AN: ok, got another chapter up, thanks to AR -Erithius- for the reviews and for fav authoring me, it is a real honor and I will try to be worthy of it, also thanks to chase for the review oh and in case it is not clear, Tig is Faith's name for David, who used the fake name Beau Rassberry
NO ONEs POV
"DAWN" B gasps out as Dawn and Lady Kelly enter though this big black door.
"My apologies for disturbing you master, however I doubted that you would be kind to me if I prevented Dawn from seeing her sister, as you have always stressed the importance of family."
Tig sits there shocked for a second before laughing and saying "only you Kelllly, only you would remember that amid all this"
He then sends telepathically "and of course this has nothing to do with the fact that you are jonesing for Dawn's affections."
Lady Kelly smiles and projects "ok a who said that I liked Dawn. b from what she told me about the two of them she'd be your sister-in-law did you prefer that I let her suffer?"to the top of her mind knowing that David would be able to read it easily despite her defences.
"No one said a thing I could feel it when you first met her, and it has only grown stronger. fair warning she is not human."
"Do you think so little of me that you think that matters"
"No lass, in fact I am quite impressed with you, but I thought you should know what you are getting into"
"Thank you, I am touched by your concern but I can handle myself"
"As you wish"
As David and Lady Kelly are talking Buffy and Dawn are getting reacquainted
"God Dawny, it is so good to see you, how have you been, how is every one?" Buffy babbles as she cries completely overwhelmed my her emotions, Faith as a brother type person and Dawn is here, actually here and is happy to see her.
Dawn chokes up, then rears back and tackles Buffy with a huge bear hug "oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. It's really you, god I have missed you so much, I soooo sorry but the others they over ruled me and are hunting you and they won't listen to me at all about how you guys aren't a threat at all." she babbles "Every one is good, oh and Willow just brought Tara back, but it is ok Tara asked to be brought back cause she missed Willow so much and they share control of the magic department, Xander is making his way through the new slayers, he is in charge of all the staff type people, they haven't found Anya I heaven yet so I don't know about her. Giles is over all head of the council, but mainly deals with upper level decisions and research. I'm the head of relations, and do a lot of firefighting when arguments break out. angel and his crew have joined us, Illyria is a demon that possessed Fred, she is head of research. Wesley is the head of the Watchers, he has really changed, Gunn is head of the Legal department, both the council's and Wolfram & Hart's L.A. branch. Cordelia is on the council as well, don't know what her job is really, she's also a lot different from what I remember, she is the only person I know to be more human after becoming part demon Angel is running the L.A. branch of Wolfram & Hart, they are our major allies, Spike is with them as well."
"Whoa Dusk breathe" Faith says with a smile "you were channelling Red for a bit there, I mean you went on for another three words and you'd turn bluer then a smurf"
"FAITH" Dawn screeches before pulling her into a unrepentant hug full of the warmth that had once been so rare in Faith's life.
"Damn it's good to see you Dusk, you have a boyfriend I need to terrorize?"
"Nope, besides who says it has to be a boy?"
"Damn I'd say it was something in the water but it's Sunnyhell's been gone for a while now. How long are you going to be here?"
"Open ended, I am in negotiations with Beau on a treaty joining his group with the new council, all the signs"
David interrupts "By that she means Kelly" Lady Kelly blushes and starts to protest
Dawn shoots him a look "Maybe, but as I was saying the signs state that the odds of it happening are less then stellar"
Faith turns and arches her eyebrow at Tig, "Lets see I'm thinking, no way in hell while they are hunting the two of you, and the odds aren't great even after that, I don't have enough faith in their self control to risk merging a largely paranormal army with a group of human fanatics and slayers. But you personally, your are welcome anytime, and I will deal with case by case stuff, which I'll admit I am much more open to, as they come up."
"Thank you, and since you confirmed what I believed then I have an excuse in that I am trying to change your mind on how closed minded we are, and by that, I mean catching up with my sister and Faith."
Lady Kelly frowns saddened that she is not apart of Dawn's plans
Faith notices and says, "Lady Kelly should be their to, you know for appearances at least"
Dawn blushes and goes "of course! cause willow could like check into or Tara could wonder whether I was actually doing my job cause they kind of know I disagree and she is sort of with me on the fact that you guys aren't evil soulless monsters
"Dawnie, we are soulless, just not monsters"
"but then, you don't kill people,wh-why" Dawn says suddenly worried
"Simple Dusk the Slayer is still a part of us, it says save the stupid couple walking through the deserted park for a short cut, instead of the nice lit path. We don't need to feed on people so we don't, which honestly has more to do with avoiding trouble then morality, sorry little D."
"It's ok, you can't change who you are, and Tara she could do the resouling spell."
Buffy interrupts "ummm, no Dawnie, I really would rather not, I have done things the soul really wouldn't like, and I'd need to be re-souled all the time, me and Faith are, ummm well we... Faith help"
"We fuck like rabbits"
"FAITH!!!"
"What? It's the truth," she turns and looks Dawn in the eye "but we also love each other, more then anything little D, so your spell would be little short of torture"
Dawn begining to reconize the seriousness of her mistake is deeply regreting bringing it up. "I'm so sorry, I didn't think, I just wanted them to except you guys, I want you in my life"
Faith noticing that their as been soft music through out their talk asks "Hey Tig what's with the music"
David responds "It is their to help keep me calm, my people have problems with anger management and too much power, wrecking this place because the computer beat me at chess is just kind of counter-productive, lass, yep just a wee bit counter-productive."
Faith laughs out, "I can see where that could be a problem, damn man I knew you had a temper but is it really that bad"
David smiles sadly, "It's worse Sass, my kind have a serious flaw in the design, we have more power then we really are set up to handle, it is mentally corrosive, for all our power we are doomed to madness, but that will take place in the distant future, it is doubtful even the two of you will still be around by then, well as long as I'm careful, and thus the music, my elder kin have found that it sooths the beast with-in."
Faith's POV
I can't imagine what Tig must be going through, knowing that no matter what you do that you will go mad, and that is just what he is willing to share, knowing him he held something back, he ever gave bad news up all at once I always had to pull it out of him. damn seeing him and Dusk again is really something else, and brat is definitely all woman sized now, I mean dang she's gone from a little cutie to a raging hottie. and she's into girls now, that has possibilities, but first I'll need to sound B out, I mean we've brought in others to play with before, but this, this would be a whole new level of hotness, I mean a Summers sandwich, sweet. I wonder if Dawn is a submissive "Hey Tig question, do you mind if we shack up here for a while?"
Tig "Sass, don't be any dumber then then you have to be, of course your staying here."
and with that out of the way we get to the process of bringing our little family and Lady Kelly up to speed on our adventures.
AN: sorry about this one being so short but as always I will be editing and expanding chapters to improve the story. the music for Tig in this chapter is Devil Inside, by Utada, Gabriella Cilmi - Save the lies, Kaci Battaglia - Crazy Possessive, and Love/Hate/Passion/Energy.