Little boy blue and the man in the moon

[john_allerdyce]

The little hissy girl agreed to watch over the mean lady so Faith and I could escape. A little voice was nagging at me that this was not a good plan. That the mean lady could be lying since the one she said was the evil Daddy had been so nice to my little sister and me. I couldn't take the chance with Faith's safety though. She was too little to

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[wickedslayer]

I don't feel good. I don't like being here. The shiny blonde lady is nice and my brother is here but I don't belong. Everywhere I go I don't belong and I don't know why. I'm just a little kid. I feel like I know things I shouldn't know but I know them anyways. I'm not a secret stealer. I'm a secret sharer, but no one ever wants to share.

Pout over at Connor but he just sits against the wall and doesn't even pay attention to me. Bad big brother. Doesn't he know that I break stuff when he's not paying attention?

"A snack!" I instantly brighten up because a snack always makes things better. Just like the bad man when he gave us fruit snacks. Because he knew that would make us all quiet and he was right. The bad man knows, how come Daddy doesn't?

I squirm and kick until Mommy lets go and then race off into the kitchen. I'm wicked fast! They can't catch me. I giggle as I go and stop near the back door. I'm about to announce that I won when a hand clamps around my mouth and another one around my waist.

"Shhh. Don't yell. I'm your friend Lexi. We're gonna have lots of fun together." She whispers but I don't believe her.

"HEY!" I try to yell but she just pulls me into the darkness and starts to run away. And then we go far away and I don't wanna go far away with her.

All I ever wanted was to stay.

[military_boy]

I was so entirely confused when Buffy mouthed to me that it wasn't Lexi that it was Faith. Faith? I thought Faith was a vampire and why in the hell did she look like my daughter? What did that mean? Did that mean that Lexi was going to grow up and be like Faith? She didn't look like Faith now, God where was she. I turned as the little Faith booked it past me and then back at Buffy as she tried to coax Connor from the corner. I headed to the kitchen and ... it was empty.

"What in the FUCK is going on?!" I yelled frustrated as I saw the garage door partially open. Little Faith gone. Lexi gone. Was my kitchen a black hole? I felt tears of anger and frustration fill my eyes as Buffy and Connor entered the kitchen carefully. Buffy's eyes cast around looking for Faith.

"Don't look at me. I never know what's going on in this house. Lexi was here when you guys arrived and now she's gone. Little Faith came tearing in here and then when I got here? She was gone, back door open." I shrugged and sat down at the island at a barstool. "Buffy, what the hell is going on here? I want an honest answer too, no more half ass answers."

[john_allerdyce]

Faith's gone. My sister was gone. I tore out of the kitchen, heading for the garage door to follow whoever had taken my little sister. Didn't people understand that I had to protect her? I didn't want to hurt people, but anyone who touched my sister was going to be hurt.

Stopping outside the house, I sniffed the air. I knew that scent. It was in the house and I remembered it from the car ride when that girl took us to be with the bad daddy. She had my sister.

She was going to take her to the bad daddy. This was all my fault. I had to save her. Strong hands grabbed hold of me before I could run away. I twisted in the new man's arms and growled at him.

"LET ME GO. I HAVE TO SAVE MY SISTER."

[military_boy]

As soon as the boy hit the kitchen and heard my words he tore off toward the garage and I moved after him fast when I saw Buffy's eyes widen and look at me. We couldn't lose another child even if he wasn't mine he was still a child and I had just somehow managed to lose two in my own kitchen. I grasped his arms and pulled him toward me listening to him as he told me he had to save his sister.

"Listen. I understand and we will save your sister. You just have to let grown ups help you okay? I don't want anything to happen to you and I don't want your sister to get hurt either. If you get hurt you won't be able to find her, so let me help." I said calmly and kept my hands on him before gently letting him go.

"I'm Riley, I'm Lexi's Daddy. We are going to help you, okay?" I looked down at him and then up at Buffy as she came into the garage looking just as lost as me. "Lexi was just here Buffy, she told me about the fight and something about a light. She's confused and I don't know why she left. How is Faith little and not a vampire anymore? And who is this boy?"

I stood beside him to make sure he didn't bolt because I was serious about not losing anymore kids.

[military_boy]

We all piled into the Jeep and we were off, I flew down the private road our house sat on and looked at the boy in the rearview mirror, his head tipped to the left longingly. I went to the left, didn't know why but the kid seemed to have a close grasp on his sister. Faith. Faith the girl that used to be a vampire. When Buffy told me that something happened and mentioned Connor I assumed it was who the boy was. The next words out of her mouth caused me to swerve into the closest parking lot, which happened to be the same grocery store I once lost Lexi at.

"Messed up!? I can't... I can't believe that any of this is happening. What do you mean our daughter has lost her soul? You don't just go around losing your soul unless you're Angel and you've had the best sex of your life!" I was angry and my words were probably more heated than they needed to be but damn! Lexi was just with me and crying and telling me her Mom was weird and that she hit her. I glanced at the bruise smarting across Buffy's cheek and closed my eyes, leaning my head against the steering wheel.

"Who has her soul?" I asked looking up at Buffy as Connor began tugging on the sleeve of my shirt. "In a minute Connor, just let Buffy and I talk and then we'll be back on the trail to find Faith." I just looked at Buffy hoping like hell she had the answer to that question. I would die and walk to the ends of the earth for Lexi, if she didn't have a soul then... what she had told me? Was it true? I felt Connor still tugging and I turned to look at him and he was pointing with a grin.