Buffy waited anxiously as her Master said goodbye to his other subjects. They were all envious of her, she knew that. It was an honor to be able to travel with their Master, she was blessed to have the strength to protect him. Things were different now. Things were better. She was clear, completely focused. She had a true sense of purpose, serving Mesmotto. She, dressed more glamorous than she had ever been in her life, waiting to assist her Master in his acquiring new posssesions.

"Willow mapped out the entire facility Master. I should be able to get in, seize her, and get out unnoticed.", Buffy said as the limo sped north to San Fransisco
"That sounds fine my pet. She is equally as strong as you, is that true?", Mesmotto asked.
"Yes, at times even stronger, but I have always beaten her in the past", Buffy said, feeling slightly threatened.
"Indeed, you will soon be allies though, fighting for the same purpose, as you once were"

 

Faith stood and waited. She had gotten quite used to waiting. Something was finally going to happen today though, she could feel it. Nothing had happened for so long. No excitement, no thrills.... good or bad. She had been locked up in this maximum security area for almost a year. It was something that "society of watchers", or whatever it was called, had worked out. They had taken the deserted Alcatraz, and turned it into their own private prison. So there she sat, off the

coast of San Fransisco, dying for something to happen.

Then it did. She saw someone she never thought she'd see in this hellhole, but someone she definitely planned to pay a nasty visit to on the day she got out.
"What the hell are you doing here?", she asked. There was no love loss between the two.
"I've come to get you out of here", her visitor said.
"This is a long way from Sunnydale, why do you all of

want me out now?", she asked, knowing there was always some goodie goodie reason behind this one's actions.
"There is someone in town who actually has the power to bring the two of us together to accomplish a common goal."
"What the hell are you talking about? Why don't you just say what you mean? Why are you here, damnit!?"
"I need you to help me defeat Buffy.", Giles said. The sound of his voice speaking those words to Faith made him sick. The truth of the matter was, she was one of the only ones who had ever come close. A larger part of the problem is that he suspected Buffy and Mesmotto would be here to hypnotize her soon. Defeating Buffy was perhaps the best bait to get Faith to leave with him. He prayed she would just shut up and go with him, though he knew that was not likely.
"I don't know what's going on with this whole 'defeat Buffy' thing, but if it get's me out of this hell hole, I'll go.", Faith said,"One condition though... I want you to get your buddies in Britain to give me immunity."
"Yes, sure, fine, I'll get right on that.", Giles said. That was a lie. He had no power with the Watcher Committee. He had only gotten into the prison complex becuase he knew one of the guards from his drinking days. It was enough though. Faith and Giles left the prison together, united for a common goal.

 

Buffy's heart was in her knees. This was catastrophic! She had snuck into the prison just fine, but there was no Faith. She stood at Faith's cell for 15 minutes or so, just trying to figure out how she would explain this to her master. A guard eventually came up to her, asking her what she was doing. He was unlucky, she attacked him, letting out her frustration on an innocent man. She may have killed him, she didn't know, he didn't matter. All that mattered was that Mesmotto would not be pleased, this was a major problem.

 

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