Faith's Sister 2
Summary: Zoë has a hidden agenda and a score to settle with her sister. Angel and Wesley don't know a thing about it, and when Faith is brought in from England tempers flare and Faith and Zoë's issues are brought out into the open. What exactly did she do?
Chapter Two A day later…Faith arrived at Wolfram and Hart, hesitant at first to go inside. Gunn went down to see her and bring her up, and Faith was glad to see a familiar face in the big company.
"S'good to see you G-man." Faith gave him a hug.
"You too." Gunn hugged her back. "Angel said you were coming, he didn't say why though."
"Didn't tell me either. Said it was something important and that I had to come right away." Faith added.
"Well come on up all we'll find him." Gunn led the way to the elevator and stepped inside, holding the doors open for young Faith. "Last I checked he was in his office."
"So how'd y'all get here?" Faith asked.
"Wolfram and Hart? Well, long story short we made a deal with the devil and took over Hell Central." Gunn laughed off the seriousness of the situation, Angel and the gang taking over the big business.
"Battle evil from inside the belly of the beast." Faith used the metaphor Gunn recognised. Everyone was using it now.
"Something like that." He agreed as the elevator dinged and the doors opened. He stepped out and led Faith to Angel's office.
"Big man's got an office?" Faith almost fell over laughing. "Nice one!" They only had to take one step inside and see Zoë before Faith stopped dead in her tracks.
"Faith." Zoë growled.
"Zoë?" Faith was surprised. "What are you – ?"
"I came here for you." Zoë quickly jumped in. "I missed you sis." She walked towards Faith, and while she stood still, Zoë wrapped her arms around Faith's shoulders innocently.
"I… missed you too." Faith reached up and hugged her sister back. Zoë drew back and stood about a metre away from her sister. Faith tried to smile, but she knew what she had done. She knew that Zoë must hate her deep down inside, and she felt obligated to apologise, even now, after she'd already apologised several times before in the past.
"I'm sorry." Zoë slapped her sister on the cheek. Hard.
'Do not say you're sorry." She whispered harshly. "You cannot be sorry, or else you wouldn't have done it in the first place."
"I didn't mean to do it Zo." Faith began trying to explain herself.
"Liar! He meant everything to me and you knew it. You killed him!" She was shouting now, and so angry. "How could you? He was my world!"
At that moment, Spike wandered in after hearing all the shouting. "What's going on in here?" He asked, stopping when he saw the fiery young brunette in the middle of the room, standing face to face with Faith glaring menacingly.
"Spike?" Zoë asked.
"Uh-oh," Spike uttered.
"You two know each other?" Angel inquired.
"Nope. Can't say I do. I best be leaving now." Spike tried to escape, but Wesley shut the door on him.
"Going somewhere?" he asked as Spike spun around to find Wesley staring him in the face, blocking the door.
"Yeah, anywhere but here."
"Spike." Zoë repeated, still with her menacing tone.
"Hi luv." Spike said, almost sarcastically.
"Don't call me love, I ain't your love." Zoë snapped. "How dare you show your face where I am."
"I said I was going." Spike protested. "And hey, technically I was here first so push off."
"How on earth do you two know each other?" Angel demanded.
"I… I broke into her house once and tried to kill her family. It was just before sun-up and Dru wanted a feed." Angel just glared. "I was still evil!" He cried.
"That doesn't change anything." Zoë spat.
"Hey, I didn't hurt anyone, now did I?"
"No, but if dad hadn't bashed you over the head with a rolling pin then you probably would have."
"A rolling pin?" Angel laughed.
"I loved dad. And you," Zoë shifted the blame back to Faith. "… You killed him."
"Faith? Did you… is Zoë telling the truth? Did you kill your father?" Wesley stuttered. All eyes were directed to Faith.
'Yes, dammit, it was an accident." Faith broke, and began sobbing softly. "I had just become a Slayer and I was still learning to keep my strength levels under control. Dad and I had a falling out when I got busted with a crossbow at school, and we just got into a huge fight. It got out of control, he hit me and I hit him back. Only, I couldn't stop. After about four hits he was dead." Faith collapsed in a heap on the floor, and Angel approached.
"Hey, it's all right." He held her quivering frame. "We'll work through this."
"No. No working through this. I kill her now." Zoë reached for Faith but Angel slid his leg under her feet and tripped her over. He let go of Faith and went for Zoë, pinning her to the floor. "Let me go!" She screamed.
"Angel…" Wesley was hardly heard under Zoë's screams.
"I'm sorry…" Angel whispered as he punched her square in the face, attempting to knock her out. It didn't work the first time, so he punched her again and felt her body go limp beneath him.
"Angel…" Faith whispered through sobs as she looked at her sister lying on the floor. Angel got to his feet and helped Faith to stand up.
"Faith, come on, it's okay." Faith began crying into Angel's shoulder as she dived into him. He held her as she cried, rocking gently from side to side.
"I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…" Faith kept whispering.
"I know." Angel answered every time. "I know."
"It was all an accident, I swear. You know I would've never hurt anyone back then." Faith tried to reason, but inside she was starting to feel the drag, just like she had when it happened.
"I understand Faith, you don't have to explain it to me." Angel said calmly. "You couldn't have known what you were capable of as a Slayer."
"But I just couldn't stop myself. It was what sent me off the rails Angel, it destroyed me. Zoë doesn't understand that."
"By the looks of things, she was hurt more by it though." Spike chimed in. Angel just glared at him again and he shut up.
"Faith, come on, it's all right. We've been through this before, we can do it again." Angel told her.
"But before it had just happened. This happened just over five years ago, and I was only 16."
"Faith, don't beat yourself up over this. You obviously got through the issues because you seemed just like a bubbly teen when I first met you."
"The whole 'party girl' thing was just an act to cover up the issues." Faith explained. "I couldn't handle it so I began to mistreat myself. I had one-night-stands with loser guys who didn't even stay into the morning, I drunk so much that I passed out so many times I lost count and I even tried drugs once. Experimented, rather."
"You took drugs?" Angel asked, shocked. "Faith, did it ever develop into anything more than an experiment?"
"No. One sniff and I was done. Some dead weight I slept with took me along to a party and everyone was doing it. I'd just run away from home and things were tough, it was a release."
"Faith, I never knew about this side of you." Wesley cautiously approached. "Does Buffy know?"
"No. God, you can never tell her what I did. Her and I have never really been right, she was just part of my problem. I couldn't control my life so I started controlling hers. Didn't work out how I planned, and it kinda destroyed any chance of having a relationship with her besides hate."
"You two are okay now though, right?" Angel asked. "I mean, you went back and fought in Sunnydale."
"She was a bloody hero, if I may say so." Spike praised. "She deserves a medal. She and Buffy shared the power with all the other Slayers and made an army. God, those girls were great. And Faith, well, she was one of the best."
"Thanks Blondie-bear." Faith smiled, easing out of her break down.
"You're welcome pet."
"Yeah. Um, Angel, do you think I could have some distance from Zo for a while?" Faith asked.
"Yeah, sure. Uh, Wes, why don't you take her to medical and let her sleep for a while in the ward." Wesley nodded and picked up the girl before leaving.
"I'd best be going too, I think I've done my share." Spike headed out after Wesley.
"I want to talk to you about Zoë Spike!" Angel called.
"Later, mate!" Spike yelled back. Angel scowled and looked to Faith.
"Come on, you can come up to my penthouse and rest."
"Dude, you got a penthouse? Neat." Faith was impressed with all the things Angel received with the package of Wolfram and Hart. She allowed herself to be led up to Angel's penthouse via his private elevator, but inside of her the whole time she felt a lump that told her there was very little chance of reconcile with Zoë.
A/N: this chapter may not actually seem finished, but people have begged me for an update so I just got stuck in and wrote one. Here's to the readers. Hoorah! Hoorah! Please review the latest instalment.