Buffy the Vampire Slayer Oneshots

by Original Dark Angel

Oneshots about the series . . . focuses on my favorite pairing Spuffy and favorite characters: Spike, Xander, Oz, Faith, Giles, and Dawn . . . sort of random, but that's kind of the point.

2. Defining Spike

Disclaimer: Spike, Angel, Buffy (the slayer), and the baby are property of Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. This is just a 100 word vignette that I thought went through Spike's head when he looked down at the baby during the final episode of Angel.

"Place the holy vessel back in the bassinette."

Spike looked down at the infant he held. Trusting blue eyes, the same shade as his own looked up at him. It was a little baby, wrapped in a blue and yellow blanket. He would defend the infant, not because Angel told him to, but because the baby needed him, because he was a Champion. This is what he did, what he would do until he was dust. This was Spike. Not the slayer's pet vampire, not Angel's flunkie, but Spike.

Spike pulled the cloak off. "Right." He leapt into battle unarmed.

Finite.