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*Sunnydale, California*

Buffy Summers was pacing around Giles' apartment. "God, Xander, I knew I should have gone myself, but I trust Angel. He will get Spike and bring him back here, right?"

"Buffy, I didn't know you cared what happened to Dead Boy Jr."

"I don't, Xand, but for some strange reason Willow does and we can't let him die. Willow's already been through enough. She thinks it's all her fault."

"It is, Buffy." Willow spoke from the corner of the room.

"Willow, best friend, Willow, how you doing?"

"Not now, Xander."

"Right, and I'll just be in the kitchen minding my own business." Xander ran out of the room away from his best friend who he didn't even know anymore.

"Buffy, it is my fault. I took out Spike's chip. You told me not to, but I didn't listen, I loved him. But he killed innocent people, so I gave him a soul, but he was in pain so much pain. I couldn't see him in pain. It hurts Buffy you should know that. To see, the vampire you love in so much pain for sins he wouldn't have committed if he were human. I knew the risks, but I couldn't let him suffer. So, I did the Tabula Rosa spell. It was just supposed to make him forget all the mayhem and destruction he caused. He wasn't supposed to forget about me, and his soul and all the millions of other things he forgot. For Goddess' Sakes he still thinks it's Thanksgiving two years ago. Isn't that what you wanted to hear, Buffy? Why Spike is loose? Why he would just leave me, the person he claimed to love more than anything else in this world? He once said that he loved me more than that damn jacket of his. But now... Now he's... I don't know where he is, I just know he's in danger and I don't know if I can take it anymore."

Buffy started at her best friend now on the floor crying worse than she had ever seen. 'This is worse than when Oz left. She's acting as though he's been gone ten years as apposed to ten days. I didn't want to believe that she loved him. He could ruin her life in millions of different ways, I just didn't think that Captain Peroxide would ruin her life this way though.'

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Riiiinnng! Giles's phone rang through his silent apartment silent except for the crying redhead huddled in the corner crying for lost love. Riiiiinnnng! The phone echoed loudly again. This time, however, Buffy answered it.

"Hello? Hello, Angel? Is that you? Good. She's a mess. Willow. Who else? Did you find him? Spike of course. Your childe. Am I ringing any bells in your head yet? It's only a matter of time before he realizes that he has a soul. I know he's thick, but I'm not sure he'll go around in oblivion for much longer. You need to get him here before his memory starts to come back. Okay. Thanks Angel. Yeah. Call me tomorrow, hopefully with the bleached blunder. Thanks."

Buffy, carefully walked up to Willow and kneeled in front of her. "Willow, honey, that was Angel, he saw Spike. He didn't say where, he said he left pretty fast, but he'll be back with him soon." Buffy turned away and went to get Giles, she couldn't the blank look on her best friend's face or the way that she now sat: silent, ignoring everyone as if she couldn't hear them. "God, I hope Angel finds Spike soon." Buffy mumbled to herself, not even noticing the way Willow's head shot up when she said Spike's name.

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Back in San Francisco, Angelus sat in his motel room. "Now, this could be fun."

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TBC

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