Chapter 5: Belonging

Angel spun round dodging the fist of a vampire, he side glanced lifting his leg up but not exactly making an effort to fight back he was already badly battered and bruised " come on sparkly show me what you've got"

The vampire kicked him in the stomach, Angel fell to the ground, he turned over and coughed as blood dripped out of his mouth. The vampire chuckled " now its time to finish you bitch" the vampire gasped suddenly, he looked down at his chest" oh Shit" he blew into dust.

Fred had a stern look on her face " whose the bitch now?" she helped Angel up " thought you may need a hand.

Angel forced a smile " oh thanks a lot Fred you've just dusted my escape route"

Fred frowned " What? Angel please don't give up, I know that Buffy is gone but you cant just give up on your calling"

Angel rolled his eyes " screw the calling… go home Fred your no good to me"

There was no way Fred was giving up on him " handsome man saved me from the monsters" she blurted out, and smiled " remember that's what you said to me when you saved me from pylea, I know it probably means nothing to you now but well, it meant a lot to me that you cared, THAT much for me, and well that's what im doing for you, to save you"

Angel had his back turned from Fred " I don't need saving Fred, im fine"

Fred pulled a nervous smile and continued to talk " are ya really sure about that Angel, you did just try to-" she gasped " Angel what is that?" she pointed at a huge gross looking demon that was coming towards them.

Angel smiled " Its about time you came back, well whats the verdict?"

The demon shook his head " im sorry Angel I tried several times"

Angel glared " then keep trying…" he said with a threatening tone.

The demon frowned " Angel I cant…there's nothing I can do…she's gone" with that he stomped away.

Angel looked down and slid down the wall in hysterics, he curled up hiding his face.

Fred watched in sympathy her head down, she slowly walked over to him kneeling down and putting a hand on his shoulder " angel im so sorry"

Angel looked up but not staring at Fred and quietly spoke " she's gone….she's really gone?"

Fred pursed her lips " You cant give up hope Angel, besides even if she is gone, I don't think she'll want you to give up she'll want you to move on save the world, you know"

Angel stared at Fred " your right, I cant just mope around like a lost boy pretending that everything's dismal and wrong, I've lost a lot in my life even the greatest of things and I've still got up and got on with my life….thanks Fred"

Fred smiled " that's what im here for…come on we better go the sun's about to come up"

Sunnydale, California

Giles gasped for breath " Ok hold on I just need to die for just a second" he grabbed his chest out of breath.

Spike rolled his eyes " oh poor wittle watcher" he shouted across to everyone " Hey everyone Grandad needs to rest"

Giles looked at Spike dismissively " thank you Spike that's by far the worst thing you could of said"

Spike gave a cheeky grin " No problemo bosso"

Buffybot glared at the smartly dressed vampire, she tilted her head having the vamp in her view nothing was going to stop her from her kill. She stared at her prey. " Im going to kill you now" she threatened at her enemy.

The vampire growled at her " in your dreams"

Buffybot glared folding her arms and laughed grabbing out her stake " prepare to meet thy doom"

The vampire charged at the Buffybot but missed its target causing him to go tumbling down to the ground, but quickly got back on his feet, The Buffybot threw her stake watching it spin as it went flying into his heart.

" Your going down mr vampy" she turned round smiling facing the other scoobies.

Spike stared at the Buffybot with shame " if only it was her"

Willow smiled " well it worked out didn't it, everyone still thinks Buffys alive, everything's going working out just a few more programs and we'll have our very own Buffy back"

Spike shrugged" right…well this is my pit stop you happy buggers have fun with that…ciao" he walks away disappointed and unsettled.

Xander caught up with Giles " you alright?" he helped him up

Giles gave a reassuring smile at Xander " yes thank you"

Spike had already entered the other end of the cemetery, he strolled looking around cautiously, he tilted his head and gave a small smile when he stopped at a tombstone, but this was no ordinary tombstone… he stroked the granite gently " Its me again Love…I hate to barge in on you unannounced again…. I just thought you'd like to know how we all are" he gulped staring at her message on the tombstone.

BUFFY ANNE SUMMERS
1981-2001
BELOVED SISTER, DEVOTED FRIEND
SHE SAVED THE WORLD
A LOT

Spike frowned " Its hard without you love, you probably cant hear me anyways, Just know that im sorry…that I failed you, I promised to protect Dawn, If I had done a better job then maybe you'd still be here, you know fighting crime and saving the world like you do so well" he smiled slightly "" I know you never loved me, I just hope your alright wherever you are"

Spike stared in wonder " where are you Buffy?" he frowned, a thought suddenly appeared in Spikes head, what if Buffy was trapped in some hell dimension. He stared in shock " Oh god" he mumbled quietly " you don't deserve it… not by a long shot" he sighed and stroked the tombstone once more and got up walking away.

Meanwhile Back At the Summers house the Buffybot was sat silent and still, her eyes were locked on a spot on the floor not blinking or having any effect on the world. Willow smiled satisfied " There all done, she's all prepped for her second patrol"

Giles paced around the room " good…that's good" he strolled out heading to the kitchen.

Willow smiled " yea… I just think that its better this way"

Xander frowned " right robo Buffy Better then the real Buffy, who's stronger and wiser and occasionally doesn't need to have her wires tested every night…yea I really see how Having Robo Buffy makes the most sense" he replied sarcastically.

Willow sighed "Ok I get it that it's not the same but it does make the most sense…until we…I mean I find a way of getting back our Buffy"

Tara looked disapprovingly at Willow " sweetie…remember we talked about this, you cant mess with the natural order of things, its just not right"

Willow wasn't listening " I will find a way, we will get our Buffy back…im not gonna sit around and move on when Buffy could be trapped-" she took a deep breath and gulped " imagine it she could be so alone" She stood up " Now if you excuse me I have some work to do" she stood up and quickly headed upstairs and slammed her bedroom door closed.

Tara looked down shaking her head, she didn't like Willow messing with the magicks, she didn't trust her with it. She gave a huge sigh staring into space.

Anya frowned "ok one question- Buffy back isn't that a good thing? I mean the world will be a better place with her right?".

Tara answered and nodded " I guess so I don't know I just don't think we should, we need to move on, Willow needs to learn to move on".


To be Continued...

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