Title: A Breed Apart
Author: Knife Hand
Feedback: Constructive feedback appreciated, flames unappreciated
Spoilers: Some, mostly early series.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy. I would buy the show but I am broke.
Summary: On her first day at Sunnydale High, Buffy finds an odd kinship to a fellow student and something she never knew about herself.
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"Are you ready to go yet?" Xander called up to Buffy.
"Almost." She called back down.
Things had been interesting over the last few months, since Kendra's arrival. Kendra had been taken on as a library assistant who was tutored by Giles, who had taken her in, and she had finally been integrated into the Scooby Gang. She was now friends with Buffy, Xander and Willow and had come to respect Angel for his fighting abilities. Spike had been a bit of a thorn, having organised the splintered vampire groups who had been left leaderless by the death of The Master and his most powerful minions, Darla and The Anointed, and had started probing the weaknesses of the Scooby Gang.
But tonight was not about work, tonight was about fun. It was Halloween and Giles had assured them that the vampires would not be active, so they were going Trick or Treating. They would have been stuck with a group of kids by Snyder, but his respect for all things athletic, Xander being captain of the swim team and the recent wins by the Gymnastic club, and his personal fear of Buffy and Xander had curbed his urge to control them. Xander adjusted the neck of his outfit as he went to answer the door, which had just been knocked on.
"Wills and Kendra are here, Buff." Xander called as he opened the door revealing his friends.
Kendra was dressed in boots, short legged pants, a tank top, a small backpack and a gun belt. She had her hair tied back in a long braid. Xander smiled.
"Lady Croft." He said bowing to her, causing her to smile. "What's your costume Wills?"
Willow was dressed in a long trench coat that seemed to cover her usual patrol cloths. Flipping her ponytail over her shoulder, she opened the coat to reveal a sword sheathed in the lining.
"Myself as an Immortal." Willow said with a grin.
"Nice, and practical on the Hellmouth." Xander responded.
At this point, Buffy came down the stairs. She was dressed in camouflage cargo pants, a green halter top and a camouflage over shirt, with her hair back in a ponytail and carrying a mock assault rifle.
"I'm GI Jane." She said when she saw Kendra's blank look.
"We ready?" Xander asked.
"Yes Captain." Buffy said, cheekily.
Xander was dressed in a padded, black bodysuit with a strange logo on the chest. At his belt was a holster that held what looked like a baton (AN: For all you J-verse fans, No, he is not dressed as a Kine Commander and the baton is not Elan.) balanced by an unusual looking pistol on his other hip. In effect he was dressed as Captain Dylan Hunt from Andromeda.
Giles, as usual was organising the library and Oz, now a probationary member of the Scooby Gang and Willows boyfriend, was at a gig with his band. Joyce came in to see her daughter, son-in-law and their friends off.
"Have fun." Joyce said.
"We will, Joyce. I mean, Mrs S." Xander said.
"Xander. You can call me Joyce. You are my Son-in-law, you can even call me mom." Joyce said.
"Thanks. mom." Xander said, blushing slightly. "Ok. Let's haul ass."
"Hurrah." Buffy said, getting into the spirit of her costume.
********
Buffy looked over at her husband and smiled. He was loving this, she could feel it through their connection, and so was she, they hardly got any time off. The group was laughing, more from the shear exhilaration of not being in a life or death situation. They had been Trick or Treating for about four hours and their stashes were pretty full. She could not remember the last time that the group was so carefree.
"Before the Hyena thing." Xander whispered.
Buffy smiled, she loved it when he did that. He could not read her mind, per say, but he had developed a gift of telling what she was thinking from her face and their bond. She pulled him in for a quick kiss, causing Willow and Kendra to roll their eyes. As they walked, they were suddenly hit by dizziness. When the dizziness faded, Buffy did not recognise anyone.
"Alright, who the hell are you? And where the fuck are we?" Buffy said, raising her assault rifle, and smoothly switching the safety off.
The dark haired woman with the braid drew her two pistols from their hip holsters and, like Buffy, began trying to cover the others. The tall, dark haired man pulled a wired looking pistol which he used to cover the girl with the two pistols, and a baton which he switched between Buffy and the fourth person. The fourth person was a redhead who was dressed in a long trench coat who simply stood shaking her head, as if arguing with herself.
"Ok. Why doesn't everyone calm down and we'll discuss this." The dark haired man said.
Buffy slowly lowered her rifle as he put up his pistol and baton, followed by the dark haired woman. For some inexplicable reason, Buffy trusted the man, against all her training; her head said don't trust him, but her heart disagreed.
"Alright. I say again, who the hell are you?" Buffy said.
"Who are we, who the hell are you?" The dark haired woman said with a British accent.
"Lieutenant Elizabeth Summers, Navy SEAL team 6. Friends call me Buffy." Buffy said.
"Lady Lara Croft." The dark haired woman said.
"Captain Dylan Hunt. Systems Commonwealth." The man said.
"Never heard of 'em." Buffy said before turning to the last woman. "Who are you?"
The redhead seemed to have finished arguing with herself and seemed unhappy with whatever the outcome had been and where she was.
"Name's Willow Rosenberg. None of you are going to like this but we are not really who we think we are." Willow said.
"Huh?" Buffy asked.
"Let's see, Lady Croft here has never been to England, in fact she is a mystical warrior know as a Slayer, her name is Kendra and she hails from Jamaica. The good Captain here will be unable to contact his Spaceship, called the Andromeda, or contact any of his crew due to the fact that it and they doesn't exist; in fact he is a high school student by the name of Alexander Harris, though he prefers Xander. You, missy, are still Buffy, except you are also still in high school, a Slayer and married to Xander here." Willow explained.
"Umm, ok. What about you?" Xander, I mean Dylan, asked.
"Me? I'm a former computer geek school student instead of a three thousand year old Immortal." Willow said casually.
"Oh." Buffy said sarcastically.
"I'm calling Giles." Willow said, before pulling out her phone and walking a few paces away.
"This is crazy. Do you believe her?" Buffy asked.
"I don't know. But I do feel a connection to you." Xander replied.
"Alright, Giles is going to take care of this. We are going to keep things from getting out of hand." Willow commanded.
"But you are unarmed." Buffy said.
Willow opened her coat to reveal her sword and pulled a pistol from behind her back, with a smile.
"Ok. Let's move." Buffy ordered, bringing her rifle up to a relaxed by ready position.
********
"Well that certainly was interesting." Buffy said.
After Giles had broken the spell, everyone had gone to their respective abodes to change into their normal attire before meeting in the library for a meeting.
"I second that." Xander said. "Shame that the lance and pulse pistol went back to being plastic."
"Yah, but Willow's sword went from being a replica to an authentic Samurai Katana." Giles added, having inspected the sword after the incident.
"That was fun, shame you had to miss it Ripper." Kendra said with a slight British accent.
"What did you call me?" Giles said.
"Sorry bout dat. Seems Lady Croft met Ripper in her youth in London. They raised some hell, particularly with the Vampires." Kendra said with her normal accent.
"G-man. You're Ripper? Terror of the London Underground? Shit man, you're a legend, even some of the Vamps here know and fear you." Xander said.
"Looks like we'll have to get you back in training, Ripper." Buffy said with a smirk.
"Wanna go with the quarterstaffs?" Xander asked.
"I'll wipe the sodding floor with you, ya ponce." Ripper said, getting angry.
"Maybe, but Dylan Hunt was an Expert with the quarterstaff." Xander said.
"Hey, I now got three thousand years worth of experience with swords." Willow said, grinning.
"I think I'm going to visit Colonel Henson in the morning." Buffy said with a grin.
"Who's that?" Giles asked.
"CO of the local Army Base. I think we need some supples, and he owes me, though he does not really know it yet." Buffy said.
"How's that?" Kendra asked.
"We saved his wife and two daughters from Vampires last week. Plus he might want to know that we killed the demon that was eating his men." Buffy responded, calmly.
Xander smirked. This event certainly added character to the group.
TBC.
Author: Knife Hand
Feedback: Constructive feedback appreciated, flames unappreciated
Spoilers: Some, mostly early series.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy. I would buy the show but I am broke.
Summary: On her first day at Sunnydale High, Buffy finds an odd kinship to a fellow student and something she never knew about herself.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Are you ready to go yet?" Xander called up to Buffy.
"Almost." She called back down.
Things had been interesting over the last few months, since Kendra's arrival. Kendra had been taken on as a library assistant who was tutored by Giles, who had taken her in, and she had finally been integrated into the Scooby Gang. She was now friends with Buffy, Xander and Willow and had come to respect Angel for his fighting abilities. Spike had been a bit of a thorn, having organised the splintered vampire groups who had been left leaderless by the death of The Master and his most powerful minions, Darla and The Anointed, and had started probing the weaknesses of the Scooby Gang.
But tonight was not about work, tonight was about fun. It was Halloween and Giles had assured them that the vampires would not be active, so they were going Trick or Treating. They would have been stuck with a group of kids by Snyder, but his respect for all things athletic, Xander being captain of the swim team and the recent wins by the Gymnastic club, and his personal fear of Buffy and Xander had curbed his urge to control them. Xander adjusted the neck of his outfit as he went to answer the door, which had just been knocked on.
"Wills and Kendra are here, Buff." Xander called as he opened the door revealing his friends.
Kendra was dressed in boots, short legged pants, a tank top, a small backpack and a gun belt. She had her hair tied back in a long braid. Xander smiled.
"Lady Croft." He said bowing to her, causing her to smile. "What's your costume Wills?"
Willow was dressed in a long trench coat that seemed to cover her usual patrol cloths. Flipping her ponytail over her shoulder, she opened the coat to reveal a sword sheathed in the lining.
"Myself as an Immortal." Willow said with a grin.
"Nice, and practical on the Hellmouth." Xander responded.
At this point, Buffy came down the stairs. She was dressed in camouflage cargo pants, a green halter top and a camouflage over shirt, with her hair back in a ponytail and carrying a mock assault rifle.
"I'm GI Jane." She said when she saw Kendra's blank look.
"We ready?" Xander asked.
"Yes Captain." Buffy said, cheekily.
Xander was dressed in a padded, black bodysuit with a strange logo on the chest. At his belt was a holster that held what looked like a baton (AN: For all you J-verse fans, No, he is not dressed as a Kine Commander and the baton is not Elan.) balanced by an unusual looking pistol on his other hip. In effect he was dressed as Captain Dylan Hunt from Andromeda.
Giles, as usual was organising the library and Oz, now a probationary member of the Scooby Gang and Willows boyfriend, was at a gig with his band. Joyce came in to see her daughter, son-in-law and their friends off.
"Have fun." Joyce said.
"We will, Joyce. I mean, Mrs S." Xander said.
"Xander. You can call me Joyce. You are my Son-in-law, you can even call me mom." Joyce said.
"Thanks. mom." Xander said, blushing slightly. "Ok. Let's haul ass."
"Hurrah." Buffy said, getting into the spirit of her costume.
********
Buffy looked over at her husband and smiled. He was loving this, she could feel it through their connection, and so was she, they hardly got any time off. The group was laughing, more from the shear exhilaration of not being in a life or death situation. They had been Trick or Treating for about four hours and their stashes were pretty full. She could not remember the last time that the group was so carefree.
"Before the Hyena thing." Xander whispered.
Buffy smiled, she loved it when he did that. He could not read her mind, per say, but he had developed a gift of telling what she was thinking from her face and their bond. She pulled him in for a quick kiss, causing Willow and Kendra to roll their eyes. As they walked, they were suddenly hit by dizziness. When the dizziness faded, Buffy did not recognise anyone.
"Alright, who the hell are you? And where the fuck are we?" Buffy said, raising her assault rifle, and smoothly switching the safety off.
The dark haired woman with the braid drew her two pistols from their hip holsters and, like Buffy, began trying to cover the others. The tall, dark haired man pulled a wired looking pistol which he used to cover the girl with the two pistols, and a baton which he switched between Buffy and the fourth person. The fourth person was a redhead who was dressed in a long trench coat who simply stood shaking her head, as if arguing with herself.
"Ok. Why doesn't everyone calm down and we'll discuss this." The dark haired man said.
Buffy slowly lowered her rifle as he put up his pistol and baton, followed by the dark haired woman. For some inexplicable reason, Buffy trusted the man, against all her training; her head said don't trust him, but her heart disagreed.
"Alright. I say again, who the hell are you?" Buffy said.
"Who are we, who the hell are you?" The dark haired woman said with a British accent.
"Lieutenant Elizabeth Summers, Navy SEAL team 6. Friends call me Buffy." Buffy said.
"Lady Lara Croft." The dark haired woman said.
"Captain Dylan Hunt. Systems Commonwealth." The man said.
"Never heard of 'em." Buffy said before turning to the last woman. "Who are you?"
The redhead seemed to have finished arguing with herself and seemed unhappy with whatever the outcome had been and where she was.
"Name's Willow Rosenberg. None of you are going to like this but we are not really who we think we are." Willow said.
"Huh?" Buffy asked.
"Let's see, Lady Croft here has never been to England, in fact she is a mystical warrior know as a Slayer, her name is Kendra and she hails from Jamaica. The good Captain here will be unable to contact his Spaceship, called the Andromeda, or contact any of his crew due to the fact that it and they doesn't exist; in fact he is a high school student by the name of Alexander Harris, though he prefers Xander. You, missy, are still Buffy, except you are also still in high school, a Slayer and married to Xander here." Willow explained.
"Umm, ok. What about you?" Xander, I mean Dylan, asked.
"Me? I'm a former computer geek school student instead of a three thousand year old Immortal." Willow said casually.
"Oh." Buffy said sarcastically.
"I'm calling Giles." Willow said, before pulling out her phone and walking a few paces away.
"This is crazy. Do you believe her?" Buffy asked.
"I don't know. But I do feel a connection to you." Xander replied.
"Alright, Giles is going to take care of this. We are going to keep things from getting out of hand." Willow commanded.
"But you are unarmed." Buffy said.
Willow opened her coat to reveal her sword and pulled a pistol from behind her back, with a smile.
"Ok. Let's move." Buffy ordered, bringing her rifle up to a relaxed by ready position.
********
"Well that certainly was interesting." Buffy said.
After Giles had broken the spell, everyone had gone to their respective abodes to change into their normal attire before meeting in the library for a meeting.
"I second that." Xander said. "Shame that the lance and pulse pistol went back to being plastic."
"Yah, but Willow's sword went from being a replica to an authentic Samurai Katana." Giles added, having inspected the sword after the incident.
"That was fun, shame you had to miss it Ripper." Kendra said with a slight British accent.
"What did you call me?" Giles said.
"Sorry bout dat. Seems Lady Croft met Ripper in her youth in London. They raised some hell, particularly with the Vampires." Kendra said with her normal accent.
"G-man. You're Ripper? Terror of the London Underground? Shit man, you're a legend, even some of the Vamps here know and fear you." Xander said.
"Looks like we'll have to get you back in training, Ripper." Buffy said with a smirk.
"Wanna go with the quarterstaffs?" Xander asked.
"I'll wipe the sodding floor with you, ya ponce." Ripper said, getting angry.
"Maybe, but Dylan Hunt was an Expert with the quarterstaff." Xander said.
"Hey, I now got three thousand years worth of experience with swords." Willow said, grinning.
"I think I'm going to visit Colonel Henson in the morning." Buffy said with a grin.
"Who's that?" Giles asked.
"CO of the local Army Base. I think we need some supples, and he owes me, though he does not really know it yet." Buffy said.
"How's that?" Kendra asked.
"We saved his wife and two daughters from Vampires last week. Plus he might want to know that we killed the demon that was eating his men." Buffy responded, calmly.
Xander smirked. This event certainly added character to the group.
TBC.