Sight Lost, Sight Found.

Chapter Two.


Helena sat down opposite Buffy and got right to the point, "I know there is some bad blood between you and Faith. She told me about what she did and although I don't know every detail, she made it clear what she did was wrong and horrible and she knows your not likely to want to help her."
"Well, that's putting it mildly." Buffy said with a laugh, "Who are you exactly? How do you know Faith? How is she out of jail?"


"Faith helped me out on a mission. But it turned out the mission was not what I thought. Instead it was a trap for Faith. A demon she killed in the past, some Krista fellow, well his brother set it all up so I would get Faith out of jail and we tracked him down and he was about to kill me when Faith killed him. When he died another demon appeared and somehow magically removed Faith's eyes. Literally from here head. She is blind."


Buffy's eye's did come to life when she heard the details of Faith's problem, "Okay, I admit that is horrible. It is. I just don't know what you want me to do."
"We need to find a demon who can restore her sight. Faith told me you and your friends are the best at this. I'm asking for your help." Helena said sincerely.


Buffy got up and walked over to the fridge, not sure what to make of all the feelings rushing through her mind at the moment, "I can't promise anything, but I will ask my friends if they want to help out. I have a feeling they will. We've all had a need for forgiveness lately. I don't even know what I'm feeling now, but I'll put it all aside and deal with Faith after she gets her sight back."
Helena smiled and stood up and walked over to Buffy, "Thank you. I don't know what to say. I appreciate your help though."


"I don't know how much Faith told about our past, but it was pretty intense. Still, the thought of Faith without her eyes doesn't give me any pleasure and actually makes me feel sorry for her, so I want that to stop. When and if we deal with the past I want her to look me in eyes and we will see what happens then." Buffy stood up and led Helena into the living room and as they got inside they were both surprised to find Dawn and Dinah making out in the corner of the couch.


Buffy stood there in disbelief as Helena just smiled and turned on a light, which sent both girls flying off the couch and looking like they'd just been caught being very naughty girls.
Dawn looked at Buffy and Helena and back at Dinah and then at Buffy and still hadn't come up with anything to say.


Dinah was not doing much better, but did manage a couple words, "We were just getting to know each other. Dawn was telling about the demons and stuff."
Helena smiled at that little story, "Oh really? Well, did you get all that information from her lips on yours? Is that how it works now? Kissing for knowledge. I like it."


Buffy was not sure what to say to Dawn, "I can see you were making your new friend feel right at home. If it doesn't interfere with your welcoming party the rest of us are gonna get the others over here and try and come up with a plan."


After a couple phone calls were made the four girls sat and waited for the others to show up.
Dinah and Dawn continued to smile at each other and Dawn got up and walked into the kitchen and moments later Dinah did the same.
Helena looked over at Buffy, "Friendly place you have here. Not sure Dinah's gonna want to go home when this is over."


"I don't know what to say. Dawn's not usually that friendly. Dinah seems like a nice girl so I guess there's no harm in them doing a little kissing, is there?"
"I guess not. Kissing is all they are going to do right? I mean, you don't think...I don't want to think about that right now." Helena stood up and tried to focus on helping Faith instead.
"You seem pretty concerned about Faith. How close are you two?" Buffy asked, hoping it didn't sound too pushy.


Helena turned to face Buffy, trying to figure out how many old feelings she still had for Faith, "I guess were py cly close. I haven't known her a long time, but we just connected. I really grew to care about her allot. I hate to see her like this."
"I can see that. It's good she has someone to help her out then." Buffy added, starting to see that there was more to Faith and Helena than just good friends.


"I know she'd do the same for me. Or you for that matter. I just hope we can find something to help her soon. She is not good at relying on others for help."
"Oh boy do I know about that. When I think about the past I realize I made allot of mistakes to. I didn't see it that way at the time, but I could've handled things differently. Anyway, we all need help every now and then. Once Willow and the rest get here we can do some research on this demon."


Helena reached into her pocket and pulled out the picture of the demon and showed it to Buffy, "Here's what we did find out about it. We know it's name. We know what it can do, but we don't know how to locate it. That's where you come in. Faith also said your friend Willow is a powerful witch? If so maybe there's another way to get Faith's sight back."
Buffy looked over the picture and knew she hadn't come across this particular demon before, but something about it looked eerily familiar, "I can't put my finger on it, but I have a bad feeling about this demon. I can't explain it but I think we better get to work fast."


Helena could see the concern in Buffy's eyes and it did not do much to reassure her about things.
Just then Willow came into the room with Giles following minutes later.
They all came in and Buffy filled them in on the whole situation and they began to do some more research on where to find these demons.


Giles got up to get some tea and walked into the kitchen to see Dawn and Dinah making out like rabbits in front of the cupboards. He grabbed a cup and was looking for his tea bags and realized they were right in front of where the two girls were engaged in a very passionate kiss, "Excuse me. Dawn. Could I just grab a tea bag please."


Dawn smiled sheepishly at Giles and then took Dinah's hand and ran upstairs to her room.
Giles fixed his tea and walked back into the room and motioned for Buffy to come talk to him.
Buffy got up and they moved into the kitchen where he stood nervously, not sure what he should say, "Um, did you know Dawn had a friend over?"


"Oh, you mean the pretty young blonde girl she can't seem to keep her lips off? Buffy said with a smiled, "Oh yes, I got a nice show of that earlier."
"Good. I think" Giles said, not sure what was good or bad at the moment, "You might want to know that they just went up to Dawn's room, alone."


"What?" Buffy asked with more than a little surprise in her voice.
"Yes, I think I interrupted them and they ran up to find someplace a little more private. It's just harmless kissing isn't it? They wouldn't, you know? You think?" Giles stammered.


"Oh I don't think I want to find out." Buffy then turned and walked up the stairs and knocked on Dawn's door.
Dawn answered it very quickly and was still fully clothed so that was a relief, "What do you want?"


"I want you to get downstairs. You know you aren't supposed to have anyone in your bedroom alone. Certainly not after you've spent the last hour kissing them non stop. I will expect the both of you downstairs like now."
Dawn rolled her eyes, "Fine. God, we weren't doing anything. Just talking." she paused as she saw Buffy's look of total disbelief, "Okay kis kissed a little more, but I can't help it. I like her. We were just talking when you came in. Really. She was telling me about her life. So you can relax."
"That's good. You can talk some more downstairs," Buffy walked away with a smile and headed back down to the gang.


Giles stood up with a book in his hand and addressed the group, "I think I may have found something. These Shinatsu demons are actually very rare. Possibly only a handful left alive. The one thing it does mention is they like the warmer climates." he paused and walked over to the bookshelf on the wall and picked out a book and opened it up, "Ah, here it is. There is a conjuring spell we could try, but it has to be done with the victim in the room so wherever Faith is that's where the spell must be used."


"For someone who isn't used to all this spell stuff, can anyone say this spell or do we need special ingredients or something?" pondered Helena as she looked around for an answer.
Giles walked over tlenalena and handed her the book, "In this instance and for most advanced spells they should be only attempted by someone who knows what their doing. Which means Willow is the best choice, if she's ready that is."


Willow saw all the eyes on her and she looked at Buffy for support and stepped forward, "I think I can do it. It's actually a fairly basic spell, but the words are a bit complicated as is the timing of them, so I probably should do this myself." Willow turned towards Helena, "Where is Faith by the way?"
"She's at my place in New Gotham. I can fly us there as soon were ready to go." Helena was anxious to get going and was more than thrilled that progress was being made so quickly.


Buffy walked over to Willow and had a look at the spell she was going to attempt then looked back at Helena, "Willow and I will come with you and make sure this all goes smoothly."
"Wait!" yelled Dawn as she walked in with Dinah at the end of the conversation, "I'm going to."
Buffy walked over and grabbed Dawn by the arm and took her into the kitchen, "I don't think that's a good idea."


"Why? Come on. I've never been out of Sunnydale my whole life. Pleasssseeeee?" Dawn pleaded, giving Buffy her best sad look as she did.
"Oh fine. But, you do as I say and don't get into trouble." Buffy watched as Dawn's face lit up, then was quick to add one more thing, "And you will not spend all your time playing kissy face with Dinah. If you want to see a new city then fine, we will. This is not a makeup trip. And while were on the subject, what is going on with you and this girl? Don't you think things are going a little too fast?"


Dawn's face was filled with happiness and when Buffy mentioned Dinah the smile got even bigger, "No, it's not going fast. It's perfect. I know you won't understand but, something happened when we met. I don't mean just some sexual attraction either, although that part is still there to, but when I say we connected I mean in every way possible. Like we'd known each other all our lives. I felt so comfortable with her. I feel things for her than I never thought were possible. It's just so amazing. I just can't live without her."


Buffy wasn't sure what to do about this and had no time to figure it out either, "Well, I don't want any trouble when it's time to come home. If your planning on staying there with her you won't be coming."
"Come on Buffy. I won't do that. I promise. I know it's not possible for us to be together just yet, but when I'm 18 nothing will stop me from being with Dinah. I can wait. I know she will to."


"Okay then. Go get packed because were going to be leaving in a hurry."
"Thank you. Thank you." Dawn gushed and then hugged Buffy and ran up to her room to get ready.


Buffy shook her head and smiled and walked back into the room, "Well, I guess I'll take Dawn along as well."
Dinah's face turned into a permanent smile when she heard the news and she turned and ran back up the stairs to help Dawn pack.


Back in New Gotham.


Barbara entered Helena's apartment and saw Faith lying sound asleep on the couch and was about to turn around and leave when two men pushed her against the wall and walked over towards Faith.
They grabbed her and had her hands tied up in a flash and then were about to grab her feet when Faith lunged out and knocked the one man flying with a serious kick to the midsection and as the other man tried to wrestle her to the ground he was knocked flying by Barbara as she decked him with a long metal cane she kept hidden in her chair.


Both men got up and looked at Faith with no eyes and Barbara in a wheelchair and even after getting their asses kicked thought it would be a piece of cake taking care of them.
They spread out and one man tried to get around behind Barbara and the other one was making a circle around Faith.


Barbara kept yelling out instructions to Faith about where the man was and she was in her fighting stance and ready to react when needed.
While Barbara and Faith were fighting off the two men a third man walked into the room and was noticeably irritated that his two henchmen were being soundly beaten by two women.


The man stood at the door and watched the fight for a few minutes, careful not to get his very expensive suit damaged as he made his way through the battle zone. With one super quick lunge with his arm he zapped Barbara with an electrical device and she passed out instantly. He then walked over to where Faith was fighting his other henchmen and did the thi thing to her, sending her crumpling to the floor.


His two henchmen then were about to grab Faith and take her with them, when the man stood in front of them with a look of disgust, "You are both unworthy. As of now you are no longer under my employment. There will be no parting gifts. Just this." and he pushed some buttons on his electrical device and with two snake like thrusts he sent enough electricity through both men to kill them 10 times over.


He then made a call on his cell phone and within minutes two other men were in Helena's apartment and picked up Faith and carried her downstairs and then put her in the back of a stretch limo.
The man in charge stopped by Barbara's desk and left a card on her computer monitor, smiled then followed the men outside, got in the back of the limo and sat down beside the unconscious Faith and motioned for the driver to get moving.