Under the Crypt
Under the Crypt
Under the crypt
care if he makes you happy!” she screamed. This was beyond imagination.
Buffy. Be reasonable.”
refuse to except the fact that you are dating…well…that.” She pointed an
accusing finger at the blonde next her precious Xander. Xander sighed a heavy
sigh. She was never going to get over the fact that he had been dating one of
her enemies for 5 straight months without telling her. “Not only is he dead,
but well… he’s a he. Your not gay Xander.” Buffy was almost on the verge of
tears. “Your straight. You always have been. You dated Cordelia for god’s sake.
You don’t get much more straight than that. I mean… it’s Spike. He’s dead,
chipped, evil, blood sucking Spike.” She attempted to appeal to his smarter
side by listing all the bad qualities about the vampire. It wasn’t working.
know him like I do Buffy. He’s not that bad once you get to know him.”
not. Matter of fact I’ve been told I’m not only nice, but even sweet and
charming at some points.” That was Spike. He was sitting on the couch calmly
looking down at his nails like this was boring. Everyone else was either
standing, or not there. Buffy shot him a glare.
Don’t you think I see right through you? You’ve hated Xander since you met him.
What changed? Did you see the opportunity to finally get to me? Use him as a
wall to finally break me down.”
like that Buffy.”
you know. You hated him just as much. He said so himself. He’s charming and
sweet. Perfect way to persuade you. I thought you were better than that
Xander.” She didn’t even yell the last comment. It just fell out of her mouth.
Buffy. I don’t care what you think. I just wanted you to know.”
nothing I can say is there?” she was sad now. Not angry. Disappointed even.
Xander paused. “I really need you to see me through on this Buffy.”
won’t. I obviously can’t stop it, but I don’t condone it, and I will have no
part in it.”
not. I’m a one man kinda guy slayer.” Spike really wasn’t being much of a help.
Xander shot him a please shut up look.
that way. I won’t stop it, but I won’t have anything to do with even
acknowledging it.” And then she walked out of the shop. Everyone else looked
dumbfounded. They were still in shock. Buffy had reacted, but they were still
processing it. Xander + Spike. Could any good come from that? Or worse. Any
bad?
found anything yet?” Giles had his glasses in one hand and was pinching the
bridge of his nose with the other. He was extremely tired. The whole group had
been there since noon working on this project and it was now 3 am.
I’m afraid.” Buffy dropped yet another book onto the table. She was used to all
the studying and slaying and dusty book stuff, but even this was a little much.
“Oh coarse maybe if someone would stop playing dumb and actually help us for
once we might actually have something to work on.” She looked pointedly at
Spike.
something. Besides I already told you I don’t know a thing.” Spike went back to
the book he was only half-heartedly looking through. He shut it and looked up.
“Why are you so dead set in thinking this is the demon we are after anyway?”
Buffy looked blank for a moment trying to think of a good answer. She really
didn’t have one. “Come on Slayer. Enlighten us. What makes you think that this
is the one we are looking for? This is a hell mouth after all, and after
wreaking havoc, or trying to, for a few years I have become just slightly aware
with the fact that there is more than 1 or two demons on it. What is so special
about this one?” he leaned back in the chair and crossed arms challenging her.
is the fact that someone is killing off vampires.” She pointed out. “And the
fact that most of the deaths were not caused by me.” She quickly added before
the bleached brain could hotly point out that she was the Slayer. “Now from
what we know,” she now turned away from Spike and addressed the whole group.
“In the past 4 weeks the vampire mortality rate has gone up by…” she counted on
her fingers, “a lot. And we know that any demon in their right mind, that was
aloud to kill, “she looked pointedly at Spike. “Would not kill off other
demons. I have also heard on good authority that this specific chaos demon
checked into sunny dale right at the time this started happening. Now Spike.
Are you sure there is nothing you know about our little helper, so to speak?”
she leaned over the back of his chair and pulled her head around to look at
him.
hell Slayer. I told you. I know nothing. When are you gonna get that through
your thick skull?”
Spike. This just so happens to be the same chaos demon your precious Druscilla
ran off with. Now don’t you think it’s funny that he should show up without her
for no apparent reason?” Spike just sat there glaring.
Slayer. If you know so much why do you have us hear from noon to almost sunrise
looking up ulterior motives? Do you realize how hard it is to get here in the
daytime?”
how much I do not care?” Pause. “Guess not. Well I don’t I just want to know
who is doing such a good job of stealing my work, and I want to know if this is
a good or bad thing.” She sat down on the sofa and opened up another book
clearly bring the argument to an end.
stay here and you look for your job stealer and go about your little thoughts
of evil. I have nothing to do with this. I don’t even care about what happened
to Dru. The fact that I may somehow distantly know the guy does not make it my
fault. And it’s not my problem. So I am outta here.” He looked away from her.
And headed for the door. “Xanpet are you coming home now or are you stay here
for a little while longer.” His tone had dropped significantly. It was now
natural rather than sarcastic and spiteful.
coming now. It’s late anyway. I doubt we’ll find anything tonight.” Xander
picked up his coat and followed Spike out the door.
Slayer. Why is it whenever something goes more than a little bit wrong it’s my
fault? One of these days that little habit is gonna come back to bite her in
her sour ass. And I’ll be a bleedin’ ponce before I care more than once. Looks
like Xander caught up okay. Hope he doesn’t start talking yet. If he does I’ll
just thim him something dumb to change the subject till later. I wonder if he
knows that the toaster is broken?
really pissed. You can always count on Buffy to do that. And to think I thought
she was really warming up to Gue Guess not. Damn. How am I gonna fix this one.
Yell at Buffy? No wouldn’t work. Just make her laugh. Yell at Spike? No he is
never the one that starts it. Oh I’ll think of something. He looks kinda
broody. I’ll talk to him about it later. I guess nouldnuldn’t be a good time to
tell him we need a new toaster.
gotta be so hard on him Buffy. If he says he doesn’t know anything he doesn’t
know anything.” Willow was once again lecturing the group in her calm sweet
voiced way.
thing. He knows something. I can just tell.”
you tell? Was it the I don’t know that tripped you off or the I don’t care. I
kinda missed the part where he knows something.”
Willow, I know your just standing up for Xander, but I don’t trust Spike as far
as I can throw him.” Willow gave her a weird look.
there Buffy. You can throw that guy about 30 yards if you wanted to.”
point is I wouldn’t.” she skulked. “Xander gave me a hands off rule so unless he
does something death penalty worthy I can’t touch the bleached wonder.”
look I’m not saying you have to trust the guy. Just don’t jump to conclusions
unless you have some real solid evidence that it was his fault.”
Willow. Always with the logic.”
is good. It keeps you grounded and informed.”
magic which defies just about every logical law ever written?”
but I understand them both well enough to determine and mesh the boundaries.”
Everyone looked at her like she was nuts, but Tara. “Plus it is really cool and
sometimes you get colorful sparks.” The room died down and one by one everyone
went home.
Note:
is the first chapter. Tell me how I did. I will post each chapter as I get it
up. They will only come a few at a time, at the most, but I will be working on
it so they should come along quickly. Another thing. Please let me know if I’m
not being true to the characters. I want them to stay as close to the real
Buffy as possible. Thanks.