" Come on Spike we gotta get out of here, can you stand?" Buffy asked standing up herself, she held out her hand for Spike and he took it and stood up a bit wobbly but stood.
" H-how comes I-I was able to drink your blood?" Spike studdered leaning on Buffy a bit.
" Slayer blood has healing powers for a lot of virus's remember? Angel was injected with a type of virus once and slayer blood cured it." Buffy said wrapping her arm around his waist as his arm went around her shoulders, they started walking out of the cell.
" But that was a different virus wasn't it?" Spike said thinking back to when Buffy told him of this.
" Yeah, but Sam told me on the way here that this virus was the same one that The Mayor had a storeage of but was just altered for how it passes and how quickly it effects." Buffy replied.
" Passes.... Oh god I bit you, so now you have it!" Spike said looking at her worridly.
" I might, I never really knew if Angel's virus passed to Slayers since it used their blood. I might not get it." Buffy said with a helpful smile as they walked through the door and passed through the lab to get to the room were everyone else was. Buffy and Spike stood there for a moment waiting to see if any gaurds or Scientists were in there but it seemed pretty clear.
" What if you do? You'll die!" Spike said shaking his head at her.
" Slayer healing it won't-" Buffy started but Spike cut her off.
" You can't die again Buffy, if Vampire healing powers couldn't stop it Slayers can't."
" It was worth it to save you Spike."
" No it wasn't.... You already died twice, your friends will miss you to much.... I'd miss you too much." Buffy looked at Spike sympatitically and placed her hand on his cheek.
" The symptons haven't even started yet Spike I'll be fine." She said smiling at him.
" Why are you so kind to me? You could have just let me die in there and not risk the virus getting out."
" I couldn't let you die."
" Cause I'm your strongest warrior."
" Yeah, cause your our strongest warrior, your also my friend, and...." Buffy trailed off.
" And?"
" I-I love you." Buffy studdered, her head bowing down a bit.
" What?" Spike said in disbeilf.
" I love you Spike. I'm sorry that I used you like that and made you think I didn't. I just couldn't believe that I was in love with you then." Buffy said, the tears started to fall again, then she felt Spikes hand under her chin, bringing her head up so she could see him.
" I love you too Buffy." He said smiling, they slowly closed the gap between each other and kissed softly, then they kissed for real like they have wanted to since Spike came back from Africa. Spike wrapped his arms around her waist and Buffy wraper her hands over his neck and they continued to kiss, Spike broke it off for a moment when he tasted blood in his mouth thinking that he still had her blood on his teeth or something, " Guess you got a taste of yourself there Buffy." He said chuckling, but he got no answer, he opened his eyes and looked at Buffy who's head was lowered a bit again. He saw two red dots below them and raised her head again and he gasped at what he saw. Buffy's nose was bleeding rapidly again just as Spike's had when he first got infected. " Oh god.... The virus is advanced inside me, it could kill in less then half the time." He said staring at her, Buffy just stood there freaked out.
" Spike I don't feel so good...." Buffy said falling to the floor suddenly. Spike dropped to his knees next to her and shook her shoulders trying to get her to wake up but she wouldn't open her eyes. " Damnit!" He cursed to himself as he gathered Buffy up in his arms and carried her out the door only to find Riley, Sam, and Willow standing there just finishing up the last of the gaurds.
" Oh god Buffy!" Willow said and ran to her friend. " What happened?"
" S-she collasped, I passed the virus onto her." Spike studdered.
" You did what?!" Riley yelled angerly stomping up to Spike. " I knew he was evil!"
" Oh shut up Captain Cardboard!" Spike barked at Riley, " Slayer blood cures the virus, so she helped me feed from her. I didn't know what I was doing, I forgot that it passed by bite."
" It's advanced Riley." Sam said shaking her head at Buffy, " It could kill her in an hour probably." They suddenly heard a chuckle behind them which came from Peresy who was leaning against a wall with the shit beat out of him.
" What are you laugh'n at?" Spike growled at Persey.
" Fools." He said simply.
" There's a cure isn't there? For the humans." Riley said studying Persey's facial expressions, Persey became silent again and his face stern. " Tell me!" He barked at him and stomped up to Persey and grabbed him by the neck and slammed him against the wall.
" Ah! There's only one antidote!" Persey cried out.
" Where?" Riley asked still holding him againt the wall.
" The lab, but it's not tested, it could either kill or save the victim." Peresy said trying to wiggle out of Riley's grasp.
" Chances Chances." Spike said walking back into the lab, Willow and Sam followed as well as Riley dragging Peresy behind him.
" Which one is it?" Riley asked shoving him towards a large cabnit of medical supplies. Persey grabbed a small glass filled with a blueish liquid and a surenge and handed it to Riley. Spike lay Buffy out on the medical table and ripped open her sleeve a little more for the shot.
" This better work." Willow said as Riley handed her the surenge and she filled it with the blue liquid and shot it into Buffy's shoulder.
" How long will it take to work?" Sam asked Peresy.
" Depends, if she wakes up in an hour, it worked. If she doesn't it didn't." He shrugged, Spike looked at Buffy worridly and picked her back up again and carried her out into the room again with the others following.
" Where are you going with her?!" Barked Riley.
" Home." Spike said simply and held her a bit over his shoulder as he started to climb the latter with the others following him.
Buffy lay motionless on her bed with Spike looking down on her from across the room. He was leaning against her bedroom wall, his head bowed down so his face was unseen unless you right below him. Willow stood outside the rooms door with Dawn right at her side.
" How long has he just been like that?" Dawn asked running a kleenex under her eyes.
" Ever since he brought her back." Willow said, her eyes were teary as well but she had to be strong.
" How long as it been?" Dawn asked, she had asked the same question 5 minutes ago.
" A bit more then half an hour." Willow said quietly sniffing.
" Do you think she'll wake up?" Dawn asked quietly.
" I don't know." Willow said shaking her head. " I just don't know." She walked away from the room and went back downstairs to join the others. Dawn stayed there in the door way looking at Buffy, she was very pale, almost matching Spike which was scarey since he was dead.
" Spike do you want some blood or something?" She asked trying to get him to look up at her. Spike didn't reply. " How about you move your neck or something? Cause it's gonna really hurt in a while." She said with a little laugh.
" Sorry." Spike said queitly, still not moving.
" What?" Dawn asked running a kleenex under her eyes again.
" I'm sorry. It's all my fault she's like this." Spike replied still staring at Buffy, " Why didn't she let me die...." He mumbled. Dawn glared at him for a few seconds then walked up to him and hugged him around the waist tightly.
" Shut up." She growled, " Stop saying stuff like that, Buffy would hit you if she heard you. This isn't your fault, Buffy wanted you to bite her." She waited for a few minutes then felt Spikes arms wrap around her waist.
" Still feel like crap." He mumbled.
" Better then- oh god." Dawn said after she looked up at Spike, Spike cocked his head to the side at her confused. " Your nose is bleeding again." She said wide eyed.
" H-how comes I-I was able to drink your blood?" Spike studdered leaning on Buffy a bit.
" Slayer blood has healing powers for a lot of virus's remember? Angel was injected with a type of virus once and slayer blood cured it." Buffy said wrapping her arm around his waist as his arm went around her shoulders, they started walking out of the cell.
" But that was a different virus wasn't it?" Spike said thinking back to when Buffy told him of this.
" Yeah, but Sam told me on the way here that this virus was the same one that The Mayor had a storeage of but was just altered for how it passes and how quickly it effects." Buffy replied.
" Passes.... Oh god I bit you, so now you have it!" Spike said looking at her worridly.
" I might, I never really knew if Angel's virus passed to Slayers since it used their blood. I might not get it." Buffy said with a helpful smile as they walked through the door and passed through the lab to get to the room were everyone else was. Buffy and Spike stood there for a moment waiting to see if any gaurds or Scientists were in there but it seemed pretty clear.
" What if you do? You'll die!" Spike said shaking his head at her.
" Slayer healing it won't-" Buffy started but Spike cut her off.
" You can't die again Buffy, if Vampire healing powers couldn't stop it Slayers can't."
" It was worth it to save you Spike."
" No it wasn't.... You already died twice, your friends will miss you to much.... I'd miss you too much." Buffy looked at Spike sympatitically and placed her hand on his cheek.
" The symptons haven't even started yet Spike I'll be fine." She said smiling at him.
" Why are you so kind to me? You could have just let me die in there and not risk the virus getting out."
" I couldn't let you die."
" Cause I'm your strongest warrior."
" Yeah, cause your our strongest warrior, your also my friend, and...." Buffy trailed off.
" And?"
" I-I love you." Buffy studdered, her head bowing down a bit.
" What?" Spike said in disbeilf.
" I love you Spike. I'm sorry that I used you like that and made you think I didn't. I just couldn't believe that I was in love with you then." Buffy said, the tears started to fall again, then she felt Spikes hand under her chin, bringing her head up so she could see him.
" I love you too Buffy." He said smiling, they slowly closed the gap between each other and kissed softly, then they kissed for real like they have wanted to since Spike came back from Africa. Spike wrapped his arms around her waist and Buffy wraper her hands over his neck and they continued to kiss, Spike broke it off for a moment when he tasted blood in his mouth thinking that he still had her blood on his teeth or something, " Guess you got a taste of yourself there Buffy." He said chuckling, but he got no answer, he opened his eyes and looked at Buffy who's head was lowered a bit again. He saw two red dots below them and raised her head again and he gasped at what he saw. Buffy's nose was bleeding rapidly again just as Spike's had when he first got infected. " Oh god.... The virus is advanced inside me, it could kill in less then half the time." He said staring at her, Buffy just stood there freaked out.
" Spike I don't feel so good...." Buffy said falling to the floor suddenly. Spike dropped to his knees next to her and shook her shoulders trying to get her to wake up but she wouldn't open her eyes. " Damnit!" He cursed to himself as he gathered Buffy up in his arms and carried her out the door only to find Riley, Sam, and Willow standing there just finishing up the last of the gaurds.
" Oh god Buffy!" Willow said and ran to her friend. " What happened?"
" S-she collasped, I passed the virus onto her." Spike studdered.
" You did what?!" Riley yelled angerly stomping up to Spike. " I knew he was evil!"
" Oh shut up Captain Cardboard!" Spike barked at Riley, " Slayer blood cures the virus, so she helped me feed from her. I didn't know what I was doing, I forgot that it passed by bite."
" It's advanced Riley." Sam said shaking her head at Buffy, " It could kill her in an hour probably." They suddenly heard a chuckle behind them which came from Peresy who was leaning against a wall with the shit beat out of him.
" What are you laugh'n at?" Spike growled at Persey.
" Fools." He said simply.
" There's a cure isn't there? For the humans." Riley said studying Persey's facial expressions, Persey became silent again and his face stern. " Tell me!" He barked at him and stomped up to Persey and grabbed him by the neck and slammed him against the wall.
" Ah! There's only one antidote!" Persey cried out.
" Where?" Riley asked still holding him againt the wall.
" The lab, but it's not tested, it could either kill or save the victim." Peresy said trying to wiggle out of Riley's grasp.
" Chances Chances." Spike said walking back into the lab, Willow and Sam followed as well as Riley dragging Peresy behind him.
" Which one is it?" Riley asked shoving him towards a large cabnit of medical supplies. Persey grabbed a small glass filled with a blueish liquid and a surenge and handed it to Riley. Spike lay Buffy out on the medical table and ripped open her sleeve a little more for the shot.
" This better work." Willow said as Riley handed her the surenge and she filled it with the blue liquid and shot it into Buffy's shoulder.
" How long will it take to work?" Sam asked Peresy.
" Depends, if she wakes up in an hour, it worked. If she doesn't it didn't." He shrugged, Spike looked at Buffy worridly and picked her back up again and carried her out into the room again with the others following.
" Where are you going with her?!" Barked Riley.
" Home." Spike said simply and held her a bit over his shoulder as he started to climb the latter with the others following him.
Buffy lay motionless on her bed with Spike looking down on her from across the room. He was leaning against her bedroom wall, his head bowed down so his face was unseen unless you right below him. Willow stood outside the rooms door with Dawn right at her side.
" How long has he just been like that?" Dawn asked running a kleenex under her eyes.
" Ever since he brought her back." Willow said, her eyes were teary as well but she had to be strong.
" How long as it been?" Dawn asked, she had asked the same question 5 minutes ago.
" A bit more then half an hour." Willow said quietly sniffing.
" Do you think she'll wake up?" Dawn asked quietly.
" I don't know." Willow said shaking her head. " I just don't know." She walked away from the room and went back downstairs to join the others. Dawn stayed there in the door way looking at Buffy, she was very pale, almost matching Spike which was scarey since he was dead.
" Spike do you want some blood or something?" She asked trying to get him to look up at her. Spike didn't reply. " How about you move your neck or something? Cause it's gonna really hurt in a while." She said with a little laugh.
" Sorry." Spike said queitly, still not moving.
" What?" Dawn asked running a kleenex under her eyes again.
" I'm sorry. It's all my fault she's like this." Spike replied still staring at Buffy, " Why didn't she let me die...." He mumbled. Dawn glared at him for a few seconds then walked up to him and hugged him around the waist tightly.
" Shut up." She growled, " Stop saying stuff like that, Buffy would hit you if she heard you. This isn't your fault, Buffy wanted you to bite her." She waited for a few minutes then felt Spikes arms wrap around her waist.
" Still feel like crap." He mumbled.
" Better then- oh god." Dawn said after she looked up at Spike, Spike cocked his head to the side at her confused. " Your nose is bleeding again." She said wide eyed.