Thief in the night
Disclaimer: I don't own anything so there would be very little point in suing me. The marvelous characters in this story are owned by the people who own them and not unfortunately by me. If you don't recognize a character then it's mine, all mine.
Summary: Xander encounters the X-men but that'd just be boring so there's a twist.
Spoilers: Not really but let's say X-men 1 and Buffy season 6 to be safe.
Rating: Let's say pg-13 in case I use a bad word.
Author's note: If you thought the last part was confusing.
He will
" Rip the medallion off him!" Willow screamed almost in hysterics as she knelt by the side of Xander's prone body and frantically tired to remove the silver medallion, her hands disappearing through the metal.
" It's killing him!" She screamed in complete panic and she tried to grab a hold of someone around her but nobody could see her.
" God Dammit Xander breathe!!" Logan was yelling into his son's ear as Jean stripped the boy's already ruined shirt away from him and prepared the boy's body for defibrillation.
" Come on!" Logan shouted urging her on and Jean snagged the two panels from the portable defibrillator and held them positioned over Xander's chest.
" Clear!" She shouted hit Xander with the panels.
Xander turned away from the scene upon hearing a noise directly behind him and he spun around looking surprised to see an elderly man wearing brown slacks, a yellow shirt and a light blue cardigan standing in front of him.
" You must be Xander?" The man asked and Xander nodded and turned back quickly to check on the progress below but the scene had clouded over and nothing more was visible.
" What the hell is going on?" Xander demanded turning back to the face the old man who extended a wrinkled palm towards Xander.
" You must please allow me to introduce myself, my name is Ithacys." Xander took the wrinkled hand and gave it a gentle shake.
" Ithacys, what am I doing here?" Xander asked and the old man smiled and motioned over his shoulder.
" All will be revealed but first I must offer you some chocolate chip cookies and some fresh lemonade," Ithacys stressed the chocolate and Xander sighed and nodded.
There was a flash and the white expanse Xander had been standing in suddenly disappeared and Ithacys and Xander were both now seated in armchairs seated next to a roaring fire in what looked like a log cabin. Complete with bear rug on the floor and criss crossed old long guns over the mantle piece.
Ithacys held out a plate of cookies to Xander who accepted one and nibbled on an edge delicately.
" So? " Xander started looking around, " I don't want to seem ungrateful but what am I doing here?" Xander asked and Ithacys smiled
" You are searching for a way to save the world." Ithacys stated and Xander stared at him and demanded,
" How do you know that? Are you a PTB?" Ithacys shook his head,
" No I'm not and I know this because you have activated my medallion and it was meant to be activated when he wanted to read the prophecy."
" He?" Xander asked,
" Yes, he." Ithacys clarified
" Who is he?"
" He is you. " Ithacys explained
" Huh?" Xander asked and Ithacys smiled and held out the cookie plate again, Xander snagged another cookie politely.
" It is said that everyone is the world has a destiny, a path that has already been set in front of them to walk. And if this is so then someone must have laid the path and someone must have known where the path was to be laid."
Xander shot Ithacys a completely confused look and chewed his cookie in frustration.
" Back up, none of what you said got through this," Xander explained knocking a fist against the side of his head.
" How can prophecies exist?" Ithacys asked and Xander shrugged,
" Destiny?" He offered as an answer and Ithacys shook his head.
" Prophecies exist for two reasons because they were made and because it is thought they have already happened."
" Prophecies are a warning," Xander clarified and Ithacys nodded. "So what are you warning me about?" Xander asked
" There is a war coming, " Ithacys told Xander the old man's voice deep and serious.
" I know that, but I don't know the details and I think that they're kind of important." Xander replied and the old man nodded.
" He believes that a war is brewing between mutants and humans. "
" No I don't!" Xander snapped and Ithacys shook his head,
" Not you." He stated and Xander shook his head,
" But you said that he was me, "
" Except when He is not you," Ithacys explained and Xander shook his head in confusion and tried to listen as the old man continued.
" He believes a war is coming and he will make a mistake in trying to bolster the number of soldiers in his army with demons."
" What?" Xander asked in disbelief and the elderly man nodded,
" He is misguided and arrogant and he believes that he can control the demons and use them to fight for him in the war. "
" Does no one learn!" Xander burst " I mean come on people, it's a bad idea!"
Ithacys smiled at Xander and held out the cookie plate again,
" Don't worry because he will try and stop him." Ithacys supplied
" Which he? Me he? Or him he?" Xander asked and Ithacys nodded and then looked away a blank look appearing on his face,
" He will win." Ithacys murmured to himself. " He always does,"
The room around Ithacys started to fade and Xander leapt to his feet,
" Ithacys wait, you haven't told me how to stop the war!" Xander demanded as the fire vanished along with the armchairs and the rest of the various parts of the room. Finally Xander's cookie disappeared from his hand and the world went black as Xander hit the floor in a sudden faint.
" Don't fucking tell me to calm down!" A voice in the darkness seethed and Xander struggled to recognize who it was.
" Logan your screaming does little but upset everyone, maybe at this stage it would be best for you to try and relax," A soothing voice instructed and Xander recognised it as the strangely hypnotic tone of the Professor.
" Calm down, I'll calm down when someone can tell me what the hell is wrong with my son." Logan demanded and Xander pushed through a haze of fatigue and managed to crack open his eyelids.
Mini Willow was sitting on his chest with her back towards Xander's face and apparently watching whatever argument was transpiring across from Xander's position. Xander only had the strength to look up so he gazed at the stark white ceiling and tried to think of what had just happened with Ithacys.
" Jean, Logan he's awake." Scott instructed from directly to Xander's left and within seconds the duo appeared in Xander's line of sight, Logan looking decidedly worse for wear.
" Xander?" The man asked and Xander looked across at him
" Hey," he croaked his voice cracking from disuse, " What happened?"
" You collapsed in the hallway and died and freaked all of these good people out, was it the medallion?" Willow asked turning around with a huge smile on her face and Xander tried a subtle nod but his whole body flinched in pain.
" Ouch," He whispered clenching his eyes tightly shut and then after taking a deep breath he struggled to sit up, Logan pushed him gently back,
" Lie still kid, " Logan ordered but Xander shook his head and sighed as he felt his strength returning,
" I'm fine."
" Xander you've been through a lot just lie quietly, " Jean told him and Xander shook his head again,
" There's no time." He told the group and the professor wheeled into view,
" No time?" The Professor asked and Xander nodded,
" The war it's coming, and we've got two days to find him and stop it."
AN: Thanks to everyone who reviews it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside and makes me want to get the next chapter out to you faster.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything so there would be very little point in suing me. The marvelous characters in this story are owned by the people who own them and not unfortunately by me. If you don't recognize a character then it's mine, all mine.
Summary: Xander encounters the X-men but that'd just be boring so there's a twist.
Spoilers: Not really but let's say X-men 1 and Buffy season 6 to be safe.
Rating: Let's say pg-13 in case I use a bad word.
Author's note: If you thought the last part was confusing.
He will
" Rip the medallion off him!" Willow screamed almost in hysterics as she knelt by the side of Xander's prone body and frantically tired to remove the silver medallion, her hands disappearing through the metal.
" It's killing him!" She screamed in complete panic and she tried to grab a hold of someone around her but nobody could see her.
" God Dammit Xander breathe!!" Logan was yelling into his son's ear as Jean stripped the boy's already ruined shirt away from him and prepared the boy's body for defibrillation.
" Come on!" Logan shouted urging her on and Jean snagged the two panels from the portable defibrillator and held them positioned over Xander's chest.
" Clear!" She shouted hit Xander with the panels.
Xander turned away from the scene upon hearing a noise directly behind him and he spun around looking surprised to see an elderly man wearing brown slacks, a yellow shirt and a light blue cardigan standing in front of him.
" You must be Xander?" The man asked and Xander nodded and turned back quickly to check on the progress below but the scene had clouded over and nothing more was visible.
" What the hell is going on?" Xander demanded turning back to the face the old man who extended a wrinkled palm towards Xander.
" You must please allow me to introduce myself, my name is Ithacys." Xander took the wrinkled hand and gave it a gentle shake.
" Ithacys, what am I doing here?" Xander asked and the old man smiled and motioned over his shoulder.
" All will be revealed but first I must offer you some chocolate chip cookies and some fresh lemonade," Ithacys stressed the chocolate and Xander sighed and nodded.
There was a flash and the white expanse Xander had been standing in suddenly disappeared and Ithacys and Xander were both now seated in armchairs seated next to a roaring fire in what looked like a log cabin. Complete with bear rug on the floor and criss crossed old long guns over the mantle piece.
Ithacys held out a plate of cookies to Xander who accepted one and nibbled on an edge delicately.
" So? " Xander started looking around, " I don't want to seem ungrateful but what am I doing here?" Xander asked and Ithacys smiled
" You are searching for a way to save the world." Ithacys stated and Xander stared at him and demanded,
" How do you know that? Are you a PTB?" Ithacys shook his head,
" No I'm not and I know this because you have activated my medallion and it was meant to be activated when he wanted to read the prophecy."
" He?" Xander asked,
" Yes, he." Ithacys clarified
" Who is he?"
" He is you. " Ithacys explained
" Huh?" Xander asked and Ithacys smiled and held out the cookie plate again, Xander snagged another cookie politely.
" It is said that everyone is the world has a destiny, a path that has already been set in front of them to walk. And if this is so then someone must have laid the path and someone must have known where the path was to be laid."
Xander shot Ithacys a completely confused look and chewed his cookie in frustration.
" Back up, none of what you said got through this," Xander explained knocking a fist against the side of his head.
" How can prophecies exist?" Ithacys asked and Xander shrugged,
" Destiny?" He offered as an answer and Ithacys shook his head.
" Prophecies exist for two reasons because they were made and because it is thought they have already happened."
" Prophecies are a warning," Xander clarified and Ithacys nodded. "So what are you warning me about?" Xander asked
" There is a war coming, " Ithacys told Xander the old man's voice deep and serious.
" I know that, but I don't know the details and I think that they're kind of important." Xander replied and the old man nodded.
" He believes that a war is brewing between mutants and humans. "
" No I don't!" Xander snapped and Ithacys shook his head,
" Not you." He stated and Xander shook his head,
" But you said that he was me, "
" Except when He is not you," Ithacys explained and Xander shook his head in confusion and tried to listen as the old man continued.
" He believes a war is coming and he will make a mistake in trying to bolster the number of soldiers in his army with demons."
" What?" Xander asked in disbelief and the elderly man nodded,
" He is misguided and arrogant and he believes that he can control the demons and use them to fight for him in the war. "
" Does no one learn!" Xander burst " I mean come on people, it's a bad idea!"
Ithacys smiled at Xander and held out the cookie plate again,
" Don't worry because he will try and stop him." Ithacys supplied
" Which he? Me he? Or him he?" Xander asked and Ithacys nodded and then looked away a blank look appearing on his face,
" He will win." Ithacys murmured to himself. " He always does,"
The room around Ithacys started to fade and Xander leapt to his feet,
" Ithacys wait, you haven't told me how to stop the war!" Xander demanded as the fire vanished along with the armchairs and the rest of the various parts of the room. Finally Xander's cookie disappeared from his hand and the world went black as Xander hit the floor in a sudden faint.
" Don't fucking tell me to calm down!" A voice in the darkness seethed and Xander struggled to recognize who it was.
" Logan your screaming does little but upset everyone, maybe at this stage it would be best for you to try and relax," A soothing voice instructed and Xander recognised it as the strangely hypnotic tone of the Professor.
" Calm down, I'll calm down when someone can tell me what the hell is wrong with my son." Logan demanded and Xander pushed through a haze of fatigue and managed to crack open his eyelids.
Mini Willow was sitting on his chest with her back towards Xander's face and apparently watching whatever argument was transpiring across from Xander's position. Xander only had the strength to look up so he gazed at the stark white ceiling and tried to think of what had just happened with Ithacys.
" Jean, Logan he's awake." Scott instructed from directly to Xander's left and within seconds the duo appeared in Xander's line of sight, Logan looking decidedly worse for wear.
" Xander?" The man asked and Xander looked across at him
" Hey," he croaked his voice cracking from disuse, " What happened?"
" You collapsed in the hallway and died and freaked all of these good people out, was it the medallion?" Willow asked turning around with a huge smile on her face and Xander tried a subtle nod but his whole body flinched in pain.
" Ouch," He whispered clenching his eyes tightly shut and then after taking a deep breath he struggled to sit up, Logan pushed him gently back,
" Lie still kid, " Logan ordered but Xander shook his head and sighed as he felt his strength returning,
" I'm fine."
" Xander you've been through a lot just lie quietly, " Jean told him and Xander shook his head again,
" There's no time." He told the group and the professor wheeled into view,
" No time?" The Professor asked and Xander nodded,
" The war it's coming, and we've got two days to find him and stop it."
AN: Thanks to everyone who reviews it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside and makes me want to get the next chapter out to you faster.