Today was foggy. Fog, the most infrequent gentleman of weather in Sunnydale. But today, the fog was an eclipse, blocking out the sun so that you couldn't see two feet in front of you. It was the kind of fog that let you see miles and miles away, but not anything set before you. These were the kind of days Dawn hated most. It usually meant trouble was in the air... Or possibly rain. Either way, it meant trouble.
When her mind could not sleep anymore, she slipped her legs over the side of her bed, glad no potentials reined in her room at this morning. As she pulled herself towards the door, not bothering to resume her normal clothes and discard that of her pajamas, the previous night's happenings slowly surfaced in her mind.
She had never seen Faith so terrified. Faith was always the strong one, the rock of the group. She provided witty banter and a remark that easily raised everyone's spirits, though stillheld her position of the 'Rogue', all at the same time. She shrugged the thought off and continued on downstairs.
It usually wasn't this quiet in the house, especially in the morning when potentials and Scoobies were just waking and scrounging throughout the house for some sort of 'grub'.
As soon as she took her last steps off the stairs, the eerie silence grew. There was nobody in the living room... a change. She peered over into the kitchen, then slowly let a frown cover her features. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, potentials, Giles, Willow, Xander, Andrew, Buffy, Spike even, and Anya.
No Faith... Everyone's own faces had their representative of gloom. "What's going on?" Her voice cracked slightly, mainly from the awakening she had just made, and the worry of what she was about to hear. Buffy, eyes not glassy like the most of the potentials looked up at Dawn, silent for the most part.
Without a word, she left her spot at the kitchen sink, brushed past her, and grabbed her hand as she did. She led the brunette into the living room, then towards the couch, all the while peering at the ground. "Dawn..." she started, clearing her throat after a moment.
"Dawn… "She started, though almost immediately reencountered."Faith is... "She sighed, pausing once more."She's dead."she whispered.Even though Faith wasn't necessarily, Anybody's favorite person, she was a part of the army, and that meant there was no ridiculing among them.
For a moment, it was as if Dawn hadn't heard, simply waiting for Buffy to go on until the words slowly sunk in. "H-.. How? I was... I saw her last night. I talked to her..." Buffy only takes a seat beside her sister, calm. "We think..." she paused, correcting herself, "She killed herself. Spike... Found her this morning."
Dawn's chocolate eyes could only water and stare at her sister's. What had gone wrong? Sure, Faith had seemed shaky last night but... she wouldn't do something like this... Would she?
"The ambulance is on its way." She whispered, raking her fingers through her long, blonde locks that Dawn had envied for so long.
Finally, after few moments of a silent understanding, Dawn softly spoke. "I don't understand.. Why did... What was wrong?" Buffy had a look of just slight suspension, as if holding something back, unsure if she should release the information into the open. "Who knows?" She finally whispered, standing.
-Previous Night- Faith's POV
Even as I hear my Ma'svoice, rollin' around through my mind, I can't even begin to compute what I'm doin'. There's a knife in my hand, there's blood all over the bathroom floor, and a body at my feet.
Guess' I'm really in the game now.
The entity looks up at me, watches for a moment, then smiles. I hate it. I hate the smile that portrays her lips. I hate the gleam in her eyes that takes me on the guilt trip of what I've just done. I hate myself for trusting it, listening to it. But, hell, I'm just Faith. The killer, the liar, the cheater. The Rogue. It's all I'll ever be.
That's also what she said. They'll only see me as what I was, rather than who I'm trying to be. I'm just a killer in cold blood. And that's what the eyes of the girl lying below me is screaming out. I killed her 'cause she told me to. I killed her because that's who I am. That's who I do.
I gotta get outta' here.
I shall continue if more reviews are brought before thee! –Dodges tomatoes-