Happy To Bleed For You

(Npov)

She was aware that Willow had arrived because her slayer senses were bouncing off the walls,she could feel Faith,and she was surprised to say the least. The last time she had been close to Faith the feeling she got was one of danger and it usually sent her into slayer mode.But right now as she felt her get out of the car the only thing she felt was sadness,pain,regret,doubt and everything else that usually pointed in the opposite of Faith.Perhyaps Angelus did to her more than anyone would ever know...or maybe,just maybe she really had changed.

There was a knock on the door,

"I'll get it." Buffy heard Kennedy volunteer with a chipper little voice,why wouldn't she be happy? Her girlfriend was back from LA. She tried to brace herself,tried to tell the little voice in her head that was screaming to kill Faith that this was another form of situation.But as Willow entered with Kennedy followed by Xander,Dawn,and some other girl,all her tingling slayer voice and sensations dropped from the mile high club.

"Faith," she whispered so softly she doubted anyone but herself heard it.

Buffy closed her eyes and took a second to breathe.What could have been so bad to leave Faith looking like that?Her usually dark mysterious eyes were dull and had pain written all over.Her usually confident pose was nothing more than hunched shoulders and low chin,her once strong muscled body beaten and bruised and broken. Even her voice quivered as she tried to slip up her mask of indifference and pull off her dirty little smirk and badass attitude.

"You know,you didn't have to throw a welcome home party on my account."

"We didn't." Xander snapped at her making her take a step back.

"Xander." Giles spoke out from the group of twenty in the living room.He stood briskly and offered his hand to Faith who took it and shook limply as if she were afraid he might pull out a gun and blow her away so to speak. "Faith good to have you back."

"Til you go physco again," Buffy muttered before she could stop herself. Everyone turned to look at her some with knowing glances others still slightly confused. It hurt though that she recieved the knowing and saddest smile from Faith and the you're a bitch look from some girl she didn't even know standing next to Faith with her arms wrapped around her waist. Something clicked inside of Buffy and the pity she had been feeling quickly dissolved into anger. "What do you want Faith?" she asked sounding so bitter she surprised herself.

"Why don't you back off?" The girl next to her bit back at her.

"And who the hell are you,one of her little get some get gone conquest?" Buffy noticed the girl for the first time and if she was a get some get gone boy did Faith know how to pick them. She was really tall about five seven,had really ashy brown her the stopped four inches under her shoulders,creamy almost glowing golden skin,startling and disturbing grey eyes. and a body that could have made her the world's top model after a kodak moment. She stepped away from Faith and she noticed now too that she was so banged up that Jimmy Hendrix had nothing on her.

"So I'm assuming by the tude that you're Buffy?" she asked in a silky yet throaty voice that put Faith's to the test. Buffy nodded for lack of anything better to do or say. "I'm Sammy and let me tell you right now Buffy,now isn't the time for your self righteous games. Once I'm done telling you what's coming I assure you that Faith won't even strike you as a problem."

It was now that Buffy noticed the girl dressed in very molded to the body black denim jeans,a muscle shirt that read 'Indifference Is The Key' in bloody dripping letters, a white and black checkered belt with a skull buckle,a small leather jacket and black make up...it made her look very good though. "Great. Faith junior is gonna be running around." she didn't like Sammy one bit.

The tension was unbelieveably high and the silence was deafening.It was as if a bomb was getting ready to just drop as Sammy and Buffy played stare down and seeing that neither was up to losing Giles spoke up. "Um Kennedy why don't you show Faith around the house and get her acquinted with everyone?"

"Um actually Mr.Giles," Sammy cleared her throat tossing the intensity of her smoldering eyes onto to Rupert," I need to speak to you,Buffy,Willow,and Faith in private if you don't mind."

Buffy took a step foward stopping just an inch from Sammy,"Wait.How do we know she isn't some monster just trying to get to us?"

Sammy scoffed crossing her arms in front of her chest and standing to full height. "Then little girl you obviously don't know what a monster is? You think vampires and demons are monsters?" she shook her head not waiting for an answer. "You think the beast was a monster? No. You think the first is a monster? Well let me tell you something Buffy...those are merely pawns in this game. What's coming you are not prepared for and I warn you that you won't know until it's too late."

Now the room was dead silent except for the sounds of heavy breatheing. Sammy looked around the room taking in the expressions on the face of the girls. "Look around you Buffy...anyone of them could be a monster in disguise," Buffy glanced around the room then her eyes fell on Faith who was twirling a thread inbetween her fingers, "Or anyone of them could be a god." Again she looked around,but this time her eyes fell on Sammy.

"What are you?"

"I'm just a piece in the game...the knight of chess if you will. I guess I'm what you might refer to as an immortal."

Giles gasped earning the attention of the room. Buffy noticed he was trembling lightly and his eyes were cartoon wide which would have been funny if Sammy wasn't chuckling. "You're...you're the immortal?" Giles croaked.

"Well," Sammy pointed to herself and shrugged, "to some extent."

"You sure as hell don't look or bleed immortal." Kennedy stated recieving a nod from Faith and Willow.

"Hey," Faith inched her way towards her hooking her arm around hers, "Why don't I help you get cleaned up? Some fresh clothes maybe?"

"I'd appreciate that." she said very gently,her lecturing Buffy voice completely gone to nuturing sick puppy. She glanced back at Buffy who looked just about ready to get a major nosebleed and grinned goofily at her earning a glare. "Mr.Giles I'm still hoping to be able to speak with you as requested."

"Yes of course...um Sam."

(Fpov)

I seriously considered calling an ambluance for B,she looked like she was ganna drop her intestines out through her mouth when Sammy stood up for me. Ah,that was hilarious,but I do wonder why an immortal would even breathe the same air I do much less stick up for me against the all mighty Buffy The Slayer.Maybe things won't be so bad with Sammy around...but B...she hates me. Not that I can blame her though,cause I hate me.

Anyways back to cleaning Sammy. I can't help but flinch eveytime she hisses or groans,she's seriously messed up. I also notice the start of a tatoo around her waist,it's not that noticable though due to the fact the her whole torso is covered in blood and bruises. She jumps a little as the cloth comes into contact with a deep gash in her side.

"Sorry," I apologize to her.

"Nah..it's okay." she speaks so softly I find it hard not to jump in her arms and cry.

"So Sammy if you're an immortal why are you-I mean how come...you know."

She laughs quietly wincing as it probably brings about alot of pain. "It sucks. You see three years ago on my sevententh birthday
my aunt bought me this...I guess potion if you will. She said I was meant to do something great and that if I drank it I would become unstopable. So generally I thought it was a bunch of crap because my family was really into witch craft and demons and all that shit so I just drank it to stop her babling. So it was of complete shock to me when she decided to stake me to see if it
had worked...You see I've been seventeen for thee years now and I haven't changed a bit. The only downside to it though is that I bleed,I bruise,I get injured just as much as the next girl in line and I don't heal normally."

"You heal faster?" I ask inticed with her tale.

"I wish. For a human a small cut will scab over in two days three days tops. For me it takes about a week. I heal slower...I can go into comas and never wake up...but I won't die. The only way for me to die is for someone to strike my weak spot and thanks to my aunt I don't know where or what that is."

"So you're like a god?"

"More like Hercules."

I contemplate on that. "But Hercules was a god."

I notice she looks kind of sad when she answers, "Yeah Hercules was a god..but he's dead isn't he?"

I stay quiet letting the story run through my head. It must suck not to be able to die at some point. My heart instantly goes out to this girl. She's so gentle and just all out amazing in so many ways...maybe even a little more than B.

(npov)

The two girls make their way back down stairs where eveyone is still arguing about them. Sammy elbows Faith playfully,

"I guess we're like celeberties here.Do you think that comes with the all you can eat buffet?"

"I wish." Faith rolls her eyes at Xander who is busy gawking at Sammy who is now sporting an emerald green spahgetti strap and tight fitting black dickies.

Sammy catches him and gives him a little smile that makes him blush. Buffy cathces it from the living room and once again the room goes quiet as Faith and Sammy enter and take a seat by the fireplace. "So Sam are you here to help us?" she questions with a better handle on her voice than before.

"More than you know."