Disclaimer: I own nothing I swear I mean if I did there would be either a third season or a movie damn it *punches the wall* bad idea bad idea
Summary: The time is a little off on this fanfic since it wouldn't all line up if it wasn't. So it's at the beginning of 1999 and Faith now ends up in Sunnydale near the end of 1999 instead of sometime in 1998. She gets put back to her old life with no memory of being at manticore then her watcher dies a couple of days after.
Chapter 1
Seattle 1999
Faith cautiously pushed the door of a small rundown house open and stepped inside. She'd been working in Seattle for a couple of months trying to wipe out the large vampire population that seemed to be taking over she'd been told by her watcher that there was a nest in this house. The windows were painted over with black paint so there wasn't any sunlight filtering into the room. She could sense someone watching her so she made her way to one of the windows and smashed it with her elbow letting a stream of light enter the small room. She'd expected to watch the residents flee from the light but the people in there were dressed in black army outfits with black helmets covering their faces and just ignored the sun.
"What the hell?" she got into a fighting stance ready to take them on "come on then let's play" she pulled a dagger out of her jacket.
"Put down the weapon" the one right in front of her who spoke had pulled out a gun
"Easy fellas no need for that" she put a grin on her face and put the dagger back in her jacket. "So what's the problem guys? Can't a girl walk into a house?" the leader ignored her and pulled the trigger on his gun firing a dart into her chest. "Son of a…" the tranquilizer seemed to take effect immediately and she dropped to the floor unconscious.
"Take her to the truck and strap her down in case the sedative wears off early". Several soldiers moved and carried her out of the house.
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The next day Faith woke up groggily in a small cell with her arms and legs strapped to the bed. She also realized that she was wearing what looked like a hospital gown which was easily what irritated her the most. She pulled on her restraints but she was still weak from the sedative and she didn't have enough strength to break free.
"HEY!" she shouted at the top of her lungs "You better let me out of here" almost immediately the door swung open and a grey haired man wearing jeans a shirt and a neat jacket came in.
"Hello Faith"
"Oh that's no fair you know my name when I don't know yours"
"My name is Lydecker and you're here to help us out"
"No offence pal but I only help people I wanna help"
"Oh don't worry you've already started helping us" he moved closer and pushed a stray lock of hair out of her face causing her to cringe away from him. "You see we know what you are and thought you were be a perfect mother for one of our very special children"
"One of your what?"
"Our children we've already artificially impregnated you and we're gonna keep you here until she's born"
"You sick fucker" she yanked violently against her bonds "Just wait till I get free I'm gonna kill you"
"This will be much easier for you if you just cooperate" he pulled a small metal box out of his pocket and opened it revealing a needle and a small bottle inside.
"What's that?"
"Just something to calm you down"
"No thanks I think I've had enough" Lydecker ignored her protests and filled the needle up with the clear solution from the small bottle. "Don't touch me with that" he walked up to her and injected the needle into her arm.
"There we go that wasn't so hard"
"Let me out of here" she whispered as her head lolled to the side and she passed out again. Lydecker grinned and left the room leaving Faith yet again unconscious and locked in the room.
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Nine months passed slowly but one day two guards came to take Faith from her cell they chained her arms and legs together. She'd tried to escape at least once every month since she'd been there so they now knew to take extra precautions when taking her from her cell. Faith felt sick since she had no idea what they were gonna do with her baby once they took her. She struggled every step of the way and even managed to knock a guard down but with so much security there was no way she could get away from them. They had to strap her down and drug her up to keep her still during labor and eventually they got the baby out and took her away. Faith watched them leave trying desperately to get to her baby but it was no use. She passed out on the delivery table and was dragged back to her cell. A few weeks later Lydecker appeared in her room again with an expressionless face. "X5 452" he cleared his throat "your baby is dead" she glared at him with an expression so fierce that made him feel a little nervous but he hid it well.
"I'm going to get out of here then I'm going to hunt you down and make you wish you were never born"
"Oh I'm not worried in a few days we're going to let you go but you won't remember any of this" he walked out of the room with a grin on his face.
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Seattle 2019
Faith's motorcycle sped though the streets of Seattle with her passenger holding on tightly behind her. She pulled the bike quickly to a stop in front of a small office that despite some graffiti on one of the walls was in pretty good shaped compared to the rest of the city. Her passenger climbed off removing his helmet in the process and revealing a thirty something year old with scruffy brown hair and an eye patch over one eye.
"Geez you think you can stick to the speed limit next time"
"Come on Xander, where's the fun in that?"
"The staying alive part" she gave an innocent grin and punched him in the arm.
"So what are we doing here?" she looked around and shivered "this town gives me the creeps"
"Apparently no one's heard from this slayer office in a few weeks and they wanted us to check it out since we were closest"
"Place looks pretty empty" Faith tried to pull the doors open but they were locked so she grabbed a trash can off the street and smashed it through the glass doors. It was night time and cops in this city since the pulse were pretty slack so they didn't really care about random acts of vandalism. They stepped inside and Faith immediately tensed "there's something in here"
"Can you be more specific?"
"Yea, something big"
"Good to know" Xander pulled a small axe from inside his jacket and Faith pulled two sharp knives out of hers.
"Keep your eyes sharp Harris" they moved carefully through the building until they came to the end of the hallway and could see an orange glow coming out from the crack under the door. Faith moved to the door, grabbed the handle and turned it quietly before pushing the door open slightly. She could see a large figure wearing a big coat and a beanie chewing on something. Moving carefully into the room she managed to get fairly close to the figure but not close enough that he could easily attack her. "Hey buddy what ya eating?" the figure turned around and Faith got a good look at his face. It was a dark red with scars across his cheeks but apart from that he looked fairly human.
"What?"
"What are you doing in here?"
"Uh eating dinner obviously" he held up a bucket of chicken wings and rolled his eyes
"What happened to the girls living here before?"
"How the hell should I know? I'm only staying here cause I got no where else to go and the back door was open"
"So you don't know anything about who used to be here?"
"Even if I did I wouldn't tell you" he got to his feet but even though he was a lot bigger than Faith she didn't back down "now get the hell out of my place before I get you out myself"
"Like we're really scared of you pal"
"You should be" he reached out to grab her neck but she was too quick and swept his legs out from underneath him before climbing on his back and pinning him to the ground.
"Now how about we try this again?" she held one of her knives against his throat "what happened to the people who were here before?"
"I saw a bunch of them getting taken away in vans" he struggled against her "then the others just got shot and some guys came later to clean it up" Xander stared at the demon in shock while Faith climbed off looking pissed.
"Who took them?"
"Some guys in army uniforms" the demon stood back up "now are you gonna leave?"
Faith ignored his question she had a suddenly flash of being surrounded by army guys then of a concrete cell.
"Faith?" Xander asked waving a hand in front of her face "you there?"
"Yea sorry spaced out for a moment there" she headed back out the door while Xander looked at the demon one last time
"We'll be watching you buddy" he followed Faith all the way out of the building but stopped her before she got on her motorcycle. "Hey wait a minute are you alright?"
"Five by Five"
"Come on"
"It's weird I'm having these whacked out images flashing in my head"
"What kind of whacked out images?"
"Soldiers some cell a hospital bed" she shook her head "probably just dreams or something I'm just remembering" she climbed on the motorcycle. Xander looked at her for a moment before climbing on the back and holding on as she sped off.
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A couple of hours of later Faith left the motel and headed back to her bike. Xander was fast asleep and she couldn't sleep so she decided the best way to waste some time was to go for a ride. She raced around the deserted streets making sure to avoid any checkpoints and sector guards. She sees a flicker of something out the corner of her and turns her head to look but by the time she turns back there's another motorcyclist in front of her. She skids the bike to the side and it just misses the other bike but sends her flying off into the road and her bike into the nearest wall. She pulls herself to her feet and hobbles slightly.
"Oh fuck" she looked down at her torn jeans and saw her right leg bleeding pretty badly.
"Hey you ok?" the other rider was suddenly standing over her looking down at the blood that was flowing freely from her leg.
"No what the hell were you doing?" she shot angrily at the brunette standing over her
"What were you doing? I had right of way" she shot back
"Uh whatever" Faith clumsily pulled herself to her feet. The blood from her leg had stopped flowing and was starting to heal. She'd still have the injury for a couple of days but at least her slaying healing would get rid of it quicker then most people.
"I should take you to a hospital"
"No thanks just help me get my bike up" the girl nodded and they both pulled Faith bike back up. Faith examined it but luckily it wasn't damaged "Thanks uh?"
"Max" Faith now took a closer look at the girl she looked about 20 and had that same hardened look that Faith had at her age. She also had a similar style of clothes she was wearing a pair of black leather pants, a dark blue t-shirt and a black leather jacket over the top.
"I'm Faith"
"Hey! What's going on over here?" they were stopped form saying anything else by a sector cops arrival.
"Nothing officer" Max replied
"Just Chatting" he noticed Faith and immediately lost all his bravado
"Oh Miss Lehane I didn't realize you were in the city at the moment"
"It's Faith and yea I'm just on some official business"
"If this woman's bothering you…
"I said we were just chatting. Now return to your post before I drag you back there myself"
"Yes miss I mean Faith" he left quickly not taking a chance to look back. The new watchers council had a lot of influence within the government since Giles had managed to get them to set up a Slayers sector with the Initiative's help. Max tensed.
"Never seen a sector cop flee that quickly from anyone"
"I have a lot of connections" Faith noticed how uneasy Max was now since she thought she was part of something.
"So you work for the government?"
"Why do ya wanna know?"
"Just curious you see the way I see it most government lackeys aren't out speeding through the streets late at night on a motorcycle"
"Hey! I'm no ones lackey" this girl was starting to piss her off "I don't work for anyone I just happen to have friends in high places."
"Yea right?" Max gave her a look that said she didn't believe her then started to walk towards her motorcycle. Faith watched her then suddenly got another memory flash.
Sitting in a cell
"Hello Faith"
"Oh that's no fair you know my name when I don't know yours"
"My name is Lydecker and you're here to help us out"
Her staring up at an expressionless Lydecker
"X5 452" he cleared his throat "your baby is dead"
When she came out of it she was on her knees and Max was once again standing over her. It took a few seconds before Faith realized that she was screaming. She stopped and began panting for breath
"Lydecker" she whispered through gritted teeth
"Lydecker" Max repeated shocked. Faith's eyes quickly flicked to Max's face and she stood to face her with a fierce expression that caught even Max off guard.
"You know him?"
"No" Max said taking a step back
"Don't lie to me" she grabbed Max around the throat. But Max was able to pull her arm off.
"Calm down" Faith took a deep breath and turned around to head back to her bike "What did he do to you?"
"He killed a baby my baby" she got on her motorcycle "X5…" Max heard the first part but the second part was blocked out by the sound of her starting the engine on her motor cycle.
"Hey!" Max called but it was too late Faith had sped off. Max head spun at how quickly the conversation had changed. This Faith woman knew Lydecker and definitely wasn't a fan. Max jumped on her motorcycle and headed towards Logan's place.
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When she got there he was already awake gong through some paper work. She walk confidently up to him and grabbed his shoulder to turn him around. He jumped out of his skin then spun around to face her.
"Max! You scared me"
"Sorry about that"
"It's ok. You're not usually here this late"
"Yea I need you're help I need you to find out about someone for me"
"Ok sure what's the name?"
"Faith Lehane"
"That sounds familiar" he typed it into his computer and immediately her profile came up. "I remember her being part of a government group that was recruiting young girls but no one knew why" he read down the screen "it says she was in prison for a few years for murder"
"Murder?"
"Yea she killed a deputy mayor and a volcanologist in a place called Sunnydale"
"You said she only went away for a few years"
"Yea apparently she broke out and then some years later all charges were dropped."
"Why would they just drop murder charges?"
"I don't know I think it has something to do with that government organization because it was just after she joined them. Why do you want to know about this girl anyway?"
"Cause I met her tonight and she mentioned Lydecker and X5"
"What? Yea she nearly hit me with her bike then when I was about to leave something weird happened and she collapsed to her knees and started screaming. Then she mentioned Lydecker and grabbed me by the throat." Max looked concerned "I asked her what was wrong and she said Lydecker killed her baby."
"Huh that's strange so I'm guessing she's not an accomplice of his"
"Far from it but whoever she is working for get a lot of love from sector police"
"Really?"
"Yea we got hassled by one but as soon as he saw who she was he followed her commands like a trained seal"
"Well I can keep looking into it for you but this place is pretty secretive"
"Yea go ahead meanwhile I'm gonna check out motels in the area in the morning see if I can track her down"
"Ok. Since you're here do you want me to fix you something to eat?"
"Na I gotta blaze rain check?"
"Of course" Logan replied with a bitter sweet smile on his face. Max gave him a smile before leaving his apartment and heading back to her bike
