Chapter 4
He looked up at her and smiled, he knew that Anya had done the right thing and he wasn't about to start whining about his feelings. "I'm fine, If Anya thought that it was the right thing to do, then I'm not gonna question her judgement, I trust her, whatever she thinks, goes". Buffy looked at him doubtfully, she knew how upset her death had made him, and felt he was in denial. "It's okay if you're upset y'know Xan' I understand, but, If you'd rather not talk about it" Her voice trailed off as she noticed a tear run down her friend's face, "Oh, Oh Oh, don't cry, um" she began to panic, "Willow, how on earth do you comfort a crying man?" "its okay Buff' I'm okay, I was just thinking about how I let her down at the alter, I'm not sure if she ever forgave me for that one", he let out a small laugh, smothering a cry. "How am I gonna get over this?"
At the back of the bus, Kennedy was stroking Willows hair, "come on talk to me" she moaned, "I can't stand seeing you like this". Willow couldn't answer her, the fact that her dream had been about Buffy's dearly departed and the fact that it had entailed her getting intimate with Buffy's deceased ex was too much to burden Kennedy with, so she lied. "Oh there was just this demon sucking the lives out of kids, I don't think it was a vision, I don't get those, it was more of a reflection on the sort of thing we all have to deal with", she looked guilty and Kennedy couldn't help noticing this. "Are you sure that was ALL it was? Just a demon killing kids" she looked apologetic as a look of shock came over Willow's face. "Do you honestly think I would lie to you?" She looked utterly amazed she continued "I would NEVER lie to you".
Chapter 5
Kennedy seemed to have given up on finding out what Willow's dream had REALLY been about, she went to the front of the bus. "Do we actually know where we're going" she asked, "cos, quite frankly, I don't remember being told". Buffy looked up from her reading, she'd been trying to take her mind off Spike, "I don't know, whose actually driving this bus, GILES? Her watcher's voice came from the back of the bus where he'd been sitting earlier. "Not me". A look of fear came over everyone's faces as they looked to the front of the bus where the driver was seated with there eyes ahead on the road. "Hey!" Buffy called "where are we going"? The driver turned to face them...it was..SPIKE! "Somewhere safe" he growled. Everyone screamed as the form of Spike vanished and the Bus careered off the road into a valley.
Chapter 6
Buffy was first to wake up, she reached up to touch the back of her head, then brought it down again to find it covered in blood, "Willow" She called out "anybody". There was no answer so she got up and looked around, everyone was gone "Guys" she called, there was a definite note of panic in her voice "this isn't funny", still her calls were greeted with silence. She moved to the front of the bus and wrenched open the door. Landing on the grass outside the wreckage she saw the outline of a man in the distance, he turned and began to walk away. "HEY, wait" she yelled, "I need help". The man stopped and walked towards her, she couldn't see his face, it was shrouded in shadow until he stepped out into the light... she gasped.. "They've all gone" he said, "abandoned you they did, left you here for me, knew it was what you wanted". He smiled "Spike" she whispered "Is that." her voice trailed off, he vanished then reappeared as an outline camouflaged by the trees. "I have to go" he said hurriedly, "they're waiting for me". That was all he said before he vanished and Buffy woke once more, covered in broken glass in the wreckage of the bus.
He looked up at her and smiled, he knew that Anya had done the right thing and he wasn't about to start whining about his feelings. "I'm fine, If Anya thought that it was the right thing to do, then I'm not gonna question her judgement, I trust her, whatever she thinks, goes". Buffy looked at him doubtfully, she knew how upset her death had made him, and felt he was in denial. "It's okay if you're upset y'know Xan' I understand, but, If you'd rather not talk about it" Her voice trailed off as she noticed a tear run down her friend's face, "Oh, Oh Oh, don't cry, um" she began to panic, "Willow, how on earth do you comfort a crying man?" "its okay Buff' I'm okay, I was just thinking about how I let her down at the alter, I'm not sure if she ever forgave me for that one", he let out a small laugh, smothering a cry. "How am I gonna get over this?"
At the back of the bus, Kennedy was stroking Willows hair, "come on talk to me" she moaned, "I can't stand seeing you like this". Willow couldn't answer her, the fact that her dream had been about Buffy's dearly departed and the fact that it had entailed her getting intimate with Buffy's deceased ex was too much to burden Kennedy with, so she lied. "Oh there was just this demon sucking the lives out of kids, I don't think it was a vision, I don't get those, it was more of a reflection on the sort of thing we all have to deal with", she looked guilty and Kennedy couldn't help noticing this. "Are you sure that was ALL it was? Just a demon killing kids" she looked apologetic as a look of shock came over Willow's face. "Do you honestly think I would lie to you?" She looked utterly amazed she continued "I would NEVER lie to you".
Chapter 5
Kennedy seemed to have given up on finding out what Willow's dream had REALLY been about, she went to the front of the bus. "Do we actually know where we're going" she asked, "cos, quite frankly, I don't remember being told". Buffy looked up from her reading, she'd been trying to take her mind off Spike, "I don't know, whose actually driving this bus, GILES? Her watcher's voice came from the back of the bus where he'd been sitting earlier. "Not me". A look of fear came over everyone's faces as they looked to the front of the bus where the driver was seated with there eyes ahead on the road. "Hey!" Buffy called "where are we going"? The driver turned to face them...it was..SPIKE! "Somewhere safe" he growled. Everyone screamed as the form of Spike vanished and the Bus careered off the road into a valley.
Chapter 6
Buffy was first to wake up, she reached up to touch the back of her head, then brought it down again to find it covered in blood, "Willow" She called out "anybody". There was no answer so she got up and looked around, everyone was gone "Guys" she called, there was a definite note of panic in her voice "this isn't funny", still her calls were greeted with silence. She moved to the front of the bus and wrenched open the door. Landing on the grass outside the wreckage she saw the outline of a man in the distance, he turned and began to walk away. "HEY, wait" she yelled, "I need help". The man stopped and walked towards her, she couldn't see his face, it was shrouded in shadow until he stepped out into the light... she gasped.. "They've all gone" he said, "abandoned you they did, left you here for me, knew it was what you wanted". He smiled "Spike" she whispered "Is that." her voice trailed off, he vanished then reappeared as an outline camouflaged by the trees. "I have to go" he said hurriedly, "they're waiting for me". That was all he said before he vanished and Buffy woke once more, covered in broken glass in the wreckage of the bus.