Lust

Chapter 14: Hearts of Atlantis

Flashback:
Vera looked over the land as the Black Stallion beneath her moved back and forth restlessly. She smiled and patted his neck, “Don’t worry we don’t have much longer to wait” she said soothingly, her voice was soft and gentle, calming the horse. The sounds of hooves echoed, alerting her to the approaching rider. She smiled as Eve came into view.

“Been waiting long?” Eve asked as she stopped the horse next to her, leaning over to kiss her.

“Mmm, no I haven’t, Jace is just restless today” she said as she smiled at her lover. She nodded towards the trail that lead deep into the forests of Atlantis.

“C’mon I want to show you something” Eve clicked her tongue, guiding her horse down the path. Vera watched her before squeezing her legs against the side of Jace, bringing him into a trot as she followed silently.

Vera looked behind her; the entrance of the trail was now just a glowing speck in the distance. The world became darker the further they got into the forest,

“Wow the trees are really dense here,” she pointed out earning a giggle from Eve.

“What is the big bad warrior afraid of the dark?” Eve taunted her. Vera smirked at her,

“I’m the thing the dark fears,” she whispered into the wind. Eve shuddered as the breeze brought the words to her ears. Vera smirked at her as the rounded a bend and came face to face with a dead end.

“Well it is a nice wall of trees,” Vera said sarcastically. Eve rolled her eyes at her as she got off her horse, tying him to a tree.

“C’mon wise ass,” she giggled as Vera raised her eyebrow at her, slipping gracefully off her horse. She stroked his nose as he pushed her towards Eve. She laughed at him,

“Fine just behave while I’m gone,” she said, laughing as the horse nodded at her. Eve walked to the wall, touching it softly

“In love, in peace, two wandering souls, just looking for a place to rest” she whispered, Vera smiled as her Atlantean words reached her ears. The wall glowed blue then became transparent, revealing a dirt path. Eve smiled as she pulled Vera through the wall.

“What?” was all she said as she turned around, the wall solidifying behind her.

“Just follow me,” Eve said as she started to jog down the path.

“Hold on!” Vera called out, jogging behind her grabbing her hand. They walked in silence, smiling at each other. Vera looked ahead, enchanted by a softly glowing blue light. She looked down as she heard the splash of water. A thin layer of water appeared at her feet, replacing the path. Vera looked on in wonder as they came into a clearing, her breath catching in her throat.

The full moon shone brightly down into the clearing, the stars reflecting off the layer of water on the ground as the mysterious blue light surround the area. An old tree stood tall and gnarled into the middle of what Vera could only describe as a small field of water. She let go of Eve’s hand walking towards the tree. Eve grabbed her, stopping her before she took her next step. She shook her head as she motioned Vera to watch. She took off her clothes as Vera watched in rapture at her beauty. The magic of this hidden place completely enchanting her. Eve smiled at her as she dove into the water, disappearing under the surface. Vera’s mouth dropped open as she knelt down and dipped her hand into the water where Eve disappeared, realizing that the ground dropped off under the water.

“An overflowing lake” she whispered unbelieving to herself. Eve came to the surface next to the tree.

“What are you waiting for?” she asked smiling at her lover. Vera stripped quickly, diving in. She looked up at the sky from underwater, the night sky reflecting off the surface. She surfaced with a splash, flipping her hair back. She looked around in awe; it looked like the stars completely surrounded her, as if she was floating in space. She felt a pair of strong arms come around her, smiling as she looked at her lover.

“This place…” Vera started, stopped by Eve’s kiss. They got lost in each other as they slipped underwater, their bodies meeting as they moved gracefully around each other, disappearing in the magic of the world around them. The sound of the water running off echoed, mixing with the sounds of pleasure that carried on the wind throughout the entire forest.

End of Flashback:

Faith looked over at Hecate who finished downing another glass of wine. She shook her head at her, “Okay I gave you time to rest, please tell me what you found out” she demanded as Hecate took a deep breath.

“Well…let’s just say that things are not looking great. Lucifer is walking around like a zombie for one thing. I don’t know what happened but I think Ronwe is slowly sucking any thought from him, making him into a mindless monster” she started.

“Well that is not hard to do, what else did you find out” Faith said, her demon soul crying out against the damage being done to Lucifer. “He deserves it,” she thought as she looked up at Hecate whose face became pale.

“What?” she demanded. Hecate took a deep breath.

“He found Espada de Obscuridad, the sword of darkness,” she said, wincing in fear of her reaction. Faith’s eyes widened as she took in the information.

“He wants my demon soul?” she asked after time, Hecate looking at her worriedly.

“He is going to make you mortal again,” she said softly. Faith got up, walking to the tapestry above the fireplace.

“Would that be such a terrible thing?” she asked aloud. Hecate shook her head,

“He plans on making you mortal, to kill you” she said sadly. Faith looked down, her thoughts racing.

“Could I kill him, take the sword and become mortal? After this long will I finally be able to live a full life, and die?” she asked herself, coming back to reality at the tone of Hecate’s voice.

“…. and that’s just the beginning” she said as Faith raised her hand to stop her.

“What do you say?” she asked her. Hecate looked at her incredulously.

“Haven’t you been listening? He also got to one of Buffy’s champions!” she yelled out, Faith’s eyes flashing gold.


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Buffy got out of the car with a heavy sigh, trying to block out Willow’s rant,
“You can’t trust her Buffy she’s too dangerous and unpredictable. I bet she’s just playing you and then she is going to stab you in the back” Willow steamed as she approached Buffy. Buffy clenched her teeth as she spun around to face the irate redhead.

“Shut up Willow,” she growled at her, Willow stopping dead in her tracks.

“What?” she asked her indignantly.

“I said shut up. I’ve spent the last what two weeks trying to get to know her, to see if she had any weaknesses, then I realized the only weakness she had was that after all this time she has obtained her human soul dammit. Look at Angel and Spike, both were soulless killing machines and when they got their souls, they became good. Everyone has a chance to be good,” she growled at her. Willow’s face started to turn into her resolve face.

“Yea Buffy but there are some humans with souls and they are evil. So just because they had their human soul doesn’t make them any less of a danger,” she replied huffily, her eyes egging Buffy on to fight back her answer. Buffy started to say something but was cut off by Giles.

“It all depends on the human soul. Angel was a drunkard of a useless man but he did not want harm to be brought to anyone, Spike was a poet and it seems that this girl also had a gentle soul and was probably a fierce warrior when she was human. But gentle nonetheless” he said as he walked up to the two girls. He looked over to Willow,

“So before you pratt on about things that you don’t comprehend it would be best for you to get all of your information. Even with that the magics the coven and even Tara taught you before she died, you should have seen Faith’s aura, which conflicted yes, is a still gentle one” He turned to look at Buffy as Willow looked down like she was just slapped.

“And you would be best to remain vigilant; even if you trust her it is too early in this game to understand anyone’s motives yet considering she has given us a different name than her real one. You should know by now not to trust people or demons alike so quickly. You have become the leader of this army again, you need to remain calm and collective,” he said as he took over his glasses and looked over at the house.

“Now if you two are down arguing like two school children I advise that we go inside and begin explaining what little we know about the situation. As for me I will look over these texts that Amdis gave us,” he said as he started back towards the car.

“Call her Faith” Buffy said quietly. Willow and Giles looked at her curiously.

“Amdis was the name Lucifer gave her, she prefers Faith, she said someone special gave her that name a long time ago,” Buffy said, smiling awkwardly at them as she turned to walk into the house. The early morning rays of light began to appear over the horizon as Buffy disappeared through the door.


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Faith stalked into the kitchen as her anger at her mistake ripped through her body. “I should have known that Ronwe would pull something like this,” she growled as Hecate slowly came up behind her.
“Oh that is just the icing on the cake, he is mobilizing fast but I might be able to work something to where we can have a couple of months to prepare for the battle. I can arrange some major uprisings in multiple dimensions which will cause Lucifer to pull his troops to deal with the uprisings first. If he didn’t then by the time the battle ends on this dimension and by some small chance he wins he will have to face mutiny with a severely damaged army” she smiled at Faith as she turned her head to look at her.

“Do everything you can then gather what reinforcements we have…” she started but was stopped by Hecate’s hand.

“Way ahead of you, hell even some of the old gods are willing to lend help. Aphrodite says that if you need extra hands for the wounded she has excellent healers at the ready. I must say you were smart to make connections all those years back when you were still on Lucifer’s side, even though you were moonlighting as a person of good” Hecate teased her.

“I did all those things because that was needed to be done I didn’t do it to gain favors. Though looking how things are going to be going to hell it’s a good thing, my human soul began fighting to emerge back then. But none of this would be happening if I didn‘t create those pathetic servants of mine.” Faith growled as she slammed her fists into the counter, the top shattered where her fists hit it.

Hecate gulped, deciding against telling her about the Powers messenger. She sighed as she pulled Faith’s hands off the counter, waving her hand across it. The counter repaired itself, shining as Hecate lifted Faith’s head.

“Those servants have prevented Lucifer from destroying this dimension. If you didn’t create them then you wouldn’t be here, I wouldn’t be here…” she paused for a second before continuing. “And Buffy wouldn’t be here.”

Faith just smiled at her and shook her head. “What the hell am I doing? She’s just a young girl” she started; the look Hecate gave her stopped her.

“Young girl? This girl has survived more apocalypses in her short lifetime then most humans did over the last million years. She is strong willed and able to handle what is thrown at her, granted it might take her a little more time then some. But she is definitely something more than some young girl” Hecate said raising her eyebrow, her right hand on her hip. Faith laughed at her,

“Okay I know she is something more than a young woman, hell she is one of the best slayers since…”

“You” Hecate interrupted, Faith’s head dropped.

“I wasn’t a great slayer, look at me now. I sold my soul to the devil to save my family and they still died,” she said, her shoulders shaking in fury. She shook her head, quashing the old feelings rising in her stomach. A cold hard look entered her eyes. Hecate reached back and slapped her hard across the face.

Faith looked at her curiously, as Hecate just laughed removing her hand from her cheek.

“I will never be able to get you to move when I slap you huh,” Hecate said rubbing her hand. Faith just shook her head at her.

“Mind telling me why you slapped me before I decide to let myself lose my cool and show you why my name was feared all through the millennia’s?” she smiled at her, cracking her knuckles.

“Because you were going to let yourself slip into the dark side you let out the day you buried your sister’s body along with her unborn child,” Hecate said matter-of-factly. Faith flinched at the words, wondering which smack was worse.

“I will not kill him,” she muttered after a while.

“What?” Hecate asked her.

“I will not kill him, I will torture him, tear his body apart limb from limb, slowly so he feels every tear in his tendons, his muscles. I will break every bone, heal it and break it again” she growled, the fire in her eyes growing stronger as she envisioned Ronwe at her feet, begging for death. She pushed away the demon in her raging for blood, a sense of shock filling her when she realized her human soul and her demon one were both in agreement, screaming for blood.


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Andrew looked up from the couch as Buffy put her jacket away.
“Oh thank god you are here,” he yelled running to her and grabbing her into a huge hug.

“Nice to see you too Andrew what is going on?” she asked him, stifling a chuckle at his innocence.

“I don’t know and Dawn is too busy on the phone to tell me. One minute there is a ton of girls trying to kill me and the next they are all gone! I was so worried,” he said pulling away from her.

“I’m sorry Andrew I forgot to tell them to grab you. C’mon we’ll find Dawn and bring you to headquarters,” she said putting her arms around his shoulders.

“Thank you please don’t do that again I was so scared that something happened to them and you weren’t here” Andrew started, a hitch forming in his throat as tears threatened to spill from his eyes.

“Awww Andrew I’m sorry,” she said as she walked into the kitchen. Dawn was just hanging the phone up.

“Hey Buffy, I got a hold of everyone but I didn’t get through to the girls in Africa, I don’t know but I have a feeling something went wrong there we have to find out” Dawn said worriedly. Buffy hugged her,

“Don’t worry Dawn Lehana is fine, um that girl that Andrew went to get from Tibet” Buffy said, suddenly remembering the new recruits that were still pouring in from all over the world.

“She is downstairs with Xander. I told him about her so he said he was going to keep her in a separate room so you can talk to her. Also, the coven called, they found fifteen more girls, and apparently, they all lived in the same private school somewhere in England. The coven didn’t notice them because they were so close. They sent someone to pick them up and send them our way, they will be here within the week,” Dawn said as Buffy smiled at her.

“Good and what about the other girls?” She asked as Dawn led them to the dining room where Willow and Giles were busy looking through the books Faith gave them.

“Bring that down to headquarters,” Buffy said as the walked to the basement. Dawn walked quickly behind her, struggling to keep up as she brought her up to speed.

“Okay Puerto Rico was hit hard with a demon attack, they lost some girls but the rest are on the way. Be prepared to nurse some serious wounds,” Dawn said as Buffy led them through the tunnel.

“I’m glad I built a hospital wing,” she said as she walked ahead of the group.

“Um Hawaii had the same situation but no causalities but they can‘t move for about a month. They want to make sure they don‘t leave the hellmouth unguarded if those demons are still around. South America is heading this way as we speak there was a power outage due to a demon nest so their phone was cut for a while. Russia said that they have to grab the girls from Siberia and a new girl in Omsk and they will be here within two weeks. The girls from Hawaii said they can’t move until three weeks, some girls aren’t able to travel yet.” she trailed off as they walked into a sea of girls. They all stopped chattering as Xander ran up to them.

“Thank you thank you thank you, please leave me back-up next time! They are animals!” Xander said hiding behind Buffy. She turned to Dawn when she cleared her throat.

“Don’t you think sudden movements of slayers will trigger some curiosity against whoever we are fighting?” she asked quietly.

Buffy ignored her comment as she surveyed the sea of women in front of her. “OKAY girls I need everyone to follow me upstairs very quickly and we can get to business,” Buffy yelled over the crowd. They all kept chattering as only a few moved towards the stairs. Buffy lifted her eyebrow at the girls not paying attention. She walked over to the wall and hit the alarm button. The girls shrieked out as a loud alarm went off over their heads, the lights flashed in warning. Buffy looked over them as she turned the alarm off.

“What the hell Buffy?” Kennedy asked as she walked over, rubbing her ears.

“Do I have everyone’s attention? Good, I will not tolerate another show of blatant disrespect like that again. You weren’t trained to be school children so stop acting like it,” she said as she surveyed the crowd of angry faces.

“Now for those who are new I apologize, my name is Buffy Summers and I am the original slayer and I am the head of this institution you are all standing in. Now you will all move upstairs so I can explain to you what this place is and why you have been called here” Buffy ordered as she walked through the crowd. Willow walked up next to Kennedy giving her a kiss on the cheek.

“Hi” she said weakly, smiling at her irate girlfriend.

“I think she blew my eardrum,” Kennedy pouted, earning her another kiss from Willow.

“Don’t worry I will fill you in on everything later right now we better hear what she has to say” Willow said as she tugged on Kennedy’s arm.

“We aren’t going to have to bring her down a step again do we? I mean the last time we did that half of us were killed. That was not fun,” Kennedy said as she and Willow joined the crowd of girls heading upstairs.

“I don’t know what is going on with her but I do know that she is going to be better prepared for whatever is coming up. She just wants to give a little show for the girls, let them know whose boss,” Willow said as they ascended the stairs. A big girl turned around to face them.

“She doesn’t look that tough, why is she in charge. Just because she was the original doesn’t make her the best” the girl growled.

“You go prove that then” Kennedy said as the girl nodded at her and stormed the rest of the way up the stairs.

“Not all the girls were originally trained by Buffy. She trained the original slayerettes and then sent them to train the other girls sent to them. Only they know Buffy’s true power, why would you tell that girl to face Buffy?” Willow asked her.

“To bring her down to size” Kennedy said matter-of-factly as they found a seat amongst the crowd. Quiet exclaims of awe echoed through the room as the girls looked around, taking in the many training rooms and equipment.

“Now is everybody here?” Buffy said as she looked from her perch on a small platform that overlooked the entire room. A couple of the girls, including the big girl from earlier quickly stood up.

“We’ve heard a lot about you Buffy but you died and put you in charge. You don’t look any stronger then any of us so why should we even bother to listen to you?” The bigger girl asked, her friends nodding in agreement. Some of the other girls shook their heads while many just looked on in amusement, knowing the extent of Buffy’s capabilities first hand.

“Well I should have expected this so before we get on with the pleasantries is there anybody else who would like to challenge me?” She asked the crowd. A few more girls stood up as the rest just watched in wonder.

“So ten out of what fifty girls, a lot better then the last group” Buffy said as she jumped down from the platform and motioned the girls to the main training room. She made this one with walls of Plexiglas so spectators could watch and learn. They all walked onto the mats as the other slayerettes rushed to the windows to watch.

“Now it is going to be one on one, it is not to the death so when you are called out you are called out. Since we don’t play favorites I will have Kennedy be the referee, since she was in this same situation and on still some levels enjoys to see my ass being whooped” Buffy motioned for Kennedy to get up.

“Now Buffy that is harsh, I just like to see someone take you down a notch or three that’s all” Kennedy smiled as she stood on the mat. Buffy took off her shirt, revealing the black workout shirt that Faith gave her. Some of the girls looked over Buffy appreciatory, taking in her toned stomach as she flexed her muscles to warm them up.

“Alright play nice girls,” Kennedy said as she motioned for the first girl to step onto the mat. They squared off with each other, the young girl looking over Buffy like she was a fly.

“FIGHT!” Kennedy shouted. The young girl launched herself at Buffy, kicking out at her with her left leg as she came down with her right fist. Buffy easily blocked both attacks, spinning under the girls’ leg as she threw her over her shoulder and into the corner of the room. The young girl scrambled to her feet, anger blazing in her eyes and the spectators tried to figure out how Buffy moved that fast to block her and attack. The girl charged Buffy trying to tackle her. Buffy flipped over her head, kicking her squarely in the back, sending her flying face first into the mat. The girl got up, swinging in blind rage at Buffy. Buffy dodged her punch, grabbing her wrist as she twisted the young girl into a completely body lock.

“You’re dead,” Buffy said as the girl struggled, her breathe heavy.

“TIME!” Kennedy said as Buffy let the girl go. The girl coughed as she looked up at Buffy incredulously.

“What is your name?” Buffy asked the young girl who tried to straighten her clothes.

“Lauren” she choked out, her face red.

“You fight too much with your emotions. A vamp would have easily killed you,” Buffy said as she motioned for her to leave the room. Lauren nodded at her as she walked out of the room, her body throbbing in pain. The other nine girls looked at her warily.

“Anyone else still want to fight me?” she asked the group. The big girl pushed her way to the mat while the rest of them scrambled out the door.

“You don’t scare me,” she growled as she crouched into her attack position. Buffy looked over at Kennedy and nodded.

“FIGHT!” she yelled. Buffy looked back at the girl just to see her fist coming towards her face. She moved quickly, feeling the other girl’s knuckles graze her hair. She brought her leg up to stop a hard kick and crossed her arms over her chest, blocking a hard blow to her stomach. Buffy dropped to the ground, the other girl’s foot passing over her head as she felt the girl’s movements. She rolled away from her, pushing herself off the ground just as the girl’s foot landed where she was just lying. Buffy blocked and dodged the bigger girl’s attacks, being pushed around the room as she kept backing away.

“What’s the matter Buffy, can’t seem to stop me?” the girl taunted as she threw another punch at Buffy’s head. Buffy’s eyes hardened as she caught the girl’s hand.

“No just giving you a show,” she said as she began to squeeze the fist caught in her fingers. The girl cried out in pain as she kicked out at Buffy. Buffy caught the girl’s leg and spun around on her left heel, launching the girl clear across the room into the wall. The girl slumped into the ground as Buffy reached up to move a piece of hair that fell in her face.

“TIME” Kennedy yelled as she rushed over to the girl who struggled to stand up.

“Leave her be Kennedy” Buffy said as she walked over to the girl as she leaned back against the wall for support. The girl’s outside watched in awe and fear as Buffy practically stalked over to the girl, shivering at the look in Buffy’s eyes.

“You should be afraid of me little girl” Buffy growled at her, grabbing her around her throat. “Because I am the thing that the dark…” she said as she picked the girl up from the ground, holding her up with one hand “Fears” she finished dropping the girl to the ground again. The girl coughed, as she took in a deep lungful of air. She turned to the girls on the other side of the glass.

“Lesson Number 1, never assume you have the upper hand in any situation. Assuming will just make you an ass or dead,” she said as she turned back to the girl.

“What is your name?” she asked the girl. She looked up at Buffy, anger raging in her eyes.

“Kali” she said as she took Buffy’s hand. Buffy pulled her to her feet.

“Well Kali do you still feel that I am unqualified for this position or can I go on to the real problems at hand” Buffy asked her, her eyes daring the young girl to try and act brave again.

“I’m good,” she said as she continued to rub her neck as she left through the door. Buffy nodded at Kennedy as she walked back outside.

“If everyone can retake their seats I will like to start explaining why you are all being called in…” she trailed as she looked over at Giles. They stared into each other’s eyes, a silent understanding passing between them.

“As you all know…” she started as retook her perch on the platform “I am the original slayer and if it wasn’t for the actions of myself, the Scoobies and even a few of your own, you would all be dead” she said as she took a deep breath. “You have all been taught about the last battle as well as the history of the slayers, the watcher’s counsel and the many many battles and apocalypses that have occurred throughout the last five hundred years, after that the records were either lost or stolen. But there is one thing that has been in all the prophecies and texts, a reference to the End of Days. Well my friends the End of Days is near, it is a war between demons and us, good versus bad. A textbook war except there is a brand new twist” she started, stopping when she heard a noise coming from Xander. He looked sheepishly around at everyone.

“Sorry I was just wondering when anything didn’t have some type of twist or angle” he muttered ducking his head in embarrassment.

Buffy shook her head before continuing, “This battle is not about us as the good guys and just demons as the bad guys. This is a war that has been brewing since the beginning of the human race…” she said stopping when she saw a hand up in the crowd.

“How do you know this?” a young black girl asked her, her Boston accent thick in her voice.

“A demon whose lived it told me” she answered her, raising a buzz throughout the crowd.

“I thought we were supposed to destroy the demons?” came a voice from the crowd.

“Lesson Number two, nothing in this world is black and white. Just as some humans can be evil, some demons can be good,” she said pointedly, looking straight into Willow’s eyes. She turned back to the girls,

“She came to me because she wanted me to help her win this war. I am no longer talking about one hellmouth opening and just destroying a city or town. If we lose this war, the world as we know it is over. This leads to the reason why you are all sitting here right now. We are the world’s last defense in this war and we cannot fail. Unlike the final battle with the First, we have time to prepare, we have the resources finally ready to use. You are now an army; forget any petty possession, petty fight and difference. We are now united as one and we will work together to create a force that the demon world will never forget” she said as a noise made her look over at the steps. A group of girls all dressed in black came walking up the steps and over to Buffy. She smiled down at them, looking at the crowd of girls.

“Ladies I will like you to meet the special operations unit for our little army” she said coyly as she motioned towards the eighteen girls standing underneath the platform. “These will be your teachers and mentors. When we have all the girls here, you will all be separated and tested. After the tests, the results will decide which unit you will be under and who your captain is. Now I know this all seems like much and that it is happening too fast but we don’t have time to waste. If you don’t think, you can handle this see Willow, first and then you can leave. We don’t have time to coddle anybody or play favorites and if you are going to be more the problem then the solution then I don’t want you here,” she said looking over the girls. No one made a move to leave. Buffy smiled at all of them.

“Alright then ladies!” she started to raise her voice. “There are demons that think we are weak, that think we won’t put up a fight. But this is our home, our families and friends are relying on us to protect this planet and everyone on it. If we go fail, then LET’S GIVE THEM HELL BEFORE WE GO!” Buffy yelled out, earning shout and whistles from the girls as they yelled their agreement to her.

Buffy hopped down from the platform turning towards the special operation unit.

“Hi guys,” she said cheerily, the girls looking at each other confused amusement.

“So the End of Day’s is near,” asked a tall brunette. Her voice was smoky and her eyes were a deep chocolate brown.

“Yes it is Colleen,” Buffy said shaking her hand. Kennedy came running over to them.

“Ahh Kennedy I see you’ve been enjoying the perks of being positioned at home base” a thin redheaded girl asked her, her hazel eyes dancing in amusement as she spotted Willow. Kennedy smiled at her,

“Yes Vi I do, but I still can kick your ass anytime,” she said as the girls started to laugh.

“I am relying on you girls to help me get these girls ready. Besides the girls that were based at each of the other branches, you are the only girls left that survived the last battle,” Buffy said to them.

A young black girl stepped from behind them smiling at Buffy.

“We got your back Buffy,” she said, grasping her arm.

“Thanks Rhona” she said as she turned back to face the crowd of girls that she would soon turn into an army.

“Buffy?” Dawn asked coming up behind her.

“Yes Dawn?” Buffy asked her.

“What about the girls in Africa?”


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“I thought that Eve and I were meant to be but then she died. Which by the way what the hell was up with everyone that I loved the most dying in my arms” Faith asked the empty room.
“Fate, you can’t control it, hell no one can control it. We can only control the choices we make” the young girl told her as Faith paced the room.

“But I can’t fall in love with her, not with a war on the way. It would just complicate things way to much! I mean yes she is beautiful and her scent in intoxicating and the way she moves is incredible. I have never seen a mortal move like that and her skin is soft and she has seen so much and still doesn‘t let it stop her from smiling” Faith said, stopping to look at the ceiling.

“You can’t control your heart, everything happens for a reason. There is a reason why she is the one to help you, a reason why the war is happening now, a reason why you were sent away for all those years. A reason why my mother had to die” the girl said as she started to fade away.

“Wait a minute your mother? Who the hell are you? I am tired of this cryptic bullshit,” Faith demanded.

“And here I thought you would have figured it out by now. Wow Ardere you sure as hell haven’t changed so much over the last couple billion years, still thickheaded, just like mom told me you were” the girl said to her, laughing at Faith’s anger.

“You sound like…” she said pausing to look at the girl hard, “But you can’t be” she said shaking her head.

“You are right I’m not. My mother wasn’t allowed to become one of your guardians per say, so she sent me,” the young girl said smiling at her. Faith took a step back as she started to recognize the girl’s features.

“My sister’s daughter?”

“Hello aunt Ardere” the young girl said. Faith stared at her for a minute before registering everything she said.

“Hold up a minute, guardians? There’s more?” she asked confusedly as the young girl rolled her eyes at the Noble Demon.

“How you survived I have no idea,” she muttered as she looked up at her.

“Yes you have more then one guardian, but you don’t need to worry about that now. Right now you have to focus on Buffy,” she said as she started to walk towards the wall.

“I told you I can’t get involved like that again. I can’t fall let myself love her because I will lose her and I will not be able to handle losing her” Faith yelled at the girl.

“You will understand when the time is right. Follow your heart, you will need it when the time comes to make a very important decision” she said as she disappeared into the wall.

“I hate this cryptic shit,” Faith growled as she looked outside, the sun rising high in the distance. She stopped as she thought over the last few weeks with Buffy. “What am I doing? I know I loved Eve, what makes this different” she thought as she disappeared.


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a/n: I know I keep apologizing I’m an idiot but its been crazy and I know this chapter sux ass so I apologize. Okay lets see…
Kali meansDark

Lehana meansOne who refuses

I used some of the original names for the Slayers who were the original SITS

If I missed anything, I’m sorry and I promise the next chapter will be better, I was half-asleep during this one and I don’t want to change it because it will take to much time. Also I know the whole slayer army seems a stretch but hey its all good. Any reviews would be great Love you all.