Episode 15- Sniffing Out A Rat by Buffyfan1973

Caleb is in his crypt laughing as Kennedy stands next to him.

Caleb: "So you sought me out, you want the slayer dead huh."

Kennedy: "She gets all the glory, even my girl, I know she's after my girl."

Caleb: "Faith will screw anyone she thinks is interested, she's a bad girl. If your redwitch wants her, picture them climbing into bed, and what they'll do, what you haven't got to do yet, just like she slept with your watcher, she could never get the ones she wanted and she knows it, she'll crumble." He laughs as Kennedy pictures the women together, Willow profoundly enjoying Faith's take charge attitude. She flinches as her face goes angry.

Caleb: "If you fail me, you will be killed, do you hear me?" She nods walking out as he smiles.

(cut to cemetery)

Spike: "Slayer, all is quiet on the demon front, that means something big is about to brew."

Faith: "I figured that much out Blondie. The problem is, I think the traitor is coming from among us and I don't know who to not trust besides our former rat Amy."

Spike: "I've noticed you've nipped the bottle a bit more, did you kill another human?"

Faith: "Yeah I did, Rack. I felt that power surge all through me again, I talked to Red about it the other night. You ever get afraid you'll slip again Blondie?"

Spike: "Actually, yes I do slayer. I don't want to be bad or hurt people anymore. As a matter of fact I want you to promise me something, if I should turn or show any signs of turning on my own, please kill me slayer, get me out of my misery."

Faith: "Nah Blondie, I'll just save you."

Spike: "Why would you want to save me, I mean, Buffy and all?"

Faith: "B did a lot of good, was a self centered bitch coupled with that good, it's all in the past, I never had a problem with you Blondie." They exchange a pleasant friendship or mutual understanding look as we cut to the summers home.

Robin's skin looks all hot as he screams out in pain. Willow and Andrew come racing down the stairs from their respective rooms. Each time he tries to get out the words Lamyac's ring it scorches his skin more.

Willow: "Robin, what is it?" She sees a pouch around his neck.

Andrew: "I'll rip it off."

Willow: "No!" She slaps Andrew's hand away from Robin. "We don't know what this will do, get out of here, find Faith." She shivers, feeling something envelop her, yet it's warm and loving. "Reveal," something speaks but the words come from Willow's mouth. Suddenly Kennedy is visible falling to the floor.

Dawn: "Oh my God!" Willow's face drops as tears fall from her face and she runs out of the house.

Kennedy: "You should've stayed with me Dawnie, the slayer will die very very soon!" Kennedy gets up to race out and Dawn tries to stop her. She backhands Dawn into the wall holding out a knife!

Dawn: "No, I never wanted anyone to die!"

Kennedy: "Because you're a spineless idiot, Faith tries to take Buffy's place and my girl." She hits dawn hard razing up the knife!"

Dawn: "You destroyed it with your girl, and never call her that, she was always and will always be Tara's girl. You were just a filler since she couldn't have Tara!" Dawn has a brave look on her face as she yells.

Kennedy's arm is grabbed from behind as Faith flips her over her back easily snapping the arm and she lands in Spike's arms.

Faith: "You little bitch, did you really think you could beat me that easily?"

Kennedy: "You'll beat yourself, you don't have the compassion Buffy had, the leadership abilities." She kicks at Spike to get free but he morph's quickly.

Faith: "You're right I Don't, now if you don't shut up I'll let him kill you. Oh but wait, B was ready to pull something like that last year so I guess we do have something in common." Faith looks at Dawn who shrugs at her so she looks away.)

Spike: "Andrew, stay with Dawn, I'm going to chain her up in the basement while the slayer goes to find Red."

Andrew: "Take her to Xander's, Wills isn't going to want to see her here." He does a side glance at Robin who is knocked out cold.

(cut to Tara's grave)

Willow is kneeling next to the grave with her face folded in her hands on the headstone sobbing.

Willow: "Tara, it's all falling apart, I can't even do magic to help the gang, I am useless, I'm going to get them all killed and now someone I dated is, is, evil and it's all because of me, because I split up with them. Oh Goddess Tara I wish you were here to hold me and make it all better."

Faith stands watching her for a minute before approaching. She puts her hand gently on Willow's arm.

Faith: "Red, here's what I'm thinking. You helped Dawn find that spell to get rid of those characters she sucked out of the TV. So maybe when rack took your, whatever he took, he only took what using dark magic gave you, that evil shit. So I'm not good at this but if you put two and two together, maybe that means you can still do spells like you used to, just not the cute little badass look." Willow looks up at her almost smiling.

Willow: "You think the dark side of me was cute?"

Faith: "Yeah but the babbly you is cuter." Willow does smile and laughs.

Willow: "So maybe if I practice I can remember how to do the old stuff, before, well," her face drops.

Faith: "Yeah something like that, plus I need your help, can't have you running and all scared. Now lets go home Red, and hey, I like the red hair much better than the black."

Willow: "Faith, whatever took over me, to make Kennedy come out, it felt, so, so loving, it wasn't Tara but, I, I, well I don't know who it was."

As they walk off we see a bright mist in the air and hear, "I'll always protect you wills."

(fade to black)