Never Come Back

Chapter Three

Throwing the now empty bottle of whiskey against the wall of the crypt, Spike cursed the Slayer yet again.

"Who the bloody hell does she think she is? Telling me to clear out of town like she owns the bloody joint. I'll show that bitch. I'm the Slayer of Slayers. So she had one of her little white hats save her last night, next time she won't be so bleeding lucky"

His rant took all of his focus, so Spike didn't notice a small blond walk in and lean against the door , listening to his tirade.Once he stopped she gave him a round of applause. Spike swung round and glared.

"Wow, who knew I got you so worked up last night"
"What the hell do you think your doing just walking in here, do you have a sodding death wish Slayer?"

Buffy shrugged and then walked further into the crypt, running a finger over the edge of the sarcophagus and then wiping the dust onto her jeans.

"Actually ,I need your help, so I have a proposition for you"
"And why the hell should I help you? I'm evil, not one of your pathetic cling ons"
"Because if you don't, then there's something worse than me out there waiting to kill you.Trust me when I say ,you don't want to get caught by them"

She had his attention now, true, she could be lying, setting a trap for him , but he didn't think that she was and he was usually a good judge of character.

"How'd you know I was still here?"

Buffy's brow raised

"Firstly, since when did you do as I asked and get gone and two, a local demon saw you stagger in here drunk, and thirdly, Slayer senses. So, will you? Help I mean"

"He lit up a cigarette and watched as she chewed on her lip while she waited for his answer. She looked so innocent at that moment that Spike had to hold back his smile. How can she do that and hide all outward signs of the power housed within? He knew he'd end up hating himself for what he was about to do and would hate her even more. With a roll of his eyes, Spike nodded.

"Alright Slayer, tell me more"

Spike sat in the easy chair and gestured towards the broken couch. Buffy took her seat and nervously sat on the edge, not wanting to relax into the delapidated furniture and give him an opening. After relaying all the information that they had, Spike sat quietly thinking it over. He stood and took a blood pack out of the bag that sat beside the chair and sunk his fangs into it. Realising what he had done, he paused his feed to offer Buffy a drink, she declined and so, Spike continued his feed.

Buffy waited for him to finish and then stood waiting for his answer.

"So you want me to get captured by these army type blokes and let them do god knows what to me . Then your going to bust me out of there so you get the info you need to take them down?"
"Basically....."
"Are you off your nut Slayer? "

Buffy frowned at him. She thought it was a good plan.

"They could bloody dust me, or something equally as bad , not to mention the fact that I still don't trust you"
"Trust me when I say the feelings mutual"

He paused his pacing to raise a brow at her as if to say 'well duh'.

"There's got to be a better plan than this. What did the Watcher have to say about it? Your not expecting me to buy the fact that he agreed to this idea of yours"
"Actually .... no, who am I kidding"

Buffy dropped herself back onto his couch and looked up at him. She looked tired and defeated.

"I'll be straight with you okay, the commando's have been taking out vampires specifically and only certain demons. Giles thinks that they want to build some kind of Frankenstein hybrid demon vampire army that would be unkillable. We can't stop the soldiers as they're human but we need to be able to get into the base and know where it is. That's where you come in to it all. Giles has a tracker that we can insert into you and help pinpoint the operations base. Once we know where that is, we can take them out"

"Right, that makes more sense. Got to tell you though pet,not trying to piss on your fire before it's got started but how do I know that you'll get me out?"
"Okay, another thing we found out and time for Buffy confession number two, they implant a chip in the heads of the vampires, it stops them being able to hurt humans."
"Oh that's just bloody priceless! So not only are you asking me to risk my bloody unlife, but to get neutered too! Got to hand it to you Slayer, you really are a piece of work "
" Now you know all of the facts, will you still help?"

Buffy eased her stake out of the back of her jeans and raised a brow. She waited as he gave the plan some thought. After a few minutes of tense silence, he nodded.
"Okay, I'll help you slayer, on one condition." He watched her face cloud with suspicion then continued " Anything I do while I help you, anyone I kill, I don't get staked for it"

He stood rigid waiting for her to think about what he was asking. The slayer in her refused to give this highly dangerous master a free reign, whilst the girl in her knew that he was the only person that could match her and protect her.

"Only if it is to protect me or in self defense"

"Of course, wasn't expecting you to accept me going on a feeding frenzy was I pet"

Buffy rolled her eyes and then made a move to the door of the crypt. He whirl past her and blocked her way, causing her to grip the stake and thrust her hip out.
"When are we going to have a meeting with the white hats then, shouldn't I be there if we're doing this thing?"
Buffy rubbed her forehead and looked up at him, her shoulders slumped.
"Giles doesn't know I'm here"

Spikes obvious amusement was carried in his voice as he half laughed,"Well that's just perfect innit, his perfect slayer turning rogue on the watcher and keeping him in the dark. Tell me princess, what do you think he'd say?"
Buffy bristled a his question and not sure if she should answer him. One look at his smirk and raised brow told her he was expecting one. Sighing , Buffy huffed her annoyance at the vampire that blocked her only exit.

"Okay, he'd be pissed, probably clean his glasses til the lens cracked and lecture me on the danger that is you, satisfied?"
Spike gave her a brief once over then cocked his head with a smirk "Not yet, but could be pet"
"Your disgusting, now move"
Annoyed beyond belief, she stormed from the crypt, taking no notice of the vampire that called after her from the doorway.
"So I'll see you tomorrow then?"

Buffy rushed back towards the campus, mumbling to herself as she neared the dorm . She was so engrossed in her own thoughts that she didn't feel her slayer senses go off or notice the commando's that had slowly made their way towards her. Snapping out of her Spike induced haze, she felt the sting in her arm and then the coldness of the wet grass as she fell. Looking up as she tried to get back to her feet , the last thing she saw was the commando's surround her as she lost consciousness.