Faith's Sister: Hope

THe date switch is fine with me, lol. Still love the story. Continue.
 
Gosh !!! Thanks everyone !!!
I edited all the post, I think there are less mistakes than before, and the age gap between F & H is fixed.
If you see any problems in what I wrote, just tell me.🙂
Here is the post for today

February 6th 1999

Actually, Faith seems to fit in more than before, but I can see clearly. Faith made a dream last night and I finally got it. I wasn't sure of her mind, because she tricked herself so much, that I couldn't see how she felt inside, for real. And what I've seen is not good at all, since she doesn't trust anyone. As I thought, Gwendolyn Post's story destroyed all the confidence she had re-built since Larry's story. And if they do nothing, it'll be worst. 'They' are the ones around Faith: B. and her friends and the watcher. I'm mad at them cause they don't care at all about my sister. They've never been worried that at 16 years, she lived in a flea-pit of a motel (she was 16 when she arrived and turned 17 on November 6, but of course, they didn't know it was her birthday cause they've never asked her, they don't care).
She respects Giles (the watcher) but doesn't trust him. Same for B. She could trust her in the end, if the chick cared at least a bit about my sister, but she is self-centred.
All I can see now is that Faith is on the edge, and if nobody gives her a hand to help her to come back on the ground, she could fall.
Faith has always been the kind of I-pretend-I-don't-care-but-I-beg-you-to-tell-me-what-you-think girl. I mean, she's built a facade so that she pretends she doesn't care about what other think of her, but she is truly concerned and you can put her down or up with just one word.
It was already like that with our mother. Faith was so affected by every word our mother told us.
But to make you understand I should begin the story from the beginning.
Our mother had Faith when she was only 16. She had the kind of pregnancy that you don't notice until it's too late for abortion. So, she had to keep the baby, and she didn't abandoned her because at that time, she wasn't, at that time, the kind of woman we knew. Faith's name comes from this feeling into our mother, that she could go through hard ordeals if she had faith. We don't know anything about the 3 years between Faith's birth and mine, because Faith didn't keep any memories. Then I came, and from what I know, my name come from the time when our mother was on the edge, and was desperate for luck in her life. So she called me Hope.
But anyway, our mother was young when she had us, and we were both unwanted child. And here is the connection with Faith's concern about what our mother told. Since the woman never stopped to repeat how we had wasted her life, how she had been too nice with us, because she never abandonned us, whereas so many girls did so at the time. And Faith took it all for real. She felt guilty for being born. That's one of the reason why she always tried to please our mother, to feel less guilty and at least get her love.
And what made all of this worst for Faith was the fact that our mother was sometimes nice. Yes, it's hard to believe but the few times she wasn't drunk or mad, she was nice enough to say to us some nice stuff, and even, (it happened twice) to apologize for her behavior. How could we hate her after that? Those nice moments make us think that our mother was a nice person who was possessed by a demon when she was mean. And the few nice times were a very short insight for Faith into the love she was looking for.
Each time our mother was nice, Faith put her trust into her, and each time, she had been used and deceived. How could she keep trusting people after all she'd been through? After have been cheated so much?
But if nobody try to catch Faith, if nobody try to earn her trust, then, sooner or later, we will lose her. That's why I need to go to Sunnydale, as fast as I can. To warn them, and to help them, because Faith will trust me, she always trust me.
I'm in Abilene; the next stage will be Odessa, or Midland.
 
February, 10th 1999

Oh my gosh! She fell! Why the hell am I stuck here? I just can't do anything when she is going through hell right now. And this stupid chick who can't help to say stupid remarks!
Of course she killed him, of course he was human, does she think Faith is dumb? She cannot understand that Faith needs to be held right now, she needs to be told what to do. Unfortunately B. doesn't care, and she lets her alone, with her fear, with the horror inside of her, the disgust to have killed someone.
She is responsible somehow for Faith behavior now. She should have tried at least, but she acted like a coward.
She still doesn't know it, but it was the last straw. It's almost hopeless for Faith now; it was the point of no return. Had B forced my sister to go to talk to Giles, I'm sure there would have been a chance to prevent her to do something wrong.
I was sleeping when it happened; I've seen it all. Both what happened for real, and what was going on in her head. I'm so sure of it; I had never seen such a mess into her head. It's so much more serious. The confusion is like hundred times what it was after Larry's deal, and at least five times what it was after Helen's death.
And there are good reasons, this time, it's not about to lose someone she loved, it's about killing, taking someone's life. And not a demon's life.
When Faith lost people she loved, she still could re-build herself, because she could think, in the end, that she did her best, and that it wasn't really her fault. But this time"¦ she is guilty, the only one to blame. She knows that, and it's so heavy for her to carry this"¦ alone.
I feel so useless; I can't do anything to help her. I must warn them, I must try to contact them, Willow maybe.
Into her head, it was so"¦ oh gosh! I don't know if anyone can understand it. It was a mixing of strong feelings, horror, pain, disgust, and fear but in the same time, a kind of feeling of power and strength. When she heard B shouting "˜No', and realized this guy wasn't a vampire or a demon, she thought for a while she was dreaming. More exactly that she was into a nightmare. She glanced at the dead guy, hoping she would awake, but it was real"¦ it was the awful, hurting, scary reality. She didn't know, as she said, but she did it, she killed him.
And what happened the whole day before didn't help. It had begun so well though. Faith had become the leader for once, for the first time since she arrived. She integrated more into the "˜Scooby gang' as they call themselves. She had influence, particularly on B. She played again the leader she was when we were in Boston. B was just"¦ a kind of puppy! She taught to the girl the kind of life she has always lived. She showed to B what freedom was. Well, kind of, because it wasn't really this kind of life that we led when Helen was still with us.
But as I said, it was great for Faith, for the first time since she arrived. She felt respected, even listened! But meanwhile, it makes her see that B wasn't that much amazing. Of course, she still respects her, she is still amazed by her because she is the slayer, and she is older and THE chosen one. But somehow, she felt that she could make the grade. I thought it would enable more complicity with the other, and make her trust B and maybe Giles. But this incident wasted everything, and it's not the new watcher who would be able to help in any way. He seems so"¦ like he doesn't understand anything. He is rigid, strict, and ill at ease and looks like an auk. He pretends to know what to do, let's see how he will deal with that!
In all seriousness, I really worry; I have to try to contact Willow through the Internet. I hope I could do something to advise them. I'm still too far. I tried to work to have enough money to go to straight Sunnydale, but I didn't imagine it would be so expensive.
I need to sleep more to see what is going on, because I feel my sister's feelings and she isn't ok. I feel like an insignificant insect, unable to do anything, not even to help the person who did so much to protect me.
 
Hey, thanks again Parker, you're nice.
What do you think of this banner now ? (I made 3 banners for this story)
Unfortunately, something wrong happened to me yesterday. I had written at least 3 page more for this story, and actually, I can say that I was pretty proud of me.
But I'm not now... I made the laptop fall on the floor, and it's broken now. All I had typed for this story is lost, not oly the 3 page that I just wrote, but the framework too.
For now I'm just so pissed, and I'll have to re-write all of what I had written, but I don't' know if you understand how I feel, for now, I'm just so pissed and not in the mood to re-write all of this.
So I'll do it, but it'll take time. I hope you would still read it when at least, I'll post the sequel.
 
I'll keep looking for it. I hope you get the next three pages soon.
 
Wow guys, you can't imagine how lucky I am !!! It's amazing !
The laptop wasn't broken. My bro looked at it, he opened it and discovered that the disk was just disconnected. So I'm so glad, I have my whole story back, and particulary, the 4 last pages I had typed. For now, I give you a little bit of them, next tomorrow and so forth.
I hope you will like it 🙂
Parker, which banner do you prefer ?

February 11th 1999

I feel that this story is going to turn worst than what it already is. I can't say how I know that, I just feel it.
Since Helen's death it's been"¦ different, both for Faith and me. I didn't agree with the decision she made, and I still don't. But I guess I need to explain the whole story, so that you could understand what I'm talking about.
As I already said, we were living with Helen since Faith discovered she was a slayer. Life with this woman was great; it was like"¦ a normal life I would say. The kind of life we were both looking for.
We had been living at Helen months for eight months, and hoped this would go on that way for the rest of our childhood, because we felt secure. But it seems that fate decided to make it other. It's not fair because when at least we have a bit of luck, when at least we are happy, something comes to waste our joy.
So, on September 1st 1998, was our first meeting with Kakistos.
Just talking about this "thing" makes me shiver. Kakistos was an evil creature. Faith was used to fight against demon, monster or stuff like those, but this one"¦ was the worst she'd ever met.
It didn't look like at once; he just seems a bit stronger than others do.
While the first meeting, didn't really lose the fight, because he ran away. I think he was actually pretending to be weaker than what he really was, to test Faith strength. And there is something I must tell, as I'm talking about that, I can't read demons' minds. That's pity, because it would have been helpful. If I was able, I could have helped my sister, but I was useless, once more.
So, when we came back home, we told Helen about this creature. But it didn't seem very serious, so finally, she didn't make lots of research about him.
A week passed without seeing or hearing anything about Kakistos.
An evening, Faith was outside to patrol, alone, (she loved her new job and spent her nights to patrol"¦or to go into nightclubs too), and she met the monster and his guys.
I was sleeping, and I remember clearly what happen.
She was in a street that seemed to be empty, when they all appeared suddenly from nowhere. They were a dozen at least. She thought she would have hard time, since they were a lot, but she was sure she could beat them all.
And it was on good way. She had already killed 4 of them and hurt 3 others. But then, she faced to Kakistos himself. He had an ugly face, and seemed pretty strong. The fight begun, and it was amazing. The vampire was amazing. He avoided every punches and kicks, and it was as if he was never tired, as if he felt no efforts. Faith couldn't reach him, and in the end, he grabbed her by the neck and begun to strangle her.
From here, I don't know what happened because I awaked suddenly and warned Helen and we ran to go to help her. But I still felt for a while that she could hardly breath, and there was a kind of panic into her head.
And then, there was just nothing anymore. I began to panic, but I knew my sister wasn't dead, because I would know if she was dead, and it was not exactly like if she was dead. It was more like a blackout.
With Helen's car, we reached quickly the place, and actually I think we scared them, because we'd put on a police siren (this little loudy thing helped us more than once).
I'm not sure they'd been frighten by us, but however, when we arrived, there was nobody anymore except Faith, lying on the floor, unconscious.
She was still alive, as I thought, but badly bashed up. We put her into the car and went back home.
When she awaked, we asked her what happened and she told us that she finally was able to free herself from Kakistos, but just has she did so, she received a knock on the head, and it was so strong that she fainted.
Faith quickly healed, and hopefully I would say, because with what happened then, it was necessary.
I'm going to stop for today, because I have to take the bus, which heads to El Paso.
I hesitate a lot, I want to call Faith, but she had neither cell phone nor even a phone in the fleapit. I wasn't able to contact Willow either. I tried with my mind, since she is a witch, I thought I could establish a contact with her, but it didn't work.
 
I don't know, show me the old one again. I think I liked that one better. And, continue with your story.
 
February 12nd 1999

Since the attack, Helen was doing more serious research about Kakistos. She figured out some things, for example that he was a particulary old vampire, coming from Europe, but nothing really about how to kill him. We didn't know what made him special, and why he was so strong.
Faith was pissed off. Since she got her powers, she had never lost a fight. Sometimes it was hard, sometimes it took her a few encounters to win, but she always found a way to win.
It was the first time since she got her power that she had fainted, and she didn't like it.
She was eager, and wanted to go straight to find the guy and beat him to death, because she was sure she could do it. But Helen ordered her to do nothing till she had not found some better informations.
A week passed again, and when heard nothing from the vampire or his cohort.
And then, came September 14th.
Helen told to Faith to be very cautious, but she didn't forbid her to patrol. So on this evening, we were just together, both me and Helen, and we were amid books, still working about Kakistos.
It was about 9pm when we heard a noise outside, and I felt something was wrong. Helen looked at me, and I know she waited me to say if I could feel any presence or had a kind of premonition. I went into Faith's mind to check if it was ok for her, but all seemed normal.
It was weird, because both of us could feel something wrong. I could read in Helen's mind that she was worrying.
Suddenly, something broke a window-pane. We made a jump and stood up, and Helen went to lock the door. We took some weapons that Helen kept into a box (which were a crossbow, a sword and two little daggers) and light off so that nobody could aim at us from the outside.
For few seconds, the world was standing still, like expecting for something. But it didn't last and all of sudden, we found ourself into a chaos.
Windows blew up, shouts came from everywhere and vampires attacked us. We tried to defend ourselves, but it was hopeless. Oddly, they didn't kill us. We had been tied and gaged, and they carried us into a car.
We had been driven into an old warehouse. Kakistos waited for us there. I knew it was him because I had seen him through Faith's eyes. But even without that, it would have been easy to guess he was the boss.
When he saw us, an evil grin appeared on his face.
"˜Good, good' he told to his guys. And then he asked them if they had let the message. A vampire answer that all was the way he wanted it and Kakistos repeated again "˜good, good.'
Then, he came toward us, and told smiling, "˜hope that your guardian angel will come to save you'.
When we were there, tied, in front of them, Helen was talking to me into her mind. She told me to warn Faith. She knew that my ability allowed me only to read minds, and not to talk to peoples' mind, but she insisted. She "˜told' me she thought I could do it since Faith and I were very close, and because she might be at home by now, and so, be aware that something had happened to us.
I tried to do so. Indeed, Faith was into the house, and she had found the message Kakistos let for her. The message ordered her to find, steal and bring back some objects. Kakistos wanted to make Faith a thief, a private thief more precisly. And we were the ones who could allow him to blackmail Faith.
Faith was really worrying, and choking with rage. We were the two most important person to her, and she feared so much that we could die. She decided to do what Kakistos asked her.
I wishpered what happened to Helen, and she told me by thought to try to talk to Faith, into her mind, and to tell her not to do so. I should told Faith where we were kept (because we had seen the road we had taken and we knew exaclty where we were) and told her not to obey to Kakistos.
I went again into my sister's head, and try to make her hear me. I repeated again and again, but it didn't worked.
Helen told me to try again.
So did I. I spent the whole night to concentrate on this.
It was hard, because Faith was overwhelmed by a feeling of anxiety and anger. She pictured into her head so much scenes, seeing me and Helen dead, tortured. It was hard to catch her attention. While I was concentrate, I pretended to sleep, so that the vampires didn't suspect anything, and Helen was encouraging me.
When it was about five in the morning, I finally caught a tiny seconde of her attention. It was enought to make her understand that I was trying to talk to her. From this moment, she stopped, sat on the floor and concentrate. I was so tired, because it needed so much concentration to try to talk to her, but when she realized she had understood, I felt reinforced, because it was the first time in my life that I could do that.
Since she was concentrating, it was easier. It was not like a talk, because it was very difficult to make her grab what I tried to tell her. But bit by bit, I was able to make her get sentences. I told her we were ok, and from this time it was more easier again, because she worried a bit less. Then I told her the place where we were, and the number of vampires, and that she sould not do what was written on the message.
She argued with me about that. She didn't want to risk our lives. I told Helen what Faith told me, but Helen insisted that Faith should NOT do it.
I repeated this to my sister. She had always, (or nearly) obeyed to her watcher, so this time, once more, she obeyed.
She decided to come, to try to free us.
 
Thanky Magui, u made my day with what u told 🙂


February 12th 1999 (later, amid the night)

You might wonder why I don't try to contact Faith, as I did this one time with Kakistos, don't you?
But you could guess that I already tried this. I can't say how many times I tried. I thought that maybe I could develop my "˜ability' and that we could, you know, often talk by mind, don't lose contact and such.
I think it could have worked"¦ if Faith wanted so. She refused it.
I'm going to tell you later the story of why we split up since it's the sequel of the story I'm telling now.
But to make you understand why it worked this time, and it's not working now, you have to consider Faith's will. It's up to her to decide to listen to me. At this time, she was worrying for us; she was opened to anything to save us. As soon as she felt I was trying to contact us, she concentrated as I said.
But now"¦ I think she might have felt once or twice, when I gave so much energy to speak to her mind, like few days ago, when she killed the guy. But she just shut her mind. She doesn't want to hear anything; she is trying to forget me, even though it's so painful to her.
I would better to go on my story so that you could understand better.
As I said, Faith got where we were, and she came to free us. But it wasn't that easy. Kakistos' guys kept an eye on us, both eyes actually. They were about 15 all around. Plus Kakistos himself (or should I say itself) and two guys were in another room. There were more vampires, but they were outside at the moment.
About an hour after I had told to Faith the place we were kept in, Helen awaked me (I had fall asleep because I had put all my energy to do the mind talk). I hadn't seen anything in my dreams because I was too tired to do it, but I felt at once that my sister was around. Helen told me Faith just tried to get the vampires attention, because she caused a noise that make a part of them going outside to check what it was (it was still the night, but came closer to dawn). I should not have slept; I should have tried to send her another message to warn her, to tell her their number, maybe to find a strategy.
Kakistos and the two others came back from the room; they had heard the noise too, and now, they were hearing sounds from what seemed to be a fight.
Since he was the boss, the old vampire ordered the two guys who were in the room with him to stay here with us, and he went outside with the rest of his gang.
She was fighting hard. I could feel she was worried about their number, and above all, about Kakistos, because she had just saw him coming from the warehouse.
Helen and I tried discreetly once more to free ourselves from our bonds, but we were tied too tight, and the two vampires were walking around us and were careful about our every movement.
I felt she got weakened"¦ and a fear assailed her suddenly. I knew Kakistos came closer to her, he was the one to frighten her. You must not think that Faith was like a coward in front of him. This fear was inside of her, and I could feel that despite of it, she would fight hard against him. He had won easily once, that was taken for granted, but she thought she had a chance this time, because she was the one to surprise him.
I felt the fight going on, then"¦ just the pain. He got her. His guys hold her; she couldn't get rid of them.
They brought her into the warehouse"¦ she saw us tightened and I felt her anxiety.
Kakistos was laughing. He made a kind of speech to his guys, then, he talked to Faith, and it was for Helen and me as well.
He told her she should not have tried to trick him. He told she was gonna pay for this. He told WE were gonna pay.
Faith was boiling. She blamed herself for listening to us. She wished she had just done what he told her.
When the vampire talked about punishing us, she cried to him to punish her, and to let Helen and me in peace. To keep her and to release us.
It was a mistake"¦ Kakistos guessed her weak point. He knew how he had to do to hurt her, and to get her to do everything he would order.
He ordered to the vampires that were holding my sister to tie her very tight and with many bonds.
Then, he told to another vampire to untie Helen.

I know I should go on"¦ it's just so hard. Memories come back, images with them"¦ awful images.
I can't"¦ not tonight"¦ I'll tell"¦ I think I have to tell"¦ but not tonight.
Tomorrow"¦ I'll tell everything tomorrow.
 
February 13th 1999

I'm so pissed off at her. She is stubborn. She has always been actually. I tried again to talk to her when I was into her mind. I had chosen a moment when she was in her "˜room', alone, quiet and in a thinking mind. I tried for 2 hours, just after I had finish to write yesterday. But when she felt it, she threw me out. She knew I was there, into her mind, and she told me to get out of here, to forget her.
I don't understand why she closes herself to me. She never did it before, even when it was a bad time. Not until this story with Kakistos had happened.
I have to finish with it. Maybe it wouldn't haunt me so much once I would write it on the paper.

I stopped when Kakistos made untie Helen.
From this"¦as I said, the vampire knew how to hurt Faith. He brought Helen 10 feet far from Faith, and tied her again, but on a chair.
Then"¦ he took a knife. I think everyone can figure out what happened next.
There are no words to describe it. Awful, abominable, dreadful, horrific"¦ none of those words are strong enough to explain.
Helen amazed me. She didn't make any sound till it became unbearable. And even then, she was incredible.
Faith and I were horrified. I cried out of loud. I could feel Helen's pain through her mind. I could nearly feel the blade cutting my flesh. I didn't want to feel it, but it was too overwhelming. Tears were rolling down my face"¦ I expressed what Helen didn't show. She was stoical, I was hysterical.
Faith was staring at her and at me, one after another. She tried so much to get herself untied that blood came out from her wrist. But she didn't feel the pain.
She shouted at Kakistos to stop it. She said she would do anything, she begged at him, she cried"¦ and the bast***d just answered it was how she would learn the lesson.
He didn't kill her. When he stopped to torture her, she had scars on her face, on her arms"¦ bruises everywhere. She had fainted.
The vampire made Faith be released, because he knew she wouldn't do anything to fight, and she just ran to Helen, crying over her.
Kakistos came closer and whispered to her ear that next time she would thing twice about trying to fool him.
Then, he said her to get out and to come back with what he asked if she didn't want me to suffer the same treatment.
She glanced at me, and I could see in her look that she was desperate, she had no other idea to deal with the vampire. She was gonna do what he asked, even though she was sure he would kill all of us when he would have what he wanted. For now, Faith just wanted to gain time. Then, she kissed Helen on the forehead, and told aloud "˜I'll be back soon', before to stand up and run away.
 
Saw that coming. Atleast it was in this story. I really like how you are covering everything. Keep going.
 
February 14th 1999

Kakistos was about to let Helen, without giving her any water. I felt a bit better, because Helen's mind was empty since she fainted. I begged the vampire to free me and to allow me to put some water on her wounds, to take care of her.
I thought he wouldn't allow, but he just laughed, saying the world was going upside down if the kid taken care of the mother. However, he ordered a vampire to untie me. Then, he warned me that if I tried anything to escape, he would kill Helen this time.
She looked really like hell. I untie her bonds. I saw a faucet and removed my shirt to wet it. As delicately as possible, I cleaned the blood that was drying on her white skin.
She groaned in her unconsciousness. Her mind began to awake. I could feel the pain appearing gradually within her mind. She was recalling the entire scene that happened. Her eyes opened and despite her weakness, she tried to pick herself up, to hug me and to utter some words in order reassure me. At once, she asked me for Faith.
I made her to lie down again and told her what happened. She just sighed and I knew she wished Faith didn't subject herself to Kakistos.
She was too weak to speak, so she asked me to listen to her mind. She told me Faith should NOT bring back to Kakistos what he asked, particularly when he would have all of it, because it would make him so powerful, that nothing could stop him then.
She added that I had to escape, and then Faith and I should try to contact another one, a powerful one, who lived in a town called Sunnydale, in California.
I didn't understand at time, but I answered it was absolutely out of the question, because the vampire told he would kill Helen if I tried to escape. She tried to convince me that it wasn't important, that she would better to die knowing the world would be safe, rather than living in a world that would see Kakistos becoming so powerful. I didn't wanted though, and I'm sure it doesn't appear very silly, because you could understand how much Helen was important to me, and to Faith.
The sun had risen, and all vampires were back into the warehouse. I could count about 30 of them, mostly sleeping.
The hours spent so slowly. I went very often to the faucet to wet the shirt, trying to avoid stumbling on the vampires that were sleeping on the floor, and that I could barely see in the darkness.
Helen was sometimes delirious, sometimes sleeping and sometimes regained consciousness and kept saying the same thing, to escape and to contact Faith to tell her not to bring back the things.
I was worrying for her, I feared she wouldn't survive.
I kept checking my sister's mind regularly, and try to talk to her, to tell her about Helen, but she was too concentrate on her task and couldn't hear me.
Dusk came at least, and Kakistos came from the other room. He was beginning to be angry, because he had given to Faith till 7pm to bring back the thing. It was 6pm and there was still nothing from her.
I knew she had some problems, and she would be late, because she was in the opposite side of the city.
 
February 15th 1999

I'm not telling you anything that is happening lately because the story takes me so much time. I'll tell everything when I'll be done with it. I just can tell that it's not going better, since she staked that man, Faith is so weird. I can hardly understand what's going on her mind. I know she is very much affected, but hardly understand what she intends to do, because she has a plan. The question is which one?
But to return to the matter of the story, Faith was late. Kakistos didn't like it and made the warehouse's doors be closed. He had an idea in mind, but I couldn't guess what it was (that's pissed me more than once not to be able to read demons' minds). When Faith arrived at 9pm, running and out of breath, she found the doors closed and hammered into them, shouting that she had what Kakistos wanted. She was worrying that the vampire could have left with us.
Inside, Kakistos ordered to a vampire to tie me again and to brought me on the roof. Just as I was taken there, I saw the leader brutally grab Helen, who was still so weak, and followed us into the stairs to go on the roof.
I was worrying so much about what he intended to do, because it was obvious that it would be bad for Helen and me.
Once up there, he went on the edge of the roof, still holding Helen, making her stand up despite her weakness.
He began a speech directed to Faith. He pointed out that she was 2 hours late, and that he had been getting angry, because he dislikes when people don't obey him. He said he knew that my sister intended to be cheeky and to show in front of his guys that a slayer could defy him. And he added she would pay for that.
Of course, Faith tried to explain that she had had some problems to get the thing, but the moron didn't listen to her.
I was seeing in her mind, that when the vampire talked, Faith looked for a way to climb up to reach us on the roof. But there were no scale, no container to help her to climb so high.
I don't think Kakistos was able to read her mind, but she was so worry that her mask didn't hide how much she was concerned by what would happen to us and he easily saw once more that he had found the good way to hurt her.
He suddenly stopped to talk. His last words had been about the punishment. He slapped Helen twice, on the cheek, to make her react, because she was half-unconscious"¦ when she looked up at him, tortured by the pain that I could read and nearly feel since it was so strong, she had in her eyes a strength that I had never seen before. She didn't cry, she didn't move, she just looked at him coolly, with contempt, despite of what was about to happen. Her attitude irritated the vampire still more"¦ he plunged his fang into his neck frenziedly"¦ and drank greedily her blood.
Faith screamed with anger and pain. She tried again and again with rage, to reach the inaccessible roof.
I was stunned. I had fell on the floor, overwhelmed by too much pain. To my own feelings and disgust was added my sister's feelings and Helen's ones, as she reached slowly the path of the death.
As long as she was alive, she was talking to me into her mind. She told me I had to escape now, because if I didn't, I would find the same fate. Whatever the way, I HAD to escape, and Faith and I would have to go to see the other slayer that she had already mentioned.
She felt the death come closer, as this beast swallowed the blood, and she was weaker. I can't really explain it, but it was as if a mist were covering her thoughts. She last told that she loved us both, that she knew we would go through this ordeal the following ones, because we were both clever and strong girls.

When Kakistos had finished to drink, Helen was about to die, but still alive. In her last thoughts, she told me that Faith and I would have to take care of each other and that I should be particularly careful watch over Faith, because if she was the strongest, she was paradoxically the weakest as well, because she was mentally very fragile. Those were her last thoughts, before to crash on asphalt, 5 feet far from Faith who had screamed and run, but not fast enough, to catch her in order to cushion her fall.
Indeed, when he had finished to drink, Kakistos had grabbed her by the throat, dangling her in space for a few seconds, and then and had let her go of.
Faith fell on the knees on the broken body's side. She held her, crying silently, saying she was sorry.
Helen's thoughts had disappeared from my mind, but what she told before to die was engraved in me.
 
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