The Three of Us
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-Buffy the Vampire Slayer › FemmeSlash - Female/Female › Buffy/Faith
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
45
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37,385
Reviews:
30
Recommended:
1
Currently Reading:
2
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Chapter 3
Thanks to extraho_puella for the Beta.
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Slowly the dark slayer walked through the streets of Sunnydale towards Giles. Not sure if she could or should talk to him, she was warring within herself. Part of her wanted to trust him and tell him all the things she’d been unable to tell anyone else and part of her knew what would happen if she did trust somebody. Everyone she’d ever loved or trusted had left or hurt her somehow. So many memories of having her heart ripped out.
She thought of the blonde slayer and the feelings that she evoked. There was something about her that Faith couldn’t quite pin down. Flitting around the edges of her consciousness, it teased her, toyed with her. Like the memory of the feeling when Buffy had reached out and touched her arm in the graveyard. She’d never felt anything like that before. Sparks ran right up her arm and into her brain. It’s the only reason she didn’t kill that Spike vamp right then.
'Okay,' she thought, 'there’s somethin’ goin’ on here and I need to know more. I gotta get it figured out, so I’ll have ta talk to this watcher guy. Then I can come up with some kinda plan.'
She looked around at the town, taking in her surroundings. 'Might not be a bad place to stay. It don’t snow.' She smiled and turned towards Giles house.
Giles arose from his reading when he heard the knock at the door. Opening it, he smiled, “Faith, I’m glad you could make it.” He turned and headed for the living room leaving her standing at the door. She waited for a second then stepped through the door after him.
“Did I pass the first test?” she asked. “You should go close it; you never know what can crawl through an open door.”
“Yes, well, just making sure you’re not a vampire.” He said as he went to close the door.
“The fact that I walked here in broad daylight didn’t tip you off?”
“You may be a Day walker.” He answered. “Please have a seat. Would you like some tea or something before we start?”
“Just a soda thanks.”
Giles handed her the soda, and put his tea down on the coffee table, making himself comfortable. Faith sat on the couch across from him, looking around the room. The silence stretched out for a few minutes as they sized each other up.
“Where are you from Faith” Giles asked as he pulled his notebook towards him.
“Boston.”
“How did you end up here?”
“After my Watcher died, I started to look for the vamp that killed her. I heard he was here, but I ain’t started to look for him yet.”
“Faith,” Giles started, “I talked to a couple of contacts on the Watchers Council last night. They said that two years ago a Slayer was called in the Northeast United States.” Faith tensed when he told her and started to get up. “Relax,” he said as he motioned her back to her seat. “I didn’t tell them you were here; I just enquired if another slayer had been called. It wasn’t an official call. I’m just trying to verify your story. I understand that you don’t trust us, but we’re also not sure about you. I need you to tell me about you, where you’re from, and what you want. We each have to earn the others trust. Okay?”
“Sure. I’ll try to remember that.” Faith said quietly, looking away from Giles.
“What have you done for training?”
“I hooked up with a Sensei in Denver for about a year. He said I was the best student he ever had.”
“Yes, well, that’s good. Did you do any training with your Watcher?” Giles queried as he made another notation in his book.
“No, she pretty much went through her ‘Chosen’ spiel and then she died.” Giles could see the sadness creep across her face as she remembered what happened.
“I know it’s hard, But I need you to tell me what happened. Take as much time as you need.” Faith looked at him, hearing the sympathy and understanding in his voice.
“Like I said last night, we followed a vamp into a warehouse and got jumped. There was five of ‘em. Four, I guess you could call them regular vamps.” as she spoke, her voice and her visage hardened. “Then there was Kakistos. He’s the one who killed Rose. He’s the one I’m looking for.”
“I’ve heard of him.” Giles told her. “I’m sorry, but I need more details about what happened.”
Faith sighed and looked at the floor. “Rose and I were able to dust two of the vamps, and then Kakistos showed up. He grabbed Rose and started to beat her. The vamp she’d been fightin with grabbed me and held me while Kakistos killed her.” Faith had clenched her fists so that her knuckles were white. “He broke her arms and legs one at a time, then he started to cut her, while they made me watch.” Giles paled as she continued in an emotionless voice to describe what happened. “She looked right at me as he was workin’ on her, and yelled for me to run. He just laughed at her and told her that he was going to enjoy killing the ‘weak, powerless Slayer’. I pulled my shit together enough to get an arm free, and punched the other vamp still holdin’ my other arm and got out of there. I went back later and she was spread all over the warehouse. I’ve been looking for him ever since.”
“Faith,” Giles said, “please look at me.” Faith slowly raised her head up, hatred and vengeance etched across her face. “It’s not your fault. It was her duty to protect you and save you. That’s what she did. You couldn’t save her; you had been a Slayer for a few hours. You saved yourself to fight again. As Buffy likes to say, ‘the First Rule of Slaying is: DON”T DIE.’ It’s a very good rule. I know it’s hard, but please don’t blame yourself.”
“Yeah, right.” Faith stared at him. “Just keep tellin' yourself that. I’m sure it’ll work.” She sighed, “I’ve had enough of this touch-feely stuff for now. I’m leavin'.”
“Alright,” Giles told her, “I understand. I am glad you came by today Faith. I do want to spend more time with you. Buffy and her friends will be here around 3:30. If you like, you could come by and spar with her. Maybe patrol with her later? I don’t want to push you into anything, but the more time we spend together the sooner we’ll build that trust I was talking about.”
“Do you believe I’m a Slayer?” She asked as she started for the door.
“I believe that the possibility is there Faith. I am a cautious man, who doesn’t make rash statements. Like I said we need to build trust first.”
“Yeah, I’ll think about comin’ by.” With that she put her sunglasses on and headed out into the afternoon.
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Slowly the dark slayer walked through the streets of Sunnydale towards Giles. Not sure if she could or should talk to him, she was warring within herself. Part of her wanted to trust him and tell him all the things she’d been unable to tell anyone else and part of her knew what would happen if she did trust somebody. Everyone she’d ever loved or trusted had left or hurt her somehow. So many memories of having her heart ripped out.
She thought of the blonde slayer and the feelings that she evoked. There was something about her that Faith couldn’t quite pin down. Flitting around the edges of her consciousness, it teased her, toyed with her. Like the memory of the feeling when Buffy had reached out and touched her arm in the graveyard. She’d never felt anything like that before. Sparks ran right up her arm and into her brain. It’s the only reason she didn’t kill that Spike vamp right then.
'Okay,' she thought, 'there’s somethin’ goin’ on here and I need to know more. I gotta get it figured out, so I’ll have ta talk to this watcher guy. Then I can come up with some kinda plan.'
She looked around at the town, taking in her surroundings. 'Might not be a bad place to stay. It don’t snow.' She smiled and turned towards Giles house.
Giles arose from his reading when he heard the knock at the door. Opening it, he smiled, “Faith, I’m glad you could make it.” He turned and headed for the living room leaving her standing at the door. She waited for a second then stepped through the door after him.
“Did I pass the first test?” she asked. “You should go close it; you never know what can crawl through an open door.”
“Yes, well, just making sure you’re not a vampire.” He said as he went to close the door.
“The fact that I walked here in broad daylight didn’t tip you off?”
“You may be a Day walker.” He answered. “Please have a seat. Would you like some tea or something before we start?”
“Just a soda thanks.”
Giles handed her the soda, and put his tea down on the coffee table, making himself comfortable. Faith sat on the couch across from him, looking around the room. The silence stretched out for a few minutes as they sized each other up.
“Where are you from Faith” Giles asked as he pulled his notebook towards him.
“Boston.”
“How did you end up here?”
“After my Watcher died, I started to look for the vamp that killed her. I heard he was here, but I ain’t started to look for him yet.”
“Faith,” Giles started, “I talked to a couple of contacts on the Watchers Council last night. They said that two years ago a Slayer was called in the Northeast United States.” Faith tensed when he told her and started to get up. “Relax,” he said as he motioned her back to her seat. “I didn’t tell them you were here; I just enquired if another slayer had been called. It wasn’t an official call. I’m just trying to verify your story. I understand that you don’t trust us, but we’re also not sure about you. I need you to tell me about you, where you’re from, and what you want. We each have to earn the others trust. Okay?”
“Sure. I’ll try to remember that.” Faith said quietly, looking away from Giles.
“What have you done for training?”
“I hooked up with a Sensei in Denver for about a year. He said I was the best student he ever had.”
“Yes, well, that’s good. Did you do any training with your Watcher?” Giles queried as he made another notation in his book.
“No, she pretty much went through her ‘Chosen’ spiel and then she died.” Giles could see the sadness creep across her face as she remembered what happened.
“I know it’s hard, But I need you to tell me what happened. Take as much time as you need.” Faith looked at him, hearing the sympathy and understanding in his voice.
“Like I said last night, we followed a vamp into a warehouse and got jumped. There was five of ‘em. Four, I guess you could call them regular vamps.” as she spoke, her voice and her visage hardened. “Then there was Kakistos. He’s the one who killed Rose. He’s the one I’m looking for.”
“I’ve heard of him.” Giles told her. “I’m sorry, but I need more details about what happened.”
Faith sighed and looked at the floor. “Rose and I were able to dust two of the vamps, and then Kakistos showed up. He grabbed Rose and started to beat her. The vamp she’d been fightin with grabbed me and held me while Kakistos killed her.” Faith had clenched her fists so that her knuckles were white. “He broke her arms and legs one at a time, then he started to cut her, while they made me watch.” Giles paled as she continued in an emotionless voice to describe what happened. “She looked right at me as he was workin’ on her, and yelled for me to run. He just laughed at her and told her that he was going to enjoy killing the ‘weak, powerless Slayer’. I pulled my shit together enough to get an arm free, and punched the other vamp still holdin’ my other arm and got out of there. I went back later and she was spread all over the warehouse. I’ve been looking for him ever since.”
“Faith,” Giles said, “please look at me.” Faith slowly raised her head up, hatred and vengeance etched across her face. “It’s not your fault. It was her duty to protect you and save you. That’s what she did. You couldn’t save her; you had been a Slayer for a few hours. You saved yourself to fight again. As Buffy likes to say, ‘the First Rule of Slaying is: DON”T DIE.’ It’s a very good rule. I know it’s hard, but please don’t blame yourself.”
“Yeah, right.” Faith stared at him. “Just keep tellin' yourself that. I’m sure it’ll work.” She sighed, “I’ve had enough of this touch-feely stuff for now. I’m leavin'.”
“Alright,” Giles told her, “I understand. I am glad you came by today Faith. I do want to spend more time with you. Buffy and her friends will be here around 3:30. If you like, you could come by and spar with her. Maybe patrol with her later? I don’t want to push you into anything, but the more time we spend together the sooner we’ll build that trust I was talking about.”
“Do you believe I’m a Slayer?” She asked as she started for the door.
“I believe that the possibility is there Faith. I am a cautious man, who doesn’t make rash statements. Like I said we need to build trust first.”
“Yeah, I’ll think about comin’ by.” With that she put her sunglasses on and headed out into the afternoon.