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Rating: T

"Sis! Hide, NOW" a 17 year old Nic screamed at his 12 year old sister. The dark haired teenager dead bolted the door to the apartment. His eyes darted around the room frantically, looking for anything to wedge under the knob. He didn't know why he was trying though, there was no way in hell that dingy, wooden, piece of shit door would hold back their enraged father.

"I'm not gonna hide Nicky! I can help! Let me help, please!" His little sister begged, she ran across the room and dragged back a wooden chair. Nic gave his sister a strained smile and took the chair.

"Thanks pip." The teenager jammed the creaky wooden chair against the door and leaned against the frame. He looked down at his sister, trying to comfort her with a smile. "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you sis. I won't let him hurt you."

His sister stared back at him, her green eyes locking with his green eyes.

"He's been doing this for year's big brother. He's not going to stop. He wants us dead…both of us." Something large slammed against the door, rattling the frame and startling the two kids.

"Open this fucking door Nicholai Hurt! Or Daddy is gonna open it for you!" More loud bangs followed. Nic ran escape ideas through his head, sadly he came up dry. They were on the 6th floor, no fire escapes and the only door is currently being broken down. For the first time since they watched their mother be beaten to death, Nic and his kid sister were cornered. Awaiting the same fate as their mothers.

Mimic part 6

Buffy yawned loudly and glanced at her cellphone. It was already almost 5:10 in the morning. The blonde grumbled in annoyance, pulling her coat tighter around her, she had already tried calling Faith four times to ask if she was already at the area were Liv found the body. All four went to voicemail.

'Great. Now she's ignoring my calls on top of being a complete freak…Maybe Will was right.'

The blonde slayer continued into the park, a feeling of unease knotted in her stomach and grew with every minute. It was getting lighter outside, the blue/grey light of twilight made it easier to see what was around her. Sadly, that meant they didn't have much time, if an early morning runner or just someone passing by saw the body they would call the police, and Buffy's lack of a car made the trip over longer then needed, so wasting time wasn't an option. Almost as if on cue, the blonde slayer saw off in the distance someone running towards her, the knot tightened in her stomach.

'Oh shit, shit shit. Maybe he didn't see the body…maybe Liv moved it out of eye sight….'

The light still wasn't bright enough to make out a clear image of the person from far away. As it got closer Buffy could see hair flowing behind it, and that it was carrying something….or someone, within a few more moments the person was close enough to recognize.

"Faith? Oh god! What the hell happened is she alright?!" Buffy asked frantically pointing at the unconscious slayer in Faith's arms. The dark slayer stopped a few inches in front of the blonde and just stared in relief at Buffy.

The brunette gently lowered Floor's body onto the side walk and raised back to her feet weakly. In one quick movement, Faith pulled Buffy to her, crushing her lips onto the older girls, kissing her passionately. Buffy, who was thoroughly confused, returned the kiss with just as much passion, pulling Faith closer to her by wrapping her arms around her lovers neck. Buffy moaned into the kiss, enjoying the feel of Faith's soft lips against her own. The kiss lingered for a few extra minutes before Faith pulled away to look Buffy in the eye.

The brunette looked exhausted and almost ghostly. Her normally tan olive skin was a deathly pale white, dark rings were forming under her chocolate brown eyes, and she was shaking from the cold. Buffy gently ran her hands up and down Faith's arms, attempting to restore a small amount of warm to her lover.

"Faith…what happened to you guys….Faith?" Buffy asked, placing her hands on either side of Faith's face, gently tilting her head up to get a better look. The brunette slayer didn't reply, just pulled Buffy to her into another tight hug.

"Your…ok B…." Faith breathed a sigh of relief into Buffy's neck

"Yeah Fai….why wouldn't I be… what's going on? Why are you acting so strange?"

Buffy's worry tripled when she felt Faith start to collapse in her arms. The blonde helped ease the younger slayer to the sidewalk, her heart beating frantically with fear.

"Faith!...Faith?! What's happening? Oh god….oh god. You're going to be ok Fai…just tell me what happened?"

The dark slayer looked up bleary eyed at her lover and mumbled two words before falling unconcious next to Floor.

"Mimic….Swan."

12 hours later…

Where…am I…

"Will why isn't she waking up? You said a couple hours, it's been a lot longer then that."

Buffy?

"I…I know Buffy…you have to give it time…that thing was draining her of her soul…you can't just bounce back from that in a few minutes. It takes a while."

…Red? What are you doing here? I'm so cold…

"I know…I'm sorry Will….I just…I just want her to be ok."

Buffy don't worry about me... you have to find those fuckers who look like us…oh shit…where is Floor?

"Don't be Buff…I want her to be ok too….I'm glad you called when you did, any longer and well…not good, obviously."

Yeah, no shit…Alright this is annoying…I need to wake up…why can't I wake up.

"Thank you….for coming all the way down here Will…I know Faith's not your favorite person…"

Heh…again, No shit.

"It was nothing. Teleporting down here to help my friends' girlfriend is kind of in the job description for being a best friend."

Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up…come on! Wake up! Think of Buffy….Buffy, Buffy, Buffy, Buffy….Buffy in a bikini hehe…wait no! Concentrate dammnit! Perv on your girlfriend later! Buffy Buffy Buffy

"Buffy…?" Faith croaked softly. Buffy immediately leaned over closer to her girlfriend, a relieved smile spreading on her lips. The dark slayer looked between the two girls above her, trying to focus her vision. Buffy gently slipped her hand into Faith's lacing their fingers.

"Yeah baby, I'm here. How are you feeling?"

Faith coughed dryly and attempted to sit up, finding her muscles stiff and cold, as well as tired and sore."Like a human popsicle…that got ran over by a train."

Buffy laughed softly, gently squeezing her lover's cold hand. Faith gazed lovingly at the blonde for a moment as her vision cleared, before turning her focus to Willow.

"Red, good ta see you." The witch gave a small smile. "Hey Faith."

"Faith…do you remember who did this to you?" Buffy asked, trying to hide the tension and anger in her words. The brunette nodded and tried sitting up again, with Willow and Buffys help.

"Yeah…two demons…they were really…weird. Really proper and shit."

Willow opened up an old musty looking book, holding it out for Faith to look at.

"Did they look anything like this?"

Faith tried taking hold of the book, almost dropping it. Buffy caught her and helped her hold the book up; the brunette shot the older girl a grateful glance. The two figures on the book were ghostly white, cloaked demons, above their pictures were words written in fancy old letters that Faith did not recognize.

"Well Red….thats what they used to look like." Willow's eyebrows knitted together.

"Who do they look like now?" Faith chuckled bitterly and handed the book back.

"They look like me and Floor now…Why do they look like us now? Do you guess know how to take em out? What'd they do to us?...Is Floor ok?" Faith asked quickly, after every question she sounded even more troubled. Buffy gently pushed Faith back onto the couch, trying to calm her down.

"Faith…you need to rest for a little bit ok? Don't worry, we'll tell you everything once you've rested for a bit. Floor's in the next room, Liv and Ken are with her."

"Ken's here too?...How'd you guys get here so fast?" Willow simply smiled and got to her feet.

"We teleported…I'll explain later. I'm gonna go check on Floor…if you guys need anything just call me, ok?"

"Thanks Will."

The witch quietly went to Faith's bedroom where the other three were in, leaving Faith and Buffy alone.Faith gently pulled Buffy into a laying position beside her and held the blonde close.

"Is she going to be ok?" Faith asked, securing her arms around the blonde's waist.

"Will is pretty confident…" Buffy felt Faith tense up. "Don't worry Fai…you both are here…you both are safe-" Faith scoffed.

"We aren't safe B, thats the thing. If those bastards wanted, they could be here right now. Does Red have any idea on how to get rid of em?" Buffy nodded into Faith's chest. The younger slayer tightened her grip on Buffy, kissing the top of her head.

"Well…good. As soon as I can feel my legs we're gonna kick some ass." Buffy smiled, snuggling closer to her lover. The brunette leaned down, capturing the blonde's lips in a tender, lingering kiss. When the need for air became an issue, they pulled apart, resting their foreheads against each other.

"It scared the hell out of me, when that asshole turned into me….I thought he was going to hurt you." Faith mumbled.

"Well now you can relax. You're right here with me now." Faith chuckled bitterly.

"Pft .B, they kicked my ass with out breaking a sweat. Just cause I'm here doesn't mean your safe….Some girlfriend I am, huh? Can't even keep you safe." Buffy frowned and looked up at Faith.

"Faith….you're great and I love you…..but if you keep being down on yourself about getting attacked by a demon, and not being good enough, I will be the one who will kick your ass." Faith chuckled and rolled her eyes.

"Sure. Threaten the injured girl why don't ya."

Buffy just grinned and pulled Faith in for another kiss.

A/N: Just a little bit of Fuffyness before the seriousness hehe. Hope you guys enjoyed. I'll update as soon as i can. Thanks for reading!