The fang gang all collected in the lobby. Lorne was sleeping on the couch. Faith and Wesley were sitting in the round chairs in the center of the lobby. Wesley had a tranq gun in his hand and is staring straight ahead at the front doors in deep concentration. As if willing Angelus to show up again.
Faith was replaying the events that had happened moments before, she had had a clear shot of Angelus, but she wasn't about to put Wesley in danger by her hands, not again. The two seemed to have come to an unspoken truce, and Faith didn't want to do or say anything to break it, "but still" she thought "he's not the same man you tortured 2 years ag... Don't go there Faithy! you've changed! Your no longer the selfish evil manipulating little..."
"All I'm saying is, he tries dancing in here and pulling a Dark Shadows again, he's gonna get a dart up his evil ass." Gunn stated interrupting Faiths inner battle.
"Well, his ass moves pretty quick. He got the book and the Wolfram & Hart papers." Fred stated sadly.
"Not your fault." Gunn replied giving her a heartfelt look that Fred didn't even notice.
'Bet they think it was." she sighed looking over at the two people sitting in comfortable silence the lobby
"Like they were any help." he replied
"Super girl wouldn't have fallen for a cheap hunk of crap like this" Fred said momentarily forgetting about Faiths extra-hearing. , she dangled the 'made in china trinket' in front of her face.
"I'm just glad it was," he paused as if deciding whether or not too say what was on his mind. " If anything happened to you..." he mumbled mostly to himself.
But Fred had heard him, she looked up at him."Charles... can we maybe —"
"BANG!"
The front door was kicked open, the AI team including Faith all stood at attention each grabbed the closest weapon nearest them. Aiming it at the unseen force that had slammed the hotels double doors open. They all stared in shock as a small blonde women stepped out from the dust and strutted angrily down the stairs. Glaring daggers at each member that they all unconsciously took a step back.
Faith regarded her long time rival. "B...?"