The Sithspawn: I was thinking that myself; but I'm an impatient person, and so is Faith for that matter. I just wanted to get it out of the way so I could see how long I can hold off on them finding out each others secrets. Which might not be long! LOL (See above, impatient.)
Sean Malloy-1: Thanks. I don't know much about Meredith. I've never even seen one with her in it, so I didn't want to write her because I don't know what she's like. I have however seen Lindsey; but I don't know a whole lot about her either. But I will try and put her in, since she's Trus' best friend.
Smee: Guess you didn't read my authors note. LOL I really don't know about Meredith, so I'm leaving her out. Sorry. I'm glad you enjoyed the bit about her being taken by the watchers. I always hated them with the exception of Giles and Wesley. (though Wes was a little pillock when he first showed up!)
Damia-Queen of the Gypsi's: I was thinking that too, on both ends; but I'm not telling! I may have Faith remember the rewinds; but I'm not sure. I may even deal with that in this chapter.
Allen Pitt: Once again, I know nothing about Meredith, so she's not in this. I have been agonizing over how they are going to find out. Hopefully I will surprise someone at least. LOL
Harry2: I agree totally. I think the reason that Faith is so misguided is that she never had a stable life and she started having to depend on herself and herself only. She got it in her head that no one was sticking around for the long haul.
Charmed-Angel4: Sorry about Meredith; but as I have told everyone else (LOL) I know absolutely nothing about her. I wish I could watch it! I don't have cable or anything :( But that means I write a lot, so I guess no TV is okay. LOL
Ch. 6 Vampires and Rewinds
Faith and Tru were enjoying a nice lunch together. Tru had taken the next few days off of work to get to know her sister better. She felt a little guilty about it. What if someone needed her help?
But she resolved it by promising herself she would stop by the morgue before she and Fatih headed back home for the night.
Faith was equally worried. She had grown used to the fact that being a slayer usually called trouble to her like a magnet; but Tru had no idea about any of it. She would tell her eventually; but she didn't know how. She just hoped that the creatures of the night would leave her alone for awhile.
They had shied away from the topic of Faiths abduction. She was relieved about it. Even her father had left it alone, only saying that if she wanted to talk about it he was there.
Just then they were talking about relationships. Tru had told her about Luke and how badly that relationship had gone. She was telling Tru about Robin.
"He wasn't the first guy who asked me to stay with him; but he was the first one who really really meant it."
"What happened?"
"He died." Faith ducked her head. "Two weeks ago."
Tru gasped. "Oh Faith, I'm sorry! We don't have to talk about it..."
"It's okay. I kinda broke down for awhile; but my friends helped me a lot." She smiled. You'll have to meet them. The Dawnster is gonna flip when she sees us."
"And everyone else too, I bet." Tru laughed. "So, were you coming here to find me?"
Faith nodded. "Yeah I was surfing the net and a popup flashed on the screen. I was about to close it when I saw my own face looking back at me. Of course it was my face when we were five; but it was me. I called the number and they told me where to find you. Oh! That reminds me I need to call them and let them know I found you so they can clear my record."
Tru smiled. "Wow. What a way to find us." She took a bite of her salad.
"Yeah. I'm glad it loaded before I had a chance to click it off."
They finished lunch and went shopping. The rest of the day was spent goofing off and having fun. They were due for dinner with Lindsey and Harry at six thirty.
The couple was waiting for them when they arrived at the restaurant.
"What?" Faith asked after Harry had been staring at her for a few moments.
"Oh! Sorry. It's just a little wierd."
Faith snorted. "Get used to it, cause my whole life is wierd."
Lindsey gave Harry a look and turned to Faith, "So where do you live?" She asked.
"Cleveland." Replied Faith. "At a school."
"Do you teach?"
"Yeah, sometimes. Self defense."
The waiter came and took thier orders and so other questions were allayed to Faiths' relief.
As soon as he was gone, however, Lindsey asked another. "So where did you learn self defense?"
"The people who kidnapped me." She replied.
"Oh." Lindsey seemed so embarassed that Faith assured her it was okay.
"It's not like they beat me or anything. They just, they're like a cult and they train young women to protect them." There, that wasn't entirely off the mark.
"Oh." Everyone was looking uncomfortable just then, and Faith almost cried in relief when her cell phone went off.
She grabbed it from her pocket and flipped it open. Her face paled when she saw the number.
"Faith are you okay?" Asked Tru.
"Yeah, sorry; but I have to take this."
They all nodded and Faith got up and went to the lobby, answering on her way there.
"Hello?
"Faith? Hi!"
Faith sighed in relief. It was Dawn. "Hey Dawnie, what's up?"
"Nothing. I just wanted to see if you were okay."
"Yeah, I'm fine; but I'm right in the middle of dinner with some friends, could I call you back later?"
"Okay." Dawn sounded a little hurt.
"Listen, if I don't call you back by nine, call me okay"
"Okay. Talk to you later."
Faith hung up her phone and walked back to the table.
"It was just Dawn. Checking on me." She explained.
They made small talk for the rest of the meal and then Faith and Tru excused themselves.
They went back to Trus' car and Faith turned to her sister. "What's next?"
"I want to stop by work and make sure Davis isn't working himself into a catatonia."
Faith laughed. "Okay let's go."
She sensed something as she was about to get in the car and tensed. Vampire. Feeling extremely guilty she just climbed into Trus' car and they left.
Tru asked Faith if she wanted to stay in the car. "I'll just be a minute." She explained.
"Yeah, I'll just wait here." Faith replied.
Tru went inside the hospital and down to the morgue. Davis was on the phone in his office and she almost jumped out of her skin when her cel began to ring.
He turned when he heard it and saw her. "There you are." He hung up the phone and walked over to her.
"Anything I need to know?" Tru sighed.
"Yeah, you might want to see this." Davis replied.
He led her into the exam room where there were four bodies laid out, covered in sheets. Two fo them were very small. "These are the Howards. They were found a couple of hours ago in their house. It was a mess. The policeman that accompanied them said he's never seen anything like it before."
"Davis get to it. What's wrong?"
"They seem to have been exsanguinated." He replied.
He pulled back the sheet on a man in his late thirties, revealing his head and neck and pointed out two puncture marks over the mans jugular.
Trus' jaw dropped. "What could have done that?"
"I don't know, maybe a machine or something."
Tru picked up the clipboard and noted the peoples address and names. She paled when she saw the ages of the children. They were five and seven.
"They had a baby too." Davis said uncomfortably. "No one could find her."
Tru looked down at the body. This was terrible. What kind of sick person or people could do this to anyone, let alone children?
Suddenly the mans' eyes flew open and he grabbed her arm. "Please help!"
AN: Well, I hope you all enjoyed that. Next chapter coming soon!