Spike: Old Times

Spike: Old Times is a comic based on the Angel television series.

By coincidence, Spike and several-hundred-year-old Vengeance Demon named Halfrek bump into each other in a bar in Los Angeles. Centuries earlier Spike had known 'Halfrek' as Cecily, who had been the object of his affections. Halfrek here reveals William's last name - Pratt. Spike soon discovers she is after another hopeless poet, Lenny. He is a decendant of one of the party-goers who attended the party where Cecily rejected William.

It turns out that every man in this family dies on his 30th birthday, and that Halfrek caused all their deaths. Spike then makes it his goal to save Lenny, just to spite Halfrek. He manages to get Lenny past attacking demons and an almost-accident with a truck, and takes him to an orphanage. Using the children as a 'cover' of sorts, he makes Halfrek lift the curse. Lenny is so over-joyed that he doesn't look where he's going, and falls out of the window.

Spike later visits the grave of Bela Lugosi where Halfrek tells Spike that one of Lenny's ancestors was the first man she ever cursed, which attracted the Master of Vengeance Demons, D'Hoffryn. She reveals that she actually liked William's poetry, and they kiss. Then, in 'the throes of passion', Spike tells her that she is beneath him.