California Trippin'
Disclaimer-I don't own Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Dark Angel, only the parts that I make up in this story.
Summary-This is a crossover with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Max, Alec, Jondy, and Krit leave Seattle in need of a vacation. Everything has blown over with the transgenics and familiars. The virus between Max and Logan is cured but they aren't together. The transgenics are free to roam around without the hate groups and so they decide to go to California, where Buffy and the gang are dealing with the First.
Pairings-I finally figured out what the pairings are...Max/Spike, Jondy/Krit, and Faith/Alec. Buffy has yet to be paired off...
Chapter Seven-Battle Gone Wrong
Xander was pacing back and forth in the living room, holding a spiked baseball bat, talking to the potentials.
"Now remember," he began. "We're going for killing blows only, people." He handed the bat to Rona. "So chest and throat if it's a vampire. Stomach, chest, face if it's a Bringer."
"And if it's something else?" Rona questioned.
"Could happen...run into something other-worldly...here's a tip: don't go for the flashy tentacles just because they're waving 'em around. Go for the center-brains, heart, eyes. Everything's got eyes."
"Except the Bringers," Max reminded him.
"Except the Bringers," he mended.
"I don't want there to be tentacles, I'm not good with squishy..." Molly whined.
"I don't care if it's Godzilla...I wanna get in this thing," Kennedy grinned as she held up a huge broad sword.
"Godzilla's mostly Tokyo-based so he's probably a no-show," Andrew pointed out. Kennedy rolled her eyes.
"Figure of speech," she retorted. Andrew narrowed his eyes at her but didn't say anything.
"These ubervamp things...they're supposed to be super tough right?" Jondy asked.
"Incredibly tough actually," Anya answered. "They're these creepy little monsters that use their claws to shred flesh. And the last time Buffy faced one, she staked it and it didn't die."
"An, I don't think now's the time for the 'be very afraid' speech," Xander gave her a pointed look.
"I'm just reminding them to be prepared in case we come across one," Anya replied. Xander gave her another look. "Fine. But don't come crying to me when all the potentials are maimed and killed."
"Anya!"
"Okay, okay."
"When are Buffy and Faith supposed to be back?" Vi asked. Xander shrugged.
"Right about now, I suppose," Max answered. The others looked at her as Buffy and Faith entered the room. "You people are a little slow on the whole 'I have enhanced hearing' thing aren't you?"
"I wish I had that gift," Faith commented as she walked over to Max. "Instead I just tingly feelings whenever a vamp's around. And not the good kind." They smirked and bumped fists.
"Nice to see you two bonded," Buffy said dryly. They both grinned.
"So what's the what?" Krit asked.
"Where's this preacher guy hiding out?" Alec questioned.
"In the woods," Buffy answered. A confused expression appeared on Alec's face.
"I thought that was the pope..." he said. Everyone stared at him. "Guess that's the joke answer..."
"You're such a dumbass," Max replied. Alec opened his mouth to retort but Jondy interrupted him.
"Before you start with your bantering again, the rest of us would be like to know where this Caleb guy is."
"Buffy already told us. In the woods," Alec replied.
"Yes but not where in the woods you nitwit," Spike retorted. Alec rolled his eyes.
"Fine, where in the woods might this wonderful deathtrap be?" The potentials exchanged worried glances.
"A vineyard. That's where Caleb is," Buffy answered.
"Lovely. Will the calvary be headin' out now?" Spike asked, twirling an axe in his right hand. Buffy took a deep breath and nodded.
Woods (Outside the Vineyard)...
"My team will go in first," Buffy explained to Max, Alec, Spike, Faith, Xander, Kennedy, Rona, Molly, Chao-Ahn, Amanda, and Jessie.
"Right...and what team is that again?" Jessie asked nervously. Buffy glanced at her.
"That'd be me, Spike, and you potentials," she answered. "As I said, my team goes in first and checks the place out. You guys are our safety nets." She looked at Max, Alec, Faith, and Xander. They nodded. "If this is a trap, we send you the signal, you come in guns-a-blazing."
"We really have to use guns?" Max asked, disgusted. Buffy smiled slightly.
"It's just a figure of speech." Max sighed in relief. Spike cocked his head to the side and studied her.
Since when does a soldier get the wigginsfrom guns? He thought.
"What's the signal?" Xander asked.
"I'm thinking lots and lots of yelling," Buffy replied.
"Right."
"Shall we?" she turned to her team and motioned for them to follow her inside.
"What is this place?" Molly asked as they walked down the steps, entering the wine cellar.
"An evil vineyard, right?" Kennedy joked, some nervousness seeping into her voice.
"Like Falcon Crest," Spike replied, glancing around the room.
"Stay alert guys. Bringers are here somewhere..." Buffy instructed as she looked into the shadows.
"Guess they wanna hide..." Jessie began. Several Bringers came out of the shadows. "Or not..."
Buffy swiftly stabbed one in the stomach as they all charged. The fight was beginning to go to Buffy and the others' favor when the Bringers suddenly stopped fighting and backed away. A tall man wearing all black except for a white collar steppedout ofthe shadows.
"Well, you girls are just burnin' with righteousness aren't you?" he spoke with a southern accent. "Think you're blazin' like suns, when really, you're burning like matchsticks in the face of darkness. Hope my boys haven't worn you out too much. I need you fit for when I purify you."
"I take it you're Caleb," Buffy stated. He smirked. "I heard you got something of mine."
He laughed harshly. "Well, I do now. Liked my message did ya? I ruined a perfectly good knife on that girl. Got her soiled blood all over the place. May have to get a new truck." Buffy and the others looked taken aback as well as disgusted. "So, you're the slayer. The strongest, the fastest, the most aflame with that most precious invention of mankind-the notion of goodness. The slayer must indeed be powerful." With one punch, he sent Buffy flying across the room. The others watched in horror as she collapsed in unconsciousness. "What else ya got?"
Spike vamped out and attacked Caleb. He got in one decent right hook before Caleb knocked him down with ease. He tried to stand again but was head-butted and then thrown across the room into a huge wine storage tank. It burst and wine poured out, washing Spike across the floor. The potentials readied themselves and charged. The Bringers came back out of the shadows.
Kennedy charged for Caleb but engaged a Bringer instead. Caleb walked over and punched her, knocking her into a stack of wine barrels.
"Kennedy!" Rona cried out. Caleb stalked over to her.
"Miss, I do believe you have your own problems to be worrying about," he said. Rona swung the spiked baseball bat at him but he caught it, forcing her to drop it. He still held on to her arm and broke it with ease. She screamed in pain and didn't notice a Bringer preparing to plunge his knife into her back. She whipped around just in time to see an arrow pierce the Bringer's skull. She turned back around and saw Xander holding a bow. Max, Alec, and Faith stood beside him.
"Oh good, there's more of you," Caleb said cheerily.
"Arrogant bastard," Max growled as she charged him.
"Hey, now that's not..." Caleb began before Max blurred in front of him and backhanded him hard across the face. He stared at her in surprise for a moment as blood trickled down the side of his mouth before he smiled sadistically. "You're a wild one aren't ya? I'll take great pleasure in taming you."
"Gee, sorry to disappoint..." Max began but Caleb cut her off with a swift punch. "Hey, that was rude." Punch. "I." Kick. "Was." Block, roundhouse kick. "Talking!" Caleb smirked and grabbed both her arms.
"Women never do say anything interesting," he hissed before throwing her across the room.
Alec and Faith were both fighting Bringers. They easily killed or knocked out the ones they fought. Xander noticed Buffy's unconscious form.
"Buffy!" he cried out as he rushed to her side.
Faith stabbed the Bringer she was fighting in the stomach and stalked over to Caleb.
"Well, you're the other one aren't you?" he asked as he looked her up and down. Faith threw one of her knives at Caleb. He dodged it. She charged at him with her other one. He grabbed her arm, twisted it, and crossed it with her arm in such a way that she couldn't move. He squeezed her hand until she dropped the knife. She grunted and kneed him in the stomach. Now able to escape his grasp, she backhanded him across the face. Caleb grabbed her arm again and twisted it behind her back until she fell to her knees. He slapped her and then kicked her across the room. He smirked and then turned to face Jessie who was visibly shaking as she held up a sword, readying to fight him. She swung it at him but he took it away. With his other hand, he grabbed her by the throat.
"No!" Molly screamed as she saw what Caleb was about to do. He snapped Jessie's neck.
"Yes," he replied as he stalked over to Molly.
Across the room, Buffy weakly tried to sit up. "Xander...You have to get them out of here. Retreat. Do it now." He nodded and left her side. Buffy turned her attention to Molly and Caleb. Noticing that Molly was backing away in fear, she stood up quickly and tried to get to her, but was intercepted by a Bringer.
Caleb grasped Molly's neck. "What can I say?" he began, smirking. "I work in mysterious ways." He stabbed her violently in the stomach and dropped her to the ground. "Also some pretty straightforward ones."
Enraged, Buffy finally charged at Caleb. Avoiding most of his blows and landing a few of her own. One punch sent Caleb flying across the room. Alec hurried over to her.
"We're all leaving," he said as he pulled her away from the fight.
Xander went over to Kennedy's side.
"Are you okay?" he asked. She nodded. "Let's go then. Come on." He helped her stand up while the others helped the rest of the potentials. He waved for them to hurry. "Let's go! Come on!" Caleb grabbed him and spun him around so they were face to face.
"You're the one who sees everything, aren't you?" he reared his hand back in front of Xander's face. Max whipped around from the bottom of the stairs."Well, let's see what we can do about that." Caleb was about to plunge his thumb into Xander's eye when Max blurred over and tackled him. Alec and Buffy rushed to Xander's side.
"Are you alright?" Buffy asked. Xander nodded numbly and they hurried to the stairs.
Max and Caleb engaged in another fight. She landed a right hook to his jaw, followed by a left, and then a swift kick to his stomach. He retaliated by slapping her across the face. A loud crack rang out.
Spike ran back down the stairs when he realized Max hadn't followed them. Faith noticed as well and hurried after him.
"Max!" she cried out when they saw Caleb had her in the same position that Faith had been in. One arm twisted painfully behind her back, causing her to fall to her knees. Caleb smirked, one hand on her head, about to snap her neck.
"No!" Spike screamed as he and Faith ran over. They didn't have to worry though. They soon realized this when a feral gleam appeared in Max's eyes. She let out a loud growl of rage and elbowed Caleb in the stomach with her free arm. He let go of her other arm and she flipped back up, kicking him in the jaw with both her feet in the process. He staggered backward and both Faith and Spike grabbed Max, trying to drag her away from the fight. She got in one more dropkick to Caleb, though, which sent him crashing into a stack of wine barrels, before she allowed them to take her away.
"This isn't over you freak-of-nature woman-hating jerk!" she screamed as they hurried up the stairs. Caleb sat up but didn't pursue them. He smiled as he watched them leave.
"Got that right, girlie," he replied.
Hospital...
Buffy walked past the beds that the injured potentials were in. None of them looked back at her. Until she reached Rona's bed. She glared at Buffy.
"You know this is your fault, right?" she said. Buffy swallowed. Her eyes got wide, like they always do when she's sad about something. But she didn't say anything.
She's right, of course, she thought. How could I have led them into such an obvious trap? Xander almost lost an eye because of me...if it weren't for Max, he would have. And Molly and Jessie are gone...what have I done?
A/N-I know this chapter is considerably shorter than my other ones but I didn't want to start up the next part yet, which will definitely be longer...Review please! ;o)
Angel Of Darkness231-I hope this is just as good ;o)
LadyV77-Most of it was pretty much the same...except I didn't want Xander to lose his eye. I couldn't do that to him ;o)
Doza-I love to write, so I update as much as I can. The other people might just get too busy to finish their stories or they just lose their muse...
Sky Angel-The next chapter is going to be a few days after this battle happened, so there'll be refrences to their talk but I'm not sure if I'll have an actual word-by-word of what they said...guess we'll have to wait and see ;o)
cora-I liked that part too. Something must be wrong with my computer or email because the site name didn't show up...