~* Buffy Goes to Stars Hollow *~

~* And the Earth Shook *~
Buffy Goes to Stars Hollow
Chapter 10

~*And the Earth Shook*~


A/N: Like I said I listen to music a lot. So just in case you want to know my inspiration.
Was listening to * Hurt * by Christina Aguilera during Buffy/Spike conversation.
For the rest I listened to Dead Parade by My Chemical Romance a lot. I find reading it while listening to these songs add a better effect….they do for me, but enjoy all the same.

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Night had fallen a couple of hours ago and the air was colder. It started to snow softly as Buffy and Spike walked side by side through the cemetery. Buffy tensed and relaxed her hand around the stake in her hand as she walked.

They had been walking for about ten minutes in absolute quiet and it was starting to make her crazy. Even awkward conversation would be better than this deafening silence. Silence made her mind race with scenarios and thoughts that didn’t have a point. All these thoughts that all lead to one conclusion-he had never really cared about her.

So that was one of the reasons she was actually grateful for the vamp that jumped out from the trees. Buffy turned and knocked him to the left, stunning him momentarily. Spike spun around at the commotion but was knocked to the ground by an attack from behind.

Buffy did a roundhouse of her vamp, taking his feet out from under him. “That was rude!” She said. “I think you need a time out.”

The vamp lunged at her. Buffy grabbed him by the shoulders, buckled her legs under to do a backwards somersault, and used his momentum to flip him over her head. He landed with a loud thump onto his back. Buffy finished the somersault and sprang up in front of him. Before he could get to his feet, Buffy thrust the stake past his ribcage and into his heart.

Spike had just dusted his and walked over to Buffy. “You ok?”

She stretched her muscles like a cat. “Like riding a bike,” she said with a smile. “Though the punning could use some work.”

“It wasn’t your best,” Spike agreed with a smile.

“I was almost killed recently,” Buffy said, “Sorta takes the cocky edge away. Give me time.”

Then she turned and looked around her. “Was that it?”

“What do you mean?” Spike asked.

“Did you bring me out here for two vamps?” Buffy asked.

“No, there were more,” Spike said then paused. “ I was sure there were more.”

Buffy didn’t look impressed. “We’ve been down this route before Spike and déjà vu isn’t what it used to be, so stop with the cryptic.”

“I don’t think I am understanding you luv,” Spike said, “Which isn’t a surprise.”

Buffy frowned at that comment. “Not fair Spike. You show up out of nowhere and I get the blame here for the miscommunication? I’m not going further until you help me understand.”

Spike sighed as he turned and sat down on a nearby bench. Buffy sat next to him, waiting.

“ You know about the first time so I can skip that. About six months ago I was working with captain forehead saving the world as usual. There was a big apocalyptic battle. I fought. I died. Then I reappear at the Welcome to Stars Hollow sign about two weeks ago.”

“ You lost me in the middle,” Buffy said. “You died in L.A. and then you just reappeared?”

“Don’t look at me like that slayer, that’s the truth.”

“Cause I should believe a vampire, that supposedly loved me, was alive for a almost a year without trying to contact me. How do I know you’d be here now if you didn’t just appear as you claim?"

Spike raised an eyebrow. “So that’s what has your knickers in a twist? That I didn’t come for you.”

“We’re getting off topic,” Buffy mumbled, studying her hands.

“No I think this is what we should be talking about,” Spike insisted.

“Fine,” Buffy said bitterly. “Didn’t you ever think to…?”

“Every day,” Spike said softly.

Buffy was caught off guard by the pain in his voice. “Really?”

“From what I remember,” Spike said. “That’s another thing. When I came here I didn’t have a lot of memory of what was between us. Of what happened.”

“Do you remember us?” she asked.

“Only when I am around you,” he answered honestly. “ I feel different.”

“How so?” Buffy asked.

Spike shrugged. “I don’t know. I can’t explain it. I feel like I am looking for the answers still.”

“You and me both,” Buffy said softly. “Spike, did you see what happened before you died?”

“See what luv?” Spike asked.

“Did you see,” Buffy said, her voice starting to tremble. “Did you see Angel?”

Spike looked away and the gesture made Buffy’s heart hit her stomach. “Did he?”

Spike looked back at her, remorse on his face. “I didn’t see. Buffy it was….it was a crazy with everything going on. I didn’t see a hell of a lot. But I don’t think anyone made it out.”

Buffy nodded, grief threatening to turn her to jelly right here in the graveyard. “ He was waiting,” she said under her breathe, “Until I was done being cookie dough.” She said flashing back to their last conversation, which ironically, had been in a cemetery too.

“What’s that luv?” Spike asked.

Buffy shook her head. “Nothing.”

“He could still be out there,” Spike said trying to comfort her. “ He’s got a hard head, probably due to the vasts amount of nancy boy hair gel.”

Buffy laughed in spite of her grief and looked at him out of the corner of her eyes. “You should talk captain peroxide.”

Spike laughed as he squeezed her knee. “ I’m sorry I never came back. I didn’t know what to say.”

Buffy smiled. “No worries,” she lied, “ I’m used to the Buffy will never have a healthy relationship thing.”

“Yes you will,” he said honestly.

Buffy met his eyes. “ You’re going to leave again aren’t you?” she said.

Spike looked away from her accusing eyes. “ I don’t know what will happen Buffy. But I am here now.”

Buffy nodded, that was all she could ask for she supposed. There was a rustling in the trees to their left and both of them jumped to their feet, grateful for the interruption.

Buffy dove into the bushes, pulling a snarling vampire out. She threw him to the ground and lunged at him. The vampire kicked his leg out, sending her flying through the air. He was on top of her in seconds.

“Last words slayer?” he grunted into her ear.

“Didn’t your mother ever teach you not to play with your dinner,” Buffy shot back, throwing him off her. She pushed herself back, and then jumped to her feet in an effortless move.


They circled each other, daring the other to move first. Buffy saw Spike wrestling with another vampire over her shoulder. The vampire used this opportunity to lunge at her. She ducked out of the way and came up behind him and thrust the stake through his back, finding his heart easily.

He exploded into dust as Buffy turned to assist Spike. “I told you there were more Slayer,” he grunted, from the ground that the vampire had just knocked him into.

Buffy grinned sheepishly. “So for once you tell the truth. Didn’t you ever hear of the story of the boy that cried wolf?”

The vampire stood and stared between the two of them. “Umm, could we?” it rasped.

Buffy and Spike stared at him. “We’re trying to have a conversation here,” Buffy said.

“Yeah how rude,” Spike said.

“I say we kill it,” Buffy said.

“You’re the slayer,” Spike said with a shrug, as they both turned towards the vampire.

The vampire dove at Spike. Spike grabbed him in a headlock and the two wrestled while Buffy stood, bored.

“Boys, boys what’s the problem?” came a voice from the street.

Buffy let the stake drop from her hand, and kicked in under some bushes. “Miss Patty!” she said loudly so that Spike could hear.

“Are they fighting over you dear?” Miss Patty whispered conspiratorially to Buffy.

Buffy smiled awkwardly. “Something like that.”

“How romantic,” Miss Patty said, as she stood by Buffy.

“My knees are buckling as we speak,” Buffy giggled. God, she felt stupid. How could she get Miss Patty to leave?

“We should go,” Buffy said, putting her arm on Miss Patty’s elbow.

Miss Patty pulled out of her grasp easily. “ My dear once you get older you’ll regret not taking full advantage. My third husband used to get into fights for me, he didn’t have the muscles that young boy has but he was very good.”

“Who did he fight?” Buffy asked trying to take Miss Patty’s eyes away from Spike, who was trying to play up the fact that it was a silly fight.

“My soon to be fourth husband,” Miss Patty giggled. Buffy’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Wow. Neat.” Buffy said rolling her eyes.

“Stay away from my girl!” Spike yelled, tossing the vampire in the bushes so that they wouldn’t see him explode into dust. Spike came out of the bushes moments later wiping dust off his jacket.

“My, you are strong,” Miss Patty said, running her hand up Spike’s arm.

“How’s that now?” Spike said looking at Buffy for answers. Buffy just shrugged as she enjoyed his discomfort.

“You know,” Miss Patty whispered to him,” I run a dance school just across the road there. You should come by, you’re very lithe aren’t you?”

Buffy choked back a laugh. “ He really is Miss Patty,” Buffy said. “ You should get him in your ballet class.Ooh Oooh, and you should see him in tights!” Buffy, excitedly, added

Spike glared at Buffy. “ I don’t dance,” he said to Miss Patty. If he killed humans, now would be a time.

“You’re very Billy Idol aren’t you sweetie?” Miss Patty asked. “ I guess the style never goes out of fashion.” She said the last part to Buffy who just suppressed a giggle.

“That ponce stole his look from me,” Spike said under his breath.

“What was that?” Miss Patty asked.

Buffy decided now was a good time to step in. “ He was just saying that we have a thing to get to. We will talk to you later Miss Patty,” Buffy said.

“Ok dears! Remember to come by the class sometime.”

“We will,” Buffy said, as she steered Spike away from here. Once they were out of earshot Buffy burst into laughter.

“That wasn’t funny,” Spike said.

“Yes it was,” Buffy said.

Spike ran a hand over his hair, “ Is this outdated?”

The statement made Buffy nearly double over in laughter. “ You’re over a hundred years old Spike, you ARE outdated.”

Spike smiled. “ Especially with lines like ‘stay away from my girl’” Buffy said. “What was that?”

“Hey, it wasn’t easy to think on the spot pet,” Spike said. “ I remember you saying something about your knees buckling?” Spike added with a sexy smile on his face.

“I was role playing,” Buffy said quickly.

Spike smiled as they walked back to the house, a slightly lighter air about them. It felt just like old times.

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When Dawn got home her mood was instantly lightened when she saw the gang (including Spike) sitting around the living room.

She hung up her coat and stepped into the doorway. It warmed her heart to see everyone sitting together talking and laughing like old times.

“Hey all,” Dawn said.

A chorus of hi’s came from around the room. Dawn went over to sit on the floor in front of Willow. It was always her favorite place to sit, because Willow would always play with her hair when she sat in front of her.

“So what are we all talking about?” Dawn asked as she grabbed a vacant bag of chips.

“We’re discussing the option that Xander’s date could be evil,” Buffy said with a giggle.

“I’m not counting it out,” Xander said, not bothering to defend his date. “I mean why try and fight it, I tend to attract those of the demon variety.”

“You really do have a sucky choice in girls,” Willow agreed.

“Yep, yep. Laugh it up,” Xander said. “ The fact that I am pathetic has earned me the last brownie I think,” he said, reaching for the last brownie.

“Hey I think you are forgetting Buffy the vampire layer over there,” Willow laughed.

“Hey!” Buffy said swatting her.

“It’s true!” Willow said in her defense.

“But still…ouch,” Buffy said, wrapping her arms around her knees. Her pout soon turned to a smile though. “So the chocolaty goodness is mine then?” She reached for the brownie.

“ I changed genders,” Willow protested, “ I mean I changed gender of the people I dated when my ex werewolf boyfriend cheated on me.”

“That doesn’t count,” Xander said. “That just gives you 100% of the population to copulate with.”

“Young ears in the room,” Dawn said. “ Don’t say copulate.”

Xander laughed. “So Willow’s out.” He said, “Pardon the pun.”

“Oh ha ha, “Willow said.

“What about me?” Dawn asked. “ First kiss was a vampire….”

“Taking after her big sis,” Spike said.

Buffy threw the pillow at him. “I’ll have you know my first kiss wasn’t with a vampire.”

“Your first shag was,” Spike said.

Buffy glared. “Still wasn’t my first kiss.”

“Oh well then,” Spike laughed.

Dawn looked between the two, rolling her eyes. “Anyway,” she continued. “ Then the second guy made me fall under a love spell that had me almost killing myself, because he wanted someone else…”

“Again, because of Buffy,” Willow pointed out.

“Is this attack Buffy day? Oh ha ha, Buffy is a big slut,” Buffy laughed.

“Admitting it, is the first step,” Xander said comfortingly. He ducked as Buffy took a swing at him.

“And then,” Dawn said, “ The third guy had me doing a love spell that had people kidnapped. Brownie is so mine.”

“What about me?” Spike said.

“First of all,” Buffy began,” You don’t eat. And second of all you killed people.”

“Fair enough,” Spike said with a smile.

Dawn reached for the brownie. “Hey, I think I won,” Buffy said.

“You’ve been in love, I haven’t. I win,” Dawn, said as she popped the last of the brownie in her mouth.

Buffy found herself glancing at Spike with that first comment and then looked away quickly.

“Doesn’t matter, not much for deserts these days anyway,” Buffy said, thinking of her recent donut fetish.

“So we’re here to discuss Kate,” Dawn said. “Right?”

“Absolutely,” Buffy said. And there was a definite shift in the room as the conversation turned to more serious matters.

“So what did I miss?” Dawn asked.

“Not too much,” Willow said. “ Usually we would try and figure out why they want her, but we don’t have a lot of time. As per usual. We don’t even know what we are dealing with here.”

“A creepy robed thing?” Dawn volunteered.

“That seems to appear out of thin air and can take you from one place to another without you even realizing it,” Buffy added.

“That is troublesome,” Dawn, said.

“I was thinking invisibility,” Willow suggested. “But this guy senses magic, so it would have to be done beforehand. And I think I should do a spell before we go and hope that is holds. Or I could try to mess up our energy so it has trouble sensing us.”

“Can you do that?” Buffy asked.

“ I think so,” Willow said as she looked over her notes. “ But once I am in there he might be able to break my concentration.”

“So you should stay outside?” Buffy asked.

“I think that’s the only way. Me and Dawn can stay outside.” Willow said.

“I like the plan where I don’t go into those creepy sewers,” Dawn agreed.

“How does that work Will?” Buffy asked.

“Well everything is made up of different kinds of energy,” Willow explained. “And there are different frequencies. Take Spike, for example, as a vampire he has a heightened sense of sight and hearing. That is because demons, vampires and people who had passed on have a higher energy frequency.”

“Spike is on a higher frequency?” Xander asked. “No wonder he doesn’t make any sense.”

Spike held up two fingers in an offensive gesture. “Continue Will,” Buffy said with a roll of her eyes.

“This guy operates on a higher frequency. To patch into our frequency he has to lower his. It’s like what a psychic would do to communicate with the dead in reverse. This takes a lot of energy, which is probably why he let us go, because Kate wasn’t secured.”

“That’s why more and more vampires are arriving,” Buffy said. “ He’s building an army.”

Willow nodded in agreement.

“Then why patch into our energy at all?” Dawn said. “Why not just be a regular nasty?”

“Because I don’t think he or it, is up to full power. Right now his best defense is an offense, really. He uses fancy tricks to stop us and distract us. He even said to Dawn and I that he wasn’t planning on making a move yet, but because Dawn’s spell had us distracted he thought he would act then. I also don’t think he is corporeal yet.” Willow explained.

“Like the first?” Buffy asked, feeling a little on edge at fighting that again.

“Not as powerful,” Willow said, “ Or it would have been worse right from the beginning.”

As the mention of the First, Xander reached out and touched Spike’s leg. “What the bloody hell are you doing?” Spike snapped.

Xander shrugged. “Just checking that you were touchable.”

“Next time, you pull back a bloody stump,” Spike said.

Xander held up his hands in defeat. “You’re dead and the first can take over any dead thing it wants. It made you its bitch one time, it could have done it again.”

“I was nobody’s bitch,” Spike retorted, looking wounded.

“Well now that, that is cleared up,” Buffy said sarcastically. “Do you think it will try to find a body? Something I can fight.”

“Is that what Kate is for?” Xander asked.

Willow shrugged. “ I don’t know.”

“So it brings us back to figuring out what’s so special about Kate,” Buffy said.

“Maybe not,” Spike spoke up. “ Maybe it is because she’s nothing special. As the slayer you’ll figure it’s your duty to save her, but you’d wait longer to rescue her than you would if it were your baby sis.”

“Giving him more time to do whatever he has to do to Kate,” Xander said, stealing the eureka moment from Spike. “I think overbite has a point.”

Spike muttered something under his breath.

“But letting us go could only give us time to get more powerful,” Dawn pointed out.

“He only has to be a little more powerful than you nibblet,” Spike said.

“And if Willow and Xander are right, he will get more powerful too,” Buffy pointed out.

“So what about this plan?” Buffy asked Willow.

“First I can make you guys invisible to get past whatever road blocks he has, though it will have to be through a potion and I can’t guarantee how long it will last as all my energy will go towards maintaining the energy field. I will do a spell to mix up your guy’s frequencies and that will make him expel a lot of energy to try and locate you.”

Buffy tried to take it all in, but all this talk about energy was starting to drain hers. “So when can we do this Will?” Buffy asked. “I don’t want to give him any more time than I have to.”

Willow calculated the time in her head. “ Well I need about thirty minutes for the invisibility spell and about ten minutes with each of you for the energy switch.”

“Don’t we get the group discount if we all go in together?” Xander asked.

“We’re all different,” Willow explained. “ And it would be much harder to pinpoint single frequencies than a mass.”

“All this talk of frequencies and technical terms is going to make me blow a gasket,” Buffy said. “Let’s keep it simple. Them, bad…us, good. Fire, bad. Tree, pretty.”

Willow grabbed her books and headed upstairs. “Just give me half an hour of meditation before you come up.”

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Dawn stood beside Willow at the entrance of the tunnel inside the crypt. Dawn had done meditation before so it wasn’t hard to center herself as Willow instructed.

The night smelled of fresh fallen snow and the wind blew ominously against the sides of the concrete crypt. Dawn felt a shutter ran down her back as the trees creaked against strain of the wind.

The girls sat across from each other, with their legs crossed. They held their arms in front of each other, pressing their palms together. Buffy, Spike and Xander had disappeared down the tunnel about five minutes ago. Three candles sat between them with the flames, dancing and straining against the wind, but staying strong.

Dawn’s job was to perform as the vessel for Willow so that her circle was complete. Willow began a low chant deep in her throat. Dawn tried to concentrate as much as she could, but the chant that came from Willow seemed like it wasn’t even coming from Willow anymore, instead the voice seemed to be filling every spare inch of the room.

Suddenly Willow’s head shot up as her pupils dilated so much that her entire eye was now black. A white glow started at the roots of her hair and then spread throughout her hair, making it white. She was a goddess. A white glow spun around the room and then began to circle them, lifting them off the ground as they sat.

Dawn felt warmth wrap itself around her and she felt like she was drowning in it. Burning up from the inside. Dawn found her center and let the feeling take over as every part of her body felt like it was humming with energy. Her vision was blurry, her ears ringing and voices called out to her from all around the room.

The pressure grew and grew and then the candles blew out. Both Willow and Dawn felt a sharp pain hit their faces that made them gasp in surprise. Then both of them flew backwards hitting the opposite walls with a loud smack, and then everything went black.


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“If we are invisible, how come I can see you?” Xander whispered to Buffy, as they made their way down the tunnels.

“Because we are on the same frequency now,” Buffy explained.

“That was the energy thing,” Xander pointed out.

Buffy sighed. “Then I have no idea.”

“So maybe we aren’t really invisible,” Xander pointed out.

Just then a vampire headed towards them. “Time to test,” Xander said.

“Xander!” Buffy said in a hushed whisper, reaching out to grab him back.

Xander stood in front of the vampire and started to do the snoopy dance. He started pretending to fight with the vampire. Buffy tried to suppress the smile that was playing across her lips. Spike rolled his eyes.

“Can’t see me can ya? Big stupid dead guy!” Xander said, flinging his fists.

Buffy sighed. Spike rolled his eyes again, grabbing his stake. “ But he can here you…wanker,” Spike said.

Xander looked sheepish. “Oops.”

Spike grabbed the surprised vampire by his collar and threw him against the wall and Buffy staked him. “No more words from brain trust other here,” Spike said, pointing over his shoulder to Buffy.

Xander stood beside Buffy. “Sorry, I got a little too into it.”

“Just stay quiet Xand,” Buffy said. They continued down the tunnels. Willow had made a map to lead them to where they were taken.


Twenty minutes in, the tunnels ended abruptly and they found themselves in a huge cavern. “Oooh, this place looks like it’s right out of a horror movie,” Buffy said as she looked around at her surroundings.

“So where’s the bad guy?” Xander whispered from behind her.

They made their way, Buffy in the lead, through the winding path. She didn’t like the atmosphere. Fires were lit everywhere, so something had made its home here, so where was everyone? As Buffy neared the top of a small hill, she peered down into the blackness, and leaning against the rock wall, was Kate.

“There’s the bait,” Buffy whispered, “So where’s the toy surprise?”

Just then the earth started to shake. Buffy felt the ground shift beneath her feet, pitching her head first over the edge. “Buffy,” Spike yelled out, reaching out for her.

Buffy felt like her stomach flew into her throat as she was pitched downward. Luckily she remembered to tuck and roll at the last second which made the impact not so hard. She lay there slightly dazed for a few moments as the earth rose and fell beneath her.

Xander worked their way down to where Buffy lay. Xander pulled her to her feet and steadied her. “That cut looks nasty,” Xander said, looking at the gash above her eyebrow. “ Are you ok?”

Buffy tested her wrist. “I think I sprained my wrist, and my body has a new batch of bumps I never had before, but that seems to be the extent of the damage.” She looked around her. “Where is Spike?”

“He’s staying up there to act as lookout,” Xander explained.

The earth stopped shaking as they drew closer to Kate. Kate heard them coming closer and her head shot up in fear.

“We’re here, don’t worry,” Buffy said, making her way over the cracks in the earth to untie her.

“What?” Kate said, her eyes looking around her wildly. “Who’s there?”

“We’re invisible Buffy,” Xander pointed out.

Buffy untied Kate and pulled her to her feet. “Come on,” Buffy whispered to Kate.

The earth had stopped its shaking enough that they could make there way easily through the cavern and begin the climb back to the top. A hand grabbed Buffy’s and pulled her up over the edge. She stumbled slightly but steadied herself. “Thanks,” she said.

“You’re welcome,” came a deep voice.

Buffy jumped with fear as she found her wrist trapped in the robed figure’s hand. “So you’re corporeal then,” she muttered. “ Good to know.”

She swung her leg up and aimed it at the figure’s head. The figure moved fast, ducking her leg, and twisting her arm painfully behind her back. “You’re quick slayer, but you’ll find I’m quicker.”

Buffy grunted with pain as her arm threatened to snap. “I’m also supposed to be invisible.”

“I can smell you,” he said.

Buffy frowned. “ I knew I should switch to unscented shampoo, but damn it if it isn’t my girly side giving in,” she said through clenched teeth.

“Always making with the jokes,” he said.

“What can I say, it’s a self defense mechanism,” she said, “Luckily I also have other self dense mechanisms.”

She kicked off on the rock in front of her, twisting out of his grasp, and flipping over his head. She landed a kick in the small of his back that sent him toppling over the side of the cavern. “Run!” Buffy yelled, as she pulled a semi-conscious Spike, to his feet.

Xander grabbed Kate’s hand and took off into the tunnel with Buffy and Spike close behind. They ran as fast as they could as a loud growl came from the cavern behind them. The ground began to crack behind them as they raced through the passageways.

Buffy looked behind her only once, to see the ground begin to cave in on itself behind them in an all too familiar déjà vu. “Hurry!” she screamed.


They pushed themselves forward faster, their lungs feeling like they would explode with the exertion. Then they saw a small flicker of light as they rounded the tunnel and it felt like a saving grace.
With one last push they ran from the tunnels into the crypt.

Buffy turned just in time to watch the entrance of the tunnel close up behind them. The candles went out with the rush of wind that went through the crypt. Buffy searched the room for Dawn and Willow. The blanket and candles were still sitting there but Dawn and Willow weren’t.

Buffy felt like she was about to have a heart attack. “Dawn? Willow?” she asked, panic rising in her voice. She knew it must have been too easy.

Then, thankfully, she heard a small sigh from behind the stonewall. Buffy ran over and found Willow lying on her back. She crouched down beside her. “Will, are you ok?” Buffy asked.

Willow’s face had three long gashes down her face as if she’d been attacked by something with claws. “Dawn?” she said weakly, before her head lulled to the side.

“She’s over here,” came Spike’s voice. Buffy turned to see Spike holding an unconscious Dawn in his arms.

“We have to get them out of here,” Buffy said. Xander walked over to Willow and scooped him up. Kate walked forward. “What is going on?” she asked weakly.

“It’s a little confusing,” Buffy started to explain, and then stopped. Kate wasn’t’ talking to her, she was looking over Buffy’s shoulder at Spike, with a look of surprise, confusion and fear.

Buffy figured he had his vamp face on, but when she looked Spike had his human face on and was staring at her the same way. “ Katya?” Spike whispered.

“William?” Kate whispered, and then crumbled to the ground in a dead faint.

The room was deathly quiet, everyone not knowing what to say or how to respond. Buffy looked between Spike and Kate. “Great, another person to carry,” Buffy quipped.



To Be Continued…