Chapter 2
Angel, Spike, and Wesley were still in Angel's office after what happened with Buffy. Wesley had an icepack on his head and Spike was sitting away from them thinking about what happened. He also had an icepack even though he really didn't need it. Angel was on the phone calling anyone that he could think of to find out what really happened with the Watcher's Council. He hung up the phone and turned to the other two. "Yeah, there was a fire. There's nothing left of the Council anymore or anyone else." Wesley didn't know what to think when Angel continued. "Buffy was wrong though, there was one survivor." That got Spike's attention as he looked up at Angel.
"Who is it?" Spike asked and Angel looked at him.
"It seems that Willow managed to survive. She was in the hospital in critical condition, but she healed pretty fast. They released her the other day. She's staying somewhere in England and I managed to get a number." Spike was relieved to hear that Red was okay even though a part of him wished it was Dawn.
"We have to call her. She may be the only one that can stop Buffy having gone through something similar herself." Wesley told them and Angel agreed.
"Yeah, I'm on it." Angel said as he went back to the phone. Spike couldn't take anymore and decided to go for a walk. He looked around Wolfram and Hart when he left Angel's office and saw that the place was a mess. No one was around until he saw Harmony with a nasty bruise on her face.
"What happened?" He asked her.
"It was Buffy. She's gone completely crazy. I tried to stop her, but that didn't really work out." Harmony said as she pointed to her face. Spike sighed and handed her the icepack that he was still holding.
"Put that on your face." She took it from him and then he walked away. He had to find Buffy before she hurt anyone else. He grabbed a few things that he would need first and then headed out. Spike walked around the city looking for Buffy and he wasn't having much luck. He went to the beach because he knew she loved the beach and he then found her there looking out at the water. Buffy knew that he was there without even looking back.
"We used to come here all the time when we were little. Me and Dawn, it was an escape from everything." She said without even looking at him.
"I'm so sorry." He told her and she then turned to look at him.
"Why would you possibly be sorry? You think that maybe if you managed to show up earlier that none of this would have ever happened. Well, don't flatter yourself because it wouldn't have made a difference. I don't want your pity." Spike looked up at her.
"I don't know what really happened to you, but you have to stop this. We can help you if you just come back with me." Buffy laughed.
"Yeah, like that'll happen. I don't need your help. I've been doing fine on my own without you." She replied.
"You don't look like you're doing fine. We found out that Willow is still alive, Buffy. She wouldn't want to see you like this." Buffy's face seemed to soften a bit when he told her about Willow and then it hardened again.
"She already has. Where is Illyria?" Spike shook his head.
"I can't tell you that. Not if you're going to do something stupid." Spike walked closer to her and he was surprised that she didn't step away from him. "I won't let you hurt anyone else or yourself. I'm stopping you one way or another." Buffy laughed again.
"You think you can stop me? I'm not your precious Slayer anymore, Spike. I'm something far more powerful and I don't think a pathetic, lovesick, vampire with a soul can stop me." Spike smiled at her because he didn't want her to know that what she said really hurt.
"Care to test that theory." With that he kicked her feet out from underneath her and she fell down. He then grabbed a metal pole that he saw lying on the ground. Buffy got up and glared at him.
"You are going to pay for that." She stated.
"I don't think so." Spike said as he knocked her back down to the ground. "Sorry about this, love." He said before he hit her over the head with the pole to make sure that she didn't get back up. Spike saw that she was unconscious as he went to her side. He pulled out the rope that he put in his duster and tied it around her wrists. He then picked her up and threw her over his shoulder and headed back to Wolfram and Hart.
Angel, Spike, and Wesley were still in Angel's office after what happened with Buffy. Wesley had an icepack on his head and Spike was sitting away from them thinking about what happened. He also had an icepack even though he really didn't need it. Angel was on the phone calling anyone that he could think of to find out what really happened with the Watcher's Council. He hung up the phone and turned to the other two. "Yeah, there was a fire. There's nothing left of the Council anymore or anyone else." Wesley didn't know what to think when Angel continued. "Buffy was wrong though, there was one survivor." That got Spike's attention as he looked up at Angel.
"Who is it?" Spike asked and Angel looked at him.
"It seems that Willow managed to survive. She was in the hospital in critical condition, but she healed pretty fast. They released her the other day. She's staying somewhere in England and I managed to get a number." Spike was relieved to hear that Red was okay even though a part of him wished it was Dawn.
"We have to call her. She may be the only one that can stop Buffy having gone through something similar herself." Wesley told them and Angel agreed.
"Yeah, I'm on it." Angel said as he went back to the phone. Spike couldn't take anymore and decided to go for a walk. He looked around Wolfram and Hart when he left Angel's office and saw that the place was a mess. No one was around until he saw Harmony with a nasty bruise on her face.
"What happened?" He asked her.
"It was Buffy. She's gone completely crazy. I tried to stop her, but that didn't really work out." Harmony said as she pointed to her face. Spike sighed and handed her the icepack that he was still holding.
"Put that on your face." She took it from him and then he walked away. He had to find Buffy before she hurt anyone else. He grabbed a few things that he would need first and then headed out. Spike walked around the city looking for Buffy and he wasn't having much luck. He went to the beach because he knew she loved the beach and he then found her there looking out at the water. Buffy knew that he was there without even looking back.
"We used to come here all the time when we were little. Me and Dawn, it was an escape from everything." She said without even looking at him.
"I'm so sorry." He told her and she then turned to look at him.
"Why would you possibly be sorry? You think that maybe if you managed to show up earlier that none of this would have ever happened. Well, don't flatter yourself because it wouldn't have made a difference. I don't want your pity." Spike looked up at her.
"I don't know what really happened to you, but you have to stop this. We can help you if you just come back with me." Buffy laughed.
"Yeah, like that'll happen. I don't need your help. I've been doing fine on my own without you." She replied.
"You don't look like you're doing fine. We found out that Willow is still alive, Buffy. She wouldn't want to see you like this." Buffy's face seemed to soften a bit when he told her about Willow and then it hardened again.
"She already has. Where is Illyria?" Spike shook his head.
"I can't tell you that. Not if you're going to do something stupid." Spike walked closer to her and he was surprised that she didn't step away from him. "I won't let you hurt anyone else or yourself. I'm stopping you one way or another." Buffy laughed again.
"You think you can stop me? I'm not your precious Slayer anymore, Spike. I'm something far more powerful and I don't think a pathetic, lovesick, vampire with a soul can stop me." Spike smiled at her because he didn't want her to know that what she said really hurt.
"Care to test that theory." With that he kicked her feet out from underneath her and she fell down. He then grabbed a metal pole that he saw lying on the ground. Buffy got up and glared at him.
"You are going to pay for that." She stated.
"I don't think so." Spike said as he knocked her back down to the ground. "Sorry about this, love." He said before he hit her over the head with the pole to make sure that she didn't get back up. Spike saw that she was unconscious as he went to her side. He pulled out the rope that he put in his duster and tied it around her wrists. He then picked her up and threw her over his shoulder and headed back to Wolfram and Hart.
