Chapter 8 -

Buffy looked up at Giles as he walked into the room
"Giles!" She exclaimed happily.
"Hello Buffy" Giles replied "How are you feeling?"
"Depressed, I can't move, I can't go anywhere"
"Yes, well we're looking into this" Giles pulled out the book and showed Buffy a
picture of the demon "Is this it?"
Buffy looked at eh picture "Yea, I think so I didn't get a good look"

"Why didn't you tell him?" Faith asked Josh, her voice wavering slightly with anger.
"I didn't think is was nessicary yet"
"Yet, you weren't going to tell him though were you Josh? Why not?" Faith's voice
was raising she was almost yelling at her brother.
"Because I don't want to have failed Faith" josh replied quietly
"Failed?" Faith asked
"I didn't want him to know about this till I could fix it, I didn't want to look like I was
incompetent"
Faith shook her head then looked up as Giles walked into the room "I'll go" Faith said
softly and she left the room.

"He said it's probably temporary" Buffy said smiling up at Faith
"that's great" Faith replied and she sat down on the bed Buffy immediately shifted
herself and layed her head down on Faith's lap, though with a little pain. Faith reached
down and affectionately brushed a strand of hair from Buffy's Face.
"Do you think it's only temporary?" Buffy asked softly, almost scared to hear Faiths
answer. Faith sighed and looked down at Buffy "I don't know" She admitted softly.

As Faith sauntered into the kitchen the conversation between Josh and Giles stopped
Faith looked at them "Don't stop on my account"
"What we discuss is of no importance to you" josh said sternly
"It's about Buffy isn't it? It's important to me then" Faith said as she opened the fridge
and started to rifle through it's contents. "She's right Josh, Buffy is her sister in arms,
and if Buffys out of action Faith needs to know"
Faith turned around sharply and looked at Giles "Out of action?" She asked
"Well yes, for a while at least, we don't know how long the effects will last if they are
not permanent"
"But they're not going to permanent are they?" Faith asked agitated by the news
Giles removed his glasses and begun to clean them "Well, um , we can't be sure about
that"
Josh spoke up "But if we could get some of the liquid the demon injected into Buffy
we might be able to formulate an antidote" The second he finished speaking Faith was
out the door
"Well I think it's safe to say we'll have the opportunity to formulate and antidote" Giles
said as he replaced his glasses.