Summary: This Buffyverse is about fifty years or less into the future compared to the norm. Xander is a miner on Mars during the Red Faction rebellion.
Crossover: Red Faction (the PC game), Hellsing (the anime series, also the manga)
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Once outside in the canyons of Mars, a Red Faction man in an ATV greeted them. He had a disc with a message for the Earth Defense Fleet, and orders from Eos to take them to the back entrance to the Comms Facility. The three stopped for a brief planning session.
"Okay, the Red Faction still has to take out the missile defense grid, the mercenary base, and contact the Earth Defense Fleet," Xander said, outlining what had to be done. "There's also a slight problem of lack of Twinkies, but that can wait."
"I'll send the message," Parker volunteered.
"Okay. Shrike, take Parker to the tunnel," Xander ordered. "Alucard, come with me. We'll get to the space station orbiting Mars, and take down the defense grid. I'll contact you afterwards, Parker and we'll all take down the Mercenary base together."
Shrike drove off in the ATV, with Parker as the gunner. Xander started walking towards the Spaceport.
"Shit, I should've begged a ride," Xander realised.
"Why do they call you Vampire?," Alucard asked.
Xander sighed. "I told them about life on the Hellmouth. They didn't believe me, so it's a joke to them."
The tall vampire started pulling off the too-short hardsuit, throwing the armoured environment suit onto the dusty red ground. Under the hardsuit, he was wearing a leather bodysuit with lots of straps on it.
"Hey!," Xander yelled. "You can't... breathe... er, ignore me."
Alucard grinned at his new master. "Really, Master. Have some faith in me."
=Vampire, Alucard, I've cracked the spaceport's network,= Hendricks said over the comms network. =A shuttle is leaving for the space station in ten minutes. If you get moving, you should make it.=
"Great," Xander muttered. "Let's hear it for time limits."
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Once up in the space station, Xander paused to listen to Hendricks.
=Okay, Vampire, you'll need to find the escape pods before you blow the reactor,= the security cracker said. =They'll be locked, so you'll need to break into the security section first.=
"Right," Xander said.
The low-gravity space station was difficult to navigate, and fight in. Alucard was finding that, without the magnetic boots the hardsuit provided, it was almost impossible to fire his precision rifle or machine gun without being thrown backwards into the wall by recoil.
So he settled for ripping the guards apart with his bare hands.
Xander, on the other hand, could stand and blast away at the Ultor security guards.
They found the switch to unlock the escape pods, throwing it to the unlocked position. Xander stopped by a poster glued to the wall in the guards' cafeteria.
"Check this out!," he yelled to Alucard. "We're famous!"
The poster had black and white photographs of himself, Eos, and Parker with warnings underneath. It felt kinda good to be feared by the other side for once, rather than someone else getting the 'Run!' reaction.
"Congratulations, Xander," the vampire said. "You've just got your first piece of notoriety."
"Let's blow this popsicle stand," Xander said. "Get it? Blow? Reactor?"
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In the escape pod, post-destruction...
"Ow! Get your cold, dead, toes out of my face!," Xander yelled.
"Get your warm unfeeling elbow out of my guts!," Alucard yelled back.
"Damn vampire!," Xander shouted, trying to blow some of Alucard's long hair out of his mouth. He was unable to move at all.
"Damn Master!," Alucard grumbled, trying to move the butt of Xander's precision rifle so that it wouldn't keep hitting him in the head.
It's a shame that escape pod was only made for one person.
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Once back on Mars, a miner was waiting for them.
"Come on, we need help taking the mercenaries base!," the man yelled, taking off with Xander and Alucard behind him.
They hadn't gotten more than ten meters into the tunnel leading to the base before their guide was killed in an ambush. This pretty much set the tone for the journey there.
They'd encountered mercs with rocket launchers taking potshots at them, numerous snipers and a few assault mercs, all now thoroughly dead.
Xander felt faintly sick at the fact that he didn't feel sick at all as he killed those men.
The front airlock to the base was guarded by two turrets and a shotgun guy. Xander easily destroyed all three with a few fragmentation grenades.
The two waited inside the airlock for the outer door to close, then Xander hit the button to cycle the air and open the inner door.
Rather than air, a noxious green gas rose from the floor, knocking Xander unconscious.