Chapter Three: Another Bot
Dawn finally broke the stunned silence, "What?"
"What makes you think that?" Buffy asked, nervously.
"I went to Spike's crypt this afternoon," Xander began.
"That's right," Anya interrupted. "Did you ask him about being an usher?"
"Spike's going to be in the wedding?" Buffy asked.
"Xander's cousin canceled," Anya explained. "So it was either Spike or a chaos demon."
"Oh, I've seen pictures of them," Dawn said. "They're disgusting."
"Can we get back to what I saw this afternoon," Xander said.
"Fine," Anya said. "What makes you think that Spike has another bot?"
"I saw them," Xander said. "And it was even stranger than the first one."
"What do you mean?" Buffy asked, carefully.
"Well his first bot was mainly just, 'yes Spike, no Spike, let's have sex, Spike'. This one he was actually having a conversation with him. It was really weird too. I mean, he was acting like the bot was sick and he had to take care of her."
"Are you sure that's what you saw?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure," Xander said. "So can we go and stake him?"
"No," Dawn said. "I mean that's really gross if that's what he did but we can't stake him, especially if we don't know what's going on."
"I'll talk to him," Buffy said.
"If you want him staked then I'll do it," Xander said. "I'm going to have nightmares for the rest of my life from the trauma of seeing Spike making out with another robot."
"Hey," Buffy said, insulted.
"But why would he build another robot?" Willow asked. "I thought he learned his lesson last time and when you were gone he couldn't stand to be around the bot."
"I'll find out what's going on," Buffy said. "This could just be a misunderstanding."
"I saw Spike in bed with something that looked just like you," Xander said. "How could I misunderstand that?"
"You might have," Buffy said. "I'll go talk to him when I patrol tonight." Her tone told them not to press her anymore so the conversation drifted to other things.
Dawn finally broke the stunned silence, "What?"
"What makes you think that?" Buffy asked, nervously.
"I went to Spike's crypt this afternoon," Xander began.
"That's right," Anya interrupted. "Did you ask him about being an usher?"
"Spike's going to be in the wedding?" Buffy asked.
"Xander's cousin canceled," Anya explained. "So it was either Spike or a chaos demon."
"Oh, I've seen pictures of them," Dawn said. "They're disgusting."
"Can we get back to what I saw this afternoon," Xander said.
"Fine," Anya said. "What makes you think that Spike has another bot?"
"I saw them," Xander said. "And it was even stranger than the first one."
"What do you mean?" Buffy asked, carefully.
"Well his first bot was mainly just, 'yes Spike, no Spike, let's have sex, Spike'. This one he was actually having a conversation with him. It was really weird too. I mean, he was acting like the bot was sick and he had to take care of her."
"Are you sure that's what you saw?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure," Xander said. "So can we go and stake him?"
"No," Dawn said. "I mean that's really gross if that's what he did but we can't stake him, especially if we don't know what's going on."
"I'll talk to him," Buffy said.
"If you want him staked then I'll do it," Xander said. "I'm going to have nightmares for the rest of my life from the trauma of seeing Spike making out with another robot."
"Hey," Buffy said, insulted.
"But why would he build another robot?" Willow asked. "I thought he learned his lesson last time and when you were gone he couldn't stand to be around the bot."
"I'll find out what's going on," Buffy said. "This could just be a misunderstanding."
"I saw Spike in bed with something that looked just like you," Xander said. "How could I misunderstand that?"
"You might have," Buffy said. "I'll go talk to him when I patrol tonight." Her tone told them not to press her anymore so the conversation drifted to other things.