Chapter 4: Fate
Faith
(Dreaming)
The demon moved with ease first he moved to the left, then the right, and then he caught them off guard.
"A slayers work is never done." The voice echoed through the halls of the mausoleum.
Faith turned around to see no one. She stood face to face with the demon. Angel by her side. She looked towards him.
"Angel there's something I got to tell you."
He stopped her before she could continue, his eyes all knowing. "I know."
She blushed, "You do?"
He nodded, "Yes Faith. I know what you are going to say and the answer is--- Look out!"
He pushed her to the side as the demon made a move for them. She wiped the sweat from her brow at the anticipation of a fight, finally some action!
The demon slammed Angel into a wall and blood began pouring from his arm. He looked over to faith.
"Go!" He commanded.
She hesitated before picking up the axe at her right.
"No way angel, could I never leave you."
She grabbed the axe with both hands and swung at the demon. It moved away from her and into a small hole that was in the back of the room. She held out her hand to Angel. He reluctantly took it as she studied his wound.
"Looks bad; Hurt"
"Not Much."
"Oh."
"Do you see that?" She turned, "See what?"
"That girl, it looks like dawn."
He walked out of the room and she followed.
In the darkened cemetery was dawn, Buffy's little sister and also a fellow slayer. She stood not far off from them with a stake and a grim expression on her face.
A vampire came from behind and she staked him.
"A slayers work is never done."
The voice echoed again.
"To what end will you sacrifice yourself?" The voice once again haunted her.
She ignored it figuring that she must be going insane.
They watched Dawn from a distance as she fought vampire after vampire and demon after demon, never once straying from her task.
Once the demons and evil creatures had subsided she turned and looked their way. Angel just looked at her, his voice above a slight whisper.
"You see that Faith, a slayers work is never done. She will fight until the end. Even when it is the end of the battle and her body is no more she will fight."
"I know."
Faith whispered her response. More demons came and Dawn fought them all still with an incredible drive that surprised faith.
Angel continued, "What ever happens in this fight promise me that you won't give up--"
"Never."
"Promise me that you will do what's right. Even if that means destroying me."
She turned to him surprised by the sudden response.
She looked into his eyes; even in the moonlight she could see the fire and intensity.
"I can't angel, even if---"
"A slayers work is never done." His voice grew strained and forceful. "Don't you understand that faith; no matter what else or who else is fighting you must finish it. You have to."
"Why?" She questioned. "Because I'm the slayer, because I am this strong force of good or because it's my destiny?"
She took a long pause. "Well ya know what angel, I never listened to destiny."
Angel
He watched her sleep all through the night, never once leaving her side. When Gunn had informed him of the underlying flaws in the prophecy her knew he had to be there to protect her. So that's what he was doing, ever so carefully he would watch her movements, from the way she tossed and turned as if she was having a night mare to the delicate curving of her lips as she smiled serenely as if she was in heaven. He watched her.
Faith
The dream faded and now she was somewhere else. Not exactly the same dream state but she knew she wasn't awake. She rustled with the sheets for a moment, her eyes focused on the light coming in from the window. She saw a shadow out the corner of her eye, her first reaction was to grab the book to her right and hit whoever was there. But at the memory of her dream she shifted slightly to see Angel standing by her side, looking rather busy or at least trying to
"Angel" Her voice came out in a squeak. "What are you doing in here?"
He looked up at her, blushing. Her eyes narrowed on him.
Just what was he doing there?
She lifted on leg out of bed before realizing that she wasn't wearing a bra underneath her tank top. She slid back under the covers.
He cleared his throat as if he knew why she had retreated back to the sheets.
"Well, I know that you wanted to talk to me earlier and I figured now would be as good as any, seeing as how I don't sleep."
She nodded as a yawn escaped from her mouth.
"Uh huh....So yeah I wanted to talk about the prophecy thing. I wanted to know how much you actually know."
He walked over ho the bed and sat down next to her, he looked her in the eyes.
"Not much, I know what you know, regardless of the resources."
She nodded."
"So, why did you move onto Wolfram and Hart? I mean you do know that they are like the worst people to work for."
He nodded, "Well, sometimes you have to make sacrifices."
"True, but Angel; You're sacrificing your soul, Granted you never wanted it again in the first place but that doesn't mean you should throw it away like yesterdays old baguette." She looked him in the eyes, and once again felt overwhelmed by her feelings of desire.
"Oh, yeah." She abruptly changed the subject. "I had a freaky dream"
"About Dawn?" He asked.
She looked surprised, "Yeah how did you know?"
"'A Slayer's work'" He began to quote.
"'Is never done.'" Faith finished for him.
"So we are having the same dreams now?" She asked.
"Don't know." He responded obviously confused. "Wait--I thought vampire didn't sleep."
"Usually we don't but, sometimes..." He trailed off and the two shared a smile.
"We're connected." Faith stated. "The slayer and the vampire."
"We are eternal." Angel concluded.
"Forever bound to destroy yet survive." They said in unison.
"No matter the consequence." Angel concluded.
"Hmm....."Faith stalled, "Is it just me or is that weird. I mean first Buffy and I and now--you and I?"
He shook his head in agreement "Stranger things have happened Faith."
"Yeah like a vampire with a soul." She muttered inaudibly.
"Yeah I sure am one of a kind." He stated.
"Or at least I used to be until Spike came along."
She nodded. "Yeah I never knew why he did the whole "get a soul" act anyway."
He shrugged, "Some thing for Buffy."
"Oh yeah I heard they were shacking up. Makes since ya know, them two."
He nodded even though he didn't believe a word of it. Not one word.
A brief interlude passed and the moment grew awkward.
"So what do you want to do now?" Angel asked.
"Hmm...Don't know. What do you have to eat?"
"I don't exactly eat."
"Yeah, right." She stood. "Just like you don't exactly sleep right?"
They once more shared a smile as Faith bent down and put on her jeans.
Angel pretended that he didn't see her black thong when she bent over to get her pants; he looked away towards the door.
She turned around knowing that he was staring even if he didn't admit it. She realized that there were a lot of things Angel did without admitting it.
Faith
(Dreaming)
The demon moved with ease first he moved to the left, then the right, and then he caught them off guard.
"A slayers work is never done." The voice echoed through the halls of the mausoleum.
Faith turned around to see no one. She stood face to face with the demon. Angel by her side. She looked towards him.
"Angel there's something I got to tell you."
He stopped her before she could continue, his eyes all knowing. "I know."
She blushed, "You do?"
He nodded, "Yes Faith. I know what you are going to say and the answer is--- Look out!"
He pushed her to the side as the demon made a move for them. She wiped the sweat from her brow at the anticipation of a fight, finally some action!
The demon slammed Angel into a wall and blood began pouring from his arm. He looked over to faith.
"Go!" He commanded.
She hesitated before picking up the axe at her right.
"No way angel, could I never leave you."
She grabbed the axe with both hands and swung at the demon. It moved away from her and into a small hole that was in the back of the room. She held out her hand to Angel. He reluctantly took it as she studied his wound.
"Looks bad; Hurt"
"Not Much."
"Oh."
"Do you see that?" She turned, "See what?"
"That girl, it looks like dawn."
He walked out of the room and she followed.
In the darkened cemetery was dawn, Buffy's little sister and also a fellow slayer. She stood not far off from them with a stake and a grim expression on her face.
A vampire came from behind and she staked him.
"A slayers work is never done."
The voice echoed again.
"To what end will you sacrifice yourself?" The voice once again haunted her.
She ignored it figuring that she must be going insane.
They watched Dawn from a distance as she fought vampire after vampire and demon after demon, never once straying from her task.
Once the demons and evil creatures had subsided she turned and looked their way. Angel just looked at her, his voice above a slight whisper.
"You see that Faith, a slayers work is never done. She will fight until the end. Even when it is the end of the battle and her body is no more she will fight."
"I know."
Faith whispered her response. More demons came and Dawn fought them all still with an incredible drive that surprised faith.
Angel continued, "What ever happens in this fight promise me that you won't give up--"
"Never."
"Promise me that you will do what's right. Even if that means destroying me."
She turned to him surprised by the sudden response.
She looked into his eyes; even in the moonlight she could see the fire and intensity.
"I can't angel, even if---"
"A slayers work is never done." His voice grew strained and forceful. "Don't you understand that faith; no matter what else or who else is fighting you must finish it. You have to."
"Why?" She questioned. "Because I'm the slayer, because I am this strong force of good or because it's my destiny?"
She took a long pause. "Well ya know what angel, I never listened to destiny."
Angel
He watched her sleep all through the night, never once leaving her side. When Gunn had informed him of the underlying flaws in the prophecy her knew he had to be there to protect her. So that's what he was doing, ever so carefully he would watch her movements, from the way she tossed and turned as if she was having a night mare to the delicate curving of her lips as she smiled serenely as if she was in heaven. He watched her.
Faith
The dream faded and now she was somewhere else. Not exactly the same dream state but she knew she wasn't awake. She rustled with the sheets for a moment, her eyes focused on the light coming in from the window. She saw a shadow out the corner of her eye, her first reaction was to grab the book to her right and hit whoever was there. But at the memory of her dream she shifted slightly to see Angel standing by her side, looking rather busy or at least trying to
"Angel" Her voice came out in a squeak. "What are you doing in here?"
He looked up at her, blushing. Her eyes narrowed on him.
Just what was he doing there?
She lifted on leg out of bed before realizing that she wasn't wearing a bra underneath her tank top. She slid back under the covers.
He cleared his throat as if he knew why she had retreated back to the sheets.
"Well, I know that you wanted to talk to me earlier and I figured now would be as good as any, seeing as how I don't sleep."
She nodded as a yawn escaped from her mouth.
"Uh huh....So yeah I wanted to talk about the prophecy thing. I wanted to know how much you actually know."
He walked over ho the bed and sat down next to her, he looked her in the eyes.
"Not much, I know what you know, regardless of the resources."
She nodded."
"So, why did you move onto Wolfram and Hart? I mean you do know that they are like the worst people to work for."
He nodded, "Well, sometimes you have to make sacrifices."
"True, but Angel; You're sacrificing your soul, Granted you never wanted it again in the first place but that doesn't mean you should throw it away like yesterdays old baguette." She looked him in the eyes, and once again felt overwhelmed by her feelings of desire.
"Oh, yeah." She abruptly changed the subject. "I had a freaky dream"
"About Dawn?" He asked.
She looked surprised, "Yeah how did you know?"
"'A Slayer's work'" He began to quote.
"'Is never done.'" Faith finished for him.
"So we are having the same dreams now?" She asked.
"Don't know." He responded obviously confused. "Wait--I thought vampire didn't sleep."
"Usually we don't but, sometimes..." He trailed off and the two shared a smile.
"We're connected." Faith stated. "The slayer and the vampire."
"We are eternal." Angel concluded.
"Forever bound to destroy yet survive." They said in unison.
"No matter the consequence." Angel concluded.
"Hmm....."Faith stalled, "Is it just me or is that weird. I mean first Buffy and I and now--you and I?"
He shook his head in agreement "Stranger things have happened Faith."
"Yeah like a vampire with a soul." She muttered inaudibly.
"Yeah I sure am one of a kind." He stated.
"Or at least I used to be until Spike came along."
She nodded. "Yeah I never knew why he did the whole "get a soul" act anyway."
He shrugged, "Some thing for Buffy."
"Oh yeah I heard they were shacking up. Makes since ya know, them two."
He nodded even though he didn't believe a word of it. Not one word.
A brief interlude passed and the moment grew awkward.
"So what do you want to do now?" Angel asked.
"Hmm...Don't know. What do you have to eat?"
"I don't exactly eat."
"Yeah, right." She stood. "Just like you don't exactly sleep right?"
They once more shared a smile as Faith bent down and put on her jeans.
Angel pretended that he didn't see her black thong when she bent over to get her pants; he looked away towards the door.
She turned around knowing that he was staring even if he didn't admit it. She realized that there were a lot of things Angel did without admitting it.