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 Eleven-Proof
"You sure there won't be any Bringers?" Jondy asked again. Buffy smiled slightly as they continued walking.
"Like I said before, we're going on hope here," she answered. Jondy nodded.
"Okay. I just prefer that when we're going to steal stuff, there isn't too much of a hassle," she said.
"And here I thought you were looking forward to hacking up some blind minions," Krit joked. Jondy grinned.
"I'm not saying I'll be disappointed if there are some..." she replied.
"And for the record, we're not really 'stealing' anything. Caleb said he had something of mine. So it's really just taking back what's rightfully ours," Buffy explained. Faith smirked.
"Sure you'll be wanting to share that with a bunch of little brats that tried to pull the ol' mutiny card on you?" Faith questioned. "As well as an ex-convict?" Buffy stopped walking and turned to face her.
"Faith..." she began, as if searching for the right words. Faith watched her warily. Buffy sighed. "My friends apologized to me and are fully backing me up on this plan. I don't know about the little 'brats' but it's not really up to them right now. We are the actual slayers. Which gives us the burden of deciding how and when we'll be going into battle." Faith smiled genuinely, a sight few saw.
"There's only supposed to be one slayer," Faith said. "We're not supposed to exist together. That's probably why we can never really get along." Buffy smiled.
"Well, I'm all for defying that theory," she replied. "That is, if you're up for it." She gave Faith a challenging look. Faith held up her hands in mock-surrender and grinned.
"Don't worry about me, B. If you're serious about it, I'll do my best," she agreed. They shook hands as if confirming a bet.
"20 bucks says they forget this agreement by tomorrow," Alec joked. Faith and Buffy rolled their eyes.
"50 bucks says you can kiss my ass," Faith retorted. Alec smirked and opened his mouth to reply but Max interrupted him.
"Don't waste your money, Faith," she said. "Alec would gladly do it for free." Alec shot her a glare, which she purposefully ignored. "Oh, don't go denying it." Faith smirked as Alec rolled his eyes.
"Ready to fight a preacher?" she changed the subject. The others nodded as they found themselves outside the dreaded vineyard.
"Jondy, Krit, keep a lookout and kill anything inhuman that comes out...unless it's us," Buffy added smiling. They nodded in consent and stood guard. Both of them had a sword, which they held tightly and switched into soldier-mode. Buffy turned to the others. "Ready?" They nodded. "Here we go..." They followed her inside.
"So far so good," Faith commented as the room they entered seemed empty. Max and Alec dropped into their fighting stances.
"Not quite," they replied as they caught sight of a few Bringers lurking in the shadows. Buffy and Faith got ready as well, but couldn't see what Max and Alec saw.
"What do you..." Buffy began but stopped when the Bringers rushed at them.
Faith blocked a Bringer's punch and landed one of her own to his chest. She followed with a kick to the back of his leg, causing him to fall forward. She elbowed his face and punched his stomach. He fell backward and Faith landed a roundhouse kick to his head, knocking him out. She then picked up his fallen dagger and slit his throat.
Buffy was fighting another Bringer. He lashed out at her with a dagger, catching the sleeve of her shirt. She held it protectively and glared at him. She blocked his next attack, grabbing his arm. She twisted it painfully until he dropped the dagger. She landed a swift kick to his chest, knocking him backward. She pulled him back and stabbed him in the stomach, then let him fall to the ground. She looked over at Max and Alec, before another one tackled her.
Max backhanded a Bringer across the face and then pummeled his stomach. She drop-kicked him in the face, breaking his nose. She twirled around and blocked his attempt to stab her. She stole the dagger and spun around, slitting his throat in the process.
Alec dropped to the ground and swiftly kicked a Bringer's ankle, causing him to fall. As Alec stood up, so did he. He lashed out at Alec with his dagger. Alec blocked it and elbowed him in the stomach. He then kneed the Bringer and elbowed him in the back, causing him to fall to the ground. The Bringer flipped back onto his feet and lashed out at Alec once again with his knife. Alec grabbed his arm and twisted it until he dropped his weapon. His other hand went to the Bringer's throat. He threw him into the wall. Alec picked up the knife and examined it as the Bringer slid down the wall. Alec twirled the knife in his hand before throwing it at him, stabbing him square in the heart.
Faith, Max, and Alec turned towards Buffy as she continued fighting with the last Bringer. She spun around and kicked him in the chest, knocking him into the wall. As he began to get up, Buffyquickly grabbed his arm and twisted it painfully behind his back. She forced him to walk to the stairs down to the wine cellar. Then she twirled his arm so he was facing her again and she spun around and kicked him hard in the chest. He flew down the stairs, tumbling on the last few steps and landed unconscious on the floor.
Buffy and the others walked down a few of the steps and saw Caleb, who had whipped around at the sound of the Bringer falling down the stairs. He smirked.
"Well hello again, little lady," he greeted. Buffy stood with her hands on her hips.
"Hey. Heard you got something of ours," she replied. She, Faith, Alec, and Max trotted quickly down the steps to be on the same level as Caleb.
"Where's it at? You know we're gonna find it sooner or later," Faith said as she and the others looked around.
"No you're not," Caleb replied, still smirking. "I lay a hand on any of you and you're just three dead little girls and one sad boy."
"Lay a hand on us then...if you can," Max retorted, arms wide.
Caleb swung out at Buffy. She ducked quickly and adeptly without losing balance. He swung at her again, but Buffy jumped in the air and did a forward somersault over him. He turned around and tried again but she rolled across the floor, out of his reach. He then turned to Faith, who landed a punch to his face. He smirked and grabbed her arm, twisting it painfully behind her back exactly like he had done before.
"What did I tell you?" he hissed at her as he placed one hand on her head. "Dead. Little. Girl." He was about to break her neck when he was hit with a sharp blow to the side of his head. He staggered away, letting go of Faith and she escaped. Caleb turned and faced Max, who held a large piece of wood in her hands. He reached up and felt the side of his head. When he took his hand down and looked at it, his fingers were covered in blood. He laughed softly. "Still a wild one, huh?" Max just glared at him. Caleb opened his mouth to continue talking but his jaw quickly shut as Alec's fist connected with it.
Caleb swung out at Alec but he avoided his punch, turning to the side. Caleb tried again but Alec blurred away. Caleb turned to face Buffy. She smirked as he stalked purposefully towards her. She ran over to the wine barrels, kicking one into Caleb's path, causing it to burst and trip him.
Both Alec and Max's ears picked up his voice talking to someone.
"Do you have to look like that?" Caleb muttered. Neither transgenic could tell who he was talking to. "Cause it's just a little confusing." A beat passed before he stood up and faced Buffy again.
He tried to punch her but she jumped in the air and did a flip, landing on her feet. He lunged at her but she propelled herself up the wall and across the rafter as Caleb ran under her, unable to stop himself. Buffy jumped to the ground again and Caleb swung at her. She ducked, causing him to punch his fist through a rack of wine bottles. She ran up some wine barrels as Caleb ran toward her again and she jumped over his head. She ran toward the back of the cellar.
"You whore!" Caleb called after her. Faith appeared beside him and kicked the back of his leg, which made him fall forward. Buffy stopped and turned to face him as Faith stepped back again.
"You know...you might want to watch the language. If someone didn't know you, they might think you're a woman-hating jerk," she said casually.
Enraged, Caleb pushed over a wine barrel and charged toward her. She looked over in the back corner and saw an open hatch in the floor that seemed to have a slight glow coming out of it. She grinned and looked over at Faith, who immediately noticed what she was looking at. Buffy ducked under Caleb's punch and slid across the floor into the hatch. Faith quickly jumped in after her and the door shut. Wine barrels fell on top of it, holding the door down.
Max, Alec, and Caleb stared at it. Caleb visibly gulped while Max and Alec grinned widely, turning to face him.
Max held up the dagger that she had taken from the Bringer upstairs and examined it.
"And what are you gonna do with that dangerous little weapon, girlie?" Caleb taunted, but both transgenics noticed his eyes kept darting to the hatch in the floor. Max shrugged and smirked.
"Probably this," she replied before swiftly throwing it at him. It stabbed Caleb's shoulder. He yelped in pain. Alec gave Max a questioning look.
"And you didn't throw it at his heart or head because..." he asked. Max's expression had gone back to being blank.
"He would have been able to block it," she explained curtly. Alec nodded slowly and they both heard the sound of the knife dropping to the floor.
"Meet ya there in a only a second, dumbass," Alec said to Caleb who was trying to sneak down into the hatch. He glared at the transgenics before dropping down through the hole. Max sighed and she and Alec followed him.
Buffy and Faith were both staring at shiny weapon of some sort that was stuck in a rock. It had a wide, rounded blade on one end, and a point on the end of the shaft. Buffy and Faith's eyes were widened and they wore twin smiles. They turned to look at Caleb as he walked down the stairs into the room.
"So...you found it. Not impressed," he said. Buffy and Faith glanced at each other. "Cause the question now, girly girl, is whether or not you can pry it from solid rock before I come over there and..." Buffy walked over to the stone and grabbed the handle of the weapon, pulling it out of the rock with ease. She examined it as she turned back to Caleb. Faith smirked at his shocked face.
"Hmm. Darn," he exhaled worriedly.
Max and Alec joined them. They observed the scene in front of them as they leaned against the wall, unfazed.
"Now, before you go hurting yourself with that thing...why don't you do yourself a courtesy and hand it over?" Caleb said lamely. Buffy cocked her head to the side.
"Yeah? You want it?" she hoisted the weapon up casually. Caleb smiled nervously and backed away.
"You don't even know what you've got there."
"We know you're backing away," Faith retorted.
"You think wielding some two-sided doo-dad's gonna make a difference?" A beat of silence passed before he continued, but it didn't seem like he was talking to the others anymore. "I let her go, she slices me open with that thing." Max, Alec, Faith, and Buffy gave each other confused looks. "I'm not letting her out of here with that thing." Another beat of silence passed and Caleb just watched Buffy. She shrugged and motioned for the others to follow her. They ran out of the cellar with Caleb watching them go.
Woods...
"He was talking to himself?" Krit asked as they walked back to Buffy's house.
"Not exactly," Max replied.
"We think it was the First," Buffy added.
"But you couldn't see it?" Jondy questioned, confused.
"The First only lets you see what it wants you to see," Faith explained. Jondy and Krit glanced at each other.
"So when it appeared as Syl, it didn't care that Max and you saw it as well?" Jondy asked. Faith nodded. "Creepy."
"Evil always is," Buffy replied. Alec was looking straight ahead at something in front of them.
"And here's another example," he said. The others turned to look and saw at least 6 Ubervamps blocking their path.
"Lovely," Krit groaned. Buffy's grip on the new weapon tightened.
"Guess he decided not to just let us walk away after all..." Max commented as she dropped into her fighting stance.
The Ubervamps growled at charged at Buffy and Faith only. Buffy swung the weapon at one of the them as it attacked her, using the pointy end of the shaft to stake it in the heart. He turned to dust and she twirled the weapon in her hand and dusted another. A third Ubvervamp knocked her down, causing her to drop the weapon. Faith beat off one that had attacked her and picked up the weapon. She used it to behead the one on top of Buffy and then whipped around, cutting of the head of the one that had attacked her. She staked another Ubervamp as it charged at her and then tossed the weapon to Buffy, who staked the last one.
"Well I don't know about you...but that was a damn good fight," Faith commented, brushing excess dust off her clothes. "And that's a freakin' awesome weapon." Buffy held it up and examined it again.
"Yeah..." she breathed. She looked over at Faith and they both smiled.
"Damn...now I'm hungry," Faith said, giving Alec a pointed look. He smirked.
"Me too," Buffy said absentmindedly. The others stared at her, amused. "What?"
Willow's Room...
Buffy was talking to Giles and Willow. "I think it might be some kind of scythe. The only thing I know for sure is that it made Caleb back off in a hurry." Willow giggled and pushed Giles playfully.
"So it's true. Scythe matters," she joked. Giles rolled his eyes.
"And, ignoring that, I'd just like to point out this is really quite ingenious," he replied as he played with the weapon.
"Kills strong bodies three ways," Buffy added.
"And you can sense something when you hold it?" Willow asked. Buffy nodded.
"Not much, but it's strong. And I knew it belonged to us, I just knew it."
"In addition to being ancient, it's clearly mystical," Giles added as he inspected the weapon.
"Yeah, kinda figured that one out when I King Arthured it out of the stone," Buffy replied.
"So maybe it's some kind of traditional slayer weapon," Willow suggested. Buffy nodded.
"Probably. Faith could feel it too," she said. "The First's guys clearly wanted it out of that stone. It's not just a tool. It's important. We need to find out whatever we can. Who made it, when, why? Does it have a name? I dunno...a credit report? Just find out fast."
"We'll start work immediately."
Max, Alec, Jondy, and Krit all lounged on the couch. Jondy was sitting on Krit's lap with her legs stretched on Max. Alec was laying down with his legs stretched across Max's lap as well. And Max was absentmindedly giving both Alec and Jondy foot-rubs while she leaned her head back, staring at the ceiling. A comfortable silence surrounded them as they listened to the potentials downstairs in the basement. They were doing late night training.
"I hope they finish soon," Alec commented. "I feel the need to go to sleep." Krit mumbled his agreement while Max and Jondy rolled their eyes.
"I think I'm gonna be awake all night," Max muttered.
"Me too," Jondy added.
"Well duh, you both have shark DNA while we mere cat-infested-DNAers must still have at least 7 hours of sleep every other day," Alec joked. Max smiled softly and gently moved his and Jondy's feet off her lap.
"I think I'm gonna go get some fresh air," she explained as she headed to the backyard. The other three transgenics watched her go with concern.
"Why can't she just make out with Spike and be happy again?" Jondy questioned.
"Because it's more complicated than that," Max called over her shoulder, obviously having heard what she said. Jondy rolled her eyes.
Max stepped out onto the porch and immediately wished she hadn't. Spike was sitting on the steps, looking up at the sky. He turned to face her when he heard the door open and shut.
"Hey," he greeted softly before looking away again.
"That was gonna be my opener," Max joked as she leaned against the railing. Spike smirked.
"Don't mean to steal your thunder, luv," he replied. Max rolled her eyes.
"Yeah...right," she commented softly. He glanced at her but didn't reply. An awkward silence followed. Spike cleared his throat.
"Nice night," he said uncomfortably. Max sighed heavily and sat down on the steps next to him with her back against the railing. One leg was stretched out and she rested her arm across her knee.
"Lame," she said simply. Spike scoffed.
"What else am I supposed to say?" he asked. Max shrugged.
"Whatever you want, I guess," she replied. "Unless you want me to be putting words in your mouth." Spike looked over at her.
"Don't want words," he said softly. Max bit her lip and looked away.
"Spike...I..." she began. Spike smirked humorlessly.
"Yeah, I know," he muttered, looking up at the sky again. Max sighed.
"It's just...I don't know...I mean..." She ran a hand through her hair.
"I know," Spike repeated firmly. Max sighed again. She switched positions so she was sitting closer to him, yet still leaning her head against the railing.
"I'm sorry," she said softly. Spike turned to face her.
"Don't think you have anything to be sorry for, luv," he replied, giving her a meaningful look. Max scoffed and leaned back, her arm brushing against him. It sent an identical shock through both their bodies. Max gasped softly and her gaze met Spike's. She bit her lip but didn't look away. Spike cleared his throat.
"You should probably get back inside. See if the wannabe-slayers need help with training," he suggested, breaking their connection. Max forced a smile.
"Yeah..." she agreed. Her hair lightly brushed Spike's shoulder as she stood up. He closed his eyes and tried to restrain himself from stopping her. "Night." She turned to go.
"Bugger it," Spike muttered before standing up. Max had heard him speak and faced him again. Her breath caught as Spike put his arm around her waist and brought his lips down to meet hers. The kiss grew intense as Max ran her fingers through his hair before resting them on the nape of his neck. Spike kept his hands at her waist, enjoying the warmth that radiated off her skin.
After several minutes, Max needed to breathe and their lips parted but they still held on to each other. Max's face was flushed and Spike looked slightly dazed.
"Wow," Max said softly, gazing into Spike's incredibly blue eyes. He smiled and lightly brushed a few stray hairs behind her ear, letting his fingers linger against her skin. Her eyes fluttered closed and she grinned widely. "I think that was even better than the first." Spike kissed her again.
"I know you said we'd have to wait to talk and all," Spike began after their lips parted. "But I figured...Sod it...I can't stand being around you and not..." he trailed off as Max leaned into him, resting her head on his chest. "And you should know that...Buffy and I may have a history..." He waited for Max to break away from him and start yelling about how he must think it was a mistake to kiss, but she just stayed in his arms, relaxed as ever. He smiled and placed his cheek on top of her head, inhaling her scent. "But you and I..." he tried to finish but stopped when Buffy stepped out onto the porch.
She stiffened when she saw the position Max and Spike were in. She shook her head and sighed, finally relaxing.
"Sorry to interrupt," she said. "But Giles and Willow just gave me some background info on this scythe thing. I'm gonna go check out a lead and I was wondering if you guys wanted to tag along?" Max and Spike glanced at each other, still unsure about Buffy's initial reaction.
"Sure," they finally chorused. Buffy smiled genuinely.
"Great. Let's head out then," she said, before turning back to enter the house. "You guys should pick out a weapon to take also." Max and Spike glanced at each other again and then followed Buffy inside.
A/N-And they're together again ;o) I think there's just going to betwo more chaptersleft in this story but I already have a sequel in mind...Review please!
nights-ether-Glad you liked it ;o)
LadyV77-Glad you enjoyed it ;o) That part with Andrew was one of my favorites too.
Tap Dancing Widow-Yeah, but it'd be nice to see them in a relationship that everyone else knows about...Don't worry, he'll be coming soon ;o) You're right, he probably won't ever get over him, even though he knows he was evil...
Angel Of Darkness231-I'll wait patiently for your ideas ;o) Don't worry, Alec will in no way be Faith's lap dog. He is too hot for that. Thanks again ;o)
Sky Angel-Really sucked, didn't it? Good thing you got better ;o)
Lozz422-It does seem that way...Kicking some butt will definitely perk her up and there'll be more of that in the next chapter.
mel11-Glad you like it ;o) I'll try to update a little sooner though.
Cora-Does this chapter answer your question? Hehe. Since Andrew always seemed to be gay in the show...maybe he is or maybe he's just very aware of hot guys...hehe. (Except Warren of course...cause he's really not)
willow98002-I'm not quite done. I still have about two more chapters left ;o)