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Here we are with Chapter 2. This one's just unrelated filler which shall cover the duration of 'Ground State'. Thank you to Brainstorm Sorcerer for some suggestions.

Though while filler, it is good setup for both the rest of Angel Season 4, and also Buffy Season 7.

Chapter 2- What to do?

New York City

Matt returned home, sharing a kiss with Faith as she asked. "So, Angel's fine now, right?"

"Yeah", Matt nodded, having told her over the phone where she had also talked to Angel, though he sounded weakened, but that was understandable considering what he had gone through. "He needs to nourish himself with more blood for the time being, but he will be good in a bit."

Faith nodded, sighing in relief that her best friend would be fine after all, and then she asked. "And there's nothing about Cordelia, right?"

"No", Matt shook his head grimly. "We know nothing, other than some higher being took her away, we don't even know what for, bad, or not so bad."

"And Strange can't help because of the Nightmare guy", Faith noted and Matt nodded.

"Yeah, he can't help because of Nightmare", Matt said with a sigh as he sat down. "So it is up to us to find Cordelia. Angel and his team are going to be on it once Angel's fully healthy again, hope they have more luck than I did in that department, since I went to the area where her car was found, but got nothing."

"Well, she's not in this Dimension so I don't think much would be found", Faith sighed, and they sat silently for a few minutes, thinking about the whole thing and wondering where it could go from there.

"Well, until we get something, I guess its best to live our lives normally, as normal as they are, Cordy would want us to", Matt finally told Faith.

"Yeah", Faith nodded, not disagreeing with Matt one bit, because the high school bitch persona of Cordelia was just a front now, and behind it, she cared for other people a lot more than she cared for herself. "In that case, I think I should find a job or something, don't you think? And I don't need to be your secretary, Karen's got a handle on that, two secretaries would just overstuff it all, don't you think?"

"Yeah, not wrong about that, 2 secretaries would be too much, so, what do you think?" Matt asked, and Faith thought about it.

"Well, being a vigilante, I'm doing analytical thinking more, so now its not just fighting and staking, I use my brain, think stuff, and plan accordingly, maybe my mind's skills can come in handy somewhere", Faith suggested.

Matt thought about it for a few seconds and asked. "You wanna be a PI or something? I imagine you would have good detective skills. Maybe you should work with Jessica or something?"

"Let's see….." Faith wondered as both of them thought about what could happen in a scenario such as the one Matt had just mentioned.

"So, what's your problem?" Faith asked the woman who had just arrived.

"My dog went missing", the woman told the two of them. "I think aliens took it."

"Good God woman, get out of here!" Jessica snapped, annoyed by her story. Clients with silly alien stories always annoyed her.

The woman gasped at Jessica's rudeness.

"Maybe they did take it though", Faith suggested, trying to be reasonable. "I mean, we do know aliens exist."

"And what would they want with a fucking dog?" Jessica then asked Faith.

"Well, maybe the dog's just missing and she thinks aliens took it", Faith suggested. "Either way, we should help her."

"I don't help clients with shitty stories", Jessica shrugged as she took a sip from her flask.

"I'm saying there's a grain of truth in the story", Faith pointed out.

"Peck it out yourself", Jessica said, now getting into Faith's face. "Don't make me run on a goose chase."

"Oh yeah? And you call yourself a PI", Faith snarled, getting into Jessica's face, as the woman just sighed and walked off, saddened.

"Yeah, not a good idea", Matt said and both nodded in agreement.

"Yep, let's just leave it at that", Faith said too, agreeing with Matt there.

"So, what else do you want to do?" Matt asked.

"Well, I could work in Luke's club", Faith suggested. "Not sure I'd like to be a waitress or bartender though, you know how things can go wrong there….."

Faith made a drink and handed it over to the guy. "Here."

"Thank you", he said before walking off, and then another arrived, looking her up and down.

"Can I help you?" Faith asked, though she already didn't like the look he was giving her. She had seen it on many men. "You want a drink?"

"Yes, I want to drink you", the man said with a lecherous smile, infuriating Faith, though she was going to control herself right now.

"I'm sorry, I'm not on the menu", Faith said in a forced polite tone, only for the man to reach over the counter and grab her arm.

"I heard this place gives the best service, don't deny me what I want", he said.

Faith grabbed his arm, twisting it, making him scream in pain, and then decked his face, sending him falling to the ground as all attention was attracted to them now.

"Psycho bitch!" The man screamed, pointing at her. "The bitch attacked me!"

Before Faith could say anything, various people now raised their guns here and there to fight, as the man was part of a gang.

"Sweet Christmas!" Luke groaned at things getting this out of hand while Faith sighed.

"Yeah, very wrong, very, very wrong", Faith finally told Matt. "And you know I don't do diplomacy well, no matter what my state of mind is."

"Can't disagree there either", Matt said with a sigh. "So, what do you think you should do?"

"I think we can figure it out together, hopefully", Faith said and Matt nodded, the two kissing each other on the lips before walking off to do their part of the work in the house, and at night, they would go out as vigilantes again to take out crime in the city.

Night time

Matt and Faith jumped down between the thugs, and before they could raise their guns, Matt hurled his Billy club, disarming one, while Faith kicked the table, hitting them as they fell down, now all of them disarmed.

As the thugs tried to get up, Matt grabbed one's arm and twisted it before elbowing him out while Faith flipped another down and kicked him away into another, taking down both of them quite easily.

Matt flipped to avoid another one trying to strike him from behind and ended up behind him, giving him a push kick which sent him staggering forwards, and then Matt spin kicked his head, taking him out easily.

Faith spun and elbowed one thug in the gut, taking him out, then raised her foot, kicking another right on the throat as he was taken out too, and then grabbed another by the head and threw him off into a corner as he was taken out as well.

One managed to take out his gun but Matt flipped and kicked it out of his hand into the air, and then leapt and kicked him hard on the head, taking him down as well.

He was the last one that the two of them had taken out together here, and then Faith asked. "Maybe I can be a fight trainer, what do you think about that?"

"Oh yeah, how could we not realize it? Plus, Colleen reopened her dojo a while ago, I think she can have you around", Matt suggested, and Faith nodded at that.

Next day

"Well, work hours are flexible, it can be whenever you are free to go", Colleen shrugged. "And when you want, we can begin it, not to worry, the place is new, its not going to run smoothly yet."

"I'll take it", Faith said firmly.

"All right", Colleen said as she held out her hand. "We're in business, and there's nothing legally binding, if you want to leave, you are free to do so."

"Thanks", Faith smiled as she held out her hand and shook it with Colleen.

Later

"Well, that went well", Faith told Matt as they ate lunch together. "Now I have a job, hell yeah!"

"Congratulations", Matt said as both of them smiled at each other, and then ate in silence for a while, at least now one mess had been solved.

"I think I should do something more though", Faith then said.

"Like, more than one job at once?" Matt asked.

"No, I meant more in the sense of education", Faith clarified to Matt. "Like, there would be online college courses, right?"

"Huh? Yeah, but what kind do you want?" Matt then asked her. "There's a whole lot of stuff you can study, from science, to even legal, you know, then you don't have to be my secretary, then we can actually be partners in our firm, and change the name to 'Lehane, Nelson, Murdock and Page'."

The two of them laughed at imagining the whole thing, and how long the name of the firm would be in a case like that as well, and then Faith said. "Yeah, that would be fun, but after you made me read Tolkien, I wanna read more literature."

"Oh, sure, there would be courses for that too", Matt shrugged. "You can do some stuff after that's done as well."

"Well, I'd love trying my hand at a book of my own", Faith said with a smile, and Matt nodded. "What? I thought you'd laugh."

"When I first met you, I would have. Now? No", Matt shrugged and shook his head.

"Well then", Faith shrugged.

And with that, Faith registered for a college course about Shakespeare and his plays.

Faith looked around at the place, which she didn't seem to recognize, though it looked familiar, and then hearing sounds of fighting, went down below, and her jaw dropped at what she was witnessing.

Buffy, Spike, Peter, and various girls she didn't recognize at all were in battle against a huge army of creatures, and she couldn't exactly make out what they were.

Then she heard grunting behind her and turned to see Matt shaking violently, and before she could do a thing, he transformed into Abaddon and let out a loud roar before flying into the battle.

"Oh, hey Faith."

Faith turned to see the Mayor standing there, and he waved to her. "How do you do? Not too bad I hope. In relationship with the Devil himself, and a job and a college course as well, daddy approves."

"Don't need it", Faith shook her head, as the Mayor chuckled, sounding mirthful, like he always was, even in the worst of situations.

"Well then why are you there and not here, huh?" The Mayor asked, gesturing to the great battle.

Faith woke up with a gasp, looking around and panting, and Matt sat up next to her.

"What is it?" He asked gently. "Any problem? Nightmare?"

"Yeah", Faith nodded with a sigh. "Some great battle, and I wasn't helping."

"It was just a dream", Matt assured.

"Could be, but it felt too real", Faith told him. "No idea about it though."

"Not to worry, Faith, if there is something we'll deal with it", Matt assured. "After we find Cordy that is."

"Yeah, I'm guessing Angel and his team would be on it", Faith commented and got a nod in return. "Hope they can find her, at least Angel's fine and with his boy again."

"Yeah, that's a good thing, and Drusilla's gone too", Matt told her. "Let's just hope they can do it, and if they can't, we shall go help them out."

"Yup", Faith nodded as they kissed and lay back down again, but for reasons neither of the two could tell right now, they had a feeling that the dream Faith had was a lot more than just a dream.

Soon, they would realize that their feeling was right, like usual.

Next morning

Matt and Faith were preparing to go out when Matt got a call on his cell, and picked it up. "Yeah?"

Faith looked at Matt as he continued talking for a few minutes, his face turning grim with each passing minute, and he nodded grimly. "Okay."

He cut the call and Faith asked him. "What's the matter?"

"It was Angel", Matt told Faith. "He used something called the Axis of Pythia to track down the Dimension where Cordelia is."

"And?" Faith asked.

"She works for the Higher Beings now, Angel said she looked happy", Matt said. "So there's no conspiracy or anything." Matt looked down sadly. "She's not coming back."

Both of them felt their hearts break at this news, as Faith walked to Matt, and both of them held hands, trying to comfort each other at the loss of Cordelia.

Up in the clouds, Cordelia watched both Angel and Matt and called out. "What are you two?! Deficient? Get me out of here!" She then saw Strange too and added. "And you! Why the hell haven't you tracked me yet! Help!"

And that's the end of it, so now Faith has a job and college course, of course it will get bad since when can our good guys ever get a break?

But Faith's college course is online so she won't be missing out on that much no matter what she does.

4x2 happened the same way it did in canon, but here Gwen's backstory is changed- She was a student at Xavier's Academy here, but even he can't help everyone, so she was bitter and angry there too, in spite of getting a device to help with her powers, but after Xavier died she left, leaving the device behind too to not feel obligated to Xavier or anyone else at the place.

And I've done this because Gwen is literally an X-Man (or woman) existing in the Buffyverse, LOL! Would have shown her backstory in the story but don't think Matt and Faith would change much for 4x2, so this chapter ended up being unrelated filler about their daily lives instead.

But 4x3 and 4x4 will still be done here. Hope all enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter.