Author: Sacrificial Angel
Email: sunless_undead@hotmail.com
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/cof_girl
Title: The Lexx's Visit to Sunnydale
Rating: PG13
Archiving: Imajica's page, anyone else, please tell me before using it
Disclaimer: Paul Donovan, Jeffrey Hirschfield and Lex Giggerhof own the Lexx universe, characters, etc. Joss Whedon owns the Buffy universe, characters, etc. No profit is made from my stories, and sueing me is a waste of time because I have about 10p to my name. Kai will be mine someday... but that's a whole different issue.
The Lexx's Visit to Sunnydale
Restoring the Balance
"Mantrid!" exclaimed Stan. "How did Mantrid get here?! This just isn't fair."
"I expect that Mantrid was sent here with the destruction of Fire." said Kai.
"Yes, and I've been very busy here." she said. "All kinds of stuff."
"Oh, continuing your work then?" said Spike. "How nice that you turned against the race I am now part of."
"I didn't know." she said, worried. She had known Prince's power on Fire and had been a servant to him for sometime. But she had always been in her old form as Mantrid, on earth through some strange twist in fate she had turned out female. "Prince, I did not know. Forgive me."
"It's Spike now." he said. "And don't think I care about killing other vampires and demons, that can't be helped. So far as killing me goes though, you don't do that. I do not give you permission."
"Okay." said Buffy, who followed up to the main platform with all the others. "I for one would really like to know what's going on here. Professor Walsh?"
"Buffy Summers." she said. "This is the Initiative. These people know me from a previous life in which I was a bio-visir, and I made Kai what he is today."
"A walking corpse." said Kai. "An assassin who killed thousands in the service of His Shadow, before I regained my memory and my free will."
"You make it sound so negative." said Professor Walsh.
"Look, Mantrid, Walsh, whatever." said Spike. "Don't try to kid yourself - it was negative. Why do you think you weren't on Water? Unpaid inland revenue bills?" Professor Walsh scowled at the floor. It was clear she was unhappy about being proved wrong, but she didn't want to get on Spike's bad side. "Now, I'm getting bored, and due to being a vampire - thirsty. If you have no more people around here I'm leaving."
"There was Riley..." said Professor Walsh. "He was human, even after my work on him."
"You WORKED on Riley?" Buffy seemed surprised, but strangely the upsetness only came with difficulty.
"Yes." she said. "Nothing too out of the ordinary happened so far though."
"And now he's dead." said Spike. "Quelle domage. Well, if that's everything, I'm off to feed. Slayer, don't look so jumpy, I'm coming back for you later." Spike walked out. The others were left with little to say, and decided to leave too. Angel picked up Riley's body and threw it in the dumpster as they left, then out of habit licked his fingers. Slightly sour, but still blood.
For the first time in ages, Buffy felt afraid for her life. She had fought Spike today, killed him a few times (and she suspected he had let her win once or twice), and she knew how dangerous he was. All it took was one slip on her part and she was gone for good. Before today she had always thought herself and Spike to be more or less evenly matched - but returning from the dead? That wasn't right. It seemed there was something unbalanced about the whole matter. Willow walked up to Buffy.
"Hey, what's wrong?" she asked. Buffy shook her head.
"Nothing." she said. "I'm just tired, I guess. I've been fighting Spike all day, it's hopeless."
"Never give up hope." said Willow, then gave her a hug and went to walk home. Buffy was going to go home herself, but then didn't like the idea. She walked to Xander's with the others and made her mind up to protect these people - hoping that Spike wouldn't bother with any of the others tonight. She went in, seeing Xander and Xev were now out of bed and watching tv, sitting very closely together on the couch.
"Hi guys." she said, going down the stairs with Stan, Kai and Angel behind her. Xev glanced at Angel, but then away. He was very attractive, but his mind seemed to be on other things, and besides, she had a man for just now.
"Hi," said Xander, "you all staying here tonight? There are some spare blankets and pillows over in that corner, but I don't suggest you take them until you really need them."
"Thanks." said Stan and Buffy.
"I'll be fine without." said Angel. "There's only three blankets there, I don't really need them that much."
"Take a blanket." said Kai. "I have not slept for 6000 years." Angel considered.
"Ok then." he agreed. He, Stan and Buffy lifted a blanket and pillow from the heap, leaving 790 uncovered.
"Kai!" he called out. "I've thought about you all the time you were away."
"What is this?" asked Angel, picking up 790.
"Yeuch!" exclaimed 790. "Put me down you hideous being!" Angel's face fell, and Kai took the robot head away from him, sitting down in the corner with him.
"Be quiet 790." he said.
"That," said Xander, "is the world's most stupid and deluded robot head." 790 was about to retort, but then remembered that Kai had asked him to be silent. Then Kai walked out, leaving 790 on the ground outside the house.
"I'll be back soon." he told the robot head, which was upset about being left yet again. The others cuddled up to sleep for the night, Xander and Xev again took the bed, Stan the couch, and Buffy and Angel lay on the floor. They slept until the early afternoon.
"Hello Kai." said Spike, sitting in his crypt again. "What can I do for you? Come to ask about who it is I'm trying to destroy again?"
"No." said Kai.
"Why not?" asked Spike. "You give up that easily?"
"I did not give up." said Kai. "I simply do not believe that you know who it is yourself."
"You're suggesting I don't know my own arch rival?" asked Spike. No reply came from Kai. "Well... you're right, actually. I don't know. All I know is that it's not Buffy. Really, she could be anywhere on earth, but I have forever to look. And I'll kill Buffy first, it's only a matter of time before she gets weak or careless."
"That is true." said Kai, then turned to walk out. Spike waited until Kai had gone and then headed out himself. There were still a few hours until sunrise and he felt like having another snack. Of course, Kai would be at Xander's, so he wouldn't bother there. Buffy might also be more difficult a target than was necessary to bother with just now. But there were others...
"Spike." said Willow, seeing the vampire walk into her room. "I knew you would come."
"Did you now?" asked Spike. "Guess you foretold your own death then." he crossed over the room and grabbed her, tipping her head back so her neck was exposed. Then he bit her, and sucked from the two holes he had made, but after one mouthful he staggered back. Willow was calm.
"It's... you!" he accused. "You're the one! The ruler of Water!"
"I was." she said. "But not anymore. Because you have brought us together like this, we are now fully a part of this world. We both had strong power, but this has been cancelled out by each other, because the powers are equal and opposite. We only have what is naturally ours to begin with."
"Right." said Spike. "So what does that mean? I'm back to being human?"
"No," said Willow, "you have a vampire's life now. But if you die, you die and don't return. Same with me. Our powers were never meant to exist beyond our planets' existences. It was an imbalance, just as much as the one that allowed you to destroy Water when the Lexx blew up your planet. The universe may not be intrinsically fair, but the basic laws of balance always apply."
"Still," said Spike, "I think I'm getting the better deal from this. Even if I'm not completely immortal anymore, I'm the closest thing you can get on Earth. You're human."
"I prefer it this way." said Willow, smiling as Spike walked out.
Spike went back to the crypt. He didn't want to run into Buffy today, and Kai was an even worse threat. He would stay hidden in the crypt, causing no trouble until they left. He didn't feel too upset about what had happened though, it was true he'd had an unfair advantage over the rest of the world so far, and he'd used his power - unlike Willow. Now things had evened out, he was pretty sure he'd be alright. He had his wits, he'd learned a lot about the world in the hundred years he'd been here, and he was at the top of this planet's food chain. Things could be a lot worse.
Willow arrived at Xander's house, and told everyone to head to the school library. It was Friday, but none of them had bothered with school, having more pressing matters at hand. They would have to make their excuses later though, she had important news.
"Afternoon." said Giles, as they all walked in, except for Angel, who had preferred to stay at Xander's rather than try and make it there with a blanket or large coat as sun-shade. That lacked class. "Any news about our situation so far?"
"Yes." said Willow. "Spike has lost his advantage." She told them all the story of what had happened.
"Wow." said Buffy.
"You never told me anything about that before." said Xander. "You're telling us basically that you ruled Heaven?"
"I did." said Willow. "But I'm human now, it was another life. The balance has been restored."
"Well if that's all sorted, I think we should kill Spike and leave." said Xev. "Kai won't mind killing him before we go." Buffy shook her head.
"Leave it to me." she said. "I'm not giving Kai the pleasure, when he can't appreciate it. I've wanted to kill Spike for too long to hand over the duty to someone else."
"But Buffy," said Giles, "Kai clearly has the advantage of strength. He can't be killed. I think perhaps you should let him take care of this."
"No." said Buffy. "I'm going to do this my way. Kai won't be there with every demon I have to kill, I need to get back into the swing of things, and the more I kill the more I learn."
"You're sure Spike isn't too much for you?" Xev asked. Buffy nodded.
"I know how to do this." she said. "I have killed vampires with their childer. I have killed great big snakes, proud young zombies and werewolves. I've killed the evil, the rude, the intelligent, the weak... and the beautiful. All this I have done in the service of my watcher and the forces of good, and I have never once shown any... mercy."
Kai picked up 790, and looked at Stan and Xev. Then they walked out, and began to make their way back to the Lexx. Sunnydale might be an alright place to visit, but Stan and Xev would never be entirely safe, and so they would find somewhere better to make their home.
The End
Email: sunless_undead@hotmail.com
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/cof_girl
Title: The Lexx's Visit to Sunnydale
Rating: PG13
Archiving: Imajica's page, anyone else, please tell me before using it
Disclaimer: Paul Donovan, Jeffrey Hirschfield and Lex Giggerhof own the Lexx universe, characters, etc. Joss Whedon owns the Buffy universe, characters, etc. No profit is made from my stories, and sueing me is a waste of time because I have about 10p to my name. Kai will be mine someday... but that's a whole different issue.
The Lexx's Visit to Sunnydale
Restoring the Balance
"Mantrid!" exclaimed Stan. "How did Mantrid get here?! This just isn't fair."
"I expect that Mantrid was sent here with the destruction of Fire." said Kai.
"Yes, and I've been very busy here." she said. "All kinds of stuff."
"Oh, continuing your work then?" said Spike. "How nice that you turned against the race I am now part of."
"I didn't know." she said, worried. She had known Prince's power on Fire and had been a servant to him for sometime. But she had always been in her old form as Mantrid, on earth through some strange twist in fate she had turned out female. "Prince, I did not know. Forgive me."
"It's Spike now." he said. "And don't think I care about killing other vampires and demons, that can't be helped. So far as killing me goes though, you don't do that. I do not give you permission."
"Okay." said Buffy, who followed up to the main platform with all the others. "I for one would really like to know what's going on here. Professor Walsh?"
"Buffy Summers." she said. "This is the Initiative. These people know me from a previous life in which I was a bio-visir, and I made Kai what he is today."
"A walking corpse." said Kai. "An assassin who killed thousands in the service of His Shadow, before I regained my memory and my free will."
"You make it sound so negative." said Professor Walsh.
"Look, Mantrid, Walsh, whatever." said Spike. "Don't try to kid yourself - it was negative. Why do you think you weren't on Water? Unpaid inland revenue bills?" Professor Walsh scowled at the floor. It was clear she was unhappy about being proved wrong, but she didn't want to get on Spike's bad side. "Now, I'm getting bored, and due to being a vampire - thirsty. If you have no more people around here I'm leaving."
"There was Riley..." said Professor Walsh. "He was human, even after my work on him."
"You WORKED on Riley?" Buffy seemed surprised, but strangely the upsetness only came with difficulty.
"Yes." she said. "Nothing too out of the ordinary happened so far though."
"And now he's dead." said Spike. "Quelle domage. Well, if that's everything, I'm off to feed. Slayer, don't look so jumpy, I'm coming back for you later." Spike walked out. The others were left with little to say, and decided to leave too. Angel picked up Riley's body and threw it in the dumpster as they left, then out of habit licked his fingers. Slightly sour, but still blood.
For the first time in ages, Buffy felt afraid for her life. She had fought Spike today, killed him a few times (and she suspected he had let her win once or twice), and she knew how dangerous he was. All it took was one slip on her part and she was gone for good. Before today she had always thought herself and Spike to be more or less evenly matched - but returning from the dead? That wasn't right. It seemed there was something unbalanced about the whole matter. Willow walked up to Buffy.
"Hey, what's wrong?" she asked. Buffy shook her head.
"Nothing." she said. "I'm just tired, I guess. I've been fighting Spike all day, it's hopeless."
"Never give up hope." said Willow, then gave her a hug and went to walk home. Buffy was going to go home herself, but then didn't like the idea. She walked to Xander's with the others and made her mind up to protect these people - hoping that Spike wouldn't bother with any of the others tonight. She went in, seeing Xander and Xev were now out of bed and watching tv, sitting very closely together on the couch.
"Hi guys." she said, going down the stairs with Stan, Kai and Angel behind her. Xev glanced at Angel, but then away. He was very attractive, but his mind seemed to be on other things, and besides, she had a man for just now.
"Hi," said Xander, "you all staying here tonight? There are some spare blankets and pillows over in that corner, but I don't suggest you take them until you really need them."
"Thanks." said Stan and Buffy.
"I'll be fine without." said Angel. "There's only three blankets there, I don't really need them that much."
"Take a blanket." said Kai. "I have not slept for 6000 years." Angel considered.
"Ok then." he agreed. He, Stan and Buffy lifted a blanket and pillow from the heap, leaving 790 uncovered.
"Kai!" he called out. "I've thought about you all the time you were away."
"What is this?" asked Angel, picking up 790.
"Yeuch!" exclaimed 790. "Put me down you hideous being!" Angel's face fell, and Kai took the robot head away from him, sitting down in the corner with him.
"Be quiet 790." he said.
"That," said Xander, "is the world's most stupid and deluded robot head." 790 was about to retort, but then remembered that Kai had asked him to be silent. Then Kai walked out, leaving 790 on the ground outside the house.
"I'll be back soon." he told the robot head, which was upset about being left yet again. The others cuddled up to sleep for the night, Xander and Xev again took the bed, Stan the couch, and Buffy and Angel lay on the floor. They slept until the early afternoon.
"Hello Kai." said Spike, sitting in his crypt again. "What can I do for you? Come to ask about who it is I'm trying to destroy again?"
"No." said Kai.
"Why not?" asked Spike. "You give up that easily?"
"I did not give up." said Kai. "I simply do not believe that you know who it is yourself."
"You're suggesting I don't know my own arch rival?" asked Spike. No reply came from Kai. "Well... you're right, actually. I don't know. All I know is that it's not Buffy. Really, she could be anywhere on earth, but I have forever to look. And I'll kill Buffy first, it's only a matter of time before she gets weak or careless."
"That is true." said Kai, then turned to walk out. Spike waited until Kai had gone and then headed out himself. There were still a few hours until sunrise and he felt like having another snack. Of course, Kai would be at Xander's, so he wouldn't bother there. Buffy might also be more difficult a target than was necessary to bother with just now. But there were others...
"Spike." said Willow, seeing the vampire walk into her room. "I knew you would come."
"Did you now?" asked Spike. "Guess you foretold your own death then." he crossed over the room and grabbed her, tipping her head back so her neck was exposed. Then he bit her, and sucked from the two holes he had made, but after one mouthful he staggered back. Willow was calm.
"It's... you!" he accused. "You're the one! The ruler of Water!"
"I was." she said. "But not anymore. Because you have brought us together like this, we are now fully a part of this world. We both had strong power, but this has been cancelled out by each other, because the powers are equal and opposite. We only have what is naturally ours to begin with."
"Right." said Spike. "So what does that mean? I'm back to being human?"
"No," said Willow, "you have a vampire's life now. But if you die, you die and don't return. Same with me. Our powers were never meant to exist beyond our planets' existences. It was an imbalance, just as much as the one that allowed you to destroy Water when the Lexx blew up your planet. The universe may not be intrinsically fair, but the basic laws of balance always apply."
"Still," said Spike, "I think I'm getting the better deal from this. Even if I'm not completely immortal anymore, I'm the closest thing you can get on Earth. You're human."
"I prefer it this way." said Willow, smiling as Spike walked out.
Spike went back to the crypt. He didn't want to run into Buffy today, and Kai was an even worse threat. He would stay hidden in the crypt, causing no trouble until they left. He didn't feel too upset about what had happened though, it was true he'd had an unfair advantage over the rest of the world so far, and he'd used his power - unlike Willow. Now things had evened out, he was pretty sure he'd be alright. He had his wits, he'd learned a lot about the world in the hundred years he'd been here, and he was at the top of this planet's food chain. Things could be a lot worse.
Willow arrived at Xander's house, and told everyone to head to the school library. It was Friday, but none of them had bothered with school, having more pressing matters at hand. They would have to make their excuses later though, she had important news.
"Afternoon." said Giles, as they all walked in, except for Angel, who had preferred to stay at Xander's rather than try and make it there with a blanket or large coat as sun-shade. That lacked class. "Any news about our situation so far?"
"Yes." said Willow. "Spike has lost his advantage." She told them all the story of what had happened.
"Wow." said Buffy.
"You never told me anything about that before." said Xander. "You're telling us basically that you ruled Heaven?"
"I did." said Willow. "But I'm human now, it was another life. The balance has been restored."
"Well if that's all sorted, I think we should kill Spike and leave." said Xev. "Kai won't mind killing him before we go." Buffy shook her head.
"Leave it to me." she said. "I'm not giving Kai the pleasure, when he can't appreciate it. I've wanted to kill Spike for too long to hand over the duty to someone else."
"But Buffy," said Giles, "Kai clearly has the advantage of strength. He can't be killed. I think perhaps you should let him take care of this."
"No." said Buffy. "I'm going to do this my way. Kai won't be there with every demon I have to kill, I need to get back into the swing of things, and the more I kill the more I learn."
"You're sure Spike isn't too much for you?" Xev asked. Buffy nodded.
"I know how to do this." she said. "I have killed vampires with their childer. I have killed great big snakes, proud young zombies and werewolves. I've killed the evil, the rude, the intelligent, the weak... and the beautiful. All this I have done in the service of my watcher and the forces of good, and I have never once shown any... mercy."
Kai picked up 790, and looked at Stan and Xev. Then they walked out, and began to make their way back to the Lexx. Sunnydale might be an alright place to visit, but Stan and Xev would never be entirely safe, and so they would find somewhere better to make their home.
The End
