Chapter 6
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Roham shifted as he looked at the ceiling, lighted a cigarette and exhaled the smoke slowly as his eyes started to drift into space as if seeing through time and space, "This Story has been passed from one warrior to the other for long time since our great Ancestor, memories of thousand years of war and blood, we carry till the day we die"
It was about twenty thousand years ago, when on day a portal opened in mid-sky over Egypt, and demons started to pour from it, and started wrecking havoc through the lands of Egypt.
Albeit the Egyptian army fought bravely but they couldn't stand in the face of thousands of demons each as strong as hundreds of men.
So the Egyptians sorcerers, who were and still the best sorcerers, especially in opening inter-dimensional portals, opened a portal to the POWERS THAT BE dimension and asked them for help to face the demons army.
The sorceress were pretty generous in their offerings, Magical Wands, Swords, Jewellery and Virgin girls, just asking for some warriors to help them in the fight against evil.
The POWERS THAT BE were very pleased with the sorcerer offering that they sent five of the strongest warriors with them.
Although at the beginning they seemed little, the five warriors were able to kill most of demon army and the left fled to islands in the Atlantic oceans.
The five warriors taught humans how to fight demons, they choose the physically capable to train them.
As for vampires well, there was a demon who lurks in the darkness of the Twilight zone, who had at the tip of his tongue a strange worm which was know as the immortality seed. Whenever he needed servants like him whom drank blood and lurked in darkness, he would spit the worm at them, the worm would curse their blood with the demons blood, and he turns into vampire.
But once the vampires jumped into our dimension, they discovered although they had strength greater than humans, they cant walk into the sun, garlic, holy water and crosses would hurt them like hell, and a simple stake through the heart would end them
Then before they returned to the powers, they wrote down all there demon knowledge down, and some prophecies, which they predicted, from the visions and dreams they had.
However, something happened before they left, something happened to one of them, something he did not experience before.
He fell in love.
Roham took a deep breath as he closed his eyes as the feelings returned to him from his ancestor, and then a sudden breeze came from the open window blowing away his hair, as he opened his deep blue eyes slowly
"I can feel that meeting as if I was there"
"Please don't go, Argin, I need you"
Argin brushed away a strand of his lover's eyes, "I have to Tai, I can't leave my partners"
Tai looked at the ground then raised her eyes until they meet his, "What about me Argin? I can't live without you"
Argin looked at his love, and admired as the air played with her long black her, and adored how the moon light played across her bronze skin, and his hurt broke at the sight of tears in her eyes.
"Tai please listens to me…."
"No you listen to me," yelled Tai in anger "I don't understand any of your stupid protocols. I don't know why you want to leave me, but since you want it that way then I leave, now I know that you never loved me, and I was stupid to fall in love with you " Then she ran away in anger as tears flew away from her eyes.
Argin stood shocked in his place, and then he raised his head slowly looking to the sky, "damn, what am I going to do?"
At the departure day, Argin was looking at the farewell crowd, searching for his love, ' Damn Tai, where are you?' thought the warrior.
One of his partners looked at him "What's the matter Argin why are you so jumpy?"
Argin ignored him, his partner looked at amazement to Argin in all the many years they were partners Argin was the best among the team, he was fearless, and he showed no emotions at all, they once joked with him and told him that the powers took away his heart and feelings in return for his powers.
"Hey, I am not going with you," said Argin, his partners looked at him in amazement
"What?" managed to say one of them
"I am not returning back with you and you can tell the powers that I have decided to stay in this dimension"
"But…." And his partners couldn't continue because Argin took off and ran at such speed that he disappeared out of their sights in a matter of seconds.
Tai was in her room crying silently as her mother spoke to her " Come on Tai, you didn't think he is going to stay here and marry you"
Tai was looking out of her window, and thinking to herself, 'he must have left now, god how am I going to live my life without him'
"I mean he wasn't good enough for you, his life is filled with danger, and he is scary, you didn't see how he killed that huge snake that tried to annihilate the village, he was reckless; I mean he managed to kill that thing with his bare hands"
"I saw it all mom" yelled Tai, " he was brave strong and sweet , I love him , mom and now he left, he is never coming back now can you just close your mouth and let me ………" then suddenly she trailed off as she looked at the door of her room
Her mom did not understand why she calmed down suddenly
"A- Argin" whispered Tai,
Her mom turned around to find Argin standing at the door smiling, then she backed off slowly she was scared of him,
"Hi Tai, missed me" said as he moved slowly towards her
"You—you didn't leave"
Argin stood in front her and smiled "Will you marry me?" then he gave her a strange ring, a platinum heart surrounding a stone that changed from sapphire to ruby, and different precious stones.
"This is a ring I forged it myself, the stone changes from one precious stone to the other also. I casted a summoning spell on it whenever I am not here and you need me all you have to do is whisper "I need you", and a portal will open and I will be transported to where you are."
Tai was lost in his voice, his eyes; she spread her hand and nodded a little "Yes",
Argin smiled as he slid the ring over her finger and then kiss her hands gently and smiled "I love you"
30 years earlier,
Argin was packing his stuff, "Sorry, honey but I have to go"
Tai frowned as she looked at her husband packing stuff, "But what if you get hurt?"
Argin smiled as he looked 47-year-old wife, she still looked stunning, "I am not going to leave for a long time, and if I am late you know what to do?"
Ti looked at the ring on her finger, she has been wearing it for 30 years, and she never took it off
"Yeah I know but I am going to miss you", pouted Ti
Argin laughed as he pulled her for a gentle kiss on her lips, then kiss turned passionate but before they could turn into anything more
"Dad, I thought you already left," said there son "and you really have to hang a sign on the door when you two start doing that"
Argin smiled as he pulled away from his wife "Hey son, you going to take care of your mother right"
His son smiled "you can count on me dad, but don't count too much okay, I want you here soon, you still haven't taught me how to cast spells"
Argin nodded, "Okay now I have to go, I will see you all soon"
10 months later (our dimension timing)
Argin walked towards his home, he has been fighting non-stop for 10 years in that dimension, he thanked god that the time moved slower on earth, he haven't been any tired.
He suddenly heard a strange noise then he saw a few torches, he ran towards them and saw the strangest sight his wife and son tied at a pole, and someone screaming, "You failed us and cause of you people died; now this is your last chance to say something"
Tai closed her eyes then she opened them and yelled "Argin I need you"
The people laughed , and there leader said "You think he is coming back he left and no one will save you, like when you and your son failed to save us"
Rimet struggled with his ropes "That demon was unbelievably strong"
The leader yelled "Silence now prepare to burn" and he raised the torch up high
Nevertheless, before he threw it an arrow flew to throw it out of the leader's hand,
"You called honey" said a very angry Argin
The crowd started backing away from Tai and her son, as Argin walked slowly and waved his hand, and the ropes tying his love and son disappeared
"What happened?" said Argin in a tone so devoid of emotion that it sent shivers through all the standing
Everyone was putrefied they couldn't reply, then the leader of the group walked slowly towards Argin, "A demon attacked the village and your son couldn't stop him, and the unclean killed 10 kids, and since they failed us, we want them dead"
Argin looked at the group keeping his anger in check cause if his anger exploded he could erase the village of the face of the earth, so he walked slowly towards his wife bent down and picked her up, "you alright Tai"
His wife shook her head as she buried her face in his chest, then Argin looked at his son, "You alright son" his son shook his head.
Argin carried his wife and took his bag of the ground and started walking out of the village, "Then May be you can protect yourselves on your own "
Then his hand flashed as the three people disappeared in the darkness of the forest.
Roham looked to the group around him, "No one knew where they went, but I know that they left Egypt and they wandered the world from one country to the other, I don't know if they are dead yet, or if they even still live in this dimension"
Then he closed his eyes and opened them again, "Well Argin placed a firm calling routine for the warriors each millennium one is called only if the one before him died, over the course of the years, There were two Power warrior me and some guy who survived 5000 years before getting killed"
Faith was in awe of the story, she looked at her love, she couldn't believe that Roham carried all this memories and feeling inside of him, "So you guys pass memories right?"
Roham nodded "Yeah everyone with the blood of Argin shall have the memory, strength, and powers of Argin"
Buffy couched a little bit as she removed a strand of hair of her eyes, "but isn't Angel your brother"
"The blood of Argin came to me from my mother's side, as for Angel. He was long prophesied that a vampire shall walk the earth for 120 years wrecking havoc and pain then he will be cursed with a soul from heaven, then he is gonna fall for one the slayers and her blood is gonna mix with his, for mixed destiny, heart and souls "
The room fell in silence as everyone processed the information in there mind
Connor looked at his uncle, "But Roham what about Black?"
Roham looked to the ceiling, "Well Black is one of the first Black wizards to set foot in this dimension his spells has been long tracked down and written in several black magic books actually most dark spells he created. And as a fighter his unbelievable in handling swords, and he has a number of flawless techniques, and he is a unsurpassed strategic planner"
"The battle with this guy won't be easy," said Giles as he started cleaning his glasses nervously
Roham shook his head "Yeah, It will be one hell of a fight"
Faith looked at her love and was scared by the look in his eyes; she can see literality fire in his eyes, and she can see another thing, anticipation for the coming fight, which she couldn't really explain, why would Roham be eager for the upcoming fight.
Angel eyes glittered with excitement this battle was his chance to prove that he is the strongest fighter for the powers, this fight was his chance to reclaim his reputation, and he won't let it slip from his hands.
"How can we beat this guy?" asked Xander as he sat down on his chair,
"We bore him to death " commented Roham sarcastically , then he shook his head side ways " There isn't a way to beat The Black Mage, all that you can do is to send him to hell again but this time I will make sure that he wont return back"
"But how did he return?" asked Willow, as she started playing with her red locks.
"I think someone, no not just someone, a powerful magician for sure, helped resurrect him, and we really need to know who helped resurrect because he must be helping Black"
Angel looked around him and took a deep breath, "Okay, People, This what we are going to do, Giles, Xander, Andrew and Willow, I want you all to search all about resurrecting creatures from hell, and who is talented enough to pull it off. Spike and Connor I want you to tear down LA; I want every little detail about every Damn demon in this city",
Then he turned to the six slayers, Faith and Buffy, "And the eight of you will have extensive work out sessions, under my supervision and Roham's"
Xander looked at Angel and frowned, something about Angel was different, it's almost he is a new person, there is a new fire in his soul that he couldn't feel 6 years ago when Angel used to life Sunnydale, he never thought Angel that kind of a leader in him.
Xander looked at his blonde friend, and wondered 'did Buffy know this about Angel, and does she know more', he always thought that he had figured Angel out, and that Angel wouldn't be able to survive on his own.
But those five years Angel spent alone in LA, proved him wrong, he survived and kicked ass, he was able to dismantle Wolfram and Hart, which according to his researchers was an old evil organization that had links to the darks powers anyone could he imagine, and Angel was able to fool and beat them.
'He is scary, that vampire' thought Xander, 'I am never gonna trust him, I cant believe that such an animal can hold any feeling to anyone, and I am gonna keep an eye on him, he is a powerful alley that's true but he can make one hell of a scary enemy'
Connor headed upstairs and started to change all the time he couldn't he couldn't stop thinking about Dawn, how sweet was she? How beautiful? and how easy it was to talk to her?, it felt natural and right.
He reached into his pocket and looked at a piece of paper with her home and cell phone number written over it, and then he swallowed hard, should he call her? , what if she thought he was pushing? What if she didn't have any fun?
"Hi Connor"
He was startled and turned around to find Angel standing at the door.
"Hi dad," Connor said as he placed the piece of paper in his pocket,
Angel walked until he reached the bed and sat on it, "So you had fun on your date?"
"You have no idea, it was great", said Connor as a dreamy look quickly crossed his eyes, before his normal laid back look returned back
"You really like this girl," wondered Angel
Connor shook his head as he looked at the ceiling, "I think, I don't know"
The Vampire with the soul stood up and looked at his son, "Listen Connor about your mom, if you won't be able to fight tell me",
Connor turned around to face his dad, "What exactly do you mean?"
"I mean if you won't be able to fight, you can tell me and I will send you far from here, where you are safe," said the vampire with the soul
Connor eyes burned with anger, "What kinda of a man do you take me for? I am not the guy who runs away and leaves his dad and his friends to face danger; I am not the man to dodge his head when danger peaks"
Angel smiled as he started walking towards the door, and thought 'Well I will make sure that when danger peaks you will be out of its way Connor'
Roham entered the bedroom, to find Faith standing in front of the mirror staring at her reflection, Roham stood silently in the dark.
Faith was staring at her reflection and talking, "Can you do it Faith? Can you stand up in this fight? Can I do it Faith? You never stood high in the face of danger, am I strong enough to survive, even with Roham's training, I will never be as good as Buffy, she is the strongest slayer of all time, and I am just a replacement a second best. damn it I shouldn't lose my morale, I have the strongest warrior by my side, but I can't depend on Roham solely, I cant do that, I cant die and break his heart again, I don't know what to do?"
Faith removed the tears falling from her eyes, "I am weak, why I never can be strong? Why?"
Roham was standing in the corner watching his love as she bashed herself verbally, he couldn't believe that Faith still thought lowly of herself, even he can see the great improvement in her fighting technique
"You were right mom, I am good for nothing and no one will ever think highly of me, but I finally found someone who can accept me for who I am?"
Then Faith spun around suddenly "No mom he is not just interested in my ass, he loves me"
"What do you mean no body will love me? He loves and he is a great guy, I have a great guy mom, who loves me"
"What do you mean I am the reason dad left ?, its not my fault that he left you, its not my fault I was conceived , its not my damn fault mom, why don't you leave me alone, you're dead leave me alone, get out my head,"
Roham was standing in the shadows watching the scene that was unfolding in front of his very eyes, Faith was acting so out of character she is not weak, she never was, even when she broke down a little when he first met her, she wasn't that bad.
However, she is now weak and little insane, he never thought that Faith can be….
'Her emotional growth'
The thought stroke him like a fright train , Faith was never raised in a proper environment, which means she didn't receive enough love and care to help her develop a strong emotional personality that's why most of the time she emotionally acts like a little kid, who can easily bribe her with something she really likes, and you can easily set her off, even her bad girl attitude was her little way of hiding her weakness, like a child when scratches her knees and wants to act like a grown up and pretend it doesn't hurt her.
In addition, the reason for that was her unstable family, a drunken mom and a runaway dad won't certainly help to raise a smart child like Faith, she raised herself by experience and he knows pretty well, how life can be tough especially on just a lonely kid.
Roham looked at his lover's crumbled form and started to curse himself how he can be so blind and not notice this, then he started walking slowly towards Faith, and then he bent down and gently placed his hand on her shoulder.
Once Faith felt Roham's hand on her shoulder she tired quickly to wipe her tears and thanked god for her long hair that can hide her face then she placed a smile on her face.
She thought that Roham doesn't need her pathetic little problems, he has enough of his own and she cant distract him before the big fight, plus why he care about her past?, she cant tell him everything, there are four months in her past she needs to forget, and he doesn't need to know about them, all she needs to do with Roham is to build a future with him.
'Yes a future with Roham that sounds nice, lets just hope he wants to spend his future with me'
Roham raised her face slowly as he started to brush away the tear marks on her cheeks, "You can be with me"
The brunette at looked at him in shock, "What do you mean?"
"You can be weak with me Faith," said Roham in a tender voice as he gently brushed his finger over her cheek, "You don't need to hide your feelings from me Faith"
Faith smiled as he kissed his hands, "Honey, what are you saying? I am fine", the she stood up, and walked to the bathroom , " I am going to have a shower, fell like you wanna join me"
Roham was in an instant in front of her that she yelped from the speed by which he moved, "No you are not Faith"
"What do you mean I am not? I am fine Roham, everything fine believe don't bother yourself with such thoughts " said Faith as she seductively moved her hand under Roham's shirt,
But Roham held her hand and looked her deeply in the eye, "Faith, please I am really worried, I can help, "
Faith looked at Roham and she pulled her hand away from his, "no you cant" yelled the brunette "you don't know what happened so leave it alone"
"I wanna know Faith, please let me in, I love you I wanna help" said Roham as he tried to place his hand on her shoulder, but she flinched away
"You love me really, I don't think so, you are only interested in my body, I know it, all of you are," yelled Faith as she moved backwards and started to look around her frantically until her eyes fell on a dagger which she quickly snatched and raised in Roham's face "Stay away from me"
Roham stepped back as he saw Faith holding the dagger and also noticed the insane look in her eyes, "Faith please, listen to me "
"Shut up, back off you here I will kill you if you tried to touch me, I am not that little girl anymore", said Faith
Roham moved slowly towards her "Faith listen I just wanna talk what's the matter baby?"
Faith eyes burned with anger "You wanna rape me like before"
Roham was shocked but before he could act Faith jumped on him and stamped him in the shoulder," I wont let you Ryan I am not that girl anymore,"
Faith couldn't see Roham's face anymore all she saw was Ryan's face, as she punched it and stabbed Roham's shoulder,
Roham just laid in silence he knew Faith need to let what ever that Ryan guy did to her out, and he knows that what triggered all this was the pressure Faith felt from the upcoming fight plus her low self esteem, and he shouldn't have pushed her like he did.
Faith suddenly stopped and started to breathe heavily, then suddenly she looked at her hands and found them covered in blood then she looked at the body lying underneath her, and she screamed in terror.
"ROHAM!"
She looked at his bloody shoulder and his battered face, what have she done, why haven't he stopped her?
Roham slowly raised his upper body until he was facing her, then he smiled slightly, "are you feeling better now?"
Faith got off Roham as she looked at horror at his bloody clothes, "Ohh my… Roham what have I done? Why didn't you stop me?"
Roham smiled as walked towards the Bathroom and took off his shirt, but before he could touch the wound, Faith caught his hands.
"I am sorry Roham I didn't mean too" said Faith as tears welled up her eyes,
"I know honey, I know, you didn't mean it, but you know what you are gonna feel better if you tell me who Ryan is?"
Faith froze then she slowly moved her hand towards Roham's wound", Let me clean this for you" then she moved to get the first aid kit,
Roham sat on the edge of the tub and looked as she took out some antiseptic and placed some on cotton and started to sweep his wound.
Roham hissed from the sting of the antiseptic against his healing wound, Faith stopped for a second before she completed cleaning the wound and wrapping it, then she looked in Roham's eyes expecting to find anger and hate, instead she found love and compassion.
Roham stood up, placed his arms under Faiths legs, carried her out the bathroom, walked until he reached the chair, sat down on it, and placed her comfortably in his lap, "Faith listen I want you to know one thing"
"I will never judge you"
Faith looked into Roham's eyes and saw honesty; she slowly traced his cheek, and swallowed hard, "Well…
Flashback
"Get out Bitch, I told a thousand times never call me mom, in front of people" said Faith mom as she pushed her outside the trailer, and threw a bottle of bear at her which Faith tried unsuccessfully to evade it, but albeit her efforts the bottle stroked her bare shoulder shattering over it, cutting her skin.
Faith held her tears as she brushed of the glass of her shoulder, and then looked at the trailer where her mom had clearly returned to her party.
The little brunette knew what to do when her mom kicks her out of the home?, it wasn't the first time the 10 year old girl was kicked out of her house, cause she forgot and called her mom in front of people, she couldn't comprehend why her mom got angry when she calls her?
Faith looked around and shivered at the site of the black trailer near theirs then she slowly moved around it, the guy that lived there which she heard her mom call Ryan , he was scary , his eyes was always red and one time he found her playing near his trailer, he held her arms so hard it bruised for a week, also she once heard a small kid screaming inside his trailer.
Once she passed the trailer, she realised that she had been holding her breath, then she moved towards an old truck and bend down and started to push herself under it so she can spend her night safe, but while she was half way through it, two strong hands pulled her.
"What? Leave me alone damn it"
she said as she started to kick around,
The strange man turned her around and placed his hand on her mouth
Once Faith saw the attackers face her, body went limp, 'RYAN'
She started to struggle harder trying to get out of his grip but no avail, Ryan causally carried her to his trailer then opened the door, then he sat on the chair with Faith in his lap
Faith by that time was crying and scared shitless, she didn't know what gonna happen to her, and she knew that Ryan can do anything to her and nobody would care the less, she had no one to help.
Ryan pulled a knife and placed it at her neck, "Shut up, Bitch"
Faith scared immediately stopped whimpering but tears continued to flow silently out of her eyes, also she felt something hard underneath her.
Ryan smiled as he moved his hand under shirt with the other still holding the knife at her neck, "You have became a beautiful girl, Faith and you are gonna make me a happy"
Faith was too petrified to scream and she knew even if she did no one would hear, and if someone heard, no one would care, so lay silently as her innocence was being ripped away from her
Faith wiped away a single tear that fell from her eye, as she looked up at Roham, "You know what's the painful part is Roham?"
Roham was shocked his love has been through a lot, and no one was there for her, he had mixed emotions inside him, anger and respect.
He was angry with Faith parents, how the hell could they throw such a wonderful person as Faith, how could they pressure her to the point where she couldn't open up to anyone,
He also couldn't but help to admire Faith's strength and how she had been through a lot and still be strong, with the outside world, he himself can tell the difference between Faith character when they are together, and when she is around people.
When they are together, she is so sweet and nice, a little wicked but still she is more or less a normal girl when they are together, who can indulge in simple stuff.
However, around people, she is cold, strong; in short, she wears the bad girl attitude to keep people at bay
"Faith you don't have to talk about it, if it's too hard" said Roham as he gently rubbed his loves shoulder
Faith shook her head sideways, "No I have to be able to tell someone about this"
Roham pulled her closer to him as he kissed her forehead, "you sure you wanna continue"
Faith shook her head as she returned her back on his chest and continuing reciting the darkest memories of her life
The little brown haired girl sat in the corner of the trailer afraid to move, or Ryan might wake up , she held her breath and looked around then collected what ever was left of her clothes which were shreds on the floor, then she slowly moved to the door standing between every step to look at Ryan also the bruises on her thigh hurt her so much that moving was torture.
"you tell anyone about what happened I will kill you" said Ryan as he slowly got up
Faith was petrified , as she turned around to find Ryan sitting on the couch holding his head,
"DO YOU UNDERSTAND?" yelled Ryan as he got up
the little girl fell down on the floor as she was trying to back away, as she shook her head, "Yes, Ryan , Yes I wont tell, promise, can… I… please…go…" pleaded the little girl as she clutched whatever was left of her clothes over her little body, crying her eyes out
"GO" yelled Ryan as he grabbed a bottle of bear and started gulping on it
Faith never thought she could run this, fast cause she reached her trailer in no time, then she stopped in front of the door and pressed her ears intuitively trying to make sure that her mom is asleep, then she slowly pushed the door , and crept slowly to her room grabbed some clothes then went to the bathroom and then she closed the door and feel to the ground crying her eyes out, her tighs hurt so bad, she dared to look at them and she found black and blue hand shaped brusises all over it.
She opened the water and filled the tub with hot water, even though she knew that her mom will yell at her for using all the hot water, then she removed the sherds of her clothes and slowly climbed to the tub, as she felt the stinging feeling of hot water over he ached skin and legs, then she picked up the soap and began to clean herself, while muttering
"Nothing Happened Nothing Happened"
Roham took the sobbing slayer in his arms as she started to cry over her love's shoulder, as he gently started soothing her.
He looked at her then started to brush her hair, and sang softly:
It's a
little bit funny this feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can
easily hide
I don't have much money but boy if I did
I'd buy a
big house where we both could live
If I was a sculptor, but
then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show
I
know it's not much but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song
and this one's for you
And you can tell everybody this is your
song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done
I hope you
don't mind
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How
wonderful life is while you're in the world
I sat on the roof
and kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses well they've got
me quite cross
But the sun's been quite kind while I wrote this
song
It's for people like you that keep it turned on
So
excuse me forgetting but these things I do
You see I've forgotten
if they're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is what I really
mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen
And you
can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple but
now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind
that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the
world
I hope you
don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while
you're in the world
Faith looked at her lover as he sang sweetly to her, as he rocked her back and forth, as a baby then she reached out her hand and softly traced his face, then smiled after he finished singing, "You really know how to sing, big guy"
Roham smiled as he looked at her and smiled, "Well, I can sing a little bit, so how do you feel now?"
The brunette sighed deeply, "I am fine, I never were able to say that story to anyone before you, it makes me feel a little dirty but I am little relieved also, are you gonna leave me?" Faith whispered the last question and if it wasn't for his super human hearing he wouldn't have heard it
He raised her face and looked deeply in her eyes, "Faith I love you, nothing is ever gonna change and as for leaving I am sad to tell you that you are stuck with me forever"
Faith smiled as she rested her head over his chest and smiled, "I like the sound of forever, Roham you know why I always acted like this tough girl shit"
Roham understood why, one doesn't survive over two centuries without learning to understand the very deep essence of people and cause of that he moved his head sideways, in order to give Faith a chance to tell him everything she wanted to say, cause he knows that if she closes up again she might never collect the courage to open up.
Faith snuggled closer to him as she moved her hand in circles over his chest, " I felt it's a shield, I felt that if I can intimidate people , then maybe I wont get hurt , and it worked great I was in control of my life no one can control and the slayer thing came like a gift I was able to be totally independent you know like physically and mentally it worked great until I knew there was another slayer , the first thought that hit my mind was this is so fuckin awesome a sister, I always wanted a sister, and I thought that she might be twisted like me, that we may help each other through life then I saw how nice Buffy's life was , I mean yeah she had hard times but in the end she had a warm bed to sleep in, she had her mother to cook her meals she had her friends to talk to, and she had a nice sweet boyfriend like Angel and suddenly all the hope I had for a good relationship with B turned into envy, and I couldn't help it, I wanted to steal her of everything she has got , I wanted to steal away her boyfriend , I wanted to have him for myself I tried to draw away her from her friends, I was a selfish bitch"
"Then you know what happened I went into a coma after fighting with Buffy and when I woke up I had the perfect chance to screw up her life ,I did it with a song in my heart, I was just trying to make Buffy miserable like me, I don't know why but somewhere in the back of my head.
I thought that if we both were equally miserable then maybe we could be friends, I didn't know I was so fucked up, that I only understood myself when I came here to LA to try and kill Angel but a part of me couldn't, Angel was the first person to look past my bad ass act, he was the first one to treat me nice, to treat like a human being , like something not a piece of shit, he kinda ignited a fire in me, that drove into changing myself,"
Then she looked directly into his deep blue eyes, "Then came you the first man to ever love me, you made me feel alive"
Faith whispered the last word and smiled as she placed her arms around him, and closing her eyes, "Thank you, Roham"
(Six hours later)
Angel opened his eyes and looked around, he shook his head to get rid of the last spells of sleep wondering in it, he had a pleasant dream he can't remember but It was pleasant.
He walked outside and found his brother sitting on a chair in the dark smoking a cigar, Angel shoke his head and moved to the seat in front his brother and he opened his hand, Roham reached in his jacket and pulled out another cigar and placed in his brother's hand.
Angel bit the tip of the cigar and spat it in the ashtray, then he light it with lighter and exhaled the smoke "emmm Cuban "
Roham nodded as he exhaled the smoke, Angel looked at his little bother "So whats the problem? You never smoke a cigar unless you are too happy or too depressed"
Roham sighed as he smoked his cigar, "Faith , I am worried about her" he exhaled the smoke slowly "She is so confused so scared, so wrapped inside her head, she thinks too much of her past, she has zero self-esteem, I mean she is a better fighter now, but her soul is bruised "
Angel exhaled his smoke "She needs her man beside her, you are gonna be her strength"
Roham looked into space as he remembered "yeah her strength"
END OF CHAPTER 6