Previously on GuitarGrrrl's version of Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer...

Graveyard, night. Faith is approached by The first as the Mayor.

"Tell me something about your little Witch."

"She's not a little witch. She's a powerful Wicca and if you hurt her-"

"You'll what? Kill me? You can't kill what you can't touch Faith. But you know that already... don't ya Faithy?"

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Sure you do. You can't lie to me about those scars on your arms and legs. I know how they got there. In fact, I helped you put them there." The first then morphed into Alan Finch. The first man Faith ever killed. He circled her as he spoke.

"You see, I'm the reason you're in so much pain. The reason you had to drag that pretty little knife across your pale skin at an attempt to let out all that remorse"

"F you." Faith growled. "What do you want with her? Where is she?"

"Still concerned with the red-headed bitch. Don't worry, I'll take care of her. Just like you took care of me." The first morphed into a giant demon, one similar to the Mayor's true form, and with a bright flash, disappeared.

Cut to: The Summers' house. Spike is sitting on the porch when Faith walks up.

"Couldn't find her?" Spike asked.

Faith shook her head no.

"I do know that she didn't run away on her own. Someone took her."

"You ok?"

"I'm fine. I just- Red's out there and she's probably scared..."

"You're scared too."

"I know." Faith bowed her head.

The camera zooms in close to Faith's face and we see a single tear fall down her cheek. The camera takes a new angle and shows us the top of Faith's dark hair. We see a bloodied hand come up and pull aside some of the hair. The camera pans out and we see Willow, sitting on the fool in her jail cell. One hand is on the top of her head, which is bent down and resting on top of her other wrist. Her arms are still chained together. So are her ankles. The metal from the handcuffs is cold against her bruised face.

Cut to Willow's bedroom.

Faith is on the bed and Kennedy is standing at the door. "I wanna help you find Willow."

"Why should I trust you Kennedy?"

"Because, I care about her... and we kinda need her in this battle."

"Stay out of my life." Faith slammed the door in Kennedy's face.

We see Dawn come out of her room and approach Kennedy. "I heard what you said."

Kennedy just looked over at Dawn as she stood there in the hallway.

"I know you wanna help," Dawn said, "so come downstairs with me and help, instead of bothering Faith."

Cut to:

Dawn is sitting in the living room. On the coffee table in front of her is Andrew with a comic book. Kennedy walks in.

"You guys are always reading something. Don't you ever do anything different?"

"Dawn?" Kennedy walked over to the couch and sat down. "Dawn...." She sat down next to the pensive teenager. "You ok?" Kennedy put her hand on Dawn's shoulder. Dawn jumped a little at her touch.

"Umm... I'm fine, great." Dawn shrugged off Kennedy's hand and looked down at the book on her lap. When Dawn put her head down a little, a small tear fell onto the pages of the dusty book in her hands.

"Hey..." Kennedy said soothingly, "What's wrong?" She whispered.

Morning: Outside of the Summers' house.

Faith is standing with a cigarette in her hand, looking up at the sky when Buffy stepped outside.

"Morning, Faith"

"Don't talk. Let's just find this thing."

Cut to: the slayers are standing in the basement of SDHS

They hear male voices. "Think it's vamps?"

"Shhhh." Buffy whispered and turned to Faith and made a 'come on' motion with her hand.

They walked toward the sound of the voices. Two creepy looking men in tunics were sitting in front of a large steel door making small talk. They didn't notice the slayers until they were standing directly in front of them.

Cut to: a shot of Buffy punching one of the minions.

"Come on. We can kick this door down together."

"What about the other one."

"He's harmless, but you can hurt him if you want to."

"I'll pass. Let's get through this door."

The slayers charged at the door using their shoulders and their combined weight and strength to bust through the door. Their bodies made a loud slam as they hit the door, which fell through. The girls landed on top of the door on their stomachs at the top of a cement stairway. A second later, the steel door started sliding down the stairs, both slayers holding on for their lives. They landed with a thud.

"Who were those guys?" Faith asked.

"Remember me telling you about Glory. Those were her minions."

"Shouldn't we be turning and leaving then."

"Glory's long gone. Let's get out weapon and go home." Buffy said calmly.

"Faith, let's go!" Buffy yelled, coming out into the hallway, scythe in hand.

Buffy saw that Glory was standing between her and Faith.

"Aww look it's my old friend, Bitchy, the vampire slayer. Good thing for me, I'm not a vampire."

Glory looked down a Buffy's hand. "I see you've found my new toy."

She lifted the scythe and took a swing at Glory.

She jumped back, but Buffy lunged forward and managed to place a nice sized slice in Glory's stomach.

Buffy took another swing at glory, this time cutting her arm. She then kicked Glory too the ground. Faith took a few steps down the hall away from the action. Above the grunts and screams she could hear a soft but steady banging noise.

Faith started walking slowly away from the tow as the fought. It looked more like Glory was taking a beating than fighting back.

"Guess I finally found out what I needed to destroy you. If only I had this thing two years ago." Buffy shouted. She turned the scythe around and shoved the pointy end into Glory's heart

Faith's shaky hand made its way to Willow's cheek, which was cold to the touch. Faith let out a little squeak, and a tear fell down her dirt-covered cheek. Her hand moved to Willow's red hair, which was how tangled and matted from the past several days. The soft movement startled the witch, and she shot up.

"I'm up, I'm awake, I wasn't sleeping I swear."

Faith slid back just a little, being startled from Willow's sudden outburst. Willow opened her eyes, and though she could barely see, she knew it was Faith. The slayer scooted back to Willow. Both of them were now sitting up. Faith shakily took her hand and cupped Willow's cheek in it. Faith pulled the Witch in close for the biggest hug she'd ever given, and they both began to cry.

"It's ok Willow, I got you. You're ok now."

Willow tried to speak through her sobs "I'm so glad you're here. I tried so hard to be strong and –"

"Shhh Let's go home." Willow gave a weak smile. Faith stood, and scooped up the red head in her arms.

Cut to:

Summers' residence, the living room.

Dawn is sitting on the couch crying. Kennedy scoots just a little closer to the girl and gently wraps her arms around her in a loving hug.

"It'll be ok, sweetie." Kennedy whispered. Kennedy leaned her head down on top of Dawn's and as her nose rested against the younger girl's hair, Kennedy breathed in her scent. She closed her eyes and let a single tear fall down her cheek. "Talk to me..." Kennedy whispered as she played with Dawn's hair.

"Dawn, you know Willow's still recovering."

"I know, but she didn't so the spell, I did. I just needed another body to make a circle. I made the spell, she just witnessed it. Willow told me... that if anyone asked... to say that she did the spell. I think she did it to protect me.. And now it's my fault that she's gone."

"You really miss her don't you?"

"She's like a sister...when Buffy died...she took care of me. She and Faith are the only ones who don't treat me like a kid."

"I don't think you're a kid." Kennedy smiled. She leaned in toward Dawn and placed a soft kiss on her cheek.

"Kennedy, I—I'm n-not."

"I'm sorry. I— I'm sorry." Kennedy stood and started to leave the living room. As she made her way to the stairs, the front door opened.

"Willow..." Kennedy whispered.

The potential was completely ignored as the slayer and her witch walked upstairs. Buffy trudged in after, as though she was the one carrying a hundred and twenty pounds of witch.

"Buffy..." Dawn stood.

Buffy walked over to her sister, and embraced the girl in a tight hug. "I'm sorry, Dawn...Faith told me what happened... that Willow didn't do the spell."

"You're not mad at me?"

"No. I'm not mad at you Dawn."

"You're mad at Willow?"

Buffy sat in silence.

"I can't believe you!!...After everything she's been through—"

"Dawn, you could have gotten hurt."

"Well... she did get hurt... What happened to 'stick together?' Don't you remember the little speech you gave? We have to stick together, Buffy."

"Not when one of us puts everyone else in danger."

"Spike puts us in danger. Faith puts us in danger, YOU put us in danger."

"What?!"

"If you weren't here...things would be different Buffy. If you weren't a slayer...we'd have normal lives." Dawn stood and began to walk away from her sister.

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