Chapter 2

Spike barged into the school library and hoped that the watcher would be there. He got his wish when he saw the man walk out from behind the stacks, his eyes growing big at the sight of the vampire.

Giles quickly went to grab a stake.

Spike held his hands up in surrender. “You won’t be needing that, mate. I’m here because I need your help.”

Giles lowered the stake, but was finding that hard to believe. “What could you possibly need my help with?”

“It’s Buffy, Kralik has her. I’m sure you feel all guilty for being the cause of her losing her powers, but you can make up for that by telling me where he would have taken her.”

Giles raised his eyebrows, worry for his Slayer evident on his face. He should have never listened to the bloody Council. “And how do I know that you can be trusted?”

Spike rolled his eyes. “I wouldn’t be here asking for your help if I was out to kill her. I just want to get her back safe and sound. I promised her mother.” That was partly the truth. Spike always did have a soft spot for Joyce. She was the only one that ever treated him with any kind of respect.

Giles nodded and took his glasses off to clean them. He would question the vampire more later, but now they needed to focus more on Buffy. “All right, I’ll take you there. I will have a stake with me if you decide to try anything.”

Spike agreed and followed Giles out of the library.


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They entered the boardinghouse and looked around for any sign of Kralik. It all seemed to be quiet. They slowly walked up the stairs, being careful not to make too much noise.

Spike grabbed Giles’ arm to stop him. He inhaled deeply and could vaguely sense Buffy. He indicated the direction of where he was sure she was being held.

Giles nodded and followed after Spike.

They came across a locked door.

Spike gave it a good kick and the door flew open. Someone was bound to have heard that, but he quickly made his way into the room. He was shocked at the sight of Buffy before him. She was tied to a chair and gagged, bruises and cuts marring her beautiful features. He ran to her side and saw that she was just opening her eyes, which seemed beyond relieved to see him. He ripped through her ropes and pulled the cloth out of her mouth. He was shocked again when she threw her arms around his neck and held him tight.

“I have never been so happy to see anyone in my life. It was horrible; he was talking about turning me and setting me loose to feed off of my mom. I don’t remember ever being so scared.”

Spike ran his hands down her back in a soothing manner. “You’re safe now,” he whispered, realizing how very grateful he was to find that she was okay.

Giles cleared his throat, the display of his Slayer hugging William the Bloody was not something he ever expected to see.

Buffy looked up to notice that Giles was there. She pulled away from Spike, still not sure what to say to her watcher.

“I think we should be getting out of here.” Giles told them.

Spike helped Buffy up and gently touched one of the cuts on her cheek. “We’ll get you fixed up, Slayer.”

She was about to respond, but was cut off by a new voice.

“This is just touching, but the girl belongs to me now.”

Buffy moved closer to Spike at the appearance of Kralik.

“You’ll have to get through me first.” Spike stated and then looked at Giles. “Get her out of here, I’ll deal with him.”

Giles went to Buffy’s side as Spike ran at Kralik and was surprisingly able to put up a good fight against the crazy vampire.

“We can’t leave him.”

Giles shook his head. “He can handle himself. There’s not much we can do.”

Buffy knew that he was right, but something made her stop.

Kralik pulled away from Spike and grabbed his head. He then searched through his pockets and pulled what looked to be a bottle of pills out.

Buffy then had an idea and stomped over to him. She grabbed the bottle before he could take any out, then turned and ran out of the room.

“My pills!”

“Buffy!”

She heard behind her, but just kept on running.

Kralik pushed Spike out of the way and took off after her.

“What the bloody hell is she doing?” Spike asked Giles, who was just as confused.

“She’s going to get herself killed,” he replied, hoping that Buffy knew what she was doing.


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Buffy made her way into another room and waited for him to show up. It didn’t take long.

“Where are they?”

Buffy faked trying to get past him, but he grabbed her and shoved her against a wall.

Kralik saw the pill bottle in her hand and snatched it from her. He ripped the lid off and stumbled over to where he located a glass of water. He then popped a couple of pills into his mouth and washed them down with the water. He started to calm down and graced Buffy with a crooked smile. He took a few steps in her direction. “You don’t seem to understand your place in all of this.” He suddenly stopped when he realized that something was wrong. He began to shake and glared at Buffy. “What have you done?”

She pulled an empty bottle of holy water out of her pocket and held it up for him to see.

He dropped the glass and started to shake violently, smoke beginning to puff out of his clothes.

“If I was at full Slayer power, I’d be punning right about now.”

Kralik screamed and then crumbled to ashes from the inside out.

Spike and Giles ran into the room after they heard the scream. They saw Buffy standing there, then looked at the pile of dust on the ground.

“What happened?” Giles wondered.

Buffy shrugged. “He was just really thirsty.”

Spike figured there was more to the story, but decided to ask her about it later. He went to her side and helped her out of there.

Giles followed behind, still confused in the change of the vampire.


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Joyce was happy to have Buffy home safe and thanked Spike a few million times.

Buffy assured her mother that she would be fine and sent her back up to bed. She sat on the couch after her mother left, feeling extremely exhausted.

Spike sat down next to her.

Giles went back to the school to deal with the Council and she didn’t want to be anywhere near them. He decided to do the right thing in the end, so she couldn’t stay mad at him forever.

Spike spoke after a moment of silence. “Um, not that I really care to bring this up now, but where was Peaches during all of this? Are you still with him?” That was one reason of why Spike dreaded coming back to Sunnydale. He came back because he finally realized that he had feelings for Buffy and knew that she was probably still with Angel. He didn’t think he could handle seeing the two of them still together.

“No, I’m really not. He was sweet and helped me feel better about the no powers thing, but I don’t think there will be anything between us again. Finding out that he knew me before I was called and actually fell for me then has made me a bit uncomfortable around him. I was only fifteen and a complete flake. Just the thought of him liking me then is a bit creepy. And then there’s the curse, which makes it hard to have any relationship with him.”

Spike smiled. “Well, I could have told you that.” He gently caressed her cheek.

Buffy closed her eyes at his touch, then opened them a second later. “Spike, why did you come back?” she practically whispered.

“I thought that was pretty obvious. I needed to be around you. I think I finally understand why I’m always drawn back to this town. You’re all I can bloody think about.”

Buffy was surprised at his words, even more surprised when he leaned closer and pressed his lips to hers. She closed her eyes again and eagerly returned the kiss.

He pulled away when she needed to breathe and rested his head against hers. “I think I have a reason to stay now,” he whispered.

“Well, at least I should be getting my powers back soon. We can really have some fun then.”

Spike waggled his eyebrows and gave her another kiss on the lips. “I will definitely hold you to that.”

She smiled and once again got lost in his kiss. Things were definitely going to be different from now on, but she had a feeling that everything would be easier with Spike by her side.

The End


That’s all I could come up with. I just really wanted to write something else. I know there was no mention of Giles getting fired, but we already know that happens. I didn’t really need to write about it. And maybe in my world, it didn’t happen. You never know. Well, I hope you guys liked it. Reviews will make me all kinds of happy=)