Out with the old, in with the new
by Sguajardo
The door to the Magic Box opens and a very angry
miserable spike enters, xander walks in behind him.
S: "I have to find my car, this is just another reason
to hate the bloody Initiative, because of them I lost
my beautiful De Soto."
Willow, Tara, Buffy, and Giles are standing in
various parts of the shop; they look to xander to
explain spikes current ranting.
X: "It's my fault, last night I asked him whatever
happened to his car, his been upset ever since." Under
his breath, "good thing I had to got to work today."
S: (Mumbling) "I have to find my car, many memories
about that car."
B: "It's just a car, why don't you just steal another
one." (snickers)
S: "It is not just another a car, I had that car
through the good and the bad times, that car brought
me and Dru all the way from New York." "That car is
one of the few things I can say that is mine and that
bloody prick Angelus didn't steal from me when he was
all souless."
T: "Where was the last placed you saw it?"
S: (Silence)
X: "Spike?"
S: "I'm thinking, a lot has happened since then." "Hmm
maybe I left it in one of the caves, come on pet were
going to go find my car."
X: (mumbling) "This better be worth it." He follows
Spike and leaves.
A few hours later
X: "Spike I'm tired, dirty, and hungry can't we take a
break." Sighs "Look we searched the caves, and we even
searched the woods, maybe you should just give up, you
have some money you can easily buy a decent used car."
S: "Give up!" "I will not give up, I want my De Soto
and if your so bloody tired then go home." He storms
off leaving xander standing there with a hurt
expression on his face, not a minute later Spike walk
back.
"I'm sorry luv, I think I might be going through
alcohol withdrawal."
X: (chuckles) "You can't be going through alcoholic
withdrawal, you're a vampire."
S: "Then how do you explain my behavior?"
X: (pretends to think) "Well here's a thought, you're
an ass."
S: "Ooh I love it when you sweet talk to me." He leans
in and kisses xander, a few moments later, "you
forgive me nummy?"
X: (a bit breathless) "Huh? Yeah you're forgiven."
S: "Come on pet lets go back to the watchers shop."
They walk hand in hand back to the Magic Box.
When they get to the front of the Magic Box and open
the door they overhear the gang arguing.
Willow: "I'm not telling him."
Buffy: "I'll tell him."
Three voices: "No!"
Buffy: "Well whose going to tell him?"
Tara: "Maybe we should tell Xander first."
They hear the door open and turn around.
X: "Tell me what?"
Spike looks at all of them. Willow was glaring at
Buffy who had an evil smile on her face. Tara look
liked she wanted to be anywhere but there at the
moment and Giles look like he just wanted to go home
to have a drink.
S: "Well don't everyone speak at once."
W: "Spike I don't know how to say this, but..."
B: "Willow ran a searched through the computer, and
your car was taking to the junk yard."
S: "Your too happy slayer, what else happened to my
car?"
B: smirks "It was crushed into a cube." Laughing "I'm
going home now." As she leaves everyone hears her
mumbling "...cube" The door shuts of her laughter.
W: "I'm sorry Spike."
S: sighs "It's not your fault red." "If anyone needs
me I'll be at Willie's."
Spike leaves, everyone else starts to get their
things and closing up the shop.
X: "Thanks for finding Spikes car Wills."
W: "I just wished it was found before..."
X: "Before it was turned into a cube, well there's
nothing we can do about that, I better go and make
sure he doesn't get into any trouble. Xander says
goodbye and leaves; he walks in the direction spike
went in.
At the Alibi Room (?) (Willie's bar) Spike has just
arrived; he enters and sits down on one of the
barstools.
"Give me some whiskey."
Willie gives him a shot of whiskey and places it in
front of him. Spike gulps it down real fast and gives
the glass back to Willie, "Give me another and keep
them coming."
"Bad night spike?" He refills the glass and gives it
to Spike.
S: "I just found out what happened to my De Soto, it
was crushed into a small fucking cube." "I loved that
car, me and Dru killed a lot of idiot hitchhikers in
that car."
"You also kidnapped Willow and me with a little help
from that car." Xander smiles at Spike and takes a sit
next to him.
S: "I forgotten about that." Chuckles and drinks
another shot of whiskey.
Willie walks off to serve another customer, but he is
still able to hear them.
X: "Tomorrow you can go and buy another car."
S: "It is not just another car, it's what that car
symbolizes."
X: (perplexed) "What does it symbolizes?"
S: "My old life, the demon I use to be."
X: "You're still that demon."
Spike gives him a hard look.
X: "O.k so your not the full demon you used to be."
Spike growls. Xander sighs "Look maybe it's a sign you
know, maybe it's to show you to stop living in the
past."
S: "That actually made sense." "Weird."
X: "Can we go home now, I really don't want to carry
your drunk ass home later."
S: "What, you don't want to carry me over the
threshold?" "I'm hurt, deeply hurt."
X: "If I did carry you then doesn't that make you the
wife?"
Spike gets up and the pays Willie for the drinks.
S: "C'mon hubby lets go home." Bats his eyelashes at
Xander.
X: "All right snookums."
Later in the front of their apartment, xander has
already unlocked the door and enters he takes a few
steps inside until he realizes that Spike's not
following him in. He turns around and sees Spike still
standing outside the door with his arms crossed over
his chest.
X: "Spike?"
S: "I'm waiting."
X: "Waiting for what?" Then the answer dawns on him.
"You got to be kidding, I'm not carrying you, your to
heavy."
S: "Oi! are you saying I'm fat?"
X: < O.K. how does one answer that. > "No, no you're
not fat." Sighs and walks over to Spike. < Man I
really hope no one is watching this. >
Xander picks up Spike who drapes his hand over
Xanders shoulder.
S: < I didn't think he actually do it. >
X: < I can't believe I'm doing this. Hmm for a dead
guy he is pretty light. >
Xander carries Spike over the threshold and drops
him on the couch. He leaves the room to get away from
Spike who is laughing and goes to his room and shuts
the door, but he can still hear Spike's laughter and
after a few moments he begins to laugh as well.
The next night, Spike had decided to go and look for
a car alone, Xander had stayed behind at the Magic Box
to hang out with willow and Tara.
A few hours later they hear a horn from outside, when
they look outside they see Spike standing next to the
door of a black Ford Explorer. Everyone gets out to
see it, including Buffy who had finished patrolling a
few minutes before.
B: "So who you steal this from."
S: "I didn't steal this from anybody, I found a
dealership that caters to demons, they buy cars from
police auctions, you know cars that have been
confiscated buy police in arrests and such." "They fix
the cars up and now you can't see the bullet holes, I
got a real good deal, I only paid nine hundred dollars
for it."
G: "It's a nice car Spike."
Willow and Tara both nodded their head in agreement,
Xander would have nodded also but he was to busy
playing with radio.
B: "Spike where is this car dealership?"
S: "Why Slayer?"
B: "Because I need to buy a car."
G: "Bloody Hell."
The End
