A/N: I'm back with part three! Hope you like it. Um thanks for the reviews they've been really helpful. And yeah, if u haven't been reviewing, please do, if you hate it, I wanna know why and if you like it, well I wanna know why!

Spike'sRedQueen: My first review this time... thanks! Well I know you wanna know if she's alright or not...but where's the fun in that! cackles evilly You will find out soon.

Out-of-Reality: Glad you like it! Um I hav to admit, I kinda forgot about Oz (oops!) which is weird cos his my fav!(After Faith ofcourse) so yeah, I know he kinda just springs up randomly here, but it was the only way I could get him in. Mayor will prolly not be part of it cos I hated him and also this isn't really concentrating on the season 3 storylines. oh and in relation to the other person..... there will be a cameo soon! Thanks for reviewing and reading.

That's it.....two reviews! Dismal I say, DISMAL! Kidding....sorta.

STORY STARTS HERE

Xander and Cordelia walked silently through the cemetery, both lost in their own thoughts. The cemetery always seemed very eerie, dark and musty wasn't exactly a turn on, but tonight it seemed to feel stronger. There was that feeling that surrounded them, everywhere they went it followed. It lurked in the shadows and was slowly closing in on them. 'It', was death.
"Poor girl, she'll me scared forever," Cordelia said almost to herself. Xander was surprised that Cordy was thinking the same thing as he was. This was a very emotional thing, she probably wouldn't get over it for a while.
"Yeah, I imagine it will be with her forever."
"That's such a shame."
"Yeah, she's a pretty good girl."

"I mean, that girl has such a good figure it's too bad."

Xander stopped for a second. She'd lost him. "What?"

"Well it's a shame she'll have those scars and on her stomach of all places. That severely limits her wardrobe choice. I mean, no mid drift tops ever again." Yep that sounded more Cordy like, always thinking about one thing: Clothes.
"Um.........yeah," Xander said, unsure how or if to respond. They fell back into a silence as they continued to walk through the night.

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Willow and Giles both looked up as the doors to the library flew open. Immediately Willow's eyes began to sparkle as she ran to oz and gave him a big bear hug. "I came straight from the gig coz I heard.....i um heard that there were some girls fighting a man in the cemetery and one of the girls was badly hurt. Is Buffy Ok?"
Willow looked up at him, surprised by his care and consideration. "Buffy is......physically.......Faith isn't though."
"How bad?"
"I don't know yet, Buffy wont tell us anything."
"You two doing the research thing?" Willow nodded. "Want some help?"

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Buffy sat in the same position as she had been for the past 4 hours. She held Faith's hand firmly in her own, and with the other hand she brushed imaginary pieces of hair from Faith's forehead. She sat and stared at her, thinking about everything that had happened, wondering about Faith's past. There was so much she didn't know about her: what it was like for her growing up, where she lived, her family....she knew she had had it tough, but still, Buffy knew nothing about any of it. What sort of friend was she? As she sat and looked at her she realised if Faith died now, she'd be burying a stranger. She didn't want that to happen. 'Please, give me another chance' she whispered.

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Once again the doors to the library flew open and everyone in the room looked up to see Cordelia and Xander walking in. Willow, Giles and OZ looked very gloomy and tired, they'd been up half the night trying to research, but they hadn't had much luck on account of the fact that they had no idea what to look for.
"Make not with the glum faces" Xander said, "For I come bearing gifts" He pulled out a long sword wrapped in a piece of cloth and lay it on the table. Giles carefully unwrapped it to reveal the same sword as Faith was stabbed with. Although they had never seen it before, they could tell it was the right sword- it was covered in the blood of a slayer.
"Oh my gosh," Willow said in disgust. In an instant Oz was next to her with his arms protectively around her.
"Ew!" Cordy said as she hid her face in Xander's shoulder.
"Yes, yes....it's ah, not, delightful." Giles said.
"Well, can you tell anything from it?" Oz asked.
Giles began to study it. "Hmmm," he said.
"Hmm....like good hmm? Or bad hmm?" Xander asked.
These markings, they look familiar but I can't remember where from." He showed them the design etched in the handle of the sword. "We'll have to look them up," he said walking over to the bookshelf. He looked back at the group of students and noticed how tired they were, and worried. So he turned around and went back to the group.
"Tell you what, how about we all go to the hospital and check up on Faith and Buffy, then you can all go home for the night. Come back tomorrow to research."

"Sound's good to me," Cordy said getting up and grabbing her bag.
"Well, are you sure?" Willow asked yawning. Giles smiled at her and nodded. He admired how much she would give up to research something for him or Buffy, she was very dedicated and he was always amazed at this. He knew she'd happily stay and research, they all would, and he probably did need it, but he also knew they were just a bunch of kids who needed the same stuff as other kids. So he too picked up his things and led them out of the library to the car. Before he could research he had to put his mind at rest, he had to check on his slayers.

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It wasn't visiting hours, so the group had to sneak past the night staff. Luckily for them, Sunnydale hospital night staff were well known for their gossiping so getting past them was not difficult. They all found the room and looked through the glass window at Buffy and Faith. Buffy still sat wide awake holding Faith's hand and staring at her. It was like if Buffy stopped looking at her for one second, she'd fade away. She looked lost in her thoughts until she brushed imaginary pieces of hair form her forehead again.
The scoobies decided this was the time to enter. The gently opened the door and silently walked over. Buffy didn't look up, she just assumed it was a nurse. "Buffy?" Willow asked gently. Buffy looked up and was slightly surprised to see them all standing there, she smiled weakly at them and then resumed looking at Faith.
"Sorry we couldn't come til now," Willow said.
Buffy didn't reply.
"We, ah, we found the weapon, so we can research it now." Cordelia said.
Again, no reply.
The scoobies all looked at each other, they were slightly worried by how she was reacting to them, almost like they weren't there. They didn't know if she was even registering anything they said.
"h..How is she?" Xander asked.
"Doctors say she's going pretty well, vitals ok and all that, so now we're just waiting,"

"For what?" Giles asked.
"To see if she'll wake up." Buffy whispered.

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AN: Well, there you go. This was a little longer than the last so yeah, what did ya think? Please review cos without reviews I don't post! So hit the little "submit review" button......NOW. Thanks for reading xxx