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A/N: I'm sorry again for this being out a bit late : ( I promise I'll have the next one out sooner. Anyway, here it is. ********** Buffy couldn't stop thinking about what had happened that morning. She was being a good little Slayer, researching, training, being mean to Spike, just like she was supposed to, but she just didn't feel like it. She couldn't wait till it was night, when she could "research" with Spike again, but her friends had to ruin that for her as well.
Apparently, Willow had done the locating spell, and had discovered that the Mohra demon was hiding in an old warehouse on the outskirts of town. Now they all expected her to go down there to kill it. They had all wanted to come too, but Buffy had put her foot down at that. This was something she was going to do alone. Except for Spike. She needed him for backup. Or at least that's what she said.
There was only one problem. They still didn't know how to kill it.
"I don't see why Buffy can't just stab it," Anya said, as she skimmed her way through the thousandth book. "That'll kill so many things."
"Anya, you know as well as we do that she can't." Willow rummaged through the pile of books, and pulled out one of the ones Angel had given them. "Listen. "They need vast quantities of salt to live, yet are extremely hard to kill, as their blood has regenerative powers, and any serious wounds will only make them stronger. It keeps regenerating its life until the dark future it envisions for the world is upon us. The only way to slay the beast is to bring darkness to the thousand eyes." If Buffy stabs it, it'll just get even stronger."
Buffy looked at her in disbelief. "What did you just say, Will."
"Erm, you can't stab the demon?"
"No, before that."
"Um, you know as well as we do she can't??"
"No! After that."
Willow thought hard for a second. "Oh! The only way to kill it is to bring darkness to the thousand eyes!"
Xander looked up from the comic he had hidden in one of the books. "Does that mean I don't have to research any more?"
"Xander, honey," Anya said, smiling, "You haven't done any researching in days."
"Does that mean I don't have to pretend to research any more?!"
"Yep."
"Great!" Xander slammed his book shut and threw it back down onto the pile. "I'll order some pizza!"
"I'll re-open the shop!"
"I'll start studying for my English test!"
"I'll go kill this thing!"
The four Scoobies all stood up and set off in the separate ways. A few seconds later however, they all stopped.
"Err, Willow?" Xander asked tentatively. "What does "Bring darkness to the thousand eyes" mean exactly?"
Willow looked sheepish. "Erm, Buffy?"
Buffy looked over at the vengeance demon beside her. "Anya?"
As one, they all headed back over to the table, sat down, and started to read once more.
*******
Buffy glanced out of the window to see that the night had crept up on her. "It's after sunset," she stated sadly. "Spike'll be here soon. Then I guess I'd better go kill this thing."
"How can you even think of going to kill this thing, Buff?" Xander asked, exasperated. "You don't know how!"
"Well, I have to bring darkness to the thousand eyes. Maybe this thing has a thousand eyes and you just have to stab them or something."
"Did you see a thousand eyes when it attacked you?"
"No, I saw two. But it could have more hidden somewhere!"
The door banged, and Buffy turned round to see Spike standing in the doorway, an axe in his hands.
"Ready to go, luv?"
Buffy nodded and marched over to the counter to grab her bag of weapons.
"Buffy, you can't go!"
"I can, and I am. I'm sick of us all spending every second researching one stupid demon! It's probably not even an apocalypsy demon, just an annoying one! And now it's gonna be a dead one."
Buffy swept past Xander, and headed towards the door. As she passed her, Willow put her hand on Buffy's shoulder to stop her.
"Be careful, Buffy."
Buffy smiled slightly. "I will." She then turned and walked through the doorway.
"Let's go, Spike."
*******
Buffy crept into the warehouse, with Spike close behind her. "Remember Spike," she whispered, "Don't injure it. Just hurt its eyes."
"For the fifty-millionth time, I've got it," Spike said, not bothering to keep his voice down.
"Shhh!" Buffy reached a fork in the corridor of boxes, and turned to Spike. "Which way?"
"I don't know. I'm not psychic!"
"For the last time, keep your voice down!"
"Well, you did ask me a question, luv."
"Shut up!"
"Hey, you're the one who's making the noise now."
"Grrr. You're so annoying!"
"Are you *growling*, pet? You've been hanging around me too long."
Buffy slapped Spike on the shoulder, hard. "Stop it!!!"
"Ooh, strike a nerve, did I, Slayer?"
"God! You are such a pain! Why do I put up with this?"
"Hey, no-one's making you, pet. You can leave at any time!"
"Why do you do this? The demon's gonna know exactly where we are thanks to the noise you're making!"
"I'm not the one that's yelling."
"But you're the one that started it!"
"No, pet. That was you as well."
"I knew I should've got the others to tag along."
Spike grabbed Buffy's arm, and pulled her around to face him. "Why *didn't* you ask them to tag along?"
Buffy blushed and looked down at her shoes. "I'm not sure. I guess I just kinda hoped. . ." She trailed off, unable to make herself admit what she had been thinking.
"Hoped what, luv?"
When Buffy didn't replay, he pulled her closer towards him. "Hoped this?" Moving so quick Buffy didn't know what was happening, he closed the gap between them and kissed her, hard. She gasped, then relaxed into it, forgetting about where she was, and what was there with them. She remembered perfectly clearly a few moments later, however, when she felt a huge force crash into her side, knocking her over.
She landed on her front, the wind knocked out of her. She sensed the demon towering above her, and tried to turn over.
"BUFFY!!!"
She looked up to see the demon standing over her, sword swinging down towards her chest. She was about to roll out of the way when she saw Spike jump out from nowhere and grab the blade, just before it reached her. Pushing as hard as he could, he thrust the hilt of the sword upwards into the face of the Mohra, giving Buffy chance to get up off the floor.
Spike ran to stand beside her, and they looked across at the warrior demon that stood before them. Without warning, Buffy leapt forward and threw a stake straight into the demons eye. It howled in pain, as strangely glowing blood poured from its wound.
"Okay," Buffy said, disgusted as the demon fell to the floor. "That was gross."
"At least it's dead now. I was getting sick of hearing about this bloody Mohra demon night and day.
"You wanna go and watch some videos?"
Buffy and Spike turned away from the demon and headed off back towards the entrance.
"Leaving so soon, Slayer?"
Buffy jumped, and turned to see the Mohra demon standing behind her, as healthy as when she first saw him.
"How. . ."
"You didn't think that would kill me, did you now, Slayer?" the demon hissed, as he started to circle her. "There's no way you can stop me."
"Is that right?" Buffy turned slowly round, her eyes following the Mohra as he walked. As she did she wondered why it hadn't worked. What was the thousand eyes?
"Even if you kill me, it's too late to stop the End of Days."
"That's what they always say," Buffy said cockily, looking him up and down for a weakness. "Always stopped them so far though."
"This one you won't. It's already begun. It's far too late to go back now. Soon destruction will be upon the Earth. And it'll start with you."
Buffy was starting to get slightly pissed now. "So, are we gonna fight or are you just gonna keep walking around, prophesising doom."
The Mohra laughed a horrible cackling laugh. "I'm not going to kill you, Slayer."
"Too right you won't."
"You're vital to the plan. Without you, there can be no End of Days. Like I said, It's already begun." He glanced over at Spike, and Buffy saw the light reflecting of the jewel on his forehead. "The sacrifice will be made." he turned back to Buffy, and she saw more light shining on his jewel. "The world will end, and there is no way for you to stop it."
Buffy stared at the stone in his forehead, almost hypnotised by the way it glistened in the light. It was so almost like thousands of eyes, shining in the dark.
The minute she thought that, Buffy knew what she had to do.
"Even if you kill me," the Mohra said gleefully. "You're all doomed."
"We'll see about that!" Buffy threw her stake through the air and straight into the jewel. The jewel smashed, and the demon screamed as light spread from it, engulfing him.
As the sound of his cry faded, Buffy sighed, and turned to Spike. "Let's go."
*******
They wandered down the street in silence for a while, until they were almost at Buffy's house.
Then Spike turned suddenly to Buffy and said, "Didn't it bother you, what that demon said."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, what it said about us all being doomed and all that crap."
Buffy gaped at Spike. "You didn't believe him, did you? You were a big bad for years and you never knew that demons always say it's too late to stop their plan when they know they're going to die?" When Spike shook his head, she laughed. "Oh, you are soo cute!"
"Hey! Take that back!"
"What? No!"
"Yes!"
"Why? What are you gonna do to me if I don't?"
Buffy saw the lust in his eyes as he looked at her, and she braced herself for a mind-numbing kiss. She was seriously disappointed when he simply turned and started to walk away from her.
"I'll have to think about that."
"Wait!"
Spike turned to look at her, seemingly anxious to get moving again. "What is it, pet?"
"Do you wanna come inside?" When he looked doubtful, she added, "We could watch some more videos."
"Alright then."
*******
A/N: So what do you think? Please, please, pleeeeease read and review!!! Please? Thanks again to everyone who has reviewed. Love you all!
In case any of you haven't read this, go to www.bbc.co.uk/cult/buffy/ and click on the link on the right of the page that's called "Spike's love" or something like that. It'll give you more than a smidgen of Spuffy hope in these dark times. It's very vague spoilery though, so if you like to stay 100% clear of them, don't read. Also, while you're there, there are the best trivia things on the episodes. It's a great site!
Now I've told you all about that, please read and review! If you've got nothing else to say, you can comment on how mean it is for Buffy to make Spike live with Xander. Or how sad it is that Spike turned that angel's face away from him. Or just how you wish Buffy had killed Principal Wood before Spike got there. (Can you tell I've just watched Him?) Whatever you say, please review!!!
A/N: I'm sorry again for this being out a bit late : ( I promise I'll have the next one out sooner. Anyway, here it is. ********** Buffy couldn't stop thinking about what had happened that morning. She was being a good little Slayer, researching, training, being mean to Spike, just like she was supposed to, but she just didn't feel like it. She couldn't wait till it was night, when she could "research" with Spike again, but her friends had to ruin that for her as well.
Apparently, Willow had done the locating spell, and had discovered that the Mohra demon was hiding in an old warehouse on the outskirts of town. Now they all expected her to go down there to kill it. They had all wanted to come too, but Buffy had put her foot down at that. This was something she was going to do alone. Except for Spike. She needed him for backup. Or at least that's what she said.
There was only one problem. They still didn't know how to kill it.
"I don't see why Buffy can't just stab it," Anya said, as she skimmed her way through the thousandth book. "That'll kill so many things."
"Anya, you know as well as we do that she can't." Willow rummaged through the pile of books, and pulled out one of the ones Angel had given them. "Listen. "They need vast quantities of salt to live, yet are extremely hard to kill, as their blood has regenerative powers, and any serious wounds will only make them stronger. It keeps regenerating its life until the dark future it envisions for the world is upon us. The only way to slay the beast is to bring darkness to the thousand eyes." If Buffy stabs it, it'll just get even stronger."
Buffy looked at her in disbelief. "What did you just say, Will."
"Erm, you can't stab the demon?"
"No, before that."
"Um, you know as well as we do she can't??"
"No! After that."
Willow thought hard for a second. "Oh! The only way to kill it is to bring darkness to the thousand eyes!"
Xander looked up from the comic he had hidden in one of the books. "Does that mean I don't have to research any more?"
"Xander, honey," Anya said, smiling, "You haven't done any researching in days."
"Does that mean I don't have to pretend to research any more?!"
"Yep."
"Great!" Xander slammed his book shut and threw it back down onto the pile. "I'll order some pizza!"
"I'll re-open the shop!"
"I'll start studying for my English test!"
"I'll go kill this thing!"
The four Scoobies all stood up and set off in the separate ways. A few seconds later however, they all stopped.
"Err, Willow?" Xander asked tentatively. "What does "Bring darkness to the thousand eyes" mean exactly?"
Willow looked sheepish. "Erm, Buffy?"
Buffy looked over at the vengeance demon beside her. "Anya?"
As one, they all headed back over to the table, sat down, and started to read once more.
*******
Buffy glanced out of the window to see that the night had crept up on her. "It's after sunset," she stated sadly. "Spike'll be here soon. Then I guess I'd better go kill this thing."
"How can you even think of going to kill this thing, Buff?" Xander asked, exasperated. "You don't know how!"
"Well, I have to bring darkness to the thousand eyes. Maybe this thing has a thousand eyes and you just have to stab them or something."
"Did you see a thousand eyes when it attacked you?"
"No, I saw two. But it could have more hidden somewhere!"
The door banged, and Buffy turned round to see Spike standing in the doorway, an axe in his hands.
"Ready to go, luv?"
Buffy nodded and marched over to the counter to grab her bag of weapons.
"Buffy, you can't go!"
"I can, and I am. I'm sick of us all spending every second researching one stupid demon! It's probably not even an apocalypsy demon, just an annoying one! And now it's gonna be a dead one."
Buffy swept past Xander, and headed towards the door. As she passed her, Willow put her hand on Buffy's shoulder to stop her.
"Be careful, Buffy."
Buffy smiled slightly. "I will." She then turned and walked through the doorway.
"Let's go, Spike."
*******
Buffy crept into the warehouse, with Spike close behind her. "Remember Spike," she whispered, "Don't injure it. Just hurt its eyes."
"For the fifty-millionth time, I've got it," Spike said, not bothering to keep his voice down.
"Shhh!" Buffy reached a fork in the corridor of boxes, and turned to Spike. "Which way?"
"I don't know. I'm not psychic!"
"For the last time, keep your voice down!"
"Well, you did ask me a question, luv."
"Shut up!"
"Hey, you're the one who's making the noise now."
"Grrr. You're so annoying!"
"Are you *growling*, pet? You've been hanging around me too long."
Buffy slapped Spike on the shoulder, hard. "Stop it!!!"
"Ooh, strike a nerve, did I, Slayer?"
"God! You are such a pain! Why do I put up with this?"
"Hey, no-one's making you, pet. You can leave at any time!"
"Why do you do this? The demon's gonna know exactly where we are thanks to the noise you're making!"
"I'm not the one that's yelling."
"But you're the one that started it!"
"No, pet. That was you as well."
"I knew I should've got the others to tag along."
Spike grabbed Buffy's arm, and pulled her around to face him. "Why *didn't* you ask them to tag along?"
Buffy blushed and looked down at her shoes. "I'm not sure. I guess I just kinda hoped. . ." She trailed off, unable to make herself admit what she had been thinking.
"Hoped what, luv?"
When Buffy didn't replay, he pulled her closer towards him. "Hoped this?" Moving so quick Buffy didn't know what was happening, he closed the gap between them and kissed her, hard. She gasped, then relaxed into it, forgetting about where she was, and what was there with them. She remembered perfectly clearly a few moments later, however, when she felt a huge force crash into her side, knocking her over.
She landed on her front, the wind knocked out of her. She sensed the demon towering above her, and tried to turn over.
"BUFFY!!!"
She looked up to see the demon standing over her, sword swinging down towards her chest. She was about to roll out of the way when she saw Spike jump out from nowhere and grab the blade, just before it reached her. Pushing as hard as he could, he thrust the hilt of the sword upwards into the face of the Mohra, giving Buffy chance to get up off the floor.
Spike ran to stand beside her, and they looked across at the warrior demon that stood before them. Without warning, Buffy leapt forward and threw a stake straight into the demons eye. It howled in pain, as strangely glowing blood poured from its wound.
"Okay," Buffy said, disgusted as the demon fell to the floor. "That was gross."
"At least it's dead now. I was getting sick of hearing about this bloody Mohra demon night and day.
"You wanna go and watch some videos?"
Buffy and Spike turned away from the demon and headed off back towards the entrance.
"Leaving so soon, Slayer?"
Buffy jumped, and turned to see the Mohra demon standing behind her, as healthy as when she first saw him.
"How. . ."
"You didn't think that would kill me, did you now, Slayer?" the demon hissed, as he started to circle her. "There's no way you can stop me."
"Is that right?" Buffy turned slowly round, her eyes following the Mohra as he walked. As she did she wondered why it hadn't worked. What was the thousand eyes?
"Even if you kill me, it's too late to stop the End of Days."
"That's what they always say," Buffy said cockily, looking him up and down for a weakness. "Always stopped them so far though."
"This one you won't. It's already begun. It's far too late to go back now. Soon destruction will be upon the Earth. And it'll start with you."
Buffy was starting to get slightly pissed now. "So, are we gonna fight or are you just gonna keep walking around, prophesising doom."
The Mohra laughed a horrible cackling laugh. "I'm not going to kill you, Slayer."
"Too right you won't."
"You're vital to the plan. Without you, there can be no End of Days. Like I said, It's already begun." He glanced over at Spike, and Buffy saw the light reflecting of the jewel on his forehead. "The sacrifice will be made." he turned back to Buffy, and she saw more light shining on his jewel. "The world will end, and there is no way for you to stop it."
Buffy stared at the stone in his forehead, almost hypnotised by the way it glistened in the light. It was so almost like thousands of eyes, shining in the dark.
The minute she thought that, Buffy knew what she had to do.
"Even if you kill me," the Mohra said gleefully. "You're all doomed."
"We'll see about that!" Buffy threw her stake through the air and straight into the jewel. The jewel smashed, and the demon screamed as light spread from it, engulfing him.
As the sound of his cry faded, Buffy sighed, and turned to Spike. "Let's go."
*******
They wandered down the street in silence for a while, until they were almost at Buffy's house.
Then Spike turned suddenly to Buffy and said, "Didn't it bother you, what that demon said."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, what it said about us all being doomed and all that crap."
Buffy gaped at Spike. "You didn't believe him, did you? You were a big bad for years and you never knew that demons always say it's too late to stop their plan when they know they're going to die?" When Spike shook his head, she laughed. "Oh, you are soo cute!"
"Hey! Take that back!"
"What? No!"
"Yes!"
"Why? What are you gonna do to me if I don't?"
Buffy saw the lust in his eyes as he looked at her, and she braced herself for a mind-numbing kiss. She was seriously disappointed when he simply turned and started to walk away from her.
"I'll have to think about that."
"Wait!"
Spike turned to look at her, seemingly anxious to get moving again. "What is it, pet?"
"Do you wanna come inside?" When he looked doubtful, she added, "We could watch some more videos."
"Alright then."
*******
A/N: So what do you think? Please, please, pleeeeease read and review!!! Please? Thanks again to everyone who has reviewed. Love you all!
In case any of you haven't read this, go to www.bbc.co.uk/cult/buffy/ and click on the link on the right of the page that's called "Spike's love" or something like that. It'll give you more than a smidgen of Spuffy hope in these dark times. It's very vague spoilery though, so if you like to stay 100% clear of them, don't read. Also, while you're there, there are the best trivia things on the episodes. It's a great site!
Now I've told you all about that, please read and review! If you've got nothing else to say, you can comment on how mean it is for Buffy to make Spike live with Xander. Or how sad it is that Spike turned that angel's face away from him. Or just how you wish Buffy had killed Principal Wood before Spike got there. (Can you tell I've just watched Him?) Whatever you say, please review!!!
