Quantum Xander II: In Wake of the Curse
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BtVS AU/AR › Slash - Male/Male › Spike(William)/Xander
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
65
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20,581
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119
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~PART 65~
Part 65
“Xander, what is that?”
“I don’t know, Dawnie… Shit! Spike!”
Xander grabbed Dawn by the hand and ran toward the seal. He encountered Willow and Tara near the door and handed Dawn off to them.
“Get her out of here. Now!”
As Willow and Tara ran, pulling Dawn behind them, Xander ran down the stairs and into the seal. He saw the carnage, and frantically looked around him to make sure that Buffy and Spike were okay. He saw that Buffy was favoring her side but otherwise looked fine, then he saw Spike.
“Holy shit.”
Xander whispered in awe. He was never more grateful for having been cursed than he was at that moment. Spike was bathed in sunlight, and if it weren’t for the ring, he would surely be on fire.
Xander watched in awe as the Turok Han began disintegrating before his eyes. He saw Buffy trying to get to Spike, and he realized that he’d just been standing there. He started running toward Spike, dodging the clouds of dust as he went. The ground began to tremble and Faith looked around - eyes wide in realization.
“Everybody out!”
She yelled and the new slayers began filing out of the cave; Faith looked back at Buffy, worry written clearly on her face.
“B?”
“Get them out; I’ll be right behind you.”
Buffy turned back to Spike just as Xander reached them.
“I can feel it.”
Spike looked at Xander in awe. Buffy and Xander exchanged worried looks.
“What, Spike? What can you feel?”
“My soul. It’s really there; it kinda stings. Xander? What happened to your eyes?”
“I’ll tell you later.”
As the potentials ran through the hallway, they passed a battered and bloody Andrew who was stumbling toward them. Faith grabbed him and carried him toward the exit. As they passed Giles and the dark-haired Spike, the vampire called out to them.
“Where’s Xander?”
Kennedy stopped and answered him.
“He’s in the seal, with Buffy and the other you. I don’t think the vampire can leave.”
Spike growled and took off, leaving Giles to follow after the girls.
Outside, Dawn was standing beside the bus waving her arms and yelling.
“Over here! Hurry, get on the bus!”
Faith made sure everyone got on the bus and then looked behind her for Buffy. Finally, she knew they couldn’t wait any longer. She climbed the steps and boarded the bus. Giles gave her a sad, knowing look, and then pulled the bus away from the curb.
Spike was glowing. He knew without a doubt that without the ring he would be on fire; he could feel the heat from the light even with the protection the gem offered. The funny thing was, he knew that even if he didn’t have it, he would still be doing this. This was his destiny; he was meant to save the world.
“Go on then, you need to go. Both of you.”
“Spike…”
“It’s okay, slayer. This is the way it has to be.”
Buffy blinked the tears from her eyes and took Spike’s hand in hers.
“You remember when you asked me if I ever loved you?”
“Yeah.”
“I did. I do now.”
“I know, love. As a friend.”
“As a friend. Is it enough?”
“More than. Time to go, Buffy. Take care of the lil’ bit for me, okay?”
“Okay.”
Buffy turned to look at Xander.
“You’re not coming with me, are you?”
“No. My place is here.”
“I love you, Xander.”
“You too, Buff. Go.”
Buffy nodded and ran up the stairs, she passed the dark-haired Spike on his way down and smiled. She should have known he was just as stubborn as the blond.
Spike scowled at Xander and pulled him close.
“You bloody thick-headed git. You could have gotten out.”
“I could have. Too late now. I won’t leave you.”
“And I won’t leave either of you.”
A new voice joined the conversation. The other two men looked over to see the dark-haired Spike walking toward them even as the cave ceiling fell down around them.
“What took you so long? I thought you’d never get here?”
“Would have been here sooner, but the seal was almost buried. Had to dig my way in.”
Spike looked closer at his mate and frowned.
“What the hell happened to your eyes?”
Xander threw his head back and laughed.
“I’ve become.”
“Become what?”
Xander shrugged his shoulders.
“Something more. Doesn’t matter. Come here.”
Xander held his mates to him tightly and spoke softly. A soft blue light emanated from him covering the three men in a protective bubble as the latest tremor brought the entire cave down around them.
Outside, Buffy ran from rooftop to rooftop, finally getting close enough to jump onto the top of the bus. Dawn sat at the back looking out the window as the town collapsed behind them. A lone tear rolled down her face as she thought of Xander and Spike.
Andrew was sitting beside Faith mumbling about how sorry he was, how it should have been him that died and not Robin. Faith just shook her head and held his hand.
Giles finally stopped the bus on the outskirts of town. They all got out and looked back at the crater that used to be Sunnydale. Giles looked around with confusion and asked no one in particular.
“I don’t understand. Who did this?”
Buffy smiled as the Sunnydale sign fell into the hole.
“It was Spike.”
Just then Anya appeared out of nowhere and took off her necklace. She held it out to Giles and smiled at him.
“I was scared. I wanted to do this sooner, but I was afraid I would lose you. Would you… I want you to break it. Even if you don’t want me right now, I’ll prove myself to you.”
Giles blinked, smiled and took the chain before smashing it beneath his heel.
“Welcome back, Anya. I have missed you.”
Anya smiled and Giles folded her into his arms.
In the center of the crater, the earth trembled, a soft blue bubble of light burst free and the three men inside of it looked up to the sky and smiled. Xander lowered the shield and they looked around them. Off in the distance there was a figure walking toward them. As it got closer, Xander squinted to make out the form of a woman dressed in an impeccably tailored suit.
“Alexander Harris?”
“Yeah. And you would be?”
“Lilah Morgan. I believe that…” she reached out and snagged the amulet from around Spike’s neck, “…belongs to my firm. But, I’m here to make you an offer. Sort of a thank you for a job well done.”
“Not that I’m not interested, but where the hell did you come from, and why are you dead?”
“Funny you should ask. My employer would like to thank you for ending world peace by offering you the Los Angeles branch of Wolfram and Hart.”
Xander looked at his lovers who merely shrugged their shoulders. He turned back to the woman and asked.
“Um, world peace? I didn’t end world peace. I closed a hellmouth.”
“Not now, that thing with Cordelia. Her spawn would have brought about world peace; you took care of that. My bosses want to reward you. So, will you come back to L.A.? We could discuss this further?”
Xander shrugged his shoulders and turned to his vampires.
“What do you guys think?”
“Why not. We can drop in on Peaches while we’re there.”
“Up to you, love; where you go, I go.”
Xander turned back to Lilah and grinned.
“Sure. Why not?”
Lilah smiled the smile of the truly evil and turned away.
“Gentlemen, if you’ll follow me?”
The trio followed Lilah as she walked off into the distance.
“Xander, what is that?”
“I don’t know, Dawnie… Shit! Spike!”
Xander grabbed Dawn by the hand and ran toward the seal. He encountered Willow and Tara near the door and handed Dawn off to them.
“Get her out of here. Now!”
As Willow and Tara ran, pulling Dawn behind them, Xander ran down the stairs and into the seal. He saw the carnage, and frantically looked around him to make sure that Buffy and Spike were okay. He saw that Buffy was favoring her side but otherwise looked fine, then he saw Spike.
“Holy shit.”
Xander whispered in awe. He was never more grateful for having been cursed than he was at that moment. Spike was bathed in sunlight, and if it weren’t for the ring, he would surely be on fire.
Xander watched in awe as the Turok Han began disintegrating before his eyes. He saw Buffy trying to get to Spike, and he realized that he’d just been standing there. He started running toward Spike, dodging the clouds of dust as he went. The ground began to tremble and Faith looked around - eyes wide in realization.
“Everybody out!”
She yelled and the new slayers began filing out of the cave; Faith looked back at Buffy, worry written clearly on her face.
“B?”
“Get them out; I’ll be right behind you.”
Buffy turned back to Spike just as Xander reached them.
“I can feel it.”
Spike looked at Xander in awe. Buffy and Xander exchanged worried looks.
“What, Spike? What can you feel?”
“My soul. It’s really there; it kinda stings. Xander? What happened to your eyes?”
“I’ll tell you later.”
As the potentials ran through the hallway, they passed a battered and bloody Andrew who was stumbling toward them. Faith grabbed him and carried him toward the exit. As they passed Giles and the dark-haired Spike, the vampire called out to them.
“Where’s Xander?”
Kennedy stopped and answered him.
“He’s in the seal, with Buffy and the other you. I don’t think the vampire can leave.”
Spike growled and took off, leaving Giles to follow after the girls.
Outside, Dawn was standing beside the bus waving her arms and yelling.
“Over here! Hurry, get on the bus!”
Faith made sure everyone got on the bus and then looked behind her for Buffy. Finally, she knew they couldn’t wait any longer. She climbed the steps and boarded the bus. Giles gave her a sad, knowing look, and then pulled the bus away from the curb.
Spike was glowing. He knew without a doubt that without the ring he would be on fire; he could feel the heat from the light even with the protection the gem offered. The funny thing was, he knew that even if he didn’t have it, he would still be doing this. This was his destiny; he was meant to save the world.
“Go on then, you need to go. Both of you.”
“Spike…”
“It’s okay, slayer. This is the way it has to be.”
Buffy blinked the tears from her eyes and took Spike’s hand in hers.
“You remember when you asked me if I ever loved you?”
“Yeah.”
“I did. I do now.”
“I know, love. As a friend.”
“As a friend. Is it enough?”
“More than. Time to go, Buffy. Take care of the lil’ bit for me, okay?”
“Okay.”
Buffy turned to look at Xander.
“You’re not coming with me, are you?”
“No. My place is here.”
“I love you, Xander.”
“You too, Buff. Go.”
Buffy nodded and ran up the stairs, she passed the dark-haired Spike on his way down and smiled. She should have known he was just as stubborn as the blond.
Spike scowled at Xander and pulled him close.
“You bloody thick-headed git. You could have gotten out.”
“I could have. Too late now. I won’t leave you.”
“And I won’t leave either of you.”
A new voice joined the conversation. The other two men looked over to see the dark-haired Spike walking toward them even as the cave ceiling fell down around them.
“What took you so long? I thought you’d never get here?”
“Would have been here sooner, but the seal was almost buried. Had to dig my way in.”
Spike looked closer at his mate and frowned.
“What the hell happened to your eyes?”
Xander threw his head back and laughed.
“I’ve become.”
“Become what?”
Xander shrugged his shoulders.
“Something more. Doesn’t matter. Come here.”
Xander held his mates to him tightly and spoke softly. A soft blue light emanated from him covering the three men in a protective bubble as the latest tremor brought the entire cave down around them.
Outside, Buffy ran from rooftop to rooftop, finally getting close enough to jump onto the top of the bus. Dawn sat at the back looking out the window as the town collapsed behind them. A lone tear rolled down her face as she thought of Xander and Spike.
Andrew was sitting beside Faith mumbling about how sorry he was, how it should have been him that died and not Robin. Faith just shook her head and held his hand.
Giles finally stopped the bus on the outskirts of town. They all got out and looked back at the crater that used to be Sunnydale. Giles looked around with confusion and asked no one in particular.
“I don’t understand. Who did this?”
Buffy smiled as the Sunnydale sign fell into the hole.
“It was Spike.”
Just then Anya appeared out of nowhere and took off her necklace. She held it out to Giles and smiled at him.
“I was scared. I wanted to do this sooner, but I was afraid I would lose you. Would you… I want you to break it. Even if you don’t want me right now, I’ll prove myself to you.”
Giles blinked, smiled and took the chain before smashing it beneath his heel.
“Welcome back, Anya. I have missed you.”
Anya smiled and Giles folded her into his arms.
In the center of the crater, the earth trembled, a soft blue bubble of light burst free and the three men inside of it looked up to the sky and smiled. Xander lowered the shield and they looked around them. Off in the distance there was a figure walking toward them. As it got closer, Xander squinted to make out the form of a woman dressed in an impeccably tailored suit.
“Alexander Harris?”
“Yeah. And you would be?”
“Lilah Morgan. I believe that…” she reached out and snagged the amulet from around Spike’s neck, “…belongs to my firm. But, I’m here to make you an offer. Sort of a thank you for a job well done.”
“Not that I’m not interested, but where the hell did you come from, and why are you dead?”
“Funny you should ask. My employer would like to thank you for ending world peace by offering you the Los Angeles branch of Wolfram and Hart.”
Xander looked at his lovers who merely shrugged their shoulders. He turned back to the woman and asked.
“Um, world peace? I didn’t end world peace. I closed a hellmouth.”
“Not now, that thing with Cordelia. Her spawn would have brought about world peace; you took care of that. My bosses want to reward you. So, will you come back to L.A.? We could discuss this further?”
Xander shrugged his shoulders and turned to his vampires.
“What do you guys think?”
“Why not. We can drop in on Peaches while we’re there.”
“Up to you, love; where you go, I go.”
Xander turned back to Lilah and grinned.
“Sure. Why not?”
Lilah smiled the smile of the truly evil and turned away.
“Gentlemen, if you’ll follow me?”
The trio followed Lilah as she walked off into the distance.