How to Woo a Vampire

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A/N: Well I am nearing the end of the chapters I had written from before and my story is taking a slightly different turn than it was in its previous incarnation so the updates may get slower. But for now here is chapter five, enjoy.

Chapter Five

Spike was still confused about the entire situation over a week later. Some nights the gifts were along the lines of the box of ground soldier and seemed to be almost fillers while Xander tortured another soldier. He wasn’t sure if it was because the soldiers were more prepared and harder to capture or if Xander was just busy with other stuff. Though secretly in the back of his mind he hopes it’s the former rather than the latter.

Walking home after an early patrol Spike could never be sure what may await him whether it was a box of assorted parts or a new mutilated soldier. They’ve shown up eviscerated, beheaded, strangled with their own body parts, and the boxes had everything from what looked like parts through a wood chipper and the head of the beheaded soldier.

This night as Spike walked toward his crypt he had to wonder what would be waiting for him, another box of assorted parts or a new body. Getting closer to his crypt he noticed that this body was not in fatigues, in fact it looked like the person was instead wearing a white lab coat. Spike shivered refusing to bring up the memories of his time in the initiative that the coat reminded him of. Moving closer Spike recognized the man as the doctor Riley brought back with him and here he was lying not only dead but obviously tortured. He showed many of the signs of classic torture techniques such as broken fingers and missing nails. However, the most striking thing that told Spike this was definitely a present was his head. Spike reached back to his own head where the chip had been placed feeling a sense of vengeance at the fact the doctor had a large rusty, iron railroad spike shoved through his skull at the corresponding spot in his head where Spike had the chip.

Once the fact that the initiative doctor was dead on his doorstep with an iron railroad spike in his head, his own signature torture device from back in the day had set in Spike was pissed that the doctor was dead. The only person able to get the damn chip out of his head and here he was killed in some twisted attempt at vengeance for him. The one thing he wanted most even more than the slayer was that damn chip out of his head, and his last chance was lying on his doorstep.

Spike grabbed the gift box sitting behind the body and stormed into his crypt, any of his good mood at seeing the doctor dead gone in the face if his realization that with his death the chip was stuck in his head. He slammed the door behind him and threw the box into the wall, deciding the right now getting drunk was the best idea. After half a bottle of whiskey Spike noticed the abandoned smashed gift box in the corner was leaking blood, curious Spike decided to open it.

Getting up and taking his whiskey bottle with him, Spike picked up the box and carried it back to his chair before opening it. He pulled the note off the top of the box and peeled the sticky, wet paper off as well. Opening the box he saw what was leaking. The heart seemed to still have blood in it when it was pulled out. And next to it in the box was the doctors eyes and his genitalia. Putting the box down and finishing the bottle of Jack Daniels before opening the letter.

My Spike,

Right now I imagine your pissed, both in emotionally and from an overabundance of whiskey. Don’t be while I planned from the beginning to kill the doctor, the when had been in question. I vigorously questioned him before killing him in a fitting manner and while his knowledge of the chip was quite a bit he said there is no way to remove it. In medical terms the doctor told me that the chip was never meant to be removed and as such is connected to the brain in such away that any surgical removal would damage key elements of the brain and thus either permanently brain damage or kill the patient. The consequences of any surgery especially from a doctor with a shaky hand are not worth any possible good outcome. Especially since this particular doctor for all he knew about it has never seen a chip in anyone and has no clue how to even take it out, apparently he is not a brain surgeon. As such, I killed him in a manor I saw fitting, but remember Spike where there is a will there is a way

All my love and vengeance,

Dark Kitten

After reading the note he didn’t know what to think rather to remain being pissed about the missed chance to remove the chip or be glad about Xander taking vengeance in such a creative way.

Spike finished another bottle of whiskey before calling the clean up crew and going to bed right about dawn. However, Spike was awoken in the middle of the day by an angry slayer in his bedroom shoving him rudely out of bed. After cursing her for waking him up he asked her what she was doing there in the middle of the day.

“Well Spike all of Riley’s soldiers are missing and the doctor too now, and I think you have something to do with it. I know you don’t like them and you want revenge for the chip so Spike what do you know?” Buffy began pushing Spike up against the wall as she yelled at him.

“First off slayer, its rude to wake up someone to accuse them of something they have nothing to do with. Second off slayer, I’m not the only that got caught by the initiative so it could be any number of demons going out for revenge. I don’t know anything since hanging out with you white hats I’ve been persona non grata in the demon community so they don’t tell me anything anymore. The only one who would know and be willing to talk to you would be Willy so just go over to his place and shake him down.” Spike switched gears grabbing the slayer and bringing her closer to him and continued with a leer, “But before you do that, you are in my bedroom slayer care to join me in a bit of relaxation?”

Buffy pushed herself away from Spike shoving him into the wall, “You are such a pig Spike, and if I found out you lied to me I will have no problem staking you. Show up to the Magic Box tonight cuz I’ll need you if I find out anything.”

As the slayer stalked out of the room, as much as anyone can stalk up a ladder, Spike sighs and flops on the bed thinking about how he could ever get Buffy to love him and if he still wanted her to. Refusing to ponder such thoughts Spike crawled back into his bed to sleep, the last thought on his mind was that he was glad to remember to hide all of his pressies.

Later that day after waking up again Spike reluctantly headed to the Scooby meeting wondering what Buffy may have found out and hoping Buffy didn’t know about Xander. He again refuses to contemplate on the fact that he is betraying any trust Buffy could ever have in him by not telling her about Xander being turned.

‘Maybe I should tell her it would provide answers and force her to thank me. I could probably come up with a good reason of how I just found this out. But then again he is getting revenge on the soldiers for me, no one else not my dark princess, or my so-called poof of a Grand-sire, or any of the Scoobies has done that.’ And that thought right there made Spike keep his mouth shut.

By the time Spike reaches the Magic Box he had decided to see what Buffy knew first before deciding whether to share his knowledge. If she had no clue, then he would hold off on saying anything for as long as he could and still stay in the slayer’s good graces. However, the moment Xander poses any serious threat to Buffy he would be dust.

Stalking into the Magic Box Spike took a seat on the counter, which he knew would annoy the watcher and waited for the meeting to start. As he waited he decided to start off the meeting with a question of his own in order to test the waters on what the Scooby gang knew already.

“Hey Red where is the whelp haven’t seen him around for awhile and with all the bad stuff going on with the soldier boys shouldn’t he be here?”

“Oh Xander is just busy with work and stuff, I mean he is still healing from his breakup with Anya and coming here would only remind him of her, he doesn’t need to know about any of this there is nothing he could do anyways. He seems to be doing well anyways when I talk to him and since he couldn’t really help he might of well stay out of it and work on his own life. Its not like he is any danger we decided to just let him live his life for awhile as long as he talks to us he can still come by and do stuff with us when he is less busy whetner or not he knows about the latest situation or not.”

‘That’s what you think witch’ Spike thought as Buffy began the meeting.

“Okay everybody Willy says that word on the street is that a new Master Vampire is in town wreaking havoc and somehow the soldiers are related to this. He didn’t know who the vampire was, they’ve stayed under wraps he has only seen a few new minions running around working for someone so all points lead to a new wannabe master who is making minions and killing off Riley’s friends.”

Giles looking up from the book he had been perusing for whatever reason added, “It is likely that this new vampire or someone close to him holds a grudge against the initiative. And with the initiative itself disbanded it stands to reason that they may target the last vestiges of it in Sunnydale which is Riley’s men.”

Willow piped up with her own opinion next, “What about Drucilla she is a powerful vampire and because of Spike might hold a grudge against the initiative, not only that but she also was in town not too long ago what if she never left.”

At this point Spike decided to add his own two cents in win some favor with Buffy at the same time. “Well Red, as far as I know Dru left town and considering how pissed she was when she left I doubt she would do me any favors including killing the initiative boys in a form of vengeance. Not only that but Dru is not one to stay in hiding like this, whoever this vampire is he seems to want to stay below the radar and to succeed at it would mean Dru has sane, … well saner than her, help so it’s not likely to be Dru. However, after the slayer’s impromptu party this morning I talked to one of my few contacts in the demon community and he told me it appears that someone is taking out vengeance on the initiative. For who or why I don’t have a bloody clue, but whoever this new ponce is he is most likely the one doing it all.”

Before an angry Buffy could try to get anymore information from Spike, Giles spoke up again, “Well I am afraid I must agree with Spike this is not Drucilla’s style at all, so why don’t Willow, Tara and I stay and research the possible guilty party, while Buffy, Riley, and Spike patrol. We shall see if any information can be found out about this new master from either the locals or the books. If anyone finds out any relevant information about who could be doing this I say we compile it with what we have and then we may be able to figure out who this new character is.” Giles finished passing out books to those who were to remain to research.

With that the meeting broke up and everyone began to perform their assigned task. After patrol with Buffy and the soldier boy ended, Spike limped back to his crypt. Having been shoved by the slayer into the path of a rampaging demon did not make his night any better and the dilemma of how much to tell the do-gooders still ate at him. As Spike came closer to his crypt he wished that something interesting would be waiting for him there though after last night he doubted there would be, since the doctor was the last of the initiative goons. Well except for captain cardboard, and the slayer was guarding him, so it was highly unlikely that he would or could be killed. Even though Spike thought that would be a wonderful pressie.