Disclaimer: I don't own highlander, Buffy, or the X-Men. Wish I did. I do own the original characters and the story. Buffy universe is just a little AU for this series. NO FlAMES there is a method to my madness.
THEY WATCH US WHILE WE SLEEP
by animefreek
**denote thought
~~dreaming
// telepathy
flashback
The Plane
~Buffy, Willow, watch out! The young woman in black yelled as she blocked a roundhouse kick from a vampire.~ "Buffy, Buffy we're about to land." Willow said as she shook the jetlagged slayer. "Can you believe it? We're about to land in the big apple. Then we'll be staying at an exclusive school in Westchester." Willow babbled as Buffy tried to collect herself and stow the butterflies in her stomach. Always the same sequence her dream, like an unfinished thought. "I had that dream again Willow." Buffy whispered to Willow as she buckled her seat belt. "Do you think they have anything to do with the prophecy Giles told us about?" Willow asked. "Maybe but for now I just want to have a good time here. Anyway if this chick is a friend we should have nothing to worry about right." Buffy said looking at her excited friend. ** You'd think it was her meeting a long lost cousin instead of me. Wonder if there's a family resemblence or something?** Thought Buffy.
In the Terminal
"So Scott what's this Buffy chick susposed to look like?" Bobby asked. Scott and Bobby went to the terminal to meet Buffy and Willow so that the others could prepare a proper welcome. Scott tried not to show it but he was starting to sweat buckets and Bobby wasn't helping matters at all. After all these years he was going to meet one of his last remaining family members and his best friend was aking questions to annoy him. Earlier Jean had told him he had nothing to worry about, but for some reason a strange queezy feeling kept coming over him.
Buffy and Willow had exited the plane and had begun to scan the crowd for anyone who held a resemblence to Buffy. Boy were they surprised when they saw a flaming red head holding up a goofy sign that said Buffy and Willow in an old english style of cursive. Buffy and Willow held their giggles down as they approached. "Scott?" Buffy said grinning. "Buffy?" Scott said looking at the blonde questioningly. "You were expecting another red head weren't you. Sorry to disappoint, but mom rubbed me blonde before I left." Buffy said grinning. "Scott Summers, its good to meet you and this is my best friend Bobby." Scott said gesturing to the man standing to his right. "This is my friend Willow." Buffy said. "Pleased to meet you, thank you for letting me come." Willow said shyly. "Thank you for coming on such short notice, sorry I didn't get to meet your mother this time Buffy." Scott said. "Argh! Enough mush lets get them to the school before Hank and Logan scarf down all the BBQ." Bobby said teasing his friend. Buffy and Willow giggled a little while Scott gave Bobby one his soldier boy glares. They started toward the van.
The Mansion
"Catherine did you open the letter from Gambit and Rogue yet?" Orroro asked while they were hanging up a welcome banner in the main hall. "Yeah, its a video tape. Thought it would be some good entertainment for our guests, those letters are always so funny. From the note inside it seems like our Rogue is having a blast in between keeping those two former thieves. I have a feeling mom is slipping again. Well I guess once a thief always a theif." Catherine said as she descended the step latter. "Well then maybe we should lock up the silver." Storm said with a smirk looking at Catherine. "Funny Storm, funny." Catherine said trying not to laugh despite her evident amusement. "Well our dear Orroro has a point, afterall you do share a lot of your mother's characteristics." Hank said with an almost scientific tone as he passed by the two women carrying a rather large chocolate cake. "Thanks Cookie monster, I'll remember that the next time you want help with one of your research projects." Catherine said with an evil look in her eyes. Catherine had taken to calling Hank cookie monster because he reminded her of the character ever since she cought him with secret stash in his lab. They had a deal. If he shared (since junk food is outlawed in the mansion) she wouldn't tell and he could call her C.A.M.M. the abbrieviation of her name. That was something that Bobby hated since he wasn't even allowed to call her by nicknames. It soon became one the school's biggest mysteries. Even the prof. and Jean were stumped.
"So when is one eye going to get here? I'm ready to eat already." Logan said. "Patience old friend we are ready to begin our first spring break meal, but it would be most rude to begin without the guests of honor." Hank said with a grin. Just then the doorbell rang and in stepped Bobby looking quite comical with an arm load of luggage that was way too heavy for just one person. Then in stepped Scott who was grinning from ear to ear. "Everyone, Scott said, I'd like you all to meet Buffy Summers and Willow Rosenburg." He motioned to the two teenagers as they cauciously stepped through the large oak doors of the school. The two teenagers were dumb struck to say the least. **He said he taught at a boarding school not a mansion estate. Wow.** Buffy thought. Buffy, Willow these are my friends and fellow teachers/students. Scott motioned toward the growing group. Buffy and Willow immediately directed their focus on a very big, very fuzzy, person wearing wire rim glasses and smiling. Willow had to stop herself from preforming a protection spell right on the spot. Before they came they agreed not to tell anyone about Buffy's secret life or Willow being a wiccan.
Buffy, Willow this is one of my best friends Hank McCoy. Scott said quickly seeing the freaked out look on his vistors' faces. Willow inwardly calmed as she saw Buffy stop herself from going into slayer mode. **Good, No death and havoc on this trip** Willow thought. "Oh now I recognize you!" Willow exclaimed. "You're the mutant geneticist who wrote those papers on Darwinian theory for the Twenty-first century. I loved those essays." Willow said. **OH NO. Willow is going into nerd mode.** Willow rushed forward and hugged Hank to the surprise of everyone there. "At least the kid isn't afraid of mutants." Logan said. //Here it comes.// Thought Catherine to everyone. Scott cleared his throat. "You see Buffy, Willow this is a school for mutants. Mutants come here to learn how to use their powers constructively for the betterment of themselves and their communities." "Cool. So when do we eat?" Buffy said. "Thats very interesting. I would ask some questions, but for the moment I have to agree with Buffy, I'm starved. Airplane food sucks." Willow said laughing with her arm around Hank.
Needless to say the X-Men were prepared for many different reactions, but none were prepared for complete calm. They all walked to the outside pool in shock. Sensing this Buffy stepped up to bat. "There are worse things in the world you could be, right?" Buffy said. "Yes there are my dear. Scott perhaps you should continue with the introductions so that we can all eat." The Professor chimed in breaking the silence. "Uh yeah, this is our mentor and founder Charles Xavier, my wife Jean Grey-Summers, Bobby you know already, Orroro Monroe, Jubillation Lee, Logan, and last but not least this is Catherine Amanda Montrose-Macleod." Scott finished. The three girls stared at each other for a while as if they had seen each other somewhere before. "I know you." Buffy and Catherine chimed together. "You were the girls in my dream." Catherine said. "And you were in mine." Buffy said. "We'll talk later, after you've rested and eaten." Catherine said with a slight smile. Buffy and Willow knodded. No one else caught this little exchange except Logan, and that was only because of his heightened hearing.
The rest of the Day went on just like any other party during spring break, except for the fact that everyone slowly revealed themselves as mutants. Logan used one of his claws to cut the cake, Bobby was a one man ice maker, Jean and Catherine used there TK to move the furniture around, and Jubilee and Scott used there powers to put on a very good fireworks display. Buffy and Willow were stunned to say the least, but something told Catherine, Jean, and the professor that Buffy and Willow were no strangers to strange phenonmenon.
Chapter Two
Day Two at the Mansion
Catherine was anxious to talk to Buffy and Willow alone. She'd had that strange dream again and was sure that Buffy had had a similar one somehow. She decided that maybe a day of shopping at Salem center was in order. Catherine decided to wear something less threatening than her usual black leather body suit. So instead she opted for a short yellow sundress with thin straps. Her hair was up in a high curly ponytail instead of her usual down look or her stern french braid, and instead of the thigh high boots see settled for some yellow flats. She had to look in the mirror as she walked by. **I'm 16 years old and I look like I'm 21. Not that I'm complaining or anything but this is so new. All my records had to be changed and the few friends I actually had before my life as a X-man and a pre-immortal have to be basically cut out completely. At times I just feel alone.** Catherine walked down the hall expecting to find their two guest vegging out in the rec room but to her surprise she found Willow working on a laptop and Buffy shadow boxing in front of the bay windows. **Hmmmm, there's more to these two than meets the eye. Maybe after we shop I'll find out.** Catherine thought. "Hey guys how about some shopping, the prof's treat." Catherine said with a grin. "The prof's treat?" buffy questioned. "Yeah, he gives us all an emergency expense account and since my parents are independently wealthy anyway it goes unused most of the time anyway. Anyway there's a sale at the local mall, and I never pass up a sale." Catherine said with a glint of mischief in her eyes. Truth was she often passed up shopping in the mall and went straight for Tiffany's in New York or Ralph Lauren. She just wanted to check out the new girls.
Buffy was practicing her boxing technique when Catherine walked in and offered to take them shopping. For some reason she sensed something supernatural about Catherine, perhaps it was just her Slayer imagination, but something was definately off about her. **We should go and check her out.** "Sure. Sounds like fun and I could definately use a new outfit." Buffy said. "Buffy's pretty rough on clothes." Willow giggled. "These days, I am too." Catherine said as Buffy and Willow gave her a questioning look. **Yeah when you instantly grow and age you kind of need a whole new wardrobe.** Catherine thought.
Salem Center Mall
"So Buffy, I saw you shadow boxing. Do you practice any martial arts techniques?" Catherine asked as she pretended to see something she liked in the dress rack. Buffy tensed. "Yeah, but its been awhile." Buffy said. **She's lying.** Catherine thought. **Why's she asking so many questions? She was in my dream last night, but how do I bring up pychic dreams without, one, sounding like a nutcase, and two, without giving away that I'm the Slayer?** Buffy asked herself. Catherine not being one for to beat around the bush decided to just spit out what was on her mind.
Catherine motioned the two girls to a secluded corner of the food court. "Okay guys I'm tired of the tension in the air. I've been having these strange dreams lately that include you, me, and some strange monsters with fangs that change into dust when you cut off their heads. I have a feeling you can fill in the blanks so spill, whatever you know no matter how wierd I can top." Catherine said bluntly. Buffy rose to the occasion and basically ended up telling Catherine her life's story and Catherine doing the same. Buffy and Willow were in shock for about a second. After hearing the word slayer Catherine remembered that Cassandra had met one of the slayer's reincarnations 200 years ago in Great Britain. Buffy and Willow in turn told Catherine about Giles' prophecy. The part about the battles and the right of cast was really weird and somewhat interesting to the young girl. Although she knew in the back of her mind that she hadn't gotten over her last battle and she had no idea what the further use of her full powers might do to her.
The ride back to the mansion was quiet to say the least, until Willow decided to ask some questions about Catherine's powers. Catherine was happy to answer since no one at the mansion really wanted to help her explore her supernatural power. She started to remember the arguement that Gambit had with the others before he and Rogue left for Paris with Amanda.
"Mon ami, who is going to train little sis how to use her magic?" Gambit asked. The room was silent. No one there knew anything about the supernatural. "So yah mean to tell me nobody is gonna teach her about her powers. Isn't that dangerous?" Gambit yelled. "Gambit, none of us know anything about magic. We can't teach her." Scott said. Gambit was really frustrated now. "Big bro. I can't imagine any of them knowing more than I know right now. They can't help me with this. The best i can do is study Cassandra's journals and texts." Catherine said trying to soothe her brother. "Maybe ya should come with us petite." Remy said. Catherine smiled. "Sorry bro out of the question, I've got to train with Duncan and Conner plus I need some time to get use to my new look and my new "boyfriend"." Catherine said. "I don't like this petite." Gambit said. **At least with Willow around I won't feel like the odd witch out.** Catherine smiled as they pulled into the mansion's driveway.
"So guys should we tell the others about you and Willow?" Catherine asked. "Nah, lets keep this to ourselves for now. " Buffy said. Catherine nodded. "So you guys want to spare with me and logan in an hour?" Catherine asked. "I know Buffy would love to, but I'm going to help Hank with a new computer design he's working on." willow said. "Okay I'll see you in an hour in the gym. I hope you're as good as they say you are, logan likes to play rough." Catherine said with a smile.
Somewhere dark
"I wish Daddy were here. My dollies and I are lonely. That nasty slayer is near here and soon she'll take all my lovely warm tea away. Well I won't let that happen and I won't let the other power keep me from destroying her. The slayer is going to die. The slayer is going to die." A voice chirped. "Bad dolly know you can have any tea." The female figure said as she turned around one of her many dolls to face the wall.
okay another short part. Next part Buffy, Catherine, and Logan sparing. UH oh. Who is the Strange strange who wants to kill buffy? PLease read and review.
THEY WATCH US WHILE WE SLEEP
by animefreek
**denote thought
~~dreaming
// telepathy
flashback
The Plane
~Buffy, Willow, watch out! The young woman in black yelled as she blocked a roundhouse kick from a vampire.~ "Buffy, Buffy we're about to land." Willow said as she shook the jetlagged slayer. "Can you believe it? We're about to land in the big apple. Then we'll be staying at an exclusive school in Westchester." Willow babbled as Buffy tried to collect herself and stow the butterflies in her stomach. Always the same sequence her dream, like an unfinished thought. "I had that dream again Willow." Buffy whispered to Willow as she buckled her seat belt. "Do you think they have anything to do with the prophecy Giles told us about?" Willow asked. "Maybe but for now I just want to have a good time here. Anyway if this chick is a friend we should have nothing to worry about right." Buffy said looking at her excited friend. ** You'd think it was her meeting a long lost cousin instead of me. Wonder if there's a family resemblence or something?** Thought Buffy.
In the Terminal
"So Scott what's this Buffy chick susposed to look like?" Bobby asked. Scott and Bobby went to the terminal to meet Buffy and Willow so that the others could prepare a proper welcome. Scott tried not to show it but he was starting to sweat buckets and Bobby wasn't helping matters at all. After all these years he was going to meet one of his last remaining family members and his best friend was aking questions to annoy him. Earlier Jean had told him he had nothing to worry about, but for some reason a strange queezy feeling kept coming over him.
Buffy and Willow had exited the plane and had begun to scan the crowd for anyone who held a resemblence to Buffy. Boy were they surprised when they saw a flaming red head holding up a goofy sign that said Buffy and Willow in an old english style of cursive. Buffy and Willow held their giggles down as they approached. "Scott?" Buffy said grinning. "Buffy?" Scott said looking at the blonde questioningly. "You were expecting another red head weren't you. Sorry to disappoint, but mom rubbed me blonde before I left." Buffy said grinning. "Scott Summers, its good to meet you and this is my best friend Bobby." Scott said gesturing to the man standing to his right. "This is my friend Willow." Buffy said. "Pleased to meet you, thank you for letting me come." Willow said shyly. "Thank you for coming on such short notice, sorry I didn't get to meet your mother this time Buffy." Scott said. "Argh! Enough mush lets get them to the school before Hank and Logan scarf down all the BBQ." Bobby said teasing his friend. Buffy and Willow giggled a little while Scott gave Bobby one his soldier boy glares. They started toward the van.
The Mansion
"Catherine did you open the letter from Gambit and Rogue yet?" Orroro asked while they were hanging up a welcome banner in the main hall. "Yeah, its a video tape. Thought it would be some good entertainment for our guests, those letters are always so funny. From the note inside it seems like our Rogue is having a blast in between keeping those two former thieves. I have a feeling mom is slipping again. Well I guess once a thief always a theif." Catherine said as she descended the step latter. "Well then maybe we should lock up the silver." Storm said with a smirk looking at Catherine. "Funny Storm, funny." Catherine said trying not to laugh despite her evident amusement. "Well our dear Orroro has a point, afterall you do share a lot of your mother's characteristics." Hank said with an almost scientific tone as he passed by the two women carrying a rather large chocolate cake. "Thanks Cookie monster, I'll remember that the next time you want help with one of your research projects." Catherine said with an evil look in her eyes. Catherine had taken to calling Hank cookie monster because he reminded her of the character ever since she cought him with secret stash in his lab. They had a deal. If he shared (since junk food is outlawed in the mansion) she wouldn't tell and he could call her C.A.M.M. the abbrieviation of her name. That was something that Bobby hated since he wasn't even allowed to call her by nicknames. It soon became one the school's biggest mysteries. Even the prof. and Jean were stumped.
"So when is one eye going to get here? I'm ready to eat already." Logan said. "Patience old friend we are ready to begin our first spring break meal, but it would be most rude to begin without the guests of honor." Hank said with a grin. Just then the doorbell rang and in stepped Bobby looking quite comical with an arm load of luggage that was way too heavy for just one person. Then in stepped Scott who was grinning from ear to ear. "Everyone, Scott said, I'd like you all to meet Buffy Summers and Willow Rosenburg." He motioned to the two teenagers as they cauciously stepped through the large oak doors of the school. The two teenagers were dumb struck to say the least. **He said he taught at a boarding school not a mansion estate. Wow.** Buffy thought. Buffy, Willow these are my friends and fellow teachers/students. Scott motioned toward the growing group. Buffy and Willow immediately directed their focus on a very big, very fuzzy, person wearing wire rim glasses and smiling. Willow had to stop herself from preforming a protection spell right on the spot. Before they came they agreed not to tell anyone about Buffy's secret life or Willow being a wiccan.
Buffy, Willow this is one of my best friends Hank McCoy. Scott said quickly seeing the freaked out look on his vistors' faces. Willow inwardly calmed as she saw Buffy stop herself from going into slayer mode. **Good, No death and havoc on this trip** Willow thought. "Oh now I recognize you!" Willow exclaimed. "You're the mutant geneticist who wrote those papers on Darwinian theory for the Twenty-first century. I loved those essays." Willow said. **OH NO. Willow is going into nerd mode.** Willow rushed forward and hugged Hank to the surprise of everyone there. "At least the kid isn't afraid of mutants." Logan said. //Here it comes.// Thought Catherine to everyone. Scott cleared his throat. "You see Buffy, Willow this is a school for mutants. Mutants come here to learn how to use their powers constructively for the betterment of themselves and their communities." "Cool. So when do we eat?" Buffy said. "Thats very interesting. I would ask some questions, but for the moment I have to agree with Buffy, I'm starved. Airplane food sucks." Willow said laughing with her arm around Hank.
Needless to say the X-Men were prepared for many different reactions, but none were prepared for complete calm. They all walked to the outside pool in shock. Sensing this Buffy stepped up to bat. "There are worse things in the world you could be, right?" Buffy said. "Yes there are my dear. Scott perhaps you should continue with the introductions so that we can all eat." The Professor chimed in breaking the silence. "Uh yeah, this is our mentor and founder Charles Xavier, my wife Jean Grey-Summers, Bobby you know already, Orroro Monroe, Jubillation Lee, Logan, and last but not least this is Catherine Amanda Montrose-Macleod." Scott finished. The three girls stared at each other for a while as if they had seen each other somewhere before. "I know you." Buffy and Catherine chimed together. "You were the girls in my dream." Catherine said. "And you were in mine." Buffy said. "We'll talk later, after you've rested and eaten." Catherine said with a slight smile. Buffy and Willow knodded. No one else caught this little exchange except Logan, and that was only because of his heightened hearing.
The rest of the Day went on just like any other party during spring break, except for the fact that everyone slowly revealed themselves as mutants. Logan used one of his claws to cut the cake, Bobby was a one man ice maker, Jean and Catherine used there TK to move the furniture around, and Jubilee and Scott used there powers to put on a very good fireworks display. Buffy and Willow were stunned to say the least, but something told Catherine, Jean, and the professor that Buffy and Willow were no strangers to strange phenonmenon.
Chapter Two
Day Two at the Mansion
Catherine was anxious to talk to Buffy and Willow alone. She'd had that strange dream again and was sure that Buffy had had a similar one somehow. She decided that maybe a day of shopping at Salem center was in order. Catherine decided to wear something less threatening than her usual black leather body suit. So instead she opted for a short yellow sundress with thin straps. Her hair was up in a high curly ponytail instead of her usual down look or her stern french braid, and instead of the thigh high boots see settled for some yellow flats. She had to look in the mirror as she walked by. **I'm 16 years old and I look like I'm 21. Not that I'm complaining or anything but this is so new. All my records had to be changed and the few friends I actually had before my life as a X-man and a pre-immortal have to be basically cut out completely. At times I just feel alone.** Catherine walked down the hall expecting to find their two guest vegging out in the rec room but to her surprise she found Willow working on a laptop and Buffy shadow boxing in front of the bay windows. **Hmmmm, there's more to these two than meets the eye. Maybe after we shop I'll find out.** Catherine thought. "Hey guys how about some shopping, the prof's treat." Catherine said with a grin. "The prof's treat?" buffy questioned. "Yeah, he gives us all an emergency expense account and since my parents are independently wealthy anyway it goes unused most of the time anyway. Anyway there's a sale at the local mall, and I never pass up a sale." Catherine said with a glint of mischief in her eyes. Truth was she often passed up shopping in the mall and went straight for Tiffany's in New York or Ralph Lauren. She just wanted to check out the new girls.
Buffy was practicing her boxing technique when Catherine walked in and offered to take them shopping. For some reason she sensed something supernatural about Catherine, perhaps it was just her Slayer imagination, but something was definately off about her. **We should go and check her out.** "Sure. Sounds like fun and I could definately use a new outfit." Buffy said. "Buffy's pretty rough on clothes." Willow giggled. "These days, I am too." Catherine said as Buffy and Willow gave her a questioning look. **Yeah when you instantly grow and age you kind of need a whole new wardrobe.** Catherine thought.
Salem Center Mall
"So Buffy, I saw you shadow boxing. Do you practice any martial arts techniques?" Catherine asked as she pretended to see something she liked in the dress rack. Buffy tensed. "Yeah, but its been awhile." Buffy said. **She's lying.** Catherine thought. **Why's she asking so many questions? She was in my dream last night, but how do I bring up pychic dreams without, one, sounding like a nutcase, and two, without giving away that I'm the Slayer?** Buffy asked herself. Catherine not being one for to beat around the bush decided to just spit out what was on her mind.
Catherine motioned the two girls to a secluded corner of the food court. "Okay guys I'm tired of the tension in the air. I've been having these strange dreams lately that include you, me, and some strange monsters with fangs that change into dust when you cut off their heads. I have a feeling you can fill in the blanks so spill, whatever you know no matter how wierd I can top." Catherine said bluntly. Buffy rose to the occasion and basically ended up telling Catherine her life's story and Catherine doing the same. Buffy and Willow were in shock for about a second. After hearing the word slayer Catherine remembered that Cassandra had met one of the slayer's reincarnations 200 years ago in Great Britain. Buffy and Willow in turn told Catherine about Giles' prophecy. The part about the battles and the right of cast was really weird and somewhat interesting to the young girl. Although she knew in the back of her mind that she hadn't gotten over her last battle and she had no idea what the further use of her full powers might do to her.
The ride back to the mansion was quiet to say the least, until Willow decided to ask some questions about Catherine's powers. Catherine was happy to answer since no one at the mansion really wanted to help her explore her supernatural power. She started to remember the arguement that Gambit had with the others before he and Rogue left for Paris with Amanda.
"Mon ami, who is going to train little sis how to use her magic?" Gambit asked. The room was silent. No one there knew anything about the supernatural. "So yah mean to tell me nobody is gonna teach her about her powers. Isn't that dangerous?" Gambit yelled. "Gambit, none of us know anything about magic. We can't teach her." Scott said. Gambit was really frustrated now. "Big bro. I can't imagine any of them knowing more than I know right now. They can't help me with this. The best i can do is study Cassandra's journals and texts." Catherine said trying to soothe her brother. "Maybe ya should come with us petite." Remy said. Catherine smiled. "Sorry bro out of the question, I've got to train with Duncan and Conner plus I need some time to get use to my new look and my new "boyfriend"." Catherine said. "I don't like this petite." Gambit said. **At least with Willow around I won't feel like the odd witch out.** Catherine smiled as they pulled into the mansion's driveway.
"So guys should we tell the others about you and Willow?" Catherine asked. "Nah, lets keep this to ourselves for now. " Buffy said. Catherine nodded. "So you guys want to spare with me and logan in an hour?" Catherine asked. "I know Buffy would love to, but I'm going to help Hank with a new computer design he's working on." willow said. "Okay I'll see you in an hour in the gym. I hope you're as good as they say you are, logan likes to play rough." Catherine said with a smile.
Somewhere dark
"I wish Daddy were here. My dollies and I are lonely. That nasty slayer is near here and soon she'll take all my lovely warm tea away. Well I won't let that happen and I won't let the other power keep me from destroying her. The slayer is going to die. The slayer is going to die." A voice chirped. "Bad dolly know you can have any tea." The female figure said as she turned around one of her many dolls to face the wall.
okay another short part. Next part Buffy, Catherine, and Logan sparing. UH oh. Who is the Strange strange who wants to kill buffy? PLease read and review.