The Key of Forever

by Antonio CabaƱas

Chapter Five

Disclaimer: Star Trek in all its incarnations and all related characters are property of Paramount Pictures. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and all related characters were created and are owned by Joss Whedon. Star Trek, and Star Trek: The Next Generation created by Gene Roddenberry. Star Wars and everything related with it is property of Lucasfilm Ltd., and was created by George Lucas.

Tony Castro and the USS Corsair were created by me, other adventures of her can be found in my site, which address is in my profile.

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Spoilers: Spoilers for Buffy season 5. Spoilers for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek: Generations and Star Trek: First Contact and Deep Space Nine until season 4.

Author Note 1: This story is a sequel of the story "Trek to the Hellmouth". If you don't want to read it, here is a quick resume: After the events in Star Trek: First Contact, the Enterprise-E is relaunched, but remains of Borg technology aboard launch the ship back in time toward the moment when Buffy killed Adam. Adam becomes a Borg, but he quickly comes to dominate the Collective. But the time paradox in progress start to opens the Hellmouth. The Enterprise crew, guided by Tony Castro, an admiral that was invited to the launching and had contact with the Watchers and the Slayers in the past, contact the Scoobies, and the events began to take a rollercoaster ride from there: the Borg Queen reappears, from the Hellmouth emerges the Mirror counterpart of Admiral Castro, Adam devises a plan to absorb the energies of the Hellmouth, destroying Earth in the process. Finally with the sacrifice of Mirror Tony they destroy Adam and close the Hellmouth.

Author Note 2: for the nitpickers, this story takes place shortly after the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Sons of Mogh".

I wish to thank my beta-reader Carycomix, for his help and support through all this time.

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Summary: Dawn visits Buffy's tomb and something happens. "Meanwhile", in the 24th Century, Captain Tony Castro discover a very unsettling thing, and Captain Sisko of Deep Space Nine witness a real blast from the past...

Sunnydale. Year 2000

"It's odd, I can't find any document certifying that your friend Buffy is dead." said Roberta through the servo. Rain had connected special headphones to it, so she looked as if she was listening to a walkman inside her clothes.

"Next street to the right." said a dry male voice through the servo. Roberta had called one of their 'agents' to follow the trail of transdimensional readings and guide Rain, while she went through the records of Sunnydale.

"OK, Mestral." answered Rain. The alien had proven to be a great asset to their team, although he still gave her the creeps sometimes. "This is Revello Drive... Revello Drive? Buffy lived on this street."

"This is getting weirder and weirder.." Said Roberta.

She kept walking until Mestral told her to stop. She was standing before the house at 1630 of Revello Drive.

"And this is Buffy's home."

USS Caravel's Lounge. Year 2372.

"Lieutenant Prince?" said a voice behind her.

"Who is it?" answered the security chief of the Caravel, leaving her bottle on the table, and turning her face to the man talking to her. "Ah, hello, Mr. Rogers. Sit down please." She said to the lieutenant who was part of Dr. Richards's security detail.

"Thanks, Lieutenant."

"Call me Xena, I'm off duty."

"But I'm not. And now that you mention it, you look like Lucy Lawless."

"Few people know about Lucy Lawless in this time. Are you a 20th Century buff?"

"Sort of."

"Well, you mentioned that you were here..."

"Yes, Admiral Szell sent me to warn you about Agent Silver."

"Well, I don't like DTI agents, but..."

"If our information is correct, Agent Silver is not what she seems to be. But we have only that information, no proofs. That's the reason why we have come to you, and not to Agent Kovacs."

"Why don't you investigate by yourselves?"

"What do you think that Mr. Wayne is doing? Admiral Szell thought that two sets of eyes see more than one."

Agent Silver's quarters

Sylvia Silver let the body of Croydon fall to the ground, while she removed the bloodstained blankets and threw them to the trash disintegrator. He would stay there for a few hours before he rose as a new vampire. She washed the blood fom her face, and picked up a tricorder. The subdermal chip that she had implanted into Croydon was working perfectly, and she programmed it to let the ship's sensor think that Croydon was sleeping. She dressed. Then, she programmed the door to privacy mode, so nobody could enter now.

She went to the nearest holodeck, where the hololink with the Defiant was going to be established. When she entered, she was surprised to see only the holodeck grid. She quickly called to the bridge.

"Captain Henderson, I thought that the hololink with the Defiant was going to be established in Holodeck 2."

"I was going to call you. The Defiant had called, they are having some technical difficulties." Answered the captain. "And they want to tell you that they have one of the former Agincourt senior officers on the station. They want him to join the on mission."

Defiant Bridge

"You are already eating, Sam?" asked Dax when Samuel Grant entered the bridge, munching something.

"Of course. Sajins have a very high metabolism, you know." answered the ambassador when he had guzzled whatever he had in his mouth. "Well, where is that DTI agent? I thought that you said that she would be here in holographic form."

"We are having some technical difficulties, but she had already approved your presence in the mission." Said Sisko before Dax could answer.

"That's odd. I thought that the DTI wouldn't want me here at all cost. After all, I'm there also." he answered "Well, never look a gift horse in the..."

"At last!" said O'Brien from under a console where the contraption that would establish for the hololink was resting.

Suddenly Agent Silver materialized to the right of Captain Sisko.

"Finally!" she said, relieved.

TO BE CONTINUED...