October 26, 2008
Under a Dark Star
Disclaimer- I do not own any of these characters from either Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Star Gate SG 1. They of course belong to their creators and their corporations. They just wanted to come out for a while so I agreed. No copyright infringement is intended and I deeply respect their creators and hope I brought them to life in a way they enjoy. Oh yes this work is definitely AU in nature for both series.
A/N- What if Faith was wrong about her family? What if she really was wanted and circumstances were not as she thought? What would her real family do to protect her and help her? What happens when fate decides to give the dark slayer a protector of her own who knows about the council and has a place to keep her safe away from those who harm her?
Spoilers- Season 1 Stargate SG-1 and the movie along with Any and all seasons with Faith in it for Buffy the Vampire slayer. Mostly after the series ended.
Part 57 Power Games PG
Tuesdays belonged to the chaos God Janis and his favourite son of twisted luck Murphy. It was a fact if life that Rupert Giles had cone to accept and live with. Oh, it had not always been so but ever since he had been assigned to Buffy and become involved with her friends the Scooby gang it was a fact of life. This fact had only expanded and grown more set in stone as their extended family grew to include Angel and the Fang Gang, Faith and now even the Hunters and SGC and SGA teams. Toss in the Finns and the chaos god had to be highly amused. Giles rubbed the bridge of his nose and reached for his now shattered glasses. He sighed they had definitely been sacrificed again. He tried to get up from the bed but small strong hands stopped him.
"Giles you stay right there or I swear I will tie you to the bed." Buffy said. She glared at him. "You almost died."
"Wow
B kinky much" Faith teased.
Buffy blushed a deep shade of red as did Giles who looked down as Buffy's words sunk in. The image she had given was not all that displeasing. He could think…. Well maybe he shouldn't.
"Faith I wouldn't!" She said with a squeak "I would never." She then turned a deeper shade of red.
Faith laughed. "Well B that's a shame because it's so much-"
"Faith enough ok." Paul said "Our son and other children are present."
It was Faith turn to blush. "Oh right ….I ah… Sorry B."
"Daniel who is that little one Major Lorne has?" Vala asked.
Lorne carried the six year old girl over to Vala and said "This is Tamara. The letter says she's your daughter."
Vala smiled "Who's her father?"
Daniel sighed and said. "The man you married. A man called Toman. It says she's my goddaughter. The little boy I'm carrying is my son Nick. The letter says you are his godmother and that Janet was his mother. "
"So I take it we were not…"
"No we had other partners Vala." Daniel said. He knew she wanted to be more than friends but he did not feel the same. Maybe this would finally get though to her? Besides Daniel had another interest now, his first love was back and he wanted to try again.
Vala took the child from Lorne who hugged her tightly. She was shocked when the child said "Mommy I was scared. Daddy said you would come save me." Vala had genuinely cared for her former husband but when he embraced the Ori everything had changed. It appeared that in the alternate reality he had chosen his wife over the Ori. A part of Vala felt vindicated as she realized that he loved her too. The question was should she try again. It was now clear Daniel was beyond her reach. She had to care for this little one now.
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The Earth ships scanned the area around Lemuria but the Hive ship was gone. All that remained was the debris of the ship they destroyed.
Colonel Caldwell called Lemuria and said. "All is clear and we are heading back to Atlantis per orders. Good luck with the clean up Colonel Sheppard. Call if you need us."
"Thank you sir we will do our bests." Sheppard said. "It means a lot sir."
Caldwell nodded. He and John Sheppard might not always see eye to eye but at least he trusted him. He knew he was a good man. Caldwell was not so sure about the newcomers
John Sheppard appreciated the offer. He knew he was not what many senior officers liked in a soldier. He was grateful for the support from Caldwell especially given their pasts. He hoped this meant he had at last gained the man's respect. John was honest to himself he liked and respected the Colonel and wanted it to go both ways.
Ronan Dex was tired. Fighting Wraiths was exhausting work. He knew that the city had to be cleared. So he sucked it up and moved out. He noted that Teyla had the same wary look. Maybe once this was all over they could take a small break?Sheppard had offered to take them all to Earth for a vacation. It suddenly seemed like a good idea.
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Rodney McKay worked frantically. He was trying to get the sensors to find the stray Wraiths. As he worked he heard a noise and sighed in relief as Sam Finn and her team came in with the two NCIS agents.
"Hey doc we need to leave these two here. We were going to take them to the infirmary but we got called as back up. I figured maybe the Geeks could help you." Graham said.
Rodney was about to tear into him when the City shook. "Now what?" he said.
The dart had been damaged by the weapons fire from the earth ships. It could not regain orbit so the Wraith flying it decided to use it as a missile. He turned the craft to face the city and accelerated. The dart impacted the city hard and explosions went off.
Ronan looked at Teyla and they ran to check on Rodney in the control room. He might be an annoyance but he was their annoyance and both had grown fond of the arrogant scientist. Not that Ronan would ever admit it to anyone even under threat of death.
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The explosion caused everyone to be distracted and the Genii took advantage and slipped away. They had to report this news to their leaders. These girls were a formidable weapon and they would take one. Kolya knew that these slayers were the key to winning against the Wraith. He led his team to the Stargate. They had to get away and plan a strategy to obtain one and learn her secrets. With an army of slayers they could defeat the Wraith and rule the galaxy as the Genii should. Perhaps they would find allies on the Tauri home world? Kolya knew from before that there was a man on the Tauri world who would help them. First they would go home and then they would find this Kinsey. He sounded like a man who could become a good friend. He hated Sheppard from what they had learned from their spies and that was a good reference as far as Kolya was concerned. Kolya and his people ran to the gate. They stunned the guards and quickly dialled out.
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Kinsey smiled it was not often anyone got the better of George Hammond but he had to admit he was pleased. Jeremy's questions were clearly putting the man on the defensive. It was humorous to see. He sat back and enjoyed the show. Jeremy was good and it reminded him why he had cultivated their friendship.
"So why is it that the SGC was working outside the mountain…?"
It was a thing of beauty really. Jeremy was a SOB but he did have a way of finding facts that were hard to defend. I should have asked for his help sooner. Kinsey thought.
"I assure you senator we had everything--"
"Under control really General is that why we had to tell the public that a psychotic drug got into the water supply. Clearly you did not have the situation contained!"
General Hammond flinched. He hated to admit it but in that particular case things had gotten a little hairy. No pun intended of course.
"Did you realize General that over a dozen criminals has used that as an excuse for their crimes? One of whom committed murder!"
Now this was news. Kinsey smiled as he watched his long time friend and ally rip into the General. Leave it to Jeremy to spin things so well.
George Hammond had not known these facts. He winced. Well looks like we fubared that one. It was not our faults. "Sir Criminals will use any excuses."
Jeremy shifted the papers glad to have made this point against the general. "While this is true we have had to allow the defence as we could not reveal the truth. However it is clear that the Stargate Program needs more civilian oversight and control over it."
Hammond glared. He hated being set up.
Oh this is a good day. I shall have to buy Jeremy dinner for this one. Kinsey said gloating. Power will soon be ours.
This is too dangerous to be left unchecked. Robert was right this thing needs to be controlled and when I have it I will use the situation to rid myself of Faith.
TBC…
