What can one do that the other can’t?
What can one do that the other can’t?
Spike just turned his back on his sire and his gaze fell on the two bodies on the floor… He walked over to them and realised one of them was Buffy. He knelt gently by her, lifted her head into his hands and stroked the hair out of her face. This was hard for him, he had been observing everything that had happened in the last few days in a front row seat up there and even though he knew she was with Angel now, it didn’t stop him from wondering She had said it to him before he had died, just as Cassie had predicted but had that all changed now? He felt her coming round as he was stroking her hair…as her eyes and brain registered who it was, tears sprang to Buffy’s eyes…this moment was for them and them alone. It was as if everyone else in the room had just dissolved away and it was only Spike and Buffy. She sat up and trembling touched his face as if to make sure he was real. Angel walked over and grabbed Spike and threw him across him causing the vampire to land with a crash in Angel’s office. There was not a flicker of emotion on Angel’s face as he did this He was about to do further damage to his offspring, when he heard a faint sound behind him, in a tone that she knew only he would hear.
‘Angel, don’t. He doesn’t deserve it, we both did what we did for a reason. We loved each other. Hey he has just saved the world, I don’t really think he deserved to be wailed on right now. No matter how I much I actually want to.’ As she was saying this she had pushed herself gently to her feet and given Connor a hand.
‘Ouch, that is one piece of killer jewellery…literally. Who the hell is this guy? Urgh my head really hurts, this is all happening too fast for my head’
‘I know sweetie, me too’ said Buffy gently resting a hand on his shoulder in a very mother like way. As this exchange was going on Spike picked himself up and brushed himself down looking rather pissed off. He cracked his knuckles in a menacing way and began to make his way over to his sire, obviously looking for round two
Connor seeing what was about to go down between the two vampires walked over to them, blocking Spike’s way. Then Buffy walked in front of Connor saying, ‘if anyone is going to hit him it is going to be me’. Spike seeing Buffy at the front of this queue instantly stopped seeing red and calmed down…ever so slightly.
‘I saw you die…I told you I…why are you back. I don’t need this. I’ve made my choice Spike, I’m sorry. I still love you, I always will but you know we cant be together. It didn’t work then and it certainly wouldn’t work now. I have a family who I love and would never leave. We’ve been given…they’ve accepted us. What else can I say?’ she shrugged her shoulders and raised her hands miming her last words; ‘I’m sorry’ she finished lamely. Spike reached for her hands, she took them trembling slightly He started to walk backwards away from father and son, as if trying to block what he was gonna say from the other vampire. She didn’t resist, she let herself be led, glad that someone else was guiding her; if it had been anyone else she knew she would have probably drawn back, but Buffy trusted Spike with the whole of heart and soul, despite what had happened in the past. He knew Buffy wouldn’t like what he had to tell her as it would leave her with a decision she had to make which might threaten her newfound family and decision for the rest of the Slayers.
‘Buffy, I don’t like this. Whatever he says, he’s probably lying to you,’ said Angel, glaring at Spike but more importantly looking at the look Buffy gave when he said this. One very icy glare.
‘Angel, don’t do this to yourself. He won’t lie to us, he wouldn’t lie to me,’ Buffy said softly so only he could really hear, as Spike led her away to a quiet corner.
‘Yeah, so shut up you great poof!’ Spike said, smirking, loving every minute he was able to get under his sire’s skin…so to speak. Spike led her outside to the little garden outside the hotel and gently sat her down on a little concrete bench and told her what he had seen would happen when he had been granted a place Up There.
‘I don’t even know where to begin Buffy. After what happened in the Hellmouth, I thought I was over done…I mean I had done this massive good thing yet there wasn’t much light at the end of my tunnel considering. Anyway, complaining aside, the Powers That Be or whatever buggers run wherever I was, came to me and gave me this knowledge in like a vision form. The poncy gits put some sort of whammy on what they had told me and I can’t physically tell you, but I can show you,’ at this point Spike looked directly into Buffy’s eyes with that look that melted her heart, ‘if you trust me?’ Buffy had to look away for a second as her eyes threatened to give away the love she so deeply held for him. Buffy started to tremble through fear of Spike’s vision and the intensity of her love – she stroked his face and nodded her head. With her permission granted Spike lay a hand on the side of her head and let the magic the PTB had granted him do its work. Buffy gasped out loud at the shock of the images running through her head – the end of the world, an evil law firm, Angel giving away some sort of prophecy, the deaths of Wesley, the deterioration of Fred and the overwhelming stench of pure evil in numbers that far outwitted the resources Angel had. However when she tried to pull away, the images came thicker and faster; past and present. Buffy yelled in pain as she and Spike were locked in a magical binding spell; the PTB wanted Buffy to see everything that had happened in the last year of Angel’s un-dead life – the Beast, Angelus, Faith, Connor and Cordelia. Upon hearing Buffy’s yell of pain, Angel and Conner came bursting through the glass doors. Connor got there first, as Angel was struck by the physical intimacy between the pair of old lovers, and he wrenched Buffy and Spike apart.
Buffy drew herself onto her feet staring at Spike as if she’d never seen him before. The physical and mental intimacy they had just shared just went to show her deep her love and trust for him went Buffy suddenly realising what she had just thought, looked up at Angel, tears flowing out of her eyes, ‘oh god…Angel I…I didn’t mean to think that. It’s just when Spike and I were together it was in a different way to what we had,’ Buffy finished, looked sheepishly at the ground.
‘Look mate, I think we need to take these discussions inside, so Buffy can decide what to do next and also I don’t fancy bursting into flames again…once is quite enough.’ Angel sniffed the air and could feel the dawn coming and wordlessly turned and went inside. Buffy went over to Connor, and gestured him inside as he looked a bit out of place. With Connor going on inside, it left Buffy free to go over and see if Spike had damaged anything. Seeing he hadn’t she offered Spike her hand and they walked back into the lobby together.
The other slayers seeing that the situation had finally calmed down, for the moment, started to cautiously making their way back down to the ground floor and upon seeing Spike walking in with Buffy gasped with shock as they thought him dead. But then cheered and waved at him, as they all knew how much he had given and they all trusted him no matter what had happened when he had been the First Evil’s bitch. However their happiness was short lived when they saw Buffy’s face and could tell the next apocalypse was just around the corner – realising that Buffy had one of two choices; to stick around and help but risking what was naturally supposed to happen or leave Angel to whatever would happen taking her slayers away to train the others round the world and come back for the big finish.
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