Summary: When Buffy comes to the point where Spike's life is in danger she
realizes that even though what's between her and Spike isn't perfect it is
indeed love.
~*Chapter 7: Dangerously In Love*~
"Spike" his name fell from her lips just as she saw Spike lying on the ground as a huge demon towered over him.
She ran to him as fast her legs would carry her but when Spike was finally in reach both the demon and her 'boyfriend' were gone.
She shook her head furiously and muttered the word 'no' repeatedly.
After five minutes of muttering she looked up towards the sky and knew one thing. She had to get him back.
~*~*~*~
"Willow, guys!"
Buffy ran into the Magic Shop and slammed the door shut.
Xander and Willow came out of the training room as Buffy walked or rather ran in.
"I need your help."
"Well Buff just say the word."
"Spike's gone."
"Wait you want us.to help Spike? Well why would we do that? It's not like any of us really like the guy."
By that time Dawn, Tara, and Anya came out from various areas of the shop.
"I like Spike!" Dawn piped up staring at Xander.
"Ok so one of us here like's Spike but does his non-soul having existence really matter to us?" he asked with a few waves of his hands.
Buffy searched for words. She was terrified of the way they would look at her when she told them he mattered to her. But regardless of her fear she had to get Spike back. She would never get to yell at him again or tell him that she was actually sorry.
Moments of silence passed as the group stared awkwardly towards one another.
"He matters to me."
"Buff do you have any idea who you're talking about? This is Spike the guy that you so fondly call an 'evil soulless thing'." Xander replied surprised by his friend's words.
"I know who I'm talking about."
"Please like in all this time that you've been avoiding us you've been making friends with that thing?
Buffy looked at the ground shamefully.
The looked etched on Xander's face was one she would never forget 'disgust'.
"Buffy you have us, you're not alone. So why in hell would you feel the need to hang around for more than five seconds with him?"
"I am alone, ok! The slayer is always alone! The mission is what matters not flowers or shopping trips. I am alone. I'm so alone that my own friends haven't even seen what's been happening in front of their very eyes. Do you think you had any right to take me from where I was?"
"Buffy you were s-suffering torment." Tara stuttered.
"Buff you were in hell why would you want to stay there?"
"I was in heaven and you took me away. I was done. I was happy. You don't know what it's like to be wondering this whole time what I did that was so wrong to be taken from there!" tears were streaming down her face and she fell to her knees.
"The only thing I have going for me is him. He's the only one who- - he loves me and you don't even care that he is with some horrible demon being tortured this minute. And I only realized today that I care. So if you won't help me than I'll go but don't expect me to turn away from him because he's given me too many chances to run back to him and this may be.the very last one."
She ran out of the shop and went everywhere she could for any information possible. The adrenaline served its purpose and she rushed to the location of the demon trouble was he was in another realm.
~*~*~*~
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!Aaaarrgghhh!!!"
The demon was beating Spike with anything imaginable.
He had no idea where he was but there was cold and barren land everywhere.
At some point in this endless time the demon had taken him to an oasis and continued to dunk his head and drown him repeatedly.
"Don't worry it won't kill you. I want to make this last as long as possible. When the slayer comes looking for you and finally realizes the state you're in I'll have enough time to kill her."
As he was gasping for his unneeded air and couching up water he spoke. "Hate to..break it to...you mate but...I'm nothing to the.slayer but a punching bag."
"That's not true, point of fact she's looking for you right now."
"If that's true, if she will come for me don't expect her to have any mercy or you whatsoever."
"She will when she knows I have your life in my hands."
"She'll come and kick your jacked up ass to hell."
With his words the demon knocked him out one last time before tying him up to a wall.
"She'll come for you."
~*~*~*~
"Ekiyoray Akira Manut
Ekiyoray Teneza
Haruka Hakira Hikari
Ekiyoray Akira Manut
Ekiyoray Teneza
Fiori"
Willow repeated the chant and from her place in the circle of the red and white candles formed in the shape of two circles joined.
A fiery red portal appeared across the room and she looked at Buffy. "Go get him, Buff."
~*~*~*~
She leapt through the portal gateway and landed in a hell dimension.
She left her one weapon a sword down on the floor and looked around.
In the far corner there was SPIKE!! He was chained to a wall, all bloody and bruised.
"Spike!!!" she yelled.
She ran to him and knelt by his side.
"Spike what happened? Are you, ok?"
He coughed and muttered something barely understandable.
"What?"
"You're.you're not Buffy. I told you she wouldn't come. She won't come.for me."
She shook her head.
"Spike it's me."
He cracked open and eyes and looked with complete wonder.
"Slayer?"
"I will ALWAYS come for you."
She pulled at his chains till they broke and she stroked his face.
"I love you."
She said those three words with more passion and truth than anything she had ever said or felt before.
The demon came out of no where and swung the slayer across the land.
"Such a sentimental Kodak moment. I think I'll kill you now."
He clawed at Buffy's shirt and three cuts flowed with blood on her lower abdomen.
Numerous punches and kicks passed between the two and Buffy was injured the most. Blood clung to her top and she bore a scar on her left cheek. She had managed to kick the demo to the floor and she looked for her lost weapon.
She grabbed the sword without any one noticing and slashed it through his heart.
"That actually took a lot less time than I thought." She whispered.
She raced back to Spike and beckoned him to open his eyes.
"Spike, Spike, open your eyes." She pleaded.
Moments of pleading passed as she cradled him to her.
"Buffy?"
Tbc.........
A/N: ^_^ Hey Enchanted here! I just wanted to once again thank all the reviewers for their support.
Sorry no sneak peeks for this one.
~*Chapter 7: Dangerously In Love*~
"Spike" his name fell from her lips just as she saw Spike lying on the ground as a huge demon towered over him.
She ran to him as fast her legs would carry her but when Spike was finally in reach both the demon and her 'boyfriend' were gone.
She shook her head furiously and muttered the word 'no' repeatedly.
After five minutes of muttering she looked up towards the sky and knew one thing. She had to get him back.
~*~*~*~
"Willow, guys!"
Buffy ran into the Magic Shop and slammed the door shut.
Xander and Willow came out of the training room as Buffy walked or rather ran in.
"I need your help."
"Well Buff just say the word."
"Spike's gone."
"Wait you want us.to help Spike? Well why would we do that? It's not like any of us really like the guy."
By that time Dawn, Tara, and Anya came out from various areas of the shop.
"I like Spike!" Dawn piped up staring at Xander.
"Ok so one of us here like's Spike but does his non-soul having existence really matter to us?" he asked with a few waves of his hands.
Buffy searched for words. She was terrified of the way they would look at her when she told them he mattered to her. But regardless of her fear she had to get Spike back. She would never get to yell at him again or tell him that she was actually sorry.
Moments of silence passed as the group stared awkwardly towards one another.
"He matters to me."
"Buff do you have any idea who you're talking about? This is Spike the guy that you so fondly call an 'evil soulless thing'." Xander replied surprised by his friend's words.
"I know who I'm talking about."
"Please like in all this time that you've been avoiding us you've been making friends with that thing?
Buffy looked at the ground shamefully.
The looked etched on Xander's face was one she would never forget 'disgust'.
"Buffy you have us, you're not alone. So why in hell would you feel the need to hang around for more than five seconds with him?"
"I am alone, ok! The slayer is always alone! The mission is what matters not flowers or shopping trips. I am alone. I'm so alone that my own friends haven't even seen what's been happening in front of their very eyes. Do you think you had any right to take me from where I was?"
"Buffy you were s-suffering torment." Tara stuttered.
"Buff you were in hell why would you want to stay there?"
"I was in heaven and you took me away. I was done. I was happy. You don't know what it's like to be wondering this whole time what I did that was so wrong to be taken from there!" tears were streaming down her face and she fell to her knees.
"The only thing I have going for me is him. He's the only one who- - he loves me and you don't even care that he is with some horrible demon being tortured this minute. And I only realized today that I care. So if you won't help me than I'll go but don't expect me to turn away from him because he's given me too many chances to run back to him and this may be.the very last one."
She ran out of the shop and went everywhere she could for any information possible. The adrenaline served its purpose and she rushed to the location of the demon trouble was he was in another realm.
~*~*~*~
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!Aaaarrgghhh!!!"
The demon was beating Spike with anything imaginable.
He had no idea where he was but there was cold and barren land everywhere.
At some point in this endless time the demon had taken him to an oasis and continued to dunk his head and drown him repeatedly.
"Don't worry it won't kill you. I want to make this last as long as possible. When the slayer comes looking for you and finally realizes the state you're in I'll have enough time to kill her."
As he was gasping for his unneeded air and couching up water he spoke. "Hate to..break it to...you mate but...I'm nothing to the.slayer but a punching bag."
"That's not true, point of fact she's looking for you right now."
"If that's true, if she will come for me don't expect her to have any mercy or you whatsoever."
"She will when she knows I have your life in my hands."
"She'll come and kick your jacked up ass to hell."
With his words the demon knocked him out one last time before tying him up to a wall.
"She'll come for you."
~*~*~*~
"Ekiyoray Akira Manut
Ekiyoray Teneza
Haruka Hakira Hikari
Ekiyoray Akira Manut
Ekiyoray Teneza
Fiori"
Willow repeated the chant and from her place in the circle of the red and white candles formed in the shape of two circles joined.
A fiery red portal appeared across the room and she looked at Buffy. "Go get him, Buff."
~*~*~*~
She leapt through the portal gateway and landed in a hell dimension.
She left her one weapon a sword down on the floor and looked around.
In the far corner there was SPIKE!! He was chained to a wall, all bloody and bruised.
"Spike!!!" she yelled.
She ran to him and knelt by his side.
"Spike what happened? Are you, ok?"
He coughed and muttered something barely understandable.
"What?"
"You're.you're not Buffy. I told you she wouldn't come. She won't come.for me."
She shook her head.
"Spike it's me."
He cracked open and eyes and looked with complete wonder.
"Slayer?"
"I will ALWAYS come for you."
She pulled at his chains till they broke and she stroked his face.
"I love you."
She said those three words with more passion and truth than anything she had ever said or felt before.
The demon came out of no where and swung the slayer across the land.
"Such a sentimental Kodak moment. I think I'll kill you now."
He clawed at Buffy's shirt and three cuts flowed with blood on her lower abdomen.
Numerous punches and kicks passed between the two and Buffy was injured the most. Blood clung to her top and she bore a scar on her left cheek. She had managed to kick the demo to the floor and she looked for her lost weapon.
She grabbed the sword without any one noticing and slashed it through his heart.
"That actually took a lot less time than I thought." She whispered.
She raced back to Spike and beckoned him to open his eyes.
"Spike, Spike, open your eyes." She pleaded.
Moments of pleading passed as she cradled him to her.
"Buffy?"
Tbc.........
A/N: ^_^ Hey Enchanted here! I just wanted to once again thank all the reviewers for their support.
Sorry no sneak peeks for this one.