A Restless Revival
Authors: lirpa - liroa15yahoo.ca
shana -
Dedication: To all those who have inspired us.
Distribution: Our site, if you want it just ask.
Disclaimer: They belong to Joss and Titan Entertainment, not to us. If they really did this wouldn't be on the internet.
A.N: This fic just needed to be written, or at least we thought that it did. For those who are just tired of always running into Willow fics, and not much else. Also, Faith never went evil in out little world, k? Set after the end of the third season.
Shana
A Restless Revival: Chapter Five
By lirpa and shana
The parking lot was, predictably, empty when they arrived in the sub-terrain concrete maze. Still, the Slayers didn't let their guard down, they could feel something in the parking lot with them.
"Damn all these cars, there's too many hiding places," Faith commented.
"I know, and whatever it is, it's not human."
Faith's eyes charted the parking lot, looking for the presence that they were both feeling.
"Jeez, you'd think the demons and vamps would give after we left Sunnyhell. You'd think they want to die."
Just then they were jumped by a group of eager fledglings. They'd obviously been ordered to attack two Divas who they thought were nothing more that normal humans.
"Something's still out there, B," Faith stated after the vamps were just little piles of dust on the floor.
"I know, but what, or who, is it?"
"Damned if I know. I mean, the Sense doesn't differentiate between demons."
"I know," Buffy replied irritably.
"But where is it?" Absently, Faith brushed her hair back out of her face and turned to scan the parking lot.
"It's getting closer whatever it is, B. The vamps were just the first wave. I think they were supposed to incapacitate us."
"But who's pulling the strings?"
Just then a voice echoed throughout the parking lot. "Aren't you sorry that you messed with me?"
"Not really, Whorrie," Faith sneered. "You need to find some better vamps than that."
"Impossible," Torrie all but screeched as she came upon the Slayers standing easy, surrounded by piles of dust.
"Naw, B killed the Master a couple of years ago."
"What!"
"You should have done your homework, bitch. Ever heard of the Slayer?"
"Of course, but she lives in California."
Buffy chuckled. "Not anymore she doesn't. Now she works for the WWE with the other Slayer."
Torrie's eyes widened. "No, I don't believe it."
"Well, I don't really care," Faith sneered. "But just for kicks, what kind of demon are you?"
Torrie stated a name that neither Slayer could ever hope to pronounce.
"So?"
"They hypnotize people with their beauty and make them do whatever they want," Torrie explained.
"Oh, that so doesn't impress me," Faith replied. "Let's try this on for size, you try to screw B or I over and I'll tell everyone exactly what you are."
"Like they'd ever believe you," Torrie scoffed.
"No, but they'd believe you, and I'll find you and, believe me, you won't like what I do to you."
"You couldn't hurt me."
"You're a demon. I'm a Slayer. Ideally, I should slay you now, and get it over with. But since you're so well known, you might be missed."
Torrie was shuttering now. Obviously, she believed every word that was coming from Faith's mouth.
"Do you understand me?" Faith growled at the blonde Diva.
"Yes."
"Good. Now get out of here and leave us the hell alone."
And off she ran, breaking one of her ridiculously high heels in the process, but not stopping for fear.
"Well, that was fun, B." Faith drawled. "Now, let's get our stuff and get the hell out yet another faceless arena."
"I'm all for it," Buffy agreed calmly. "I don't think she'll be bothering us anymore."
"No, I don't think so," Faith agreed.
"So let's get out of here and have some fun."
With that both Slayers exited the parking garage without looking back, confident that they had solved the problem.
It was only a matter of minutes before they ran into Hunter and Shawn.
"Where have you two been?" Hunter exploded.
Buffy handed him the note, without comment. Hunter read it quickly before demanding, "And you went alone?"
"Not alone. Faith went with me, didn't she?"
"I don't see how much good Faith would have been, no offense, Faith," he added when Faith looked like she might complain.
"Well, no one showed up, so it was fine." Buffy tried to soothe. "Besides, Faith and I can take care of ourselves, Hunter."
"Just not when she's drunk," Faith added.
"So you're alright then?" Hunter questioned.
"We're fine. We just got tired of waiting for our mystery opponent so we thought we'd get our stuff and get out of here," Faith interjected, her voice calm.
"Do we leave tonight, or are we waiting for morning?" Buffy asked. "Because Faith and I still have stuff we need at the hotel."
"I think we'll leave tomorrow," Hunter decided. "We don't have that far to go."
"Really? Where are we going anyway?" Faith questioned, leading the two men toward the Divas locker room.
"Just about fifty miles down the road," Shawn replied.
"Cool." She looked around. "Where did B and Hunter get to?" she finally asked.
Shawn turned to look. "I don't know. They can't be that far."
Faith grabbed both bags and headed for the door. "They'll make it back to the hotel. I trust B to get my 'boyfriend' back to the hotel in one piece."
"Okay, then I guess you're coming back with me tonight.:
"You think you can handle me, big boy?" she purred.
"Why don't we find out, hmmmm?"
When Buffy got back to her hotel room, Faith wasn't there. Hunter had insisted on taking her out for dinner to celebrate his 'little sister's' first match and her first victory. They were approached several times by fans wanting autographs, and Buffy had been forced to improvise Hope Helmsley's signature sometime during the appetizer.
When she unlocked the door, she found her bag sitting on the bed but no Faith.
"Faith?" She called, frowning.
"There's a note by the lamp, babe." Hunter pointed out.
Buffy snatched it up, recognizing Faith's handwriting instantly.
B,
Take care of my boyfriend for me until I come get him tomorrow morning. I'll be there before we leave to collect anything I might have left. See you then.
She'd simply singed it F, but Buffy felt more secure in the knowledge that wherever Faith was, she was there by her choice.
"What's it say?" Hunter demanded.
"That I've got the room to myself for the night."
"Really? Where is she?"
"She doesn't say, just that she'll be by before we leave in the morning."
"Give me a minute, and I'll see if Shawn knows where she is." Hunter pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number.
A moment later, with a frown, he turned the phone off. "Shawn's not answering his phone, and it's too early for him to be asleep."
"Then I'm pretty sure that I know where Faith is," Buffy replied dryly.
"But she's too young for him," Hunter protested.
"Some people would say the same thing about us," Buffy returned.
"But we aren't..." Hunter began.
"Does that mean that you don't want to?" Buffy asked.
"No, I didn't say that," Hunter was quick to assure Buffy. She actually laughed.
"I thought not. This means that we can tease them mercilessly during the car ride to wherever the hell we're going tomorrow. Who's coming with us, anyway?"
"Besides Shawn and Faith?"
"Yes," Buffy clarified.
"The rest of Evolution."
"All in the same car?"
"No, we're taking a couple of cars. Randy's driving the other car, I think."
"Faith's with me," Buffy stated, allowing no room for disagreement.
"Of course," Hunter agreed reasonably. He really couldn't do anything else when Buffy sounded so damn determined about it.
Bright and early the next morning Faith slipped into the hotel room she was sharing with Buffy, silently, hoping not to wake the blonde.
"Faith?" Buffy called.
"Damn," she swore, "didn't mean to wake you."
"I was already awake, waiting for you," Buffy replied.
"Well damn. Why?"
"Because I want to know how your night went."
"My night?"
"Are you going to deny that you spent the night with Shawn?"
Faith looked at her like she'd found out a secret that wasn't any of her business, which was sort of true. "And what if I did?"
"Just wondering," Buffy replied innocently. "Do you know when we're leaving?"
"Not for a couple of hours yet, I think," Faith replied tossing her bag onto the bed.
"Did you have fun?" Buffy queried.
"None of your business," Faith replied shortly.
"I could always ask Shawn," Buffy suggested.
"He won't tell you anything," Faith replied confidently.
"I've got all day to work on him," Buffy returned. "He'll crack eventually, they all do."
"What about you?" Faith asked going on the offensive. "Where did you and Hunter disappear to last night with out a word?"
Fini Chapter Five.