Title: Phoenix Risings: Necro-Gate: Part 2
Raiting: PG-13/R
Chapter: 8
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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Faith's eyes squeezed tight when a sudden bright light emerged from nowhere. Shortly, it dissipated, and was rewarded with seeing nine people appear.

She tried to say something, but due to Ninedinna's spell, she still couldn't move. She still stood, still. The only feature of her body that moved was her hair.

"What happened?" Buffy asked she searched her new surroundings.

"Faith…"

The mention of the lost friend from Ash made everyone turn the current resident of the room they were in.

"Why isn't she moving?" Buffy asked.

Ash's eyes narrowed when he saw something. "Maybe because he has the Necronomicon."

They soon spotted someone they hadn't seen before.

"What the hell is that?" Ash yelled.

The creature in question snarled, "Peacekeepers."

Jack turned to Daniel, "Can you translate?"

He said, "I can't, Jack. I don't recognize any kind of dialect or similarity to any other language."

"Do you think he made her like that?" Xander asked.

Buffy looked at everyone and asked, "What I want to know is why are we all here?"

Hercules suggested, "Magic spell?"

"And him?" Ash asked as he pointed.

"An unnecessary set back," a voice said as she entered the room.

"Allow me to introduce myself," she smiled as she walked further. "As you may know, my name is…"

"Ninedinna." Xander said with disgust.

She smiled, "The boy is right." Now looking at the still slayer, she said, "And I bet you're wondering what happened to Faith?"

Hercules added, "Among other things."

She was about so say something further when D'Argo charged forward. "Talk is cheep."

Ninedinna smiled as she blasted him against the wall. "Foolish luxan."

Buffy asked, "Luxan?"

She nodded, "Oh, right. You humans never met luxans before. A powerful warrior race, but not to bright."

D'Argo snarled as he got back to his feet. "You just made a huge mistake."

She smiled, "You always know what to say, Luxan."

Daniel looked at her, "You know what he's saying?"

D'Argo looked at him, "Don't you?"

The sebacian shook her head, "Our friends here aren't from around here. They come from a planet called Earth."

D'Argo asked, "So they aren't peacekeepers?"

Ash interrupted, "I hate to interrupt, but I want you to release my niece right now!"

Ninedinna returned to him, "That's doable, Ash. But of course, you have to do something for me."

Xander brought his new weapon into view. "No fucking way."

"I was hoping one of you got that." Ninedinna said with joy.

Buffy asked, "Where'd you get that sword?"

Xander turned to her, "I'll tell you later." Looking at his enemy, he added, "But according to my source, organium is something that you goa'uld hate."

Ninedinna said, "Doesn't matter. As long as I got Faith here, I don't think you'd try and harm me." She laughed, "I don't think you could do anything. Even with that weapon."

Hercules grinned as he came forward, "Doesn't mean we can't do some damage."

The sebacian said, "Try as you will, none of you are capable of killing me."

Jack said, "Try telling that to, I dunno, another goa'uld named Ra."

She shook her head, "You humans don't know anything. I'm not using a human host like the other goa'ulds." She then turned to D'Argo, "and I'm not like the unases."

He snarled, "You don't think I frelling know that."

Buffy smirked, "Ignore her. She's all talk."

Ninedinna shot her a look, "All talk am I?" She opened her palm, and blasted the eldest slayer to the far wall.

Xander's eyes widened when he saw his friend get shoved to the wall…

"Buffy!"

He wanted to make sure she was all right, but knew that it wasn't the best solution. His hand tightened the pummel of his weapon, and he followed his instincts. Charging toward their enemy, he growled, "You bitch!"

She did a quick twirl, and shot out her free arm. Opening the palm, she shot a blast at him. "I don't have time for this."

Watching him fall to the ground, she said to her captives. "Before any more of you try to do something, I suggest you look at your friends who are laying motionless on the floor."

The remaining standing people from Earth and D'Argo looked up at Ninedinna as she approached the former promised one. "On your feet, Ash."

Ash glared at her as he stood up. "You…"

The sebecian raised her finger. "Don't say another word. I'm sure you know by now that I wrote the Necronomicon, and have tremendous power. What I want from you, Mr. Williams is to make a deal."

He snarled, "I don't make deals with people who kidnap my niece."

"Too bad," Ninedinna said with a slight smile. "I was going to offer you a chance to get Faith back home to Earth."

The mentioned last part gained his interest. "What do you want?"

She smiled, "Here's going to what happened, sacrifice yourself. Let me make you my first prime, and I'll release Faith." The sebecian headed toward the still slayer, "I'm sure that's to your liking."

Jack walked over. "Don't do it, Ash. You don't want to become a jaffa, trust me."

He looked at his friend, "You think I want to?"

A second later, she snapped her fingers. A thud hit the ground. They turned to see the falling action of Faith. "Don't think I'm too cruel. I do have morals. Talk amongst yourselves. Either Faith becomes my first prime, or Ash does. Either way. I win."

She headed for the door. "You have one arn to discuss your answer." Turning back to them, she added, "And don't try to leave. You're in my dungeon. Nobody can get out without my knowing."

With that, she left the Earthers and D'Argo to discuss the matter.

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A Short Time Later

A malfunctioning DRD crept into the dungeon. One of its brightly lit antenna-like eyes bent down while the other one kept swinging from right to left. It's outer yellow shell had broken pieces and gaping holes around its body.

It looked around, and noted three sebecians lying on the ground unconscious, one luxan arguing with six other sebecians. None of them seemed to be making sense. It could tell communicating was getting to be an issue. Especially, since no one was making any sense to one another.

It started to one of the unconscious sebecians. Lifting its arm, it pointed to one of their feet, and shot a translator microbe through her. It watched immediately as she snapped her eyes open and yelled out, "What the fuck was that?"

She stood up and looked around her. A disorientating appearance crossed her face. The young female looked at the floor, trying to figure out what happened. Lucky for it though, she didn't see it. Looking around her again, her eyes smiled when she saw someone else, "Uncle Ash?"

He was about to reply when he felt a shot going through his foot. "What the hell?" He hollered aloud.

The luxan looked at him, "That would be from a DRD."

Ash's eyes widened, "I can understand you?" He looked at the ground, and spotted it. "What did that thing do to me?"

"Youch!" Xander yelled as he awoke.

"Ow!"

"That hurt!"

"Somebody shoot that damn thing!" Jack cried, "Before it…dammit!"

Carter aimed her zat at the driving piece of metal. "I got it sir!"

D'Argo yelled, "Don't!"

Xander looked at the captain, "Is it me, or did D'Argo just say 'Don't'"

Jack turned to him, "I actually understand him too."

"Sir? She asked again, but suddenly yelled out, "Ouch."

"Uh oh."

"O'Neill?"

"Crap."

D'Argo looked at the nine people he was with in the cell, mostly were firing weapons at the ground. "Stop firing!"

Buffy looked at him, "Why can I understand you?"

He said simply, "Because all of you now have translator microbes."

Daniel looked at him, "Translator microbes?"

D'Argo explained, "Everyone in the uncharted territories are given translator microbes when they're born. That way everyone can talk without having to learn different languages."

Xander said, "So what does this mean?"

Teal'c assumed, "I believe it means that we can now understand numerous languages?"

The young Scooby said to his friend, "Guess that means we can finally understand what Senior Moran is screaming at us in Spanish."

Buffy said, "Oh, good. Now, I have to focus in Spanish Class."

Jack's head took a sharp turn to the luxan, "Wait. Are you saying that that thing?"

D'Argo simply clarified, "DRD."

He nodded, "Right, DRD implanted us with translating microbes?"

The alien growled, "You humans are getting to be really annoying. Yes, you have translator microbes at the base of your brain."

"Well, can they be taken out?"

D'Argo argued, "Why would you want them taken out?"

"I dunno, because I don't want to have anything foreign inside me that isn't naturally supposed to be there."

"O'Neill, perhaps these translator microbes will help us communicate with other races."

Jack was about to say something when Hercules spoke, "Guys, as much fun as we're having debating on what these translator microbes are doing, we have to figure some way to get out of here."

Faith looked at them, "Not to mention to get this Ninedinna lady off our backs."

Ash replied, "Which leads us back to our problem. If we don't figure out an answer soon, she's going to come back here expecting me to become her first prime or something."

Faith shook her head, "Not going to happen."

Xander said, "That goes without saying."

She nodded, "Right. Because I'll be the one to become the first prime."

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"Where are they?"

"Dite?" The smith god asked as he watched her pace.

She glanced at her husband. "Hercules? He should've come back by now. They all should've."

He saw the pained look on his wife's face. "He's on the other planet, 'Dite. You know that."

She sighed, "I know, Hephy."

Hephaestus limped over to his wife, and wrapped his arms around her chest. "Dite, you're just showing love for your brother. He's fine. He'll be back shortly."

She twisted around so that she was facing him. "I know, Hephy. You above all gods know that Hercules will be fine, but it's not only him."

He looked at her skeptically, "It's not?"

The blond shook her head, "Hercules is over on another planet facing a goa'uld. A false goddess, and you know he's hiding his identity. Especially when he's surrounded by so many mortals. I just."

He smiled when he saw her eyes getting a little wet. "Dite…"

She smiled slightly, "It's just that Hercules is finally accepting me as a valued family member. You know how hard a time he has with this family, and I don't want to lose what I have."

Throughout the centuries, Hephaestus knew his wife, and knew so many things about her. Hercules was always someone she held close to her heart, and knew how wanted to live within this world. "You do realize that Zeus will kill punish you if he finds out that you went off-world?"

She smiled, "I know, Daddy isn't going to like this. I'm already in trouble, and I accept that. But, I want to help."

He said, "You already returned the Astral Rod. How else are you going to get there? Dite, if Zeus finds out…"

Aphrodite said to him, "I know, I know. But, there's got to be another way to get there. And if there is a way that Daddy won't find out about, all the better."

Her husband detached himself from her, knowing there was an answer. But, because, it was something that other deities didn't want to resort to. After all, they were one of the great powers through the universe, and going to lesser beings for assistance wasn't a solution that gods liked to use.

"There is one way, Dite. One way to go to Haploxia without having to go back to Outworld."

She noted the tone in his voice. "What way, Hephy?"

He turned around, "You could go to the oracles. They'd be more than willing to help you. And, it's not like Zeus would find out. He doesn't pay that much attention to them anyway."

She scowled, "You want me to turn to the oracles? Why not just go to Delph?"

Hephaestus reminded her, "Aphrodite, you could go to Delphi, but you know if you do go there, Zeus would think that was an obvious contact for someone to go off-world. Especially when Delphi is in Greece. Trust me, going to the oracles would be the best answer."

Even though going to the oracles was something that she didn't like to do, she knew her husband was right. Bringing a smile to her face, she said, "Alright, Hephy. I'll do it. I'll go to them, they'll send me to Haploxia, and then I'll go and help Hercules."

He grinned, "Good. Then, when you come back, you and I can have some quality time."

She squealed, "Tubular."

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Ash shook his head, "Not going to happen, Kiddo. This is what's going down. You go back to Earth, go to Sunnydale with Buffy, Xander, and the others. I become this insane goa'uld's first prime. End of story."

Faith glared at him, "I'm not going to lose you, Uncle Ash. There's no chance in hell that that will happen."

Xander approached the two Williamses. "We'll find some way to stop her. We do that, and then no one has to make a sacrifice."

Hercules added, "Xander's right."

D'Argo grunted, "You don't have a frelling chance on stopping her."

"How can you be so sure?" Buffy asked.

He looked at her, "Just look at what happened. She nearly killed you just now. What makes you think you can stop her?"

Xander said, "For one thing, I have the Bane of Possession."

The mention of the weapon brought the luxan more curiosity. "So, you're one of the ancients?"

Teal'c replied, "Xander has a gene that is common among other Alterans."

Daniel questioned, "Altorans?"

He nodded, "When Xander and I were transported into the temple, we discovered a secret room. There, Merlin gave Xander a test to see if he was worthy of this weapon."

Hercules immediately recognized the name. He didn't know Merlin was Altoran, but it would easily explain quite a few things that he had experienced with the sorcerer. It would be one thing that he'd bring up the next time he was in Avalon.

Daniel asked, "You met up with Merlin?"

He nodded, "Didn't have much of a choice. We entered the room, he performed a test, I passed. Thank god. And now, I'm the owner of this incredible sword."

Buffy pouted, and wanted to know why he got the sword, and not her. She was the chosen one. The one who always had prophecies dealt with her, and always made her a target. She was about to say something at the moment when she saw something.

She looked at Faith. Another chosen one. Then she saw Faith's uncle, a former promised one. The term, '….one' didn't seem so important anymore. She already discovered this world to be more overwhelming then she recently felt.

What if she really wasn't although that important to the world? What if she wasn't the center of it? Then she looked at her best friend, and remembered their conversation back on Thor's ship. She remembered feeling small among the stars. She remembered feeling lonely, and insignificant

But then she remembered feeling comforted when Xander had his arms around her, and remembered feeling safe and secure. She remembered him calling her his hero, and she remembered her calling him her hero.

And what made her come to that realization was still true. So what if he had a special sword, or had an Altoran gene. He was Xander, her best friend. Her hero. If anyone deserved that weapon, it was him.

Her musings were cut-off when Faith asked, "Does Altoran mean alien?"

Xander chuckled, "Nope. I'm still one hundred percent human. Just that one of my genes apparently is Altoran."

Jack asked, "As much fun as we're having discussing how human our friend is here, we need to find a way to stop Ninedinna." Glancing at his team, he asked, "What kind of metal would hurt a goa'uld?"

Carter answered, "I believe she called it oganium, Sir."

Xander nodded, "Yeah, it's organium. A living metal." He turned to the luxan, "And I think that would help us kill her."

Faith went to her waist, "Not to mention my chakram." Her eyes widened when she remembered that her weapon was back in LA. "Which I don't have."

Hercules clarified, "Gabrielle has it, Faith. You'll get it back when we go home."

D'Argo said, "Organium will help, but you're going to need some other weapon. She's incredibly more powerful then any of you."

Buffy grinned finding an entrance into the conversation, "I think Faith and I have something. We're both vampire slayers."

He questioned, "What's a vampire slayer?"

Hercules smiled, "Think of it as a strong human." (Although, I think I might be stronger then them.)

D'Argo reminded them, "Even if they do have incredible strength, Ninedinna already threw them across the room. What's to say that we can take her down? I don't know where Earth is, or how come you all look like sebecians, but do you even know a sebecian's natural weakness."

Ash shrugged, "Figured mass fire power."

Daniel looked at him, "That's what you did when we fought bad Faith and what you did against bad Ash."

He nodded, "And it worked, didn't it?"

Hercules smiled, "He does have a point."

Jack looked at the luxan, "So how do we take down a sebecian."

D'Argo said simply, "Intense heat."

Ash looked at Daniel, "See, I'm right. Mass fire power is the same as intense heat."

Xander asked, "Where's a volcano when you need one?"

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Aphrodite appeared within a large white room. In front of her, stood large arcs that led to other rooms.

She smirked. Yet again. People were inspired from Greek architecture. "You mortals never change."

Dite shook her head, "Even if you are middle level beings."

Letting her head glance around the room, she asked, "Hello?"

"What do you want, lower…"

His sister cut him off, "Brother, what we have here is not a lower being."

He looked in front of him as he saw the goddess in front of him. "Oh my apologies, Aphrodite, great goddess of love."

She gazed at them, "Listen, I know us gods don't like to interact with you that much. It's not something that some of us our proud of."

The sister said, "We are most honored with your presence."

Aphrodite smiled, "Thank you. I knew you couldn't be all bad."

The brother added, "We are most respectful for our elders."

She glared at them, "Don't attack my age."

The sister said, "What is age if you are truly immortal?"

"Good point." Aphrodite said. "I need some help. My brother is off in Haploxia, and I want to help him. The problem is I recently used the Astral Rod, and I don't want to use it again, if I don't have to."

"You are aware that your father isn't fond of other gods using the Astral Rod."

She nodded, "I know. Believe me, I know. But, I'm not worried about him right now. I need to help him."

He added, "We know Hercules is on that planet, Aphrodite. But because of what he has done along with your friends, another foretold prophecy has been placed in jeopardy."

"How so?"

The sister said, "It actually concerns a luxan named Ka D'Argo and a human named John Chriton."

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The door to the dungeon snapped open with a monstrous sound. The sebecian narrowed her eyes when she saw the two Williams' within the center of a small grouping. She wanted to know what they were thinking.

Looking at the others, she said with a slight smile. Have you chosen your answer?"

Ash looked at her, angrily. And was about to say something, when his niece spoke up. "Take me."

Buffy shook her head, "Take me. I'm a slayer too."

Xander's eyes widened, "Buffy!"

She gave him a look. A strong, calm look. "This way both of them can go home, Xan."

He shook his head, "Not going to happen." Xander's hand tightened around his weapon. "I lost you once. I'm not going to lose you again."

Ninedinna said with jaunting smile, "How touching." She then walked forward. "But, doesn't matter. I have an answer that would solve all our problems. One that won't cause any more confusion."

Jack rolled his eyes. "I can't wait to hear this."

"I'm taking both of you."

Her hand rose up, and opened her palm. Bright light circulated it when suddenly she felt a sharp pain. She immediately turned her head to see the culprit.

Her eyes burned into her culprit. "You really think cutting off my hand will do any good?"

Ash grinned, "Now, let's see how you like living with one hand."

Xander grinned, "Got to admit, this sword kicks major ass."

She smirked, "Reingenero."

Soon, light circled around her wrist, and a new hand grew out from the stump that was created from Xander's weapon.

Ash said calmly, "Before we kill you, can you give me my hand back?"

Ninedinna glared at him as she shot a blast at him. He flew through the air, and hit the wall. Getting to his feet, he said in a low voice, "I guess not."

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"Excuse me?"

The sister clarified, "It is foretold that John Chriton is the first human to be seen within the uncharted territories."

Her brother added, "And sine your brother brought seven other humans to Haploxia, Ka D'Argo will never fulfill his end of the prophecy."

"What do you want me to do?"

The sister continued, "You must find a way to solve this problem, Aphrodite. As my sister has revealed, John Chriton is the first human to be in the uncharted territories."

Her brother stated, "And with your brother, along with the other lower beings, they interrupted the prophecy."

The goddess sighed, "So what do you want me to do? Can you at least send me to Haploxia."

She replied, "We will send you. But, in return, we the prophecy must be reinstated."

The blond didn't know what to do. On one hand, she was definitely going to be able to get to Haploxia, and it was something that she really wanted to do. Hercules needed her help. She knew that.

But on the other hand, she didn't know how to handle this Ka D'Argo problem. She heard about luxans before. Briefly, but she had heard of them.

The question though, what was she going to do with this one?

She shook her head and glanced at the oracles, "What am I going to do? Erase his memory? Either that, or rotate the planet backwards until time turns back, and go back to the time before Hercules and the other ever met up with Ninedinna came to Earth."

The brother stated, "Rotating the planet isn't what needs to be done. Folding back time is something that we are accustomed too, but we are in no shape or form in able to target Haploxia from this far of a distance."

His sister added, "Changing time is quite drastic, but you're first choice would prove most beneficial. You're family has the ability, and it would be the easiest way to get the prophecy reinstated."

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"You can either stop this foolishness, give me both of them, and go home. Or you can all die."

Jack grinned, "I'm thinking not." He then pressed his finger on the trigger of his MP5. A spray of bullets rattled out its barrel and soared to its target. Ninedinna waved her hand, and the bullets fell to the ground.

"Crap." He said under his breath.

"Fine. If you don't want to take up on my offer, then you leave me no choice. Armo."

The walls of the dungeon soon shook. Dozens of holes opened, and circular long shafts shot out.

Daniel said, "This can't be good."

"I'm thinking you're right." Xabder said.

Hercules looked around the room. He needed a way to use his strength, and in a way, that was safe from bringing attention to himself. The demigod noted a circular formation of pillars around him. He needed to find a way to hide his strength, and use someway to cover himself.

"Xander?"

The boy looked toward his friend and noted him nodding his head to the direction of the pillar. Xander didn't know what the demigod was planning, but knew something had to provide time for his friend to move.

"I'm thinking we need to move." He said to his friend.

The long circular shafts began shooting numerous rounds of what appeared to be electrical outbursts.

"Don't have to tell me twice, kid!" Ash hollered as he ran for cover.

Hercules watched as his team ran for cover. Knowing that his time, he tackled one of the pillars. The pillar began to swerve.

Xander saw his friend's movement, and raised his MP5 that he had attached to his belt. Pressing it, bullets shot out and hit the pillar. He hoped the added force would help provide cover.

The pillar swayed further, and began a chain reaction. Pillar, after pillar created a parallel to a row of dominos.

Xander saw the opportunity, and got Buffy and Faith to see the only left freestanding pillar. "A little help here."

Buffy and Faith saw where he was headed, and noted the electrical outbursts. Taking their breaths, they sprinted for the pillar. The three of them pressed the pillar forward and another chain began.

Shortly, the circular patter of pillars collapsed.

While the pillars didn't land on their enemy, the pillars did block the holes that were newly appearing. Thus stopping the electrical charges.

"Looks like the great old goddess lost her firing range." Buffy sang as she walked out of the mess. "Now, we know you're going to come back firing, and that you're going to mess us all up. After all, we're human."

D'Argo coughed.

"And one luxan."

He grinned this thanks. "But you're forgetting one thing."

She growled, "What's that?"

D'Argo walked over to her, "The Necronomicon."

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TBC---To Be Concluded

Yay. One more chapter, people. One more, and this trilogy is done. After which, I will post a epilogue. And then this fic is done.