A/N: We're getting close to the end folks only a couple of chapters left now.

Faith could hear Buffy coaxing her to sit up but she felt like her limbs were made of lead. She felt so weak she couldn't even lift her head but she felt Buffy's warm arms wrap around her and lift her so she was cushioned against the older girl's body and sighed as she smelt the mixture of perfume and something that was so distinctly Buffy. She wanted to tell Buffy that she loved her but all that came out was a pathetic sounding groan that even in her weakened state made her cringe because she knew they weren't alone in the room and she hated that the rest of the Scoobies were seeing her this way.

"I love you too," Buffy whispered into her ear and Faith felt a sob build up in her throat with the realisation that somehow Buffy knew what she had wanted to say even without having to say it.

"Okay baby you can do it," Buffy whispered and Faith melted with the feeling of Buffy's fingers gently stroking her hair.

"I don't...want to," she gasped finding it hard to talk with her lack of breath.

"Don't make me list the reasons why you should again," Buffy said sternly, "You know how I hate to be repeatogal."

As hard as she tried Faith could not physically make herself bite into Buffy's neck. Even though with the way Buffy was supporting her her face was pressed into the crook of Buffy's neck she knew what the consequences of her biting Buffy were and her body would not allow itself to do it.

"Can't," she panted. She could almost feel the life draining from her body as the venom pumped around her bloodstream. She knew she didn't have much time left but she didn't want to hurt Buffy.

Buffy muttered something to the other people in the room and she felt Buffy grab her face as she roughly pressed their lips together. There was a passion and electricity in that kiss like Faith had never felt before. It was as if Buffy was transferring a part of herself to Faith through the intensity of the kiss. As Buffy's tongue sought entrance to her mouth Faith felt a fire in the bit of her belly that seemed to grow and expand throughout her body. With the force behind the kiss the brunette Slayer felt her teeth transform and before she knew what was happening her face was pressed into Buffy's jugular. She could sense the vein pulsing beneath the skin, could smell the sweetness of Buffy's blood which was there for the taking and could hear Buffy's words of encouragement. The demon that had been blossoming inside of her took charge and her teeth slid through the soft skin of Buffy's neck like butter. She could hear the soft cry Buffy gave as she began to drink and her eyes nearly rolled back in her head as the warm intoxicating liquid ran down her throat. It was true what they said, there really was nothing like Slayer's blood.

"You feel the power Faithy? Can you feel it as you drink from her? If you drain her you will be more powerful than anyone has ever been. You will be unstoppable, not even the pathetic Scoobies will be able to stop you. She says she loves you but it's not true. She said she loved Angel but she's not with him anymore. What about the beefstick who she dumped the love of her life for, is she with him anymore...no. She let him leave like yesterday's trash. You think you're going to be any different. You think you, filthy, disgusting murdering Faith will be the one she lets in. No, it won't be you."

Faith pressed Buffy's body firmly into hers as she gripped onto the back of the blonde girl's head. She continued to drink hungrily from the other Slayer completely intoxicated and lost in the bloodlust. The First's words reverberated around her mind as she drunk, as they were spoken in the form of her first Watcher, a woman she had always trusted. It was hard not to believe what it told her as she felt the power from Buffy's blood gradually working its way around her body and making her feel stronger by the second.

In the back of her mind she could hear Buffy weakly calling for her to stop, could feel those delicate fingers pushing feebly at her to try and move her away but she couldn't make herself pull away.

"Drain her, kill her and you can rule by my side. Together we will be the most powerful rulers this world has ever known."

She could feel Angel's cold hands gripping her shoulders trying to move her away but Faith growled low in her throat without moving her face from Buffy's neck and managed to throw him off without breaking stride. Buffy was limp in her grip now and her brain was screaming at her to stop but the blood was too intoxicating and she was too far gone, lost in the bloodlust to stop now. The rational part of her hoped that whatever plans the Scoobies had in place to stop her if things went too far would work because she could feel Buffy's life seeping into her the more she drank and it was now she who was holding the blonde up.

"That's it Faithy, just a little bit more and it will be over."

Faith felt the energy in the room change and crackle before she felt herself fly across the room and smack into one of the supporting beams. Her vision swam as her head connected with the beam and the last thing she saw before she lost consciousness was Buffy's limp form slumped on the blood stained sheets.

"Oh God B, what have I done?" she cried before she collapsed giving in to the darkness.

"Get them to the car immediately," Giles called as Xander scooped Buffy up and Angel grabbed Faith, "Willow bring the shackles."

It was a scene so similar to four years ago that Angel had to remind himself that it wasn't he who had put Buffy in the hospital this time. He watched Buffy get wheeled away while he still held Faith in his arms, not willing to hand her over until he knew that she was no longer a danger to anyone. Again he sat in the hard plastic seats of the Sunnydale ER feeling the warmth returning slowly to the girl he held in his lap. He could feel the strength returning to the brunette Slayer and he knew that the Slayer blood had done its job. They could only hope now that no long term damage had been done to her heart in the process. Of course if Buffy didn't pull through the damage to Faith's heart wouldn't be physical because he knew that no matter how strong she was she wouldn't recover from that.

"She'll be okay," he whispered into Faith's ear, "She has to be."