Ship of the Line: Infinity

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Chapter 1: Changes

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"Non-Human Talking"

'Non-Human Thinking'

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"Xander." A voice, that was normally empty of concern, called out in an eerie quiet voice. The whispered, and feared filled tone, easily cutting through the silence that surrounded it. A light groan went out, making the owner of the voice attempted to find protection from the one she called to.

"Xander please wake up." The voice wished to demand to its target, but fear of the unknown was preventing it from growing too loud. But the rise in tone was more than enough to start showing the results that the lone speaker had been looking for.

"Xander I need you to wake up." A gorgeous brunette, nearly pleaded as she stood in a room that she had never seen before, much less would ever dare to imagine. It was highly sophisticated and screamed out military no matter what angle you looked at. Which was something that made her extremely uncomfortable, due to the fact that she was wearing nothing more that a shredded cat costume. She stood over a young man, the same young man that normally she wanted nothing to do with.

Unfortunately for the beauty, he was the only one capable of protecting her. This odd moment being true, due to all the madness that happened, during what was suppose to be a boring Halloween night. She had been swept up by events that had been far out of her control. It was only through her social opposite, that she was currently trying to awaken, that she had been able to survive.

"I need you to protect me you big goof. You promised me!" Cordelia Chase, the Queen of Sunnydale High yelled out when the teen she had been shaking refused to get up. She was scared and worried something terrible had happened, when the many, and dangerous looking individuals around her had suddenly collapsed. One moment they had just started to try to figure out what the hell had happened, and the next they dropped like puppets with their strings suddenly cut. On the other hand, that means that the normally shy nerdy ginger, had been able to find the Librarian and end the madness that had once more befallen their hometown.

"I assure you Miss. Chase. That you are perfectly safe within the walls of the Infinity. Scans detect that everyone should be awakening very soon. I'm still trying to identify what the pulse that hit us was, it should be extremely difficulty to bypass our shields in the way it did. I have already recorded and started to analyze the energy type in order to find a way to counter it." A digital voice said in hopes of calming the brown haired beauty, which unfortunately for him, his words did the exact opposite.

"Rolland… what happened?" A voice grumbled making Cordelia turn towards it's owner with hope in her eyes.

"Xander!" Cordelia yelled out with excitement, only to worry about her voice being too loud when she saw more signs of life from the heavily armed and armored individuals.

"Xander?...No...I'm…what...what the hell?" The young man groaned as he did his best to stand to his feet. Cordelia helping to the best of her ability was quick to notice that he was taller and more built that before. Which made her effort to help a bit useless, since she didn't think she had the strength to offer much help.

"The Infinity was hit by some kind of energy pulse that originated from Earth. It swept over the ship and seemed to focus in on everyone currently on the ship, with the exception being Miss. Chase." Rolland, the Smart A.I. assigned to the massive warship they were now in, answered the man that had dressed as a futuristic ship Captain uniform. The two high school students had quickly turned towards the artificial intelligence that looked like a World War 2 ace pilot. He was standing near them with a calm expression on his face. Studying them while waiting how the individuals would react. The artificial life had noticed many flaws on the individuals that had made contact with him. However protocol dictates that he was to follow their command when he was given the proper commands and passwords. Not to mention that his voice recognition software was identifying the same individuals as the people he clearly knew they were not.

"Is anybody else having flash backs of lives we never lived." A voice suddenly cut through the air making every heard turn towards it. Cordelia filling with shock that she recognized the voice.

"Lance?" Cordelia and Xander asked as one, as they took in the fact that now everyone was doing their best to get themselves off the floor. Xander, now with a more clear mind, noticed how the figures around them had been standing in their own individual groups. His mind flashed with information and images, soon he remembers who was suppose to be standing around him.

Xander noticed that his position was at the head of the holographic desk, where the one in charge of the ship should normally be. Cordelia had refused to leave his side which is why she had been next to him before he blacked out. To his right was a living legend that, if his new memory served him right, had saved his life before during his days at the academy.

Standing in jaw dropping, iconic and intimidating armor, was the one famously known through out the UNSC forces as The Master Chief. A legend due to his impressive actions and infamous to the enemies of humanity. He noticed the three remaining members of the Blue Spartan team standing behind the War Hero.

On his left was also another Spartan, this man was considered to be the leaders of all Spartan forces, but it went with out saying that he wouldn't go against the orders of the Chief. It was Commander Carter, the impressive Third Generation Spartan, the same spartan that leads one of the most successful black op teams to date. His armor, while impressive, fell a bit short compared to that of the Senior Spartans. Behind the man waiting for instructions was the five remaining members of Noble Team. While their armor might be of lower grade it was more customized compared to the older teams. Making their individual characters show through much easier than the older mass produced designs.

'I got Blue Team and Noble Team in front of me. Normally that is suppose to make me feel safe, but god knows who is now under those helmets.' Xander thought with a bit of trepidation. He prayed that it wasn't some psychopath ready to take advantage of the tech that was now given to him. Xander's eyes finally fell upon the last group with him. They also wore futuristic armor but it looked a bit plain compared to the spartan teams. Yet the teen knew that they were far greater than anything the military of his world could hope to produce at this moment.

Standing before him was a team of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers, a team that proven their worth during the fall of Reach. It was eight armored individuals, men and women mixed into the group. While these soldiers have fallen into the shadows of the Spartans, it did not change the fact that they were some of the most brave and skilled individuals that humanity had ever seen. Xander knew without a doubt that it took a great deal of courage for anyone to follow the ODST catch phrase, which happened to be "Feet first into Hell"

"It's not just him Sir… I mean Boss, I mean Xander." The group turned its attention towards the Master Chief. As he began to remove his helmet, his voice carrying a hint that he hadn't fully recovered yet. All of the armored individuals followed his example, it seemed to be the most appropriate thing to do to show they meant no harm. Xander couldn't help but look at Sierra 117 with awe and a bit of uncertainty. He shifted a bit to cover Cordelia as he saw four familiar faces standing in the armor of Blue Team. Who should had been John was know as Tor, a young man that had been caught up in a dark act and had been overwhelmed by a primal spirit. In fact all the members of Blue team had once been members of his pact. Their bonds, their pact, had been created by the spirits of Hyenas that had enhanced their body greatly, but at the cost of their slowly lowering humanity.

Normally Xander would have kept away from them. Due to a moment of uncontrolled insanity they had been overwhelmed by their hunger and had devoured a good man. Xander understood that they were not in control, but what they had done was not something that could easily be forgotten. Yet the young man felt it had been his fault that they had gone through such extremes. He was the Alpha, he was their leader, he was to be their protector and provider, and he had failed.

His desire to have the blond slayer, to feel the former cheerleader moaning under him was so great, that he had left them alone. Something that he should have known wasn't a wise thing to do. Especially when considering they had nearly fed a classmate to the Hyenas before their possession. Which is why Xander had gone out of his way to help them. Even if it meant owing the G-man a favor, one that Xander knew would come at a high cost. The young Californian had hunted them down until he had all of them together. He had explained to them about the evil that plagued their home, and the remnants of their bond was enough for the former pact to accept his word as nothing but the truth. They did not demand proof, nor did they consider him insane, for they had every memory of their acts during their possession. It had taken nearly a whole day for Xander to ensure they didn't do anything foolish. He made them understand that the five of them had to repent for the sins they had caused. And the group had been touched when Xander had considered himself as guilty as them for the gruesome murder of their former principal. After learning about the Scoobies protecting their home they had wanted to join, to save lives in order to pay back the one they had unjustly taken.

But Xander had denied their plea, he had made it clear that Buffy wouldn't be the type to take them in. In her mind she would always remember the sins as if they had just performed them that very day. Such a thing had the potential of destroying their group, which was something the innocents of Sunnydale couldn't afford. Instead he had them work in the shadows, feeding him information of anything that seemed unnatural, when things went down, they did their best to help those that couldn't fight from getting caught in any danger that was around. In school they would buffer as many problems from the Scoobies as possible. All with the hope that their small deeds would help them in their road of redemption.

But even with all that Xander knows they had done, he was still worried. Fear gripped his heart at the thought that the new Blue team would fall into the temptation of power once more. He remembered how amazing he felt during the possession, and now they had even more power than before. And to make things worse they had armor that would prevent the Buffster from taking them down. His heart started to increase in beats as he noticed who was making up the other team of Spartans.

It was Larry Blaisdell, his crew of football thugs, and the girls that was trying to move up on the social ladder by drawing their attention. Although Xander was surprised that Noble 6, another hyper lethal vector like the Chief, was now a girl. At least he was glad it wasn't Harmony as Noble 6, he had no doubt the girl would destroy the Spartan's image. Then again he wasn't so sure how good of job a Gwen will do with the honor that had now been given to her. He noticed that Spartan Catherine was Aura, another of the Cordettes, but he knew that this girl had a working brain. He let out a breath of relief when he saw her arm wasn't artificially like it was written in the books. In the end he wasn't really worried about the girls, it was the guys making up Noble team that had him on edge.

Larry naturally had taken the role of Noble One, making him the default leader of the team. At least Dale was the only Spartan 2 on the team. Dale was the quarterback of the football team, while a friend of Larry, it was well known that the team captain took his football career very seriously. Enough that he disapproved of the bullying and other scholarship ruining activities they might take in. Of course Xander knew that the guy had done just about nothing to stop such actions, making his opinion pretty much useless in his eyes.

Finally his eyes fell upon the ODST, Eight individuals stood before him, each one geared up a little different. While he wasn't really friends with them, he at least knew their names. First was Lance, the young man that had been bullied by the Tor and his friends before their change of heart. Next to him was Cassie, a young woman that floated in the middle of the social ladder. Next to her was Anne, one of the girls that hanged around with the goths, emos and vamp wannabes. He always saw her going from one group to another. After her was Johnathon, a young man that Xander now felt guilty for losing touch with. Then came Warren and Andrew, two geeks that normally meant well but would constantly ruin their popularity by being unable to hold their natural love of anything sci-fi. Next to them was Katherine, one of the few girls that acknowledge the three nerds. Finally came Scott, a guy that Xander knew wasn't too bright but he wasn't a jerk by choice, just had a bad case of Foot in the mouth.

"I can't believe this is really happening." Andrew nearly yelled out in excitement. He soon started to zoom from one part of the bridge to another. His face lighting up and he took in all of the technology around them.

"Don't touch anything." Gwen suddenly yelled as she saw Andrew was close to touching a button.

"I just wanted to pull up a map of the solar system." Andrew said with a shy voice, since Gwen looked very intimidating with her new height and armor.

"You can't talk to him that way." Warren said in defense of his friend, making Noble team tense up. Xander quickly wondering if some of the dislike between the ODST and the Spartans was still lingering somewhere in the back of their minds. Then again he knew that the teens before weren't known for getting along when they were just every day people.

"You better keep quiet before I shut you up." Larry said with a glare making Warren reach for his side weapon. Cordelia was freaking out when she saw all of her armored classmates looking ready to start a Mexican stand off.

"Enough." Xander ordered making all attention fall on him. They soon followed his eyes and saw him look at the Infinity's AI. "Roland, I want you to shut down all access to the ship." The Zeppo said making all eyes look at him in shock as he began typing into the computer counsel in front of him. "As of this moment, as the highest ranking officer, and the only one with any training for the Infinity, I am now taking temporary command of this ship and all aboard it." Xander said with a tone that left no room for argument.

"Why the hell would we even considered listening to you dweeb?" Aura asked making her opinion know, it being that she didn't care much for the guy known to the school as the Zeppo.

"UNSC protocol clearly states that chain of command falls upon his shoulders. I have never seen a Spartan Group be this problematic."Roland said with disapproval as he looked upon the undisciplined members of Noble team, that currently look like they were ready to fight.

"The UNSC doesn't exist in this universe, hell... this isn't the same time line that you were last at." Percy said in a calm tone making the room look at the Sniper of Noble Team.

"Meaning that we don't have to listen to any of your stupid rules. What's stopping us from taking over the ship?" Blayne added.

"The fact that you would have to go through us." Kyle said as he stepped towards the football players that were causing problems. The majority of those in the room shocked that the group of normally know delinquents were moving as one unit. It also didn't help that the Second generation Spartans were known to be stronger bigger and better than the new generation. Meaning that if they threw their weight around people were going to notice.

"We never liked you idiots, but more importantly we got Xander's back." Rhonda said making the members of the new blue team to nod their heads.

"I don't trust any of you, but I owe Xander one." Lance said making the attention to fall on the other ODST members.

"I don't like the idea of any of you jocks getting command of this ship." Johnathon said making Anne and Cassie silently agree with him.

"You guys already know where we stand." Warren said as Andrew nodded his head. The braver male never noticing he had now became a meat shield. Andrew easily hiding behind the more vocal geek.

"Even if anyone wanted to take the ship, Roland is suppose to be some kind of super computer, he wouldn't listen to someone that wanted to be in charge. He wasn't made on our Earth, meaning that no one on this ship can make him do anything he doesn't want to." Cordelia said making all heads to turn to her.

"The cat girl is right." A sudden and female voice came from Tor's armor. "Load me up big guy." Without really thinking about it, Tor went and put his hand over a holographic projector. Soon the image of the Legendary AI Cortana was seen coming from it. She was a beauty even if she was made up of mostly zeros and ones.

"Oh my god its Cortana." Andrew nearly squealed as some of the more hormonal males nearly drooled.

"Since two of you are the only real members of the UNSC, would you like to give your opinion on what's going on?" Xander said as Cortana soon appeared next to Roland and equal to his size. The Infinity had been made with AIs in mind, allowing them to be able to travel through most of the ship and manifest themselves just about anywhere and whenever they wanted. Most of the members of the bridge were surprised to see two life size AI. Roland being a golden orange, while Cortana was her patented blue.

"I figured something wasn't right from the moment I came online. I wasn't sure what had happened, but seeing how you still have Captain Lasky's access codes, and know how to navigate the mainframe of the Infinity, its safe to say things would be easier with you in charge." Roland making Xander give him a grateful nod. While Cordelia let out a breath of relief she hadn't known she was holding.

"I want to learn a bit more about what's going on before I give my opinion on anything." Cortana said making Xander nod his head.

"From what I understand every one turned into the costume they were wearing." Cordelia said making the others look at her.

"Does that mean you were acting like a cat tonight?" Anne asked. Instantly making a few in the room to smirk or plain out chuckle.

"No… but my date became some kind of rabid dog man before chasing me to Xander and his loser friends." The queen of Sunnydale high said making Xander give her a look full of annoyance.

"I wouldn't do that Queen C." Heidi said making the room's focus to fall on her. She had a dark smirk on her face that showed she was still dealing with some residential primal spirit energy. "Its not smart to piss off the boss. You should know what he is capable of by now, what's stopping him from issuing out an order where we get to throw you in the brig? The others might not listen to him, but we already made it clear where we stand." The lovely brunette soon turned and looked at Xander with a bit of worry.

"Relax, we don't got the time to be wasting on something pointless like that." Xander said before sighing. "I need to know what else you know Cordelia. The faster we figure this out, the better things will be."

"Willow went to tell Giles about what was going on. I'm guessing that the pulse Roland talked about was them fixing things." The Cheerleader said making Xander close his eyes.

"First order of business is getting you into something that isn't ripped to shreds. Roland, can you please guide Cordelia to a room that might have something she could wear?" The teen dressed as Captain Lasky asked the super computer with ease and familiarity that one would hold for an old friend.

"No problem, I'll guide her to some of the crew quarters, that will give her the chance to clean herself and get dressed before joining us." Roland said making Xander nod his head as he made his way to the command chair. He sat down and looked straight ahead at the massive monitor in front of him. Cordelia following the AI to make herself more presentable.

"How close are we to the Earth?" Xander asked with a bit of worry.

"Close enough to be seen by the naked eye." Cortana answered. Her words easily bringing shock to Xander. He didn't expect her to be helpful until she got her answers. That and he didn't like the fact that the Infinity was at planetary orbit.

"Xander we need to back away from the earth." Andrew said making everyone look at him."We are currently violating the prime directive. You know we can't do that." The nerd said making all the Science fiction, and closet Sci-Fi fans to nod their heads.

"Shouldn't we be heading back down." Katherine asked with some confusion.

"And land in America? Where most of the leaders are war hungry corrupted politicians with an itchy trigger finger?" Johnathon said making a dark feeling enter the bridge.

"He's right, at this point of time, I wouldn't feel safe handing over a ship of this caliber to the Governments of Earth. It will probably spark world war three, no matter who got it." Dale added. Which had the jocks follow his example, since they weren't too sure on what was happening at a global manner.

"We can't just live on this ship forever." Aura pointed out.

"Not forever, but there is enough resources for us to be here for at least twenty years." Xander said as he kept searching through the Infinity's mainframe. "Lucky for us we won't have to." Xander said with a smirk before anyone could say anything.

"Sounds like you got a plan Boss...uh sir." Tor said with a bit of uncertainty.

"While its just us you can call me Xander or Boss, if it makes you feel more comfortable." Xander said as he continued to type into the commander's chair. "But Andrew is right, the Infinity can't stay in Earth's Orbit, the panic it can cause isn't something I wish to see." Xander said as the others began to see how he was putting others before himself. "Roland, fire up the engines and takes us to the dark side of the moon."

"You still haven't told us what your planning Harris." Larry said making Xander look at him.

"For the moment I plan on staying on the Infinity. Giving someone super powers or advance armor is one thing. But somehow, and only god knows why, but we are now standing of the most advance UNSC ship ever designed. This is the flag ship of a future humanity, this ship is too damn power for it to be brought to our world. Something wants it here and I'm guessing its because we aren't alone."

"What do you mean we aren't alone?" Gwen asked with a tone of worry in her voice.

"Someone on Earth is trying to contact us…" Xander said making everyone fill with shock.

"Maybe its NASA?" Scott offered as an answer.

"Its coming from NORAD, in the Cheyenne mountains." Xander said as he continued to type and take in the new information. "And they're identifying themselves SGC. Last year when Willow was sticking her nose where it doesn't belong, she told me about this group. According to her, the resources, and people being assigned to the group were some of the highest quality. A lot of her hacker friends where coming up with some crazy as hell theories." Xander said as he looked at those standing on his bridge. "One of them said that they might be an organization designed to deal with possible threats from space."

"Maybe we should take a peek and see what they really stand for." Cortana said making Xander look at her.

"Not until we decide on what we plan to do. I always wanted the power to help out the Buffster but this is ridiculous." Xander mumbled to himself at the end, as the others saw the Earth starting to get farther away. "I just finished setting the Infinity to auto pilot, its going to stay on the dark side of the moon, leaving no chance for the earth to see us. Much less attempt to make a grab for the Infinity."

"I guess now we're just waiting on Queen C?" Dale said making Xander nod his head. The group began taking seats around the bridge making sure not to touch anything. Although many found themselves knowing how some of the machines worked. An uneasy silence fell upon the bridge as the humans began to sort through what they knew, and the knowledge and skills that had just been given to them. Through out this time Xander was doing his best to familiarize himself with the ship.

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{In the Infinity's Conference room}

"I'm back…" Cordelia said with a light smile as she was dressed in standard Navy uniform. While her beauty was enhanced by the military outfit, she clearly wasn't happy about wearing the clothes she had on. She soon made her way towards Xander before standing in front of him. "Why did Roland have to tell me that we left earth's orbit?"

"We could have been in danger staying so close to home. Not to mention the problems it could cause having a ship this size so close to the Earth. Take a seat so we can start talking." Xander said making Cordelia sigh before taking the chair next to him. The skeleton crew of the Infinity was already taking a seat in the large conference table. It hadn't taken long for the other females on the ship to want to freshen up. Xander then advising the guys to do the same. Cortana had quickly agreed and guided the Spartans to the hanger especially designed just for them. Roland helping the ODST squads to their own. Xander in the mean time was taking full stock of the ship. Running all the checks and programs he remembered where needed to ensure that the Infinity was running at a hundred percent. As this went on he was filled with dread at the secrets and weapons the greatest ship of humanity had in her.

"Its time we start making sense of this cluster fuck." Xander said making Blue Team chuckle, as well as the males of Noble.

"Its safe to say that out of all of us, the two of you know or at least have an idea on what's going on." Lance said making Xander nod his head.

"Long story short… magic is real and so are demons. Sunnydale is infested with monsters and our High School sits on a Hell-mouth. Which if something or someone opens it, it will more than likely start the apocalypse" Xander said making Cordelia slap his arm. The glare on her face making him flinch before looking sheepish.

"You could have told them what was going on in a better manner." Cordelia said making Xander look a bit more serious.

"Everyone, but you, has the memory of being part of a well trained and effective military. They might not have lived the lives they went as for Halloween, but they still have the memory of being that person. They can handle the truth and after sorting through memories of the Covenant, its safe to say there isn't much that is going to faze them."

"So what is it you think happened Boss?" Kyle asked.

"Magic… at least on the costumes that some of us wore. And I'm guessing that my outfit brought the Infinity to the Earth." Xander said making the others look at him with shock.

"Makes sense, a ship captain isn't much of a captain without a ship."Andrew added making many nod their heads in agreement.

"You got some crazy luck Xander." Warren making Xander smirk.

"Yeah, but I probably just used up all the reserves of good luck I had saved for the rest of my life." The Zeppo joked bringing a smile to many in the conference room.

"What's the plan Harris?"Larry said making the others look at him.

"We talked it over a bit, and you've been the most level headed. Not to mention Spartan's aren't really made for running a ship of this size." Dale said making all of the new Spartans to nod their heads.

"First is that I wish to purge the earth." Xander said making the others to look at him with disbelief. "There's a war going on in the shadows, for millenniums humans have been the prey to monsters we have no hope of facing. But with the infinity and the knowledge we can now call our own, we can finally take back the Earth."

"I don't think it can be as bad as you make it sound. Maybe its just near these Hell-mouths you were talking about?" Percy said with some uncertainty.

"Roland. Where you able to get that information I asked you about?" Xander asked to the AI he trusted with his life, even if he had just truly met him.

"Yes sir…" The AI answered before looking towards the group. Soon numerous police and hospital reports began to show on the center of the room, many being in different languages. The images being projected through the large table that the group was now sitting at. Food and drinks were provided thanks to Cassie and Anne after having Roland guide them to the mess hall. "Alexander had me check all records on the planet for reports of people dying due to neck punctures or wild animals attacks. He then had me sort through them and keep the ones where the victims were completely drained of blood, or if there was no true way for a wild animal being capable of killing the victims. In the last century, all over the Earth, there has been a reported 456 million deaths. When taking in the traditional no report victim percentage into account, we can estimate that over a billion humans have been killed since records have been put into a digital library." Roland said making horrors fill the very core of every human, along with Cortana filling with fury. Xander pounded the desk with his fist before lowering his head on the table. They could see tears hitting the expensive hollow projector as Cordelia tried to comfort him. She was also crying since she never took in mind how their own private part of hell was really spread out through the world.

"Boss… were going to make things right...right?" Tor asked with uncertainty, but clearly wanting to demand vengeance.

"How the hell are they getting away this?" Blayne asked with rage, a bit of Emile sneaking through him.

"The same way the Mantis monster nearly ate us." Xander said making all eyes fall upon him and then at Blayne. "They either have a way to stay hidden in plain sight... or some traitorous bastard is protecting them." The Zeppo said making shock fill those in the room.

"What are we going to do about this?" Dale asked making all attention fall upon the spartan two of noble team.

"The thing is…. that even though we have this war on Earth, something is telling me there is dangers out here as well." Xander said before looking at the window that showed the endless space filled with stars.

"A war on two fronts?" Scott asked with disbelief.

"Only two if we are lucky. But I doubt that the organizations and governments of Earth are just going to do as we say and get along." Cordelia pointed out.

"Which is why we can't afford to become divided." Xander said with a serious tone, making sure to look into the eyes of each person in the room. "I'm in this for the long run, whether from the shadows or the void of space… I will protect humanity to my dying breath. Before I was powerless to make any difference, but now I can. This ship is capable of changing all of humanity, but I can't do it alone. I need people I can trust. And I hope everyone here can become the people I need." Xander said as his eyes pleaded to those in the room.

"I know I'm asking a lot out of you. But I promise to do my best to make the transition to this life style as easy as possible. And I swear to never turn my back on any of you, to do my best and bring you all back to the safety of your home." Xander said as a great determination filled his eyes.

"I'm in." Cortana said with a smile. "You remind me a lot of Admiral Hood. With you in charge, the UNSC will have the potential to do great things." The blue colored AI said with support of the brave young man that wanted to protect the innocent and strike down the enemy of man. Something the AI was more than happy to do her best, so that she can see such things come true.

"So am I. From the moment you have awoken, you have showed the makings of an excellent man. I have no doubt that your name will go down in History, as the Father of a new age. Its a pleasure to welcome you to the Infinity... Admiral Harris." Roland said making the eyes of every person in the room to grow.

"Admiral?" Xander asked with disbelief.

"In case you never received this information in your new memories, I want you to know that the Infinity currently houses 10 Frigates as its escort fleet. They are ready to deploy whenever you wish it." Roland said with a supportive smile. "At this moment you are the senior officer of this Earth First Space Defense Fleet."

"That's a lot of firepower in one person's hands." Johnathon said with a bit of worry.

"If I had to trust anyone with it, it would be the Dweeb, he's too much of an idiot to think of ever causing problems." Cordelia said with a smug look. Xander could only shake his head at the odd way she was showing her support.

"So what's the first order of business Admiral?" Larry asked making a smirk grow on his face. Everyone could clearly see the rank was something the young man wasn't ready to accept.

"We take this baby for a spin." Xander said making smiles soon grow on the faces of those around him. Excitement filling the humans as Cortana let out a light laugh, while Roland let out a sigh and started getting Infinity ready for their first patrol. Without knowing it the young men and women aboard the UNSC Flagship just took their first steps as Legends.

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Author's note

This was something of an experiment for me. I haven't done any writing in over five years. Hoping to use this to kick up my comeback to the world of Fan Fictions. I wish to continue this story, but I feel that I lack too much knowledge on the Buffy Series, along with future plans, for me to continue. I hope you enjoyed it, and maybe one day I will find the ability to bring my thoughts to this multiverse I wish to create. Thank you once again for reading, and review kindly.