Disclaimer: Nothing is mine except the plot. This is homage to Alias with Buffyverse characters (and Daniel from stargate).

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Authors Note 1: This is a sequel to my earlier story allegiance, which you can access through my bio page. This story will probably not make sense in less you have read allegiance.

AN2: I want to thank everyone who reviewed allegiance, and made this story possible. And to InvisibleA, and Nina for insperation. Particularly the best beta ever beramoon. Oh and for CROgirl who asked, I am Canadian.

1. A New Dawn

It was a day like any other. The sky was overcast, the air polluted, the street was noisy: and filled with air-polluting cars. In one of them, the deputy director of the CIA, Mr. Burns set calmly smoking his cigar. In the other, Mr. Burns's sworn enemy, the director of the I.N. Liam O'Conner was trying to remember his speech. Leaning against Liam, was his wife of two month's Buffy. She had stopped attempting to calm Liam down, hours ago, so she just leant against him. listening to his heartbeat and offering moral support.

These particular cars were both driving down Charring Cross road in London, towards British parliament. Once there they were scheduled to discuss the calling of a cease-fire in Ireland. The head of the KGB, commander Kurizink, who was currently being flown in by jet, was there to do something else entirely. He was there to supervise the assassination of Mr. Burns, by one of his best agents, Agent Alexander (Xander to everyone who knew him) Harris.

The negotiation's started, at twelve past one; with a wonderful speech by the British prime Minster. Then the debates began, and they were anything but wonderful. Liam held his own (barely), fighting for the sovereignty of Ireland. The two great Powers, The Americans and the U.S.S.R tried to bully him into submission. They tried and they failed.

Then at six, the negotiations ended for the day and a press conference began. The world was watching. The world had been watching since Liam's moving appeal for Irish sovereignty months earlier.

Mr. Burns spoke to the press first. Within the first minute of his speech Buffy entered the room slipping into the seat besides her husband. The two spies listed closely, to Mr. Burn's speech, they heard him rail against the I.N., contesting there right to represent Ireland.

Then halfway through the speech, out of the corner of his eye, Liam noticed Mr. Kurizink, tug his ear. It wasn't a casual tug, it was an orchestrated one.

Liam looked around to see whom Kurizink was signaling to. It took him a few seconds but he spotted the man lying at the edge of the glass roof, a sniper riffle in his hand. The riffle was pointed at Mr. Burns.

Liam not thinking of his own safety jumped out of his seat, in front of the video camera's, and pushed Mr. Burns to the floor, saving Mr. Burns from the bullet. Instead the bullet pierced Liam's skin and lodged in his chest. Everyone in the building, as well as everyone watching the live broadcast at home, saw Liam fall. They saw blood that began to pool on the floor, a loud gasp echoing around the now silent room.

Everyone was silent, horrified by the event, then Liam stood up, slowly. An astonished doctor ran over to Liam, and lifted up his shirt, hoping to heal the wound. That was when the doctor and everyone else saw Liam's perfectly smooth chest not a bullet wound in sight

The whole world knew, by midnight that Liam O'Conner, guardian angel and leader of The I.N, was not quite human. However they still didn't know what he was.

Unfortunately neither did Liam.

Next Chapter: How to deal with the world knowing a secret, that you can't explain.