Faith's Hope
by Buckster
Rating: PG-13
As Caleb disappeared up the stairs, Kennedy reached her sister laying on the ground, having passed out after making the realization she was blind. Normally Faith can and did take anything and everything that life dealt her, but it seems this was the last straw.
As Kennedy sat on the floor with Faith's head in her lap, she was in the middle of an internal struggle of her own. Her wolf was, understandably, upset. Her mate was in a battle above her and her sister was injured. Not to mentioned being trapped, not only by a mystical barrier, but also by Hope. All of that combined was enough to convince the wolf to go all out in order to take over control of the body.
"You know you are not strong enough to help them. You are just a potential, a weakling," the wolf screamed at Hope.
"Yet this weakling has been controlling you for awhile now." Hope screamed back.
"Only because I let you. I'm not saying you are not strong in your own right, I just want to help. It's time Hope. It's time we work together, not against each other."
"What are you saying? How can we work together in one body?"
"Look at Faith. Her and her wolf are not separated. They work together."
"She didn't know the wolf was there till this month. She didn't go through the change until just this past cycle. How can you know how they will work together in the future?"
"Just the fact that she hasn't changed until now has no say in what will happen. She was able to change back on the second night of her first change to help you. Her wolf knew that it needed the human form to carry you up the stairs, so it gave up the control. To be honest, there is no division between Faith and her wolf. That is what we need to get through this."
"What are you saying? That I just give up and disappear? Let you win? Let you have the body permanently?"
"Is Faith gone? No! But neither is her wolf. I'm saying it's time to merge. To become one. If you need any of my abilities, you won't have to worry about not having control and I won't have to worry about having to fight every month just to exist. Because I will be there WITH you everyday. You know what, we are wasting time with this. We both know I can take control anytime I want right now. I don't want to. I want to work with, not against you."
"What about the prophesy? It says I am going to lose control for a month."
"Well, maybe you will lose the control to stay in human form. If so, I am sorry about that. I know sometimes we will need that. But even if I have control, I can let you take over for periods. Prophesies are not always the know-all be-all of life. They are not always right and are often very vague. They don't take into account the individuals response to what is happening to them. They are just a glimpse of what could happen. Look at when Buffy fought the Master. There was a prophesy saying she will die. She did, but she had friends to bring her back so she could come back to win. We can do that. We can work together and win. I feel it."
"You promise me you won't hurt any innocents? Even if you feel they deserve it?"
"Do you mean the potential that hurt us? I know she was just scared. I was reacting to how I thought you would handle it when I had thoughts of going after her. Listening to Faith and you talk about it, I realize she is not a threat anymore. Listen, I know you are scared. Afraid you will be lost in our mind forever. I can't let that happen. Without one, the other of us cannot exist. Haven't you realized that yet? Remember the time you tried to have me exercised? You were in a coma for a week. And that was just me acting like I was gone. The same would happen to me if you were to leave. Like it or not, we are stuck with each other. This is for life. How about this, you sit back and think about it. Let me go and help Faith and the others get out of this. After we get back home, I will give up control back to you. By that I mean, you will get a chance to talk it out with Faith and Willow and get their feedback. I only want to help."
"Ok. I will let you have control for now. Don't make me regret this."
...to be continued...