Giles, Xander and Faith were all sitting around whispering when Buffy entered the room. He looked at her carefully and then smiled and said "How was your night Buffy." She narrowed her eyes and said "Good, you?" Giles nodded and said "Actually we were just wondering if we could put together a party for you and Rod?" Buffy looked out the window and said "Right um, Rod, sure, he's actually was looking forward to meeting you, He's actually in town, I'll go and send him in, I have to go see mom about something so yeah."
She rushed out of the room leaving everyone looking at each other shocked. To their surprise 10 minutes later there was a knock on the door and when Faith went to answer it all she could do was stare at the man she saw dead. She carefully let him inside while trying not to be too obvious about staring at him bluntly instead choosing to go into the giles' spare room to grab a weapon. She grabbed the sword and walked into the room and put the sword to his neck and said "Ok what are you?"
His eyes widened and said "Rod Grant". Giles grimaced and said "Sir you are mistaken because Rod grant was brutally murdered a couple of weeks ago and his body was found last night." Rod looked panicked and said "I don't know what you are talking about as I am right in front of you."
Faith smirked and said "Well see I was always a stab and then ask kind of girl so lets see if you bleed." With that said she slammed the knife into his leg watching as blood seeped out, her eyes widened and she said "Giles is he supposed to bleed?"
Giles suddenly looked like he had an idea and ignoring the cries of the man he grabbed a book and flipped the pages and let out an ahhh. They turned and looked at him with Faith holding Rod's neck. He kept reading ignoring his companions, Faith cleared her throat and he looked up surprised. He cleared his own throat and said "Right well I do believe we have a shape shifter on out hands."
Faith smiled and said "Right so not human". She pulled her sword out of his leg and put it back to his neck and said "well does it die like a normal human." Giles said "The shape shifter intermittingly takes the shape of the person which also takes all their weaknesses." Faith rolled her eyes and said "That would be a yes, so you ready to die demon".
The shape shifter looked nervous and said quickly as the sword starting piercing his skin " If you kill me you won't find Buffy." Faith pulled the sword back and lifted him off the ground and said "What have you done with Buffy?" He smiled in a pained way and said "Well it wasn't me but did you wonder why I couldn't come back until now?" Faith shrugged and said "I don't particularly care; I mean I could always kill you and then find B". He let out a pained sound and said "but you won't not unless I tell you and you aren't giving me any reason." Faith said "How about the fact that I am going to put my fist through your face." Giles put his hand on hers and said "There are other ways to find Buffy with him. Like a truth spell". She let him down and dragged him to a chair and tied him up glaring at him while Giles went and rang Willow telling her to bring the ingredients for a truth spell.
Willow arrived ten minutes later looking shocked at seeing a struggling Faith tied to a chair and a standing Faith in front of her. Willow looked at Giles for a explanation and he said "Shape shifter." Faith turned and smiled and said "Yeah decided to look like me about 2 minutes ago, guess it thought it could escape my wicked tying by becoming the slayer." Tied up Faith suddenly turned into Buffy who looked at Willow desperately and said "Willow it is me Buffy, please they are going crazy, let me go, you believe, you know what I have been through". Willow suddenly looked disgusted and said "The shape shifter was Buffy but then where is Buffy?" Giles sighed and said "That is what the truth spell is for." Willow nodded and said "but that makes no sense why exactly did it act the way it did and why after so long?" Giles nodded and said "We believe that when it assumed Buffy shape it also assumed her injuries and had to heal and the best way was with this Rod person but he became useless after it came here. It acted the way it has to gain our trust for what reason only it knows." Willow nodded and started setting up for the spell, she ignored everything the shifter said and tried not to take it to heart when it turned into Xander.
The spell was complete now all was left wasto askthe questions.
Author note : I know but i couldn't help myself, it just came to me. Hope you like it, i am putting the next chapter along with this because it is really short.