Chapter 4:
"Hmm lets see. From LA to Sunnydale...that'll be 5 dollars, Miss.." The chubby busdriver smiled friendly at Faith. She smiled back, and handed him the cash. "Bye! " He called after her, as she took off, walking into the direction of Giles apartement.
"Buffy?!" Riley's voice sounded cheerily as she hit the door of the cottage shut behind her. "Yeah. It's me." She answered his call. He came walking towards her, happy like a little boy on christmas morning. Then he noticed the expression on her face. "Geesh. What happened to you? You look horrible." Buffy frowned. "Well, i feel horrible too." She sighed. "Riley, I'm sorry about our weekend together, but I really really want to go home. I need to talk to Giles asap" His smile dropped immidiatley. "What?! But what about the concert? And visiting Dawn?" Buffy shrugged. "I'm really sorry Riley, but please understand..." She walked towards the bedroom and started packing her bag
"I wonder if he's home..." Xander smiled at Willow as she knocked on Giles door once more. Willow shrugged. " Where else would he be...He's not at the Magic Shop and since the Library burned down two years ago..." She scolded. Xander smiled half-heartedly. "Funny..." Then he noticed something. "Hey!" He pointed to the door. " It's open!" Willow shrugged, and walked on in, with Xander following closely. As the door made a shrieky sound and closed behind them they could see a female figure bowed over an uncounsiouss Giles.
Dawn jawned as she woke up, and strechted out. As she took in her surroundings, she let out a shriek. "What's wrong, Luv? " Spike was looking at her curiously, laid back in a lazy chair with a bowl of cereals on his lap and a smoking a cigarette. Dawn got up, and started pacing around the room. "What's wrong? What's wrong? I didn't go home, that's wrong! And I didn't even call. Daddy will freak. How am I going to explain?!" Spike shrugged. " Told him you slept over at...uhm...whatshername ??" Dawn frowned. " Yeah like he will buy that!? What am I going to do?! " Spike got up grabbing her shoulders, and forcing her to sit down. "Relax, Pet. It's only 6 am, not the time for mental breakdowns. Besides, Passions on. Take the time to watch the greatest tv programm of all time..." Dawn frowned. "How can you be so calm? My father's going to kill you!? " Spike shrugged. "For what? Letting you sleep on the couch? Oh, sue poor old me..." They kept silent for a few minutes, either one of them lost in poundering. Then Spike smiled. "Well, if I'm going to be killed, then lets do something that's word being killed for..." He leaned in, and Dawn raised her eyebrows. Before she could stop him, he was kissing her, and running his fingers through her long hair. She panicked, and relaxed again, as she let the new expierence flow over her. As he broke away she smiled. "Jugh! Cigarettes! "
"And this would be about the time Buffy would show if this was a TV program." Xander said. "Okay Buff, any second now. We're all trapped and powerless, just like you like us. So c'mon, Buffy, chica, honey, my one and only." Willow looked at him, obviously disturbed. She poked him in the stomach. "C'mon Xander, everything is going to be fine.I'm sure of it.I have my resolve face on.you've seen it before, you know what it means." "Yeah." Xander smiled slightly at the old joke that had lost its humor ages ago. "Yeah I do Will." Willow quickly eyed Faith. "I'm sure you're not here to hurt us, right. The way Buffy told it, you were all into seeking forgiveness nowadays." Xander groaned. "Yeah, but the way Buffy told it you were also very safely put behind some big steel bars."
Just as Faith started to move from her position safely across the room, someone crashed into the door, tumbling insides. "Buffy!" Willow couldn't help but let out a shriek of relief. Xander smiled. "See, I knew she'd come to our rescue." Buffy quickly flashed a smile at them, but didn't think twice before she started pummeling Faith. At first, the other Slayer didn't seem to respond, letting Buffy pound in on her, but then she started to kick back, driving Buffy into a corner. As she had her trapped, she relaxed, but still held up her fist in case Buffy might fly to her troth again.
"Cool it B." Faith's tone was a bit threatening, though not unpleasant. Buffy frowned. "Why would I want to do that?" Faith smiled. "I'm here to fight the good fight. Never thought that the Watchers Council would do any good, but they did. The way they send for me to be killed hunts me, every second. I felt like an animal, caged, just waiting for its death. But I got lucky cause Angel showed up." She paused for a second, looking curiously at Buffy's reaction to her words. "I need redemption. I'm not here to ask it from you, or Giles, or Willow or anybody else that I have hurt, I'm just asking for your approval of me being here, allowing me to kick some sci-fi butt. To settle my guilt with the Powers That Be." Buffy shrugged. "Why should I believe you? Your so called guilt didn't stop you from knocking Giles out" She nodded to the uncounsiousness Watcher. Faith nodded. " He didn't give me a chance, and pointed a crossbow at me as soon as I entered. He wanted to call the Council." When Buffy didn't respond, Faith reached for Buffy's hand. "Please B., give me a chance...."
"Hmm lets see. From LA to Sunnydale...that'll be 5 dollars, Miss.." The chubby busdriver smiled friendly at Faith. She smiled back, and handed him the cash. "Bye! " He called after her, as she took off, walking into the direction of Giles apartement.
"Buffy?!" Riley's voice sounded cheerily as she hit the door of the cottage shut behind her. "Yeah. It's me." She answered his call. He came walking towards her, happy like a little boy on christmas morning. Then he noticed the expression on her face. "Geesh. What happened to you? You look horrible." Buffy frowned. "Well, i feel horrible too." She sighed. "Riley, I'm sorry about our weekend together, but I really really want to go home. I need to talk to Giles asap" His smile dropped immidiatley. "What?! But what about the concert? And visiting Dawn?" Buffy shrugged. "I'm really sorry Riley, but please understand..." She walked towards the bedroom and started packing her bag
"I wonder if he's home..." Xander smiled at Willow as she knocked on Giles door once more. Willow shrugged. " Where else would he be...He's not at the Magic Shop and since the Library burned down two years ago..." She scolded. Xander smiled half-heartedly. "Funny..." Then he noticed something. "Hey!" He pointed to the door. " It's open!" Willow shrugged, and walked on in, with Xander following closely. As the door made a shrieky sound and closed behind them they could see a female figure bowed over an uncounsiouss Giles.
Dawn jawned as she woke up, and strechted out. As she took in her surroundings, she let out a shriek. "What's wrong, Luv? " Spike was looking at her curiously, laid back in a lazy chair with a bowl of cereals on his lap and a smoking a cigarette. Dawn got up, and started pacing around the room. "What's wrong? What's wrong? I didn't go home, that's wrong! And I didn't even call. Daddy will freak. How am I going to explain?!" Spike shrugged. " Told him you slept over at...uhm...whatshername ??" Dawn frowned. " Yeah like he will buy that!? What am I going to do?! " Spike got up grabbing her shoulders, and forcing her to sit down. "Relax, Pet. It's only 6 am, not the time for mental breakdowns. Besides, Passions on. Take the time to watch the greatest tv programm of all time..." Dawn frowned. "How can you be so calm? My father's going to kill you!? " Spike shrugged. "For what? Letting you sleep on the couch? Oh, sue poor old me..." They kept silent for a few minutes, either one of them lost in poundering. Then Spike smiled. "Well, if I'm going to be killed, then lets do something that's word being killed for..." He leaned in, and Dawn raised her eyebrows. Before she could stop him, he was kissing her, and running his fingers through her long hair. She panicked, and relaxed again, as she let the new expierence flow over her. As he broke away she smiled. "Jugh! Cigarettes! "
"And this would be about the time Buffy would show if this was a TV program." Xander said. "Okay Buff, any second now. We're all trapped and powerless, just like you like us. So c'mon, Buffy, chica, honey, my one and only." Willow looked at him, obviously disturbed. She poked him in the stomach. "C'mon Xander, everything is going to be fine.I'm sure of it.I have my resolve face on.you've seen it before, you know what it means." "Yeah." Xander smiled slightly at the old joke that had lost its humor ages ago. "Yeah I do Will." Willow quickly eyed Faith. "I'm sure you're not here to hurt us, right. The way Buffy told it, you were all into seeking forgiveness nowadays." Xander groaned. "Yeah, but the way Buffy told it you were also very safely put behind some big steel bars."
Just as Faith started to move from her position safely across the room, someone crashed into the door, tumbling insides. "Buffy!" Willow couldn't help but let out a shriek of relief. Xander smiled. "See, I knew she'd come to our rescue." Buffy quickly flashed a smile at them, but didn't think twice before she started pummeling Faith. At first, the other Slayer didn't seem to respond, letting Buffy pound in on her, but then she started to kick back, driving Buffy into a corner. As she had her trapped, she relaxed, but still held up her fist in case Buffy might fly to her troth again.
"Cool it B." Faith's tone was a bit threatening, though not unpleasant. Buffy frowned. "Why would I want to do that?" Faith smiled. "I'm here to fight the good fight. Never thought that the Watchers Council would do any good, but they did. The way they send for me to be killed hunts me, every second. I felt like an animal, caged, just waiting for its death. But I got lucky cause Angel showed up." She paused for a second, looking curiously at Buffy's reaction to her words. "I need redemption. I'm not here to ask it from you, or Giles, or Willow or anybody else that I have hurt, I'm just asking for your approval of me being here, allowing me to kick some sci-fi butt. To settle my guilt with the Powers That Be." Buffy shrugged. "Why should I believe you? Your so called guilt didn't stop you from knocking Giles out" She nodded to the uncounsiousness Watcher. Faith nodded. " He didn't give me a chance, and pointed a crossbow at me as soon as I entered. He wanted to call the Council." When Buffy didn't respond, Faith reached for Buffy's hand. "Please B., give me a chance...."
