Author's note: Wow thanks for all the reviews I received for the last chapter, glad to see your all still with me on this fic lol. Anywho thanks for the reviews, keep em coming. I had a really good draft of this chapter written out but my computer didn't seem to like it and decided to crash and I lost it, so I hope this chapter is okay for you guys, it seems to get my computers approval (For once). Enjoy.

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Chapter 28

((She was surrounded by darkness, but her senses told her that she was in a forest. Her eyes shifted into night vision allowing her to see her surroundings. Ahead of her she could see a small campsite. The occupants of the tents where asleep and she could smell the ash from the burned out fire. Her senses went on alert, she was on the hunt. Approaching the first of the tents she used her claws to slash the thin fabric open, revealing the two sleeping inhabitants.

A voice beside her cried out for bloodshed and she couldn't help but obey, with a savage roar she attacked the sleeping men, and they where dead before they new what hit them, but the noise of their attack had woken the couple in the other tent. She spun to face them and saw that they had already fled, desperately running across the clearing towards the road. The thrill of the hunt ran through her like lightening as she chased after the doomed couple, cheered on by an unseen voice.))

Faith woke with a gasp, the memories of her dream already beginning to fade. Trying to recall the dream, all she could remember was flashes of blood and screaming. As the fog of her dream lifted she began to become aware of her surroundings, she felt the familiar weight of Buffy draped over her and smiled. Looking round the room it was still dark and she couldn't quite place where she was, she definitely wasn't at Buffy's house. She could smell Giles' scent so she figured that they must be at his house. How and why are we here and not at B's? she thought. Looking down at herself she saw that she was covered in cuts and bruises, not to mention bandages. That looks like it supposed to hurt. She shifted on the bed slightly to try and get a more comfortable position and groaned, when she felt pain shoot through her. "Ow! okay maybe it does hurt." The movement and noise caused Buffy to stir.

Blinking the sleep from her eyes she was surprised to see Faith looking back at her. "Hey how are you feeling?" she asked in concern. Caressing Faith's cheek gently, she was relieved to feel that her skin was no longer icy cold.

"Like I've been run over by a truck." she croaked, her voice scratchy from lack of use. Buffy reached over and switched on the lamp and got a glass of water from the bedside table, she helped Faith take a few sips before putting it back.

"No offence baby but you kind of look like you've been run over by a truck." Buffy said.

"You really know how to make a girl feel special." Faith said smirking slightly.

Buffy couldn't help but smile back "That's my job." leaning down she placed soft kiss on Faith's lips and felt Faith respond in kind. Pulling back she studied Faith's eyes intently. "You know you had me really worried." she said softly. "I thought I was going to lose you."

Faith could see the fear flash across Buffy's face at the memory. "I'm sorry I put you through that B." she said solemnly.

"It's not your fault." she said, brushing a stray piece of hair away from Faith's face. "Just try not to make it a habit." she said, smiling gently.

"Hell you don't have to worry about that, I ain't planning on getting hurt anytime soon. Besides I got a good reason to stick around." Faith said grinning at Buffy.

"Oh yeah, and what's that?" Buffy asked.

"Your mom's cooking." Faith said, laughing at the look of mock outrage on Buffy's face. "Well I suppose her daughter ain't a bad reason for stickin' around." she added playfully.

"I could show you plenty of other reasons for sticking around, but seeing as you prefer my mom's cooking, over me, I'm afraid I'll have to decline." Buffy teased, Faith automatically began pouting. "That won't work with me." Faith decided to add puppy dog eyes to the mix, and Buffy began to squirm. "That won't work either."

"Damn your heartless B." Faith pouted and Buffy couldn't resist kissing her on the lips.

"Your still hurt. When your better I'll give you a proper welcome back, how does that sound?" she asked.

Faith pretended to think it over before sighing heavily. "I guess it'll have to do."

"Good girl. Now I'd better check your wound." Buffy sat up beside Faith and carefully peeled off the dressing, satisfied that it seemed to be looking better, she reached over for the cloth and gently cleaned the wound. "It looks better, I think most of the silver is out of your system." she commented, placing the cloth back in the basin. Faith watched silently as Buffy worked. Her mind kept going back to her dream, she couldn't remember much from the past two days and that frightened her.

"B, when I was out of it did I…….did I hurt anyone?." she asked hesitantly, fearful of the answer. Buffy's hand faltered slightly as she taped the new dressing down, she knew that Faith would ask that question but she didn't realise she would ask it this soon. Looking into Faith's eyes she could see the fear in them, clasping Faith's hand she steeled herself for what she was about to say next.

"You weren't in control, you have to know that okay. Kennedy was controlling you with a slave disc, do you know what that is?" she asked softly, Faith nodded weakly in reply. "She ordered you to do things, things that resulted in people getting killed."

"How many?" she asked quietly.

"Faith-"

"How many? Please B I need to know." she pleaded.

Buffy looked down at their hands before answering. "Four." she said quietly. Faith felt sick, fragments of her dream began flashing before her eyes and she realised that what she was seeing where the events of that night. The memory began to play out in slow motion, she saw herself killing them while they slept and hunting the others down. The thing that sickened her the most was that part of her enjoyed it, and was crying out for more bloodshed. Realising that Buffy was calling her name she looked up into her girlfriends worried eyes. "Faith?"

"I-I saw it in my dream, I saw myself killing them." she whispered. "I didn't think it was real." A stray tear ran down Faith's cheek and Buffy gently brushed it away. "The worst thing is, that I enjoyed it." Buffy felt her heart break as Faith looked up at her with tearful eyes. "What kind of fucking monster am I?" she cried. Buffy gently gathered her in her arms and held her as she cried.

BUFFY'S HOUSE

Drake slammed the door shut behind him and growled in frustration. They had searched the house and there was no sign of Faith. Her scent still lingered in the house but it was weak which mean that she hadn't been here for a couple of days at least. He could sense her presence in the town but he couldn't pinpoint an exact location. The only scent that he could pick up at the moment was that which belonged to the numerous vampires, who seemed to be the only people roaming around at this Godforsaken hour, apart from themselves.

He reigned in his frustration and stalked back over to the car, where his 'brothers' waited. Throwing open the car door he threw himself into the passenger seat and sighed heavily. "There's no sign of them, so we're gonna have to look the hard way, in other words I want you to drive down every street in this town until we pick up her scent." The other two occupants in the car nodded gravely, and they pulled out of the drive way. They would find Faith even if it took them all night.

WESLEY'S APERTMENT

Wesley sat in the dark cradling the glass of whisky in his hand. He had slumped in the chair as soon as he had gotten back from Giles' house and had started drinking not long after. Trying to drown his sorrows. As far as he was concerned he had done nothing wrong, he had followed his head and contacted the council. They would come and get rid of the Garou, if it hadn't died already, and Buffy would go back to being what a real slayer should be, disciplined, respectful and dedicated to the cause. Everything that Kennedy was.

His slayer had been perfect, and they had worked together as a watcher and slayer should, the council had been exceptionally pleased with Kennedy's progress and they where being considered as replacements for Buffy and Giles. That was until the Garou had bitten Kennedy. After that everything had gone down hill, Kennedy had blamed him for the accident and then she betrayed both her cause and himself and switched sides. The council had not been happy when they had found that out, that's partly why he had informed them about the events involving the Garou and Buffy Summers, hopefully they would take his loyalty into consideration and he wouldn't be punished too severely. They may even let me work with Kennedy once she has been rehabilitated he thought. A loud knock at the door made him jump, he took a few seconds to compose himself before he hefted himself out of his chair and staggered towards the door. Flinging it open he started to comment on the lateness of the hour before he realised who it was. The sound of his whisky glass breaking echoed down the corridor, followed by a thump as his body collided with the floor.

GILES'S HOUSE

Buffy lay watching Faith. She had fallen asleep a couple of hours ago, exhausted, both from her injuries and from Buffy's revelation. She'd managed to calm Faith down, and reassure her that she wasn't the monster she saw herself as. But Faith wouldn't hear it, she was convinced that she was dangerous. But Faith had never hurt anyone, even when she had lost control, Buffy had decided to leave out the part where Faith had tried to kill her, as that was what Faith was most afraid of. She was afraid that she would hurt Buffy or her friends, especially now that she had a taste for killing, literally.

"No matter what it takes I'll get you to see that you aren't a monster." Buffy whispered quietly. Yawning she glanced over at the clock, Three in the morning, still plenty of time to get a few hours sleep. Rolling over onto her side, she closed her eyes and snuggled into the covers. She felt herself beginning to drift off to sleep when she heard a strange noise. It sounded like it was coming from downstairs, she listened intently, half hoping it had been her imagination, but nope she heard the noise again, this time it sounded like somebody moving around downstairs. Throwing back the covers she crept out of bed and left the room quietly as she didn't want to disturb Faith.

She crept across the hallway until she reached the top of the stairs. Peering over the top of the banister, she scanned the living room but couldn't see anybody as it was still too dark. She heard a small thud come from somewhere near the couch and descended the stairs quietly, hoping that whoever was down there couldn't see her in the dark. As she walked further into the living room she sensed someone behind her, spinning round quickly she was surprised to see no one there.

Next thing she knew something dark fell from above her and sent her sprawling to the ground. As she lay there dazed she saw two other shapes attached to the ceiling, her surprise was short lived as the thing that had landed on her, began to advance. Jumping to her feet she quickly grabbed the foot that was about to connect with her face, twisting the leg in her hand she sent the person on the other end spinning to the ground. The other two creatures dropped down from the ceiling to land on either side of her. Grabbing an arm each they swung her back into the wall, shaking the fuzzy feeling from her head Buffy, back flipped out of their grasp, upon landing she grabbed their heads and bashed them together, dazing them. By this time the other creature had recovered and grabbed her from behind, automatically she threw her head back, hearing the satisfying crunch as her head connected with it's nose, causing it to yelp in pain. Now free from it's grasp she spun round and backhanded it across the face causing it to fall to the ground unconscious. Seeing this the other two growled in fury and advanced on her with startling speed, Buffy barely had time to make out the glint of metal before she was pinned to the wall, the cold steel of a knife pressed against her throat. She was vaguely aware of another knife digging into her abdomen.

"Give us one reason why we shouldn't kill you." The smaller of the two growled, putting more pressure on the knife against her throat. Before Buffy could respond she heard a growl come from the top of the stairs.

"Drruca stur grafach." Faith growled, her eyes flashing brightly in the dark. The two people holding Buffy instantly let go and backed away from her. Buffy shielded her eyes as the room became bathed in light, when she looked up she saw Giles supporting an unsteady Faith, who was still glaring at the other occupants in the room. When she looked at the intruders she saw that they looked like two ordinary men, who must obviously be members of Faith's clan she thought with a grimace. When she imagined meeting Faith's clan she never thought it would happen like this, or at least be this violent.

"B you okay?" Faith asked in concern, as Giles helped her down the stairs.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine." she said reassuringly, moving to help Giles support Faith. With one of them on either side Faith managed to hobble down the stairs, coming to stand in front of the two men.

"We're sorry Faith." The taller one said, he gestured at Buffy and Giles. "We thought that they'd kidnapped you."

"S'okay, but it ain't me you should be apologising to. You didn't beat my ass and trash my living room." Faith replied, leaning heavily against Buffy as she tried to take some of the weight off her injured leg. "By the way this is my friend Giles, and this is Buffy, my mate." She looked meaningfully at the other two Garou when she said the last part, causing them to look equally bashful.

"Sorry." They both apologised to Buffy and Giles. "Welcome to the family." he greeted sheepishly. "We don't greet everyone like this honest, my names Drake, this here is Zep." he said gesturing to the smaller man beside him, who waved at them. "And the guy on the floor over there is Turk."

Now it was Buffy's turn to look embarrassed. "Um, when he wakes up would you tell him I'm sorry for breaking his nose." she said grimacing slightly.

"He won't mind, he got that fighting a slayer. Knowing Turk he'll be wanting to show everybody, not everyone fights a slayer and lives." Drake said respectfully.

"As much fun as this is standin around yammering can we at least sit down, cause my legs killin me." Faith groaned, Buffy and Giles helped Faith limp over to the couch where she slumped down in relief, Buffy sat next to her and took her hand, Drake sat on the other couch with Zep.

"Would anybody like some tea?" Giles asked.

"No we're fine thanks, we won't be here long we just wanted to see if Faith was okay." Drake replied, he turned to address Zep. "Why don't you take Turk out to the car, I'll be out in a few minutes." Zep nodded and went to scoop his friend up off the floor. "So Faith what happened to you? No offence but you look like shit." Drake asked with concern.

"Great way to boost a girl's self confidence D." Faith replied sighing. "I had a run in with another slayer."

"There's another one?" Drake asked, his shock quickly turning into anger, "Fuck where is she?"

"We don't know it's kind of a long story, one which I'll explain tomorrow. Did the elders come with you?" Faith asked quickly changing the subject. Drake noticed but decided to let it drop for the moment.

"Yeah, near enough the whole clan came with us. We had to leave some back in Boston to guard the Hellmouth, But we brought nearly everyone." he turned to Giles. "The elders brought everything they could find about the last battle with the Drachna's, they're eager to meet both of you." he said addressing both Giles and Buffy.

"I am looking forward to meeting them as well, we have much to discuss." Giles replied.

"That we do." Drake said throwing a meaningful glance at Faith, who sighed and nodded, silently promising that she would tell him everything tomorrow. "Well seeing as Faith seems to be in safe hands and nearly in one piece, I should probably head back and let the rest of the clan know your okay." he said standing. "You had everyone worried you know." he said seriously.

"Yeah I seem to be doing that a lot lately." Faith said seriously.

"Well don't make a habit out of it." he said grinning. Faith glanced between him and Buffy in shock, wondering if there was a conspiracy going on that she didn't know about.

"That what I keep telling her." Buffy said laughing at the look on Faith's face.

"Yeah yeah laugh at the injured person." Faith pouted.

Drake laughed. "Well it looks like you'll fit in alright Buffy, especially if your on the same wavelength as me."

"Geez that's all I need two of you." she moaned pointing at Drake, then a thoughtful look flashed across her face. "Mind you, I wouldn't mind two of you B." she said with a cocky grin plastered on her face.

"Looks like someone's feeling better." Drake and Buffy said at the same time.

They both looked at each other in surprise and Faith burst out laughing although she immediately regretted it as her broken ribs screamed in protest. "Ouch, dammit." she cursed.

"On that note I'd better go, Zep will be getting impatient. I'll leave you in Buffy's capable hands." Drake teased.

Faith stuck her tongue out at him. "We'll come and see you tomorrow D, I want everyone to meet the clan and it's easier for us to come to you guys. That way nobody will be alerted to your presence."

"Okay, sounds like a plan." he addressed Buffy and Giles. "We can go over the plan of action so that everyone knows what's happening and what's expected of them." they nodded in reply. "So until tomorrow. You take care of your self Fai." he said, affectionately ruffling her hair. "It was nice meeting you Giles." he said shaking hands with the watcher. "And Buffy, I meant what I said, welcome to the family." he grinned. They both watched as Giles saw him to the door.

"Well that went better than I expected." Buffy said with relief. "Well apart from the violent part at the beginning." she added resting her head against Faith's.

"I told you they'd love you." Faith said, pressing a kiss against Buffy's temple, before nuzzling Buffy's hair.

"So it looks like we've got a busy day tomorrow, I'll have to phone Willow and the rest of the Scoob's and let them know what's going on. Looks like we might have a lot of research to do as well, which gets a fun factor score of zero and is the last thing I want to be dong on my day off." she said.

"Buffy." Giles whispered.

"What?" she asked, she saw him gesturing at Faith, looking up she smiled upon realising that Faith had fallen asleep. Buffy carefully extracted herself from Faith's grasp and gently eased her down onto the couch. Giles handed her a blanket which she tucked round her and placed a loving kiss on her forehead. "Sweet dreams, baby." she whispered.

Tbc.

A/N: Sorry for the poopy ending for this chap, but that's life. The end is nigh people only a few more chapters to go.