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[lonelychosenone]

As I drifted off to sleep I thought about how cool it was to have Willow and Xan staying here at my place. I was no longer alone. I couldn't really even put into words how good it felt to have them both back in my life again and for good. We had all changed, but it was okay, nothing was gonna break the bond that the three of us had. Even though

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[bloody_willy]

I'd tracked her damn near half way across the city before I found her, could smell her blood from a dozen blocks away too. Running to her I saw why she'd been so easy to find. Girl must have at least eight or nine bullet holes in her, blood soppin out from every direction.

She was mumbling something, couldn't make out what. Didn't much matter. She might be a tough cookie, but slayer or not, she'd been shot. Scooped her up, lifting her free from the pool of her own blood she was soakin in. "Must be your lucky night, you just won a free ride to the hospital luv."

If she died, that would just be more then I could take. Whole world died, get a second chance and the powers decide to toy around with me. No...she'd just have to live.

[lonelychosenone]

I opened my eyes a little when I felt familiar arms pick me up. "I knew I'd see you again."

He carried me over to a car and opened the passenger seat. "This is the way to heaven? In a rusty old car?"

[bloody_willy]

"Not rust its character, besides its a truck." Buckled her in before shutting the door, not liking the way she slumped over.

Dashed around my ride, firing the engine to life and looking for a likely hospital. Looked like whoever had the gall to shoot her had done a piss poor job of it. Quantity over quality. "Almost there now pet, want to tell me what nasty you wanked off?"

[lonelychosenone]

Wanked off? Was that some sort of way of accusing me of giving some guy a hand job? I haven't been with any guy since I was with him. Gwen yes, but no penises.

"A truck?" I remebered wanked was his word for getting someone angry. "I don't know, it was a group of five guys, with a lot of guns. I broke one of the guys guns and before I knew it he was shooting at me. Couldn't... get... out of... the way..." I was having trouble breathing. My breaths were coming in really fast and short. I felt like I was suffocating.

I grabbed a hold of Spike's arm. I must be dying now. Why were we still in this car?

[bloody_willy]

Stopped with a screech in front of the emergency doors, out of the truck and getting her inside while ignoring some cop yelling at me about blocking the way. Petty minded filthy snot.

"Tow it then pig." Yelling back over my shoulder the doors slid closed behind us as I carried her, a nurse spotting us and getting a stretcher ready.

"Going to get you patched up now Slayer." Kept a hold of her hand as the docs wheeled her down a hallway. The pain in her eyes was killing me as sure as any stake. Hated this.

[lonelychosenone]

I started thrashing, trying to get the strength to get free. I realised now this wasn't my Spike, this was the other Spike. I wasn't dead. He was trying to keep me from being dead.

One of the nurses started to tie me down as Spike held down my shoulders. My eyes filled up with tears and I whispered, "Why are you doing this?"

[bloody_willy]

Did what I could to help the nurses keep her down. Finally I had her pinned as the docotrs kept at work. "Because I love you." Saw the confusion in her eyes, mixed in with the pain and the anger. She really was beautiful.

Now I got it. I wasn't the real Spike, she didn't want me anymore then she ever had. Wasn't good enough. Saw one of the nurses slip a needle into her arm and she stopped resisting, her body going slack in my arms.

[lonelychosenone]

"NO!" I screamed when I felt the needle jab me. With one last look at Spike I said, "You can't love me, you aren't real."

I felt the oblivion take hold.

I woke up some time during the surgery, the doctor was playing Yanni or something totally gross like that. I heard the nurse say, "Doctor she's waking up." The doctor replied, "You'll have to give her another dose. I only have four out of the eleven bullets out. This seems pretty pointless if you ask me. I don't even know how this girl has survived. The bullets hit some majorly vital organs. Poor girl should've known not to hook in that area of town."

I wanted to shout at him that I wasn't a prostitute, but like that mattered. I was able to open my eyes and I looked out the window of the emergency room. Spike was standing there. Where were the Powers doing this to me. Why was he haunting me?

[bloody_willy]

Bloody well took the frelling docs long enough to fish the bullets out of her. Stood and watched every minute of it, didn't dare move. Forced myself not to pace, not to kick anything, not to storm in there and choke the doc for calling her a whore.

Followed along as they finished stitching her up, wheeling her to her own room. Propped open the window and found a seat on the ledge keeping one eye on her as I lit a smoke, puffing out the window while the nurses weren't around. Wouldn't be long before she was up and trying to get out of here. Knew thats what she would do. Knew I'd likely help her. But for now she was still tied down to that bed.

[lonelychosenone]

My eyelids felt like I had twenty pound weights on each one of them. I moaned as I tried to roll over. I was still tied down. I managed to open my eyes. I looked at the restraints and tried to pull at them.

I smelled smoke. I looked to my right and saw Spike staring out a window and smoking. I must be crazy. That's all I could think. This Spike was acting a lot like my Spike. The Spike from the old dimension wouldn't have stayed here with me.

He turned and looked at me. He was even looking at me like my Spike did. "I had a dream last night before I went out. I didn't think it could be real, but now I'm not so sure." My voice sounded raspy.

[bloody_willy]

"Do that a lot you know. Dream." Flicked what was left of the fag out, watching it tumble six stories down to a car park. "Remember that, you always talking in your sleep, waking up with a start."

Walked closer to her bed, taking a seat at her side slowly. Didn't want to jostle her. "I'm not him Buffy. Never will be. But they gave me his memories, showed me what he was. Me and him, we aren't so apart. But I know you, and I love you." She most likely hated me more then ever now. Reached a hand to touch the side of her face, half waiting to see her flinch or pull away. "How are you?"

[lonelychosenone]

I wasn't sure what to say. I saw him reach out a hand to touch my face. My first instinct was to pull away. This wasn't my Spike but the dream made me lean into his hand.

"It was real." My eyes were tearing up again. Damn it, why was I always so emotional around him? Maybe it was because he was the only one that knew me, truly new what I was. He saw every side of me and still loved me for it. How could this happen?

It seemed like the Powers just liked to play games with my emotions. Who knew when they were going to take him away from me again? Could I stand it if they took him away from me again?

"I want to get out of here."

[bloody_willy]

"Think you can manage to let me take you back to your friends?" What were their names...Red and Buttface? Tried to picture them as I stroked her cheek, surprised she had let me.

Didn't want to press my luck with her, as I leaned over, leaving her cheek and unfastening the thick restraints around her wrists.

[lonelychosenone]

"Yeah, I think so." His face came close to mine as he went to unfasten my other wrist. I impulsively kissed his cheek.

When he was done with the setting me free thing I blurted out, "You'll stay with me for a little while right?"

[bloody_willy]

Wrinkled my brow as she gave me a peck before trying to stand. "Easy there pet, one thing at a time." Even for being shot, she looked a sight in that gown of hers. Once I had her tucked away I'd be looking for the idiot who had tried to mess with my slayer.

"I'm here for whatever you need. Really am."

[lonelychosenone]

"I can tell-- you are weirded out by this whole thing. So just drop me off and go back to whatever you were doing."

I saw him grab a wheelchair from the other side of the room.