Previousely on Buffy The Vampire Slayer :
Dawn was kidnapped by Glory, Buffy is in a state of catatonia since then. The scoobies return to Sunnydale. Willow is trying to wake up Buffy, while Xander is at the hospital with Giles who is injuried. Spike returns to Glory's flat to search for a trail.
Spike kicks the door with his boot, disdainfuly. His gaze wanders around the appartment. He lights a fag and goes for a back door behind the stairs. Inside he finds Ben's lair, with his doctor's blouse.
What a shame that I didn't know that stupid git was Glory, I could have killed the idiot and none of this would have happened. Yeah ! I could have had minions sent to him when he was outside the hospital, they would have drained him good and proper. Instead, Buffy is unresponsive since Dawn was kidnapped, the bitch has her Key now, Tara is in wonderland, and Willow is getting scarier as time goes on. The witch is too much powerful, and its not for the good. He had seen it in his time, magic without enough control is not a good thing, some time in the near futur, it may cause a problem. I must talk about it to the watcher, after all this.
Well, there's nothing more here...better return to the hospital, see if the watcher is better.
On his way, he makes a quick patrol, dusting one fledging making his way out of his grave. His thoughts are full of Buffy and Dawn.
I hope the nibblet is fine ! Since Glory needs her for the ritual I presume that she won't torture her. Willow is going to bring Buffy back from lalaland and we will find a way to stop this bitch ! But all along, he has a feeling that it will probably won't be as easy as that. Something in his gut, tells him that it will turn badly this time. Too much odds against them, and he don't like it one bit. You don't confront a God without damage...I will die before this bitch hurt my girls ! Yeah ! Definitely his girls, he thinks with a smile. Buffy has kissed him this night, Oh god ! It was so good ! He will never let her go now, nope never ! She wants him even if she is not in love with him, it's just a matter of time and one thing for sure is that he has all the time in the world, vampire here ! Well of course only if he doesn't die for good in the next battle against Glory. Naaah ! Don't think like that mate, we will all make it !
In the corridor of the hospital he spot a bag of blood and put it in his jacket, Harris has seen him but doesn't comment.
He makes a full report to the watcher and the whelp, and suggests them to go pay a visit to Doc. They agree and takes Xander's car. Since the watcher is injured, they go in there without him. Something in Doc's demeanor creeps him, this guy is not clear, he seems too « sugary » would say Buffy. As if Spike would believe him when he seems to ignore that Glory is in town, he knows that Doc is one of the most big bad ass in Sunnydale, it's for that reason they are here. Spike saw him trying to divert their attention and smirk. Yeah ! Don't think I'm a fool Doc.
« You are lying ! »
All hell break loose after that, and Doc attacks him.
« Idiot ! You think that only lower being worship Glorificus ! »
He sends Harris flying against the wall, and put the box he was trying to hide in the fire. Harris pins him to the floor and pierce his heart with a sword. I get back the box through the fire and we leave.
In the car Giles is asleep, but when Harris start the engine he wakes up. I fill him in about what happened and give him the box.
« Where do you want to go, now, Giles ? »
« To the Magic box ! We must decipher this book before the ritual ! »
« Allright, no rest time for the good guys ! » he sighs.
After two hours of research, they finally know what the prophecy is about and it's not good at all.
They are all relieved to see Buffy arrive. She seems like her old self and it's one good news among the bad ones.
When Giles is explaining the prophecy to her, Spike lowers his head and fixes a spot on the floor, he can't stand the gaze of the slayer. He don't understand why but he feels as if he has failed her. It's stupid really, since he has nothing to do with the bad news, but he curses himself for not being able to protect her and the nibblet. He knows she won't accept to kill Dawn, and he understands why, he couldn't do it himself either. She means too much for him, she and Joyce where the only one to always treat him like a man, as if he was a friend. Buffy knows she is not really her sister but it doesn't matter to her, and the watcher knows it too. So they are doomed if the ritual start, because there is no way Buffy would let anyone kill Dawn, and he knows he would never allow it too. He stays quiet all along, because it's between her and the watcher for now. It's evident nothing between them won't be the same after that. Of course the watcher is right, what's one life against the whole world, nothing. But for Buffy, Dawn is her only reason to keep on living. If it wasn't for her, she would be as good as dead. It hurts Spike to think that even with his support, it's not enough for her to want to live. She doesn't love him, this is proof enough, and it hurts like a brick wall.
