Buffy screamed Faith's name over and over but the dark slayer didn't respond. "FAITH Please no! YOU CANT DIE!" Tears ran down the blonde slayers cheeks as she held the brunette close to her chest. As she held her lover time seemed to stop around them both, Buffy was in shock, she knew what she had to do but she couldn't move to do it.

Suddenly Buffy heard another gunshot, she ducked down to the floor with Faith still close to her and looked to were the sound had come from. She narrowed her eyes and saw a black figure looking down at her. "COME DOWN HERE AND BE A MAN!" Buffy screamed. Whoever the person was ignored her and tried taking another shot. Buffy picked up the brunette slayer and placed her over her shoulder whilst running as fast as she possibly could.

"HELP! PLEASE!" Buffy shouted over to paramedics as she made her way into the hospital entrance. "Please, she's been shot! She...please don't let her die...!" Buffy stuttered and began to cry even more. A male paramedic pulled Faith from Buffy's arms and placed her on a nearby hospital bed.

"What happened miss?" the paramedic asked the blonde slayer.

Buffy was spaced out and in complete shock but managed to finally speak."There was a man, he had a gun, he shot her and he tried to shoot me but I didn't see his face...please help her!"

The paramedic nodded and called over assistance and pushed the hospital bed through the doors and down the main corridor taking Faith to intensive care. "Miss, are you family?" another paramedic asked.

"She's my partner" Buffy replied.

"I see, I have to ask for you to wait in the nearby waiting room whilst we do our job, can I ask her name? Her parents contact details? Do you know her next of kin?" the paramedic asked.

Buffy swallowed hard. "Faith Lehane, her parents are...there not around any more and her next of kin? Why do you need to know that? She's not gonna die! She cant! You cant let her die!" Buffy felt more tears run down her face.

"Its just precaution, we have to ask" The paramedic turned to the others and shouted. "I need two more paramedics down to the intensive care unit!" Buffy couldn't concentrate as she watched Faith disappear into a ward with a number of paramedics around her. "Faith!" Buffy shouted after her but the paramedic pulled her back. "Please let us do our job! And the next of kin please?" the paramedic repeated.

Buffy nodded. "Erm...I guess it would be her father I don't know if he is still around...she doesn't really talk about her past...I...I'm sorry"

The paramedic nodded and put his hand up to Buffy. "That's ok! Don't worry about it! Now please miss, the best thing you can do now is wait whilst we operate on Miss Lehane. Is there someone you can call?"

Buffy looked down at the floor and nodded. "Erm...I think so...maybe" she replied walking away from the paramedic and into the waiting room. She sat down on a nearby chair and placed her head in her hands beginning to sob to herself. What if Faith didn't make it? How could she live her life without the brunette? Why was their new happiness destroyed almost instantly by others?

Buffy tired herself out from crying and eventually fell asleep in the waiting room across two chairs. She dreamt about the demons running after her and Faith once again seeing Faith being killed infront of her once again. She bolted up on the chairs she had been lying on and looked around. She looked up at a nearby clock almost three hours had gone by since she had brought Faith in and Buffy was still left oblivious to what was going on around her. She decided to get some fresh air, she walked through the hospital entrance doors and walked around the corner to be by herself, suddenly she was grabbed and thrown down the floor. She looked up to see the dark figure staring down at her, the same figure that was shooting at her earlier on. This time she could see the face.

An enemy she never expected to see...A vampire.

"Hello cutie, you missed me?"

Spike...+