Chapter One
TITLE: The Power of XION
AUTHOR: Methos if ya want to host it somewhere else just tell me where ya putting it ok? ;)
DISCLAIMER: All things BtVS belong to Joss Whedon, Green Lantern, ION, Batgirl and any other mentions of DC characters belong to DC Comics ok? I own nothing ;)
SUMMARY: On Halloween Ethan's little costume stunt may have changed the future more that he know. and created something completely new in this dimension.
FEEDBACK: love it :) my first fanfic and so many reviews already :) more please lol
RELATIONSHIPS: None as yes, copious amounts of flirting yes but no relationships planned.
RATING: FR18
SPOILERS: Anything from the Halloween episode onwards. I plan on taking the story through to the bitter end of Buffy. Changing a few things along the way of course ;)
AN: well first fic.
Kinda a plot bunny that's been going rampant in my head for a while and I finally decided to put it up.
Only the first chapter for now, I'll see how it goes and add to it when and if I can.
At the moment it's just a Buffy / Green Lantern crossover but there will be more. For those of you out there who know the character ION and you know what he was capable of.
Crossover's bound heh :)
Well enjoy :)
"Ahh, good afternoon young sir.," Ethan said as he approached the new customer to his shop.
Twirling round to face the voice, Xander found himself looking at a middle aged man with short brown hair. "Uh yeah, hi." Xander stuttered back, "We've just been told that for Halloween we've got to take out a load of children so I'm looking for a costume. Something quick, nothing fancy as I'm kinda strapped for cash."
Unfortunately for him the toy gun that he had been planning on using had been broken the night before. During a fight between his parents when his dad, in a drunken rage as usual was picking up anything, and everything in his reach to throw at his mom, Xander's toy gun had been one of the unlucky few objects that had hit the wall before breaking into so many unusable pieces.
"Well I don't know if I've got anything left as you can see," waving his arm around the pretty empty store for effect, "Most of the good costumes have sold out. I did have a Dracula one left and a few costumes from some Japanese shows left over, but they've gone now too."
Seeing his customer's dismayed expression, adding to that that Ethan wanted as much carnage as possible tonight to fuel the God Janus, Ethan suddenly hit upon an idea.
"Look I've just got a shipment in this morning from a bankrupt movie studio, couldn't tell ya what I've got in there as I haven't been able to go through it. Honestly I was planning on sealing it back up and returning it tonight, but since you're here I'll let you have whatever ya want from the case for... what ya say twenty dollars?"
Xander jumped at this. Some official movie costumes. "It's a deal," he exclaimed, fumbling in his back pocket to get his wallet out.
"Don't be hasty young man," Ethan smiled down at the obvious eagerness of the boy, turning on his heels, "I'll just go and get the box and we can look through it together ok? Feel free to look around the store, if you find anything that you think would be suitable I'm sure we can come to some arrangement here and find a suitable price for whatever costume you pick."
With this said Xander watched the man wander off through some curtains. He could have sworn he heard the man mutter something like 'bloody hell, where's that soddin' box now.' before disappearing. Laughing quietly Xander started to look though the costumes that were left on display. There were only a few left as Xander started leafing through the racks.
"Major Motoko Kusa... Kusi... Meh if can't even say the name how am I going to dress up like the character?" Taking) a closer look at the costume Xander quickly noted that he was looking at the women's costume rack and fled over to a rack where he saw an army like costume.
Feeling it was a safe bet he was in the men's section now he started looking through them when one caught his eye. It was a character from a short-lived show called 'Crusade', he remembered watching it with Willow some nights. The character was a Technomage, or something like that. He used advanced technology to replicate the illusion of magic. Remembering the character Galen, or Galem also shaved his head regularly, this put Xander off. Deciding to wait until the shop owner returned with the box of movie props, Xander wandered over to the counter and leaned against it waiting.
He didn't have to wait long after a couple of choice swear words came out from behind the curtain then a loud thump.
"You ok it there?" Xander shouted through, "Need a hand with anything?"
The curtains parted showing the man holding a large brown box in his hands struggling to get through the doorframe. Xander quickly moved around the counter and helped him through.
"Thank you, it was a lot heavier than it looked, heh that or I'm getting old finally." Laughing it off Ethan put the box down and got a pair of scissors out of the drawer. Opening the box quickly he turned to Xander, "So find anything left in the shop you like?"
"Nah, not much left that I recognize, there's a cool Alucard costume over there from the Hellsing Cartoon, but its way too big for me. So looks like my last hopes are in this box."
"Well, let's not keep you waiting then."
Opening the box Ethan moved aside letting Xander have a closer look inside the box and the array of costumes that were inside. Some he recognized. He immediately caught sight of a blue one with a big red and yellow 'S' on the front, picking it up however Xander found it to be a short top, obviously female with a yellow belt clipped to it and a blue miniskirt complete with red boots as well.
Ethan retrieved the costume from Xander and hooked it over a railing, maybe someone else would come in later in the day for that. "Hmm, obviously they were planning to do another Supergirl movie, forgive me for saying but I don't think anyone would be able to beat Helen Slater in that role, she was the epitome of feminine beauty in that costume."
Xander nodded his head in agreement, having picked that film up on DVD a few months back he remembered a few of his fantasies regarding the actress. "Yeah she was a knockout then, don't think I've seen her in much else though."
Ethan seeing a kindred spirit here let his masque slip a little, "Yeah mate, truly a beauty. She kind of left off acting after a few more movies, nothing good but she has released a couple of albums recently. Nothing chart topping but quite pleasant to listen to."
At this point the door opened and a few younger girls walked in, obviously just from school.
"Well if you'll excuse me I have other customers to see, please go though the box and I'll return shortly." With this Ethan made his way over to the customers and left Xander going through the box.
Picking each costume out and carefully hanging it up to inspect them Xander came across one he didn't recognize. This was rare, being a certified comic geek he had been able to name all of the costumes that had come out of the box, Supergirl, Powergirl, Martian Manhunter, Robin, Midnighter, Jack Hawksmoor, there was even a Barbara Gordon style Batgirl costume in here which he had picked up with care and placed as far away from the 'Joker' costume as he could.
Remembering the story "A laughing joke" from his collection and the nightmares he had had for months after reading it gave him a certain respect for the Batgirl character.
Turning his attention back to the costume he had picked up. It was leather. Not tacky leather but the good quality stuff. A high neck collar. With buckles round it.
The costume looked like it would be tight fitting, mostly black and deep green, with a bright green, almost white circle on the front chest of it. Looking down he looked for a tag. Finding it he read the name out loud, "ION."
"Yes I remember hearing about this," Xander snapped his head around to see Ethan quietly standing behind him looking casually at the array of costumes he had set out. "Apparently they were going to do a Green Lantern movie, if I remember correctly, they were going to have David Boreanaz playing Kyle Rayner and Bruce Boxleitner playing Hal Jordan. This was one of the costumes that the character evolved into. Do you know much about Green Lantern comics?"
Xander quickly thought back, yeah he remembered Green Lantern; he was the dude that went psycho after the Death of Superman series and ended up killing pretty much everyone he crossed.
This wasn't his suit though.
In addition, that guy had a ring. Yeah that was right. The Green Lantern was the ring. It could do anything you wanted, as long as you have the imagination and the willpower to back it up of course.
Seeing his thoughtful look, Ethan continued, "Well there was a Green Lantern called Hal Jordan in the comics. After some momentous catastrophe, he went insane. Anyway, he killed off all the other Green Lanterns and collected their rings, and he then went after his masters. Beings called the Guardians of the universe.
After killing these off and absorbing their power Hal became a sort of living energy being. No one could stand up to him. I can't remember how he died, or if he even did but the power was left, presumed destroyed in the heart of the sun for some reason.
Now there was another Green Lantern, this one called Kyle Rayner. He was a good guy, a kid sure, he must have been about eighteen, maybe twenty. He was given the last of the Green Lantern rings. Anyway to cut a long story short this kid, Kyle found the power that had been left and joined with it. It made him different. He wasn't a Green Lantern anymore. He wasn't limited by space or time. He was a being of pure energy; anyway, that is where my knowledge of the comic ends. I gave up reading from that point." Looking around him he noticed that his little story had drawn over the girls from looking at the costumes and were all listening to him.
"Well it's nice to know youngsters today still enjoy a good tale. Now if any of you like the costumes that this young man has nicely put up on display for me, I will offer them at half price. That is aside for this one." With this he took the costume off Xander and led him over to the side.
"I must say I've enjoyed our chat, it was nice to see someone that remembers comics as fondly as I do, and remembers the characters. I saw how you respected the Batgirl costume, and the way you placed it far away from the Joker one. Here take the 'ION' costume, from looking at you it will fit almost perfectly. And I will get some satisfaction that someone is wearing the costume that appreciates it." Seeing Xander's confused look he started to walk away. "Please enjoy the costume, I know I will enjoy seeing someone in it who could live up to the character." Smirking Ethan wandered over to the young girls and started talking to them about something called Sailor Moon, and a set of costumes he had that would be perfect for the four of them.
Xander, still bemused at this turn of events, looked down at the costume in his hands. It did look like it would fit him, and the eye mask was there complete with adhesive glue to fix it in place, some green contact lenses that looked to be bright green, almost luminescent. Smiling to himself Xander was happy with the costume.
Walking out of the store, pocketing the loose items, rolling the costume up, and holding it under his arm, he had one last place to go. The Comic store. He and Jesse used to hang around it a lot.
The man that owned it was friendly and didn't mind people just hanging around inside, reading the comics or just chatting.
He started walking towards 'Comicville' with a few thoughts in mind. What the others would be wearing tonight. For some reason he couldn't get the image of Willow in the Batgirl outfit out of his mind, or Buffy in the Supergirl outfit, not that he was complaining. Nah they both had their costumes already probably. Buffy would be going as some sort of noble woman to impress Angel, and Willow would be going as her usual ghostly character.
As he entered the comic shop, he turned the owner and waved. Tony was a good guy and a guru when it came to comics. "Hi Tony, ya know anything about a character called 'ION'? Something from Green Lantern apparently."
In response Tony just put down his book, 'Batman: No man's Land', it looked like a novel, not a trade or a comic. He wandered over to the shelves and after a minute of looking picked up a graphic novel off the shelves, walked over to Xander and handed it to him.
"The Power of ION," Xander read the title aloud. Looking on the back for the price $8.99. Remembering he still had the cash in his wallet that he saved from the costume shop Xander fished out his wallet and handed ten dollars over to Tony. Pocketing his change and receipt, Xander picked up his book and started on the way home. A bit of light reading before getting dressed and then over to Buffy's to pick up the girls before back to school for the children Xander thought. He might even have time for a few Twinkie snacks before heading out. With this, he grinned and started jogging lightly not wanting to drop the costume or his new book. He wanted it to be in good condition when he got home, and got to read into the mindset of the character before going out. After all no one wants to go out as a character, they know nothing about.
A few hours later Ethan was closing up his store. He had sold all of his costumes from the shop. After the young man had left he'd quickly put the other costumes from the box back into the back managing to get all but one of them back, some customer actually wanted to dress up as Supergirl for the night. Well hope she enjoyed what she got.
Looking over at the mess in the back room Ethan mentally swore. The jar containing the potion he had used to 'charm' the costumes had smashed when he was trying to get the box down. As it was, the potion was a violently strong one. After all bringing fictional characters to life needed a hell of a lot of magic, and the potion was supposed to strengthen Janus' hold on the costumes. There was only supposed to be one or two drops on each costume. The jar has smashed on the box, soaking the contents with the potion.
"Well never mind, what's the worst that can happen? It was only those two costumes. They'll just get a bigger dose of the magic than everyone else." Almost feeling bad about it for a second as he remembered the young man he had given the costume to. He forgot himself and laughed at the chaos of it all. Now to prepare for tonight. He had a feeling tonight was going to be even more chaotic that even he expected. He grinned at the prospect of it and started gathering the tools needed for tonight's ritual.
AN: Well that's the first chapter out of the way. If ya like please review.
This is my first fanfic. after reading back through it I can't see any errors but I'm sure I've missed some somewhere so if ya spot any please let me know.
Reviews would be nice but I'm going to continue updating with or without em so whatever ;)
Hope you enjoyed my first jump in. please let me know what ya think :)