The White Hat

Sunnydale

Spike made a choice.
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“Where am I?” The woman asked groggily sitting up on the couch.

“You’re at my place Luv. I have some clothes you can put on, then I’ll help you home ok?” Spike asked shyly.

“Why did you help me? They were gonna…they were trying to rape me and…you helped me.” The woman said softly.

~ That’s not all they were going to do to you. ~ He thought sadly hating his kind for a minute.…Um …Um …well I figured you had someone…you know at home waiting for you? I …My girlfriend died….I know what it’s like to be the person left behind.” Spike said honestly.

She looked down at herself and realized she had a T-shirt over her ripped dress and a blanket covering the rest of her. “Thank you.” She said quietly.

“You are welcome Luv.” Spike said gently. “Now lets get you home to that husband of yours. He must be worried sick by now.” Spike said as he handed her one of Dru’s old dresses.
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~ Got a bloody purpose now don’t I? ~ Spike asked himself as he stalked another rapist. The guy was prety obvious to Spike, following a woman, hiding in the shadows. ~ Same old same old. Nineteen years I’ve been doing this and there are still blokes out there thinking they will get away from me. Ha ~ Spike was right behind him now. He could feel the bastard’s excitement grow the closer he got to the woman. When he was five feet from her Spike grabbed him and sank his fangs into his neck. Spike ripped his throat out violently. Relishing the blood. The kill. ~ Yeah these bastards I can kill for the rest of my unlife. ~

“Well, Well look what we have here. Looks like someone made a choice?” Whistler said happily.

“Where the hell did you come from?” Spike asked licking the blood from around his mouth.

“Well the powers sent me again. Seems they ….have someone who needs your help.”

“I only help who I chose to help.” Spike said snidely. “You are the one who said it was my choice right?”

“Of course it’s your choice. Will you just come and see who it is they want you to help? I think you’ll like this.” Whistler said. “Plus…They told me to say by your side till you saw…”

“Bloody hell. All right I’ll bloody well go with you. Where?”
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Spike watched as she entered her room. Big tears rolling down her cheeks. ~ Oh god. Why daddy? ~ Her thoughts sent a fresh wave of tears rolling down her face.

“What’s she so upset for? And why should I care?” Spike asked already feeling her pull. ~ Mmm the scent of her blood,. ~ Just below the surface. Calling to him, begging him to taste. The scent of her tears reaching him as well. ~ This slip of a girl…~

“Her and her mom just found out dad’s been cheating. With his secretary. For years.” Whistler sighed. “Her and Mom are moving to Sunnydale, and she’s about to be called.”

“Called what?” Spike asked. ~ God I just want to hold that girl in my arms and kiss away her tears. She looks so vulnerable. ~

“Called…as the Slayer. You know what a Slayer is right? You did kill two of them.” Whistler said as he caught the way Spike was looking at Buffy and smiled to himself.

“What? Did you say Slayer?” Spike questioned.

“Yes. That is why the powers want you. They know your history with Slayers and you are the only one who could…You know help her.” Whistler said. “You have two weeks. That’s when they will arrive. Can you …be ready then?”
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Spike picked the perfect spot. It was a house only five houses down from the one Joyce picked. ~ Good Bloody thing that Whistler bloke knows which damn house her mother bought. ~
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“Okay, what's the sitch?” Buffy asked perkily.

“Sorry?” Giles asked

“You heard about the dead guy, right? The dead guy in the locker?”

“Yes.” “'C“'Cause, it's the weirdest thing. He's got two little, little holes in his neck, and all his blood's been drained. Isn't that bizarre? Aren't you just going, ooo?”

“I was afraid of this.”

“Well, *I* wasn't! It's my first day! I was afraid that I was gonna be behind in all my classes, that I wouldn't make any frienthatthat I would have last month's hair. I didn't think there'd be vampires on campus. And I don't care.”

“Then why are you here?”

“To tell you that... I don't care, which... I don't, and... have now told you, so... bye.” Buffy said as she turned away to leave.

“Is he, w-will he... rise again?”

Buffy turned back to Giles “Who?”

“The boy.”

“No. He's just dead.”

“Can you be sure?”

“To make you a vampire they have to suck your blood. And then you have to suck their blood. It's like a whole big sucking thing. Mostly they're just gonna kill you. Why am I still talking to you?”

“You really have no idea what's going on, do you? You think it's coincidence, you’re being here? That boy was just the beginnin

“Oh, why can't you people just leave me alone?”

“Because you are the Slayer. Into each generation a Slayer is born, one girl in all the world, a Chosen One, one born with the strength and skill to hunt the vampires...”

Buffy interrupted and joined in “...with the strength and skill to hunt the vampires, to stop the spread of their evil blah, blah, blah... I've heard it, okay?”

“I really don't understands ats attitude. You, you've accepted your duty, you, you've slain vampires before...”

“Yeah, and I've both been there and done that, and I'm moving on. First of all, I'm a Vampire Slayer. And secondly, I'm retired. Hey, I know! Why don't you kill 'em?”

“I-I'm a Watcher, I-I haven't the skill...”

“Oh, come on, stake through the heart, a little sunlight... It's like falling off a log.”

“A, a Slayer slays, a Watcher...”

“...watches?”

“Yes. No! He, he trains her, he, he, he prepares her...”

“Prepares me for what? For getting kicked out of school? For losing all of my friends? For having to spend all of my time fighting for my life and never getting to tell anyone because I might endanger them? Go ahead! Prepare me.”

“It's getting worse!”

“What's getting worse?”

“The influx of the undead, the... supernatural occurrences, it's been building for years. There's a reason why you're here and a reason why it's now!”

“Because now is the time my mom moved here.”

“Something's coming, something, something... something is, is gonna happen here. Soon!”

“Gee, can you vague that up for me?”

“The signs, as far as I can tell, point to a crucial mystical upheaval, very soon. Days. Possibly less.”

“Oh, come on! This is Sunnydale! How bad an evil can there be here?”
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“Hey guys. We going Bronzing tonight?” Buffy asked Willow and Xander.

“Sure Buff.” Xander said putting his arm around her and Willow and walking to their next class.
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“Mom I promise, I will be good. I just really want to go out tonight.” Buffy said.
“Ok Buffy But you are to be home by 11PM.”
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Buffy walked into the Bronze. ~ Oh. My God. That is the hottest guy I’ve ever seen. ~ Buffy thought. Her stomach was instantly filled with butterflies and the hair on the back of her neck stood at attention all tingly. She turned bright red and her heart sped up as Spike looked up and into her eyes. “Hey Pet. Care for a drinkpikepike asked her casually.
~ Being so near her, her pulse racing I can smell and feel her blood thrumming just below the surface. Mixed with her scent. Buffy Mmmm ~ Spike thought as he shifted his coat to hide his obvious arousal at being this near Buffy.
“Uh….Um…Yeah a drink would be good.” Buffy said softly.
“I’ll be right back.” Spike said going to the bar to get Buffy a drink.
Buffy sat at the nearest table. Spike was back in a moment with her drink.
“Hope you like coke.” Spike said sitting the drink in front of her.
“Will you dance with me?” Spike asked suddenly tilting his head and looking at her intently.
“Yes” She said breathlessly as Spike led her to the dance floor. Spike pulled her body against his. Buffy wrapped her arms around his neck.
~ She smells so good. ~ Spike thought his nose in her hair and inhaling her scent. He could feel his erection growing again.

~ Feels so good to be in his arms. ~ Buffy thought pressing herself tighter against him. ~ Oh god. Is that? I think it is. He’s …oh bad thoughts Buffy. ~

~ She knows how much she’s turning me on. And yet she stays in my arms. Vixen. ~ Spike thought and smiled to himself.

Buffy started to rub her pelvis against Spike. The beat of the music and having him pressed against her heat like that and she was starting to get aroused. ~ Oh I want this guy. ~ Buffy thought to herself.

The smell of Buffy’s arousal hit Spike’s nose ~ Fuck. I want her. Now. ~ Spike thought. Buffy looked up at him and closed her eyes. Spike leaned down to kiss her. Suddenly there was a scream form outside, Spike heard it only because of is enhanced hearing. ~ Bloody hell. ~ “I …I’ll be back in a minute.” Spike said trying to control his raging hormones.

“Oh…Ok” Buffy said ~ What the hell is going on? Where the hell is he going? ~ She thought curiously.
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Well I hope you like it so far. Please review if you want me to continue this story.