A Trek to the Hellmouth by Antonio CabaƱas

Chapter 10

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 thank my beta-reader Carycomix for his help and support

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.

1630 Revello Drive. Sunnydale, CA

- Angel, what are you doing here? - asked Buffy.

- Buffy? When did you get there? - asked Joyce, and when she saw Tony she asked - And, who is she? -

- Hey! That's the woman who was with Buffy in my vision! - said Cordelia, from behind Angel.

- I have come to take some weapons, mom. And she is Tony Castro...-

- Hello, Mrs. Summers. I'm helping Buffy with a problem. - then she saw Angel and her face changed to a sad expression. - Hello, Angel, it has been a long time. -

- Do I know you? - said Angel, confused.

- Not yet. -

Ruins of Sunnydale High School.

- This is the Hellmouth? - asked Data to Willow, pointing to the glowing crack in the ground.

- Yes, this is. And it's opening. -

Instead of answering, Data examined the tricorder readings.

- It seems to be a dimensional gateway that communicates this reality with another. It has some similarities with a wormhole, but without the singularity characteristics...-

- Ok, but what he/she/it is causing it to open?. - asked Anya.

- Anya, you are spending way too much time with Xander, you are beginning to speak like him. - said Willow.

Anya frowned, but didn't answered.

- ... Apparently the space-time fabric in Sunnydale has been affected and that has caused the gateway to be unstable. The only way to regain stability as it's now is by opening. -

- What could affect the space-time fabric that way? - asked Willow.

- A time paradox. -

While they were speaking, a shadow began to crawl through the Hellmouth. Hiding among other shadows, it crawled toward a place where they couldn't see it.

Enterprise-E. Earth's orbit.

They were on the bridge, seeing if something happened. Picard was a bit restless, since he had heard again the voice of the Borg Queen as when the Borg had tried to take him over again a few hours ago. The voice hadn't spoken again since they parted and then Picard heard the voice again: "Locutus"

- Captain, what's happening? - said Deanna, feeling his distress.

- I have heard her, the Borg Queen, in my head. - said Picard, breathing heavily. - I heard her first when the shuttle took off, and now I have heard her again. I think that we must warn Tony, that probably the Borg Queen is back. -

Valentine Manor basement. Outskirts of Sunnydale

Adam was screaming as parts of him began to change and go back to their original form. Slowly the changes began to recede as Adam regained control.

Spike saw that whatever was happening to Adam it was paralysing the drones. He struggled with the metal restraints that were keeping him tied to the bed and finally he managed to break one of the restraints of his wrists. Then he broke the other and finally the ones tying his ankles. Then he jumped from the bed and began to run.

Adam was recovering from the crisis when he noticed that Spike had fled. But it was too late, he had already entered the maze of caverns.

1630 Revello Drive. Sunnydale, CA

- Yes, I see him, mom. - said Buffy using the binoculars that Joyce had given her. - And you are right, he is watching the house. -

- Let me see. - said Tony, taking the binoculars.

She looked through them, without saying a word.

- He is a Borg drone. - said Tony, returning the binoculars to Buffy.

- How do you know? -

- Look at his neck, just under his right ear. - which was exactly what Buffy did.

- He seems to have some kind of device attached... no, wait, comes from under his skin! -

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To be continued...