Chap. 9

Betrayal

Dawn's face went pale and Spike began to laugh as he stood in the background. She stumbled back, not knowing what to do or say, she was in so much shock. Then all of a sudden she felt a wave of nausea come over her.

"Awwww, does Dawnie feel a lil' sick to her tummy?" Buffy acted as if she actually cared.

"Don't call me Dawnie." She said through clenched teeth. Her whole body was shaking but she managed to keep her composure. "You're not my sister and only she could call me that."

"Finally the little girl gets it!" Buffy turned to look over at Spike. He began clapping sarcastically as he put a cigarette into his mouth.

"I always knew that lil' bit was smart. Could never get anything pass-"

"Shut up Spike!" Dawn yelled.

Buffy cut in, "That's right Dawn, I'm no longer the sister you had. I've changed and that's something that your just gonna have to accept. Oh and you can thank….." and she turned to point at Spike and he gave her a little nod. He took a few steps towards Dawn but she stepped back.

"Don't get near me you disgusting piece of sh-"

"Whoa lil' one. No need for the dirty language. I know your upset about your loss and I can understand that, but it's just something that your gonna have to accept."

Dawn's legs gave out and she fell to the floor, she was a mess. She looked up at Spike but her vision was blurred due to the tears that were forming in her eyes. "I trusted you." She said with a shaky voice. "After Buffy was gone you were the one to step in and take care of me. You were a brother to me, I trusted you!"

"Who says you still can't luv'?"

"I defended you when everyone was pointing their finger at you. I told them that you weren't capable of such a thing, but they were right the whole time. I was stupid to think that you wouldn't do something like this, but I guess I was wrong."

Spike leaned in closer to try and comfort her but Dawn slapped him.

"I don't ever want to see your sorry face again." She looked at him long and hard, she got up to leave but Spike grabbed her arm.

"I did it because I love her." He began to get a little emotional.

"You disgust me." She shook him off and spit in his face. "Don't touch me, you're nothing to now. You're beneath me." She pushed him away and he fell backwards. Dawn looked at Buffy one last time and walked away. Spike had heard those words before and it hurt to hear them again.

Just as Dawn headed towards the door, Xander and Willow burst in.

"Dawn stop!" they were surprised to see Dawn push pass them without even a word, they looked up to see Spike sitting on the floor looking hurt and Buffy just standing there with a grin on her face.

"Buffy?" Willow was happy to see her again, forgetting about the present situation. "Buffy, it's so good to see you again."

Buffy looked over to Willow. "Oh look, the dyke came over to try and make me fell all bad inside and get me to come home." She walked over to Willow and put a hand on her shoulder. "That's sweet, but like I told your little friend. I'm not going back." As she said that, she began to dig her nails into her shoulder. "Now get out!" she shoved Willow.

Willow stumbled backwards, her vision was blurred from the intense pain. "I thought that Xander was exaggerating when he told me about you, but he was right. You're not different, you've just become a bitch." With that, Buffy smacked Willow.

"That's right, and I'm much more. I'm with Spike now, the one person that truly cares me and isn't always depending on me and getting in my way. He understood me and I love him, I'm sorry that you can't accept that but you're just gonna have to. Now get out!"

Willow began to walk away and when she got to the door she turned and looked at Buffy. "This isn't over. You can't just push us away and think that we'll stay away."

"You got that right Wil. This isn't over, you'll be seeing a lot more of me real soon. Love ya! Buh-bye." And she slammed the door behind them.

"My God!" Buffy said as she stepped away from the door. "They don't give up do they?"

"Told you luv'. And by the looks of it, red isn't gonna give up and leave you alone. Don't think you intimidated her much."

"Shut up Spike!" Buffy snapped at him.

"Hey, don't get snippy with me! You better deal with this lil' problem now or things are just gonna get ugly."

"Uglier then things have already gotten?"

Willow just stared at the door as it slammed shut in her face. "Oh my god……" she was at a loss for words.

"Told ya." Xander said. "Look, I think we should just go back home." He tried pulling Willow by the arm but she wouldn't budge.

"We need to get her, we can't just leave her there with Spike." She said his name with total disgust her voice.

"Wil! Did you hear what she told you? If we try to get her out she'll kill us! Forget it Wil, she's gone." The tears began to form in his eyes. He had lost Buffy twice before but this was the last way he wanted her to go. The past few hours he was doing good in acting brave and strong, but he was torn up inside and he was beginning to break down.

"And you actually believed her? Xander, I know that Buffy has changed and she's different now but do you think that she would kill us? We've been through too much together. Buffy is still in there, I can feel it. She's in there…..somewhere and I'm not about to give up on and turn my back on her. No matter how evil she becomes."

"Do you remember a certain little incident that occurred a few years ago?" Willow couldn't say anything because she knew where he was going with this and he did have a point. "She killed Angel. Her one true love, but she didn't just kill him, she drove a heart through her lover's heart. She never really got over that. So I don't think that she'd gave a problem doing the same to us."

Willow shot him a hard look. "I can't believe you." She walked away shaking her head. "Just take me to Buffy's, I need to talk to Dawn."

"I'll go with you."

"No, I don't want you talking to Dawn. I don't want you telling her that her sister wants to kill us. Just drop me off and go home to Anya."

Dawn raced back home sobbing. "Why?" she thought to herself. "Why did Spike betray me like that? That bastard. I'm gpnna kill him!" she ran on ahead faster. When she got to the house she headed straight for the weapon's chest. Tara was sitting on the couch, watching Dawn. Apparently she hadn't noticed that she was there.

"Hey, what's wrong? Where are you going?"

Dawn ignored her and kept digging around in the chest, she finally found something she liked. She picked up the axe and looked at it. "This should do." Tara stood up and walked over to Dawn.

"Where are you going with that?"

"I've got to go and take care of some business." Dawn closed the chest and headed for the door when Willow walked in.

"Where do you think you are going with that?" she said pointing to the axe.

"What's with the third degree from you people? There's a problem that I need to take care of."

"No you're not." Willow tried to grab the axe away from Dawn but she just shoved her away.

"I've got to do this! He betrayed me! He took her away from me!" she began to cry again and dropped the axe. Willow then realized what she was talking about and she went over to her.

"Shhhh, Dawnie it's ok. Just calm down, I don't want you to do something that you're going to regret later. I know that your upset and I understand but you're just gonna have to calm down. Everything is going to be ok. We'll figure out away to get her back. We always do."

"You should have heard the things she said to me Willow, and then she hit me." Dawn looked up at Willow and she noticed the bruise that was starting to form on her cheek.

"Oh Dawnie." She began to feel bad for her.

"She said that all we did was cause her problems and get in her way, when all we did was love her and care for her." She hugged Dawn for much needed comfort.

"Don't like to what she has told you. She's not the Buffy that we know. It's not Buffy that is saying that, it's the demon inside her."

"I trusted him, he took care of me. He was like a brother to me and look what he did. He took away my sister and violated her by-by." She couldn't bring herself to say it and she broke down again.

"Look, let's get you upstairs and into bed. You need some rest." She put her arm around her and led her upstairs.

"Poor girl" Tara thought to herself "she has been through so much. It's amazing how she's made it through it all. Dawn is one strong girl." But she knew that this time it was different. Things weren't going to turn out to have a happy ending this time.