Title: Phoenix Risings: Necro-Gate
Rating: PG-13/R
Chapter Number: 6
Author: White Werewolf
Category: Buffy/Xander, Eric/Faith, Sam/Daniel (Maybe), Gabrielle/Joxer
Spoilers/Timeframe: All I know for sure it is after "Becoming Part 2."
Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the ideas and my computer.
Summery: After Buffy leaves Sunnydale, Xander decides to go looking for her. On the other side of the universe, Ninedinna wants the book she created...the Necronomicon Ex Mortis: the Book of the Dead.
Author Notes: This part is just a prologue to the Phoenix Risings Trilogy; which is in turn the starting fic to a huge series. This is the third part of the trilogy. It will be mainly focused on the Buffy/Xander relationship and it will be housing many crossovers.
Special Thanks: Danii, Tenhawk, Teri, Silent Bob Foley, and X-Lander
Crossovers Planned:
Buffy: the Vampire Slayer
Hercules: the Legendary Journeys
Evil Dead
Stargate SG-1
Xena: Warrior Princess
Boy Meets World
Cameo Crossovers will suddenly appear. Take a read, and see if you can spot one.
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***
Returning back to her apartment, she placed the book down on the desk.
Sitting down, she rested her hand on the cover of the book. The evil version of the brunette slayer could feel the rough texture of the human skin.
Bad Faith needed a distraction. She needed something to distract her enemies so she could do the spell she needed to do.
A distraction.
She began flipping through the pages, searching for something. Anything that could help her.
A evil grin appeared on her face as she found a spell for a lost warrior to come. The warrior would help take down her opponents leaving her free to control the hellmouth.
She looked down at the page. The spell seemed a little different from the rest of the pages, but Bad Faith could make out the words.
Taking a breath, she began to read, "Alpo mutzi rocco galootus capatous nizro blajox."
The apartment building started to shake, and could tell that the spell was working. With a grin, Bad Faith said, "You're time is up."
***
"Hi, Baby Bro."
Hercules sat up from his couch in his trailer, as a bundle of golden sparkles appeared out of nowhere.
He placed down his script for the latest episode when he saw a blond figure walked toward him. "What do you want, Aphrodite?"
The Love Goddess sat next to him, "Can't a girl see her brother?"
"True. But whenever you show up, you want something. What is it this time? And it better not be for me to introduce you to Joey."
She shrugged, "As if. Hephy keeps me busy."
"The other day you told me that you thought he was cute."
The blond smiled, "I have two eyes after all, Hercules. I love Hephy. That's not why I'm here."
"Why are you here?"
She said simply, "Joxer's waking up."
His memories flashed back to that fateful day so many centuries ago. "Are you sure?"
She nodded, "Yeah, I was looking at him an hour ago. He's coming out of his suspended animation."
He showed a confused look, "But why? We never woke him up."
"Don't look at me, Hercules. He was waking up. We better see why he is."
Hercules nodded, "Meet me back at my place. I got to get someone to help us."
Aphrodite showed a confused look, "Who are you going to get?"
The demigod smiled, "Just meet me underneath my house. I'll be right there."
***
"Shop smart. Shop S-Mart."
"So I guess they really do make you say that."
Xander sighed, "You have no idea on how stupid I feel when I say that."
"It comes with the job, Xander. Having a job is nothing to laugh at."
With an annoyed voice, Xander asked, "What do you want, Gunn?"
Gunn smiled, "Right to the point, I like that. Anyway, I'm worried about Buff."
"What's wrong with her?"
He asked, "When you on break?"
Xander looked down at the clock behind him. Noticing the time, he returned back to his new friend, ""Right now actually. Let me just clock out."
After clocking out, he said, "Take over, RF. I'll be back in one hour. Taking my lunch break."
"Not a problem, Xander. See you later." Said the apartment building owner.
"You have lunch, Gunn?"
"Xander?"
Gunn and Xander turned around to spot Kevin coming.
"Hi, Kevin." Xander greeted. "You remember Gunn, right?"
The demigod nodded, "Yeah, we met yesterday. Anyway, I need you to come with me. It's important."
Glancing back at Gunn, he asked, "Can I take a rain check?"
Gunn said, "Sure, I guess. I'll come by your apartment tonight. Alright?"
"Sure thing." Xander said as he walked over to his Greek friend. "What's the problem, Kevin?"
"Come with me, Xander. It involves an old friend."
***
The two friends jumped into Hercules' car.
"What's the what, Herc?"
He smiled, "We have to back to my place. An old friend has finally woken up. I need your help."
The boy nodded, "Why me?"
"Because this friend is from ancient Greece. He needs to know what year this is. Seeing me will make him think that it's still Greece. I need someone who's from this time period, and that's you."
He showed a confusing look, "Which friend?"
"Joxer."
"Joxer? As in the character from Xena. The one played by Bobby Wheeler."
"The one in the same. Aphrodite is waiting for us at my place. We have to get there before he fully awakes."
***
"Anything, Carter?"
Sam and Daniel looked at Jack coming in from through the door. "Not yet, Sir."
Jack looked at the two friends as they had a bunch of books on the table. "You guys have been at this for hours. How hard is to find information on vampires?"
Daniel said, "Well, you could always contrbute to make the search go faster."
He shook his head, "No, that's okay. You do your thing, and I'll do my thing. You're much better at it then I am."
He looked down at his watch and said, "I'm going back to Teal'c. See if he needs anything."
Daniel nodded, "We'll let you know when we're done."
With that said, Jack left the room.
"Daniel?"
He glanced at her, "Yeah, Sam?"
"According to this book, there are girls who fight vampires for a living. Have you ever heard of a vampire slayer?"
***
Hercules and Xander walked out of the elevator as they walked down a long hallway.
The demigod turned to his new close friend and said, "Joxer's going to need some training. He's been way out of the loop."
He smirked, "We all need training. Buff told me she'd train me too."
The son of Zeus smiled, "I wouldn't be surprised if she did. You two are always together."
Xander shrugged, "She told me something that was hard to talk about. She confided in me, Herc. Not a lot of people do that."
"Well, like Buffy, I confided in you. You were the first person I told my identity to in a long time."
"And I appreciate that. So, is Joxer like the Joxer from Xena?"
He grinned, "More or less. Like I said, he needs to train, and he's a bit egotistical."
"He's egotistical? Just how egotistical? Because I've dated Cordelia, and she's really egotistical."
He chuckled, "Not that egotistical. Joxer just brags a lot about his victories and sometimes takes the credit for doing things. He needs to learn how to mellow out some. But like you, he has the humor thing."
"Humor thing? Is that the technical term?"
Hercules smiled, "I don't think so."
Remembering the other part of Hercules's statement, he said, "So, he's a bragger? That's not cool."
"No, it isn't. And he wondered why he and Gabrielle never got together."
He showed a confused look, "Gabrielle? You mean Joxer was in love with her in real life? That wasn't just some relationship the writers were toying with?"
The demigod, "Nope. I have my hands involved with Hercules and Xena. I try to keep them historically accurate."
He grinned, "Any chance on Autolycus getting his own show?"
Hercules smiled, "We're thinking about it. It'll probably be called Autolycus: King of Thieves."
Xander asked, "In your show, Ioulas hangs around with you. In Xena, it was Gabrielle. Who would hang around with Autloycus? Salmoneus?"
He chuckled, "Autolycus and Salmoneus have worked together on occasion. We're thinking of using Alicia."
The boy showed a confused look, "Alicia?"
Hercules nodded, "Alicia was Autolycus's wife. He later married. The two of them were able to pull off some great thefts. Of course Ioulas and I stopped them every now and then. But I'm sure they pulled some away from us."
The brunette said, "Well, I wish you the best of luck. Have you thought what you'd do after Hercules wrapped?"
Just as the demigod was about to answer, a familiar set of golden sparkles flew around. "Good, you're here."
Hercules smiled, "Xander, meet Aphrodite. Aphrodite, meet Xander." He turned to his young friend who had a surprised look on his face.
"Ah, ah, ah..."
The demigod shoved him a little, "That's my sister, Xander."
"Ease off, Baby Bro. I am the goddess of love."
He nodded, "That doesn't make me feel better."
She interjected, "Hey!"
Xander said finally, "Sorry. So you're the goddess of love?"
The blond giggled, "Guilty, Sweetcheeks."
Xander said in annoyed voice, "I don't need you to call me that. Lorne already does."
"Well, where do you think he got it from, Xander? He's a demon that helps get people together sometimes. We were bound to meet at some point."
Hercules said, "So how's Joxer coming? Did you clear up the language problem?"
Xander showed a confused look, "Language problem?"
The demigod said, "I learned English over the years and gods know it easily. They know all languages. Joxer sill speaks Greek."
Aphrodite grinned, "It's taken care of, Hercules. I talked to Athena, she gave Joxer the ability to speak English too."
"Good." Was the actor's response. "Now that, that's taken care of, how's Joxer?"
"Ask him yourself, Hercules. He's over there."
The three of them walked to the destined area and spotted a man with a weird looking armor. And an obscure hat.
"Morning, Joxer." Hercules said to his friend.
Joxer looked at the three of them strangely, "Hercules? Aphrodite?"
"Hi there, Studmuffin. How you feeling?"
Taking his hand, he covered his chin and stretched out his mouth. "A little stiff." He turned to the new visitor. "Uh, Herc?"
He chuckled, "Right. Joxer, this is Xander. Xander's a new friend I made a couple days ago."
"So, you're Joxer? I kinda expected someone to be, well, stronger? You know, bigger."
Joxer said, "Hardy har har. Very funny." He glanced at Hercules and noticed the strange cloths he was wearing. "What year is it?"
Xander grinned, "1998."
His eyes widened, "1998? That's over...over..."
Hercules said, "5,000 years."
"Woah. That's a long time. Do you mind filling me in on what's happened, Herc?"
"Eventually. Right now, we got to find out why you woke up early."
"You got it, Joxy. You woke up early."
"Early from what?"
***
"...and that's why Aphrodite and I are so worried. He's early."
Xander nodded, "So if he's early, what do we do?"
Hercules replied, "We get him accustomed to the twentieth century."
The three of them looked at Joxer who was busy stretching his arms. "Let me get this straight, Hercules. I'm currently in the 20th century? What's the 20th century?"
Hercules said, "A century is one hundred years. The year now is 1998. This means, we are in the twentieth century."
Aphrodite smiled, "You got in one, Joxy. Wait to you see bathroom plumbing. It's going to knock your socks off."
He showed a confused look, "Plumbing?"
Xander grinned, "Forget about that, Joxer. Wait to you see television. Think of it as a small play in your home. But you get to change plays any time you want."
The confused man asked his friend, "Television, plumbing? Anything else I need to know?"
The demigod nodded, "A lot more, Joxer. Xander and I'll help you get used to this time period."
"I'll help Joxer too, Baby Bro."
Hercules chuckled, "I don't think so, Aphrodite. The last thing Joxer needs is for you to show him how to live."
She scowled, "Hercules? C'mon. Joxer and I are buds."
Joxer stared at her, "Friends? Friends don't let their child go crazy with his bows and arrows."
Aphrodite said in her defense, "That was Cupid, Joxer. It wasn't me. Cupid's son went crazy as you put it with his father's arrows."
Xander asked, "Bliss?"
The Grecian looked at him, "You know about Bliss? How does he know about my life? Did you tell him, Hercules?"
Hercules said, "Well, it's like this..."
***
"Vampire slayer?" Daniel asked his friend.
Sam nodded, "Like I said, Daniel. According to this book, there are girls who fight vampires for a living."
The archeologist said, "Well, there has been myths about young women warriors having to go against vampires. So I suppose these 'vampire slayers' as they are called might be relating to the ancient myths. What else does the book say?"
The blond went back to the book, and continued on reading. After coming to the bottom of the page, she said to her friend, "Apparently these girls have been fighting vampires for centuries. They all seem to die young. When one dies, another one is called." She placed the book down and looked at Daniel, "My question is though, if vampires have been around for centuries, how come we never seen any before this Caroline?"
He answered, "That's a good question." Thinking back to his college days, he remembered something. "Does it say anything about 'Boca Del Inferno'?"
She went to the book's index and looked for the words Daniel just mentioned. The captain found the desired page and went to it. Sam started reading, "Well, according to this, Boca Del Inferno or 'Mouths of Hell' are all around Earth. They draw demons to their locations."
Daniel said, "Maybe that's your answer, Sam. Colorado might not have one."
Thinking for a second, she said, "You think there's one in Los Angeles?"
"Either that, or one close by. That could be the reason why Caroline headed here. Maybe the power of this 'Mouth of Hell' called to her. She did come from the Stargate. We don't know how long she's been on that other planet."
"Anything new, Kids?"
Sam and Daniel looked up to see Jack with Teal'c.
"Actually, Jack, we found something interesting."
"What you find out?"
The captain said, "Well, Daniel and I found out that there are girls fighting vampires for a living called vampire slayers. Vampire slayers have been around for centuries, Sir."
"Wow." Jack said "Really makes you think, huh? Wonder if I ever met one of these slayers and never knew about that this girl was one."
Teal'c nodded, "It is possible, O'Neill. It seems that there is this whole other world that we never knew about."
Jack glanced at his friend, "One of these days Teal'c I'm going to get a real reaction out of you."
He raised his eyebrow, "Real reaction, O'Neill?"
"Sir?"
"What? Have you ever seen Teal'c smile?"
Daniel interrupted, "As much as I find this interesting, I suggest we try and locate one of these vampires slayer and get her to help us stop Caroline."
Jack asked, "And where do you suggest we find one of these vampire slayers?"
***
"So what's the deal with you and X?"
She showed a confused look, "Huh?"
Faith said, "Ever since you found Xander, you never seem to leave his side. Why is that?"
The blond said simply, "Xander's my best friend, Faith. He and I have the most history in our little gang here."
"Gang? We have a gang?"
She nodded, "Yeah, according to Xander. In Sunnydale, Xander and I are part of the 'Scooby Gang.' Xander decided to come up with another name for us."
The brunette nodded, "And what name is that?"
"Scrappy Gang."
Faith sat down, "Xander watches way too much TV."
Buffy sat down next to him on her couch. "I think it's kind of cute."
The two of them were in Buffy's apartment.
After Buffy got out of work, Faith met up with her. They haven't really spent that much time together. With her always hanging with her uncle and Xander.
Buffy was always with Xander.
She grinned, "You like Xander, don'tcha?"
She immediately shook her head, "No. Of course not. I love Xander. Don't get me wrong, but I don't feel that way about him. He's my best friend. That's it."
"Feel that way about him? Look at the evidence, B. You two never seem to be apart. He ran to LA to bring you home. I've seen you stealing glances at his ass."
She said sternly, "Xander and I are the closest friends people could have. In a platonic way. Nothing more."
Gunn nodded, "Uh huh. And I'm the Pillsbury Dough Boy. You like him."
She glared at her, "I do not like him like that way, Dough Boy. The only reason why I've been hanging around with Xander this much is because I've learned a lot about him these past few weeks. I reevaluated my life and realized that Xander is my best friend. He would go at any length to protect me, to save me. I confided in him, Faith. Xander and I have nothing between us, alright?"
The younger Slayer nodded, "Alright, alright, Buffy. Take it easy. Didn't mean to strike a nerve."
She said calmly, "Bottom line is this, Faith Williams. Xander and I are best friends. We love hanging around each other. That's it."
"I guess I can see that, Buff. Seeing someone die in front of you could do that. It would definitely bring people closer together if that person came back to life."
"Yeah, it would. He saw me die, and I saw him die. The two of us has been put through hell and we still hold onto our friendship. It's the only strong bond I have that's keeping me sane right now."
***
Bad Faith flipped through the book at an energetic pace. Her smile widening as she flipped further into the book.
Suddenly, she stopped.
With a growl, Bad Faith slammed the book shut. "Where the fuck is that warrior?"
***
"Herc?"
Hercules looked at his friend, "Yeah, Xander?"
He said simply, "Joxer's going to need a name?"
Joxer showed a confused look, "Another name? What's wrong with Joxer? I am Joxer the Mighty!"
"For one thing, Joxer. People don't go by names like that any more. Nobody I know adds 'the Mighty.'" Xander said to his new friend, "you are going to need a last name though."
"Last name?" The warrior turned to Hercules, "What's a last name?"
Hercules said, "Almost everyone now has three names. A first name, a middle name, and a last name. First names and last names are crucial to live in this word. You can go without a middle name though. Which is one reason why I go by Kevin Sorbo now."
"Kevin Sorbo?"
The television star said, "People today are not the same as ancient Greece. People are not ready to know the truth. Things could get hectic if I started calling myself Hercules now anyway. People might to try and put me in a mental hospital."
"Mental hospital? Herc, I have no idea what your talking about. Man from the past remember?"
Hercules chuckled, "Right." He turned to his half-sister and two friends; "we're going to need to give Joxer here more of an update. I'll tell you what. Since it's pretty much getting late, I got to stop by the studio before I go on patrol with you Xander. Why don't you two come along?"
Xander grinned, "I'm game."
"I'll meet you there, Baby Bro. I got to meet up with Hephy. Great to have you back, Joxer. Catch ya later, X-Babe." She then disappeared.
Xander showed a confused look, "X-Babe?"
The demigod said, "She has an unusual way of giving people nicknames. She called Ioulas, Curly."
The boy sighed, "Lorne calls me Sweetcheeks and now Aphrodite calls me X-Babe. Can I get any more bad names?"
Joxer said, "Two names? That's nothing. I've been called worse. At least now, nobody knows me. So, I get a fresh start."
Hercules nodded, "Yes, you do. If I was you, I'd seriously think about trying to make a good impression."
"I always make a good impression." He lost his footing and tripped.
"You should look into getting glasses too."
Joxer asked, "What are glasses?"
Xander sighed again, "We have a lot of work to do, Joxer. We'll talk in the car."
"Car?"
Xander shook his head, "Listen, Joxer. I know you're new to everything and that you need to learn. But in order to not to sound annoying, don't keep asking questions like that."
"How am I supposed to learn then?"
"You might want to put the coffee on tonight, Herc."
***
"I can't take it anymore!"
Ryan looked at his sire, "Take what?"
Callisto snarled, "I need to take out Kevin Sorbo. The sun is going down, I want to leave now."
Ryan looked at the clock and smiled, "I'll drive. Come on."
With that said, the two vampires left for the studio.
***
Hercules slipped on his seatbelt as he turned the key, "Welcome to California, Joxer."
Letting the engine roar to life, Hercules back out his car and drove off.
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"Drive already, Ryan."
Her childe nodded, "We're on our way, Callisto."
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"By the gods, Herc! This place is incredible!"
Xander clarified, "It's Kevin when we're out in public."
Joxer said, "Right. Kevin it is. See, I'm learning."
The demigod chuckled, "Yeah, you are. Just keep doing that."
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"We'll be there in ten minutes."
Callisto smiled, "Excellent. Tonight, Kevin Sorbo, you die." (I'll be the one to kill Hercules!)
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Hercules parked his car, and turned to Joxer, "This is where I work, Joxer. Watch where you step. I don't want to cause any trouble."
The warrior smiled, "Don't worry about it, Kevin. Nothing's going to happen."
Xander smirked, "Yeah, nothings going to happen."
"Everybody out." Hercules said as he closed his door.
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"Here's the studio, Callisto. We're here."
The blond smiled, "Excellent. C'mon, Ryan."
Ryan parked the car in the parking lot, and the two got out. They headed for the front gate.
***
Hercules closed the door to his closet in his dressing room holding a hanger with a shirt and a pair of jeans.
"What are those?" Joxer asked.
The actor said, "These are for you, Joxer. Try them on." He then handed them to his friend.
He grinned, "Thanks, Hercules."
Xander said, "Go into the bathroom and change. We'll be in here."
Hercules opened the door, and said, "Just change in there."
Joxer nodded, "Sure." He then walked into the bathroom. "When you come back, we'll head for Ash's."
"Good." Joxer said as he closed the door.
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"He's in here." Kirk said as he tried to breath.
Ryan smiled, "Thank you, Kirk." He glanced at his sire, "He's in there, Caroline."
Caroline grinned, "It all ends now."
Banks placed the hand on the door knob and twisted. There was some restraint from the lock, but Ryan's grip broke the knob off.
"Hi, Hercules." Callisto said with a mealovent grin.
Hercules twisted around and stared in recognition as the blonde woman charged through the doorway and pounced on him.
"Gabrielle?"
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TBC
Review Please. Thank you.
Rating: PG-13/R
Chapter Number: 6
Author: White Werewolf
Category: Buffy/Xander, Eric/Faith, Sam/Daniel (Maybe), Gabrielle/Joxer
Spoilers/Timeframe: All I know for sure it is after "Becoming Part 2."
Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the ideas and my computer.
Summery: After Buffy leaves Sunnydale, Xander decides to go looking for her. On the other side of the universe, Ninedinna wants the book she created...the Necronomicon Ex Mortis: the Book of the Dead.
Author Notes: This part is just a prologue to the Phoenix Risings Trilogy; which is in turn the starting fic to a huge series. This is the third part of the trilogy. It will be mainly focused on the Buffy/Xander relationship and it will be housing many crossovers.
Special Thanks: Danii, Tenhawk, Teri, Silent Bob Foley, and X-Lander
Crossovers Planned:
Buffy: the Vampire Slayer
Hercules: the Legendary Journeys
Evil Dead
Stargate SG-1
Xena: Warrior Princess
Boy Meets World
Cameo Crossovers will suddenly appear. Take a read, and see if you can spot one.
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***
Returning back to her apartment, she placed the book down on the desk.
Sitting down, she rested her hand on the cover of the book. The evil version of the brunette slayer could feel the rough texture of the human skin.
Bad Faith needed a distraction. She needed something to distract her enemies so she could do the spell she needed to do.
A distraction.
She began flipping through the pages, searching for something. Anything that could help her.
A evil grin appeared on her face as she found a spell for a lost warrior to come. The warrior would help take down her opponents leaving her free to control the hellmouth.
She looked down at the page. The spell seemed a little different from the rest of the pages, but Bad Faith could make out the words.
Taking a breath, she began to read, "Alpo mutzi rocco galootus capatous nizro blajox."
The apartment building started to shake, and could tell that the spell was working. With a grin, Bad Faith said, "You're time is up."
***
"Hi, Baby Bro."
Hercules sat up from his couch in his trailer, as a bundle of golden sparkles appeared out of nowhere.
He placed down his script for the latest episode when he saw a blond figure walked toward him. "What do you want, Aphrodite?"
The Love Goddess sat next to him, "Can't a girl see her brother?"
"True. But whenever you show up, you want something. What is it this time? And it better not be for me to introduce you to Joey."
She shrugged, "As if. Hephy keeps me busy."
"The other day you told me that you thought he was cute."
The blond smiled, "I have two eyes after all, Hercules. I love Hephy. That's not why I'm here."
"Why are you here?"
She said simply, "Joxer's waking up."
His memories flashed back to that fateful day so many centuries ago. "Are you sure?"
She nodded, "Yeah, I was looking at him an hour ago. He's coming out of his suspended animation."
He showed a confused look, "But why? We never woke him up."
"Don't look at me, Hercules. He was waking up. We better see why he is."
Hercules nodded, "Meet me back at my place. I got to get someone to help us."
Aphrodite showed a confused look, "Who are you going to get?"
The demigod smiled, "Just meet me underneath my house. I'll be right there."
***
"Shop smart. Shop S-Mart."
"So I guess they really do make you say that."
Xander sighed, "You have no idea on how stupid I feel when I say that."
"It comes with the job, Xander. Having a job is nothing to laugh at."
With an annoyed voice, Xander asked, "What do you want, Gunn?"
Gunn smiled, "Right to the point, I like that. Anyway, I'm worried about Buff."
"What's wrong with her?"
He asked, "When you on break?"
Xander looked down at the clock behind him. Noticing the time, he returned back to his new friend, ""Right now actually. Let me just clock out."
After clocking out, he said, "Take over, RF. I'll be back in one hour. Taking my lunch break."
"Not a problem, Xander. See you later." Said the apartment building owner.
"You have lunch, Gunn?"
"Xander?"
Gunn and Xander turned around to spot Kevin coming.
"Hi, Kevin." Xander greeted. "You remember Gunn, right?"
The demigod nodded, "Yeah, we met yesterday. Anyway, I need you to come with me. It's important."
Glancing back at Gunn, he asked, "Can I take a rain check?"
Gunn said, "Sure, I guess. I'll come by your apartment tonight. Alright?"
"Sure thing." Xander said as he walked over to his Greek friend. "What's the problem, Kevin?"
"Come with me, Xander. It involves an old friend."
***
The two friends jumped into Hercules' car.
"What's the what, Herc?"
He smiled, "We have to back to my place. An old friend has finally woken up. I need your help."
The boy nodded, "Why me?"
"Because this friend is from ancient Greece. He needs to know what year this is. Seeing me will make him think that it's still Greece. I need someone who's from this time period, and that's you."
He showed a confusing look, "Which friend?"
"Joxer."
"Joxer? As in the character from Xena. The one played by Bobby Wheeler."
"The one in the same. Aphrodite is waiting for us at my place. We have to get there before he fully awakes."
***
"Anything, Carter?"
Sam and Daniel looked at Jack coming in from through the door. "Not yet, Sir."
Jack looked at the two friends as they had a bunch of books on the table. "You guys have been at this for hours. How hard is to find information on vampires?"
Daniel said, "Well, you could always contrbute to make the search go faster."
He shook his head, "No, that's okay. You do your thing, and I'll do my thing. You're much better at it then I am."
He looked down at his watch and said, "I'm going back to Teal'c. See if he needs anything."
Daniel nodded, "We'll let you know when we're done."
With that said, Jack left the room.
"Daniel?"
He glanced at her, "Yeah, Sam?"
"According to this book, there are girls who fight vampires for a living. Have you ever heard of a vampire slayer?"
***
Hercules and Xander walked out of the elevator as they walked down a long hallway.
The demigod turned to his new close friend and said, "Joxer's going to need some training. He's been way out of the loop."
He smirked, "We all need training. Buff told me she'd train me too."
The son of Zeus smiled, "I wouldn't be surprised if she did. You two are always together."
Xander shrugged, "She told me something that was hard to talk about. She confided in me, Herc. Not a lot of people do that."
"Well, like Buffy, I confided in you. You were the first person I told my identity to in a long time."
"And I appreciate that. So, is Joxer like the Joxer from Xena?"
He grinned, "More or less. Like I said, he needs to train, and he's a bit egotistical."
"He's egotistical? Just how egotistical? Because I've dated Cordelia, and she's really egotistical."
He chuckled, "Not that egotistical. Joxer just brags a lot about his victories and sometimes takes the credit for doing things. He needs to learn how to mellow out some. But like you, he has the humor thing."
"Humor thing? Is that the technical term?"
Hercules smiled, "I don't think so."
Remembering the other part of Hercules's statement, he said, "So, he's a bragger? That's not cool."
"No, it isn't. And he wondered why he and Gabrielle never got together."
He showed a confused look, "Gabrielle? You mean Joxer was in love with her in real life? That wasn't just some relationship the writers were toying with?"
The demigod, "Nope. I have my hands involved with Hercules and Xena. I try to keep them historically accurate."
He grinned, "Any chance on Autolycus getting his own show?"
Hercules smiled, "We're thinking about it. It'll probably be called Autolycus: King of Thieves."
Xander asked, "In your show, Ioulas hangs around with you. In Xena, it was Gabrielle. Who would hang around with Autloycus? Salmoneus?"
He chuckled, "Autolycus and Salmoneus have worked together on occasion. We're thinking of using Alicia."
The boy showed a confused look, "Alicia?"
Hercules nodded, "Alicia was Autolycus's wife. He later married. The two of them were able to pull off some great thefts. Of course Ioulas and I stopped them every now and then. But I'm sure they pulled some away from us."
The brunette said, "Well, I wish you the best of luck. Have you thought what you'd do after Hercules wrapped?"
Just as the demigod was about to answer, a familiar set of golden sparkles flew around. "Good, you're here."
Hercules smiled, "Xander, meet Aphrodite. Aphrodite, meet Xander." He turned to his young friend who had a surprised look on his face.
"Ah, ah, ah..."
The demigod shoved him a little, "That's my sister, Xander."
"Ease off, Baby Bro. I am the goddess of love."
He nodded, "That doesn't make me feel better."
She interjected, "Hey!"
Xander said finally, "Sorry. So you're the goddess of love?"
The blond giggled, "Guilty, Sweetcheeks."
Xander said in annoyed voice, "I don't need you to call me that. Lorne already does."
"Well, where do you think he got it from, Xander? He's a demon that helps get people together sometimes. We were bound to meet at some point."
Hercules said, "So how's Joxer coming? Did you clear up the language problem?"
Xander showed a confused look, "Language problem?"
The demigod said, "I learned English over the years and gods know it easily. They know all languages. Joxer sill speaks Greek."
Aphrodite grinned, "It's taken care of, Hercules. I talked to Athena, she gave Joxer the ability to speak English too."
"Good." Was the actor's response. "Now that, that's taken care of, how's Joxer?"
"Ask him yourself, Hercules. He's over there."
The three of them walked to the destined area and spotted a man with a weird looking armor. And an obscure hat.
"Morning, Joxer." Hercules said to his friend.
Joxer looked at the three of them strangely, "Hercules? Aphrodite?"
"Hi there, Studmuffin. How you feeling?"
Taking his hand, he covered his chin and stretched out his mouth. "A little stiff." He turned to the new visitor. "Uh, Herc?"
He chuckled, "Right. Joxer, this is Xander. Xander's a new friend I made a couple days ago."
"So, you're Joxer? I kinda expected someone to be, well, stronger? You know, bigger."
Joxer said, "Hardy har har. Very funny." He glanced at Hercules and noticed the strange cloths he was wearing. "What year is it?"
Xander grinned, "1998."
His eyes widened, "1998? That's over...over..."
Hercules said, "5,000 years."
"Woah. That's a long time. Do you mind filling me in on what's happened, Herc?"
"Eventually. Right now, we got to find out why you woke up early."
"You got it, Joxy. You woke up early."
"Early from what?"
***
"...and that's why Aphrodite and I are so worried. He's early."
Xander nodded, "So if he's early, what do we do?"
Hercules replied, "We get him accustomed to the twentieth century."
The three of them looked at Joxer who was busy stretching his arms. "Let me get this straight, Hercules. I'm currently in the 20th century? What's the 20th century?"
Hercules said, "A century is one hundred years. The year now is 1998. This means, we are in the twentieth century."
Aphrodite smiled, "You got in one, Joxy. Wait to you see bathroom plumbing. It's going to knock your socks off."
He showed a confused look, "Plumbing?"
Xander grinned, "Forget about that, Joxer. Wait to you see television. Think of it as a small play in your home. But you get to change plays any time you want."
The confused man asked his friend, "Television, plumbing? Anything else I need to know?"
The demigod nodded, "A lot more, Joxer. Xander and I'll help you get used to this time period."
"I'll help Joxer too, Baby Bro."
Hercules chuckled, "I don't think so, Aphrodite. The last thing Joxer needs is for you to show him how to live."
She scowled, "Hercules? C'mon. Joxer and I are buds."
Joxer stared at her, "Friends? Friends don't let their child go crazy with his bows and arrows."
Aphrodite said in her defense, "That was Cupid, Joxer. It wasn't me. Cupid's son went crazy as you put it with his father's arrows."
Xander asked, "Bliss?"
The Grecian looked at him, "You know about Bliss? How does he know about my life? Did you tell him, Hercules?"
Hercules said, "Well, it's like this..."
***
"Vampire slayer?" Daniel asked his friend.
Sam nodded, "Like I said, Daniel. According to this book, there are girls who fight vampires for a living."
The archeologist said, "Well, there has been myths about young women warriors having to go against vampires. So I suppose these 'vampire slayers' as they are called might be relating to the ancient myths. What else does the book say?"
The blond went back to the book, and continued on reading. After coming to the bottom of the page, she said to her friend, "Apparently these girls have been fighting vampires for centuries. They all seem to die young. When one dies, another one is called." She placed the book down and looked at Daniel, "My question is though, if vampires have been around for centuries, how come we never seen any before this Caroline?"
He answered, "That's a good question." Thinking back to his college days, he remembered something. "Does it say anything about 'Boca Del Inferno'?"
She went to the book's index and looked for the words Daniel just mentioned. The captain found the desired page and went to it. Sam started reading, "Well, according to this, Boca Del Inferno or 'Mouths of Hell' are all around Earth. They draw demons to their locations."
Daniel said, "Maybe that's your answer, Sam. Colorado might not have one."
Thinking for a second, she said, "You think there's one in Los Angeles?"
"Either that, or one close by. That could be the reason why Caroline headed here. Maybe the power of this 'Mouth of Hell' called to her. She did come from the Stargate. We don't know how long she's been on that other planet."
"Anything new, Kids?"
Sam and Daniel looked up to see Jack with Teal'c.
"Actually, Jack, we found something interesting."
"What you find out?"
The captain said, "Well, Daniel and I found out that there are girls fighting vampires for a living called vampire slayers. Vampire slayers have been around for centuries, Sir."
"Wow." Jack said "Really makes you think, huh? Wonder if I ever met one of these slayers and never knew about that this girl was one."
Teal'c nodded, "It is possible, O'Neill. It seems that there is this whole other world that we never knew about."
Jack glanced at his friend, "One of these days Teal'c I'm going to get a real reaction out of you."
He raised his eyebrow, "Real reaction, O'Neill?"
"Sir?"
"What? Have you ever seen Teal'c smile?"
Daniel interrupted, "As much as I find this interesting, I suggest we try and locate one of these vampires slayer and get her to help us stop Caroline."
Jack asked, "And where do you suggest we find one of these vampire slayers?"
***
"So what's the deal with you and X?"
She showed a confused look, "Huh?"
Faith said, "Ever since you found Xander, you never seem to leave his side. Why is that?"
The blond said simply, "Xander's my best friend, Faith. He and I have the most history in our little gang here."
"Gang? We have a gang?"
She nodded, "Yeah, according to Xander. In Sunnydale, Xander and I are part of the 'Scooby Gang.' Xander decided to come up with another name for us."
The brunette nodded, "And what name is that?"
"Scrappy Gang."
Faith sat down, "Xander watches way too much TV."
Buffy sat down next to him on her couch. "I think it's kind of cute."
The two of them were in Buffy's apartment.
After Buffy got out of work, Faith met up with her. They haven't really spent that much time together. With her always hanging with her uncle and Xander.
Buffy was always with Xander.
She grinned, "You like Xander, don'tcha?"
She immediately shook her head, "No. Of course not. I love Xander. Don't get me wrong, but I don't feel that way about him. He's my best friend. That's it."
"Feel that way about him? Look at the evidence, B. You two never seem to be apart. He ran to LA to bring you home. I've seen you stealing glances at his ass."
She said sternly, "Xander and I are the closest friends people could have. In a platonic way. Nothing more."
Gunn nodded, "Uh huh. And I'm the Pillsbury Dough Boy. You like him."
She glared at her, "I do not like him like that way, Dough Boy. The only reason why I've been hanging around with Xander this much is because I've learned a lot about him these past few weeks. I reevaluated my life and realized that Xander is my best friend. He would go at any length to protect me, to save me. I confided in him, Faith. Xander and I have nothing between us, alright?"
The younger Slayer nodded, "Alright, alright, Buffy. Take it easy. Didn't mean to strike a nerve."
She said calmly, "Bottom line is this, Faith Williams. Xander and I are best friends. We love hanging around each other. That's it."
"I guess I can see that, Buff. Seeing someone die in front of you could do that. It would definitely bring people closer together if that person came back to life."
"Yeah, it would. He saw me die, and I saw him die. The two of us has been put through hell and we still hold onto our friendship. It's the only strong bond I have that's keeping me sane right now."
***
Bad Faith flipped through the book at an energetic pace. Her smile widening as she flipped further into the book.
Suddenly, she stopped.
With a growl, Bad Faith slammed the book shut. "Where the fuck is that warrior?"
***
"Herc?"
Hercules looked at his friend, "Yeah, Xander?"
He said simply, "Joxer's going to need a name?"
Joxer showed a confused look, "Another name? What's wrong with Joxer? I am Joxer the Mighty!"
"For one thing, Joxer. People don't go by names like that any more. Nobody I know adds 'the Mighty.'" Xander said to his new friend, "you are going to need a last name though."
"Last name?" The warrior turned to Hercules, "What's a last name?"
Hercules said, "Almost everyone now has three names. A first name, a middle name, and a last name. First names and last names are crucial to live in this word. You can go without a middle name though. Which is one reason why I go by Kevin Sorbo now."
"Kevin Sorbo?"
The television star said, "People today are not the same as ancient Greece. People are not ready to know the truth. Things could get hectic if I started calling myself Hercules now anyway. People might to try and put me in a mental hospital."
"Mental hospital? Herc, I have no idea what your talking about. Man from the past remember?"
Hercules chuckled, "Right." He turned to his half-sister and two friends; "we're going to need to give Joxer here more of an update. I'll tell you what. Since it's pretty much getting late, I got to stop by the studio before I go on patrol with you Xander. Why don't you two come along?"
Xander grinned, "I'm game."
"I'll meet you there, Baby Bro. I got to meet up with Hephy. Great to have you back, Joxer. Catch ya later, X-Babe." She then disappeared.
Xander showed a confused look, "X-Babe?"
The demigod said, "She has an unusual way of giving people nicknames. She called Ioulas, Curly."
The boy sighed, "Lorne calls me Sweetcheeks and now Aphrodite calls me X-Babe. Can I get any more bad names?"
Joxer said, "Two names? That's nothing. I've been called worse. At least now, nobody knows me. So, I get a fresh start."
Hercules nodded, "Yes, you do. If I was you, I'd seriously think about trying to make a good impression."
"I always make a good impression." He lost his footing and tripped.
"You should look into getting glasses too."
Joxer asked, "What are glasses?"
Xander sighed again, "We have a lot of work to do, Joxer. We'll talk in the car."
"Car?"
Xander shook his head, "Listen, Joxer. I know you're new to everything and that you need to learn. But in order to not to sound annoying, don't keep asking questions like that."
"How am I supposed to learn then?"
"You might want to put the coffee on tonight, Herc."
***
"I can't take it anymore!"
Ryan looked at his sire, "Take what?"
Callisto snarled, "I need to take out Kevin Sorbo. The sun is going down, I want to leave now."
Ryan looked at the clock and smiled, "I'll drive. Come on."
With that said, the two vampires left for the studio.
***
Hercules slipped on his seatbelt as he turned the key, "Welcome to California, Joxer."
Letting the engine roar to life, Hercules back out his car and drove off.
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"Drive already, Ryan."
Her childe nodded, "We're on our way, Callisto."
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"By the gods, Herc! This place is incredible!"
Xander clarified, "It's Kevin when we're out in public."
Joxer said, "Right. Kevin it is. See, I'm learning."
The demigod chuckled, "Yeah, you are. Just keep doing that."
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"We'll be there in ten minutes."
Callisto smiled, "Excellent. Tonight, Kevin Sorbo, you die." (I'll be the one to kill Hercules!)
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Hercules parked his car, and turned to Joxer, "This is where I work, Joxer. Watch where you step. I don't want to cause any trouble."
The warrior smiled, "Don't worry about it, Kevin. Nothing's going to happen."
Xander smirked, "Yeah, nothings going to happen."
"Everybody out." Hercules said as he closed his door.
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"Here's the studio, Callisto. We're here."
The blond smiled, "Excellent. C'mon, Ryan."
Ryan parked the car in the parking lot, and the two got out. They headed for the front gate.
***
Hercules closed the door to his closet in his dressing room holding a hanger with a shirt and a pair of jeans.
"What are those?" Joxer asked.
The actor said, "These are for you, Joxer. Try them on." He then handed them to his friend.
He grinned, "Thanks, Hercules."
Xander said, "Go into the bathroom and change. We'll be in here."
Hercules opened the door, and said, "Just change in there."
Joxer nodded, "Sure." He then walked into the bathroom. "When you come back, we'll head for Ash's."
"Good." Joxer said as he closed the door.
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"He's in here." Kirk said as he tried to breath.
Ryan smiled, "Thank you, Kirk." He glanced at his sire, "He's in there, Caroline."
Caroline grinned, "It all ends now."
Banks placed the hand on the door knob and twisted. There was some restraint from the lock, but Ryan's grip broke the knob off.
"Hi, Hercules." Callisto said with a mealovent grin.
Hercules twisted around and stared in recognition as the blonde woman charged through the doorway and pounced on him.
"Gabrielle?"
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