A Trek to the Hellmouth by Antonio CabaƱas

Chapter 8

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.

Answer to Reviewers:

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.

Near Sunnydale

- I have phoned Buffy, Willow, Giles, some of my old friends from the high school and even Xander, but nobody answers. - said Cordelia, after turning off her cell phone.

- I think that we are going to learn the reason. - said Angel, pointing ahead to a hastily erected barricade in the middle of the road.

A pale police officer was guarding the barricade, and made signals to them to stop.

- Sorry, but the access to Sunnydale by road has been cut due to a emergency - said the cop mechanically when Angel opened the window. And without almost to breathe, while placing his hand near Angel's neck - Can you show me your driver license, please? -

- Of co...- started to say Angel, when two silvery filaments darted from the policeman's wrist to Angel's neck. Cordelia shrieked and Wesley tried to reach the crossbow that was hidden under his seat.

- Resistance is futile. - was the only thing that the policeman said.

1630 Revello Drive. Sunnydale CA

Joyce Summers was a bit scared. The phone was not working, and she had seen a person standing on the other side of the street, watching the house. Through binoculars, from one of the windows of the second floor, she had seen the unblinking stare of the man fixed on the house.

Enterprise-E. Earth's orbit.

- The Initiative complex was located under the universitary campus, and has entries to a cave system that the monsters use as refuge and to access the sewer system of the city. - then she noticed the looks that were exchanging several members of the Enterprise crew. - What's happened with the caves? -

- Ah... they were mentioned when we reviewed the data that we had about Sunnydale. - said Riker. - Apparently they are going to have some importance in the future. -

Deanna and Tony chose that moment to enter, when the combadge of Picard chirped.

- Here Picard. -

- Sir, the energy field that we detected before... -

- I'm on my way. - said Picard. - Please, come with me. I think that you can have the answer for one of the little mysteries that we have found. -

Near Sunnydale

Angel broke the filaments and attacked the creature that had attacked them.

- You can't win, now, nanoprobes are circulating through your bloodstream, beginning the assimilation of living tissue. - said the being, while trying to immobilize Angel.

- I'm... not... alive, monster. I'm... a vampire... an undead creature. - said Angel struggling for free himself.

-Vampires cannot be assimilated, so they must be eradicated. - said the creature, after computing what Angel had just said.

- I don't think so. - said Wesley, shooting with the crossbow.

The bolt entered through the eye, direct to the brain. The creature fell on the ground, moving spasmodically.

- What was that? - said Cordelia.

- Whatever it is, I think that we have just found one of the reasons why we had to come here. - answered Angel.

They dismantled the barricade, hid the cop, and went to Sunnydale.

Valentine Manor basement. Sunnydale, CA

Spike awakened when a bucket of water was splashed on his face.

- Who..? -

- Greetings, Spike. - said Adam

- Adam!? But Buffy... And what has happened to you?-

- The Slayer could have killed me, but I received some help. - said Adam.

- And what I'm doing here then?. I'm not going to fall for the same trick again, I warn you. -

- We cannot assimilate vampires, so the drones are going to capture all the vampires that are in Sunnydale and we are going to experiment with them. -

- We? -

- The Borg. -

Enterprise-E bridge.

The viewscreen was offering a orbital view of Sunnydale and the adjacent country.

- One of the things that we have noticed about Sunnydale, is that the entire area is surrounded by a strange energy field of unknown origin. The field seems to have its origin here. - said Picard signaling to the science officer.

The viewscreen zoomed to a view of an abandoned building.

- It's the high school! - said Willow.

- Greetings, what have you detected is one of the side effects of the Hellmouth. -

- The Hellmouth was in the High School?.- asked Deanna.

- Under the library, to be precise. - said Tony.

- You have mentioned that you have contact with the Watchers' Council, but how is that you seem to know almost everything about us?. - asked Giles

- I have read your Watcher Journal, Mr. Giles. I know the life of Buffy since you took her under your care to the bitter end. -

- So you know how I am going to die?... No, I don't want to know. -

"First, second or third time?" thought Tony.

- The problem is that the intensity of the energy field is increasing. - continued Picard

After a few seconds, Willow was the first to realize what that could mean.

- The Hellmouth is opening! -

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To be continued...