Chapter 5

Buffy and Spike were out patrolling again a few nights later, with still no luck of finding the demon.

“This night is dead. More dead than usual. There’s no sign of the demon, or any demon for that matter. What, did they all just decide to take a vacation or something? Shouldn’t I have gotten the memo?”

Spike smiled at her rambling.

She turned to look at him. “What? Is my misery amusing to you?”

Spike laughed and shook his head. “No, you’re just cute.”

Buffy smiled this time. “Good answer,” she replied and they continued their patrol.


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“This is pointless. There’s nothing out here tonight.” Buffy said after they patrolled for a few more hours. She leaned against a mausoleum and rubbed her eyes.

Spike went to her side and decided to rub her shoulders.

Buffy moaned and closed her eyes. “Yeah, keep doing that.”

Spike smiled and continued to give her a massage. “You’re really tense,” he told her.

She nodded as her eyes remained closed. “Tell me something I don’t know,” she said and moved away from the mausoleum.

Spike stopped rubbing her shoulders to wrap his arms around her waist.

She leaned into him and let out a sigh. “This feels good.”

Spike held her tighter. “What feels good?” he wondered.

Buffy then opened her eyes to look at him. “Being with you feels good.”

Spike kissed her neck.

Buffy turned in his arms to plant a kiss on his lips. She was about to pull away, but Spike held her closer and kissed her more passionately.

He slipped his tongue into her mouth and she reciprocated. He then pulled away to let her breathe and rested his head against hers.

“If I wasn’t so stubborn, I would have done this years ago,” she whispered to him.

Spike graced her with a soft smile and tucked a lock of hair behind her ear.

She looked into his eyes and couldn’t take it anymore. “Screw this, nothing’s happening tonight,” she stated and then grabbed his hand and pulled him away from the mausoleum. “We’re going home. I’m seriously going to lose it if I have to stay out here one more second.”

Spike said nothing and just let her lead him out of the cemetery.


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Buffy suddenly wished she would have kept her mouth shut when a demon came out of nowhere and knocked her to the ground. The demon then turned to Spike.

He managed to get a few hits in, until he was also knocked to the ground.

Buffy looked at Spike and then the demon. “I think we found our guy,” she said and recognized the demon from the little description that Dawn gave her. She got up and started to throw punches and kicks at the demon.

Spike got up after her and just watched as Buffy pummeled the demon. Something about the way she fought was definitely familiar to him. She looked amazing when she was fighting. Spike stood in awe as he watched her and figured that she didn’t need any help. That was until the demon grabbed her by the neck and picked her up. Spike then snuck up behind the demon and kicked him as hard as he could. The demon growled and dropped Buffy and then turned his attention on Spike. He looked into the demon’s glowing eyes and a memory suddenly came to him.


Flashback

Spike was drinking at Willy’s and minding his own business, when he felt a familiar presence sit down next to him. A presence that he hasn’t felt in a long time. He rolled his eyes at the brunette that decided to grace him with her company.

“What are you doing here, Kali? I figured you would be off wreaking havoc in Prague or somewhere else just as boring,” he said and took another drink of his bourbon.

“I decided to pay the Hellmouth a visit. See what’s so special about this place. I heard that you were here, thought I would see if the rumors were true,” she explained.

Spike looked at her. “What rumors would that be, love?”

“I heard about what happened with you and Drusilla. That you actually work with the Slayer now. I have to say, William. I never would have seen that coming.”

Spike rolled his eyes again and finished his drink. “Life’s full of surprises. Dru is history, pet. It’s best if you leave town, too. You wouldn’t want to cross paths with the Slayer.”

Kali laughed at that. “What’s the Slayer gonna do to me? I’m not a demon.”

Spike couldn’t believe how dense she was. “No, but you’re not exactly human either,” he replied and then stood up. He walked out of the bar, without even giving her another glance.

Kali followed after him. She grabbed his arm when they got outside and pushed him against a wall.

“What are you doing?” he asked her. Spike was nowhere near drunk enough to deal with her crap.

She moved closer to him. “I’m giving you what you want. Come on, Spike. We had some great times in the past. Now that Drusilla’s out of the way, we can have some real fun.”

Spike shook his head and pushed her away from him. “That’s never going to happen. That was a long time ago, Kali. I’m not exactly the same vampire I was.”

Kali moved away and glared at him. She saw something in his eyes that she couldn’t quite believe. “You’re in love with the Slayer? Is that it?”

Spike moved closer to her this time. “Even if I wasn’t, I would never touch you. You don’t really do anything for me.”

Kali laughed and crossed her arms over her chest. “And the Slayer does? She’s just a child that kills your kind. You’re a disgrace to the demon world.”

Spike rolled his eyes for the millionth time it seemed. “I’ve heard it all before. You can feel free to leave now,” he said and walked away from her again.

Kali grew angry. She raised her hand and blasted him with her power.

Spike crashed into the wall and fell to the ground. He was stunned as he looked at her. “What the bloody hell did you do to me?” he said and realized that he couldn’t move.

She kneeled down beside him. “No one rejects me, Spike. I always get what I want. I’ve always wanted you, even after all these years,” she told him in a seductive voice and ran her fingers down his chest.

He could do nothing to stop her.

“I will have you, but it looks like a certain Slayer is in my way now. No problem, I’ll just have to get rid of her.”

Spike tried to lunge at her, but it was no use. “You won’t be touching her,” he spat instead.

Kali only gave him a twisted grin. “We’ll see about that. I think I have a better idea though. Soon, you won’t even know that she ever existed,” she stated and then touched his head.

Spike couldn’t do anything except stare into her eyes that were starting to glow. He saw a bright light and then, everything went black.

End Flashback


Spike was knocked to the ground by the demon, who was about to attack him.

Buffy then jumped the demon from behind. She grabbed his head and twisted, with all of her strength. She felt his neck crack as he fell to the ground. Buffy sighed in relief and then helped Spike up. She saw the confused expression on his face and wondered what put it there. “You okay?” she asked him in concern.

He gazed at her like he was seeing her for the first time. He only nodded.

Buffy looked back at the demon to make sure he was really dead. She assumed he was when he didn’t move and she looked back at Spike. “Well, I killed him. Did you get your memories back?”

Spike shook his head, still not sure what to say.

Buffy had a frown on her face. “How is that possible? I figured that killing the demon would have done it. What else is there?”

Spike finally spoke. “It wasn’t the demon. He didn’t make me forget,” he said in a soft voice.

“Then what did?” she wondered.

Spike grabbed her hand and gave it a comforting squeeze. “We have to talk. I think I remember what happened.”

Buffy raised her eyebrows and waited for his explanation.