Six: Bad Girl
Author's Note- Faith goes to the dark side which means things can only get a helluva lot more fun from here on out!
It had been a few months since Faith had disappeared but a new Big Evil was brewing and it was then that Buffy realised things would go a whole lot more smoothly if they had Faith to help them.
Angel had wanted to know what had happened but Buffy had lied and said that she hadn't been able to find her.
Buffy sat in the library as Giles got them up to speed on what they had found.
The Mayor of Sunnydale was more sinister than anyone had actually realised.
It turned out that he was preparing for something called the 'Ascension' and he had recruited vampires and demons to help him achieve it.
What they hadn't accounted for was the rogue slayer who was looking to switch parties after having her heart drop kicked one time too many.
Mr Trick stood in the doorway to the Mayor's office.
"You say I have nothing to worry about, Mr Trick, but the slayer is still alive. Tell me why is that?"
Mr Trick tried to come up with a viable excuse.
"Well, as small as she may be, she is very strong and very quick. She took out three of my men on her own. She also has the vampire with a soul to help her sometimes. As you know, we've tried killing her a few times."
The Mayor nodded.
"Ah, Angelus. Y'know, things would be so much better if he just lost his soul again. He would be a formidible ally in the preperation for my upcoming Ascension."
Mr Trick nodded.
"Indeed he would, Mr Mayor but you already have one very intelligent vampire working on your side." He said, flashing white teeth.
Then all of a sudden, a stake pierced Mr Trick's heart and he looked down in total shock before crumbling to dust on the floor, the stake clattering along with it.
The Mayor looked only slightly shocked as the dark haired slayer stood in the doorway.
"Your boy tried to kill me." Faith spat as she walked in.
The Mayor sat forward.
"Did you wipe your shoes on the mat before you came in?"
Faith frowned, confused momentarily by the question.
"Huh?"
The Mayor gestured to her boots.
"Your boots are a little muddy. Who knows what you're walking in or have walked in."
Faith shook her head and shut the door behind her as she walked all the way into his office.
"Anyway, I killed one of your boys. So you're a man down."
The Mayor shrugged.
"So it would seem."
"So I guess that means you're hiring."
The Mayor looked Faith up and down.
She knew what was running through his head; why would a slayer, a champion of the light and a warrior that stands for all that is good and pure, want to work for the new Big Bad?
"Any reason for this new switch um...Faith, is it?"
She nodded her head.
"People don't do jack for me, no matter how many lives I save...why should I give a shit about them anymore?"
The Mayor pouted.
"Someone break your heart, Faith?"
Faith bit her lip as images of Buffy telling her that she didn't feel the same flashed through her mind.
She closed her eyes briefly before opening them and using the hate and pain to fuel her words.
"I want to use the power that was given to me to suit my own needs. Being slayer has to mean more than this hell I'm living in."
The Mayor steepled his fingers and nodded as he listened to her.
"True, true. I admire your outlook. Hmm...ok, I'll give you a shot but hey Kiddo, you let me down, I will have to kill you, understood?"
Faith nodded.
She expected nothing less from someone with evil in his heart.
Right now, she felt like killing anyone who dared to cross her.
The Mayor rubbed his hands together.
"Great! So now that we've laid down the ground rules, here's your first mission; kill Buffy Summers."
...
Faith knew Buffy well but not well enough.
She needed to know her habits. What she loved, apart from Soul Boy, sleeping patterns so that she could use that as an avenue of attack if she needed it.
She could pull an Angelus and torture everyone Buffy loved but she knew in heart that she couldn't hurt Buffy like that.
Her friends and family didn't deserve to suffer. Buffy did.
Buffy was the one who had caused all the hurt. She was the reason Faith lived with this constant pain of feeling unwanted and unloved.
Faith shook her head as she sat on the bench in Restfield Cemetery and watched as Buffy fought a couple of vampires on her own.
With any luck, one would kill her and save Faith the trouble.
The dark haired slayer watched as Buffy dusted them both.
Faith smirked.
She knew how to get to her but not yet.
She wanted to play a little game first...
Buffy got the first letter a little after a week.
It didn't say who it was from just a simple note;
I'M COMING FOR YOU X
Faith had watched Buffy's face as she had looked up from the note and looked into the street, as though she would catch the person walking away.
The next note had been a little more wordy;
FIGURED IT OUT YET? YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT BEFORE I COME FOR YOU. X
Faith watched as Buffy went to Giles and asked him who could have sent it.
None of them even considered Faith as an option; beliving that she was gone for good.
Out of sight, out of mind as they say.
Faith had to admit, it hurt a little.
She listened as she heard Buffy crying upstairs in her room, afraid of who was doing this and Faith knew that it rang similar to what Angelus would do.
Only Faith didn't buy into the whole roses and shit. She liked to keep things simple.
Her last note was the one that she wanted to have the most impact on;
I'LL BE AT THE DOCKS. SEE YOU SOON, LOVE X
The dark haired slayer waited for Buffy to show and once she saw that the blonde had come, she grinned to herself and went inside a ship that was docked.
Buffy tracked foot prints to the ship and frowned before she gave one last look around and then went inside.
It was silent.
Nothing moved, nothing creaked and it made Buffy uneasy.
She called out into the ship.
"I'm here. What do you want with me?"
Faith smiled as she stayed hidden but she did reply; it might ease the other slayer's mind a little if she knew who it was.
Faith figured she'd been tortured long enough.
"What don't I want with you is the real question."
Buffy stopped walking and frowned.
"Faith?"
"The one and only, B. I'm surprised you didn't figure it out. Smart girl like you an' all. Have to say, I'm disappointed."
"So why have you come back? Revenge? Can't get over me, is that it?"
Faith could've dropped down from her hiding place and punched her right then but she reigned in her anger.
"Aww, B. It's not always about you. I mean...I wanted to see ya but not for the reason you're thinkin'."
Buffy smirked, looking up and all around her, trying to see where Faith was hiding.
"You want to kill me?"
"Not yet, babe. We'll do that after."
Buffy frowned.
"After what?"
Faith dropped down then and turned Buffy around sharply, putting a dagger to her throat.
"After a little late night torture."
Buffy turned in Faith's grip and pushed the other girl back.
Faith came at her again and gave her an upper cut, sending her head snapping back.
Buffy stumbled but came back with a sharp kick to Faith's abdomen.
The dark haired slayer grunted as she fell back against the wall and Buffy lunged at her, tackling her to the floor.
The metal of the ship's floor groaned with the heavy thud of them both.
Faith looked up at Buffy as she grinned, keeping the blonde's fists away from her face.
"Knew you liked it on top."
Buffy snarled down at her and got in a good punch.
Faith's head whipped to the side with the force of the blow and she licked her lips.
She tasted blood.
She wiped it away and looked at her fingers which were stained with it.
"You cut me..." Faith said but she grinned and then grabbed hold of the collar of Buffy's jacket, pulling her in close.
"My turn."
She head butted the blonde girl and Buffy fell back and Faith jumped to her feet, taking a fighter's stance.
Buffy also stood and looked at Faith.
"What happened to you, Faith?"
Faith shrugged.
"Saw the light, changed my do-gooder ways? Pick one."
She ran at Buffy and knocked her back.
Both slayers were getting tired and it seemed like a no win war as both girls were evenly matched.
Faith was more aggressive but Buffy was quicker. They balanced each other out.
"Is this all because you want to screw me and I won't let you?" Buffy asked with a mocking tone.
Faith grinned.
"You talk a big game, B, but we both know you wanna go on this ride." She said, gesturing to herself.
Buffy hit out at Faith and missed.
"You would be the absolute last person I would ever give myself to." She growled.
"Really? You've had a vampire, that went to shit really quickly. You can't have a human, you'd break their bed as well their body but you haven't tried a slayer. Bet you wish I was a guy, huh?"
She dodged another punch from Buffy and threw one herself which connected with Buffy's jaw.
"Do you really believe that crap?" Buffy asked tiredly.
Faith shrugged.
"Would certainly make it easier for you though, wouldn't it?"
Buffy shook her head and Faith swung for her again but Buffy ducked under her arm.
Buffy spun quickly and grabbed Faith. pinning her to the wall.
Faith chuckled darkly as Buffy used her body weight to press into Faith's back so her nose was touching the wall.
Buffy hissed into her ear;
"What the hell makes you think that I would ever want you, Faith? You're disgusting."
"Maybe, but I'm hot and I've seen the way you look at me, B. When we're fighting, gettin' that blood pumping, I know you feel it. I know you wanna go there."
Buffy spun her around so that they were face to face.
"I think it's you that wants to go there and you're trying to get me on side because you feel pathetic wanting someone who doesn't want you."
Faith bit that, and Buffy suddenly found one of Faith's hands wrapped around her throat.
"You think you know me?" Faith snarled, her dark eyes locking with the blonde's.
"I know enough about you to know what kind of person you are."
Faith brought her close.
"Fine. If you really believe what you're saying, that you're not even the dlightest bit curious...walk away."
Buffy rolled her eyes.
"Your hand is around my neck. One move, you'll snap it."
Faith dropped her hand, challenging Buffy. Showing her that she was free to go.
The blonde haired slayer didn't move.
"Well come on, B. You can go. You're free." Faith said gently.
Buffy stayed where she was.
Everything inside her was screaming to get away, to leave this place and Faith but she didn't. She couldn't.
Faith kept her expression unreadable but she moved her face only half an inch closer to the other slayer's.
"Your move, Love." Faith whispered.
Buffy's jaw clenched before she grabbed the back of Faith's head and crashed their lips together. There was no tenderness to this. It was all aggression and anger.
Faith pushed Buffy back and grinned at her, that knowing smirk coming forward.
"I knew it."
Buffy came at her again, pushing her into the wall and Faith responded by opening her mouth and moaning when the other slayer deepened the kiss.
Faith laced her fingers in Buffy's hair and closed her eyes as the other slayer bit at her bottom lip.
When they both needed air, Buffy stepped back as though she couldn't believe what she'd done.
Faith licked her lips and spoke calmly to her;
"My place isn't far... It doesn't have to end here, B. Not if you don't want it to."
Buffy shook her head and frowned.
"I can't...I don't..."
"You do. I can feel it, but hey, I'm not gonna push you. If you tell me no, I'll walk away. If you say yes, well then..." She grinned, looking Buffy up and down and leaving her sentence unfinished but the implication was there just the same.
Buffy looked around before meeting Faith's challenging gaze.
"What's it gonna be?"
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