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Buffy lay dozing, curled up against Spike for about an hour. Until he rubbed her arm and brought her back to reality, "If you've got a while pet, there's something that I think that we should deal with."
Buffy frowned slightly and looked at him, "What?"
"There's a vamp nest down town. They run a business from there, I think that you might want to shut them down."
"What kind of business?"
Well, Spike wondered how to phrase this delicately, but it was obvious really that that wasn't exactly possible, "Well, humans go there and they pay the vampires to bite them and feed off of them."
Buffy looked at him like he'd told her that the sky was green, "What?"
"They get off on it. It's like they get off on it, it's a sexual thing."
"You're kidding right? Why would anyone get off on being fed off? It's painful and well, painful."
"Buffy, some people get off on being whipped and beaten."
Buffy made a face, "Well, I still say 'Ew'. So we gonna shut them down?"
Spike smiled, "That's the plan."
Riley walked down the street. He wasn't due at Buffy's for an hour and a half. Enough time to pay a little visit to his less pleasant . . .friends. He felt guilty every time he walked through the door to see the vamps, but he couldn't seem to help himself, he needed it. He needed them.
Riley pushed open the door and stepped over the threshold, the sun had gone down half an hour ago, meaning that this place was already doing business. The man on the door instantly recognized Riley, "Upstairs tonight?"
Riley nodded, he liked to do this in private, "Yeah, the usual."
The vamp nodded and knocked on the door of the room next to him. A few seconds later a female came out and smiled at Riley. Riley didn't smile back bur he let her take his arm and lead him upstairs.
Buffy and Spike stood at the corner of the street. "There are a lot of them in there Slayer, but the good news is that most of them will be full of blood, drugs, and booze."
"So do we have a plan?"
"I do. One of us starts on the top floor and the other starts on the ground floor. Enter through a window not the door on the ground and make sure we're both heavily armed."
Buffy smiled, "Been a while since I've had this kind of fun."
Spike pulled open the bag that they had brought and handed her an axe and five stakes to conceal on her. "You want to go upstairs or down stairs?"
"I don't have a preference. You?"
Spike thought for a second, "I'll take downstairs. There will be more down there. You can deal with the upstairs quickly as possible, and then come, and help me. You okay with that pet?"
Buffy smiled and nodded her head.
When the pair got little close, Buffy put her hand on Spike's arm, "Wait, I think I've got an idea. How is the upstairs laid out?"
"Into, like private rooms."
Buffy thought, "We should do the upstairs together, fast, and quiet. We'd just take some out so that we didn't have to face them all at the same time."
Spike nodded, "Good plan. All right upstairs first."
Riley closed his eyes in pleasure as the vampire suckled at his arm. It felt incredible. He needed this so bad. It was amazing. He knew that he was betraying his girlfriend, getting off on being with the things that he was meant to kill but he couldn't help himself.
Buffy was hoisted up and she slipped through a window that was no longer technically a window, well it didn't have glass or a frame anymore anyway. Spike lifted himself silently over the ledge and they both crept through the room silently. There was girl lying on the floor, she had two vamps feeding off her, and she was moaning in pleasure. Buffy looked to Spike and wrinkle her nose up in displeasure. She moved forward and staked the first vamp. The second one looked up with blood dripping off his chin and snarled at Buffy but before he could do anything, Spike staked the thing in the back. The girl looked ready to cry out but Buffy punched her in the face knocking her out. Spike could tell that Buffy had been careful not to really hurt the girl but her was still shocked," Did I just see you hit a human pet?"
Buffy looked at him and smiled slightly, "It was either that or she could have screamed and woken the whole place and then we'd get caught. Lesser of two evils."
Spike shrugged and smirked, "I'll remember that."
Buffy put her finger to her lips, "Next door."
Spike nodded and followed her. She opened the door and saw a man. He had another male attached to his neck. Buffy cringed again and quickly dealt with the pair knocking her second human unconscious.
Spike stayed in the door way and as she was checking the pulse of the man he slipped out of the door. Creeping along the corridor, he opened the next door and saw something that he really did not believe. Riley, Mr Initiative, soldier boy, he had a female attached to his arm. Spike felt himself freeze; he didn't know what to do. This was going to hurt Buffy so badly. Spike had made his mind up to close the door and tell Buffy that there was no one in there when he heard the slayer make a small sound next to him. He quickly turned and saw her staring at the pair. He wanted to take her away, to take away this horrible scene in front of her.
Riley heard someone make a noise in the doorway; he lifted his head, intending to tell whomever it was to get lost. His eyes settled first on Spike and then on, "Buffy . . ."
Buffy looked for a second and then she turned. Buffy ran down the stairs and out of the door. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. This could not be happening. Not Riley. He was a good person. He was her boyfriend the person that she trusted. He was her 'normal' person. The person meant to bring her a perfect relationship. Buffy didn't stop; she just kept running.
Spike didn't follow her. She wouldn't want him. She didn't want him for anything except convenience. She came to him when she couldn't go to Riley. Spike had seen the look on her face when she had seen Riley, the depth of the hurt there. Didn't she realize that she had been doing the same thing? She had been cheating on Riley with him. Not any more. Spike wouldn't do it anymore. He wouldn't help her pretend that everything in her relationship with that idiot was fine. He wanted her to see how wrong the whole thing was between her and Riley. He wouldn't play a secondary role to the soldier anymore. She was going to have to choose.
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Buffy lay dozing, curled up against Spike for about an hour. Until he rubbed her arm and brought her back to reality, "If you've got a while pet, there's something that I think that we should deal with."
Buffy frowned slightly and looked at him, "What?"
"There's a vamp nest down town. They run a business from there, I think that you might want to shut them down."
"What kind of business?"
Well, Spike wondered how to phrase this delicately, but it was obvious really that that wasn't exactly possible, "Well, humans go there and they pay the vampires to bite them and feed off of them."
Buffy looked at him like he'd told her that the sky was green, "What?"
"They get off on it. It's like they get off on it, it's a sexual thing."
"You're kidding right? Why would anyone get off on being fed off? It's painful and well, painful."
"Buffy, some people get off on being whipped and beaten."
Buffy made a face, "Well, I still say 'Ew'. So we gonna shut them down?"
Spike smiled, "That's the plan."
Riley walked down the street. He wasn't due at Buffy's for an hour and a half. Enough time to pay a little visit to his less pleasant . . .friends. He felt guilty every time he walked through the door to see the vamps, but he couldn't seem to help himself, he needed it. He needed them.
Riley pushed open the door and stepped over the threshold, the sun had gone down half an hour ago, meaning that this place was already doing business. The man on the door instantly recognized Riley, "Upstairs tonight?"
Riley nodded, he liked to do this in private, "Yeah, the usual."
The vamp nodded and knocked on the door of the room next to him. A few seconds later a female came out and smiled at Riley. Riley didn't smile back bur he let her take his arm and lead him upstairs.
Buffy and Spike stood at the corner of the street. "There are a lot of them in there Slayer, but the good news is that most of them will be full of blood, drugs, and booze."
"So do we have a plan?"
"I do. One of us starts on the top floor and the other starts on the ground floor. Enter through a window not the door on the ground and make sure we're both heavily armed."
Buffy smiled, "Been a while since I've had this kind of fun."
Spike pulled open the bag that they had brought and handed her an axe and five stakes to conceal on her. "You want to go upstairs or down stairs?"
"I don't have a preference. You?"
Spike thought for a second, "I'll take downstairs. There will be more down there. You can deal with the upstairs quickly as possible, and then come, and help me. You okay with that pet?"
Buffy smiled and nodded her head.
When the pair got little close, Buffy put her hand on Spike's arm, "Wait, I think I've got an idea. How is the upstairs laid out?"
"Into, like private rooms."
Buffy thought, "We should do the upstairs together, fast, and quiet. We'd just take some out so that we didn't have to face them all at the same time."
Spike nodded, "Good plan. All right upstairs first."
Riley closed his eyes in pleasure as the vampire suckled at his arm. It felt incredible. He needed this so bad. It was amazing. He knew that he was betraying his girlfriend, getting off on being with the things that he was meant to kill but he couldn't help himself.
Buffy was hoisted up and she slipped through a window that was no longer technically a window, well it didn't have glass or a frame anymore anyway. Spike lifted himself silently over the ledge and they both crept through the room silently. There was girl lying on the floor, she had two vamps feeding off her, and she was moaning in pleasure. Buffy looked to Spike and wrinkle her nose up in displeasure. She moved forward and staked the first vamp. The second one looked up with blood dripping off his chin and snarled at Buffy but before he could do anything, Spike staked the thing in the back. The girl looked ready to cry out but Buffy punched her in the face knocking her out. Spike could tell that Buffy had been careful not to really hurt the girl but her was still shocked," Did I just see you hit a human pet?"
Buffy looked at him and smiled slightly, "It was either that or she could have screamed and woken the whole place and then we'd get caught. Lesser of two evils."
Spike shrugged and smirked, "I'll remember that."
Buffy put her finger to her lips, "Next door."
Spike nodded and followed her. She opened the door and saw a man. He had another male attached to his neck. Buffy cringed again and quickly dealt with the pair knocking her second human unconscious.
Spike stayed in the door way and as she was checking the pulse of the man he slipped out of the door. Creeping along the corridor, he opened the next door and saw something that he really did not believe. Riley, Mr Initiative, soldier boy, he had a female attached to his arm. Spike felt himself freeze; he didn't know what to do. This was going to hurt Buffy so badly. Spike had made his mind up to close the door and tell Buffy that there was no one in there when he heard the slayer make a small sound next to him. He quickly turned and saw her staring at the pair. He wanted to take her away, to take away this horrible scene in front of her.
Riley heard someone make a noise in the doorway; he lifted his head, intending to tell whomever it was to get lost. His eyes settled first on Spike and then on, "Buffy . . ."
Buffy looked for a second and then she turned. Buffy ran down the stairs and out of the door. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. This could not be happening. Not Riley. He was a good person. He was her boyfriend the person that she trusted. He was her 'normal' person. The person meant to bring her a perfect relationship. Buffy didn't stop; she just kept running.
Spike didn't follow her. She wouldn't want him. She didn't want him for anything except convenience. She came to him when she couldn't go to Riley. Spike had seen the look on her face when she had seen Riley, the depth of the hurt there. Didn't she realize that she had been doing the same thing? She had been cheating on Riley with him. Not any more. Spike wouldn't do it anymore. He wouldn't help her pretend that everything in her relationship with that idiot was fine. He wanted her to see how wrong the whole thing was between her and Riley. He wouldn't play a secondary role to the soldier anymore. She was going to have to choose.