My Immortal

Chapter Eight


The look that Giles and Angel shared told Buffy everything. Obviously Angel had told her Watcher about the women, or rather vampires, that Spike had warned her of. How was she to trust them if they weren't going to share information with her. Were they going to wait until one of them had chowed down on her neck? At least Spike was straight with her and he may be evil , but at least he was honest.


"I want to know and now!"

Angel stepped forward. He sighed and ran his hands through his hair. He ducked his head and started the telling her everything.

"I was turned by Darla, she was the Masters favoured childe, she'll follow me here . Buffy she is over four hundred years old and very powerful. Drusilla is my childe, I drove her mad before taking her life from her and damning her for eternity. She is ruthless and crazy, and she in turn took Spike as her childe. The three of them together will be a formidable foe. Should the Master rise then there will be no stopping them. I believe that is why the Powers have sent me to you. "

"The prophecy?"
"Yes , I don't think it is just about the Master. I haven't seen the scroll to help translate it yet, but I'm sure the rest of the Aurelius clan are involved."

Giles opened a book and slid it across the table towards Buffy. She saw the picture of the four vampires in what must have been happier times, as they were all grinning, except Spike. She almost sniggered at his hair in it , all curls and falling in his face. Shaking off the image of him that had danced across her mind, she refocused on what Giles was now saying,

"If I have read the scroll correctly, next week is when the Harvest begins"

Angel agreed.

"All signs would point that way, also the lack of vampires when I have patrolled is an indication too. It may be the reason for Spike being her too. Word might have reached him through the different demon communities"
"I don't think so, he came here for me"

Buffy waited for the denials but none came.

"Buffy, whilst he may be here for you, and I cannot understand why he hasn't made a move yet ,but we cannot discount the idea that the Harvest is the reason."
"You vamps have bonds and can sense each other, right?"

Angel nodded

"So have you sensed any of the others , this Drusilla and Darla?"
"No, not yet, unless they are keeping a low profile for now and are staying on the outskirts of town"
"Is that likely?"
"It's possible. If they have minions then they may have sent them here to spy on you and report back to them. They may already know that I'm here helping you"

Buffy thought over what Angel had said. Giles was happier knowing that Buffy was taking the first steps towards trusting Angel and was at least for now, working with him.

"I think we should do some recon of our own tonight, focus all efforts on the edge of town and maybe stop off at the demon bars, see if anyone there has any info we could use"
"Good idea"

Buffy had one more stop to make before she went home to see if her Mum was home and to make her excuses for cancelling the Mum, daughter quality time they had planned.


Spike wandered through the sewers and flipped the cover off, climbing up the ladder and out onto the street. He put the cover back and lit up a cigarette. He looked towards the club as he blew out the puff of smoke. He watched as the red head and the young boy walked into the club together. He smirked at the ease in which the young teens here , walked around after dark. It amazed him that people were so carefree when they lived in a town that rested upon a Hellmouth. Still, he wasn't about to complain, it made hunting easier. Speaking of which, he thought as he saw a young brunette walk down the alley towards the club, and she was alone.

"Stupid chit"

Cordelia walked down the alley as fast as her new Manolo Blahniks would let her. She tip toed around the dirty puddle and jumped as a cat leapt from an open canister of trash. Her heart raced and she inwardly cursed as the cat ran away. She turned to continue her trot out of the alley and walked into a broad chest. She yelped and looked up into the face , he smirked.

"You stupid jerk! Where'd you get off scaring people like that? Never mind , I don't wanna know now just get out of my way so I can go and meet up with people I do care about"

Spike sighed, seemed he'd got a posh bint that had an attitude, great, no doubt she'd be a screamer and draw attention to them. He considered letting her go, but then she'd no doubt warn others about the crazy blonde guy that she'd met and ruin his night, so....

"Bitchy one aint you? Didn't Mommy ever teach you to not talk to strangers?"
"Okay crazy stalker guy, you got til the count of three to get out of my way or I'll use the mace I got in my bag"

Spike laughed , nervously, Cordelia rummaged through her bag and held up the can of mace.

"One..... Two....."
"Three"

Spike lunged at her, knocking the mace from her hand and smacking her back against the wall of the club. He covered Cordelia's mouth, muffling her screams. If anyone walked past they would look like lovers getting fresh, so Spike moved in for the kill. His face morphed, Cordelia's eyes widened in horror and as he sunk his fangs into her neck, tears fell .


" And I thought that our relationship actually meant something, yet here you are macking on the first hoe to walk down an alley"

He turned and growled at Buffy , his amber eyes flickering in the moonlight to search for her. He spotted her and let Cordelia go. She ran out of the alley clutching her neck.

"Don't get so testy pet, she was just something to eat"
"And that's the part I have a problem with"

Spike shook off his demon visage and walked towards her. Once he was in front of her he tilted his head.

"Angelus"
"Spike"
"Need to work on your stealth mate, could hear you coming a bloody mile off. So, you decided to trust him then love?"
"Trust him more than I'd trust you right now"
"UH... you wound me Buffy.... "

Spike started laughing

"Where's Dru, boy?"
"Dunno, don't rightly care, last time I saw her she had her talons buried in a virgin and she'd taken up with a bloody Chaos demon"

Angel laughed

"She dumped you for a creature covered in slime?"
"Yeah well, let's not make a big thing of it mate,I'm my own man now, not like you eh? Tethered by a lousy soul"

A low growl escaped Angels throat as he launched an attack at the younger vamp. The two of them tussled for a while until Spike got a lucky punch that sent Angel sprawling into the trash cans.Spike shook his fist and mouthed 'Ow'.He turned to Buffy with a smile on his face. He was clearly enjoying the fact that he had shown Angel up.

"See, this is the guy that is s'posed to protect you?"

He turned his head towards Angel

"Seems your diet of pig is making you weak these days , suggest you remedy that or else your precious Slayer will die, wouldn't want that on your conscience would you"

Spike grabbed Buffy and kissed her forehead hard before running off into the night. Buffy ran to Angels side, and offered him a hand out of the trash. He knocked it back and stood unaided. He brushed off the dirt and scowled in the direction that Spike had ran.


He walked Buffy home after an unproductive night. She felt bad about the confrontation between him and Spike. As they stood on her porch, she smiled and stroked Angels face and the bruise which had formed . Angel held her hand there and smiled back. He took her hand after a short time and kissed her palm before disappearing into the dark.

Spike stood in the shadows and watched the tender moment . His temper flared and he vowed to stop Angel as soon as possible. He wasn't about to watch the git take another of his girls from him.

Buffy sensed him out there and stared in his direction. His camouflage was good and he watched as she stepped off the porch and walked towards him.

"I know your there Spike, get your bleached ass out here and face me"

He wanted to stay , to not go to her when she called, but bloody hell, his stupid treacherous heart wouldn't listen. He stepped out of the dark and stood a few feet from her.

"If I catch you feeding again, I will stake you, you lay one hand on Angel or any of my friends , I will stake you, you attack my Watcher, I will stake you, got it?"
"Clear as day pet, what's going on between you and Peaches?"
"If you mean Angel, nothing, I just felt bad for him"
"Don't bother he's a big girl now, he can handle a punch to his face pet"

Buffy rolled her eyes

" I best go and at least spend some time with my Mom before she retires for the night. Night Spike"

Buffy ran back to her front door, entered the house and shut the door. Spike watched her and lit up a fag. He stood in the shadows watching the house until he saw the lights in the lounge dim and the women go to bed. Once he was sure they were asleep, he climbed the tree and sat watching Buffy.


The 'Welcome to Sunnydale ' sign was a blur as it past the window of the limo. The passengers were oblivious. They were watching a tape of the latest Slayer in action, and feasting on the blood of virgins . The blonde vampire smiled as she watched the Slayer stake a group of four fledglings in less than a minute. The car pulled up n front of the Crawford Street Mansion and the driver opened the rear door. The vampires got out and looked around.This was their new home and soon enough, their family would reunite over the corpse of the Slayer.