Title: Phoenix Risings: Necro-Gate: Part 2
Raiting: PG-13/R
Chapter: 5
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 "
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, but the ideas, my computer, and my website: http/ 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: This chapter is for our friend, Merlin. May he rest in piece. Next fic I write, I will soley dedicate it to him.

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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O'Malley's

The three men walked into the restaurant and could see that it was quite busy. It was Friday night so that had something to do with it.

Ash looked at the sign that read, 'Please wait to be seated.' Glancing at his friends, he said, "I wonder how long a wait it's going to be."

Jack grinned, "Shouldn't be that long. Had Carter make reservations for us."

Xander looked at him, "And she didn't mind that she wasn't invited?"

He shrugged, "Thought about asking her, but she already said she had something planned with Buffy. So, I thought if the girls were doing something, maybe the guys night out on the town."

The scarred man asked with a grin, "And you didn't think to invite Murray and Danny Boy?"

Jack looked at them, "Well, there's only so much you can take. Daniel would probably wind up talking about some archeology or supernatural mumbo-jumbo, and
Murray would be asking questions about things he hasn't quite understood yet."

Xander returned with, "Uh…Colonel O'Neill."

"Call me Jack, we're off base"

Ash smirked, "Besides, adding the 'Colonel' part of his name would take too long."

The young man said, "Calling him Colonel O'Neill is a nod of respect, to a man of intelligence and guile."

"You've been spending too much time with Murray, Xan." said Ash

Jack shrugged, "Guys, Jack is fine. Daniel calls me by my name all the time, and I'm fine with it. I rather enjoy dinner and talk Simpsons tonight."

Ash grinned, "Good plan."

Xander added, "Good show."

"Good thing I got caught you before you sat down, Guys."

The three of them turned to see Kevin walking to them.

But as soon as he entered, a swarm of teenage girls crowded around him.

Xander sighed, "Good grief."

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Merlin's Chamber

Merlin looked at the goddess, "What did you bring?"

She handed the object to him, "It's her hair brush. I would've brought her diary, but I thought this would be better."

He nodded, "Good. The brush actually has Faith's DNA. The diary doesn't."

Gabriel looked at him, "What sort of ingredients do you need, Merlin?"

The sorcerer, "Well, according to this book, I need to make a potion. I have what is needed and with Faith's hairbrush, I can recite the spell. Then we'll get
Faith's location."

Aphrodite squealed, "Tubular."

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O'Malley's

Kevin handed the menu to the waitress as she smiled, "Your food will be out shortly."

Jack nodded, "Take your time."

She turned around and left.

Hercules smiled, "Nice girl."

Xander sighed, "Oh, please. She was so into you."

He chuckled, "That's what happens when you're a celebrity."

Ash rolled his eyes, "You celebrities are all the same."

The demigod looked at him, "How so?"

"Money, looks, and women throwing themselves at you."

"It's not bad." Hercules said. "You get used to it."

Xander smirked, "I'd like to get used to it."

Ash returned, "Don't think it'll happen with us, Xand. We're not part of a show that has a big fan base like
Hercules: the Legendary Journeys."

Hercules said with a sigh, "Hardy har har."

The rest of the night went on as most guys nights out do, with talk about women, sports, women, the Simpsons, women and of course beating things up. Each
had their own stories based on the exploits with only Kevin's glossed over and changed to make it seem like he had trouble with gangs and relations during his formative years (not so much a lie as an omission as it were)

"Shit happens guys." Said a slightly tipsy Ash, the eight bottles of beer next to him gave payment to his condition.

"Too true." Said Xander, the only totally sober one as at only 16 he was no where close to old enough to drink.

"Bastards took my girl from me."

"Know that feeling." Said Herc.

"Don't have one." A very drunk Jack commented

"Mine's not interested."

"Bullshit, she's totally into you." Ash said. "Buffy's a good girl man, keep her if you can."

"Ash, she's just had a bad break up, it's too soon for anything."

"You might be surprised, Kid." Said Jack, "Never say die."

Trying to change the subject Xander took a drink from his coke and spoke up, "Jack remember when I told you about that entire soldier thing i went through, did you ever know a guy named Charles Kawalski?"

Jack spat his beer over the table.

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Merlin's Chamber

Aphrodite picked up the bowl that held some pink liquid within it. Looking at it, and smelling a strange odor from it, she asked, "Hey, Merlin? What's
this thing?"

Merlin's eyes widened as he ran over to her. Grabbing it carefully, he said to her, "Be careful with that. That's a form of naptha."

Her eyes widened, "You mean Greek Fire?"

He nodded as he lowered the bowl, "Exactly."

Merlin turned around to see Gabriel carrying the remaining items for the spell. "Gabriel, be careful with those. Once you bring them to me, we can start
the spell. Join me at the cauldron."

The three of them walked to the destined location, and Merlin said, "Drop the objects in the potion."

The gargoyle asked, "What about the hairbrush?"

The sorcerer turned his head to the right, "Aphrodite, go back and get the hairbrush."

She did as she was told and walked back to her friends. "Here you go, Merlin."

He grinned his thanks as he took it from her. Picking out a hair from the brush, he dropped it in the potion, and soon as it did, a gray mushroom cloud erupted from the potion.

"Wow." The goddess said in amazement.

The sorcerer smiled as he turned back to his book that lay just behind him on the table. Picking it up, he took a deep breath, and began to read the spell.

"Magnus imperium lumen ita aquilus.
Inquam discerpo aetas ita tractus annuo comperio.
Cum hac me peto erogo locus.
Apud tractus invenio appono."

As soon as the words were chanted, a yellow light emerged from the potion and flew up into the air and went through the roof.

Merlin glanced to his friends, "Now, we wait…"

---

A yellow light rose up into the atmosphere and flew further into the sky. It left the planet and headed to where the DNA from the strand of hair was located.

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Faith's Cell

Faith yawned briefly as she awoke from her slumber. Her eyes blinked a few times, adjusting to the new atmosphere of her current location.

Letting out a sigh, she pulled herself into a sitting position.

Seeing her new surroundings, she knew that whatever this Ninedinna lady was planning was happening soon. All she knew for sure that either her or her uncle was
going to become pregnant?

That didn't make sense to her. Well, to her, it was okay. She was a girl and girls became pregnant, but men? She didn't think it was possible.

Shaking her head to clear the thought, she wondered how she was going to get out of here. Faith didn't even know where she was. All she knew was that she
wasn't on the spaceship anymore. Now, she was on some planet, that wasn't Earth.

"What the fuck am I going to do?" Faith said to herself as she glanced at the ground.

Soon a spot of light danced around the floor. Looking at it strangely, the light turned yellow and began to fly around her. Waving at it with her hand, she uttered, "Stupid firefly."

The light soon disappeared leaving a very confused slayer.

A few seconds passed, and she realized focusing on the 'firefly' wasn't going to do any good.

Looking out the window that was behind her, she knew what she had to do. Try and find a way out of here. But the question was, how was she going to do it?

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Merlin's Chamber

Yellow light entered through the ceiling of the castle as it started to circulate around Merlin's head. His eyes closed as he gained the necessary information
that the spell was designed to deliver.

Soon, his eyes opened, "Ah, I see."

Aphrodite looked at him, "What do you see, Merlin?"

He answered, "Your friend is on the planet, Haploxia."

Gabriel looked at him, "Is that where she is?"

The Sorcerer shot her an amused look, "According to the spell it is." Turning to the goddess, he said, "Go
to chamber underneath the Great Sphinx and place the Astral Rod within the keyhole."

She said, "I know, Merlin. Place the Astral Rod in the column and then the rings comes down."

Gabriel added, "And how do you get to Haploxia?"

"Um…" Aphrodite said trying to figure it out.

"Allow me to help," Merlin said to them as he headed to his bookshelf. Pushing aside the books on the third shelf, he pulled out a thin gray object.

Bringing it over, he said to the goddess and gargoyle, "This is the Galactic Information Fact Transporter," he chuckled lightly, "GIFT for short. It holds the combinations to symbols that allow people to travel in the galaxy."

She showed a confused look, "How did you get that?"

He answered with a chuckled, "Well, I happen to be an Alteran."

Aphrodite smiled, "So, you're an Alteran?"

Merlin nodded, "Yes, I am. Using my invention, you can go to the Great Sphinx, place the rod in its location, and dial up the correct combination, and
you'll go to Haploxia."

She smiled, "Tubular."

Gabriel turned to them, "How does she get back?"

Merlin nodded, "Using the room she teleports into, she has to twist the bottom half of the rod counterclockwise, and she'll return to her last
location." A thoughtful expression crossed his face, "Unlike the Stargate, the Astral Rod teleports with the user so they can get back to their place of origin easily."

Gabriel glanced at the device, "Can you read the language on the GIFT?"

The blond looked at the device in question, "I am a goddess, Gabriel. I can read all languages. Kinda comes with the 'turf."

The blue gargoyle smiled, "Makes sense."

The Love Goddess smiled, "Now, I just have to go to the Great Sphinx. "

Merlin nodded, "Exactly, my friend. You'd better go if you want to save your friend in time. We have no idea what Faith's captor is planning."

Aphrodite said, "Don't worry about it, Merlin. Hercules trusted me with something, and I'm not going to let him down." She shot both of them a grateful smile. "Gabriel, Merlin, thanks for everything." She turned to the gargoyle, "And tell Ophelia that I give her the best."

"I will."

The Alteran said, "Remember, Aphrodite, in order to input the coordinates in the chamber, simply touch the symbols provided for you. Look up Haploxia using the GIFT, and chose the symbols. Once done, you and the Astral Rod will teleport to Haploxia."

The blond nodded, "Thanks for the help, Sweetcheeks. I'll tell Hercules you said, 'hi.'"

In response, Merlin smiled and Aphrodite teleported out of Avalon.

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O'Malley's

Jack looked at the beer he spat up, and immediately looked toward the kid that he had started to befriend. "Excuse me, did you say Kawalsky?"

Xander nodded and favored Jack with a half confused, half amused look. "Well, yeah."

"And you never thought of mentioning this before?"

Xander looked somewhat contrite. "I didn't know what to expect from these memories I gained. I mean, I don't remember his whole life or anything like that.
I just remember some memories, parts of something bigger. I know how to use weapons and stuff like that, but I don't remember much about Kawalsky
himself. I didn't know anything about the Goa'uld until you told me."

Ash added, "Maybe that session he had with Murray unlocked some memories."

The kid shrugged, "Possible. Don't really know what I went through. All I can tell is that I saw someone
who was close to me, yet couldn't recognize who I was talking too."

Hercules looked at him, "Did you recognize the voice?"

Xander answered, "That's just it. Now that I think about it, even though I spoke the words, the person I was talking to was in my head, there wasn't anything special about it. It just had this neutral feminine voice. Kinda like the voice that was used on, y'know, I don't remember where I heard that kind of voice before, but there was something familiar yet not. Knowwhat I mean?"

Ash replied, "No, not really, Xand. Sorry."

Jack said, "Maybe you'll get some more answers tomorrow, Xander."

He stated, "Maybe you're right." His voice seemed to be focused inwards.

Ash glanced at Xander, and then at his plate, "You going to finish that pickle?"

Xander looked at his plate, and then back at his friend, "Nah, you can have it."

"Thanks."

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Hidden Chamber underneath the Great Sphinx

Aphrodite appeared inside a spacious room. The walls were decorated with torches that gave the room its needed light.

Hieroglyphics decorated the walls. They weren't the normal Egyptian ones found throughout Egypt, but these scriptures, and rune symbols, depicted the language of the Alterans.

Glancing around the room, Aphrodite couldn't help but sigh in disgust with all the dust covering thesurfaces of the chamber.

Smiling to herself, she snapped her fingers, and all the dust disappeared, "Being a goddess has its perks."

Looking at the furniture in front of her, she walked over to the island that was in the center of the room. On top of the island were a number of symbols, all embedded in white tiles. Placing her hand on those tiles, she could feel the cold material below her palm.

Glancing forward, she saw a column that had an open hole on top. Walking toward it, she recognized the shape to be the same as the Astral Rod. "Here goes nothing," she said to herself as she placed it within the slot. The column lit within seconds as the two objects connected. "Guess that means its working."

Turning back to the island, she took out the GIFT, and searched through the database for the needed information. Lucky enough for her, Haploxia was
within the coding.

Starting with the first symbol, she then proceeded to press the following six. Every time she would press on a tile, an artificial light would emanate from behind the symbol.

As soon as she pressed the last one, she walked back to the column, and rings started to fall from the ceiling.

As the rings fell around her, a white flash of light appeared, and then Aphrodite and the Astral Rod disappeared.

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Xander's SGC Room

Xander sat on the bed in his room, eyes closed.

Dinner had come and gone, all of them had a good time, and now they were in for the night.

He thought about the day and his session with Teal'c. He kept wondering who the voice belonged to. He wanted to know why it sounded so familiar, yet it didn't at the same time.

Xander opened his eyes and stared at the wall in front of him. He couldn't fall to sleep. There was simply too much on his mind.

The last true sentence the voice had said in his mind kept repeating itself, 'Forget about the whole world. Just focus on my voice and the way you feel right now.'

Every time those words were repeated, he wondered who the voice was coming from. It surely wasn't Buffy or Faith. The voice sounded nothing like them. It wasn't Gabrielle either, although she wasn't really that close to him. Definitely wasn't Cordy, the voice didn't have that vibe like she had.

He tried to think back to the session, and how much he felt within it. There was this calming sensation--a calming yet familiar sensation, like something he had
experience many times, so far, within his life.

Getting to his feet, he walked over to the mirror that hung above the desk that sat in front of the east wall. Placing his left hand over his face, he quickly
messaged it and let it go. Looking in the mirror, he wondered who it could be.

Then it hit him.

But it couldn't be her, he never felt that way about her. She was his best friend, nothing more.

With Buffy and Faith, he admitted that he found them attractive, hell he even found Gabrielle to be attractive. Not to mention Cordelia was his
girlfriend, but Willow? He never thought of her that way.

Pulling out the seat from the desk, he plopped down in his chair. Was Willow the voice?

As he thought about her voice, the voice from the session started to clear up. It truly started to sound like the voice of his best friend.

She was definitely someone he held close to his heart. Willow was the earliest person he knew that kept him sane. But he didn't find her attractive.

But…

Maybe finding her attractive wasn't what was needed. She was his best friend, and that did create a close bond. So, it was Willow who the voice belonged too.

Now, the question was, how did this link work and why was he just now discovering it now.

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Faith's Cell

Faith sat in her cell for what seemed like the umpteenth hour. She had seen numerous Jaffa as they walk by her cell, making sure that nothing had changed.

She sighed as she continued to stare out the force field that held her within this cell.

"Faith…"

Faith turned her head to see a person she hadn't seen before.

The person she was looking at appeared to be a young woman, maybe a little older than she was. She had long strawberry blond hair, green eyes, and was
caucasian. She seemed to be wearing something of a leather variety. It was very much different from the people that she saw walking around.

The woman said, "I'm sorry, are you Faith?"

Uncertain, she nodded. She wanted to be on the defense, but something about this woman made her calm down. "Why aren't you with Ninedinna?"

The woman rolled her eyes, "Please. Ninedinna is nothing but a false god."

She showed a confused look, "False god?"

The blond nodded, "My name's Lysandra. I come with a message from your friends."

With confusion, she asked, "My friends?"

She nodded, "Xander and the others are coming."

Faith sighed in relief. "They are?"

Lysandra nodded, "Yeah, they are. So be patient."

The Slayer looked at the woman in front of her, "How do you know this?"

The woman heard some footsteps coming, "I must go Faith. But do not worry. Help is on the way."

And with that said, Lysandra headed down the corridor.

Faith wanted to call out for more information, but she knew someone was coming. At least she knew help was coming, but the question now was when.

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Ninedinna's Temple

Lysandra moved further and further down from Faith's cell. She steadily turned her head around to make sure nobody was coming. Every few seconds she followed the same procedure, and each time she was lucky that nobody was in sight. However, she did keep hearing the sounds of marching. It was only a matter of time before she was discovered to be within the temple.

Ahead of her were two entrances to two new rooms. To her right, was another corridor of cells. She found that out not that long ago when she headed to meet with the young slayer the first time. To her left, was the room that witheld the Stargate.

That was the room she needed to find. When she entered the room, she slowed down, and let things calm down, so she could think properly. Scanning the room, her eyes widened when she found two Jaffas guarding the Stargate.

"Just great." She uttered as she saw them.

"You there!" One of the Jaffas said allowed. He held up his staff weapon and the head of it seperated allowing plasma energy to be released.

Lysandra smirked, "Uh, you wouldn't know the address for the Stargate, would you?"

The other Jaffa shot a blast from his zat'ni'katel, which she succesfully dodged. He was about to call out for his system lord when Lysandra waved her hand.

He dropped his weapon, and turned to the other Jaffa. "Ah, Kluzo. You have such bueatiful eyes."

Kluzo's eyes widened, "What are you doing?"

Lysandra noticed that nobody was going to come within the room at the moment. So, she immediately changed back to her normal form of the Love Goddess. "He's showing you your true potential, Big boy." She then waved her hand again, and Kluzo dropped his staff weapon.

Aphrodite walked over to them, and smiled, "Being the Love Goddess does has its perks." Taking her free palm, she opened it and a pad of paper appeared. "Now, be a good Jaffa, and tell me the gate address."

But the two Jaffas were too involved with each other to notice.

"You do not want to ignore the Goddess of Love." Pulling Kluzo back, so she can get his attention. "Hold on, Kluzo. You can have your man back when you tell me the gate address."

Because he couldn't fight the hold Aphrodite had on him, he gave her the address like she wanted. "Tubular." She then let Kluzo go. "Oh, and tell Ninedinna I was never hear."

Aphrodite smiled with such relief. A few seconds later, she changed into another body with dark hair and blue eyes. " Now, they'll be looking for Lysandra, and not a Jaffa named Lulac." Within a few more seconds, 'Lulac' turned around and headed back to the room of origin where she first entered into Ninedinna's Temple.

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Xander's SGC Room

Xander sighed as he stared at the wall in front of him. After whipping his hands down his face, he suddenly was greeted by someone he didn't think he saw
before.

"How ya doin, Xan?"

His eyes widened as he immediately stood to his feet. "Who's there?"

The voice replied, "If you have to, just turn on the lights."

Subconsciously, he nodded and went to the light switch. After flipping it on, his eyes grew even
wider, "You're me?"

The man in question smirked, "I'm you?"

His eyes glared, "Stop it."

"Stop what?"

Xander growled, "Stop repeating what I'm saying, and tell me who you are." He then went placed himself
into a fighting stance.

His apparent doubleganger replied, "Alright, alright. Jeeze, looks like I struck a nerve. The name's Alex."

Xander showed a confused look, "Alex?"

Alex nodded, "Got it in one, Xand. Can I call you, Xand?"

He looked at him, "Xander's fine. Who are you?"

Alex smirked, "I told you, I'm Alex. I'm with the Powers that Be." Seeing the perplexed look on his
face, he stated, "Take a seat, an I'll explain."

Letting the information sink in, he sat down cautiously as this 'Alex' pulled out a chair that was by the east wall and sat down in front of him. "I'm
here to help you understand your kell'no'reem session with Teal'c."

"How do you know that? And what the hell is going on?"

Alex grinned, "I'm trying to explain. My name's Alex, and I'm merely a pawn sent by the Powers that Be. But, I actually think of myself as just an agent. Someone who just works with the Powers that Be. And like I said before, I was set by the powers to help you understand your recent kell'no'reem vision."

Xander asked, "But why do you look like me?"

He shrugged, "Would you rather me look like, Buffy?" His form then turned into a smaller size that was surrounded by white light. It soon dissipated to reveal the body of Buffy Summers. "Hercules?" He then turned to the shape and form of the demigod, "Ash?

Within the few minutes, Alex continued to change appearances. Next was, Faith, Daniel, Sam, Joxer, Jack, Willow, Gabrielle, Cordelia, Giles, and…

"Alright, alright. Just go back to my form."

Alex grinned and changed from the form of his eldest friend to his form. "I just wanted to prove to you that I wasn't some clone or something. As for
choosing your from? I just thought it would be easier to talk to yourself. You know, without sounding insane."

He rolled his eyes, "Yeah, tell that to someone who barges into my room any second now."

"If someone comes in, just say that you're having an out of body experience."

Xander thought for a moment, "Aren't I actually having that kind of experience at the moment." The young man paused for the moment, "And how do you know about my friends?"

Alex grinned, "I'm like Doyle. I know everything about you and your friends. I know the roles you're playing, and that Faith is not in danger at the
moment, but her time is running out."

As soon as he mentioned his friend, he decided to take a turn onto the offense, "Where's Faith?"

He grinned, "Don't worry, Xander. Aphrodite found her and is on her way back to you. As for you're kell'no'reem session, that voice you heard belonged to
Willow."

Xander admitted, "I kinda figured that out after about, I don't know a thousand and one times with processing all the women I knew off my friend list."

Alex said, "Well, I'm glad you figured out who the voice belonged to, but what you're going to have to do is keep an eye out on her."

Xander stood to his feet, "Did something happen to Willow?"

His doubleganger shook his head, "No, nothing yet."

His eyes widened, "Yet?"

Alex answered, "I may know future events, but I don't control free will. Which is kinda weird to think about. If the future is already laid out, how can
free will exist?"

"Huh?"

He chuckled, "Never mind, Xander. It's something that I've been toying around with. Anyway, I do know what's lined out for your friends in Sunnydale this
coming year, and all I can tell you is to watch out for Willow. It's going to be at troubling year, and
it is important that you hold onto your friends. Don't forget where your priorities are."

"My priorities?" Xander asked in surprise. "What's going to happen?"

Alex sighed, "I can't tell you what is going to happen, because I don't want you second guessing everything. Go on instinct, but be aware that what
might not look troubling doesn't mean it isn't."

Xander's visitor then got back to his feet. "Listen, Xander. All I can tell you is be careful with your choices." He then smirked, "And by the way, don't throw your comic books away anytime soon."

Before Xander could respond, Alex disappeared. "What the hell was that about?" Xander asked himself.

---
Hercules' SGC Room

"Hey, Baby bro."

Hercules shot up from his bed and saw the return of his half-sister. "Aphrodite?"

She grinned as she went over to his bed, "I know where Faith is, Hercules."

He looked at her, "You do?"

The blond nodded as she sat down beside. "I went to Haploxia. Seems what your dealing with is another
false god."

Her nose scrunched as she said the last part of the sentence. "I hate that those stupid goa'ulds killed other gods."

He nodded, "Even though the gods aren't fond of mortals, they didn't deserve to die off."

"Hey!" 'Dite said aloud. "Goddess sitting right here." She then threw Herc's pillow at him.

Hercules chuckled as he blocked the hit, "You're one of the exceptions to the rule."

"Totally."

The demigod continued. "And anyway, the Asgard may have taken the Norse god roles, but they're helping still."

She nodded as she got to her feet. "You should've seen what I went through, Baby bro."

He smiled, "And we appreciate it."

She then opened her palm, and a piece of paper appeared within it. "Here you go. Faith's being held prisoner there."

Hercules looked at the paper and saw the needed symbols to reach the Stargate. "How'd you get it, Aphrodite? If Ninedinna saw you, she'd know we were
on our way."

Aphrodite grinned, "Just did a little costume change. Went by the name of Lysandra, and later Lulac."

He actually chuckled, "Good way to get by. I'll go tell Xander in the morning, and we'll get going to Haploxia."

She smiled, "Awesome, Baby bro." Turning around she was about to teleport away, when she said, "Oh, and Merlin says hi. Same with Raiden."

The tall man said as he got to his feet, "Wish I could've gone, but I was stuck here. I'm just glad there's someone in my family that I can count on."

"Ah, Herc…" Aphrodite said with emotion. She turned back to him and pulled him into a hug. "You have no idea how much that means to me."

He hugged her back, "I mean, Aphrodite. You helped us allot just now." Pulling away from her, he said, "When Zeus finds out, I'll help you as best I can."

The love goddess grinned, "I appreciate that, Hercules. Now, get some sleep, and go rescue Faith for our friend."

Hercules went back to his bed, and then turned back to his sister, "You better go put the Astral Rod back."

"I'm on it, Hercules. Before I do that though, I'm going to go see how Hephy's doing."

That being said, the Love Goddess teleported away.

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TBC