(A/N... (Yawn) Mmm... Coffee is officially my new best friend... asides from the caffein withdrawles every once in a while when I don't have time to drink it, its all good. Two words for people who plan to drink coffee... De-Cafe... well.. actually thats... one... word... but hey... )

Chapter XIII, Alone I Break

Two days later

For the past two days Buffy and Angel had patrolled for Methalious and had found no sign of him. But Angel was not about to give up on Spike now. Not after what he had done. But right now, his mission wasn't to find Methalious. It was to find Spike. When Buffy and Angel had gotten back to Gile's house they had discovered that Spike was gone. The place had no evidance that there was a fight so they figured that A) Spike had left on his own accord or B) Methalious had scared him out of there. Giles had gone back to England on busness a little while after Angel got into town so he wasn't there. Angel walked down the street and found a bunch of kids hanging around a tall building, looking up at the roof.

"Do you think he's going to jump?" One asked.

"Looks like a punk to me!" Said another. Angel looked up to see Spike sitting on the roof, his feet hanging over the edge. Angel walked up to the group of kids and vamped out, scaring them all away. Angel looked up at Spike, he knew that if Spike jumped it wouldn't kill him. But from that hight, there was no way he wouldn't seriously hurt, even cripple himself. Angel ran into the building and ran up the stairs as fast as he could. Once he got to the top he ran up to Spike and grabbed onto his shoulders making sure he didn't jump. Spike calmly shrugged Angel off of him, so he sat down beside him.

"They look so small from up here." He said. Angel looked down at the people below him.

"That they do." He said. "What are you doing up here? You scared me and Buffy to death. We thought Methalious got you." He instantly regreted saying that as he saw Spike once again zone out into his own little world, Buffy officially dubed Spike-Land. It happened every time someone even brought up Methalious. "Come on Spike, I'll take you home." He said, picking up Spike and carrying him away from the edge.

"Aww, isn't that cute?" Angel felt Spike tense at the voice, and emidiatly knew who it was. He set Spike down who sat down where he was and hugged his knees to him.

"Let me guess, Methalious right?" Angel asked.

"Oh, you must be the infamous Angelus." Methalious said as he bust the lock on the door so the he couldn't open it. "Your little spawn here has told me so much about you." He smiled.

"Really, then I guess you know I don't like it when people damage my property." Methalious laughed.

"Your property?" He looked at Spike and then back at Angel. "He's mine, you left him many years ago, and when you left him, he became MY property." Methalious looked at Spike and laughed. "If I didn't like fucking him so much I'd let you have him, give you my damaged goods so to speak. I'm a giver that way. But... My intentions are to strong to pass him up." He said. Angel was getting mad. Actually mad was a bit of an understatement. Furious, would be a better word. Angel lunged at Methalious who jumped out of the way. "Rule number one Angelus, Never attack out of anger." He said, kicking Angel into the side of the roof. Methalious walked over to him and kicked his boot, but when Angel didn't respond he smirked in satisfaction. Spike watched in horror as Methalious walked up to him meancingly. "As for you, I'll teach you what happens when you run awa..." Methalious stoped in mid step.

"Rule number two, always keep your eye on both apponents!" Angel said, pulling the stake out of Methalious' chest as he turned to dust. Angel crouched down at Spike who was holding his head and shaking like there was no tomorrow. "Spike, Spike! William! Its ok... He's gone... He's dead." Spike stopped shaking slightly and looked up at him.

"He's gone?" Angel nodded. There was a long pause before Spike jumped at Angel, his lips crushing against Angel's. Angel was a bit shocked and looked at him strangely when he stopped.

"What was that?" Angel asked. Spike shrugged.

"Sorry, Its been so long since I've loved anyone. Its the only thing I could think of doing." Angel laughed.

"You could have just said thank you." Spike shrugged again.

"Didn't seem like enough." Angel laughed.

"Come on, lets go tell Buffy the news."

TBC... WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO PUT IN THE NEXT CHAPTER? I'm out of Ideas... (Thinks a moment) OH wait... I think I know! PLZ R&R