Chapter 6

"..In The Case"

By OldScout

"Hi Faith!" Buffy said cheerily. "I'm doing fine. So glad you asked."

"Sorry, I've just had a long night, not really think'in of pleasantries and shit." Faith said. "Now, is the scythe there?" Faith leaned back against the wall surrounding the Burp compound.

"The Scythe?" Buffy frowned. "It's up stairs why? Is there a problem? It had better not be an apocalypse; I just had my nails done."

"No apocalypse that I know of." Faith replied then mumbled "For now." She switched ears and continued. "I just wanted to make sure it's actually there."

"Faith, what's going on? Do I need to call people?"

"No, nothing like that." Faith sighed. "I just thought I felt it today and wanted to be sure. Can you just go upstairs and lay hands on it? Just humor me. I'll call you later with the low down, after I get some sleep."

"Is that Faith?" Faith heard a familiar voice behind Buffy.

"Yeah." Buffy said. "Here, say hi while I go check on something."

Faith heard the phone change hands. "Hey, Faith, wotcha doin'?" A girl asked.

"Hey Sarah, how's it going?" Faith smiled. Since she had made first contact with the street kid and newly activated slayer she'd become the girl's mentor. Faith and Buffy often called each other sister, and in a sense they were, but for the first time Faith thought she had an idea of the relationship Buffy and Dawn shared. Sarah wasn't Faith's real sister, nobody was, but somehow the girl filled that need she didn't know she had.

"We was down in the catacombs last night." Sarah informed Faith happily. "I found a really cool old crossbow. I'm going to hang it on the wall over my bed."

"Sarah, what did I tell you about those catacombs?" Faith frowned. The catacombs under London were dangerous to anybody, even a trained slayer.

"Miss Summers, ah, Buffy was with us." Sarah defended. "It was her idea how to display the crossbow."

"Congratulations." Faith said as earnestly has her tired mind allowed.

"Fer what, Faith?"

"If B took you down to the cats' it means you're doing well."

"Spose' so." Faith could hear the smile on the girl's face. "Do you think I'll be allowed to go patrollin' by myself soon?"

"B's call, girl." Faith said. "Don't let me hear about you sneakn' out or I'll come over there and kick your ass."

"I used to live on the streets." Sarah said. "I survived and I wasn't no slayer then."

"But you were smart enough to run from trouble, not to it." Faith replied.

"Buffy's back." Sarah said. "Talk to you later."

"Later, Kid." Faith said as she heard the phone being passed back to Buffy.

"What's going on Faith?" Buffy asked when she got the back.

"You sure the scythe is there?" Faith asked as she watched her cab pull up.

"I've got it right here. Listen."

Faith heard the hum of the small weapon swinging in The Slayer's hand. "B, my cab's here, I have to go, but I think there may be another one."

"What?"

"I'll call you in a few hours and tell you everything." Faith closed her phone and fell into the cab giving her address as she melted into the back seat.

To be continued…….

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