Chapter Thirteen

Spike punched a vampire three times, knocking him back a couple feet. He retaliated with a brutal punch to Spike's face, sending him reeling. Spike blocked a second blow and wrenched the demon's arm behind his back and flattened him against the wall. Spike stepped on a piece of wood, sending it flying into his hand. He turned the pointy end to the vampire and stabbed him through the heart.

Spike's attention turned to Buffy. She was limp in Lenity's grasp. Spike stabbed a vampire that lunged for him and he turned to ash before he hit the ground. Spike ran forward and approached them. Lenity let go so he could defend himself. Spike ducked Lenity's punch and slammed his fist into his stomach. Lenity staggered back. Spike lifted Buffy's head from the ground. He could feel her pulse slow. "Buffy!" She wasn't responding. Lenity kicked Spike in the face and punched him when he stood up. Spike soared back a couple rows of chairs.

Lenity looked at Buffy. It was time. Lenity bit his wrist and put it to Buffy's mouth. He propped her head up when he didn't get a response. "Drink." Buffy turned her head away. "Drink. If you don't, you'll die." Buffy's head was spinning and she just did what she was told. She started to drink Lenity's blood. He smirked when he felt his vital juices leaving his body.

Angel, Giles and Kennedy were fighting off what was left of the audience, which was only about twenty vampires. Spike's sights remained on Buffy. He shoved himself off the ground and spin kicked Lenity in the face. Now all Spike wanted to do was kill him.

"Too late, she's already drank."

"Then it's too late for you to make it to curtain call." Spike swung at Lenity but he dodged it, getting Spike's leg in his side. Spike punched Lenity in the gut and again in the face. He threw a punch to his side but Lenity caught it and pulled him close. Spike head butted him and Lenity's grasp broke.

On the ground, Buffy's body was twisting and turning. She was dying inside.

Spike took two swings but Lenity blocked them and punched him three times in the face. Spike tried a roundhouse punch but Lenity ducked it. Spike kicked his abdomen and backhanded his jaw. Spike tried kicking him again, but Lenity grabbed his foot and spun it, making Spike twirl to the ground. Lenity wound up to punch him while he was curled in pain but his hand was grabbed. Lenity looked over and saw Buffy.

Buffy's face was vamped out and she growled. She kicked his midsection twice and kicked him in the face. He staggered back.

"What are you doing?" Lenity asked.

Buffy continued kicking his ass. She kneed him in the face, kicked him in the crotch and flipped him onto his back. She put her two hands together and tried bashing his face but he blocked it, grabbed her shoulders and pushed her off into the small crowd. Buffy flipped over some of the chairs, grabbing one on the way and smashed it onto his head. She tried kicking him in the gut but he blocked her kick and wrapped his hand around her throat. He lifted her off of the ground.

"How dare you attack me! I made you what you are. You were nothing."

"No." Buffy pulled her legs up and kicked him hard. He flew into the wall and fell down onto the ground. He was now bleeding from his skull and he had a broken arm. Buffy grabbed a piece of broken wood from the chair and rammed it into his heart. "I was a Slayer." He exploded to ashes. She looked at Angel, Giles, Kennedy and Spike. They were looking in disbelief at what they just saw. Buffy looked at them angrily.

"Is she still Buffy or a blood sucking vampire?" Kennedy asked.

Buffy looked at Kennedy and grinned. She licked her lips and ran towards her. Angel jumped in the way and fought her.

Giles frantically opened his bag and pulled out a vial that contained a fluorescent green liquid. "Just get her restrained," Giles said.

Angel went flying into the wall before he slammed onto the floor. "No problem," he said sarcastically. He was more beat up from two minutes fighting with her, than she was from fighting Lenity for half an hour. Angel staggered to his feet. Buffy approached him and was tackled by Spike. Angel tackled her waist and they both frantically held her down.

"Giles!" Angel called.

Giles ran towards them and readied the liquid. He poured half the tiny bottle on a cut across her arm. She reacted immediately. Her body started contorting. Angel and Spike got up and stood back, blocking Kennedy and Giles from what could possibly happen.

Buffy sat up and took a deep breath. She fell to the floor, bracing her body with her hands.

"Buffy?" Giles asked.

Buffy's breath was uneasy. Her mind was going a mile a minute. She wasn't sure what memories were real and what were dreams. She turned to face them. "I'm okay." Spike went to her and felt for her pulse, luckily finding one.

"Thank God. Scared me half to death."

"Sorry."

"Just don't do it again," he warned.

"I'll try." Buffy looked at his lips and then to his eyes. Spike leaned in and kissed her. Once Buffy felt him against her, she pulled him in closer.

"Aw, that's so sweet. I think I'm getting cavities," Kennedy remarked.

"Doesn't make you miss someone?" Giles asked, referring to Willow.

"Of coarse I miss her. It didn't take the almost destruction of one of the most powerful Slayer's ever to make me realize that. I could use a good-"

"Please, don't finish that sentence," Giles requested.

"You don't feel like a burger?" Giles looked at her, knowing what she would've said. "Okay so I was thinking something else. But I am mad hungry. A slayer's gotta eat."

Buffy and Spike parted and they looked at each other. "I love you," Buffy said.

"I love you too," Spike retaliated.

"And don't ever leave me again."

"Same here." Spike smiled.

"And now," Buffy said happily. Spike leaned in for a kiss but Buffy's glance turned to Kennedy and Giles. "You said something about food?"