Happy To Bleed For You

"Don't even try it Samsoneia. One wrong move and this whole cave will fall on our heads."

"You-you won't kill yourself Vlad."

"But your blood will in a few hours if not that then your slayers will roast me in the sunlight. Either way I die,I'm taking
someone with me."

'What do I do?' Sam thinks,her eyes flying from Faith and Buffy to Vlad to her own bleeding self. 'If Vlad moves that staff this
place is caving. I have to get Vlad.'

"Have you nothing to say Samsoneia? No witty comeback,no snappy remark?" Vlad taunts her,his hand glued to the staff.

"I won't waste my breath on you. If you're such a god of war stop being a coward and-" Sam stops short,a sharp needle like pain
stabbing at her temples.'Now what?'

"I see Clairedence forgot to tell you what that little poison does once you've exhausted your powers. Poor little goddess. You've
doomed us all to die with you." Vlad feins distress.

"Sam?" Sam follows Faith's voice,is it her or is it muffled? "What does he mean? You're the immortal,you can't die."

"I'm not the immortal Faith." Sam steels herself against Faith's accusing,sorrowful eyes. "I haven't been the immortal since the
night I died. You-you found my weak spot Faith."

"What?" Faith remembers the look on her face when she speared her heart. "You're weak spot..."

"Yes."

"So then all this time,you could have died from just about anything and you forgot that little detail did you?" Faith was trying
hard not to lash out at her.

"See slayer? You gave up immortality,the world for her,in return she can't even tell something so important as that? Was she worth it?"

Sam jerked,forget everything about the staff,she was pissed now,and so was Faith.

"WHAT!?!" Vlad froze over. Within seconds Faith and Sammy are laying a world of pain on him.

Multiple jabs,crosses,roundover punches,and pressure point striking from Sammy proceeded Faith's plain hard knuckled to your
face style. Vlad blocked one hit every twenty with one hand,while the other remained wound tightly around the cool gold of the
staff. The wind was knocked out of him by Faith and he doubled over only to be struck by Sam's hard knee,but still he held fast
to the staff. He felt blood drip from his nose and it enraged him. He swiped his arms in a large wild no aim arc,missing the two
girls by miles. Sam fell into a split and assulted his stomach and groin with flat palm hits. Faith pummled his back with her heavy boots,feeling and hearing bones breaking under the pressure. Sam shot back up to her feet,staggering back,a dizzy spell
rampaging through her head.

"Sammy,the sun!" Buffy shouted excitedly.

Sammy felt a mischivious grin form on her face. "So Vlad," kick to the chest,hurricane punch to the chin,"it would seem to me,"
jab,right hook,knee to the face,"that you're shit out of luck." a hard echoing slap that leaves an imprint on what used to be a
flawless face.

"On the contrary Samsoneia," he spits blood at her feet,smirking and looking the devil himself as his eyes begin to bleed. He
points at her face.

Sam swipes her hand across her face,bringing it back to be covered with blood that is almost red again. Faith stops her assult,
the deer in the headlights feeling coming back to ther tenfold. "Your eyes,Sam,your eyes are bleeding."

"I-I...what is this?" She refers to the stinging in her head. Vlad is bleeding from every place possible,even the ears,the nose,
and the mouth.

"You're dying here with me today. Can't you feel it? You're as good as dead,you're on barrowed time and it's about to end."
Vlad feels a very unfamiliar stinging on his wrist,looking down discovering the shackles that are connected to the alter now
attached to him. He glared dangerously at Faith.

"Not if I can help it."

"You can't help it slayer." her head nearly spins off of her shoulders from his slap.

"Don't you touch her!" Sam snarls going face to face with him. "I'm here Vlad. So lets finish this." she takes a hold of his
hand over the staff,gasping as he shoves his free hand into the hole through her stomach but she stands her ground firmly,the
grip on his hand cutting the circulation off from his wrist up.

"Sammy! Sammy what are you-"

"Faith," she says the name with so much love,so gentle,with so much emotion and meaning. Faith halts her hand outstretched.
Sammy reaches out,interlacing their fingers,plastering their palms together. A look only loved one can understand passes through
her as her eyes become watery.

Faith knows that look,the look people get when they're about to do something totally stupid. "No,Sammy please don't do this,Sammy

you-you can't do this to me." she pants feeling suddenly like there's not enough oxygen in the cave,a burning deep in her chest
because she knows what Sammy is thinking.

"You need to get Buffy out of here,you can't kill her." Sam struggles to keep her voice from cracking. She knows what she has to
do to keep her loved one safe and everyone else. She knows in the end it's worth it,but letting go is always the hardest part.
Letting go of everything that means something hurts like nothing else.

"No,you're coming too. Vlad will die anyways."

"So will I. So at least this way I can make sure the job gets done. I can make sure you get out of here unharmed and I can make sure he never comes after you again. It's what I want Faith,respect my choice."

Faith shakes her head no spastically,her fingers almost digging into Sam's flash. "No Sam,Sam,oh my god. No,you-you can't do this
this isn't what I want. Don't play the fucking hero do you hear me?! Jesus don't," Faith cries.

Sam pulls her closer as much as it pains her to do so with Vlad's hand sticking into her guts. Faith's arm wraps around her
neck,she flinches. She knows what she has to do,it will pain her farther than any wound ever has so she kisses the side of her
head. "I can't even move Faith. Even if you did manage to get Buffy and I out of her I'm still ganna die." she swallows the
tears from her throat,"So stop being such a hardass,and let me at least fucking die in peace." Sam shrugs her shoulder violently
and it tosses Faith a good five feet away.

"But I-"

"It's not all about you Faith! Get the fuck out of here! Help Buffy." she shouts making Faith flinch with everyword.

"Sammy-" Faith tries pathetically.

"Shut the fuck up! Stop being a total fucked up jackass and listen for once in your damn life!" Sam's voice breaks.

Vlad grunts trying to pry the staff,but Sam keeps it firmly in place,the staff doesn't so much as budge. "We do this when I say."
she forces out through her clentched teeth, Vlad stops,he hates this girl with every fiber of his being. But he's a god of war,
he understands the gift of sacrafice,it's what a god of war is born to do,what a god of war wishes to see from his men. One those
willing to sacrafice for what they want,for what they love,only those few good souls are the real warriors,the real heros. He
understands that better than anyone else.

"Slayer,you should listen to Samsoneia,she didn't get here by being impudent. You really are the daughter of Crow and Claire."

Faith stares incredously at the man,"You're the one who's killing her bastard."

Sam sighs sadly,she knows deep down that if it comes down to it,if push comes to shove,Faith will leave,if only to save Buffy from an unfair death. "Vlad..."

"No,Sam,please don't do it. Please. I love you,I can't live without you,please,please!"

"I am ready Samsoneia."

Faith breathes heavy,almost hyperventalating,her shoulders sagging more and more with each breath,every tear becoming more
painful with each second.

"Hey," Sam wipes a tear from her face,"you know me." she says shakily. "I'll see you soon." she gently nudges her towards Buffy.

"Really?" Faith asks with such hope that it's inevitable for her heart to break. She lifts Buffy onto her back,minding her hurt
leg.

"I will."

Sam and Vlad pull the staff,the roof creaks as it begins to break in. A stream of light washes in and hits Vlad. There is a gleam
in his eyes,and for a second he becomes transparent. His features soften,his body beginning to disolve. "It hurts doesn't it?" He
asks her,studying the hand in her stomach burning away at her insides and the intense look in her eyes. "I'll be seeing you."
His body explodes in a cloud of smoking ashes.

"G-god." Sammy sinks to her knees,she's wiped,to the point where breatheing is a heavy burden. She grimaces,turning her head to
the side. Through the trembling cave,through the falling rock,she catches Faith's eyes. She smiles at her beautiful girl.
"Definately worth it." she whispers to herself,watching Faith smile through her tears.

"You're not coming. You've never lied to me before." Faith's eyes tell her.

"You'll have to forgive me," she says out loud,watching Faith make for the exit,but stopping just to look back once more. "But I
love you."

There is a creaking like breaking metal. A slap of rock falls and Faith is now blocked from her view as more rock rains from the
cave. "I love you too." she hears. Dropping to her side,Sam closes her eyes,a peace deep with in being the last thing she feels,
the faint whisper the last thing she hears...

"I love you too."
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AN: Gosh I'm crying here. But it's not over there's still two chapters to go. (tear) My girlfriend came into my office and saw me
crying and typing. She came over to me and said you're such a crybaby. So I tell her to read it and now she's using up my box of
kleenx. No worries I'll cheer her and myself up later tonight. Hee hee! Anyways please review this chapter.