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Hope you all enjoy ;) Oh BTW there's (kind of?) scenes of a sexual nature near the end...Just to let you know.
Buffy glanced across at Bianca who was fidgeting slightly as they walked. She had gotten to know the other girl well enough to know that she was worried about something.
"Hey" she spoke up "Are you okay?"
Bianca nodded as she smiled softly at Buffy "I'm fine...I guess I'm just worried about Maggie"
Buffy looked slightly confused "Faith's with her. She won't let anything happen to her"
"I know" Bianca replied as she stopped and turned towards Buffy "It's just that...well I don't really think she should be around violence. Especially not right now."
Buffy nodded understandingly. She was about to reply when she was pushed roughly to the ground and pinned there by two 'uber-vamps'. Bianca stepped forward to try to help but stopped when a man stepped directly in front of her blocking her path. Her breath caught in her throat and she stumbled backwards.
"No...You're dead Michael...You...You can't..."
"Be here?" The man stepped closer to her and smiled sadistically when her breathing sped up and she stepped away "Nope, I'm here. In the flesh...Or well at least sort of"
The brunette shook her head, frozen to the spot. Michael stepped forward and grabbed her wrist stifling her scream as he placed a hand across her mouth
Buffy struggled against the hand that pinned her to the ground as she watched the man pull Bianca away. A moment later she felt a sharp pain in her temple before everything went black. When she finally woke up she found that her head was pounding and she was bleeding profusely from her temple. She grabbed her cell phone and called Faith with shaking hands.
"Faith?!" she exclaimed when the brunette answered.
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When Faith hung up she instantly dialled another number.
"Kennedy?" She asked when the phone was answered "Get to the cemetery ASAP, Buffy need's us"
Without waiting for a reply she hung up on the slayer and turned to Maggie "Come on, We have to go. Now"
Maggie hurried after Faith who with her slayer speed was much faster than her.
"Why?" She asked breathlessly "What's wrong? Has something happened to Bianca? Is she okay?"
Faith glanced at her in concern "Maggie..."
"Just tell me Faith!" Maggie exclaimed.
"Something happened...Something took Bianca..." she answered as she grabbed Maggie's hand and pulled her along, urging her to go faster.
"Oh My God" Maggie muttered as she rushed to keep up with Faith "What was it? A vampire?"
Faith shook her head "B, didn't know...but Bianca said 'you're dead Michael'"
Maggie stopped in her tracks, the air rushing out of her lungs "W...what?"
"She called him Michael" Faith repeated as she stopped and looked at Maggie concerned "Do you know him?"
Maggie nodded before she began to run towards the cemetery. Faith followed after her, wincing at the pain in her stomach "Who is he?"
Maggie slowed down slightly when she realised that she wouldn't be able to keep up that pace "He...He raped her"
Faith's eyes widened in shock. There had been nothing about this in the file "Oh My god" she reached out and grabbed Maggie's hand again squeezing it tightly and making her speed up "Come on. I'm gonna kill the bastard"
Maggie couldn't help but smile at the other girl. In the last week the slayer's had gotten really overprotective of them as tight bonds were formed.
As they rounded the corner of a mausoleum they spotted Buffy and Kennedy standing close to the door which appeared to be sealed shut.
"Hey" Faith exclaimed as she moved over to them pulling Maggie with her "What's wrong?"
"The damn door's sealed shut!" Buffy announced her frustration clear in her voice as she kicked at it "We need you to help us get in. We think Bianca's in there"
Faith nodded as she released Maggie's hand and pushed her back slightly to make sure she wasn't hit by anything. She moved to stand in front of the door, Buffy and Kennedy joining her a moment later.
"1...2...3!"
All three slayers kicked at the door at the same time causing it to cave in on itself. When the dust cleared they spotted Bianca unconscious with Michael leaning over her. He appeared to be injecting her with some sort of green fluid. Before the slayers could react, Maggie had pushed past them running at Michael and tackling him to the ground. She proceeded to punch him repetitively, giving him no chance to get up. Faith rushed over to her pulling her to her feet and away from the source of her anger.
"Maggie, Calm down you're hurting yourself" Indeed Maggie's knuckles had started to bleed heavily "Kenn?"
Kennedy rushed over to her "Yeah?"
Faith pushed Maggie gently towards Kennedy "Keep her away from him. Take her to Bianca" She gestured towards where Buffy was kneeling next to the unconscious girl.
Kennedy nodded as she pulled Maggie away from Michael and towards Bianca. Faith turned around to face the man who was now standing up, fangs bared.
"Vampire" She whispered to herself before she rushed at him knocking him backwards into the wall with a solid punch. She pulled him away from the wall and tossed him carelessly to the side further away from the others. When he got back to his feet she stood still waiting for him to attack. When he lunged at her she ducked so he flew straight into the wall.
The slayer smirked at him "Oops?"
Before he had a chance to attack again she grabbed him by the collar forcing him backwards against the wall. She then punched him across the face...once...twice...three times. She kept going feeling an intense hatred for the evil being in front of her.
She finally stopped as her arms began to ache. She looked up into the vampires cold eyes "You're damn lucky I didn't know Bianca when you were human 'cause this would have hurt a hell of a lot more back then"
She pulled her stake out but paused when the vampire spoke again "You can't save her. My work is finished"
She thrust the stake into his chest watching as he turned to dust.
"Bastard" she muttered before she returned to the others and knelt down next to Bianca.
"Maggie?" She questioned.
Maggie looked up at her. She sat holding Bianca's hand in both of hers "I think she's okay" she answered "But...I don't know what he injected her with"
Faith looked Maggie in the eyes and tilted her head to the left hinting that she wanted to talk to her in private. Maggie nodded as she stood up reluctantly releasing Bianca's hand.
"B?" Faith asked looking across at Buffy who looked up at her from where she knelt holding Bianca's hand "Can you get Bianca? I need to talk to Maggie"
Buffy nodded as she gently picked the other girl up off the floor and proceeded out of the mausoleum with her. Kennedy walked along next to her on the lookout for any vampires who might try to attack them.
Faith and Maggie waited for a moment before following them. Faith was about to speak when she noticed Maggie shaking. She stopped and pulled the other girl towards her hugging her tightly "Hey are you okay?"
Maggie nodded against Faith's shoulder as she began to tear up "I was just...really scared"
Faith pulled away to look into Maggie's eyes "Maggie, do you think he..."
Maggie shook her head "I don't think so but what was that stuff he was injecting her with?"
"I don't know" Faith sighed as they continued walking "But I'm sure as hell gonna find out"
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When they entered the house Buffy set Bianca down on the couch and Faith pulled Maggie into the kitchen before she could protest.
"Faith..."
"I need to fix your hands up Maggie"
"But..."
Faith sighed "Would it make you feel better if we did this in the living room?"
Maggie nodded and followed Faith into the living room. The dark haired slayer pushed Maggie gently onto the chair across from the couch kneeling in front of her. She proceeded to clean the cuts on the other girls' knuckles gently but decided there was no need for band aids.
"Thanks Faith" Maggie whispered as the slayer stood up.
Faith perched on the arm of the chair next to Maggie "Hey you patch me up, I patch you up"
Maggie smiled weakly up at her "Faith?"
"Yeah?" Faith responded.
"Do you think...Bianca's going to be okay?"
The slayer slung an arm across Maggie's shoulders in a half hug "I'm sure she'll be fine. B already cleaned her arm up from the injection and I'll ask Giles what she was injected with. I'm sure she'll be fine"
Maggie nodded as she got up and moved over to Bianca who had begun to stir slightly. She dropped to her knees next to the couch and took Bianca's hand.
Bianca looked up at her "Maggie?"
"Are you feeling okay?"
Bianca sat up suddenly clutching Maggie's hand tightly in fear "It was Michael!" She exclaimed "Maggie, Michael was here!"
Maggie smoothed a hand over Bianca's dark hair "He's gone now Bink" she looked over at Faith "Faith kicked his ass for you, pretty well from what I saw"
Bianca glanced over at Faith a hint of a smile playing on her lips "You did?"
Faith shrugged "Of course I did, I'm not gonna just LET him hurt you" she gestured towards Maggie "Besides I wasn't the only one kicking his ass"
Maggie blushed slightly but turned back to Bianca looking concerned "Did he hurt you at all Bianca? Did he do...anything?"
Bianca shook her head slowly "No...He didn't but...my arm hurts like hell..."
Faith stood up and moved over to the couch "Can I see?"
Bianca rolled up her sleeve and held out her arm to Faith who examined the cut carefully running her fingers over it gently. The small injection puncture had a rather sore looking bruise around it but Buffy had cleaned up all of the blood. She pressed down lightly causing Bianca to wince and Maggie to look up sharply.
"Sorry" she apologised releasing Bianca's arm "It'll probably go down in a while though. If it keeps hurting or gets worse tell me and I'll check it out okay?"
Bianca nodded "Hey, Faith?"
Faith sat on the arm of the couch next to Bianca who had sat up "Yeah?"
"I just wanted to say...um...well thanks for saving me. Again. I seriously don't know what we would have done without you guys..."
Faith smiled shrugging self consciously "It's cool. Having you guys here has been great. You've become like...family to us y'know?"
Maggie and Bianca both nodded and grinned at each other when Faith pulled them into a huge bear hug. Faith always acted tough around strangers but she had actually let her guard down around them.
Faith pulled away and coughed embarrassedly. She grinned mischievously at them "Besides the Magster keeps me entertained...Bianca this...Bianca that...It's kinda cute" she reached over and ruffled Maggie's hair earning herself a glare which quickly turned into a warm smile.
Bianca laughed and shook her head at them.
"Hey you guys should go up to bed" Faith remarked "It's getting kind of late" she glanced at Bianca "Do you need any help?"
Bianca shook her head "I'll be fine. Thanks"
Faith nodded "Well I'm gonna go see what B's up to. You know where we are if you need us."
Both Maggie and Bianca nodded.
Faith ruffled Maggie's hair one more time before she walked out of the door leaving Maggie glaring after her.
Bianca laughed at the glare Maggie was sending towards the door. She pulled her up onto the couch next to her and into her arms, kissing her on the forehead. Maggie turned to her kissing her gently on the lips.
"I missed you" she whispered.
"You did?" Bianca smiled softly "I missed you too but...y'know...we were only apart for about four hours"
"Four hours too long..." Maggie responded sweetly. She frowned suddenly "Are you sure you're okay...You're shaking"
Bianca shrugged "I guess I'm just freaked out...I mean it was HIM Maggie...The man who..."
Maggie tightened her embrace around Bianca "I know...But I swear he won't come near you again...Faith made sure of that"
Bianca relaxed into Maggie's embrace "I know. They've been great"
Maggie nodded before she stood up holding her hand out to Bianca "Maybe Faith's right. We should go to bed. You seem tired"
Bianca nodded as she took Maggie's hand and allowed herself to be pulled off the couch.
"Whoa!" She closed her eyes as the room seemed to spin around her.
"What?!" Maggie asked sounding slightly panicked as she held Bianca up "What's wrong?"
"Just kinda dizzy..." Bianca answered opening her eyes "I'll be fine"
Maggie nodded but didn't let go of the other girl as they made their way up the stairs and into the bedroom.
As they sat on the bed Bianca turned to Maggie who was watching her intently.
"What?" she smiled self consciously.
"I was just thinking..." Maggie looked away from Bianca, her hair falling around her face.
"Thinking about what?" Bianca questioned.
"I...I could have lost you tonight..." though Bianca couldn't see her eyes she could tell that Maggie was in tears.
"Hey" she said softly as she pushed Maggie's chin up and pushed her hair gently behind her ears "You won't lose me. I promise. You won't get rid of me that easily"
Maggie leaned forward and pressed her lips to Bianca's gently "I don't ever want to get rid of you. I need you with me."
Bianca wiped Maggie's tears away and took her hand. When she looked down she frowned as she noticed for the first time that Maggie's knuckles we cut and bruised. She lifted Maggie's hands to examine them.
"What happened to your hands?" she asked looking up at the dyed brunette.
Maggie shifted uncomfortably "Well...I kinda hit him. A few times. I was sort of pissed off"
Bianca smiled softly as she kissed Maggie's knuckles gently "I love you"
Maggie was about to reply to the heartfelt sentiment when Bianca leaned forward and kissed her passionately. One hand flew to the back of Bianca's neck to deepen the kiss while the other reached behind Bianca to stop the collision with the bed as they fell back onto it. As the kiss further deepened the natural brunette pulled away for air. Maggie's lips moved to her neck kissing a trail of liquid fire to her ear as she tugged at Bianca's shirt.
"Maggie?" Bianca managed to speak "Maggie...wait...stop..."
Maggie pulled back in alarm practically leaping off Bianca "What is it?"
Bianca sat up "It's just...I'm Not...I mean...It's not that I don't want to...it's just...I don't know...I'm not ready" she looked away.
Maggie ran a shaking hand through her hair before she sat on the bed next to Bianca pulling her into a warm hug "It's okay...I understand..."
Bianca looked up at her with tears in her eyes "Can you maybe just...hold me tonight?"
"Of course I will" Maggie kissed Bianca on the forehead before she slid into the bed. When she felt Bianca join her a moment later she rolled over and wrapped her arm around Bianca's waist and resting her head against Bianca's.
"I love you Bink" She whispered.
"I love you too Mags" Bianca entwined their hands where they rested on her stomach.
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Faith knocked lightly on Buffy's door.
"Come in" Buffy called from in the room.
The brunette entered the room to see Buffy in her pyjamas, her hair slightly damp.
"Hey" she said as she moved closer to the blonde.
"Hey" Buffy smiled as she turned to face her.
"You're hurt" Faith remarked when she saw the cut on Buffy's temple. She hadn't noticed it before because the blonde's hair had covered it up.
"So are you" Buffy moved her finger lightly over Faith's cut lip
Faith smiled softly at her "It's only a few cuts and bruises"
"A few?" Buffy frowned "Where else are you hurt?"
"I'm Okay" the brunette reassured her "Maggie fixed me up"
"So you're okay?" Buffy asked.
"I'm fine" Faith smiled. She touched Buffy's temple lightly "But you're not. So you need to let me see"
Buffy nodded as she sat on her bed. Faith sat next to her and placed a hand on Buffy's cheek as she examined the wound "It's not too bad. I'll just grab a bandage"
She reached across and took a sticky bandage out of Buffy's bedside cabinet. She pressed the bandage to Buffy's head lightly before letting go of it.
"Faith?" Buffy asked.
"Yeah?"
"Would you uh...Mind staying in here tonight? I don't really want to be alone"
Faith nodded as she smiled gently at Buffy and reached over to squeeze her hand "Sure I will"
When they both settled in the bed Faith turned over and faced Buffy "B?" She whispered "You awake?"
"Yeah" Buffy responded facing her "What's up?"
"I'm Worried about Bianca" Faith confessed "Whatever that guy injected her with can't be good"
Buffy took Faith's hand in her own interlacing their fingers "I know" she answered "But I'm sure Giles will be able to figure it out"
Faith nodded as they fell silent once again both caught up in their own worried thoughts. They fell asleep not noticing that they still held each other's hand tightly.
TBC
