Title: Time Turned Backwards
Author: Caliadragon
Spoilers: Indigo on Buffy and latest episode of Angel.
Category: AU Crossover
Pairings: Xander/Graham, Doyle/Oz, Spike/Angel
Rating: PG 13 - NC 17
Warnings: Character Deaths, Angst, Slash, Violence
AN: Answer to my own What If Challenge. What if Buffy confided in Xander what
happened between her, Wood, Spike and Giles. What if she told Xander
everything that was said. And what if those words began to plague on him. I
don't remember the name of the episode, but I remember that the big eye thingy
said that Buffy, brought on the first evil herself. This will go AU after
Indigo. Fred calls back to tell Willow that Cordy has been corrupted by the
first. This is the last step for Xander, he sees everyone around him falling
apart.
Part one of the challenge is that Xander knows magic. Secretly he has been
learning it since Buffy's resurrection. He preforms a revelation spell that
tells him the exact moment that awakens the first and what it was that made
Buffy lose hope.
Part two: The Spell reveals that Buffy loses hope after Riley leaves town. She
really did love him and was unable to express it. Buffy was suppose to call on
Angel and the LA gang for help, but pride prevented it.
Part three: Knowing the truth Xander preforms a spell that turns time backwards
back to just after Adam's defeat. Xander must keep Riley and Graham in town
and bring Angel and Crew there. In the midst of performing the spell Xander
brings with him a savior and a unifier: Doyle.

Chapter 3:

"Let's sit down and I'll tell you everything thats been going on." Spike
raised an eyebrow, but sat down in his recliner and wached as the boyu found a
way to make himself comfortable on the floor.

Taking a deep breath Xander began to tell Spike every thing that had been
happing since Adam's defeat. As he spoke Spike surged to his feet and began to
pace as he listened in growing horror as the boy told him about the future.
Spike cringed as he was told that he fell in love with Buffy, nearly raped her
and ran off to get himself a soul. The whole idea sickened him. When Xander
got to the part about the First Spike actually whimpered.

When he was finished he waited to see how Spike would react to the news. Doyle
was also shaken. He knew why he had been brought back, but hearing all that
Xander and his friends had suffered was shattering to the former demon.

"I want to help. We've got to get Buffy to admit she loves the tosser and we
need to get Joyce into the hospital as soon as possible. She's a good woman,
she invites me over for cocca." Spike told Xander as he passed.

Xander reached up and pulled Spike down into his lap. Both Spike and Doyle
were surprised by this, but Xander didn't give them time to question. "Don't
worry about Joyce. I know how to heal her. right know I'm worried about you.
You need human blood or Sires blood to heal from what happened with the
Initative right?"

Spike was confused, but nodded in agreement. He yelped in surprise when Xander
lifted him up and turned him around so that they were face to face. "I want
you to feed from me."

"WHAT?!" Doyle and Spike shouted at the sametime.

"I want you to feed from me. I know it won't set you chip off, so feed. You
won't kill me." Xander's voice held utter confidence and trust. That alone
was enough to convince Spike that he was telling the truth. The Xander he was
used to didn't trust him or care for him in anyway.

Hunger began to drive at him and Spike could admit, if only to himself thAt he
was starving. When Xander offered his throat to Spike again, Spike tool the
offer up and delicatly bit the boy's neck.

Doyle watched in bemused silence s Xander fed his blood to the vampire. He
feared that Xander's trust was misplace, but Spike stopped after only a few
minutes. Doyle released a deep breath and watched as the pair parted.

Spike shivered with surpressed emotion. It hd been far to long since he had
fed off of a human. It was even more incredible for him that it was offered so
freely. From Xander no less. "What do we do next?" he asked euphoric.

"I gather the other two and take them back to the basement and you go there
with Doyle. Then I go get the components of another spell and get rid of that
fucking chip." Xander told him.

Spike looked at him in confusion. "Why would you remove my chip, are you going
to soul me?" Fear made his voice crack.

"Never! Getting your soul drove you insane for awhile. I wouldn't do that to
you. However I will bind you so that you can only feed on murderers and
rapists, you know evil humans."

Spike gapped at him then laughed with relief.

Doyle chuckled, "There's an idea we need to give to Angel, the broody one needs
more than animal blood also." The other two looked at him for a moment before
laughing again.

"Look out world here we come." Xander chuckled again and looked at his helpers.

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