No matter how hard the wind blows,
the mountain can't kneel for it.
Mulan
Chapter 5 Duel Of The Dragons
Xander and Cassius faced off, their blades drawn and ready as the marine chuckled.
"You know, I have a surprise for you kid," he said as he signaled to the scouts.
One of them yanked off the covering that concealed the cage car holding the Scoobies.
"Now then, I have your friends, and well, let's just say that to the victor goes the spoils," the red eye dragoon smirked, "I win, and they die, you win and they live, that simple."
"You're a monster," Xander hissed as he spun his blade in a figure eight, "You know that, don't you?"
"I'm no monster, just someone who is smart, and will do my duty, no matter the cost!"
"I'll get them," John said as he drew his twin machine pistols free of their holsters and moved.
"That I doubt," said the scout who unveiled the cage, "You'll end up joining them n..."
The speaker was cut off with a sickening crack of metal on flesh as a seemingly injured blond stepped out of the shadows, a pair of dark sunglasses concealing her face.
Another scout struck out, shattering the glasses, as she spun to face the other scouts.
"No fucking way," one of them managed to shout.
"Shoot it, no way she can be human!"
The woman turned and John gasped as well, spotting a single glowing eye.
He glanced up at the sky and muttered to himself, "Oh, you have got to be kidding me!"
The terminator dropped two more scouts before the others managed to bring their guns to bear on the enraged killing machine that seemed to be holding back in her frantic assault, refraining from lethal strikes.
Then John shrugged and opened fire on the Marine Scouts with both pistols, aiming high to avoid their armor. Normally he wouldn't kill, but these buggers were really ticking him off.
The burning had vanished to be replaced with cold. Light seared her eyes as the darkness faded.
Child, you have been chosen, a soft voice whispered to her, a voice from deep within her head.
"Who...who are you?" she asked.
I am a spirit who has been allowed to speak to you for a short time, the voice said softly, In life I was called Rose for the millennia that I walked the earth.
"How?"
The stone was a dragon spirit, one that I carried, and it's connection with me combined with your empathic gift let me contact you, but only this once. Rose answered, The spirit chose you to be a Dragoon, a dragon knight, in the fight against evil in another time and world, your time in your world ended, the spirit could not save you, but it could give you a new life on a new world.
The girl nodded slowly as a form appeared before her and the light died down.
"Where are we?" she mumbled.
"In a place that doesn't truly exist, we are in a world that allows you to see me as I was in life," Rose answered, "How you gained the dragon spirit, I do not know, they should not have existed in your world, perhaps it was what the dark man did to it when he found it among the wreckage, but it matters not, it is bringing you to the world that I am from, one that you will need to adjust to, the one called Xander will help you, he is also a Dragoon, the most powerful to yet walk the earth."
She managed to nod in response.
"Now you must go," Rose said as she began to fade, "Good bye, and good luck, Emma."
Cassius struck like a scorpion as Xander parried, blades meeting in a frenzy of sparks as they both strained against the other.
Suddenly, the two broke apart, coming skidding to a halt just out of each others reach.
Cassius focused and collected energy around him, "Flame Shot!"
A stream of fire lanced out as Xander took to the sky to avoid the assault that turned a statue into a red hot glowing form that seemed darker.
"Is that your best shot?" he chuckled as he raised his own hand, collecting the power within him, "Heavenly Reaper!"
The power surged around him, collecting in five points, each releasing a fading energy line forming a glowing star in front of him. Then the burst split the sky with a burning light that slammed into the slower warrior like a missile, sending him tumbling backwards in pain, before he settled against a tree with the force to knock it over.
"Now to finish this," Xander continued as he shifted the katana to a two handed grip, "Star Saber!"
As he lunged forwards with the glowing blade, Cassius roared a response, "If I go, I'm taking you with me, Explosion!"
The two attacks met in a flash of dark light that expanded in a sphere, both blades men hitting the ground in a rolling tumble that left them dazed, but alive. They both turned to launch another round of attacks, but the dark sphere did not vanish it remained, slowly lowering to the ground, a glow seeming to slowly penetrate the obsidian bubble.
John spun, watching the fight come to a screaming halt as the energy sphere hit the ground as the terminator dropped the last of the guards.
Emma felt the energy around her now and saw a single point of glowing light, it seemed to be a dark purple, and it seemed to project a quiet calm as it surrounded her for a moment and then the light faded for a mere instant before an explosion of white light burst forth, taking her sight for a moment and leaving spots in her vision.
The sphere of dark energy exploded outwards as Xander rolled under cover, but Cassius wasn't so lucky, he was closer and was picked up and thrown through the air to smash through a slide and hit the ground skipping like a stone across a lake seven times before coming to a jarring halt by slamming into a stone and concrete bench.
Xander crawled to his feet from behind a four foot stone wall, applying pressure to a cut in his forehead where a stone chip grazed him with a pain filled hiss.
He spotted a form curled up where the sphere had touched ground, a dark haired lady. Glancing over, he saw John shooting the lock off the cage holding his friends as he let the Dragoon armor fade from him along with his katana. The blond woman he saw helping John made him wonder just what was going on, but he'd get an answer from his cousin soon.
Reaching out and touching the naked figure on the ground's shoulder elicited a groan that said she was alive and Xander draped his coat over her, though his eyes were drawn to the lightly glowing stone she had gripped in her right hand, a dragon spirit.
Then he saw Cassius climbing to his feet across the play ground, using his sword to stand as his armor faded off of him. The marine grunted and moved to attack but the dragon spirit he held seemed to cascade with a scream and a pulse of energy as it ripped from him, John spinning as he noticed how close the soldier was.
The dragon spirit settled into John Connor's hand as he stared at it in shock.
"No!" Cassius yelled as Xander charged him, blade ready, shifting back to Dragoon as he did so.
The deep blue armor of the marine glistened as the Katana struck sparks off of it, holding for a moment before collapsing in on the marine as Xander switched grips to parry the power sword.
Cassius drove his foot forwards, knocking the dragoon backwards as he ran, he wouldn't die today, but a flash of light in front of him signaled another transformation.
John Connor felt the power flash through him and then he became a dragoon, wings opening as he shot vertically, blasting towards his foe as he drew in the power, using the knowledge he now held tight within him.
"Flame Shot!" he roared, releasing a burst of flame at his foe, tossing him through the air and into the lake.
Cassius sealed up his helmet as he hit the water and sank, he would stay here until it was safer, he could not face the Dragoons on his own, he had seen the scouts fall, they were out of the fight and who ever the hell that woman was, whatever she was, it would be an impossible fight.
Emma felt the warm air around her as she lay there, feeling the energy wash away from her, leaving her dead tired as she finally came to from the ground, she had been curled there, and pain wracked her nerves while she moved slowly crawling to her feet as she struggled with the coat now draped over her and slipped it on to make herself at least somewhat decent.
She stared at the stone in her hand as she grunted slightly at the effort to stand.
Xander relaxed now, it seemed that Cassius was gone as he released the dragoon energy as did John, both turning to the woman who had helped them, the woman with a damaged eye that was slowly changing to look like a normal eye.
"What are you?" he asked slowly as he gripped his Katana's hilt, though keeping it in it's sheath.
"Cyberdyne systems model 100, T-799 Terminator, designation Eve," she responded, "Primary objective to protect and obey John Connor as well as to gain allies for General Connor in that timeline."
"So you sent her back to help yourself to get help for yourself?" Xander asked John with a confused look.
"Seems like it."
"You know, it's not the strangest thing that I've heard or seen," Xander said slowly.
Then he heard a throat clearing and turned to see a very annoyed and pissed off blond slayer standing there.
"What?" he asked with a smile now spreading across his face.
"You have a lot of explaining to do mister!"
Mulan
Chapter 5 Duel Of The Dragons
Xander and Cassius faced off, their blades drawn and ready as the marine chuckled.
"You know, I have a surprise for you kid," he said as he signaled to the scouts.
One of them yanked off the covering that concealed the cage car holding the Scoobies.
"Now then, I have your friends, and well, let's just say that to the victor goes the spoils," the red eye dragoon smirked, "I win, and they die, you win and they live, that simple."
"You're a monster," Xander hissed as he spun his blade in a figure eight, "You know that, don't you?"
"I'm no monster, just someone who is smart, and will do my duty, no matter the cost!"
"I'll get them," John said as he drew his twin machine pistols free of their holsters and moved.
"That I doubt," said the scout who unveiled the cage, "You'll end up joining them n..."
The speaker was cut off with a sickening crack of metal on flesh as a seemingly injured blond stepped out of the shadows, a pair of dark sunglasses concealing her face.
Another scout struck out, shattering the glasses, as she spun to face the other scouts.
"No fucking way," one of them managed to shout.
"Shoot it, no way she can be human!"
The woman turned and John gasped as well, spotting a single glowing eye.
He glanced up at the sky and muttered to himself, "Oh, you have got to be kidding me!"
The terminator dropped two more scouts before the others managed to bring their guns to bear on the enraged killing machine that seemed to be holding back in her frantic assault, refraining from lethal strikes.
Then John shrugged and opened fire on the Marine Scouts with both pistols, aiming high to avoid their armor. Normally he wouldn't kill, but these buggers were really ticking him off.
The burning had vanished to be replaced with cold. Light seared her eyes as the darkness faded.
Child, you have been chosen, a soft voice whispered to her, a voice from deep within her head.
"Who...who are you?" she asked.
I am a spirit who has been allowed to speak to you for a short time, the voice said softly, In life I was called Rose for the millennia that I walked the earth.
"How?"
The stone was a dragon spirit, one that I carried, and it's connection with me combined with your empathic gift let me contact you, but only this once. Rose answered, The spirit chose you to be a Dragoon, a dragon knight, in the fight against evil in another time and world, your time in your world ended, the spirit could not save you, but it could give you a new life on a new world.
The girl nodded slowly as a form appeared before her and the light died down.
"Where are we?" she mumbled.
"In a place that doesn't truly exist, we are in a world that allows you to see me as I was in life," Rose answered, "How you gained the dragon spirit, I do not know, they should not have existed in your world, perhaps it was what the dark man did to it when he found it among the wreckage, but it matters not, it is bringing you to the world that I am from, one that you will need to adjust to, the one called Xander will help you, he is also a Dragoon, the most powerful to yet walk the earth."
She managed to nod in response.
"Now you must go," Rose said as she began to fade, "Good bye, and good luck, Emma."
Cassius struck like a scorpion as Xander parried, blades meeting in a frenzy of sparks as they both strained against the other.
Suddenly, the two broke apart, coming skidding to a halt just out of each others reach.
Cassius focused and collected energy around him, "Flame Shot!"
A stream of fire lanced out as Xander took to the sky to avoid the assault that turned a statue into a red hot glowing form that seemed darker.
"Is that your best shot?" he chuckled as he raised his own hand, collecting the power within him, "Heavenly Reaper!"
The power surged around him, collecting in five points, each releasing a fading energy line forming a glowing star in front of him. Then the burst split the sky with a burning light that slammed into the slower warrior like a missile, sending him tumbling backwards in pain, before he settled against a tree with the force to knock it over.
"Now to finish this," Xander continued as he shifted the katana to a two handed grip, "Star Saber!"
As he lunged forwards with the glowing blade, Cassius roared a response, "If I go, I'm taking you with me, Explosion!"
The two attacks met in a flash of dark light that expanded in a sphere, both blades men hitting the ground in a rolling tumble that left them dazed, but alive. They both turned to launch another round of attacks, but the dark sphere did not vanish it remained, slowly lowering to the ground, a glow seeming to slowly penetrate the obsidian bubble.
John spun, watching the fight come to a screaming halt as the energy sphere hit the ground as the terminator dropped the last of the guards.
Emma felt the energy around her now and saw a single point of glowing light, it seemed to be a dark purple, and it seemed to project a quiet calm as it surrounded her for a moment and then the light faded for a mere instant before an explosion of white light burst forth, taking her sight for a moment and leaving spots in her vision.
The sphere of dark energy exploded outwards as Xander rolled under cover, but Cassius wasn't so lucky, he was closer and was picked up and thrown through the air to smash through a slide and hit the ground skipping like a stone across a lake seven times before coming to a jarring halt by slamming into a stone and concrete bench.
Xander crawled to his feet from behind a four foot stone wall, applying pressure to a cut in his forehead where a stone chip grazed him with a pain filled hiss.
He spotted a form curled up where the sphere had touched ground, a dark haired lady. Glancing over, he saw John shooting the lock off the cage holding his friends as he let the Dragoon armor fade from him along with his katana. The blond woman he saw helping John made him wonder just what was going on, but he'd get an answer from his cousin soon.
Reaching out and touching the naked figure on the ground's shoulder elicited a groan that said she was alive and Xander draped his coat over her, though his eyes were drawn to the lightly glowing stone she had gripped in her right hand, a dragon spirit.
Then he saw Cassius climbing to his feet across the play ground, using his sword to stand as his armor faded off of him. The marine grunted and moved to attack but the dragon spirit he held seemed to cascade with a scream and a pulse of energy as it ripped from him, John spinning as he noticed how close the soldier was.
The dragon spirit settled into John Connor's hand as he stared at it in shock.
"No!" Cassius yelled as Xander charged him, blade ready, shifting back to Dragoon as he did so.
The deep blue armor of the marine glistened as the Katana struck sparks off of it, holding for a moment before collapsing in on the marine as Xander switched grips to parry the power sword.
Cassius drove his foot forwards, knocking the dragoon backwards as he ran, he wouldn't die today, but a flash of light in front of him signaled another transformation.
John Connor felt the power flash through him and then he became a dragoon, wings opening as he shot vertically, blasting towards his foe as he drew in the power, using the knowledge he now held tight within him.
"Flame Shot!" he roared, releasing a burst of flame at his foe, tossing him through the air and into the lake.
Cassius sealed up his helmet as he hit the water and sank, he would stay here until it was safer, he could not face the Dragoons on his own, he had seen the scouts fall, they were out of the fight and who ever the hell that woman was, whatever she was, it would be an impossible fight.
Emma felt the warm air around her as she lay there, feeling the energy wash away from her, leaving her dead tired as she finally came to from the ground, she had been curled there, and pain wracked her nerves while she moved slowly crawling to her feet as she struggled with the coat now draped over her and slipped it on to make herself at least somewhat decent.
She stared at the stone in her hand as she grunted slightly at the effort to stand.
Xander relaxed now, it seemed that Cassius was gone as he released the dragoon energy as did John, both turning to the woman who had helped them, the woman with a damaged eye that was slowly changing to look like a normal eye.
"What are you?" he asked slowly as he gripped his Katana's hilt, though keeping it in it's sheath.
"Cyberdyne systems model 100, T-799 Terminator, designation Eve," she responded, "Primary objective to protect and obey John Connor as well as to gain allies for General Connor in that timeline."
"So you sent her back to help yourself to get help for yourself?" Xander asked John with a confused look.
"Seems like it."
"You know, it's not the strangest thing that I've heard or seen," Xander said slowly.
Then he heard a throat clearing and turned to see a very annoyed and pissed off blond slayer standing there.
"What?" he asked with a smile now spreading across his face.
"You have a lot of explaining to do mister!"