" Spike was never one to quit." Scarlett smiled softly. She looked at one of her minions who had carefully climbed on the roof. Scarlett enjoyed laying on the roof for hours. It gave her the feeling of being free. Every once in a while, her minions even have to pull her off before the sun could burn her.
" Ma'am?" asked one of her minions, " what if he comes?"
" Who? Spike?" she asked.
" Yes." He said.
" If he comes... Don't kill him." she said. She looked back at the moon. As soon as the minion was gone she started to cry.
" God, Spike, I need you so much." she closed her eyes and leaned back on the flat roof.
Spike tried to cloud out the sounds of Angelus and his Drusilla having sex in the room next to him. But no matter how many pillows, or how far away he went the noise only seemed to increase. With every one of Drusilla's screams he felt his heart rip out. He walked along the corridor and soon found himself in front of Scarlett's room - If you counted an attic with a cot a room. Truthfully, he felt sorry for her. Angelus, Drusilla, and Darla treated her differently because she had a soul. It wasn't her fault. He still hasn't been able to say sorry to her. Sorry that he hadn't stopped Angelus. He knew he should have told her sorry from the beginning, shouldn't have waited 7 years. He knocked on her door.
" Yes?" he heard.
" It's Spike." he said. The door opened a little and he saw her peek out.
" Oh, hi." she said as she opened the door.
" Hey, I wanted to say hi." he said.
" Uh... HI." she smiled shyly. She sat on her bed and patted the spot next to her. Spike smiled as he sat down. He stared at her for a second and noticed her clothes. They were old, raggedy and they hung very loose on her small frame. She noticed him staring and he turned away. Then gasped at the sight before him. There were so many dead bat's and birds in the corner of the room.
" When's the last time you ate?" he asked.
" Yesterday." she said, then her stomach growled.
" You haven't ate a human since Adam." He said. She looked away again.
" Angelus told me not to go out... I might fall on a stake or something." she said. Spike smiled, " A disgrace to all vampires."
" ... How long has it been since you've been outside?" Spike asked. Scarlett thought for a moment, then shrugged, " Do you want to go outside?"
" Yes, please." she asked. Spike grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the room, and then into Drusilla's room. He went through Drusilla's dresser and pulled out a emerald green dress. He handed it to her and she stared at it confused.
" Put it on." Spike said. He looked away from her and she slid into the dress after a minute or so she touched his shoulder , he jumped. Then turned to her and smiled, " don't scare me like that."
" Sorry." Scarlett smiled.
" Are you ready?" he asked. She nodded and he pulled her out of the room.
" Miss?" said a familiar voice. Scarlett looked up sleepily.
" ... Oh, Aaron." she said realizing who it was, " what?"
" The sun will be up in a few minutes."
" Thank you." she whispered. She stood up and he followed her off the roof and down the ladder.
Scarlett had just gone of to bed, and Aaron could do whatever he wanted, he was the second most important vampire in the mansion, second to Scarlett. All of the vampire's were scared of her, yet they were also ashamed of her. She forced them to not eat any humans, which they hated. But they all knew that if she knew what was going on behind her back they would all be dead in a heartbeat. Aaron allowed them to leave the mansion when she was asleep, they had a chance to feast on people until she woke up.
" Mom, I have to go." Buffy said, " I still haven't patrolled yet." Buffy said as she put on her coat. She had stayed with her mom for about an hour. (it's been an hour since the last time we read about her.)
" Ok," Joyce said, " Have fun."
" As much fun as I can have while patrolling." Buffy joked. She stepped out of the hospital room and then followed long hallways until she got out of the hospital. She looked around until she saw what she was looking for - a bus stop. From what she remembered the last bus should arrive in a few minutes. She walked to it, and joined two people. They were a man and a woman, and it looked like they were either married or dating. The woman seemed distressed and the man looked scared.
" Hi." the woman said, giving Buffy a fake smile.
" Hey." Buffy said back.
" Is someone you know at the hospital?" the lady asked.
" Yeah." Buffy said, " My mom was bitten by something."
" Her mother had a heart attack." The man said.
" Sorry." Buffy said.
" It's ok." the lady said, " She's alright now."
" That's good." Buffy said.
" Is your mom Ok?" the woman asked.
" Yeah."
" What bit her?" the man asked.
" I don't know." Buffy said, " I was at my house and I had this feeling, she was unconscious in my front yard. Two holes in her neck." then the bus came and the three stepped onto the bus. The bus ride was long. Long and quiet. There were only four other people on the bus besides Buffy. She couldn't help but thinking how much this sucked. This Scarlett woman, she seemed to really like Spike, and it was pretty bad when even Drusilla was scared of her. She sent Buffy's mom in the hospital and any of her friends could be next. Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt a hand on her shoulder, she looked up and her eyes met the distressed woman's eyes.
" Good luck with your mother." the lady smiled, she turned as followed her husband.
" Good luck with yours." Buffy called and smiled back. After a few minutes the bus stopped at a familiar spot. Buffy stood up and exited the bus, turning and making her way across the street entering a cemetery.
" Joyce, I came to get Buffy." Spike said as he walked into the hospital room, Joyce looked up from her book confused.
" Buffy left to go patrolling." Joyce said.
" I thought she knew I would pick her up after an hour or so."
" She didn't know." Joyce said, " It's ok, she left a few minutes ago."
" OK, Do you know where she went?"
" I think she went to a cemetery."
" That narrows it down." Spike joked.
" We'll she went on the bus." Joyce said, " The bus stop is just down by the car entrance."
" Thanks." Spike said, he turned to go.
" Wait, Spike." Joyce said, " what are your intentions with my daughter?"
" What do you mean?" Spike asked.
" If your planning to marry her, you need to remember that you're a vampire and are immortal. Buffy's human. And if your not planning to get married... Leave my daughter alone and let her find love. I'm not trying to be mean, but I don't want my daughter to not have a life. I want her to have children, get married, grow old with someone who will die with her from old age not a twig."
" ... Yes, Joyce." Spike said. He turned and left the room. He shut the door and leaned against it. He slid down the door and started to cry. (I know that's unlike Spike, but I would cry too, and don't you say youwouldn't cry because I know you would.)
" I see her, I see the slayer." A vampire by the name of Donny said. He then felt a pain as something hit his back.
" Shh, god... How stupid are you?" Aaron asked, " Don't let the slayer hear you." he and a group of three vampires had stuck together that night to get a meal. They had accidentally went onto the same cemetery that the slayer was patrolling in.
" I heard something." Buffy sing-songed, she walked a few more steps foreword towards where the four vampires were hidden. She looked behind a tree to her left, no vampire, " oh, are we playing hide and seek? I love that game."
" She heard you." Aaron said, he pushed the unexpected Donny out of the bush. Buffy saw him and smiled.
" Hey." Buffy said, Donny backed up and hissed at his 'friends'.
" I'm going to kill you guys." he yelled, Buffy looked at where he had yelled.
" There's more vampires?" Buffy asked.
" Yeah, I made a noise and they pushed me out."
" Oh, cause I heard you?" Buffy smiled. He nodded, " you need to get some better friends."
" I will." he said backing up more.
" Too bad you cant." Buffy smiled. She kicked him in the jaw and he fell back in pain. She looked over to the bush where her eyes met three vampires. She smiled, " Oh, this is a party." Two stood up to her and the other stood behind them.
" Bring the slayer unharmed to Scarlett." he said as he started to run, he only got so far though. Buffy had easily finished off the three vampires and chased him, he was a bigger guy, a lot of muscle, which slowed him down. She was only a few feet from him, and he knew this, he could hear her panting as she neared him. Buffy jumped onto his back, which pushed him foreword and onto the ground. He struggled out of her grasp, but she wouldn't let go of him.
" So, what are you? Scarlett's main guard? Second in command?" Buffy asked. He didn't answer. Buffy started to think of what she could do to him, kill him, sent him beaten bloody and missing an arm to Scarlett. But her thinking was interrupted by herself getting pushed off and thrown against a tree. She looked up at him as he stalked foreword to her. She took in a deep breath, just as he threw his fist into her face. Once he hit her, she threw out her knee and it hit hi in the groin. He winced slightly and punched her side, right on her hipbone. Buffy flinched and looked back up at him. She finally reached what she had been looking for, a small branch sticking out of the tree. She pulled it out and stabbed it into his heart. She walked out of the dust and was greeted by a vampire. She had no time to react as a piece of a tombstone hit her in the head, then everything went black.
" Miss?" the vampire asked as he knocked on Scarlett's door.
" Come in." she called. He tried to balance the slayer on his shoulder and open the door. Finally he achieved and the door swung open. Scarlett gasped at the sight, " The slayer?"
" Yeah, I caught her off guard when she killed Aaron."
" She killed Aaron?" Scarlett asked. She then laughed, " Him? Good, he was always getting in my way. He was so freakin' annoying."
" So Miss?" the vampire asked.
" Oh, yeah, her." Scarlett thought for a moment, " Follow me." she stood up and he followed her into a room right next to her. It had nothing in it, no bed, no chairs, no food... Only chains. Scarlett had been saving this room for two people, Drusilla and Buffy, " Chain her up." she said she leaned up against the wall and watched as he chained the still unconscious Slayer, " Bring me a bucket of water."
" Yes." he said as he left the room, shutting the door behind him.
" OK, Slayer, it's just you and me."