spike on her way.


"Don't you think there are more things that we could fight?" Spike protested as he was being pulled.


"No."


"No?"


"No. I want to go home and sleep, and if you're good, you can come with me," Buffy said enticingly.


"Well, what exactly do you have in mind?"


"Come and find out for yourself," Buffy smiled.


"Sounds good to me," Spike replied.


The pair headed were heading down Revello Drive and were almost to Buffy's house when they were stopped by a group of vampires.


Buffy groaned, "I really don't feel like fighting you right now."


"We're not here to fight you, Slayer," what must have been the head of the group said.


"So you know me then?" Buffy replied, "Well, let me let you in on something, there's going to be a fight, you see it's this whole sacred duty thing, really not much I can do about it, so... it just means that you're all going to die... again."


"We came here to deliver a message to you," honcho boy spoke up again. "Our master wants you to know that he's going to kill you..."


"Really?" Buffy asked interestedly, "honestly guys, could you get any more lame?"


"You mock him now, Slayer, but Melrok will see to your demise" the vampire said with malice, "you will beg for death before he is through with you. He has power you have never even dreamed of. And I will be there to see you fall, I will be there the day that you fail to save your precious world.... and I will laugh."


With that the vampire and his posse took off with their vampire speed and were out of sight before Buffy could even go after them.


"Great, just what I need, more death threats. When are vampires and demons, and all other evil things going to learn that you can't just threaten a Slayer like that, it's never good," Buffy said to Spike.


"Well, I can go out and patrol later, luv. And then tomorrow we can ask Giles if he know anything about this Melrok thing," Spike told Buffy.


"You are incredible," Buffy told him as she yawned, "does that mean that you aren't coming up?"


"I said later, didn't I?" Spike smirked and said as he lead the way up to her house.