After you'd gone

Name : After you'd gone

Author : Lisi the slayer

Genre :Romance/Angst

Summery:

Spike sacrificed himself to close the Hellmouth over Sunnydale once and for all. Year on and Buffy is still distraught and beats her self up about how she never told him how she felt. But now he's back, back from the dead, determined to get his life back he sets out in search of Buffy, but how will Buffy react when she's see him and will she accept him into her life again ?

Pairings- Buffy/Spike

Wild Animal

Buffy kicked the door down. Sincerely thanking Willow's spell had worked. Buffy looked at the hall way and frowned, the long hallway was packed with doors. Buffy let out a frustrated sigh.

" Right let's split up, I'll take the right you guys take the left, yell if you get into trouble."

Williow grinned.

" Sure thing Buffy, what if we find Spike ?"

Buffy's face turned deadly serious.

" If you find Spike tell me. I'll finish Drusila."

Xander gulped at her.

" Finished as in finished finished ?"

Buffy rolled her eyes, irritated at the wasted time.

" Finished as in found you your dust finished, ok."

With that Buffy kicked the first double doors on the right open. With her stake at the ready she walked silently into the room. It was pitch black and she could hear a low growling.

" WILLOW !"

The red haired witch appeared at her side. Without Buffy even asking Willow smashed a vial to the ground muttered an incantation and the whole room lit up. Willow's hand flew to her mouth when she saw what as at the end of the room and dangerously close to the window.

Buffy ran towards the end of the room when suddenly someone flung her to the side. Buffy yelped in surprise and rolled herself back on to her feet.

" You came Slayer."

Buffy looked at the Vampire and raised her stake.

" Drusila, don't you have an apointment with Mr. Pointy."

Drusila frowned, her baby voice driving Buffy's nerves mad.

" I don't play games Slayer. I came back for one reason. For my William. He's not your Spike Slayer. He's himself now."

Buffy felt fear creeping into her but she tried to look brave.

" What you mean he's not Spike."

" Look at him."

Buffy looked at him and with a high pitched laugh Drusila had disappeared into the shadows.

Buffy slowly walked up to Spike.

He was unconscious and trapped in a rusty cage. His bonds and gag were gone and he just lay there in the cage, his face for that moment the image of innocence. Buffy went to put her hand through the bars when Spike's eyes flew open.

Spike's sat up and growled at her. His eyes flashing like a wild animal. He growled and pushed against the bars trying to get at her and it seemed attack. He hissed and arched like a cat desperately trying to claw at her. Shocked Buffy moved away.

" Willow what is this. What's she done to him !"

Willow closed her eyes and a wind rushed through Spike who suddenly collapsed back down growling deeply.

" She's taken away the human. He's pure Vampire. There's no human left."

Buffy collapsed to the floor, she noticed fear flash through Spike's icy blue eyes as she fell but it soon was replaced by the animalistic flash she had seen before. Willow slowly approached the cage. She looked directly into Spike's eyes. She closed her eyes and tried to sense for a magical signature. She found nothing. She moved just in time as Spike was about to claw her face.

" Buffy, there's no signature. She didn't use a spell. That's good ! It means it's not permeant but unless we get out soon he's going to burn to death."

Buffy looked up and saw that light was already seeping through the above curtains and down into the cage.

" But how can we ! He's not human. He's not Spike."

Willow looked at Buffy solemnly.

" Spike's still there Buffy, slowly he's returning, but he hasn't got time to return enough so that he doesn't rib us to shreds and get out. Buffy there's no other way. I hated doing this to Oz but it really is the only way."

Buffy looked at the sedative gun Willow had conjured and then back at Spike. Willow gently pushed the gun into Buffy's back.

" It's the only way. He'll be ok, a little stunned but at least he'll be safe. Buffy, Drusila could come back any min-"

Willow was interrupted by Spike.

" B-B-Buffy ?"

Buffy turned around and saw Spike grasping the bars and looking at her wildly.

" Buffy !"

Buffy moved closer but backed away as Spike starting hissing and clawing with his hand. When she backed away far enough Spike stopped hissing and looked at Buffy with a wounded expression.

" You moved away ? Your going to leave me here ? Caged like a wild animal."

Spike gripped the bars tighter and growled as he tried to break them.

Buffy moved forward but again Spike started hissing and resembled a wild animal. Buffy took a step back and wished she hadn't. The hurt on Spike's face was unbearable.

" I thought you loved me Buffy. I thought you saw me. Like Dru said she saw me but your just doing what she did. YOUR PUNISHING ME ! YOU KNOW WHAT JUST DO IT, BLOODY JUST DO IT ! END MY TORMENT ! TAKE ME OUT OF A WORLD WITH YOU IN IT ! KILL ME !"

Buffy took Willow's gun and fired. It hit him in the stomach, Spike growled deeply in pain and he gripped his stomach. His whole body felt like lead and the last thing he was aware off was Buffy coming to the cage and whispering to him.

" I'm sorry."

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