“Okay. Okay. Let’s rationalize this,” Buffy said, pacing. Xander, Willow, Oz, and Giles watched her walk back and forth along the bench.
“What’s to rationalize, Buff?” Xander asked, slightly testily. “Cordy’s been captured. Now we have to find her and save her. Simple concepts, really, when you think about them.”
“No, I… we… she…”
“Those are some lovely pronouns. Really. But I vote that we go find Spike and Faith and get Cordelia out of their vicinity as soon as possible. One’s a vampire, and the other’s a Vampire Slayer gone coo-coo. So let’s dust the vamp and arrest the tramp.” Xander stood up as though telling Buffy that the matter was not up for discussion.
“And you think handcuffs are going to hold Faith?” asked Willow, uncharacteristically skeptic.
“What, didn’t you notice the lacerations on her wrists? It looks like Spike’s already proven that handcuffs are quite restriction enough for Faith,” Xander stated.
“All right, let’s move quickly away from this alarming subject and get back to how to save Cordelia, shall we?” Giles interjected, cleaning his glasses.
“I’m with Xander,” Oz said, taking hold of Willow’s hand. “The best course of action is the search and rescue thing. There’s nothing else we really can do.”
Buffy sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. “All right. Let’s split up. Oz, you and Will cover the park, what’s left of the factory, the old mansion, any empty warehouses or abandoned buildings. Xander and Giles, take the graveyards, look in crypts or mausoleums. If you find Cordy, priority is to get her out. Make sure you’re equipped with stakes and the like. If you find her and you make it out, go to my house. The library isn’t safe anymore. And don’t try to fight Faith. You’re probably much better fighters now, but the only person who can beat a Slayer is a Slayer.”
“What are you going to do?” Willow asked.
Buffy looked around at her friends and, for the first time, really appreciated how much she’d missed them. “I’m going to go home and talk with my mother.”
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“Okay, not really complaining here, but remind me again why we’re torturing the broad?”
“’Cuz it’s fun. Need any other reason?”
“Well, generally, yeah. I never torture people for the fun of it. That was Angelus’ forte.”
“That was Buffy’s old boyfriend, right? The vampire that she sent to hell to save the world?”
“Oh, is that what happened to him? I skipped town with Dr… I skipped town before it happened. Rather fitting fate for the bloke, if you ask me.”
“Really didn’t.”
“Shut your mouth.”
“Okay.” Faith grabbed hold of Spike’s head and kissed him powerfully, moaning slightly when he pinned her to the concrete floor and held her hands above her head while returning the gesture with more intensity. When he finally pulled away, she studied him carefully. “The handcuffs are in use. Whatever can we do about that?”
Spike made sure the Slayer couldn’t move and then weighed his options. On the one hand, he was so very hungry, and Slayers always made a fantastic meal. Lovely aphrodisiac. On the other hand, Slayers also seemed to make fantastic lovers; they wanted the pain, but felt every bit of it, what with being alive and all. Doing a vampire just wasn’t the same. And here was this Slayer, totally willing to let him do whatever he wanted.
Was there any reason he couldn’t do both?
Spike pulled Faith up by the arms and slammed her against the wall. He kissed her again and then glanced over at the terrified-looking Cordelia, still conscious but certainly in no state to escape. “We’ve had our fun with her,” Spike said, tearing off Faith’s shirt before pushing her onto the bed and approaching Cordelia, taking the handcuffs off and tying her to the rusty pipe with rope. He threw the cuffs to Faith and tore off his own shirt. “And you did promise.”
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