Hello all, damn it's been awhile since I updated this fic, but at long last the tenth and final chapter of Slayerette's Slide. In all honesty it probably would have been awhile longet before i got this done due to other projects I'm working on, but I had a dream about sliders last night so I am taking it as a sign from on high to finish this fic. So without any more babbling here it is.
Also, there is slight mention of rape in this chapter, no actually describing of it, just a small mention so just warning you, I'm nice like that.
A Slayerette's SlideChapter 10
Outside a Kromagg base
1 hour Ten minutes till slide
"Alright, you guys ready?" Xander whispered into the small microphone attached to his face as he crouched in a small patch of shadows a little ways away from the fence of the Kromagg base in his full combat gear.
"We're good to go Xan, good luck," Maggie's voice came back a few seconds later.
Taking a deep breath and slowly letting it out Xander activated the magic in the ring on his finger and quickly ran towards the Kromagg base, the magic in his ring allowing him to easily move twice his normal speed while keeping him invisible. Even though it was the dead of night there was a full moon above him that was illuminating the large open space between him and the base.
He had spent the past two weeks studying the base and coming up with a plan to get Wade out, and now he was finally putting his plan into action. The small group had decided that Xander would be the one to get into the Kromagg camp and find Wade while the others would wait until he found her before causing a distraction that would allow him to get her out. After that they would meet up at a predetermined location and slide off the world, another reason they had waited so long to get Wade out.
'Here goes nothing,' Xander thought as he reached the large fence around the base and then leapt into the air. His combined speed and the power of his ring propelling him farther into the air then what was normally possible andeasily allowed him to get over the fence before landing silently and gracefully on the other side.
Looking around to make sure that there were no guards nearby he quickly pulled the Kromagg rifle on his back and began to make his way through the base, hoping that he would be able to find Wade quickly.
After about twenty minutes he was able to find a small empty room with multiple computers. Deactivating the invisibility he made his way over to one of the computers and quickly began to search the computer database, hoping to find Wade's location. A few minutes later Wade's picture appeared on screen along with her location. Thanking whatever higher being that was watching out for him, Xander memorized the screen before shutting the computer down and standing.
Before he could reach the door it opened and three Kromaggs walked in and after seeing Xander quickly raised their weapons and opened fire. Reacting quickly Xander raised the shield his amulet powered and pulled Radiance off his back and ran at the Kromaggs.
With a quick slice the first of the three fell dead, it's head separated from the rest of its body. Seeing one of their own fall dead and knowing this wasn't an ordinary human they were dealing with the other too tried to raise the base alarm but were killed in much the same way as the first before the could make it to the alarm.
"That was close," the young man sighed and quickly stripped the bodies of anything useful before pulling out his Zat and disposing of the bodies. "Man I love this thing," he smiled as he put the alien weapon back in his holster.
"What was that noise?" Maggie's voice came over the radio in a quiet but urgent tone.
"Just a few Kromaggs, don't worry though, their dead," Xander replied as he peaked out the door and saw that there was no one else around.
"Alright, but Quinn says that we're down to fifty five minutes until the slide so shake a leg," Maggie said as he slipped out of the door and back into the night.
"Gotcha," he said, wishing that his ring could turn him invisible more then once per day.
Deciding that he should be moving instead of griping about something he couldn't change he took off into the night, being sure to stick to the shadows and hoping that no one would see him. Ten minutes later, as well as a few more disintegrated Kromaggs, Xander arrived at the large building that Wade was in.
"Progress?" Maggie's voice said into his ear.
"I'm at the building where Wade is being held," Xander whispered back. "Get ready with that distraction," he continued as he silently jumped onto the top of the building and made his way over to a nearby skylight.
"We're ready when you are," Maggie said back.
After quickly examining the skylight to make sure there were no alarms he opened it. "Thank the lord for Kromagg arrogance," he said to himself as he dropped into the room below. Quickly looking around he saw that he was in what appeared to be a lab of sorts. There was a row of hospital beds against one of the walls as well as many different kinds of machines that you would find in a doctors office, and few that would fit in in Frankenstein's castle.
'I don't even want to know,' he thought as he made his way to the nearest door and opened it a crack.
Looking down both ways down the poorly illuminated hallway he saw that it was empty and quickly made his way down it, pulling out his Zat gun along the way. Reaching the end of the hall he stopped and peaked around the corner and cursed to himself as he saw that it led into what looked like a guardroom, with several Kromaggs sitting around.
Once again thanking the lord that he had grabbed a Kromagg flash grenade off of one of the three he had killed earlier he pulled the pin and threw it into the room. Seconds later it went off and the Kromaggs began to scream in anger as they stumbled around looking for the attacker.
Pulling the Kromagg rifle of his back, Xander stepped into the room and opened fire on the nearest Magg, which fell under the onslaught of the small bursts of energy. Shifting his aim the young man was able to kill two more before the guards got their sight back and opened fire on him.
Seeing that the Kromaggs were pointing their weapons at him and that he wouldn't have time to activate his shield he quickly dove behind a nearby console just as the shots ripped into the wall that he was standing in front of. Cautiously peering around the corner he saw that the four remaining guards were splitting up and moving in on his hiding place from multiple angles. Cursing his luck he threw down his rifle and pulled out his Zat gun and the Kromagg pistol on his other hip.
Quickly activating his shield he sprang up from his cover and began to fire at the guards, who in turn quickly dived behind cover. Ducking back into his place he was pleased that he was able to nail two of the bastards, leaving only two left. Knowing that he was short on time he decided to throw caution to the wind and reactivated his shield as well as the speed aspect of his ring and dashed out from his cover.
Quickly moving around the room he began firing at the guards as they fired back, but with the combination of his speed and shield all of their shots either missed him or were absorbed by the shield.
Seconds later the last two Kromaggs were dead. After making sure that no other guards had heard the fight and were coming he moved over to the bank of monitors and began to quickly search for Wade.
After a few seconds he found the monitor for her room and saw that she was asleep on small cot after getting the number for it he quickly made his way down the hallway. Minutes later he was standing outside the door to Wade's cell. Examining the lock on the door he pulled out his lock picks and went to work on the door. Soon he heard the click of the lock opening and with a smile pulled open the door and moved over to Wade's sleeping form.
Looking at her the first thing he noticed was that her hair was no longer red and that it had gone back to her natural brown. "Wade," Xander whispered as he gently shook her shoulder.
After a few more shakes the woman's eyes snapped open, a look of fear in them as she moved as far away from the young man as possible. "Please, leave me alone," she whispered, tears forming in her eyes.
"Wade it's me, Xander," the young man said as he reached for her, only for her to shrink even farther away.
"No your not, Xander's not coming," she whispered as the tears started streaming down her cheeks.
Realizing that they were short on time and that more guards could show up at many minute he quickly made up his mind about what to do. "Listen Wade it is me, and we have very little time before we have to meet the others for the slide, so if you don't come with me I may just have to Zat you and carry you, which will be a bit of a hindrance so please believe me," he said as gently as possible.
Seeing that Wade still wasn't moving he sighed as he reached for the Zat on his hip only for the brunette's hand to dart out and grab his wrist. "It really is you," Wade said with hope in her voice as a small smile appeared on her face.
"Damn right," Xander replied, trademark grin in place.
"Xander," Wade said silently as she jumped into his arms and held on as if her life depended on it. "I never thought I'd see you again," she sobbed as Xander helped her to her feet.
"You honestly think I would leave you in a hellhole like this?" Xander joked as they started towards the door. Tapping the small button on his headset he opened the com link between him and Maggie. "Maggie I got her, now would be a good time for the distraction," Xander whispered as he heard footsteps coming down the corridor.
"We're on it," Maggie replied, happiness evident in her voice.
"What's going on?" Wade asked.
"The other's are giving us a distraction so we can get out of here," Xander replied as he pulled out the Kromagg pistol. "You remember how to use one of these?" he asked as he handed the gun over to Wade.
"Yeah," Wade replied as she took the weapon and held it at the ready.
"Good, there are guards coming and I get the feeling they won't just let us walk out of here," Xander said as he pulled out his Zat.
"Alright, I'm ready," Wade said, all evidence of fear in her voice gone at the prospect of being able to kill some of the monsters that had been raping her for the past month.
"Then lets do this," Xander said as he opened the door and jumped into the hallway just as three guards rounded the corner. Without hesitation the two sliders opened fire on the three guards and soon they were dead.
"That felt really good," Wade said as the two made their way down the hall before a loud explosion was heard that shook the ground under her feet and would have thrown her to the floor if Xander hadn't grabbed her arm. "What the hell was that?"
"That would be our distraction," Xander replied as they began to run down the hall again. "We need to hurry and meet up with the others or else we'll miss the slide," Xander continued as they reached the guardroom.
"You know where the front door to this place is?" Xander asked as he looked around the room and saw three different doors as well as the hallway he had first come down.
"Yeah, it's this way," Wade responded as she pulled Xander toward the door nearest them and opened. Behind the door was another hallway like the one they had come down, only at the end of this one was a large steel door with a small window that showed night.
Quickly running down the hall the to reached the door and after a few seconds to unlock it they were running through the door and into the night.
"Holy crap," Wade said in awe as she saw the huge fire that was burning at the other end of the base. "I take it that was our distraction?" Wade asked as she and Xander started running through the base.
"Bingo, Hang on," Xander replied as he picked Wade up and ran for the nearby fence at full speed. Leaping into the air he was able to easily clear the fence, even with the added wait of Wade, only this time the landing was less graceful.
"Oww," Wade mumbled as she untangled herself from Xander.
"Not one of my better landings," Xander muttered as he stood up and help Wade to her feet. "C'mon," he said as he grabbed her wrist and began running towards a small grove of trees off in the distance.
"Xander, where the hell are you guys?" Maggie's voice asked through the headset he wore.
"We're almost there, how much time do you have?" He asked back as he and once again picked up Wade and activated his ring.
"Ten seconds, hall ass!" she practically yelled into the Mic.
'This is gonna be close,' Xander thought as he ran for the grove of trees, only dimly aware of the shots from Kromagg weapons that started being fired at him and the burning feeling that was forming in his legs and chest.
Time seemed to slow down as Xander carried himself and Wade closer to the trees that would lead to their salvation as more and more blasts from the Kromagg weapons exploded around him.
Once he reached the trees he saw that the portal was open and that Remy and Maggie had already gone in and Quinn was about to follow. Gritting his teeth he increased his speed and jumped into the portal just as it closed.
Two things went through Xander's mind as he and Wade traveled through the tunnel that would lead them to a new dimension. One was relief over the fact that he had finally rescued the woman he loved, two that he should probably let her go before they came out the other end of the tunnel so that only he would fly head first into something hard.
Unknown Location
? Time till slide
"Uhh, what the hell hit me." Xander mumbled as he slowly came too and looked around the room.
"That would have been a Dumpster," a voice said from behind him.
Turning the young man saw a smiling Wade sitting in a chair next to him.
"I told you I always land on my head," Xander replied with a smile as Wade climbed onto the bed next to him and pulled him in for a long kiss. "Hmmm, I really missed that," Xander said as he wrapped his arms around the brunette and held her close.
"I did to," she replied as she held onto him.
After a few minutes of holding onto one another the two pulled apart and climbed out of the bed. "So, how long was I out, and where are we?" Xander asked as he pulled on his shoes and stood up.
"We're at the Chandler, and it's only been a few hours," Wade replied as she grabbed his hand and led him out of the bedroom and into the lounge are of the Suite where he saw the rest of his friends gathered around the table eating breakfast. "Hey guys, look who's awake," Wade called out as the couple joined the rest of their friends at the table.
"Hey Xander, how ya feeling?" Remy asked as he passed Xander a cup of coffee.
"Aww you know me, my head's as solid as a rock," Xander replied as he graciously took the cup of liquid from his friend. "So, how long till we slide?" Xander asked after taking a sip off the drink.
"Three days," Quinn replied before taking a bite of his toast.
"Good, I think we all need a little down time," Wade said as she grabbed some toast for herself.
Looking over at his smiling girlfriend, Xander was easily able to tell that she was happy to be back with her friends. But at the same time the shine that seemed to be always present in her eyes was gone and although she was putting on a good mask, she was clearly still in pain over what had happened. After silently cursing the Kromaggs over what they had done to Wade he vowed that he would not rest until that shine was back in her eyes.
The day was spent in peace as the five friends just sat around and talked about past stories, trying to put the rest the demons that had been haunting them for the past month, but all knowing that their time of peace would soon be over.
As the day ended and they all retired to bed except Xander who stood out on the small balcony that was part of the suite.
"Hey, want some company?" Quinn asked as he climbed out and stood next to Xander.
"Sure," Xander replied, not taking his gaze away from the night sky.
"Been a hell of a month," Quinn commented as he took looked up at the sky.
"Yup,"
"Wade seems to be doing well,"
"We both know that she isn't doing as good as she is pretending to be," Xander replied as he looked aver at his friend.
Quinn let out a sigh before turning to face his friend. "Yeah, must have been hell for her," he commented, angered over the fact that his best friend had to go through that hell.
"She's safe now, and nothing is taking her away again," Xander replied, an edge to his voice that Quinn had never heard before that instantly convinced him that not even God himself would take her away. "So, what should we do about your world?" Xander asked after a few moments of silence.
"I don't know, there is no way I am can just sit by and let the Kromaggs do what they are doing, but I know that if we go back now their won't be much we can do," Quinn replied after a few moments thought.
"We need to find a weapon," Xander stated.
"What do you mean?" Quinn asked.
"There are millions of worlds out there, one of them must have found a way to beat back the Maggs, or at the very least could help us find a way to kick them off your world," Xander stated as he looked back up at the stars.
"So, we're going gun shopping?" Quinn asked with a grin.
"Pretty much," Xander replied, a grin forming on his face. "And I pity any Magg that gets in our way."
Xander's World
Giles House
"That was one hell of a ceremony," Buffy sighed as she fell onto one of the couches in Gile's living room.
"Yes, but you stopped the Mayor, and saved most of the class, so I would call it a win," Giles said as he prepared a pot of tea.
"And, now that the Mayor is gone we can focus our efforts on finding Xander," Willow stated from her position of Oz's lap.
"Sounds good," Oz stated as he wrapped his arms around his girlfriend's waste.
"Yeah, but where to start?" Buffy asked as she looked at her friends. "There is a whole wide world out there that he could be in."
End of Slayerette's Slide
To be continued in
Slayerette's Slide 2
Well, that's the end of that.
If any of you would like to know what happened in the dream that kicked started my muse's engine it was basically this.
The four sliders from seasons 1 and 2 were in my basement trying to fix the timer when a horde of flesh eating bugs showed up so they ran into my storage room where it then flashed to a Future Quinn riding a horse through a desert when the bugs showed up again, and then a woke up when I saw that the bugs were eating the goddess known as Wade.
Kinda pointless but if any of you know how to interrupt dreams and can figure out if that means anything please let me know.
Although, don't be surprised if some of that dream stuff shows up in the next fic