Title: Unlikely Heroes
Author: Knife Hand
Feedback: Constructive feedback appreciated, flames unappreciated
Spoilers: First Three Series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. At Least up until Right Of Passage in Stargate SG1.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy or SG1. I would buy them but I am broke.
Summary: Two young adults with a White Knight complex find each other during their cross country road trips. Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Stargate SG1 crossover.
AN: Thanks to the friend who gave me this idea to work on. Appreciate it.
SG1 arrived at Janet's house about an hour before dusk, dressed in their combat gear. When they entered they met an interesting sight. There were plies of weaponry and wood all over the place. The last two days, since Xander had spoken with General Hammond, Xander and Cassie had been busy.
"Alright, leave all your weaponry by the door, we'll be outfitting you." Xander said as he and Cassie came down the stairs.
They both wore dark cargo pants and t-shits with trench coats slung over their arms. They went over all the gear of SG1, discarding it, only letting them keep the Zats. They gave all the members of SG1 several stakes and some wooden knives. To Daniel and Sam they gave pump action crossbows and a quiver full of bolts, while Teal'c, with his experience with the Staff Weapons, received a Quarterstaff. Jack looked almost offended when he was give a machete and a water pistol, until Cassie explained that it was filled with Holy Water that burns vampires like acid.
Xander and Cassie both donned the hip holsters that Xander had shown SG1 previously, with the Zats and Desert Eagles, loaded with explosive tip bullets. Xander put on a shoulder harness that held a compact crossbow, with wings that folded back to fit in the harness, and a quiver of crossbow bolts, housed under his arms and a sheath for his Katana at the back. The front of the harness held several bottles of Holy Water and a few Grenades. Xander also donned several knives, one wooden one strapped to his left ankle; a steel and sliver composite knife and another wooden knife strapped in sheathes to his lower thighs and a large, acid etched blessed silver and Malachite dagger with wooden inlays in an inverse sheath nestled in the small of his back.
Cassie's shoulder harness held two blessed silver Sai's in sheaths under her arms, gifts from the small town's Dojo master, who had taught her to use them, and two, foot long daggers that rested between her shoulder blades, the thin blades were made of folded layers of blessed silver and steel melted down form a crucifix purported to have been blessed by a Saint and carried with the First Crusade into the city of Jerusalem. Apart from a pair of Stakes and a few bottles of Holy Water, her only other weapon was her quarterstaff. Cassie laid her quarterstaff down on a table next to Xander's Katana after giving it a quick twirl, and shrugged into her trench coat.
"Alright everyone. Gather round." Xander called, adjusting the shoulder of his own trench coat. "Colonel, Major. Are there any old factories or abandoned warehouses in town in areas where unusual activity would go unnoticed? Preferably with easy sewer access."
"Well, there's an old industrial area over here, but it was recently converted to a training facility." Jack said indicating an area on the map.
"Here, here and here." Sam said, pointing to three specific points. "An abandoned warehouse, a dilapidated factory and old church which people avoid."
"The church is out, no vamp would stay there unless there's no choice." Cassie said.
"Yeah, like the Master. How dilapidate is the factory? Is the roof intact?" Xander asked.
"About half of it has caved in." Sam admitted.
"No protection from sunlight. It's gotta be the warehouse." Said Cassie.
"Agreed. Check the overlay, I'm pretty sure there's a major sewer tunnel running right under it." Xander added.
"Gear up, we head out in five." Cassie ordered.
"We have a slight problem." Xander announced after scouting the warehouse, shading his eyes from the setting sun. "We got four vamps, all asleep naturally. The problem is we also got a Fearal Demon."
"Shit." Cassie swore.
"Question. What's a Fearal Demon?" Janet asked.
"Big foot soldier demon, has a paralysing mucus which shoots from its nose and can only be killed by silver. Very tough." Cassie explained.
"Here's the plan. Sam and Jack, you're with me in the front. Cassie, take Teal'c and Daniel round the back. Janet, stay with the cars, but keep your medical kit ready, we may need you to treat injuries." Xander ordered.
"I thought you said the vampires were asleep. SG1 should be fine." Janet said.
"I meant Cassie and myself. Once we enter, Daniel and Sam, start taking out the vamps with the crossbows. Heart shots. Jack and Teal'c, your job is to protect them and take any vamps that get close. Cassie and I will take on the Fearal."
"Now wait just a second!" Janet said.
"Mom, no one else has silver weapons or the needed experience to take it out. We'll probably be fine, but if we are not, who better than you to treat us?" Cassie pleaded.
"Let's go." Xander said, moving off with Cassie and SG1, leaving Janet to worry by the cars.
SG1 moved into the warehouse efficiently. The crashing open of the doors woke the vampires, two of which were instantly dusted by crossbow bolts. As Xander and Cassie closed on the Fearal, the remaining two vampires charged the exits. Sam manage to kill the second vampire headed at her, but Daniel only managed to hit it in the shoulder. Teal'c held his quarterstaff like a spear and drove one of the pointed ends into the vampire's heart, dusting it.
Xander and Cassie approached the Fearal carefully. Xander had his Blessed silver and Malachite dagger in his right hand and his other silver knife in his left. Cassie started with her silver Sai's. For the first ten to twenty seconds, the two demon hunters probed the defences of the hulking demon, while totally avoiding its mucus and mostly avoiding its punches. Finally the Fearal managed a solid blow to Xander's gut which threw him to the ground. Before it could finish Xander, Cassie slashed it with a Sai, ducked under its retaliating haymaker, and drove one Sai deep into the demons knee while the other went into its gut. The demon's painful thrashing pulled the Sai's out of Cassie's hands, but unfortunately the Sai's had missed any vital organs, so the demon pulled them out and threw them away. Thinking that Cassie was unarmed, it closed on her. With a twirl of her wrists, Cassie drew the foot long daggers from between her shoulder blades and slashed at the demon.
By this time, Xander had slightly recovered from the blow and, ignoring the bloody gash in his right arm, shoved his silver and Malachite dagger deep into the Fearal's back. Cassie used the opening of the demon's pain to drive both of her folded silver and steel daggers deep into the demons chest, piercing both its lungs, a gland that assisted in the creation of the paralysing mucus and its heart, which resulted in the demons almost instant death from massive analeptic shock and silver poisoning.
As the demon fell, Xander dropped to his knees, and Cassie quickly rushed to his side.
"Ouch." He said quietly.
"Let's get you to mom." Cassie replied. "Uncle Jack, can you guys collect the weapons?"
"Sure, but what about that thing?" O'Neill asked.
"The Fearal? It'll dissolve when the daggers are taken out of it." Cassie said, supporting Xander heavily as they made their way to the cars and Dr. Frasier.
"Any one else injured? Are you Ok?" Janet asked as she started her evaluation of Xander.
"Just a scratch or two. Everyone else is fine." Cassie replied.
"Like the Goa'uld, these Aliens are a race of parasites, however unlike the Goa'uld, when they inhabit a host, they make several physical changes to the structure of the host." Xander said.
He was presenting an introductory lecture to SGC personnel on the "Aliens that gave rise to the Vampire Mythology". He had wanted to call it 'Vamps 101' but was overruled by Colonel O'Neill and General Hammond.
"The changes make these Aliens very formidable, as they include massively enhanced speed and strength. However there are a few things to note, firstly that although they are stronger and faster, there is no increase in body mass, thus many martial arts designed against stronger opponents and that utilise throws work as effectively as against other humans."
He noted the slightly glazed look in some of the soldiers eyes, so he decided to take a break, that and his semi-healed cracked ribs were acting up.
"Alright, let's take a half hour break. See you back here then."
The SGC personnel filed out of the auxiliary briefing room and Cassie approached Xander from the back of the room.
"How you doing?" she asked.
"Ribs are sore, plus it gets tedious explaining all this over and over. Some of them are just never going to believe until they see it, and then it'll be too late."
"Come on, let's go get some food. I think SG1's down in the refec, that is if Jack could get Danny and Sam out of their labs."
"Alright, but tonight I'm taking you out to dinner." He said.
"Yes, honey." Cassie said coyly.
Xander leaned down and kissed Cassie passionately.
"What was that for?" she asked after the kiss broke.
"Just because." He replied as he wandered off to the refec.
Cassie shook her head with a smile, and then jogged to catch up to him. She put her head on his shoulder and he wrapped his arm around her. Those who saw them that day said they looked more like a couple walking at a carnival than the new consultant and Dr. Frasier's adopted Alien daughter walking through the bowls of the most top secret Air Force facility on Earth, buried within a mountain. The men shook their heads with a grin at the display then went about their work, the women sighed romantically at the sight then, with a smile, silently vowed to kill the young man if he hurt Cassie.
TBC…