The Blue Scythe

Disclaimer: 'see chapter one'

Chapter 4

Dodging and weaving through people and streets, feet pounding hard on the ground making water fly as they ran through puddles and mud. The clouds opening up just as they rounded the corner onto the Boston Harbor, laughter filling the storming night as they paused, looking at their disheveled appearance. Looking at the building in the distance then again at each other, Faith smirked devilishly at her friend before taking off at full speed Katie just a step behind her.

Faith was a few yard before the steel door when light suddenly flooded the area making her skid and stumble to a stop, covering her eyes as they burned for a second from the unexpected onslaught, her slayer senses just kicking in as the first wave of attack was upon her. Ducking a kick to the face, she found herself giving ground, blocking left and right as the blows kept coming trying to figure out if her attackers were human, and how much to hold back. She already had blood on her hands she did not want anymore to be added. Finally, getting frustrated Faith grabbed her attackers' arms' using their momentum against them to push them back. Feeling a back press against hers Faith slid into a defensive stand yelling to Katie.

"What the hell is going on?"

"They think you're a vampire!" Katie yelled back pushing the next attacker away from her as she started to walk with faith in circles the last legs to the doors

"They WHAT?" Faith yelled pissed off as she threw a punch, knocking her would be assailant out cold.

"I told you, you had a bounty on your head, but did you listen, noooo" said Katie sarcastically kicking her foot out to the left hitting something solid

"Shut it; let's just get inside so we can fix this mess." Faith said growling under her breath in anger.

"on three jump and roll...Three!" both girls jumped side by side past the open steel door, rolling as they hit the floor both came to a stop side by side. Breathing heavily both girls, looked at each other and then at the now closed doors, then back to one another, and burst out laughing, the adrenaline in their bodies running its course as their breathing became regular. Sitting up Faith heard a faint click nearby, turning her head her hand reached up and caught the arrow that was heading her way an inch from between her eyes. Rolling pushing Katie out of the way as another arrow buried itself into the wooden floor. Faith got up and started running, leaping to the beams where the archer would have a difficult time reaching her, she made a full circle until she jumped and found her self, right behind the archer.

"Hello Justice." She said ducking under the wild haymaker that came her way, blocking the attacks that Justice threw at her. Grabbing Justice's weapons and throwing them away, ducking and blocking as she tried to find a way in. Finally finding a weakness, Faith struck coming straight through the weak point and into Justice's defense driving him to the wall, pinning him there smiling a sardonic smile, before she backed up and threw a right cross knocking the kid out.

Turning around trying to spot Katie, Faith let her guard drop for a second, sighing in relief when she saw her friend was fine. Jumping down on to the ground floor, she took one last look at her surroundings sussing out if there would be any more attacks coming there way. She was just about to head up the stairs when a sword came at her head catching the blade as it sliced through her palm. Flipping it and catching it mid air she threw it in the direction that it had come from watching as it embedded itself into a pillar all the way across the room. Shaking her head Faith picked up the broken string on the ground. Looking back up at Katie

"I am glad that you guys took my suggestions to heart but trip wires? Come on!"

Katie just shrugged glancing around, "I think everyone else is out on the town, didn't you say you had a friend you sent here?"

"Yeah, she should have been here a long time ago"

"She's probably in the living quarter with your other friend." Katie shrugged heading towards the doors, "come on we gotta pull the other guys inside before they become easy mac for the vamps, ya know. When were done we'll hit the clubs kay?"

Faith shaking her head in agreement jogged up to Katie, to help her with the grunt work. Two hours and five dusted vampires later they had dragged and hauled everyone inside, dropping the last guy next to the others, Faith and Katie grabbed the warehouse steel door, both of them working to push it closed, locking them for now.

"So," Faith smirked feral turning to face Katie "where do you keep the weapons?"

Chuckling slightly Katie walked towards the stairs with Faith following her, both stepping over the passed out bodies of their comrades knowing that they will be awake in about a half hour or so.

Heading down the stairs to the sub-basement living quarters, past the arena and to the weapons room, with each section that they passed Faith felt her body tensing, like something was calling to her, almost humming, the closer she got the more she started to remember, the voices of the past getting stronger.

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Flashback

"Faith leave it alone, this place is giving me the wiggin's" Abby said following behind her friend, Katie behind her as they went deeper into the cave that Faith had discovered and wanted to check out earlier. The whole place creeped her out from the beginning, why she always followed Faith into these stupid dangerous situations' was beyond her, Abby was thinking to herself, as they were surrounded by darkness the only like was the faint blue glow that was getting bigger the closer they got.

"Will you relax Abs, there's nothing in this cave that I cant handle, I mean come on slayer here, destined to protect the world and what not." Faith threw a smirk at her long time friend and as she hoped new girlfriend.

"yeah" Katie piped up behind Abby, as she moved past her and to Faith side, the closer they got to the mysterious light the more she would try to get ahead of Faith only to be pushed back.

Rolling her eyes Abby let out a huff as she kept reminding herself that people might be a little miffed if she accidentally killed the both of them. 'twiddle dee and twiddle dumb strikes again, invincible my butt, they must have missed the last part of until they die in the line of duty like every other slayer, and potential.' Standing straight as the cave got bigger and shaped more as a dome then a tunnel she sped up and brushed past both of them, making sure to push Faith into the wall when she passed her.

"Feisty just like I like 'em" Faith called out as she pushed herself off the wall, following behind Abby smiling like an idiot, until she walk right into her.

"what the hell abs?" Faith grunted, and that was when she saw it, sticking out of the slab in the middle of the room, the hole in the roof shinning light on it making it look like it was some sort of mystical item. Moving around Abby, Faith slowly approached the weapon, tentatively reaching her hand out grasping the handle, unaware of the shouting behind her or the phantom wind that picked up as soon as she stepped into the light; the only thing that she was concentrating on was what was in front of her. How it felt right, like it belonged to her as soon as she wrapped her hand around it. Giving a tug, she felt it pull and give, the slab releasing it as if it was a knife in a tub of butter. Stumbling back slightly Faith marveled at what she just did, turning around to face her friends as she twirled the scythe in her hand, smirking like the cat that ate the canary.

"That was cool!" she exclaimed twirling the scythe again.

"Yeah," Abby agreed partially "also way to easy."

"Aw come on abs, why can't ya look on the bright side, why does the glass always have to be half empty to you instead of half full?"

"well it could be the 200lb gavrok demon that's looking like he just found his next meal behind you" Abby said pointing to the corner behind faith, smiling sarcastically as she backed up pulling Katie with her.

Turning around faith only had one word to say

"faith… Faith"

End Flashback

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"FAITH!"

"Huh?" shaking her head Faith focused on Katie.

"Jeez where did you go, I have been calling ya for the past ten minutes."

"Sorry K, just lost in the past I guess. So whatcha want?"

Smiling slightly Katie shook here head, nodding slightly in understanding. "I was saying that we are here" turning and sweeping the door open, to the weapons room, the lights turning on in each display case one by one as soon as the door opened.

Walking inside the expression on Faith's face that of a kid in a candy shop who was just told that they could take all the candy they want for free.

Smirking both girls sharing a look of sheer joy with one another before both ran off to each cabinet grabbing leather holsters and coats, weapons, from daggers and stakes to metal knuckles with carved crosses on them that have been soaked in holy water.

As Katie was stalking on holy water bombs and grabbing a sword, Faith was standing in front of a wooden cabinet that was in the back of the room, she knew what was inside, she could feel it. She was almost afraid to open the cabinet and confirming her suspicions, feeling the blood on her hands and knowing how it got there made her feel almost unworthy to yield it.

Coming up behind her Katie placed her head on Faith's shoulder wrapping her arms around Faith's waist as she spoke softly, "you know no one has held it or used it, when we thought... w hen you left, Abby took it and put it in here, convinced that if you had just taken it with you…she made everyone swear that no one would use it but you or the next slayer who would come to fight with us."

"but none came." Faith finished the unspoken words, breaking from Katie's embrace as she took a deep breathe, opening the cabinet, she grabbed hold of the scythe, twirling it in her hands as she felt the feeling rush back to her of when she had first and last held it. Smiling faith took down its holster and strapped it on her back. Turning around Faith marched towards the doors, up the stairs, pausing before the living quarters to check on both Dawn and Buffy.

"which rooms are they in?"

"uhh they should be in the guest quarters or the med ward"

Peeking her head into the guest rooms one by one she found neither dawn or buffy, but she did find Buffy's stuff so she started to head down to the med center. Knowing Buffy probably went on the hunt with everyone else, she now worried about where dawn might be. Asking over her shoulder "where's the prison hold?"

"umm, just below the weapons room why?"

"because if I know Dawn then that's where she'll be." Faith said casually.

"again why?"

Kicking the door to the cell open, Faith spied Dawn sleeping on the cot, lifting her up faith strode out of the quarters and up the stairs, laying dawn in one of the empty guest rooms near where they put her sister, muttering to herself as she walked.

'told her not to mention my name, probably thought she was a feeder or a spy or something. (sighs) at least she's not injured or else there would be hell to pay.'

Looking at Katie, she nodded her head toward to door as she stood up. Both of them silently making there way out the door, down the hall, and towards the ground level of the base; seeing that all the guards were waking up, they paid them little heed as they made there way to the door. Closing the door as they walked out Faith started towards one of the bikes, tossing Katie a helmet, as she climbed on.

"Lets raise some hell in the underworld shall we?" Faith said smirking as she started the bike, feeling Katie climb on behind her as she put on her helmet, revving the bike once more before she stepped on the gas, shooting out of the garage heading towards south Boston.

TBC….

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