A.N - Okay it's Sanityfair again, with a new chapter from me. XD

Faith was hesitant to return to the hotel the next day. She didn't particularly want to meet with Buffy and her new face, but she had to make sure Angelus was still there. They'd all be in some deep shit if Angelus was gone. She went as stealthy as possible, entering the hotel and hesitantly heading towards the basement. She took her time walking down the dark shadowed area and when she rest her brown eyes on the cell she gave a sharp intake of breath. Angelus was gone. As was Buffy. There was nothing left inside the basement but an empty cell and a small note which read 'Faithy, see you soon, love B' And A'.

Cursing loudly to herself, Faith hurried back upstairs and towards the front doors again. She absently checked her pockets for the few lone stakes she had. Check. She wouldn't kill them. Angelus at least. But then again killing Buffy seemed out of the question as well. After an hour or so had passed, Faith's senses of the newly sired finally picked up. She followed it briefly until coming to the abandoned factory. The setting was fitting, she decided. Without much ado, she took herself inside. Buffy was the first to notice the slayer's arrival. She grinned brightly and snuggled up to Angelus as they both walked out into the light to greet Faith.

Faith put on a smirk and chuckled slightly, shaking her head. "Shoulda' known you two'd be up an' about together. But I always figured Angelus was the independent one."

"Oh I am," Angelus said coyly as he steped right in front of Faith, letting his hold off of Buffy. "Course I don't mind...company...every once in a while."

Buffy pouted slightly and walks around behind Faith, wrapping her arms around the slayer's waist. "Are you trying to make me jealous?" she asked Angelus.

Faith wrenched herself out of Buffy's hold, glaring at the both of them and backing up so she wasn't closer to once or the other. "Yeah what was it you said he'd do to me, B? Work alongside, then go against when he got bored?"

"I know what your doing," Buffy said finding her way to Angelus's side once more. "You're trying to pit us against each other aren't you?"

"Pity it's not going to work," Angelus growled vamping out completely.

She shrugged slightly, "Got a few other ideas too." Faith didn't move as Angelus vamped, barely even flinched. She pulled out a stake, though held it limply at her side.

"Oh yeah?" Buffy asked, leaving her features to remain normal. She licked along the side of Angelus's face and then turned back towards Faith. "Something to do with that," she asked nodding her head towards the stake. "Cause...I'm pretty sure you lack what it takes. You always have...always will."

"Hey, I ain't the one off my guard long enough to go lettin' a bloodsucker at my throat." Faith replied calmly, still hesitant before entering battle stance.

Buffy glared slightly, "That was rude, Faith..No matter." She nodded back towards Angelus who merely waited at attention. "We have a proposition for you..."

Faith's glance ticked back and forth between Buffy and Angelus. She was quiet for a long moment before finally asking, "What?"

Buffy took it upon herself to step in front of Faith, finally vamping out as she now stared at her with dead yellow eyes. "Join us..?" she said simply.

"Hell no!" the dark slayer muttered between clenched teeth. She kept her hands at her side, knowing she needed to keep some sort of plan in mind before going wild with the violence.

"No...?" Buffy asked frowning some. She turned back towards Angelus who was grinning broadly, "Guess you were right..." before moving back towards Faith. She ran a hand down the slayer's arm before stopping at the hand over the slayer's stake. "He said you wouldn't want to, can you believe it? I thought I knew you better..."

Chocolate eyes followed the hand all the way down to the stake. Finally, unable to hold it in anymore, she threw a punch at the newly sired's f ace. "You don't know me."

Buffy, not expecting the punch, fell onto her back, laughing loudly as the blood trickled from her nose. Angelus not waiting a beat rushed up behind Faith and grabbed the slayer's arms, pinning them behind her. "Bad move," Buffy spat as she picked herself back up.

Growling at Angelus, Faith elbowed him the stomach, attempting to pull free again. "What're you thinkin', B? I've never sided with you, good OR evil!"

Angelus grunted and pulled away just as Buffy reached forward and grabbed the stake out of Faith's hands. Without waiting for anyone to even blink, the blonde jumped up, behind Faith, and staked Angelus, sending him into a pile of dust. Faith spun around, watching in confusion as Buffy staked her partner. She glared briefly, feeling only the slight disappointment that Angel existed no more. She'd deal with that sort of grief later. "Right, I see. One on One."

"Faith, wake the fuck up," Buffy said shaking her head, though her eyes told tales. Tales that Faith couldn't seem to read.. "This was never about you...I've been following his stupid orders since I was turned. I needed him out of the way, I got him out of the way. You..." she scoffed, "You're nothing to me. Not even a blip on my radar screen."

"Good to know." Faith muttered, searching once more for an extra stake somewhere. " But this is endin' now. No matter how big I am with you, or how small."

The vampire rolled her eyes at that. "Figured you'd say as much. Bet you're laughing at this, aren't you?" Buffy asked, returning to normal features once more. "You get to be the hero, you get to finally put me in my place..." She spread her arms out wide, in mock crucifixion pose. "Think you can take me? Couldn't then...let's see what fate says now..."

Taking the invitation, Faith, all too suddenly, rushed forward and used her momentum to knock the both of them down. She moved to straddle Buffy by the hips. Buffy soon found herself staring up at the vast factory ceiling and then she lowered her eyes towards Faith. "This is new..." the blonde muttered. Rising slightly, Faith reared back and punched the vampire in the face hard, repeating the motion a couple of times With each assault Buffy did nothing more then laugh and bleed, almost seeming like she liked the abuse. Another few long moments went by until the Rogue finally lowered her fists. Breathing heavily through the rage bubbling inside her, she slowly began to move away. They weren't getting anywhere with this.

Buffy let out a loud chortle as Faith pulled away, jumping up onto her feet and wiping her bloodied face with the back of her hand. "That all you got?" she sneered, licking her lips.

Faith stay silent, feeling each muscle tense and release, itching to fight more, but holding back. " This ends here."

"Oh my," Buffy said grinning. "Well what are you waiting for?" she taunted, "Save the world...slay me."

Faith hesitated, as if making up the decision on what should be done. She waited, waited, studying Buffy's pose carefully before suddenly lurching forward and thrusting the stake towards the vampire's chest. Almost expecting it, Buffy reacted almost instantly. She grunted and grabbed the stake in one solid quick motion before twisting it around, pointy end no longer facing herself.

Faith quickly dropped the weapon to the floor, moving into battle stance almost automatically. "What do you want, B? How's this new undead life gonna' suit you?"

"I don't want anything," Buffy shrugged, "Hapless victim now and then, that's all I want...as for my life." She smirked, pacing some. "Treating me just fine actually. Feel better, look better...

.it's great..."

"Feel better, maybe. Dunno' about the looking part." She muttered, glancing briefly around the building.

"Oh hardy har har," Buffy said rolling her eyes some. She pouted some and shrugged, "So the pale albino look is out. No big, I can handle." She went over towards the mirror, "Can't look that ba..." She then frowned at not seeing a reflection, "Oh right..."

"Guess there's alotta' downs in bein' a bloodthirsty monster." Faith suggested with a small shrug.

Buffy turned away from the mirror and then looked at Faith. Though the hard edge in her eyes and the visible fangs and bumpy ridges were gone. She looked almost sad. "Don't call me that," she said quietly.

"Why not? Isn't that y'know.. what you are? You take pride in being a soulless monster." She moved forward a few feet, getting closer and closer to Buffy as she moved. " Not so fun already?"

"I'm not a monster," the vampire growled, low and throaty. Her face softened again as she stared off into something unseen. "I'm not a monster...I'm soulless...I'm evil...b-but I'm not a monster.."

"What's the difference? Being evil and being a monster? Killers, soulless, vampire. All of 'em. All of you guys. No difference between you an' any other demon you'll find out there."

"Because its still inside of me!" Buffy shouted, face quivering and twitching as she squinted her eyes shut. She raked her hands through her hair a few times and then backed up into she fell into a lobby chair. "It's still in me..." she whispered. "The...what I was...what I was destined to be...it's...I can't get rid of it.."

"What? The slayer? You'll never get rid o' that, B. Neither will I. It's stuck. In here forever." She put a hand over her heart for a moment, still nearing the retreating vampire.

"It hurts," Buffy moaned cradling her head in her hands, "And I can't get rid of it!" She shouted suddenly. She huffed a few times, though didn't need the breaths and then she moaned again, shaking slightly.

Faith watched in silence, telling herself quietly that it wasn't Buffy. This was the vampire, and she didn't help vampires. She reached down to where she had dropped her stake and slowly, slowly picked it up

Soon the vampire broke into quiet little sobs, shoulders shaking with each one until finally she gained a little bit of composure and curled into a ball on the chair, bringing her knees up to her chest in a quasi fetal position. "I killed him..." she said softly, talking into her knees, "I...I...killed him..."