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CH.3

Faith was making her way around the bus station looking for her bus when she spotted an abnormality.

A brown robed individual was walking in the shadows. Her slayer sense kicked in and she followed the shady individual. She had lost the trail in a dark alley next to the bus station. She cautiously walked into the alley with her hands ready for a fight. She heard a commotion behind her and when she turned, she spotted a cat munching on some garbage. Then she felt a painful ding on her head and fell to the floor.

When she got up she saw an old friend. A Bringer.

"I thought we took care a you guys back in Sunny D?" Faith question as her fist made contact with the Bringer's face. "Guess some of you don't know when to call it quits."

The Bringer pulled out a knife and ran towards Faith who easily dodged the attacked. When the evil minion made his way back towards Faith, she kicked the knife out of his hand and helped the Bringer loosen a knot in his neck, essentially killing the Bringer.

Faith figured that a couple of the Bringers had survived the collapse of Sunnydale, however she wanted to give the Scoobies a warning before she left the city of Angels.

When Faith made her way back through the darken doors of the familiar building, the calmness of the night seemed unsettling. She pressed the button for the fourth floor and waited for the doors to open. She didn't expect many of the girls to be there. She hoped that Giles would be the only one there. However when the doors opened she spotted many of the new slayers.

Kennedy was the first one to spot Faith, and with quick long strides, the new slayer stood in front of Faith.

"Oh thank god you're still here!" Kennedy said as she grabbed a hold of Faith and walked them into a room.

"What's going on Ken?" Faith asked extremely confused.

"Dawn, she got kidnapped by some Bringers," Kennedy stated.

"What? How in the hell did that happen? I just killed one of them by the bus station," Faith said as she walked out of the room in search of Buffy.

"Your girl is not here, she went out looking for her with Angel and his crew." Kennedy placed a hand on Faith's shoulder. "Come on lets go see if they have checked in with Giles."

The two slayers made their way to the small office Giles had been provided with. The apparent stressed out watcher was finishing off a conversation on the phone. When he looked up, he acknowledged the two slayers.

"Faith, I see you decided to stay?" Giles asked relieved.

Faith simply shrugged "What's the status report G-man? Have they found Dawn?"

"I'm afraid not. I just got off the phone with Angel, but they haven't been successful. Three teams were sent out but no one has had a sign of Dawn."

"I might have a clue as to where they could be," Faith said opening up a chest full of weapons Giles had in a corner of the room. "I spotted and killed a Bringer near the bus station. It seemed to be on it's way to their hide out. I came back to warn you guys about it."

"The bus station?" Giles asked as he circled something on a map. "Yes that makes sense, that is near the place Dawn got taken. I shall send Buffy and Angel there now," Giles said as he hit the redial button on his phone. "Thank you, Faith"

Faith stuffed her jacket with some knives and stakes. "Anytime, let Buffy and Angel know I'll meet them there. The station is not far from here." With that, Faith was out the door headed for the elevator. Kennedy followed her into it.

"You ain't going alone," Kennedy simply stated when Faith gave her a death glare.

"Fine. Just don't get in the way kid." Faith wasn't in the mood to baby sit the new slayer. She could somehow sense the panic that Buffy was in. She would have caught onto it sooner if she hadn't been caught up in the fight with the Bringer.

Faith and Kennedy raced to the bus station and looked around for either more Bringers or Buffy and Angel's familiar face. After a few minutes of searching, Faith ditched the efforts to find Buffy and Angel and instead lead Kennedy to the alley Faith had previously encountered a Bringer.

"Is this where you fought the Bringer?" Kennedy asked

"Yeah, they must have taken his body." Faith concluded do to the lack of a body in the alley.

The two slayers continue to follow the alley until they stumbled upon a clue. The slayers spotted a cat exiting from what appeared to be an opening behind a large trashcan. As if having psychic communication, the two dark-haired slayers began to silently move the trashcan and indeed uncovered a small opening.

"Ken, you stay here and wait for Buffy, I'm going in." Faith commanded.

"The hell you are," Kennedy said and held on to Faith's jacket. "We are either going in there together or we both wait out here for Buffy."

Faith unhooked her jacket from Kennedy's grasp. "Listen brat, the longer we wait out here, the longer those things have time with Dawny. I'm gonna go in there and find out what exactly is going on. I can't let Dawny get hurt. If we both go in, we guarantee not having backup, you understand?" Faith said firmly.

She wanted to run through that tunnel and rescue her little sister. For all accounts, Dawn was her little sister. Even though she had been magically added to their lives, the fates had wanted Faith and Dawn to have a strong bond. She had been created through Buffy's blood, the blood of a slayer, which also ran deep through Faith's body. Dawn had been the first to voice her disapproval at her arrival in Sunnydale; Faith knew that Dawn was yet another person her recklessness had hurt. To an extent, she felt responsible for her kidnapping since she had been on her way out of town, rather than watching over the young girl.

She also understood that if anything happened to her, Buffy would not come back from something as tragic as losing the once magical key. Dawn had been the reason Buffy had pulled through her mother's death and the reason she fought evil everyday. Buffy didn't have to explain any of this to Faith, because the rogue slayer fought her evils and the evils of the world to give Dawn a safer world to live in as well.

Kennedy looked skeptically at Faith for a few seconds. Then realized that what Faith was telling her was true. So she rolled her eyes and handed her a flashlight.

"Fine. Just don't get your self killed."

Faith rushed into the small space that caused her to have to crouch in order to get through. After her eyes adjusted to the darkness, Faith saw a dim light coming at a distance in front of her. She silently made her way towards it. The hairs at the back of her neck were on alert. Her body had begun that transformation from normal human to slayer. Her muscles prepared for battle, and her blood was pumped full of adrenaline. As she got closer to the light, she could hear whispers that she couldn't quite make out. Faith pushed closer to the light and sound.

When Faith finally made her way to the light she found a spot to hide and watched as half a dozen Bringers made their way into the room with an unconscious Dawn. Faith controlled her urge to jump in at that very moment and instead decided to actually wait for back up this time. Faith waited and watched as Dawn got tied down to a chair and the Bringers stood guard over her adopted sister. Minutes later, another Bringer appeared. However this Bringer was different, as it began to talk to Dawn.

" You have made this way too easy," The bringer voice said and to Faith's surprise it was a woman's voice. "Your sister will come for you and I shall get what is mine."

At this time, Dawn began to wake up. She opened her eyes and tried to scream; however, a gag was over her mouth to prevent her from making a sound. Faith watched from her hiding spot impatiently waiting for Buffy to arrive. She had decided that if any one of those freaks threatened Dawn, Faith would jump in regardless if she had back up or not.

"Don't waste your energy, child. No one can hear you." The Bringer said as it slid the cloth around Dawns mouth down to her neck. Dawn decided in true Summers' style to threatened the S.O.B. instead of screaming or pleading.

"When my sister gets here, you are so freaking dead." Dawn said and chuckled. "Don't you guys get it? She always wins!"

Faith couldn't help but be proud of Dawn and Buffy. The two sisters where so alike, even in the face of Danger, had something witty to say. However, her small celebration was cut short when the S.O.B. raised its hand to Dawn. Faith was ready to jump into action but was stopped dead in her tracks when Buffy appeared in front of the Bringer.

"It's not polite to hit a young lady," Buffy said and the Bringer kneeled down, further confusing Faith and Dawn.

'What the hell?' Faith thought.

Buffy turned to her sister and pouted, "Aw did you think I'd come looking for you?"

At that moment Faith decided to jump in.

"How many times do we have to kick your incorporeal ass huh?" Faith said as she stabbed the bringer from the back and walked right through Buffy's ghostly apparition. Faith then began to untie Dawn from the chair.

Faith had figured out that the First was once again out and about. She figured she couldn't let the First torture Dawn. Right before the last rope was untied from Dawns hand, another Bringer appeared and stabbed Faith in the arm, causing the slayer to stumble back. Dawn was struggling against her restrains trying to free her self and aid Faith.

The First's apparition changed from Buffy to the Mayor and looked at Faith.

"I always told everyone you were smarter than what they thought, Faithy." The mayor took a few steps closer to the slayer. "I see you are working for the lost good cause again?" He moved his hand inches away from Faith's face. "It is a shame. Kill the slayer. It should be fun using her face. Keep the girl. We still need her. " The mayor commanded and then disappeared.

At the mayor's command, five Bringers appeared from an entrance and launched an attack against Faith, while Dawn was still struggling to untie her self from her restrains. She screamed out hoping someone would hear her.

"Buffy! Someone please HELP!" Dawn screamed as tears threatened to overcome her.

Faith had managed to get up and take out a knife from her jacket. She was doing her best to fight of the attacking Bringers, but as she killed one, two more would appear through the entrance near by. Her goal was to get Dawn out of there.

Faith kicked two of the Bringers that launched their bodies towards her. She then picked up one of the lifeless bodies next to her and launched it at several other Bringers, essentially buying her time to run to Dawn and untie the girl. Faith grabbed a hold of Dawn's hand and led her to the tunnel she had entered from earlier.

"Go Dawn, Kennedy is waiting out there for you. Go!" Faith gave her the flashlight and her knife.

"No! I'm not leaving you." Dawn insisted but before Faith could say anything a Bringer once again stabbed her in the injured shoulder. Faith's face twisted in pain and yelled her last request.

"Go! I'll hold them off!" Faith then shoved Dawn further into the tunnel and collapse the entrance by shoving a Bringer into nearby wooden boxes. The crash caused several crates to block much of the tunnel. Faith knew that by doing this, she had signed her death sentence. However she didn't care, all she cared was that she had saved Dawn and spoiled the First's plan. With that thought, Faith turned to face over a dozen Bringers standing in front of her, all waiting to plunge their daggers into Faith's skin.

A/N: My first attempt at a cliffhanger; I hope you guys enjoyed it.

Jackson: Not to worry my dear readers, I shall save you from the terrifying grasps of this cliffhanger soon enough.

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