Lost and Found, chapter four
Fandom: Buffyverse
Pairing: Faith/Cordelia
Rating: R
Disclaimer: Nothing here belongs to me, besides the plot
Summary: Battle aftermath...
It wasn’t until Angel tore Faith off him that they were able to asses the damage. Robin had cuts and bruises all over his face. His shirt was torn, to reveal a battered up chest. Faith had not just punched; she had clawed and bitten until he was no more than a pulp. Fred and some of the staff had carefully put him on a bed, where he had remained for the following week.
Faith had been restrained, Angel and Spike both needed to hold her down as Fred buckled her up. She had been scowling at them ever since. Her wounds were healing up fast and Angel feared he might have to come up with more permanent measures to keep her from attacking her dark lover again. Or was that former lover? He felt a head ache rising.
“I had no idea she was so upset with Robin.” Lorn had stumbled in from his business trip just a few hours ago. “I mean, that universe was similar to ours, wasn’t it?”
“Yes.” Wesley looked defeated. He had brought back a berserker. “All the research I was able to do, points to something of a parallel universe. Same demon-human ratio, same environment, possibly even the same people. Her behaviour is beyond me.”
“So something happened in the past four days between her and Robin.”
Cordelia raised an eyebrow. “Erm, hello, she called me ‘lover’. Something tells me it was more than four days.”
“Yes, plus the fact that her body is covered in scars I’ve never seen before. She looks older, too. It must have been longer, Gunn.” Fred added.
“The time frame doesn’t matter, the fact remains that Faith and her man had some serious beef over something.”
“The big question is: what made her angry enough to do that?” Angel sighed. “I don’t know anything that would set her off like that. She wouldn’t do that. To anyone…”
The group fell silent, organising their thoughts. Eventually, it was Spike who stated the obvious. ‘Well then, we’ll just go ask ‘er, won’ we?”