Looking for Escape
Chapter 1- Beginnings
Sunnydale- The Hellmouth
She's trying to run. Something's stopping her. She can feel her worst nightmare creeping up from behind her. With a gentle motion, the Master brushes the hair from Buffy's neck and begins to speak. "You tried. It was noble of you. You heard the prophecy that I was about to break free and you came to stop me." Slowly moving closer to her, he continues whispering, "But prophecies are tricky creatures. They don't tell you everything." A single tear escapes to run down the length of the slayer's face as the Master finishes. "You're the one who sets me free. If you hadn't come, I couldn't go. Think about that." He says and bares his teeth to bite into the slayer's neck. "Oh, the power!" He exclaims dropping Buffy into a puddle, and letting her suffocate in the mucky pool.
Boston
"Where have you been!" A woman's voice echoes through the house. Faith pulls her pillow up around her head not wanting to hear another fight. "None of you're god damn business!" She hears her stepfather reply and she realized her efforts are useless. She walks up to the window and cracks it open enough to crawl through.
When she hits the ground, she immediately starts to run. She suddenly halts after several miles realizing she isn't tired, at all. While still questioning the setting of her current problem Faith watches a car pull up and a woman dressed in a dark business suit step out. "I've been looking for you." The woman states in a British accent. "You have been called."
Several months later
"In each generation a slayer is born. One girl in all the world... a chosen one. One born with the strength and skill to hunt the vampires, to stop the spread of evil and the forces of darkness." The watcher says sternly to the young girl standing near by.
"I know, I know. Can we get on with the violence?" Faith blurts out rudely.
"No Faith. You don't know. There is another." Her watcher replies, pausing for the girl to register her words.
With the raise of an eyebrow, she questions, "Another what?"
"Another slayer." Her watcher replies but Faith does not seem to understand.
Faith begins to mock the woman. Using her best British accent she says, "But there can be only one."
Patiently she replies, "Buffy Summers, the slayer, drowned and was dead long enough for you to be called before being resuscitated."
And it finally clicks for Faith. She's momentarily caught off guard and only musters an astonished head nod.
"They need your help on the hellmouth, Faith. I've read of a prophecy, which I believe is about to take place there. I know of two vampires that could be responsible, they are now heading to Sunnydale. You must go there before this can happen." The older woman announces to the awe-stricken teen.
Faith automatically excepts her proposal. "When do I leave?"
