The End and Beginning
(This is it the end of this part, next up is a POV that goes with this story)
Epilogue
Two weeks later:
The Scooby's and the Fang Gang with their new member are standing outside of the new Wolfram and Hart offices.
"So, Luv, did all the little slayers get off to their destinations?" Spike inquires as he slings a loose arm over Buffy's shoulders.
They had let the other slayers figure out what they wanted to do and go last week, and had started the whole process of sending them where they wanted. It had taken a week, but most of the girls were where they needed to be now, with the exception of a few stragglers.
They stood outside of the R.V. Buffy had bought along with the others, so that they could search for the other slayers that hadn't been found when the spell had been cast. They wanted to find them and tell them what had happened to them. They were getting ready for the search and leaving today.
"Yeah, all of 'em are on their way to their destinations, but Kennedy, Vi, Rona, and a few others, that decided they wanted to stay here and work with you guys, or go with us on our little search." She replies, as she leans into his embrace and looks up into his eyes.
Willow comes bouncing up, "OH, OH Buffy, I found out something about the scythe."
Buffy looks at her bouncy, and exuberant best friend and laughs at her. Calming down she asks "What did you find out, Wills?" still smiling at the way that Willow is acting like her old high school self.
" We can use it to locate the new slayers, if I invoke its power along with a modified locator spell. It's already found one near by."
"How'd you figure that out, Red?" Spike asks, his curiosity piqued at the revelation.
"Well, I was messing around while modifying a locator spell and needed something attached to all the slayers and thought of it. I got the scythe out and really all I had to do was think of the closest slayer, while reciting the spell and of course Kennedy was there and the scythe just sort of glowed and the closer I got to her the scythe glowed brighter. I then thought that maybe I could modify it better to locate slayers that hadn't been found yet, and it led me to the map I had spread out for the spell and it pointed out one that was right here in L.A." Willow explains as hastily as she can, still bouncing in place and smiling all goofy like.
"That's great, Wills. Now it won't take as long as we thought it would to find them all. At least all the ones in the U.S. that is." Buffy exclaims, as she ducks out from under Spikes arm to ferociously hug her best friend.
"Yeah, Red, that's really great. I won't have to be away from Buffy for any longer than I have to." Spike says smiling and grabbing Buffy back into his embrace and kissing the back of her neck.
Willows smiles at them and bounces off to the R.V., she turns around in the door and shouts "Bye, Spike." and enters the vehicle without getting a reply.
He still shouts "C-ya later, Red." To the empty door way.
Buffy turns in his arms, to look him in the face. "I'm gonna miss you so much. I hate that you're not going with us, but I think that you would have been stupid not to take the offer, that Angel gave you."
Fred, Gunn, and Wes walk up behind the couple, as Spike was getting ready to reply. They want to say good-bye to Buffy, now that they've said bye to the rest of her gang.
Fred taps Buffy on the shoulder, her hair falling across her face.
Buffy turns and smiles at the small, shy, and mousy girl, standing in front of her. "Hi, Fred." She says quietly.
Fred smiles back, and puts out her hand for a shake. Buffy takes it and pulls her into a hug. Fred wasn't expecting this reaction, but hugs her back, anyway.
"It was nice to finally meet the Slayer that Angel talked of so much." Fred says, shyly.
Buffy leans in and whispers in her ear, "Keep'em from killing each other."
Fred laughs, "That's quiet a task, you've set upon me it seems." She replies.
"You're not telling me anything I don't already know."
Both girls laugh, at this.
"Good-bye, Buffy. I'll try." Fred says, stepping back to let the others say bye to her.
As Fred steps back, Gunn takes her place in front of Buffy. He shakes hands with Buffy.
"You're pretty tough, for such a small thing." He smiles down as he towers over her.
"Thank you, I think." She retorts, smiling up at the big, black, panther like man.
He leans down and quietly says, " I'll keep him in line for you, while you're away."
"Thanks that' great to know, and also one hell of a task. He tends to find trouble. He can be a handful at times. Good luck." She say, leaning up to place a chaste kiss on his cheek.
She hears Spike growling behind her.
"Stop that, you big baby. It was just a friendly kiss, nothing to get jealous over."
"Well, Luv, he does look a little like Robin Wood." He points out.
She sighs, heavily " Oh, god, Spike. Don't even start with the whole Robin thing. That was just me being ignorant. You should have figured that out by now."
"Just makin' sure, Pet. I just totally got you, don't want to lose you to another, big, tall, muscular guy." He explains, smirking down at her and raises his scarred eyebrow.
She laughs at him and turns to Wes, hugging him tightly to her. Wes not expecting her to do this reluctantly wraps his arms around her and makes a promise. "I will keep looking for the answers to Spikes dilemma. Rupert will be in touch, if he finds anything while with you, and Willow will be studying the Amulet and the prophecy that is with it. We shall be able to piece all of this together, soon."
Buffy moves back to her position in Spikes arms and says, " Thank you, so much, Wes. It really means a lot that you're willing to put so much into researching Spike."
He smiles and says, "At least I can help you now. Unlike before."
"It's much appreciated, Wes." She says, giving him a peck on the cheek out of gratitude.
"Maybe, we'll have it figured out by the time you return."
She smiles as she tells him bye, and turns back to Spike.
"I guess this is it, baby. God, what am I gonna do not waking up beside you every morning, and not being in your arms every night?"
"I don't know, Luv." He says with disappointment on his face. "Maybe I should give you somethin' to cuddle, while I'm not there."
He reaches into his duster pocket and pulls out a ratty looking stuffed pig.
Buffy's eyes light up, and she grabs the old stuffed animal, cuddling it to her breast. "Oh, my god Spike. It's Mr. Gordo. How'd you get him? I thought he was lost with everything else that got smooshed in Sunnydale."
"Well, Pet, remember when you had that date with wanker Wood?"
"Yeah, you won't let me forget it. You didn't. . . ?"
He looks down at the ground sheepishly, kicking a pebble with his boot. "Well, yeah. I just wanted a piece of you. I figured I'd never have you, so I took a piece. I knew that thing, held something of you and that it held some piece of your heart. I knew that much, 'cause it was always on your bed, snuggled all nice between the pillows. Figured you'd notice that it was gone, but you never said anythin', so I just kept him. When the time come to go fight, I sorta slipped him onto the bus, and hid him."
Looking back up, he sees the tears in her eyes.
As he wipes her tears away, she whispers. "Thank you, Spike. You know I didn't mean to hurt you. I tried to explain, but you went into he whole 'Picket Fence' speech and I just let it slide."
"Yeah, Pet. I know, doesn't mean it hurt any less."
She grabs his shoulders to make him look at her.
"That's over and done, Baby. No more Sunnydale, no need to dwell in the past. Although, I think I already loved you at that time."
He smiles at that omission, and grabs her into a tight embrace. "I knew you did, Luv. I knew from the look in your eyes, when you got me out of that cave, but as always you were in denial of it. You didn't want to admit your feelings to anyone about anything."
"That is sooo true." She says, looking over her shoulder. "I hate to say this, but it looks like everyone is ready to go. I guess I'll see you in a few weeks, Baby. I love you, you know that right?"
"Always, Luv, always and I love you, too, My Goldilocks." He murmurs as he leans down to give her a long and lingering kiss.
Pulling away, she whispers, "I love you, Spike." and walks to the R.V., pausing in the door.
Spike yells, " I love you, Buffy. Be safe, Luv."
She turns around in the door and shouts back at him, "You to, Baby." Then looks up and spots Angel in his office window, looking down on them.
She waves to him, smiles, blows him a friendly kiss, and mouths, "Thank you and watch him." Pointing to her mate.
Spike seen her lips move and read them and shouts, "Hey don't tell Peaches to watch me, he won't leave me the bloody hell alone, if you do."
She laughs and turns to go up the stairs to the inside of their transportation.
Spike watches his mate and her beloved Scoobies roll out of the parking lot, to hunt down more slayers. He smiles as he sees Buffy and Dawn looking out of the back window. They wave and Buffy blows him a kiss, along with her sister "We love you, we'll be back."
He watches the R.V. until even the brake lights can't be seen, and turns to head into his new life and job, Courtesy of a Slayer, a witch, and a souled vampire.
He laughs as he enters the glass doors, and into the buildings lobby. "It's bloody IRONIC," he mumbles, heading to the elevators and to his new office.
The End
(This is it the end of this part, next up is a POV that goes with this story)
Epilogue
Two weeks later:
The Scooby's and the Fang Gang with their new member are standing outside of the new Wolfram and Hart offices.
"So, Luv, did all the little slayers get off to their destinations?" Spike inquires as he slings a loose arm over Buffy's shoulders.
They had let the other slayers figure out what they wanted to do and go last week, and had started the whole process of sending them where they wanted. It had taken a week, but most of the girls were where they needed to be now, with the exception of a few stragglers.
They stood outside of the R.V. Buffy had bought along with the others, so that they could search for the other slayers that hadn't been found when the spell had been cast. They wanted to find them and tell them what had happened to them. They were getting ready for the search and leaving today.
"Yeah, all of 'em are on their way to their destinations, but Kennedy, Vi, Rona, and a few others, that decided they wanted to stay here and work with you guys, or go with us on our little search." She replies, as she leans into his embrace and looks up into his eyes.
Willow comes bouncing up, "OH, OH Buffy, I found out something about the scythe."
Buffy looks at her bouncy, and exuberant best friend and laughs at her. Calming down she asks "What did you find out, Wills?" still smiling at the way that Willow is acting like her old high school self.
" We can use it to locate the new slayers, if I invoke its power along with a modified locator spell. It's already found one near by."
"How'd you figure that out, Red?" Spike asks, his curiosity piqued at the revelation.
"Well, I was messing around while modifying a locator spell and needed something attached to all the slayers and thought of it. I got the scythe out and really all I had to do was think of the closest slayer, while reciting the spell and of course Kennedy was there and the scythe just sort of glowed and the closer I got to her the scythe glowed brighter. I then thought that maybe I could modify it better to locate slayers that hadn't been found yet, and it led me to the map I had spread out for the spell and it pointed out one that was right here in L.A." Willow explains as hastily as she can, still bouncing in place and smiling all goofy like.
"That's great, Wills. Now it won't take as long as we thought it would to find them all. At least all the ones in the U.S. that is." Buffy exclaims, as she ducks out from under Spikes arm to ferociously hug her best friend.
"Yeah, Red, that's really great. I won't have to be away from Buffy for any longer than I have to." Spike says smiling and grabbing Buffy back into his embrace and kissing the back of her neck.
Willows smiles at them and bounces off to the R.V., she turns around in the door and shouts "Bye, Spike." and enters the vehicle without getting a reply.
He still shouts "C-ya later, Red." To the empty door way.
Buffy turns in his arms, to look him in the face. "I'm gonna miss you so much. I hate that you're not going with us, but I think that you would have been stupid not to take the offer, that Angel gave you."
Fred, Gunn, and Wes walk up behind the couple, as Spike was getting ready to reply. They want to say good-bye to Buffy, now that they've said bye to the rest of her gang.
Fred taps Buffy on the shoulder, her hair falling across her face.
Buffy turns and smiles at the small, shy, and mousy girl, standing in front of her. "Hi, Fred." She says quietly.
Fred smiles back, and puts out her hand for a shake. Buffy takes it and pulls her into a hug. Fred wasn't expecting this reaction, but hugs her back, anyway.
"It was nice to finally meet the Slayer that Angel talked of so much." Fred says, shyly.
Buffy leans in and whispers in her ear, "Keep'em from killing each other."
Fred laughs, "That's quiet a task, you've set upon me it seems." She replies.
"You're not telling me anything I don't already know."
Both girls laugh, at this.
"Good-bye, Buffy. I'll try." Fred says, stepping back to let the others say bye to her.
As Fred steps back, Gunn takes her place in front of Buffy. He shakes hands with Buffy.
"You're pretty tough, for such a small thing." He smiles down as he towers over her.
"Thank you, I think." She retorts, smiling up at the big, black, panther like man.
He leans down and quietly says, " I'll keep him in line for you, while you're away."
"Thanks that' great to know, and also one hell of a task. He tends to find trouble. He can be a handful at times. Good luck." She say, leaning up to place a chaste kiss on his cheek.
She hears Spike growling behind her.
"Stop that, you big baby. It was just a friendly kiss, nothing to get jealous over."
"Well, Luv, he does look a little like Robin Wood." He points out.
She sighs, heavily " Oh, god, Spike. Don't even start with the whole Robin thing. That was just me being ignorant. You should have figured that out by now."
"Just makin' sure, Pet. I just totally got you, don't want to lose you to another, big, tall, muscular guy." He explains, smirking down at her and raises his scarred eyebrow.
She laughs at him and turns to Wes, hugging him tightly to her. Wes not expecting her to do this reluctantly wraps his arms around her and makes a promise. "I will keep looking for the answers to Spikes dilemma. Rupert will be in touch, if he finds anything while with you, and Willow will be studying the Amulet and the prophecy that is with it. We shall be able to piece all of this together, soon."
Buffy moves back to her position in Spikes arms and says, " Thank you, so much, Wes. It really means a lot that you're willing to put so much into researching Spike."
He smiles and says, "At least I can help you now. Unlike before."
"It's much appreciated, Wes." She says, giving him a peck on the cheek out of gratitude.
"Maybe, we'll have it figured out by the time you return."
She smiles as she tells him bye, and turns back to Spike.
"I guess this is it, baby. God, what am I gonna do not waking up beside you every morning, and not being in your arms every night?"
"I don't know, Luv." He says with disappointment on his face. "Maybe I should give you somethin' to cuddle, while I'm not there."
He reaches into his duster pocket and pulls out a ratty looking stuffed pig.
Buffy's eyes light up, and she grabs the old stuffed animal, cuddling it to her breast. "Oh, my god Spike. It's Mr. Gordo. How'd you get him? I thought he was lost with everything else that got smooshed in Sunnydale."
"Well, Pet, remember when you had that date with wanker Wood?"
"Yeah, you won't let me forget it. You didn't. . . ?"
He looks down at the ground sheepishly, kicking a pebble with his boot. "Well, yeah. I just wanted a piece of you. I figured I'd never have you, so I took a piece. I knew that thing, held something of you and that it held some piece of your heart. I knew that much, 'cause it was always on your bed, snuggled all nice between the pillows. Figured you'd notice that it was gone, but you never said anythin', so I just kept him. When the time come to go fight, I sorta slipped him onto the bus, and hid him."
Looking back up, he sees the tears in her eyes.
As he wipes her tears away, she whispers. "Thank you, Spike. You know I didn't mean to hurt you. I tried to explain, but you went into he whole 'Picket Fence' speech and I just let it slide."
"Yeah, Pet. I know, doesn't mean it hurt any less."
She grabs his shoulders to make him look at her.
"That's over and done, Baby. No more Sunnydale, no need to dwell in the past. Although, I think I already loved you at that time."
He smiles at that omission, and grabs her into a tight embrace. "I knew you did, Luv. I knew from the look in your eyes, when you got me out of that cave, but as always you were in denial of it. You didn't want to admit your feelings to anyone about anything."
"That is sooo true." She says, looking over her shoulder. "I hate to say this, but it looks like everyone is ready to go. I guess I'll see you in a few weeks, Baby. I love you, you know that right?"
"Always, Luv, always and I love you, too, My Goldilocks." He murmurs as he leans down to give her a long and lingering kiss.
Pulling away, she whispers, "I love you, Spike." and walks to the R.V., pausing in the door.
Spike yells, " I love you, Buffy. Be safe, Luv."
She turns around in the door and shouts back at him, "You to, Baby." Then looks up and spots Angel in his office window, looking down on them.
She waves to him, smiles, blows him a friendly kiss, and mouths, "Thank you and watch him." Pointing to her mate.
Spike seen her lips move and read them and shouts, "Hey don't tell Peaches to watch me, he won't leave me the bloody hell alone, if you do."
She laughs and turns to go up the stairs to the inside of their transportation.
Spike watches his mate and her beloved Scoobies roll out of the parking lot, to hunt down more slayers. He smiles as he sees Buffy and Dawn looking out of the back window. They wave and Buffy blows him a kiss, along with her sister "We love you, we'll be back."
He watches the R.V. until even the brake lights can't be seen, and turns to head into his new life and job, Courtesy of a Slayer, a witch, and a souled vampire.
He laughs as he enters the glass doors, and into the buildings lobby. "It's bloody IRONIC," he mumbles, heading to the elevators and to his new office.
The End