I walked furiously to my house; I knew what I needed to do. I unlocked my door and walked over to my dresser. I opened the top drawer and pulled out the wad of money I was saving for the big day. I turned around, walked out the door, and started off towards the bus stop.
As I walked, I thought about the last few hours and tried to figure out what went wrong and where. How could Buffy say that it's my fault Anya left me? She was the one who got me all angry so that…no, it's better if I don't think about it too much.
I wonder what they're doing right now. Willow and Dawn are probably moping back at the house, and Buffy is probably off banging Spike somewhere. And Anya…well she was probably thinking of the best way to get vengeance on me.
Whatever. I know what I have to do. I'm a man on a mission. I reach the bus station and walk right up to the ticket window.
"One ticket for the next bus to L.A."
I stared at the three girls like they were crazy.
"Why do you girls want to know where Xander is?"
"We thought he was after you." Buffy said.
"Well sorry to disappoint you, but he's not here.
Los Angeles"Angel!" Xander was screaming at the top of his lungs.
Angel came striding down the stairs. "What are you doing here?"
Cordelia, Gunn, Wesley, and Fred followed closely behind.
"It's important. Spike killed Anya and is trying to kill Buffy! You have to help me kill him!"
SunnyDaleIt had been three days since Xander disappeared. Buffy and Spike continued their love. Willow and Dawn had accepted them.
It was a dark night. No stars were out. Buffy and Spike were passionately making out when Spike jolted forward and whispered "Buffy!" He flew into dust. Buffy stood there shocked. Her hands grasped at nothing, her eyes filled with tears. Xander, Angel Cordelia, Gunn, Wesley, and Fred stood where Spike had been standing. Angel had a stake in his hand.
"What are you doing?" Buffy couldn't speak, her throat filled with pain. In a heat of passion she kicked Angel back and flung onto Xander.
"I'll kill you for what you've done!"
"No you won't. I told you, you would be sorry," Xander growled, lifting his hand up revealing a knife. Buffy screamed as Xander brought the knife down towards Buffy's chest and---
Buffy jolted from her sleep. She looked around trying to remember where she was. She realized that she was in the crypt, and she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Spike still sleeping soundly next to her. It was just a dream.
Then it hit her, it seemed so real, and the last time a dream felt so real it turned out to be real. Xander had gone to LA to get Angel to kill Spike. They weren't safe anymore.
Buffy smacked Spike across the face and that woke him from his sleep. "Get dressed. We have to leave. Xander is bringing Angel Investigations here to kill you."
"How do you know that?" Spike asked, getting dressed.
"I had a dream. Angel dusted you, and Xander tried to kill me. We have to get out of here."
"Oh my gosh," a voice said from the shadows. "I can't believe it. William the Bloody and the Slayer in bed together. I never thought that would happen in a million years."
Halfrek walked into the dark crypt. She had a gleam of hate in her eyes.
"I have come to wreak havoc on the life of William the Bloody. She has sent me to punish you."
"Who sent you!" Buffy sputtered.
"Drusilla!"
"Great. This week just gets better and better doesn't it. Why would Drusilla send a vengeance demon after me?" Spike said getting up from where he was sitting.
"Drusilla has sent me because she says that you have broken her heart in the most horrible way possible. She says the stars tell her that you have betrayed her," Halfrek said taking a step towards Spike.
"Drusilla? What does that tramp think she's doing?" Buffy got up angrily.
"Yeah, like she said," Spike shouted. "we have been broken up for three years now, and she's the one who broke my heart! I'm the one who should be asking for vengeance!"
"Shut up! You foul man!" Halfrek's arm flew and a shot of magic shot out of her hand.
"NO!" Buffy sprinted toward Spike, but the magic disappeared and Halfrek vanished.
Buffy and Spike stared at where Halfrek was, and then stared at each other.
"That was weird," Buffy said.
I had been in LA for three days, waiting. Angel and his friends were still packing. Angel was doting over his baby. All I could think of was getting back to Sunnydale. I had to get back before Anya found me. I remember her telling me about what she did to some of those men she plagued.
Angel came down the stairs holding Connor in his arms.
"Xander, do you have room in your car for Connor's car seat?" he asked me.
"Um, I came here on a bus, remember?" I said.
"Don't worry Angel," Cordelia said walking into the room. "I'll hold Connor on my lap and Fred can sit up with us, while Xander, Gunn, and Wesley sit in back."
"So I guess that means that we're taking my car." Angel stared at Cordelia with an eye of wanting. I had never seen Angel look at anybody like that, not even Buffy.
"Um, I think you guys better hurry up. For all we know, Spike could have already killed Buffy," I said, kind of felling uncomfortable in the same room with my ex-girlfriend and Buffy's ex-boyfriend while they were making googley eyes at each other.
"Relax Xander, " Cordy said. "We all know that Spike has a chip in his head so he can't hurt humans. We all figured your story was bogus three days ago. We're all just going to Sunnydale just to have a Scooby Gang reunion and to introduce Fred and Gunn to the others."
I stared at them in disbelief. They knew I was lying all along, and they didn't call me on it until now. No wonder they were acting all calm. Gunn, Wesley, and Fred came into the room, adding to the awkwardness of the whole scene.
"So let's get this road trip going," Gunn said putting his arm around Fred. "It's dark now, so it's safe for us to go."
"Thank you Gunn. Let's go," I said, grabbing my coat and leading the way out the door.
My head was still spinning from the whole Halfrek being summoned by Drusilla thing, even though that was over an hour ago. We hadn't moved much since then, we just kept sitting there staring at each other.
"So, Drusilla summoned a vengeance demon," I said trying to make small talk.
"Yeah and I don't bloody well know why," Spike said, sounding just as awkward as I was feeling. One thought just kept popping into my head, 'what if she came back and all his old feelings about her came back?'
"You know I love you and nothing can change that," he said as if reading my mind.
"I opened my mouth to answer, but before I could there was a loud crash upstairs. Spike immediately tensed up, ready to protect me from whatever it was. We remained quiet, hoping that whoever it was would just go away. But they didn't. I heard footsteps on the stairs. I squinted my eyes to get a better look then Spike and I both gasped at the same time. It was Dawn.
"What are you doing here Dawn?" she looked like she had been crying.
"Anya, I mean Anyanka came back. She was looking for Xander! Willow had to use magic. Anyanka came after us, she almost broke my arm. Willow had no choice!" Dawn spoke quickly, with the sound of tears filling her throat.
"Had no choice about what Dawn!" I could feel the anger rise in me, had she hurt Dawn again?
"She killed…ANYA'S DEAD!"