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A Pirate's Life for Me	By : addielogan Category: > Buffy/Spike(William) > Buffy/Spike(William) Views: 13102 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy the Vampire Slayer (BtVS), nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Admiral Finn knew his men thought
him mad to order such an extensive search of an island that seemed to be
deserted, but he knew his darling Elizabeth
was there. And when they stumbled upon the small shelter, complete with
evidence that someone had recently dwelled within, he became even more firm in
his belief.
He stood inside the shelter,
surveying the tiny room. His stomach turned as he noted signs of what most
likely had occurred there, and his need to find Elizabeth intensified. The
thought of how terrified the poor girl must be in the hands of such a ruthless
man as William the Bloody chilled him to the very core. No, not a man� His pure,
innocent Elizabeth had been at the mercy of a monster. Finn could only pray
that anything that may have been done to her had not driven her to insanity.
"Admiral?"
Admiral Finn looked up as his first
Lieutenant, Graham Miller, walked into the shelter. "Yes?"
"They still cannot be located,
sir."
"Keep looking! Elizabeth has
been here, in this very spot!"
"Sir, if I may�are you certain
that it was indeed Lady Summers? Then men, well, they've found the bones of a
man, sir. It could have been he who was living her, not the lady."
The admiral turned a cold gaze on
the lieutenant. "My fianc�e is at the mercy of a cruel, heartless pirate.
I do not want to hear anything but a promise that every inch this island will
be searched, that no man will rest, until she is returned to me. Is that
clear?"
"Yes, Admiral Finn, sir."
"Then go."
Lieutenant Miller gave a terse bow,
leaving Riley alone in the shelter again. The admiral's eyes came to the
make-shift bed, then narrowed. "Mark my words,
William," he said aloud. "You will pay for daring to touch my
Elizabeth."

***
*** ***
Elizabeth's entire body ached.
She'd been running with William for hours she knew, and yet, she refused to
stop. They had heard voices a few times, and she knew their pursuers weren't
far behind. Any wasted second could be just what it took to tear her away from
William.
However, her steps were getting
slower, her body not responding as quickly as she wanted it to. She was moving
now by sheer force of will alone, and she wasn't sure how much further that could
take her. She clung to William's hand, giving herself a tangible reminder of
why she had to push forward.
Suddenly, she was falling forward,
her foot snagged on a tree root. William caught her before she could hit the
ground. "Elizabeth?" He frowned, seeing the exhaustion clearly
written on her face. "You're tired, my love."
"We can't stop. If we do,
they'll catch us." She clutched tightly to his strong arms.
"I could carry you."
"That would only slow you
down! We have to move quickly or�"
"Or I may just find ye."
Elizabeth felt cold fear grip her
as she turned and met the cold eyes of Angelus. "No�" she gasped.
William moved her behind him,
attempting to shield her with his own body. "I will fight to protect her,
Angelus," he informed his old rival.
"I'd love fer ye to, Willie.
Would mean my new friends here would get to shoot ye."
Angelus grinned brightly as several British naval officers stepped forward,
their bayonets trained on William.
"You're working with the
Navy?" William asked in confusion.
"Told ye
I was before ye went and kidnapped the lass off me ship. I was tryin' to bring
the girl back to her lovin' fianc�."
"You were not!" Elizabeth
exclaimed. "This man is a scoundrel! Don't believe his lies!" she
implored the soldiers.
"Life on the island must've
made her crazed," Angelus said with a shrug. "Best be gettin' her
back to the admiral."
"No! Just let us go!"
Buffy pleaded. She clung to her lover in desperation. "William, please, make them leave us alone!"
William swallowed hard. With the
number of weapons pointed at him now, he didn't have a chance to fight his way
out, even if he had been armed. Still, if Elizabeth hadn't been there, he may
have tried, but he would never put her in that kind of danger. "I
can't," he said, a helpless expression in his eyes that Elizabeth had
never seen before.
And that's when she knew it was
over. They couldn't escape, couldn't keep running. Her only choice was to let herself
and William be led to the person who would tear them apart�and quite possibly
kill the man she loved. With tears in her eyes, she made her way through the
woods and back to the beach, William by her side for what she knew could be the
last time.

***
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"Admiral Finn! I've got the
lass and that villain William the Bloody!"
Before Elizabeth could even begin
to protest Angelus's words, Admiral Finn had grabbed her, embracing her
tightly. Elizabeth's eyes widened. Her fianc� had never shown her such affection.
"Riley?" she managed to say, his beefy arms almost squeezing the breath
out of her.
Riley pulled back slightly then. "Oh, Elizabeth! My darling! How I
have feared that I should never see you again, my heart!"
Elizabeth had never before noticed
how cold his terms of endearment left her. They held none of the passion of
William's, nothing there to make her feel as if her heart and body were aflame.
"No danger befell me," she replied. "William took care of
me."
Riley's eyes widened,
and his arms dropped to his sides. "Whatever do you mean? William, he's�he's
the filthy pirate who kidnapped you!"
Elizabeth winced. "That was
before. Things have�changed, Riley. You must understand. I've fallen�"
"No!" Riley snapped, not
allowing Elizabeth to finish that
sentence. His men were present�what would they think of such a thing? "No,
Elizabeth. It's�it's the heat! It's made you go mad!"
Elizabeth felt the urge to roll her
eyes, and a small voice in the back of her mind told her to inform Riley that
he was a "totally lame freak who needed to turn down the wigging
factor," whatever that could
mean. Maybe she had gone mad from the heat if she was thinking such nonsensical
things� However, she instead looked at Riley defiantly and said, "William
is a good man, to whom I own my life!"
"He's a pirate, Elizabeth!
Pirates can never be good men!"
"He's right there, lass. We're
a mean, cruel lot, we pirates."
Elizabeth turned slowly towards
Angelus, the look in his eyes making her shudder. "Why are you working
with him, Riley? He tried to kill me when I was aboard his ship!"
"I did nothin' of the sort,
Admiral! The chit's gone mad, just like ye said."
"No! Riley, please, listen to me!"
William watched the scene in front
of him with a heavy heart. He knew the overgrown admiral would never accept
what Elizabeth was telling him. He also knew that nothing he could say would
help her. They could both plead all they wished, but Admiral Finn would never
allow them to be together. William had lost the woman he loved. The inevitability of losing his life as well seemed to pale in
comparison.
Riley glanced between Angelus and
Elizabeth before settling his gaze on William. "Take this blackguard to
the brig."
"No!" Elizabeth yelled
again. She tried to run to William as the Navy men brought him back towards the
ship, only to have Riley grab her, pulling her back.
"He's a pirate,
Elizabeth," Riley said, his tone a harsh whisper. "A
lowlife and a scoundrel. Do not embarrass me by forgetting that."
"You know nothing about him,
Admiral," Elizabeth replied angrily. "I owe him my life! He has done
nothing but keep me safe since that animal
attacked us!" She pointed to Angelus.
"I tried t'save
her!" Angelus insisted. "Got the lass off his ship.
Tried t'get her back to ye before Willie jumped ship with
'er."
"No! That is not at all what
happened! Angelus is lying!" Elizabeth said, her
voice almost hysterical.
"Angelus is in my
employ," Finn said tersely. "His task has been to help save you,
which he has done."
"But he's a pirate, too!"
Elizabeth exclaimed, clearly exasperated. "If you won't trust William, why
will you trust him?"
"We will discuss this no
more!" Finn snapped, grabbing Elizabeth's arm tightly and dragging her
off. "We are going to the ship, and you will speak no more of this
nonsense."
Elizabeth struggled as best she
could, but she had no chance against Riley. Eventually, she slumped, resigning
herself to the loss of her paradise.

***
*** ***
Elizabeth sat in her cabin, her
features tired and drawn. Riley had locked her inside, making it impossible for
her to get to William. She'd never been frightened of her fianc� before, but
the way he'd been treating her since the island changed that.
She was terrified now, for both
herself and for William. She knew Riley would have him hanged, and that thought
made her feel cold inside. Where would she be without William? How could she
survive without the man she loved so deeply?
Elizabeth heard someone at the door
and looked up sharply just as Admiral Finn came striding in. "Riley�"
"I want to hear nothing from you, save for the answer to one question�did you willingly lay
with the pirate?"
Elizabeth paled. What she had done
with William had seemed right on the island, but now Riley was looking at her
as if she'd been tainted by the vilest sin imaginable. "I�I love
him," she said, her eyes begging Riley to understand.
Finn's expression darkened, and he slapped Elizabeth across the face. "Whore!"
Elizabeth pulled back, shocked.
"Riley�"
"You will address me as
Admiral Finn," he said coldly. "I will not take such a dishonorable woman as my wife. You have shamed
yourself, and you have shamed the memory of your parents."
Elizabeth's eyes filled with tears
at the mention of her parents. What would they have thought of her now? "I
love him," she said again, her voice soft this time.
Riley sneered. "You disgust
me." He stormed from the cabin, leaving Elizabeth alone.

***
*** ***
"Did ye just find out the lass
is less of a lady an' more of a trollop?"
Admiral Finn turned, his eyes
narrowed at Angelus. "I should throw you off this ship."
"Ye should, but if somethin'
were to happen t'me, well, certain secrets might find a way of gettin'
out."
"Don't speak of that on my
ship," Admiral Finn replied, his voice barely above a whisper.
"Then ye best be rememberin' out deal, Admiral. I'd hate to see anythin'
bad happen to a business partner such as yerself."
The admiral's jaw was tight.
"I won't forget our deal, Angelus. I will honor my end of the
bargain." He left then, Angelus watching him as he did.
"Oh, I won't be forgettin' it either, Admiral," Angelus said once he
was sure Finn was out of earshot. "Only problem is, I'm not one fer honor�"

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"Okay, now that sounded
sinister."
Xander frowned as he picked his
head up from the table and glanced over to where Dawn had joined Anya in the
book reading. "What are you doing, Dawnie?" he asked. "Didn't we
establish that that thing isn't exactly G-rated?"
Dawn rolled her eyes. "Okay,
for one thing, I'm old enough to up the rating from 'G.' Secondly, Spike's in
the brig, and Buffy's locked in her cabin, so I don't think there's going to be
any hanky panky goin' on."
"Spike's in the brig,
huh?" Xander said, perking up a bit. "Well, that's good news at
least."
"Why are you so dense
sometimes?" Anya blurted out, managing to surprise everyone else in the
shop. "William is the hero in this." She shook the book at Xander. "And he loves Elizabeth. Therefore, she
is safer with him. Duh, Xander."
Xander looked offended. "Look,
I don't care what sort of wacky notions that book has, Spike is nothing but bad
news."
"Actually, it looks more like
Riley and Angelus are the bad news," Dawn said. "They've got some
secret evil deal that Angelus plans to be all dishonorable about." She
turned to Anya. "How come there are scenes without Spike and Buffy? I
thought the book was supposed to chronicle their actions inside of it."
"Because the further they slip
into character, the more book-like it becomes. Besides the plot needed to be
moved along, and Angelus and Riley certainly wouldn't have had that conversation
in front of Spike or Buffy," Anya explained.
"Good point," Dawn
replied.
"I've got it!"
Dawn, Anya, and Xander all turned
towards the sound of Willow's exclamation. "What did you get, Will?"
Xander asked.
"The answer
to how to get Spike and Buffy out!
This spell will be perfect! It's meant to pull people out of dimensions created
by mystical enchantments. It's exactly what we need."
"Yeah, unless it manages to
only bring back their toes, or turns them inside out, or something," Anya
muttered.
Willow shot Anya a dirty look.
"It'll work. I just have to get the ingredients together, and Buffy and
Spike will be home before you know it!" Willow grinned as she started
getting what she'd need off the shelves of the Magic Box.

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I know it's been a really long time
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