Title: In Hiding
Author: Athenethegoddess
Fandom: BTVS/ATS
Rating: Rated "T"
Archive: WWOMB: Um, well, obviously, and my livejournal,
Warnings: WARNING! I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANGEL BEFORE! Just thought I'd let ya know..
Pairings: It'll be obvious.
Summary: Assassins are after Faith, so she and Xander go into hiding.
Disclaimer: Not mine, no money, um...anything else?
"You want me to do WHAT?" Faith shrieked.
"Calm down, Faith. It's only for a few months. I mean, they'll stop sending assassins after you when the time limit ends. If you're not dead by then, then they can't according to their laws, try to kill you anymore." Angel explained.
"You want me to do WHAT?" Faith shrieked. Again.
"Go. To. High. School. In San Diego. That's out of their territory, they'll have to ask the locals if they can pass into their territory. That usually takes months, and lots of bribery. So, you'll be safe. Er. Safer." He tried to reason with her.
"But still! High school. Again. You're sending me into Hell, Angel."
He shook his head. "Come on, Faith. It can't be that bad. Remember? I was in Hell. High school probably has nothing on it."
Faith glared at him. "How would you know, you've never been there! They didn't even have High School when you were my age!"
He sighed. "I'm sure it'll be fine."
Xander snickered from the corner. "Says the man, excuse me, vampire who volunteered to go shopping with Buffy. What did you say, oh, yeah, right, "How bad could it be?" How'd that turn out, do you remember?"
Angel winced. "It wasn't that bad... Ok, I'm lying. That was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. But, surely, High school can't be as bad as that, right?"
"Don't bet on it, Deadboy, and don't call me Shirley." Xander muttered.
"Ok. Now that we've got that all out of our systems, I'll arrange to have everything set up."
Angel headed for the door. As he walked out, he tossed back over his shoulder, "Oh, by the way, Xander. You're going with her." And Angel, 1/4 of the Scourge of Europe, ran.
"WHAT! GET BACK HERE YOU... WHY I OUGHTA!"
Over Xander's scream of outrage, you could hear Faith laughing.
"Come on, Xander. How bad could it be? I mean, really? It can't be worse than Sunnydale High School. Besides, Cordy won't be there. We'll get you some new threads, have Willow cast a glamour over you, and you'll be my brother. You'll be, not the coolest guy in school, but I'll guarantee that you won't be the biggest looser, either."
"Why cast a glamour over me? You're the one who they're trying to kill." He demand.
"Well, I don't know about you, but I don't think your going to be able to explain away the pirate look."
"Oh." He looked sheepish for a moment, then nodded. "Pirate look. Right. Glamour it is then."
"Great. Looks like we're going back to High School, then. The one place we never wanted to go, hunh?"
"You got that right. Sis." He smirked.
Faith laughed. "Guess that's going to take some getting used to. Right. So, we need new names. How about... George." Faith considered him for a moment. "You don't look like a George. Or Tom, Dick, or Harry. There goes all the "good" names... Lets see. James, Bob, Cliff, Edward, Eddie, Ed... Want me to keep going?" she asked.
"No. Let's go with Cliff. As long as it's not short for Clifford. I'm not a damned red dog."
They both laughed.
"Ok. Your turn. What's Faith's new name going to bed. Christina? Cassandra? Lucy? Lacy? Miranda? Melissa? Susan? No, you're certainly not a Susan type of person. Any of those sound good?"
She shook her head. "Naw. How about...if you make fun of this, I'll kick your ass all the way from here to San Diego and back. How about Missy? Missy Pantone. I heard that name in a movie once."
Xander bravely hid his initial laugh, and then thought about it for a minute. "That's not a bad name. It certainly doesn't match your present name and personality type. It might be a good cover. No one that knows you would think to look for someone named Missy."
Faith was kind of surprised that he agreed with her, and that he hadn't made fun of her, despite the threat.
"Yeah? That's kind of what I was thinkin'. So. Missy and Cliff Pantone. Yeah?"
Xander smiled. "Yeah."
