October 26, 2008

Under a Dark Star

Disclaimer- I do not own any of these characters from either Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Stargate 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 58 Fateful Twists. PG

"Oh shit what a mess." Xander called as he saw the damage the Wraith Dart had done. "Is that section burning? Is there anyone there?"

Buffy and Faith had come running. They left the children in the infirmary with Giles and the Doctors. Both looked enraged.

"B there are people over there." Faith said. Before anyone could stop her Faith took off in a dead run and leap across the now destroyed bridge.

"Damn it Faith it's not safe over there!" Paul shouted. He frantically looked for a way across.

Buffy sighed and took off and followed her sister slayer. She was not about to let Faith get herself killed.

Faith and Buffy could hear the city crying out in pain. While it was not a living thing per say it was self aware. Both women were enraged that it was hurt. They both called out mentally to calm it encouraging it to shut down systems to save energy and its pain. They told the city to fight back and use its internal fire fighting systems. Both ran dead out to try to save the people located in the far end. The fires rage as they rounded a corner.

Buffy had reached Faith now and skidded to a halt. Both slayers saw a raging fire but beyond that they saw several cryo tubes with people in it. Both slayers did not hesitate they ran in and smashed the tubes open. There was no time for care. Buffy pulled a little girl out and set her down as Faith pulled out two more boys. They then found a fourth tube with a little girl. She was around 12. She coughed and was helped up. They began to leave when suddenly another tube popped out.

"Oh for crying out loud." Faith said.

The fire closed in.

"Faith we're cut off." Buffy shouted over the flames. The children clung to them in fear.

Faith shouted. "One second. I have another person here. She ripped the lid off the container and helped the adult woman out. She was clearly hurt but there was no choice. She helped her stand up and then began to move to the wall. Faith looked around frantically and suddenly found an outer wall.

"B give me a hand here."She called. She hit the wall hard and it cracked. "We gota peal it back." Even with slayer power Faith could not move the wall herself.

Buffy ran over and both slayers pulled on the wall. It gave way and they suddenly were able to breathe as fresh air poured in.

Buffy called the others. "We are out. The wall gave way. "She coughed as she stepped out. There was a very small ledge.

"Faith we can get out but it's not safe."

"Like this place is?" Came the reply. "Lead the way. OK, lady, children we gota go. "Faith ripped some cable from the walls and quickly tied it to the children Buffy did the same and attached it to herself. She watched as Faith secured her end. The children were now all tied between the three adults.

"Man I wish we could just beam out." Faith said.

Buffy snickered at that. "Too bad Andrew isn't here he would love it."

Faith glared. "You so better not tell him I said that." Faith warned. They crawled out to the ledge. Both slayers hoped once they were in the open one of the Earth ships would be able to beam them to safety.

John Sheppard cursed and shouted into his com link. Just when he was about to panic white lights engulfed the people across from them and they suddenly appeared with them. However the Apollo had grabbed them on the fly and because of this set them down to close to the edge. Faith slipped and fell off the damaged bridge. She cried out.

"Damn it." She could not get a grip.

The sudden drop caused Buffy to stumble. "Hold on Faith."She scrabbled to find something to hold onto as the children followed Faith over the edge.

"Buffy cut me lose. Save the children." Faith cried.

"So not happening Faith." Buffy said. Paul had caught her and was trying to anchor her. He was grabbed by Colonel Sheppard.

"We'll pull you all up." Sheppard shouted. "I need to...Ronan Teyla find some rope now!" he shouted as his team mates came running into view.

The two members of SGA-1 ran to carry out the order. Ronan grabbed Johns hand as Teyla tossed him more cable. It was quickly tied to Ronan's waist then to Johns' Teyla tied it off on a secure post and ran to tie it to Buffy. Once secured they worked on pulling the children up.

Faith dangled and hated being helpless. She was terrified for the little ones. She was terrified for herself and would never admit it but she had a thing against heights. Well really who would not after the fall she had taken in Sunnydale. I mean the coma wasn't fun. She never wanted a kid to experience what she had.

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Catherine Langford sighed as the message came through from the SGC. It seemed that there was a problem. General Hammond needed them back at the SGC. He was clearly rattled and wanted her to speak to the IOA for him. He suddenly needed support against Kinsey and his cronies. Her face darkened as one name appeared. Oh yes they were returning to the SGC and then onto Washington. There was no way in hell Jeremy Lehane was going to get anywhere near Faith or have a chance in hell of gaining custody of her. Any thought that he might have been genuinely hurt by the loss of his adopted child was instantly put to rest. He was a bastard and Catherine knew deep in her soul that this was all about damage control. He did not want the public to make the connection between a pardoned killer and himself. She was going to Washington and putting this lowlife down.

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Xander helped grab the latest children. He wondered "Who will these kids end up belonging to?" He sighed and prayed because as much as he loved kids he was so not ready to be a parent.

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Doctor Carson Becket had seen many a strange thing in his time as the CMO of Atlantis. This however took the cake. He had thought being a clone was strange. Now there was this? How the heck was he supposed to take care of people who were not supposed to exist in this dimension? He looked at the woman who was now hooked up to Atlantis. "Rest now lass. I'll take care of you. That shoulder wound is bad but it will heal. The bullet went right on through. A bit lower and well we would not be having this conversation. Now lass what is your name."

The red haired woman who was around 30 years old looked at him and said. "I am Major Janet Frazier USAF."

Carson Becket froze. How the hell had an America gotten here on an ancient base?

TBC....