Allen Pitt - Yeah they do don't they. I can't guarantee there will be a big explanation about their families but I will try and add something to give everyone a bit more background info. Will be a little way off though cause I still have to come up with a background for them lol And yes, Faith and Willow clash, Willow's insecurities about her place in the group and her fear at being replaced as Buffy's best friend caused a lot of tension between the two, but Faith will also not be trying for acceptance within the group as much as she did in cannon because she has own place with Tara and Liam. But yeah, Willow won't be happy with the F/X thing at all. We'll just have to see what happens when we get to Helpless, I think it's almost time for me to get my Season 3 DVD's out and start revising. Also I wanna say thanks heaps for your reviews. Not only does it tell me you read it, it tells me you actually thought about it and I really do appreciate it.
Darklight - Lol, you sure? I could defiantly see a little R/F action.
Harry2 - And if we know anything about Slayers on Hellmouths, it defiantly means trouble.
Ali-Chan1 - I'm love that you love it. :)
Chapter 6.
When the three weary runaways made their way of the bus in Cleveland the next day all they wanted was a warm bath and a bed to get a decent nights sleep. What they got was a terminal full of whispering people giving them curious looks.
"What the hell is going on?" Faith hissed to her blonde companion.
Meanwhile all Tara could seem to focus on was the black and white photograph of 6 year old Liam plastered on nearly every wall around the room. "Uh oh."
Faith followed her best friend's line of sight and felt her heart sink. "Oh god."
"Why is my picture on the wall Fai" Liam asked tugging on her hand.
Ignoring his question Faith swooped him up into her arms and headed for the door. "We gotta get out of here Tar."
Tara didn't bother answering and just followed Faith as they raced for the nearest exit. And were abruptly stopped by a pair of security guards. "I'm afraid we can't let you leave miss."
Handing Liam over to Tara Faith stepped forward. "Yeah?" She sneered. "And who's gonna stop me? You"
She laughed. "I don't think so."
They both put their hands on the batons around their waist. "You are to be detained until the authorities arrive." The same man replied.
"Get out of my way!"
"Please, just come with us quietly and no one will get hurt."
"Oh believe me, there's going to be a lot of hurt." She snarled before spinning around to deliver a roundhouse that knocked the speaker unconscious. She looked up at the remaining guard. "Now are you going to get out of my way or are you going to follow your friend to the land of nod?"
Pulling the baton out of his holster he swung towards the teen. And was stunned when she caught his wrist in one hand while backhanding him with the other.
Twisting his wrist so as to make him drop the baton Faith repressed a twinge of guilt as she slammed her forehead down and head butted him with enough force to make his world go black.
Turning back she grabbed Liam from Tara's arms before pushing the door wide open and stepping out and running down the alley across the road and around the corner into a smaller alley that led to another street. She could hear the sirens getting closer by the second and looked fearfully at Tara. "Are you sure you want to stay with us?"
Tara took one look in her best friend's eyes and saw the fear and dread that had taken over and knew she wasn't scared for herself. She nodded sharply. "All the way."
"Ok." She said. "We gotta get away from here and come up with another plan. Obviously we're not going to be able to catch another bus. Any ideas?"
Tara gave her a thoughtful look. "Given enough time and with the right ingredients I should be able to cast a glamour on all us to last maybe a week, it's not a long-term thing but I should be able to do it till we are far enough away."
"I appreciate it Tigerlily, but what about now?" Faith asked urgently as she heard several cars pull up around the corner.
"Fai, Fai look." Liam cried capturing both their attentions. "Mummy always said if we were in trouble to go to the police, and look, there's a police lady now."
Both girls swung their heads around and were horrified to see the cop.
The officer in question stopped with a look on her face that could only be described as busted. She had seen the trio and had attempted to sneak up on the brunette as she had heard what had happened to the last pair that had tried to stop her.
After taking a close look at her 5'4 frame she realized their must be some mistake. There was no way this girl had taken down two large security guards. With a quick swish of her hand she motioned her partner to come out from behind the dumpster and advanced on them.
"Do you realize how much trouble you're in young lady?" She asked stopping a few feet away and placing her hands on her hips.
Faith closed her eyes for a second and breathed deeply. They were already in enough trouble without having the entire Cleveland Police Force after them because she attacked two of their officers.
"Please." She said almost pleadingly after opening her eyes. "Please don't do this. I don't want to hurt you but you're not taking him away."
Unsure of what to say to that, both officers were silent for a minute. Whether this girl could follow through with her threat or not, and both of them didn't believe she could, this was a situation that needed to be handled delicately.
Officer Davis stepped forward. "We can't just let you go either, whether you want to accept it or not, both of you are now in the guardianship of the state and you need to be taken back to Boston where you will both be placed in homes till your legal adults."
"And I refuse to leave him, we go back there and they will split us up. I made a promise and I intend to keep it. Now can we hurry this along, We've got places to be."
Davies looked towards the blonde who hadn't spoken. "Can't you try to talk some sense into her, you have to know you wont leave this town and the less you fight the easier it will be on both of them."
Tara stepped forward till she was standing side by side with Faith. "I-I-I'm sorry sir, but I can't do that."
Sighing both officers shared a look before moving forwards in unison to grab the runaways.
As they come towards her Faith reached out quickly and grabbed both their guns from their holsters, ducked between them and threw the guns away before either cop had realized what happened. Trusting Tara to get Liam far enough away she focused on dodging the wilds grabs they made for her and pulled the pair of handcuffs from Davies belt and used his own momentum to send him sailing into the brick wall behind her.
Satisfied that he was stunned for the time being she ducked under the arm of the female officer that first approached them before swinging around and lightly pressed her up against the wall on the other side of the alley. Clicking the cuffs around one wrist she attached the other end to a strong looking metal pipe that ran the length of the building.
Without wasting time she quickly pulled her belt off to ensure she couldn't call for back up on the walkie talkie attached to it and after grabbing the other pair of handcuffs off it threw it to join the guns. Moving quickly so she wouldn't have to go another round with Davies she dragged him across the way till he was next to his partner before repeating the motion.
Once she was sure they were secure she collected up all their belongings and put them behind a dumpster allowing them to see where they were just unable to reach till they were free.
Picking up the bag from where she had dropped it during the fight she waited till Tara and Liam rejoined her before turning to face them. "Like I said, I'm really sorry but I couldn't let you take him."
And without another word the three of them took of down the alley and around the corner out of the cop's sight.
The two officers sat there in stunned silence. It had been less then two minutes ago when they thought they were in complete control of situation to being handcuffed and their perp gone.
Neither spoke for a full 3 minutes.
And it was another 5 before either realized they had the key to the cuffs in their pockets all along.
A/N 2: I apologize for my sad ass attempts at fight scene's lol, I'm not very good at them.