Disclaimer- I own nothing from Dark Angel, or Buffy. The credit goes to the wonderful people who came up with the idea and put it on TV, ok.

A/n- Thank you for the reviews, you're all the best!!!!!!!!! And sorry I haven't updated in a while, but here I am.

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"No, Dawn your not going anywhere." Max said.

"Oh I'm not, and who says?" Dawn asked, really starting to get ticked off, not at Max, but at her life and how things were turning out.

"Me." A female voice said from behind them. Both Max, and Dawn turned to see whom the voice belonged too. When Dawn seen who it was, her eyes opened wide. Max, however, looked at the girl in front of them confused.

"And who the h#ll do you think you are?" Max asked.

"Faith."

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Faith observed the girls in front of her. One in her early twenties, and the other one a teenager. Dawn had changed since she saw her, which was about four months before Buffy died.. again. She looked at the other girl, the one holding Dawn, and looking at her with a weird expression. Faith just smirked, at the two of them.

"Gee that helps out a lot." Max said.

"Does, doesn't it?" Faith asked.

"How the h#ll did you get in here?" Max asked.

"That's for me to know, and you to not know." Faith said. Max could feel this girl was strong, and had an odd aura about her. One that sensed she didn't take crap from people, and would kick your a#s if you got in her way, she seemed tough.

"I'm the one who runs this place." Max said. "Now how did ya get in here?" Max asked.

"So you're like the mayor or some crap like that. Big wow!" Faith said.

Max glared at Faith she didn't like this girl. "I suggest you get outta Terminal City." Max said.

"Or what?" Faith taunted. "You know I'm not too big on orders, never have been." Faith added.

Before the fight could go any further Dawn stepped in, "W-what are you doing here?" Dawn stuttered. She thought Faith was dead. "I t-thought you were dead." Dawn said looking at the girl in front of her, whom she had gotten to become friends with, after she had saved her life.

"What made you think that, kid?" Faith asked, and then thought it would be wise to talk in private with Dawn. "I think it's time to catch up on some things, don't you Dawnie. I do, let's go." Faith said grabbing her other arm to led her away when Max stopped her.

"You're not taking her anywhere." Max said.

Faith looked at Max, and rolled her eyes. She was really starting to piss her off. "Max it's ok." Dawn said. Max looked at Dawn, and then at Faith, with distrustful eyes, before finally letting go of Dawn and walking away.

Faith dragged Dawn into a little café and sat down. Dawn obliged and sat down, looking at the roguish slayer across from her. Faith looked at Dawn and raised an eyebrow at her. "I got something on me or something?" Faith asked.

"If you weren't dead then where were you?" Dawn asked, her sad eyes looking confused at the slayer.

"First off, where'd you get I was dead?" Faith asked, lighting a cigarette, but not bringing it to her mouth.

"Buffy. She said you didn't make it out of the fight. You remember the one that you two-fought together with those two Demons. The really nasty ones, that was really strong." Dawn said.

Faith looked over at Dawn, her dark eyes searching the other girls face. "Naw, after that fight we found out that more would be coming from Taxes, or some sh#t like that, so I told her to tell you bye, and went off to help Angel with those before they reached Sunnydale." Faith explained.

"Then why she say-"

"Dunno. Why did B, do any of the things she did." Faith said. "Does these guys know?" Faith asked.

Dawn looked down and shook her head lightly. "Faith why are you here? How did you find me?" Dawn asked, was she working for the bad side again?

"Was in New York, started having these dreams about Buffy. As hard as this may seem to believe it's all true. Anyways we had conversations, she told me to come find you, before 'he' got you, and help you train and crap. Told me where you were to, so here I am. That's a long story made short." Faith explained shortly.

"Oh." Dawn said.

"I know it's hard to believe but its true." Faith said.

"So she told you to help me train so I could kill 'him'?" Dawn asked. Faith nodded. "Figures." Dawn mumbled.

"Figures what?" Faith asked.

"Nothing." Dawn said.

"Come on kid, spill." Faith said.

"Figures that she would only care about you finding me to stop him, to save the world." Dawn mumbled.

"Oh." Faith said in understanding. "Listen Dawn, she cared about you, and she still does." Faith said.

"Yea right." Dawn said.

Faith rolled her eyes; she really wasn't any good with this girly crap. "Whatever Dawn." Faith said. "So who was the girl?" Faith asked.

"Max. She's been letting me stay with her." Dawn explained.

"Seems sorta b#tchy." Faith murmured. "There's something weird going on. There's guard standing around the gate-fence thing that's around city. You know what it is?" Faith asked looking around the place a bit suspiciously.

"No, but I know something's going on. They're just not telling." Dawn said softly. Faith looked over at her.

"Have you told them about us?" Faith asked meaning them being slayers.

"No. Max called somebody though back at Sunnydale." Dawn said. "Faith I want you to leave." Dawn said.

Faith looked at Dawn a bit hurt. "What are you talking about?"

"Faith enough people have gotten hurt because of me. Just please leave." Dawn pleaded.

"Not a chance Dawn." Faith said. "Besides been meaning to see Seattle for some time now." Faith said.

"Faith-" Dawn stopped mid sentence.

"What?" Faith asked.

"We should talk some where else, at some other time." Dawn said, which got Faith to look at her with a raised eyebrow and turn around and look where Dawn was looking.

"Who is he? You know him?" Faith asked looking at a man with blonde hair. He started to walk toward them, and Faith looked back at Dawn.

"He's Max's older brother, Zack." Dawn said.

"He's cute." Faith observed. When Zack reached Dawn and Faith's table he looked at Faith with a hard, cold look. Faith looked at him, with a smirk and raised eyebrow.

"Zack." Dawn said.

"Who are you?" Zack asked.

"Who are you?" Faith asked.

Dawn looked between the exchange, and rolled her eyes. 'This could be bad, very bad.' Dawn thought. "Zack this is Faith, Faith this is Zack." She said. Zack glanced at her and then back at Faith. "She's a friend." She said.

"How'd you get in Terminal City?" He asked Faith coldly.

"Didn't I already get asked this? Well you see first I had to ride a bus, and then I had to get on another bus that would take me to Seattle. Then when I got in Seattle I had to walk around until I found out where Terminal C was, and then I had to walk here. So ya see it was all by using Buses and Legs." Faith said sarcastically.

Zack glared at her. "I don't like your attitude."

"I don't like your sister." Faith bit back.

Dawn looked at Faith with shook her head. 'Yea this is gonna be h#ll.' Dawn thought to herself.

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Ok here a very short and very crappy chapter to hold you over. And sorry for the shortness and crappyness but I'm not to great right now and stuff, so as soon as I'm feeling better and stuff I'll get a longer and not crappy chapter out. SO byebyes

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