A/N: Sorry for the wait. Thanks for the reviews. Happy New Years!
Chapter 2: Late Night Talks
A newly risen vampire soared through the air, almost gracefully before crashing into his own headstone, breaking completely through it. Laughter followed his crash, coming from where he was thrown. Jessica was perched upon a grave statue of what appeared to be an angel crying smirking at Faith, who seemed to be having fun. Leaning back against the statue's legs Jessica watched Faith battle the vampire, but her mind was elsewhere.
Faith sparred a glance over towards Jessica, but seeing that she was preoccupied Faith quickly disposed of the vampire by stabbing him in the heart with one of her knives. Watching for a moment as the vampire turned to dust Faith, then made her way to Jessica's side. Leaning against the statue Faith inspected her knives and asked, "How'd you figure out the way to use knives instead of stakes?"
"You know me. I can't give up my knives. It's an addiction. But anyways, I was skimming through some spell books and I came across a spell that basically infuses the object with a holy essence." seeing the blank look on Faith's face, Jessica tried a different explanation. "It allows me to use knives to kill vamps instead of stakes."
"Ahh..." Faith said understanding. Twirling the knives in her hands for a moment before stopping. "I'm glad you found a way. I always did prefer knives to stakes. No splinters."
Jessica couldn't help, but break out into a grin. "You can say that again."
A comfortable silence settled over the two slayers. They had been out patrolling for most of the night, talking about anything and everything. Even though they were catching up on old times they did patrol the streets, mostly cemeteries, killing off handfuls of vampires and a couple of Bringers. But considering the upcoming war everything was kind of quiet. It was nice, but also creepy.
"Hey, Jess, we should start heading back. Catch a few z's, you know. Plus you really wanna beat the mad dash to the bathroom in the mornings." Faith stated. Jessica groaned.
"I'm gettin' a feeling that I should've checked into a motel." Jessica replied as she stood up.
Faith lightly hit Jessica's arm, saying, "If you do decide to go. Please take me with you."
Walking back to the Summers' house was uneventful until Faith brought up why Jessica wasn't in L.A. when Angel lost his soul. Jessica looked around before answering, "I was off collecting potential slayers. The Coven called me and filled me in on the upcoming apocalypse. The gang said they could handle everything, so I left to find those girls. Plus they needed me a lot more than Angel. So, what exactly happened back in L.A.? Haven't had time to talk to anyone back there either."
"Angel lost his soul and escaped from the hotel. So, Wesley came and broke me outta jail. I fought Angel and we did this magical mind link gig. Then Willow did a spell and Angel got his soul back." Faith explained. Jessica stopped walking and looked at Faith shocked.
"Mind linked?" Jessica exclaimed. Faith nodded. "How... What?"
"Some sort of magical drug." Faith stated as they began walking again. Jessica didn't ask any questions concerning Angel's past even though she was very curious, but she knew Faith wouldn't break Angel's confidence. Faith could be very loyal at times. Soon the two slayers reached the Summers' residence. Jessica paused on the porch as Faith opened the front door.
Spotting the hesitation written on Jessica's face, Faith asked, "Are you comin'?"
Glancing around Jessica sighed and shook her head. "Nah. I'll be in later."
"Alright." Faith stated shrugging her shoulders and leaving Jessica to her thoughts. Taking a seat on the porch's railing and looking up at the sky. One leg dangling off the side of the railing, Jessica leaned back against the porch pillar and took out a cigarette. A few minutes passed by as Jessica just sat there smoking.
"Can I bum one, pet?" a voice asked from behind her. Not turning around Jessica took out another cigarette, lighting it on her own before handing it to Spike.
"Thanks, luv." a comfortable silence settled over the two. Spike glanced over at the youngest slayer wondering how there could be three slayers at the same time.
"What?" Jessica questioned as she caught Spike looking at her.
Taking a drag from the cigarette, Spike replied, "How is it you're a slayer?"
"Faith went flat line when she went into a coma." Jessica stated simply. Spike nodded. It made sense in a weird kind of way. Finishing her cigarette, Jessica left Spike to his thoughts. Checking her watch she realize the sun would rise in a couple of hours. Figuring she would take a short nap before getting up. Wanting to beat all the slayer wannabes to the shower was going to be first priority. Rubbing the back of her neck as she laid down on the couch thinking about what tomorrow would bring.
A/N: I know it's short. Next chapter will hopefully be longer.