A New Life Another World Away
Disclaimer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and all it's characters belong to Joss Whedon, Fox, UPN etc. Stargate SG-1 and all it's characters belong to Showtime, MGM, Gecco Productions etc.
Notes: Set sometime after season five of Buffy when she and in this story Anya too died. Not quite sure where it's set in the Stargate world probably sometime after season five and Daniel Jackson is not dead because I like him and I know hardly anything about his replacement. Oh god he's dead! *Causes a dramatic scene then starts to write the story*
I've decided that Stargate SG-1 is set a few years in the future so that the timelines equal out a bit more.
Enjoy the read and remember that reviews are always extremely welcome!
Dedication: This is for you SarkyWoman as you read it and you don't have a clue what is going on even though I have tried my best to explain. One day I will make you watch Stargate mwa ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!
General Hammond walked out of his office and into the briefing room. Sat the around table waiting for him was Colonel Jack O'Neill, Dr Daniel Jackson, Major Samantha Carter and Teal'c. SG-1 watched him sit in his chair. They were an odd group a twice-retired officer, an archaeologist, a scientist and a Jaffa. Most other teams were normally all military but they normally didn't survive especially if they were in the doomed SG-11. They went through more team members than most people do with socks.
"This is just a routine mission to make contact with the people of P3X-359 so I have decided that you can take the new recruit into the field before we can find him a permanent place on a team." Explained General Hammond. He would get no better experience then from the best team that the SGC had.
"This new guys real right?" asked O'Neill last time they thought they had had a new member it turned out that it was an alien. He had the ability to release a chemical that altered their minds to make them believe he was the latest addition to SG-1.
"Last time I checked." A man about 23 years old in age walked into the office at that moment. He was about 5ft10 and had dark hair. He stood at the doorway in a blue uniform.
"SG-1 this Captain Alexander Harris." General Hammond invited him to come and sit at the debriefing desk with the rest of the team. They all stood up and stood hands with the Captain except Teal'c who slightly bowed his head instead of the Earth custom of shaking hands. Xander didn't know what to do so he just slightly bowed his head too. "Captain this is Teal'c, Major Carter, Dr Jackson and Colonel O'Neill the team leader. Doctor Jackson."
He turned on the projection showing the picture of the town that existed about a mile away from the Stargate. There were mainly houses and a bigger building in the centre. It was surrounded by a forest except for the road that lead from the Stargate to the town.
"When we came across a Christian settlement on P4X-718 it raised the question were there any more of them and how long the Goa'uld remained on Earth. This town here looks similar to the one on P4X-718." He pointed out that the building in the centre looked a lot like a church.
"So what's the interest with this place?" asked Xander he knew that the main mission objective was to find allies to fight the Goa'uld and discover new technologies that could help them. He didn't see how a backwards world could help.
"Well we've discovered that a lot of these types of worlds retain some of the Goa'uld technology like Cannon still had a ring or they have an advanced culture protecting them like the Asguard." Xander nodded indicating that he now understood why. He had read some of the mission reports but there were so many he would never have a chance to read them all.
"You have a go Sg-1" Hammond never tired of saying that even though he wished he could sometimes go with them.
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The Stargate was open. A shimmering blue event horizon was drawing them into it. The wormhole looked like water with a natural light reflecting against it except in the embarkation room there were only light bulbs.
Xander looked at it wondering what it would be like to walk through it. He imagined it to be like nothing he had never felt before and he had been through quite a few things that would make gate travelling seem strange. Some people had tried explaining it to him but they found the experience paragon description. He was the last one to go through it. He knew why as well.
Within a few seconds he had travelled half way across the galaxy and was now on a planet that looked similar to Earth. The others were staring at him, as they had wanted to see his face. He had had it better then them, as it had been a rough ride at the very beginning. (Better think of something to say) thought Xander.
"I give it 8 out of 10. Not better then sex but definitely better then doing the laundry." He did think that it was really cool though he felt like he was in a sci-fi show.
"Is doing the laundry sometimes amusing O'Neill?" asked Teal'c who lived on the base and never had to do it.
"Watching me try can be." They started to scout around the area looking for any signs of danger or people. There was no one nearby and no obstacles could be seen so they started to make there way towards the village.
Xander and Daniel Jackson walked along at the back talking. They really didn't really have anything in common but Xander was interested in learning about what his new position entailed.
Daniel reminded him a lot of Giles. They would have got on great talking about past civilisations and reading books. If he started to sing he would have thought that they were related.
"How many languages do you speak?" asked Xander determined that Daniel was the new Giles.
"About twenty two."
"Wow you make Giles look illiterate." He couldn't help comparing them to the friends that he lost. Colonel O'Neill was Angel who was a fighter and experienced more then most except that O'Neill wasn't a vampire with a soul or had had a bicentennial. Major Carter was Willow who was the really smart sciency one and Teal'c well Teal'c was different. He was the quiet type like Oz but was a really strong warrior like Buffy. He knew that he was only doing it to help understand them better. Daniel was curious to who Giles was "Oh he was a friend of mine before I joined the Air Force. He was a very smart guy, big into books."
"Have you lost a lot of friends to join the SGC?" They didn't have to not have any friends it just that it helped not having to explain where you were disappearing to all the time and explaining what you actually did inside Cheyenne Mountain.
"Well I kinda became detached to them after one of my friends died and so did my girlfriend…" he stopped himself from saying saving the world as that was a long story. Anya had died by pushing him out of the way of the falling rubble, which had landed on her. Buffy had died jumping off the Glory's tower and therefore closing the portal. "We all dealt with it differently and became detached and then I left Sunnydale. So what happened when we get there?" Xander asked to get the subject off his life even though he had got them on to that topic in the first place.
"Normally one of two things." Colonel O'Neill joined in with the new conversation "They think we're evil and try to kill us or they think we're here to save them."
"I'm routing for number two." Even if it did sound like hard work but Xander was sure saving a town couldn't be any harder then saving the world.
"And the other side try to kill us." Or could it?
"I'm glad I got this job." After leaving Sunnydale he had discovered something. He thought that he had lost the memories that he gained whilst being soldier guy, but he had discovered though he had just repressed them. Sometimes he felt that the soldier guy was still in him and led him down this path when he had been depressed after Anya and Buffys death. He was still Xander Harris the kid from Sunnydale except that he had the knowledge of a military man before he had had one day of training. He had climbed the ranks extremely quickly.
They arrived at the village where the faces all stared at the strangers. It was a cliché really. All of the sudden the new comers were no longer of interest to them as they hurried with gathering supplies and rushing to their houses.
"There's no need to run. We're peaceful explorers from another world." No one paid attention to the words that Daniel Jackson said.
"No one's listening."
"I noticed Jack." Daniel stopped on of the villages' occupants as they walked quickly nearby him "Excuse me can you tell me what's happening?" "Tsshh!" The middle-aged man that he stopped looked at the archaeologist like was an idiot before knocking the hand off his shoulder and hurrying off like the others.
"That went well." He saw in the distance that someone was waving at them to come over. It was a woman with long brown hair. It looked like she was going to be their friend on this planet who would explain them what the hell was going on.
"You're just ignorant aren't you?" she said to the people that she had never even met before. They had only arrived a few minutes ago and everyone had come to the conclusion that they were idiots.
"Best welcome ever." It was an easy sarcastic comment for O'Neill to think of. "Right enough with the insults, what's going on here?"
"Where are you from everyone knows what's going on." SG-1 felt they had a very valid excuse.
"We came through the Stargate." It was Daniel Jackson's time to shine "We're peaceful explorers from the planet Earth. I'm Daniel Jackson; this is Colonel Jack O'Neill, Major Samantha Carter, Captain Alexander Harris and Teal'c"
"What they do steal all the names?" she asked Teal'c. She didn't seem afraid of the former Prime of Apophis. The gold symbol on his head was normally what stuck fear into them.
"No the people of the Tauri are just fond of their names. May I ask what you are called?"
"Yes I am Elisa. You'd better get inside soon it will be dark soon." She opened up the door to her house and let them in. The place wasn't that big. It consisted of two rooms. One was the living area with a fireplace and there was a door that lead to the bedroom. A girl of about ten sat at the table. "Have you gathered you stuff Jossie?"
"Are you leaving?" asked Carter who was as confused as anyone else about the events that were happening.
"Of course we can't stay here. We have to get a way from here." The woman stopped and started picked up a bag that was near the fireplace. They had hoped for her to elaborate ever so slightly more. Xander opened the door. "Shut it!" Elisa snapped at him.
"I thought we were leaving." Xander shut the door with her watching his movements.
"Don't be stupid we can't go outside." Xander wondered if the woman was a little bit crazy but hopefully not Drusilla crazy or the Angelus psycho crazy. She pulled the table away and underneath was a trap door. "We have to go now. Come on Jossie." Eliza took her daughter by the hand and led her down stairs beneath the trap door.
The team looked at each other wondering if they should follow. They had no idea where the steps lead. For all they knew it would take them to the fiery pits of hell, which was no fun at all and they knew that from personal experience.
"WELL AREN'T YOU COMING?" They heard the loud sharp voice from below. O'Neill was first down the steps and saw a series of underground tunnels.
"Where's your daughter?" he asked when he noticed that Jossie was nowhere to be seen.
"She's not my child." The rest of the SG team were now all down the stairs "Shut that door after you." She shouted to Carter who was the last person to go down the stairs. "I'm not mad enough to bring a child into this world."
The team just looked at each other wondering what they had got themselves into this time. Elisa started to walk off again and yet again they found themselves following her.
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Next chapter I will explain what is up with this village if they can get Elisa to just stand still and tell them.
Disclaimer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and all it's characters belong to Joss Whedon, Fox, UPN etc. Stargate SG-1 and all it's characters belong to Showtime, MGM, Gecco Productions etc.
Notes: Set sometime after season five of Buffy when she and in this story Anya too died. Not quite sure where it's set in the Stargate world probably sometime after season five and Daniel Jackson is not dead because I like him and I know hardly anything about his replacement. Oh god he's dead! *Causes a dramatic scene then starts to write the story*
I've decided that Stargate SG-1 is set a few years in the future so that the timelines equal out a bit more.
Enjoy the read and remember that reviews are always extremely welcome!
Dedication: This is for you SarkyWoman as you read it and you don't have a clue what is going on even though I have tried my best to explain. One day I will make you watch Stargate mwa ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!
General Hammond walked out of his office and into the briefing room. Sat the around table waiting for him was Colonel Jack O'Neill, Dr Daniel Jackson, Major Samantha Carter and Teal'c. SG-1 watched him sit in his chair. They were an odd group a twice-retired officer, an archaeologist, a scientist and a Jaffa. Most other teams were normally all military but they normally didn't survive especially if they were in the doomed SG-11. They went through more team members than most people do with socks.
"This is just a routine mission to make contact with the people of P3X-359 so I have decided that you can take the new recruit into the field before we can find him a permanent place on a team." Explained General Hammond. He would get no better experience then from the best team that the SGC had.
"This new guys real right?" asked O'Neill last time they thought they had had a new member it turned out that it was an alien. He had the ability to release a chemical that altered their minds to make them believe he was the latest addition to SG-1.
"Last time I checked." A man about 23 years old in age walked into the office at that moment. He was about 5ft10 and had dark hair. He stood at the doorway in a blue uniform.
"SG-1 this Captain Alexander Harris." General Hammond invited him to come and sit at the debriefing desk with the rest of the team. They all stood up and stood hands with the Captain except Teal'c who slightly bowed his head instead of the Earth custom of shaking hands. Xander didn't know what to do so he just slightly bowed his head too. "Captain this is Teal'c, Major Carter, Dr Jackson and Colonel O'Neill the team leader. Doctor Jackson."
He turned on the projection showing the picture of the town that existed about a mile away from the Stargate. There were mainly houses and a bigger building in the centre. It was surrounded by a forest except for the road that lead from the Stargate to the town.
"When we came across a Christian settlement on P4X-718 it raised the question were there any more of them and how long the Goa'uld remained on Earth. This town here looks similar to the one on P4X-718." He pointed out that the building in the centre looked a lot like a church.
"So what's the interest with this place?" asked Xander he knew that the main mission objective was to find allies to fight the Goa'uld and discover new technologies that could help them. He didn't see how a backwards world could help.
"Well we've discovered that a lot of these types of worlds retain some of the Goa'uld technology like Cannon still had a ring or they have an advanced culture protecting them like the Asguard." Xander nodded indicating that he now understood why. He had read some of the mission reports but there were so many he would never have a chance to read them all.
"You have a go Sg-1" Hammond never tired of saying that even though he wished he could sometimes go with them.
****
The Stargate was open. A shimmering blue event horizon was drawing them into it. The wormhole looked like water with a natural light reflecting against it except in the embarkation room there were only light bulbs.
Xander looked at it wondering what it would be like to walk through it. He imagined it to be like nothing he had never felt before and he had been through quite a few things that would make gate travelling seem strange. Some people had tried explaining it to him but they found the experience paragon description. He was the last one to go through it. He knew why as well.
Within a few seconds he had travelled half way across the galaxy and was now on a planet that looked similar to Earth. The others were staring at him, as they had wanted to see his face. He had had it better then them, as it had been a rough ride at the very beginning. (Better think of something to say) thought Xander.
"I give it 8 out of 10. Not better then sex but definitely better then doing the laundry." He did think that it was really cool though he felt like he was in a sci-fi show.
"Is doing the laundry sometimes amusing O'Neill?" asked Teal'c who lived on the base and never had to do it.
"Watching me try can be." They started to scout around the area looking for any signs of danger or people. There was no one nearby and no obstacles could be seen so they started to make there way towards the village.
Xander and Daniel Jackson walked along at the back talking. They really didn't really have anything in common but Xander was interested in learning about what his new position entailed.
Daniel reminded him a lot of Giles. They would have got on great talking about past civilisations and reading books. If he started to sing he would have thought that they were related.
"How many languages do you speak?" asked Xander determined that Daniel was the new Giles.
"About twenty two."
"Wow you make Giles look illiterate." He couldn't help comparing them to the friends that he lost. Colonel O'Neill was Angel who was a fighter and experienced more then most except that O'Neill wasn't a vampire with a soul or had had a bicentennial. Major Carter was Willow who was the really smart sciency one and Teal'c well Teal'c was different. He was the quiet type like Oz but was a really strong warrior like Buffy. He knew that he was only doing it to help understand them better. Daniel was curious to who Giles was "Oh he was a friend of mine before I joined the Air Force. He was a very smart guy, big into books."
"Have you lost a lot of friends to join the SGC?" They didn't have to not have any friends it just that it helped not having to explain where you were disappearing to all the time and explaining what you actually did inside Cheyenne Mountain.
"Well I kinda became detached to them after one of my friends died and so did my girlfriend…" he stopped himself from saying saving the world as that was a long story. Anya had died by pushing him out of the way of the falling rubble, which had landed on her. Buffy had died jumping off the Glory's tower and therefore closing the portal. "We all dealt with it differently and became detached and then I left Sunnydale. So what happened when we get there?" Xander asked to get the subject off his life even though he had got them on to that topic in the first place.
"Normally one of two things." Colonel O'Neill joined in with the new conversation "They think we're evil and try to kill us or they think we're here to save them."
"I'm routing for number two." Even if it did sound like hard work but Xander was sure saving a town couldn't be any harder then saving the world.
"And the other side try to kill us." Or could it?
"I'm glad I got this job." After leaving Sunnydale he had discovered something. He thought that he had lost the memories that he gained whilst being soldier guy, but he had discovered though he had just repressed them. Sometimes he felt that the soldier guy was still in him and led him down this path when he had been depressed after Anya and Buffys death. He was still Xander Harris the kid from Sunnydale except that he had the knowledge of a military man before he had had one day of training. He had climbed the ranks extremely quickly.
They arrived at the village where the faces all stared at the strangers. It was a cliché really. All of the sudden the new comers were no longer of interest to them as they hurried with gathering supplies and rushing to their houses.
"There's no need to run. We're peaceful explorers from another world." No one paid attention to the words that Daniel Jackson said.
"No one's listening."
"I noticed Jack." Daniel stopped on of the villages' occupants as they walked quickly nearby him "Excuse me can you tell me what's happening?" "Tsshh!" The middle-aged man that he stopped looked at the archaeologist like was an idiot before knocking the hand off his shoulder and hurrying off like the others.
"That went well." He saw in the distance that someone was waving at them to come over. It was a woman with long brown hair. It looked like she was going to be their friend on this planet who would explain them what the hell was going on.
"You're just ignorant aren't you?" she said to the people that she had never even met before. They had only arrived a few minutes ago and everyone had come to the conclusion that they were idiots.
"Best welcome ever." It was an easy sarcastic comment for O'Neill to think of. "Right enough with the insults, what's going on here?"
"Where are you from everyone knows what's going on." SG-1 felt they had a very valid excuse.
"We came through the Stargate." It was Daniel Jackson's time to shine "We're peaceful explorers from the planet Earth. I'm Daniel Jackson; this is Colonel Jack O'Neill, Major Samantha Carter, Captain Alexander Harris and Teal'c"
"What they do steal all the names?" she asked Teal'c. She didn't seem afraid of the former Prime of Apophis. The gold symbol on his head was normally what stuck fear into them.
"No the people of the Tauri are just fond of their names. May I ask what you are called?"
"Yes I am Elisa. You'd better get inside soon it will be dark soon." She opened up the door to her house and let them in. The place wasn't that big. It consisted of two rooms. One was the living area with a fireplace and there was a door that lead to the bedroom. A girl of about ten sat at the table. "Have you gathered you stuff Jossie?"
"Are you leaving?" asked Carter who was as confused as anyone else about the events that were happening.
"Of course we can't stay here. We have to get a way from here." The woman stopped and started picked up a bag that was near the fireplace. They had hoped for her to elaborate ever so slightly more. Xander opened the door. "Shut it!" Elisa snapped at him.
"I thought we were leaving." Xander shut the door with her watching his movements.
"Don't be stupid we can't go outside." Xander wondered if the woman was a little bit crazy but hopefully not Drusilla crazy or the Angelus psycho crazy. She pulled the table away and underneath was a trap door. "We have to go now. Come on Jossie." Eliza took her daughter by the hand and led her down stairs beneath the trap door.
The team looked at each other wondering if they should follow. They had no idea where the steps lead. For all they knew it would take them to the fiery pits of hell, which was no fun at all and they knew that from personal experience.
"WELL AREN'T YOU COMING?" They heard the loud sharp voice from below. O'Neill was first down the steps and saw a series of underground tunnels.
"Where's your daughter?" he asked when he noticed that Jossie was nowhere to be seen.
"She's not my child." The rest of the SG team were now all down the stairs "Shut that door after you." She shouted to Carter who was the last person to go down the stairs. "I'm not mad enough to bring a child into this world."
The team just looked at each other wondering what they had got themselves into this time. Elisa started to walk off again and yet again they found themselves following her.
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Next chapter I will explain what is up with this village if they can get Elisa to just stand still and tell them.