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Buffy awoke and reached her arm over to the side to hug Spike...only Spike wasn't there. She sat up in bed and looked around.'God, please don't let that have been a dream.' She couldn't take anymore heartbreak it was too painful. The small blonde put her hands over her face and began to cry.
Everything had felt so real, it was to real to be a dream. It couldn't have been a dream. Buffy wiped the tears from her eyes and got out of bed, she walked over to the balcony and looked over the street. People were walking going about in their daily lives. There were couples walking along the street kissing, hugging, and laughing together. Why couldn't she have that, why did everything bad happen to her.
Buffy turned around and started towards the door leading to her room, but before she could a moan caught her attention. She spun back around quickly and looked down. A small crowd was gathering around something laying on the side of the road. The blonde slayer quickly jumped off her balcony and onto the sidewalk,(the balcony is only like on the second story) a look of panic washed over her face as she seen a curly blonde head. She ran across the street and after avoiding a few cars made it to the other side. Buffy pushed her way through the crowd until she was in the front.
She gasped at the sight. There lay Spike with cuts and bruises along his body and blood coming from the side of his head. More worried and confused Buffy sat down beside him and tried to pick him up. He was still breathing that was a sign. Using her slayer strength Buffy carefully picked him up and put one of his arms around her neck and slowly tried to make her way across the road and back to the hotel. Even with her strength she knew she couldn't make it back without help. Suddenly her load got a lot lighter she looked over to see a young man helping her carry Spike back.
The man had short curly blonde hair and bright green eyes. He was tall,skinny, and very pale. He also wore an amulet around his neck. He looked over at her and caught her looking at him..so he gave her he biggest grin he could muster.
"Thought you might need some help." The young blonde said stepping onto the sidewalk by the hotel.
Buffy nodded and smiled."Thanks."
"No problem." He answered her as they walked into the hotel.
"BUFFY!!!" The blonde slayer turned and looked and saw Willow standing by the front desk. "Buffy, what happened!?" She asked walking over to the trio.
"I don't...." She was cut off by the young boy.
"He was running from something,there was a monster after him and it hit him in the head with something, he fell on the sidewalk, and the monster left." He finished, helping Buffy get Spike into the elevator. Buffy looked at him for a minute before turning to Willow.
"We have to help him Willow I don't know if he still has..." She glanced over at the young man. Willow did the same and nodded.
"Okay let's take him up to your room, and i'll get the first aid kits." She said as the elevator doors closed.
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Spike awoke in a cave and looked around, his head was killing him and his whole body ached. Where was he? He went to stand but his head started to hurt, and he sat back down, it was then he noticed the blood coming out of the side of his head. He sat for a minute holding his head with his hand and closed his eyes. He could hear someone....they were talking...and crying. He forced himself off the ground and stood up. His legs were shaky but he kept walking around the room, trying to find the owner of the voice.
He stopped walking and stood next to one of the walls around him...closing his eyes he placed his hand on it. A flood of images came into his mind.From passing out on the sidewalk to Buffy standing over him, and him resting on a bed. He could here a soft soothing female voice talking to him...cheering him on. He knew it was her...it was Buffy...he wanted to get to her so bad but couldn't. He searched around the room looking for a way out, but found none. He stopped in the middle of the dark room, her voice was getting faint. Spike fell to his knees and looked up. "BUFFY!!" The vampire screamed throwing his arms up into the air.
He felt his lungs start to burn from lack of oxygen and then everything went black.........
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Willow stood silently in the doorway watcing Buffy talk to Spike. They had cleaned his wounds up pretty good, but the spot on his head must have affected him pretty bad since he hadn't woken up in two days..it must have put him in a coma. A frown found it's way to her face as she watched her best friend cry and whisper to the vampire laying on the bed, for those two days, Buffy hadn't barely left the room, they almost couldn't get her to eat.
"How is she?" A voice asked, Willow turned around to come face to face with the young man they now knew as Drake.
"The same, I don't know if she'll ever get better if he doesn't wake up. What surprised the red head the most was that this boy knew all about vampires, demons and slayers.
"He will." Drake answered placing his hand on her back."If he gets to be with her when he wakes..I know he won't let her down."
The witch frowned slightly and looked at him. "How do you know?"
"It's obvious." He said as soon as the question had left her lips."If he loves her as much as she loves him, he'll make it through just fine."
"I hope your right." Willow said turning around and going to her room for the night. Drake leaned against the door frame and sighed. He hoped Spike would wake up soon, he didn't know how much more he could watch her suffer like this. He grabbed the amulet hanging from his neck and squeezed it. He then left and went to his room.
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Buffy curled up against Spike and cried to herself. She just got him back and now, she didn't know if she'd ever get him back again. She closed her eyes and hugged him to her and started to drift off into sleep. She awoke suddenly when she heard someone screaming her name. She looked and saw that it was Spike screaming. She shook him gently and whispered to him. He finally stopped and opened his eyes, he blinked a few times before smiling and hugging Buffy as tight as he could.
The slayer stared at him in shock. He was a-awake. "Spike!" She said buring her face in his chest. He kissed the top of her head and rubbed her back when she began to cry.
"Shh..please don't cry, it makes sad when you cry." He said as she looked up at him."I love you."
Buffy smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck."I love you too." She kissed him soundly on the lips, she could feel him frowning as they kissed, she pulled back a frown now matching his own on her face."What?"
"I don't remember what happened. All I remember is passing out, and hearing your voice." He said tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.
"I don't know what happened Spike. I just woke up and you weren't in bed and when I went outside people were gathering around you.I-I was so scared...I didn't want to lose you again." She said and started crying again.
Spike frowned and sat up against the headboard pulling Buffy up with him, he hugged her and let her sob into his chest. He tried to calm her by rubbing her back and rocking her, he even kept kissing the top of her head.
"It'll be alright love. I won't ever leave you...I wouldn't even think about leaving you." He said kissing the top of her head one last time, before she stopped crying. Her breathing returned to normal and she started to drift off to sleep."Thanks." she managed to say before falling asleep.
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Drake walked out of his room in a better mood than lately and walked to Buffy's room. The door was slightly open so he peaked in. There laid Buffy in Spikes arms, she was asleep and had a smile on her face. Spike to was asleep, he had the same bright smile on his face.
All the smiling was catching up to him as a smile appeared on his face as he shut the door quietly behind him. He checked his watch and walked down the stairs into the lobby. He was greeted by Willow and Dawn sitting down and talking to each other. Drake walked up and took a seat across from Dawn, both of the girls looked up at him and smiled.
"Spike woke up last night." The blonde said smiling at them.
"He did!?" Dawn asked in surprise.
"Yeah,I found them holding each other this morning,that ,and since my room is next to hers, I heard them talking." He gave them a lopsided grin and leaned back into his chair.
Dawn giggled and Willow smiled at his comment.
"I need to speak with you Red." A voice said.
Willow looked up to see Spike standing in the doorway holding an arm over his abdomen. She looked shocked for a moment before silently nodding to him and standing up. Dawn looked on as they walked into a back room with a curious look on her face. Drake however just smiled. "I wonder what it's about?"
"I think we'll find out sometime." Drake said tapping his fingers lightly on the arm of the chair.'sometime.' He thought looking around.
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Willow walked into the room,Spike followed her in shuting the door behind them. Spike looked at her for a moment and paced around the room for a few seconds before stopping and and sighing. "I need a favor from you."
"Okay..what is it?" The witch asked sitting down in a chair.
"First promise me you won't tell Buffy." The red head nodded and Spike continued," Ever since the morning that I arrived here I have been having these weird blackouts,but theres more to it. It's starts with this searing pain right here." He said pointing at his chest."Weird things start to happen to me and I black out, then I wake up not knowing what happened."
Willow looked at him with her mouth open not knowing what to say."Then the first time it happened I woke up, and The First was there. She told me that..that I..I was becoming a monster, something that was supposed to...kill Buffy. I don't want to kill Buffy, I don't want to hurt her...but how can I when I don't know what i'm doing or what I change into..."
"Well, where do I fit in?" The woman asked looking shocked.
"Well....you always do research and stuff for the scoobies,I thought that maybe you could help me..help me find out what I am...please...I don't want to hurt anyone."
The witch nodded and stood up, she walked over to Spike and gave him a grin."Don't worry we'll find out what's going on."
Spike smiled back at her then raised his eyebrow at her. "Now who is that boy sitting out there?"
Willow giggled a little before answering. "His name is Drake, he helped Buffy bring you back to the hotel. Don't worry, he's not here to hurt anyone." With that said she opened the door and walked out, soon followed by Spike. The blonde vampire looked around but found Dawn wasn't there and Willow had gone upstairs. "They went to see how Buffy was doing." Spike turned around to see Drake leaning back in a chair.
Spike stared at him it's the first time he had got to see what he really looked like. He had sharp cheek bones and sort of a dirty blonde hair color, that was short and curly. He also had bright green eyes that reminded him of Buffys'. He wore a loose black shirt and some baggy black jeans. He could make out a chain around his neck that went under his shirt. He was pale, and skinny but from the looks of it he was very fit. He looked young he had to be around twenty or twenty-one.
"Is there something on my face?" The boy asked after a few minutes.
"Huh?..oh, no nothing." Spike responded and took a seat across from the boy. Before the vampire thought he spoke."Who are you?"
"I'm Drake." He said simply.
"I know that."
"Well, what do you want to know then?" Drake said sitting up in his chair.
"Everything!" Spike said exasperated. The boy smiled at him and leaned back in his chair once again.
"Okay....My name is Drake, I don't remember my last name because my Mom died when I was two and I never met my father. I was raised by my mother's watcher since she was a Slayer. When I was sixteen her watcher died, and I was left to fend for myself. All that training that I was put through from the watcher really payed off, because vampires, demons, and things that I don't even know of have been attacking me." Drake paused for a moment and looked up at Spike who seemed to be listening very intently,"My mother died protecting me, something about a prophecy and all everything that was evil wants to kill me. That's why she's dead, that's why her watchers dead, that's why I'm here."
Spike just sat there looking at him."Another one, what do we do attract them." He thought.
"Wow, the son of a slayer. Where have I heard that before?" They both turned around to find Angel sitting in the shadows of the room. Drake stood up and glared at Angel, "What do you want?"
"What, can't I just say 'hi' to you and Spike?" Angel said smirking.
"Not if you're gonna be an ass 'bout it.....Poofster." Spike said glaring also.
Angel glared back at them."I'd watch it if I were you Spike." He said coldly, and turned to leave the room.
Drake turned around and looked at Spike. "I really don't like that guy."
"Me either." The vampire said standing up,"I'm gonna go check on Buffy. It was nice meeting you...Drake."
"My pleasure." The boy said and sat back down, he ran a had through his curly locks and sighed. It was gonna take longer than he had thought....hopefully The First would lay off for awhile.
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Spike opened the door slowly and peered in Buffy was looking out the window, and had her knees tucked under her chin as she stared silently at the people below on the street. He quietly walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her shoulders. She didn't even respond, he let go of her and sat down beside of her. "Buffy...what's wrong?"
The blonde slayer just kept watching out the window like she hadn't heard him at all. He grabbed her shoulders and turned her so that she faced him. "Buffy...what's wrong?" He asked again tilting her head up. This time she met his gaze, a single tear fell from the corner of her eye and she stood up still keeping her gaze focused on his. Buffy glanced out the window and then back at the vampire in front of her. "You..your..a-a monster." The blonde slayer backed away from him as he stood up.
"What are you talking about?" He asked reaching out to wipe the tears from her face. She just backed up farther, fear clearly shown in her eyes.
"Your..e-evil, you..just want to kill me."
Spike looked at her in shock. "Who told you that?" He asked his voice getting harder.
"Angel......" She wispered before jumping out of the window and falling to the ground silently. Spike quickly dived after her...but he didn't make it in time. He hit the ground, but he didn't feel a thing. He watched as she took her last breaths. "Leave me alone..Sp-." She was never able to finish her sentence as her last breath left her. Spike cried as he laid there on the ground, she died....and he didn't have a scratch on him. "B-Buffy no." He wispered as he watched her lay there before him..................dead.......................
"Spike." The vampire awoke with a start as someone yelled for him. He looked up to see Buffy's worried face. He looked around, he was laying in the hallway beside Buffy's room. She helped him stand when he tried to get up. He looked at her as she helped him into her room. "W-what happened?" He asked as she sat down beside him on the bed.
She looked at him at first and then spoke. "I don't know I just found you layin in the hallway."
"I must have blacked out." He mumbled to himself as he looked down at his feet.
"Huh?" Buffy asked as he mumbled.
Spike looked up at her hoping that she didn't hear him."Nothing." He said smiling at her. She smiled back and rested her head on his shoulder, he wrapped his arm around her waist and they sat there like that for what seemed like forever.
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Angel sat in the darkness of his room thinking to himself. 'Why did he half to come back. Buffy may not have loved me, but she could have learned to..I mean she did love me first.' He picked up a glass from the table beside his chair he sat in, and launched it at the wall, smirking as it shattered.
"Now, now, no need to waste things." A voice said. Angel turned to come face to face with the First.
"What do you want?" He asked glaring at her. She smirked at him in response.
"It's not a matter of what I want, but what you want." She said crossing her arms over her chest.
"You don't know what I want." He spat coldly standing up and knocking the chair over backwards.
"Yes, I do know what you want, because I want it too." Angel gave her a questioning look."You want Spike gone."
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A/N: Wouldn't this be a great place to stop....but I sort of want to make the chapter longer than this, plus I have some more stuff to put in before the next chapter.....
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Angel smiled to himself as he walked out of his room. The First had been a great help now all he had to do was put the plan into action. The brunette vampire walked silently down the hall and down the stairs, he smirked as he entered the lobby.
His eyes flashed as he saw Drake talking to Dawn, he had told her something and she was giggling now. He walked right passed them and walked out the front doors, Drake was the only one who looked as he left off into the night. Angel continued his way around the city until he came to a small run down shack, that looked really odd surrounded by buildings. He silently walked around to the back of the shack and opened the cellar door. A cloud of dust flew out along with some bats. Angel raised his eyebrow for a moment and then continued down the steps.
As his foot landed on the floor of the dusty cellar, torches lit up around him, lighting the room up slightly. After a moment he noticed that there was a some type of symbol on the wall oppisite of him. Smiling to himself he walked up to it. The vampire pulled a knife out of his coat pocket and cut the plam of his right hand.
In the middle of the symbol there was the outline of a hand with a gash across it. Angel placed his hand over it. He could feel it sucking the blood from his hand. The color he had drained from his face and he pulled his hand back swiftly. Almost instantly the cut healed and he regained his composure. There was a loud bang from behind the wall the symbol was written on, and Angel's head shot up.
After a few more loud bangs the the bricks broke and a shadowed figure emerged from the hole. The figure stepped out and looked at Angel. It was about seven feet tall and was very muscular. The figures skin was red and eyes were yellow. The monster held it's hand out and a black sword appeared. It gave an evil grin to Angel before lowering down on one knee and lowering his head.
Angel smiled and crossed his arms over his chest. The demon raised it's head and looked Angel in the eye. "I am here to serve you, in your wish to kill the one you call Spike."
Angel simply nodded his smile getting bigger. He knew what demon this was. It was a vampire of sorts, it was a war lord, a very good one at that. The myth goes that in every century there is a great war lord, one who is more powerful than any other. The lords ended up being bitten by vampires each century, their cold hearts and no emotion made them stronger than their sires. Over the years more and more were made, and fighting broke out to decide who is the most powerful. In the end only one survived and awoke to kill every war lord every century. Though in the end the most powerful was beaten by a slayer and sealed under a house for one hundred years, by a witch.
Though it did not seem promising, since there was both a slayer and a witch together beside Spike himself, he would just have to make the best of it. Afterall it would take them awhile to figure out what it is and how to stop it.
"Okay...." Angel stepped aside and dropped his arms to his sides," Remember, use caution."
The demon smirked at Angel as it started towards the stairs. "Won't need it." He said disappearing outside.
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Drake shifted around in his seat and drummed his fingers on the desk in front of him. He was worried about Angel. "I know he doesn't like Spike, but why......would he go and do something as far as to summon a war lord, just to get Buffy." Drake stood up and walked over to his window, he looked out and saw that Angel was returning. "Great, just great looks like Spikes' gonna have to face this sooner or later, and i'm betting it won't be the latter."
The young blonde boy pulled an amulet out from under his shirt, it started glowing a red color, he then dropped it under his shirt. "It's time to save a life."
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Spike looked down Buffy had fallen asleep on his shoulder just minutes before. He gently pushed away a few strands of hair that had fallen in her face. Smiling to himself he gently picked her up and layed her down on the bed. The vampire caressed the side of her face with the back of his hand. Not really thinking that any of it was real. He loved Buffy more than anything he could ever dream of, and she was his, but more than one thought had made him wish he didn't love her as much. "If what the First was true....he didn't want to hurt her, he loved her too much. This problem was just making him wished they had never met."
The vampire stood slowly and watched Buffy sleep silently before him. He would not let the First win, and he only needed one reason.....Buffy. He grasped the amulet around his neck and tightly squeezed it in his hand. He didn't know why he still wore it, maybe just incase he needed to save everyone again, or maybe it was the fact Buffy had given it to him.
There was a loud bang downstairs followed by a scream. He quickly looked at Buffy she too had heard it, for she had shot up in her bed. She grabbed a sword from under her bed and started to run downstairs. Spike took off behind her, and he ignored the pain in his chest as his amulet started to glow.
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Buffy and Spike arrived in the lobby just in time to see a demon going after Dawn who was backing away from the demon. Buffy started to go after her but someone went before her. Something black flew past her. She saw it was Drake and he quickly kicked the demon, the demon stumbled and then fell backwards,he then picked Dawn up. He carried her to Buffy and Spike. "Buffy, take Dawn upstairs it's not safe." He said looking at her with pleading eyes.
"I will." They all turned around to see Willow standing by the stairs. Dawn quickly ran to Willow and the two made their way up the stairs.
Buffy turned around and gripped her sword more tightly and made her way over to where to demon was getting back up. She struck it in the side of it's neck with her sword, she was shocked to find that the sword shattered upon impact. She took a step back, and turned as Spike placed a hand on her shoulder. The demon just smirked as he watched Spike.
Before they're eyes the demon turned to dust and pained expression on it's face. Behind it stood Angel a black sword clearly in his hands. "War Lord." He said simply and the sword disappeared.
"A...a what?" Buffy asked in confusion.
"A War Lord, a vampire war lord. The last of it's kind." Drake answered glaring at Angel."How did you manage to kill it Angel? When the only thing that can kill it is a war lord."
"I don't know. I can tell you though i'm not a war lord, I do have a soul, and they're heartless."
"Then how did it get here it was sealed up. You'd have to be evil to get that thing out." The blonde boy said taking a step forward.
"Yeah how did that thing get out?" Buffy asked looking confused as she watched Angel and Drake.
"I don't know, why don't you ask him." Angel said and pointed behind Buffy and Drake, there stood a demon where Spike should have been standing. It's amulet started blinking red. Buffy remembered that it was the demon from a few days ago, but what was it doing here.
"Why would we ask him?" Drake said still looking at the demon.
"Because i'm sure he knows, afterall he is Spike." Angel commented sitting down in a chair.
Buffy turned and glared at him while she clenched her fists at her side. "No...it's not Spike."
"Then where did Spike go, he was there just a second ago, and I told you why don't you ask him, he is the one who is working for the First. He is the one who is going to kill you, he's the one who has been lying to you." Angel said standing up.
Buffy turned around and the demon just stared at her his eyes showing no emotion. Drake stood in front of her, his back to the demon. "Buffy, don't blame him he doesn't know what's going on, he doesn't want to hurt you."
A few tears escaped her eyes. "Why does he lie to me then?"
"He knows he has to kill you...of course he isn't going to tell you that he is a demon and is working with the First in a quest to destroy you!" Angel yelled walking up behind them.
A red glow surrounded the demon and he roared. In a blur he was gone and then appeared holding Angel by his neck high above his head. Flames started to surround Angel as the grip around his throat got tighter.
"STOP!!" Buffy screamed shoving the demon. He didn't budge but let go of Angel, Buffy rushed to Angel's side as he fell to the ground with a loud 'thud'. Drake stood between Spike, Buffy and Angel. He looked Spike right in the eye and punched him in the stomach, Spike flew backwards and landed on a table.
Buffy's eyes got wide as she witnessed Spike flying through the air. She didn't even get him to budge when she shoved him. She looked over at Drake and he just stood there watching Spike intently.
"Sorry to break up the party." A voice said from the corner of the room. "But, I really want my demon back...now." There sat the First sitting in a chair looking at Buffy with a smirk on her face. She walked over to where Spike was getting back up, she then grabbed his arm, this time though her hand didn't go right through him. She looked up at Spike as he returned to his original form."Spikey, I thought I told you no killing the slayer until it was time." He just stared at her blankly and nodded. "Good then, let's go." She gave Buffy one more glance and disappeared into thin air, Spike with her.
Drake walked over to Buffy and helped her up, he just glared at Angel and helped Buffy over to a chair. Buffy just stared as tears began to fall and roll down her face. She looked up as Drake placed a hand on her shoulder and kneeled down in front of her. "We'll get him back Buffy, please don't worry, we'll get him." The boy said once more and wiped some tears off her face. He gave her a smile and stood up, he walked over to the counter and grabbed a black trench coat then headed towards the door.
"Where are you going?"
"To get Spike." Drake stated leaving her sitting in the chair and Angel glaring at the door.
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That's it for this chapter!! Sorry it took so long to update I had a major writers block, but i'm back on track now! The next chapter should be up in a couple of days......here's a preview.
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"She won't take me back...she knows I lied to her, I tried to kill her!" Spike screamed looking at Drake who stood leaning against the wall opposite from him. "I don't even know what i'm doing when I transform...into...into that monster! I can't control it!"
"Maybe, the reason you can't control it is because you don't try to." Drake said looking up at at Spike a questioning look upon his face.
Spike glared at him for a second before clenching his fists at his side. "I try...God knows I try! It just doesn't work, and when did you become such an expert on me, or the thing I am?" Spike spat coldly, getting angrier by the moment.
Drake pushed himself away from the wall and walked briskly over to where Spike stood, he was getting fed up with Spike's attitude on the situation. "HOW DO I KNOW! HOW THE HELL DO I KNOW! I KNOW BECAUSE I AM ONE!" The young boy screamed in his face, finishing his sentence as coldly as he could.
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That's it for the preview...I think i've already gave away too much!! ^ ^
Buffy awoke and reached her arm over to the side to hug Spike...only Spike wasn't there. She sat up in bed and looked around.'God, please don't let that have been a dream.' She couldn't take anymore heartbreak it was too painful. The small blonde put her hands over her face and began to cry.
Everything had felt so real, it was to real to be a dream. It couldn't have been a dream. Buffy wiped the tears from her eyes and got out of bed, she walked over to the balcony and looked over the street. People were walking going about in their daily lives. There were couples walking along the street kissing, hugging, and laughing together. Why couldn't she have that, why did everything bad happen to her.
Buffy turned around and started towards the door leading to her room, but before she could a moan caught her attention. She spun back around quickly and looked down. A small crowd was gathering around something laying on the side of the road. The blonde slayer quickly jumped off her balcony and onto the sidewalk,(the balcony is only like on the second story) a look of panic washed over her face as she seen a curly blonde head. She ran across the street and after avoiding a few cars made it to the other side. Buffy pushed her way through the crowd until she was in the front.
She gasped at the sight. There lay Spike with cuts and bruises along his body and blood coming from the side of his head. More worried and confused Buffy sat down beside him and tried to pick him up. He was still breathing that was a sign. Using her slayer strength Buffy carefully picked him up and put one of his arms around her neck and slowly tried to make her way across the road and back to the hotel. Even with her strength she knew she couldn't make it back without help. Suddenly her load got a lot lighter she looked over to see a young man helping her carry Spike back.
The man had short curly blonde hair and bright green eyes. He was tall,skinny, and very pale. He also wore an amulet around his neck. He looked over at her and caught her looking at him..so he gave her he biggest grin he could muster.
"Thought you might need some help." The young blonde said stepping onto the sidewalk by the hotel.
Buffy nodded and smiled."Thanks."
"No problem." He answered her as they walked into the hotel.
"BUFFY!!!" The blonde slayer turned and looked and saw Willow standing by the front desk. "Buffy, what happened!?" She asked walking over to the trio.
"I don't...." She was cut off by the young boy.
"He was running from something,there was a monster after him and it hit him in the head with something, he fell on the sidewalk, and the monster left." He finished, helping Buffy get Spike into the elevator. Buffy looked at him for a minute before turning to Willow.
"We have to help him Willow I don't know if he still has..." She glanced over at the young man. Willow did the same and nodded.
"Okay let's take him up to your room, and i'll get the first aid kits." She said as the elevator doors closed.
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Spike awoke in a cave and looked around, his head was killing him and his whole body ached. Where was he? He went to stand but his head started to hurt, and he sat back down, it was then he noticed the blood coming out of the side of his head. He sat for a minute holding his head with his hand and closed his eyes. He could hear someone....they were talking...and crying. He forced himself off the ground and stood up. His legs were shaky but he kept walking around the room, trying to find the owner of the voice.
He stopped walking and stood next to one of the walls around him...closing his eyes he placed his hand on it. A flood of images came into his mind.From passing out on the sidewalk to Buffy standing over him, and him resting on a bed. He could here a soft soothing female voice talking to him...cheering him on. He knew it was her...it was Buffy...he wanted to get to her so bad but couldn't. He searched around the room looking for a way out, but found none. He stopped in the middle of the dark room, her voice was getting faint. Spike fell to his knees and looked up. "BUFFY!!" The vampire screamed throwing his arms up into the air.
He felt his lungs start to burn from lack of oxygen and then everything went black.........
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Willow stood silently in the doorway watcing Buffy talk to Spike. They had cleaned his wounds up pretty good, but the spot on his head must have affected him pretty bad since he hadn't woken up in two days..it must have put him in a coma. A frown found it's way to her face as she watched her best friend cry and whisper to the vampire laying on the bed, for those two days, Buffy hadn't barely left the room, they almost couldn't get her to eat.
"How is she?" A voice asked, Willow turned around to come face to face with the young man they now knew as Drake.
"The same, I don't know if she'll ever get better if he doesn't wake up. What surprised the red head the most was that this boy knew all about vampires, demons and slayers.
"He will." Drake answered placing his hand on her back."If he gets to be with her when he wakes..I know he won't let her down."
The witch frowned slightly and looked at him. "How do you know?"
"It's obvious." He said as soon as the question had left her lips."If he loves her as much as she loves him, he'll make it through just fine."
"I hope your right." Willow said turning around and going to her room for the night. Drake leaned against the door frame and sighed. He hoped Spike would wake up soon, he didn't know how much more he could watch her suffer like this. He grabbed the amulet hanging from his neck and squeezed it. He then left and went to his room.
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Buffy curled up against Spike and cried to herself. She just got him back and now, she didn't know if she'd ever get him back again. She closed her eyes and hugged him to her and started to drift off into sleep. She awoke suddenly when she heard someone screaming her name. She looked and saw that it was Spike screaming. She shook him gently and whispered to him. He finally stopped and opened his eyes, he blinked a few times before smiling and hugging Buffy as tight as he could.
The slayer stared at him in shock. He was a-awake. "Spike!" She said buring her face in his chest. He kissed the top of her head and rubbed her back when she began to cry.
"Shh..please don't cry, it makes sad when you cry." He said as she looked up at him."I love you."
Buffy smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck."I love you too." She kissed him soundly on the lips, she could feel him frowning as they kissed, she pulled back a frown now matching his own on her face."What?"
"I don't remember what happened. All I remember is passing out, and hearing your voice." He said tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.
"I don't know what happened Spike. I just woke up and you weren't in bed and when I went outside people were gathering around you.I-I was so scared...I didn't want to lose you again." She said and started crying again.
Spike frowned and sat up against the headboard pulling Buffy up with him, he hugged her and let her sob into his chest. He tried to calm her by rubbing her back and rocking her, he even kept kissing the top of her head.
"It'll be alright love. I won't ever leave you...I wouldn't even think about leaving you." He said kissing the top of her head one last time, before she stopped crying. Her breathing returned to normal and she started to drift off to sleep."Thanks." she managed to say before falling asleep.
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Drake walked out of his room in a better mood than lately and walked to Buffy's room. The door was slightly open so he peaked in. There laid Buffy in Spikes arms, she was asleep and had a smile on her face. Spike to was asleep, he had the same bright smile on his face.
All the smiling was catching up to him as a smile appeared on his face as he shut the door quietly behind him. He checked his watch and walked down the stairs into the lobby. He was greeted by Willow and Dawn sitting down and talking to each other. Drake walked up and took a seat across from Dawn, both of the girls looked up at him and smiled.
"Spike woke up last night." The blonde said smiling at them.
"He did!?" Dawn asked in surprise.
"Yeah,I found them holding each other this morning,that ,and since my room is next to hers, I heard them talking." He gave them a lopsided grin and leaned back into his chair.
Dawn giggled and Willow smiled at his comment.
"I need to speak with you Red." A voice said.
Willow looked up to see Spike standing in the doorway holding an arm over his abdomen. She looked shocked for a moment before silently nodding to him and standing up. Dawn looked on as they walked into a back room with a curious look on her face. Drake however just smiled. "I wonder what it's about?"
"I think we'll find out sometime." Drake said tapping his fingers lightly on the arm of the chair.'sometime.' He thought looking around.
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Willow walked into the room,Spike followed her in shuting the door behind them. Spike looked at her for a moment and paced around the room for a few seconds before stopping and and sighing. "I need a favor from you."
"Okay..what is it?" The witch asked sitting down in a chair.
"First promise me you won't tell Buffy." The red head nodded and Spike continued," Ever since the morning that I arrived here I have been having these weird blackouts,but theres more to it. It's starts with this searing pain right here." He said pointing at his chest."Weird things start to happen to me and I black out, then I wake up not knowing what happened."
Willow looked at him with her mouth open not knowing what to say."Then the first time it happened I woke up, and The First was there. She told me that..that I..I was becoming a monster, something that was supposed to...kill Buffy. I don't want to kill Buffy, I don't want to hurt her...but how can I when I don't know what i'm doing or what I change into..."
"Well, where do I fit in?" The woman asked looking shocked.
"Well....you always do research and stuff for the scoobies,I thought that maybe you could help me..help me find out what I am...please...I don't want to hurt anyone."
The witch nodded and stood up, she walked over to Spike and gave him a grin."Don't worry we'll find out what's going on."
Spike smiled back at her then raised his eyebrow at her. "Now who is that boy sitting out there?"
Willow giggled a little before answering. "His name is Drake, he helped Buffy bring you back to the hotel. Don't worry, he's not here to hurt anyone." With that said she opened the door and walked out, soon followed by Spike. The blonde vampire looked around but found Dawn wasn't there and Willow had gone upstairs. "They went to see how Buffy was doing." Spike turned around to see Drake leaning back in a chair.
Spike stared at him it's the first time he had got to see what he really looked like. He had sharp cheek bones and sort of a dirty blonde hair color, that was short and curly. He also had bright green eyes that reminded him of Buffys'. He wore a loose black shirt and some baggy black jeans. He could make out a chain around his neck that went under his shirt. He was pale, and skinny but from the looks of it he was very fit. He looked young he had to be around twenty or twenty-one.
"Is there something on my face?" The boy asked after a few minutes.
"Huh?..oh, no nothing." Spike responded and took a seat across from the boy. Before the vampire thought he spoke."Who are you?"
"I'm Drake." He said simply.
"I know that."
"Well, what do you want to know then?" Drake said sitting up in his chair.
"Everything!" Spike said exasperated. The boy smiled at him and leaned back in his chair once again.
"Okay....My name is Drake, I don't remember my last name because my Mom died when I was two and I never met my father. I was raised by my mother's watcher since she was a Slayer. When I was sixteen her watcher died, and I was left to fend for myself. All that training that I was put through from the watcher really payed off, because vampires, demons, and things that I don't even know of have been attacking me." Drake paused for a moment and looked up at Spike who seemed to be listening very intently,"My mother died protecting me, something about a prophecy and all everything that was evil wants to kill me. That's why she's dead, that's why her watchers dead, that's why I'm here."
Spike just sat there looking at him."Another one, what do we do attract them." He thought.
"Wow, the son of a slayer. Where have I heard that before?" They both turned around to find Angel sitting in the shadows of the room. Drake stood up and glared at Angel, "What do you want?"
"What, can't I just say 'hi' to you and Spike?" Angel said smirking.
"Not if you're gonna be an ass 'bout it.....Poofster." Spike said glaring also.
Angel glared back at them."I'd watch it if I were you Spike." He said coldly, and turned to leave the room.
Drake turned around and looked at Spike. "I really don't like that guy."
"Me either." The vampire said standing up,"I'm gonna go check on Buffy. It was nice meeting you...Drake."
"My pleasure." The boy said and sat back down, he ran a had through his curly locks and sighed. It was gonna take longer than he had thought....hopefully The First would lay off for awhile.
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Spike opened the door slowly and peered in Buffy was looking out the window, and had her knees tucked under her chin as she stared silently at the people below on the street. He quietly walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her shoulders. She didn't even respond, he let go of her and sat down beside of her. "Buffy...what's wrong?"
The blonde slayer just kept watching out the window like she hadn't heard him at all. He grabbed her shoulders and turned her so that she faced him. "Buffy...what's wrong?" He asked again tilting her head up. This time she met his gaze, a single tear fell from the corner of her eye and she stood up still keeping her gaze focused on his. Buffy glanced out the window and then back at the vampire in front of her. "You..your..a-a monster." The blonde slayer backed away from him as he stood up.
"What are you talking about?" He asked reaching out to wipe the tears from her face. She just backed up farther, fear clearly shown in her eyes.
"Your..e-evil, you..just want to kill me."
Spike looked at her in shock. "Who told you that?" He asked his voice getting harder.
"Angel......" She wispered before jumping out of the window and falling to the ground silently. Spike quickly dived after her...but he didn't make it in time. He hit the ground, but he didn't feel a thing. He watched as she took her last breaths. "Leave me alone..Sp-." She was never able to finish her sentence as her last breath left her. Spike cried as he laid there on the ground, she died....and he didn't have a scratch on him. "B-Buffy no." He wispered as he watched her lay there before him..................dead.......................
"Spike." The vampire awoke with a start as someone yelled for him. He looked up to see Buffy's worried face. He looked around, he was laying in the hallway beside Buffy's room. She helped him stand when he tried to get up. He looked at her as she helped him into her room. "W-what happened?" He asked as she sat down beside him on the bed.
She looked at him at first and then spoke. "I don't know I just found you layin in the hallway."
"I must have blacked out." He mumbled to himself as he looked down at his feet.
"Huh?" Buffy asked as he mumbled.
Spike looked up at her hoping that she didn't hear him."Nothing." He said smiling at her. She smiled back and rested her head on his shoulder, he wrapped his arm around her waist and they sat there like that for what seemed like forever.
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Angel sat in the darkness of his room thinking to himself. 'Why did he half to come back. Buffy may not have loved me, but she could have learned to..I mean she did love me first.' He picked up a glass from the table beside his chair he sat in, and launched it at the wall, smirking as it shattered.
"Now, now, no need to waste things." A voice said. Angel turned to come face to face with the First.
"What do you want?" He asked glaring at her. She smirked at him in response.
"It's not a matter of what I want, but what you want." She said crossing her arms over her chest.
"You don't know what I want." He spat coldly standing up and knocking the chair over backwards.
"Yes, I do know what you want, because I want it too." Angel gave her a questioning look."You want Spike gone."
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A/N: Wouldn't this be a great place to stop....but I sort of want to make the chapter longer than this, plus I have some more stuff to put in before the next chapter.....
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Angel smiled to himself as he walked out of his room. The First had been a great help now all he had to do was put the plan into action. The brunette vampire walked silently down the hall and down the stairs, he smirked as he entered the lobby.
His eyes flashed as he saw Drake talking to Dawn, he had told her something and she was giggling now. He walked right passed them and walked out the front doors, Drake was the only one who looked as he left off into the night. Angel continued his way around the city until he came to a small run down shack, that looked really odd surrounded by buildings. He silently walked around to the back of the shack and opened the cellar door. A cloud of dust flew out along with some bats. Angel raised his eyebrow for a moment and then continued down the steps.
As his foot landed on the floor of the dusty cellar, torches lit up around him, lighting the room up slightly. After a moment he noticed that there was a some type of symbol on the wall oppisite of him. Smiling to himself he walked up to it. The vampire pulled a knife out of his coat pocket and cut the plam of his right hand.
In the middle of the symbol there was the outline of a hand with a gash across it. Angel placed his hand over it. He could feel it sucking the blood from his hand. The color he had drained from his face and he pulled his hand back swiftly. Almost instantly the cut healed and he regained his composure. There was a loud bang from behind the wall the symbol was written on, and Angel's head shot up.
After a few more loud bangs the the bricks broke and a shadowed figure emerged from the hole. The figure stepped out and looked at Angel. It was about seven feet tall and was very muscular. The figures skin was red and eyes were yellow. The monster held it's hand out and a black sword appeared. It gave an evil grin to Angel before lowering down on one knee and lowering his head.
Angel smiled and crossed his arms over his chest. The demon raised it's head and looked Angel in the eye. "I am here to serve you, in your wish to kill the one you call Spike."
Angel simply nodded his smile getting bigger. He knew what demon this was. It was a vampire of sorts, it was a war lord, a very good one at that. The myth goes that in every century there is a great war lord, one who is more powerful than any other. The lords ended up being bitten by vampires each century, their cold hearts and no emotion made them stronger than their sires. Over the years more and more were made, and fighting broke out to decide who is the most powerful. In the end only one survived and awoke to kill every war lord every century. Though in the end the most powerful was beaten by a slayer and sealed under a house for one hundred years, by a witch.
Though it did not seem promising, since there was both a slayer and a witch together beside Spike himself, he would just have to make the best of it. Afterall it would take them awhile to figure out what it is and how to stop it.
"Okay...." Angel stepped aside and dropped his arms to his sides," Remember, use caution."
The demon smirked at Angel as it started towards the stairs. "Won't need it." He said disappearing outside.
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Drake shifted around in his seat and drummed his fingers on the desk in front of him. He was worried about Angel. "I know he doesn't like Spike, but why......would he go and do something as far as to summon a war lord, just to get Buffy." Drake stood up and walked over to his window, he looked out and saw that Angel was returning. "Great, just great looks like Spikes' gonna have to face this sooner or later, and i'm betting it won't be the latter."
The young blonde boy pulled an amulet out from under his shirt, it started glowing a red color, he then dropped it under his shirt. "It's time to save a life."
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Spike looked down Buffy had fallen asleep on his shoulder just minutes before. He gently pushed away a few strands of hair that had fallen in her face. Smiling to himself he gently picked her up and layed her down on the bed. The vampire caressed the side of her face with the back of his hand. Not really thinking that any of it was real. He loved Buffy more than anything he could ever dream of, and she was his, but more than one thought had made him wish he didn't love her as much. "If what the First was true....he didn't want to hurt her, he loved her too much. This problem was just making him wished they had never met."
The vampire stood slowly and watched Buffy sleep silently before him. He would not let the First win, and he only needed one reason.....Buffy. He grasped the amulet around his neck and tightly squeezed it in his hand. He didn't know why he still wore it, maybe just incase he needed to save everyone again, or maybe it was the fact Buffy had given it to him.
There was a loud bang downstairs followed by a scream. He quickly looked at Buffy she too had heard it, for she had shot up in her bed. She grabbed a sword from under her bed and started to run downstairs. Spike took off behind her, and he ignored the pain in his chest as his amulet started to glow.
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Buffy and Spike arrived in the lobby just in time to see a demon going after Dawn who was backing away from the demon. Buffy started to go after her but someone went before her. Something black flew past her. She saw it was Drake and he quickly kicked the demon, the demon stumbled and then fell backwards,he then picked Dawn up. He carried her to Buffy and Spike. "Buffy, take Dawn upstairs it's not safe." He said looking at her with pleading eyes.
"I will." They all turned around to see Willow standing by the stairs. Dawn quickly ran to Willow and the two made their way up the stairs.
Buffy turned around and gripped her sword more tightly and made her way over to where to demon was getting back up. She struck it in the side of it's neck with her sword, she was shocked to find that the sword shattered upon impact. She took a step back, and turned as Spike placed a hand on her shoulder. The demon just smirked as he watched Spike.
Before they're eyes the demon turned to dust and pained expression on it's face. Behind it stood Angel a black sword clearly in his hands. "War Lord." He said simply and the sword disappeared.
"A...a what?" Buffy asked in confusion.
"A War Lord, a vampire war lord. The last of it's kind." Drake answered glaring at Angel."How did you manage to kill it Angel? When the only thing that can kill it is a war lord."
"I don't know. I can tell you though i'm not a war lord, I do have a soul, and they're heartless."
"Then how did it get here it was sealed up. You'd have to be evil to get that thing out." The blonde boy said taking a step forward.
"Yeah how did that thing get out?" Buffy asked looking confused as she watched Angel and Drake.
"I don't know, why don't you ask him." Angel said and pointed behind Buffy and Drake, there stood a demon where Spike should have been standing. It's amulet started blinking red. Buffy remembered that it was the demon from a few days ago, but what was it doing here.
"Why would we ask him?" Drake said still looking at the demon.
"Because i'm sure he knows, afterall he is Spike." Angel commented sitting down in a chair.
Buffy turned and glared at him while she clenched her fists at her side. "No...it's not Spike."
"Then where did Spike go, he was there just a second ago, and I told you why don't you ask him, he is the one who is working for the First. He is the one who is going to kill you, he's the one who has been lying to you." Angel said standing up.
Buffy turned around and the demon just stared at her his eyes showing no emotion. Drake stood in front of her, his back to the demon. "Buffy, don't blame him he doesn't know what's going on, he doesn't want to hurt you."
A few tears escaped her eyes. "Why does he lie to me then?"
"He knows he has to kill you...of course he isn't going to tell you that he is a demon and is working with the First in a quest to destroy you!" Angel yelled walking up behind them.
A red glow surrounded the demon and he roared. In a blur he was gone and then appeared holding Angel by his neck high above his head. Flames started to surround Angel as the grip around his throat got tighter.
"STOP!!" Buffy screamed shoving the demon. He didn't budge but let go of Angel, Buffy rushed to Angel's side as he fell to the ground with a loud 'thud'. Drake stood between Spike, Buffy and Angel. He looked Spike right in the eye and punched him in the stomach, Spike flew backwards and landed on a table.
Buffy's eyes got wide as she witnessed Spike flying through the air. She didn't even get him to budge when she shoved him. She looked over at Drake and he just stood there watching Spike intently.
"Sorry to break up the party." A voice said from the corner of the room. "But, I really want my demon back...now." There sat the First sitting in a chair looking at Buffy with a smirk on her face. She walked over to where Spike was getting back up, she then grabbed his arm, this time though her hand didn't go right through him. She looked up at Spike as he returned to his original form."Spikey, I thought I told you no killing the slayer until it was time." He just stared at her blankly and nodded. "Good then, let's go." She gave Buffy one more glance and disappeared into thin air, Spike with her.
Drake walked over to Buffy and helped her up, he just glared at Angel and helped Buffy over to a chair. Buffy just stared as tears began to fall and roll down her face. She looked up as Drake placed a hand on her shoulder and kneeled down in front of her. "We'll get him back Buffy, please don't worry, we'll get him." The boy said once more and wiped some tears off her face. He gave her a smile and stood up, he walked over to the counter and grabbed a black trench coat then headed towards the door.
"Where are you going?"
"To get Spike." Drake stated leaving her sitting in the chair and Angel glaring at the door.
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That's it for this chapter!! Sorry it took so long to update I had a major writers block, but i'm back on track now! The next chapter should be up in a couple of days......here's a preview.
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"She won't take me back...she knows I lied to her, I tried to kill her!" Spike screamed looking at Drake who stood leaning against the wall opposite from him. "I don't even know what i'm doing when I transform...into...into that monster! I can't control it!"
"Maybe, the reason you can't control it is because you don't try to." Drake said looking up at at Spike a questioning look upon his face.
Spike glared at him for a second before clenching his fists at his side. "I try...God knows I try! It just doesn't work, and when did you become such an expert on me, or the thing I am?" Spike spat coldly, getting angrier by the moment.
Drake pushed himself away from the wall and walked briskly over to where Spike stood, he was getting fed up with Spike's attitude on the situation. "HOW DO I KNOW! HOW THE HELL DO I KNOW! I KNOW BECAUSE I AM ONE!" The young boy screamed in his face, finishing his sentence as coldly as he could.
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That's it for the preview...I think i've already gave away too much!! ^ ^