Disclaimer: All Buffy or Angel characters were created by Joss Whedon. Not me.
Author's Note: I think we're halfway through now. Huh, went kinda fast if you ask me. So, R&R, please?
Chapter Nine: Broken Promises
''What are you doing here? How'd you get in here?'' Faith asked, still wary. Buffy was leaning against the wall on the opposite side of the room, a ghost of smile on her lips.
''You tell me.''
Brunette frowned, lowering the knife. ''It's a dream. Slayer dream.''
Buffy sat on the bed, her eyes looking everywhere but at Faith.
''What's wrong?''
''You mind... you know...'' She gestured to Faith's lack of clothing. Slayer looked down on herself. ''What? I'm dressed.'' she protested. When Buffy still refused to look at her, Faith sighed and picked up the shirt and pants she just took off. ''Better now?''
Buffy risked a glance at her. Faith was now clothed. ''Much. Thanks.''
Two women just stared at each other. Faith cleared her throat. ''So, uhm... what'cha doin' here?''
''Where exactly is here?'' Buffy asked.
''Welcome to Hyperion Hotel.'' Fait said, sitting down on the bed next to Buffy.
''Hyperion? This is where Angel lived.'' Blonde realized. ''Is anyone here with you? I mean, are-are you alone?''
''Angel's not here.'' Faith muttered. ''Not alone though.''
''Oh. Who's here? Any slayers?'' Buffy asked hopefully.
''Jus' one.''
Buffy nodded her head. ''Good. Do you know what happened?''
Faith, who was looking at the floor, raised her eyes and looked in Buffy's. ''Happened?'' she slowly repeated.
Blonde looked at her quizzicaly. ''What's going on?''
Taller slayer scratched her head. ''Tell me one thing B. Did Angel ever asked for your help before any of this?''
''What does it have to do with anything?'' she backed away from Faith.
''Answer me. Did you turn him down, just because he was in charge of Wolfram & Hart?'' Faith stood up, not able to sit down anymore. She could already feel the rage going through her. Adrenaline pumping through her veins.
''It wasn't like that, I swear.'' Buffy said.
''Then how was it like, huh? How could you, of all people, assume the worst?'' Faith was trying to keep her voice normal. ''What, if I would start working for him, would you think I went back to my old ways?''
''I don't know. You don't understand what it was like.'' Buffy too, raised her voice.
''Then explain it to me! Explain to me how you turned your back on Angel when he needed you! And now people are dead, good people!'' Faith yelled. ''When he was risking his life, everybody's lifes you just screwed around in Rome, you didn't do anything!''
At that Buffy jumped from the bed and hit Faith across the face hard enough to sent her slamming into the commode. Brunette spit the blood out of her mouth, but didn't get up. Buffy covered her face with her hands.
''Faith, I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry.'' she kneeled down next to her and carefully put her hand on Faith's back. ''Please, I didn't mean to. I swear.''
Faith reached out and grasped Buffy's hand. ''It's 'kay. Five by five.'' She stood up.
''What is it with us? Why can't we just talk?'' Buffy said resignedly.
''Let's sit back down, what do you say?'' Faith offered. Her face hurt like a bitch. Good thing it was a dream or she'd have a nice bruise in the morning. Buffy did as she was told. ''How are you holding up?'' she asked.
''Still livin'. Aint easy, but...'' she trailed off. ''Look, I got couple of civilians here. You think Willow could take down the barrier?''
''Uhm, about that... She tried. Something came and sent her to hospital. She's recovering.'' Buffy said. ''Faith, The Scythe is here. You must find it.''
''I know. S-'' She suddenly caught herself. Did Buffy knew about Spike? Should she tell her? ''Someone saw it.'' Faith settled on that. ''Get's worse. I know who has it.''
''Who?'' Buffy asked impatiently.
''Angel is possessed. Some big demon is drivin' him. He took The Scythe.'' Faith rushed the words out of her mouth.
Blonde nodded her head absently. ''Great. How did that happen?''
''You're not freaking out?''
''Of course I'm freaking out!'' she snapped.
''Geez, chill out. You just don't look... like you're... freaking out. Why is that?'' Faith said that in parts.
''What are you planning?'' Buffy asked instead of answering.
''We were hoping to capture a demon tomorrow. Yunno, interrogate him, maybe find out where Angel's keeping the axe.''
''Interrogate? You mean torture.'' Buffy said.
''Whatever.'' Faith shrugged it off.
''No. You're not gonna torture anything.'' Blonde objected.
''Look B, maybe you don't realize it, but we're kinda at dead end here. We have no idea what to do.'' Faith faced her. ''If you have any bright idea's on how to find The Scythe without any leads, do tell.''
''Can't you try a locator spell?'' Buffy offered after a minute of silence.
''Don't really have a witch here.'' Brunette muttered. Although maybe Lorne could try some of his mojo.
''Just... don't torture anything.'' she whispered.
''Why do you care? Those demons would kill us without blinking, why should we offer them mercy?'' Faith asked. ''Once I wake up, me 'n my team are going to capture a demon. If there is a chance something knows anything, I have to take it.''
''Promise me it won't be you.'' Buffy said quietly.
''Huh?''
''Your team can do whatever they want, but not you. Don't go near that demon.'' Slayer refused to look Faith in the eye. Brunette eventually caught Buffy's stare. She saw fear.
''What's the matter? Why...'' she stopped, realization coming upon her. ''You don't want me to torture a demon. You think I'm gonna turn bad? Is that it?''
''What? Of course not.'' Buffy denied. ''How could you even think that?''
''You think I'll remember how much fun I had with Wesley?'' Faith was raising her voice with each word. She walked over to window. That was just fucking unbelievable. ''Don't worry. I won't come after you.'' she spit out.
''Faith, calm down. It's not what I meant.'' Buffy stood up. She took a deep breath and neared Faith. ''I don't want you to hurt any demon, because it would hurt you. This is not us. We're better than that.''
''That's bull.'' Faith said through gritted teeth.
''It's not.'' Buffy assured her. ''If you start doing whatever you need to, you won't be any different from them.''
''I'll do whatever I have to keep everyone alive. You'd do the same.'' Brunette faced her. ''Just find a way to get me the hell out of here. All of us.''
''Okay.''
Suddenly everything started shaking.
''B?''
''I don't know what's going on.''
***B***B***
''Hey, Faith. Wake up.'' Connor shook the sleeping brunette. It was morning already, they couldn't waste time. Everyone else was up. Slayer's hand shot towards him, a knife in it's deadly grip. Boy barely had time to grab it, just before it reached his throat. He let out a breath when the blade stopped inches away from his neck. Faith stared at him.
''Never wake up a slayer. And if you do, do it gently. I could've killed you.'' she said, putting the knife back under the pillow.
''I'll try to remember that.''
''So, what are you doing here?'' Faith asked.
Connor stood up. ''Demon hunting, right? Dress up, eat something and we're leaving.'' He left the room, leaving Faith to do just that. Boy walked down the stairs to lobby, in time to see Gunn swing his new axe around.
''You know, if you want to test it, you're welcome to go.'' he said.
Gunn doubled over. ''Can't. I'm still pretty hurt.''
''Yeah right.'' Connor smiled as vampire laughed.
Spike walked in with two glasses of blood. He handed one to Gunn. ''She up?''
Connor nodded. ''Next time you do it. She nearly slit my throat.''
''That's why you did it.'' Spike smirked. Boy rolled his eyes.
Amy and Rain walked in from the basement, caring a duffel bag. They dropped it at the counter with a metallic sound.
''Damn, they were heavy.'' Rain said. Amy raised her eyebrows. ''Oh shut up.''
''We're all set then?'' Spike asked.
Connor picked up his wrist blade. ''Almost.''
Faith chose that moment to appear in the lobby. ''Gimme a minute.'' She went to the kitchen. Some time later she came back, strapping two daggers to her legs. ''When Lorne shows up, ask him if he can do some kind of locator spell on The Scythe. Let's motor.''
Spike took the bag and the three of them left through the basement. Once a safe distance from the hotel, Faith went up the ladder to check the street. ''Clear.'' she whispered and they made their way up. ''That's what I don't get. Where the hell are all those demons?'' Spike said, looking around. Nothing was moving around them.
''Would you rather have fifty demons on each street?'' Faith asked.
''Nah. Just don't like it.''
Even though nothing was visible, they still stuck to the shadows. ''I saw Buffy.'' Faith spoke up.
''What did you say, luv?'' Spike looked at her as if she was crazy.
''Slayer dream.''
''So you like, talked?'' Vampire made sure.
''Yup.''
''Did you tell her about me?''
''No. Should I?''
''No.'' Spike answered. ''When this is over, I think I'll leave. Go somewhere. No need to tell her I'm still kickin'.''
Faith crouched, carefully looking over the corner. ''What if she finds out?''
''We'll deal with it then.'' He said, rearranging his grip on the bag. ''Hey-'' Spike turned around and saw that Connor wasn't there. ''Where the bloody hell is the kid?''
Faith turned around sharply. ''You've got to be fucking kidding me. How could we lose him?''
''You didn't.'' Connor's voice reached them. They both looked up, startled. Connor jumped down from the fire exit just over their heads. ''You two need to pay more attention. That could've been something a lot worse than me.''
Faith shook her head in disbelief. ''From now on, you're staying in my sight. All the time.''
''It's not my fault you're distracted. Who is this Buffy you're talking about? Another slayer?'' Connor asked. They resumed their pace, slowly going through the streets.
''She's not just another slayer. She is The Slayer. Didn't Angel tell you? Love of his life, supposed to be eternal but he dumped her?'' Spike informed him. Connor shook his head. ''Man, you got a lot of Sunnydale history to catch up.''
''We need to search some buildings.'' Faith said. ''These streets are dead, nothing's here.''
''Question is why?'' Vampire asked, knowing that no one could answer.
''One way to find out.'' Connor muttered and entered the first building to his right. They searched through it, which was quite few floors, but found nothing but a lot of trash.
''I know we shouldn't, but maybe it's the only option.'' Spike said after checking almost the whole block.
''Huh?''
''We need to split up. Each covers a building next to another.'' Vampire told them his plan.
''No. We need to stay close.'' Connor argued.
''Dude, chill. If something goes down I think I'll hear it.'' Spike said. ''It's the only idea I've got. Or we'll search until the night.''
''It's a bad idea.'' Faith agreed with Connor. ''Which means it's the best way to go.''
''What?''
''Look, if something is really out there, it won't show up to the three of us.'' Slayer explained. ''Stay alert. Back here in twenty.'' Faith composed herself and walked over the broken door to next building.
Connor and Spike looked at each other. ''Ya heard the lady.''
Vampire went to the building right to Faith's which left Connor to go to the one on left. Again, they came back with nothing.
''Clock's ticking.'' Brunette said after looking at the watch Gunn fixed. ''We're supposed to be back in two hours.''
''Let's not waste it.'' Spike walked away. They followed.
''Can't either one of you track something? Yunno, sniff the ground, that kind of stuff?'' Faith asked.
Both Connor and Spike stopped, turning to her, with hard expressions on their faces. ''Do I look like a bloody dog to you?''
Slayer shrugged.
''There's too many scents around to track one.'' Connor said.
''Right, yet somehow you managed to track demons when this city was full of humans. You guys are poor excuses for trackers, that's what.'' Faith muttered.
''Okay. Then you carry that, 'cuz I need to concentrate.'' Spike turned, annoyed and threw the bag at Faith. She barely caught it, but Connor saw she was smirking. Vampire led them through deserted streets, making random turns at times. Connor had no idea what Spike was doing, because he couldn't smell anything special. He doubted that Spike could track things better than he, so it was probably vampire relying on luck. They ended up in front of a warehouse.
''Something's in?'' Faith asked.
''Maybe. Gotta check, just in case.'' Spike said.
''How do we do it?'' Connor looked it over. It was big. Really, really big. ''What exactly is this? No windows, just one entrance...''
''Kinda like a trap.'' Faith mused. She took one of her daggers out and set the bag down. ''Let's do this.''
They walked to the big doors. Spike pushed the button next to it and they opened. A wave of cold hit them. Spike looked inside, everything inside was frozen and a cold fog reached their knees.
''One big freezer. Who wants to go first?'' he asked.
''We gotta hurry.'' Faith said.
''Why?'' Vampire walked in.
''Not all of us are dead.'' Slayer replied. ''Okay, separate.''
Connor trotted silently between the stacks that went way over his head. Nothing was off. He ran his hands up and down his arms, trying to gain some warm. Few minutes and he was already shivering.
Faith felt the same. Her deadly grip on the dagger started to hurt. Yet as she looked back and forth, nothing aroused her suspicion.
Spike on the other hand, walked around pretty calmly. Sure he felt the cold, just not that instense. Something caught his eye. Vampire moved closer, but whatever was there, he couldn't see it anymore. Maybe he just assumed, but he stayed wary.
Connor could swear he saw a white shape. As he went to check it, he saw nothing. He didn't like it. Slowly, boy started to retreat, knowing that more time in this cold would end badly for him. Just as he turned, something grabbed his back and threw at the shelves. He collided with them, crashing through the boxes and spilling whatever they held inside. Connor got to his feet, ready to fight but there was nothing in sight. Spike and Faith ran to him from between the stacks.
''What happened?'' Brunette demanded.
''I don't know. Something attacked me.'' Connor said. ''Let's get the hell out of here. I'm freezing.''
Faith and Spike exchanged looks and ran back the way they came from, Connor behind. He saw something crash into Faith as she ran, bringing her down. Spike stopped when he heard it, but Connor who was running got to her first. He heard Faith's curses and grabbed whatever was on her. It whirled around and sent him sprawling to the freezing floor. Spike kicked it in the back. Faith and Connor both got up as Spike struggled with a creature. He heard Faith taking her dagger from the floor, the characteristic sound of metal scraping across it. Vampire tried to keep the monster away from his neck, reaching with his right hand into one of the boxes and grabbed the first thing he could. He hit the monster with whatever it was, just in time for Faith to stab it in the sides. Spike continued to beat the demon with his prize, it was heavy enough to do some damage. Creature pushed him away and smacked Faith across the face. Connor swung his arm and his blade went right through monter's mouth. It fell to the floor, dead. Now they had time to see what it was. It looked kind of like yeti, really.
Faith laughed after looking at Spike. Vampire himself stared at the object he used to beat the demon. It was a big, frozen fish. He dropped it to the ground. ''Anyone hurt?''
Connor shook his head, his teeth clattering. Now it was damn cold here. They quickly ran to the exit. Once outside, boy was frantically trying to get some warm. A thin layer of ice covered him.
''Oh, shit. Fuck, fuck, fuck!'' Faith cursed, also trying to make her blood flow around again. Spike watched them smugly. ''Let's move on, shall we?''
''We were supposed to catch a demon, remember? Not kill it.'' Faith reminded Connor.
''What? I bet it didn't know anything. Looked too stupid.'' He said.
***B***B***
Lorne stared at the map he laid down on the table. As Faith asked, he tried to do a locator spell. Nothing happened. He attempted to do it again, but still no results.
''It's either not working because I'm messing something up, or it's protected.'' Demon said.
''Protected, as in...?'' Amy asked.
''As in something doesn't want us to find it.'' Gunn answered. ''I bet Angel stored it somewhere. No way we'll find it.''
''We just have to find another way.'' Lorne sighed. ''Where are our two birdies?''
''Upstairs, having sex.'' Vampire said.
''What?'' Lorne asked. Gunn shrugged.
''You can hear them?'' Amy narrowed her eyes.
''My hearing is better than yours.''
''Quit it!'' she ordered him.
''Quit what?'' Gunn asked innocently.
''Stop eavesdropping.'' Slayer hissed.
''I can't help it.'' he defended himself. ''They're too loud.''
''No, they're not.'' Amy smacked his head. ''They deserve some privacy.''
''Okay, chill out.'' He laughed.
''When are they supposed to come back?'' Lorne asked.
''An hour or so.'' Gunn replied after looking at the clock. ''What do we do till then?''
''I don't know.'' Demon said. ''There's nothing we can do.''
***B***B***
''Maybe I can yell?'' Spike suggested.
''Yell?'' Faith asked, confused.
''You and the kid hide somewhere and I yell my lungs out. Demons appear, we bag 'em and back to the hotel.'' Vampire explained his next idea.
''Now that's even more risky than splitting up.'' Slayer dismissed it.
''What, then?'' Spike threw his hands up.
''Do you hear that?'' Connor suddenly tensed. ''What?'' Faith couldn't hear anything.
''Wait. There's somethin'.'' Spike muttered.
''C'mon.'' Connor ran back the way they came from. Fast and stealthily. Spike followed and Faith rolled her eyes before picking up the bag and sprinting after them. Connor was the first one to see a little girl, maybe seven, run out of an alley. Some man was behind her and he thought maybe it was a parent. That changed when the man grabbed the girl and threw her to the ground. Connor grabbed the man's back and shoved him away. Spike joined Connor and man started to run. Vampire and boy made maybe two steps when a dagger flew past their heads and inserted itself in man's right leg. He fell down. Faith walked to him and pulled the dagger out.
''So, what do we got here?'' She asked them. Man punched Faith in the stomach, then in the face and made a run for it. ''Oh, no you didn't.'' she growled and threw him back to Spike and Connor. Despite his wound, man stood up, now surrounded.
''He ain't normal.'' Spike commented.
''Whatever. Just knock him out already.'' Connor said. He kept glancing at the little girl. She was still on the ground, sobs wrecking her small body.
Vampire lunged at the man first, but got tossed away. Faith immediately followed, one of her heavy boots connecting with man's side. He grabbed her leg and backhanded across the face. Connor swung his hand and the man simply caught it and tore his blade off. He elbowed the boy and threw the blade at Spike, who barely avoided it. Slayer body slammed him and he landed on a hood of a car. He got up, but she kicked him back to it. Spike grabbed his one arm, while Connor got the other. Faith kept punching him until, finally, man got knocked out.
''Who the fuck was it?'' she breathed deeply.
''No idea. Bring the chains.'' Spike ordered. Connor handed him the bag and kneeled next to the little girl.
''Hey. Hey, are you okay?''
She didn't respond, still crying. He sighed, having no clue how to proceed.
''Grab the girl. We're goin' back.'' Faith said. ''We'll figure out what to do with her once we're safe.''
***B***B***
''She's sleeping.'' Rain announced, walking down the stairs. When they came back, no one knew how to stop the girl's tears until brunette stepped in. Apparently she had a good relationships with kids. Little girl still didn't really said anything, but at least she was calmer and felt safe enough to fall asleep. ''How's the interrogation going?''
Man was chained inside the cage in the basement. Spike, Gunn and Connor couldn't really do anything and Faith didn't want to. That left Amy to make him talk, which she couldn't.
''Not good.'' Lorne muttered. They watched the little TV. Gunn fixed the camera before, so they had clear view and audio.
''This is a waste of time.'' Faith said after twenty minutes. Man was still silent, no matter what Amy did to him.
''We're kinda out of options here.'' Spike noticed. Faith watched another few minutes before standing up and going straight to the basement. Rest of them saw her appear on the camera. She walked right into the cage and punched the man.
''For fuck's sake, talk already!'' she hissed. Amy walked out of the cage, leaving more space for Faith.
''So... it's you. Faith.'' Man said, looking her up and down. ''Finally here. I was wondering how long would it take for you to come here.''
They all exchanged looks.
''You feel like talkin' now?''
''Nah, not really. I'm not much on the talking.''
''Too bad. Halfway through you'll want to sing.''
''Is that so?''
Faith took out one of her daggers. ''Why were you chasing that girl?''
''Why weren't you?'' Man retorted.
Slayer scoffed. ''Look man. I don't wanna run my shoes, so you better tell me.''
''Or what? You're not so scary, not anymore. Poor little Faithy.''
Faith's grip on the handle tightened. ''You got one last chance. Why were you after that girl? Who is she?'' she asked through gritted teeth.
''Go ahead. Do it. Let's see if you're still so good at it. Remember when you used to torture people just for fun?''
Faith turned to Amy. ''Go upstairs. Now.''
''But-''
''Now.''
Amy left and after few second walked to the group in the lobby. ''Wonder what she's gonna do.'' she said.
Faith approached the camera. ''I need five minutes alone.'' she said to it and unplugged the wire. TV turned black.
''Well, let's hope she can make him talk.'' Spike said.
Lorne opened his mouth to respond, but the muffled pained screams coming from the basement stopped him.
''Oh... Go Faith.'' Gunn gulped.
Screams sometimes got louder, sometimes stopped completely.
''Can't she just kill him already? I can't take it anymore.'' Katie shuddered. Rain put her arm around blonde's shoulder. ''She's doing what needs to be done.''
''How can you be so calm about this? She's torturing a man downstairs.'' Katie argued.
''He's not a man. Smells different.'' Connor tapped his nose. Minutes passed in silence, not counting the constant screaming, which now turned more into a howling really.
''Maybe she should stop.'' Spike said nervously.
''Why? Apparently she's doing good.'' Gunn replied.
''You don't get it. Faith has a... past with this kind of things.'' He explained. ''She shouldn't do it. The dark side can be very...'' he searched for the right word. ''Seducing. She had a taste of it once, who says she won't reach out second time?''
''You're exaggerating.'' Gunn said, but didn't sound too sure.
''Yeah I better. Don't know 'bout you, but I don't want a bloody rogue slayer on my ass.'' Peroxide vampire closed the discussion.
''Guys, doesn't it seem weird it got so... quiet?'' Lorne slowly asked.
''Angel needs this kid for something.'' Faith said. Everyone literally jumped on their seats, seeing her behind them. ''He sent demons to go through whole city to find her.''
''Why? What's so special about her?'' Connor asked.
''I don't know.'' Faith shrugged. ''We all agree he can't get her, right?'' Everyone nodded their agreement. ''So we need to hide her somehow. Don't know where The Scythe is, either. Apparently only Angel knows.'' Slayer moved to the stairs. Whole group was put off by her cold, hard voice.
''What do we do with him?'' Gunn wondered and got up.
''Dispose.'' Faith was halfway up.
Black vampire abruptly stopped on his way down to turn on the camera. ''What?''
''He didn't make it.'' Dark slayer threw over her shoulder and disappeared upstairs. Gunn casted a worried look at people in the lobby and went to the basement. A minute or two later, TV screen came to life. Inside the cage, was a bloody mess. The body was laying against the wall, now headless. Head missed a part of it's left cheek. Rest of the corpse didn't look any better.
''Told ya.'' Spike muttered.
***B***B***
Faith took off her jacket and placed it on the chair. She walked to the sink. Few moments later the water was running and she furiously scrubbed her hands together, trying to clean all of the blood. It was slowly coming off. Faith's lower lip trembled as she flashed all those years back to Sunnydale, her motel room, trying to wash the blood off her white top. She felt hot tears running down her face, yet she wouldn't let sobs take over her body. Faith tried to reason with herself. It was a demon. A monster, whatever. This wasn't human she just tortured to death. It wasn't helping, as the body she carved and sliced into was human's. Brunette still scrubbed her hands, even though they were clean now. She promised Buffy she wouldn't, didn't she? Now she couldn't clearly remember. But she remembered the promise she made to herself. Never again.
''You're gonna hurt yourself.'' came a soft whisper. Faith looked up and saw a reflection of Katie in the mirror.
''Why do you care?''
Blonde turned the water off and spun Faith around. She took a towel and wiped Faith's hands and face. ''You did what you had to.'' That argument somehow sounded even more wrong. That's exactly what Buffy asked her not to do.
''I know.'' Slayer murmured. She wasn't feeling any bit better. Katie slowly engulfed her in a hug. Faith wasn't used to this, so she just stood awkwardly, hoping that the blonde would soon leave her alone. That didn't happen, instead Faith felt a gentle hand run up and down her back in a calming, almost delicate manner. She couldn't recall if someone ever did something like this to her. For her. That simple thought made her take a breath and she didn't fight it anymore. Faith leaned into taller woman's touch, sneaking her own arms to Katie's back, if only not to fall down. She knew that Katie didn't expect nothing of her and that made her cry stronger. She just wasn't that kind of person.
''Shhh. Nobody cares about this here. You're a good person.'' Blonde reassured her. She felt kinda strange, comforting the slayer. Now she saw a broken girl, no different than herself, desperately clinging to her, hoping to find her own path in this world. Faith lost her mentor and didn't know what to do.
They stood like this for minutes. ''You want to... maybe... lay down?'' Katie suggested. Faith felt drained and just nodded her head numbly. Two women laid on the bed, both clothed and brunette stared at the wall. Katie was laying behind her, blonde's arm around her waist, offering the least comfort she could and Faith was more than thankful for it. Eventually Faith fell asleep. When Katie tried to move away, brunette unconsciously turned to face her, Faith's hand grabbing her own, as if to make sure she wouldn't leave. With one hand Katie put the covers on them.
The door opened and Rain walked in. She stopped the second she was them. Katie put a finger to her lips and shook her head. Rain silently approached her and kissed. They smiled against each other's mouths and Rain backed off, going to the other side of the bed. There she squeezed Faith's arm and put a light kiss on her forehead. With one last look, she left.
Few minutes later, as she prepared for bed, Rain studied the little girl sleeping. She was small, maybe 4'2 with long red locks and green eyes. Rain was sure that in the future she'd had men lusting after her. But now she was just a scared child, seeking a safe place. Rain unbuckled her pants and took off her top. She sat on the edge of the bed, gently stroking girl's head. This day was just full of surprises. Brunette quietly slid under the covers next to the girl.
***B***B***
Even though it's been hours, Connor still could smell the body. He, Spike and Gunn got rid of it after Faith left. He's been close to puking at one point. He lit few candles around the lobby, just enough to see in the dark clearly, but not enough for the light to be seen from the outside. Tonight the duty to guard the hotel at night was his and Amy's. She fell asleep on one of the sofa's sometime earlier and he decided to let her sleep. Nothing bad would happen, right?
He stretched, having nothing else to do and trying to remain fresh. Or half-fresh.
''Hello Connor.''
He straightened and looked right into the pair of blazing red eyes. The owner slowly came to his view.
''Any reason you stopped by?'' he asked, already knowing she didn't come by just to talk.
She smiled, but quickly went back to her serious face. ''I see you've found the girl.''
''Yeah. Don't worry she's safe.'' Connor said. ''Why is she so important?''
''He is looking for her. We can not let Him find her.'' Anthis replied.
''Angel? We know that too.'' He sat down. ''We can't hide the girl forever, so what do we do?'' If Angel really wanted her that bad, it was just a matter of time before he would come here, hell, he'd fly here if he could. Connor imagined Angel flying on a broomstick. He snickered.
''We kill her.''
All traces of humor left Connor's face.
***B***B***
I'd really like to know what you think of it ;P