Katelyn was walking to the library to go to her study session with Giles. She was hoping she would actually learn something.

"So are we making progress with Katelyn?" Buffy asked sitting down across from Spike. Angel was sat beside her.

"No." Spike said sighing. He hated giving Buffy bad news but now that was all he had.

"What's holding you back Spike?" She asked clearing her throat.

"She hates vampires for one."

"Yeah, we're well aware. She always glares at Angel every time they pass each other."

"Give her time, she's suffered something traumatic. She lost people close to her because of vampires." Angel said looking at Buffy. He then looked at Spike.

"As for you… Just keep trying. I'll start trying myself. I'll see if some of the other slayers will try as well and try to start associating with her."

"Good luck with that," Spike began.

"She locks herself in her bedroom…"

"And I don't want to know how you know that." Angel said looking at Spike.

Spike rolled his eyes. He didn't mean for that to come off in a stalker way. He didn't stalk Katelyn. At least he didn't think so. He just checked up on her sometimes. He worried about her.

Katelyn sighed reading over the material Giles gave her. It a Watcher's Diary from the Boxer Rebellion in China. That was one of the slayers that Spike killed; the very first one he killed actually.

"So what's the difference with Spike now and then?" Katelyn asked looking at Giles.

"Eh, well. He has a soul. When a vampire gets their soul back… They're actually that person they were before they were turned into the demon, they're just immortal is the only difference."

"So Spike is…"

"Spike isn't dangerous. If Spike was dangerous or Angel for that matter; Buffy wouldn't have them here. Buffy cares about the safety of all of you here. She wouldn't put any of you in danger."

Katelyn took in what Giles said and kept reading the journal. She eventually finished and gave him back the journal.

"After reading that, it's hard to believe he isn't dangerous Giles."

"He didn't have a soul then either."

Katelyn knew Giles was right and it was best not to argue with him.

"You have another training session with Spike. I'd hurry up and get to it if I was you since you didn't really do any training with him today."

Katelyn got up listening to Giles.

"Oh and here." He handed her a piece of paper.

"I want him to teach you that."

Katelyn looked at the piece of paper. It was instructions on how to jump and do a spinning punch. She left going to the training room. She saw Spike there and didn't say anything. Spike didn't say anything to her either.

Katelyn stood there in the awkward silence. She sighed breaking it.

"Okay, so Giles wants you to teach me this-"

"What happened that day? With the slayers and your watcher and the other watchers?" Spike said cutting her off.

"They were killed by vampires. I don't want to talk about it."

Spike wanted her to talk about it, but he also knew it wasn't best to try and argue with her. He knew she was stubborn.

"Right…" He said looking over the piece of paper. He sighed.

"Old man always picks the interesting ones," He began.

"I'm not going to teach you that yet. I want to teach you other things. Important things. Like, blocking. Your blocking sucks."

Katelyn rolled her eyes sighing. She started practicing blocking with Spike.

Spike had her up against the wall and was almost in her face trying to show her different maneuvers on how to block. He didn't realize how close they were until he saw his chest was touching hers. He knew what he was about to do was going to cost him a few teeth… Possibly an arm and a leg as well; he leaned in and kissed Katelyn.

Spike was wrong though. Katelyn returned his kiss. She immediately pulled away when she realized she was kissing a vampire. She knew she couldn't do that or even have relations with a vampire. Not after what happened to the watchers and slayers. Having a soul didn't matter.

"I… I got to go." She said grabbing her hoodie and leaving. She went into her bedroom and shut the door. She went into her bathroom and fell to her knees. She remembered everything that happened again with the slayers and watchers. It was becoming to be too much; it was getting in the way with her life.

Even though she gave Spike a hard time most of the time, deep down, she did like him, a lot. She didn't like the things she read about him, but she did know that souls in vampires made a difference. She just didn't want to admit it to herself. She wanted to believe that all vampires were bad no matter what.

Katelyn heard her bedroom door open and heard someone calling for her. She knew it was Spike. She heard them approach the bathroom door and open it. Spike looked down and saw her on the floor red in the face with tears falling from her eyes.

Spike leaned down and told her it was okay, he knew she was still dealing with the loss of her fellow slayers and watchers.

"Katelyn…" He said trying to make her look at him.

She looked up at him and sighed.

"I just… I couldn't do anything. I was told to run away… I feel like I failed them… I couldn't save them… I couldn't save Kyle…"

Spike moved slowly and sat down next to her. He put his arm slowly around her and held her letting her cry onto his chest.

Katelyn took advantage of the opportunity and sobbed. Spike ran his fingers through her hair trying to comfort her.

"Sometimes you can't save everybody," He began.
"I know it's different… But… I tried to save my mum… She was sick… I was turned into a vampire and all I wanted to do was make her well… But… I didn't realize how much of a bad idea that was."

"Kyle… told me to run… I listened… I shouldn't have. I should have stayed and helped them fight…"

Spike looked down at her and told her to look at him.

"You did the right thing. He told you to run. He saved your life… I'm grateful he saved you…"

"There was just so many of them… They looked like those Ubervamps I was forced to read about…"

Spike closed his eyes remembering the fight in Sunnydale in the Hellmouth. He opened them and looked at Katelyn.

"Running saved your life. Kyle saved your life."

Katelyn sighed and got up going into her bedroom. Spike was right… Kyle did save her life. She knew he wouldn't like her putting her life on hold because of something that happened to him; no matter how much she cared about him. She went over and laid on her king sized bed; she saw Spike follow her in and he sat down next to her. He placed his hand on her knee.

Katelyn scooted over. Right now she just wanted held and she knew Spike would do that. Spike moved lying next to her and held her there. He kissed her forehead and soon she was asleep in his arms.

Drusilla and Harmony were in Ohio. Those two were strangely friends now; even though Dru's insanity also drove Harmony to the brink of insanity. Their mission was the same as The First's mission; to try to wipe out the slayer line. Harmony knew if she got in on the inside of the Mansion in Lakewood as "help" her and Dru would be on their way to the goal they wanted. Dru wanted to open up the Hellmouth in Cleveland. She loved chaos and had a craving for it.

"Dru?" Harmony asked walking into their room. She saw Dru playing with her dolls.

"Ms. Edith doesn't get to watch her mummy's later. She's been very naughty."

Harmony sighed rolling her eyes. She hated Drusilla's dolls more than anything. She told Drusilla she was leaving to go to the mansion where the slayers and the Scooby gang were.