"Erin?" Faith said. "What-"

Erin looked up with an evil grin.

It was then Faith knew what she was doing.

The woman was sharpenign knives and loading pistols.

"Whatcha doing?"

"Oh, just getting ready to kill you." Erin went back to sharpening.

"Cool." Faith said, sliding the knife she had into her back pocket. "Where's the gang?"

"Who?" the blonde asked.

"You know, Buffy, Hope...?"

"Oh, them." Erin sighed. "Chloroform knocked them out."

"That's pleasant." Faith growled. She stepped toward Erin.

"I hope you know I have 8 guns, 17 knives, and 12 more bottles of chloroform that can and will kill a person."

"No, I did not know that." Faith said. "Maybe that's what I get for not finishing school.

Erin stopped sharpening and turned the machine off. She stood up and snatched a gun.

"Violence doesn't solve anything." She eyed the gun in Erin's hand.

"No, but you've gone soft. See, I know that you won't kill me. The blood on your hands- It scared you, didn't it? Try havign your husband sent to you in three peices."

"Erin, I couldn't just stay. Kakistos would have killed me too!"

"You deserved it."

Faith didn't reply. she just stood there.

"You're right." She finally said. "You, are right." Faith chuckled. "All this time, ever since I had left Jake there, I had remorse. I killed. I was rouge. If I had just let Angeleus kill me, it would have all worked out." Faith wetted her lips and shook her head. "It would have all worked out for you."

Erin ran over a slammed Faith into the brick wall of the basement. The grasp on the Slayer's neck was tight, and Faith gasped for air.

"I'm stronger than I was, little girl." she growled. "I've been preparing for this moment for years." Erin loosened her grip a little bit. "That one day you'd show up on my doorstep to take away the Angel sent to me from God."

She looked directly in Faith's eyes.

That, in which Faith hated, made her blink and look away.

"Well you know what?"

"What's that?" Faith rasped. She slid her arm behind her and slwoly withdrawled the knife.

"I'm not letting you take anything else of mine."

Faith griped the knife hard. Then she dropped it; purposly.

And she did it.

Faith let Erin win.

Note From The Author:

Boston's Own Hope: (1) Hope and Faith was part 1 of the 4 Part Boston's Own Hope Trilogies. got2havfaith will try to get Part 2,

Lost All Hope, finished before February 2003. As for the others, they'll come.