Unfinished Business by TalesofSpike
Chapter: Chapter 3

09/06/2006 04:11 pm
oh i love this! I can't believe Spike shot Giles! Talk about awesome chapter! Sipmly fab sweetie! Just - just - wow!
Lol! It seemed like a good idea at the time... Of course from there on out I was struggling not to have the rest of the story just seem like a huge anti-climax...

Glad you liked it, sweetie!

07/12/2006 05:26 am
hee!! Go spike!! lmao! great chapter
Thanks, honey!

06/14/2006 02:52 am
great chapter. love the read, thanks. there is one but. i found myself agreeing with angel(which is cause for great concern) that he should have, at least, taken out the knee.
Hi there! You wouldn't know Wulfie by any chance? And, honestly, much as I would have liked to take out the knee and I know that he more than deserves it, the slayer would bitch a hell of a lot more about a crippling injury than a flesh wound, too much for the story to stay fun, so...

Thank you! I know finding yourself in agreement with Angel must have caused you great concern.

06/11/2006 09:04 pm
OOpsie indeed Bwahahahah. Glad Willow had no idea Spike was back. This should be interesting in all respects.

Kathleen
Thanks, honey!

Yeah, I think it's a toss up between the "Oopsie" and something no one has mentioned so far in their comments (except my beta) as to my favourite bit of that chapter.

I think my real problem next chapter is going to be trying to fit all the reactions in with so many things going off at once... but I guess I'll have to try, once I get back on track with Broken Things.

Kate
06/11/2006 08:25 pm
Thanks for the update! I love this story. Can't wait to see Angel and Spike handle Buffy in the next chapter. Wonderful job!!!
Thank you! I'm really glad you're enjoying it. And I guess next chapter it's going to be a bit of a free-for-all... Thanks again!

Robyn
06/11/2006 08:24 pm
I loved this chapter and Spike’s actions. I really like how you wrote the scene, Spike getting some revenge but doing it in a way to not cause general mayhem. I found Willow’s reaction to finding Spike alive very interesting as well as her thoughts connecting Giles to Quentin. I am looking forward to where you take things from here and what’s going to happen with Giles and finding out how much he knows.
Thanks, honey!

When I read your comments I suddenly find myself thinking 'Hey, I had more going on in that chapter than even I realised!'

As for what happens now, I guess I get to work that out once I've done another chapter for Broken Things. From here on out as far as UB goes I'm pretty much winging it... except maybe for a vague idea about how it ends.

DeanSamWinchesterfan
06/11/2006 06:05 pm
Good story so far.I can understand wanting revenge,but Spike shouldn't have shot Giles.U
Update soon.
Hey sweetie!

Sorry you didn't like the shooting, but I think as far as that was concerned you're probably in the minority. In fact, I was suprised by the number of people who thought he should have gone for the kneecap.

The update will come when it comes. I'm due to do a chapter of Broken Things first, but muse willing it won't be too long.

06/11/2006 03:38 pm
lol...very wise, spike....to hurt buffy's friends who deserve it, but not so much as to be beyond forgiveness...lol.. :P ... excellent chapter, can't wait for more! :)
Thanks, honey!

but not so much as to be beyond forgiveness...
I guess time will tell on that one. We'll see once I can get another chapter of Broken Things underway.

dihcar
06/11/2006 11:40 am
Nice chappie, it's nice to see a Spike writen like in canon(with balls), i think that giles is very lucky to have not gotten a beat down so far, other people would have just snapped the old man's neck.

seeya
To be fair, in a lot of fics (including some of mine) Spike is going out of his way to impress Buffy and do what he thinks she would want him to do.

In this instance, he thinks his chance with Buffy has gone... and probably even if he didn't, he'd do exactly the same anyway because, for once, it's all about Fred (& Wes) and Buffy is irrelevant.

SpaceLord
06/11/2006 09:36 am
I like this Spike he's fun....I have a feeling he will get boring as soon as Buffy shows up.
Thanks (I think) for the first few words!

As for the rest you'll find most writers don't appreciate such frivolous use of your doubtless formidable psychic powers. If you can predict the future, save the world or win the lottery, but try not to insult what you think people will write at least until after they've done it. Then, you can feel free to voice an opinion.

Tonia
06/11/2006 09:13 am
That was great! Ha! Just what Giles deserves. I can see Spike forgiving a lot, and he has, but I don't see him or Angel easily forgiving what happened to Fred.
I can't wait for more.
Thank you! And exactly! Giles' part in Wood's ambush was all swept to one side and forgotten, for Buffy's sake and because of the situation. However, Fred was Spike's only real friend and Giles is all out of get out jail free cards. The fact that Buffy is with The Immortal makes her easier to discount as a factor, but even if she'd been young free and single Spike would probably have done exactly the same.

Kat
06/11/2006 08:38 am
oh well finially they will meet but I wonder what will happen.
Thanks for commenting, sweetie!

I think it's safe to say that Spike's prediction will be right on the money...

kim
06/11/2006 08:31 am
One, well done for doing your homework on the .22.

Two, I'm laughing out loud at Spike just shooting Giles like that! OMg, that's priceless...and yeah, the Slayer's really going to bitch.

I don't know if I'd call Nina petite. She's noticeably taller than Buffy, with definite curves. I'm sure she looks gorgeous.

Illyria's in full demon guise, still, yes? I think I'm reading that correctly.

So Willow didn't know...hmm...how much does Giles know? I'd just love to see Andrew at this party, too.

"Wes would have taken out the kneecap." Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!

More! More! Bravissimo!!
One, well done for doing your homework on the .22.
Can't really take credit for that. Hubby is an RPGer/wargamer. It's one of those osmosis things.

Two, I'm laughing out loud at Spike just shooting Giles like that! OMg, that's priceless...and yeah, the Slayer's really going to bitch.
It kinda had to be fairly carefully sone so as not to start a general gun battle.

I don't know if I'd call Nina petite. She's noticeably taller than Buffy, with definite curves. I'm sure she looks gorgeous.
They're all stick figures to me... :)
I guess she probabaly would be a chunk taller than Buffy, but probably because she's almost always shown with Angel, who esp by AtS S5 is quite big...

Illyria's in full demon guise, still, yes? I think I'm reading that correctly.
Yeah, Illyria is doing her blue thing, just in a dress.

So Willow didn't know...hmm...how much does Giles know?
Time will tell...

I'd just love to see Andrew at this party, too.
I think that might just have been too much for my brain to cope with.

"Wes would have taken out the kneecap." Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!

More! More! Bravissimo!!

THANK YOU!