 By the 1950s, Spike had reunited with Drusilla, and they traveled to Italy.At some point, Spike also became rivals with the famous vampire Dracula.The enmity between Spike and Dracula was explored in the comic series "Spike vs. Dracula", in which their mutual hatred is caused when Spike, along with Darla and Drusilla, slaughtered the Romani (gypsy) tribe who had cursed their patriarch, Angelus, with a soul, although it is unclear if either Spike or Drusilla knew precisely why Darla was so angry with the tribe.