AN: This all takes place pretty much at the end of the last chapter. I'm sorry I haven't been able to update but I will continue to try when I can. Also, I have never been to L.A. so I don't know if this hospital actually exists or not. BTVS doesn't belong to me.

"I'm looking for Angel?" Lilith asked the brunette behind the counter.

"He's out on a case right now but just tell me your problem and I'm sure we can help you. By the way, where are you parents?" Cordelia looked around for any sign of the strange teenager's parents.

"I don't have any." The clone answered simply.

"Cordy, you can go home for the night. We got the demon." A tall short brown haired man in a long leather coat walked in, not noticing the shaking of Cordelia's head, with two other men behind him.

"You're Angel, then?" Lilith stood starring at the souled vampire.

"Yes, who are you?" Angel asked suspiciously.

"Lilith. I'm looking for Joyce." The youngest person in the room answered.

"You're Faith's clone. Buffy told me about you but visiting hours at the hospital are over. You can't get in." the champion of the helpless informed the teenager.

"I can sneak in so I'm not worried. Now just tell me the name of the hospital." Lilith snarled agitated that he wasn't helping her.

"Okay, okay, calm down. She's at Los Angeles General." Lilith strode past the group as Angel gave up the location. "Do they know you're here?"

"No, don't tell them please. I just don't want them to know I was here." The usually stoic teenager looked down almost afraid then she walked out.

Buffy, Giles, and, the now calmed, Faith were sitting in Buffy's living room. The last two sat stunned at what the blonde slayer had just told them. Buffy, herself, was still a little shocked. Her baby sister wasn't her sister at all, wasn't even human, it was scary for her.

"So, we're going to protect her, right?" Faith questioned uncertainly.

"Of course, we are. I can't send her to my father and she's my baby sister. I have to protect her." Buffy said freaking out.

"She isn't your sister, Buffy." Giles tried to reason and it failed.

"Yes, she is. The monks made her out of me. She's innocent." The blonde slayer was still freaking out when she turned to Faith. "What would you do if it was Lilith?"

"I'm not saying you need to keep her at a distance or that she is somehow not your sister anymore. I'm with you on this." Faith responded with determination but she was interrupted from saying anymore by the telephone ringing and Buffy walked off to answer it.

"Well, I got some good news." Buffy said as she walked back into the room. "That was Angel. Guess who showed up in L.A.?"

"Lilith. What is she doing there?" Faith relaxed at the news of the whereabouts of the teenager she views as her own little sister.

"To see my mom actually. Oh, Cordy wants to know 'why did psycho slayer clone herself'." The blonde slayer laughed.

It was early morning when Joyce woke up from her sleep. She felt a weight down by her leg and was surprised to see the brown hair of Lilith's resting on her bed. The usually unemotional teenager looked surprisingly vulnerable as she slept peacefully with her face completely relaxed. The oldest Summers watched for a couple more minutes before she thought that Lilith's neck might get uncomfortable like that and regretted waking her up.

"Lilith, Lilith, come on wake up." She said sweetly and the brunette jumped up. "Hey, you're okay."

"Oh, Joyce, you're awake." Lilith observed feeling a little skittish.

"Yes, I am. Now, would you like to tell me why you are here and how did you get past the staff?" The blonde wondered.

"I was designed for this. As to why…" the clone trailed off nervously.

"It's okay. You can tell me anything." Joyce said motherly.

"I-I-I I was training with the watcher and suddenly I was back in the lab facing a demon. I didn't know what was real or not. When I snapped out of it, Giles was in bad shape." Lilith stumbled through her explanation and Joyce pulled the young girl into a tight hug.

"Lilith, you listen to me. You do not have to be what those monsters wanted. You are a person, yes a person. Not a monster, not a demon, and certainly not an unemotional soldier. You are Lilith and you can be whoever you want to be." The blonde mother spoke with such intensity in her words and eyes as she starred into the teenager's own eyes leaving her stunned and awed. "I do think you should apologize to Mr. Giles though."

Lilith walked out of the hospital later that evening. Joyce had lifted some of the emotional burden Lilith had on her shoulders leaving the clone with a surprising smile on her face. A man and woman in nice dress suits got out of a limo in front of the hospital and approached the teen.

"We're from Wolfram and Hart. You are coming with us." The man ordered as though he was her superior.

Lilith with a smirk that could rival Faith's only said: "Screw that." and walked off.

AN: please review and feel free to ask any questions. I will try to update when I can.