Redeemed

Chapter 2

This is a Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel fan fiction based on the character, Faith. I do not own any name or reference in this fan-fiction, and all rights concerning Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel belong to Joss Whedon.

Thanks for the reviews. They get me to thinking up new chapters faster. This chapter is kind of all talk, so I hope I don't bore you. However, it's important to the plot of the story.

Faith was really starting to worry about their situation now. Buffy had gone up against The First in physical form and come out barely alive, and now he had slayers working for him on top of that. It sounded like an impossible situation. She had to stay strong, though, and see this through to the end; even if that meant the end of her life.

"Well," she said, "When do we leave?"

"Leave for where?" Angel asked.

"Rome. That's where the party is, right?"

"We're not going to Rome. They're coming here. They know that I can't travel because of the sunlight, so they're bringing all of the remaining slayers here."

"Who are 'they'?"

"Buffy, Willow, Giles, Wesley, Dawn, Xander, and the remaining slayers."

"Sounds like a party." Faith replied. She had to act like none of this affected her. If she couldn't be strong when the new slayers arrived, she knew that things would likely fall through.

"Faith, this is going to be a testing situation. We may not survive this." Angel said.

"You're always looking for the reality in things, Angel. I like that about you." She smiled at him. She found that she smiled a lot more since she had gone to prison. She seemed to be a lot happier, like she had something to live for. "So, when does everyone get here?"

"Giles said that they would be getting here sometime tomorrow."

"Ok. When do The First and his groupies get here?"

"Not really sure. We should probably patrol tonight, though." Angel replied. "If we find something, I don't know what we'll do about it, but it will help to at least know it's there."

"Well, if he still has to have someone do his dirty work for him, it must mean that he can't be at full strength right?"

"Buffy fought this guy and he took her down to almost nothing." Angel said. "He almost killed her, remember?"

Faith considered this for a moment. He had a point. Buffy definitely had more experience than she did with slaying, and if he had almost killed Buffy, that meant that she probably didn't stand much better of a chance. Then, something occurred to her.

"Angel, if we have the three of us fighting this guy," she said, "then I'd say we have a good chance of winning. Not to mention some of the more experienced slayers that Buffy's training."

"I already thought about that." Angel replied, "The only thing is, we don't have a weakness for him. When Buffy fought this guy, she said his stamina was unending. He was still going long after she was already worn out."

Faith thought about everything that Angel had told her. She would have to get the rest of the information from Buffy and Giles when they arrived in Los Angeles tomorrow. For now all she could do was patrol and hope that she ran into his slayers and not him.

"I'm going to sweep this part of the city tonight." Faith said, "It's been awhile since I've been on patrol, and I'd like to get right back into things."

"You want me to go with you?" Angel asked.

"No, you don't need to. I'll be fine. One of us should be here anyway, just in case someone calls."

Angel nodded his agreement, and then stood up. He walked over to his weapons cabinet and opened the doors. Then he turned back around to Faith.

"This is my personal collection." He said. "The weapons lab downstairs will have whatever you can't find up here."

"That's what I'm talking about." Faith said smiling. She walked over to the cabinet and started pulling things out and examining them. She finally decided on his wrist-stake projectors. She attached them to her wrists and tested them out.

"These are awesome, Angel. I've got to hand it to you; you've got style in your choice of weaponry."

She started to head for the door, but Angel grabbed her on the shoulder and turned her around.

"What's the hold up, Angel?" She said, annoyed.

"Be careful." He said to her.

"You know me." She said. "I'm five by five."