Chapter 8 Part 3: The Cullen's meet the Scooby's… including Spike
Crossover: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel & Twilight
Spoilers: Buffy Post Season three, Early Episodes of season 4. Angel, Season one, After 'I will remember you'. Twilight, after Eclipse.
Rated: T
Disclaimer: I own nothing… Not twilight, Angel or Buffy.. They are all created by Joss Whendon and Stephanie Meyer… I'm just working on a 'what if' theory…
The Scooby's side
The Scooby's finally made it to the Cullen's after a huge argument when Buffy and Cordelia saw that they had the same outfit on. Buffy ran upstairs to change while Cordelia stood outside shouting at Buffy, even though the rest of the gang were inside the house avoiding the embarrassing scene being held by Cordelia.
Angel drove his team including Spike to the Cullen's and the Scooby's catched a ride in Giles car. Buffy sat in the back seat with Willow next to her and Xander on the other side. Oz had finally woken up thinking he had only slept for few hours and not realising that the day had already gone by.
In Angel's car Cordelia sat in the back with Doyle. "I hate her. I can't believe she actually thinks she'll show me up. Doesn't she know who I am?" Cordelia whined to her inattentive friends.
While in Giles car there was a different set of whining, mainly done by Xander. "Ohhh… You were the same clothes Cordelia did, hey ho! Hey ho!" Xander sang as loud as he could to the made up song, as the Slayer sat red faced and pouting, hating her life for that very instant.
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!" To everyone's surprise Giles was the one to break Xander's loud singing. Willow giggled as Xander was caught off guard and sat behind Giles with his mouth opened wide and his eye balls threatening to pop out.
The two cars finally pulled up to the Cullen's house. Giles and Angel parked the car outside the garage as the garage doors were closed. Once out the car the group looked at the mansion in amazement. They all stood few yards away from staircase leading to the front door. All the lights were lit in the house which shone like a magnificent mansion. For a house full of vampires, it looked very welcoming. Maybe that's their idea of fitting in… Or catching prey, Buffy thought.
"Wow… I guess being a vampire here really pay's off." Cordelia said quietly. Everyone nodded in response still awestruck at what they saw.
"If feel under dress for this." Xander added.
"Me too." Doyle, Spike and Angel said together before giving each other a weird look and roll their eyes.
"Er… Maybe we should've bought a welcoming present or something?" Willow said.
"Like what? A bag of sodding blood? That would really break the ice wouldn't it?" Spike rolled his eyes as he finally looked away from the house and lit a cigarette.
"Let's go in. No point standing outside." Giles finally said before he led the way cautiously to the front door. One by one the group members followed with Spike being the last one to follow Giles and Buffy being the second one to follow Giles.
Giles hesitantly rang the door bell. "Ok, this is it. Remember to be on your best behaviour." Spike snickered at Giles comment. "I was talking to you Spike." Giles said matter-of-factly to Spike.
"Remember to smile. It helps break the ice. And we want to show them we are nice people… Who..." Willow didn't know how to finish the sentence but Buffy helped.
"Who kill their kind for fun?" Buffy said sarcastically.
After a few second of no reply Giles decided to ring the bell again. As his finger went towards the bell the door opened wide showing Alice Cullen standing there with a huge smile on her face.
The Cullen's side
"Where are they?" Rosalie moaned as she paced around the piano. Carlisle stood near the wall sized window looking out towards the road entrance. Jasper and Emmitt sat on the three seater sofa while Alice opposite them. Bella and Edward sat on the piano bench, as Edward played few tunes to lighten the mode. Esme had spent the whole day preparing for the nights dinner. She didn't know exactly what they'd prefer to eat and so she looked five courses and hoped the banquet would be adequate for the guests.
"They'll be here." Alice replied as she filed her finger nails.
"These people supposedly saved the world three times, and they can't even arrive on time? Humph!" Rosalie snickered.
"Stop worrying, they'll be here." Edward replied as he mindlessly played one of Bella's favourite tunes.
"Oh… They're here." Carlisle said quietly. Bella had to think twice about what he had said but the other's sharp hearing made them react quicker than the human in the room. Esme was already in the room by the time Bella tried to stand up.
"Oh… I'm so nervous." Esme said as she showed a nervous smile and patted down her cream dress.
"It'll be alright. They're nice people." Bella said reassuringly.
Carlisle walked away from the window and joined the centre of the room with the others.
"Ok, are we all ready?" Carlisle asked. No one answered leaving Carlisle feeling more distraught than before. "We'll be alright." Carlisle replied to his own question.
"Who's going to open the door?" Alice asked as she looked around the room to her family members. "We all vant do it together, it'll intimidate them."
"Oh… Right…I don't know… Me, I guess?" Carlisle responded.
"Maybe I should go. They all know me." Edward added.
"They know you as the jerk who spied on them from the tree top." Rosalie shot back with a curt smile. Edward growled at Rosalie's response but didn't argue.
"I'll go." Bella said.
"No!" Edward replied which caused Bella to roll her eyes.
"I'll go." Jasper added.
"No, they don't know you either. Alice, you go." Edward said.
"I don't know them. I've hardly spoken to them." Alice responded.
"But they know who you are. It'll be easier for them." Edward replied. The door bell rang which made everyone in the room tense up and Bella jump. Emmett controlled a chuckle at Bella reaction.
Alice turned around to face the door. Before Alice started walking Bella added. "Don't forget to smile. A friendly smile will be inviting."
"Ok, check." Alice replied as she took another step.
"Actually don't smile. They might think its fake and think we're plotting something." Edward added which made Alice stop in her tracks.
"No smile. Smiles are for friends and we want them to be our friends." Esme added in a motherly tone as Alice started walking again.
"Perverts smile. We don't want to look like perverted vampires." Emmett added, Alice stopped in her tracks again sighing at her family.
"Ok, no smiles." Alice turned to face her family.
"No… No, smile… And quickly answer the door otherwise it seems rude." Carlisle rushed Alice onwards with hand gestures.
Alice ran to the door and was there within half a second but stopped before she opened the door. "Smile or no smile?" Alice asked.
"Smile!" Everyone shouted back.
"But not too friendly otherwise you'll look creepy." Emmett said as everyone scattered around the room in their usual position.
"Hi, welcome! Come in." Alice smiled too broadly which made everyone but Xander feel at ease. Giles, Buffy, Willow and Cordelia were closest to Alice and smiled back in the same way. Xander thought Alice looked creepy and edged away from her when he entered the house. Spike on the other hand winked at Alice when she told him smoking wasn't allowed in the house. He blew out his last puff on her face and threw the cigarette bud outside.
"Hello… Thanks for inviting us." Giles said as he tried to think whether the nights meeting had been an invitation for dinner or an intrusion by them.
"No probs." Alice showed the group into the front room where rest of the Cullen's, including Bella, were. Carlisle was the first one to approach Giles and took the liberty to introduce his family members to the group. Giles took the same approach and introduced the Scooby's to the Cullen's who didn't know them.
After a lot of light conversation, Carlisle decided to take the meeting into the dining room where Esme had laid out a feast. Xander, who was too happy to hear his favourite words unuttered, followed Carlisle like a dog on a leash.
There wasn't enough room for everyone to sit down so many of the Cullen's stood behind the chairs. Carlisle and Giles took end of the table as their position in the room. Buffy sat on Giles side with Willow opposite her. Xander sat next to Buffy with Oz opposite him. Next to Xander, Angel sat with Doyle by his side and Spike opposite him. In front of Doyle, Cordelia took her seat with Alice sitting next to her. Opposite Alice sat Jasper. Edward and Bella sat on either side of Carlisle. Rosalie stood behind Edward with Emmett by her side. Esme rustled in and out the room with refills of food.
The banquet was eaten with precaution at first but soon the group were eating and chatting like old school friends. Once everyone had eaten, except the Cullen's and Spike and Angel, who didn't touch the food but stayed close for company. The Cullen's cleared the table within seconds leaving the Scooby's awestruck at their speed.
After the table had cleared Carlisle and Giles danced around idle topics before Buffy finally asked the question that was on everyone's mind. "So how much do you guys know about the hell mouth?" Buffy bluntness caused the room to become silent.
"Nothing to be completely honest. All we know is what you told us last night. Other than that nothing more or less, besides what Jasper had heard through passing." Carlisle responded in a calm tone.
"How much do you guys know about me?" Buffy asked hoping to get a clear picture.
"We know you're designed to kill vampires. We just don't know your full powers though." Edward added as he tried to look at Buffy.
"Neither do I." Buffy told truthfully, clearfully glancing at Giles who frowned at her.
"I… I think the main question is do you want to know? This is of the direst importance and the mission is life threatening, to you and to the human world. Would you want to get involve in all this?" Giles asked.
"Yes." Edward replied straight away without having to think about it.
"Why?" Xander blurted out without thinking either.
"Because Alice has been having visions, Bella's been having dreams and because this all takes place in our town. Whatever is going to happen, if we can, we want to stop it. All our lives are at stakes too." Edward replied.
"Nice choice of words, mate." Spike added sneeringly.
"Anyways," Buffy said rolling her eyes at Spike, "What dreams? And the visions? Can you tell us exactly what they're about."
Edward, with Bella's and Alice's help explained in full detail about the reoccurring dreams and visions Alice and Bella were having. After he was finished explaining the room fell silent for few minutes. Buffy was the first one to break the silence.
"If Alice's touches Bella right now, would she get the same vision?" Buffy asked.
"I guess so…" Edward looked at Alice then at Bella.
"Er… Do you mind trying it? I just want to know if anything has changed from your last vision." Buffy asked as she smiled politely at Alice.
"Sure, I don't mind." Alice leaned forward and took Bella's hand in her's and closed her eyes. A few second went by before Alice's eyes started blinking rapidly. Bella tensed up and looked at Edward for reassurance but he was concentrating on Alice's vision. After two minutes Alice opened her eyes.
"Wow… Do they normally take that long?" Xander asked.
"No, this was a first for me. I had a lot to see." Alice replied as she tried to clear the fuzzy feeling from her head. Edward saw everything through Alice's vision and froze in his spot.
"What did you see?" Angel asked.
"I saw Buffy. I saw a demon, I guess you call him the Master and I saw many… Many people getting tormented. Tortured." Alice whispered back.
"That's normal. Well… Normal for the master to do. His in to the torturing thing. Strange fetish demons have." Xander babbled on..
"It wasn't the Master doing the torturing. It was Buffy." Alice replied.
"What?!" Everyone who wasn't the Cullen's or Bella shouted out. Buffy looked confusingly at what Alice had just revealed.
"Are you sure?" Willow asked hoping that there was a glitch in Alice's vision.
"She's sure. I saw it too." Edward replied.
"How? You get visions too?" Cordelia was able to say the words seductively even in a matter of crisis. It's a skill she was able to master by living in Sunnydale.
"I can see and hear people's thoughts. I saw Alice's vision clearly." Edward replied as he looked directly at Bella without flinching.
"Well… That's all wrong. It might be that Buffy's under some spell." Willow replied defensively.
"Or… Maybe she's hypnotised." Xander added.
"Or maybe it's a robot?" Spike added sarcastically.
"Maybe! It could be." Xander replied oblivious to Spike's sarcasm.
"Whatever it is… We have to stop it. We have killed a master before and we'll do it again." Buffy said in her leadership tone as she stood up.
"There's only one problem." Giles said as he took off his glasses and started wiping them. "We've killed many demons; hurt many slayers, but you… You survived all odds. If you were to…" Giles choose his words delicately. "If you were to cross sides, we're all perished."
Buffy looked around the room at her friends, then at the people who consisted of new breeds of vampires and a new comer to the town.
"We'd have lost the battle the moment you cross over." Xander added.
"I will never cross over." Buffy replied repulsed by what her friends thought of her own limits.
"We know you wont Buff. I think what Giles' is trying to say… Is whatever makes you cross over… Well, it will make us lose the whole battle instantly." Willow said solemnly as she looked down at her own hands.
"Oh great… I'm in the good side of this battle and the slayer sides to change sides. When will I ever win a battle?" Spike asked himself as he leaned back on his chair unaware of the tension in the room.
"Shut up, Spike." Angel said as he gritted his teeth together.
"Well… We're not giving up. We will do everything. Research everything; investigate every little detail of this mission. I will not let some wrinkled old fool, who by the way I have killed before, make me turn into another Faith just so he can rule this world. We all have fought bigger battles and won. We will do it again. I am not ready to give up. And anyone who is thinking of giving up can leave this mission right now." Buffy looked around the room at her audience. Bella looked at Buffy in awe. Bella found it courageous for a girl to be able to take on a death mission in such confidence. The Cullen's all were thinking at once which gave Edward a headache but they all thought the same thing. I wonder if we'll lose?
Spike motioned to stand up to leave but was caught by Angel's glare and sat back down. "I'm in the losing team again. Bloody hell!" Spike said under his breath.
Buffy stayed standing as she looked around for some support. Bella was the first to speak. "So, where do we start?"
"What's the normal procedure when you're on a mission?" Rosalie asked, leaning against the wall.
"Well…. We..." Buffy looked at her watcher for the next step.
"We research. We need to know what we're facing against and how we can destroy it." Giles answered as he looked around the room. "We then train until the night of the battle."
"So no… going in with guns and battleaxes?" Emmett asked disappointed at the lack of fighting tactic involved pre-battle.
Buffy smiled at Emmett before continuing. "If we're fighting vampires of Angel and Spike's kind then a wooden stake will do the trick. It's much better in cleaning up and we wouldn't have to explain anything to the cops. But if we're fighting vampires like your kind then a good, sharp sword to cut off each limps and head… Then…"
"I could start a magical fire which will burn out the vampire's body without causing any harm to the place around it." Willow added.
"So, no guns?" Emmett almost pouted with his disappointment.
"No guns." Buffy confirmed.
"Well, you all are free to use our place for research and training." Carlisle added hoping to help as much as he could.
"Oh… Well… That would be quite useful but the only thing is… all the books and supplies are back in our house." Giles responded.
"That's not a problem. We can help move them here within minutes." Jasper added.
"That's great. We'll need all the help possible with the stuff Angel got from LA." Doyle replied.
"Yeah, thanks guys." Oz added as the others nodded.
"First things first. After the move we really need to concentrate on the Masters plan. I need to know exactly what he's planning to do here and when." Buffy said.
"There's a Wolfram and Hart office in Seattle we can visit. They'll probably know more than we do." Cordelia said.
"But they're not the sharing type. We'll have to sneak in after hours." Angel replied.
"Can you handle it?" Buffy asked Angel.
"Not a problem. I'll take Spike with me." Angel replied as he showed his half smile to Buffy. Buffy rolled her eyes at Angel tactless flirtations.
"Thanks for asking me whether I wanted to come." Spike moaned.
"No problem, Blondie." Angel replied.
"If you can do that ASAP, that'll be great. Now, the hell mouth… We know it's located in the basement of the school." Buffy said.
"How can it be so close to us and we didn't know it?" Alice asked.
"It's been sleeping. It's a non-active one hence why you didn't know about it." Giles replied. Alice nodded in accepting the answer.
"Does anyone else know about it? I mean if its sleeping someone would've known it's been there all this time… Right?" Bella asked.
"That's a possibility. It's normally a case with hell mouth. Someone always knows." Doyle replied.
"I'm guessing someone in the school knows. Or at least someone whose high up in the town." Xander replied.
"We need to find that out next. Cordelia, you and Doyle can go through the files at school." Angel said taking over from Buffy's directions. "Check for any changes in the records to show Wolfram and Hart's intervention with the school, maybe?"
"Look for anything that stands out. Make copies if you need to and bring them back to us." Buffy added trying to bring back the attention on herself.
"What do you want us to do?" Edward asked feeling left out from the plans.
"I need to know more about your kind. It's eccentric how your kind was kept under the highest level of secrecy. From what Angel has told me, your names only came up when they were investigating a prophecy." Giles said as he looked at each member of the Cullen's. "Was there anyone who made you swore on secrecy?"
Spike snickered as he leaned forward to the table. "We're not sworn on secrecy. We just prefer to catch our prey without causing attention on our selves. If the world knew we existed we'll be hunted down for experiments and sooner or later people will work out how to stop us for good." Spike's voice rose as he made his speech.
"Like you." Xander added.
"That's right, like me. I was caught and they put a sodding chip in my head." Spike pointed to his head. "No one leads us vampires in our acts for blood but we know certain protocols to follow." Spike said as he sat back in his chair.
"Well… We kind of do follow orders." Rosalie said in a tone that showed she didn't want to be associated with the blonde man who spoke proudly of his species.
"What? Well that was a useless speech by me." Spike moaned.
"Don't worry Spike; most of your speeches are useless. I've, personally, stopped paying attention to them." Xander added to an annoyed Spike.
"Who gives you orders?" Doyle asked leaning forward to look at the rest of the Cullen's.
"We don't follow orders, just rules. The eldest vampires known to our kind are a coven called the Volturi. They consist of three vampires and other members are merely invited through the gifts they hold. Just like Alice and Edward, they hold gifts that are unusual and are a great help if needed." Jasper said. "They kind of like a royal family to us."
"What? You take orders from some old vamps." Spike asked delirious to what he had just heard.
"They give us rules that protect people in this world. We are not to come forward and show ourselves to the world." Edward replied.
"What happens if you show yourselves?" Buffy asked.
"The Volturi will destroy the vampire who exposed itself." Bella said solemnly as she looked at her hands and thought back to Edward's trip to Italy.
"Oh… Rules and punishment." Buffy replied as she nodded.
"Well… Is there any way you can get in touch with them? Find out if they know anything?" Giles asked.
"We'll do our best. I won't let on about anything going on here. The last thing we want is for the Volturi to get involved." Carlisle replied.
"What happens if they get involved?" Cordelia asked as straightened up and turned to look at Edward for the answer.
"They'll stop anyone from opening the hell mouth." Alice replied, instead of Edward.
"Oh… That's great, right?" Willow said hesitantly.
"They will then also destroy anyone involved with the threat, including any vampires who even tried to help save the world." Alice added glancing up at Jasper.
"Oh… Wow. They're really strict with the 'no attention' rule." Buffy said as she cringed slightly.
"Well, if you can find out as much as you can, that would be of great help. We need to know everything there is possible about the Master's plan." Giles concluded.
The meeting came to a close after everything was discussed. The Scooby's headed out to their cars as the Cullen's offered to show them out. Edward walked out the house holding Bella's hand, behind the Scooby's. "Hope your dad doesn't notice the time." Edward said.
"He probably would but I told him I was studying with Alice. He won't punish me at the very least, which is good." Bella replied.
Buffy was nearest to Edward and Bella and turned around to face them. "We'll see you guys tomorrow. We need to spend some time packing up the books and training equipment." Edward nodded in response.
The Scooby's headed back in the same way they arrived, only difference being Cordelia wasn't moaning as she was too tired and Xander sang a song the others knew the lyrics to.
Sorry for the late update. Please read and review!!! I know this chapter was a little boring but the Scooby and Cullen's meeting would only be factual and nothing else. I tried my best to keep a little humour in and hope you all enjoyed it. Next chapter will have Cordy and Rosalie's fight!!! (I know many have awaited this one… probably as much as they await the big kiss from Angel and Buffy!)
Thanks again!!!!