Buffy reacted by getting to her feet and running for the door of the bus
which was tilted to one side, she landed on the wet grass beside the bus
and looked towards where Spike had stood. He was still there looking at
her, but there was something different about the expression on his face, no
longer vulnerable and frightened as she had just witnessed him through the
rain streaked windscreen of the bus, but looking quite composed and
menacing.
"SPIKE" she called his name with a mixture of relief, fear and happiness in
her voice, but when he didn't answer she began to become sceptical again.
There was a pause during which Buffy considered getting back on the bus,
she heard Giles call her name from behind her, he sounded worried;
"Buffy...get back...on the bus" she had never heard his voice adopt this tone
before, she turned to address him, but stopped when she saw the expression
on her ex watcher's face. His face was pale and his features were
shaking..."Buffy...now" his voice was unusually quiet.
The blonde slayer turned back to look where Spike was still stood calling out to her with his eyes. As if an invisible force was pulling her she began to walk towards her lover slowly at first, then as she saw a relieved smile cross over the features she knew and loved so well she began to quicken the pace. "Buffy" she could hear Giles' voice from far off behind her, "Buffy come back" she continued faster, ignoring the nagging of his voice and she found herself running towards him calling out his name as loud and as much as she could. She could feel herself becoming short of breath with every stride she took, it was as if she were flying, she could no longer feel the ground beneath her feet, all she could feel was the breeze against her face as she ran faster and faster, yelling his name all the way. She could hear the urgency in Giles' voice as he yelled her voice loudly, but what she was experiencing wasn't the volume of her watcher's voice, he sounded a million miles away and it was at this point that she realised that she was coming no closer to the peroxide blonde, who stood just as far away from her as he had before she had started running. She felt the ground come back against her feet as she slowed to a stop. She felt a hand come down on her shoulder hard and pull her backwards into the bus. She hadn't gone anywhere it was almost as if, she hadn't moved. The bus stood crashed behind her as it had only a few minutes ago. "We thought we'd lost you for a moment there" her watcher looked thoughtful then concerned as he noted Buffy's expression..."what did you see"?
The blonde slayer turned back to look where Spike was still stood calling out to her with his eyes. As if an invisible force was pulling her she began to walk towards her lover slowly at first, then as she saw a relieved smile cross over the features she knew and loved so well she began to quicken the pace. "Buffy" she could hear Giles' voice from far off behind her, "Buffy come back" she continued faster, ignoring the nagging of his voice and she found herself running towards him calling out his name as loud and as much as she could. She could feel herself becoming short of breath with every stride she took, it was as if she were flying, she could no longer feel the ground beneath her feet, all she could feel was the breeze against her face as she ran faster and faster, yelling his name all the way. She could hear the urgency in Giles' voice as he yelled her voice loudly, but what she was experiencing wasn't the volume of her watcher's voice, he sounded a million miles away and it was at this point that she realised that she was coming no closer to the peroxide blonde, who stood just as far away from her as he had before she had started running. She felt the ground come back against her feet as she slowed to a stop. She felt a hand come down on her shoulder hard and pull her backwards into the bus. She hadn't gone anywhere it was almost as if, she hadn't moved. The bus stood crashed behind her as it had only a few minutes ago. "We thought we'd lost you for a moment there" her watcher looked thoughtful then concerned as he noted Buffy's expression..."what did you see"?