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Historical Note: This takes place after Season Five of 'Buffy' and Season Two of 'Angel' and then diverts into AU.
New Beginnings
Faith was enjoying her newfound freedom driving along the freeway with the wind in her hair, however she was sad that the circumstances surrounding her release were so sad. It had been two months since B had sacrificed herself to save the world and Faith was still mourning her. For the past three years she and Buffy had been sworn enemies until Faith had felt what it was like to be B and had fled Sunnydale disgusted with what she had become. She had never got a chance to fully apologize to B and explain her actions and now she never would.
After Angel had found out about B's death he had visited Faith in prison and told her the news, this led to an unfortunate incident where she had a massive emotional breakdown. When she recovered he had told her that it was time for her to redeem herself, the world needed a Slayer and Faith was the one for the job. Faith had been thinking about leaving prison to make a new start helping people for a while, but she had one problem she needed to be cleared of her crimes. That was not such a challenge in the end with Angel calling on Lindsey McDonald to represent Faith at trial. Faith didn't really trust him even though Angel had told her about his change of heart last year. What also worked in her favour was that while working for the Mayor all traces of her work were erased. This had puzzled the investigators when she had confessed to murder on at least two counts and all she was wanted for was aggravated assault and theft. As she was wanted for questioning in Sunnydale for the murder of Deputy Mayor Alan Finch, this seemed to connect at the time, which warranted further investigation. However in court Lindsey had made all the witnesses seem unreliable and had told them the story he had created for why she confessed to murder. He had told them that Faith, while underage drank quite a bit and that she tended to do outrageous things when drunk, when she had woken up and heard about the Deputy Mayor's death she had connected from what she remembered from the night before. The jury had believed the tale and she had been released after completing her sentence for assault and theft.
On being set free the first thing Faith had done was cut her hair two inches shorter and dyed it a light hazel brown. She had also lost some weight and was very hungry after eating meager prison food for 18 months. While her time in prison had led her to become very introspective her basic attitude and dress sense stayed the same, although it was toned down a bit.
Once she was released it was decided that Angel, Cordelia, Wesley, Gunn and herself would travel to Sunnydale to help rid it of the demons that now inhabited it after crossing over while the dimensional portals were open. 'Fred' would stay in LA with The Host while he decorated Caritas as it was thought she would be at too much risk in Sunnydale. Faith thought back to her meeting with The Host when dropping 'Fred' off at Caritas and how to prove to her she was going where she was needed Angel had got her to perform karaoke so The Host could read her. At the time she was seriously pissed at Angel but looking back at her rendition of Oops I did it Again she had to laugh. Which is how she managed to end up driving Angel's car to Sunnydale with the guys in the back waiting to see how the Scooby Gang would react to her return. She knew she was gonna have a lot of apologizing to do when she got there. Although she thought the worst was over after having to apologize to Wesley for torturing him, luckily he had accepted her apology realizing it was vital to her recovery.
"Angel, man you alright back there." Asked Faith
"Yeah but it's getting to be hard work to keep shielding myself from wherever the sun happens to be."
"Don't worry boss" Faith replied "it will be sunset in a couple of hours"
They had decided to travel during the day because the longer it took them to get to Sunnydale the worse the situation would become. Although it was a bit risky for Angel it had been worth it when they had been stuck in a traffic jam, the litany of curses Angel read off was enough to make Faith blush. Some had been in demon or dead languages all of which Wesley understood and he kept trying to improve Angel's pronunciation of them.
Faith had a feeling that when she arrived in Sunnydale she would not exactly be welcomed with open arms still the one thing that made it more bearable was that Angel, Wesley and Gunn were there. Angel believed in her, Wesley was trying to put the past behind him and move on so he could support her and Gunn was someone who came from a similar poor background and he understood what she had done and why she had done it. While Angel was very understanding because of his murderous background, Gunn knew what growing up on the streets was like, never mind whereabouts and he knew how it could make you hard on the outside but emotionally fragile on the inside. He also knew what it was like to try and open yourself up to someone but not get anything like that in return.
After all that's what happened with B, when she arrived B had grudgingly accepted her after Kakistos but she failed to become a member of her inner circle of friends. Finally when it was starting to go well, when B had started to understand what Faith was all about, bang she had accidentally killed the Deputy Mayor and it was all her fault. She was in shock and what didn't help was B's attitude that she had nothing to do with it. The Scoobies attempts to get through to her were really pathetic, except Angel he understood what it was like. Then Wesley had interfered playing good little Watcher boy, Faith was really glad Wes had chilled after being sacked by the Council, man he was sooooo pathetic when working for the Council.
Still the gang would have to accept her help 'cause there was no way they could handle everything that had crossed the dimensional barrier.
Historical Note: This takes place after Season Five of 'Buffy' and Season Two of 'Angel' and then diverts into AU.
New Beginnings
Faith was enjoying her newfound freedom driving along the freeway with the wind in her hair, however she was sad that the circumstances surrounding her release were so sad. It had been two months since B had sacrificed herself to save the world and Faith was still mourning her. For the past three years she and Buffy had been sworn enemies until Faith had felt what it was like to be B and had fled Sunnydale disgusted with what she had become. She had never got a chance to fully apologize to B and explain her actions and now she never would.
After Angel had found out about B's death he had visited Faith in prison and told her the news, this led to an unfortunate incident where she had a massive emotional breakdown. When she recovered he had told her that it was time for her to redeem herself, the world needed a Slayer and Faith was the one for the job. Faith had been thinking about leaving prison to make a new start helping people for a while, but she had one problem she needed to be cleared of her crimes. That was not such a challenge in the end with Angel calling on Lindsey McDonald to represent Faith at trial. Faith didn't really trust him even though Angel had told her about his change of heart last year. What also worked in her favour was that while working for the Mayor all traces of her work were erased. This had puzzled the investigators when she had confessed to murder on at least two counts and all she was wanted for was aggravated assault and theft. As she was wanted for questioning in Sunnydale for the murder of Deputy Mayor Alan Finch, this seemed to connect at the time, which warranted further investigation. However in court Lindsey had made all the witnesses seem unreliable and had told them the story he had created for why she confessed to murder. He had told them that Faith, while underage drank quite a bit and that she tended to do outrageous things when drunk, when she had woken up and heard about the Deputy Mayor's death she had connected from what she remembered from the night before. The jury had believed the tale and she had been released after completing her sentence for assault and theft.
On being set free the first thing Faith had done was cut her hair two inches shorter and dyed it a light hazel brown. She had also lost some weight and was very hungry after eating meager prison food for 18 months. While her time in prison had led her to become very introspective her basic attitude and dress sense stayed the same, although it was toned down a bit.
Once she was released it was decided that Angel, Cordelia, Wesley, Gunn and herself would travel to Sunnydale to help rid it of the demons that now inhabited it after crossing over while the dimensional portals were open. 'Fred' would stay in LA with The Host while he decorated Caritas as it was thought she would be at too much risk in Sunnydale. Faith thought back to her meeting with The Host when dropping 'Fred' off at Caritas and how to prove to her she was going where she was needed Angel had got her to perform karaoke so The Host could read her. At the time she was seriously pissed at Angel but looking back at her rendition of Oops I did it Again she had to laugh. Which is how she managed to end up driving Angel's car to Sunnydale with the guys in the back waiting to see how the Scooby Gang would react to her return. She knew she was gonna have a lot of apologizing to do when she got there. Although she thought the worst was over after having to apologize to Wesley for torturing him, luckily he had accepted her apology realizing it was vital to her recovery.
"Angel, man you alright back there." Asked Faith
"Yeah but it's getting to be hard work to keep shielding myself from wherever the sun happens to be."
"Don't worry boss" Faith replied "it will be sunset in a couple of hours"
They had decided to travel during the day because the longer it took them to get to Sunnydale the worse the situation would become. Although it was a bit risky for Angel it had been worth it when they had been stuck in a traffic jam, the litany of curses Angel read off was enough to make Faith blush. Some had been in demon or dead languages all of which Wesley understood and he kept trying to improve Angel's pronunciation of them.
Faith had a feeling that when she arrived in Sunnydale she would not exactly be welcomed with open arms still the one thing that made it more bearable was that Angel, Wesley and Gunn were there. Angel believed in her, Wesley was trying to put the past behind him and move on so he could support her and Gunn was someone who came from a similar poor background and he understood what she had done and why she had done it. While Angel was very understanding because of his murderous background, Gunn knew what growing up on the streets was like, never mind whereabouts and he knew how it could make you hard on the outside but emotionally fragile on the inside. He also knew what it was like to try and open yourself up to someone but not get anything like that in return.
After all that's what happened with B, when she arrived B had grudgingly accepted her after Kakistos but she failed to become a member of her inner circle of friends. Finally when it was starting to go well, when B had started to understand what Faith was all about, bang she had accidentally killed the Deputy Mayor and it was all her fault. She was in shock and what didn't help was B's attitude that she had nothing to do with it. The Scoobies attempts to get through to her were really pathetic, except Angel he understood what it was like. Then Wesley had interfered playing good little Watcher boy, Faith was really glad Wes had chilled after being sacked by the Council, man he was sooooo pathetic when working for the Council.
Still the gang would have to accept her help 'cause there was no way they could handle everything that had crossed the dimensional barrier.