"John Carter." Carter said out of nowhere as they walked.
"What's that?" Spike asked curiously.
"My name." Carter replied. "I realized we hadn't introduced ourselves yet."
"Well that was bloody rude of me." Spike said with a laugh. "I'm William, but
my friends call me Spike."
Carter raised an eyebrow.
"Very old nickname." Spike replied with a wink, realizing that the true story of
how he got the nickname wouldn't sit well with Carter.
"Hey, you with those others?" Carter said suddenly. If he remembered they
called him a "soulless thing."
"Not exactly with them, mate." Spike said with a shrug. "It's a long story."
"Oh, because you slept with that one girl right?" Carter asked, now curious
about the bleached blonde in front of him.
"Which girl?" Spike said hesitantly. He didn't mean Buffy did he?
"Uh, the weird one. the one who was engaged to that other guy." Carter said
slowly, what the hell was her name again?
"Anya." Spike said with a sigh. "Yeah, it was a mistake, a big bloody mistake."
"Damn, they're closed." Carter muttered as he approached the bar.
"Well, it's late. or early." Spike said with a shrug. "How bout we grab a bit
of this and that and head back to my hotel room?" He checked out the skyline,
they'd have just enough time before daybreak, but they'd be cutting it close.
Carter hesitated, he barely knew this guy. For all he knew he could be some
kind of sick twisted murderer.
"I'm not going to bloody bite you." Spike said with a bit of disgust upon
noticing Carter's hesitation.
"Well." Carter replied slowly.
"Look, you go across the street." Spike pointed to an all-night liquor store.
"Get whatever you think will make us forget those bitches. I'll head inside
the hotel here and get us a room."
"Don't you already have a room?" Carter asked skeptically.
"Didn't get a chance to, came straight from the airport. Bloody wanker fell
off a conveyer belt or some such." Spike explained heading inside. "See you in
a bit?"
"Yeah, okay." Carter replied, heading across the street to the liquor store.
*********
"Damn." Elizabeth muttered as her pager went off.
"Do you have to return to work?" Giles asked reluctantly.
"I'm afraid I do, will I see you again?" Elizabeth asked sliding out of the
booth.
"Well, I'm here with a friend in the ER." Giles said suddenly remembering the
reason he was at the hospital in the first place.
"Ah, well, I hate to run off." Elizabeth said, with a last look at the fellow
Brit.
"Go, I understand." Giles said with a nod as Elizabeth sprinted away.
Giles stopped to pay the bill then wandered back across to County. It was time
for him to return to work.
********
"How do we know who the Wicca is?" The brown demon grumbled as they snuck
towards the ER.
"Don't know, look for someone who seems mystical." The other demon replied. The
two crept along until they caught sight of Abby who was hooking up an IV.
"There you go." Abby replied, taping the needle down.
"Did she give that man a potion?" The brown demon replied in awe.
"She must be the witch!" The other demon said excitedly.
*******
"Did I ever tell you how much I adore strong women?" Xander said groggily as he
came to.
"So even a loss of conciousness doesn't stop you from hitting on me." Susan
replied with a mix of irritation and a laugh.
Xander tried to sit up, only to be pushed down by Susan.
"You enjoying this?" Susan replied with irritation as she noticed the growing
bulge in his pants.
"It's been a while." Xander admitted sheepishly.
"Then don't leave your fiancée at the altar." Susan snorted.
*******
"It's not your fault." Buffy said, reaching across the table for Luka's hand.
"If I hadn't have left them home, if I'd gotten her help." Luka said sadly.
"It's not your fault." Buffy repeated.
"But I." Luka protested.
Buffy cut him off by leaning across the table and planting a quick kiss on him.
Luka stared up in surprise before leaning towards her and kissing her
passionately.
*******
"I fell off the wagon." Willow admitted.
"You're grieving." Kerry said rubbing her back. "People in grief do dumb
things."
"I knew she hated it. I know she wouldn't have wanted me to. but I. god, losing
her." Willow sniffled.
Kerry enveloped her into a hug. "I know, honey."
*******
Dawn snuck out of the supply room, her backpack full to capacity and ran almost
directly into Giles.
"Oh, um, hi!" Dawn said a little too cheerily.
"Have you seen where everyone else went?" Giles asked, relieved to have at least
found one of the Scoobies.
"No, they all left me." Dawn replied bitterly.
"Well, did you see where they went?" Giles asked.
"Buffy was staring at some doctor guy with dark hair. I think he's a vampire!"
Dawn whispered to Giles.
"Don't be silly, Dawn, vampires don't work in emergency rooms in Chicago." Giles
said, brushing off Dawn's observation.
Dawn looked put off. Hey, there could be vampires in the ER, couldn't there?
*******
"Wanna know how I got fired?" Dave asked, eyeing Anya up and down.
"Well, sure, it'd help me get you vengeance." Anya replied eagerly.
"Follow me." Dave said eagerly, grabbing Anya's hand and leading her to the
ambulance bay.
When they arrived outside, Anya looked skeptically at the ambulances.
"Oh, you stole one of these? Well, they do look rather expensive." She said
glancing at Dave.
"Oh, I didn't steal one." Dave explained to Anya's visible relief.
"What then?" Anya asked puzzled.
Dave pulled open the door. "Get in." He said with a grin.
*******
Abby slipped into the lounge and took a seat. God, she needed a drink. She
checked her watch, another hour to go then she could get completely plastered.
After all, it wasn't like she had to put up a front for Carter anymore.
Suddenly, everything went dark.
To be continued.
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