Chapter Six
Buffy and Xander were walking out to her car. He didn't look too pleased with her at the moment, and she could understand why. Maybe it was just the fact that he was having to stay because of Angel. He didn't have to stay at all, but he did because of Buffy. He loved Buffy, but he didn't LOVE Buffy that way anymore. He understood why she was working with Angel, but why did he have to? It made sense for her to join with him because he had unlimited resources at his disposal. She’d be able to fight demons on a much higher level. She was one of his best friends, though, and if she wanted him to stay...then he would. They walked to her car and got in once she unlocked it. Once they were in she looked over at him.
" Xander, why are you so upset? Don't say you aren't either, I can read you like a book. I know you don't want to stay here, but just come to this meeting, and I’ll personally buy you a ticket to San Diego." Xander sighed. He hated making Buffy feel bad. It's not that he didn't want to be around Buffy, but he hated Angel. Hated him with a fiery passion of hell that Angel had been in.
" Buffy, it's so not that." He turned to where he was facing her.
" I really don't want to go to San Diego, but you know I don't like Angel (understatement), and you made it sound like he was ordering me about like his faithful dog. Who the hell is he to give me orders, buffy? The guy skips town when we seriously need him because he can’t be around you? If you’re easy to forgive or whatever, then that’s fine, but you need to know I’m only doing this for you. Of course I'll stay, Buff, but only if you want me to stay too. Willow has Kennedy, Dawn, and Oz now. You've got yourself and Faith. I'd love to stay here and help you, but it feels like I’m not really needed." She started to say something, but he stopped her.
" Buffy, I'm not angry with you, and I never really could be. I just don't like the fact that he thinks he can order everyone around. Granted he's 300 and is now in charge of an evil corporation, but still." Buffy had to laugh at this. Xander always made her laugh, even in the most weird situations.
" He's only 248, thank you very much, and it's not an evil corporation anymore. Xand, you know I need you. You’re my best friend, and you know it. You’ve always been there for me even in the toughest situations. You don’t have any special powers, but you risked your life with me on a daily basis. Not to mention the fact that I can talk to you about anything...well almost anything. "
Xander glanced at her. He couldn't help but to laugh along with her.
" Ok, I'll listen to him, but only because you’re my favorite slayer."
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Faith was on her way to see Angel. She had to tell him about a new demon that had totally kicked her ass. She’d been totally confident when she saw it, but it had laid our out completely without even breaking a sweat. The only people in the building were Lorn, Wes, Fred, and Angel. The lobby looked deserted, and it was usually buzzing with activity. She was almost to the elevator leading to Angel's office when all of the sudden it got really dark in the building. It got very windy, and loud noises like Thunder sounded from out of nowhere. Faith looked around to see what was going on, but the only difference in the room was that it was darker. There was a really loud thunderclap and someone came flying down from the ceiling....completely naked. Faith looked at the man lying on the ground, and noticed that he looked extremely familiar. She wasn’t sure where she’d seen the blonde person before, but he definitely looked like someone she knew. Just as she was about to approach him, he jumped up in a fit.
" Where in the bloody hell am I? Why is it so freaking cold in here? Wait a tick...WHERE THE HELL ARE MY CLOTHES!!!!!" Faith scrambled out from under the desk she'd been hiding under to stare at the creature in front of her.
" Spike? Oh God, is it really you?" She couldn’t believe that he was standing in front of her, wait until Buffy saw him! Just then she realized that he had no clothes on, and she started to grin.
" Well, no wonder B. liked you so much." She couldn't help but laugh at his expression. He grumbled to himself.
" This is just bloody brilliant." He looked around a bit and then glared at her.
" Are you going to just stand there, or are you going to get me some clothing?" Before she could say anything the elevator opened and Angel, Wes, and Lorn walked out.
" What the hell was that?" He was looking around when he spotted Faith.
" Are you okay? You didn't get hurt did you?" Once again Faith was cut off, but this time it was by Spike.
" Um, excuse me, naked vampire here!" Wesley, Angel, and Lorn all turned to face him. Wesley was the first to speak.
" Good Lord! Spike? Where in the devil did you come from, and why are you naked? They said that you'd died." Spike smirked.
" It'll take more than a necklace and a Hellmouth to stop me." This made Angel speak up then.
" What are you doing here, Spike?" Spike shot Angel and icy look.
" Now, how would I know that, mate? If I was just going to stop by and say ' Gee, Hi Angel, I really hate you, you bint' would I show up with no clothes on?" This left everyone silent...except for Lorn.
" Um, Angel cakes, maybe you should give him your coat...just until we can get him in proper clothing, that is." Angel jerked his head around towards Lorn.
" Are you crazy?! I'm not giving him my jacket! He's naked!" Wesley sighed. They were acting like spoiled little babies.
" Precisely why you should give him your jacket, Angel." Faith jumped up then.
" You know, Spike looks just fine to me." They all just ignored her comment. Angel grudgingly gave over his jacket.
" I just want you to know, that I'm burning that."
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Buffy was glad that Xander was staying in L.A. Sure, she had Faith to talk to, but they really weren't the best of friends. After all, Faith had tried to kill her on more than one occasion, taken her body once, and Buffy had actually stabbed Faith and put her in a coma. Xander was one of her best friends, and she was glad to have him with her. She really missed having Willow around to talk to, but Xander was just as close to her as she was. They’d been through so much together, such as Xander was one of the first ones in Sunnydale to find out she was a slayer. She knew what Angel wanted him to do, and she thought it was a stellar idea. She really hoped that Xander would at least consider it. Xander would probably stay for a few months because of Buffy, but she knew that he didn’t want to stick around for too long.
They were going down a back road, when suddenly a person came flying out in front of Buffy's car. Luckily, she stopped the car just in time, before she could run over the civilian. Unfortunately, by stopping it made her miss a huge Demon that popped out after the person. This thing was absolutely huge, and she’d never seen anything like it before. Buffy looked over at Xander and gave him a pensive look.
" Stay here, Xander! No matter what happens, I want you to stay here!"
Buffy leaped out of the car, and blocked the Demon from hitting the guy again. She hit it hard on the jaw, but that only made it mad. Her slayer puch didn’t seem to slow the demon down in the least. It howled at her like a wounded dog though, and hit her so hard she slammed into the brick wall behind her, and broke pieces of it. She got back up and swung at it, but he just caught her throw, and bent her arm to where Xander swore it was breaking it. He grabbed the back of her head and smashed it up against a nearby metal dumpster. This made Buffy stay where she was and not get up for more. Xander was extremely worried, but he did what Buffy told him to do. She wasn’t moving, and at times like this he wished he had some sort of super power to make demons leave his friends alone. Instead he jumped out of the car when the Demon left, and ran to Buffy's side.
" Geeze, Buffy! Are you alright?" She started to nod, but thought better of it because of the ache in her head.
" God, he was strong. We'd better go and tell Angel, so we can do some research."
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Willow and Dawn were in the living room watching a movie, when the doorbell sounded. Dawn popped up to answer it, and Willow pushed pause so she wouldn't miss anything. She knew that Dawn was hoping that Andrew would pop up at their door out of thin air. She personally didn’t know what the girl saw in the little dweeb, but she wasn’t going to hassle her about it. She did, however, wonder who it was. No one knew where she was...Unless it was Buffy!!!! When Dawn let out a huge squeal, it made Willow think it really was Buffy. She got up to go see, and she saw Andrew, which made her really happy for Dawn.
" Hey Andy! Did Xander come back with you?" Andrew smiled at her.
" No, but someone did come to see you." Andrew moved aside and Oz stepped in. Willow could not form a coherent thought.
" Oz? Oh my God, Oz! What are you doing here?!" He smiled at her and walked towards her.
" Xander and Andrew here came and got me. Buffy told me that you wanted to see me, so here I am." At this Dawn smacked Andrew...hard.
" OW! What was that for?" She glared at him.
" You lied to me!" Willow stayed quiet, and noticed when Dawn and Andrew left the room. She motioned for Oz to sit down.
" Well, How’ve you been? I did want to see you. I wanted to see how you were. I really thought that we were going to die down there, so I wanted to see you. Wait, I thought you couldn't be around me...how has that changed?" He looked down at his feet.
" You know...it's sort of a long story."
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Faith, Lorn, Gunn, Fred, Wes, Spike, and Angel were all in Angel's office when Buffy burst in with Xander, which made them all jump.
" Angel, I've got to tell you about this..." She stopped talking when she saw everyone...and they were silent.
" I'm sorry, should I have knocked?" Angel looked at her, and shook his head. He still didn't say anything, though. She didn't know what was going on.
" What? Why aren't you guys talking?" She looked over at Xander and noticed he was looking at something, too.
" Wha......." That's when Spike stood up. ( Sorry, he has on clothes now.) She was speechless.
" Spike? How?" He walked up to her and kissed her.
" Hello, Luv."
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