A Buffy pulled away for much needed air Spike rested his forehead on hers.
'God Buffy I've missed you so much' He whispered.
'I missed you too. I'm never letting you go again.' She replied and kissed him lightly on the lips to seal her promise as they gazed into each others eyes.
They were brought out of their musings by a piercing scream from above. Another winged beast swooped low, its claws outstretched. It was black and had scales covering the extent of its body.
'I think we should lend a hand' Buffy said.
As she stood the bubble grew to accommodate the new height. She pulled Spike up with her.
'Ready?' He asked her.
'Ready.' She replied.
Spike reached out of the bubble and picked up his discarded sword. It felt like he was putting his hand through jelly. He brought the sword into the confines of the shield. He swung it forward and around, over his shoulder and under his arm, each swing piercing the bubble but leaving no trace of an opening as the bubble formed a new seal over the opening.
'This is a nice trick luv.' Spike told Buffy as they stepped in the path of the beast, that had started to descend to ground level.
'Hope it holds' Spike said.
'So do I' replied Buffy a little worried.
Spike raided his scared eyebrow at her.
'I've never tried it on anything this big before' she replied meekly.
'Well there's a first time for everything' Spike told her confidently.
As the beast came dangerously close they both raised their swords in unison, upwards and came into contact with scaly flesh. Their swords pierced the beasts skin, and it let out a cry of pain. Their swords left long trails down the underside of its body and black blood rained down on the bubble and trickled down the sides leaving Buffy and Spike clean from the blood.
'Huh, added bonus. Stops icky demon guts from messing your hair up. Buffy smiled.
The beast landed and turned angrily towards them.
'Be back in a moment love' Spike said, quickly placing a soft kiss on Buffy's lips.
'What?' she replied stunned, but before she could say more Spike had dived out of the bubble, rolled head over heels perfectly on the floor, stood up and began running towards the beast..
'Spike!' she cried as he stopped and stood before the beast, sword raised.
'Come on then. Lets see what you got' Spike shouted at the beast.
The beast roared angrily and its great mouth came down around Spike's form, closed its mouth and swallowed him whole.
'SPIKE!' Buffy screamed.!