Title: What If? Part 6
Author: Faith, Faith_Dru@lycos.com
Disclaimer: BtVS and AtS both belong to Joss Whedon. The only thing that belongs to me is the story idea
Distribution: Ask and you shall receive
Rating: PG-13..a little language
Pairing: don't know maybe F/A
Season/Spoilers: This is set after Faith kills that man but before she gets involved with working with the Mayor and before the counsel puts their ugly noses into the situation. Everything up to that point is the same...however Angel's the one that talks to Faith not Buffy. Also no B/A...'cause I don't like them together but they are friends.
Summary: What if Angel had gotten through to Faith?
Author's Notes: Thoughts, ^ Places/Time ^, [Actions]
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A couple weeks later, the Mayor and Mr. Trick were sitting in his office discussing Allen's, the Deputy Mayor, murder.
"I wonder where our little murderer's are. They've been hiding since they found out that we're working together." Wilkins replied.
"Word has it the Counsel was here to investigate the slayers involvement." Trick informed the Mayor. "But no one's seen hide or tail of the Counsel." He added.
"Well we can't let this interfere with our plans. Keep your eyes and ears open for the slayers. If they're still here we need to dispose them." Wilkins replied standing to leave.
"Consider it done."
Sunnydale High Library
"Welcome back, Faith." Buffy said as her fellow slayer entered with Angel by her side.
"Thanks B." Faith replied. Then looked to Angel and when he nodded she continued, "Sorry Xander, I didn't know what came over me. I know that you were just trying to help."
Xander smiled softly and replied, "I'm glad you're back."
A soft smile came to her face but then she turned to the rest of the groups. "I'm sorry for lying to everyone and costing you your job and your mom. I'm glad that she's better." Faith honestly replied looking at Giles, Buffy and Wesley and her eyes finally rested on Willow. "Red, I'm sorry for taking "your people" away."
Willow couldn't help but laugh, "It's okay." Then she winked and continued, "Just don't do it again."
Everyone began laughing including Faith. Once everyone sobered up Giles began, "It's good to have you back, but we need to find out what's up with the Mayor."
"Good point, Mr. Giles." Wesley replied.
"I've got a bad idea." Faith piped up. When everyone looked at her she spoke again. "I was thinking, he can't be happy about me murdering Allen, so he'll probably send someone after us especially when he realizes that we're on the streets again. Like that vamp that was in the sewers." At the look she was getting she continued, "B remember that vamp that had hired that guy to send the town into a state of immaturity."
"Yes, that Mr. Trick guy." Buffy replied. "He's working with the Mayor." Buffy informed all those who didn't know that already.
"That's him. Well he'll probably try to kill us, or me before he gets really started in his business of whatever he's doing. But I think we should have someone be on the inside." She stopped and waited for responses.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Angel whispered to Faith.
"I'm going to have to agree with Deadboy. We just got you back, we don't wanna lose you again." Xander spoke up.
"I know you're worried, Xander. Hell I'm worried, but I really want...need to do this." Faith replied looking at everyone gathered at the tables.
Buffy looked at Faith. She saw the pleading look in her eyes and knew this was something that she had to do. "I think she should do it."
"What!" An array of voices called.
Buffy waited a few minutes before she spoke again. "She's right. We need someone on the inside so who else could it be?"
"Buffy I must disagree with you. It's dangerous." Wesley said.
Faith was the first to speak, "I know it's dangerous but it's necessary. How else are we going to know they're plans?"
Giles who had stayed silent since she started her plan finally spoke, "Angel?" When Angel looked at him, he continued, "Do you feel that she can do this?"
Angel looked at Giles in shock but then turned to the girl in question and knew that she could do it if they stuck by each other. "Yes I think she can. But we need to be here for each other like we've never been."
"Okay, then it's settled." Giles said which earned more cries of protest.
Willow who agreed with Angel spoke up, "Guys!" When they all turned to look at her she continued, "Have a little faith. Don't mind the pun."
Faith laughed at that. "Thanks Red."
Smiling Willow continued, "I mean, she's back and probably better than ever. But she's also been to the edge and she's come back. Who else could do it?"
"Red's got a point." Faith replied.
Xander finally agreed, "I think she can do it. At first I was a little hesitant because of what happened before but I think she can do it."
"I'm against it, but what other choice do we have?" Wesley added. "So how do we start?"
Buffy took this as her chance to partly plan what was going to happen next. "Well first we have to let Mr. Trick know that we're still here so that he'll come after us."
"Yeah, then when we dust him and that'll get me a way in." Faith finished.
"From there Faith will play secret agent." Buffy replied.
Mayor's Headquarters
"There's been a sighting of the slayers." Mr. Trick announced as he entered the office.
"Good." Wilkins replied. "What are you going to do about those two?" He asked standing up to get himself a drink.
"Well word is that Faith's running so we'll set up an attack and split them up so that they'll be easier to kill."
"Whatever will get the job done." Wilkins replied.
That Night
"You don't give up do you?" Faith called to her fellow slayer from the barge.
"Not on my friends." Buffy replied watching as their plan was put into action.
"Yea, 'cus you and I are solid." Faith said jumping down from the platform onto the ground and began walking towards the blonde.
"We could be." Buffy replied suddenly realizing that this was harder for the younger slayer. "There's still time."
"To be more like you? No thanks." Faith interrupted still having fears about the thoughts that the Scooby Gang might have about her.
The rest of their argument flew by both girls in a daze like fashion, until Buffy hit Faith across her cheek.
"There's my girl." Faith smiled fingers touching the soft spot on her cheek.
Suddenly Faith went flying when Buffy pushed her out of the way of the falling crates. The crates crashed on top of Buffy causing her to cry out in pain.
Faith regained her footing and rushed to help Buffy only to be pushed away by several vampires. As if the murder hadn't happened Faith became a slayer and dusted vamp after vamp. Once the last vamp's dust fell away she saw Mr. Trick pulling Buffy around with something tied around her neck.
"I hear once you taste a slayer never go back." He leered. Just before he could bite her he felt the stake enter his back. "Oh no." He said before he exploded.
Buffy and Faith shared a look of silent understanding with each other. Once Buffy regained her breath they walked in silence they're separate ways.
The Mayor's Headquarters
Wilkins was putting things in order as he got ready to leave his office. Deciding everything was in order he opened the door to see the brunette slayer standing before him.
"You sent you're boy to kill me." Faith stated.
"Yes. Yes I did." He replied.
"Well he's dust."
"I thought he might be. With you standing her and all." He laughed.
She shifted feet and asked, "So I guess that means you've got a job opening." She breathed a sigh of relief when he stepped aside. She walked in and felt him shut the door behind her. The point of no return.
A Couple Days Later
Faith kept relaying info back and forth between the Scooby Gang and what she thought the Mayor would need to keep her on his good side. Things were technically going according to plans, but Faith was beginning to like the way the mayor seemed to need her. It was as if he really needed her to be who she was.
There was a demon once that was trying to keep the books of Ascension away from the Mayor. That had been a tricky thing to get threw. First she and Buffy had to see the demon and get the books for Giles and Wesley to flip threw them and give them to the Mayor so that he wouldn't be suspicious.
Though she never killed the people he wanted, she couldn't find it in herself to do it. She just made it seem like they weren't alive anymore, like when the Mayor wanted the professor out of the picture. Mostly she scared them away telling them their lives were in danger and that they had to leave town.
It wasn't until Graduation gradually got closer that Faith began to get nervous. She and the Scooby Gang decided that it would be better if Faith didn't know about everything that was going on. Like how they planned on killing the Mayor.
One night, after running an errand for the Mayor, Faith was walking silently down the back streets of Sunnydale to her new apartment that the Mayor had gotten for her. Just thinking about the last couple of months, her life before the accidental murder on the nightly war, the Mayor and the friends she acquired from Buffy when she was jumped from the behind.
Faith got up with speed that only a slayer could poses and turned to face her attackers only to find that they were human. Wouldn't you know it. "What's the problem?" She asked relaxing slightly but still on guard.
"You Faith?" One asked.
"Depends on who's looking." She stated.
"You working for the Mayor?" Another asked.
"Maybe." She answered getting a little angry that they were asking her questions without answering hers.
"Get her." The leader called.
Faith jumped back into fighting stance and began fighting back, careful not to use her slayer strength. She was doing fine until one of them surprised her. She was knocked onto the ground, felt a sharp pain in her lower body. From there she heard someone coming and fighting the guys off of her. Just as there were two guys still on her, she fell into darkness.
Sunnydale Hospital
"I need help!" Angel called rushing in the sliding doors with Faith limply in his arms. He'd found a knife in the lower part of her body and had gently taken it out.
"What happened?" A nurse asked.
"She was jumped in an alley knocked out and has lost a lot of blood." Angel answered.
"So she was unconscious when you found her?" The doctor asked.
"No she was fading in and out." He corrected him.
"Any allergies?" The doc asked.
"None."
"Okay. Check her vitals." The doc ordered ushering Angel out. "We need to get to work."
A few minutes later, the Scooby Gang ran in with Xander carrying Buffy. "We need help." Willow cried.
"What happened?" A female doctor asked.
"She was bitten by something." Xander called drawing Angel's attention.
Wide eyed he followed the gang as the doctor took them to another examining room.
"Was she conscious when you found her?" She asked.
"Yes." They both answered.
"Any problems with medicine? Drugs? Allergies?" She asked as they set her down on the table.
"No to all of them." Xander answered.
"Okay let us get to work. We need to get a transplant and watch for her to go into shock." She called to her team.
Mayor HQ
"Sir, there's trouble with Faith." A vamp called as he entered the office.
"What we don't knock when doing dark rituals?" He asked, then he realized what the vamp said and quickly followed behind him to the car.
They entered the hospital a few minutes later and Wilkins walked up to the counter and asked, "There was a young brunette brought in her earlier."
"Richard Wilkins, Faith is down here." The Nurse answered knowing whom he was and who he was looking for.
"Doctor, what's the diagnostic?" Wilkins asked when he saw Faith lying on the bed unconscious.
"Right now she's in a coma because she's got slight head trauma so the longer she's in it the less likely she'll ever regain consciousness." He answered. "Her arm is broken in two places, there's also some damage to her ribs and kidneys because she was stabbed so it's likely that she's bleeding internally. But it's the head trauma that worries me."
"It's your day." He said softly brushing Faith's hair off her bruised face.
"Sir, Doctor Fairchild needs you to check out another patient with sever blood loss." A small nurse said to the older doctor.
"I'll be right there." He said looking once more to the mayor before existing the room.
Wilkins found Buffy lying unconscious on the hospital bed. Grieving he reached over and put a hand over her nose and mouth.
"Sir! No!" A nurse cried trying to pull him off the small blond girl. "Security!" She called out of the room.
Angel stepped in and pulled the mayor off. Wilkins didn't say much except, "Be set for a world of hurt. Misery loves company and I'm willin' to share it with you." After that he just walked off. "You don't wanna miss the show." He called as he calmed down a bit.
"I'll be there." Angel replied to the empty room.
TBC
Author: Faith, Faith_Dru@lycos.com
Disclaimer: BtVS and AtS both belong to Joss Whedon. The only thing that belongs to me is the story idea
Distribution: Ask and you shall receive
Rating: PG-13..a little language
Pairing: don't know maybe F/A
Season/Spoilers: This is set after Faith kills that man but before she gets involved with working with the Mayor and before the counsel puts their ugly noses into the situation. Everything up to that point is the same...however Angel's the one that talks to Faith not Buffy. Also no B/A...'cause I don't like them together but they are friends.
Summary: What if Angel had gotten through to Faith?
Author's Notes: Thoughts, ^ Places/Time ^, [Actions]
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A couple weeks later, the Mayor and Mr. Trick were sitting in his office discussing Allen's, the Deputy Mayor, murder.
"I wonder where our little murderer's are. They've been hiding since they found out that we're working together." Wilkins replied.
"Word has it the Counsel was here to investigate the slayers involvement." Trick informed the Mayor. "But no one's seen hide or tail of the Counsel." He added.
"Well we can't let this interfere with our plans. Keep your eyes and ears open for the slayers. If they're still here we need to dispose them." Wilkins replied standing to leave.
"Consider it done."
Sunnydale High Library
"Welcome back, Faith." Buffy said as her fellow slayer entered with Angel by her side.
"Thanks B." Faith replied. Then looked to Angel and when he nodded she continued, "Sorry Xander, I didn't know what came over me. I know that you were just trying to help."
Xander smiled softly and replied, "I'm glad you're back."
A soft smile came to her face but then she turned to the rest of the groups. "I'm sorry for lying to everyone and costing you your job and your mom. I'm glad that she's better." Faith honestly replied looking at Giles, Buffy and Wesley and her eyes finally rested on Willow. "Red, I'm sorry for taking "your people" away."
Willow couldn't help but laugh, "It's okay." Then she winked and continued, "Just don't do it again."
Everyone began laughing including Faith. Once everyone sobered up Giles began, "It's good to have you back, but we need to find out what's up with the Mayor."
"Good point, Mr. Giles." Wesley replied.
"I've got a bad idea." Faith piped up. When everyone looked at her she spoke again. "I was thinking, he can't be happy about me murdering Allen, so he'll probably send someone after us especially when he realizes that we're on the streets again. Like that vamp that was in the sewers." At the look she was getting she continued, "B remember that vamp that had hired that guy to send the town into a state of immaturity."
"Yes, that Mr. Trick guy." Buffy replied. "He's working with the Mayor." Buffy informed all those who didn't know that already.
"That's him. Well he'll probably try to kill us, or me before he gets really started in his business of whatever he's doing. But I think we should have someone be on the inside." She stopped and waited for responses.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Angel whispered to Faith.
"I'm going to have to agree with Deadboy. We just got you back, we don't wanna lose you again." Xander spoke up.
"I know you're worried, Xander. Hell I'm worried, but I really want...need to do this." Faith replied looking at everyone gathered at the tables.
Buffy looked at Faith. She saw the pleading look in her eyes and knew this was something that she had to do. "I think she should do it."
"What!" An array of voices called.
Buffy waited a few minutes before she spoke again. "She's right. We need someone on the inside so who else could it be?"
"Buffy I must disagree with you. It's dangerous." Wesley said.
Faith was the first to speak, "I know it's dangerous but it's necessary. How else are we going to know they're plans?"
Giles who had stayed silent since she started her plan finally spoke, "Angel?" When Angel looked at him, he continued, "Do you feel that she can do this?"
Angel looked at Giles in shock but then turned to the girl in question and knew that she could do it if they stuck by each other. "Yes I think she can. But we need to be here for each other like we've never been."
"Okay, then it's settled." Giles said which earned more cries of protest.
Willow who agreed with Angel spoke up, "Guys!" When they all turned to look at her she continued, "Have a little faith. Don't mind the pun."
Faith laughed at that. "Thanks Red."
Smiling Willow continued, "I mean, she's back and probably better than ever. But she's also been to the edge and she's come back. Who else could do it?"
"Red's got a point." Faith replied.
Xander finally agreed, "I think she can do it. At first I was a little hesitant because of what happened before but I think she can do it."
"I'm against it, but what other choice do we have?" Wesley added. "So how do we start?"
Buffy took this as her chance to partly plan what was going to happen next. "Well first we have to let Mr. Trick know that we're still here so that he'll come after us."
"Yeah, then when we dust him and that'll get me a way in." Faith finished.
"From there Faith will play secret agent." Buffy replied.
Mayor's Headquarters
"There's been a sighting of the slayers." Mr. Trick announced as he entered the office.
"Good." Wilkins replied. "What are you going to do about those two?" He asked standing up to get himself a drink.
"Well word is that Faith's running so we'll set up an attack and split them up so that they'll be easier to kill."
"Whatever will get the job done." Wilkins replied.
That Night
"You don't give up do you?" Faith called to her fellow slayer from the barge.
"Not on my friends." Buffy replied watching as their plan was put into action.
"Yea, 'cus you and I are solid." Faith said jumping down from the platform onto the ground and began walking towards the blonde.
"We could be." Buffy replied suddenly realizing that this was harder for the younger slayer. "There's still time."
"To be more like you? No thanks." Faith interrupted still having fears about the thoughts that the Scooby Gang might have about her.
The rest of their argument flew by both girls in a daze like fashion, until Buffy hit Faith across her cheek.
"There's my girl." Faith smiled fingers touching the soft spot on her cheek.
Suddenly Faith went flying when Buffy pushed her out of the way of the falling crates. The crates crashed on top of Buffy causing her to cry out in pain.
Faith regained her footing and rushed to help Buffy only to be pushed away by several vampires. As if the murder hadn't happened Faith became a slayer and dusted vamp after vamp. Once the last vamp's dust fell away she saw Mr. Trick pulling Buffy around with something tied around her neck.
"I hear once you taste a slayer never go back." He leered. Just before he could bite her he felt the stake enter his back. "Oh no." He said before he exploded.
Buffy and Faith shared a look of silent understanding with each other. Once Buffy regained her breath they walked in silence they're separate ways.
The Mayor's Headquarters
Wilkins was putting things in order as he got ready to leave his office. Deciding everything was in order he opened the door to see the brunette slayer standing before him.
"You sent you're boy to kill me." Faith stated.
"Yes. Yes I did." He replied.
"Well he's dust."
"I thought he might be. With you standing her and all." He laughed.
She shifted feet and asked, "So I guess that means you've got a job opening." She breathed a sigh of relief when he stepped aside. She walked in and felt him shut the door behind her. The point of no return.
A Couple Days Later
Faith kept relaying info back and forth between the Scooby Gang and what she thought the Mayor would need to keep her on his good side. Things were technically going according to plans, but Faith was beginning to like the way the mayor seemed to need her. It was as if he really needed her to be who she was.
There was a demon once that was trying to keep the books of Ascension away from the Mayor. That had been a tricky thing to get threw. First she and Buffy had to see the demon and get the books for Giles and Wesley to flip threw them and give them to the Mayor so that he wouldn't be suspicious.
Though she never killed the people he wanted, she couldn't find it in herself to do it. She just made it seem like they weren't alive anymore, like when the Mayor wanted the professor out of the picture. Mostly she scared them away telling them their lives were in danger and that they had to leave town.
It wasn't until Graduation gradually got closer that Faith began to get nervous. She and the Scooby Gang decided that it would be better if Faith didn't know about everything that was going on. Like how they planned on killing the Mayor.
One night, after running an errand for the Mayor, Faith was walking silently down the back streets of Sunnydale to her new apartment that the Mayor had gotten for her. Just thinking about the last couple of months, her life before the accidental murder on the nightly war, the Mayor and the friends she acquired from Buffy when she was jumped from the behind.
Faith got up with speed that only a slayer could poses and turned to face her attackers only to find that they were human. Wouldn't you know it. "What's the problem?" She asked relaxing slightly but still on guard.
"You Faith?" One asked.
"Depends on who's looking." She stated.
"You working for the Mayor?" Another asked.
"Maybe." She answered getting a little angry that they were asking her questions without answering hers.
"Get her." The leader called.
Faith jumped back into fighting stance and began fighting back, careful not to use her slayer strength. She was doing fine until one of them surprised her. She was knocked onto the ground, felt a sharp pain in her lower body. From there she heard someone coming and fighting the guys off of her. Just as there were two guys still on her, she fell into darkness.
Sunnydale Hospital
"I need help!" Angel called rushing in the sliding doors with Faith limply in his arms. He'd found a knife in the lower part of her body and had gently taken it out.
"What happened?" A nurse asked.
"She was jumped in an alley knocked out and has lost a lot of blood." Angel answered.
"So she was unconscious when you found her?" The doctor asked.
"No she was fading in and out." He corrected him.
"Any allergies?" The doc asked.
"None."
"Okay. Check her vitals." The doc ordered ushering Angel out. "We need to get to work."
A few minutes later, the Scooby Gang ran in with Xander carrying Buffy. "We need help." Willow cried.
"What happened?" A female doctor asked.
"She was bitten by something." Xander called drawing Angel's attention.
Wide eyed he followed the gang as the doctor took them to another examining room.
"Was she conscious when you found her?" She asked.
"Yes." They both answered.
"Any problems with medicine? Drugs? Allergies?" She asked as they set her down on the table.
"No to all of them." Xander answered.
"Okay let us get to work. We need to get a transplant and watch for her to go into shock." She called to her team.
Mayor HQ
"Sir, there's trouble with Faith." A vamp called as he entered the office.
"What we don't knock when doing dark rituals?" He asked, then he realized what the vamp said and quickly followed behind him to the car.
They entered the hospital a few minutes later and Wilkins walked up to the counter and asked, "There was a young brunette brought in her earlier."
"Richard Wilkins, Faith is down here." The Nurse answered knowing whom he was and who he was looking for.
"Doctor, what's the diagnostic?" Wilkins asked when he saw Faith lying on the bed unconscious.
"Right now she's in a coma because she's got slight head trauma so the longer she's in it the less likely she'll ever regain consciousness." He answered. "Her arm is broken in two places, there's also some damage to her ribs and kidneys because she was stabbed so it's likely that she's bleeding internally. But it's the head trauma that worries me."
"It's your day." He said softly brushing Faith's hair off her bruised face.
"Sir, Doctor Fairchild needs you to check out another patient with sever blood loss." A small nurse said to the older doctor.
"I'll be right there." He said looking once more to the mayor before existing the room.
Wilkins found Buffy lying unconscious on the hospital bed. Grieving he reached over and put a hand over her nose and mouth.
"Sir! No!" A nurse cried trying to pull him off the small blond girl. "Security!" She called out of the room.
Angel stepped in and pulled the mayor off. Wilkins didn't say much except, "Be set for a world of hurt. Misery loves company and I'm willin' to share it with you." After that he just walked off. "You don't wanna miss the show." He called as he calmed down a bit.
"I'll be there." Angel replied to the empty room.
TBC
