Chapter 6

Back at the magic shop Willow was in the back with a few books that she found, trying to come up with a spell, just incase. Tara was looking in the front of the store. Willow heard the back door open and saw Buffy come in.

"Buffy, how's it going?" She said, trying to hide the fear from her voice. Buffy walked near her and she didn't look happy.

"You know, I'm really sick of all these games, I want to have some real fun. I wonder how I should do that." She gave Willow her evil smirk. "I know." Then Buffy pulled out the knife that she took from the store earlier. "Maybe I could torture you and then kill you very slowly. I promise you won't feel a thing." Willow backed away from Buffy.

"Buffy, you don't want to do this." She told her.

"Oh, I think I do." With that Giles came up behind Buffy and hit her on the head with a baseball bat that he found. She fell to the floor, unconscious. Willow let out a sigh of relief. "Thanks Giles that was a close one." Giles nodded.

"Yes, well, I'm sure she won't be out for long, we have to find something strong enough to tie her up with, I have some rope, but I don't believe it would be strong enough." He said.

"I can help with that." Willow told him. She found a way to spell the rope that Giles had so it would make it impossible to break, even for someone as strong as Buffy. Willow knew that the spell probably wouldn't last so long though, but she hoped it would be good enough. When Buffy woke up she was tied to a chair and the ropes were tight. She tried to get loose, but couldn't. She looked around the magic shop and didn't see anyone until she spotted Dawn.

"Hey, Dawny. I seem to be a little tied up here. Come on, why don't you untie me. We are sisters after all." Buffy said, pretending to be nice. Dawn just glared at her.

"You're not my sister." Dawn said. Buffy gave her a hard stare.

"You're right; I'm not your sister. You're not even real, nothing but a Key. Soon I'll be rid of you, all the responsibility, all the whining. It's really kind of irritating now that I think about it." A tear slid down Dawn's face as Tara came up beside her.

"Come on Dawny, I'll take you home." With that they both left the magic shop. In the cemetery Spike found the demons gathered around their leader.

"Hey scar-face! How about you give the Slayer back her soul and I might spare your head." The leader looked up at him with what Spike thought was an angry expression on his face.

"Kill him!" He growled as the other demons went after Spike. Spike smiled and ran in the other direction and the demons went after him. Spike ran behind a tree where he had the battle axe. He picked it up and when the first demon showed up, Spike tripped him and chopped off his head and he did the same when the other two showed themselves. Then he went back to where the leader was.

"Looks like it's just us." Spike told the demon.

"This should be interesting." The demon told him back. Back at the magic shop Buffy was pulling on the ropes with all her strength, they finally broke and she untied herself and left the magic shop. When she got outside her eyes were glowing red again. She was being summoned, so she headed to the cemetery. The demon jumped on Spike and knocked him to the ground, the axe flew out of his hand.

"I will kill you!" The demon exclaimed.

"If you don't your breath will." Spike replied. The demon was angry and started choking him. Spike kicked him in the stomach and got him off of him. Spike stood up and looked at the demon. "That will teach you." He said, then someone hit him from behind and Spike fell back on the ground. He looked up and saw Buffy standing there. She pulled out a stake.

"I think it's time for you to become dust. If you ask me, it's long overdue." She said as she attacked Spike. The demon just watched from a distance as Buffy was fighting Spike, being very proud of his creation.