Title: What if?
Author: Faith, Faith_Dru@lycos.com
Disclaimer: BtVS and AtS both belong to Joss Whedon. The only thing that belongs to me is the story idea
Distribution: Ask and you shall receive
Rating: PG..pretty clean
Pairing: don't know maybe F/A
Season/Spoilers: This is set after Faith kills that man but before she gets involved with working with the Mayor and before the counsel puts their ugly noses into the situation. Everything up to that point is the same...however Angel's the one that talks to Faith not Buffy. Also no B/A...'cause I don't like them together but they are friends.
Summary: What if Angel had gotten through to Faith?
Author's Notes: Thoughts, ^ Places^
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^ At the Mansion ^
"Faith, you know you don't have to be this way." Angel said pacing around in front of her.
Faith was chained up and trying hard not to listen to Angel. Come on Faith, you know that he's got a point said her better half that she was also trying not to listen to.
"There is a better way."
"What? To be like Buffy, no thank you. I love being a slayer but I didn't ask for this." She replied with total emotion and hatred.
"Did I say anything about being like Buffy? We want you to be the best Faith that you can be. Actually, let me rephrase that...I want you to be who you are...not who you've become after a slight accident."
"Oh, come on, Angel! You've killed men, women, and children...surely you know the rush and...."
"Confusion?" Angel finished. When Faith looked up at him...she saw a person that actually cares. Like her old watcher. Maybe he does know what he's talking about.
"The confusion that comes when your mind, soul, and conscience realizes what you've done. Being a slayer means taking a sacrifice to protect people from the creatures of the night. Once you use your skills to kill the person that you're protecting it does something to your mind, it makes you temporarily insane....but if you let me help you, and you can become yourself again. Please, let me help you." Angel spoke with a softness with a light power or knowledge to his words.
"If I go back to the regular Faith, everyone will go back to treating me like a nobody. Now, people actually care what I do. They're mostly worried about what I'll do to them or someone they care about. I've never had anyone that cares about me, like Giles does for Buffy. Maybe that's why I'm so different then everyone else." Faith said trying to explain the way she felt about everything wrong in her life.
"I care about you. I know about you're watcher. I know about Gwendolyn Post and how she misused your trust. I'm just asking you to put your trust is someone that will never change." Angel bluntly said without thinking.
"How do I know that you wont betray me, or forget about me, to run to Buffy when this is all over." She started but then finished with, "how can I trust you, you're a vampire and I'm the slayer?"
"True, you are the slayer but you have to trust someone you can't keep running?" Angel retorted.
Faith stayed quiet for a moment like she was thinking, but she couldn't think of anything except how she felt being the slayer. If she were to trust him it would be like being Buffy. "If you care so much about me, why am I chained up?"
"I know that you'll try to run. But also because I know how you're feeling. When you think you're doing the right thing but you're only hurting yourself. Not trusting hurts you more than it does anyone else. I want you to put your feelings of doubt behind you and try to trust me. Please let me help you." He asked, looking at her reaction as he said his feelings towards her.
Faith didn't know what to think or what to say. Deep down she knew that Angel knew what he was talking about...but for now she didn't want to believe it.
"Think about it, Faith. Did you want anything before I go??" Angel asked, before turning away. When she didn't say anything, he replied "okay, I'll be in the next room if you need me." He turned and walked from the room hoping that he wasn't walking away to soon. I can't force her to believe me, or to even trust me. But I will show her that there are other ways to live.
^ At Sunnydale High ^
"Mr. Giles, I insist you tell me where my slayer is." Wesley said, annoyed with Giles for not telling him what he wanted to know.
"Wesley, I'm afraid I do not know where your slayer is." Giles said calmly, fighting the urge to hit him for his stupidity. "She's been missing for days, so she's probably skipped town." That got him thinking. I just hope Angel can reach the slayer before it's too late for her.
"Giles! Oh, hi, Wesley. I need to talk to you, Giles." Buffy said after walking up to the two men that were standing in the library.
"Whatever you have to say to Mr. Giles you can say to me to, Buffy. After all, I am your watcher." Wesley said turning to face the blonde slayer.
"Actually, Giles, all I needed to do was turn in the late book." She said, partly annoyed with the stuffy watcher, luckily she wrote Giles a note and placed it in the book. "It was very interesting, and a very big help."
"Very good, Buffy. I'm glad that you liked it." He said, taking the book and opening it up to find the note. Shutting the book he nodded and excused himself briefly to 'take' the book to the counter.
"Buffy, any news about Faith?" He asked, wondering if she'd tell him anything.
"Nope. I haven't seen her in a few days. Probably skipped town, knowing her." Buffy said, enjoying the fact that Wesley was getting fed up because he wasn't getting anywhere.
"Why do I get the feeling you both are hiding something. You do realize that I have to take Faith back to England to stand trial for the crimes that she's committed." Wesley reminded them.
"We know, Wesley. But we don't know where she's at." Buffy stated, but was surprised to see another counsel man come into the library.
"Mr. Pryce we have a lead on the slayer. She's at the mansion on top of the hill." The man said.
"Excellent, we shall leave at once. Are you coming, Buffy??" Wesley said, on his way out the door.
Buffy looked over at Giles when he nodded she headed towards the door. When she left he picked up the phone and called Angel.
^ At the Mansion ^
"What?!?!? They're coming here. Thanks for the warning. I'm leaving with her now. Thanks again, Giles. I owe you. Bye." He hung up the phone and walked into the other room where Faith was and unlocked the chains.
"What are you doing?" Faith asked, confused at why he was letting her go.
"The counsel's on their way here to take you to England. I'm going to protect you because I know that you can look past this and become a better person." Angel stated, taking her hand and going towards the car when someone started knocking on the door.
Buffy knowing that Angel would take care of her, kept the counsel busy inside the house as Angel quietly drove off. "Doesn't look like anyone's here. Are you sure your source was correct?" Buffy asked, not really caring but pretended that she did care.
"I'm sure they said the mansion, this mansion." Said the man who said he was Mr. O'Connor. "I'll check my source again." He said, hurrying out of the room.
"Do you sense any presence, Buffy?" Wesley asked, focusing his attention on his current slayer.
She looked thoughtful but replied, "the place is clean. No vampire here."
He looked into her eyes and knew that she wasn't lying. "Alright than, go patrol and if you find anything interesting, I'll be at the library with Giles."
"Yes, sir." She said, with a mock salute. She turned on her heels and walked away leaving a baffled watcher behind. She walked to a pay phone and dialed the number to the library. "Hey, Giles." Pause, "yep, all is good in the land of Buffy." Pause, "Wesley's going to come back to the library so heads up." Finally, "Okay, see you tomorrow. Bye." When she hung up the phone she felt a familiar presence.
"Ms. Summers, I do believe you're hiding something from me. If you don't produce Faith, the counsel will take you in her place. Are you prepared for that?" Wesley said, stepping out of the darkness.
She thought for a moment and said, "I don't know where she is, Wesley."
"You're a stubborn girl, did you know that?" He commented, looking at her and his companion.
"My mother and Giles tell me that all the time. But seriously, I don't know where she is. For all I know she could be back where she came from." She said, walking towards them.
"Fine, have it your way. Buffy, by the counsel's order you are hereby under arrest for the crimes of said Faith. We will be taking you back to England to stand trial in her place." Wesley said while his companion put handcuffs over her thin wrists.
TBC
Author: Faith, Faith_Dru@lycos.com
Disclaimer: BtVS and AtS both belong to Joss Whedon. The only thing that belongs to me is the story idea
Distribution: Ask and you shall receive
Rating: PG..pretty clean
Pairing: don't know maybe F/A
Season/Spoilers: This is set after Faith kills that man but before she gets involved with working with the Mayor and before the counsel puts their ugly noses into the situation. Everything up to that point is the same...however Angel's the one that talks to Faith not Buffy. Also no B/A...'cause I don't like them together but they are friends.
Summary: What if Angel had gotten through to Faith?
Author's Notes: Thoughts, ^ Places^
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^ At the Mansion ^
"Faith, you know you don't have to be this way." Angel said pacing around in front of her.
Faith was chained up and trying hard not to listen to Angel. Come on Faith, you know that he's got a point said her better half that she was also trying not to listen to.
"There is a better way."
"What? To be like Buffy, no thank you. I love being a slayer but I didn't ask for this." She replied with total emotion and hatred.
"Did I say anything about being like Buffy? We want you to be the best Faith that you can be. Actually, let me rephrase that...I want you to be who you are...not who you've become after a slight accident."
"Oh, come on, Angel! You've killed men, women, and children...surely you know the rush and...."
"Confusion?" Angel finished. When Faith looked up at him...she saw a person that actually cares. Like her old watcher. Maybe he does know what he's talking about.
"The confusion that comes when your mind, soul, and conscience realizes what you've done. Being a slayer means taking a sacrifice to protect people from the creatures of the night. Once you use your skills to kill the person that you're protecting it does something to your mind, it makes you temporarily insane....but if you let me help you, and you can become yourself again. Please, let me help you." Angel spoke with a softness with a light power or knowledge to his words.
"If I go back to the regular Faith, everyone will go back to treating me like a nobody. Now, people actually care what I do. They're mostly worried about what I'll do to them or someone they care about. I've never had anyone that cares about me, like Giles does for Buffy. Maybe that's why I'm so different then everyone else." Faith said trying to explain the way she felt about everything wrong in her life.
"I care about you. I know about you're watcher. I know about Gwendolyn Post and how she misused your trust. I'm just asking you to put your trust is someone that will never change." Angel bluntly said without thinking.
"How do I know that you wont betray me, or forget about me, to run to Buffy when this is all over." She started but then finished with, "how can I trust you, you're a vampire and I'm the slayer?"
"True, you are the slayer but you have to trust someone you can't keep running?" Angel retorted.
Faith stayed quiet for a moment like she was thinking, but she couldn't think of anything except how she felt being the slayer. If she were to trust him it would be like being Buffy. "If you care so much about me, why am I chained up?"
"I know that you'll try to run. But also because I know how you're feeling. When you think you're doing the right thing but you're only hurting yourself. Not trusting hurts you more than it does anyone else. I want you to put your feelings of doubt behind you and try to trust me. Please let me help you." He asked, looking at her reaction as he said his feelings towards her.
Faith didn't know what to think or what to say. Deep down she knew that Angel knew what he was talking about...but for now she didn't want to believe it.
"Think about it, Faith. Did you want anything before I go??" Angel asked, before turning away. When she didn't say anything, he replied "okay, I'll be in the next room if you need me." He turned and walked from the room hoping that he wasn't walking away to soon. I can't force her to believe me, or to even trust me. But I will show her that there are other ways to live.
^ At Sunnydale High ^
"Mr. Giles, I insist you tell me where my slayer is." Wesley said, annoyed with Giles for not telling him what he wanted to know.
"Wesley, I'm afraid I do not know where your slayer is." Giles said calmly, fighting the urge to hit him for his stupidity. "She's been missing for days, so she's probably skipped town." That got him thinking. I just hope Angel can reach the slayer before it's too late for her.
"Giles! Oh, hi, Wesley. I need to talk to you, Giles." Buffy said after walking up to the two men that were standing in the library.
"Whatever you have to say to Mr. Giles you can say to me to, Buffy. After all, I am your watcher." Wesley said turning to face the blonde slayer.
"Actually, Giles, all I needed to do was turn in the late book." She said, partly annoyed with the stuffy watcher, luckily she wrote Giles a note and placed it in the book. "It was very interesting, and a very big help."
"Very good, Buffy. I'm glad that you liked it." He said, taking the book and opening it up to find the note. Shutting the book he nodded and excused himself briefly to 'take' the book to the counter.
"Buffy, any news about Faith?" He asked, wondering if she'd tell him anything.
"Nope. I haven't seen her in a few days. Probably skipped town, knowing her." Buffy said, enjoying the fact that Wesley was getting fed up because he wasn't getting anywhere.
"Why do I get the feeling you both are hiding something. You do realize that I have to take Faith back to England to stand trial for the crimes that she's committed." Wesley reminded them.
"We know, Wesley. But we don't know where she's at." Buffy stated, but was surprised to see another counsel man come into the library.
"Mr. Pryce we have a lead on the slayer. She's at the mansion on top of the hill." The man said.
"Excellent, we shall leave at once. Are you coming, Buffy??" Wesley said, on his way out the door.
Buffy looked over at Giles when he nodded she headed towards the door. When she left he picked up the phone and called Angel.
^ At the Mansion ^
"What?!?!? They're coming here. Thanks for the warning. I'm leaving with her now. Thanks again, Giles. I owe you. Bye." He hung up the phone and walked into the other room where Faith was and unlocked the chains.
"What are you doing?" Faith asked, confused at why he was letting her go.
"The counsel's on their way here to take you to England. I'm going to protect you because I know that you can look past this and become a better person." Angel stated, taking her hand and going towards the car when someone started knocking on the door.
Buffy knowing that Angel would take care of her, kept the counsel busy inside the house as Angel quietly drove off. "Doesn't look like anyone's here. Are you sure your source was correct?" Buffy asked, not really caring but pretended that she did care.
"I'm sure they said the mansion, this mansion." Said the man who said he was Mr. O'Connor. "I'll check my source again." He said, hurrying out of the room.
"Do you sense any presence, Buffy?" Wesley asked, focusing his attention on his current slayer.
She looked thoughtful but replied, "the place is clean. No vampire here."
He looked into her eyes and knew that she wasn't lying. "Alright than, go patrol and if you find anything interesting, I'll be at the library with Giles."
"Yes, sir." She said, with a mock salute. She turned on her heels and walked away leaving a baffled watcher behind. She walked to a pay phone and dialed the number to the library. "Hey, Giles." Pause, "yep, all is good in the land of Buffy." Pause, "Wesley's going to come back to the library so heads up." Finally, "Okay, see you tomorrow. Bye." When she hung up the phone she felt a familiar presence.
"Ms. Summers, I do believe you're hiding something from me. If you don't produce Faith, the counsel will take you in her place. Are you prepared for that?" Wesley said, stepping out of the darkness.
She thought for a moment and said, "I don't know where she is, Wesley."
"You're a stubborn girl, did you know that?" He commented, looking at her and his companion.
"My mother and Giles tell me that all the time. But seriously, I don't know where she is. For all I know she could be back where she came from." She said, walking towards them.
"Fine, have it your way. Buffy, by the counsel's order you are hereby under arrest for the crimes of said Faith. We will be taking you back to England to stand trial in her place." Wesley said while his companion put handcuffs over her thin wrists.
TBC