A Trek to the Hellmouth by Antonio Cabañas
Chapter 6
Disclaimer: Star Trek in all its incarnations and all related characters are property of Paramount Pictures. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and all related characters were created and are owned by Joss Whedon. Star Trek, and Star Trek: The Next Generation created by Gene Roddenberry. I'm only borrowing them for fun. Tony Castro and the USS Corsair were created by me, other adventures of her can be found in my site http://www.geocities.com/borg31de777/fanfic
E-mail: borg31de777@yahoo.es. I hope that the reviews will be more than the flames.
Spoilers: Buffy to season 4, Angel to season 1, although due to the nature of the story there is some spoilers to later seasons. Star Trek to Star Trek: First Contact, and to Deep Space Nine season 5.
Author Note: I have borrowed some concepts from the two Star Trek / Buffy crossovers by Scott Eiland, and from the story "Time Slayer", another Star Trek / Buffy crossover that I found in the net a few years ago.
I wish to thanks Carycomix, my beta-reader for his help.
Summary: a month after the events of Star Trek: First Contact, remnants of Borg technology aboard the Enterprise launch the ship to the moment when Buffy destroyed Adam.
Enterprise-E Sickbay
Buffy was watching how the doctor was placing a small device over the forehead of Giles. The doctor had explained that the device was going to repair the damage that the brain had suffered. She hadn't asked how the device was going to do it, partly because she suspected that the explanation wouldn't make sense to them.
Buffy turned her head and looked to a small office besides the sickbay, where Tony and a man in his '60s, the captain of the ship, she guessed.
- What is happening in that city? - asked Jean-Luc Picard.
- It's quite complicated, but the short version is this: the city is built over a dimensional gateway that the people aware of its existence call the Hellmouth, and the Hellmouth acts as a magnet for supernatural creatures. -
- Supernatural...? - said Jean Luc, sitting on the chair.
- Yes, magic and the supernatural exist. Magic, in reality, is simply a way to use the power of the mind, or to get access to the power of powerful extra-dimensional entities. Talismans, potions and the like are objects charged with power. Either the supernatural creatures are creatures that are also charged, as vampires are corpses reanimated through mystical means, or inhabitants of other dimensions, which are called demons usually. -
- And those people? -
- The full explanation can wait until I can do a full briefing, but this is the condensed version: Buffy Summers is the Vampire Slayer, a girl, well, she has grown and is now a young woman, chosen by fate to fight vampires and other evil creatures. The Slayers are always superb hand-to-hand fighters, with the strength and speed of a klingon. -
- Slayers? There is more than one? -
- When one dies, they tend to die young, another is called. -
- Called? -
- I'll explain all of that later, Jean-Luc. Please, you know how I hate to have to explain something twice, and Mr. Giles seems to be recovering. -
- Where am I? - asked Rupert Giles upon recovering the conscience.
- Believe me, you aren't going to want to know - said Buffy.
Sunnydale streets
Spike was reaching the shop when he noticed that he was being followed, but before he could turn and confront whatever was following him, somebody knocked him out.
An Enterprise-E holodeck
Jean-Luc had attended her suggestion and they were holding this conference in the holodeck nearer to the bridge. The computer had been programmed to reproduce a standard Starfleet conference room, as the ones found in the starbases or in the planetary installations. Contrary to the custom, Captain Picard wasn't occupying the head of the table. Admiral Castro occupied that position. At the right side were the senior officers of the USS Enterprise: Picard, Riker, Troi, Data, Laforge Beverly Crusher and the acting security officer, Lieutenant Boris Ivanov. At the left side were Buffy and the Scoobies, Willow, Xander, Giles, Tara and Anya.
- First, I'm going to present myself. I'm Antonia Castro, and in our time, the 24th Century, I hold the rank of Rear Admiral in the United Federation of Planets Starfleet. I have met several Slayers through the years and I have links with the Watcher Council of my time, although I'm a free agent in supernatural matters. - said Tony to the Scoobies, and then proceeded to give an expanded version of the briefing that she had given to Picard into the supernatural and the Slayers.
- That is a bit hard to swallow, Tony. - said Riker
- Yes, I know. However, it's true, Will. I'm going to tell you my first encounter with the supernatural, almost eighty years ago. -
She began to tell how in the year 2294, she had become lost in the necropolis of the first martian colonies. How she had found the cave where the first batch of Martian colonists had been buried, and how something had surprised her from behind.
Caves near Lowell City. Mars. Year 2294.
Whatever was behind her was somebody wearing some kind of black cloak that covered his/her body from head to toe. Only the glove-covered hands were visible, and were holding a heavy axe.
- Who... who... are you? -
The being removed the cowl, revealing an Asian young woman. Japanese, she decided.
- My name is Mariko Ogawa. And I could ask you the same question. -
- I'm... I'm Antonia Castro, first officer... of the USS Agincourt. -
- Another Starfleet officer. Wonderful. - the young woman sighed and said - Do you know the meaning of the word "caution"? This area of the caves is forbidden to the tourists. -
- And what are you doing here? - said Tony recovering part of her usual self-assurance.
- I'm not a tourist. - said Ogawa.
Seeing the skeptical look in the eyes of the woman, she tried another approach.
- Look, some dangerous creatures have taken refuge in this part of the caves. I'm going to take care of them, and I don't want to baby-sit a nosy Starfleet officer. -
- And what are you exactly? - said Tony while thinking, "Damned Section 31 spooks!"
- Somebody that can take care of that kind of creatures. You can't go alone through this maze of caves, so stay behind me and hide yourself if something happens. -
Tony's answer was in a voice too low to be understood, but Ogawa was sure that hadn't been words of praise. They continued through the tunnels, and Ogawa began to review her estimation of the commander, because she moved as silently as she did, with graceful and almost feline movements.
They had reached a small chamber when Ogawa heard something, as if somebody had stumbled. She looked around, and saw surprised as Commander Castro had also heard it. She was sure that had been too low to be heard by a normal human.
- I have sensed somebody around us. - said Tony in a hushed voice. - I have some telepathic skills. Whatever it is, is skilled in concealing himself from telepaths. -
Then something stepped out of the shadows and attacked them.
Enterprise-E. Earth's Orbit. Late Spring 1999
- That's odd, I have been in those caves hundreds of times, to present my respects to my ancestor Lucién, and I have never heard of any monster there. - said Picard.
- That Slayer was the cause. The caves were beginning to become a haven for all kind of monsters. She was in Lowell City for several years and cleaned the caves of supernatural creatures, either killing them or driving them out. - patiently explained Tony. - The final battle was, given what I have heard from the Watchers Council, quite apocalyptic. Apparently, in the deepest level of the caves, somebody discovered another Hellmouth... -
- And tried to open it. The Slayer, and her allies, prevented it. - said Xander. - It's always the same. -
- Yes, that's it. But that happened several years later. After that, the Watchers sent periodically a Slayer to the caves to make sure that that were still clean. Well, as I was saying, we were attacked by a creature...-
Caves near Lowell City. Mars. Year 2294.
The creature resembled a satyr crossed with a werewolf, goat-legged and wolf-faced, and exuded a repugnant stench to grave. The Slayer tried to hit him with the axe, but he was too agile for them. He howled, and other howls answered from other parts of the caves. As they began to hear the claps of hooves from the caves, Tony asked the Slayer.
- Have you another weapon? - asked Tony.
- A crossbow, and a sword. Why? -
- Give me the sword. - the skeptical look in her eyes make her say. -Believe me, I'm not a typical Starfleet officer. -
Ogawa threw the sword to the woman, who swung it appreciatively, while the other monsters began to appear in the corridors.
- A good blade. -
They began to defend from the creatures, who had made a tactical error. The chamber where the creatures had attacked them was too small to make use of their superior agility against them, and was big enough to allow Tony an Mariko make good use of their weapons. It was a massacre.
When they finally stopped twenty bodies were scattered through the corridors, and they could hear the few survivors running for their lives.
- What were those things? -
- Ghouls. - said Mariko. - I feared that a colony could be down here, and my fears had just been confirmed. -
To be continued...
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Chapter 6
Disclaimer: Star Trek in all its incarnations and all related characters are property of Paramount Pictures. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and all related characters were created and are owned by Joss Whedon. Star Trek, and Star Trek: The Next Generation created by Gene Roddenberry. I'm only borrowing them for fun. Tony Castro and the USS Corsair were created by me, other adventures of her can be found in my site http://www.geocities.com/borg31de777/fanfic
E-mail: borg31de777@yahoo.es. I hope that the reviews will be more than the flames.
Spoilers: Buffy to season 4, Angel to season 1, although due to the nature of the story there is some spoilers to later seasons. Star Trek to Star Trek: First Contact, and to Deep Space Nine season 5.
Author Note: I have borrowed some concepts from the two Star Trek / Buffy crossovers by Scott Eiland, and from the story "Time Slayer", another Star Trek / Buffy crossover that I found in the net a few years ago.
I wish to thanks Carycomix, my beta-reader for his help.
Summary: a month after the events of Star Trek: First Contact, remnants of Borg technology aboard the Enterprise launch the ship to the moment when Buffy destroyed Adam.
Enterprise-E Sickbay
Buffy was watching how the doctor was placing a small device over the forehead of Giles. The doctor had explained that the device was going to repair the damage that the brain had suffered. She hadn't asked how the device was going to do it, partly because she suspected that the explanation wouldn't make sense to them.
Buffy turned her head and looked to a small office besides the sickbay, where Tony and a man in his '60s, the captain of the ship, she guessed.
- What is happening in that city? - asked Jean-Luc Picard.
- It's quite complicated, but the short version is this: the city is built over a dimensional gateway that the people aware of its existence call the Hellmouth, and the Hellmouth acts as a magnet for supernatural creatures. -
- Supernatural...? - said Jean Luc, sitting on the chair.
- Yes, magic and the supernatural exist. Magic, in reality, is simply a way to use the power of the mind, or to get access to the power of powerful extra-dimensional entities. Talismans, potions and the like are objects charged with power. Either the supernatural creatures are creatures that are also charged, as vampires are corpses reanimated through mystical means, or inhabitants of other dimensions, which are called demons usually. -
- And those people? -
- The full explanation can wait until I can do a full briefing, but this is the condensed version: Buffy Summers is the Vampire Slayer, a girl, well, she has grown and is now a young woman, chosen by fate to fight vampires and other evil creatures. The Slayers are always superb hand-to-hand fighters, with the strength and speed of a klingon. -
- Slayers? There is more than one? -
- When one dies, they tend to die young, another is called. -
- Called? -
- I'll explain all of that later, Jean-Luc. Please, you know how I hate to have to explain something twice, and Mr. Giles seems to be recovering. -
- Where am I? - asked Rupert Giles upon recovering the conscience.
- Believe me, you aren't going to want to know - said Buffy.
Sunnydale streets
Spike was reaching the shop when he noticed that he was being followed, but before he could turn and confront whatever was following him, somebody knocked him out.
An Enterprise-E holodeck
Jean-Luc had attended her suggestion and they were holding this conference in the holodeck nearer to the bridge. The computer had been programmed to reproduce a standard Starfleet conference room, as the ones found in the starbases or in the planetary installations. Contrary to the custom, Captain Picard wasn't occupying the head of the table. Admiral Castro occupied that position. At the right side were the senior officers of the USS Enterprise: Picard, Riker, Troi, Data, Laforge Beverly Crusher and the acting security officer, Lieutenant Boris Ivanov. At the left side were Buffy and the Scoobies, Willow, Xander, Giles, Tara and Anya.
- First, I'm going to present myself. I'm Antonia Castro, and in our time, the 24th Century, I hold the rank of Rear Admiral in the United Federation of Planets Starfleet. I have met several Slayers through the years and I have links with the Watcher Council of my time, although I'm a free agent in supernatural matters. - said Tony to the Scoobies, and then proceeded to give an expanded version of the briefing that she had given to Picard into the supernatural and the Slayers.
- That is a bit hard to swallow, Tony. - said Riker
- Yes, I know. However, it's true, Will. I'm going to tell you my first encounter with the supernatural, almost eighty years ago. -
She began to tell how in the year 2294, she had become lost in the necropolis of the first martian colonies. How she had found the cave where the first batch of Martian colonists had been buried, and how something had surprised her from behind.
Caves near Lowell City. Mars. Year 2294.
Whatever was behind her was somebody wearing some kind of black cloak that covered his/her body from head to toe. Only the glove-covered hands were visible, and were holding a heavy axe.
- Who... who... are you? -
The being removed the cowl, revealing an Asian young woman. Japanese, she decided.
- My name is Mariko Ogawa. And I could ask you the same question. -
- I'm... I'm Antonia Castro, first officer... of the USS Agincourt. -
- Another Starfleet officer. Wonderful. - the young woman sighed and said - Do you know the meaning of the word "caution"? This area of the caves is forbidden to the tourists. -
- And what are you doing here? - said Tony recovering part of her usual self-assurance.
- I'm not a tourist. - said Ogawa.
Seeing the skeptical look in the eyes of the woman, she tried another approach.
- Look, some dangerous creatures have taken refuge in this part of the caves. I'm going to take care of them, and I don't want to baby-sit a nosy Starfleet officer. -
- And what are you exactly? - said Tony while thinking, "Damned Section 31 spooks!"
- Somebody that can take care of that kind of creatures. You can't go alone through this maze of caves, so stay behind me and hide yourself if something happens. -
Tony's answer was in a voice too low to be understood, but Ogawa was sure that hadn't been words of praise. They continued through the tunnels, and Ogawa began to review her estimation of the commander, because she moved as silently as she did, with graceful and almost feline movements.
They had reached a small chamber when Ogawa heard something, as if somebody had stumbled. She looked around, and saw surprised as Commander Castro had also heard it. She was sure that had been too low to be heard by a normal human.
- I have sensed somebody around us. - said Tony in a hushed voice. - I have some telepathic skills. Whatever it is, is skilled in concealing himself from telepaths. -
Then something stepped out of the shadows and attacked them.
Enterprise-E. Earth's Orbit. Late Spring 1999
- That's odd, I have been in those caves hundreds of times, to present my respects to my ancestor Lucién, and I have never heard of any monster there. - said Picard.
- That Slayer was the cause. The caves were beginning to become a haven for all kind of monsters. She was in Lowell City for several years and cleaned the caves of supernatural creatures, either killing them or driving them out. - patiently explained Tony. - The final battle was, given what I have heard from the Watchers Council, quite apocalyptic. Apparently, in the deepest level of the caves, somebody discovered another Hellmouth... -
- And tried to open it. The Slayer, and her allies, prevented it. - said Xander. - It's always the same. -
- Yes, that's it. But that happened several years later. After that, the Watchers sent periodically a Slayer to the caves to make sure that that were still clean. Well, as I was saying, we were attacked by a creature...-
Caves near Lowell City. Mars. Year 2294.
The creature resembled a satyr crossed with a werewolf, goat-legged and wolf-faced, and exuded a repugnant stench to grave. The Slayer tried to hit him with the axe, but he was too agile for them. He howled, and other howls answered from other parts of the caves. As they began to hear the claps of hooves from the caves, Tony asked the Slayer.
- Have you another weapon? - asked Tony.
- A crossbow, and a sword. Why? -
- Give me the sword. - the skeptical look in her eyes make her say. -Believe me, I'm not a typical Starfleet officer. -
Ogawa threw the sword to the woman, who swung it appreciatively, while the other monsters began to appear in the corridors.
- A good blade. -
They began to defend from the creatures, who had made a tactical error. The chamber where the creatures had attacked them was too small to make use of their superior agility against them, and was big enough to allow Tony an Mariko make good use of their weapons. It was a massacre.
When they finally stopped twenty bodies were scattered through the corridors, and they could hear the few survivors running for their lives.
- What were those things? -
- Ghouls. - said Mariko. - I feared that a colony could be down here, and my fears had just been confirmed. -
To be continued...
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