Title: Phoenix Risings: Necro-Gate: Part 2

Raiting: PG-13/R

Chapter:2

Author:White Werewolf

Category:Buffy/Xander-only in this fic. Not much of it though. Another 'ship might appear as well.Spoiler:All I know it is set after, "Becoming Part 2"

Disclaimer:I don't own anything, but the ideas, my computer, and my website:

Summery:A goa'uld kidnapped Faith and took the Necronomicon, now SG-1, and some of the Scrappies head to the SGC to stop her

Author Notes:This part is just the prologue to the Phoenix Risings Trilogy; which will turn into a huge series. This is the third part of the trilogy. It will house many crossovers and focus on the Buffy/Xander relationship

Special Thanks:Danii, Tenhawk, Teri, Silent Bob Foley, and X-Lander.
Special Mention:Thanks to Cyclone as well for helping me with this chapter.

Crossovers Planned:
Buffy: the Vampire Slayer
Hercules: the Legendary Journeys
Evil Dead
Stargate SG-1
Xena: Warrior Princess
Mortal Kombat

Cameo Crossovers will suddenly appear. Take a read and see if you can spot one.
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The eight of them walked down the corridor. "Well, kids," Jack said as they walked, "you just met Senator Kinsey."

"Senator of what? Being a bastard?" Buffy asked aloud.

The colonel chuckled, "No. Not really. He's been trying to shut us down for years now."

"I see." Ash said. He looked down at his hand and realized he still had his chainsaw attached. "Forgot I still had this on." The former promised one said with a grin. He quickly detached the chainsaw and attached the gauntlet.

Sam looked at his attachment, "What exactly happened to your hand there, Ash?"

He looked up at the elder blond, "The book took over my hand, and I had to chop it off at the wrist. When I was in Medieval Europe, I got it replaced by a gauntlet."

Sam looked at him skeptically, "Medieval Europe?"

Ash then began to tell his tale about the Necronomicon. Daniel was amazed at what this man went through, and how the book was able to do that.

"What I don't understand is, I thought the Goa'uld only used technology. And not magic." Jack said.

The archeologist suggested, "Maybe Ninedinna is older then Apophis. And maybe even older then Ra."

Xander asked, "Ra? Apophis?"

Hercules pointed out, "Egyptian and Sumerian Gods."

Daniel looked at the actor, "I see you know your mythology, Mr. Sorbo."

The demigod grinned, "My show uses mythological figures all the time."

Jack snapped his fingers, "I knew you looked familiar. My cousin watches your show."

Teal'c raised his eyebrow, "You have a cousin, O'Neill?"

He nodded, "Yeah, Sam."

Sam looked at him, "Sam?"

He grinned. "Yeah. My cousin, Angus, has a son, Sam. He watches Hercules and Xena all the time."

Hercules grinned, "It's always nice to hear about fans."

Changing the subject, Buffy asked, "Were is the debriefing room?"

Daniel said as he looked forward, "Just up ahead. We'll be there shortly."

The Slayer asked, "We need to let the others know we're okay, Colonel. The last time they saw us was in Los Angeles." Thinking for a second, "Where are we anyway?"

Daniel said, "That would be Colorado. And I think you could call them. But don't tell them where we are."

Xander nodded, "Makes sense, Buff. If I'm correct, this is a top security military base. And the public doesn't need to know this."

Jack glanced at him, "How do you know all this information, Xander?"

He answered back, "Last Halloween, a spell was cast on Sunnydale. Everyone who bought something from Ethan's turned into what they bought. I bought a toy gun. Next thing I know is that night, I turned into soldier boy. Buffy here was turned into a noble woman."

"That would explain it." Sam said to the group of eight. "But I find that to be rather cheating."

Daniel said, "This coming from the woman who had a tokra within her, and now has superior tokra knowledge."

Sam rolled her eyes, "Touché."

Xander asked, "Tokra?"

Jack stared at Daniel, "You got to learn to keep your mouth shut sometimes, Danny. You let Kinsey know about Buffy and you just let them know about the Tokra."

Daniel grinned slightly, "Sorry."

The colonel said, "Just don't do it again. I think we can trust these guys."

Just as Sam was about to say something, Teal'c spoke up, "This is the debriefing room. I am sure General Hammond will be here soon."

---

"Where do you get off calling that young woman a slut, Senator?"

He walked up to the general. The whole time, they were still separated by a desk.

"General, this is a military base, the most confidential project in Earth's history and now some so called Alien 'friend' has graciously dropped help in our laps.

And what help? Two of them are teenagers, one is a television actor, and the other one had a chainsaw for a hand? These people are in no shape or form suitable for the SGC, get them off this base now."

"Senator Kinsey, these four people as you say were chosen by Thor. And if he has just cause for selecting these people, then I might have to agree with him."

"So because of the word of some alien that we barely know, you're going to allow them to walk freely around the SGC and possibly go through the Stargate? These civilians must be removed at once General, that is an order."

"You barely know him Senator, he is responsible for you to even be standing there, now I assure you that they will be well watched over. Thor chose them for what he believed would be best when we come up against what is apparently another Goa'uld named Ninedinna. Now considering your actions here already I suggest you calm down and think before you act."

"No General. I will not take time over this, not only do you have four unauthorized civilians in the SGC but you have allowed one of them, one who assaulted me to walk around freely."

"Senator, I don't know if you realized this, but the young man did only retaliate for your actions in the Briefing room, you called the young woman a slut, not only was it uncalled for, but it was rude, insensitive, and above all not language commiserate with your position of authority."

"I don't particularly care what you think General. I was assaulted by that insolent young man, I want it taken care of immediately."

Hammond glared at the man, "Mr Harris reacted in the defense of a young woman who obviously means a lot to him, now if any man insulted a woman like that then in my opinion they deserve what they get Senator, he may be in the wrong with a physical assault but you were just as much in the wrong."

"Damn it Hammond, Doctor Jackson practically declared her psychotic sprouting off about Slayer's and Vampires. She should be in a mental hospital. Vampires don't exist."

George walked over to his door, "Senator, I don't have time for this. Less than a week ago, a powerful goa'uld came down to Earth without our radar detecting them or anyone seeing her, further more she and kidnapped a girl, an American citizen no less and took her away. As a senator, you should realize that we have to resolve this situation before other goa'uld come down and do it again."

"Now, see here, General Hammond."

"No, you see here, Senator. I have to talk to my team and our guests. We need to rectify this ASAP."

With that said, the general left the office leaving a confused and angered senator.

---

"I see you're all here." General Hammond said as he walked into the debriefing room.

On one side of the table, sat the four members of SG-1. They sat in their usual seats. On the other side, Buffy sat next to Xander, who sat next to Hercules. Ash was by the far wall. All eyes were focused on the general.

"First of all, I want to apologize for Senator Kinsey, Ms. Summers. He had no right to insult you in any way."

She nodded, "It's alright, General. But I hope nothing happens to Xander." She said squeezing her friend's hand absent-mindedly

He sighed and a slight smile came to his face as the two teenagers comforted each other as he sat down in his seat. "We'll try to make things easy for him, Senator Kinsey had no right to that and Mr. Harris' reaction is understandable."

"Besides the Security cameras would have picked up the whole thing and they show Kinsey was in the wrong, you guys have nothing to worry about." Jack replied

"However, that's not what we need to discuss at the moment"
Ash nodded, "Right. We have to find my niece, General."

Hammond said, "And we will, Mr. Williams." He looked at around the room one more time, "so, what exactly happened during your recon Colonel?"

SG-1, Buffy, Xander, Hercules, and Ash took turns filling in General Hammond on the situation. Everything that happened these past three weeks was told to the General.

"That is quite the tale, People."

Xander smirked, "It is, isn't it? And it's one hundred percent accurate."

Hercules added, "Everything's true. Well, except for the fact that SG-1 killed Bad Faith. That was a team effort."

General Hammond sighed, "Well, finding out that vampires among other demons existing is nothing new to the American Government."

Jack looked at him skeptically, "And the reason you didn't fill me in on this, was because?"

Hammond said, "After we last talked, I contacted one of my superiors and he told me that the US Government was in the process of forming a military operation based on the supernatural."

Buffy said, "I hope these people know what they're getting into."

The general stated, "This will be well looked into. They want to make this military operation the best it can be. So, they're preparing for it now. Should be running in two years time."

"Sir? We still don't know what we're going to do about Ninedinna." Carter said to bring the subject to the one at hand, "Thor didn't have anything to comment on."

Hammond looked at the clock, "Well, right now it's pretty late, and we're all exhausted. I suggest we all sleep on it, and reconvene at 0700 hours. Mr. Williams, Mr. Harris, Ms. Summers, and Mr. Sorbo can all find rooms here at the base. SG-1 will show you each to one."

Buffy asked, "Do you mind if I call our friends and let them know we're alright, General. We disappeared after defeating Bad Faith. I don't want them to worry."

He smiled, "I don't see why not. Just don't tell them where we are. The SGC is classified."

Xander yawned, "Thanks. We'll see you in the morning."

With that said, the current members of the Scrappies and SG-1 left the debriefing room for their destined quarters.

---

Ash and Jack were walking down the hallway. Behind them, were the six others. Each group of two were at their own pace.

The former promised one and the colonel walked over to room number, 55. Jack opened the room, flipped on the light switch, and held the door open for Ash.

"This will be your room until you leave, Ash."

Ash placed his chainsaw on top of the desk that was by the far wall. Leaning against the wall beside the desk, he rubbed the metal of his gaunlet hand with his normal one.

"So this is the SGC, huh?"

Jack nodded as he stepped closer to the scarred man, "Yep. Much has happened here. Some good, and some bad."

He grinned, "I know all about the good and the bad. My life has been pretty much of the bad as of late."

The colonel sighed, "Ash, I know what your feeling. You feel helpless. I'm sure you've gone through the whole situation with your niece a thousand times, and every time, you wonder if there was something different. Something different that would allow you to save your niece."

He sighed, "It hurts, Jack. I just find out my niece is a vampire slayer, promise to help her in every way that I can; I can't even save her from that fucking bitch. I've gone through so much of my life, so many horrors, and I can't even stop one single woman."

"To be fair to you, Ash. You never went up against a goa'uld before. You may have fought deadites, vampires, demons, and other creatures, but you never faced an opponent like Ninedinna. I know what it's like to lose someone. And I know you lost some too, but I will help you find Faith. That's a promise"
Ash said, "Thanks, Jack." He looked at his hand and then back at new friend. "Mind if I ask you a question?"

He shrugged, "Sure. What's the question?"

The clerk grinned, "What's the story with Captain Carter?"

---

Hercules and Daniel were a few feet behind Jack and Ash. As they disappeared into room 55, the two of them went further.

"I must admit, Mr. Sorbo."

He grinned, "Call me Kevin."

Daniel smiled, "Alright, Kevin. I was surprised you knew about Ra and Apophis. I always had the impression that celebrities didn't care much for mythology. Well, I always thought many people didn't care for them."

Hercules grinned, "Mythology always fascinated me, Daniel. I always wanted to do some acting with the genre. Before I got the job on Hercules, I was going for the role of Clark Kent in Lois and Clark. But of course Dean Cain got the job."

The archeologist said, "I don't know much about the acting game. Never really got on with me. I always preferred the supernatural. UFOs always interested me. Same with the odd mysteries of the world. Like what happened with Atlantis."

Hercules chuckled, "It's an island that sunk. But from what I know of it, the technology on the island was very advanced. Especially for that time period."

Daniel opened the door to room number, 61. "This will be your room, Kevin. I might suggest you calling the studio and letting them know that you're unavailable for filming future episodes."

The demigod smiled, "Thanks, I'll do that."

With that said, Daniel turned around and headed for the door.

"Doctor Jackson?"

Daniel turned around, "Yes?"

Hercules asked, "Is it alright if I get a snack later. Fighting Bad Faith really took a lot out of me."

The archeologist nodded, "Not a problem. Just go to the mess hall. It's down the hall. Take a right at the end and go down four doors. There'll be people guarding it. But that's just standard procedure."

"Thanks." The son of Zeus said. (I'll talk to Xander later tonight.)

---

The two blonds watched as Kevin and Daniel went into room 61. They headed down two more rooms.

Sam opened the door allowing Buffy to enter.

"This is your room, Ms. Summers."

Buffy nodded as she went inside. Turning back to the captain, she said, "Call me, Buffy, Captain."

Sam nodded, "Call me Sam."

Sam then went to sit down on the bed. She was shortly joined by the younger woman of the two.

"You went through a lot these past few weeks, Buffy."

Buffy sighed, "Don't I know it. Too much testosterone."

The captain grinned, "I know that feeling. Other than Janet, I feel like I'm the only woman here. I'm always around men. Not that I mind at all, but it starts to feel lonely."

The Slayer nodded, "It's weird. Back in Sunnydale, Xander and Giles are the only men that I hang around with mainly. After Angel, all I really had to hang out with was Xander. Oz was always with Willow, and Giles was my watcher. Now I know how Xander felt a lot of the time during high school.

"When I went to LA, and met up with Xander again, the tables turned. I was the only female of the group. There was Faith, but it still felt lonely. And I just met Gabrielle. But the rest of the group is men. Men are such slobs sometimes."

Sam said, "You better believe it. I'm glad there's another female at the SGC."

Buffy smiled, "I just hope we're not here long. After this, I want to go home. This summer has been tough on all of us, and after we rescue Faith, Xander, Ash, Wesley, and I'll head back to Sunnydale. Xander and I are going to have to find some way to get back into school. Principal Snyder hates having me as a student."

The captain said, "If your under 18, you should be able to get back to school. They can't deny you an education."

Buffy nodded, "I just hope I survive high school. Being a slayer has it's high points, don't get me wrong. But being a slayer also means that you get to have a short life. I know I'm living on borrowed time."

Sam looked at her, not knowing how to respond to that. She never thought about slayers having a short lifespan. She never thought much about slayers before.

---

"This way, Alexander Harris." Teal'c said as they walked past Buffy and Sam. "Number 65 will be your room."

Xander grinned his thanks. "Thanks, Teal'c"

"You are quite welcome." He then opened the door. "I will leave you now."

"Uh, Teal'c?"

Teal'c raised his eyebrow, "Yes, Alexander Harris?"

"First of all, call me Xander."

"Certainly, Xander."

He smiled, "Good. Second, you mind if I ask you something?"

"Not at all, Xander."

Xander went inside as Teal'c turned on the lights. The boy sat down on his bed, "Can I ask you something about Chulak?"

Teal asked, "What would you like to know?"

"Sit down, Teal'c." Teal'c sat down.

"Do you miss home? Do you miss your planet?"

He answered, "I do miss my time at Chulak. I miss my son, Rya'c. I know he is doing well though."

Xander asked, "You have a son?"

He nodded, "Indeed," was the Jaffa's response. "I may miss Chulak, Alexander Harris. However, since I am friends with Colonel O'Neill, Captain Carter, and Daniel Jackson. I do not miss Chulak as much."

Xander grinned, "Now that I think about it. Hanging with Buffy is always a plus. Being far from Sunnydale isn't so bad."

"I do believe you will go home again, Alexander Harris."

"Xander. Call me Xander."

He nodded, "Very well then, Xander. I shall leave you now. That is if you do not have any other questions."

The boy shook his head, "No, I'm good."

Teal'c stood up. "I will see you tomorrow."

With that said, Teal'c left Xander.

---

"Xander?"

Xander sat up from his bed as he heard his name being called. He flipped on the lamp as he got out of his bed. The boy went to the door and opened it a smidge, "What's wrong?"

Hercules opened the door further, "Come with me. I want to ask your advice on something."

Xander looked back at the clock. Turning back to hisfriend, "Damn Kevin, it's 2:00 in the morning."

He nodded raised his eyebrow and pointed to the cornerof the room with his head.

"Huh?"

Hercules looked as he was in thought which he was,then shook his head farther.

Xander sighed, "What?"

Giving up, he mouthed the words, "We gotta talk."

He opened the door.

The boy rolled his eyes, "What?"

Signing, Hercules grabbed Xander by the arm and pulled him out of his room. Closing the door behind Xander,
Hercules said to him, "Cameras."

Xander nodded, "Oh..."

The demigod sighed, "Come with me. We have to talk."

The two of them walked down the hallway. "Where we going?"

Kevin smiled, "I feeling a little hungry. Want to join me for a snack?"

Getting the idea, the young man nodded, "I can go for something.

"Good. C'mon."

The two of them walked toward the mess hall. Walking to the entrance, the two friends failed to noticed two people standing in front of the mess hall entrance.
The two men stepped up to the pair.

"Halt."

"Uhh hi." Stammered Xander.

"Identification."

Both Herc and Xander pulled out the identical civilian ID cards issued them by Colonel O'Neill for their stay at the SGC.

"Why are you walking around at 2 am gentlemen?" Asked the Guard.

"My friend and I were just wondering if we could get a quick snack. Doctor Jackson said we were permitted to leave our quarters to get something."

One of the guards nodded, "Go ahead."

Xander grinned, "Thanks."

With that said, Hercules and Xander walked into the mess hall and noticed a man sitting at a nearby table.
"Uh, Kevin?" Xander asked his friend.

Hercules looked at him, "We have company."

Hercules walked over to the man and sat down next to him. "Burning the midnight oil?"

The man looked at him and smiled wearily, "I just had ameeting with General Hammond. We're working on a problem, and I'm just taking a break, Mr...."

Hercules grinned, " Sorbo, Kevin Sorbo"

The man looked at him in shock, "You're Kevin Sorbo.
Gushie and Sam won't believe this!"

Xander stated slowly, "Sam." (How many Sams arethere?) "This Sam wouldn't be the Sam Colonel O'Neill has as a cousin."

He shook his head, "Nah I doubt it, The Sam I know is a doctor of physics."

The boy said, "Just like Captain Carter."

The man looked at him, "This Sam is male."

Xander chucked, "That would be the difference."

"If he's Kevin Sorbo, then you'd be?"

"Xander. Alexander Harris, but I prefer Xander."

"Nice to meet ya, the names Albert, Admiral Albert Calavicci, but most people call me Al."

---

Buffy sighed as she woke up. Turning to the wall that held the clock, she noticed that it was only three o'clock. She couldn't fall a sleep. The Slayer had successfully fallen asleep on her third attempt, but found out it didn't last long. Her mind was too overwhelmed with worry. Here she was in a room within some secret military base. The only person that she knew truly was Xander. Kevin and Ash were nice and all, but she didn't really know them.

Her main cause for worry though that her friends in LA were without a slayer. Both her and Faith were gone.
All that was left was Wesley, Gunn, Gabrielle, Tim,
Doyle, and Eric. Her eyes widened, "Eric?" Buffy cursed herself of not thinking about him sooner. Him and Faith were close and he didn't know anything that was going on. After talking to Faith, she realized that there was some romantic feelings between the two.
They were just never gone into.

Buffy had to call him first. Let him know that Faith didn't abandon him. Well, actually, she did. But notby choice. The younger slayer was kidnapped. Eric would definitely want to know why she never contacted him after they had that conversation a few days ago.
It left everything between them on shaky ground.

Without even thinking of the repercussions, Buffy reached the phone that was beside the bed and dialed a familiar number.

A few rings passed.

"Helllo?" A tired voice asked.

"Hi, Eric?"

Not thinking, he mistook the voice, "What are you doing up, Morgan? Something wrong?"

Buffy shook her head, "Eric, it's Buffy."

"Buffy? Where are you?"

Buffy sighed, "I can't answer that. It's classified.
But I wanted to talk to you about Faith."

His eyes widened, "Faith? Is she aright? She was supposed to talk to me like two days ago."

The blond female nodded, "I know, Eric. She told me about the conversation you two had."

He gulped, "She did?"

"Yeah, she did. I don't want to get into the middle of, but Faith not giving you answer is understandable.
She merely wasn't available to talk to you."

"Wasn't available? What about her cellphone I gaveher? She could've called me from anywhere? Well, obviously not if there was interference." Gettingmore worried by the second, he asked, " Can you please tell me what's going on? Why are you being vague? Why is your location classified? Wesley told mesomething about Faith had to visit her aunt and took Xander and you along with her. Then Kevin took Ash to one of his charity events."

She took a deep breath. He deserved to know, but she wanted to be sure it was the right thing to do. Bottom line was, if she told him where Faith was he'd want to know why. And while she didn't know why, it was pretty sure that he would know about Faith and her night jobs.

"Eric, I'm going to ask you something. I want you to be completely honest."

"Sure, no problem."

"Do you believe in the unexplained?"

Hercules looked at the admiral, "I haven't seen you around this afternoon."

He answered, "Well, I'm based in New Mexico. General Hammond is just helping me with a problem. As soon as I'm done here, I'm going to meet back with him, and then head to my hotel."

Xander grinned, "New Mexico? What's in New Mexico?"

Al said, "Can't help you there, Xander. Sorry." He finished up his coffee and looked at the both of them. "Hate to meet and run, but General Hammond is waiting for me. I'll talk to you later."

The three of them said their goodbyes and watched Al leave the mess hall.

As Xander sat back down, he looked at Hercules, "Alright, what do we need to talk about? Why was it so important to wake me up at 2 o'clock in the morning?"

The demigod said, "I want to talk to you about what Thor said."

"How do you know each other anyway?"

Hercules filled him on the story.

"That is quite the tale."

He grinned, "It is, isn't it?"

After a moment's pause, he said, "Well, anyway, someone has to go to Outworld and find the Astral Rod. I would do it, but I'm stuck here."

"So who do you think will do it?"

"The problem is that Zeus will punish who ever uses the Astral Rod. The last time someone used it, Zeus chained up Prometheus."

He nodded, "That would put a damper on things."

The actor chuckled, "It most certainly would."

"So who areour choices?" Xander asked.

Just as Hercules was about to say something, golden sparks exploded in the room and Aphrodite appeared.

"Hi, Baby Bro. Hi, X-Babe."

"Aphrodite." Xander growled.

"Hey, what's with the attitude, Sweetcheeks?"

Xander sighed, "You just don't pop down from Olympus to a military base. Especially one with security cameras and guards everywhere. What if someone sees you?"

She grinned, "Don't worry about it. I cast a spell. No mortal can see or hear me."

He questioned, "Then how can I see you?"

The goddess said, "Simple, X-Babe. I can select who and who isn't targeted by the spell. I used to do that all the time with Ioulas."

"What are you doing here, Aphrodite?"

The blond turned to her brother, "Gabrielle sent me. She wanted to know what happened? Your friends back there are worried."

The boy sighed, "Great. I just hope Buffy calls them tomorrow"
"Might even be sooner then that, Sweetcheeks. She's on the phone with Eric now."

"I wonder if she's going to tell Eric the truth."

"You'll just have to wait and see." She then looked at the two of them, "So, what did happen to you?"

Hercules filled her in on the situation. "Now we're wondering who to send to get the Astral Rod."

She grinned, "Let me do it."

The demigod spit out his coffee that he was drinking from, "What?"

The love goddess pouted, "Let me do it."

Xander said, "Zeus could punish you. Is that what you want?"

She rolled her eyes, "Daddy has been punishing gods for a while, Xander. Besides his powers can't work in Outworld. Why do you think he gave it to Raiden to look after?"

"I dunno, Aphrodite. Whenever you try to help, someone always gets hurt."

"C'mon Hercules. Let me do this. Ares won't help. The other gods won't help."

Xander looked at him, "She's got a point, Herc."

He took a sip of his coffee, "I still dunno."

But then he realized she was probably right. "Alright, Aphrodite. You get the Astral Rod, find Faith, and get back to us."

She squealed, "You won't regret this."

Then she disappeared.

Hercules said, "I hope you're right."

Xander sighed, "Let's go to bed."

He nodded, "Good idea."

---

He showed a confused look, "Unexplained?"

Buffy always knew that bringing someone into the truth was hard. But she didn't know if she should be the one to do it. After all, Eric was Faith's friend. The problem was though that Faith was off somewhere in the universe and wasn't around to make that choice. And Eric was someone who needed to know the truth. Especially because of how worried he was for her.

If Faith got upset with Buffy for telling the truth, then she would be. There was no way around it. At least Faith would be around to have that aragance toward her. The blond only hoped that they could work through the problem when the get her.

"I want you to think about something, Eric. Think about Faith's birthday. What did she get?"

"Why is what she got for presents important?"

Buffy sighed, "Just humor me, Eric."

"Well, her uncle got her a jacket, Xander got her a CD, Kevin gave her the chakram from Xena, and Wesley gave her a book."

She nodded, "What kind of book?"

He answered, "Some kind of book that dealt with vampires."

"Right." Buffy answered, "Now, wouldn't that be weird for someone to get?"

Eric shook his head, "Not entirely. It just means that she's into that kind of thing."

(Damn it. He's right. Wrong way to bring that in, Buffy.) Buffy then tried another tactic.

Buffy then remembered a story Faith told her that she thought was pretty funny. It actually might help bring Eric into the truth. "Faith told me a story that dealt with your brother."

"Again, I ask you why is that important? I'm trying to figure out what happened to Faith and where she is. And all you are doing is playing 20 questions. Why bring Cory into this? Why bring up Faith's birthday gifts?"

Giving up the easy bring in, she said, "Because I thought if I brought in vampires and werewolves, you might understand the truth about Faith."

"Truth about Faith? What the hell is going on?"

She took a deep breath, "Faith is a vampire slayer. So am I."

"What?"

---

TBC

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