Title - Dawn, The Key: Guardians of The Key Part 3
Author - Shane A. Hopkins (thesorcererbard@I-am-the-key.com)
Rating - PG
Disclaimer - What I don't own. Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and 20th Century Fox own Buffy the Vampire Slayer and everything related to them. The Ghost Roads, The Gatekeeper and The Gatehouse come from the Buffy, The Vampire Slayer novels The Gatekeeper Trilogy Books 1, 2 and 3 by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder (Great set of books get em if you can) What I do own. Everything not owned by the above mentioned people / companies is owned by me but you may use any of it as long as you give me credit. There is one exception to this and that is Quinton Everett III, he is mine and you can't use him whatsoever.
Authors Note - To be introduced to Quinton Everett III please read one of my previous stories "Love's Energy"
Authors Note 2 - WARNING - There is a surprise ending but don't worry, can't say more with out giving it away :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------
Guardians of The Key - Part 3
"But he would be ancient. How can he be alive?" Buffy asked.
"Byzantium made a deal with the Unholy Tarem, a group of extremely powerful
demons who think that the best way to secure their own dimension is to destroy The Key" Quinn answered. They were in the War-Room at the Watchers Headquarters. The Gatekeeper had decided to stay and help, so he was seated to Quinn's left and Buffy to Quinn's right. Seated around the table with them were Willow, Tara, Giles, Xander, Anya, Dawn and Jason. "The deal was that he would live as long as The Key existed, so he is essentially immortal."
"Life without death is a waste of time." The Gatekeeper said folding his hands on the table.
"I totally agree." Quinn said, "But that still leaves us with a war on our hands."
"Should we call Angel?" Willow asked leaning foreword.
"Yes that may be prudent." Giles answered, "Ever since he took control of Wolfram & Hart he has provided us with a great amount of help."
Angel was in his top floor office, luckily it was night, looking at the phone screen as Buffy and Quinn outlined the situation.
". and he then declared war on the Guardians and their allies." Quinn finished.
"And since that includes Wolfram & Hart you decide to tell me and ask for my help." It was a statement not a question.
"Right." Buffy replied, "Is Wesley still there? or did he go off on another wild demon chase?"
"He's here." Angel replied with a smile. "Wesley!"
"Angel?" came an English accented voice from the next office.
"Wes come in here for a bit." Angel called to him.
Wesley Wyndham-Price came in from his office and when he saw who was on the
screen he said "Hello Buffy, Quinn, what's up?"
"We have a war on our hands." Buffy told him.
"Byzantium?" Wesley asked.
"Yea, how'd you know?" Quinn asked.
"The fact that you, as leader of the Guardians, is involved, and the fact that this was prophesied over three thousand years ago." Wesley replied.
"Come again?" Quinn said with an amazed look on his face.
"The prophesy of Qua'no'kee. He prophesied that the defeated silver clad men would rise and wage war on the shield of the, umm, turning mechanism, I guess they mean The Key and the Guardians."
"Well we won't go down with out a fight." Quinn told them with a smile.
"Yes well you have the full support of us and I think we could swing the support of the US Army." Angel told them.
"The Army?" Buffy asked.
"Didn't you hear?" Angel asked, "Gunn just got promoted, and he's now one of the Joint Chiefs."
"Gunn got promoted? What rank is he now?" Buffy asked.
"Five star General." Cordelia said as she came into the room, "Hello Buffy."
"Cordelia, and just how are you and your husband?" Quinn asked.
"Gunn and I are just fine." she answered, "Did I hear you talking about a war?"
"Yes, why?" Angel asked.
"Because Gunn just called, the Joint Chiefs have been called into an emergency meeting with President Trachtenberg, it seems an organisation has warned the US to stay out of a military conflict that will be brewing" Cordy told all four of them.
"And just what will the President be doing?" Buffy asked.
"She will be erring on the side of caution and will not getting involved." she answered.
"Damn." Quinn swore.
"Could Gunn change her mind?" Buffy asked.
"I don't know but I'll give him a call and keep him and you up to speed." Cordy told her before turning around and walking out of the office.
"Ok I'll send someone to you to liase between us." Angel said to Buffy and Quinn.
"Alright that will be great." Quinn said.
He began to turn away from the phone when Angel said "Hey when was the last time any of you were in Sunnydale?"
"About five days ago. Why?" Quinn answered.
"Well I've gotten some weird reports of some new type of vampire rising from graves of people who died more that five years ago." Angel told them.
"Is it a bad problem? I mean how many cases of them have there been?" Buffy asked looking interested.
"I have only five recorded but there may be more." Angel replied.
"Let us know if there are any more cases." Buffy said, "Goodbye Angel."
"Goodbye Buffy, Quinn" Angel replied before tuning the phone screen off.
"Are you sure you should have told them of these new vampires?" Wesley asked.
"They would have found out sooner or later." Angel replied.
"Dawn, Jason why don't you two take the kids home and activate the magical shielding." Quinn said walking up to the couple who were standing next to the main table.
"Ok but let us know if there is anything we can do." Dawn told him.
"I promise." Quinn replied.
As Dawn, Jason and the twins left the room Quinn turned to Willow and Tara.
"Can you two find a location on the Knights HQ? Use whatever means you think are necessary." Quinn asked them.
"On it." Willow replied moving towards the Cray Supercomputer off to the side of the room with Tara only a few steps behind her.
"There is something that could help us in their HQ, isn't there Gatekeeper?" Quinn said.
"Yes, there is a scroll that predicts the 'War of Two Knights', you know that could mean the Guardians and the Knights." The boy replied.
"Yes I now believe it does." Quinn replied, "If we could get it then we would have a serious tactical advantage."
"I agree." Buffy said coming to stand beside her husband.
"We're in." Willow called from the console of the computer.
"Good, where is the HQ?" Quinn asked coming to stand behind her.
"Jason are you Ok?" Dawn asked her husband as they sat in the personal jet that was the property of the Guardians.
"Hmm." he said not really paying attention.
Dawn lightly hit him on the arm and asked him again.
"Oh I'm fine I just worry about James and Juliet, we need to keep them safe but we can't if we both keep having to run off and save the world." he answered.
"I know but I am The Key and that means that they have power in their blood, well maybe not their blood, but in their souls." Dawn said.
"We will be experiencing some turbulence please observe that the fasten seatbelt sign is lit, and we ask you to make sure your seats and tray tables are in their upright and proper place." came the pilots voice over the intercom.
"Here we go again." Dawn said with a small smile.
"Contact the jet now!" Buffy called as she ran into the communications room
followed closely by Quinn and Giles.
"I'm sorry Ma'am but they are near a severe electrical disturbance and that is interfering with our attempts to contact them." the comms officer.
"Shit, they're flying right into trouble." Quinn swore.
"Dawn, it's not usually this rough is it?" Jason asked.
"No, something must be wrong." she answered.
The plane began to lose altitude at an exponential rate.
Thirty seconds later it crashed in a fireball in a farm on the coast of Ireland.
To be continued.
Author - Shane A. Hopkins (thesorcererbard@I-am-the-key.com)
Rating - PG
Disclaimer - What I don't own. Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and 20th Century Fox own Buffy the Vampire Slayer and everything related to them. The Ghost Roads, The Gatekeeper and The Gatehouse come from the Buffy, The Vampire Slayer novels The Gatekeeper Trilogy Books 1, 2 and 3 by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder (Great set of books get em if you can) What I do own. Everything not owned by the above mentioned people / companies is owned by me but you may use any of it as long as you give me credit. There is one exception to this and that is Quinton Everett III, he is mine and you can't use him whatsoever.
Authors Note - To be introduced to Quinton Everett III please read one of my previous stories "Love's Energy"
Authors Note 2 - WARNING - There is a surprise ending but don't worry, can't say more with out giving it away :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------
Guardians of The Key - Part 3
"But he would be ancient. How can he be alive?" Buffy asked.
"Byzantium made a deal with the Unholy Tarem, a group of extremely powerful
demons who think that the best way to secure their own dimension is to destroy The Key" Quinn answered. They were in the War-Room at the Watchers Headquarters. The Gatekeeper had decided to stay and help, so he was seated to Quinn's left and Buffy to Quinn's right. Seated around the table with them were Willow, Tara, Giles, Xander, Anya, Dawn and Jason. "The deal was that he would live as long as The Key existed, so he is essentially immortal."
"Life without death is a waste of time." The Gatekeeper said folding his hands on the table.
"I totally agree." Quinn said, "But that still leaves us with a war on our hands."
"Should we call Angel?" Willow asked leaning foreword.
"Yes that may be prudent." Giles answered, "Ever since he took control of Wolfram & Hart he has provided us with a great amount of help."
Angel was in his top floor office, luckily it was night, looking at the phone screen as Buffy and Quinn outlined the situation.
". and he then declared war on the Guardians and their allies." Quinn finished.
"And since that includes Wolfram & Hart you decide to tell me and ask for my help." It was a statement not a question.
"Right." Buffy replied, "Is Wesley still there? or did he go off on another wild demon chase?"
"He's here." Angel replied with a smile. "Wesley!"
"Angel?" came an English accented voice from the next office.
"Wes come in here for a bit." Angel called to him.
Wesley Wyndham-Price came in from his office and when he saw who was on the
screen he said "Hello Buffy, Quinn, what's up?"
"We have a war on our hands." Buffy told him.
"Byzantium?" Wesley asked.
"Yea, how'd you know?" Quinn asked.
"The fact that you, as leader of the Guardians, is involved, and the fact that this was prophesied over three thousand years ago." Wesley replied.
"Come again?" Quinn said with an amazed look on his face.
"The prophesy of Qua'no'kee. He prophesied that the defeated silver clad men would rise and wage war on the shield of the, umm, turning mechanism, I guess they mean The Key and the Guardians."
"Well we won't go down with out a fight." Quinn told them with a smile.
"Yes well you have the full support of us and I think we could swing the support of the US Army." Angel told them.
"The Army?" Buffy asked.
"Didn't you hear?" Angel asked, "Gunn just got promoted, and he's now one of the Joint Chiefs."
"Gunn got promoted? What rank is he now?" Buffy asked.
"Five star General." Cordelia said as she came into the room, "Hello Buffy."
"Cordelia, and just how are you and your husband?" Quinn asked.
"Gunn and I are just fine." she answered, "Did I hear you talking about a war?"
"Yes, why?" Angel asked.
"Because Gunn just called, the Joint Chiefs have been called into an emergency meeting with President Trachtenberg, it seems an organisation has warned the US to stay out of a military conflict that will be brewing" Cordy told all four of them.
"And just what will the President be doing?" Buffy asked.
"She will be erring on the side of caution and will not getting involved." she answered.
"Damn." Quinn swore.
"Could Gunn change her mind?" Buffy asked.
"I don't know but I'll give him a call and keep him and you up to speed." Cordy told her before turning around and walking out of the office.
"Ok I'll send someone to you to liase between us." Angel said to Buffy and Quinn.
"Alright that will be great." Quinn said.
He began to turn away from the phone when Angel said "Hey when was the last time any of you were in Sunnydale?"
"About five days ago. Why?" Quinn answered.
"Well I've gotten some weird reports of some new type of vampire rising from graves of people who died more that five years ago." Angel told them.
"Is it a bad problem? I mean how many cases of them have there been?" Buffy asked looking interested.
"I have only five recorded but there may be more." Angel replied.
"Let us know if there are any more cases." Buffy said, "Goodbye Angel."
"Goodbye Buffy, Quinn" Angel replied before tuning the phone screen off.
"Are you sure you should have told them of these new vampires?" Wesley asked.
"They would have found out sooner or later." Angel replied.
"Dawn, Jason why don't you two take the kids home and activate the magical shielding." Quinn said walking up to the couple who were standing next to the main table.
"Ok but let us know if there is anything we can do." Dawn told him.
"I promise." Quinn replied.
As Dawn, Jason and the twins left the room Quinn turned to Willow and Tara.
"Can you two find a location on the Knights HQ? Use whatever means you think are necessary." Quinn asked them.
"On it." Willow replied moving towards the Cray Supercomputer off to the side of the room with Tara only a few steps behind her.
"There is something that could help us in their HQ, isn't there Gatekeeper?" Quinn said.
"Yes, there is a scroll that predicts the 'War of Two Knights', you know that could mean the Guardians and the Knights." The boy replied.
"Yes I now believe it does." Quinn replied, "If we could get it then we would have a serious tactical advantage."
"I agree." Buffy said coming to stand beside her husband.
"We're in." Willow called from the console of the computer.
"Good, where is the HQ?" Quinn asked coming to stand behind her.
"Jason are you Ok?" Dawn asked her husband as they sat in the personal jet that was the property of the Guardians.
"Hmm." he said not really paying attention.
Dawn lightly hit him on the arm and asked him again.
"Oh I'm fine I just worry about James and Juliet, we need to keep them safe but we can't if we both keep having to run off and save the world." he answered.
"I know but I am The Key and that means that they have power in their blood, well maybe not their blood, but in their souls." Dawn said.
"We will be experiencing some turbulence please observe that the fasten seatbelt sign is lit, and we ask you to make sure your seats and tray tables are in their upright and proper place." came the pilots voice over the intercom.
"Here we go again." Dawn said with a small smile.
"Contact the jet now!" Buffy called as she ran into the communications room
followed closely by Quinn and Giles.
"I'm sorry Ma'am but they are near a severe electrical disturbance and that is interfering with our attempts to contact them." the comms officer.
"Shit, they're flying right into trouble." Quinn swore.
"Dawn, it's not usually this rough is it?" Jason asked.
"No, something must be wrong." she answered.
The plane began to lose altitude at an exponential rate.
Thirty seconds later it crashed in a fireball in a farm on the coast of Ireland.
To be continued.