Gunn
Gunn looked up as he saw Wesley and put the book, that he was holding, down.
"Hey Wes, have a question for ya."
He held up the picture in the book and pointed to a sketched picture of a woman, with long curly hair, almond shaped eyes and a heart shaped mouth. She was petite in stature, dressed in little more than a loin cloth, and holding a sword.
"What can you tell me about wrath, as in, one of the seven deadly sins?"
Wesley
"Well, outside of Catholic dogma...a very powerful, dangerous and very old demon," Wesley said, putting his glasses on and studying the picture.
"Appearance human, and has been traced back through demonic texts that far outstrip human ones. That's one of the very few pictures of her. She has the power to inflict rage on entire cities, people going mad in the streets and simply tearing each other to pieces..."
Gunn
"So... not a loving? Damn, I knew this wouldn't be good."
Gunn looked at the book again.
"Barbelo. I called Faith, gave her heads up, and told her you'd call her back when we knew more."
He rubbed his eyes.
"Ran into some tall, dark and nasties last night. They mentioned working for wrath."
Wesley
"Oh dear..." Wesley said slowly.
"That, is not a normal course of action for her. If I remember correctly, the last time she did anything of that nature, she was hunting Glorificus..."
Gunn
"So... we're gonna die?"
Gunn shook his head.
"You Brits are just a regular ray of sunshine, ain't ya?"
Devon & Andrew
"BLOW ME, ANYA!" Devon yelled, then jumped out the window to avoid her wrath.
"Ah, f*ck..."
He really hadn't though that through.
"He's fine," Andrew said, grinning.
Wesley
"Let me check my texts..."
Wesley pulled out several thick, dusty tomes and started to leaf through them.
"Here."
He cleared his throat then read.
"Behold, for the Bringer of Wrath shall stalk the earth, gathering an army unto her and all shall despair. Both those of night and those of day, of Caine and of Seth, all shall flee her flames and the land will weep blood. For lo, she comes seeking what the Hell Beast has hold fast, and lost. For lo, the children of Seth did take it from the Beast and hidden it. And Wrath shall stalk the land until she is appeased and hell on earth come to be..."
Faith and Paige
"Fancy talk for, hell is gonna open and we're all screwed."
Gunn sighed.
"Better give Faith a head's - "
Faith and Paige orbed in with a shimmer of blue lights. Paige orbed out seconds later, leaving an annoyed looking Faith.
"I thought I better come check this out. Hey Wes, Gunn," she said, flipping Gunn a high five.
Wesley
"Hello, Faith," Wesley said.
"Well, I think it's clear what Wrath is looking for. The Key."
Faith
"Which one? Mine or the gay one?"
Faith went and sprawled on the lounge.
"Great..." Gunn mumbled.
"How's Zac?"
"Logan. Long story."
Wesley
"As fascinating as Faith's private life unduibately is, can we concentrate on the issue at hand?"
Wesley sounded slightly peeved.
"As far as this text seems to suggest...I would say the Key mentioned is Dawn."
Faith
"So the gay one," Gunn said.
"I was gonna say that," Faith grumbled.
"What else does it say?"
Wesley
"You really shouldn't disparage her like that..."
Wesley looked back down to the book and cleared his throat.
"And there will be a dancing light to cleanse the blood of Wrath. A purity untamed, walking amongst men. Purity twinned with depravity, age with apparent youth, and Wrath shall sleep forever more."
Faith
"Well, that's Brand, there's no doubt about that."
Faith nodded.
Wesley
Wesley continued to read.
"One shadowed but undimmed shall walk beside the light, keeping the Firefly from harm. A Slayer, in a time when Slayers shall be not one but many, when the First has walked and been cast back, when the mouth to hell has been snapped closed and the First Childer of Caine walk unfettered. Falling, her life will secure the flight."
Faith
Gunn looked at Faith.
She cleared her throat.
"Well then... that could still be someone else... right?"
Wesley
"Possibly," Wesley said.
"It doesn't say specifically that she is a Slayer..."
Faith
"Rockin, coz I don't want to die."
Faith grinned and picked up a book lazily.
Wesley
"Falling might not specifically mean dying..." Wesley said.
He pulled down some of the demonic language texts and sat down to study them.
"I would ask Cordelia to make coffee...but none of us are deserving of punishment."
Gunn
"Alright, alright, I'll do it."
Gunn got up and headed down to the kitchen.
Wesley
"Thank you, Gunn," Wesley called out distractedly.
He opened the book, sliding his glasses further up his nose as he started to decipher the demonic langauge within.
Faith
Faith grinned as she took the coffee from Gunn, once he'd come back upstairs.
"Thanks."
"What did your last little black boy die of?" Gunn grumbled, handing Wesley his coffee.
"Over exertion. You should cut back, Gunn."
"Ha ha, very funny."
"I thought so."
"Faith?" said Connor, appearing at the top of the stairs.
"Hey junior," she replied, not looking up.
"Is there another evil I should know about?"
"Wes, you wanna field that one?" Gunn asked.
Wesley
"Yes," Wesley said.
"Demon colluqially known as Wrath, as in one of the seven deadly sins. I suppose we should be grateful that none of the other seven are making their appearance. She's after Dawn, Brand may be able to stop her in some way."
Faith
"So, what, do we get in touch with Giles? Although, I gotta tell ya, Giles ain't much for communication these days," Faith commented, brushing hair out of her eyes.
Wesley
"I believe for the moment, we can handle it," Wesley said after a moment's hesitation.
"Although I would feel much better if Angel was here. More fighters to help distract Wrath..."
Faith
"Well, we could talk to Willow about... you know, the magic thing," Faith suggested.
"Because I gotta agree with ya, Wes. I feel better when it's Angel behind the wheel, not Angelus."
Wesley
"Quite."
Wesley bit his lip, hand straying to his side which was bandaged from last night when Angelus had appeared to collect Serafina.
Faith
"So, we get Red to fix Angelus, and then..."
Faith's eyes flicked to the clock above the counter in the lobby.
"Think I'll crash here tonight."
"Can stay in my room," Gunn joked.
"You wish."
"Hell nah, Slayer."
Wesley
"YOu could use Angel's room," Wesley offered.
"It's most likely to be in good repair, unlike a lot of other rooms in this falling down hotel."
Faith
"Thanks. I better give Logan heads up. I told him I'd be training..."
Faith headed for the phone in Angel's office and dialled the appropriate number.
Kurt
"Hello, Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, how may I help you?" Kurt rattled off, keeping his accent to a minimum.
"Kurt Wagner speaking."
Faith
"Hey Kurt, it's Faith. Could I speak to Logan, please?"
Faith twisted the phonecord around her fingers.
Kurt
"Ja, Dunkelheit eine," Kurt said.
"Let me find out where he is."
A few taps of the keyboard, even with his abnormally large fingers located Logan in the Danger Room.
"He is in the Danger Room at the moment, but he should be done soon, Faith."
Faith
"Ok, could you just get him to call me?" Faith asked.
Gunn hovered in the doorway.
Kurt
"I vill get Vielfrass to ring you back," Kurt said.
"Was ist the number?"
Faith
Faith gave the number to Kurt, thanked him, then hung up.
"Feel like ordering in food?" Gunn asked.
"Hell yeah."
Cordelia pranced into the lobby, waving the chinese restaraunt menu in her hand.
"Ok, so what to order guys!"
Wesley
"The seafood combonation was nice last time, let's get that," Wesley said.
"And I'll have nice healthy steamed vegeatbles," Cordelia said.
"Three orders of rice?"
"Yes, I think that would be sufficent. Two plain and one of fried rice."
"CONNOR! Lorne! What do you want from takeout?!"
Lorne and Faith
Lorne came down the stairs, clicking and humming to himself.
"Hmmm, hokkein noodles for me, sugarplum."
"I could go anything," Faith commented.
"Same. Combination fried noodles," Gunn put in.
Wesley
"Something with meat in it," Connor said.
"Now we don't have to worry about the brat."
Wesley slowly got up from the table, fingers gripping the edge of the table hard and face very, very angry. Connor glared back at him, slightly guilty but mostly just as angry.
"The less heard from your mouth, the better, I think, Connor."
Faith and Lorne
"Mostly talking out of your ass anyway, junior," Faith commented.
Connor snarled.
"Now now, sweetikins. Let's all calm down. Cordelia, honeypea, would you make the order?"
Wesley
"Yep!" Cordelia said and went off to do that.
Wesley and Connor continued to glare at each other.
"It's not like anything's going to happen to her anyway," Connor said.
"She's got Daddy Angelus wrapped around her little finger. Got both of them whipped."
"Your display of brotherly concern is very touching," Wesley said.
"Almost as touching as your display of incompetence in keeping her out of Angelus's hands."
Connor's face whitened in anger.
Faith
Faith grabbed Connor's arm and shoved him up against the wall, arm across his collar bone, holding him firmly in place.
"Suggest you keep quiet, kid."
Connor struggled.
"Kid has a name."
Faith pulled him off the wall, and punched him, sending him flying across the floor.
Connor glared at her.
Wesley
"Please try not to break the furnishings," Wesley said.
"Your concern is touching, Wes," Connor growled.
"Did you hear anything, Gunn?" Wesley asked.
"I'm sure I heard something."
Faith
"Didn't hear a thing," Gunn replied, looking amused.
Faith pulled Connor to his feet, pushed him slightly, holding onto his arm, then kicked him backwards, and threw him out the Hotel doors.
"Bitch," Connor growled.
Wesley
"Wes, why did Connor leave so very quickly, assisted by Faith?" Cordelia asked as she came back in.
"Connor was being well, Connor," Wesley said.
Faith
Faith dusted her hands off onto her pants.
"Now I'm all worked up with no Logan. Bad, bad."
Faith shrugged.
"Shall we ajourn to Angel's room, where comfy couches and tv's reside?"
Gunn nodded.
"I like her."
Wesley
"Indeed," Wesley said dryly.
"Money, got the money," Cordelia said, digging in the petty cash before she went to pay the delivery guy.
She gave the containers to Gunn.
"Here, take these, you manly man."
"What about Wes?" Gunn complained, taking them.
"He's wounded."
Faith
Faith grinned and pulled her phone out of her pocket, switching it on in case Logan called.
"Told ya, I'm just a manservant," Gunn muttered.
"Awwwwww, diddums."
Wesley & Logan
They all went up to Angel's room, and set out the Chinese containers.
"Looks good," Cordelia commented.
"What's on?"
"Ahh...news, Interview with a Vampire..." Wesley said.
Logan nodded at Kurt.
"Thanks, Misfit."
He went to his room and dialled Faith's mobile.
Faith
Faith had just settled when the phone rang.
She poked Gunn in the head with the other side of her fork.
"Hey!" he said.
"Don't eat my noodles... hello?"
Logan
"Hello, darlin'," Logan said.
"A certain fuzzy elf told me to call you. What's going on?"
Faith
"Hey you."
Faith grinned and pushed Gunn away from her food.
"I'm in LA at the moment, and I'll be spending the night here with Angel Investigations. New evil rising, helping research. Well, I'm not so much helping as just eating their food."
Logan & Wesley
"I see," Logan said.
"Coming home tomorrow?"
"Nice to know that your friendship with us is so easy to maintain," Wesley said dryly.
Faith
"First thing," Faith said, then stuck her tongue out at Wesley.
"Shut up, English."
She sat up properly.
"But I hope your bed isn't too cold tonight... unless you can wangle a teleporter into bringing you over."
Logan
"I would, but Misfit can't 'port that far, and princess went somewhere with blondie," Logan said.
"I don't even wanna know."
Faith
Faith nodded.
"He can't see that," Gunn said cheekily.
"Shut up, and stop eating my dinner, eat yours!"
Faith pulled her plate away from him again.
"Ok, I guess I'll be cold and alone tonight. All unloved. Unfulfilled."
Wesley & Logan
"Please, keep your private life exactly that, private," Wesley said.
"Diddums," Logan teased.
Faith
"Well, I'll be coming home early tomorrow, so that I may make up for the night," Faith said, ignoring Wesley.
Logan
"Ok, darlin," Logan said.
"Be looking forward to it. Anything I need to know bout this evil?"
Faith
"Um... it's here because of Dawn, and so it'll most likely turn up in New York... I could possibly die, you know, the usual."
Faith flicked hair out of her eyes.
Logan
Logan swore steadily and inventively for a few minutes.
"Glory wasn't enough? F*ck that shit. That bitch can die this time."
Faith
"I agree," Faith said, holding the phone away from her ear.
"And whoa."
Logan
"You're threatened, I don't like it," Logan growled.
"If she lived here, I'd go beat some sense into her."
Faith
"Hey, I'm cool, always am. And I have you to help me survive now, so..."
Faith looked at Wesley.
"IS there any teleporter you know who could bring him here?"
Wesley
"Not really," Wesley said.
"What about the Charmed one who teleports?"
Faith
"Hmmm... did you want to come here, Logan?" Faith asked.
Logan
"I want to make sure nothing happens to you," Logan growled.
"So yeah, darlin'."
Faith and Paige
"Paige."
Paige appeared and Faith relayed the message. The witch rolled her eyes and orbed out.
"You would be Logan?" Paige asked.
Logan
"Yeah," Logan said, getting up.
He put the phone down, hanging it up.
"Let's go then."
Faith and Paige
Faith hung up and forked a piece of chicken into her mouth, watching the screen.
Paige took Logan's arm and orbed them into LA. She let go and left quickly.
"Hey you," Faith said, looking up and grinning.
Logan
Logan's nostrils flared for a moment, before he went over to Faith and kissed her almost gently, but very possessively.
"Hey, darlin'."
Faith
Faith kissed him back and smiled slightly.
"You know everyone, yeah? Oh maybe not... Gunn and Cordy... this is Logan."
"Hey," Gunn replied, snagging a piece of Faith's chicken.
Cordelia nodded politely, and went back to eating half of Lorne's food.
Logan & Wesley
Logan sat next to Faith, nodding slightly at Gunn and Cordelia.
"So, how do I keep Faith from dying?"
"As far as we can tell, Brand will somehow defeat Wrath," Wesley said.
Faith
Faith leaned against Logan.
"I won't die, I'm a trooper."
Logan
"Let's cut the deck so you do," Logan growled.
"*Always* stack the deck."
Faith
"Huh?" Cordelia asked.
"Yeah, I'm there too," Faith said.
Faith
"Ohhhhh," Cordelia said, nodding.
Faith looked at Logan, then shook her head.
"Fair enough."
Logan
Logan tilted her head up and kissed her hard.
"Yeah. So?"
Faith
Faith kissed him back.
"So your ass."
Gunn chuckled.
"Nice comeback."
Logan
Logan bit sharply at her neck.
"Being lippy, darlin'?"
Faith
"I'm gonna have to intervene and say that if this is heading where it looks like it's heading... we should go," Cordelia said bluntly.
Faith grinned and pushed Logan off the bed.
"Nope."
Logan
Logan grinned slightly at Cordelia, then leant up and smacked Faith on the ass.
"Play nice."
Faith
Faith stuck her tongue out at Logan, then pushed him back down on the floor, straddling his waist.
"I'm very nice."
Logan
"No, you're bad," Logan corrected her.
"But that's fine by me."
Faith
Faith grinned, then bent her head to lick at Logan's neck. She hopped up and got back on the bed.
"Hmmm, says you, Wolverine."
Logan
Logan chuckled slightly, before sitting up and leaning against the bed.
"So."
Faith
"Going now," Cordelia said, scooping up her rubbish and skittering out the door, muttering something about not wanting to see them screw.
Gunn chuckled and followed her out.
"So, what, Wolverine?"
Faith lay on her stomach and looked at Logan, eyes twinkling.
Wesley & Logan
Wesley quickly left, polising his glasses and muttering under his breath. He closed the door behind him.
"Don't know, darlin'," Logan said in a teasing tone.
Faith
Faith faked a yawn and rolled over.
"Well, if you don't know... I might get some sleep."
Logan
"Oh, really?"
Logan took her shoe off, then ran his fingers over the sole of her foot.
Faith
Faith laughed slightly, then pretended to be asleep.
"Shh, I'm sleeping."
Logan
"Mmm..."
Logan tickled her foot some more, then licked across it lightly.
Faith
Faith picked up the pillow and threw it at his head.
"Sleeping!"
Logan
"Really?"
Logan took her other shoe off, then started to massage her feet gently.
Faith
Faith smiled and opened her eyes.
"Maybe... no. Yes. No."
Logan
"Indescive today..."
Logan moved his hands up her legs.
Faith
"Am not."
Faith pouted.
Logan
"Y'are."
Logan kissed the inside of her knees lightly.
Faith
"Yeah well... says you."
Faith grinned and ran her hand through his hair.
Logan
"Mmmm..."
Logan moved up the bed slightly and pushed her skirt up.
Faith
"Indeed."
Faith lifted her hips slightly.
Logan
Logan pulled her panties down and blew over her softly.
"So, darlin..."
Faith
Faith moaned softly.
"Yes?"
Logan
"YOu want to sleep now?"
Logan flicked her with his tongue lightly.
Faith
"I'm thinking no."
Faith squirmed slightly.
Logan
"Told ya you're indesicive."
Logan licked over her again.
Faith
"Smartass, you're lucky I love ya," Faith said, hoping it came out as a light passing comment.
Logan
"Mmmhmmm..." Logan hummed against her.
Faith
"Godddd..."
Faith's hips bucked up slightly.
Connor climbed the stairs, pissed as hell. He paused and snarled slightly.
Damn Faith.
Logan
Logan raised his head for a moment.
"Just keep on walking, kid, and no one has to get punched later."
He put his mouth back down where it would be the most use, hands holding Faith's legs open.
Faith
Faith moaned hips bucking up again.
Connor snarled again and continued to his room.
He'd get her back in the morning.
Logan
Logan slid two fingers into her, humming against her folds.
Faith
"AH GOD!"
Gunn lifted his head from his pillow, then pulled the cover over his head.
Damn, he better not hear that all night...
Logan
Logan slid another finger into her, tongue flicking at her lightly.
Faith
Faith moaned and spread her legs a little more.
"Oh God..."
Logan
Logan bit down lightly, still moving his fingers.
Faith
Faith panted slightly, back arching.
"Ohhhh..."
Logan
Logan growled and bit down harder.
Faith
"Logan!"
Faith's hips thrust up as she came.
Logan
Logan shoved his pants down, then drove into her hard. He growled slightly as he started to thrust.
Faith
Faith moaned loudly, hands scratching at his back through his shirt.
Logan
Logan just growled as he continued to thrust into her hard, fingers rubbing over her roughly. He bit down on her shoulder, then kissed her brutally.
Faith
Faith tightened around him, moaning and sliding her hands down to roll his balls between her fingers.
"Ah God!"
Logan
Logan's hips bucked and he moaned loudly.
"Faaaaaith..."
Faith
Connor groaned and tried to block out the sound.
Damn his enhanced senses!
Faith bit down on Logan's neck, hard enough to draw blood.
Logan
Logan snarled, and thrust harder with his hips.
Faith
"Ahhh!"
Faith tightened again as she came, panting.
Logan
"Faith!"
Logan bit down on her shoulder as he came, hips still moving faintly.
Faith
Faith licked the already faded bitemark on his neck.
"Mmmm."
Logan
"Think we offended anyone's delicate sensibilities?" Logan asked.
He nuzzled her neck, resting his weight on his arms.
Faith
Faith kissed him gently.
"Too bad... they won't be game or stupid enough to try and tell us off for it."
Logan
"Better not be," Logan muttered.
He rolled off her then drew her into his arms.
Faith
"Coz then you'd get tough?"
Faith snuggled into his arms and kissed his shoulder.
Logan
"Yeah."
Logan kissed her gently.
"Get some sleep, darlin'."
Faith
"We've got to talk about you and the ordering me around..."
Faith kissed him back and closed her eyes, pulling a blanket over her.
Logan
"You wouldn't have me any other way."
Logan closed his eyes, holding her close.