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A/N- I am so sorry I haven't updated sooner!!!!!! But I've been busy with school, and other things. And with the semester switching over and crap, I've been a bit.. busy and stressed out lately. But no I haven't forgotten about it or given up on it.

But here's the next chapter.

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Spike had been driving for quite a while now just listening to rock music and smoking a cigarette. He would get to Dawn before anything happened to her, he had promised himself that a long time ago. He had also promised her he would never let anything hurt her. The road seemed to stretch on and on never stopping. He sighed as he began to think things over once again. However his thoughts would always trail back to the blonde headed slayer who was now six feet under. Her death would keep playing over in his mind, and how he was unable to reach her in time, how she had died for Dawn, so he wouldn't get to her, she died so Dawn could have a few seconds to get out, to run. He remembered Dawn trying to fight him, and how she just wasn't strong enough yet, and how Buffy had burst in just as Dawn was getting ready to meet her death. He remembered Buffy being angry, angrier then ever before, he had never seen her so angry. Then it all stopped as she told Dawn to run, Dawn had refused to leave at first, but finally she ran and hide were the fight was in clear view of her. Then he remembered him coming after her, after Buffy had died, and how he had stopped him, and managed to give Dawn the time she needed to escape. And then he remembered an empty room, where she had ran, ran from the guilt from the pain, from him.

"Stop thinking of it Spike. You have to be strong for the bit." He told him self. But no matter what he told him self it all kept running through his head like a movie.

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Dawn looked between her two friends. She watched the anger swell up in Zack, and a semi annoyed/semi amused Faith glare at each other. She knew this wouldn't go down well if she didn't step in, and soon. "Oh look wonderful day isn't it? A day that shouldn't go to waste by fighting over something silly." Dawn said nervously.

"My sister took you in, and your just going to let this woman insult her." He said blue eyes cold as he turned his glare on her.

"Hey lay off, alright! She didn't even do anything! As I remember correctly I was the one who made the remark about your sister." She said jumping to Dawn's defense while standing up from her seat. "So just back off of her." She spat out. Her voice cold and hard, matching Zack's. Dawn looked over at Faith and noticed the glint in her eyes, she wanted to kick someone's or something's ass, she wanted to fight. And Dawn knew if Zack didn't back off, he was going to be that someone.

"I don't recall asking your opinion." Zack's voice was harsh. Faith rolled her eyes at Zack and smirked.

"And I don't recall wanting to get harassed by you and your damn sister!" Faith shouted. Brown eyes flaring with anger, as she forced herself not to strike at Zack.

"Come on guys, let's just talk about this civilly." Dawn pleaded. "Faith didn't mean anything by what she said about Max Zack. And Faith just don't do anything stupid." She said.

Zack growled deep in his throat. "You can growl. Cool." Faith smirked.

Zack glared at Faith cold steeling ice blue eyes clashing with cold amused brown eyes. "Leave Terminal City, before you're made to leave, and trust me 'Faith' you won't like it." He said in a commanding voice as he sort of mocked her name. Faith's eyes flared and that was the last straw, she drew back her fist and with out warning swung at Zack. Zack, however, caught her hand and twisted it behind her back.

"Hey your kinda good." Faith said before slamming her head in Zack's face. Zack let go and Faith took this opportunity to get out of his grip and kick outward, her foot connected solidly with his abdomen. Zack stumbled back and glared at her. Faith got into fighting mode as did Zack and they circled each other. Faith's dark eyes took in her opponent she could tell from the way he held himself that he could fight, what she didn't know was how well. Faith threw the first punch, which Zack caught and then threw a punch at her, which connected with her jaw making her head do a 180, and then kicked outward making contact with her stomach, she stumbled backward and caught herself on the table. Her dark brown eyes were ablaze as she turned her attention back toward Zack. She pushed herself off of the table and threw a punch at Zack again, this time successfully hitting her target and then sending her left leg outward hitting him his stomach, making him stumble.

Zack was surprised by the girl, and also knew she wasn't as normal as she appeared, but she also wasn't a transgenic he knew that for sure. 'So what is she?' He thought to himself as he kicked outward. The two continued like this until finally Faith started to tire out, and Zack pinned her to the ground. Faith was breathing hard from anger and her chest was rising up and down as she glared at Zack, a wild glint in her eye. Zack also glared at her, the same glint shown in his eyes, the only difference is that he didn't seem to be almost be out of breath.

"Who and what the fuck are you?" Faith asked, knowing that Zack was defiantly not normal, considering he kicked her ass pretty bad.

Zack didn't move he didn't speak at first. "I can ask you the same thing." He answered.

Ok that chapter was extremely short, my shortest chapter yet I think. Well please review and tell me what you think I promise I'll TRY to update faster and sooner for now on. But if I don't know that I HAVE NOT stopped or given up on it!!!!!!!!!! Well byebyes!!!!!!!!!

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