FF Five by Five part three

["Christeen Demons" <Shyfox30@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay...here's part three of a four parter...I think.BG I'd write part four 
now...but I'm going to the beach...so I guess the big fight scene will have 
to wait.BG

Disclaimer: Joss is God...he owns everything..I own nothing...except for 
maybe this crazy brain of mine that makes me do these things...enjoy.

******
I?m on a ride and I want to get off,
but they won?t slow down the roundabout.
Duran Duran


Buffy was just about to head out of Giles?apartment, Xander and Oz at her 
heels, when a strange lurching sensation filled her gut and her face turned 
pasty white.

She leaned against the doorway,feeling barely strong enough to hold herself 
up, not noticing the worried questions of her friends through the hectic 
buzzing in her ears.

?Buffy!? Giles noticed with some alarm how deathly pale the Slayer had 
turned. He strode forward quickly, catching the Slayer?s shoulders in his 
grasp and tried to steady her on her feet. Her eyes appeared distant as he 
stared into them and Giles felt his heart excellerate at the sudden sense 
of loss he felt eminating from her. ?Buffy...what?s
wrong?!?

?Will...? He barely heard the whisper released from the Slayer?s lips, but 
when she looked back up at him, he was stunned by the amount of panic in her 
eyes. ?You?ve got to get me home, Giles. Now!?

****

Willow tried to close the door, but Faith was right there, and she was upon 
her before she knew what was happening. She tripped over her own two feet 
trying to get away from her, her body not responding as quickly to the 
danger as she was used to, and found herself landing hard on the living room 
floor.

She looked up in a daze as Faith loomed over her, an unreadable expression 
on the dark Slayer?s face. ?And you didn?t even invite me to the wedding.? 
Was the last thing she heard before she blacked out.

*****

The first thing the group noticed when they reached the house, was the fact 
that the door was slightly ajar. It was something people never did in New 
York City...much less Sunnydale...and it was definitely an ominous sign.

?Will?!? Buffy called out as she rushed into the house, and up the stairs 
searching frantically for her wife, and hoping against all hope that she 
would find her here safe and sound, although she had the feeling that it 
wouldn?t be the case.

Giles, Xander and Oz searched the downstairs, hearing Buffy?s voice echoing 
through the vacant house yelling Willow?s name and being answered with a 
devastating void.

Giles noticed a simple piece of white paper sitting on top of the coffee 
table. Hoping that it might be a simple note from Willow saying that she 
had run off to the store for a carton of milk, or something just as benign, 
he picked it up and read the simple message quickly.

Buffy returned with a half drunk mug of tea in her left hand, that she had 
found upstairs, resting quietly by the runner of the rocking chair...as if 
Willow had set it there intending to return for it. The disturbing thing 
was, Willow never just left dishes lying around like that.

She noticed the look on Giles face immediately when she entered the living 
room, and was by his side in an instant. ?Giles...wha??

He didn?t speak, simply handing her the piece of paper, his brown eyes 
speaking volumes of the state of worry and fear the missive had instilled in 
him.

Buffy?s eyes glanced over the paper, finding the words quickly, then 
backtracked and read it once more, slower this time as she felt her heart 
rate, not to mention her fear and anger accelerating.

Yo B!

Got something that belongs to ya.
You want her back you?re gonna have to come and get her.
Same place as last time.

F.

Xander saw the looks that had come over the Slayer?s and Watcher?s faces and 
instantly became worried. ?What...she?s just gone to the store for some 
pickled pigs feet, right??

?Xander.? Giles hushed him with a single word, while Buffy took no notice 
of the slight distraction posed by the Scoob.

?Same place as last time.? Buffy mumbled to herself, her mind rapidly going 
through every possible option of where Faith might have taken Willow, while 
forcing herself not to panic. Panicing wouldn?t bring her any closer to 
finding her missing wife.

?City Hall?? Giles questioned, also trying to figure out where the errant 
Slayer might be.

?No.? Buffy discarded the possibility without a second thought. ?That 
wasn?t personal. This is.? An image of a fight, their last fight, flashed 
through her head. She saw herself stabbing the other Slayer and heard 
Faith?s words echoing in her brain. ?You killed me, B.? The fight had been 
a last desperate attempt to save Angel?s life, only the blood of a Slayer 
could save him, and she had done what she had never thought she would 
do...attempt to take another human being?s life. This same fight had put 
the other Slayer into a coma, from which she had apparently awakened. Buffy 
just wished somebody had warned her.

?I know where she is.? She said finally, to the anxiously watching faces of 
her friends. ?Let?s go.?

*****

Willow woke up to a loud throbbing in her head, herself tied to a chair and 
her worst nightmare grinning malevolently in front of her. ?Faith.? She 
managed to say the word quite calmly, although internally her nerves were 
screaming with fear.

?Hey Red, you?re awake.? Faith said, with mock surprise. ?Good. I was 
afraid you were going to miss all the fun.? She brandished a silvery knife, 
it?s edge gleaming in the moonlight, and delighted in seeing the green eyes 
fill with undisguisable fear. She ran the blade gently over the redhead?s 
cheek, almost in a caress, and grinned as Willow shivered
uncontrollably.

?What do you want?? Willow asked, cringing as the blade ran down over the 
line of her jaw and slid gently over the soft flesh of her neck.

?Aren?t you even going to say, ?Hey Faith...glad to see you?re awake. How 
was the coma??? The Slayer towered over the Wican looking as tempestuous as 
ever. ?You ever wondered what a baby looks like inside the mother?? Faith 
asked, suddenly, circling Willow?s rounded abdomen with the knife. ?I 
have.?

?Don?t.? Willow pleaded, trying not to surrender to the panic that was 
telling her to do something...anything. She was pretty sure that she could 
fling the knife out of Faith?s hand and away from herself magically...but it 
was a trick that would only work once. She
could probably surprise the Slayer but once Faith had seen her do it she 
would be prepared for it the next time, and she wasn?t sure she?d be able to 
outrun her.

She would have to hope and pray that Buffy showed up in time...then maybe 
she could use her little trick to distract the other Slayer long enough for 
Buffy to beat her into a bloody pulp. The thought was a little mean...but 
justified.

Faith saw the scared yet determined look on the redhead?s face and knew she 
wouldn?t be able to get her kicks from teasing her...she?d just have to save 
her little experiment for when B showed up. She knew it would kill her to 
see her baby get ripped from Willow?s stomach right in front of her. And 
she couldn?t wait to see the look on her face when she
did.

*****

Buffy and the rest of the scoobs stood outside the apartment building 
nervously looking up at the roof. ?Okay guys...I want you to stay here.?

Giles, Oz and Xander looked at her like she had lost her mind. ?But 
Buff...? Xander started to protest, but Buffy cut him off with a single 
look.

?No. Look she is much too dangerous to risk it. My best chance is to catch 
her off guard and hope she isn?t anywhere near Willow when I do. Stay 
here.? Buffy said, and without looking back, she made her way toward the 
fire escape.

*****

...to be continued. Heh
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