Faith knocked on the door of the hospital room; she entered at the low voiced "Come in"

Gunn examined the curvy brunette who walked into his room, he recognized her for what she was, a child of the streets, just as he was. Her eyes gave it away; they were haunted by darkness, a darkness that only comes with killing. He watched the way she checked out the room without conscious thought, seeing where every entrance was, where something could hide and spring out without any notice.

"Hi, Angel and the gang sent me over, names Faith" she introduced herself she walked over to the bed. Faith took in the young man lying there, good looking not too much older than her, but his eyes they seemed ancient. Those eyes had seen too much, they showed a soul that was weighted down just as hers was.

"How are they? Are they alright?"

"Everyone is fine, Angel got knocked on the head, and it didn't seem to knock any more sense into him. Spike is hanging around with a blue chick, seems she's now Fred. Does that make any sense to you?"

"Fred's back, how?" Gunn asked in shock, after watching Fred die a horrible painful death in the medical facility at Wolfram and Hart, he never dared to hope that she would ever come back. "Dammit, we believed those sons of bitches, why did we believe them?"

The door swooshed open, Faith spun and pulled a dagger out of somewhere in her clothing, she crouched in a fighting stance, as quickly as the dagger appeared it disappeared again as Faith recognized the incoming person was not a threat due to Gunn's happy reaction.

"Anne, what are you doin here Sis?" Gunn asked as he tried to sit up, with a wince he fell back on the bed.

"I'm bringing my good for nothing brother some gifts from the kids down at the center" Anne replied, before she reached over and hugged Gunn. Tears started to fall down her face; "I thought I lost you for good this time, big bro"

"Hey, you know me, nothing can keep me down for long. Doc says I'll be out of here in a couple of days." As Anne release Gunn, Faith started to edge out of the room.

"No please stay," Anne's quiet voice stopped her, "I have to get going back to the center, I left Shaundelle in charge, it might not be standing when I return" With another quick hug and a promise to return that evening Anne left the room.

Faith cleared her throat, she was not exactly fond of hospitals, but she did not want to hang around the folks back at the hotel, so last night when Angel mentioned Gunn was stuck in the hospital and that he wouldn't be able to check on him until after sunset she jumped at the chance to go check on him.

"What's wrong?" Gunn asked, he could see something was bothering Faith, "Sometimes it actually helps to talk things over."

Faith looked at him in surprise, most people would have taken her at face value and not realized that something was bothering her, it bothered her that she felt comfortable enough to spill.

Faith moved the chair around, stalling for time, she glanced at Gunn, but he was simply waiting patiently like some black Buddha for her to speak.

"What are you some kinda counselor, goin to get inside poor lil Faiths head and make everything OK"? Faith snapped

"Actually no, I kill vampires and demons for a living, though for the past year I was a damn good lawyer at Wolfram and Hart. Never expected to survive the apocalypse the senior partners called up, so I have no idea what I'm gonna do now" Gunn shrugged, "bein a lawyer, is pretty damn close to being a demon in my books. So what exactly is it you do?"

Faith laughed, and shook her head "Tell you the truth, I really don't have a clue. I'm supposed to be the Slayer trainer in Cleveland, but they really don't need me and being a ex slayer/convict there aren't a whole lotta jobs out there for me, ya' know?" Faith picked at the seams of her jeans, "B and Giles and the rest, they mean well, but they are too goody goody, and I just don't fit in." A far away look came over her face, "they always remember what I have done, I catch them sometimes watching me, like they're waiting for me to snap and try to kill one of em'."

Faith shook her head, "I really don't know why I'm telling you all this, it's not like we know each other, right."

Cocking his head to the side, Gunn grinned, "Actually I think we know each other better than you think." Gunn then told faith his life story, of how he started a gang back in his neighborhood to kill vampires, and how when he joined up with Angel, they thought him a traitor.

The two spoke until late in the day, as the nurses came by to clean up the supper dishes, Faith said that she had to get back to the Hyperion and tell Angel that Gunn was good and would be released in a couple of days.

On the way back to the hotel Faith thought about the offer that Gunn had made to her, it just might work she thought to herself.