Unexpected Turn
Willow tucked Dawn into bed and sat beside her, pulling the hair out of her face. Dawn was so exhausted from everything that was going on she could barely keep her eyes open.
"Don't worry Dawnie. I'll find a way to get Buffy back. Go to sleep." She leaned forward and kissed her on the forehead. When she pulled back, Dawn was already out. She got up and walked over to the door, looked over at Dawn one last time, she was tossing in the bed, mumbling to herself.
"Poor girl." Willow thought to herself and she quietly closed the door.
"So what are you gonna do?" Spike said as he sat in front of the t.v. , Passions was on a commercial break. Buffy was pacing back and forth and stopped when she heard him talk.
"I don't know. But what's for sure is that they'll be back and I'll have something here waiting for them."
"And what would that be luv'?"
"I'll kill them of course! Snap their little heads like twigs and suck them dry." At the thought of feeding her stomach began to grumble. "Well I'm gonna head out and get something to eat. Wanna come?" Spike shot her a look. "Oh that's right! You can't!" she walked out the door laughing. "Don't worry, I'll bring you some leftovers."
Willow came back downstairs and joined Tara in the kitchen who had a cup of coffee ready for her.
"How is she?" Tara asked.
"She's sleeping, but she doesn't seem too good. I'm not surprised though, she's been through a lot these past few days. She's a strong girl."
"She is a Summer's girl. Just like her sister." There was a lo9ng pause of silence after that. "Sorry."
"No, it's ok, you don't need to apologize. I'm just worried about Buffy. I saw her today and it wasn't pretty, there was a side to her that I've never seen before. You'd never think that someone like Buffy could be so….." She was trying to think of a word for it.
"Evil?"
"Ya, evil." Willow began to cry. "We've lost her Tara and I don't think that we'll be able to get her back. How am I going to explain that to Dawn? This isn't going to go out without a fight and someone's going to get hurt. I just hope that it isn't Dawn."
"So where was she headed with the axe?"
"Go after Spike."
" I don't blame her."
"Ya."
"So what are we going to do?"
Willow was asking herself that same question and she still wasn't able to answer it. "I don't know. I don't even know where to start. When I went over to Spike's, Buffy was there and she threatened to kill us if we went after her to try and get her out."
"And you actually believed her?"
"At first I didn't, but then Xander reminded me about the time that she killed Angel and it got me thinking. Tara, if she's able to put a sword through the heart of the one person she's ever loved, I don't think that she'd have any trouble getting rid of us."
Tara didn't know what to say at first, but then she realized something. " Ya, that's true and you do have a point there, but you obviously forgot that it was Angel that left her. He left her thinking that it was in her best interest without even talking to her about it. But not us, we have been there for her. We have been there through thick and thin, we've brought her back to life…..TWICE! You shouldn't give up on her just because she said a few mean things to you."
Willow was surprised with what Tara had just said, and she was right. She didn't want to give up on her best friend, but she just didn't know what to do anymore. She decided that she was going to check up on Dawn to see how she was doing. "Well I'm going to go check up on Dawnie before I head to bed. I want to stay here for a few days while we figure out what we're going to do, and I wouldn't feel right leaving Dawn here alone." Tara nodded in agreement.
"Okay. That's fine. Well then, let me go to campus to pick up a few things. You want me to bring you back anything in particular?"
"Just a few books and supplies, just in case, you never know."
"Alright, I'll see you in a little bit." She leaned in and kissed her.
"Be careful ok?"
"I will, bye." She headed for the door.
Willow turned and headed for the stairs. When she got to Dawn's room, she stood there quietly listening for any movement, then she creaked the door open and peaked inside and there she was, sleeping peacefully. "Poor thing, she's exhausted." She went to Buffy's room to get ready for bed.
Tara was on her way to campus when she felt someone behind her, she turned round to see Buffy standing there.
"Well, well, well. I didn't even need to knock you on your ass to get your attention. You're not as stupid as I thought you were."
"B-Buffy. What do you want?"
She began to laugh and took a few steps forward.
"Y-You stay away from me."
"D-don't worry. I'm not gonna h-hurt you." Buffy said mockingly.
Tara was starting to get a bit scared and backed away when she bumped into someone behind her. He grabbed her from behind and she screamed. She turned to see who it was behind her and it was Spike. "Hello luv'." He whispered into her ear.
"What do you guys want from me?"
"We figured we could use you as an example. Ya know, let 'em know that I'm not kidding around. It's not like you'll be missed or anything, you never really had a purpose with them anyways." Buffy leaned in for a kiss but Tara turned away.
"Awww come on, I just want a little taste. I thought you were into that sort of thing." She leaned in again for another kiss but Tara spit in her face.
"You little bitch!" she slapped her. "I didn't want to get rough with you but I guess that I'm going to have to." She grabbed Tara out of Spike's arms and threw her to the ground, she quickly got back up and ran in the other direction towards the campus.
"I love a chase." Buffy mumbled to herself and went after her. She caught up to the witch and turned her around. "Now hold still, this is gonna hurt a little." She bit Tara and sucked her dry, her limp body fell to the floor as soon as she was done.
Spike came up behind her and whispered into her ear. "That was hott." She turned around to kiss him.
"Now we gotta do something about her body. I want to let them know that I don't play around."
"Why don't you just dump the body on the front door step. They'll al out of the house, see her body, and freak out. They'll know that it was you. I'm that'll send the message."
Buffy laughed. "Alright." she said. "Let's do it."
Spike picked p Tara's body and threw her over his shoulder and they headed over to the house. When they arrived they decided to sit her on the steps to make it seem as if she'd been there for a while.
It had been a few hours since Tara had left and Willow was starting to worry. She went in the kitchen and she wasn't there. She looked out the living room window to see if she was just walking home, but she wasn't there either. "What's taking her so long? She should have been back by now." She thought to herself. She opened the front door and saw someone sitting on the steps.
"Tara?" willow called out. "Tara is that you?" She walked over to her and put a hand on her shoulder. "Where have you been? I was so-", at that moment Tara fell over. "Oh my god! Tara are you okay?" she noticed the bite marks on her neck. "Baby?" tears began to fall down her face. "Baby wake up!" she shook her furiously and she soon grew weak and fell on top pf her dead lover sobbing. "TARA!"