Loved the exchange between Buffy & Buffybot! Excellent for Buffy to see Angel as he really is and stick with Spike.

Author's Response: Hi, All4Spike! Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it. I always love Buffy specifically CHOOSING Spike over Angel (rather than Spike being the 'default' like in canon). My favorite thing next to dusting Angel. :) Thanks much for reading and stopping in!

I'm enjoying this, alot. Evil cliffie, not withstanding. Update soon, please!

Author's Response: Thank you so much, templeton2! Will have more today! I'm so glad you're liking it - thanks for stopping in here! It means a lot to me!

Another perfect chapter, another perfect song and I sit eager for more.

Author's Response: Hi Blue Eyes! Thanks so much! Got another posted for you! Your wish, my command! :)

Oh poor Buffy...I felt so sorry for her waking up in the psych ward. Glad she got out fast, but would have loved to see Spike's "plan" lol.

Very sexy shower scene , but I wasn't surprised it ended that way. Buffy's guilt won't let her enjoy anything or be happy. Like you say it'll be a long process. I felt bad when she locked
spike in the bathroom , but loved how he was listening to make sure she was ok, and didn't bust open the door so as not to scare her. Good to see Buffy is remembering some of what Joyce told her too. Let's see what or when she'll tell Spike.
Loved how he coaxed her out with the coffee, and that last pic of Spike was awesome. I've never seen that before, did u do it yourself?

I've been trying to catch up with the Unexpected stories cause I'm so far behind. It's tough, and I'm skimming some because it's too much angst in one go, but I have the basic idea of what's going on. I just really have no time to review all of them. :( I'll be starting "Scream" soon and will review that, promise. :)

I wondered about Buffy not being cleaned up too. When my dad was in the hospital a while back( he was there for 1 1/2 months) the nurses cleaned him up especially in ICU. But then there was always someone with him to make sure everything was OK and being done. Your poor friend. :(

Loved it and am looking forward to more this wkend. *hugs*

Author's Response: Hey AMI!! Yes, I'm sure that Spike's plan would've been PERFECT. No problems at all getting her out of there. :P Poor Spike and his plans that go array.

Yeah, with my evil muse, there was no way that shower scene could end any other way, but I loved the massage ... can I have one now?

Telling Spike about the mission is gonna be a point of inner debate for Buffy, which we will have glimpses into so we know her Buffy-logic (which is sometimes not really clear to sane people).

The last picture of Spike, is a screencap from Dead Things when Buffy knocked him down by accident, thinking she was fighting those demons that the Trio sent after her. I just sort of mucked up the grass and stuff in the background so it didn't look quite so much like he as laying on the ground. Is that the one you were talking about? I like the one where he was sitting against the wall - that was a JM photo shoot from the Buffy-era.

Oh, Yay that you've been trying to catch up on Unexpected! Yeah, some of that time-frame you've been reading was very angsty. Scream wasn't too bad - just a couple of chapters in the middle and the angst wasn't so much Spike and Buffy as other people. Would love to have you back there!

I was less than happy with the hospital my friend was in. If I hadn't done some things for him, they wouldn't have gotten done - but there was no bathing or cleaning up at all. When they sent their survey after he got out, I told them I wouldn't take my dog to that hospital - in the future, we'll just drive further. I'm sure the nurses would be happy if we didn't come back, I made my displeasure fairly clear to them.

Glad you liked the chapter. Thanks so much for reading! I always look forward to your insightful reviews. {hugs}

Really enjoying this fic it's written really well carnt wait for more :-)

Author's Response: Thanks so much! I hope you continue to enjoy it! Love to know how your thoughts going forward! Thanks for reading and stopping in!

Wow, the emotional upheaval in this chapter was crazy. A brilliant job you have done so far. I'm really enjoying this, thankyou.

Author's Response: Thank you so much, TC! My muse is evil (though he's devilishly handsome, so I forgive his evilness) and loves to make me cry. I'm so glad you're enjoying the ride! Will have more soon! Thanks for reading and stopping in here. Look forward to hearing from you again as our heroes continue this journey.

Wow....that's a very interesting observation you went into with the soul. I like how you tackled that :) Kind of curious where the B/B/S thing will play...I mean...I don't think that's how you make a baby...

Shannon

Author's Response: Hey Shannon! Well, you just never know - it could happen that way with the B/B/S hookup! Ok, probably not really, but we'll get to that later and it will hopefully make sense. Glad you liked the 'soul' theory my muse came up with. Where did the monks get Dawn's soul, anyway?? Thanks so much for reading and stopping in! Hope all is well with you!!

I absolutely love this story! and the pictures included give it great imagery as well. I hope you update soon I cant wait for another chapter!

Author's Response: Oh! That's the most awesome thing my muse could hope to hear! Thank you so much!! It means a lot! Glad you like the photos, too. They can take a while to find, so I'm glad they add to the story. Gonna try to update a couple of times a week, so maybe next Tuesday for the next? I'll try for that. Thanks again - love hearing from you, hope you continue to enjoy the story.

Oh and one more thing I forgot to mention regarding this storyline. Hats off for one that begins with Dawn doing the sacrifice and before it was too late and second note regarding this particularly story that has me on pins and needles is bringing the Buffybot and making her a more important character or at least the "threesome" implies. I am very curious how this pans out though honestly I'm more of mind of two Spikes or B/B/G but hey I know I'll love it with you in the driver seat. Can't wait.

Author's Response: Hey again! I did the two Spikes in the Unexpected story not long ago, and have been *trying* to get my muse to go back and do that again, but for whatever reason, he wanted to do the G/G/B thing with Buffybot. ( He said something about Spike deserving a treat for once). The Bot will have a pretty extensive role in this story, and will provide some much needed comic relief (at least I hope it will be comical!), but there will be more to her than that. We didn't really get to see her much in canon - just what ... 2 or 3 episodes? But I liked her and I think she really adds a nice balance here to Buffy's depression so we don't all want to jump off a bridge! She's fun to write in the way Anya is fun, so I hope everyone likes her. Thanks again! Will have more soon!

Hi Sweetie! I'm liking the begginning of this, you're right there's not many stories where Dawn sacrifices herself and what happens in the aftermath. This was heartbreaking and lovely and soooo sad. Hope I can hold on for all the angst. :)

Poor Spike and Buffy, and also Tara. I hate that they want to turn her over to the WC. UGH!!

Could they be more horrible to Spike? Why would they cut him off from Buffy after all he did to help them? Wankers!

The Buffybot 3some seems weird but I trust you to have it make sense (as long as it ends Spuffy I'm happy.) I'll admit the only warning that makes me nervous is the rape. *bites nails*

Great start! *squish*

Author's Response: Hey AMI! Great to 'see' you!! **miss you** I hope you can hold on through the angst, there will be happy Spuffy eventually, I promise! And I think ... I hope, anyway, that the threesome will make sense when we get there. It's not just porn with no plot behind it. If I were gonna do that, there'd be two Spikes, instead! :P

Well, you know how the Scoobies were with Spike, even when he helped them all summer in canon they treated him like an outsider. I could see them, Xander esp., wanting to make sure he had no access to an incapacitated Slayer. Remember Xander's words to Spike after Buffy came back - 'I hope you're not going to start your little obsession now that she's around again.' Yeah, I think he would've talked Willow into dis-inviting Spike and making sure Spike's 'little obsession' didn't manifest further.

I felt bad for doing that to Tara, 'cos I love her, but my logical mind couldn't find a way around it. I've seen stories where Tara is cured just by Glory dying, but that never sat well with me logically, and I didn't see Willow being able to do her spell under those conditions, even if she had it ready.

The rape will not be graphic, I promise - not described at all really, just the very beginning and then the aftermath shown. I'll be sure to renew the warning when we get there so no one is surprised. It won't be for a while.

So glad you can stop in! I love hearing from you and really miss you (But I get it, really I do!!) . Look forward to hearing your thoughts going forward. {hugs}

Great start. Dawn was quite prepared to jump when the dimensions opened so this sacrifice is just as believable - and Buffy did say she'd quit if Dawn died. I feel sorry for Tara though...

Author's Response: Hi All4Spike! My muse really wanted to see what happened to the characters if Dawn died. I couldn't find many stories like that. I found a couple, one where she jumped and one where Giles killed her, but didn't like either of those scenarios ... thus the Gregor-cide. The one time I really liked Dawn was when she was in the cave hiding with Spike and she felt badly for getting everyone hurt, and contended that she was evil, so I sort of funneled that mind-set for her. Glad it felt true to character. I felt bad for Tara too - I love Tara, but couldn't justify her getting her mind back just because Glory faded or whatever, and I didn't think Willow would be ready or able to perform her spell at that point, so I felt like I didn't have any choice but to leave her in that state. This story has been completely character driven - I have just sort of given it over to their voices and let them drive, so sometimes it goes quickly and other times it lingers, but hopefully it'll be an interesting ride. I've enjoyed writing it, just letting mostly Buffy and Spike take the wheel. Hope you enjoy! Thanks so much for reading and stopping in! Always love hearing from you!

Should be an interesting ride, I like the start. Always a fan of BuffyBot.

Author's Response: Yay!! I'm glad there's another BuffyBot fan out there! I really grew to like her even more as this story went on, even though I liked her plenty in canon. Hope you continue to enjoy!! Let me know, k? Thanks for reading and stopping in! Always love to hear from you.