Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Trek, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), James Bond (Craig movies)
TAGS Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Eric Jefferson (OMC)/Jace Arden (OMC), John Watson, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Eric Jefferson (OMC), Jace Arden (OMC), Khan Noonien Singh | John Harrison, Sofia Lestrade (OFC), Original Non-Human Character(s), Q (Bond - Craig movies), Q (Star Trek), James Bond, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Supernatural Elements, Psionic abilities, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Shifters, Violence
So this idea, or something like it, has been bouncing around my head since I saw Star Trek Beyond and decided to rewatch the other two because I could. Apparently my Pack Verse likes growing. It's only three chapters, and I have no idea whether more will ever happen with this particular tale.
Lamias POV
It's been nearly ten years since she was assigned to watch over the Avengers and make sure they don't cross the line. Of course assigning her, a Shadow Court Tracker and Reaper, to make sure they don't step out of line was probably one of the most amusing choices she does not understand that the cobra could have made. Of course more amusing is the fact her twin was assigned the Brotherhood. That was a situation just waiting to explode.
She's lounging on top of the tower, fire and lightning dancing over her fingertips when the first ripple of something being wrong. It shivers through her bones, deep within the seed of life that every Reaper is connected to. Something is happening that shouldn't be happening. Just not here. Elsewhere. Somewhere parallel, the same yet different.
She dispels the fire and lightning, sitting up as she focuses on the disturbance, following it, going to it. A moment later she finds herself in one of the labs deep beneath the surface of the planet, two of her charges working on something. Shoulders pressed close together as they study whatever it is they are doing.
"Stop that," she snaps, voice filling with command in a way most common to the alphas and elders of shifters. "You're beginning to tear the fabric of time and life."
Bruce turns towards her slowly, eyes wide and something unnatural burning within them.
Instantly her instincts as a Reaper tell her to end this creature. Not Bruce, but whatever is inside of him. It doesn't belong. Her instincts as a Tracker stop her however, there is something going on, and the laws still hold. Harm only those who do harm. Thus far this creature hasn't harmed anyone, thus she can't destroy it. At least, according to all senses it hasn't. Bruce and Tony both have part of the creature but both are fully functioning, if asleep, beneath it's power.
Whoever you are, she snarls directly to it, power building around them, I suggest you leave my charges before my eyes change color.
When Bruce speaks, it is not him actually talking, "You're a feisty one, maybe you can help me, these two obviously can't. I'm trying to get home. I'm not sure how I ended up here." There is arrogance and something familiar about the tone, but not familiar enough to strike a cord.
Sister, she calls out, there seems to be a situation.
Her eyes narrow on Bruce as she waits for a reply.
Tony turns to her next, dark eyes lost within something else, confirming the fact something is sharing both of them.
A moment later her eldest sister appears, dark eyes sweep the room. "Q, what are you doing in this universe?"
"You know who I am?" The not Bruce comments, shock and disbelief pouring off him in equal measures.
"I can see both your and Bruce's life spans, every minute and every death both of you have." Her sister answers lazily, almost indifferently.
The thing in the humans seems almost excited by this news.
"I will return you to your timeline. You shall leave these bodies behind," her sister states, tipping her head and eyes narrowing. "Your timeline is corrupted. That will need to be fixed."
"Tell me about it," Q grumbles from within both bodies. "One minute I am on my way to annoy Janeway and Kirk, the next I am stuck in these two meat suits without a touch of power and no idea how I got here."
Ksenaya vanishes in a flash of black light, storm clouds approaching on the horizon, but not a natural storm. Instead it is the power of a Reaper getting ready to pass judgment on a mass scale. Something's coming, something more than what this Q has done. A moment later her sister returns, eyes flashing furiously. The call of Death, to hunt and destroy fills the air.
Fetch Venomous and his two apprentices. She's ordered in a tone that brokers no room for questioning or delay. Blood will spill.
Of course, she replies instantly, vanishing as her eyes turn gold.
Reappearing in front of a nice home halfway around the world, she strides to the door, unsurprised when the cobra meets her at it. His black eyes already silver with golden rings, a sure sign that he's aware he's being called to pass judgement and hunt.
Sofia is currently at Q-Branch testing out a new set of weapons, Konrad is with Jace. Venomous informs her coolly, You may fetch her, I will fetch him.
She doesn't question the directive, knowing that he can be quite merciless when crossed. If his second apprentice is with his mate, then he will ensure his mate's safety before joining them. A perfectly understandable situation. Not something she going to argue on.
Vanishing again, she reappears in Q's office, knowing it is a secure place to do so as he is currently dating the child of an immortal. Shielding herself from senses, she stalks through the branch, seeking the jackal she was sent for. When she reaches the firing range, she spends Q moment appreciating the competition between the immortal child and jackal. They appear to be competing to see who has better aim and talent.
Jackal, your assistance is required. She states when they have finished, I am to summon you to join the cobra and wolf for a hunt.
Sofia nods, long honey amber hair shortening to a spike as she glances over to Q and Bond, stating, "I've been summoned. Be back in a bit."
"I will notify M and Holmes," the head of the branch states. "You passed, as you are probably already aware. I will text you when you have to finish your placement."
"Thanks," the jackal flashes a quick smile, "That'd be appreciated." Turning on her heel, Sofia strides from the room, quickly finding an empty room and waiting with a hand on her hip. "As movement to place to place is not one of my talents, I assume you're taking me?"
She allows herself to become sensible, answering, "Yes, I am to take you."
She almost doesn't expect the young woman to accept her hand, but the jackal does. A breath later they are standing in the Avengers Tower, right where she left her sister and the other three. It is not surprising that the cobra and wolf have already appeared and are waiting for them. Despite the fact he is a shifter and not an immortal, the cobra has the ability to move just like an immortal, a gift given to him by the Dawn Son upon confirming his status as a Dawn Tracker.
Come, we shall return Q to the universe he belongs in. Then you three shall deal with a situation. Ksenaya declares.
Energy flares around them, one moment they are in the tower, the next they are standing in the middle of a field on a planet that is definitely not Earth. Everything smells and feels wrong. This isn't their universe. Actually, she is quite sure there is something dramatically wrong with this universe. It seems to be in a state of flux in a way they never should be. The sort of flux that comes with the creation of a universe, something she hadn't been alive for.
That's because it is wrong. It's being split in two. We feel it because our gifts as reapers are showing everyone who dies in one but lives in the other, never existed, or all the other changes that occur. Her sister answers the unspoken question. It will settle.
In an instance the cobra's eyes turn to golden fire with silver rings, inverse of what they had been when she first went to summon him.
Konrad. Sofia. He states coolly, fury pouring off him though she does not know why it is there suddenly.
The two younger shifters step close and a breath later they are gone, a whirl of fire and ice, energy ripping through the air around them like lightning.
"I suppose I should thank you," a heavier, pasty looking man with brown hair drawls as he appears. "It should be safe to return to annoying my favorite captains now."
"I would hold off, for just a little bit," she suggests with a glance at her sister. "Time is still in flux."
He huffs in annoyance, vanishing with a muttered, "Very well."
This universe's immortals. Sister nearly destroyed them once in boredom. It's the reason most are not allowed to universe hop any more. Ksenaya comments dryly. He's one of the more intelligent ones of their kind. Most I would like to hand over to Moriura.
Snickering, she shakes her head. They must be very annoying to make her sister wish to hand them over to that particular Reaper.
"What is this place?" she inquires as she looks around, this isn't earth, but it's very similar in many ways, however as far as she can tell there are no animals or people here, only plants and insects.
"They do not have a name for it yet, as it is undiscovered at this point. I thought it would be an appropriate home for the Augmented. Under the proclamation passed they qualify for our protection and assistance. As I am not a Tracker, I called on a Tracker who would have no problems bending the rules and those he trained." Her sister explains. "They can build their home here and grow as a species."
She nods in understanding, looking around and thinking there needs to be some animals here.
"Why don't you find one of our creation cousins and get them to come populate this place." Ksenaya suggests as her eyes survey what's going on. "Or find a few who may wish to live here for a time."
That's actually a good idea, she can use her skills as a Tracker to do something nice, something different that she hasn't done before. Who to ask, she wonders as she vanishes, leaving her sister alone on the planet not theirs.
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