Episode 5- Strawberry by AnyaRocks
The entire gang is at the Bronze trying to relax.
Robin: "Faith did you have a chance to talk with Dawn?"
Faith: "Nah, I don't really know what to say." She heads to the dance floor near
where Willow and Kennedy are dancing.
Andrew: "Look over there with Xander Dawn, it's Amy. I haven't seen her in awhile."
Dawn: "Me neither, but I guess all evils deserve redemption, right?" She has this,
oh no they don't, look on her face as Faith and some guy with beers walk by them.
Robin: "Faith we need to talk a minute."
(cut to outside where the guy has followed them.)
Faith: "What up Wood-man?" The man steps out grabbing robin showing his fangs.
Man: "She's mine, now back off!"
Faith: "Wrong asshole!" After a drop kick she easily stakes him.
Robin: "That's what I was going to speak to you about. I was afraid you were going
down the vampire road like Buffy did."
Faith: "No, not quite, name's Faith by the way." She sneers at him and walks down
the street.
(cut back to the club)
Willow: "Kennedy, you have to understand, this stuff is hard for me, and here you
encourage me to use magic."
Kennedy: "It may be good therapy Wills."
Willow: "No it isn't, sure I may have to use magic to help the cause but not to play
around. You look at this as some cute thing I do. Well it's part of me, my life,
I have to deal with it," she exits.
Amy: "Well it looks like those two aren't hitting it off well."
Xander: "Yeah, Wills is to uptight since she came home from England. Hey lets dance,
no use in us having a bad time too."
(cut to streets of Sunnydale the same night.)
Rack: "My strawberry, you're looking flustered, let me help!"
Willow: "No, I thought I killed you!"
Rack: "Someone resurrected me witch!" he grabs her arm throwing her down, she kicks
him in the stomach and he back hands her hard.
Willow: "Oh Goddess someone help me please! I don't want this magic, it'll end up
killing me, please no!"
Rack: "Then you can be with Tara, or no the pure little pretty wouldn't have you
like that would she!" Willow starts to chant something but he shuts her up with a
beam of light, beginning to give her the magic high she so used to crave. Finally
her screams are but whimpers.
(cut to Joyces grave where Faith stands with a beer in one hand and a cigarette in
the other)
Faith: "This is crazy man, what the hell am I doing out here! Well fact is, I'm screwing
this whole D thing up, she really hates me. I don't blame Xander or the others because
I did awful things to them but man I just wish I knew how to get through." the bright
white light appears evolving into Joyce.
Joyce: "Willow needs you Faith, hurry." She disappears as Faith races off.
Faith finds Rack doing his mojo kicking him in the back of the head stopping him
from giving Willow the full blast. He raises up quickly sending her slamming against a nearby fence post with a bolt of magic. He leaps to his feet and on top of Faith.
Rack: "I bet you have a juiced essence, you'll give me one hell of a high!"
Faith: "Fuck no I won't you damn bastard." She hits him square in the jaw getting
up before he knocks her down with another burst of magic.
Rack: "Whacha gonna do, I'm human slayer, you can't kill me, slayers are pure hero's!"
He tightens his face preparing for another magic blast from his hands.
Faith: "You dumb fuck, I ain't no hero, I gather you don't know who I am and that
I will kill your ass without hesitation. My name's Faith, got it, I am not Buffy!"
Anger rages through the slayer visibly showing on her face, obviously being tired
of the comparison between her and Buffy. She knees rack in the stomach, leaps to
her feet and hits him in the head five times hard while kicking his ribs before he
can even think to retaliate.
Willow: "You fucked with the wrong slayer I see." She stands eyes black, hair black,
it's dark Willow for sure.
Faith: "Red, no, don't!" Willow unleashes her magical energy he gave her crumbling
the fence, a few trees, and a couple cars then her eyes go green as she shakes and
trembles sinking to her knees.
(cut to Xander's apartment where he and Amy are snuggling up.)
Xander: "This is exciting, finally a date with someone who isn't a demon."
Amy: "Sure, maybe we should've done this in high school, it would've saved us a lot
of problems." They kiss a few times.
Xander: "Yeah I think so." His mind flashes back to the last time he was with Anya,
she realizing it was over and he too realizing but wishing he hadn't done what he
did because he in fact still cared but he leads Amy to the bedroom as she kisses
his neck.
(cut back to the fight scene)
Willow is on the ground sobbing uncontrollably as Faith bends down and scoops her
up.
Faith: "It's ok Red, I got ya, you're ok. You have to be ok cause I'm not good at
this like B was." Willow's trembling seems to ease as soon as the slayer picks her
up.
Willow: "No you're not like Buffy, she never helped me, she never did, she only made
me feel worse till after I tried to end the world." Faith sort of smiles at the babbling
redhead.
Faith: "Redemption is a rough road Red, it's ok if you slip because I know if I find
that Rack, I'm gonna slip, I'm gonna kill him."
Willow: "So we're a team then?" She speaks in her high pitched soft childlike voice
she sometimes uses.
Faith: "You really wanna be a team with me Red?"
Willow: "Yeah I do Faith, I trust you completely." A smile is exchanged.
(fade to black)