Full Circle
By Kyizi
Disclaimer: The WWE, Buffy, Angel and all related items do not belong to me; only the story is mine. No copyright infringement intended.
Rating: PG
Pairings: Willow/?, Lillian/?, Faith/?, Lita/?, Dawn/?
Spoilers: WWE – Up to just before Summerslam 2002, Buffy – up to end of S6 and Angel – up to end of season 3 (all subject to change! I'll keep you posted in future parts).
Distribution: Please ask.
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E-mail: kyizifanfic hotmail. com
Summary: When Lillian, Faith and Willow disappear, will their friends be able to get them back in time to stop what could be the ultimate apocalypse?
Notes: For continuity notes, see prologue. The pairings for this one are no longer set. Having had to come back to it, I'm no longer sure that the original pairings I chose are what I want to go for. I will open new polls on my Yahoo! Group, KyiziFic.
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She sighed, pushing a few stray strands of hair behind her ear. Rubbing her hands over her face, she tried to relax, to feel at home, something she had never really felt because there was always something missing. She felt odd, different, left out. She didn't belong there, and yet she stayed.
They were trying to help her fit in, well, Angel was trying. She knew that Connor had a crush on her and that made Cordelia nervous no matter how hard she tried to play it down. She had just got out of jail, the last thing she needed was for Angel to put her in the morgue. It wasn't that Connor wasn't a cure kid, he was, but he was just that, a kid. There was also the fact that he was Angel's kid and that was not of the good.
It didn't help that they were all trying so hard to keep things together as it was. Wesley's departure from the group hadn't been an easy one and although it had shocked her, she couldn't say that part of her hadn't seen it coming. She'd always seen something more in him, something deeper, especially when she'd tortured him…not that that was something she wanted to dwell on. The thought that is could all stem back to that event, that it could be her fault, was not something she wanted to consider for too long.
Shaking her head, she thought again of the small group that surrounded her. Fred was currently visiting her parents and her recent break up with Gunn had left the young man at a loose end, meaning he'd been spending a lot of time in his old neighbourhood, with some of his old friends; not that there were many left after the incident in Cariatas she'd heard a little about. She'd joined him on occasion when they had been hitting a rather large nest of vampires, but she knew she unnerved most of the gang so she'd declined the latest invitation.
Sighing once more, Faith stood up, deciding that it would do her good to get out of her room for a while. She valued her sanity, and it was definitely at risk in the flowery room she had recently claimed as her own, and it was the best on offer.
"I need to get some paint," she muttered to herself as she walked down the hallway. As she approached the stairs she heard voices coming from the main foyer of the hotel and thought about turning back to her room in an attempt not to listen, but now that she was aware of the voices, she knew her Slayer hearing would keep her tuned in.
"Look, it's not like I think she doesn't belong here, that's not what I'm saying. I 'm just thinking about what's best for Connor,"
"And I'm not?"
"No, Angel, that's not what I meant, but the boy is practically following her around like a lap dog. He's worse than you were with Buffy."
"It's natural for- hey, I was not a lap dog!" Faith bit back a laugh at the indignation in his voice. "Besides, it's natural and healthy for teenagers to have crushes."
"But this is Faith we're talking about! She tortured Wesley, destroyed half of Sunnydale at some point or another, and, oh, yeah, she killed a man!"
"Cordy, she's paid for that, she's-"
"She's paid? Angel a couple of years in prison is not payment for a man's life."
Faith crept closer to the top of the stairs as she heard Angel sigh, curious as to what his response would be. "Look, Cordy, I know that, I know that more than you could ever imagine. I never meant to imply that it was, I just…Look, Faith did not mean to kill that man, it was an accident."
"I know it was Angel, and that's what scares me. Besides it wasn't an accident when she didn't tell anyone, it wasn't an accident when she went freaky on us and tortured Wes and it was not an accident when she tried to kill Buffy." Cordelia sighed. "Look, my point is this, even if it was an accident, Faith cannot afford to have those kinds of accidents, not with the kind of power she possesses. What is she was sparring with Connor and she accidentally hurt him."
"Eh, Cordy, I think Connor has the ability to handle himself."
"Ugh!" Cordelia threw her hands in the air in frustration. "That's besides the point, Angel, this is-"
"I know, I know. But you're missing my point. You're not giving her a chance to redeem herself. I mean isn't that a part of what we do now? Help people? I've killed a lot of people in my time, Cordy and I'm not proud of it, and you don't hold it against me. Can't you extend the same understanding with Faith?"
"Yeah, yeah, I guess. But if I go all glowy and accidentally blow someone up, you give me the same response, right?"
Angel chuckled. "Right, and don't worry, you'll get a handle on your new powers soon enough."
"Yeah, well, tell that to Dennis. I think he's hiding in the wall again."
"Cordy, Dennis is a ghost, you probably wouldn't be able to harm him, he's already dead."
"Look who's talking, dead boy," Faith pasted a grin on her face as she walked down the stairs. Angel smirked at her and nodded and from the look in his eye, Faith realised that he'd known she was there all along. Not that that fact really surprised her, his vampire senses would have picked her up the minute she'd left her room. He obviously thought she needed to hear the conversation and she was glad he had let her.
"So, C, still havin' trouble with the glowy thing?"
Cordy rolled her eyes and nodded. "You have no idea, it just doesn't seem to want to let me control it and I sure as hell can't stop it."
"Yeah, well, don't worry, it'll all…" Faith frowned and trailed off earning a confused look from Cordy but when the seer looked at Angel, she saw the same look mirrored on his face.
"What is it?"
Suddenly there was a flash of blue light and when her vision cleared she spotted Angel…but Faith was gone.
"I didn't do it."
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