Dark Cravings -- by Serpentine Malfoy
Part Two
Spike paced his lair aimlessly. The blonde ditz Harmony, wasn't there when he got in. She must have gone somewhere else to avoid the sun, or if Spike was lucky she just stayed in the sun and dusted herself.
"What is wrong with me?" Spike couldn't believe how close he had come to being recaptured. He couldn't seem to be able to hurt anyone or anything. ~ Those stupid "commando" guys almost had me. ~ Spike thought to himself.
This thing with the fiery witch, Willow, was really throwing him. He hadn't meant to see her, he was after the slayer. Her name wasn't even on that room. But once he saw her he didn't know if he was disappointed or not. He had thought about how sweet she would taste. Her screams and struggles only made it better. But no matter how he tried he couldn't bite her. His head had hurt so much he could barely see. She must have done something to him. A spell or something.
He had to drink from those vile hospital blood bags. ~ A few more days without blood would have been worse! ~ Spike tried to tell himself.
"Willow" he quietly spoke to himself. She had been polite, even nice to him after his "failure". True she had hit him with a lamp, but if she hadn't he would have questioned her sanity. ~ Another insane girlfriend, I don't need! ~ Why was he thinking of her as a girlfriend. She was nothing more than a meal to him. When this spell wore off she would be the first to be drained. But some part of his mind told him not to hurt someone like Willow.
Pacing continuously, Spike muttered to himself trying to figure out what was wrong with him.
Xander silently waited for Willow to explain why she cared if Spike could hurt anything. Secretly, he hoped it was true, if it was someone would easily pick him off, and they wouldn't have to worry about him again.
"I don't know Xander, I think I might lo . . ." Xander threw his hand over her mouth.
"Please Wills, for the love of humanity, for the sake of our friendship, don't finish that thought!" Xander couldn't let her say that, if she did he knew there was no going back.
"Xander you asked me why I care, I think that is why. I don't know. I just see him differently. He was so vulnerable, almost human even." Xander closed his eyes. "Willow, I know there must be some other reason you came here. What is it you need, Willow?"
Willow looked at Xander admiringly, he was smarter than he looked. "I do need something. I need a stake, I didn't take one with me when I left this morning."
Xander looked questioningly towards her, "First off the suns out..."
"On the surface yes, not in the sewers." Willow stated.
"Willow! Why? Why are you..." The look of defiance on her face made Xander know. "But what about this whole lo... Oh, I can't say that."
"It's not for Spike, unless he is really not the person I think he is. It's for all the other creeps that go bump in the dark." Xander stood and walked to his desk. Pulling open a drawer he removed two stakes. He walked back to Willow and handed her a stake. "Xander, what's the other stake for?"
"I'm coming with you!" Willow stood and faced Xander.
"No you're not!"
End Part Two
