A/N Since not alot of people are reading this fanfic I've decided to just skip around to only the important episodes of the seasons. So this is a big time jump from the last chapter. It takes place during the episode Who's Line is it Anyway. Only it's before Spike calls in the order of Taraka. Also it's before Tara figures out she's gay.

Summary of events that led up to this chapter. Tara is teaching Willow Magic like she promised. Only for the most part she's only teaching her healing spells and levitation. Tara goes out on patrol by herself, because she doesn't want to explain herself to much to the others. Especially Angel, even though the two have become very close.

She even told him about the real meaning of his curse. He was saddened by the news, but still dated Buffy. She told him that it was okay, just as long as they didn't go to far. Everything else pretty much went like the season was supposed to go, except during Halloween. Since Tara changed things and introduced Johnathon into the group, he became the soldier and Xander became Batman because that was the only other costume that he liked in the shop.

Tara decided to let Halloween go as planned because, Johnathon's skills would be needed so they could take out the Mayor later on. She also saved Spike when Xander almost staked him. Tara and Angel also destroyed the Du Lac cross, before Spike found out about it so he could cure Dru. They melted it down and sold the gold so they could get money for the Scoobies.

She uses her share of the money to get into contact with a weapon maker in LA. (the same one Wesley had during season 4 of Angel) And she gets him to make some gadgets for her.

Also Amy joins the group after Tara finds out that she's a witch. Also Tara keeps having cryptic dreams about Angel and she can't figure out what they mean.

Chapter 13

A Los Angeles beach.

A wave crashes on the sand. In the far distance a pier stretches out into the water. Tara steps onto the beach, walking barefoot across the sand, wearing a pink dress. She stops and looks out over the ocean. She closes her eyes and raises her head to just feel the sun on her face and listen to the waves come in. A pair of hands reach around her and clasp in front of her waist, and she covers them with hers. She looks back and see's Angel leaning his head over her shoulder. She reaches up with her hand and brushes it against his cheek.

"How did you find me here?" Tara asked.

"If I was blind, I would see you." Angel said looking out into the ocean.

She lowers her hand to take his again at her waist and closes her eyes. She embraces his arms tightly to her.

"Stay with me." Tara said leaning into his embrace.

"Forever. That's the whole point. I'll never leave you." Angel said as his smile faded. "Not even if you kill me." he said whispering into her ear.

Tara's expression turns from contented to dismayed.

Suddenly Tara's eyes snap open and she finds herself in her room. Breathing heavily and sweating perfusely, she gets out of bed and walks over to the window, peering out into the night.

(Tara are you okay?) Angel asks in her mind.

(I'm fine.) Tara replied breathlessly back to him. (It was just another nightmare.)

(Is it the same one you've been having all week?)

(Yeah.) was her only reply.

(Do you want to talk about it?) Angel asked.

(No!) Tara almost shouted. Angel was taken aback by her anger. (I'm sorry I didn't mean to yell. I just need time to think about what my dream meant, that's all.)

(Okay.) Angel said a little worrily. He was still surprised that he couldn't read Tara's thoughts with ease like he used to. The girl was growing on him and he didn't want to see her in pain.

(Listen, we have to talk about Spike.) Angel explained.

(Yeah, what about him?) Tara asked as she went to her closet and started to take out some clothes for her nightly patrol.

(It's about how you saved him a few weeks ago.) Angel said as he remembered what happened. It was wierd that Xander of all people almost staked Spike and Tara pushed Spike out of the way. Every since that Halloween spell when Xander turned into the Dark Knight he was acting strangely. He didn't even hang around the Scoobies as much.

(Why do you sound so worried, he's going to turn into a good guy right?)

(Not yet.) Angel said with a sigh. (The way I heard it, it'll take him another three years before he turns into a good guy.)

(What made him change?)

(Buffy) was all Angel would say.

(Obviously we can't let things play out like they did before.) she said as she layed out some black jeans and a black t-shirt. (He's going to kill too many people from now to then.)

(That's why I think you might have to kill him. Especially before he sends for the order of Taraka.) They didn't have to worry about him trying to restore Dru to her full strength because they had already destroyed the Du Lac Cross. Since it was made out of pure gold, she got the alive version of Angel to get in touch with some of his contacts, so they could get some money from it.

(I thought you said, he was important for an upcoming battle?) Tara asked.

(He is but like you said, we can't allow him to kill innocent people.)

(What if I can talk to him. You know get him to come over to our side?) Tara asked. Angel scoffed.

(Tara that's crazy. Spike is an evil, soulless thing. He can't be trusted!)

(But...)

(No but's Tara.) Angel replied calming down a bit. (When the time comes you have to kill Spike. If it's truly meant for him to save the world, maybe he'll come back from hell. I did.)

"Alright." Tara said outloud as she puts one of her new gadgets on her arm. "I'll just check out Willy's first and then I'll look for Spike."

In an abandoned warehouse

"Spike." Drusilla drawls his name out weakly as she dances around. "You'll neva' guess who's 'ere in Sunnydale."

"Who my sweet?" Spike asks as he emerges out of the shadows. "And I thought I told you to stay in bed, you're still weak." he says as he pushes her gently back down in bed and tucks her in.

"My aunt is 'ere." Dru says as she caresses his cheek.

"Is that so, luv?" Spike asked humouring her. "And 'ere I thought Angelus had killed them all." he said thinking of days past.

"She's my new aunt silly." Dru said with a dreamy look. "The one that daddy made."

Spike thinks about this, then quickly dismisses it. 'She's gettin' nuttier by the day.' he thought to himself. 'Right now I have to think about the Slayer and getting her better.' Trying to get the Du Lac cross was a bust. When Spike tried to get to the tomb to get it, he found that it wasn't there at all.

"I'm going to go out for a bit, luv." Spike said as he stood to his feet. "I have to get somethin' to drink."

Spike was halfway through his virgin's blood and Vodka when he heard an odd muttering behind him. He turned around on his stool, leaning back against the bar as a crowd of demons and vamps made way for someone he couldn't see.

He reached out, grabbing a demon by the neck and pulling him back against the bar. "Hey mate, whats goin on?"

"I think it's one of them." the demon said as he began to shiver.

"Them?" Spike asked with a raised eyebrow. "What them?"

The demon swallowed, and pointed straight up. "THEM."

Spike's eyes widened, "Bloody hell. You've got to be kidding me?"

The demon shivered, "No... The demon community has been going nuts for weeks... New Mexico, L.A... now here. A Serephim is walking the Earth again."

"That's not bloody well possible." Spike hissed. "What proof do you have?"

"I ran into a vampire a few months ago. He was acting like he was crazy or something. He told me a Seraphim took apart his whole crew. Besides..." the demon said as he looked up at Tara.

"can't you feel that?"

Spike looked up at the blonde coming towards the bar. She was a cute little bird, but something about her just seemed so pure. It made even William the bloody shiver a little.

"Is that from her?" Spike asked.

The demon nodded. "Damn."

Tara walked up to the bar, glancing at the others standing around. Most of them were quite a distance away from her, all but one who was sitting with his back slightly turned. All Tara could see was the long black duster and a hint of blonde hair.

Willy came out from a back room, glancing awkwardly around the room before he slipped into the large island bar. Even though he wasn't a demon he could still see that the other demon's were afraid of the new comer in his bar. "Can... can I help you?"

" I'm looking for William the Bloody." Tara said pausing for effect. Knowing that Spike was beside her. "Any idea where he is?"

Willy shook his head fervently. "No... Sorry! I'm sorry!"

Tara just looked at him with a small grin, "Relax. He's just an old... friend of mine." Tara told him. "What's wrong with you anyway?"

"N... nothing... Can I go now?" Tara nodded and watched as Willy scrambled off. "Very amusing."

"Cor luv," A voice came from beside him, "What do you expect? Not every day an Angel comes in 'ere and asks questions."

Tara turned her head at the familiar voice. "The Slayer of Slayers?"

"You know me, luv?" Tara snorted as Angel whispered the information to her.

"William the Bloody. One part of the infamous group of vampires led by Angelus, the Scourge of Europe himself."

Spike rolled his eyes, "Right. Like that bloomin poofter was ever the leader. Wait don't I know you?" Spike asked taking a better look at her. 'She looks just like the girl who pushed me out of the way when that whelp tried to stake me.' Spike thought to himself.

"Aren't you one of the soddin' Slayer's friends?" he asked.

"You could say that." Tara replied as she put her hand on his shoulder. "Now come with me, we have some things to talk about."

(Tara what the hell are you doing?) Angel asked in her mind.

(Just trust me.) she said back to him.

"Not Bloody likely." Spike said as he shrugged her hand off. Instantly making her upset. Before she could respond though, she felt somebody standing up behind her.

"Sit down!" She immediately shouted as she turned around. It was a tall and very large vampire. He was scared out of his wits that an Angel was in the bar so he tried to flee.

"Are you going to let a woman talk to you like that, mate?" Spike asked.

"Hell no." the vamp growled as he shifted into his game face. Jumping over the table he ran towards Tara.

"Why are the big one's always so stupid?" Tara asks herself as she lifts up her arm. Before the vamp could get even ten feet towards her a stake pops out from under her sleeve and shoots out into the vamps chest.

The vamps eyes pop open wide as he looks down and see's the stake. Without a word he explodes into ashes.

"Now are you going to come with me or do you want to join your friend?" Tara asks as she whirls on Spike and points her arm out as another stake peeks it's way out.

"You know ducks." Spike said as he put down his drink. "You've persuaded me to go with you."

Thirty Minutes Later

In an abandoned theater

As Spike opens the door to the old theater, Tara comes up behind him with a stake at his back.

"So what do you want with me?" Spike asks as he turns around and looks at her. Then he gives her a suggestive wink.

"Not on your best day Willy." Tara tells him with a slight grin. Spike just looks at her for a second. Something about the way she said his name just seemed so familiar. The only person to ever call him Willy was Angelus.

"So what then?" Spike asks again.

"I want you to join me. I want you to be one of the good guys." After she said this Spike did something she knew he would do all along. He laughed.

"You can't be serious." he said through the laughter. Then he saw her face and knew she wasn't playing. "You are serious."

"Yeah I am Spike." Tara said as she walked up closer to him. Making him step back a little.

"And I can prove that you can be one." As she said this Spike looked down and saw that he had stepped into what looked like a sacred circle. As he looked up Tara put her hands on either side of his temples.

Before he could move or either say a word, energy flowed out of Tara and into him. As Spike started to scream he started to see flashes of himself during heroic things. (Basically whatever he did on season five of Angel,) He even started to see himself fight along side Peaches in a dark alley as a demon horde is about to attack.

(So this is what you've been planning behind my back?) Angel asks. For a week at a time he felt disconnected to Tara. Almost as if she was pushing him away. (How long have you been planning this?)

(For about a week.) Tara replied back to him with a grunt. (Now be quiet for a second, It's taking a lot out of me to astro- project these memories from your mind and from your future.) she tells him.

Suddenly she feels an increase in power and her Dragon Guanlets appear. Before she can think about what's going on, Spike starts to scream even louder. Someone is feeding him memories of the future he would have with Buffy, through Tara. He starts to see all of the good and bad things he does with her and he see's his heroic's on the hellmouth. (Even protecting and watching over Tara when Glory took her mind)

Just as quickly as the power was there it was gone. As the power dissapates Spike and Tara slump to the floor. Both of them are exhausted.

"What the bloody 'ell did you do to me?" Spike asked in outrage.

"Making you a hero." Tara replied as she stood to her feet.

"Yeah I can feel it." Spike says as he stands to his feet and looks at his hands.

"What do we do now?" Tara asks. She was really talking to Angel but Spike thought she was talking to him.

Spike sighs then punches Tara in the face. "What do ya think?" he asks as he snickers. Spike paces back and forth while Tara gets back to her feet.

"Come on!" Spike yells out. "What did ya think? Some little spell was gonna change the big bad?"

"Spike, we don't have time for this." Tara said as she wiped at her bloody lip. "There's a lot of big problems to deal with."

"Keep your knickers dry, Sally." Spike says with a chuckle. "You're not gonna last that long."

(I told you Tara) Angel whispers in her mind. (Spike is never going to change.)

"Fine." Tara says with a sigh, as she stands to her feet. "We'll do it your way."

Tara and Spike start fist-fighting. They trade punches, then Spike grabs Tara and throws her up in the air, where she lands on a balcony behind him. Tara then lands on a cross. With a growl she kicks the cross down to the stage below..while spike jumps up to the balcony in one smooth motion, landing in front of her.

Doing a fancy spinning move Tara gets to her feet and pushes Spike back a little. Spike taunts her and picks up the cross. It burns him but he doesn't seem to care. He tosses it at her but she dodges it.

Spike uses his toe to lift a metal rod of rebar into his hands. He swings it at Tara, but she does a somersault off of the balcony, landing on the stage near a bag of weapons, she brought there a few days ago. As she walks toward the bag, Spike looks up and throws the rebar at her like a spear, narrowly missing her. Tara turns to look at Spike, who jumps from the balcony wielding another rod of rebar.

"Yaaaagh!" Spike yells as he lifts the rebar high over his head. Tara grabs the first piece of rebar that Spike threw at her and uses it to deflect his weapon.

They continue to fight, and Tara pushes Spike further and further back. She finally swings the rebar rod like a baseball bat, knocking Spike up into the balcony. She follows him, ready to swing at Spike again, but Spike stands and blocks the swing.

"You're not gonna win seraphim."

Spike punches Tara, knocking her off of the balcony. She lands on the stage below, coughing and bleeding up blood through her mouth.

"I've killed two Slayers in my day." Spike says as he jumps down to the stage. "Now I'll be known all over the world as the bloke who killed an Angel."

Tara grabs Spike's wrists and pulls them apart as he tries to choke her. She punches Spike, then throws him across the room, causing some of the wood props to shatter. They fist fight some more and then they punch each other in the face at the same time, making each other stumble back.

"I'm sorry it has to be like this Spike." Tara says as she puts her arm down to her side. An extender sword then telescopes down into her hand. Seeing it as a challenge Spike changes into his vampire face. They then charge each other.

As Tara swings at him with her sword, Spike ducks down, comes up behind her and punches her in the back.

"Come on Angel. I know you can do better then that." With that said Tara's eyes suddenly change to an eerie blue. Before she can take another swing at Spike, a stake suddenly embeds itself in his left shoulder, right above his heart.

As they both look up they see a beautiful black girl, with her arm outstrecthed. As Tara figures out who it is, Spike runs past her and crashes out of the huge theater window, sending glass and wood everywhere.

Taking the stake out of his back, Spike runs off into the night.

TBC...

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Also BAKAMAN I sent you an email explaining about this fanfic. I hope you got it. Also I wanted to apologize to the few reviewers who are reading my story. I hope you don't think it sucks now because I'm skipping through the season.