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Anyways here's some stuff I forgot to mention
Timelines: Buffy: the end Harry Potter: going into Sixth year Stargate: end of 7th season
I know that it was probably not August when the first attacked, but for the purpose of this story it is so that Harry can be almost ready to go back to school. I'm also going to assume that (spoilers for Evolution part 2) after Sam's attack on Anubis' base, the super soldiers are a dying breed. At this point there maybe a couple hundred left, not thousands. Dawn is 17. Oh, and Malfoy, when he is introduced, will still be a dick. There will not be an all of a sudden, no warning change in him. Anyways, on with the story!
Chapter 2
The Scoobies and Slayers sat mesmerized watching CNN as the story began to unfold. Within half an hour of President Bush's announcement, China, France, UK, and Russia had joined the war effort. By the end of the hour, every country involved in NATO was officially in a state of war. By the end of the day, nearly every country in the world was at war, spurred to action by shaky camera footage from several angles of Al'kesh bombers blasting holes into the Los Angeles cityscape. Only a few countries in the Middle East and Africa had refused to fight, most notoriously Iran and Iraq. Even the Koreas had put aside their problems and joined the fight.
"My goddess this is awful." Willow murmured, watching more footage from the bombing.
Xander nodded. "Yeah, but it's nice to see the world working together at least."
"Shouldn't we be helping?" Dawn demanded.
Buffy looked at her like she'd grown a second head. "Okay, I'll just go get my crossbow and shoot them down. No problem Dawn." She said sarcastically. "We're not really equipped for this kind of thing. Besides, this isn't really our fight."
"Not our fight?" Dawn asked incredulously. "Buffy, I think when aliens come to enslave the planet it's everyone's fight."
Xander nodded. "Sorry Buff, gotta agree with Dawnie on this one. This is our fight just like it's everyone else's."
Buffy sighed. "We need to focus on finding the other Slayers. Willow?"
"There are an awful lot of them Buffy, and they're all over the world. How are we going to get them all?"
"Well, let's start with the ones here in the States. We can split up to find them all then meet back here once we've found them all. Giles told me he can get us access to the Watcher's accounts, which apparently are holding a lot of cash." Buffy ordered. "We'll all stay in touch with cell phones."
"And I'll set up a message board in case you're out of cell range." Willow added.
"Buffy?" Shannon asked.
"Yeah?"
"Where do we meet if the building gets blown up?" Shannon asked quietly.
The whole room went silent, Buffy got the impression it was hitting everyone how much this war could really affect them.
~~~~~~~
There was a knock on Hammond door. He looked up from the frontline report he was reading and called, "Come in."
Sam stepped in holding a stuffed file folder. "Sir I took a look at the records of Sunnydale."
"Major shouldn't you be aboard the Prometheus right now?" Hammond asked, surprised to see her.
"I brought back a fighter that needs an overhaul, I thought I should talk to you about this personally." Sam replied.
"Alright then, what's so important about Sunnydale?"
"Well sir, it seems even before the town got destroyed, it was a pretty weird place." Sam said, sounding a little confused herself.
"What do you mean by weird, Major?"
"Well sir the town had a higher mortality rate than anywhere else in North America, in fact at the high school the lowest mortality rate was just under 40%."
Hammond's jaw dropped. "You're telling me that 2 out of every 5 kids were killed before finishing high school?"
Sam nodded. "That's right sir. Besides that, the damage to town over the years has been monumental. The high school, the town hall, countless pieces of street work, all destroyed over the years. Not only that, it seems that the NID had some kind of facility there."
Hammond looked up sharply. "The NID?"
"Yes sir. They had some kind of operation there called the Initiative." Sam replied, checking her notes.
"What did they do?"
Sam sighed. "Well sir, most of it was pretty vague, but from what I understand it was some kind of lab that experimented with mutation. There were even rumours that they dealt with vampires, and other such monsters."
Hammond scoffed. "I knew that the NID was, as a whole, a few pencils short of a pack, but vampires? What happened?"
Sam shrugged. "From all reports it seemed like something tore through there, then it just sort of collapsed. The commander, Maggie Walsh."
"Walsh?" Hammond sighed, "I met her at West Point. No wonder there was vampire rumours; the poor woman was convinced they killed her sister. She probably had her men hunting for them. Anyway, what about her?"
"Walsh was killed by something, along with several of the scientists working there. The Initiative survived a few more weeks after that, then funding was cut and the operation was pulled." Sam finished.
Hammond nodded. "That is one strange town. I don't suppose we can investigate it in any way?"
"The whole town is under water now sir, the Pacific swallowed up the town after it was destroyed, must have been one hell of a blast." Sam replied.
"I see. Well Major, as fascinating as this is, I really don't think we have either the time or resources to look into it more right now. We have a war to fight. You should get back to the Prometheus as soon as possible."
Sam nodded. "Yes sir. Any word from the Asguard?"
"They say that they will send help when they can, but it may be a while. The Asguard are still fighting with the Replicators."
"I thought we trapped the bugs sir."
Hammond nodded. "That right we trapped most of them, but you know how fast they can spread again, it only takes a couple. The Asguard estimate it could be a year before they can send adequate resources to help us."
Sam nodded. "Thank you sir." Then she left.
~~~~~~~
Daniel was examining another text on the Lost City, sipping from his mug when a bright flash caught the corner of his eye. He swivelled in his chair to look behind him, only to find Skaara standing there. "Skaara!" He said gleefully.
Skaara looked at him solemnly. "Daniel, this is not good."
"You mean the war? Daniel asked, "Yeah, tell me about it."
Skaara shook his head. "Things have been set in motion that could destroy the entire planet, and maybe even the whole galaxy. I wish I could help."
Daniel looked at him knowingly and nodded. "Yeah I know that part sucks doesn't it?"
"All I can say is that you have no idea how much is happening. There are forces here on Earth, both good and bad, that rival Anubis. Your planet is very unique. Seek out the Slayer, that's all I can tell you." Skaara finished.
Daniel looked back at his desk. "The Slayer, okay then. Hey, how come you're telling me this instead of Jack?"
Skaara smiled. "O'Neill is busy, you handle this one. Tell him I said hi." With a flash of light, Skaara was gone, leaving Daniel pondering on what the heck the Slayer was.
~~~~~~~
When Arthur Weasley looked outside to see a squadron of F-302b's flying low over the ground in the distance, he smiled despite their purpose. "They're beautiful, aren't they?" he asked everyone assembled outside the Burrow. "If nothing else, muggles certainly are inventive." Arthur shook his head in amazement as he went back inside.
Ron nodded. "Yeah, those fighters look wicked. I wonder what they can do?"
"Pray you never find out, Ron." Hermione said seriously.
With a CRACK! Dumbledore appeared close to Harry, Ron and Hermione. "Hi Professor." Hermione said cheerily, "Good to see you again."
Dumbledore nodded, ignoring the words, 'suck-up' mouthed by Ron. "Good to see you again too Miss Granger. I would say that I hope to find you all in good spirits, but I trust that by now everyone has head the news."
The three of them nodded. "Is it going to affect our school in any way?" Ron asked.
Dumbledore shook his head. "No, although I'm sure the wizarding world will be feeling the effects. In fact, I've been told that several of the muggle-born seventh year students have decided not to attend in favour of enlisting in the muggle military."
"But the rest of us are still going to school?" Ron asked
Dumbledore chuckled. "That's correct, Mr. Weasley, there will be no extended summer vacation for anyone. Not only is Hogwarts unplottable and magically fortified, but it is away from any major cities, so I believe that it is probably the safest place to be at this time."
"Well, as safe as Hogwarts ever is." Harry commented.
Dumbledore turned to look at him seriously. "That is the matter on which I came here, Harry. With the outbreak of this war, I believe Voldemort will be more dangerous than ever. He will use the chaos and confusion that Anubis causes to wreak even more havoc. I've come to warn you Harry; these are even more dangerous times than before. I want to be very careful, even when you are at the school. You never know when Voldemort, or even perhaps even Anubis, may strike."
"Does this mean we have permission to start Dumbledore's Army again?" Harry asked.
Dumbledore nodded. "In fact I encourage you to do so. It is always better to be prepared. I must go, I have a lot to prepare. You three take care of yourselves, and try to stay out of trouble this year." With that, Dumbledore disapparated, and the three teens began to discuss Quidditch.
~~~~~~~
Daniel was exhausted. Between the lost city and the Slayer, Daniel had been researching for nearly fifteen hours, and his coffee supply had long ago run dry. However, after hours of searching ancient texts, books of mythology, and the Internet, Daniel finally though he might have found something solid. He packed away his books, got up and stretched for a full minute before leaving his office. Daniel made his way through the halls of the SGC up to General Hammond's office. He rapped lightly on the door, and waited for the General to call, "Come in." When he did, Daniel opened the door and before the General could say anything, Daniel blurted, "I need to go to L.A."
Hammond look a little surprised, to say the least. "What's this all about, Doctor Jackson?"
"Sir, I saw Skaara." Daniel started to explain quickly. "He, he came to me while I was researching. You know he can't interfere but he tried to hint to me by telling me to find the Slayer."
"The Slayer?" General Hammond asked. "Like the rock band?"
Daniel shook his head. "I've done some research. Supposedly, the Slayer is some kind of superhuman or something, put here to fight evil things, like vampires. Now, I can't discern how much is true and how much is legend but if Skaara says we should be looking for him, then it's worth a shot right?"
"You have some kind of lead?" Hammond asked, his curiosity piqued.
"Well, there's this, well, thing in Los Angeles called Wolfram and Hart. It's like a law firm or something but supposedly they deal with this kind of stuff. I thought they might be able to help me locate the Slayer." Daniel said. "I'll go check it out and see if it leads to anything."
Hammond nodded. "Take a zat and a poison dart gun with you. Let's hope you don't need them, but"
"I know, better to be prepared. There's one other thing I think I'm going to grab too. Thanks General." Daniel replied as he left the office and headed for the elevator.
~~~~~~~
Daniel opened the doors and walked into the spacious lobby of the Wolfram and Hart building. He walked to the front desk, where the blonde secretary gave him an appraising look. "Hi," Daniel began, "I don't have an appointment, but I really need to talk to Mr. Angel." End of chap 2
Bwahaha! I figured out how to point Daniel or Buffy in the right direction without Whistler! Go me! Oh and just so we're clear for anyone who doesn't know, Skaara was on Abydos when Anubis blew it up. He and the rest of the residents there ascended. Anyways, what does everyone think so far? Feel free to offer any ideas you might have for further in the story. You never know, I might just include them. Thanks for the reviews and please keep them coming!
Anyways here's some stuff I forgot to mention
Timelines: Buffy: the end Harry Potter: going into Sixth year Stargate: end of 7th season
I know that it was probably not August when the first attacked, but for the purpose of this story it is so that Harry can be almost ready to go back to school. I'm also going to assume that (spoilers for Evolution part 2) after Sam's attack on Anubis' base, the super soldiers are a dying breed. At this point there maybe a couple hundred left, not thousands. Dawn is 17. Oh, and Malfoy, when he is introduced, will still be a dick. There will not be an all of a sudden, no warning change in him. Anyways, on with the story!
Chapter 2
The Scoobies and Slayers sat mesmerized watching CNN as the story began to unfold. Within half an hour of President Bush's announcement, China, France, UK, and Russia had joined the war effort. By the end of the hour, every country involved in NATO was officially in a state of war. By the end of the day, nearly every country in the world was at war, spurred to action by shaky camera footage from several angles of Al'kesh bombers blasting holes into the Los Angeles cityscape. Only a few countries in the Middle East and Africa had refused to fight, most notoriously Iran and Iraq. Even the Koreas had put aside their problems and joined the fight.
"My goddess this is awful." Willow murmured, watching more footage from the bombing.
Xander nodded. "Yeah, but it's nice to see the world working together at least."
"Shouldn't we be helping?" Dawn demanded.
Buffy looked at her like she'd grown a second head. "Okay, I'll just go get my crossbow and shoot them down. No problem Dawn." She said sarcastically. "We're not really equipped for this kind of thing. Besides, this isn't really our fight."
"Not our fight?" Dawn asked incredulously. "Buffy, I think when aliens come to enslave the planet it's everyone's fight."
Xander nodded. "Sorry Buff, gotta agree with Dawnie on this one. This is our fight just like it's everyone else's."
Buffy sighed. "We need to focus on finding the other Slayers. Willow?"
"There are an awful lot of them Buffy, and they're all over the world. How are we going to get them all?"
"Well, let's start with the ones here in the States. We can split up to find them all then meet back here once we've found them all. Giles told me he can get us access to the Watcher's accounts, which apparently are holding a lot of cash." Buffy ordered. "We'll all stay in touch with cell phones."
"And I'll set up a message board in case you're out of cell range." Willow added.
"Buffy?" Shannon asked.
"Yeah?"
"Where do we meet if the building gets blown up?" Shannon asked quietly.
The whole room went silent, Buffy got the impression it was hitting everyone how much this war could really affect them.
~~~~~~~
There was a knock on Hammond door. He looked up from the frontline report he was reading and called, "Come in."
Sam stepped in holding a stuffed file folder. "Sir I took a look at the records of Sunnydale."
"Major shouldn't you be aboard the Prometheus right now?" Hammond asked, surprised to see her.
"I brought back a fighter that needs an overhaul, I thought I should talk to you about this personally." Sam replied.
"Alright then, what's so important about Sunnydale?"
"Well sir, it seems even before the town got destroyed, it was a pretty weird place." Sam said, sounding a little confused herself.
"What do you mean by weird, Major?"
"Well sir the town had a higher mortality rate than anywhere else in North America, in fact at the high school the lowest mortality rate was just under 40%."
Hammond's jaw dropped. "You're telling me that 2 out of every 5 kids were killed before finishing high school?"
Sam nodded. "That's right sir. Besides that, the damage to town over the years has been monumental. The high school, the town hall, countless pieces of street work, all destroyed over the years. Not only that, it seems that the NID had some kind of facility there."
Hammond looked up sharply. "The NID?"
"Yes sir. They had some kind of operation there called the Initiative." Sam replied, checking her notes.
"What did they do?"
Sam sighed. "Well sir, most of it was pretty vague, but from what I understand it was some kind of lab that experimented with mutation. There were even rumours that they dealt with vampires, and other such monsters."
Hammond scoffed. "I knew that the NID was, as a whole, a few pencils short of a pack, but vampires? What happened?"
Sam shrugged. "From all reports it seemed like something tore through there, then it just sort of collapsed. The commander, Maggie Walsh."
"Walsh?" Hammond sighed, "I met her at West Point. No wonder there was vampire rumours; the poor woman was convinced they killed her sister. She probably had her men hunting for them. Anyway, what about her?"
"Walsh was killed by something, along with several of the scientists working there. The Initiative survived a few more weeks after that, then funding was cut and the operation was pulled." Sam finished.
Hammond nodded. "That is one strange town. I don't suppose we can investigate it in any way?"
"The whole town is under water now sir, the Pacific swallowed up the town after it was destroyed, must have been one hell of a blast." Sam replied.
"I see. Well Major, as fascinating as this is, I really don't think we have either the time or resources to look into it more right now. We have a war to fight. You should get back to the Prometheus as soon as possible."
Sam nodded. "Yes sir. Any word from the Asguard?"
"They say that they will send help when they can, but it may be a while. The Asguard are still fighting with the Replicators."
"I thought we trapped the bugs sir."
Hammond nodded. "That right we trapped most of them, but you know how fast they can spread again, it only takes a couple. The Asguard estimate it could be a year before they can send adequate resources to help us."
Sam nodded. "Thank you sir." Then she left.
~~~~~~~
Daniel was examining another text on the Lost City, sipping from his mug when a bright flash caught the corner of his eye. He swivelled in his chair to look behind him, only to find Skaara standing there. "Skaara!" He said gleefully.
Skaara looked at him solemnly. "Daniel, this is not good."
"You mean the war? Daniel asked, "Yeah, tell me about it."
Skaara shook his head. "Things have been set in motion that could destroy the entire planet, and maybe even the whole galaxy. I wish I could help."
Daniel looked at him knowingly and nodded. "Yeah I know that part sucks doesn't it?"
"All I can say is that you have no idea how much is happening. There are forces here on Earth, both good and bad, that rival Anubis. Your planet is very unique. Seek out the Slayer, that's all I can tell you." Skaara finished.
Daniel looked back at his desk. "The Slayer, okay then. Hey, how come you're telling me this instead of Jack?"
Skaara smiled. "O'Neill is busy, you handle this one. Tell him I said hi." With a flash of light, Skaara was gone, leaving Daniel pondering on what the heck the Slayer was.
~~~~~~~
When Arthur Weasley looked outside to see a squadron of F-302b's flying low over the ground in the distance, he smiled despite their purpose. "They're beautiful, aren't they?" he asked everyone assembled outside the Burrow. "If nothing else, muggles certainly are inventive." Arthur shook his head in amazement as he went back inside.
Ron nodded. "Yeah, those fighters look wicked. I wonder what they can do?"
"Pray you never find out, Ron." Hermione said seriously.
With a CRACK! Dumbledore appeared close to Harry, Ron and Hermione. "Hi Professor." Hermione said cheerily, "Good to see you again."
Dumbledore nodded, ignoring the words, 'suck-up' mouthed by Ron. "Good to see you again too Miss Granger. I would say that I hope to find you all in good spirits, but I trust that by now everyone has head the news."
The three of them nodded. "Is it going to affect our school in any way?" Ron asked.
Dumbledore shook his head. "No, although I'm sure the wizarding world will be feeling the effects. In fact, I've been told that several of the muggle-born seventh year students have decided not to attend in favour of enlisting in the muggle military."
"But the rest of us are still going to school?" Ron asked
Dumbledore chuckled. "That's correct, Mr. Weasley, there will be no extended summer vacation for anyone. Not only is Hogwarts unplottable and magically fortified, but it is away from any major cities, so I believe that it is probably the safest place to be at this time."
"Well, as safe as Hogwarts ever is." Harry commented.
Dumbledore turned to look at him seriously. "That is the matter on which I came here, Harry. With the outbreak of this war, I believe Voldemort will be more dangerous than ever. He will use the chaos and confusion that Anubis causes to wreak even more havoc. I've come to warn you Harry; these are even more dangerous times than before. I want to be very careful, even when you are at the school. You never know when Voldemort, or even perhaps even Anubis, may strike."
"Does this mean we have permission to start Dumbledore's Army again?" Harry asked.
Dumbledore nodded. "In fact I encourage you to do so. It is always better to be prepared. I must go, I have a lot to prepare. You three take care of yourselves, and try to stay out of trouble this year." With that, Dumbledore disapparated, and the three teens began to discuss Quidditch.
~~~~~~~
Daniel was exhausted. Between the lost city and the Slayer, Daniel had been researching for nearly fifteen hours, and his coffee supply had long ago run dry. However, after hours of searching ancient texts, books of mythology, and the Internet, Daniel finally though he might have found something solid. He packed away his books, got up and stretched for a full minute before leaving his office. Daniel made his way through the halls of the SGC up to General Hammond's office. He rapped lightly on the door, and waited for the General to call, "Come in." When he did, Daniel opened the door and before the General could say anything, Daniel blurted, "I need to go to L.A."
Hammond look a little surprised, to say the least. "What's this all about, Doctor Jackson?"
"Sir, I saw Skaara." Daniel started to explain quickly. "He, he came to me while I was researching. You know he can't interfere but he tried to hint to me by telling me to find the Slayer."
"The Slayer?" General Hammond asked. "Like the rock band?"
Daniel shook his head. "I've done some research. Supposedly, the Slayer is some kind of superhuman or something, put here to fight evil things, like vampires. Now, I can't discern how much is true and how much is legend but if Skaara says we should be looking for him, then it's worth a shot right?"
"You have some kind of lead?" Hammond asked, his curiosity piqued.
"Well, there's this, well, thing in Los Angeles called Wolfram and Hart. It's like a law firm or something but supposedly they deal with this kind of stuff. I thought they might be able to help me locate the Slayer." Daniel said. "I'll go check it out and see if it leads to anything."
Hammond nodded. "Take a zat and a poison dart gun with you. Let's hope you don't need them, but"
"I know, better to be prepared. There's one other thing I think I'm going to grab too. Thanks General." Daniel replied as he left the office and headed for the elevator.
~~~~~~~
Daniel opened the doors and walked into the spacious lobby of the Wolfram and Hart building. He walked to the front desk, where the blonde secretary gave him an appraising look. "Hi," Daniel began, "I don't have an appointment, but I really need to talk to Mr. Angel." End of chap 2
Bwahaha! I figured out how to point Daniel or Buffy in the right direction without Whistler! Go me! Oh and just so we're clear for anyone who doesn't know, Skaara was on Abydos when Anubis blew it up. He and the rest of the residents there ascended. Anyways, what does everyone think so far? Feel free to offer any ideas you might have for further in the story. You never know, I might just include them. Thanks for the reviews and please keep them coming!
