Buffy, Spike and Dawn were shown round the ship and had supper in the mess
hall that evening. They also had an engineer set the replicater in their
quarters serve blood for Spike.
Returning to their quarters Spike watched his two girls walking just in front of him. Dawn was observing everything but Buffy looked worried.
She almost always looked troubled these days, after all she had never bee quite herself since her scoobies pulled her out of Heaven and then her best friend went all evil and tried to kill them all.
He mentally kicked himself for not being there for her. After all that was over Giles had taken Willow back to London to monitor her so Xander and Anya were the only remaining Scoobies in Sunny Dale, or were.
Spike glanced around the bright clean corridor, now this. This was the strangest thing that had ever happened to them.
Buffy had worried about going back to protect the Earth but if this was the future then Earth must still be there and safe from demons, how though?
At this point how didn't matter and secretly Spike hopped that it took a long while for this crew to figure out what had happened to his girls and himself because it would give Buffy time to rest.
This place was paradise compared to Sunny Dale and Dawn seemed to be coping fine but he intended on keeping his eye on Buffy. She had always wished she could just be normal, she rejected her Slayer-self most of the time. Here she didn't have to be the Slayer.
*****
Buffy found herself alone when she woke, ignoring the strange feeling of disappointment she stretched and dressed.
She fond Dawn and Spike had already started breakfast. Dawn was pouring syrup on her pancakes with a generous hand when she came to the table. "Ok Pet?" stupid question Spike he told himself, of course she wasn't ok. "Do you think we're stuck here Spike? I may never see my friends or Giles again."
She didn't use the word 'home' though too many horrible things had happened in that house. "I don't know pet but we'll be here for a good long while at any rate, you shouldn't waste your strength worrying. If nothing hellish is happening on Earth you may as well enjoy your time off." He gave her a weak smile as he finished. "Spike's right Buffy, I'll miss Xander and my friends too but this place is amazing. We got ourselves a free holiday in space!" Dawn managed to say before she continued shovelling.
After they finished eating Dawn went to brush her teeth leaving Buffy sipping a mug of luke warm coffee with an ever dejected looking Spike. Dawn wasn't going to let herself lose an opportunity to see what life would be like or rather is like in the 24th century and meet aliens. She wondered how far they were from Earth. "I'm going to explore the ship." Dawn announced on her return before bounding out the door before Buffy or Spike could object.
Dawn walked down the clean, bright corridor with its amber coloured doors all along the walls. These were all numbered quarters. She turned a bend and found the turbo lift again.
After walking along many corridors Dawn felt in serious need of a sugar fix. She had found mostly quarters so far and engineering, she wondered just how big the Enterprise was.
She decided she would find out later, now she was heading back to Ten- forward. As soon as she arrived Dawn wasted no time in order herself a milkshake (chocolate of course) and finding a seat by the window. It felt really weird to know she was flying through space far from Earth and Sunny Dale.
Dawn glanced round and saw an empty seat at a table where a boy was sat reading one of those weird, digital pads he looked her age or perhaps more.
She walked purposefully over and sat down opposite him. "Hi, I'm Dawn." He looked up jerkily, "Hi, Wesley Crusher." "Are you from Earth then?" Dawn asked not being able to think of anything else to say. "Yes, Enterprise is a ship from Earth remember?" "Oh, well I wouldn't, I only just got here." Dawn said a little defensively.
He frowned slightly, "Oh, where are you from?" "The 21st century!"
Wesley looked confused suddenly and Dawn laughed. "I'm here with my sister and Spike. We came here by accident some how." she explained. "Oh you're with the vampire and." "The Slayer." Dawn finished for him, "You know Spikes a vampire?" "Yes, I heard." "What? Everyone knows?" "Well not everyone just those working in the medical bay and security but people talk."
Wesley didn't want to admit Dr Crusher was his mum and had told him about the 'annoying' vampire. Dawn had stopped to take a sip of the sugary beverage.
"What's he like, I mean how did you meet a vampire?" Wesley asked after a pause, he was full of curiosity.
Dawn shrugged, "Well since my sister Buffy is the Slayer we meet a lot of vampires but usual slay them, Spike was known as the 'Slayer of slayers' and he came to the hell mouth to kill Buffy but she wasted him!
Anyway they spent the next few years fighting each other, Spike got chipped by the government and started helping us for a price but stopped charging after a while and one nigh he admitted to Buffy he ha fallen in love with her. She totally freaked out."
While Wesley slowly digested this information Dawn took another sip before continuing, "Spike's nothing to be afraid of really, unless you're an demon." Wesley couldn't help himself wanting to believe in magic, "Were there really demons on Earth?"
Dawn nodded, "Uh huh but they weren't what you'd expect. We lived on a hell mouth, but it wasn't always demons we had to fight. Once my sister had to destroy this weird half demon half robot thing called Adam. He was made from parts of different demons by a secret government organisation." "Oh." Wesley said again.
"Our friends used a spell to help Buffy and she just ripped his power source out of him." Dawn said excited while making a yanking action with her right hand. That was before Spike was on our side."
"What's Spike like to live with?" "He's well kind of hard to describe, he's fond of hot chocolate with marshmallows.
He's a Master Vampire but he doesn't hurt people any more." Wesley wouldn't have imagined a vampire liking hot chocolate. "Sounds like an exciting life." "It's not really, it's scary. It means my sister can never have a career or anything close to a normal life."
Dawn gave a half smile, "We believed that without her Earth would be turned to darkness but it hasn't, I mean if you're here then Earth must have survived." "What?" "My sister has stopped like seven apocalypses so far." Dawn explained. "Oh, well as far as I know there are no demons on Earth now." "So what's it like living here?" "Alright I guess but I'm sure it's no where near as exciting as you're used to." "I'm glad you believe me, people tend to look at us as if we are crazy. Even back on earth very few people knew demons existed." "I guess that's why there's no record of them." Wesley said smiling broadly. "Yeah."
Dawn sighed, "I wish we could find out what happened to Angel and Anya." "You can," Wesley said cheerfully, "we have records of almost all Earth families."
Dawn shook her head, "No Angel was a souled Vampire and Anya was a vengeance demon." 'I hope he achieved his salvation.' She added silently in her head, 'oh, big word!' "Oh, sorry." Was all Wesley could say now.
Dawn was quiet for a moment; it was nice to have made a friend. "Is there anything else to do here Wesley?" "Do you want to go to the Holodeck?" "What's a Holodeck?"
Returning to their quarters Spike watched his two girls walking just in front of him. Dawn was observing everything but Buffy looked worried.
She almost always looked troubled these days, after all she had never bee quite herself since her scoobies pulled her out of Heaven and then her best friend went all evil and tried to kill them all.
He mentally kicked himself for not being there for her. After all that was over Giles had taken Willow back to London to monitor her so Xander and Anya were the only remaining Scoobies in Sunny Dale, or were.
Spike glanced around the bright clean corridor, now this. This was the strangest thing that had ever happened to them.
Buffy had worried about going back to protect the Earth but if this was the future then Earth must still be there and safe from demons, how though?
At this point how didn't matter and secretly Spike hopped that it took a long while for this crew to figure out what had happened to his girls and himself because it would give Buffy time to rest.
This place was paradise compared to Sunny Dale and Dawn seemed to be coping fine but he intended on keeping his eye on Buffy. She had always wished she could just be normal, she rejected her Slayer-self most of the time. Here she didn't have to be the Slayer.
*****
Buffy found herself alone when she woke, ignoring the strange feeling of disappointment she stretched and dressed.
She fond Dawn and Spike had already started breakfast. Dawn was pouring syrup on her pancakes with a generous hand when she came to the table. "Ok Pet?" stupid question Spike he told himself, of course she wasn't ok. "Do you think we're stuck here Spike? I may never see my friends or Giles again."
She didn't use the word 'home' though too many horrible things had happened in that house. "I don't know pet but we'll be here for a good long while at any rate, you shouldn't waste your strength worrying. If nothing hellish is happening on Earth you may as well enjoy your time off." He gave her a weak smile as he finished. "Spike's right Buffy, I'll miss Xander and my friends too but this place is amazing. We got ourselves a free holiday in space!" Dawn managed to say before she continued shovelling.
After they finished eating Dawn went to brush her teeth leaving Buffy sipping a mug of luke warm coffee with an ever dejected looking Spike. Dawn wasn't going to let herself lose an opportunity to see what life would be like or rather is like in the 24th century and meet aliens. She wondered how far they were from Earth. "I'm going to explore the ship." Dawn announced on her return before bounding out the door before Buffy or Spike could object.
Dawn walked down the clean, bright corridor with its amber coloured doors all along the walls. These were all numbered quarters. She turned a bend and found the turbo lift again.
After walking along many corridors Dawn felt in serious need of a sugar fix. She had found mostly quarters so far and engineering, she wondered just how big the Enterprise was.
She decided she would find out later, now she was heading back to Ten- forward. As soon as she arrived Dawn wasted no time in order herself a milkshake (chocolate of course) and finding a seat by the window. It felt really weird to know she was flying through space far from Earth and Sunny Dale.
Dawn glanced round and saw an empty seat at a table where a boy was sat reading one of those weird, digital pads he looked her age or perhaps more.
She walked purposefully over and sat down opposite him. "Hi, I'm Dawn." He looked up jerkily, "Hi, Wesley Crusher." "Are you from Earth then?" Dawn asked not being able to think of anything else to say. "Yes, Enterprise is a ship from Earth remember?" "Oh, well I wouldn't, I only just got here." Dawn said a little defensively.
He frowned slightly, "Oh, where are you from?" "The 21st century!"
Wesley looked confused suddenly and Dawn laughed. "I'm here with my sister and Spike. We came here by accident some how." she explained. "Oh you're with the vampire and." "The Slayer." Dawn finished for him, "You know Spikes a vampire?" "Yes, I heard." "What? Everyone knows?" "Well not everyone just those working in the medical bay and security but people talk."
Wesley didn't want to admit Dr Crusher was his mum and had told him about the 'annoying' vampire. Dawn had stopped to take a sip of the sugary beverage.
"What's he like, I mean how did you meet a vampire?" Wesley asked after a pause, he was full of curiosity.
Dawn shrugged, "Well since my sister Buffy is the Slayer we meet a lot of vampires but usual slay them, Spike was known as the 'Slayer of slayers' and he came to the hell mouth to kill Buffy but she wasted him!
Anyway they spent the next few years fighting each other, Spike got chipped by the government and started helping us for a price but stopped charging after a while and one nigh he admitted to Buffy he ha fallen in love with her. She totally freaked out."
While Wesley slowly digested this information Dawn took another sip before continuing, "Spike's nothing to be afraid of really, unless you're an demon." Wesley couldn't help himself wanting to believe in magic, "Were there really demons on Earth?"
Dawn nodded, "Uh huh but they weren't what you'd expect. We lived on a hell mouth, but it wasn't always demons we had to fight. Once my sister had to destroy this weird half demon half robot thing called Adam. He was made from parts of different demons by a secret government organisation." "Oh." Wesley said again.
"Our friends used a spell to help Buffy and she just ripped his power source out of him." Dawn said excited while making a yanking action with her right hand. That was before Spike was on our side."
"What's Spike like to live with?" "He's well kind of hard to describe, he's fond of hot chocolate with marshmallows.
He's a Master Vampire but he doesn't hurt people any more." Wesley wouldn't have imagined a vampire liking hot chocolate. "Sounds like an exciting life." "It's not really, it's scary. It means my sister can never have a career or anything close to a normal life."
Dawn gave a half smile, "We believed that without her Earth would be turned to darkness but it hasn't, I mean if you're here then Earth must have survived." "What?" "My sister has stopped like seven apocalypses so far." Dawn explained. "Oh, well as far as I know there are no demons on Earth now." "So what's it like living here?" "Alright I guess but I'm sure it's no where near as exciting as you're used to." "I'm glad you believe me, people tend to look at us as if we are crazy. Even back on earth very few people knew demons existed." "I guess that's why there's no record of them." Wesley said smiling broadly. "Yeah."
Dawn sighed, "I wish we could find out what happened to Angel and Anya." "You can," Wesley said cheerfully, "we have records of almost all Earth families."
Dawn shook her head, "No Angel was a souled Vampire and Anya was a vengeance demon." 'I hope he achieved his salvation.' She added silently in her head, 'oh, big word!' "Oh, sorry." Was all Wesley could say now.
Dawn was quiet for a moment; it was nice to have made a friend. "Is there anything else to do here Wesley?" "Do you want to go to the Holodeck?" "What's a Holodeck?"