Woohoo, my muse is back in the form of a laptop!! I have a whole new story for you!! I actually started it a while ago, but wasn't planning to actually bother with it any more, but yey, he muse is back and I'm giving it a chance! This is a little odd, but hey, that's just about me in a nutshell, so its all good!
(Oh yeah, and Becca, I told u I'd post it!! So this is kinda 4 u!)
Disclaimer: I don't own dark angel or Buffy. But people I make up, like Naomi, are mine!!
Strong"Hey Faith, what's up?" Buffy asked, stepping out into the courtyard at the back of the hotel.
"Nothin'." Faith said, smiling. "God, it feels like such a long time since I've been able to say that."
"I know how you feel."
"So… Angel doesn't mind the mini-slayer gang?"
"Na. Between you an' me, I think he has other things on his mind. But hey, its not as if he doesn't have enough room."
"Screwy about Cor, huh?" Faith said.
"Yeah, but ooh! Its not you unconscious for once!"
"No." Faith laughed. "Is it just me, or does the whole deal here sound a little… off?"
"What? What d'ya mean?"
"I dunno… it's like something's missing… oh well, probably just me…anything interesting going on?"
"Nope. Willow is playin' around on the net… she insists its totally un-demon-related, but I think she has withdrawal." The two slayers laughed, but we're cut off by a yell from inside.
"Oh my goddess! Buffy!" They ran back inside, to find Willow starring disbelievingly at the computer screen.
"What? Willow, what is it?"
"I… I found something. I just wanted a bit of a challenge, y'know, and I found something with loadsa passwords and things… oh goddess, Buffy, I think it's part of the initiative! It has the same encoding pattern!"
"Wait a sec." Faith said, "You wanted a challenge, so you hacked into government files?" She shook her head, "I thought I was supposed to be the crazy one."
Willow smiled sarcastically, and turned back to the screen.
"Buffy… from what I've got so far, this is way past the initiative… they sent off DNA samples and stuff like that to who ever these guys are… I think they're trying something a step on form sticking demons together like Adam. They're using genetic engineering, Buffy."
"What do you mean? They're making more Adams? Just, from scratch?"
"Yup. But it's DNA, and from what I can figure, they'll have to use human stuff too, and surrogates… These things, will be technically human, but with… well the idea must be that they have super human strength and speed and stuff."
"God… they really are messing with stuff they don't understand. What if this goes wrong? Like with Adam? I don't like to mess with government stuff, but demons… that's our turf." Buffy said. Faith nodded. "But… Will, can you get us anything solid, like location?"
"Erm… oh, there's something about the Wyoming facility… oh, and… here, that's more specific."
"Oh damn it." Buffy cursed. "I can't go off to Wyoming with all these guys here…"
"I'll do it." Faith said, "First of all, I'm already a wanted criminal, so we don't need to worrying about screwing up my record, and secondly, you're the boss, you need to be here… I'll do the recon."
"You'll need help." Buffy said.
"I'll be fine."
"No you wont. You need help with breaking and entering, and if something happens to you…"
"Did someone say breaking and entering?" A voice asked from the front door. The slayers looked up sharply at the tightly clad woman standing in the doorway.
"Gwen." Angel gasped, coming out of the office. "What are you doing here?"
"Nice to see you too. I see you got reinforcements…" She looked round as a group of teenage girls burst through the door, chatting loudly, "Or you started a day care centre."
Angel laughed,
"Er… Gwen, this is Buffy and Faith, the …kinda…original vampire slayers. That's Willow, Xander, oh, and Kennedy and all of that lot are new slayers. Everyone, this is Gwen."
"Ok… I may not be the expert on demon stuff, but I thought there was only meant to be one slayer?"
"Ah, yeah." Buffy said, "Long story." And for once no one argued. Gwen shrugged,
"So… Breaking an' enterin'?"
"Oh!" Angel exclaimed, "Gwen could help you guys! She can… well…"
Gwen rolled her eyes, and held up one hand. With an effort (since Gunn helped her get the funny electric gadget thing, she can touch people, but she can use her power if she wants to) Gwen made electricity spark between her fingers. Faith raised her eyebrows.
"Definitely useful." She agreed. So they filled her in.
Next day, Gwen and Faith were on a plane, heading to the address Willow had found.
(Ok, I KNOW how unlikely it is that it wud be that simple, but I just wanna get them there so leave it ok? This isn't exactly the most important bit of the story.)
"We all set?" Faith whispered as she joined Gwen by a large, electronically locked door.
"Yep, you deal with the guards?"
"Oh yeah." Faith grinned.
"Then here we go." Gwen said, laying her hand over the lock, and quietly frying the circuits. They opened the door, and snuck into the office. Soon they were looking through computer files, emails, and just about everything they could need, helped by Willow on a phone to get past passwords. Eventually they found lab locations too, and left the office as discreetly as they came in.
(I know that government guys would be all over them by now, but in case u didn't realise, I'm rushing this bit of the story to get to the interesting bits!!)
Faith swallowed, absolutely positive that there was no way someone hadn't realised they were there by now. The lab was perfect, brilliant white all around, only punctuated by glistening steel now and then.
"What the hell are we doing here?" Faith said into the walkie-talkie she held. (Gwen was outside, on the look out.)
"I dunno, finding stuff out." She replied.
"Well… there isn't anything solid here! No demons to slay… jeez, I dunno what I was expecting, but this is hopeless."
"Oh shit! Faith get out of there! Get out! I'll meet you at the rendezvous! There's a load of military dudes headed your way. Get out! Now!"
Faith was already half way out. She moment Gwen had yelled, she had started off at a sprint. Nearing the exit, she prayed she'd be ok, but the sound of the door opening forced her to turn back round, running for another exit.
Gwen stood at the rendezvous. She'd been there nearly an hour, but was terrified to believe what she knew was true. Faith had been caught. Eventually, she gave up on the fight with her conscience, and let it over rule. She headed back to the lab. When she got there, she couldn't believe her eyes. In one hour, it had been stripped. Gwen felt sure it must be the wrong place, but knew it wasn't. There was no sign of any experiments. All the equipment was gone. Faith was gone.
Faith didn't open her eyes. Instead, she allowed her clearing senses to take in anything she could. The first thing she heard was footsteps. Then voices, and she felt a man standing over her.
"Extraordinary, isn't it?" He was saying. "She is one hundred percent human, but stronger than any I've ever seen. Even the drugged up initiative boys weren't this strong, and their hearts were going haywire. This girl is in perfect fitness." Faith now realised the severity of her situation. She was tied down to a bed of some kind, in a government facility connected with the initiative. As she became more awake, the fight came back to her… she'd taken out a whole squadron of swat guys before she was eventually taken down by many tasers.
"Ah, she's awake." Another voice said. Faith stiffened, how did he know that!? "My dear," He continued, "Breathing patterns change when you are sleeping or waking. Plus you just reacted when I said you were awake."
Faith's eyes snapped open. She was pissed.
"Much better." Said the first man. Faith looked him up and down. He was a short man, in his twenties, maybe early thirties, with blond hair, and dark eyes. "Who are you?" He demanded.
"Santa Claus." Faith replied, then she screamed as a taser was thrust into her midriff.
"Who are you?"
"Sorry, sorry… the Tooth Fairy…" Another scream.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Faith." She said eventually, what harm could it really do? But the taser came again.
"Who…"
"Faith!" she yelled, "That's my name, you bastard! Damn that hurts!"
The blond man chuckled.
"So, Faith, Would you please tell me what you were doing in that lab?"
"What lab?" She knew it was pointless, but there was some part of her that had vowed to make this a hard as possible. Whether it was meant to be hard for them, or her, she had not yet decided. Gasping for breath after another scream, she said, Takin' a tour. You're messin' with things you don't understand."
"Really?" He asked, "And what would that be?"
"Demons, dumb ass." Again with the taser.
"I don't know what you are talking about."
"Then you really are in trouble." Faith quipped. When the pain receded, she had finally lost the remainder of her temper. "You hit me with that one more time, and I will say nothing more, you hear!? You can fry me for all I care, but I won't even scream for you!" She yelled. The blond man smiled, and tasered her. Faith flinched, but she didn't even groan. He frowned, and hit her again, but no matter what he did, she seemed to somehow be in a place where she didn't feel the pain. Soon he gave up, but was even more intrigued at how this apparently normal girl could withstand all this.
"Alright then." He breathed, "No more pain, you just talk, ok? What were you looking for? What do you know?"
Faith smiled,
"Nothing. I'm a thief, I was looking for stuff to nick."
"No you weren't. How are you this strong?"
"Because my mum was super woman."
He tensed, and reached for the taser, but Faith made a 'tsk tsk' noise, and he stopped, grimacing.
"Look, little girl, you are in a whole bunch of trouble. You aren't getting out of here. Talking will just make things easier for you."
"I'm not getting out? So really, that mean I'm screwed whether I talk or not, and it just makes things easier for you." She could actually hear him grinding his teeth. She grinned. Then she thought of why she was here- to try to stop this thing from happening. Faith rolled her eyes and sighed. "Look, you're using HST DNA, right?" Lydecker's jaw dropped,
"How do you…?"
"Not important. Don't you know how the initiative ended? Lots of death! Demons aren't just animals, dumbass, they're demons! As in from other dimensions, fuelled by evil an' all?" She stopped as a nasty smile came to Lydecker's face. He called a soldier into the room, and ordered him to bring a file to him. Faith didn't like the sound of this. Soon the grunt returned, and Lydecker flicked through pages.
"Ah. This is it. There were reports of some civilians involved in the initiative. They claimed things about magical powers… apparently one of them was unnaturally strong… they called her a 'slayer'." He looked down at Faith's nervous face, and positively grinned. "So that's it then? You are one of these 'slayers'? I think that could be very interesting, don't you think, doctor?" The other man nodded,
"Oh definitely sir. With her strength… I think, maybe we could even use her as the surrogate after the prep work… since she can't leave anyway."
"Surrogate!?" Faith exclaimed, "What the f*ck do you mean by that?" Suddenly she was even more desperate to get out. Lydecker seemed overjoyed,
"You my dear, are a perfect specimen for mixing into our soldiers… and it would be interesting to see if you actually carrying one of them would make a difference."
"Me? A mom? Uh-uh… see I'm really no good with kids…"
"Oh don't worry, once it was born, you'd never even see it again."
"Soo not the point dude!" She cried. Lydecker smiled broader. "I… I… I smoke!" she said triumphantly.
"That can be worked around." Lydecker told her.
"You can't do this!" Faith yelled.
"Watch me. Doctor?" Lydecker stood back, and Faith struggled as much as she could while a needle penetrate her arm, and darkness consumed her again.
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