Disclaimer:: mutters indignantly:: Bloody cat…I don't own the characters (Apart from Riana whom is my creation) so please don't sue! I don't gain money (although I wish I did) from this fic. But the idea of the fic came from me! :)
Summary: AU What if the live you know wasn't real. That your life was altered, changed, destroyed by the scorn of one woman. Will you be able to get your life back in order with the help of the only person who trusts you, or stay within the lie. AngelSpike SLASH!
Warning: This is not a fun-loving-Buffy fic. So if you came here looking for some good ole Buffy love, turn right around. THIS FIC IN SOME PARTS WILL NOT BE IN THE SAME TIME-ZONE AS BUFFY aka season 6 may be in season 5 etc.
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I
realise that I posted my fic at a time when was having
problems, some people (Like me) couldn't post reviews and some will
get a 'Page cannot be displayed' when opening a story. You may
need not have read the last chapter so please check to avoid confusion.
Thanks to:
SciFiFan151852, Jenn, Melanthe Vida, Anne, SpikedAngel.
Loads of Love,
AmethystxX
BECAUSE OF THOSE PROBLEMS I ADVISE YOU TO CHECK AND SEE IF YOU HAVE READ CHAPTER 8!
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I Dont Know
"What is that thing? There-there's no data. There's no pictures on this one there! What is the data? There's no one in there!" The guard whispered the last past, scared, as Dawn was pulled away by Buffy."The key ... is energy. My brethren sent it to you", Buffy stared into space at the monk's words, "Dawn"
"Huh, I guess that's you, nibblet"
"This is blood, isn't it? It can't be me. I'm not a key" Dawn whispered crying, "I'm not a thing!"
Dawn stared up at Spike and smiled, "I feel save with you,"
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"Take that back!" Spike yelled, trying unconvincingly to be angry.
Dawn stared at Spike, as if wondering where those words had came from. It was true, she did feel safe with Spike, but what was unusual was that she felt safer with him than with anyone else, even her sister, Buffy.
"I, I mean," Dawn spoke quickly, ""You treat me like an adult....your always there and you never turn me any. Even if the gang treat you like crap. You helped me find out who i am...what i am. I don't think i could have gotten through everything thats happened without you, what with me being 'The Key'" Dawn took a deep breath,
"And you have the whole super-power thing, and ... you're just as tough as Buffy is," she licked her lips nervously. Spike looked at Dawn in confusion. He couldn't help but feel as though he shouldn't be standing here. He frowned and shook his head, paying attention to Dawn.
"Maybe tougher…in fact I think your tougher than Buffy. Well mentally at least" Dawn finished quietly, smiling slightly as she watched as Spike turned to her, his eyebrows raised.
"You do?" He asked, sitting down on the coffin with Dawn.
Dawn grinned, "I do"
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"Hey" Buffy said to Joyce when she got to her porch. Joyce was sat with a glass of lemonade, watching the sunset. She smiled when she saw her daughter, but then frowned.
"Wheres Dawn?" Joyce asked anxiously.
"Isn't she here?" Buffy retorted, looking in the windows of the house. When she turned back, Joyce was giving her a 'No Shit' look. Buffy laughed nervously.
"She never came home from school today" Joyce rubbed her hands with trepidation, "Oh Buffy what if its that gang that work for Glory? No it couldn't be, why would they have wanted Dawn? It doesn't make sense-"
"Mom!" Buffy cut in through her babbling, "Don't worry. I'll check it out. I promise" Buffy spoke, already walking away.
"Oh Buffy!" Joyce shouted, Buffy turned around expectantly, "I just wanted to say that you may want to check Spike's place, They get along pretty well," Buffy watched as her mother walked into the house, her mouth open agape..
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"Well, I had the hubby by the throat, didn't I? Promised her he'd live if she gave me the invite" Spike spoke softly, sitting crossed legged on the coffin with Dawn.
Dawn stared at Spike, entranced, "And did you…Let him live?"
Spike gave her a look, "What do you think?". Dawn frowned and shifted nervously, contemplating that piece of information, "Huh…" she finally stated.
"Too much for you?" Spike said knowingly, Dawn shook her head forcefully, "No! keep going"
Spike leant forward dramatically, "And I kill 'em. Right quick, the whole lot" Dawn leans forward with him, fascinated, "But…There's someone missing. Supposed to be…this little girl. So I get real quiet, and I hear this tiny noise coming from the coal bin. This little…sigh. So I listened harder, it's very, very quiet…"
"Spike!" Buffy screeched, banging open the door and startling the duo. She frowned and glared at the image.
"What in the hell!" Buffy spoke coldly, "You know what never mind. Whatever's going on can't be good" Buffy grabbed Dawns wrist and yanked her off the coffin, paying no attention to the indignant hey it brought.
Spike sighed, lit a cigarette and met Buffys glare head on, "Was gonna send her home soon, 'knew Joyce would be worried,"
Buffy shook her head, "So what you think that if you look after her and bring her home that, what?, that suddenly makes you the good guy?" She laughed humourlessly, "God you're an idiot" She dragged a protesting Dawn to the door.
Dawn yanked her hand away, "Jeese Buff don't you think your going a little overboard? We were just hanging out" she yelled.
Buffy looked Dawn in the eye, "Crypt plus vampire equals bad" Buffy said slowly, sounding out every word carefully, "and its icky".
"Don't you dare speak to me like I'm five! God what's the big deal!" Dawn shouted, "And besides I don't think he's icky" she added.
Buffy sighed, "You cannot hang out with a killer, or somethings that's dead, evil and… a vampire!" Buffy replied, glaring at Spike who was leaning against the wall, watching the conversation with interest.
"Guess that's why Angel doesn't exist anymore" Dawn inwardly brightened with happiness as she saw her sister hesitate.
"Angel's different. He has a soul-"
"Spikes got a chip same diff" Dawn said cheerily, grabbing her school bags.
"We are not having this conversation" Buffy grumbled, leading Dawn to the door.
Spike gave her a two-finger salute when Buffy looked over her shoulder.
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"Anya, could you please put up the closed sign. I'm going to be in the back room if anyone needs me" Giles said, carrying a large sword with him into said room.
Anya sighed and did as she was asked, "Well another ending to another day. No more money until tomorrow" Willow rolled her eyes as Anya, yet again, gave her 'Woe is me' speech.
Tara squeezed Willows leg under the table and smiled softly at her. They'd been going steady for almost a year now. Willow snapped her teeth at her playfully then kissed her passionately, they broke apart when a sharp noise interrupted them.
"Hey!" Anya yelled, glaring at the two and picking up the book she threw at them, "This is a place for business, keep your sex life where it belongs, although I may let you continue if you let me join in" Anya said seriously, going back behind the counter to count her money. Tara and Willow shuddered simultaneously.
"For I am Xander! Bearer of pizzery goodness" Xander yelled dramatically, kicking the door closed behind him. Willow shook her head at his antics but dug in when he placed it down.
"Tara you want?" Xander spoke between mouthfuls of pizza. She shook her head and smiled, stating that she wasn't very hungry.
Anya frowned as she watched Tara survey the shelves, touching her profittable items, "Hey you!" she shouted out, making Tara jump and knock the item nearest to her hand off the shelf. Anya gasped and ran forward quickly, "Look what you did! That skull was worth money!"
Tara bent down and picked up a black object off the floor that came from the skull, ignoring Anya's ramblings. She frowned and peered into the lens of the object with confusion.
"Erm…Guys. I think I may have found something"
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Jonathan snored loudly as he sat at his computer, jolting when his head sank to his chest. Andrew walked in and clapped his hands infront of his face, laughing as Jonathan woke up with a jump, spilling the drink resting in his lap all over himself. Jonathan slapped Andrew angrily.
"What did you do that for?" He cried out indignantly, wiping at the mess. Andrew shrugged and switched on the television.
"Your meant to be monitoring the scooby gang, Warren'll throw a fit if you don't" Andrew made himself comfortable.
Jonathan glared at him, "You could have done that! Besides nothings happening anyway"
"That's because its on screensaver genius" he replied, Jonathan frowned and moved the mouse, checked the screen with disinterest, then went back to sorting out his wet clothes. He froze as he reached for his T-shirt, and looked back at the monitor.
"Oh god…oh no…oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no!" He said panicked, as five faces peered into the camera lens. Andrew hurried over at Jonathans words.
"What do we do?" Andrew whispered desperately, looking up at the ceiling.
"We are in so much shit" they said together as they heard footsteps above.
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"My Word," Giles spoke, peering into the camera.
"So that's how they spied on us. Those sneaky little…GRR!" Xander breathed out, grabbing another slice of pizza without even realising.
"I'm gonna call Buffy" Willow said, tearing her eyes from the lens and shuddering as she felt overly paranoid as she concentrated on the objects around her for anything out of place.
"That's so perverted. They could see anything, everything, we could have done in here" Anya stated, straightening her hair and smiling into the lens.
Xander paled, "Everything?" he choked out, Anya smiled innocently, "Yep. Including that little romp session me and you had in here the other day", Xander flushed as Giles turned to him with disapproval in his eyes.
"Joyce said that Buffy's not home but she'll send her straight over when she gets back" Willow joined Tara when she sat down at the table, enclosing her hand within hers. They paid no notice to the arguments around them.
"I have a bad feeling about this" Tara muttered, staring at the camera the others were holding nervously.
"Me too" her girl-friend replied, smiling ruefully. Willow leant over to Tara's ear.
"If anyone hurts you, I'll beat them to death with a shovel and…well…A vague disclaimer is nobodies friend" Willow said truthfully, smiling in adoration when Tara blushed prettily at her words.
"So does this mean Tara doesn't have to pay for breaking the skull?" Anya asked petulantly, the others groaned.
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Warren watched the monitor as the gang argued, studying them carefully.
"I don't think that they know why the camera's are there so consider yourselves lucky. But whether or not she thinks along the same lines is another question all together"
Andrew paled as Jonathan started hyperventilating.
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This fic will get very more dramatic in the near, VERY near future :)
I hope you'll take pity and Review for your Author! :)
Taster
1:
"…I
was so close! So close to finding out what she wanted...But no! You
just had to intervene! and now she'll kill us! i'll die! And you think
that you can
just do that to me? Think again…"
Taster
2:
"It's
about Power" ------ Both teasers in the future.
With
Love,
AmethystxX