Sight Lost, Sight Found.

Title: Sight Lost, Sight Found.
Author: buffyfaith19
Pairing: Faith/Helena. BTVS/BOP crossover.
Summary:It's a sequel to The Bermuda Triangle Affair. Helena rushes to find a way to get Faith's eye's back and heads to Sunnydale for some help doing just that..
Feedback: Always welcome and greatly appreciated.
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Rating:R.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters in this story. Sadly someone else does, perhaps DC Comics and the WB Network and Joss Whedon and UPN both, but they simply don't use them quite the way they should.
Warning:There is none. Just a brief explanation that this is an adult story with a real plot and equally real sexual content. If you like plots, this should work for you. If you like sex in a story, tshoushould work for you. If you like both plot + sex, this should work for you. Please enjoy.


Chapter One.


There was nothing to prepare Helena for what she was seeing. She knew she had to get over her own confusion and shock and do whatever it took to help Faith so she picked herself up and rushed over to a disoriented Faith and put her arms around her, "It's going to be okay. Right now I just want to get you somewhere safe so we can figure out what to do next."
Faith was still waving her hands in front of her, trying to touch something so she didn't feel so lost and alone. The warmth of Helena's body against her own felt so comforting, yet was also a sign that this wasn't just a bad dream, she really couldn't see a thing.
Helena could see the fear and confusion on Faith's face and she knew she had to act fast before things got even worse. She tapped her comlink, "Barbara! Are you there? This is an emergency. I need a private plane ready to take Faith and I back to New Gothnd Ind I need it now."


"What's going on? Are you in trouble?"
"Yes. I just need this as soon as possible. I'm taking Faith to the airport and I hope something is waiting for us there."
"Of course. I'll do what I can." Barbara agreed quickly and then was off to make the arrangements.


Helena helped Faith to her feet and they made it up the stairs and then off the yacht where they flagged a cab down and were on their way to the airport.
Faith was still very shaken up and hadn't said a word since she found out she realized she couldn't see.
The drive to the airport was quiet and uneventful.
Helena told the cab driver to take her to the private airplane hangar and once there she paid the man and led Faith to the waiting area and once again called Barbara, "Hi Barbara, do you have anything for us?"
"Yes, I just made the final arrangements. Your on the next flight out. You will get off in Florida and take a connecting flight to New Gotham. You should be here in about 8 hours. Can you tell me what's going on?"


Helena walked slowly away from Faith as she continued talking to Barbara, "It's bad. Faith killed the demon we were after. We stopped the bank robbery plan but, when the demon died it conjured up another demon who cast a spell on Faith and literally removed her eyes from her head. It's like nothing I've ever seen before."
"Oh my god. How on earth is that possible?"


"I don't know. Magic I guess. It was weird. But, it's real and I have to get her sight back. I don't know how but I need to do this for her." Helena's concern for Faith was clear as her voice cracked as she finished her sentence.
"Something else is going on here. What aren't you telling me?"
"I'll fill you in when I get back. I can't talk now. Thanks for everything. Talk to you soon. Bye." Helena was always good at avoiding unwanted conversations.


Faith was standing perfectly still as Helena walked up to her and took her hand, "Hey, Barbara got us a flight outta here. We take off in less than an hour so we should head over there nowt'st's just around the corner here."
No word were spoken as Faith took Helena's hand and followed her around the corner and up to the very large airplane that was waiting for them.


Once inside Helena helped Faith buckle up and after some delay they took off to New Gotham.
The flight was smooth and fast and Faith still hadn't said a word and tried to sleep the whole way there.
They got off the plane and Alfred was there with a limo to take the girls back home.


Helena chose to stop at her place and drop Faith off before she went to meet Barbara and Dinah.
Faith didn't object and was happy to sit down on Helena's couch. She then curled up into a little ball and tried to get some sleep again.
Helena sat down beside her and was debating what she should say or if she should say anything at all.
Since the goal was to get Faith's sight back she would need Faith's help in deciding what to do next.


"Faith, I think we should talk a bit before you get some sleep. My number one priority is to get your sight back and that's all I care about right now. But, I have a feeling you might know the best place to start since you've dealt with this type of magic before. Is there anyone that might be able to help us?"
It took a couple minutes before Faith said her first words since the accident, "The only people who can help don't want anything to do with me. So we'll have to find another way."


Helena's eye's lit up, "Wait a second here. Who can help you?"
"No, I don't want them involved. Not yet. If nothing else turns up then fine, but there are other ways. There has to be." Faith replied, not really believing there was another way to help her.


"Listen Faith, I know something happened between you and someone or a good many someone's in the past, but you said you were friends with this girl before so I have to believe that deep down she still cares about you. No matter what went down. So please, just let me go talk to them." Helena pleaded, still holding Faith's hand tightly and pleased she hadn't pulled away.


"It's complicated." Faith said with a sigh as she got to her feet, "What happened back then was not my finest hour. There's another girl who is like me. A slayer. We met, we worked together and eventually became friends."
"Doesn't sound that complicated to me." Helena said trying to make Faith smile just a little.


"Very funny." Faith shot back, doing her best to stay in the same mood, "After things peaked with us. When everything was at it's best something changed. I don't why but things got in the way and I reacted badly and well switched sides and became her enemy. I don't want to make excuses for anything, because I made every choice on my own and no matter how hurt or mad I was I should've handled it all so much better than I did."


"So you made some mistakes. That's why you were in prison from what I can tell. You were owning up to what you did. I admire that. I do. No way that's easy to do once you get off track."
"Maybe. I don't know. I had no other options really. Anyway, I'm not sure Buffy will care about what's happened to me and I don't blame her. And as for the rest of her gang, they aren't really my best friends either."


"I don't know them, but I know that most people have the capacity for giving second chances. Forgiving people for mistakes." Helena kept her hand over Faith's, making sure she knew she wasn't going anywhere, " Especially in this line work, because I've made many myself and am grateful that Barbara understands and so does Dinah. I mean, we all make mistakes. Granted, some are worse than others, but if this girl cared about you before, those feelings will not just disappear because she got hurt."


Faith could tell that Helena wasn't aboutgivegive up on this so she finally relented, "Okay, if you want to try go ahead. Buffy lives in Sunnydale. Last I heard from Angel, she was doing just fine dealing with yet another possible end of the world drama that she will stop as always. I got only slight bits of information about the others. Willow, who is the powerful witch, is having some problems using magic or something, Xander is Willow and Buffy's best friend and he kind of had thing for me, but after I tried to kill him I'm not sure he feels same about me. Anya is a former demon and probably has the no reason to hate me, but if she isn't a demon now I'm not sure she's be of any use. Giles is the brains behind the group. He knows everything about e dem demon or can find out about them. Then there's Dawn, Buffy's 17 year old sister. Can't say I know much about her really. Anyway, hey hey say no I want you to accept it and leave. Okay?"


Helena knew she couldn't agree to that, so she talked around Faith's request instead, "Okay, thanks for the information. I will go talk to Barbara and Dinah and see what the next step should be. You stay here and get some rest."


Faith slowly made her way around Helena's living room, using her hands and feet to keep her from smashing into to anything, then found the fridge and was looking for something to drink but as she felt the containers they were all so similar she couldn't even decide which one to pick and she slammed the door and grabbed the counter and squeezed it so hard she snapped a piece off.


Helena came into the room and picked it up off the ground and sat in on the counter and looked at Faith who was mortified at what she'd done, "I'm so sorry. I hate this. I can't even get a drink on my own."
"It's okay." Helena put her arms around Faith and held her close, "It's a silly piece of a dumb counter. I don't want say something stupid like I know what your going through, because I have no idea, but I do know it's going to take time to get used to, well, your new situation."


"I like that. New situation. How diplomatic of you." Faith pulled away and walked back toward the couch, bumping into a chair and then a coffee table before falling to the couch, "There, did it. Only a couple little bruisor mor my trouble. Lucky I've got slayer healing. I'll be up at em in no time."


"Yes you will." Helena saw Faith turn her head up to her and knew she would have been giving her the dirtiest of looks if she could, "Now, I can see this isn't the time for a pep talk so I'm gonna go talk to my friends and will be back to check on you soon. Are you okay? Do you want something to drink or eat?"


Faith laughed at the question, "Oh right, me alone with food. Sure. That would be fun. Lucky I don't have eyes or I'd probably poke them out with a fork anyway. But yeah, I'm hungry. So how about a New York steak, medium rare, a glass of red wine and perhaps some uplifting happy music playing the background."
"Bravo, that was a particularly impressive display of sarcasm." Helena said with a smile then sat down beside Faith on the couch and took her face in her hands and leaned down and kissed her.


The kiss was very soft and full of emotion and Faith could feel it all the way through her body, "What was that for?"
"To show you that I'm not going anywhere." Helena pulled back just a little, letting her hand slide through Faith's long dark hair, "You can be as sarcastic or pissed as you want at the world or me, but I'm here and I'm gonna help you get your site back. Then you can look in my eyes and see how much I care about you and maybe, just maybe you will remember that when you are sitting here and things get rough. Think of me out there doing my best to help you because I care."


Faith pulled Helena in and gave her a big hug and almost felt relieved that she couldn't cry right now, because she hated when people saw her cry.
"Thank you. I mean it." Faith sat up and reached for Helena's hand and held it close to her chest, "Listen, if I ever start feeling sorry for myself again you have permission to tell me. I don't want to do that. I'm not giving up. I know things could be worse so you go do what you can and I'll be fine here. I promise. Thanks for being here for me. I never realized how much it meant to have someone care about me like this. I don't really know what to say sometimes."


"You don't have to say anything. I know you'd do the same thing for me. I know it." Helena put her arms around Faith again and they held each other tightly.
After a very long hug Helena pulled away, "I have to go. The sooner I get working on this the sooner we can get put this all behind us."


"Okay, I'll be fine here. Maybe watch some TV." Faith smiled at Helena, "Just kidding. I still haveenseense of humor you know. Now, you go do your thing and I'll be thinking of you while your gone."
Helena couldn't help but smile at Faith's very dry sense of humor, "You made me smile. Thanks. You take care. Get some rest and I'll be back as soon as possible. Bye for now."
Faith lie back on the couch and waved bye to Helena and thriedried to get some sleep.


There was allot of activity at the computer center as Helena came into the room and she walked up and saw both Barbara and Dinah working away on something, "Hey, what's going on?"
"Hi Helena. I'm glad your back safe and sound." Barbara then turned her focus back to the computer monitors, "Well we have done our own little research here into the demon you mentioned. There is no way we can find out everything about it or how to use the magic to help Faith, but I believe we've found it's name."


"That is a very good start." Helena smiled then looked back at the monitor.
Dinah then grabbed a piece of paper they'd just printed out and handed it to Helena, "This is it. It appears to be a Shinatsu demon. They deal almost solely with human organs. Ewe. They have the ability to insert and extract organs without contact. It says they are mostly used with the ever growing black market organs for cash scams."
"Isn't that creepy." Helena said as she studied the demon and knew instantly it was the one who removed Faith's eyes.


Barbara wheeled over to her other computer monitor and pulled up another screen for Helena to look at, "Yes, it's creepy, but it's also a very lucrative business and these demons are a big reason why there have been very few arrests for these crimes. There is no evidence for the police to go on. What we did learn is that any one of these Shinatsu demons have the ability to restore an organ that's been magically removed. So, even if we can't find the exact one who did this, there are other options available."


"That's good news. First I need to go to Sunnydale. There is another slayer there and a witch and some others who might be able to help us." Helena said, still looking at the picture of the demon and getting more than a little anxious to find it.
"Okay, I'll go with you." Dinah said as she stepped forward.
Helena wasn't thrilled with that idea, "I don't know. I was thinking you might stay here and keep an eye on Faith."


Barbara looked at Helena, who looked away from her as she did, "Please tell me your not saying this because you don't think I can take care of Faith?"
"No, it's not that. It's just that you've got so much to do and I don't think it's fair for you to have to worry about Faith as well. Dinah's more than capable of doing this."


"Yes she is, but so am I. Now, I think it's best if she goes with you. We don't know anything about this Sunnydale place, except it's some sort of demon playground so I don't want you going there alone." Barbara took her eyes off Helena and turned them towards Dinah, "This could be dangerous, but I know your ready and that's why I'm letting you go with Helena. I have total confidence in your abilities and you will do great. Just reme, He, Helena's in charge."
"That's fine. I just want to help. When do we leave?" Dinah said, unable to contain her youthful enthusiasm.


Helena took the picture of the demon with her and looked at Barbara and then back at Dinah, "Right now I guess. That plane is still ours for the week so let's head to the airport and go meet some new people."
"I'll look in on Faith and make sure she's got everything she needs. So concentrate on getting the help she needs. Be careful okay." Barbara watched them wave bye and turned her attention back to the computer.


Helena and Dinah were on the plane and on their way to Sunnydale.
As they got closer to Sunnydale Helena took out her cell phone and called Buffy's house.
"Hello?" a female voice said.
"Hi there. My name is Helena Kyle. I'm on my way to see Buffy Summers. Can you tell me if she's going to be in today?"


"I think so. She's my sister. She is just out, um, taking care of a few things. She should be back in an hour or so."
"Alright thanks. Let her know I'm coming and tell her it has to do with Faith."
"Faith? What about her?" the girl asked, her voice raised at the mention of Faith's name.
"I'll tell you all about when I get there. Faith is in some serious trouble and she needs some help."


"Okay, I'll tell her. Not sure how she will react though."
"That's okay, I can be very persuasive. See you soon." Helena shut off her cell and sat back and waited for the plane to land.


The landing was flawless and Helena and Dinah got off the plane headed for the rental car they had waiting and hopped inside.
Helena drove a little to fast through Sunnydale and was at the Summer's residence in minutes.
The two girls got out and walked up to the front door and Dinah did the honors of ringing the bell.


A pretty young girl answered the door, "Hello. I am guessing your the girl from the phone? Helena is it?"
"Yes, I'm Helena Kyle and this if my friend Dinah."
Dinah smiled at the girl who smiled back and held out her hand, "Hi Dinah, I'm Dawn." she then shook Dinah's hand and as they did their eyes locked the hand shake lingered and lingered. Helena was watching this with amusement and finally cleared her throat and the two girls broke the contact.


"Anyway, is your sister in?" Helena asked, as she tried to look around the house.
"Yes, come in." Dawn said politely, then led the two girls back towards the kitchen,"She's expecting you but I should warn you that Faith isn't a good topic with her."
"I am aware." Helena smiled, starting to realized Faith may not have been exaggerating after all, "Faith's filled me on some of the history between her and your sister. I just want a few minutes of her time."


Dawn led her into the kitchen where Buffy was sitting having some coffee and they all said some more pleasantries and Helena looked at Dinah, "Listen, why don't you go fill Dawn in on this and I'll talk to Buffy."
Dinah smiled at that idea and she was more than happy to follow Dawn into the living room.