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Chapter 21 _
Drusilla was enjoying herself. The nice Chaos demon, it was such fun. His antlers gave her the tinglies. And he didn't mind when she wanted to play rough. She went over to where her dinner was, such a lovely young girl. Her habit brought back memories of when Daddy had courted her. Before he freed her to the lovely night.
The girl was praying, "Please Mother Mary, please."
"Ah, don't you worry ducky," Drusilla said. "Mother Mary, won't be here. We're going to have such fun. The lovely screams, the playful floggings," Drusilla leaned down and kissed the girl on her lips, playfully sinking her fangs into the girl's lips. The blood tasted so sweet mixed with tears and the lovely scent of fear.
As the blood ran down her throat, the stars started to sing. "Oh my," Drusilla said in awe. "My kitten is a right tiger he is. With white fur and blue stripes. So sparkly blue, and he's going to eat us all up." Drusilla giggled. "Oh, the nasty snakes they are going to be so sad." Drusilla was staring into space. "They should know better they should. Only real Gods should play with their toys. But my Tiger he'll eat them up." Drusilla took a bite from the air right by the girl's face. The girl screamed.
"Don't worry Ducky," Drusilla said as she caressed the girl's cheek. "Kitten will eat up all the Gods, He'll get the Wizard and the Serving girl and he'll eat them all up, he will!"
Drusilla stumbled as the stars sang again. "Oh no, no, no, no not that Kitten, we don't want Winter or Summer, their courts are so bad, ones too cold and the other's too hot. They won't let us drink the lovely tea." Tears of blood started to run down Drusilla's face. "Their courts will grow and nothing but dust will be left."
Turning to her doll, Drusilla picked up Ms. Edith, "Whatever shall we do Miss Edith? Kitten has called the courts and they will make dust of us all." Drusilla held the doll to her chest. "If we're dusty we can't drink the lovely tea." Drusilla started to shake, "Even not Daddy will go away, and Grandmama will never come back to us. Oh, those nasty boys. They won't like that. The Wolf will eat the sheep, and the Stag will fall down, he will."
Looking at the doll Drusilla continued, "But what about me? I'll be a lonely princess. No Daddy, No Grandmama, no lovely Spike. They'll all be gone, and even if I hide the blue lights will find me they will."
Once again Drusilla shook, "Oh how fun my Spike is so naughty. He's been out on the town he has. And that little blond tramp, well she needs to be taught a lesson. Spike is my Spike and she can only have him when I say!" Drusilla laughed. "But Spike won't be Spike Ms. Edith! If he goes to the Darkest place he won't be my Spike when he would come out, He'd be the little William again. Just like not Daddy." Drusilla was pouting, "I shan't allow it, not Daddy is a bad puppy. My Spike will not be a puppy," Drusilla held up her doll. "But I don't want to be a puppy, Ms. Edith. Puppies are messy and their growlies are not fierce. I want to be a fierce Tiger, oh like my Kitten, He's fierce and growly he is."
"But I can't go to the darkness, it would eat me up." Drusilla smiled. "What a fun thing Ms. Edith. You always have such fun stories. If my Spike is going to the Darkness we'll just make sure we will be tigers, not puppies and then the princess of Winter will not be cold to us. And the princess of Summer will have us for tea." Drusilla pulled her doll to her lips. Kissing Ms. Edith Drusilla said, "Thank you, oh Miss Edith we shall have such a lovely party with jaffa cakes covered in blood. Lovely blood, it will be such a party. Better than any of Daddy's parties."
"Now we must pack, our trip will be long. Don't forget your knickers Miss Edith, you naughty girl." Drusilla laughed. Turning to the girl she looked at her, "But look at you my lovely, all scared and trembly, Would you like me to send you to Mother Mary or would you like to stay here?"
The girl trembled, this creature was insane. It was a Vampire. But it was offering to let her go. She shook her head and said, "Yes please, please let me go to Mother Mary."
Drusilla smiled her eyes yellow and fanged mouth smiling, "Off you go then to Mother Mary's arms. And the sweet baby will be with you." Reaching over to the girl she pulled her close and drained her dry. Letting the corpse go Drusilla sighed, "I know Miss Edith but she asked so nicely to go see Mother Mary. Still, I hope Kitten will not be too cross with us." She smiled, "Or maybe he shall give us spankings, he could spank us with the cold princess, wouldn't that be fun?"
Several days later Drusilla had arrived in Sunnydale. It had not been hard, "Really Miss Edith why does my Spike always think it is so hard, We asked the lovely man for a ride and he flew us like a bird he did. All the way to where the Sun shines so brightly with the fires of Hell. Yes, Yes, Ms. Edith, he was very nice to invite us for tea. A proper gentleman he was. And he'll wait for us when he wakes up because mummy told him to wait." Drusilla hummed to herself as she walked and talked, " Now let's find the blond tramp. Teach her to covet our Spike. She never learned her Sunday school manner's now we must teach her. And we shall have such fun. With spanking and flogging, and licks and bites."
Walking towards the cars parked at the Sunnydale airport a baggage handler was staring blankly ahead as he followed Drusilla. He pushed a large cart filled with trunks and suitcases. None of them belonged to Drusilla but she had pointed them out and he had grabbed them.
Drusilla had him load up the bags into an airport truck and then told him where to drive to. Luckily for other people on the road it was late. Because it was Sunnydale no one even would have commented on the fact that the truck was driving on the wrong side of the road. Pulling up to a house Drusilla told the man, "Now be a lovely boy and take all my things inside, I shall go and talk to the little girl about how naughty she has been; coveting my Spike."
Opening the door to the house Drusilla stalked inside. Harmony had been hiding ever since almost getting staked by Buffy. The house had belonged to Shanice-well, to Shanice's parents, before they ate them. And it was nice enough. But what Harmony really wanted was her blondie bear back, he made her feel safe. When the door opened Harmony screamed.
Drusilla smiled, "Now, now little tramp. It's not the time for pretty screams. No not the time at all." Walking over to Harmony, Drusilla grabbed her by the hair and pulled her up and into her. Drusilla bent down inhaling as she ran her face up Harmony's body starting at her chest and ending as she was putting her lips right on Harmony's lips. "Hello, my little pony girl. We shall have such fun riding."
Never let it be said Harmony was smart, and if it was said, someone would be lying. She tried to pull herself away from Drusilla's grip saying, "Ew, crazy lesbo slut. Get off me." Her ineffectual swatting at Drusilla's hands made the crazy vampire smile
"Oh shall I take you over my knee," Drusilla purred to Harmony, "Yes some lovely spanks to make you behave. But you must count for me," Drusilla picked up the struggling Harmony and sat down, bending the blond over her knees she pinned her arms behind her back. "Now, now, my lovely little pony. There are no unicorns for you. The unicorns are only for the pure. And you've been oh so naughty." Drusilla raised her hand and said, "So Auntie must now give you spanks. And once you learn maybe Auntie will let you go play. Isn't that nice?"
Drusilla smiled at Harmony, her hand raised in the air, waiting for the blond to reply. "Let me go you crazy bitch," Harmony yelled.
Drusilla stopped smiling. "For your potty mouth, Auntie will have to spank harder." Drusilla started to spank Harmony. The rest of Harmony's night was spent with Drusilla either spanking her or caressing her. At first, Harmony struggled and cursed but vampires don't tire out. Drusilla spanked her ass and back for over an hour. She even had the human bring her a switch. The piece of wood drew blood from her back and thighs. Periodically Drusilla would lean down and lick the blood from her back, telling her she was being a good girl for Auntie.
Unfortunately for the vampiric spirit that possessed Harmony, she had never been a leader. She liked to think she could lead the Cordettes better than Cordelia ever could, but when Cordy had started dating that loser Xander and Harmony got her chance, things just didn't work out. Then Cordy dumped him and took everything back. Harmony had cried, it wasn't fair. Then she had been turned at graduation, and everything was so hard. She had recently turned Shanice but the other Cordettes wouldn't invite her in or they had moved away. At heart, Harmony was a sheep with delusions of being a wolf. And Drusilla, she was a rabid wolf.
By the end of her punishment Harmony was sobbing and saying, "I promise Auntie, I'll be a good girl. Please let me be a good girl for you."
Drusilla smiled and pulled the sobbing blonde up to her. She hugged her and kissed her on the cheek. "Oh you will be so good, but you must always listen to Auntie. If you do you'll live with the princesses but if you don't it's mud for you my little pony." Drusilla let go of Harmony, "Now Auntie has brought prezzies and snacks for her little girl. Doesn't that sound fun?"
Harmony nodded, "Presents? You brought me presents?" Harmony's voice was filled with excitement.
"Yes Auntie did," Drusilla said. "A good Auntie always brings her little one's presents. Now after dinner, we shall open your prezzies." Drusilla turned Harmony around to where the still enthralled man was standing. "Come, come, it's time for dinner." Drusilla vamped out and led Harmony over to the man. "My little pony must eat so she can be strong."
Harmony followed; vamping out she said, "Thank you, Auntie," as both vampires bit into the man's neck. The corpse fell to the ground, Drusilla looked at it and Harmony knew she should say something. "I'll move him to the shed Auntie. That way he doesn't stink up the house."
"Oh what a good little child you are for Auntie." Drusilla bent forward and licked the blood from around Harmony's face. "Now hurry up, we have much to do."
Harmony picked up the corpse and ran to the backyard. Opening the shed where Shanice's parents were decomposing she threw the body inside. Closing the door she ran back inside to Drusilla.
Drusilla was sitting on the couch, her legs together in a very ladylike fashion, "Come sit by Aunties' feet whilst she tells you how we shall get our lovely Spike back." Harmony sat down at Drusilla's feet and lay her head on Drusilla's lap. Drusilla stroked Harmony's hair while she talked. "Our Spike has been a naughty boy he has. He tried to drink another slayer down and the mad doctor scooped him back up. But tomorrow the mad doctor will become a queen. She'll be a queen of snakes all crawly and slithery. When the men from the stone circle come to get her, we'll go get our Spike. But you must be sure to listen, because the first man wants to be her prime, and if he sees us it's all dusty we'll be. The snake queen doesn't like us, she's mean and nasty. So you must be a good girl and listen to everything Auntie says. Once we have our Spike back off we'll fly to the land of darkness. And Spike will help us turn into tigers, all colored and glowy, it will be ever so pretty."
"Can I be a unicorn Auntie?" Harmony asked.
"Only if you do everything Auntie says," Drusilla replied. As the sun came up the two vampires sat and talked about what would be happening later that night.
Hathor brought up Colonel Maybourne on the computer. "What the hell is going on?" Maybourne demanded.
"Colonel Maybourne, I attempted to free the girl as you ordered. She attacked me and my men. I then allowed her to think she escaped from the base. At this time she is free just as you ordered," Hathor said.
Maybourne looked out of the screen at her, "If I find out you're lying, no one will ever find your body. Why do we show there are still alarms going off?"
"Because during her escape, the girl damaged several systems. I have ordered the base to be locked down while we are reviewing how she escaped. That will allow me to keep the men busy here rather than trying to hunt her," Hathor lied.
"Fine," Maybourne said, "I understand new orders will be cut within the next twenty-four hours. They will be directing you to shut down the project and destroy all the subjects. I want you to immediately arrange for transport of project Mariposa. We'll be sending someone to the auxiliary exit to pick up the specimens."
Hathor nodded, "Would it be possible, Col. Maybourne, for you to initiate a communications system outage? That would allow us to have more time to move the specimens without endangering them." Hathor hoped the fool would say yes. If she could cut the men in here off from the outside, it would help her move everything so much faster.
Maybourne looked at Walsh, "At least the bitch has some decent ideas," he thought. "I'm sorry to hear about your communications problem, I understand that when hard lines go down it can take a day or two to repair. Good luck." Maybourne cut the connection and using a small device hooked to a satellite he pushed in a code. The code actually destroyed the main trunk line leading into Sunnydale. So all of Sunnydale was now without landline phones and internet connections. Even the cable would be out for the small city. At the same time, a virus was attacking the satellites which would have provided cell phone service to the area, and part of Los Angeles.
Hathor smiled as the fool stopped talking. Opening her door she saw one of the agents waiting for her. Ripping through her host's memories she called out, "Agent Gates, this base is now on lockdown. Until further orders, there will be no one in or out. All outside communication must come through me. Now I have an experiment I need to check on. Make sure any of the men harmed in the breakout are taken to the infirmary. I want you to meet me in my lab in one hour with a report on conditions inside of the base."
Hathor's first stop on her way to her lab was the storage of Goa'uld equipment. She was ecstatic. Not only was there a Kara Kesh, but the fools also had a portable shield generator. Of course, without a Goa'uld to activate it; it was probably useless to them. Still, it had enough power to last for over a year. After configuring the shield specifications, she quickly turned it on. Now no one would be able to get into the base until she was ready.
Moving to the lab, Hathor took another twenty minutes to prepare the Nish'ta, adding in her own host bodies fluids to key it to herself. When Agent Gates came to report he became her first slave. Hathor quickly moved through the base. Any women she found she killed with the Kara Kesh. By the time two hours had passed every living human in the base was under her control.
Moving to the lab where she knew the Adam creature was, Hathor began examining it. She laughed at her host's stupidity. She had mixed in Goa'uld technology with the computer system she built into Adam. The thing would have been loyal to the computer's original system lord, Apophis, if she hadn't rewritten that part of its code. Turning Adam on she waited for the creature to come alive. Adam sat up. Looking at her he said, "You are my mother."
Hathor smiled, her eyes lighting up with white light, b"I am your Goddess, Hathor. You shall serve me as my first prime."/b."
Programming took over as the creature recognized its mistress. Bowing its head Adam said, "I live to serve you, my Goddess. What are your orders?"
b"Go to the infirmary of this place. Take the wounded soldier. Kill them and the demons you will find in their cells. Begin creating my army of servants."/b Hathor ordered.
Adam bowed his head, "Yes my Goddess." Standing up from the table he had been laying on he went to fulfill her commands.
Riley had been waiting nearly an hour, why the hell was he still here? He decided to try and turn on the TV in the motel room. Nothing but static greeted him. Following a very bad feeling Riley picked up the phone and tried to get a dial tone. He only heard dead air. Turning to the area where Kennedy and John were talking he said, "Cable seems to be out and the landline is dead. Do either of you have a cell phone?"
John stood up, "Yes, one minute, let me check if I can still get a signal." Opening his phone John saw he had no signal. "Strange. I had excellent reception here before, but now I am getting nothing."
"I've got a really bad feeling about this," Riley said.
At the SGC Xander was feeling frustrated. The talks between themselves and the representatives of the Asgard and the governments of the United States and Great Britain had started. Xander had been looking for Colonel O'Neill since he got back and couldn't find him.
None of the military personnel knew where he was either. Finally, after getting lost for the umpteenth time, he decided to try another approach. He tried to find Jack like he had last time. Without SG-1 helping - it was much more difficult. But he was able to sense him.
Xander orbed into Jack's office. Jack was playing on his Game Boy. Looking up Jack said, "What's up kid?"
"I've been looking for you for the last twenty minutes," Xander complained. "We've got a problem. The girl Kennedy, she says that before she got out of the Initiative Walsh tried to feed her to a Goa'uld."
"What?" Jack dropped his game boy as he sat up. "How the hell would she know what one is and why would they have one?"
"Look I don't know," Xander said. "But she said she managed to cause Walsh to become the host instead of her. Which means that the leader of a Secret military base that deals with demons may now be a Goa'uld."
Jack was already getting to his feet. "Let's go kid. We need to talk to General Hammond and try to get someone on the line from that base."
The next two hours were a great example to Xander of why bureaucracies suck. Getting the N.I.D. to admit the base existed was problematic. Even when they pointed out that the closing of the base by the President was one of the requirements for the talks they were having.
When they finally received the contact information, it was useless. The base was having communications issues. The main trunk-line for phone, cable and internet had some kind of a problem. When they checked the L.A. news they saw that the number one news update for L.A. was the loss of cellular coverage due to a computer virus.
Jack turned to General Hammond, "Sir, this is too many coincidences. I'm recommending you declare a foothold." As Hammond's second in command (2IC) Jack wanted to be on the record as supporting the call.
Hammond picked up his phone, it was less than a minute before he was talking to the President. "Mr. President," Hammond began. "Sir, I am declaring a foothold situation in Sunnydale California. The N.I.D. base has been compromised and taken over by an unknown Goa'uld. All communications have been disrupted in the area. I recommend we immediately begin moving troops into the area, to prevent further problems."
The President was talking, Hammond responded, "Unknown at this time Mr. President. Yes, Sir, I will ask the Asgard and the Furlings if they will assist us. As soon as I have an update I will contact you...Yes, Sir." Hammond hung up the phone.
Turning to Jack and Xander, Hammond said, "Col. O'Neill, please go with Mr. Giles and ask the Asgard for assistance. Mr. Giles, the President has formally asked that as a representative of the Furling Descendants if you would assist us."
Xander nodded, "Yeah, of course."
Jack looked at the kid, "Can you take me up to Thor's ship?"
"Can we try calling them first?" Xander said, "Orbing that far really takes it out of me."
Jack nodded; he really hadn't thought about that. Leaving Hammond's office Jack heard Hammond issuing orders to prepare all SGC teams for combat and contact all off duty or off base personnel with immediate recall orders. It took ten more minutes to get ahold of the Asgard. Once they requested to beam up, they found themselves in the room where the Representatives had been meeting.
"Col. O'Neill, what is the problem?" Thor asked.
"Thor, we've come to ask your help. We believe that a Goa'uld has taken over a U.S. Military base in Sunnydale California. Could you assist us in taking it back?" Jack asked.
"I am sorry, O'Neill," Thor said. "But the Treaty between yourselves, the Goa'uld and the Asgard only allow us to assist in the event of an attack on the planet. An isolated incident would not allow us to assist you."
Both of the representatives for the US and British were already talking trying to find out what was happening. Giles approached Xander, "Xander, what's going on?" Xander looking around decided to try and fill everyone in at once.
Yelling as loudly as he could, "Everybody shut the Hell up." The people trying to talk over each other stopped and looked at him. "Look, sit down. I'll tell you what we know and what we suspect, then we can talk." It took another twenty minutes for Xander to explain what they knew of the Initiative, and how Kennedy had escaped.
As Xander finished, Jack looked at him with approval. "Kid did a good job," Jack thought to himself.
Giles looked at the table, standing he said, "The Goa'uld are a problem but any military personnel entering that base will most likely be killed. We know that the Initiative has been capturing demons. If they release them your men wouldn't know how to fight them. You're going to need our help. Buffy and Faith can go in with a team. Also, there is a team of former British S.A.S. soldiers in Sunnydale right now. If we can convince the Watchers Council to give us written orders for them they might assist us."
The British representative, Lord Reginald Thompson, had received orders directly from Her Majesty and the PM earlier that day to do anything he needed to make sure Britain was included in this treaty. "Mr. Giles, If I can contact my Government I can ask Her Majesty to recall these men to active service. Would they accept the orders if they come from Her Majesty?"
Giles was shocked; he really hadn't seen how far things had progressed. "I believe they would. I have only met Captain Chandler a few times but he struck me as a man of honor. He would not deny the Queen's command."
"Do you have a way to get the order's to Captain Chandler and his men once I have them?" Lord Reginald asked.
"If you can get a video link showing the orders on a desk, I can go get them," Xander told Lord Reginald.
"Very good then," Lord Reginald said. "If you will excuse me I will need to be ah transported back to our embassy. How shall I contact you once you the order are ready?"
"I'm going to have to go with you," Xander said after a moment's thought. "That way you can call my cell phone and I'll know where to go." Turning to Jack and the others. "Once I'm done there I can orb back to the SGC, and start bringing teams to Sunnydale. Since the Asgard can't help with transportation, I will orb as many as I can."
Jack nodded. "I know everyone may be worried, however, once Xander has the orders from the British, please keep doing what you were doing. These talks in some ways are just as important." Jack turned to Thor, "Would it be possible to give us a way to call you so that we can ask to be brought up when we're done?"
"Of course, Colonel O'Neill," Thor said. "I will also give Lord Thompson a communications device so that he may call us to be brought back up." Thor paused and said, "While we may not assist you, Colonel O'Neill, our ship's sensors have detected a Goa'uld shield in what you call Sunnydale, California. It appears to be partially underground."
"Thank you, Thor," Jack politely said. Internally he was saying, "Shit, they've got shields."
Once down at the SGC Jack was in the main conference room. The President was online along with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his top military advisors. The first question they had to address was where to assemble the men. The local army base was also out of communication. It was decided that Colonel O'Neill would be in overall command of the mission. The President had order's drawn up for the Sunnydale base Commander to turn over controlling authority of the base to Colonel O'Neill. Once they had the orders Jack was going to be taken to Sunnydale. Unfortunately, that would also cut off their communication with him, at least until they could get the satellites back.
One of the big questions that the President's advisors had was how they were going to spin this for the news. Giles actually interrupted them. "Gentlemen, I do not believe you understand the terrain the battle will be fought on. Sunnydale sits over a dimensional rift. The rift has an unusual side effect. Most people simply ignore, rationalize, or forget anything out of the ordinary." Giles smiled, "We could take a full troop of the Free Jaffa and march them through Sunnydale and the next day half the people would have forgotten it. The other half would have created some plausible reason for it. But no one would question it."
Jack sat up. "Dr. Giles, are you serious?" Jack asked. "Could we really get a troop of Jaffa and have them be ignored there? Because from what you've already told us about possibly facing demons, I would rather have staff weapons and zat'nik'tels than bullets."
The President was thinking about the briefing he had received. "Col. O'Neill, based on the briefing I received I believe Dr. Giles is correct. I want you to make sure all of our men are using Goa'uld weapons. Hell, see if you can get the Jaffa to loan us some."
Jack nodded, "Sir, if it is alright I will have Teal'c contact the Free Jaffa. He should be able to get us some help."
Xander had received the call from Lord Reginald, heading to the British embassy. He asked them to show the room he needed to go to on a video. Once he had the picture of it; he orbed to England. What he didn't know was that he was being sent to Her Majesty's private residence inside Buckingham Palace.
As he materialized he heard a woman's voice, "Oh, my. That is something one does not see every day." Turning he saw an older woman. It took him a moment to realize this was Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second. Knowing Dad would kill him if he screwed up here, Xander did his best. Bowing to her, he said, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry but I didn't know you would be here."
The Queen looked at this young man in front of her. She had read the reports from her Council spies. She knew he fought the creatures of darkness. And it was only recently he had shown his extraordinary heritage. "We are pleased to meet you, Lord Alexander." She said.
Xander didn't know what to say, "Ah, I'm sorry but I'm not a Lord. Just plain Xander."
The Queen smiled at him. "That is where you are incorrect young man. We know of everything you have accomplished fighting the forces of Darkness. We are also aware of what your father has done. We have decided that once this crisis has passed, you and your family will come to us. We will create your father as the Earl of Kent. We have prepared these papers for your father. Please pass them to him and give him Our Thanks for his service."
"Um Yes, Your Majesty," Xander paused and grinned at her, "But you do know Tara and I aren't English."
The Queen smiled at him, "We are aware of that failing yes, It is a shame you have not been blessed to be British before now. However, We will correct that grievous shortcoming in your nature when next we meet."
Xander wasn't sure but he thought the Queen had just told a joke. "I look forward to it then, Your Majesty." Taking both the papers he had originally come for and the ones addressed to Giles, Xander orbed first to Sunnydale.
Orbing into the room with a slayer is never the wisest of ideas. Xander managed to avoid being hit and Kennedy recognized him quickly enough to stop attacking. Looking around, Xander asked, "Where's Riley?"
"He took off, said that with the communications down he needed to get back to his men. That was about two hours ago," Kennedy said.
John was looking at Xander. He knew Mr. Giles had lied to him and the Council, as to the extent of the young man's abilities. "Why have you returned?"
"Look sorry to bother you, but that Goa'uld is in the process of taking over a US military base that also happens to be filled with demons. I need to talk to Captain Chandler. Do you know if he is still here?" Xander asked. He really didn't care what some stuck up watcher thought of him.
"Yes, I believe he is in his room. He and his men were going to be leaving in the morning," John answered.
"Cool," Xander opened the door and went to room seventeen. Knocking on the door he only had to wait a moment until one of Captain Chandler's men opened it. Walking in, Xander went up to Captain Chandler, "Captain," He began, holding out the documents he had received from the Queen. "Her Majesty asked that you be given this immediately."
Chandler refused to take the documents. "What the bloody hell are you playing at boy? I'll warn you this once but if you ever try to pull some stunt like this in Her Majesty's name again, I will beat the bloody piss out of you."
Xander grinned at him, "Sorry it's not a joke. Those came directly from Her Majesty, not even twenty minutes ago." Chandler was pissed. How dare this boy! He reached back and threw a punch at Xander's face, he'd wipe that grin from the little shit's mouth. Xander saw the punch coming, and OK maybe he was playing a little. But as Chandler swung Xander orbed.
"What the bloody hell was that?" One of Chandler's men said. Xander knocked on the door from outside the room. Opening it the men were amazed to see him standing there.
"Look I recommend you look at those papers," Xander said. "They really did come from Her Majesty."
Chandler was about to go off when one of his men, who had picked up the documents said, "Bloody hell Bing, it's real."
Chandler grabbed the papers and started reading them. Xander, however, looked at him, "Bing? Your name is Bing. So you'd be Chandler Bing?" He started to laugh and several of the men did as well.
"Bloody Americans," Chandler said. "No, my name is not Bing! Ever since that bloody show started this lot like to yank my tallywacker and call me Bing." He looked at the papers one last time. "These are real?"
"As real as it gets," Xander said.
"All right you lot," Chandler called out. "Get your sorry arses in gear we're moving out in ten minutes. Her Majesty has just personally recalled all of us to active duty, we are to report to the Sunnydale Army base where we will be under the command of Colonel Jonathan 'Jack' O'Neill."
"What the bloody hell are you on?" One of the men asked.
"Her Majesty has called, we will answer her call. Now move your arses or so help me God, I will kick them back to England." Chandler yelled.
"When you get to the gate at the base just tell the guards who you are," Xander said. "They're expecting you." Chandler nodded and Xander orbed back to the SGC. He had more people to bring to the party.
Arriving back at the SGC Xander quickly grabbed Giles. Handing him the papers he said, "Ah her Majesty asked me to give these to you."
Giles dropped the papers, "Her Majesty? Dear Lord, please tell me you are joking?"
"No, sorry Dad," Xander grinned. "She was waiting for me when I went to pick up Captain Chandler's orders. She was really...nice. She even cracked a joke, I think."
Giles wasn't sure if he wanted to pound his head into the wall. "Are you telling me that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, was cracking jokes with you?" Xander winced Giles voice might have gotten a little loud at the end.
"Dad," Xander began, "She called me Lord Alsexander. When I said I wasn't a Lord she said something about fixing that. I mentioned I wasn't English and I think she said something like no one's perfect. Just read the papers."
Giles opened the papers. Reading them twice he felt the need to sit down. "Dear God in his Heavens," Giles said. His son had met the Queen! And the Queen had written to him personally. Her Majesty had told him how much she appreciated his work to help battle the forces of Darkness. She had also said that once the crisis was passed she required his presence and that of his family in England where he would be created the new Earl of Kent.
Xander left Giles alone. He could tell that the letter had been a shock to him, but he figured that Giles would be fine soon. Heading back to the Gate room Xander continued to orb groups to the Sunnydale base. He was only taking four men at a time. With their gear, Xander had estimated he was orbing around fifteen to sixteen hundred pounds with every trip. He was starting to feel the strain. Xander knew he that was needed, at least until they got communications back up, until then he was the quickest way to pass information.
Jack had sent a team to the initiative frat house, hoping that they could pull some of the men out. Riley had recognized the insignia on their uniforms immediately. Once he was alone with the SGC personnel, Riley explained that the Goa'uld had initiated a lockdown. No one was able to get into the base. Riley was ordered to gather all of his men and report to the Sunnydale base. A small team stayed at the frat house to watch the entrance to the base.
Once Riley and his remaining men reported to the base Riley was brought to Colonel O'Neill. Jack handed him the orders he had received from the President. "Captain Finn, right now I don't know what to make of you. Covert operations on US soil that target Americans," Jack paused. "Have you even read the Constitution?"
"Sir," Riley began. "My men and I never targeted humans. I have only led them against suspected HST's Sir."
"You targeted bMy Daughter/b you sorry excuse for a soldier." Jack wasn't screaming. But his voice was filled with menace.
Riley actually lost his composure, "What? Your Daughter Sir?"
"Yes bMy Daughter, Faith Arlene Summers/b the girl you ordered your men to capture or kill," Jack continued. "Is this bringing up any memories, Captain?"
"Oh Shit," Riley said.
"Captain, I don't believe there is a phrase that would honestly state how deep you have stepped in it," Jack smiled, a very grim smile. "If I didn't need you and your men to clean up this mess I would personally ask the President to ship all of you to the blackest hole on Earth."
"Sir," Riley said. "Please, my men had no idea. They believed Faith was an HST, only I was told she was a Goa'uld. If you want to destroy my career fine. But my men deserve better."
Jack actually smiled at that, "Maybe you aren't a complete waste of skin Captain Finn. But I can guarantee you this. You and I will have a reckoning about your attack on my daughter. Depending on how you do during this mission, the meeting will either be an official or unofficial one. Prove you are worthy of wearing that uniform; and it will just be you, me and the mat."
Riley looked Col. O'Neill in the eyes. "Sir, I can guarantee neither I nor my men will fail to live up to the standards we swore to uphold." He could deal with getting his ass kicked by Jack O'Neill. He had read the man's file. He probably wouldn't win but he would make sure the Colonel knew he had been there. "And I will look forward to seeing you on the mat."
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Xander had returned to the SGC and was just finishing his food, when he heard the base alarm go off, followed by an announcement, "Incoming Wormhole." He decided to go see what was going on. Reaching the Gateroom he spotted Teal'c and a whole lot of guys in funky armor.
They were carrying some kind of staff and every single one of them had a tattoo on their head. He heard one old guy talking to the General, "Hammond of Texas," Master Bra'tac said. "Teal'c informed us of your fight against the Goa'uld and the Orak Ha'taaka. These thirty Jaffa demanded to accompany us to aid you in your fight. We have also brought with us additional staff weapons and zat'nik'tel."
"Thank you, Master Bra'tac," General Hammond said. He hoped what Dr. Giles had said about Sunnydale was true. "We will arrange for you transportation to our forward area as soon as possible."
Xander walked up to the group, "Someone said they needed a lift? Hey, Teal'c you brought friends."
Teal'c nodded, "Master Bra'tac, allow me to introduce Alexander Lavelle Giles of the Furlings."
Bra'tac looked at Teal'c, "Surely you jest? The Goa'uld under Ra destroyed the Furling people thousands of years ago."
"Once again we see that the false Gods lie," Teal'c said. "Thor of the Asgard confirmed that Alexander Giles is Furling. He and his family are dedicated warriors against the Orak Ha'taaka. He himself possess abilities far beyond the false gods. His future mate, the daughter of Colonel O'Neill, Faith Summers, is a warrior to rival the tales of the Hoktar."
Master Bra'tac looked over the young man in front of him. "Teal'c my friend, never have I had reason to doubt you. It must be as you have said. This is a day to rejoice. Great battle lies before us, and we will be joined in it by an ancient enemy of the False Gods."
The other Jaffa cheered at Master Bra'tac's statement. Xander was a little stunned. These guys were as hyped up to go fight as Buffy was when she couldn't slay anything for a week. "Master Bra'tac, I'll be taking you and your Jaffa to Sunnydale. Has Teal'c told you about Sunnydale?"
"Yes, Alexander of Furling. He told us his tales of fighting creatures of legend: the blood drinking Orak Ha'taaka. He also told us that he personally witnessed other kinds of creatures in the place called 'Willy's'. My Jaffa will not fall before the enemy," Master Bra'tac answered.
"Alright then, I want to take two men at a time," Xander said. The armor these guys were wearing looked heavy.
Master Bra'tac called out, "Jaffa Kree, form into pairs so that we may begin." The Jaffa followed Master Bra'tac's order. Xander began orbing them to Sunnydale.
Watching Xander disappear in blue lights, Master Bra'tac turned to Teal'c. "We are living in a time of legends, my apprentice. Orak Ha'taaka have returned and the Furlings will battle at our side. Surely soon we will see the downfall of the False Gods."
It took almost an hour to move the Jaffa and their weapons to Sunnydale. Xander's last trip brought Buffy, Joyce, and Faith to Sunnydale. Everyone else had stayed; the negotiations were still going on aboard the Sleipnir. Xander was confident that between Cordelia and everyone else they would do alright.
At Sunnydale, Xander was surprised to see the new slayer there. He quickly found Jack and asked him, "Why are you letting the new slayer come along?"
"Captain Chandler volunteered to have her with his men," Jack said. "Honestly, if I could I would leave her. But unless I arrest or shoot her, I couldn't stop her. Bing will be in the second wave. The first wave will be SG-3, 5, and 10, they're being paired with half the Jaffa. Buffy and Faith will also be in the first wave." Jack didn't look happy adding that last part.
"Count me in the first wave. Once I'm down there I'll be able to orb back and forth to get people in faster." Xander knew this would be a bad fight. "Will we have doctors ready? Besides Joyce I mean."
"Yeah you brought Fraiser earlier," Jack looked at Xander. "You going to be OK for this Kid?"
"How long until you're moving?" Xander asked.
"We should be finished going over everything in an hour, then loading up the vehicles, figure about two hours," Jack said.
"Then show me where I can sleep for two hours. Wake me when we're ready to go." Xander said.
"Kid you're going to need gear," Jack said. "The other guys will be using guns. I had Faith and Buffy fitted earlier today. But you still need basic gear."
"Faith knows my sizes," Xander said with a yawn. "Have her get it for me, you're going to need me tonight and I need some rest." Jack nodded and sent Xander to a nearby room that had a cot in it. Xander had barely closed his eyes when he was already asleep.
When night had fallen, Drusilla led Harmony out of the house. She told Harmony to take them to the Hospital first. "Why are we going here, Auntie?" Harmony asked.
"My Spike is going to be hungry. And we will need to have some snacks for the trip," A slightly more lucid Drusilla said. Entering the hospital through a side door, a guard approached them to find out if they were lost. After asking if they needed any help. Drusilla said, "Oh what a lovely boy you are. Look into mummy's eyes, be in my eyes," Drusilla purred, "You can take us to the tasty little bags. So full of yummy blood."
The guard quickly took the two to the blood storage. Harmony grabbed a cooler and started loading bags into it. By the time they were done, Sunnydale had none left in the hospital. Taking a small bag to keep with them, Drusilla told the guard, "Now you will be a good boy and go visit mummy's new child at the airplane. He'll know just what to do with you. You make sure to tell him his Mummy sent you." the guard nodded his head and left following Drusilla's orders.
Once they left the Hospital Drusilla had Harmony drive toward Shady Pines Cemetery. Getting out of the truck Drusilla was still humming. "Come along my little pony. We have to hurry up to wait." Drusilla led Harmony through a crypt down into the tunnels under Sunnydale. The man made tunnels gave way to caves that twisted and turned. By the time Drusilla told her to stop Harmony was completely lost.
"There now," Drusilla said. "It's time to wait. We must be patient, my kitten is bringing the men from the stone ring. Oh, he's brought Jaffa cakes as well. But they won't be covered in blood tonight. No, the only blood that will flow will be from all of the Snake Queen's men." Drusilla turned to stare at Harmony. "Now the snake queen's men, their blood doesn't taste right but you will need to eat it all up. It will make you grow strong. So when Auntie tells you to eat all your food you'll be a good pony won't you?"
Harmony nodded at Drusilla, "I promise Auntie. Do you know what Spike will tell the Darkness?"
Drusilla reached over to Harmony, "Of course Auntie does, my sweet little pony."
As she hummed her song Harmony had to ask, "And you promise I can be a unicorn, Auntie?"
Drusilla nodded and pulled out a paper, "See here ducky," on the bottom of the paper where the words, iAnd Harmony gets to be a Unicorn./i
Harmony hopped up, "Oh thank you, Auntie, you're the best Auntie ever." Harmony hugged Drusilla, everything was so much better now.
"But remember," Drusilla said. "If Auntie says to run you must run as fast as you can. If you stop you'll get all muddy."
"But Auntie," Harmony whined, "I'm already muddy from the caves!"
"Yes, my little pony you are," Drusilla said. "But if you don't listen to Auntie you will never be clean from the mud. No no no, you'll always be muddy if you don't listen."
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