Forgotten Conscience (girlxgirl) (Book 1)

Friends You Can't Remember, or Enemies You Shouldn't Forget

Buffy's POV

We walk up the stairs to Giles' front door. I stop in front of it. I take a deep breath.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, it's just... nothing."

The gang isn't gonna be too happy to see Faith.

I knock on the door and wait.

I'll just have to convince them that what's happening with Faith is real.

The door opens and Giles is behind it. He sees me and smiles, but as he looks to Faith he gets that British frown on his face.

Wow, I didn't think I'd have to relieve the tension so soon.

Giles seems reluctant to speak.

Okay I guess I will.

I take Faith's hand and put it to my heart.

"Look Dad..."

I sniffle and wipe away a fake tear.

"I'm getting married."

Giles gives me a weird look for a second and then steps out of the doorway, allowing us in. I let go of Faith's hand as we go into Giles' house.

"Well I suppose that answers my first question. My next question would have to be have you lost your mind?"

Whoa, wait a second.

I turn around to face Giles.

"Giles, what do you mean?"

"What is Faith doing here?"

"I brought her here."

"Well, obviously. How long has she been out of her coma?"

"A few days..."

"And you knew about this?"

"No I..."

"Umm..."

"... didn't. Wesley called me two days ago and told me that she was in L.A."

"Los Angeles? Did you stop and think about how she managed to get there while she was supposed to be in a coma?"

"Umm..."

"I didn't have to. She told Angel she got there on a train. Look, that stuff isn't important. We've got more important problems."

"Hey..."

"Yes, I believe we do. Like the fact that you've brought a killer back to Sunnydale."

"HEY!"

We both turn to see Faith.

We've been ignoring her.

"I know I have no idea who you guys are, and I barely recognize my own name. But would you please stop talking about me like I'm not here?"

"I'm sorry Faith."

I really am.

"Look... I'm obviously not welcome here. I'll leave."

She turns to the door and starts walking.

I can't let her leave. Not with everything that's going on.

I catch up to her and take her arm.

"No wait Faith... don't go."

She stops and turns around.

"He doesn't like me. Anyone can see that."

Well he has reason to.

"It's just that... well, there's a lot of history to work through. Just let me talk with him for a few minutes, and then we'll figure out what to do."

"I... okay."

I look in her eyes.

She-she trusts me. If with everything she doesn't know, she can find it in herself to trust me then... then we can help her. I feel better knowing that. Okay, now I gotta deal with Giles.

I turn to Giles.

"Giles, we need to talk about this. Okay?"

Come on.

He looks at Faith and then back at me.

"Very well."

We start to walk into another room.

"Wait."

"We'll just be a second. Stay here, and don't worry."

She'll stay. I know she will.

We go into another room. I close the door and face Giles.

"Giles, what the hell are you doing?"

"What am I DOING? What are YOU doing? You brought her back here. What makes you think you can trust her?"

I pace a couple steps.

Okay time for the big guns.

"Why didn't you ever tell me about Forgotten Conscience?"

Suddenly Giles gets very uncomfortable.

"What?"

"Faith, she has no memory."

"Are you sure?"

"Wesley is convinced that this Forgotten Conscience thing is the cause. Faith doesn't seem to have any memory of anyone."

"And you think you can trust her?"

"Wes examined her. Besides you saw her in there, she has no idea who you are. So why didn't you tell me?"

"It's not something that happens a lot. Given your commitment to the cause, there was no reason to."

Giles starts to calm down.

"So what are you planning to do now?"

"Well there's something more going on here."

"Something more? What happened?"

"When I got there, we had some unwelcome visitors pay Angel Investigations a visit."

"What kind of visitors?"

How did I know he was gonna say that?

"There was an army of vampires who seemed to have a taste for Faith."

"You think they were there because of Faith?"

They certainly weren't there for Cordelia's company.

"I think so."

"Do you have any idea what they want with Faith?"

"I'm not sure, except that they want her dead."

"So what's your next step? Assuming you have one?"

"Well I'm hoping you can tell me why they want her dead before they get here."

"How do I do that with no information?"

"We managed to capture one of the vamps who attacked us. He said something about something called 'Two into one'."

"Two into one?"

"Yeah, Wesley didn't know what it meant either. The vamp said it has something to do with a prophecy."

"A prophecy?"

There's a loud noise outside.

What the?

We walk out into Giles' living room.

"XANDER!"