RATING: PG13.
CONTENT: Adult concepts.
SPOILERS: Becoming
SUMMARY: Spike's ride out of Sunnydale with Dru. Picks up right where Becoming leaves them.
DISCLAIMER: These characters are owned by some combination of Joss, Mutant Enemy, the WB, and Fox. No infringement on their rights is intended.

Spike's Wild Ride

Spike drives wildly out of Sunnydale. Feeling little stabs of pain as bits of sunlight find him through the car's painted windows.

Suddenly Drucilla bolts up in her seat, pulling away from Spike. She begins to speak, in one of her spookier voices, "Angel... He's gone." She turns towards Spike, attempts a glare, and asks somewhat distantly, "What have you done?" Her eyes close as she slumps back down into the seat, oblivious again.

Spike's plan had worked out so much better than he'd even hoped. The slayer had somehow actually managed to kill Angel. Sure, Dru would be upset with him, for awhile. But, with Angel gone for good, things would just have to return to normal between them.

This slayer's capabilities had surprised him, again. But hey, Spike thought, I probably just did help save the world -- imagine that. Memories of his bargaining with the slayer roll through his head, as he drives on.

This Buffy seemed exceptional, even as Spike compared her to the other slayers he'd known -- and killed. So alert, so bright, so very alive, so not Dru.

Spike's thoughts of Buffy take an unexpected turn. He no longer sees Buffy the Slayer, he sees a demonized Buffy. Sees what a beautiful vampire she would be. He sees himself on the hunt with Buffy. Sees how powerful she is as she takes another victim. What a team they make. Who could stand against them, and survive? He continues to daydream about Buffy, the vampire, as he drives on...

Dru begins to stir, disturbing Spike's daydream. He reaches over and pulls his Dru close again. The images of Buffy quickly fade from his mind. Spike can't as easily shake his feeling that they're going to be facing that Slayer again. The thought inspires in him a strange mix of concern, excitement, and anticipation. He drives on, wanting to leave Sunnydale far behind, for now.

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