Author: Slayer Chica

Title: Harsh Light of Day, My way. (part 3)

Feedback: Please Do!! smiles.

Rating: PG 13 for implied situations

Summary: You already know it, it is a take on Harsh Light of Day (Duh!!) With a definite S/B twist.

Disclaimer: I don't own these lovely characters, no matter how much I want to own Spike and the rest. Joss owns them I just suggest what could have been or what can be.



"I don't believe it!" Angel said, practically yell at the Scoobies. "My Buffy would never, in her right mind, do this kind of thing!"

As Angel looked around Giles' apartment, he saw no one supported him. They all couldn't believe it but they all knew it was true what had happened.

Giles' was the first one to speak up, "Yes, while it is quite unbelievable, it is certainly true. Buffy has left to go off somewhere with Spike."

Giles moved over towards Angel, handing him the note that Buffy had left to Willow. "She left this note to Willow. And she even called her mother and told her where she was going. As to the location, Joyce will not share that information with us. Claiming that the two 'need some alone time.'" Giles' said explaining the situation to Angel.

"Something must have made Buffy go off with Spike, a spell he cast or something. My Buf...""Angel started to lecture the Scoobies, when Cordelia interrupted him.

"She is not yours any more Angel. You left her. She moved on. DEAL with IT." Cordelia said in her normal tactlessness.

Angel glared at Cordelia, opening his mouth to say something. It shut when he saw all of the room, except him, was in agreement with Cordelia.

The phone rang just then and everyone stared at it. They all hoped it was Buffy calling to say she was coming home. No one moved to pick it up. Giles finally pick it up after the fifth ring.

"Hello, yes this is Rupert Giles, what can I do for…." Giles' face paled and everyone one in the room prepared themselves for the worse.

"Yes I understand. I can see the urgency behind this. We will be prepared." Then Giles' hung up the phone, before anyone could ask the dread question, Giles spoke. "That was a friend of mine from the Council." He managed to say calmly, everyone started to panic, all of them scared for the next words.

"He was calling to inform me that the Council is planning to eliminate Buffy." Everyone gasped.

Angel just stared, "Are you sure you didn't misunderstand and he actually said that Spike killed Buffy."

Giles glared at Angel, "Yes I am certain and if you actually want to save Buffy you must put aside your jealously of Buffy and Spike being together. If what Buffy said to Joyce was true, then I believe Buffy will be safe with Spike, based on his previous relationship with Drusilla."

All the people nodded with understanding, except of Angel. Angel looked puzzled; he couldn't seem to grasp the concept that Giles had alluded to.

"What was it that she told Joyce?" He asked Giles. Everyone stared at him like he was stupid. Xander couldn't believe that Angel had no idea of what Buffy told her mother.

"Oh come one dead Boy, think about it. He loved and protected Drusilla. Everyone who had just one glance of them together should know that. It was obvious." Xander said plainly.

Angel looked from Xander to Giles, his eyes begging Giles to give him the answer. To tell him what Xander said was untrue.

Giles looked at him and said simply, "Xander is right, for once. Buffy had told her mother just that. That Spike loved her, and would, and already had protected her. That he was willing to protect her. From anything and anyone." Angel just stared at Giles, knowing that there was more.

"She also told her that she was in love with him as well. And if any one tried to break them up, they would pay the price." The look on Angel's face was pure horror.

Buffy smiled at Spike as they walked toward the hotel. He had already done so much to make her safe. Just after they arrived when they heard from an old fledging of Spike's that the council was planning to kill her.

Spike and Buffy both assumed that the council had no clue that she was in here in London, but just to be on the safe side, they had paid a visit to the Council house. Pretending to be just some people whose car broke down in the middle of the night. The council reps had just let them in, so that they could 'phone' for help. Once inside they had knock out the guards.

It had been fun and definitely new for Buffy. Then they had left a little something for the watchers to hopefully drawn their attention away from Buffy., a message left in 'blood' that threatened the lives of all the slayers-in-waiting. (Though Buffy hadn't been to fond of this part of the message.) They had demanded the files on Buffy. They knew the council would just hand them over, in order to get Buffy killed. Which wasn't going to happen.

They had signed Spike's name to it to make it sound scarier and more threatening toward the council then just some unknown vampire.

'It was funny when I suggested we write all of the vamps names in his old group. He looked like he was going to be sick.' Buffy thought to herself cynically. 'He looked really relieved when I told him I was just joking though. I think he would have a heart attack if they were all back together again. Don't know why he would though.'

Any ways they also told the council to leave the documents at the Tower of London. Then they were gonna surprise them, and scare them shitless... A strong master vampire, known for killing to slayers and a Vampire slayer who had averted more apocalypses then any other slayer together as a team.

It was going to be loads of fun. But it also scared Buffy, she wasn't sure if it would work. She wasn't sure she really wanted to this. No, not sure, positive that she wanted to do it, she just didn't know though about if it was going to work.

"Spike," Buffy asked as they walked into their hotel room, "do you think this is going to work?"

Spike turned around and on seeing the fear that she was going to die in her eyes, he pulled her to him. "No se preocupe mi pantera. Trabajará mi amor. La vida será buena para nosotros entonces, nadie van pealar con nosotros entonces." He said knowingly as he twirled her around.

She giggled at his words, understanding most of them. All he had basically said was not to worry, that it would all work out, and once they got finished with the council, no one would mess with them.

He had taken up teaching her Spanish since they got on the plane in Sunnyhell's airport. Since then, He had been teaching her a few words a night after finding that it seemed to comfort her. Buffy had started to pick it up pretty fast, which surprised her since she had had so much trouble with French.

'It must be the teacher.' Buffy thought to herself. Either way Spike was amazingly right, after this not many in the vampire world would mess with them.

Together they made a powerful team. What happened at the Council house was just one example of it. On the way back they had gotten into a fight with some other master vampires that wanted to have the honor of killing a slayer. They hadn't realized who Spike was. They were literally just a bag of bloody bones before Buffy and Spike staked them.

"My pantera lets get some sleep before we have our fun tomorrow night." Spike said softly as he watched his love dance around the bedroom of the hotel.

Buffy just smiled and whispered to him. "I have a better idea.." That night Spike finally claimed his slayer as his mate, and she claimed him as hers. Now their promise to each other was sealed in blood and love.