Chapter 9
LA
Faith was so bored. She and Robin had been cooped up in a crappy little apartment for nearly two weeks now. They patrolled nightly; trying to keep a low profile as to not alert Angel and his gang to their being in LA. It was not crucial that Faith patrol but it was a necessary routine that she needed to keep. She had serious pent up energy and she needed an out other wise Robin would be in trouble having to deal with gathering information and stave off an antsy Slayer.
Faith and the ex-principle had become very close over the past year. She now began to understand, even if just a small amount, of what Angel and Buffy had. She had real feelings for Robin, feelings she didn’t quit understand at the moment, but feelings none the less.
There was a comfort level between them that she couldn’t explain. Some nights while out on patrol they would not utter a single word to one another; relaying everything with mere eye contact and body language, it was nice to finally have some one to share this with but also scary as hell at the same time. She tried not thinking about it too much, she might get wigged and take off.
Their mission was simple; keep an eye on the AI team and relay all Intel to Giles and the council. She was getting great information from the people working a W & H. It would seem that even though Angel had tried to weed out the evil and turn the company to good, there would always be an element of nasties lurking the halls of that place. Which in their instance was a good thing? It seemed that for the right price any information was up for sale.
Some of the information coming from there was way out in left field. That was nothing unusual in their line of work, mystical and strange was the norm.
One thing that bothered Faith the most was the fact that Angel had a new girlfriend. Her name was Nina. They didn’t know much about her, only that she seemed to have the same affliction that OZ had; she was a werewolf. It had been reported that she spent several nights alone with Angel in his apartment. That fact alone scared the shit out of Faith. What if Angel lost his soul again getting it on with wolf girl? The last thing they needed right now was to have to deal with Angelus running around killing everyone.
Giles assured Faith that it was not possible for Angel to have a moment of pure happiness as long as Buffy was still alive; she alone was the only one to ever give him that peace. That fact made Faith feel better but it still bother her, more than she cared to admit, knowing Angel had found someone else to share his life with beside her sister Slayer. That was something she didn’t intend to ever tell anyone.
They had gotten into a regular routine, patrolling at night, and gathering information during the day. That was until two nights ago.
Robin had received an interesting phone call from an informant that Angel had given in to a seriously evil politician. That wasn’t the worst thing though; thru a different informant they learned that Angel had also separated himself from the rest of his group. Things got progressively worse from there.
Informants that had previously refused to give certain information began to show up spouting facts, for free. Something was defiantly up and Robin and Faith tried their best to find out everything they could.
London
Giles once again found himself alone in his office. He and Marina had worked the night away and he sent her home before the sun had risen. He could not leave as of yet.
He was exhausted and decided to rest for a few hours while it was quiet. He stretched out across the soft leather sofa and fell asleep almost immediately.
He only managed to get in two short hours of sleep before the phone rang and he sprang up to answer it.
He was hoping that it would be Willow but as he answered he soon found that was not the case. Faith called in a panic and Giles had to tell her several times to slow down so he could understand what she was saying.
“Listen Giles, things are getting really hairy here. I just got word from an informant inside W & H that Angel has gone evil. He was just attacked by his own crew……his own crew dude. What the hell are we going to do? I think the time table has just pushed passed go about three hours ago. What ever it is you’re planning G you better get a move on. I don’t know how much longer Angel can hold on before things go over the edge.” Faith had said this very fast, and although Giles thought he may have missed a phrase or two he did understand what she was getting at.
Giles cleared his throat before answering her. “I see. Yes….well…that does sound dire. I hope Willow can come thru with her end by this afternoon. I think you should start assembling your team Faith. Get your girls into town quickly but please try and be discreet. I don’t want to alarm Angel or his people of our presence until it is absolutely necessary. Call me when you have your team in place.”
Giles hung up with Faith and began to make calls himself. He needed to book passage for a team of his slayers, plus Buffy and Willow as well. There was a battle about to begin and he hoped they made it there in time.
Giles had spent the first three days of Buffy’s arrival explaining everything he had been doing in her name even though she had nothing what so ever to do with it. He came clean about Andrew’s trip to LA to stake claim to the psycho Slayer. Buffy was pissed and she didn’t hold back when she told him how she felt. There was no time for niceties and Buffy told Giles exactly how she thought his using her name in that fashion was wrong.
It was intense, and Giles thought Buffy may never forgive him but after the third day things began to calm somewhat. Buffy’s hard uncompromising stares began to soften. He didn’t think they would ever get back to the family relationship the once shared but the love was still there and he was glad to have a chance to try and make up his indiscretions.
He held nothing back when explaining the current prophecy and showed Buffy everything they had researched. He showed her the predictions and the texts that foretold of her and Angel’s destiny: a destiny that said they were supposed to be together. They had missed something years ago and letting Angel leave was a mistake they had to correct and fast.
He had personal reasons for letting Angel leave but he knew now that he should have supported Buffy and not let his feelings of hate for Angel get in the way. He always knew in the back of his mind that Angel wasn’t responsible for Jenny’s death; of course not, that was Angelus, but his heart wouldn’t let him forgive the soul that was now in charge. He planned on telling Angel just that if they actually survived this battle and the one they knew was coming soon.
Angel had no idea that the battle he was planning would start a chain of events that would rock the very foundations of this mortal reality. W & H had planned an apocalypse, Armageddon if you will, and Angel was in the drivers’ seat; he just didn’t know it……yet. Giles called Buffy and Willow to give them Faith’s update. They needed to act fast, and they needed to get to LA before all hell broke loose….literally.
A/N: Sorry this is all talk and no action. Action coming very soon, I promise. Please let me know if you like it or not.
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