Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy, but I do own Sophie, baby Lily, and Echo the puppy :)
The fight continued on for quite awhile, and, on the slayer's side at least, things appeared to be moving along quite nicely, a pile of demon corpses building up around them. For Riley, well, not so much.
"Soldier boy looks like he's in a bit of trouble there, B" said Faith, wildly swinging her axe. Buffy nodded in understanding.
"Go. I can handle myself."
"Don't doubt it for a second, B." Faith rushed to Riley's aid, and the one time member of the Initiative suddenly found himself extremely glad that Buffy had brought the Dark slayer along, and made a quick mental note to apologise to both of them once they were all out of danger. Sadly, it was then that the unthinkable happened.
"Faith, look out!" Buffy cried. Faith spun around, hacking off the tail of a demon that had attempted to sting her. Unfortunately, the mere second that Buffy was distracted was long enough for another demon to lash out with it's own sting, planting it in the original slayer's shoulder.
"Buffy!" Faith screamed, as her girlfriend cried out in pain.
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Meanwhile, back at the house, Willow remained blissfully unaware of the life-threatening situation that her best friend currently found herself in. She was snuggled up on a rug with Tara, gazing up at the stars just as they had done years before. The only difference this time was that they were lying on the front lawn instead of the roof, and they had a baby monitor sitting in the grass beside them. Willow could have levitated them onto the roof, but the roof of the house really wouldn't have been as safe as the roof of their old college dorm, and was not a very practical place to be if either of their children had happened to need them. And needed they were soon going to be. A few minutes later, the sound of Lily's cries began to filter through the baby monitor, at the very same moment that Sophie burst through the front door in an enormous panic.
"Mommy Willow, Mama Tara!" she cried rushing over and trying to pull her mothers to their feet. "Something happened to Auntie Buffy that's gonna make her really sick, and Auntie Faith's trying to get her home but if they don't get here soon its gonna be a whole lot worser! You have to go get them right now!" The little girl looked more worried than her parents had ever seen her, and past experience told them that they should share that worry.
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Faith ran through the streets with her girlfriend in her arms, covered in blood and various types of goo from the demons, who she had dispatched almost single handedly after Buffy had been stung. Buffy, while grateful for her girlfriend's concern, did not see that her situation was as serious as Faith apparently seemed to think, or at least not yet.
"Faith, put me down, I feel fine."
"No can do B" Faith panted, continuing to run. "Poison'll spread quicker if you're moving. You have to keep still."
"But Faith, the poison might not have the same effect on me as it would on a regular person" Buffy argued. "For all we know, it might not even.." Before she could finish, a car pulled up beside them, a familiar mop of red hair poking out the window.
"Get in!" Willow yelled. Faith gently laid Buffy in the back seat, giving her strict instructions to keep still, before hopping into the passenger seat beside Willow. It was only after they had driven off that a very important question occurred to the witch.
"Uh.. where's Riley?"
AN: Sorry its short, but I've been neglecting this story a little and just really wanted to post something.