Forgotten Conscience - Chapter 12: Chapter 12

Faith's POV
I pull on my chains around my wrists.
I deserve this. After everything that I must've done, I-I killed that guy. He probably wasn't the first one either. So many faces... all of those people... I must've destroyed all of their lives.
I pull on my chains so hard it pinches my skin.
"Ow!"
"You probably shouldn't pull too hard. If you pull too hard we may have to tighten your chains."
"Thank you..."
"For what?"
"Thank you for stopping me."
"I couldn't let you kill her. She-she's..."
"She's important to you."
"How do you know that?"
"I may not have my memory but I remember that much."
At least I think I do.
"So your memories are returning then?"
"Well I think they're memories. I keep having these weird dreams."
"What kind of dreams?"
Just ask him, it's better for everyone if you ask him.
"I dunno. They seem real enough but..."
"But?"
"I keep getting this feeling like, like they haven't happened yet. It doesn't make any sense."
"It makes more sense than you might think."
Hmm?
"A slayer has a sort of sixth sense when it comes to evil. Some times she will even get visions in her dreams about what's to come."
Visions? There are gonna be more of these things?
"You think I'm gonna get more of these things? More of these... visions?"
"I don't know... we don't know when or why it happens, it just happens."
You should just ask him.
"Angel?"
"Yes?"
"Why didn't you just kill me? With everything I've done, why haven't you just killed me?"
"Kill you? Why would we want to kill you?"
"I hurt you didn't I?"
"Yes..."
"Then just kill me..."
"No, I..."
"Just kill me... PLEASE!"
"Faith..."
"Kill me, please kill me?"
He gets up and comes over to me.
"Look... Faith we're not going to kill you."
"Then you better not let me out of here then."
"Why?"
"Because if you do the first thing I'm gonna do is kill myself."
He grabs my head and I stare him in the eyes.
"Faith, don't ever say that. Killing yourself would be the coward's way out."
"If remembering all the pain I've caused is the only thing I have to look forward to, I don't want to remember. Please just kill me."
"Faith, like I said before... we're not going to kill you."
"With everything I must have done before coming here, why am I still alive?"
"Well, we didn't know how you were gonna react when you got out of your coma so..."
Coma?
"I was in a coma?"
"Well, yes... didn't you wonder why you were in a hospital?"
Hospital?
"I-I don't, remember a... hospital... I-I don't..."
"What's the first thing you remember?"
First thing... I-I remember was, running...
"I remember I was... I was running."
"Running? Running how?"
"I'm... I'm not sure..."
"Concentrate... were you running to something or from something?"
"I-I-I wasn't... I don't think I was running to something. I remember wanting to get on a train..."
"A train, do you know why?"
"I... I wanted to get away."
"Away? Away from what?"
"I-I can't remember. The next thing I remember after running is... is getting off the train."
"... and then you ran away? Where you found me?"
N-N-No... that's not what happened.
"No... I remember, I remember getting off the train... and then I looked around."
"Then what?"
Then what? I heard...
"I heard something... people coming toward me and then..."
"And then?"
I... I...
"I don't... know I-... Ow... I..."
"What's wrong?"
My head... it's, it hurts.
"Angel?"
"Faith? What's wrong?"
"ANGEL?"
Someone's calling Angel.
Buffy's POV
"Two into one? What's that?"
"Well gee Wes. I was kinda hoping you'd tell me."
"As much as I'd like to help you I really don't have the resources I did as a watcher. In this situation I'd usually consult my books... but as you can see my books are nowhere in sight..."
Okay, I get it, you're useless without your books. God, when Giles got fired he got cooler, Wesley just seems to be a bigger loser than he already was.
"You can't remember anything? Most times prophecies aren't something to forget about."
Course the reason I don't forget is because most of the prophecies I hear are about me.
"I... I'd have to check..."
"Are you sure you can't remember any prophecies about a slayer and a vampire with a soul?"
"You think the prophecy is about you and Angel?"
I'm not sure.
"He was talking in circles so it was hard to figure out what was true and what was bullshit, but he did say 'you two' have no chance. So I think it's safe to say it is at least about me."
"We can't be sure of anything at this point."
Could it be about Angel and Faith? No, Angel would never go for someone like Faith. She's too much of a psychopath. Then again he did have a thing for Drusilla.
"Well one thing is for sure... I can't hang around here much longer."
"Why?"
"There was one other thing he said. His friends will be back, and there'll be more of them. If this prophecy is about me, I don't have the element of surprise. They'll be prepared for me this time and that means we all could die."
"Isn't this something we should get Angel's opinion on?"
He's right.
"Angel?"
I don't hear anything, something must be wrong.
"Angel?"
"Wesley, get in here. She needs help."
Something is wrong.
Wesley, Cordy and I get up and run in there. Faith's passed out in the chair.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know... we were talking about what she could remember..."
Wesley rushes to Faith's side and starts to check her pulse.
I hope she's okay.
"What were you talking about?"
"I asked her what the first thing she remembered was... she got on a train, and then she was talking about people coming when she got off the train... and then... something happened and she passed out."
"Wes... will she be okay?"
"I think so. The only thing I can figure is that whatever happened was so traumatic that something inside her didn't want to think about it. She'll be okay... she just needs some rest."
"Good, I was afraid she was gonna die."
Why is it so important to Angel that she be okay? Could the prophecy really be about them? Maybe we should get out of L.A. before those vamps come back.
"Look, I think we should probably get Faith out of L.A. I kinda doubt it's all just coincidence that Faith wakes up and all of the sudden these guys want us dead."
"You're probably right. You should take Faith back to Sunnydale with you."
"Good idea Angel, perhaps if these vamps have to spend the time to look for Faith it will give us time to regroup, perhaps even research this two into one thing."
"Two into one?"
"Yes, uh... Buffy was just filling us in on what she got out of our little friend in the next room..."
"Well I think Wesley is right. As soon as Faith is coherent enough, you take her to the train and get her out of my town. I'll handle evil boy in there."
Okay time to get back to my territory.