Fic: Of Slayers and Angels part 4/?

["frank_8281" <frank_8281@xxxxxxxxx>]

See Part 1 for disclaimers

Rating: R for adult language.

Please remember feedback is welcome and appreciated! I hope you're 
enjoying it. B.

Part 4

Shadow's POV

I chuckle as I move down the trail. That was the funniest thing I 
have ever seen. The look on Angelus' face! Then I stop. It's Faith, 
the other Slayer. She's in the cemetery to the east. I pick up my 
pace and change direction. I've only seen her in action a few times 
but something seems, off about her. There's something bottled up 
inside that girl buried so deep I'm not sure she's even aware of it. 
One thing I am sure of though, if something isn't done soon we might 
lose her.

Faith's POV

I made a sweep through Shady Rest on my way to the Bronze. I'd 
already staked three Vamps in Restfield and I was still pissed about 
Red and B giving me the slip, guess that's why I didn't sense them 
till they were on top of me. Five vamps were surrounding me and 
before I realized it, I was hip deep in shit. I was holding my own at 
first, dusting two of them and sweeping the legs out from under a 
third. Then three more come outta nowhere with a fuckin' net! They 
rush me with it and slam me up against a tree and then the world goes 
away.


Shadow's POV

I arrive just in time to see Faith go limp against the tree. Good 
thing I brought the axe.

"Hello boys, mind if I cut in?"

"Who the hell are you?" Snarled the lead vamp.

"Shadow" I answer quietly.

Guess two of them have heard of me. They go pale even for Vampires. 
One of them grabs the leader's arm and whispers something in his ear. 
I take the opportunity to move closer.

"Look, we don't want any trouble with you."

"Too late, blood rat!"

He gets that deer in the headlights look for the two seconds it takes 
him to turn to dust after I take his head off. His second gets split 
almost in two as the other three flee for their unlives. I step 
around the tree and cut the net that holds Faith to the tree and 
lower her to the ground. Damn, she is well and truly out. I pull out 
my cell phone and called Giles,

"Hello, Rupert Giles speaking."

"Missing one of your Slayers, Giles?"

"Shadow? Is something wrong?"

"Depends. Do you consider Faith being unconscious as wrong?"

"Where are you?" He sounds worried now.

"Shady Rest. Meet me by the west entrance." I hang up.


Buffy's POV

We're heading for the Bronze when my cell starts ringing. I check the 
number.

"It's Giles." I tell Will.

"So much for Bronzing." Sighs Willow.

"Hi, Giles. What's up?"

"Thank God, Buffy. Where are you?" He sounds upset.

"About three blocks from the Bronze on Mercer."

"Good, that puts you near Shady Rest Cemetery, doesn't it?"

"Yes." I answer.

"Meet, me at the west side entrance, Faith has been injured."

I pull Willow with me and start to run; "How bad?"

"She's unconscious, that's all I know."

"I'll meet you there." I tell Willow; "It's Faith, she's hurt."

Then we run. I have to pace myself to let Wills keep up but I'm not 
going to leave her behind. It's too big a risk. We reach the 
graveyard and as we run through the gate we almost collide with 
Shadow carrying Faith.

Shadow's POV

Shit, I knew Giles would call her but I didn't think she was this 
close. I've been keeping out of her way since we rescued Red. Because 
she's going to have questions that I really don't want to answer.

"Hello, Slayer."

"What happened?" That's my girl, straight to business.

"A group of Vamps ambushed her, used a net to tangle her up then 
smacked her into a tree."

I set Faith on the ground and watch as Red checks her over.
"I don't think any things broken Buffy, but she should probably go to 
the hospital for X-rays." She says.

"How long has she been out Shadow?" Asks the Slayer.

"Less than thirty minutes. I was going to wait for Giles, but since 
you're here, I think I'll just go." I start to move off but only make 
it a few steps before the Slayer catches up.

"Where do you think you're going?" She snaps.

"Somewhere that's else." Giving her own words of a few months ago 
back to her.

"I don't think so mister. You and I need to have a conversation."

I sigh. "Fine. What would you like to know?"

"How about where you've been for the last three months?"

"Around." I answer curtly.

"And I haven't seen you, why?"

"Sorry, I thought you were batting for the home team, did we have a 
date?" Yes, I do enjoy pulling the tiger's tail. 

She actually growls at me; "I got plenty of cryptic shit from you the 
last time I saw you. I think I like it even less now. So either you 
start giving me a few straight answers, or I'm going to lose my 
patience!"

I can't resist. "Did you ever have any?"

She starts to give me an angry reply when Giles pulls up in his 
French kiddy car. Gotta remember to compliment him on his timing.

"This is so not over Shadow."

"Probably not. But at least for tonight it is. Go take care of your 
little sister, Slayer and I'll see you around."

She scowled and headed over to the others. As I watch them put Faith 
in the car I realize what's wrong about her. Her power and Buffy's 
should be almost identical, but Buffy is at least half again as 
strong as Faith. Of course now that I see the difference I think I 
may know the cause too. Willow's bond with the Slayer makes her 
stronger. Faith, lacking a bond with a mate, isn't developing as fast 
as Buffy. That might turn out to be a problem. Slayers who don't have 
anything to live for except Slaying, have a tendency not to live very 
long.


Faith's POV

Ooo, as bad as my head feels, I better have had one hell of a good 
time last night. I gingerly open my eyes, or try to. When the 
jackhammer in my skull settles back to a bass thump, I try again. 
This time just opening them the barest of slits. The crappy color on 
the walls tells me that I'm in the hospital, the question is what the 
hell am I doing here? I seem to remember Vampires, a lot of them, and 
a net? Then nothing. I finally get my eyes open the rest of the way 
and test to see if my head really will fall off if I move it. Since 
it dosent, I look around the room and see Red and B cuddled together 
in a recliner. Since I'm not exactly their favorite person, I wonder 
what they're doing here. And since I have to go to the bathroom 
wicked bad, I guess I'm gonna have to find out.

"Hey, you guys gonna sleep all day or can one of you get a nurse to 
help me to the john?"

"Faith, um, wake up Wills. Faith's awake."

"Oh, five more minutes, please?" B grins and I start to chuckle, 
before my head painfully reminds me just what a bad idea that is.

"Oww, my achin' head."

"Will, we gotta help Faith, remember? Wake up baby."

"Huh, oh Faith, right." Red is not a morning person.

"Go tell a nurse she's up Will. And find Giles, he's probably looking 
for tea in the cafeteria."

"Right." Like I said, not a morning person.

As Red went in search of a nurse and Giles, B gives me a hard look 
and I know I'm busted. 

"How long have you been in Sunnydale Faith?"

"You know how long I've been here B."

"Indulge me F."

Shit, now I know I'm in deep. The only time she calls me that is when 
she's really pissed at me.

"About ten weeks." I tell her.

"Two and a half months then?"

"You gonna come to a point sometime today B?"

"The point Faith, is that I've been Slaying here in Sunnydale for a 
little over two years and I am not on a first name basis with the ER 
personnel at this hospital! Why is it that you seem to be?"

"Come on B, our line of work, we get hurt sometimes. You know that."

"But not if we're careful Faith, not if we take the time to think 
before we act. Even if we do get hurt, we go to Giles first. He's got 
the training and experience to help us when our own Slayerness isn't 
enough to deal with our injuries." 

"All right, B." Anything to shut her up.

"All right, what?"

"I'll go to Giles next time I get hurt."

She looks at me like she's wondering if I'm lying. "Okay, I'll go see 
if I can find out what's keeping that nurse."

Great, fuckin' great! So now they think I can't hack it! They already 
look at me like I'm second best. Like I'm not as good as Buffy the 
Perfect! Now they know I get hurt more than she does. Maybe I 
wouldn't if I had a bunch of ass kissers worshiping me like they do 
B. Maybe if some of the little Scooby gang would back me up like they 
do her I'd do better. Well fuck them! Fuck B, fuck Giles, fuck, the 
Scoobies. Gonna fuck `em all up. But not Red. I can feel a little 
smile form on my face. No, Red I'm just gonna fuck. 


TBC...



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