Author's notes: Hi all. Once again I have created a new chapter for you. I just want to take this time to answer a few reviews and then you can get on with your reading. JA Baker thank you for reviewing my work. I was inspired to write this based on your Halo/Buffy crossover. And you are right about how i have made mistakes pertaining to Halo, though i have to say in my defense that i know next to nothing about Halo. All i know is from what i can read online. I have never played the game or read the books, though i do plan on buying a Halo book soon. Also I am aware of how SG-1 met Thor, I do have most of the season sets. I changed the timing of how Jack himself meets Thor thats it. Also that would be the first true time that Hammond meets the Asgard so it could be called the true First Contact between their races. Thanks again for the reviews and sorry about the length of the note which i'm sure you're sick of. Now on with the Story!
Chapter 4.
After their brief encounter at Willy's bar both Buffy and Angel decided that they should return to the library to determine their next move. If a new demon hunter was making his presence known in Sunnydale then they would need backup when confronting him. If this new hunter was on the side of good, then he could be brought into the fold under her command, but if the hunter turned out to be evil or a demon then they would have to slay him.
Buffy and Angel burst into the library not running but not walking either. They had made the best time that they could without running straight here. "Giles, we got a problem!"
Giles looked up, he had been reading an extremely important prophecy before they came bursting in, and he spared a second to glare at the demon before turning his attention to Buffy. "What problem?"
"We were patrolling over near Restfields and we decided to drop in on Willy to get some info. But when we got there the place was torn up like someone dropped a bomb in there. Willy said that some new hunter was in town. MY town, and he's killing demons!"
Giles looked shocked but remained calm when he spoke. "A new hunter, well that's a good thing. Means fewer demons will threaten innocent lives.
"Giles I don't think you're getting this, he's in MY town." Buffy whined. "And he's probably a demon, no one would be dumb enough to start a fight in Willy's without some serious mojo backing them up."
Willow who had been merely listening to this point chose to speak up now. "Do you think it's a demon, did Willy have any information on what kind of demon it was?"
"Ya he said it was some kind of sparky thing, umm something like that I think." Buffy said looking confused as she tried to think.
Angel had finished his brooding and saw that Buffy was talking about the mysterious hunter. "I think Willy called him Spartan."
"Ya that's it. What's a Spartan?" Buffy asked.
Giles seeing an opportunity to give a lecture jumped in. "The Spartans were ancient warriors from the city state of Sparta in ancient Greece. They were feared throughout the world for they were among the most well trained soldiers of their time. Any and all who opposed them were slaughtered without mercy. From childhood they were trained in the art of war. They had no equal."
Willow eyes lit up with an idea. "So do you think it's like an actual Spartan, maybe one who was cursed or turned into a demon?"
"I don't know, but I think this calls for some research. Me and my books are in for another long night I suppose." Giles looked happy at the idea of something new and exciting to research up on. He had been a little under the weather since he had broken up with Jenny.
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Across town the Spartan as he was coming to be known as was celebrating his first mission with Jenny. Thanks to the advanced computer systems built into his MJOLNIR suit he tracked the number of kills he had made. Twelve vampires along with seven other demons of various races had died in Willy's that night. Though he wasn't done for the night, not by a long shot, soon as he got some more ammo and maybe a few grenades he planned on making a circuit of the various cemeteries to start clearing them out.
Xander turned to look at Jenny who was driving the hummer. "So any ideas on where I'll find a large concentration of demons and vamps other than at Willy's?"
Jenny smirked. "Well most demons and vamps tend to hunt alone, though if you want to get a lot of them then head for the tunnels. It's the easiest way for demons to move around without getting spotted by humans."
"Ya well I should try and make a big impression. Don't want the demons to forget that I'm here."
"I seriously doubt they'll forget you're here." She snorted. He had probably caused more carnage in five minutes then the Slayer had caused in the past week. It was going to be an interesting time in Sunnydale for the next little while.
Arriving back at Alpha Base Jenny drove straight into the garage and onto the revolving platform. Once the hummer was turned around they both hopped out, Xander to reload his ammo supplies, Jenny to go get something to eat. Cortana was as always busy attempting to build 26th century technology from a 20th century tech base. It was difficult but not impossible given that she had the complete technological files on all the important pieces of UNSC hardware along with the knowledge of how to build the machines that made the machines that built the hardware. It just took time to create it all.
"Hey Cortana, just got back from Willy's made 19 kills, left maybe 4 survivors along with Willy to spread the word. I need to know if you can rig up some surveillance gear that I can plant in his bar and maybe something that I can plant in the library too."
Cortana sounded confused. "Why would you want to plant bugs in the library? I thought they were your best friends."
"Well they are my friends but since they kicked Jenny out of the group I thought it best to err on the side of caution in case they're keeping anything else from me." He responded not liking the option anymore than she did but it needed to be done.
A few of Cortana's mechanical arms lifted up a case from a worktable. "I thought you might want some gear so I cobbled up a few pieces. Not 26th century but better than anything you'll get in this century. The only problem is that your going to have to plant them in the library, which could be difficult with the amount of time your friends spend in there."
"Don't you worry about that, I'll find a way to get the bugs planted. Just make a few more, I'll plant those ones at various places in the tunnels so we don't have to worry about any surprise guests showing up in town from there." He said as he began picking up extra magazines and grenades. He would need the ammunition for the hunt that he planned tonight. "Cortana do you wanna come on the next leg of the hunt?"
Cortana seemed to think about it for a second before replying. "No Jenny has said that she will be casting several spells on the base tonight, I want to see if I can get a sensor reading on the magical energy that she uses. If I can that will enable me to begin tracing powerful magic's throughout the town."
"Ok, have fun with your sensors. I'll be back later." He shouted as he went back to the garage and drove off in the hummer.
Driving around the town gave Xander a few moments to think and begin planning the rest of the nights assault on the demons of Sunnydale. He decided that any and all that he came across would be killed, no mercy to any demon, since in his mind any demon dumb enough to live on the hellmouth had to be doing something evil.
He knew intellectually that there were demon species out there that just wanted to be left alone to live out their lives. Some even assisted by giving information out to demon hunters on the more evil of their kind out there. But if you lived here where slayers and hunters came to kill demons all the time then you were either very stupid or up to no good.
Xander parked the hummer and locked it up. Wouldn't pay for someone to steal a fully armored hummer cause he forgot to lock the damn door. From here on out he would travel on foot. Though if need be he could always have Cortana take remote control of the vehicle and drive it wherever it was needed.
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Over at the library Buffy was quickly becoming bored with research and lack of snuggling time with Angel. Reading crummy old books was not her idea of a good time. Also she felt deep within her that she should be out patrolling killing demons and making the town safer.
"Giles, me and Angel are going to go patrol. If this Spartan guy is out there he may be leaving a trail for us to follow." Buffy didn't wait for a response. She was already grabbing stakes and a short sword and was halfway out the door before her words registered in Giles mind.
"Buffy do be careful!" He shouted out to her as she walked out closely followed by Angel. The latter he glared at.
The Slayer and her pet vampire walked towards the nearest cemetery deciding to begin their patrol there. If this Spartan guy was patrolling or hunting then sooner or later they would run into him. Hopefully he was a good guy since by the body count that he left at Willy's would mean that he was extremely powerful. She knew deep down that she herself wouldn't have been able to clear out the bar by herself, well at least not that quickly and it would be one hell of a fight.
Angel walked beside her just basking in the feelings that she created within him. Over two hundred years had he walked this Earth and never before had he felt such love for any living being before. With her around him, or even just the thought of her, calmed his troubled soul. The nightmares that troubled him seemed to be lessened, the thoughts of all the horrible tortures that he inflicted upon the innocent seemed to be banished to the dark corners of his mind.
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Boston. A city in shambles with demons and human born criminals waging war nearly every night upon her streets. Her streets ran red with blood as the various factions fought for the right to dominate the city and its innocent inhabitants. Most were only aware of the human side to the war but the few hunters and mages in the city knew of the darker aspect to the battles fought as demons stayed behind the scene pulling strings to get the humans to fight for their cause without their knowledge.
In one of the more upscale regions of the city we find two hunters arguing. Though only one truly knew that she was a hunter the other was still in denial about the demons that ruled the night.
"Faith I am trying to help you! I came to find you and to train you so that you can survive." Lady Linda Pryce nearly shouted at the young girl who stood defiantly in front of her. This child was trying her patience but she kept her temper in check. Linda had had one of her friends in the State Department send her a copy of all files on Faith Leanne and with what she read in there she knew that she had to take things slow in order to gain Faith's trust.
For the past few hours they had been at one of her estates in Boston. Faith had tried numerous times to leave but each time Linda had been able to coax her back by being honest, not turning her over to the cops, and just by trying to be her friend. So far it seemed to be working.
Now it seemed though Faith didn't want anything to do with being the Slayer. She just wanted to live her life the way she saw fit without outside interference from anyone.
Faith retorted that statement. "Ya bullshit you just want a piece of ass, you're just taking the long route to get it by buttering me up with promises. Well it won't work on me got it!"
Linda looked horrified at the mere thought of having sex with a child and the emotion carried over. "Faith I can assure you that I have never wanted to sleep with you or any other child and that will not change ever! I know you don't trust me but I want to change that! Please let me help you."
For a brief moment Faith's resolve to get the hell out of there flickered before coming back. "Listen lady you may have saved me from those things but that doesn't me that I owe you jack, got it! I'm outta here and don't try and stop me!"
"They were vampires." That simple statement stopped Faith in her tracks. "I also know that it was a vampire that killed your mother. I read the police report about it. It fits all the requirements of a vampire attack. You were lucky to have survived it."
"Lucky, LUCKY! How the hell can you call that lucky! I hid in a fucking closet until that thing was gone. Hell no one would even believe me, they tried to send me to fucking jail for what that thing did to my mom." She roared in anger. In a moment of rage she forgot her newfound power and punched a nearby wall smashing a good size hole in the Victorian style wood paneling.
"Faith I know that your angry, hell I would be angry in your place too, but you have to learn to control that anger. Look just stay with me for a week and I swear if by the end of that if you wanna leave I'll let you. But if you stay for that week you have to promise to try and learn. I'll teach you how to control your new powers and I swear I'll help you in anyway that I can. I'm not going to hurt you, will you give me a chance?" Linda pleaded with the dark Slayer, hoping that somehow she would break through to the lost child underneath the rough exterior.
For another moment even with the rage still present deep within her just begging to get out and unleash some damage, she looked like the lost child that she was. One who wanted nothing more than to be accepted and loved, to find a home and flourish in this harsh world. In this moment Faith came to a decision that would forever change her life and take her to places that she could not even begin to imagine. "I'll stay."
"Good. Now I want you to remember your promise. You have to at least try and learn what I have to teach you, okay?" Linda asked.
Faith looked annoyed at being asked again. "Ya I fucking get it. I'll try. Now where do I sleep?"
Linda told Faith to follow her as she walked to one of the upstairs bedrooms. It was a massive room with a queen sized bed, dresser, and even a walk in closet. Also present were clothes, books, and other items that could come in handy like shampoo and soap.
"I hope you don't mind but I took a few guesses on your size and bought some clothes before I found you."
Faith stared around the room in awe that this was now hers. In the back of her mind a little voice was whispering that this was too good to be true, that she would have to watch her back and that eventually this Linda person would start making demands on what kind of rent was required to pay for all this. But until then Faith was determined to take this Lady for all that she could get out of her.
Linda merely watched the childlike glee that washed across the dark Slayer's face as she looked around the room, but she was saddened to see that this glee didn't reach her eyes. Faith was still so wary of the unknown and it was going to take time to break down those walls until she would trust her. Hopefully she would have the time to do that, though she knew that time was an extremely precious thing, especially more so with Slayers who often lead such brief lives after their calling.
"Ok Faith since it's late and you seem a bit tired, I'm going to leave you to get some rest. We'll start your training first thing in the morning. Ok?"
"Ya sure whatever." Faith replied. Still thinking of when the other shoe would drop.
Linda walked down the hall to her room, merely a larger version of Faith's room. She sat down at her desk and once again leafed through the children services file on Faith Lehane. Each and every page was full of abuses and obscenities that should never have been visited upon a child. Dozens of documents of abuse and allegations of sexual abuse by men who had used Faith's mother. For the life of her she couldn't fathom why the courts would continue to let a child live in such conditions.
She decided here and now that she would do everything in her power to give Faith a positive outlook on life. Never again would she be treated as second best or used in such vile and disgusting ways as she was used when she was a child. Though her past may prove to be a slight problem if they ever encountered the police or any other law enforcement agency. Her contacts through the Watcher's Council would prevail in such a situation but it was better to head such things off at the pass before they became a serious problem.
Linda picked up her phone to call her friend over at State. Within a few minutes he picked up.
"Hello?" Trevor White sounded extremely tired, considering it was after midnight and he was still at the office she didn't blame him.
"Hi Trevor its me!"
"Oh Christ what do you want now." He knew this was going to be for a favor, and of course only he could do it. Her past record of favors had got him some promotions but they were always at the worst possible time for him and caused such massive headaches that each time she called he swore it would be the last one.
Linda chuckled into the phone. "Its not that bad."
"If its coming from you and its at 1:30am, ah Christ its early what do you want."
"I just need a minor's file wiped clean and destroyed. Maybe an adoption paper too, to cover up any questions done the road. C'mon you know you want to help me here."
"Do I even want to know why you're asking for this?" He asked as he turned his computer back on. Might as well get it ready for when he caved in and did the favor.
"No probably not. I just need all the files on Faith Lehane wiped from all your records."
"Got any vitals for me to work with or do you expect me to find every Faith Lehane within the United States?" He had already typed the name in and found well over a thousand entries.
"Born January 6, 1982 in Boston. Thanks and tell Grace that I said hi."
"Ya, ya. Talk to ya later. Files should be gone by noon tomorrow. You owe me for this one. I'll work on getting some adoption papers that will take more time though. Give you a call in three or four days about that one, okay?" He asked as he began the process of destroying legal documents so that it couldn't be traced back to him. As regional director for the East Coast he had the authority to do so.
"Thanks again. Talk to you later." Linda hung up knowing that it was now in good hands. Within a few days all records pertaining to Faith would vanish and she could start anew in life without a criminal record hanging over her. Though now she had to call one of her friends back in England, Faith had said a vampire killed her mother. Hopefully the council seers could tell her which one had done it and if he was still around. Faith would love to get her hands on that one.