Buffy’s teeth chattered from the orgasm mixed with the cold water as she closed her eyes allowing herself to be warmed by Spike. Spike wished he had a towel but didn’t want to ruin his jacket so he spread his legs pulling her into his lap to surround her with his legs and arms to help warm her up. He knew he didn’t have any body heat but figured even a little could help. Gradually after a few minutes, he felt her body stop shivering and she seemed to be warmer. He felt her stir and he placed a gentle kiss above her head. She sighed as she wiggled out of his arms to find her clothes. She frowned as she looked at him staring at her, “Don’t think this trip is going to be one big love fest.”
Spike chuckled, “As if you could resist me.”
Buffy glared at him, “Of course I can resist you.”
Spike shook his head, “Yeah and that’s why a few minutes ago you were jumping me in a cold bath. There’s no way you can tell me that setting is romantic, or hot and steamy. That was pure passion and love.”
Buffy yelled, “That wasn’t about either of those thing…I was cold and trying to get warm.”
Spike laughed, “Hello, vampire, love. I don’t have anything warm about me.”
Buffy rolled her eyes, “You got that right.”
Spike frowned for a minute before stating in an agitated tone, “We should get started if you want your sis back anytime soon.”
Buffy nodded throwing her jean jacket around herself, standing up trying to arrange her clothes. She wished she had something else to wear but knew it was hopeless to wish for that. Perhaps today they will find a warmer spot to wash off in the sun rather than in this cold cave. She stepped outside closing her eyes enjoying the warmth of the blue sun that was in the sky on her skin. She briefly wondered if you could suntan in this dimension but figured she’d have time to do that when she got back. She smiled at Spike noticing he too had his eyes closed basking in the sunlight. She felt really bad for him again. She decided once they got Dawn perhaps they would enjoy a nice day, just the three of them in the sun.
Neither Spike nor Buffy noticed, the fair maiden, standing behind them as she disappeared from sight in a foggy mist.
Spike offered her his hand as he leaped up onto another level that he knew she would have trouble doing. She accepted it and then looked down. She swayed and he caught her around the waist, “Love, I don’t fancy you falling off a cliff.”
She frowned, “Do you think if I die in this dimension that I’d have died at home as well?”
Spike nodded, “You die here, you’re dead. Your friends would probably just bring you back anyway but I wouldn’t test it. That’s not healthy on Red.”
Buffy nodded thinking about how everything in her house had just been cleared out in order to help Willow. The last thing Willow needed was another reason to do magic, and not just any magic, powerful dark magic. She sighed and Spike looked up the cliff noticing they were about half way up. She turned around in his arms and looked awkward for a minute before stepping back carefully. He decided to say nothing as he let Buffy climb up the cliff first following after her. He had great abilities for rock climbing and had done it a few times in England as well as a few other places to get away from mobs. Buffy on the other hand, had no experience with any rocks having been born and raised in L.A. and Sunnydale.
He balanced her a bit as she stumbled but kept on climbing. He had picked the place that appeared to have a rudimentary trail made by some beast at some time. He grabbed her around the waist and mouth so she would be quiet as she stared at the huge elephant-like creature. From what she could see, there were no claws on the creature but it was covered in fur. It reminded her of a wooly mammoth except for the fact it had no tusks but instead horns. She gasped behind his mouth causing the beast to turn towards them. Spike yelled, “Look out” as he threw Buffy against the wall to protect her.
He braced himself to stay on the ledge while the beast slammed into him. He punched the beast trying to knock it out of the way but the beast was huge and very steady on its feet. Buffy screamed as she saw the beast take a horn to the midsection of Spike. Spike swung up and kicked the beast on its belly causing it to let out a weird trumpet like sound. Spike realized that might have hurt him so he slid under the beast hitting him like crazy on his stomach. He saw the beast stumble and rushed to get from under him but was trampled three times by the beast’s feet. He was sore and bruised but he managed to get out from under the beast with Buffy’s help. Then he pushed her aside again as he took on the beast. He kicked him in the face grazing his leg on a horn as he pushed the beast’s trunk as the beast stumbled again.
Spike got an idea and picked up a large branch and shouted, “Buffy help me swing this at it.” Buffy rushed to his side taking the branch along side of him and together they swung the branch hard. The beast fell off the side of the cliff landing in a pile at a much lower level. The beast didn’t appear to be getting up any time soon and Buffy sighed in relief but frowned at again how Spike was injured. He wasn’t even over the last injuries from the badger-like thing and now this elephant beast had really torn into his midsection. Spike pulled off his shirt and rolled it into a ball to hold it on the wound that was gushing blood.
Buffy knew their situation was getting worse and worse the longer they were in this dimension. Spike still hadn’t fed and now he was trying to heal a deep wound. She was starving and feeling weak and they had still yet to find Dawn. She sat down on the rock next to Spike taking over holding the shirt to his wound as she closed her eyes. Spike noticed her mood change and wrapped one of his arms around her wincing slightly at the pain he felt to do so. He could only hope it would get better in time.
Spike lifted himself up carefully on another cliff noticing it was going to be night soon and they hadn’t eaten all day. Buffy’s leg was banged up pretty bad from a tumble she had taken earlier that would have been worse if Spike hadn’t have steadied her. Spike’s abdomen had stopped bleeding but he was still in really bad shape. He felt weak and pale and was not feeling well at all. His arms and legs were shakier than he would like to admit and he knew if Buffy and him both didn’t eat soon, they probably wouldn’t make it much longer.
He pulled Buffy up next to him seeing how tired she really looked. He sighed and stood up looking around for shelter. The only thing he could find was a ledge. He sighed again as he noticed a goat-like sheep on the next ledge. Perhaps he could at least feed Buffy. She was really looking bad. He couldn’t feed but he could live without food, Buffy on the other hand couldn’t.
He took a deep breath and pulled himself up on the other ledge signaling to Buffy to be quiet. She needed nothing more said as she laid her head down where he had been sitting to rest. She was completely tired and dizzy and not feeling well. He snuck up behind the sheep-goat creature and grabbed it easily breaking its neck. He dropped it off the ledge to land next to Buffy who barely moved. He gathered some wood on that level and then lowered himself next to Buffy whispering, “Buffy love, wake up. We have to make a fire and I need some help collecting wood or we will be here all night. It looks like rain and if it rains, the wood will be even harder to burn.”
Buffy opened her eyes and blinked twice to focus. She noticed he had indeed collected some wood and had placed them under a ledge as well as what appeared to be a goat with wool. She stood up on wobbly legs and did as he asked collecting wood as he did the same on one level lower than her. When they had a huge pile. He pulled himself up on the ledge for the last time grateful because his arms were sore as he carried the wood over, making two piles. The ledge wasn’t very big but it would fit them if they huddled together to sleep and would allow room for a pile of burning room as well as a pile of wood. Buffy stood outside the ledge watching him get the fire set up as huge rain drops started to fall from the sky.