Beta: I can not even begin to thank my lovely, wonderful beta Nathy Faithy without whom I promise there would not be new chapters. My dear friend thank you so much for not only being a wonderful, helpful beta reader, but most of all for letting me bounce ideas off you and brainstorming with me. Your advice and insights mean so much!

A/N : This chapter will continue the process of answering the questions put to me by Nathy Faithy and Princess Lena aka Lady Kittuna

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While Leo was making his offer to Dawn and Spike things were happening all over the world. The quiet within the walls of the Hyperion was just an illusion. So many things were changing, so quickly and even though the earth and the powers guarding it had known this time was coming the people who would be most effected on a personal level were in for many surprises. The future was changing breathe by breathe. Evil had played its hand and good had seen through their games. Now was the time for the truth to come out.

A & B

Everything had happened so quickly between her release and the Scooby gang's arrival that Faith wasn't quite sure how she'd ended up sharing a room with Dru, but oddly enough the former slayer found it comforting. After far too many sleepless nights in prison with no one to watch her back it was strangely comforting to have the vampiress watching her back. Who woulda thunk I'd be thankful to have a vamp watchin' my six? Hell I used a stake first … want, take, have. Now, havin' D here with me just feels right.

Faith sat with her back propped up against the headboard on one bed. One leg was stretched out and the other was pulled up with her foot flat on the bed, her arm draped around her raised knee. "You know D, I don't get why the basement bitch faked being pregnant? I mean what was she gonna get from it? Why the Hell would ya do that and where the fuck was she gonna get a kid from when the time came?" The dark haired slayer couldn't wrap her head around the point of pretending to be pregnant with a vampire's child, especially Angel's. It just didn't make sense.

Since they started rooming together Dru had begun letting her guard down around Faith and as her comfort grew so it seemed her sanity improved. Nearly two centuries worth of visions had created quite a wealth of knowledge in the seer turned vampire and the truth is she was bursting inside with the desire to share what she knew but, it wasn't time to tell everyone. Finally unable to keep her secrets any longer the pale woman bounced down on the bed next to Faith. "I'll tell you what I've seen, but the spirits aren't ready for everyone to know yet. This must stay with us for now, alright?" Dru said growing more and more giddy with the prospect of sharing these secrets.

The idea of keeping secrets didn't sit well with Faith, but when she thought about what the other woman had said she decided worst case scenario she'd break her word. "Alright, D as long as no gets hurt I'll keep my trap shut for now."

"Oh, the others will know soon, but other things must happen first. Good things … very good things."

"Then we're five by five. Do you know what the bitch was after playing at being knocked up by the big guy?" Faith asked truly frustrated with her own confusion and wondering why no one else had bothered to ask about it during the meeting downstairs. She was even more puzzled when she realized that the questions hadn't seemed that important at all earlier.

Dru was bubbling over with excitement as she began to share her secrets. "You've heard the story of the serpent tempting Adam and Eve." Faith rolled her eyes and nodded for Dru to continue. "Alright, well there is more to the story than most know Grandmamma was a scholar as well as a Seer, she studied Ancient texts including religious books. The serpent was a shape taken by Lucifer who before he was cast out of the Heavens was actually one of the most honoured angels. He was the angel of music in the heavens, but he began to think he was as important as God and so he was cast out of the heavens. Hell is his attempt at creating his own heavens."

Faith shuddered "Wicked creepy D, but what's with the Sunday school lesson?"

"Everywhere you look there is a story of how good and evil came to be, but that's one of the first ones about the bargain made by good and evil. The god of the heavens gave Lucifer, his cast off angel a chance to tempt his creations into the world of darkness. Evil is always trying to find a way to tempt those who do good. To keep things in check each side is allowed to tempt the other and we have free will to choose. One of the things Daddy has always coveted is a family. The Council of spineless Watchers and the Wolf, the Ram and the Hart were trying to tempt him by giving him his dream."

"That's why the bitch was always trying to get the blood of children. Get the big guy to slip and let her have human blood … hurt someone, especially a child and then he's evil's boy toy again like Angelus." The slayer mused out loud knowing that she had the gist of the plan when Dru started nodding. "But what do the Council and Wolfram and Hart have to do with it?"

"The Council and the Wolf, Ram, & Hart have been secretly working together for centuries. The Council craves power and control"

"And the fucked up lawyers know how to get it. I got ya D. So what makes now so big?"

"Destiny." The vampiress said simply.

"Not sure I follow, but I have a feelin' I need to let that slide for now. Got one more question. What the Hell is up with the bugs and decay thing they got going in the basement? That's some nasty ass shit."

"Oh Holtz and Darla are here because of corrupted Earth magic, as the magic breaks down so do they."

"Red brought B back from the grave. Nothin' bad is gonna happen to B right?" Faith's chest squeezed painfully with concern for her sister slayer.

"No. Sunshine is fine she was meant to be, not a lie like those things." Dru said flicking her hand toward the basement.

Faith nodded and slumped back against the pillows. "Damn, that's a lotta shit to take in. I'm gonna catch some z's while I can."

Dru moved to her bed and slumped down as well. Rest was a good idea. Although Dru wanted to curl up in Faith's arms she wasn't sure she'd be welcome. While the two had grown more affectionate it largely happened without conscious thought. Even though both drew comfort from the connection they hadn't taken the time to sort out what it truly meant. There was a lot to discuss, but it could wait for now. Before long both Drusilla and Faith were fast asleep.