The End and Beginning
Chp. 15
(A.N.: Whoops this chapter isn't as long as I thought. It's the next one that's really long and I'm sorry for misleading. I promise the next one will be a lot longer.)
They all step into the elevator; Spike sits Dawn down, and pushes the button for the main floor.
"You sit on that bench, right there and don't put any pressure on that ankle." Spike says warningly.
"He's right Dawn, you need to stay off of it." Buffy agrees.
Dawn blushes and says " Yes, Mommy." Looking at Buffy . "Yes, Daddy." Looking at Spike. Sarcastically. " God you'd think you all were my parents and I was three or something."
"Well in a way Buffy is you mother, Nibblet. She is the only family you have left." Spike points out.
"I know, but I mean, my god, I'm almost 18. You'd think I could take care of myself."
"We know Dawnie, it's just that we love you and don't want you hurting yourself more than you already have."
"Listen to Big Sis, Bit. We do just wanna make sure you're alright."
"Okay! I get it. It's just you guys ARE treating me like a baby."
"We're sorry, Platelet, we were just scared, tha's all."
"Dawn, at least they care enough about you to be concerned about your well being."
"Thanks, Knox, is it?"
"Yeah, Knox, is fine."
"It's nice to meet you. Dawn told us not so much about you."
"Well, she really didn't know that much, so I recon that could be true." He laughs. Then looking at Dawn, he comments, " I'm guessing that's your boyfriend, right?"
"I recon you could possibly say that."
" I think I've seen him before, I just can't place him."
" There's no way, he was gone when we got here, and he's the reason we even came here. So it's very doubtful that you know him."
"I didn't say I know him, just that I think I've seen him."
" Unless, you've been to Sunnydale, it's highly doubtful."
" That would probably be where I seen him, my brother lived there."
" Really, what was his name?"
"Holden."
"Holden, he wouldn't have been a Psychiatrist, would he?"
"Yeah, did you know him?"
"Uh, I sorta slayed him."
"Well at least he's not giving advice and then sucking the 'Patient' dry."
"Oh you knew about the change?"
"Yeah, I was with him." He goes on to tell her the whole story of what happened.
"So you didn't get a good look at the vamp that sired him?"
"No, it all happened so quick, with the running and everything, I just thought it was a mugging, and found a phone and called the police."
" Yeah like the police know what the heck was going on, they were just a useless drain on the taxpayers of the city." Buffy states matter of factly.
"Yeah, I figured that out myself."
Spike has been listening to the whole conversation.
"Pet?" He says stalking towards her, with a mischievous smirk on his face.
"Yeah?"
"What was that about the whole 'I guess you could probably say that, bit?" He chuckles and starts to tickle her.
"Spike, Spike, SPIKE! She says in between giggles. "QUIT!"
He keeps up the tickling.
She's laughing and trying to speak. "P- PL- Please stop, I have to breathe.
He finally quits and says, "You could probably say that." Sarcastically.
"You know what I meant and you know it, I was just trying to get under your skin."
"Pet you're always under my skin, or should I say that you're usually under it, if you're not on top of it." He smirks, putting his hands in the pockets of the poofs' too big pants. He looks down and frowns.
"Uh, pet?"
"Yeah?"
"Is there anyway that I can get some decent clothes."
"What do you not like what Angel gave you?"
"Bloody hell, no. They're like twenty sizes too damned big and they're poofy, and I look like a bloody idiot."
"I think you look nice, you do know now that there are other colors than black."
"Pet, I like black, it goes with anything." He leans down and kisses her forehead.
The elevator doors open on the main floor.
Spike picks Dawn back up and heads out.
"You lead the way, Lab boy."
"Does he have names for everyone? Knox asks.
"Unfortunately, yes he does, the only person he doesn't have one for is Faith. I think." Buffy whispers to Knox.
"Hey, I. Heard. That." Spike says stunned.
"You heard what I whispered."
"Yep, I heard it, and I do have one for Faith, but I don't use It." ***Bitch*** He thinks.
Buffy pays no attention to the last part of his sentence and asks "YOU HEARD THAT! Do you think?"
"Yes, Buffy I think about a lot of stuff." He says sarcastically. "I do think what you think though."
"What? What's going on" Dawn asks.
" We'll talk about it later, Dawnie. Right now we need for you to get medical attention."
"Dawn!" They all hear Xander yell.
"Oh, Great! The Whelp." Spike snarks.
Xander runs up and accuses "Hey Peroxide Boy, what did you do her?"
"OH HO NO! I didn't do anything to the Bit. She did this all on her own."
"Xan, lay off of Spike he's helping me. I did this all on my own like he said. I got a little clumsy and twisted my ankle."
" Sorry Spike. Old habits die hard."
Spike's stunned the Whelp just apologized to him.
"For their sake." Xander says pointing to Buffy and Dawn. "I'll try."
Spike's still stunned then manages to say " I s'alright, Mate. Was an honest mistake."
Xander notices the new addition to the group. "Hey I'm Xander, and you are?"
"I'm Knox", he says introducing himself.
"Oh, yeah I think I remember seein' you down in the lab last night."
"Yep, that would've been me, I basically live there."
"You and Wills would probably get along real well. She loves the whole science and labs stuff."
" 'EY, Lab Boy?" Spike yells.
"Lab boy? At least it's better than Whelp." Xander whispers.
"I 'eard that Whelp!"
"What, Huh! He heard that? How? What? How?"
"We don't know what's going on yet, Xan, but we think that he may have retained some of if not all of his vamp abilities."
"Oh, GREAT! Does he come with fangs, too?"
"Don't know, he hasn't tried, we just now found out about the hearing."
"Lab Boy, which bloody way?"
They have caught up to Spike. Knox looks around and says, " You need to go right. Billy Idol."
" I think everyone has used that at least once, it's old. You're gonna have to come up with something better." Spike snarks.
"Damn, nothing gets to him does it?" Knox says.
Spike has taken off again.
"Does he ever stay still?" Knox asks.
"Nope, I think he has ADHD." Xander snarks.
"As for your other question. Buffy cuts in. "You just have to know how to push his buttons."
' Xander knows how to do it without thinking about it.'
"Buffs pretty good at it, too."
"That I am, and I'm proud of it, too." Buffy snarks, taking off after Spike and Dawn.
(A.N.: I hope I answered everyone's questions in this one and if I didn't they will be answered in the next one's, I do go back and fix all my potholes unlike some people in the ME and JW world.)
Chp. 15
(A.N.: Whoops this chapter isn't as long as I thought. It's the next one that's really long and I'm sorry for misleading. I promise the next one will be a lot longer.)
They all step into the elevator; Spike sits Dawn down, and pushes the button for the main floor.
"You sit on that bench, right there and don't put any pressure on that ankle." Spike says warningly.
"He's right Dawn, you need to stay off of it." Buffy agrees.
Dawn blushes and says " Yes, Mommy." Looking at Buffy . "Yes, Daddy." Looking at Spike. Sarcastically. " God you'd think you all were my parents and I was three or something."
"Well in a way Buffy is you mother, Nibblet. She is the only family you have left." Spike points out.
"I know, but I mean, my god, I'm almost 18. You'd think I could take care of myself."
"We know Dawnie, it's just that we love you and don't want you hurting yourself more than you already have."
"Listen to Big Sis, Bit. We do just wanna make sure you're alright."
"Okay! I get it. It's just you guys ARE treating me like a baby."
"We're sorry, Platelet, we were just scared, tha's all."
"Dawn, at least they care enough about you to be concerned about your well being."
"Thanks, Knox, is it?"
"Yeah, Knox, is fine."
"It's nice to meet you. Dawn told us not so much about you."
"Well, she really didn't know that much, so I recon that could be true." He laughs. Then looking at Dawn, he comments, " I'm guessing that's your boyfriend, right?"
"I recon you could possibly say that."
" I think I've seen him before, I just can't place him."
" There's no way, he was gone when we got here, and he's the reason we even came here. So it's very doubtful that you know him."
"I didn't say I know him, just that I think I've seen him."
" Unless, you've been to Sunnydale, it's highly doubtful."
" That would probably be where I seen him, my brother lived there."
" Really, what was his name?"
"Holden."
"Holden, he wouldn't have been a Psychiatrist, would he?"
"Yeah, did you know him?"
"Uh, I sorta slayed him."
"Well at least he's not giving advice and then sucking the 'Patient' dry."
"Oh you knew about the change?"
"Yeah, I was with him." He goes on to tell her the whole story of what happened.
"So you didn't get a good look at the vamp that sired him?"
"No, it all happened so quick, with the running and everything, I just thought it was a mugging, and found a phone and called the police."
" Yeah like the police know what the heck was going on, they were just a useless drain on the taxpayers of the city." Buffy states matter of factly.
"Yeah, I figured that out myself."
Spike has been listening to the whole conversation.
"Pet?" He says stalking towards her, with a mischievous smirk on his face.
"Yeah?"
"What was that about the whole 'I guess you could probably say that, bit?" He chuckles and starts to tickle her.
"Spike, Spike, SPIKE! She says in between giggles. "QUIT!"
He keeps up the tickling.
She's laughing and trying to speak. "P- PL- Please stop, I have to breathe.
He finally quits and says, "You could probably say that." Sarcastically.
"You know what I meant and you know it, I was just trying to get under your skin."
"Pet you're always under my skin, or should I say that you're usually under it, if you're not on top of it." He smirks, putting his hands in the pockets of the poofs' too big pants. He looks down and frowns.
"Uh, pet?"
"Yeah?"
"Is there anyway that I can get some decent clothes."
"What do you not like what Angel gave you?"
"Bloody hell, no. They're like twenty sizes too damned big and they're poofy, and I look like a bloody idiot."
"I think you look nice, you do know now that there are other colors than black."
"Pet, I like black, it goes with anything." He leans down and kisses her forehead.
The elevator doors open on the main floor.
Spike picks Dawn back up and heads out.
"You lead the way, Lab boy."
"Does he have names for everyone? Knox asks.
"Unfortunately, yes he does, the only person he doesn't have one for is Faith. I think." Buffy whispers to Knox.
"Hey, I. Heard. That." Spike says stunned.
"You heard what I whispered."
"Yep, I heard it, and I do have one for Faith, but I don't use It." ***Bitch*** He thinks.
Buffy pays no attention to the last part of his sentence and asks "YOU HEARD THAT! Do you think?"
"Yes, Buffy I think about a lot of stuff." He says sarcastically. "I do think what you think though."
"What? What's going on" Dawn asks.
" We'll talk about it later, Dawnie. Right now we need for you to get medical attention."
"Dawn!" They all hear Xander yell.
"Oh, Great! The Whelp." Spike snarks.
Xander runs up and accuses "Hey Peroxide Boy, what did you do her?"
"OH HO NO! I didn't do anything to the Bit. She did this all on her own."
"Xan, lay off of Spike he's helping me. I did this all on my own like he said. I got a little clumsy and twisted my ankle."
" Sorry Spike. Old habits die hard."
Spike's stunned the Whelp just apologized to him.
"For their sake." Xander says pointing to Buffy and Dawn. "I'll try."
Spike's still stunned then manages to say " I s'alright, Mate. Was an honest mistake."
Xander notices the new addition to the group. "Hey I'm Xander, and you are?"
"I'm Knox", he says introducing himself.
"Oh, yeah I think I remember seein' you down in the lab last night."
"Yep, that would've been me, I basically live there."
"You and Wills would probably get along real well. She loves the whole science and labs stuff."
" 'EY, Lab Boy?" Spike yells.
"Lab boy? At least it's better than Whelp." Xander whispers.
"I 'eard that Whelp!"
"What, Huh! He heard that? How? What? How?"
"We don't know what's going on yet, Xan, but we think that he may have retained some of if not all of his vamp abilities."
"Oh, GREAT! Does he come with fangs, too?"
"Don't know, he hasn't tried, we just now found out about the hearing."
"Lab Boy, which bloody way?"
They have caught up to Spike. Knox looks around and says, " You need to go right. Billy Idol."
" I think everyone has used that at least once, it's old. You're gonna have to come up with something better." Spike snarks.
"Damn, nothing gets to him does it?" Knox says.
Spike has taken off again.
"Does he ever stay still?" Knox asks.
"Nope, I think he has ADHD." Xander snarks.
"As for your other question. Buffy cuts in. "You just have to know how to push his buttons."
' Xander knows how to do it without thinking about it.'
"Buffs pretty good at it, too."
"That I am, and I'm proud of it, too." Buffy snarks, taking off after Spike and Dawn.
(A.N.: I hope I answered everyone's questions in this one and if I didn't they will be answered in the next one's, I do go back and fix all my potholes unlike some people in the ME and JW world.)