'Unbelievable!' faith yelled and held her head in her palms,

'what?' willow said tucking her luscious red hair behind her ear.

'They cant fly us home until tomorrow! There aren't enough seats for all of us!'

Giles sighed, 'there are two seats, meaning two of us should go back today, the rest can come tomorrow' willow stood up 'I think you should go back, the magic shop needs you'

Buffy and xander agreed, faith was still fighting with the flight agency.

Buffy and Giles ended up going on the plain first, six hours later they arrived back in Sunnydale.

Buffy opened her front door only to find spike sitting on the couch,

'I told you not to wait up for me… EVER' she said quiet proudly of herself.

Spike shook his head ' I wasn't waiting for you' he said with his palm's in his hands.

Buffy could tell he was worried and upset, 'who were you waiting for then?'

Spike looked at Buffy 'he was waiting for me' Buffy stood and peered in to the dark corridor 'Nicole?' she said walking toward the shadow 'Nicole, it is you!' she laughed

'I thought you were a big scary demon thing in my house' Buffy grinned and picked up her suit case 'and what if I was Slayer…' Buffy had a nauseous look grow across her face,

'then I'd have to kill you' she put her case down, 'I'd like to see you try', Nicole stepped in to the light. Buffy gasped 'spike! What have you done?' Buffy quickly scanned Nicole's newly equipped facial features, 'it can't be!' Buffy took a step back.

'not in my house!' Buffy pulled out a stake 'give me all you've got hell bitch!' she said positioning herself, Nicole ripped open her shirt and held her hand over her heart

'please' she said falling to her knees Buffy dropped the stake 'she's, she's harmless!'

Spike wasn't fooled, he seen what she was capable of.

'It's a trick' I've seen what she can do

'I, I can't hurt her spike, I can't bring myself to do it' Nicole was still crying in a heap on the floor, spike picked up the stake.

He lifted Nicole off the floor by her neck, the front door slammed willow had managed to conduct a transportation spell. 'Why do you want to die, you have everything you've ever wanted' he yelled. Faith was angry. She didn't know why spike was handling and speaking to her baby sister like this, Giles held her back 'trust me' he said, faith could tell by his tone he was being serious.

Spike dropped Nicole and the stake, 'Christ!' he screamed

'Why do you do these things to me woman!'

'You need to grow up! Don't you see that you're hurting me?!'

Nicole grabbed the stake and stood up spike stood back, thinking she was mad.

Buffy tried to approach Nicole but she just stepped back

'what would you want to die for, we can work through this!'

'we can get you a soul!'

A single tear fell from Nicole's cheek

'I touch the fire and it freezes me, I look in to it and its black.' She continued…

'Why can't I feel my skin should crack and peel, I want the fire back.'

She cried, she looked horrified, everyone in the room was mortified



'I know I should go, but ill follow you like a girl possessed There's traitor here beneath my breast, And if my heart could beat it would break my chest, but I can see your un-impressed so leave me be and let me rest in peace.' And with that she raised the stake and plunged it in to her chest. Buffy and spike dove to snatch the stake from her but were too late. Where her vampire being once stood lay the only remains of her body, Ash.

'No. No. No. No. NO. NO!' faith fell to the floor, 'NO!!' spike screamed at the top of his lungs Cursing the heavens. Willow fell into xander's embrace and Giles tried to comfort Buffy. Spike held his head and fell to his knees.