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Chapter 50
Spike came out of the room warily. Angelus stood facing him in the middle of the empty library.
"You have something of mine." He said
"It doesn't belong to you." Answered Spike.
"I say it does. What's more I think it's waiting for me right inside of that little room you just came out of." Angelus lifted his sword.
"Right then. If you want it, then come and get it." Spike lifted his sword and waited. Angelus lunged at him and the echo of the two swords making contact could be heard throughout the entire home and outside as well.
They swung at each other ferociously. Spike backed Angelus into a corner and grabbed him by the neck with his free hand. Angelus brought his knee up between their bodies and pushed Spike back away from him. Spike stumbled back and Angelus came at him, but was blocked by Spike's sword. They fought to the center of the room. They fought in one spot for a moment, and then Angelus forced Spike back into the table. Spike lost his footing and dropped the sword. As Angelus tried to take the advantage Spike swung his feet and kicked Angelus' legs from under him. Spike seized the opportunity and jumped on Angelus and began to punch him in the face. Angelus reached up and grabbed Spike by the neck. With one hand Spike tried to pry Angelus' hands loose as he kept punching him.
Summers Manor
"We have to do something. Giles I have to get over there." Elizabeth was pacing frantically, "Dammit, why can't it be dark!" She kept her pacing as Andrew showed up again.
"They're fighting. I can't help him, please you have to do something." Andrew looked at Giles and Elizabeth with tears in his eyes.
"Buffy I'll go. Just let me get a weapon." Said Giles.
"You're not strong enough for Angelus. What if he hurt Spike? You can't take him on Giles." She began to run out into the daylight but Giles grabbed her by the arm.
"Where do you think you're going? Buffy you'll be burnt to cinders."
"Giles I can't just sit here." Willow walked into the room having heard the shouting.
"What's happening?" she asked.
"Spike went back to get the spear, and Angelus was at the house. Now they are both fighting." Andrew said to Willow.
"Willow I have to get to him." Buffy rushed at Willow and took her by the shoulders.
"But its daylight Buffy."
"I have to do something." She pleaded to Willow with tears in her eyes. Willow looked outside. She wondered if her newfound confidence would allow her to do the impossible. She walked outside and looked up. If this worked, the she knew she could do anything. She focused her energies, and felt the surge of power within her. It began at the bottom, right in her toes, and inched up towards her feet, to her legs to her torso, up her arms and finally to her head.
"Moon so full, sun so bright, make the day turn into night."
The moon came into view and began to slowly cover the sun, until the light of day had disappeared. Elizabeth and Giles walked outside.
"My God Willow." Giles took off his glasses and stared at her. Willow turned to him and then Elizabeth. Her eyes were the lightest shade of green they had ever seen, and her voice echoed as she spoke.
"He needs you, go now!" she yelled at Elizabeth.
Elizabeth ran to her horse and rode as quickly as she could. Willow regained her normal eyes and voice and looked at Giles once again.
"We need to go too, we have to help." They ran inside and began to get the others.
Giles' home
Spike and Angelus were wrestling on the floor, neither of them gaining the advantage over the other for long. Spike pushed Angelus off and looked for his sword.
"So tell me, what's it like to make love to a corpse?" Asked Angelus
"Oh I bet you'd like to know wouldn't you? Is that what's got your knickers in a twist? That she'll never be yours? That she never was." They both stood and surveyed each other. "That ego of yours recover yet from bein' left at the alter?" Angelus swung at him and Spike ducked and grabbed him by the midsection and tackled him to the floor. As Spike was about to punch him again, he was distracted by the sound of a horse galloping toward the house. He felt her near. Angelus took that for his opening and rolled him to the side and took out a knife he had in his boot. He stabbed Spike in between his ribs and twisted the knife deep into his side. At that moment Spike screamed in agony, and Elizabeth fell off her horse. It was as if she had been hit in the gut. Something had happened to Spike.
Angelus got up and rushed into the lab. He saw the spear on the table and put it in his pocket and ran back out. Spike tried to get up as he saw Angelus run out of the room. He pulled the knife out of his body, and felt the warm blood running through his hands. He crawled towards the door, all the while leaving a trail of blood.
Angelus jumped on his horse and kicked it hard. The horse flew up the trail leaving the home. Elizabeth ran towards the house and saw Angelus riding away. She could smell blood, Spikes blood. She ran into the house and saw him lying in the middle of the room holding his side, and the pool of blood surrounding him.
"No, oh my God, no. Spike!" she ran to him and dropped to her knees. She leaned into him and pulled away his jacket. There was blood all over him.
"Buffy.. he's got it. He took the spear. Go. You have to stop him." He grabbed her blouse with his bloody hand and pushed her away.
"What? No, I'm not leaving you like this. I..I need to cover that wound" She pushed his hand away.
"No." he coughed "leave it. Won't help." He shook his head. "Too late for me."
"No not too late. Let me do it. Let me make you like me."
"There's no time. He puts that spear on he'll be too powerful. You can still stop him."
"I.I can't leave you."
"Christ Buffy you can't let him get away, not after what's he's done to you." He was growing dizzy, and felt his body become colder; he was losing too much blood.
"I don't care." She caressed his face, "I don't care anymore; it doesn't mean anything to me. Not if I lose you. Please let me.we can find him, and go after him together."
"Goddamit, get out of here." He began to cry. "Please Buffy," he whispered, "I don't want to you watch me die." He pulled her to him and whispered in her ear. "This has to end." She took his head in her hand and placed her other hand on his.
"Spike. I .oh god, I love you. I love you so much." She cried against his cheek.
"I love you. My life meant nothing until I saw you. I'll love you beyond this life, beyond this world Buffy." He moved his head and looked into her eyes, "You and I are not done." He kissed her, "Go on kitten, finish him." Elizabeth kissed him and placed his head softly on the floor, she turned away and ran out as fast as she could, but turned back one last time.
"Spike." She let out an ear-piercing growl and ran out of the house. She found her horse and raced to Angelus' home. Giles, Willow and Xander watched as she passed them. They reached the home and quickly dismounted their horse and ran inside. Faith and Wesley were closely behind, and could smell the blood coming from both Elizabeth and the house.
They reached the house and jumped off their horses and ran inside. Giles was bent over Spikes body, and Willow had fallen to the floor weeping in Xander's arms. Wesley walked towards Spike and Giles looked up at him.
"There is no pulse." Giles sat back on his heels and rubbed his eyes. Faith walked to Wesley.
"Wesley is he..?"
"I don't hear a heartbeat. He's gone Faith. We can't help him." Wesley felt a tear fall to his cheek. It had been years since he cried; he had begun to think he couldn't. He had thought of Spike so many times during the years, and had wished he had stayed with him. He had come to see him as the son he never had, and now he was gone. "She needs us now." He looked at Faith and turned. They walked out of the library.
Chapter 50
Spike came out of the room warily. Angelus stood facing him in the middle of the empty library.
"You have something of mine." He said
"It doesn't belong to you." Answered Spike.
"I say it does. What's more I think it's waiting for me right inside of that little room you just came out of." Angelus lifted his sword.
"Right then. If you want it, then come and get it." Spike lifted his sword and waited. Angelus lunged at him and the echo of the two swords making contact could be heard throughout the entire home and outside as well.
They swung at each other ferociously. Spike backed Angelus into a corner and grabbed him by the neck with his free hand. Angelus brought his knee up between their bodies and pushed Spike back away from him. Spike stumbled back and Angelus came at him, but was blocked by Spike's sword. They fought to the center of the room. They fought in one spot for a moment, and then Angelus forced Spike back into the table. Spike lost his footing and dropped the sword. As Angelus tried to take the advantage Spike swung his feet and kicked Angelus' legs from under him. Spike seized the opportunity and jumped on Angelus and began to punch him in the face. Angelus reached up and grabbed Spike by the neck. With one hand Spike tried to pry Angelus' hands loose as he kept punching him.
Summers Manor
"We have to do something. Giles I have to get over there." Elizabeth was pacing frantically, "Dammit, why can't it be dark!" She kept her pacing as Andrew showed up again.
"They're fighting. I can't help him, please you have to do something." Andrew looked at Giles and Elizabeth with tears in his eyes.
"Buffy I'll go. Just let me get a weapon." Said Giles.
"You're not strong enough for Angelus. What if he hurt Spike? You can't take him on Giles." She began to run out into the daylight but Giles grabbed her by the arm.
"Where do you think you're going? Buffy you'll be burnt to cinders."
"Giles I can't just sit here." Willow walked into the room having heard the shouting.
"What's happening?" she asked.
"Spike went back to get the spear, and Angelus was at the house. Now they are both fighting." Andrew said to Willow.
"Willow I have to get to him." Buffy rushed at Willow and took her by the shoulders.
"But its daylight Buffy."
"I have to do something." She pleaded to Willow with tears in her eyes. Willow looked outside. She wondered if her newfound confidence would allow her to do the impossible. She walked outside and looked up. If this worked, the she knew she could do anything. She focused her energies, and felt the surge of power within her. It began at the bottom, right in her toes, and inched up towards her feet, to her legs to her torso, up her arms and finally to her head.
"Moon so full, sun so bright, make the day turn into night."
The moon came into view and began to slowly cover the sun, until the light of day had disappeared. Elizabeth and Giles walked outside.
"My God Willow." Giles took off his glasses and stared at her. Willow turned to him and then Elizabeth. Her eyes were the lightest shade of green they had ever seen, and her voice echoed as she spoke.
"He needs you, go now!" she yelled at Elizabeth.
Elizabeth ran to her horse and rode as quickly as she could. Willow regained her normal eyes and voice and looked at Giles once again.
"We need to go too, we have to help." They ran inside and began to get the others.
Giles' home
Spike and Angelus were wrestling on the floor, neither of them gaining the advantage over the other for long. Spike pushed Angelus off and looked for his sword.
"So tell me, what's it like to make love to a corpse?" Asked Angelus
"Oh I bet you'd like to know wouldn't you? Is that what's got your knickers in a twist? That she'll never be yours? That she never was." They both stood and surveyed each other. "That ego of yours recover yet from bein' left at the alter?" Angelus swung at him and Spike ducked and grabbed him by the midsection and tackled him to the floor. As Spike was about to punch him again, he was distracted by the sound of a horse galloping toward the house. He felt her near. Angelus took that for his opening and rolled him to the side and took out a knife he had in his boot. He stabbed Spike in between his ribs and twisted the knife deep into his side. At that moment Spike screamed in agony, and Elizabeth fell off her horse. It was as if she had been hit in the gut. Something had happened to Spike.
Angelus got up and rushed into the lab. He saw the spear on the table and put it in his pocket and ran back out. Spike tried to get up as he saw Angelus run out of the room. He pulled the knife out of his body, and felt the warm blood running through his hands. He crawled towards the door, all the while leaving a trail of blood.
Angelus jumped on his horse and kicked it hard. The horse flew up the trail leaving the home. Elizabeth ran towards the house and saw Angelus riding away. She could smell blood, Spikes blood. She ran into the house and saw him lying in the middle of the room holding his side, and the pool of blood surrounding him.
"No, oh my God, no. Spike!" she ran to him and dropped to her knees. She leaned into him and pulled away his jacket. There was blood all over him.
"Buffy.. he's got it. He took the spear. Go. You have to stop him." He grabbed her blouse with his bloody hand and pushed her away.
"What? No, I'm not leaving you like this. I..I need to cover that wound" She pushed his hand away.
"No." he coughed "leave it. Won't help." He shook his head. "Too late for me."
"No not too late. Let me do it. Let me make you like me."
"There's no time. He puts that spear on he'll be too powerful. You can still stop him."
"I.I can't leave you."
"Christ Buffy you can't let him get away, not after what's he's done to you." He was growing dizzy, and felt his body become colder; he was losing too much blood.
"I don't care." She caressed his face, "I don't care anymore; it doesn't mean anything to me. Not if I lose you. Please let me.we can find him, and go after him together."
"Goddamit, get out of here." He began to cry. "Please Buffy," he whispered, "I don't want to you watch me die." He pulled her to him and whispered in her ear. "This has to end." She took his head in her hand and placed her other hand on his.
"Spike. I .oh god, I love you. I love you so much." She cried against his cheek.
"I love you. My life meant nothing until I saw you. I'll love you beyond this life, beyond this world Buffy." He moved his head and looked into her eyes, "You and I are not done." He kissed her, "Go on kitten, finish him." Elizabeth kissed him and placed his head softly on the floor, she turned away and ran out as fast as she could, but turned back one last time.
"Spike." She let out an ear-piercing growl and ran out of the house. She found her horse and raced to Angelus' home. Giles, Willow and Xander watched as she passed them. They reached the home and quickly dismounted their horse and ran inside. Faith and Wesley were closely behind, and could smell the blood coming from both Elizabeth and the house.
They reached the house and jumped off their horses and ran inside. Giles was bent over Spikes body, and Willow had fallen to the floor weeping in Xander's arms. Wesley walked towards Spike and Giles looked up at him.
"There is no pulse." Giles sat back on his heels and rubbed his eyes. Faith walked to Wesley.
"Wesley is he..?"
"I don't hear a heartbeat. He's gone Faith. We can't help him." Wesley felt a tear fall to his cheek. It had been years since he cried; he had begun to think he couldn't. He had thought of Spike so many times during the years, and had wished he had stayed with him. He had come to see him as the son he never had, and now he was gone. "She needs us now." He looked at Faith and turned. They walked out of the library.