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Buffy/Spike Dawn friendship Rated AA Author Dru's pet
Chapter two
Who are you?
Spike walked through the streets whistling happily, a large bottle of Champaign in each hand. He screamed loudly when Halfrek appeared right in front of him. "Nice to see some things don't change William." She said with wink. Spike quickly composed himself.
"Thought you'd be off avenging, and don't call me William the names Spike." She looked him over;
"well this certainly is an interesting look you have going for you."
"Does the job." He said as he continued down the street.
"Well imagine my shock when I find out the William the bloody was actually my little lovesick William." She answered sheepishly. Spike looked at her annoyance rising in him.
"The name is Spike." Halfrek shrugged,
"Well I suppose you're right after all I'm not really Cecily anymore now am I?"
"I don't know seem the same to me." Spike said his expression softening a little.
"Well a girl does her best to keep her figure especially at wedding you never know when, your going to meet someone from your past." Spike looked at her, like he had as the human he was a century ago.
"Want to go drink?" He finally asked.
"Thank the under lord sweetie I though you would never ask." She responded with a smile Spike threw her one of the bottles, which she easily caught,
"Have yourself ball, your beneath me." Spike said strutting away from her with devilish smile on his face and pure glee in his eyes, as she looked at him in complete shock, then disappearing, with an indignant look on her face the bottle smashing as it fell to the ground.
Anya got out of bed silently not waking up Xander, she slowly walking to the balcony she looked out at the lights of Vegas sliding the door closed behind her, shivering the cold night air. "I know you're there." She said slightly annoyed, Dehofrin appearing beside her.
"Do you remember how much vengeance you bestowed in this wonderful little city? I mean you're plaque is still on the wall."
"Really?" She asked with smile.
"You will always be welcomed back into the fold Anyanka."
"Sorry I'm not in the business anymore." She answered, Dehofrin shrugged
"for now, but you above anyone should know how this is likely to end."
"We survived that wedding, didn't we?" she said rolling her eyes. Dehofrin smiled,
"yes it was quite enjoyable, night met some interesting people, but look at the boys family, he will betray you, you have to see this."
"Is that why you came here, to insult my husband?" Dehofrin took a step back shaking his head sadly,
"No Anyanka I came here because you left before I could give you your gift."
"Keep it," she said coldly
"I really think you will like it." Anya looked to him confused,
"is it expensive?" she asked. Dehofrin smiled at her,
"It's priceless."
Willow lay back in bed, closing her eyes tiredly she slowly felt Tara's arm wrap around her, "did you tell Buffy?" Willow snuggled up to her
"most of it I really didn't want to talk too long." Tara kissed her on the neck, whispering,
"it felt long. Besides that was one strange wedding." Willow shrugged,
"Went pretty much like I thought, considering."
"Well I for one thought it ended great." Tara said kissing Willow's neck again. "Although I wish it had gone better for Xander and Anya," Willow turned her head to look at Tara
"Well it went ok until the reception, there was pool even if they would go through with it." Tara smiled
"I know, I was down till death do them part." Willow's face shone with shock,
"You put money on them?" Tara nodded with sly smile,
"a whole two dollars that they would find a way to make it work out."
"Till death?' Willow asked, looking at Tara with nervously,
"Till forever" Tara said kissing Willow.
Spike walked into his crypt, instantly sensing her in his crypt. "Thought we sorted this out?" He said as Halfrek walked out of the shadows.
"You know you should really move out, rubble does nothing for you complexion."
"What do you want?" Spike asked as Halfrek threw him the bottle of whiskey.
"A drink William."
"Stop calling me that." Spike muttered pulling the cork from the bottle, taking gulp of it, and throwing it back at her.
"You know you made me very angry tonight."
"Yeah it was fun." Spike said with a smile.
"Well I will forgive you because you are still obviously obsessing over me." The smile died away from Spikes face as he looked at her.
"I thought so still the old William, hidden under all that attitude, under the demon."
"Well if that's all you wanted you can just piss off." Spike answered angrily pointing to the door.
"Sorry William we do need to talk." She threw the bottle back to him; grabbing it mid-air he redirected it into the wall smashing it.
"I said to stop calling me that." Halfrek started to laugh, at him softly,
"Your just so precious, I mean I honestly don't think I've ever seen a vampire quite like you before, still the man, still the weak nervous little god awful poet, that meant nothing to me, and I was his entire world."
"If you think I won't kill you your wrong, made it a career as of late to kill demons." Spike warned angrily.
"Don't make a fool of yourself, William." she shot back condescendingly, but Spikes anger seemed to disappear a small smile forming on his face.
"Maybe your right Cecily, but you really shouldn't be one to talk, I mean look at yourself."
"Whatever do you mean William I have transcended above this world." She said superiorly, Spike laughed under his breathe at her
"Really Cecily, do you think that I didn't put it all together, your father never approving of you're suitors, or the rumours. Tell me Cecily how many times did he visit you at night?" Cecily looked completely destroyed,
"Y-You have no idea."
"And all those parents you took vengeance on, did you see his face I wonder."
"Be quiet," She said quietly,
"See we both have issues, but at lease I'm trying to..."
"You're going to fail." She muttered interrupting him.
"Maybe, but that's not the point now is it?" Spike saw tears in her eyes guilt started creep into him, but he pushed it aside.
"Can we just stop this?"
"Read my mind love, see you in century or so." Spike answered pointing to the door again
"You won't last that long and I want to help you?" she said her tears stopping
"No you want something from me. So lets get to the point." Cecily nodded wiping her eyes,
"ok William, Dehofrin, wants you're help." Spike eyed her suspiciously,
"What's the gig?"
"He wants the witch, and with your help we can get her."
"And why would I help you exactly?" "Well, he can resort you William, how long has it been since you fed on a human, he can take your pain from you, make you stronger than you ever imagined?" Spike didn't answer her,
"Thought you would be interested." She said coyly "I will give you a few days to decide, but what's the phrase with us or against us." Cecily walked to the door, "I'm sorry William I think that I made your life harder." Spike watched her leave,
"I did love you Cecily when I was William with all my heart." This stopper her,
"and now?" she said turning around looking him in the eye
"Well its stopped beating now didn't it." She smiled sadly at him and blew him a kiss,
"Thank you William." She said then left the crypt. Spike laughed to himself, suddenly not minding her calling him old name.
Xander woke to Anya's angry voice who was talking on the phone arguing loudly, "I don't care if hell itself eats all of you, me and Xander are not leaving." She yelled slamming the phone down.
"What's the apocalypse?" "Xander asked rubbing his eyes,
"Stupid slayer." Anya cursed as she turned to him. Xander started to get worried getting out of the bed.
"So what happened now?"
"Dehofrin happened, came to give me a wedding gift." Xander now obviously worried,
"Don't worry it was just a warning, he said that he was taking the hellmouth."
"And this is a don't worry situation because?" Xander asked confused, "besides why would he tell you if he wanted to."
"I told you it was gift so we'd be far far, away when it happened." Xander now fully awake,
"But he had to know you would tell Buffy right?"
"Probably, but I don't care I told Buffy so she can go get herself killed, and we are going to have an exciting three weeks of Kinky, gambling fun."
"Come on Anya we have to help them." Xander said walking towards the suitcases,
"no we don't, we can't do anything, accept get killed." As Xander picked up the empty suitcase, Anya pulled it from his hand, "We can't fight him Xander," Xander grabbed her by the shoulder, trying to calm her,
"Listen we have been through all this before, I mean he can't be any worse than Glory, or the mayor." He said calmly
"Right she died, with glory, and I almost died." She pleaded,
"hon calm down we'll deal like we always do." Xander said pulling Anya into a hug.
"You don't know him, he can't be killed."
"Relax everyone can be killed, and Buffy will need our help, so we have to go."
Spike sat quietly in the bar quietly and watching Dawn and Buffy walking up to him, Buffy obviously in hurry pulling Dawn with her. "Spike I need you to." Spike nodded before she finished her sentence Buffy turned and left the bar Dawn looking around uncomfortably.
"Could at least say thank you!" Spike called out to her annoyed but she was already gone. "So what's the emergency?" Spike asked,
"Big Vengeance guy from the wedding." Dawn answered, sitting on stool next to him.
"Is that so?" Spike asked ordering another beer, "want anything?" Spike asked looking back to Dawn,
"Spike do you even know how old I am?"
"They have, other things, chicken finger, and such he shot back." She shook her head looking at him annoyed, Spike shrugged, picking up his beer as they walked to table in the corner. "So is it bad?" He asked her,
"not really sure Willow and Tara are going to doing research, the only one who knows right now is Anya, Xander is dragging her back here."
"You seemed to know something about him at the wedding."
"Friend of an Enemy" he responded.
"So what do you know?" Dawn asked, Spike looked to her suspicion rising in him,
"Enough to stay out of his way." Spike answered carefully
"Come on Spike this is important, we need to stop him."
"No nibblet the slayer needs to stop him, I'm not the bloody white knight anymore."
"You know something don't you?" She accused, Spike didn't respond, just staring at her, "Don't you care?" Spike didn't respond, "We could all be." Spikes temper snapped,
"I don't care about we pet, only you, and if you were in danger I would, have taken care of it already."
"And the rest of them?' She shot back angrily,
"They don't care fig for me, so why should I help them?" Spike said his temper rising
"I care about them!" She nearly yelled, the bar tender walking over,
"if the little banshee wants to scream, take your pet outside."
"Good idea!" Dawn said storming out of the bar onto the deserted street, followed closely by an exasperated Spike.
"Wait nibblet, you just can't."
"So how does this work, you like me but your willing to let everyone else I care about die?"
"Pretty much" Spike answered angrily.
"What about Buffy, doesn't she mean anything to you?" Spike threw his hand up in the air
"fine you want to get yourself killed go ahead, I'm not going to stop you," Spike started to walk away, Dawn following,
"You can't have it both ways Spike if you want to be connected to people to me you just can't not care about."
"Watch me" Spike interrupted angrily, "and stop bloody following me!"
"What are you?" Dawn said in disgust "Spike you have to choose, to be a friend, to me even though you don't have to like the rest of them, you have to care a little because I care." Spike stopped turning around
"I said stop bloody following me!" Spike ordered and doubled his speed away from the girl, but Dawn kept up with him,
"so what is it Spike what are you a demon or a man?" Spike stopped turning his head around slowly his game face appearing, causing Dawn back off,
"Don't you get it you stupid little git, I'm both, and to me friendship, love is unconditional, not like your precious little Scooby's. Come to Spike when you need muscle, or someone to beat on but the moment you don't need me anymore off to the bloody graveyard, what the hell do you call that!"
"We have to do this together, and what the hell do call deciding to let Buffy die or Willow or Xander I thought you were different Spike no matter what they said I never believed it until now." Spike's game face disappeared,
"Well until tonight you always treated me like person and not thing. Now Bugger off!" He ordered stalking off quickly, Dawn standing alone in the street crying.
Dawn walked quickly through the night streets until she was in a dead run, seeing demon in every shadow or noise. Until she nearly collapsed on the ground, as she reached her house, crawling the final few feet escaping into safety.
Spike followed her still angry, until he saw the demons following her form the rooftops of the buildings, shooting up the fire escape he punched the first sending it right off the roof screaming as it fell to the ground, the second kicked Spike to the ground, pulling out a small knife out cut Spike arm as he rolled away getting to his feet. "You must be that vampire, killing your own kind," the demon said taunting Spike fainting with knife, "I heard of you another voice form behind him came, Spike turning around to see four more demons entire from the roof door. "Yeah his name was Angel." A third said, Spikes, face twisted into grin, as the melee started.
"So what is she going to do?" Anya asked as they waited at the airport, "I mean you can't stab him decapitation doesn't work, you can't burn him, and he's completely slayer proof, and now you want me to go back to that death trap."
"Anya calm down, we will get through this." Xander said annoyed, at her. Until he saw the ears in her eyes, sitting down next to her he hugged, her,
"trust me we will get though this."
"How do kill someone who can raise the dead." She asked him quietly
"I don't know but we'll find a way, I promise."
Spike stood over the last demon his body covered the demons blood, holding it's knife, bodies of the other demons scattered all over the rooftop, their bodies literally ripped apart. "W-What are you?" The demon asked terrified. Spike lifting him from the ground with one hand jabbing the small knife into it's neck blood oozing out, of the wound.
"I'm the big bad." Spike said pulling the knife around its neck decapitation it letting body fall to the ground.
"That's a good question?" Spike turned around to see Dehofrin, eyeing him.
"You are very impressive vampire, can't think of better choice, I think Halfrek deserves a promotion." he said looking at the carnage with a happy smile, "I only wish you were still human I would elevate you. You could have been one of my best."
"Save it I'm not joining the vengeance scouts." Spike said picking up his partially shredded jacket.
"It occurs to me that the rather stupid demon was right. Who are you? Are you William or is it Spike I wonder, but who you are doesn't nearly concern as much as what do you want because no matter what it is I can give it to you."
"The name of a good tailor." Spike said looking at his ripped coat,
"I know the best." Dehofrin said with smile.
"Somehow I guessed that, look thanks mate but I don't want any part of this." Spike answered slipping on his jacket
"No I can see that, but what about the others, say your little self improvement project, running home, she is going to have a very hard and quite possibly a very short life, with a little help she could be a lot happier and grow a lot older, or maybe her sisters your real concern, still no matter what you tell yourself. To feel her touch again, or maybe something deeper." Spike shrugged his face giving no sign of emotion.
"Thanks but no thanks mate, you can just go find yourself, another demon." Spike said heading for the door,
"Well if it comes to that, but just as a small taste of what I'm offering you, Spike didn't have time to react as the energy shot from Dehofrin shot into spike scorching his body as it reached his head, screaming in pain.
Buffy talked to Dawn, for hours until she had gone to sleep, now walking down the stairs into the living room she looked to Willow and Tara, "Is she ok?" Willow asked Buffy nodded,
"She's shook up he really freaked her out I think she might have had a panic attack, she has a headache but she'll be ok."
"I can't believe he just left her out there?" Tara said worriedly, Buffy shook her head,
"He didn't at least I'm pretty sure he didn't, but still, I think we may have a problem with Spike."
"So what set him off?" Willow asked,
"Dawn was trying to get him to talk about what he knows about Dehofrin, and he wouldn't."
"I don't understand maybe he didn't know anything, I mean he can't have to many friends in the demon world?" Tara said
"No I think she's right he knows something."
"So is it time to make out favourite vampire sing?" Willow asked?
"I can't" Buffy said sitting down on the couch, "See there was thing and after that there was this conversation so now I can't."
"Your going to have to talk to us in English if you want us to understand." Willow said looking at Buffy,
"Maybe you we should just let it go for now?" Tara said looking to help Buffy. Willow nodded,
"Well Anya will probably knows more anyways Willow said,
"No" Buffy answered,
"You see me and Spike." Buffy stopped looking up at Willow and Tara loosing her nerve, "Well like always he was stocking me, and we kind of got into a fight, well it must have really pissed him off, because he said that he was done with me, with all of us, and that he would only help Dawn, and I thought it was good idea. So I can't really go over there and ask for help."
"Well it will be ok Anya will know enough and if not we'll burn that bridge when we get to it." Tara said, smiling sadly at Buffy.
Spike slowly got to his feet shaking, "If that was your idea of a gift you're not nearly as smart as it thought you were"
"A certain amount of pain was necessary to reach your leash." Dehofrin said with a smile
"The chip?" Spike asked fear in his eyes
"Yes my boy the chip."
"It's gone?"
"Only a taste of the power you will know by my side. But go enjoy your freedom, go find out who you are and what you want."
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Buffy/Spike Dawn friendship Rated AA Author Dru's pet
Chapter two
Who are you?
Spike walked through the streets whistling happily, a large bottle of Champaign in each hand. He screamed loudly when Halfrek appeared right in front of him. "Nice to see some things don't change William." She said with wink. Spike quickly composed himself.
"Thought you'd be off avenging, and don't call me William the names Spike." She looked him over;
"well this certainly is an interesting look you have going for you."
"Does the job." He said as he continued down the street.
"Well imagine my shock when I find out the William the bloody was actually my little lovesick William." She answered sheepishly. Spike looked at her annoyance rising in him.
"The name is Spike." Halfrek shrugged,
"Well I suppose you're right after all I'm not really Cecily anymore now am I?"
"I don't know seem the same to me." Spike said his expression softening a little.
"Well a girl does her best to keep her figure especially at wedding you never know when, your going to meet someone from your past." Spike looked at her, like he had as the human he was a century ago.
"Want to go drink?" He finally asked.
"Thank the under lord sweetie I though you would never ask." She responded with a smile Spike threw her one of the bottles, which she easily caught,
"Have yourself ball, your beneath me." Spike said strutting away from her with devilish smile on his face and pure glee in his eyes, as she looked at him in complete shock, then disappearing, with an indignant look on her face the bottle smashing as it fell to the ground.
Anya got out of bed silently not waking up Xander, she slowly walking to the balcony she looked out at the lights of Vegas sliding the door closed behind her, shivering the cold night air. "I know you're there." She said slightly annoyed, Dehofrin appearing beside her.
"Do you remember how much vengeance you bestowed in this wonderful little city? I mean you're plaque is still on the wall."
"Really?" She asked with smile.
"You will always be welcomed back into the fold Anyanka."
"Sorry I'm not in the business anymore." She answered, Dehofrin shrugged
"for now, but you above anyone should know how this is likely to end."
"We survived that wedding, didn't we?" she said rolling her eyes. Dehofrin smiled,
"yes it was quite enjoyable, night met some interesting people, but look at the boys family, he will betray you, you have to see this."
"Is that why you came here, to insult my husband?" Dehofrin took a step back shaking his head sadly,
"No Anyanka I came here because you left before I could give you your gift."
"Keep it," she said coldly
"I really think you will like it." Anya looked to him confused,
"is it expensive?" she asked. Dehofrin smiled at her,
"It's priceless."
Willow lay back in bed, closing her eyes tiredly she slowly felt Tara's arm wrap around her, "did you tell Buffy?" Willow snuggled up to her
"most of it I really didn't want to talk too long." Tara kissed her on the neck, whispering,
"it felt long. Besides that was one strange wedding." Willow shrugged,
"Went pretty much like I thought, considering."
"Well I for one thought it ended great." Tara said kissing Willow's neck again. "Although I wish it had gone better for Xander and Anya," Willow turned her head to look at Tara
"Well it went ok until the reception, there was pool even if they would go through with it." Tara smiled
"I know, I was down till death do them part." Willow's face shone with shock,
"You put money on them?" Tara nodded with sly smile,
"a whole two dollars that they would find a way to make it work out."
"Till death?' Willow asked, looking at Tara with nervously,
"Till forever" Tara said kissing Willow.
Spike walked into his crypt, instantly sensing her in his crypt. "Thought we sorted this out?" He said as Halfrek walked out of the shadows.
"You know you should really move out, rubble does nothing for you complexion."
"What do you want?" Spike asked as Halfrek threw him the bottle of whiskey.
"A drink William."
"Stop calling me that." Spike muttered pulling the cork from the bottle, taking gulp of it, and throwing it back at her.
"You know you made me very angry tonight."
"Yeah it was fun." Spike said with a smile.
"Well I will forgive you because you are still obviously obsessing over me." The smile died away from Spikes face as he looked at her.
"I thought so still the old William, hidden under all that attitude, under the demon."
"Well if that's all you wanted you can just piss off." Spike answered angrily pointing to the door.
"Sorry William we do need to talk." She threw the bottle back to him; grabbing it mid-air he redirected it into the wall smashing it.
"I said to stop calling me that." Halfrek started to laugh, at him softly,
"Your just so precious, I mean I honestly don't think I've ever seen a vampire quite like you before, still the man, still the weak nervous little god awful poet, that meant nothing to me, and I was his entire world."
"If you think I won't kill you your wrong, made it a career as of late to kill demons." Spike warned angrily.
"Don't make a fool of yourself, William." she shot back condescendingly, but Spikes anger seemed to disappear a small smile forming on his face.
"Maybe your right Cecily, but you really shouldn't be one to talk, I mean look at yourself."
"Whatever do you mean William I have transcended above this world." She said superiorly, Spike laughed under his breathe at her
"Really Cecily, do you think that I didn't put it all together, your father never approving of you're suitors, or the rumours. Tell me Cecily how many times did he visit you at night?" Cecily looked completely destroyed,
"Y-You have no idea."
"And all those parents you took vengeance on, did you see his face I wonder."
"Be quiet," She said quietly,
"See we both have issues, but at lease I'm trying to..."
"You're going to fail." She muttered interrupting him.
"Maybe, but that's not the point now is it?" Spike saw tears in her eyes guilt started creep into him, but he pushed it aside.
"Can we just stop this?"
"Read my mind love, see you in century or so." Spike answered pointing to the door again
"You won't last that long and I want to help you?" she said her tears stopping
"No you want something from me. So lets get to the point." Cecily nodded wiping her eyes,
"ok William, Dehofrin, wants you're help." Spike eyed her suspiciously,
"What's the gig?"
"He wants the witch, and with your help we can get her."
"And why would I help you exactly?" "Well, he can resort you William, how long has it been since you fed on a human, he can take your pain from you, make you stronger than you ever imagined?" Spike didn't answer her,
"Thought you would be interested." She said coyly "I will give you a few days to decide, but what's the phrase with us or against us." Cecily walked to the door, "I'm sorry William I think that I made your life harder." Spike watched her leave,
"I did love you Cecily when I was William with all my heart." This stopper her,
"and now?" she said turning around looking him in the eye
"Well its stopped beating now didn't it." She smiled sadly at him and blew him a kiss,
"Thank you William." She said then left the crypt. Spike laughed to himself, suddenly not minding her calling him old name.
Xander woke to Anya's angry voice who was talking on the phone arguing loudly, "I don't care if hell itself eats all of you, me and Xander are not leaving." She yelled slamming the phone down.
"What's the apocalypse?" "Xander asked rubbing his eyes,
"Stupid slayer." Anya cursed as she turned to him. Xander started to get worried getting out of the bed.
"So what happened now?"
"Dehofrin happened, came to give me a wedding gift." Xander now obviously worried,
"Don't worry it was just a warning, he said that he was taking the hellmouth."
"And this is a don't worry situation because?" Xander asked confused, "besides why would he tell you if he wanted to."
"I told you it was gift so we'd be far far, away when it happened." Xander now fully awake,
"But he had to know you would tell Buffy right?"
"Probably, but I don't care I told Buffy so she can go get herself killed, and we are going to have an exciting three weeks of Kinky, gambling fun."
"Come on Anya we have to help them." Xander said walking towards the suitcases,
"no we don't, we can't do anything, accept get killed." As Xander picked up the empty suitcase, Anya pulled it from his hand, "We can't fight him Xander," Xander grabbed her by the shoulder, trying to calm her,
"Listen we have been through all this before, I mean he can't be any worse than Glory, or the mayor." He said calmly
"Right she died, with glory, and I almost died." She pleaded,
"hon calm down we'll deal like we always do." Xander said pulling Anya into a hug.
"You don't know him, he can't be killed."
"Relax everyone can be killed, and Buffy will need our help, so we have to go."
Spike sat quietly in the bar quietly and watching Dawn and Buffy walking up to him, Buffy obviously in hurry pulling Dawn with her. "Spike I need you to." Spike nodded before she finished her sentence Buffy turned and left the bar Dawn looking around uncomfortably.
"Could at least say thank you!" Spike called out to her annoyed but she was already gone. "So what's the emergency?" Spike asked,
"Big Vengeance guy from the wedding." Dawn answered, sitting on stool next to him.
"Is that so?" Spike asked ordering another beer, "want anything?" Spike asked looking back to Dawn,
"Spike do you even know how old I am?"
"They have, other things, chicken finger, and such he shot back." She shook her head looking at him annoyed, Spike shrugged, picking up his beer as they walked to table in the corner. "So is it bad?" He asked her,
"not really sure Willow and Tara are going to doing research, the only one who knows right now is Anya, Xander is dragging her back here."
"You seemed to know something about him at the wedding."
"Friend of an Enemy" he responded.
"So what do you know?" Dawn asked, Spike looked to her suspicion rising in him,
"Enough to stay out of his way." Spike answered carefully
"Come on Spike this is important, we need to stop him."
"No nibblet the slayer needs to stop him, I'm not the bloody white knight anymore."
"You know something don't you?" She accused, Spike didn't respond, just staring at her, "Don't you care?" Spike didn't respond, "We could all be." Spikes temper snapped,
"I don't care about we pet, only you, and if you were in danger I would, have taken care of it already."
"And the rest of them?' She shot back angrily,
"They don't care fig for me, so why should I help them?" Spike said his temper rising
"I care about them!" She nearly yelled, the bar tender walking over,
"if the little banshee wants to scream, take your pet outside."
"Good idea!" Dawn said storming out of the bar onto the deserted street, followed closely by an exasperated Spike.
"Wait nibblet, you just can't."
"So how does this work, you like me but your willing to let everyone else I care about die?"
"Pretty much" Spike answered angrily.
"What about Buffy, doesn't she mean anything to you?" Spike threw his hand up in the air
"fine you want to get yourself killed go ahead, I'm not going to stop you," Spike started to walk away, Dawn following,
"You can't have it both ways Spike if you want to be connected to people to me you just can't not care about."
"Watch me" Spike interrupted angrily, "and stop bloody following me!"
"What are you?" Dawn said in disgust "Spike you have to choose, to be a friend, to me even though you don't have to like the rest of them, you have to care a little because I care." Spike stopped turning around
"I said stop bloody following me!" Spike ordered and doubled his speed away from the girl, but Dawn kept up with him,
"so what is it Spike what are you a demon or a man?" Spike stopped turning his head around slowly his game face appearing, causing Dawn back off,
"Don't you get it you stupid little git, I'm both, and to me friendship, love is unconditional, not like your precious little Scooby's. Come to Spike when you need muscle, or someone to beat on but the moment you don't need me anymore off to the bloody graveyard, what the hell do you call that!"
"We have to do this together, and what the hell do call deciding to let Buffy die or Willow or Xander I thought you were different Spike no matter what they said I never believed it until now." Spike's game face disappeared,
"Well until tonight you always treated me like person and not thing. Now Bugger off!" He ordered stalking off quickly, Dawn standing alone in the street crying.
Dawn walked quickly through the night streets until she was in a dead run, seeing demon in every shadow or noise. Until she nearly collapsed on the ground, as she reached her house, crawling the final few feet escaping into safety.
Spike followed her still angry, until he saw the demons following her form the rooftops of the buildings, shooting up the fire escape he punched the first sending it right off the roof screaming as it fell to the ground, the second kicked Spike to the ground, pulling out a small knife out cut Spike arm as he rolled away getting to his feet. "You must be that vampire, killing your own kind," the demon said taunting Spike fainting with knife, "I heard of you another voice form behind him came, Spike turning around to see four more demons entire from the roof door. "Yeah his name was Angel." A third said, Spikes, face twisted into grin, as the melee started.
"So what is she going to do?" Anya asked as they waited at the airport, "I mean you can't stab him decapitation doesn't work, you can't burn him, and he's completely slayer proof, and now you want me to go back to that death trap."
"Anya calm down, we will get through this." Xander said annoyed, at her. Until he saw the ears in her eyes, sitting down next to her he hugged, her,
"trust me we will get though this."
"How do kill someone who can raise the dead." She asked him quietly
"I don't know but we'll find a way, I promise."
Spike stood over the last demon his body covered the demons blood, holding it's knife, bodies of the other demons scattered all over the rooftop, their bodies literally ripped apart. "W-What are you?" The demon asked terrified. Spike lifting him from the ground with one hand jabbing the small knife into it's neck blood oozing out, of the wound.
"I'm the big bad." Spike said pulling the knife around its neck decapitation it letting body fall to the ground.
"That's a good question?" Spike turned around to see Dehofrin, eyeing him.
"You are very impressive vampire, can't think of better choice, I think Halfrek deserves a promotion." he said looking at the carnage with a happy smile, "I only wish you were still human I would elevate you. You could have been one of my best."
"Save it I'm not joining the vengeance scouts." Spike said picking up his partially shredded jacket.
"It occurs to me that the rather stupid demon was right. Who are you? Are you William or is it Spike I wonder, but who you are doesn't nearly concern as much as what do you want because no matter what it is I can give it to you."
"The name of a good tailor." Spike said looking at his ripped coat,
"I know the best." Dehofrin said with smile.
"Somehow I guessed that, look thanks mate but I don't want any part of this." Spike answered slipping on his jacket
"No I can see that, but what about the others, say your little self improvement project, running home, she is going to have a very hard and quite possibly a very short life, with a little help she could be a lot happier and grow a lot older, or maybe her sisters your real concern, still no matter what you tell yourself. To feel her touch again, or maybe something deeper." Spike shrugged his face giving no sign of emotion.
"Thanks but no thanks mate, you can just go find yourself, another demon." Spike said heading for the door,
"Well if it comes to that, but just as a small taste of what I'm offering you, Spike didn't have time to react as the energy shot from Dehofrin shot into spike scorching his body as it reached his head, screaming in pain.
Buffy talked to Dawn, for hours until she had gone to sleep, now walking down the stairs into the living room she looked to Willow and Tara, "Is she ok?" Willow asked Buffy nodded,
"She's shook up he really freaked her out I think she might have had a panic attack, she has a headache but she'll be ok."
"I can't believe he just left her out there?" Tara said worriedly, Buffy shook her head,
"He didn't at least I'm pretty sure he didn't, but still, I think we may have a problem with Spike."
"So what set him off?" Willow asked,
"Dawn was trying to get him to talk about what he knows about Dehofrin, and he wouldn't."
"I don't understand maybe he didn't know anything, I mean he can't have to many friends in the demon world?" Tara said
"No I think she's right he knows something."
"So is it time to make out favourite vampire sing?" Willow asked?
"I can't" Buffy said sitting down on the couch, "See there was thing and after that there was this conversation so now I can't."
"Your going to have to talk to us in English if you want us to understand." Willow said looking at Buffy,
"Maybe you we should just let it go for now?" Tara said looking to help Buffy. Willow nodded,
"Well Anya will probably knows more anyways Willow said,
"No" Buffy answered,
"You see me and Spike." Buffy stopped looking up at Willow and Tara loosing her nerve, "Well like always he was stocking me, and we kind of got into a fight, well it must have really pissed him off, because he said that he was done with me, with all of us, and that he would only help Dawn, and I thought it was good idea. So I can't really go over there and ask for help."
"Well it will be ok Anya will know enough and if not we'll burn that bridge when we get to it." Tara said, smiling sadly at Buffy.
Spike slowly got to his feet shaking, "If that was your idea of a gift you're not nearly as smart as it thought you were"
"A certain amount of pain was necessary to reach your leash." Dehofrin said with a smile
"The chip?" Spike asked fear in his eyes
"Yes my boy the chip."
"It's gone?"
"Only a taste of the power you will know by my side. But go enjoy your freedom, go find out who you are and what you want."