Spike stood alone in a large garden area and there was a large pond in
front of him.
"Soddin powers." He mumbled to himself. "Make a bloke come here and leave him standing alone. How'd they like it if I went for a lil swim in their pond. Ponce, poofter, assholes." Just then he felt a presence near him. "WHAT?" He said curtly and turned around. "Joyce." He whispered as the word caught in his throat like a lump.
"Hello William." She walked toward him and kissed his cheek. "How are you?"
"That's a joke right. I'm bloody dead Joyce and the fucking powers dragged me here for some unknown reason, I hate this Joyce."
"I know you do. That's why I've been sent."
"What are you talking about?"
She motioned for him to follow her to the lake in front of them. He followed her to the bank and stood in silence for a moment.
"I'm not really in the mood for a swim luv."
"Shhh. It is coming."
Just then scenes from all points of Spikes life were shown to him on the water, some good, some not so good. His child hood, his mother, his first kiss, the night he was turned into a vampire, his years with Angelus and Darla and Dru, Prague, the first slayer he killed, the second slayer he killed, Buffy dropping an organ on him, his alliance with Buffy, getting chipped, the time Buffy and Faith switched bodies, the many arguments with him and the Scoobies the year he spent at Giles house, patrolling with Buffy, Willow's will be done spell (he smiled at that memory), Spike comforting Buffy after Joyce got sick, Spike and Dawn discovering that dawn was the key, the Buffy-bot, getting beat up by Glory, Buffy coming to see him after they got him back to his crypt, the conversation between Spike and Buffy before they went to defeat Glory, Spike getting thrown off the tower, Dawn getting cut, Buffy sacrificing herself to save the world, (Spike cringed at that scene) Buffy's burial, the summer he spent with Dawn and the many nights he spent comforting the distraught teen then going home and crying himself to sleep, Buffy coming back, the many months of fighting and arguing and sex with Buffy, the scene in the bathroom, Spike leaving, Buffy crying, Dawn crying, Spike's re-ensouling, Spike crazy in the school, Buffy taking care of him, him and Buffy together over the last year, the night he found her, the last night they spent together, the battle, Buffy telling him she loved him, the hellmouth crumbling, him dying again.
Then there were scenes he didn't recognize: The Scoobies standing at the hole that used to be Sunnydale and talking, Buffy saying good-bye to Spike and saying she loved him (She loves me, she really loves me, he smiled and cringed at the thought of him telling her he didn't) her confession to Faith, Buffy sobbing in the shower (He couldn't stand to see his slayer so sad. A tear rolled down his alabaster cheek) Buffy and Angel arguing. The scene before him disappeared and the pond went back to being just water.
He turned to Joyce. "Okay so what was the little slide show about? To make me feel even worse! I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, I LOVE HER AND I'M SORRY!" He fell to his knees sobbing. "What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do?"
Joyce sat down next to him, wrapped her arms around him and comforted him. "Spike look at me." She grabbed his face with her hands and forced him to look at her. "Dam it William. You are a good man. Buffy knows this, I know this and you should too. And because of this you have a choice to make."
They stood up Joyce was holding his hands. He looked at her perplexed. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Yes you do." She looked him in the eye.
A look of understanding came over his face. "Yes, Yes Joyce a thousand times yes."
"Then so it shall be done."
A flash of light washed over the garden and Spike was gone.
Joyce smiled to herself.
"Soddin powers." He mumbled to himself. "Make a bloke come here and leave him standing alone. How'd they like it if I went for a lil swim in their pond. Ponce, poofter, assholes." Just then he felt a presence near him. "WHAT?" He said curtly and turned around. "Joyce." He whispered as the word caught in his throat like a lump.
"Hello William." She walked toward him and kissed his cheek. "How are you?"
"That's a joke right. I'm bloody dead Joyce and the fucking powers dragged me here for some unknown reason, I hate this Joyce."
"I know you do. That's why I've been sent."
"What are you talking about?"
She motioned for him to follow her to the lake in front of them. He followed her to the bank and stood in silence for a moment.
"I'm not really in the mood for a swim luv."
"Shhh. It is coming."
Just then scenes from all points of Spikes life were shown to him on the water, some good, some not so good. His child hood, his mother, his first kiss, the night he was turned into a vampire, his years with Angelus and Darla and Dru, Prague, the first slayer he killed, the second slayer he killed, Buffy dropping an organ on him, his alliance with Buffy, getting chipped, the time Buffy and Faith switched bodies, the many arguments with him and the Scoobies the year he spent at Giles house, patrolling with Buffy, Willow's will be done spell (he smiled at that memory), Spike comforting Buffy after Joyce got sick, Spike and Dawn discovering that dawn was the key, the Buffy-bot, getting beat up by Glory, Buffy coming to see him after they got him back to his crypt, the conversation between Spike and Buffy before they went to defeat Glory, Spike getting thrown off the tower, Dawn getting cut, Buffy sacrificing herself to save the world, (Spike cringed at that scene) Buffy's burial, the summer he spent with Dawn and the many nights he spent comforting the distraught teen then going home and crying himself to sleep, Buffy coming back, the many months of fighting and arguing and sex with Buffy, the scene in the bathroom, Spike leaving, Buffy crying, Dawn crying, Spike's re-ensouling, Spike crazy in the school, Buffy taking care of him, him and Buffy together over the last year, the night he found her, the last night they spent together, the battle, Buffy telling him she loved him, the hellmouth crumbling, him dying again.
Then there were scenes he didn't recognize: The Scoobies standing at the hole that used to be Sunnydale and talking, Buffy saying good-bye to Spike and saying she loved him (She loves me, she really loves me, he smiled and cringed at the thought of him telling her he didn't) her confession to Faith, Buffy sobbing in the shower (He couldn't stand to see his slayer so sad. A tear rolled down his alabaster cheek) Buffy and Angel arguing. The scene before him disappeared and the pond went back to being just water.
He turned to Joyce. "Okay so what was the little slide show about? To make me feel even worse! I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, I LOVE HER AND I'M SORRY!" He fell to his knees sobbing. "What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do?"
Joyce sat down next to him, wrapped her arms around him and comforted him. "Spike look at me." She grabbed his face with her hands and forced him to look at her. "Dam it William. You are a good man. Buffy knows this, I know this and you should too. And because of this you have a choice to make."
They stood up Joyce was holding his hands. He looked at her perplexed. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Yes you do." She looked him in the eye.
A look of understanding came over his face. "Yes, Yes Joyce a thousand times yes."
"Then so it shall be done."
A flash of light washed over the garden and Spike was gone.
Joyce smiled to herself.