Are you happy now ?: He returns
by no1slayer
I don’t own any of the characters in this they all belong to Joss Whedon.

This is my first fanfic so I know its not going to be as good as everyone else’s. But I’ll have a go anyway. Wish me luck and please review. Tell me how I can make it better in future and which bits you like about it. I’ve noticed a few spelling/grammatical errors, I blame my stupid spell check I can’t use it. I will try and make sure that everything is right 

Historians note: This happens a few years after Buffy season 7. There was no end of angel and there was no apocalypse.



Chapter 17 – He returns.


“Carlos” Buffy said in shocked. She looked at him, he looked terrible. His clothes were torn and black with dirt. His flesh was cut which caused blood to run down his face and arms. He looked like a zombie. Maybe that’s what he was Buffy thought. Carlos eyes were glowing red, which Buffy noticed straight away.

She stepped backwards. He mustn’t have been human, he was dead. She had been sure of it.

“Hello Buffy” Carlos said in a low voice. He stepped into the apartment and closed the door behind him.

Before Buffy had a chance to move away from him anymore, Carlos had grabbed her by the throat. He pushed her against the wall, his throat still tight around her throat.

Buffy was chocking, she couldn’t breathe. She tried to call out for spike but she couldn’t, no sound came out of her mouth.

Spike had been waiting in the bedroom for Buffy to return. He started to wonder where she was and got up from the bed and walked into the living room. He sensed someone else in the room. He looked around the dark room, his vampire sight helped him. He could see perfectly. Then he saw him holding Buffy by the throat against the wall.

“You thought you could just get rid of me?” Carlos asked Buffy. “I’ll never leave, not even if you kill me”.

Buffy’s eyes widened those words seemed familiar.

“Yeah right” spike said as he grabbed Carlos by the neck and threw him across the room. Carlos hit a giant painting and fell to the floor.

As soon as Carlos had let go of Buffy she dropped to the floor, she took in a deep breath.

Spike knelt down next to Buffy he glanced back at Carlos who was still lying on the floor. “Buffy” he said.
Buffy eyes focused on Spike, she took a few more deep breaths then she felt fine. She was confused though. Carlos was dead, she killed him. How was he there?

‘Oh god. I’ve fallen for another demon. What is wrong with me? Am I some kind of demon magnet? No that’s Xander, how could I forget. But no it must be me.
Angel, Spike and now Carlos.’ Buffy thought to herself as she stood up slowly, with the help of spike.

Carlos was soon on his feet. “If I can’t have her, no one will have her” he said angrily and he ran to spike and kicked him hard in the stomach but spike was quick to fight back.

Buffy wanted to help but when ever she got close, she backed away. ‘Whats wrong with me?’ Buffy thought.

“I’m going to kill her” Carlos shouted in a low Italian accent. He punched spike again but spike punched him back twice as hard.

“Not in this life time” spike said as he knocked Carlos out. He lay motionless on the carpet. Once spike was sure Carlos was out cold he went over to Buffy.

“Come on” spike said. “We have to get you out of here”. He took her hand ready to take her out of the room.

Buffy shook off his hand. “No” she said. “I want to know how he is here, it makes no sense. You saw him before. He was dead!”

“Buffy you’ll be dead if you stay here. Come on I have to take you somewhere safe.” Spike said, he took her hand again and led her out of the apartment.

As they walked out Buffy looked at Carlos, then spike closed the door behind them. They walked down the corridor and went inside the elevator. Spike quickly pressed the button and the elevator doors closed.
Buffy leaned against the wall of the elevator. She looked at spike, he had a bloody nose.

“I’m sorry” Buffy said.

Spike wiped the blood from his nose. “Its ok pet” he said. “It’s not like I haven’t been in a fight before”.

“But you fought to protect me, that’s different” Buffy said.

“I would fight all the demons in the world for you pet, or husbands in this case “Spike replied. He put an arm around Buffy. He was wondering where they could go to keep her safe.

Suddenly the lift came to a halt and the bright lights in the lift switched off. “Oh bugger not again” he said. The backup lights came on.

Buffy looked around worriedly. “This happens a lot?” she said.

“Not really luv” spike said, “just once for me. But last time I was a ghost”

“A ghost?” Buffy asked. ‘Did I know this?’ Buffy asked herself. Everything with spike just blended in together.

Spike went over to the emergency call button. “ello” he said into the small microphone, hoping that some one on the other end would reply.

There was silence for a moment.

“I told you that I’d never leave” Carlos said, and then the line went dead.

“oh god. What is he?” Buffy said, “I can’t believe I married a demon”.

Spike looked at Buffy. “Come on” he said, “we av to get out of here”. Spike looked around the small elevator.

He noticed a hatch in the roof.

“right ok.” He said to himself. “Come on luv. We are getting out from there”

Buffy looked up and noticed the emergency hatch. “Ok”, she went over to spike.

Spike put his arms around and picked her up. He looked into her eyes briefly then lifted her higher so she could reach the hatch.

Buffy opened the hatch then pulled herself up out onto the top of the lift. She sat on the top for a moment and then watched spike climb out him self.

Spike closed the hatch again then looked around the dark shaft. He saw another lift at the top and noticed it was moving. “Carlos only cut off out lift”, he told Buffy.

The lift slowly started to move down next to them. “pet, we have to jump to the roof of the next lift ok” he said.

“Emmm ok” Buffy said. her mind was so full of different thought right now.

As the lift levelled next to them they both jumped onto the roof then. Buffy opened the hatch on the other lift and climbed in. spike followed after her.

A couple of lawyers were in the lift already. They gave Buffy and spike a couple of weird looks.

“what?” spike asked them defensively.

The lift doors opened and everyone walked out quickly.

Buffy glanced around looking for any sign of Carlos. she couldn’t see him. “come on” she said to spike. “I need to get some sort of weapon”

“what do you mean?” spike asked her.

“you know, metal, sharp, pointy” Buffy said,

“no I mean why are you going after him” spike said to
her, “I don’t want you to get hurt”.

“oh come on spike. I’m the Slayer; I’m going to slay him. I’ve decided I’m not going to wait around here like in the movies for Carlos to find me”

Buffy and spike walked to angels office.


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