Title: The X Factor
Disclaimer: I own neither BtVS nor X-Men.
Summary: Xander is not as normal as everyone thought, and when Angelus takes intrest in him, things go downhill. X-over with X-Men and X-Men Evo.
Author's Note: This is my first BtVs fic, please be gentle. Rating is for implied nature and language.
Sorry for the delay, guys but I had a few tests coming up.
And I believe I forgot to mention a few IMPORTANTpoints (READ THIS)-
1. I know that the gang did not start pushing Xander away until later but I just wrote it on impulse. It most probably won't amount to anything.
2. Xander has lost his memory. I hope that much was clear.
3. This will be more of a cross with the Evolution sereis than the original though I may bring ina few characters from the other that have not been introduced in the Evo.series till now.
4. The timeline of the X-Men Evo. is after X23 (can anyone tell me her name? I'll have to make one up otherwise!) is free from the industry that created her since she is believed dead. Also Scarlet Witch has been introduced but I have yet to decide whether it will be after her memories are modified or before. Also the Apocalypse debacle has yet to happen.
I think that's all. I'll try to update soon and increase the size of the chapters.
Enjoy.
Two days after Xander's disappearance Giles was discharged from the hospital. Still leaning on a cane for support, he was escorted to the door by Buffy and Willow.
"So Giles, when will we cast the spell?" Asked Buffy.
"Spell?" Giles said, momentarily confused.
"Yes the spell to find Xander; that was the plan wasn't it?"
"Yes, well, I am in no condition to cast a spell right now. And any location spell will be very draining. We don't even know where he has been taken to."
"I-I can cast the spell." Spoke Willow.
"Perhaps…"
"C'mon Giles! I did cast the soul curse on Angel." Exclaimed Willow.
"Alright then, you can cast the spell. We will do it at my house. Meet me there early tomorrow evening. By then, I will make most of the arrangements."
Then they were at the reception. The forms were filled, formalities taken care of, and a quarter of an hour later they were walking out the door.
The next evening, they gathered at Giles' house, as they had agreed.
Giles took them to a back room, where he had inscribed a variety of diagrams on the floor tiles. In the very centre was a large circle with another smaller concentric circle inside. A variety of patterns filled the space between the two. The patterns seemed to flow smoothly and then were suddenly jagged lines and angles and then were smoothly flowing again. On both sides of the circle was a Pentacle each.
There were exactly twelve candles circling the circle and one for each point of the two Pentacles.
Earlier that day, Giles had called Willow to see if she had anything personal of Xander's that they could use for the spell.
Willow had agreed to bring his favorite shirt and a few of his comics.
Giles looked at the items doubtfully and asked, "Are you certain that these items are close to Xander's heart?"
"Yes, Giles." Willow replied, speaking as if she had already responded to this question a number of times before.
"Well then let us begin." Giles said.
They placed the items in the Pentacle to the north and a photograph of Xander in the Pentacle to the south. Willow took her place in the giant circle. And a map of US was pinned to the wall.
"You remember the words?" Asked Giles to make sure there would be no mistakes.
"Yes, Giles." Willow said.
"Lay off of her Giles." Said Buffy, "She will do fine. Right Willow?"
"Let us begin then." Said Giles and Willow began her chanting.
The spell was almost musical to hear. Beginning low and rising to a crescendo, it seemed like there were no real words. The entire air hummed with the music, the air became charged with power.
The effects became almost instantaneously apparent. The candles at the pentacles flared brighter, the flame grew higher and wider. Soon it appeared like the fires were liquids, beautiful, shimmering, orange-yellow with blue core, liquid. They flowed to the centre of their respective pentacles and pooled there like some sort of jelly in a bowl.
Then the spell changed. Where previously it had been musical and soothing, it now became sharp and fast. The flame-jelly reacted to the spell as quickly as the spell changed. It grew turbulent, with waves like may be seen in a sea or ocean. Then, slowly, a thin tendril of the jelly rose from both pentacles and rose up to the map. Beginning from Sunnydale, California, a small dot on the map, the tendrils moved outwards, burning a path on the map.
Then as quickly as it had all begun, the spell stopped abruptly, and the flame tendrils vanished. Of the pentacles and the items placed inside them, nothing remained.
Willow got up slowly, stiff from sitting so long. The spell had seemed to be fast enough but had actually taken well over two hours. She went and joined Buffy and Giles at the map. The trail went all the way to New York and vanished inside it. The rest of the map had been burned to cinders, only New York remained.
"What happened?" She asked, "We were supposed to get an exact location."
Giles seemed to think for a moment and then rubbing his glasses explained slowly, "There can be a number of factors affecting the result, the items were not close enough to him, it would have been best if we had a sample of his DNA, or there can be sort of magical means preventing us from getting an exact location."
"Then what do we do? He's in New York, but how will we find him there? The place is huge!" Exclaimed Buffy.
"We could inform the cops, they are still searching for him." Suggested Willow.
"No, they SDPD might be incompetent but they will wonder how we are sure he is in New York, it is not so close as to be the first place to search." Said Giles.
"Then what do we do?" Repeated Buffy.
"There is a coven in New York. I will contact them, they will have the advantage of better resources and closer range. We will see."
"Giles?" Said Willow in a small voice, sounding as timid as she did when they first met, "We will find Xander, right?"
"Yes Willow, I promise, we will find him" Replied Giles soothingly, hoping he would be able to keep this promise.
The day previous to the spell, in the clearing where Logan has just ran Xander through with his claws.
"Oh Shit!" Logan cursed aloud.
He had found the new mutant.
And he had killed him.
Logan immediately retracted his claws and the boy staggered back. He looked at his chest seeing the three parallel stab wounds leaking blood like from a tap and then back up at Logan. Logan reached out to grab the boy but he stepped back. The blood slowed, and stopped.
Logan wondered whether to be relieved or to curse, the boy healed fast. The boy looked back up at him and he noticed that his eyes were strange. Instead of the usual colored eye on white background, the boy had eyes like that thief, Remy LeBeau. The only difference was that instead of the red on black, it was a very sharp electric blue on black with what looked like silvery green highlights.
His thoughts were cut short however when the boy suddenly tackled him. The boy was strong but Logan was stronger, he pretty soon had the boy pinned to the ground and under control.
"Elf, get the sedatives from the blackbird." He said over his shoulder, keeping his eyes on the boy. Or at least that was what he was saying. He got as far as 'sed-' when suddenly something strong hit him in the chest and he was thrown away from the boy who quickly scrambled up and this time moved towards Scott. Scott fired a low powered optic blast, intending to stun the boy. The beam hit him square in the chest and the boy went down hard. There was a moment of silence and the boy raised his head and they saw that his eyes had gone a pure unrelenting black. Scott tried again, opting for a slightly higher powered blast. The boy stood his ground and when the beam reached him he…reached…out and grabbed it. It seemed to surround his hand like a protective glove. He again started towards Scott but five steps later he stumbled and fell. Behind him stood Kurt and Kitty, a thick wooden log in kitty's hands and a small smoke cloud just dissipating behind them.
Authors Note: Another chapter done. Thanks to Love-Bites-Hard, Emma2, Deacon Krow, Ronin100 and Salestia for reviwing. I'll try to improve.
For the romance part, thatsstill open, there may be no romance or there may be romance depending on what you want and what I feel like. So, if you want you may give your suggestions on pairings.
Thank you
The DarIm