Dear old Dad…

Fury watched out of his office window as the helicopter came into land outside the Triskelion. He was slightly apprehensive about how easily Xander had given himself up, but considering who he'd been up against, that was understandable.

Capturing an apparently high-ranking member of the Watchers Council would help S.H.I.E.L.D. to understand this new threat, and maybe even shed some light onto just what Faith was. The ride down the elevator was conducted in silence, the two aides following Fury knowing that it was best not to disturb him when he was thinking.

The main thought on Fury's mind was how powerfully an asset Faith would have been had she been completely on their side: her strength and reflexes were almost off the chart, as he rather impromptu exit from the restaurant had proven. The files from The Initiative showed that Miss Summers had been as, if not more, powerful.

Two American citizens, with post-human abilities, and he hadn't been told?

The Watchers Council had a lot to answer for.

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"Don't you guys have to be together for this to work?" Faith asked over the phone, as she looked out across the water two the Triskelion, "I mean, you're not even on the same continent. And how do we know that Andrew and Dawn can fill in for Xander and Willow?"

"Faith, do calm down." Giles sounded completely in control, "We've been experimenting with long rang spell-casting for some time now: we have already proven that distance is no object: only strength of will."

"You're not the one who about to walk into one of the most heavily defended places on the planet, armed with nothing more than a hammer."

"It's a Troll hammer, the same one that Buffy used against Glory. I assure you that it will be more than sufficient to breach any security they have. The only person you have to worry about is the Scarlet Witch."

"Well, if the worst comes to the worst, make sure that B and Willow are there with the cavalry: this is their plan after all."

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"You seem surprisingly relaxed for someone who's facing some very serious charges, Mr Harris." Fury paced back and forth across the interrogation room like a cadged tiger, "Just tell me what I want to know, and all your legal problems will just go away."

"You know what this room needs?" Xander asked, looking around at the bare concrete wall, "A potted plant: something to add a little life and colour…"

"DO NOT PLAY GAMES WITH ME!" Fury slammed his fist down on the table, "What are the Watchers Council planning?"

"Well, I think Giles has already started planning the Christmas party…"

"Do you want to die?"

"Sometimes, depending on how depressed I am."

"You're in a very dangerous situation. People someone get hurt."

"Accidents happen?"

"Exactly."

"General, I've been threatened by things bigger and nastier than you: you don't even come close to scaring me."

"You talk big for someone who got captured so easily."

"Who said I was trying to hide?"

Alarm bells went off in Fury's head jus a moment before they started going off throughout the entire complex.

"I think you're about to get a lesson in what true power is." Xander smiled to himself.

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The S.H.I.E.L.D. security team arrived at the dock just thirty seconds after the boat pulled in, weapons at the ready.

"Just hold it right there!" The sergeant in charge said, "put your weapons down and your hands up!"

"You are nothing: small and insignificant." Unity looked out through Faith's glowing eyes, "Where is the one named Fury?"

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"What in gods name is that?" Fury asked when he arrived in the command centre and saw the image on the main screen, "Is that Faith?"

"We don't know sir." The officer of the watch shook his head, "what ever it is is radiating energy unlike anything we've ever seen: completely off our sensors!"

"What ever I is, I want it alive!" Fury grabbed the intercom, "All active members of the field team to the west dock: intruder alert. I want them alive!"

"Sir, maybe you should…" A young tech pointed at the screen.

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Unity backhanded the last of the security team without even a thought, sending the helpless man flying out into the Hudson River. A swing of the Troll Hammer demolished a reinforced security checkpoint.

Looking at the Triskelion, Unity started to walk forward.

TBC