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What are we gonna do now?	By : norwalker Category: -Buffy the Vampire Slayer > FemmeSlash - Female/Female > Buffy/Faith Views: 3568 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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What are we gonna do now?

Chapter 20

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Buffy is dreaming.

In her dream, she sees Angel. He is trapped in a cage, somewhere. It's dark except for one light in the center of the room, over his cage. His jailer is turned away from her. It's wearing a black robe with red designs on it. The being turns towards her. She cannot make out its face, but its eyes glow a dull red under its cowl. It says a few words in a language she cannot understand, and suddenly the roof around the cage is opens up… not directly above, but in a pattern around it, sealing the cage within a square of sunlight. Angel puts his hand through the bars, attempting to grab at his Jailer. But it hits the sunlight, and it burns. He draws it back in. She runs over, finding a sword suddenly in her hands. She attacks the Jailer, but when the sword hits, the robe goes limp and pools on the floor. She reaches towards the cage, trying to open it. But the sunlight begins to burn her also. They look at each other, separated by the light. Slowly, the cage is filled with a dull red light, and Angel and the cage begin to glow in the light. Slowly, at first, the cage begins to spin, then it moves faster and faster until it dissolves into the light. The light expands, and she finds herself also enveloped in the light

The light changes from red to an intense blue white. She and Faith are in the light, clasping hands. With them are Willow and Dawn, also clasping hands. Willow is chanting something, but she cannot quite make it out. She can hear the sounds of a battle around them. She looks at Faith…and Faith’s face takes on an expression of perfect peace. She looks at Buffy, and smiles. “ You’re ready?” Faith asks. Then Buffy feels an intense pain, and like something is falling away. A joyous sense of peace and love surrounds her, and she feels herself being pulled up, up, up… just as she hears Willow says the words “ Let that which has been revealed, be hidden. Let that which has been open, be closed”…. She feels free…and weightless…and has a perfect sense of joy.

She now is in a field somewhere. It's summer. The grass is green, and cool. It's in the shade, out of the heat of the sun. She looks around, and there are trees and flowers everywhere. She sees someone walking towards her. After awhile she realizes it’s Faith. She knows they are on a picnic, because there is a blanket spread out, and it’s covered with all sorts of picnicky goodness. Faith reaches her, and sits down. She smiles, and picks up a sandwich. “ Man, I’m starving” Faith says. She munches on the sandwich, while Buffy watches her. “ Hey, Blondie? Aren’t you gonna eat?” Buffy looks at her, and says “ I can’t use all of this” to which Faith replies “ Just take what you need.”

Faith picks up a soda, and pops the tab. She looks at Buffy again and says “ Hey, what do you think? Wicked cool dream, huh?”

Buffy opens her eyes. She is facing Faith, who at that second opens her eyes.

They look at each other, and say only… “ Wow”.

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“That’s so weird. Never shared a dream before” Faith says. She is up, walking around.

She looks over to where Buffy is sitting on the bed. Buffy is staring down at her hands, which are clasped on her lap. She has a small worried frown on her face. Faith walks over, and sits next to Buffy on the bed.

“B, what is it?” Faith asks, concerned by the look on Buffy’s face.

“This isn’t the first time” Buffy says, quietly.

“I don’t get ya, B” Faith says. “Whatta you mean?”

“It’s not the first time we’ve shared a dream, Faith” Buffy answers. Her voice is quiet, but anxious.

“Ummm… is this where the spooky music starts? Cause I don’t ever remember sharing a dream with you” Faith says. “ Or anyone else.”

“ It was nearly six years ago, Faith. After I…” Buffy stops, again seeing the knife in her hand, going into Faith. Feeling the guilt. “… stabbed you, and you jumped off the roof onto that truck. You were in the hospital, in a coma. I was next to you, because Angel had drained my blood to recover from the poison. I… we ….had a dream. We were back in your apartment. We were talking…and you told me how to defeat the mayor. You told me to use his human weakness. And you said some things in that dream which you also said in this dream…. I wasn’t sure, but now I’m sure. We shared a dream before, and it was important.”

“That’s nuts, B. Why would I have…” But Faith stops. Something inside her, something in her gut, tells her B is telling the truth. Even if she can’t remember it, it happened. She looks at Buffy. She feels her heart tighten in her chest.

“This isn’t good, is it?” Faith asks. Buffy merely shakes her head.

“Angel’s in trouble, isn’t he?” Faith asks.

“Yes. Somehow, somewhere he’s trapped.”

They look at each other for a minute, then look away.

“There’s more, Faith” Buffy says, her tone more anxious now.

“What B?” Faith asks. She isn’t sure she wants to hear.

“ The last time I felt that sense of perfect joy, perfect peace?”

Faith looks at her, the question on her face “ When, B?”

“It was after I jumped off the tower. To seal the portal between the dimensions” Buffy starts, but Faith finishes.

“…when you died, stopping Glory” Faith feels her stomach drop. She felt that feeling, too.

Buffy nods.

Both slayers sit, lost in their thoughts.

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Willow is staring at the computer screen. She can’t believe what she is seeing.

A spell… to close a dimensional portal, almost as if it had been written for this prophecy. This is just too perfect, she is thinking.

Then she reads further about the spell… and realizes she was right…or wrong, depending on how you look at it. It was ‘too’ perfect.

At that moment, Giles walks into the room. His expression is worried. Willow looks up at him, and catches his expression.

“Giles? What is it? What’s wrong?” Willow asks.

“ I just had a call from Wesley. It seems things have changed in L.A. Wolfram and Hart seems to be focal point for some serious mystical convergences. Also, Angel seems to be ‘no longer available’ to anyone, including Wesley or Fred. He is in his office, but doesn’t allow anyone to approach him, with the exception of Cordelia Chase. They appear to be working together on something. Something secret. And there seems to be a new security force at Wolfram and Hart. A group of young women…dressed in black…with extraordinary strength and …” He is interrupted at this point. By Faith.

“That would be The Program, Giles” Faith says. Her face is grim.

“The Program? I …I’ve never heard of that” Giles says, a bit puzzled.

“ It was a secret program started by Angel and me, using Wolfram and Hart resources to train an army of ‘secret slayers’. They were to remain unknown to anyone, until a time they were needed. Like now” Faith says, “But things went weird a few months ago…and now, I guess they are being used instead by the other side” Faith is blaming herself for her part in the secret program.

“Faith. Do you realize what you’ve done?” Giles says, quietly angry. “Because of your actions, they now have an army, trained in our techniques. Along with the horde of demons we will face, now we have a counter-slayer force to deal with. Organized, trained by you, well disciplined. Who knows how else they’ve been enhanced since you were there… this really was…” But Giles is interrupted by Buffy, coming downstairs.

“Giles!” Buffy’s tone is low, but carries steel behind it. “ You should be thanking Faith, instead of giving her grief. If not for her, the council, myself included, would still be ignorant of the coming threat. You have no idea what she has gone through. It's not her fault that someone brought back a demon instead of Cordelia. It’s not her fault that this ‘thing’ made it look like she was going psycho, and myself, too. By the way, want to thank you for the vote of confidence when I got fired at the Training center. So back off, Giles, or go back to England.” Buffy ends up in Giles’ face, not looking at all pleased.

“Buffy…I” Giles begins, but again is cut off.

“No Giles. None of you here have any idea what Faith’s been through. How much she put into that program. Her heart, her soul. To watch it perverted by Wolfram and Hart… someone the council didn’t seem to mind getting in bed with when it needed help rebuilding, as I remember. And why did she do it? Because, she felt she still had to atone her past wrongs. Is no one ever gonna give her a break? Does everyone forget how she helped us save the world last time? But no, she still tries to make good on an old debt that shoulda been cancelled long ago. So, if you don’t like this Giles, too bad. I fired the council once. Believe me, I can do it again. Then you can figure out how you’re gonna handle this, cause she and I’ll be outta here.”

“B… it’s ok…I know G was only…” Faith says. Want to guess who interrupted? Good guess.

“No, Faith, it’s not ok” Buffy’s voice is quieter when addressing Faith. “ Look, if you’re going to dump this stuff on my shoulders, again, Giles, then I’m not going to take time worrying about backbiting. We’re a team . That means, we are in this together. I’m not putting up with stuff going on behind my back. I haven’t forgotten what you and Robin tried to pull on Spike last time out… I haven’t forgotten a lot of things. If I’m gonna have to do this, then it goes my way. And my way says, we work together, and stop the behind the back stuff. I’ve enough to worry about, without worrying my team isn’t onboard and working as a team. There is no time for this. Are we clear?”

Willow is stunned. She can’t remember ever seeing Buffy this forceful, this confident before. Especially with Giles. She smiles. She likes it!

“Very clear” Giles says. He is stung… but secretly proud of Buffy. His respect for her just went up 10 fold.

Faith is overwhelmed. If it were possible, her love for Buffy just increased 100 fold. No one has ever done what Buffy just did for her… if it weren’t for the people present, she would throw Buffy on the floor and do her right here. But that might ruin what Buffy just did. However, they might owe Willow for a new bed tomorrow.

“ Ok, if that’s settled, how are we progressing on finding something to defeat Mr. Big Bad?” Buffy asks.

“Actually, Buffy, I think I might have something” Willow says. She waves them over to the screen she is sitting at.

“Umm… where’s Dawnie?” Buffy asks. She just noticed her sister isn’t here.

“Well… actually, Buffy she’s still sleeping” Willow says. “ I think Faith wiped her out with that little dance contest they had last night “ She smiles.

“Oh. I see. Faith wore her out, huh?” Buffy grins. “ I guess those bedsprings I heard then didn’t have anything to do with it?” Buffy grins at Willow. Willow turns nearly as red as her hair.

“Buffy, fascinating as your sister’s…love life is, I really think we need to get back to the matter at hand” Giles interjects.

Buffy smiles, and walks over to Giles, giving him a little poke. Its by way of making up having to be harsh with him a little earlier. “ Lighten up, Giles. I’m sure you’ve made at least a bedspring or two squeak in your time” She giggles.

Giles gets a little pink in the cheeks. He removes his glasses, and cleans them. “Yes, well” he says, replacing his glasses, “ What did you find, anyway, Willow?”

Willow points to the screen, and starts to explain about the spell. The faces around the computer screen get a bit grimmer. Faith and Buffy exchange a look.

“Thing is, Giles, I can’t do this alone. I’ll need Buffy, Faith and Dawn with me. Evidently it needs the combined energy of beings with mystical energy.” She hesitates, and continues. “Also, there are some serious risks involved.” She points out more about the spell to the others. No one looks particularly pleased.

“ Perhaps, if we’re fortunate, we’ll be able to stop this before we need to use this” Giles says. But he didn’t look too convinced. “ In any case, find out what you’ll need to do this spell, Willow. Things seem to be coming to a head. I believe that we’re going to have to move our operations to L.A. That seems to be the focal point of the opposition.”

“Gee, Giles, and I was just getting used to having frosty toes in the morning” Buffy quips

“ I’m certainly not. Those toes of yours could give goose bumps to an ice cube, B.” Faith retorts

“Look who’s talking, Ms. Soaks-her-feet-in-ice water-before-bed. “ Buffy shoots back.

“Well, at least we won’t have to dress like polar bears before going out” Faith says, starting to walk away.

“Yeah, and maybe we can get some decent Mexican food. What is it, they’ve never heard of fajitas out here?” Buffy says, following Faith out.

“Hey, guys” Willow says, running after them “ We gotta hit El Cholos. I need my fix”

“Yeah, well… first thing, The Galleria. This snow has played hell on my shoes” Buffy says, her voice floating back

“ B? Is that all you ever think of?” Faith chides her

Giles face is a mask of worry

“We’re doomed” He says, sighing.
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