Shadows of Fire
*Chapter 7*
There's so much screaming! I don't know what to do!
Was that a roar?
I move toward the kitchen but I also want to go to Giles…
Who to go to. How to help. What's happening?
Everything is going so fast, I have no control…
But it feels like I'm moving in slow motion.
I can't do anything quick enough!
The girls come running out of the kitchen with Andrew following.
Holding up a cross… What?
He's shaking and the girls are still screaming!
I can't think.
"What's going on?" I yell.
I can see Willow moving toward Giles,
Who is glowing! What the hell!
He's stopped screaming but now he's making loud sounds of pain.
I don't understand! What can I do?
"Spike!" Andrew is standing in front of the girls, holding on to the cross for dear life.
Xander is also standing in front of the girls, looking from me to the kitchen doorway.
With a look of complete fear on his face.
Willow is chanting. Oh God.
Anya is behind her trying to get to Giles. But obviously afraid to get near.
I don't even see Dawn! Where…
She's with the potentials. Thank goodness.
I hear a growl and turn.
Spike…
Standing in the doorway,
He's vamped out and holding his face. Looking more pissed than I've ever seen him.
No! Please no!
I swear I hear laughing…
This can't be happening! I don't know what to do!
Suddenly the room is flooded with white light,
I try not to but I have to shut my eyes.
When I open them I see that Spike has fallen and Giles is standing.
Still glowing.
Willow is black eyed and continues to chant.
I can't move. I can't breathe…
Spike gets up and makes a move toward the girls.
Before I even get a chance,
Giles has him.
He's got Spike's arms behind his back and Spike is snarling.
Struggling to get away.
"Giles! What do we do?" I'm so lost; I have no clue what to do…
"I told you this would happen!" He snaps at me.
"It's not his fault!"
Spike is furious. He's twisting and squirming. Trying everything to get free.
Willow's loosing it. She's fallen to the floor.
She raises her hands… and creates another one of those seek and destroy fireballs.
It goes flying past the group of potentials and their protectors,
Through the front window.
Still she continues to chant.
"What happened last time?" Giles yells.
"He remembered." I answer quickly.
"HOW?" Giles is loosing his hold on Spike.
"He tasted my blood."
Giles gaze becomes as furious as Spikes.
I can see Xander out of the corner of my eye raising a stake…
"I had a cut and he licked it. Then remembered." I hastily explain.
I think time has stopped…
Giles looks at my neck then back to my eyes.
Asking.
I nod my head.
He seems reluctant to release Spike though.
"It'll work. It's the only way."
"You could stake him." Xander supplies.
That is just not possible.
I can't live without him.
This isn't his fault.
I can save him. I know it.
"I can't." I quietly say.
Giles hears me.
He spins Spike to face me and lets go.
Spike looks at the potentials and goes toward them.
"Hey!"
He sharply turns to me.
I bare my neck to him. Silently offering.
"What's this? You offering Slayer?" He sneers.
"Yes."
His eyes grow just a tad wider. Then he composes himself. And stalks over to me.
He sniffs my neck, the side unclaimed.
"Death wish. Eh? Slayer."
Before I can answer,
He bites.
~
*Chapter 7*
There's so much screaming! I don't know what to do!
Was that a roar?
I move toward the kitchen but I also want to go to Giles…
Who to go to. How to help. What's happening?
Everything is going so fast, I have no control…
But it feels like I'm moving in slow motion.
I can't do anything quick enough!
The girls come running out of the kitchen with Andrew following.
Holding up a cross… What?
He's shaking and the girls are still screaming!
I can't think.
"What's going on?" I yell.
I can see Willow moving toward Giles,
Who is glowing! What the hell!
He's stopped screaming but now he's making loud sounds of pain.
I don't understand! What can I do?
"Spike!" Andrew is standing in front of the girls, holding on to the cross for dear life.
Xander is also standing in front of the girls, looking from me to the kitchen doorway.
With a look of complete fear on his face.
Willow is chanting. Oh God.
Anya is behind her trying to get to Giles. But obviously afraid to get near.
I don't even see Dawn! Where…
She's with the potentials. Thank goodness.
I hear a growl and turn.
Spike…
Standing in the doorway,
He's vamped out and holding his face. Looking more pissed than I've ever seen him.
No! Please no!
I swear I hear laughing…
This can't be happening! I don't know what to do!
Suddenly the room is flooded with white light,
I try not to but I have to shut my eyes.
When I open them I see that Spike has fallen and Giles is standing.
Still glowing.
Willow is black eyed and continues to chant.
I can't move. I can't breathe…
Spike gets up and makes a move toward the girls.
Before I even get a chance,
Giles has him.
He's got Spike's arms behind his back and Spike is snarling.
Struggling to get away.
"Giles! What do we do?" I'm so lost; I have no clue what to do…
"I told you this would happen!" He snaps at me.
"It's not his fault!"
Spike is furious. He's twisting and squirming. Trying everything to get free.
Willow's loosing it. She's fallen to the floor.
She raises her hands… and creates another one of those seek and destroy fireballs.
It goes flying past the group of potentials and their protectors,
Through the front window.
Still she continues to chant.
"What happened last time?" Giles yells.
"He remembered." I answer quickly.
"HOW?" Giles is loosing his hold on Spike.
"He tasted my blood."
Giles gaze becomes as furious as Spikes.
I can see Xander out of the corner of my eye raising a stake…
"I had a cut and he licked it. Then remembered." I hastily explain.
I think time has stopped…
Giles looks at my neck then back to my eyes.
Asking.
I nod my head.
He seems reluctant to release Spike though.
"It'll work. It's the only way."
"You could stake him." Xander supplies.
That is just not possible.
I can't live without him.
This isn't his fault.
I can save him. I know it.
"I can't." I quietly say.
Giles hears me.
He spins Spike to face me and lets go.
Spike looks at the potentials and goes toward them.
"Hey!"
He sharply turns to me.
I bare my neck to him. Silently offering.
"What's this? You offering Slayer?" He sneers.
"Yes."
His eyes grow just a tad wider. Then he composes himself. And stalks over to me.
He sniffs my neck, the side unclaimed.
"Death wish. Eh? Slayer."
Before I can answer,
He bites.
~