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Post by Joshua on Jul 1, 2004 22:54:24 GMT -5
The aftermath of battle pretty much over, everyone was now dealing with the sudden arrival of a creature that thrived on calling himself "The Big Bad". (Long story; short version: bad experiences when Spike was with Dru before they ever went to Sunnyhell).
"You think I could get away with dusting him?" I whispered to Mai as we stood side by side, just outside of the group, stunned at seeing the peroxide blonde vampire Billy Idol wannabe. It too Mai looking down at a strange grinding noise before I realized that I was clenching my fist so hard around the handle on my glaive, that I was digging into it, chips of sawdust falling to the floor around my fist.
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Post by rachelle on Jul 2, 2004 1:03:10 GMT -5
"Wait." I said. "Hey, Rory!" I yelled.
"Yeah?" He replied, walking over to the group surrounding Spike, Jessy by his heels.
"You found him right? What was he doing on the roof?"
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Post by Joshua on Jul 2, 2004 1:31:47 GMT -5
Before anyone could answer, or Spike could move another muscle, my glaive was suddenly streaking through the air, landed with a squishy impact in Spike's right lung, and still had the energy necessary to drag him and then imbed itself at least a full foot in the wall.
In the stunned silence that followed, Mai and I walked to the front of the crowd and I grinned at the way Spike paled even more at the sight of one of the former Slayers In Training, and a face that probable starred in at least one of his nightmares I'm sure.
"Hi Spike. Bet you never expected to see us again, huh?" I said to him.
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Post by Azoth (Kyler) on Jul 2, 2004 2:24:23 GMT -5
'Aaaahhh, strangers... something I'd rather not put up with...' I thought to myself.
I swished my hand and dark magic came out in a smokey form, circuling Jessy, then returning to me.
'Power!' I thought, feeling slightly stronger, and at the same time, Jessy's powers were returned to her.
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Post by Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison on Jul 2, 2004 2:53:06 GMT -5
My eyes darted from Spike to Zeroc, not sure which one to throtle first. Joshua wasn't the only one with bad Spike experiances.
"Zeroc, i want an explanation on what you just did," I said. "Spike, i want your word your not going to try and use me to get back in Dru's good books, because I've already put a hurting on her once, and as much as I'd like to finish it, I have other things to worry about."
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Post by Nicola Next on Jul 2, 2004 4:04:38 GMT -5
'Guys stop it! He smells good!'
Spike raised an eyebrow
'Thanks pet'
'No I mean I sense goodness. You're not here to harm anyone... You have a soul right? You smell kind of... Righteous. Just won a fight huh?'
'What's with the smelling? Katie did mention you were a weird one little Next'
My eyes flashed yellow and I yanked the glaive out with all my wolf strength, making him curse
'I'm a werewolf and I think we all deserve an explanaition as to why you're here' I turned round 'Just let him speak, no attempts on his life for any personal reasons'
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Post by Aredhel on Jul 2, 2004 10:30:50 GMT -5
I stood beside Spike, fangs bared and arrow notched to bow. Nicki was right, he was good. If I let them kill Spike, I would have to let them kill me; our pasts were intertwined. The same evil possessed me. If anyone else was going to try and kill him, they'd go through me.
"Nicki's right," I voiced aloud. "Next person to try and kill him gets an arrow through the head. If, for any reason, you think Spike should die, speak now, or forever hold your peace. And after you are done speaking, shut up and let him talk."
"Thank you M'Lady," Spike muttered, bowing his head.
"Aredhel," I muttered back, keeping my eyes on the others. "Call me Aredhel. Now, you'd best do what Nicki says and explain. Unless you really want to be torn to shreds...."
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Post by Maya on Jul 2, 2004 16:11:00 GMT -5
((Joshua, please dont write me in bits like that when you dont know my position in something- Maya knows Spike. Remember the whole hanging with the scoobies thing? So Maya was not beside you when you impaled him.))
I had stayed at the back of the group this whole time, my arms crossed over my chest and a smirk on my face. Spike, against the wall, observed the group who had attacked, threatened, and stood up for him all in the last couple of minutes. As his eyes scanned round, he did a double-take as he finally noticed me.
"Bloody hell." He gasped. "Slayer."
"Spike." I replied coldly.
"Definitely didn't expect to see you here- wouldn't have bothered coming to save the day."
I began slowly walking forwards, arms crossed, voice and gaze icy.
"Back in LA, then." I said, "Whats the plan this time then?"
"Oh the usual." He replied. My eyebrows twitched as i stood right infront of him, everyone else watching with bated breath, wondering my my experience with william the bloody was.
Suddenly, both our mocking smirks broke into grins, and i extended a fist, which he bumped with his own before enveloping me in a hug,
"How ya doing, Mai?"
"Same-ol' same so." I replied.
"That bad?" He asked as we came apart.
The others were gaping.
"Oh. Spikes a good guy, guys." I explained, "Like, proper good guy, saved the world an' all... died saving the world, actually..."
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Post by killian on Jul 2, 2004 16:21:03 GMT -5
"I've never heard that story." I said, interested.
Spike saw my interest and grinned. "I'll have to tell it to you then mate. Now, the thing you gotta remember here is, Angel did not save the world. I did. You got that?"
I grinned. "Got that."
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Post by Maya on Jul 2, 2004 16:30:31 GMT -5
"Right." Spike said, glad that that detail was clear, "Well, there was this amulet thingy, which was meant to be warn by a chapion, and Buffy gave it to me..." He swelled with pride, "So when we all went down into the hell mouth, and Willow did the big spell to make all the potentials into slayers..."
"You were there?" Killian asked me. I shook my head fervently,
"Nu-uh. They found me after, when they were looking for the new slayers. I'd been fighting vamps an all that for ages though."
Spike cleared his throat loudly, and i chuckled.
"Right, so we're in the hellmouth, Red did the spell, and there was hundreds of these turok'han blokes..."
Del and Joshua were glaring at him.
"Erm," He faltered, "So... amulet channelled sunlight into the chamber, took out the vamps, destoryed the hellmouth, all with me in it."
"Well pardon me, but you look kinda aliv to me." Joshua snapped,
"Well, yeah, about that..."
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Post by rachelle on Jul 2, 2004 16:38:21 GMT -5
"Right, well suddenly, I turn up all alive in Wolfram and Hart's office. Only to find the ponce is there, up and running it."
"Wolfram and Hart?" I said. "The evil law firm?"
"Yeah, but Angel and his crew had taken over that branch. And anyway, the amulet got delievered to Wolfram and Hart, and I came with it."
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Post by Azoth (Kyler) on Jul 2, 2004 18:58:15 GMT -5
"Zeroc, i want an explanation on what you just did," I said. "The potion (I think) contained dark magic, (i think) so by absorbing the dark magic that disabled her power, I grew slightly in power, and she regained her powers." I explained, "quite simple really!" |
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Post by Joshua on Jul 3, 2004 2:41:06 GMT -5
(((Sorry Mai, my bad.)))
"OK, so he's got a freakin soul, so do half-demons that want to destroy the world. Present company MORE than excluded, because Spike knows exactly who I'm talking about!" I shout. "Doesn't mean he's GOOD! And a lot of what you've done, redemption kick or not, are BEYOND forgiveness!"
Spike paled even further at the vehemence in my face, voice, and posture. Mai tried to convince me otherwise, but I just beamed my last encounter, not my first or my only, just the most recent by my reckoning, with William the Bloody. Without going into too much detail, it involved an all-girl catholic orphanage, and what the demon Spike did when he just wanted to hang out in the building for one night. And that was without Drusilla to add her own carnage.
Maya paled, and quickly backed away from the souled vampire, confusion and hurt racing across her features as she dealt with the cold hard truth, personnally experienced by one person she trusts, of the crimes of Spike the vampire with a soul.
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Post by Jessy Jackson on Jul 3, 2004 4:21:19 GMT -5
"Joshua, SHUT THE F*CK UP!," I yelled. "Everyone here has a past. I can easily get Rachelle to tell me some unflattering things about you. Rory here tried to help destroy the world. I tried to kill my entire school in a fit of anger and look at me. Did everyone try to kill me? No. They forgave me. Did mai hold what you did to 'Chelle's sister against you? NO! She forgave you. So do the same or ," I paused, "You're not who I thought you were." I got angry again. "Maybe you should forget Spike's past and concentrate on the present. His past doesn't matter, he's good now. You're a Time Wizard, why don't you get a portal out of the past into the present? Ok, I'm done. "
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Post by Maya on Jul 3, 2004 5:59:21 GMT -5
I supressed the images Joshua sent me, and shook my head,
"Joshua," I said, placing my hand on his arm, trying to sooth him, "Josh... what he did then... that was before the soul, that was the demon within him, and he IS different now. Even before the soul, he changed- he wasn't cursed with a soul, like Angel, he asked for it. He endured awful tests to regain his soul... and more than once he has been willing to die to save others- good people. Please, Joshua, believe me." He finally looked into my eyes, and as i'd seen his memories, he saw what i knew of Spike's recent past. Sure i had been there for all of it, but i got the info from reliable sources, and had seen the ensoulled vamp in action many a time... like when the senior partners tried to deep fry the whole fang gang...
"Mai..." Joshua began. Suddenly there was a loud snort, and laughter rang out. I raised an eyebrow at Spike.
"I'm sorry..." He laughed, "I... oh Maya... please dont tell me you're with this dork?" I just looked at him, and he laughed harder- i had to physically hold Josh back.
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