The Return

Spike smiled as the 'Welcome to Los Angeles' sign came into view. Finally he would be able to find her. A million thoughts ran through his head as he entered to the town,like,how would she react?Does she still love him? What will everyone think?All he knew though was he had to find out...

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"You,okay?" Buffy jumped, and forgot about her thoughts, as she turned to Angel.

"Yeah, just needed some fresh air." She replied.

"Still thinking about him aren't you?" Buffy frowned at him a little and nodded.

"I just can't seem to stop thinking about him, it's impossible to stop. He's Spike..."She finished quietly.

Angel gave her a sad smile and pulled her into a soothing hug. He watched as tears slid down her face, all he could do was stroke her back gently and tell her it would be okay. He was surprised when she hung onto him tighter. He smiled a small smile and thought 'good thing I don't need air'. He felt a sad feeling grow in him when she pulled back and stared at him.

"Thank you." She said, she then kissed him on the cheek and turned to leave. Angel grabbed her arm berfore she could leave though. He brought her to him and kissed her on the lips, it was nothing big in fact he felt no spark what-so-ever. It was gone she didn't love him anymore,and he was true she pulled back and slapped him across the face and ran back into her room crying.

"Damnit!!!" The brunette vampire yelled to no one in particular.

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Spike watched as Angel held her and and comforted her. He wanted it to be him up there holding her and comforting her, but it wasn't. He couldn't understand the jelousy that broke out of him when she kissed his cheek. It looked as if she moved on.

He closed his eyes and growled, when he opened them he saw them kissing, he felt his heart shatter into a million pieces. A single tear rolled down his face, but what he saw next only confused him more. She slapped him, and ran crying.

He watched Angel scream and lean back on the balcony. He was no longer sad but enraged. How could Angel hurt Buffy. He felt a sudden heat grow inside his heart. He clutched his chest and ran into an near by alley. He fell to his knees and clutched his chest harder. The heat was growing and it hurt so bad(a/n: it's not heartburn, lol). He closed his eyes, trying to stop the pain. It was the wrong move, as soon as he opened his eyes, everything was red. A fire was building inside him ,a rage he had never felt before.

The vampire screamed as loud as he could, the blood from his heart was rushing to his head, the pounding made it hurt even worse. He looked at his hand and it was like someone painted it black, he watched as it slowly spread throughout his whole body. The amulet he wore turned a black color, and flashed red a couple of times. His eyes were still red, and they gave off an eerie glow if you looked at them.

One last surge of pain and wings sprouted from his back. They were feathered wings, but black, his hair turned black also.He blacked out. The pain was gone and he stood up and looked around, a devilish smirk appeared across his face and he turned towards the street. He stepped out of the alley just as the sun rose, casting a warm glow around him.

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Angel turned when he heard a scream. True, the war was over but evil still lurked around, he couldn't help them the sun was almost up. He ran into Buffy's room and looked for her. She was sitting in the corner on a chair. She wore the same expression as him. She jumped up and ran to the balcony, she quickly pulled out a stake her coat pocket, and jumped down onto the street.

Looking around she heard the moans coming from and alleyway. She started toward it when a figure emerged. She gasped at the site of it, not only because the sun was out, but because she had never seen anything like it.

It was body was black, and it had hair that was black it was curly and slicked back. She noticed it's eyes were red and glowing, it's lips were red also, and it wore a evil smirk on it's face. It had black leather pants on and it had no shirt but a black leather duster and a black amulet hanging around it's neck. What caught her attention was the sharp cheekbones, and the black wings.

It turned to her and smiled,showing it's fangs. Buffy took a step back and watched as it walked further into the sunlight. It looked as if flames were emiting from it. It's smile was replaced with a frown as it looked at her intently. The Slayer gripped her stake, and some how thought that it wouldn't be enough to kill it.

The demon lifted it's hand toward her and a glowing fire emerged from it's hand. She ducked to the ground just as the flaming ball flew over her. She looked to see what it had hit, it was an uber vamp.(i know its confusing but it'll make sense later)

Confused(lol) Buffy stood up and looked at the demon. She wondered what it was doing, and who's side it was on.? When it took another aim at her she jumped towards it. The demon simply grabbed her by the wrist and then set her on the ground. Fear shown in her eyes as he picked her up, she was stuggling against it but it didn't affect it at all even when she stabbed him. He just spread his wings and flew upward, he then landed and dropped her on her balcony.

In a deep demonic voice it spoke. "I am not here to hurt you. "

Buffy sat up and then stood, he was tall and towered over her by atleast a foot. "Then what are you here for."

"I don't know."

"Huh?"

"I said, I don't...." She cut him off before he could finish.

"I get it. But why are you helping me?"

He smirked at her a little and closed his eyes.

"I-have-no-idea."He said slowly."Some part of me wants to help you so bad though, and I let it help you once." He reached out torwards her and she stepped back. "R-run....get away from me, I-I can't control it anymore.Pa- part of my wants to hurt you.RUN!!!"

Buffy ran inside and locked the door as the demon flew off the roof and away. "BUFFY!!!Are you okay!?" Angel yelled coming up to her as she closed the curtains.

She managed a small."Yes." As she turned to him.

"What happened?"

"I have no clue." Angel looked at her confused.

"I-I mean it was a demon, but it didn't want to hurt me. It killed an uber vamp that was behind me. It was weird." She said pressing her finger to her lips in thought.'He looked so much like him, but it couldn't be him could it? Spike's dead, gone, anyways he's a vampire, not a whatever that was, and he can't be in the sun. A a single tear rolled down her cheek as she thought about him.

Angel watched her as she thought. God how he loved her, but why couldn't he have her. Spike was gone, and he was the one she loved first. So why couldn't she just love him like that again. He watched her start to cry no doubt that it was about Spike. He walked towards the door and opened it slightly.

"I'm sorry for what I did." With that he walked out of the room and shut the door behind him.

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Spike awoke in the same alleyway where he blacked out. He couldn't remember anything except the pain. "What in the bloody 'ell happened to me?" he asked himself as he stood up.

"You became your new self." A voice said from the shadows.Spike turned around to come face to face with...Buffy!?"

"You became a monster, something with little or no feeling, something that could never be loved."

Spike frowned, confused at first, but then it dawned on him."Your the First. Why should I believe you?"

"Because I speak the truth. What would your darling little Buffy think if she found out your a freak, and almost like a god. How could she love you when your whole purpose now is to kill her?"

Spike glared at her and growled."How do you know my purpose? I choose what I do."

"Oh, do you? Your purpose is to join me and defeat the slayers." The First mused.

"I will never help you."

"In time, all in time. Then we'll see." The First dissapeared in a flash.

Spike walked out of the alleyway and to the balcony he had seen Buffy and Angel standing. He looked at the door going inside the building and walked right in, he had to find her, he had to warn her, to save her. He stepped into the hotel and looked around, a young brunette was sitting at the counter. He walked up to her and placed his hands on the counter.

"Is there a Buffy Summers here?"

The young brunette woman looked up at him surprised. "Y-yes she is. May I ask why you need to see her?"

Spike looked thoughtful for a minute and finally spoke up."I need to warn her....it's about the First."

Hearing the First's name the woman stood up. "One moment please."

She picked up the phone and dialed a number, she gave him a nervous smile before talking into the phone.

"Buffy."

".........?"

"It's Fred, you have a visitor down here. He says he knows something on the First."

".......!" (very complicated conversation lol)

Fred hung up the phone and looked at the man who was now sitting on a stool looking around the room.

"She's on her way."

Spike looked at her and gave her a small smile. "Thanks love."

About that time a ding echoed through the room and the doors of the elevator opened revealing a small blonde woman who was looking at the ground.

Spike's breath caught in his throat, it was her, it was really her. She kept her focus on the ground as if she was thinking about something, he got up and met her half way across the room.

Buffy looked up and gasped. It was Spike, he was there, he was alive..in the daytime!? Fred watched the pair intently and tapped her nails lightly on the counter. She was amazed by the fact that someone could have that kind of affect on Buffy.(a/n:Fred doesn't know who Spike is, only his name, not what he looks like)

Spike looked into her deep green eyes and felt his heart start beating faster. His face flushed and there were butterflies in his stomach. He looked at her face more closely to see that she had dark circles under her eyes, and her face had cuts and bruises that were still healing. He reached up and caressed the side of her face, a smile appeared on his face when she didn't pull away from him.

"Buffy....love..." He started.

She cut him off by throwing herself into his arms, and started crying. He hugged her to him and started stroking the back of her head gently. She tightened her grip around his neck, and he tightened his arms around her waist.

Fred watched with a shocked expression as the two embraced. It's seemed as though the two were in love.

Buffy buried her face in his chest and let the tears soak his shirt. Spike smiled and took in the scent that was her. The smell of sweet vanilla, the smell of Buffy....his Buffy. Buffy smiled and lifted her head up to meet his gaze. "It's really you!?" Spike gave her a small smile and nodded.

"I missed you, a lot."

"I missed you too, Buffy." She hugged him once more and rested her head on his chest....feeling the rise and fall of his chest from his breathing.....BREATHING!!??

She pulled back almost as soon as she had hugged him. "Your breathing!?"

Spike took a minute t otake a few deep breaths. "Yeah, I guess I am." He found it strange because he hadn't been breathing before he had blacked out, and he just now noticed it...maybe it was the excitement of seeing her that made him forget he told himself.

"You Guess!? Spike if you can breath you half to be human!!"

"Well, I can walk in the sun now.." Before he could finish she had kissed him on the cheek. "Your human now, Spike." He watched amazed as a happiness that he had never seen before appeared in her eyes. Her eyes sparkled with tears that were trying to fall from their creater. He wiped a tear that had managed to escape with his thumb.

"I love you."

Buffy gave a small laugh and smiled. "I love you too."

The blonde vampire pulled her to him never loosing eye contact. He slowly leaned in closing the space between them, then very gently he pressed his now warm lips against her own soft ones. She responded by kissing him back, infact she made it deeper. The vampire let his tongue roam over her lips until she let it enter. He exlpored and roamed hungerly over every inch of her mouth he could reach, and she did the same. Their tongues in a battle no one would be sure who would win, tongues clashed and so did teeth as the kiss became more fierce and passionate. She ran her hands through his messy curly blonde hair, and pressed herself against him as far as humanly possible. He placed one hand behind her head to keep her from pulling back and the other pulling her closer to him. The kiss continued for a few more minutes until the both needed air. He pulled back first and rested his forehead on her own. Both of them panting and breathing hard the both smiled.

"God, how much I missed you Buffy."

Before she could answer another voice spoke. "We all missed you too Spike."

They both turned to find a glaring and fuming Angel. (none of them new why he was mad)

Spike returned the glare. "Hello, Angel." Buffy looked back and forth between the two, their anger towards eachother was always there, and she knew they always fought when together.

Fred squeaked and they all turned to look at her. "Sorry." She mumbled quickly. Fred had noticed all the tension between the two and it scared her, they really hated eachother.

Willow, Kennedy, Dawn, Xander, and Giles came walking down the stairs at that moment and all stopped when they saw Spike. Dawn was the first to move. "SPIKE!!!!!!!!" She ran up to him and hugged him tightly.

"Hey there, Lil' Bit. Miss me?"

"Sure did!!!" She said with a big smile breaking out onto her face, she released him and stepped back a few steps.

The rest of the scooby gang just looked a bit shocked to see him there, and alive. "You have to tell us everything, because I think no one knows what to think." Dawn said looking at the rest of their shocked expressions.

"Okay then." He said giving a nervous glance towards Buffy and grabbing her hand, they both then sat down.

They didn't notice that Angel watched them closely and was growing more jealous by the minute.

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By the time he had finished his story and had eaten some food he was really tired. He looked over next to him and found that Buffy was falling asleep with her head on his shoulder.He moved slightly and picked her up with one arm under her shoulders and one around her waist, when he picked her up and started to the elevator she started to wake up. "What's going on?" She asked still half asleep.

"Buffy....pet, your tired I can see the circles under your eyes, you need to sleep, as do I."

"Okay." She mumbled laying her head down on his shoulder.

Spike walked into her room and layed her down on her bed. He then took off her shoes and jacket, once that was done he pulled the blankets up around her. As he turned to leave she grabbed his hand. "Stay with me...." She said softly. He nodded and took off his shoes and jacket, then climbed into the bed next to her. He wraped his arms around her waist and she layed her head down on his chest and went back to sleep after mumbling. "I love you."

He stroked her back and smiled."I love you too."

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Spike awoke as the sun started to come up, the pain was back again. The words of the first ran through his head, he removed Buffy from a top of him and crawled out of the bed and headed for the balcony, he jumped down and grabbed his chest, he had to figure out how to stop it. He stumbled into the alleyway he had yesterday and closed his eyes it was starting again.

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