A Trek to the Hellmouth by Antonio Cabañas
Chapter 29
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. Star Wars and everything related with it is property of Lucasfilm Ltd., and was created by George Lucas. Resident Evil is property of Capcom. 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: borg31de777yahoo.es.
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 1: 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.
Author Note 2: this has nothing to do with the story, but if you are a Star Trek fan, go to http: the site of "Star Trek:New Voyages", the best Star Trek fanfilm in the web.
I wish to thank my beta-reader Carycomix, for his help and support through all this time.
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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.
Sunnydale Streets
As she ran toward the ruins of the High School, she bumped into somebody that had appeared as if by magic in front of her. She stopped and saw that she was surrounded by a group of people.
Where are you going, girl? - said one of them, apparently the chief.
Look, dude, I'm not looking for trouble, OK? I'm minding my own business and...-
You have become our business now, girl. - he said as his face changed into a vampiric form, and then he tried to attack her.
She nimbly dodged the attack and tried to reach her lightsaber, remembering too late that it had been smashed, and she had left her katana with Angel. So she was reduced to hand-to-hand combat. Not that she wasn't sure of winning either way, but if she she let herself be drained by these vampires, she was going to need too much time to recover.
Not too far from the ruins of Sunnydale High School
I'm finished - said Geordi to Antonia and the two witches. The three women broke the link almost immediately.
A bit apart from the others, Angel had been observing the procedure with interest.
Well, look what we have here. Mr. Tall, Brooding and Handsome in person. How's your un-life lately? - said a distinctly British voice.
Spike, if you have something interesting to say, say it. If not, get out of here. - answered Angel.
All right, all right. I suggest you to take a sniff in the direction of the time-displaced know-it-all. -
Tony? What are you trying to say? -
Spike only smiled. Angel changed into his vampire form and sniffed. Then he knew what Spike was talking about. That woman wasn't Tony. The smell was similar enough, however, to know who was her.
Antonia. - said Angel.
Enterprise-E. Earth's orbit.
After the mental conversation with Geordi, Farrell had ordered a full stash of phaser rifles to be brought to the conference room, alongside an equal number of tricorders. As soon as all the devices were on the conference table, Farrell started to fiddle with them, taking a reading with each tricorder, and linking each rifle with one tricorder.
What are you doing, Miri? -
Giving us at least twenty free shots at the borg, I estimate. To explain it I would need a time that we don't have just now. -
Only twenty? -
That's the best that I can come up given the time that I had. I hope that will suffice, because as soon as the Borg realize what are we doing there, they will come in force.
But there are more than 500 people on this vessel. -said Chandra.
There must be a way to get them out of the reach of the Borg...- said Farrell
Sunnydale Streets.
Tony smashed an elbow in the face of one of the vampires, while she kicked another in the knee with enough force to dislodge the kneecap. Unfortunately in doing so, she allowed another vampire to pick her leg. As she tried to kick the vampire in the face with her other leg, another one used her distraction to immobilize her arms. And her feebly kicking with her remaining leg soon stopped as another vampire caught it.
Well, bitch. Now you are going to... What the...? -
Even before the vampire started to speak she could feel it.
Power.
Raw power flowing through every fiber of her body. Her eyes started to glow, soon followed by the rest of her body. Suddenly afraid, the vampires started to run, leaving her where she was.
Not worrying about thefleeing undeads, the Daughter of the Stars disappeared in a flash, going toward her sister.
Not too far from the ruins of Sunnydale High School
Antonia easily dodged Korov phaser's shot, saying:
So, you have discovered me. -
But then, she noticed that she couldn't move. From the corner of her right eye, she saw Tara and Willow, their eyes closed and their hands joined, mumbling something repeatedly.
Buffy, looking smug, got near and said:
So, the ultra-mega-powerful empress has fallen before two...What the...? -
Even before the Slayer started to speak she could feel it.
Power.
Raw power flowing through every fiber of her body. Her eyes started to radiate darkness, soon followed by the rest of her body. Suddenly, the people around her were paralyzed.
Not worried about the immobilized people around her, the Daughter of the Shadows stood, waiting for the coming of her sister.
Not too far from there, the Outcast felt that the third and final meeting of the Daughters was about to take place.
Ruins of the Sunnydale High School
The collector was finished. Adam was stepping into it, when a message came from the drones in the Enterprise.
Armed crewmen were moving toward Main Engineering. So the ruse had been discovered. The Queen warned him to not understimate the Starfleet personnel, but he wasn't too worried.
Access door to the Enterprise-E Main Engineering
The door was closed, and they could hear muffled screams on the inside. Farrel tried to open with the manual override system, but it seemed to be blocked. She turned to an Andorian security ensign, the man that Korov had left in charge of Security in the ship
Arev, your turn. -
Aye, sir. - answered the Andorian.
Farrell rolled her blue eyes, but she didn't say anything. After getting out of the way, Arev used his phaser rifle to start to cut through the heavy door. Meanwhile, Farrell produced an old-style communicator from her utility belt. She would have never suspected that her collection of old Starfleet hardware would be useful someday. She flipped it open and started to speak.
Farrell to Chandra, are you ready? -
For you always, Miri. - was the answer of the other enginner. For the second time in a few minutes, Farrell rolled her eyes. Chandra loved to tease her that way.
All right, let's proceed. - and closed the communicator.
While Arev was still cutting the door, the general intercom came to life all over the ship.
All hands, prepare to evacuate the engineering section. This is not a drill. All hands, prepare to evacuate the engineering section. This is not a drill...-
And continued on and on.
When a few minutes had passed, Farrell flipped open the communicator again and shouted:
Chandra! How is the evacuation going? - and put the communicator besides her right ear.
Most people are accounted for!. But there are thirty-two crewmembers in Main Engineering! And another nineteen are headed that way! - shouted Chandra over the century-old communicator.
Damn! - she cursed, and then put the communicator close to her mouth to speak through it again. - Turn off that damned alarm! -
Just when the alarm had been silenced, Arev ended the cut. The door fell inside with a clanging noise and six people managed to squeeze through the hole. Farrell gave each one a pattern enhancer and were promptly beamed to the saucer section of the ship. Then she inhaled deeply and motioned Arev to enter first.
Not too far from the Sunnydale High School ruins
The Daughter of the Shadows saw the flash that announced the coming of her sister, the Daughter of the Stars.
- Does your host know what has to be done? - asked the Daughter of the Stars.
- She knows. And yours? - answered the Daughter of the Shadows.
- She will know. -
- Do you agree that the conditions have been met? -
- Yes, I agree. And you? -
- I also agree. We can leave the rest in their hands. - and the darkness that emanated from Antonia's body disappeared.
- It's all up to both of you. - and the light that emanated from Tony's body disappeared.
Around them the people that the Daughter of the Shadows had paralyzed could move again, while both women faced each other.
What did she mean, Antonia? -
I have realized the reason because The Powers That Be allowed me to get out from Hell. - said Antonia - I have to atone for my sins. -
What are you trying to...? - started to say Tony when she realized what Antonia meant. - No! -
I have killed billions, Tony. - said Antonia - And I don't even have the excuse of having been possessed by a demon like your friend Angel. Sacrificing myself is my only way of redemption. And besides, it's only a matter of time before my dark side became dominant again. -
But you couldn't defeat Adam before. Or, do you think that this time will be different? -
With your help it can be different. -
How? -
You know how to project your... energy on another person. That is the only way. -
Yeah, sure. - said Buffy who had been listening intently. - So, with two times the power...-
No, Buffy. You are wrong - said Angel. - She is serious about giving her life. -
Have you swallowed her story? - answerd Buffy incredulously.
It's not a story, Slayer. - said Tony. - I can feel her sincerity. She is telling the truth. -
Oh. -
Near Sunnydale
...And Sammy started to burn like a 4th July firecracker, boss! - said the vampire. - Just after biting that bitch! -
The boss, a tall red-haired vampiress, rummaged in her handbag and took a grainy photograph, that she showed to the babbling vampire.
That is the bitch! Do you knew her? -
The vampiress got up and took a pen from the desktop.
Not me, a former... associate of mine did. - she said as she passed behind him and stabbed the vampire in the heart with the pen.
While the vampire crumbled in dust, she cleaned the pen and put it back in its place. Afterwards, she pressed an interphone button.
Salazar, have you finished with them? -
Yes, mistress. - said a Mexican-accented voice
Good. I'll report to The Circle. I think that we should keep a low profile in Sunnydale, or better yet, to stay out of the city while the Slayer is here. Fortunately, she didn't discover our alliance with Mayor Wilkins. - she thought for a moment - I need to know what is happening in the Hellmouth. -
Enterprise-E Main Engineering
They finally shot down the last borg drone. Farrell sighed and went to the computers that controlled the energy output to the different systems of the ship. The security people formed a half-circle around her. She opened the panel and started to pull down isolinear chips.
Ruins of Sunnydale High School
Adam stood there, looking at the dot of light that was the Enterprise-E. Although they didn't know, the phaser rifles of most of the security people in Main Engineering were already useless against the Borg. It was only a matter of time until the organics would be overthrown.
Hey, Frankenborg. - said a familiar voice.
Antonia. - he said, without turning around. - Are you that masochistic? -
It's your ass which is going to be whipped now. -
I seriously doubt it. - said Adam as his right arm reformed into a big weapon. He turned and fired a plasma bolt toward Antonia.
She dodged it and started to telekinetically throw debris at him. Adam destroyed the bigger parts with his cannon-arm and shrugged off the smallest ones, all of that without halting his advance upon Antonia.
Antonia looked back and nodded.
Not too far from there, Tony closed her eyes and extended her arms while a white glow began to surround her hands.
When Adam was about to hit at the unmoving Antonia, she felt the power and hit mercilessly. Adam suddenly found himself telechinetically hurled to the other side of the ruined library.
Antonia smiled and made a gesture with her hand. Adam started to float toward her. The drones around them came to life and started to approach Antonia, who made a sweeping gesture with her free hand and launched them to the walls.
As I said, I have whipped you. What have you to say? -
As his only answer, Adam smiled and fired his arm cannon toward Antonia midsection.
Enterprise-E Main engineering
"This is not fair!" though Farrell. The Borgs were rerouting power from other parts of the ship to the phasers. As more drones began to appear from the door, she frantically started to pull chips from the energy distribution console.
Damn! - she heard one of the security people saying. From the corner of her eye, she saw that the Borg had already adapted to the phaser frequencies. And that wasn't the only bad news. The phaser had already accumulated enough power to fire. She picked her type I phaser from her belt and fried the circuits. At least it won't be a prolonged burst, she thought. But that thought didn't decrease the bitter flavor of failure.
Sunnydale High School Ruins.
Antonia tried to get up. But she was still regenerating her spine from the point-blank range plasma bolt, and that manouver wasn't possible. She looked at Adam who was climbing to the energy collector. She didn't need to look up to know what was coming from the sky, a phaser beam.
The phaser beam impacted on the Hellmouth, releasing an enormous amount of energy. That the energy collector was routing toward Adam. She saw the Hellmouth glowing in a fiery red color, and she knew that she had only seconds. She got up, the wound was already mostly healed and, helping herself with her telekinesis, jumped toward Adam, and both fell in the Hellmouth.
It doesn't matter! - shouted Adam as he slowly sank in the Hellmouth, Antonia still grabbing him. - I'll get back from Hell! -
No. You won't - said Antonia as her eyes started to glow.
Later, the light that awakened most of the people of Sunnydale was attributed to a meteor that had fallen in the ruins of the High School. After all, the few people that were awake at that hour had seen something like fire falling just a moment before the light. But the people who were closer to the ruins knew the truth. Antonia had sacrificed herself to destroy Adam.
An abandoned warehouse
The contraption that the Borg Queen had built started to twist and crumble. Inside it the Queen was howling, as her maddened nanites started to destroy her implants. Too late she had didscovered that Adam was prepared for her little treason. Adam's death had released a self-destruct program to all the borg nanotechnological machines. She frantically tried to regain control, but to no avail. All over the small new Collective, one after another the drones began to be disconnected. Finally she was alone. With the last spark of consciousness, she used the last resort of the Queen, the Shutdown Protocol. But it was too late. The Borg Queen ceased to exist.
TO BE CONCLUDED...