Where Do We Go From Here?
Chapter 5: It All Comes Crashing Down
By: Rogue-Slayer13
Summary: See pervious Chapters
A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in awhile. I had to figure out what direction I wanted to take this fic and that was harder then I thought it would be.
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"So how did you meet up with Faith and Robin?" asked Spike as he and Oz got ready for patrol.
"Heard some rumors about an apocalypse while I was in New Orleans and I just went to the first place that came to mind. I heard that there was a Slayer school up there, I didn't actually know who I'd meet while I was up there." Oz loaded his coat pockets with various small weapons out of the cabinet.
"This certainly is a weird twist of fate." Spike finished lacing up his black Doc Martens and walked over to the weapon's cabinet.
"What do you mean?"
"All of us coming together just in time for the biggest apocalypse to ever rip up the west coast." Spike took out a dagger and stuck it in his duster. "I mean, first Lorne changes his mind and shows up, then you three, now Lindsey, and the Slayer and The Scoobies will be here any second now."
"Maybe it was all prearranged," suggested Oz. "And how do you know if Buffy will even help?"
"She'll help even if it's just to spite us."
"You two really aren't as close as you used to be, are you?"
"Let's just say that we've got history and she's already moved on. Now let's go and get this patrol over with," said Spike as he headed for the door.
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"When I get my hands on them, I'm going to rip them limb from limb!" shouted Buffy as she stormed out of the hotel room and toward the elevator.
"And I wonder why no one wanted to tell her," whispered Andrew.
"Shut up before she kills you," replied Dawn in a quiet, but cheerful voice, all the while wearing an incredibly fake smile and trying not to move her lips.
"I'm sure they have a good reason for not saying anything," said Willow, trying to calm down her best friend and prevent World War III.
"Well, we're about to find out," hissed Buffy as everyone got into the elevator.
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"Where is he!?" shouted Buffy as she entered the lobby of The Hyperion.
"Where's who?" asked Angel.
"Don't play dumb with me Angel, I am so not in the mood right now," replied Buffy.
"Who are you talking about Buffy?"
"Where the hell is Spike!? I know he's here, Andrew already told me, so there's no use in trying to keep it a secret anymore."
"He went out on patrol. He should be back any minute now."
Without saying a word, Buffy went over and sat down on the couch in the middle of the lobby.
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Spike walked into The Hyperion followed by Oz. The two had only been in the hotel for a few minutes when Gunn and Lorne came running into the back room.
"What the bloody 'ell's the matter with you two?"
"You've . . . got . . . company," said Gunn as he bent over and tried to catch his breath.
"Who?" asked Oz.
"A pretty little blonde with a fuse not much bigger then she is," replied Lorne.
"That sounds like Buffy," replied Spike.
"Well we weren't properly introduced, but I think you're right," said the green skinned demon.
"I don't know what the girl's problem is, but she just got done chewing out Angel and now she's waiting for you man." Gunn stood up straight and looked at Spike.
"This'll be fun." Spike headed for the lobby.
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Buffy was up off the couch the second Spike walked into the room. She walked over to him until she was just inches away from him. It looked as if she were about to kiss him, but instead she reared back and slapped him, leaving a red mark across his cheek.
"Bloody 'ell woman!" growled Spike.
"Why didn't you tell me that you were back?" demanded Buffy. "Did you think that I didn't deserve to know?"
"I was waiting for the right moment." Spike rubbed his cheek.
"Well I think you missed 'the right moment', cause here I am and here you are with the not telling me." Buffy put her hands on her hips. "How could you do this to me? After everything we've been through, you couldn't even been bothered to pick up the phone?"
"After everything we've been through? Don't you mean after everything that I've been through? Last time I checked the trials and tribulations of our relationship were pretty one sided Luv." Spike was starting to get annoyed with Buffy.
Buffy looked offended.
"How can you be that selfish? I went through just as much stress as you did."
"And what stress was that?"
"I had to deal with what my friends thought of you and our relationship. I had to deal with choosing between them and you."
"Wrong again Pet. For you to have dealt with it, you would've actually had to have told them that we were in a relationship, but you didn't. They didn't know until we broke up and Anya and I had our little run in."
"You still could've called. I cried myself to sleep every night thinking about you."
"Hard to pick up a phone when you're a ghost Pet and I seriously doubt that you cried yourself to sleep every night thinking about me. Wouldn't that hurt The Immortal's feelings? You crying during your dates and what not?"
Buffy's eyes widened at this.
"How do you know about Ryan and I?"
"Word travels fast."
"You were spying on me, weren't you? Even after I sent that one to the hospital." Buffy turned her attention to Angel.
"It was only to make sure that you were okay," replied the older vampire.
"I can't believe you two. You don't have the balls to tell me that you're alive and yet you can send your goon squad out to spy on me?"
"Why'd you come 'ere Slayer? Surely it wasn't just to harp and bitch." Spike was quickly moving past annoyed and straight into pissed.
"I came here because Andrew told me that you two dropped by a few weeks ago."
"So it was to harp and bitch," confirmed Angel. "Look, we have the mother of all apocalypses on our hands right now, so unless you're going to be useful, I suggest you head on back to Rome."
"The mother of all apocalypses?" asked Buffy.
"My god, how far out of the loop are you B? I mean, I know you've cut back on your slaying, but how could you not feel this coming our way?" commented Faith.
"I've been busy and besides, why should I trust you anyway? You work for Wolfram & Hart. How do we know this isn't some big trick?"
"Yes, a multidimensional law firm that serves some of the foulest things ever to crawl their way out of the bowels of hell has nothing better to do then stage an apocalypse to destroy you," replied Spike sarcastically. "You're not even the only Slayer anymore Buffy. No use killing you, half the population of teenage girls are Slayers now."
"If it's really this bad then we should stick around, shouldn't we?" suggested Willow. "I mean, better to band together then split up."
"We're not the type to turn down a favor." Angel looked at Willow and then at Buffy and The Scoobies.
"I guess we cans stay and lend a hand," replied Buffy.
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To Be Continued . . .
This was a bit longer then the rest. Thanks for all of the reviews, they're very encouraging. This is the first fic that I've shown to people other then friends and family and I'm glad so many of you like it.
I'm thinking about starting another fic, so if you have any pairings you'd like to see or a storyline that you think would be funny, just let me know. If I choose you're idea I'll give you credit for coming up with it and I'm always willing to take suggestions.
