Doppelganger

“Ok, let’s do some backtracking” Spike said looking confused. “If that was the daemon half of me then why am I not simply a human? I mean I can feel it, I’m as strong as I ever was and I heal as fast as Buffy!”

“Maybe the Powers knew this fight was coming.” Willow suggested, “It wouldn’t be the first time that they have done things we don’t understand.”

Spike shrugged they had been really confusing at the time, maybe that is exactly what the bints wanted, him to fight himself.

“Hey, this is like that time in Finial Fantasy, when the dark knight had to fight himself to become a good…..” Xander trailed off as he realized that no one else knew what he was talking about. “Of course it’s Spike we are talking about here so it’s not like he would be good either way…” With that he sulkily returned to his ice cream that had somehow managed to withstand the fight moments earlier.

“Been spending time with Andrew?” Buffy put in. Xander make a face and continued to eat his ice cream.

“Well, here’s the plan for tonight” Giles said taking charge as usual, “Buffy you are going to go to the new apartment that I rented, it’s possible that the other Spike heard that you were planning on coming to my place and I don’t want you any where near him. Willow, you however, are coming with me. We need to find out why Buffy could stake him in the heart and not dust him. Xander, your research help is needed and Spike can come with us too.”

“NO way!”
“Not bloody likely” Spike and Buffy managed to say at the same time.

“We need to go after him; and now or Dawn could get hurt! Spike yelled “ I was this guy for years and trust me the daemon is nasty, it kills without remorse or thought.”

“There is no way I’m going to sit around safe while the little sister I died for is being held by some daemon” Buffy nearly yelled.

“Buffy you don’t know how to kill him!” Giles yelled then sighed “What good will it do having both you and Dawn in his hands? Besides we know that he won’t hurt her tonight because he is using her to get to you. Give us one night, one, and tomorrow you can go in stakes blazing ready to face whatever, but tonight go to the apartment.”

“Fine!” Buffy relented the choice obviously killing her. “Just find me a way to kill that thing and fast.”

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Hours later at her new apartment Buffy was tossing and turning on the makeshift bed made of couch cushions on the hard wood floor. It was not the state of her sleeping arrangements however that was keeping her awake; it was the thought of what could be happening to her sister.

“That’s it” she said sitting up with determination in her voice.

Quickly she dressed and slipped out the fire escape door. She had no idea where to look, but since this bady was looking for her she didn’t think she was going to have to look very far.

About half a mile down the road she started to feel something following her,

“Good” she thought grabbing the stake tighter in her hand “it’s time for a showdown.” but first she wanted the upper ground.

Turning into a darkened alley she stopped behind a dumpster and waited for her quarry to follow. Her eyesight had long been used to seeing in darkened spaces and like any animal of the night she could see with surprising clarity anything that moved in the darkness. That was how she knew for sure, even dressed as he was all in black, that the thing moving towards her was Spike.
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