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Post by faith on Jul 10, 2011 19:19:42 GMT -6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Faith listened intently to what Buffy was saying...her smile fading with every word Buffy spoke. The words kept ringing her head as clear as day...Buffy's voice just repeating over and over again those words. 'Angel died' repeated again and again and again. How could this be...it had to be a lie! There was no way in... existence that Angel could be dead! She just couldn't believe it...or more realistically she refused to believe it. He couldn't die...he couldn't die and leave her all alone!
Faith gripped her hands tighter into fists...trying to control herself...stop herself from a violent outburst like she would do in the past. Angel couldn't be dead...he was the only man who had ever stood by her...the only one she had trusted not to leave! He's not dead...he can't be dead after all...he promised he would never leave. Her reaction problem seemed like an angry child who had just lost their parents...hurt...angry...that they had died and left them alone.
"Are they sure..." she asked the other Slayer, an distinct edge in her voice...kind of quiet in her words. Buffy would understand...possibly more than anyone else the pain of loss...though her was probably much stronger because she loved Angel...truly loved him and had that in return. This mental struggle made her just wish some kind of evil fiend would come walking around...something she could let out her anger and pain on like she used to.
In the back of her mind she was certain Angel was somehow alive...she just wanted it to be true. Then again there was that fear...the fear Buffy was right...they were right and he was really dead. He was like family to her...one of the only people that never gave up on her no matter what...even when Buffy herself had given up on her for a while because of what she had done. Angel was always there for her...he just couldn't be dead. The silence in the air was stifling...deafening...if he really was dead...they both knew what had to be done... vengeance...at least that was the thoughts that filled Faith's mind...remnants of her dark past lingering as she went upon her path to redemption...a road Angel could no longer walk. She refused to let herself cry though...not here...not like this. -----------------------------------------
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Post by Buffy Anne Summers on Jul 10, 2011 20:27:26 GMT -6
- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -She looked away, her heart breaking. She would admit to no one but herself that she hated the relationship that Faith and Angel had. She could still remember the sting of his punch as he hit her for Faith…in order to stop her from kicking Faith’s ass after she fled to LA once their bodies had been switched back. She could still feel the hatred she felt for Faith in that moment, not only because she had lied to everyone while in her body, but because at that moment it seemed as if Angel had chosen Faith over her…
That stung more than anything her former lover and her sister slayer had done in the past…and that was saying something.
Even now, after Angel had apologized and Faith had redeemed herself, she still felt jealous of the relationship her former lover and her sister slayer had towards the other. She knew there were no romantic feelings between the two, or at least she prayed deep down to her core that there was no romantic feelings between the two, but it still bothered her. Faith was another person on the list of Willow, Cordelia and Wesley who had gotten to be in Angel’s life, no matter how briefly, when she had been denied that right.
She hated Angel for it as well, as much as she despised even thinking those words. She hated that he had left her for a ‘normal life’ and yet had allowed all these people to be in his life even as friends…when he had denied her that right. She knew the ‘just friends’ aspect hadn’t worked for them in the beginning, nor had it worked for them when he had returned from hell, but he never even tried to allow them to try it again. She hated that people seemed to know him better than she did anymore, and it bothered her more than she cared to admit.
The blonde slayer heard the brunette’s voice asking if she was sure and she shrugged. “I always thought that I would feel it when he left the earth. Our souls were so connected at one time that I could barely see where he ended and I began…but maybe I was wrong. Maybe we grew apart more than I realized. I didn’t feel him leave, so I don’t know. All I know is someone contacted Giles saying there was a huge battle in Los Angeles and no one had seen Angel since, leading to the conclusion that he had been killed. I hate that I don’t know…and if I find out it’s true…and I find out who did it, I’ll kill them with my bare hands.” She stated, her voice taking on a menacing but quiet tone at the end of her response. She hated anyone who had ever hurt the love of her existence and if he was truly dead, she would have her lover’s revenge.
Word Count:: 504 Tag:: Faith Lehane Outfit:: Click for Buffy's outfit Note:: None at the moment.
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Post by faith on Jul 10, 2011 22:41:24 GMT -6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Faith and Angel had always had a special relationship different from what Angel and Buffy had. Angel and Buffy had true, unadulterated love and passion for each other that ended up leading to heartache and pain because of conflicts but the love still remained. Faith and Angel had a much different relationship...because more than anything they shared a similar path or redemption...something Buffy could never share with Angel because of who she was...she had never been the Bad Slayer or the Broken Slayer.
Buffy had always had friends, always been loved by her family while Faith had none of that. Faith had nothing...and it drove her to become a monster. She had become what Angel had once been...a killer. It was this mutual redemption that they desired and the trust that came by following his lead as well as his help in her times of crisis to help her heal that made their relationship strong.
Before there of course might have been hints of unrequited love...but most of that was more filled by contempt for Buffy and her own spiraling self hatred so much so that she tried to take everything away from Buffy and even become Buffy because of how much she hated herself. He was the first man who had cared enough about her...something reflected later during the body swap when she couldn't handle Riley talking about loving her...or more precisely Buffy. It was a foreign concept to her.
Without Angel she would probably be dead...he was always there for her. He had even visited her some night while she was in prison...and he was the only reason she broke out despite the fact she could have easily escaped any time she wanted with her Slayer abilities. In a few ways she was jealous of Buffy...whom seemed to have all these guys fall for her and love her when she just couldn't do that...sometimes she wondered if she even believed in love.
"B..." she started trailing off as she looked at Buffy...who looked so torn up...broken. She knew this was probably ten times harder on Buffy than it was on her. The second Slayer was never very good at emotional stuff...with her whole stunted childhood and many issues. The brunette Slayer had a little bit of hope in the back of her head...shoved back very far like she did with so many hopes she once had or even still had...hope that the mayor had been alive...hope that she could be Buffy...the hope she could redeem herself.
Faith knew that look well...the one of vengeance that she had worn before. That look of hate...disgust and pain only this time it was turned on someone else...not her...for once. Faith looked at Buffy, "Listen B...just because he's gone missing doesn't mean he's all...ya know dead...er," she started...pretty much talking through her ass in an attempt to comfort not only Buffy...but herself, "I mean Angel's not gonna die that easily..." she trailed off. Somehow...she didn't even believe some of what she had said...but she just wanted Angel to not be dead. She ended up nodded when Buffy had that dark tone her voice. She knew she would do the same...she'd kill whoever it was without hesitation...she'd let the old her slip out. -----------------------------------------
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Post by Buffy Anne Summers on Jul 11, 2011 11:46:43 GMT -6
- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -Her thoughts were angry, furious. She would literally kill every single thing that came in her way between finding out the truth about her lover….and yes, she was considering him her lover at that moment. They may have only technically been together once (not including the day that never was) but in her heart he was her lover and she was his. She hated feeling like this, because she had never felt this way before. In that moment she sympathized more than looked down upon Willow who had literally lost her mind when Tara had been killed. She could remember the way Willow’s hair had turned black, the veins that had popped out over her face signaling how much dark magic she was channeling. She had hated seeing her best friend like that.
And she knew that if her best friend could see the fire in her eyes now that she would hate seeing it on her face as well.
She didn’t want to look at her sister slayer for fear of what she would see in her eyes. She didn’t want to be like this, but she couldn’t seem to keep the anger out of her. She wanted her lover to show up at that moment, wrap his arms around her and tell her that everything was going to be okay.
But he wouldn’t…a better phrasing would be because he couldn’t.
She heard Faith’s words about just because he was missing didn’t mean he was dead, and she knew this to be true. She just felt so angry that if he was alive, he hadn’t contacted someone before now.
Where the hell was he? Did he not realized that there were people out there that knew about their relationship and if he went missing would find a way to contact her!? Did he not think of her anymore in that sense so felt no obligation to tell him that he was still alive?
She shook her head. “Something’s wrong Faith…I can feel it. Maybe he’s not dead, but something’s not right. He would have called at least Willow, Giles or you to let someone know that he was okay so it would get back to me. We may not talk on the phone like best friends, but we do still have the common courtesy to let one another know from time to time that we’re alright, and I haven’t spoken to him or heard about him in months. If I find out, that someone hurt him…I will kill them…human or not.” She stated, her voice sneering.
It was the first time she had ever admitted to wanting to kill a human…and the words rang out loudly in the otherwise silent cemetery.
Word Count:: 468 Tag:: Faith Lehane Outfit:: Click for Buffy's outfit Note:: Oh shit, Buffy’s PISSED!
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Post by faith on Jul 12, 2011 16:48:59 GMT -6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Faith knew how she felt, that anger that bubbled just underneath the surface just screaming for release. She knew that better than anyone...that blood lust that just needed so badly to be released. Then again she knew what came after...though in a way everyone probably knew deep down. Then again she was different...she had experience it and with that blood lust release came pain. Not the pain release one would expect...you feel empty, ashamed, and dirty.
Soon enough you start to spiral down when you refuse to deal with the emotions of what you did. Spiral out of control until eventually you drive everyone away and then comes the hate...the longing self hatred that leads into self destructive behavior. This was what awaited the Slayer if she went down the path Faith had. This is the path Faith knew no one should ever have to go down like she and Angel had.
"Listen B...your angry...I get that," she started, trying to at least diffuse the anger a little. She knew it would never be enough...she would need to know the truth of what happened to Angel. If he really was alive then why was he ignoring Buffy...ignoring all of them actually. This was just unacceptable to them. "But B listen to yourself...your starting to sound like me," she said, looking up at the sky, "which would be wicked if it wasn't the worst time of my life you picked."
She looked at Buffy, she knew the pain and the loneliness of vengeance. She remembered watching Kakistos rip her watcher in half...the first person who had taken care of her. All that pain and fear and anger made her do stupid things. Then there was when she let that hate of vampires go to her undoing when she killed a human. -----------------------------------------
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Post by Buffy Anne Summers on Jul 16, 2011 9:40:56 GMT -6
- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -She didn’t like feeling this way, she hated it in fact. It scared her. She had always been that person who thought murder was wrong, and she still thought that way…but at that moment, with the visions that she was having, she couldn’t help but think maybe this one time she would ignore her morals and go after someone if they hurt Angel. She hated thinking this…because she knew how disappointed Angel would be in her. That was the one thing that had stopped her from going to LA and searching for answers herself…she was afraid of what she would find.
She was scared, she would admit it. What if she found out that it had been a human that killed him...someone who tortured him for days before allowing him to burn up in the sun? It was a gruesome thought but it was something that weighed heavily in her mind. She couldn’t help but be afraid of the fact that if Angel really was gone, how it happened. She knew him, she knew he was a fighter…he would go down fighting. So what happened to make him finally lose the fight? The only person she had ever seen beat him…was her…and that was something else she didn’t want to think about.
She knew that if anyone but Faith heard her speaking like this they would immediately try to send her to a shrink…or Giles…depending on who it was…but she could allow her feelings out in front of Faith because she had been right where Buffy was standing at that moment. Sure the situation couldn’t have been more different…but the fact remained that Faith had felt these emotions well up in her once before and she knew the path it led…so Buffy knew she could speak about it to her.
She took a deep breath, her hazel eyes flashing to her sister slayer’s. “I can’t help it.” She muttered. “He’s the only one I’ve ever loved Faith, no matter what I’ve all said. I cared about Riley, I loved Spike in his own way, but Angel’s the only man that I’ve ever been in love with…and if someone hurt him…I would do the same thing that he would do if some human took me out. You know no matter what his soul said, he’d allow Angelus out just a bit in order to kill the human that killed me. I know that, and so does he. So how can I not try to find the answers to the questions that I need to know? What should I do?” She asked, for the first time asking her sister slayer to make a decision for her.
It was not something she was used too.
Word Count:: 486 Tag:: Faith Lehane Outfit:: Click for Buffy's outfit Note:: Sorry this took me so long! I’ve been so busy recently that it’s taking me a couple days to get posts out!
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Post by faith on Jul 17, 2011 23:43:10 GMT -6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------This was definitively new territory...for both Faith and Buffy. Buffy had always been the solid one, the one that had all the answers. Faith had always been the one floating somewhere up in the ether, not knowing which way was up or which way to go as seen by her numerous bad choices. Then again it was this exact thing that allowed her to at least attempt to help Buffy in this situation...because she had been there. Of course the situation behind it was totally different and more insane but that was beside the point now.
"Maybe he would B, but you ain't him ya know?" she said, trying to figure out what to say next. She was never good at any kind of touchy feely crap let alone giving advice! I mean with all the terrible mistakes she did the only advice she could really give is don't be like her...not that it was hard not to become a psycho killer like she had once been.
"Listen B, you know me...never been one to take advice let alone be able to give it," she started, trying to think of what to say to Buffy. Damnit she was at least trying...failing mostly as the somewhat long pauses would no doubt indicate to pretty much anyone over the age of ten. She was just no good with this...she had never been 'in love' so she honestly couldn't know what she'd do in this situation.
The only thing close to that she'd ever felt was with the mayor...the closest thing she'd ever had to a father. What did she do when he'd died...went after Buffy...imagined killing Willow as she sat nearby while Faith was in Buffy's body. She had felt so angry at first, but after that came more self loathing and rage. She had so much of that after she'd killed that man...by accident yes but just think what could happen to Buffy if she'd done it willingly.
"It's just...that's not a road you wanna go down B...ever..." she trailed off, trying to think of something spectacular to say. She kind of fumbled around with what she was saying, never really good at all that speech crap...she was a warrior not a leader after all. "Maybe it's because you don't want to know...like if its still a question...then its always possible he's still alive ya know...but if you found out he's not than you lose that...I think...or something like that..." She then shrugged,"So...maybe you have to find out or something...then deal with it as it comes B...and who knows he might be fine and you two can ride off into the sunset...well...after it so he wouldn't burst into flames." -----------------------------------------
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Post by Buffy Anne Summers on Jul 18, 2011 16:51:55 GMT -6
- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -She couldn’t help but glare at her sister slayer when she commented on her not being Angel. Did she think that she wasn’t aware of this face? There were several differences…two of the most prominent ones being that she wasn’t a male and wasn’t a vampire. She knew she was being harsh but she couldn’t help it. She had been questioned about her love for Angel recently and it was not at all something she would have ever thought she would be asked. She knew that a lot of people thought that Angel loved her more than she loved him because she had moved on after him…it wasn’t true.
She moved on because he told her too…because it was what he wanted for her…and because she needed something to hold on too when her life seemed to be slipping out of control. She had been cruel to Angel when she had gone to Los Angeles all those years ago and to this day she felt guilty about it. Sure they had talked, and they had reconciled their good standing in their ‘friendship’…but she still felt horribly guilty for the lies she had spilled out about trusting Riley more than she had ever trusted him.
It was one of the only times she had told him a bold faced lie.
She knew her sister slayer couldn’t answer her questions for her, but it still disappointed her when she heard it from the brunette’s mouth. She wished that Angel was with her and could tell her how to react, though if he was here the conversation wouldn’t be going on since they were talking about him in the first place, but that wasn’t the point.
She sighed and looked away. “I feel like I need to know. The unknown is killing me, because I hate not knowing how to react. If I have a good day, I feel guilty because he could be dead, but then I feel confused and conflicted because what if he’s not dead…it’s a bad cycle.” She told her before laughing a bit. “Yeah, I can’t see Angel and I riding off into the sunset or the moonlight. We’re not together and haven’t been for almost 4 years…but that doesn’t mean that I still don’t wish that things were different. I just want to know if he’s alright.” She told her before changing the subject, knowing she needed to get away from the Angel topic before she went insane.
“So what have you been up too before coming to Richmond? Anything exciting?”
Word Count:: 437 Tag:: Faith Lehane Outfit:: Click for Buffy's outfit Note:: None.
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Post by faith on Jul 20, 2011 19:39:20 GMT -6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Faith nodded to that...she knew if something like that ever happened to her she'd want to know...heck even with this she kind of wanted to know. It was Angel after all. Buffy just glared at her, but she didn't take it personally...well maybe a little bit but it was about Angel so she let it slide. Besides she was pretty sure she couldn't take Buffy...in a fair fight at least since Buffy was stronger than her...not by a lot but it made a difference. Nobody really knew why this was...it just was like that. It was like some kind of pyramid scheme you hear about people getting ripped off on...Buffy all at the top being all super with Faith just below her and then it going down all the way to the potentials.
Buffy was evading the topic, even Faith could see that. It was pretty obvious though, but hey no need to pick a fight with the Buffster right now. She could hope some kind of nasty came by to distract them or something because all this talking was really bringing Faith down. It was not her thing, she was an action taker not a talker. It was just how she'd always been, talking was cheep and took to long. Besides in the slaying world they would talk, they'd promise information then betray as soon as they got the chance telling nothing...it was really just stupid...why not just kill them right away and get it over with.
With the topic change came the...topic change. There really was no way else to put it and no use wracking ones brain to try and come up with something. That was Faith's motto...that and something about 5 somethings by 5 somethings. "Same thing you've been up to B, Red's had me looking around for some of the...lets say less cooperative potentials and Slayers," she said. She had been traveling around for the people that were...well more like her...the people from bad homes, the insane ones or the down right evil ones to probably either turn them good...or if need be eliminate them. So far she hasn't run into the second option...and its not wrong for her to hope she won't have too. -----------------------------------------
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Post by Buffy Anne Summers on Jul 26, 2011 13:41:24 GMT -6
- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -Buffy knew that Faith was allowing her to move along with the subject of Angel and she was grateful for it. She hated feeling the way that she was because it scared her. She had never been the type to allow her feelings to manifest to hatred like she was feeling and it frightened her to no end to know that those feelings were inside of her. She couldn’t help but fear them and it was something she wasn’t used too.
She laughed a bit when Faith stated that she had been looking for the less cooperative potentials. “Yeah, I’ve run into a few of those in Rome. I actually haven’t been on a potential retrieval other than this one. I’ve been more working with the potentials and the newer slayers in the slayer school in Rome. It’s easier apparently for them to learn from me versus their watchers because their watchers no matter how many books they’ve read have never had the same experience as I have. Same goes with you. Whenever you are in Rome you’ll have to let the class see you in action.” She told her, the thought making her smile.
“Actually, it’d be interesting for both of us to face the same opponent, i.e. Spike most likely as he’s really the only one who could stand a chance against us.” She stated with a laugh. “To show the girls the difference in our techniques. Afterward it would be interesting to face each other and to show them what works and what doesn’t. I haven’t seen Spike in awhile so it’s been really just me against an invisible opponent whenever I’m showing the girls anything as even with slayer strength they stand no chance against someone with experience. Experience trumps strength any day.” She told her with a shrug.
“Speaking of other slayers…have you heard about Kennedy?” She asked her, her sneer at the name not an attractive quality. “The girl’s gone nuts.” She told her. “Literally, I have a feeling we’re going to have another rogue slayer on our hands. She’s lost it.” She told her, not knowing if she had heard the story about the younger slayer who had always had a problem with authority. Buffy had never clicked with Kennedy and while she knew that Kennedy had idolized Faith in a way, it was in a way that made Buffy extremely uncomfortable.
Word Count:: 475 Tag:: Faith Lehane Outfit:: Click for Buffy's outfit Note:: OMG! I am so sorry this took me so long. My mom had surgery a week ago today and can barely walk on her own so I’ve had to help her (take her to physical therapy, etc) meaning that by the end of the day I’ve been too exhausted to even turn on my laptop for more than homework. I’m so sorry once again!
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Post by faith on Aug 1, 2011 20:12:40 GMT -6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Faith nodded, "Yeah, sure...give me a chance to show those girls how we do it." Of course the part about the watchers only being so helpful was something Faith completely agreed with. I'm sure all the Scoobies knew Faith's policy on books...they were only good for pictures and the heavy ones were good for beating. Of course Giles would never let her near any of the more valuable books...though she wasn't surprised that she still didn't have his complete trust...probably never would after everything she had ever done to all of them.
"B filling the role of the teach, makes sense," she mumbled to herself. It made perfect sense, Buffy was the most experienced and powerful Slayer alive...with Faith trailing just a little behind her as the second in command of being a Slayer. That was the way the world worked...but Faith had gotten over that mostly by now. She was never the leader type after all.
Faith cracked her knuckles, a wry smile on her face as she brought up the thought of beating up Spike...well at least that is probably what would happen if both Slayers went after him. Then again she hadn't seen him in a while...you never know. She was sure she could take him though...less so than when he had that big chip in his head but that wasn't the point. "Always wanted to play with Spike, never really got the chance," she said. It was true, probably the only time she'd ever fought Spike was when she fought him in the graveyard while he and Buffy were chasing down a vampire. Of course it wasn't much of a fight...and ended with Buffy hitting her to break it up.
"Show the little mini slayers and slayer wannabees a little taste of how we are isn't a bad idea B...just as long as you still think you can take me," she said with a laugh and a wink, "and show the little wannabees how cool hot chicks with superpowers are." She knew they were almost evenly matched...with Buffy having the edge on her. She could probably beat Buffy if she was distracted or off...or tired while she was not. Buffy was far from invincible...then again the same applied with Faith. Time and time again though Buffy had proven to be stronger than Faith.
Then came up the subject of Kennedy,"Kennedy? Haven't heard from her since a little while after the Hellmouth went kaboom." She hadn't heard much about the girl...or pretty much any of the other new Slayers since they'd moved to Rome. Sure she had been there for a little while but she just wasn't one to be cooped up for long...hence the traveling. Then came the introduction into what has happened. Faith nodded as Buffy went on, "Makes sense, she's always seemed to have a pretty serious beef with you B... I mean its not the same as what went down between us but she reminds me of me a little...not surprised she's going down that road." She huffed a little, "I'm gonna see if I can find her...or get Will to or something and talk to her...maybe a good pounding to get some sense in her if needed." She was probably the best Slayer to deal with this...she had been down that road and Buffy hadn't.
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Post by Buffy Anne Summers on Aug 2, 2011 19:33:30 GMT -6
- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -She laughed a bit when Faith stated that it would give the girls a chance to see how they did it. It was true though. They all had their own unique way of fighting, sparring, and just generally making sure that they got away from the fight alive. That they were the winners of the fight, the battle, the war. No one wanted to be the loser of this war that never ended. That was a lesson that she made sure to teach all the potentials at the school early on. This wasn’t a war that would ever be won. Where there was good there would always be evil…that’s just the way the world worked. However in order to continue to have the war even at a balance…you had to win as many battles as you could…and that was the reason that they fought.
Faith and Buffy had completely different ways of defending themselves and being on the offensive as well. Faith relied more on power. She packed more power into a punch usually than Buffy did but she lacked creativity for the most part. Buffy on the other hand was more creative about where she would kick, punch and hit. If she lost her weapon she wouldn’t spend the time or energy looking for it…she’d simply find something else to use instead.
That was the main difference between the two slayers. Both ways were effective, both ways worked for them…it was just something that they had learned over the years. Formal training would only do you so much good before you have to learn your own technique when it came to staying alive. Power punches worked for Faith…creativity worked for Buffy. It was simply the way that they did things…if something didn’t work they would try something else. It wasn’t something that could be taught…it was something that had to be learned through experience.
Buffy giggled a bit at the innuendo that Faith stated about Spike. She wanted to comment so badly but she refrained, knowing she would never hear the end of it if she would have stated any bad joke that had come to mind. “I’m sure I can take ya Faith.” She stated with a laugh. “Besides…if nothing else we’ll call it a draw before we end up killing each other. What a way to go…that would actually be ironic. Nothing can keep the two most powerful slayers down for long…except each other.” She stated with a laugh, though in her head she added another person who could keep her down but she didn’t voice it. Everyone who knew her knew that the only other person to be able to truly beat her would be Angelus…and he was gone in several different ways.
She sighed when Faith stated that she hadn’t heard from Kennedy since the Hellmouth went up in smoke…or went down in a crater as the true case may be. “She’s almost as upset with Willow as she is with me. Tara is back…somehow. Well…she was at least. The Powers that Be brought her back but she went back to California to help out there. However Kennedy saw her and got extremely heated when she found out that she was alive. Don’t tell Wills but I actually put in a call to Lisa, one of the newer slayers who recently headed to California. I told her to keep an eye on Tara for me. I don’t want Kennedy using her as bait and unfortunately that’s the road that she’s headed down. She worries me…and I’m not sure if a beating, a talking too, or anything is going to get through to you. No offense but it didn’t with you and she’s scaring me more than you did.” She stated with a honest face.
She didn’t enjoy talking about the past with Faith but she needed to make sure she told her everything that was going on in case something went down. She had learned over the years that its better to be honest and talk about uncomfortable things than to keep things bottled up until it comes back to slap you in the face. She went through that too many times in the past to let it happen again.
Word Count:: 721 Tag:: Faith Lehane Outfit:: Click for Buffy's outfit Note:: Wooty woot! Posted toasted!
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Post by faith on Aug 4, 2011 20:52:15 GMT -6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Buffy was laughing...it was a good thing after all that doom and gloom of Angel might be dead. Just thinking that actually made Faith a little more depressed...of course she refused to show it. She wasn't one to show those kinds of emotions to people...anger...self hatred...all of those dark emotions she'd shown once upon a time but fear, sadness, emotions like that were a rarity to be shown. They were both at least partially flexible when their usual style didn't work, intelligent in that way. Buffy was probably a greater tactician than Faith...and no doubt a better leader.
It was true that the Slayers had much different fighting styles. Buffy was much more flexible and creative than Faith was in terms of style. Faith was much more of a street fighter, with strong attacks behind her. It was true that she often used much more force than Buffy, despite the fact Buffy was probably stronger than her physically...though all that working out in prison probably helped boost her up a little. Faith of course had some similar aspects to Buffy in fighting style, such as playing to her environment such as her fight with a soulless Angel in Los Angeles.
"It would be kind of poetic...in a death match MMA fight kind of way," she replied to the comment about being stopped before they killed each other. Buffy was probably the only Slayer who could take Faith and the same goes the other way around. They were the best...currently and maybe even thus far. The other current Slayers just didn't have the experience, practice or knowledge these two had.
"Well Red could probably brew a heck of a lot of trouble for us if she wanted to...glad I switched sides with little uber-witch all...uber..." she trailed off, not really thinking the whole statement through. It was just the way she was...though she was normally much better at talking than that. According to her nonexistent dating profile she was also perky and good at reading people...of course that would remain nonexistent.
Faith scratched her head as Buffy went on about Tara being back and Kennedy being insane. She hadn't really met Tara...well as herself actually because she was in Buffy's body when they met. She really knew nothing about the girl except what she'd been told. Of course most of that was told by Willow or Spike...and a few details by Angel and his team after she'd helped them capture Angelous. "Sounds serious, the girl's a good Slayer...be a shame to lose her," she said...though she partial understood Kennedy's anger. She had felt that kind of anger...being second best...the silver trophy...not even more like the blue ribbon the losers get just for participating. She had felt that darkness deep down that came with not feeling like your good enough...feeling like your just a replacement. She also knew enough not to tell Willow about this...who'd want to warn a super-witch and have her go all black hair on them. That would not be a good thing.
"Listen B, we'll come to it when we come to it...but I think I'm gonna keep an eye out for her...and if nothing works you know what we are gonna have to do right?" she said, her tone serious. She knew what was going to have to happen...she was dangerous...but she wasn't Faith. Faith had turned herself in...was insane...as far as they knew Kennedy wasn't and wouldn't. They'd have to detain her...and if worse came to worse...maybe even get rid of her. Of course that was something that probably didn't need to happen...she hoped. -----------------------------------------
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Post by Buffy Anne Summers on Aug 10, 2011 17:28:49 GMT -6
- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -Her thoughts still circled upon her former lover but she refrained from letting them show on her face. She knew not many people had accepted her and Angel’s relationship when it had been actually going on and hardly anyone accepted it now that they were no longer together. She still remembered Xander throwing it in her face that it was because of her attachment to Angel that Riley had left her. And while that may have been true…she still couldn’t find it in herself to care. She loved Angel…she loved him the day she met him in that stupid alleyway even though she didn’t know it at the time.
She loved him when he gave her his jacket, she loved him when she was telling him that she moved on to the living, she loved him when they made love, she loved him (though she hated herself for it) when he had no soul, she loved him when she shoved a sword through his stomach. She loved him as he walked away from her, loved him when he beat up Riley, loved him when he came to her mother’s funeral, and she loved him as she told him that she needed him to be in LA and not in Sunnydale when the first hit. She loved him through all of it and yet she had kept most of them a secret…not wanting her heart to get broken once more. She knew that there were those who knew about her secret…and those who chose to live in denial.
Unfortunately now was not the time to get involved in her thoughts of past love and loss. She had more important things to think about…like the lives of the potentials who were counting on her and her friends to train them to stop the forces of evil.
Buffy shook her head and laughed at the comment about it being poetic in an MMA kind of way. “True…though we’re the real deal and we’re hotter than anyone in the MMA but still. As for Willow, yeah, I definitely wouldn’t want to be against Wills. I mean, I have been before and it was a fairly fair fight between my strength and experience and her magic…but it still wasn’t a fun fight at all. She definitely can work the mojo if needed and its fairly scary to see.” She told her with a shiver, not liking tor remember how close she had come to either being killed by her best friend or having to kill her best friend. She didn’t want to do it but she wouldn’t let Willow destroy a world that she had been chosen to protect.
“Kennedy is a good slayer, but she has no respect for authority. She thinks because she’s a good slayer that she has no one above her…unfortunately that’s not true. Even before I died…the first time…before Kendra had been called…I knew that where I had the strength…I still had to listen to reason. Kennedy doesn’t seem to grasp that not only does she have a watcher who she needs to at least semi listen to…but she has us and we’re definitely ranked above her. She’s a good slayer but she has little impulse control and that’s going to get her hurt or worse…and it’d be a shame to watch her go downhill but I won’t allow her to hurt those that she is supposed to protect.” She told her, sighing and leaning against the headstone that was directly behind her.
Word Count:: 600 Tag:: Faith Lehane Outfit:: Click for Buffy's outfit Note:: Wooty woot! Posted toasted!
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Post by faith on Aug 16, 2011 9:06:04 GMT -6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Faith nodded, it was so true. I mean hot chicks versus big buff guys was no contest in who was hotter...though she wouldn't mind slapping some of them around a bit for some fun. I mean vampires in this town were actually plentiful but were kind of...well like going after a puppy with a missile...way over what was needed. She can't believe she's thinking this but she actually missed the crater that is now Sunnydale...at least the vamps there were entertaining. And if it was that way for Faith...it must be just as boring for Buffy. Though of course Faith tended to get bored faster than Buffy did if facing a weak foe.
She recalled hearing about Willow going all dark from...well Willow actually. Something had to pass the awkward car ride to Sunnydale from L.A. after she saved Angel from...well himself technically or more specifically Angelous. "Yeah I heard, Red's got some moves now," she commented. Of course Willow had 'helped' beat Faith at the campus when she awoke from a coma...though that was just her hitting Faith with a backpack which didn't even slow the Slayer down.
She nodded when Buffy went on about Kennedy. She rembered herself being like that...but it was for vastly different reasons. "Yeah, I gotcha B. I mean I may not have been Slayer of the Year in that department but my first watcher was pretty much the only person I listened to...but Kennedy..." she trailed off as Buffy conluded with the impulse control issues the girl had and how it wouldn't be good to watch the girl go downhill...she really didn't like to think about her first Watcher anymore. The woman was like a mother to her... more than her own was and she had to watch her die, ripped in half by Kakistos.
"Yeah, I hear ya B...she's just a kid but she needs to learn some respect for her elders...damn that makes us sound old doesn't it...superiors then." As Buffy leaned against the headstone Faith sighed, "Well lets hope it doesn't get any worse B...though I'd hoped that psycho slayer what's his face got would have been the worst thing we'd have to deal with." She was of course referring to...was it Daina or something that Andrew captured with Spike and Angel's...well more like with Andrew's minor help but that wasn't the point. -----------------------------------------
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