Title: Unlikely Heroes
Author: Knife Hand
Feedback: Constructive feedback appreciated, flames unappreciated
Spoilers: First Three Series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. At Least up until Right Of Passage in Stargate SG1.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy or SG1. I would buy them but I am broke.
Summary: Two young adults with a White Knight complex find each other during their cross country road trips. Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Stargate SG1 crossover.
AN: Thanks to the friend who gave me this idea to work on. Appreciate it.
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Janet woke early, as usual, and walked to check on Cassie's room, as she had done every morning since Cassie had gone on her road trip. Opening the bedroom door silently she saw Cassie lying on the bed, her head resting on the chest of the young man that Janet had met yesterday. Xander, yes that was his name. Xander had one arm wrapped around Cassie's shoulders and Cassie had thrown one leg over Xander's. Janet smiled.
'I'm so glad that she's happy. If he ever hurts her, I'll rip his spine out.' Janet thought cheerfully.
Then she remembered everything else that she had learnt last night and her smile slipped.
"I tried to protect her, but my baby's a warrior." She said quietly.
"Better that then being blown up by a Naquda bomb or being food for Vamps." Xander said from the bed, opening his eyes to look at his Girlfriends' mother.
"Yes, I suppose." Janet responded.
"She can handle herself, and I would never let anything happen to her. Not while I lived." Xander said.
"Thank you."
"No problem. We both know the risks. If one of us is turned, the other will not hesitate to kill them." Xander promised.
"How can you say that?" Janet asked.
"Better that then the alternative." Cassie said, with her eyes still closed.
"I've seen to many people die, Ms Frasier. A vamp is not a person, it is what killed the person and we would rather be dead than face that. Like anyone in the SGC would rather be dead than a host to a Goa'uld. It's the same thing." Xander finished.
Janet nodded solemnly and turned to leave the young couple alone.
"I tired." Janet said tiredly.
"I know." Cassie replied. "But this is our fight, just like they are yours."
********
"Uncle George." Cassie said excitedly.
"Cassie." General Hammond replied; equally glad to see the girl.
"General." Xander said standing at attention and saluting.
"At ease, soldier." Hammond replied, returning the salute.
Xander slipped into parade rest and Cassie stood next to him with a smile on her face.
It had taken three days for Jack to convince General Hammond to hear out Xander rather than throw him in prison or conscript him to the SGC and never let him leave the base, either out the front gate or through the Gate. Finally he had agreed to hear the young man out.
"What's your name son?" Hammond asked.
"Captain Alexander Harris, US Army. 498th tactical airborne out of Sunnydale, Sir." Xander responded.
"I've never heard of that unit." Jack put in. (AN: Apologies if such a unit actually exists.)
"That's because it does not exist in this universe, Sir." Xander replied.
That caused quite a stir among SG1, Dr. Frasier and General Hammond.
"Impossible, we have the Quantum Mirror in storage." Daniel said.
"There's no evidence of Quantum Cascading." Sam added.
"Quite." General Hammond said, cutting off the SGC personnel. "Care to explain how you came from another dimension, son?"
"Permission to speak freely, sir?"
"Granted."
"I'm not from another dimension, sir. Sir, you must understand that what I know is as secret as what you do here, but there is no government involvement, can be no government involvement." Xander said seriously. "What I say here, must never leave this room, not even to be reported to the president. Countless lives depend on it. If you can't promise me that, then I will not tell you."
"You know we could throw you in prison, son?" General Hammond said.
"Go ahead. You won't betray your secret, I won't betray mine. I'm only trusting you because Cassie does. If you don't want to hear it then I'll sign the non-disclosure and you can let me go or throw me in prison, or you can give me your word and we'll help each other. Your call." Xander said.
"Can you give us a minute?" Hammond said.
"Yes, sir." Xander said.
Xander and Cassie left to let the SGC personnel to think.
"Opinions people?" Hammond ordered.
"I think the kid's a pain in the ass, but we can trust him." Jack said.
"He's just like you, Jack. Of course you like him." Daniel interjected.
"Well, they did kill a vampire in front of us." Sam put in.
"Doctor? Is that possible?" Hammond asked.
"Sir, Xander decapitated it and it disintegrated, which medically is impossible without some other factor. Plus it did change from a normal face to pronounced brow ridges, fangs and yellow eyes. While they could be explained by genetic mutation, it would not be possible for a human to switch between faces; a human would have one or the other." Janet analysed. "Much as I hate to admit it, a vampire seems to be the only explanation."
"Almost every culture in history has made some reference to vampires or some form of vampiric entity. I had postulated that maybe it was a reference to the Goa'uld hand devices which can drain a person, although they usually mention blood." Daniel contributed.
"Teal'c? You know anything about Vampires?" Jack asked.
"There is an ancient legend about an entity that the Goa'uld fears. It is said to be strong, fast and only travels by night. It is said that a Goa'uld once took these creatures as a host. When the symbiont blended with the host, there was another presence in the host, an evil greater than the Goa'uld. The symbiont fled from the host and refused to take another of any kind." Teal'c related.
"Major?" Hammond asked after a brief pause.
"Sir, it is theoretically possible." Carter said. "We know that there are alternate dimensions, so it is possible that there are dimensions that we would call demonic. The vampirism could be a form a transmitted disease. No offence, sir, but we fight aliens who believe that they are Gods through a ring that lets us get to other planets thousands of light-years away in seconds, is vampires really that much of a stretch?"
"But can we really keep this from the President and the Pentagon?" Hammond asked.
"Sir, all he wants is us to call him if we encounter anything demonic, hell he said he'd train us, and he'll call us if he sees any Goa'uld. That's it, and a small paycheque. It the Pentagon and NID knew about this then they would do the same thing as Mayborne tried with the Tolans." Jack said.
"Indeed."
"Thanks Teal'c. Look this kid doesn't want anything major from us, and Cassie trusts him, which scores major points, as does the fact that he trusts Cassie. As he said the only reason he came to us is because Cassie trusts us. Plus did you see how he acted. He does not care about himself, but he has friends who he would go to jail, or die, to protect. We might be getting more out of this bargain that we though."
"So we agree to his conditions?" Hammond asked, receiving nods. "How are we going to explain his training?"
"A new species of Alien? Very rare but a possibly for encounter, and formed the basis for the Vampire mythology when they were previously on earth." Daniel suggested.
"Alright. Doctor, can you get Mr Harris and Cassie?" Hammond ordered.
Xander, Cassie and Janet entered a few minutes later, and Xander began his story, leaving out names to protect his friends. When he left the debriefing room several hours later he was the newest consultant of the Stargate Project and he left behind six members of the SGC who had just had their lives turned upside down.
TBC.
Author: Knife Hand
Feedback: Constructive feedback appreciated, flames unappreciated
Spoilers: First Three Series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. At Least up until Right Of Passage in Stargate SG1.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy or SG1. I would buy them but I am broke.
Summary: Two young adults with a White Knight complex find each other during their cross country road trips. Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Stargate SG1 crossover.
AN: Thanks to the friend who gave me this idea to work on. Appreciate it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Janet woke early, as usual, and walked to check on Cassie's room, as she had done every morning since Cassie had gone on her road trip. Opening the bedroom door silently she saw Cassie lying on the bed, her head resting on the chest of the young man that Janet had met yesterday. Xander, yes that was his name. Xander had one arm wrapped around Cassie's shoulders and Cassie had thrown one leg over Xander's. Janet smiled.
'I'm so glad that she's happy. If he ever hurts her, I'll rip his spine out.' Janet thought cheerfully.
Then she remembered everything else that she had learnt last night and her smile slipped.
"I tried to protect her, but my baby's a warrior." She said quietly.
"Better that then being blown up by a Naquda bomb or being food for Vamps." Xander said from the bed, opening his eyes to look at his Girlfriends' mother.
"Yes, I suppose." Janet responded.
"She can handle herself, and I would never let anything happen to her. Not while I lived." Xander said.
"Thank you."
"No problem. We both know the risks. If one of us is turned, the other will not hesitate to kill them." Xander promised.
"How can you say that?" Janet asked.
"Better that then the alternative." Cassie said, with her eyes still closed.
"I've seen to many people die, Ms Frasier. A vamp is not a person, it is what killed the person and we would rather be dead than face that. Like anyone in the SGC would rather be dead than a host to a Goa'uld. It's the same thing." Xander finished.
Janet nodded solemnly and turned to leave the young couple alone.
"I tired." Janet said tiredly.
"I know." Cassie replied. "But this is our fight, just like they are yours."
********
"Uncle George." Cassie said excitedly.
"Cassie." General Hammond replied; equally glad to see the girl.
"General." Xander said standing at attention and saluting.
"At ease, soldier." Hammond replied, returning the salute.
Xander slipped into parade rest and Cassie stood next to him with a smile on her face.
It had taken three days for Jack to convince General Hammond to hear out Xander rather than throw him in prison or conscript him to the SGC and never let him leave the base, either out the front gate or through the Gate. Finally he had agreed to hear the young man out.
"What's your name son?" Hammond asked.
"Captain Alexander Harris, US Army. 498th tactical airborne out of Sunnydale, Sir." Xander responded.
"I've never heard of that unit." Jack put in. (AN: Apologies if such a unit actually exists.)
"That's because it does not exist in this universe, Sir." Xander replied.
That caused quite a stir among SG1, Dr. Frasier and General Hammond.
"Impossible, we have the Quantum Mirror in storage." Daniel said.
"There's no evidence of Quantum Cascading." Sam added.
"Quite." General Hammond said, cutting off the SGC personnel. "Care to explain how you came from another dimension, son?"
"Permission to speak freely, sir?"
"Granted."
"I'm not from another dimension, sir. Sir, you must understand that what I know is as secret as what you do here, but there is no government involvement, can be no government involvement." Xander said seriously. "What I say here, must never leave this room, not even to be reported to the president. Countless lives depend on it. If you can't promise me that, then I will not tell you."
"You know we could throw you in prison, son?" General Hammond said.
"Go ahead. You won't betray your secret, I won't betray mine. I'm only trusting you because Cassie does. If you don't want to hear it then I'll sign the non-disclosure and you can let me go or throw me in prison, or you can give me your word and we'll help each other. Your call." Xander said.
"Can you give us a minute?" Hammond said.
"Yes, sir." Xander said.
Xander and Cassie left to let the SGC personnel to think.
"Opinions people?" Hammond ordered.
"I think the kid's a pain in the ass, but we can trust him." Jack said.
"He's just like you, Jack. Of course you like him." Daniel interjected.
"Well, they did kill a vampire in front of us." Sam put in.
"Doctor? Is that possible?" Hammond asked.
"Sir, Xander decapitated it and it disintegrated, which medically is impossible without some other factor. Plus it did change from a normal face to pronounced brow ridges, fangs and yellow eyes. While they could be explained by genetic mutation, it would not be possible for a human to switch between faces; a human would have one or the other." Janet analysed. "Much as I hate to admit it, a vampire seems to be the only explanation."
"Almost every culture in history has made some reference to vampires or some form of vampiric entity. I had postulated that maybe it was a reference to the Goa'uld hand devices which can drain a person, although they usually mention blood." Daniel contributed.
"Teal'c? You know anything about Vampires?" Jack asked.
"There is an ancient legend about an entity that the Goa'uld fears. It is said to be strong, fast and only travels by night. It is said that a Goa'uld once took these creatures as a host. When the symbiont blended with the host, there was another presence in the host, an evil greater than the Goa'uld. The symbiont fled from the host and refused to take another of any kind." Teal'c related.
"Major?" Hammond asked after a brief pause.
"Sir, it is theoretically possible." Carter said. "We know that there are alternate dimensions, so it is possible that there are dimensions that we would call demonic. The vampirism could be a form a transmitted disease. No offence, sir, but we fight aliens who believe that they are Gods through a ring that lets us get to other planets thousands of light-years away in seconds, is vampires really that much of a stretch?"
"But can we really keep this from the President and the Pentagon?" Hammond asked.
"Sir, all he wants is us to call him if we encounter anything demonic, hell he said he'd train us, and he'll call us if he sees any Goa'uld. That's it, and a small paycheque. It the Pentagon and NID knew about this then they would do the same thing as Mayborne tried with the Tolans." Jack said.
"Indeed."
"Thanks Teal'c. Look this kid doesn't want anything major from us, and Cassie trusts him, which scores major points, as does the fact that he trusts Cassie. As he said the only reason he came to us is because Cassie trusts us. Plus did you see how he acted. He does not care about himself, but he has friends who he would go to jail, or die, to protect. We might be getting more out of this bargain that we though."
"So we agree to his conditions?" Hammond asked, receiving nods. "How are we going to explain his training?"
"A new species of Alien? Very rare but a possibly for encounter, and formed the basis for the Vampire mythology when they were previously on earth." Daniel suggested.
"Alright. Doctor, can you get Mr Harris and Cassie?" Hammond ordered.
Xander, Cassie and Janet entered a few minutes later, and Xander began his story, leaving out names to protect his friends. When he left the debriefing room several hours later he was the newest consultant of the Stargate Project and he left behind six members of the SGC who had just had their lives turned upside down.
TBC.