On discovering Spike has returned from the dead, Buffy heads to LA to be with her chosen one. It must be a Tuesday because her timing is off and, before a slight misunderstanding can be resolved, all hell breaks loose. Really. A take on the old 'trapped in a haunted house' scenario - only with fewer cobwebs and a dash of Jekyll and Hyde thrown in - this tale blithely tramples over Angel Season 5 from the outset.

Once in a galaxy, far, far...oh, that’s been done. Right then. Humankind has been at war with the Aurelians for decades. When the two sides finally reach the point where negotiation is better than annihilation, a truce is called and a treaty negotiated on the planet currently under dispute. The peace treaty is cemented symbolically by the joining in marriage of the two youngest soldiers present, thereby throwing Buffy and Spike into a relationship that they really, really, don’t want. Although not a traditional Vampire versus Slayer scenario, it is close enough to be familiar.