Buffy felt her heart racing. She thought that her husband was going to burn
right in front of her. She buried more melting ice over Spike. The ice was
numbing her shins. She stood up to look at what was happening. There was a
roadblock from construction. She stuck her head in the passenger window.
"Hey! He's really sensitive to light without major sunscreen he will burn
like bacon."
"Here give him this." The nurse gave Buffy a shot with a yellow serum. "In
his leg. It helps calm the nerves."
Buffy grabbed the shot took the cover off with her teeth.
"Do you have any scissors?" She yelled.
The nurse searched through the mini Medi-Pak. She found then and gave them
to Buffy.
She cut Spike's black jeans and stabbed the needle in his leg.
Spike let out a loud scream.
"Spike hold still so I can take the needle out." He kept moving. "Damn it
Spike it's gonna break." She spoke too soon. The needle broke off in
Spike's leg. Buffy placed her hand on Spike's forehead and pushed it down
knocking him out. "Give me that bag!" She stuck her hand out.
The nurse got out of the truck with the bag.
"Here I'm gonna go clear traffic for you" She gave the bag to Buffy and ran
in front of the truck. A lane had been closed where the construction was.
"Allen! Go in this lane until you get to the end!"
Allen did as told. He sped down the lane and honked his horn until someone
moved out of his way. They left the nurse Regina.
"Hello Regina." A man's voice called out from behind her.
She was startled.and scared.
Shortly after they got out of the jam they reached the hospital. Allen went inside to get a wheelchair while Buffy helped Spike out of the cargo hold. She put the jacket back over his head. When they got inside Buffy smelled smoke. She saw just in time to stop the flame from growing past Spike's hand. She put her hand casually over Spike's to deprived it of oxygen the flame burnt her hand. Allen had gone to the front desk. "You ok?" She whispered. "Yeah, I'm just a little shocked. This has never happened to me." He whispered back. "I know baby just hang on." "But hey. I filled the cup though/" he joked. She gave him a little nudge with a smile on her face. Allen came over. "Buffy were gonna take him back. Ok? "Yeah." She didn't even get to say goodbye. She ran her right hand through her hair and down her shoulder. She felt something wet and warm by her collarbone. A red liquid started to soak her pink top. Her hand had started to bleed from the blisters of the flame from Spike's hand. She ignored it only concurred about Spike's life. But she didn't know if he was alive or undead. A nurse came up to her. "My goodness! What on earth happened to your hand? Come with me. We'll get it dressed." The nurse grabbed Buffy by the wrist and pulled her through the door Spike went in. "So how did that happen child?" "Oh I um burned my hand on a stove top." She looked at all the blood coming from her hand. "I think this is a 1st degree burn sweetheart. I'll have to get 2nd skin. I'll be right back." The nurse got up. Buffy heard a screaming. That person must be in a lot of pain. She thought. "God damn! Bloody Hell! Where's Buffy?" He screamed. Buffy got up and fast walked to the screams. She came to a curtain room where Spike was restrained but not enough. Two male nurses where trying to hold him down. Buffy moved toward his bedside. Miss please you have to leave." A nurse said. She pushed him out of the way. She grabbed Spike's shoulder forehead with her good hand. She pushed down into the bed. "Spike! Baby it's me." She said looking in his eyes. She saw his fear. "Buffy? It hurts" He stopped shaking. "I know Baby their here to help you." She turned to the shocked male nurses. "Do you have something for the pain? And he has a needle in his right thigh." "That's what we were trying to do. He wouldn't hold still." "I believe that. He hates needles. I'm gonna talk to him. Do what you have to do now." She turned to him again. "Can I get a chair please?" She asked. She was given the chair, sat and held his hand with her good hand and stroked his head making it turn from blonde to blood red. Her hand was still bleeding all over the place. "Honey why don't you go to sleep? Rest and allow your wounds to heal." She whispered. "I can't. I won't be able to see you. You, you might leave." "I'll be right here I promise. Just close your eyes.
"But-"
"Shh. Just close your eyes. Buffy started singing: We were strangers, starting out on a journey Never dreaming what we'd have to go through Now here we are, and I'm suddenly standing At the beginning with you
No one told me I was going to find you Unexpected, what you did to my heart When I lost hope, you were there to remind me This is the start
And life is a road and I wanna keep going Love is a river I wanna keep flowing Life is a road, Now and forever Wonderful journey I'll be there when the world stops turning I'll be there when the storm is through In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you
We were strangers, on a crazy adventure Never dreaming how our dreams would come true Now here we stand, unafraid of the future At the beginning with you
And life is a road and I wanna keep going Love is a river I wanna keep flowing Life is a road, Now and forever Wonderful journey I'll be there when the world stops turning I'll be there when the storm is through In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you
I knew there was somebody somewhere Like me alone in the dark Now I know that my dreams will live on I've been waiting so long Nothing's gonna tear us apart
And life is a road and I wanna keep going Love is a river I wanna keep flowing Life is a road, Now and forever Wonderful journey I'll be there when the world stops turning I'll be there when the storm is through In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you
Life is a road and I wanna keep goin' Love is a river I wanna keep goin' on Starting out on a journey
Life is a road and I wanna keep goin' Love is a river I wanna keep flowin' In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
"Miss would you like us to dress that?" A cute male nurse asked.
"Yeah thanks."
"Can you come with me? Don't worry he's going to be out for a while." Buffy let go of his hand and got up. She followed the nurse down the hall and into a room. He shut the door. "That's a nasty cut you got there." It's more of a burn. Anyway it will heal. What's gonna happen with my husband?" She asked finally. "Well your husbands a vampire, he has the heart rate of a human and has a human temperature. My bet is when he wakes up. He'll wake up like a human. But I was wondering how did he make it in the sun like that?" "He was given a gift by a witch coven. He gave up his undead life to save me and the rest of the world. He came back as a ghost and was later given a solid form and the gift of light. He can't go out in midday. Like from 11:00 to 3:00 with out major, major sunscreen or he'll fry like bacon. But now? Only god knows. How did you know he was a vampire?" "I'm a demon. Don't you think its poetic?" "What?" "A vampire Slayer loving a vampire?" "Yeah. And I bet that I can say I'm the only Slayer to love one too." "You're not. There was one other. Her name was Isabelle. It was in 1863 during the war. Time back then for Slayer's was a lot different. One night she was on her way out to hunt and she found a man lying on the front porch of her house. She picked him up and brought him inside. He had a gun wound shot in his side. Later that night she discovered that he was a vampire himself named Tomas. She nursed him back to health and they fell in love and got married. But the Council thought differently. One night Tomas woke to the sound of people yelling outside their house. He got up and opened the front door. Two men pulled him out of the house and tied him to a stake in a wagon. They set the house on fire with Isabelle inside. Tomas watched as his house burned to the ground, and listen to his wives painful screams. Before sunrise they untied him and left him there. They say he found one of Isabelle's hands and he held it until the sun beamed on his and he turned to dust." "That's terrible. Thank god all of the Council is dead now." "But it's different now. You love him. Never let anyone tell you different." He poured iodine down Buffy's hand. "What kind of demon are you?" She asked out of curiosity. "I'm kind of a Shape Shifter. I can take the presence of anything dead." Buffy's eyes widened. She touched his hand then let go. "Don't worry I'm very much alive and I'm not the first. Buffy felt embarrassed. "What are you then?" "I don't know. My mom died before I had a chance to ask her." "Like what can you form into?" "Well I can be," He then formed to Spike. "Your husband or," he moved to her mother. "Your mom," He then became Drusilla. "Dru," he continued to change. "Angel, Jenny, even you." He stayed in her body. "So you see I can be any dead person. Even," He moved again. "Anya." He then went back to himself. "But this is my true body. The one I grew up with." He finished wrapping her hand. "I can help you. This going to be a tough time. Spike's going to have new feelings." "What do I have to do?
Shortly after they got out of the jam they reached the hospital. Allen went inside to get a wheelchair while Buffy helped Spike out of the cargo hold. She put the jacket back over his head. When they got inside Buffy smelled smoke. She saw just in time to stop the flame from growing past Spike's hand. She put her hand casually over Spike's to deprived it of oxygen the flame burnt her hand. Allen had gone to the front desk. "You ok?" She whispered. "Yeah, I'm just a little shocked. This has never happened to me." He whispered back. "I know baby just hang on." "But hey. I filled the cup though/" he joked. She gave him a little nudge with a smile on her face. Allen came over. "Buffy were gonna take him back. Ok? "Yeah." She didn't even get to say goodbye. She ran her right hand through her hair and down her shoulder. She felt something wet and warm by her collarbone. A red liquid started to soak her pink top. Her hand had started to bleed from the blisters of the flame from Spike's hand. She ignored it only concurred about Spike's life. But she didn't know if he was alive or undead. A nurse came up to her. "My goodness! What on earth happened to your hand? Come with me. We'll get it dressed." The nurse grabbed Buffy by the wrist and pulled her through the door Spike went in. "So how did that happen child?" "Oh I um burned my hand on a stove top." She looked at all the blood coming from her hand. "I think this is a 1st degree burn sweetheart. I'll have to get 2nd skin. I'll be right back." The nurse got up. Buffy heard a screaming. That person must be in a lot of pain. She thought. "God damn! Bloody Hell! Where's Buffy?" He screamed. Buffy got up and fast walked to the screams. She came to a curtain room where Spike was restrained but not enough. Two male nurses where trying to hold him down. Buffy moved toward his bedside. Miss please you have to leave." A nurse said. She pushed him out of the way. She grabbed Spike's shoulder forehead with her good hand. She pushed down into the bed. "Spike! Baby it's me." She said looking in his eyes. She saw his fear. "Buffy? It hurts" He stopped shaking. "I know Baby their here to help you." She turned to the shocked male nurses. "Do you have something for the pain? And he has a needle in his right thigh." "That's what we were trying to do. He wouldn't hold still." "I believe that. He hates needles. I'm gonna talk to him. Do what you have to do now." She turned to him again. "Can I get a chair please?" She asked. She was given the chair, sat and held his hand with her good hand and stroked his head making it turn from blonde to blood red. Her hand was still bleeding all over the place. "Honey why don't you go to sleep? Rest and allow your wounds to heal." She whispered. "I can't. I won't be able to see you. You, you might leave." "I'll be right here I promise. Just close your eyes.
"But-"
"Shh. Just close your eyes. Buffy started singing: We were strangers, starting out on a journey Never dreaming what we'd have to go through Now here we are, and I'm suddenly standing At the beginning with you
No one told me I was going to find you Unexpected, what you did to my heart When I lost hope, you were there to remind me This is the start
And life is a road and I wanna keep going Love is a river I wanna keep flowing Life is a road, Now and forever Wonderful journey I'll be there when the world stops turning I'll be there when the storm is through In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you
We were strangers, on a crazy adventure Never dreaming how our dreams would come true Now here we stand, unafraid of the future At the beginning with you
And life is a road and I wanna keep going Love is a river I wanna keep flowing Life is a road, Now and forever Wonderful journey I'll be there when the world stops turning I'll be there when the storm is through In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you
I knew there was somebody somewhere Like me alone in the dark Now I know that my dreams will live on I've been waiting so long Nothing's gonna tear us apart
And life is a road and I wanna keep going Love is a river I wanna keep flowing Life is a road, Now and forever Wonderful journey I'll be there when the world stops turning I'll be there when the storm is through In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you
Life is a road and I wanna keep goin' Love is a river I wanna keep goin' on Starting out on a journey
Life is a road and I wanna keep goin' Love is a river I wanna keep flowin' In the end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
"Miss would you like us to dress that?" A cute male nurse asked.
"Yeah thanks."
"Can you come with me? Don't worry he's going to be out for a while." Buffy let go of his hand and got up. She followed the nurse down the hall and into a room. He shut the door. "That's a nasty cut you got there." It's more of a burn. Anyway it will heal. What's gonna happen with my husband?" She asked finally. "Well your husbands a vampire, he has the heart rate of a human and has a human temperature. My bet is when he wakes up. He'll wake up like a human. But I was wondering how did he make it in the sun like that?" "He was given a gift by a witch coven. He gave up his undead life to save me and the rest of the world. He came back as a ghost and was later given a solid form and the gift of light. He can't go out in midday. Like from 11:00 to 3:00 with out major, major sunscreen or he'll fry like bacon. But now? Only god knows. How did you know he was a vampire?" "I'm a demon. Don't you think its poetic?" "What?" "A vampire Slayer loving a vampire?" "Yeah. And I bet that I can say I'm the only Slayer to love one too." "You're not. There was one other. Her name was Isabelle. It was in 1863 during the war. Time back then for Slayer's was a lot different. One night she was on her way out to hunt and she found a man lying on the front porch of her house. She picked him up and brought him inside. He had a gun wound shot in his side. Later that night she discovered that he was a vampire himself named Tomas. She nursed him back to health and they fell in love and got married. But the Council thought differently. One night Tomas woke to the sound of people yelling outside their house. He got up and opened the front door. Two men pulled him out of the house and tied him to a stake in a wagon. They set the house on fire with Isabelle inside. Tomas watched as his house burned to the ground, and listen to his wives painful screams. Before sunrise they untied him and left him there. They say he found one of Isabelle's hands and he held it until the sun beamed on his and he turned to dust." "That's terrible. Thank god all of the Council is dead now." "But it's different now. You love him. Never let anyone tell you different." He poured iodine down Buffy's hand. "What kind of demon are you?" She asked out of curiosity. "I'm kind of a Shape Shifter. I can take the presence of anything dead." Buffy's eyes widened. She touched his hand then let go. "Don't worry I'm very much alive and I'm not the first. Buffy felt embarrassed. "What are you then?" "I don't know. My mom died before I had a chance to ask her." "Like what can you form into?" "Well I can be," He then formed to Spike. "Your husband or," he moved to her mother. "Your mom," He then became Drusilla. "Dru," he continued to change. "Angel, Jenny, even you." He stayed in her body. "So you see I can be any dead person. Even," He moved again. "Anya." He then went back to himself. "But this is my true body. The one I grew up with." He finished wrapping her hand. "I can help you. This going to be a tough time. Spike's going to have new feelings." "What do I have to do?