Title: Xander Harris: Year One (Epilogue)
Author: Randall Stone
Disclaimer: All characters are belong to someone else.
Summary: Some are born to destiny. Others make their own.
Notes:
Spoilers: S1-4
Continuity changes: Hopefully everything will be explained in the
text. One note- Veruca tragically stepped in front of a bus the
day before she was going to be turned into a werewolf, so Oz will
be hanging around.
We have now left the Season 4 continuity. Only events described
or referred to directly in this fic should be assumed to have
occurred.
Category: B/X, a little B/R early on
Rating: PG-14- nothing worse than what's on the show.
Feedback: Yes please.
*****
ONE MONTH LATER
Riley lit a cigarette and leaned back against a tree to wait. It
was a filthy habit, one that he had worked hard to break before
coming to Sunnydale the first time. But one month in the jungle had
brought the old habits flooding back.
He took a drag off the cigarette as he considered the events of the
past month. While he was involved in a whirlwind of destruction in
South America, the Initiative had been involved in a disaster of its
own making- a disaster that had culminated in a very spectacular
fireball.
Nobody had been seriously hurt in the blast, thanks to the design of
the Initiative. The pyramidal construction and reinforced walls had
served to channel all of the destructive force of the explosion up,
through Lowell House. There had been a little local attention, and
the papers were writing about the terrible dangers of gas leaks for
a week afterward, but the Sunnydale Police Department knew when to
back off.
Riley shook his head. One of the surprising facts to come out of
the investigation into the fiasco at the Initiative was that the
SDPD wasn't as clueless as everybody thought. That fact, combined
with the reminder of the dangers of running a totally unsupervised
black operation with a substantial budget, had prompted radical
action.
Riley was now head of a unit in the Sunnydale Police department
consisting entirely of the Initiative members who were still willing
to face Sunnydale's demons. Sunnydale gave a whole new meaning to
the phrase "Special Weapons And Tactics".
Sometimes Riley missed the free roaming days of the Initiative- the
SWAT team could not take any preemptive action against supernatural
activity, and was only called in when the SDPD regulars were unable
to handle a situation. But it was nice to have a clearly defined
mission- and to know that he was on the right side.
Still, situations inevitably arose that were beyond the purview of
the SDPD. Riley had heard from a reliable informant that the
vampire version of Bonny and Clyde were heading to town- the man was
reputed to be a real killing machine, while the gal was supposed to
have psychic powers. Together they were going to try to raise an
army and slaughter the people of Sunnydale.
Riley was waiting for a friend who he thought could help with the
situation.
He smiled as he heard laughter echo through the night.
*****
Fin.
Yes, this is one month after the previous chapter. The next
installment will take place right after the epilogue- there will
eventually be a smaller piece that deals with the B/X stuff that
happens between chapter 10 and the epilogue.
The next part won't be for a little while. There's another fic
that has captured my imagination, so I have to write that one
first.
--Randy
Author: Randall Stone
Disclaimer: All characters are belong to someone else.
Summary: Some are born to destiny. Others make their own.
Notes:
Spoilers: S1-4
Continuity changes: Hopefully everything will be explained in the
text. One note- Veruca tragically stepped in front of a bus the
day before she was going to be turned into a werewolf, so Oz will
be hanging around.
We have now left the Season 4 continuity. Only events described
or referred to directly in this fic should be assumed to have
occurred.
Category: B/X, a little B/R early on
Rating: PG-14- nothing worse than what's on the show.
Feedback: Yes please.
*****
ONE MONTH LATER
Riley lit a cigarette and leaned back against a tree to wait. It
was a filthy habit, one that he had worked hard to break before
coming to Sunnydale the first time. But one month in the jungle had
brought the old habits flooding back.
He took a drag off the cigarette as he considered the events of the
past month. While he was involved in a whirlwind of destruction in
South America, the Initiative had been involved in a disaster of its
own making- a disaster that had culminated in a very spectacular
fireball.
Nobody had been seriously hurt in the blast, thanks to the design of
the Initiative. The pyramidal construction and reinforced walls had
served to channel all of the destructive force of the explosion up,
through Lowell House. There had been a little local attention, and
the papers were writing about the terrible dangers of gas leaks for
a week afterward, but the Sunnydale Police Department knew when to
back off.
Riley shook his head. One of the surprising facts to come out of
the investigation into the fiasco at the Initiative was that the
SDPD wasn't as clueless as everybody thought. That fact, combined
with the reminder of the dangers of running a totally unsupervised
black operation with a substantial budget, had prompted radical
action.
Riley was now head of a unit in the Sunnydale Police department
consisting entirely of the Initiative members who were still willing
to face Sunnydale's demons. Sunnydale gave a whole new meaning to
the phrase "Special Weapons And Tactics".
Sometimes Riley missed the free roaming days of the Initiative- the
SWAT team could not take any preemptive action against supernatural
activity, and was only called in when the SDPD regulars were unable
to handle a situation. But it was nice to have a clearly defined
mission- and to know that he was on the right side.
Still, situations inevitably arose that were beyond the purview of
the SDPD. Riley had heard from a reliable informant that the
vampire version of Bonny and Clyde were heading to town- the man was
reputed to be a real killing machine, while the gal was supposed to
have psychic powers. Together they were going to try to raise an
army and slaughter the people of Sunnydale.
Riley was waiting for a friend who he thought could help with the
situation.
He smiled as he heard laughter echo through the night.
*****
Fin.
Yes, this is one month after the previous chapter. The next
installment will take place right after the epilogue- there will
eventually be a smaller piece that deals with the B/X stuff that
happens between chapter 10 and the epilogue.
The next part won't be for a little while. There's another fic
that has captured my imagination, so I have to write that one
first.
--Randy
