FIC: Triad chpt2

["Sam" <shadowmage_draco@xxxxxxx>]

Triad

By

Sam


Title: Triad chpt 2 
Email: shadowmage_draco@xxxxxxxxxxx 
Rating: R 
Disclaimer: The belong to Joss, not me (Sad face) I'm only borrowing 
them for a while to have a little fun. Dungeon Keeper II besides 
being a most excellent game is the property of Bullfrog.
Spoilers: Alternate Reality, so there are not really any but you 
never know. 
Archive: The usual suspects, all others just ask me, I'll say yes, 
really I will.
Pairing: Willow/Tara for now
Thanks: To Coy for doing a most excellent job beta'ing this twisted 
tale off mine and for putting up with my insanity.
Notes: Feedback, jungle Juice both are gladly welcomed.
Concept: Kinda a BtVS/Dungeon Keeper II crossover, yeah I know I'm 
weird


Sunnydale:

Willow and Tara sat on the bed trying to figure what had just 
happened in the dream world. They had been so close, but the 
mysterious figure of their shared dream still eluded them, and now 
they where more determined than ever to discover her and unravel the 
mystery of their dream. 

"Who is she? What does she mean," asked Tara.

"I'm not sure, but I felt drawn to her," replied Willow.

"Me too."

Willow paused for a moment before continuing. "There was some one 
else too. I think whoever it is someone's trying to keep her from 
us."

"Your right, when I could almost see her there was another figure 
that pulled her away from us. W-what do you think we should do?"

"I'm not sure."

"Maybe Giles could help, he's pretty good at all that deciphering 
dreams and everything."

"True, after all he has managed to figure out most of Buffy's dreams."

"Buffy, she's blonde," stated Tara.

"Uh, Tara you kind of lost me there, what does Buffy's hair color 
have to do with this?"

"It's just t-that, the girl in the dream&I t-think she was blonde."

Willow quickly stood up, her mind was racing a mile a minute, "Get 
changed, we got to talk to Giles now."

"UH, Willow sweetheart, it's three in the morning, I don't think 
Giles would like it if we woke him up now."

"Good point, but we're at his place at the crack of dawn, OK," 
eagerly stated Willow.

"OK, now let's go back to bed and try and get some sleep."


The Great Forest:

"You sent for me old friend?" inquired Vallen as he entered the 
elders chambers.

"Yes, I did," answered Talmir, "The Wicca are close to solving the 
puzzle of the Triad."

"My friend that is wonderful news."

"Indeed it is but I fear that they will not unravel the dream in 
time."

"I don't understand, if they are close and our advisory has not yet 
obtained the final gateway stone then the Triad can be completed 
before he comes."

The Eleven elder eyes where filled with despair as he gazed at his 
life long friend, "Our advisory has made his move, even as we speak 
his minions march to battle."

"Then I will continue to plea before the oracles, there is still hope 
my friend."

"Then go and plea your case for our time is running short, if we are 
not there to aid the Triad, they will fall."

"Even if they find one another?"

"Yes, for as strong as they are, they have never seen the likes of 
our advisory and the evil that he commands."

The Forgotten Domain:

Keeper Zaven sat back in his throne, a sinister smile crept across 
his face as he gazed into his crystal ball and watched his forces as 
the made there way towards the unsuspecting Lord Loinheart.

The Dark Knights decked out in full body armor, as black as their 
evil hearts, led a massive force of vampires, skeletons, and dark 
elves into the heart of the good Lord Loinheart's land. Behind them 
marched several of the Keepers finest Dark Wizards and two Dark 
Angels, who struck fear into all who saw them. These massive 
creatures where over seven feet tall and wore bloodstained body 
armor, and carried massive two-handed broad swords that where 
impossible for any man, and most demons, to carry on there own.  
These beast where so fierce that the rest of the keepers minions did 
there best to give them as much lead way as possible.

Sunnydale:

"He looks old," replied Riley as he and Spike stood in a small 
cottage on the outskirts of town.

"You said you wanted a Dark Wizard, you didn't say that they had to 
be young," snapped Spike.

"OK, just tell me, can he do the job."

"I wouldn't have brought you here other wise."

Riley walked over to the older man and looked at him, "So you are a 
Dark Wizard?"

"If you mean that I am strong in the dark magic's then you're quite 
correct," replied Zane.

"Can you help us?"

"For a price."

"You will be well rewarded when My Keeper comes."

The older man looked at Riley and Spike, "I know nothing of keepers 
or these other things you speak of. If you want my help it will cost 
you money."

"How much?"

"For a deception spell like the one you speak of, I would say about 
two thousand."

"You're nuts, I don't have two thousand," shouted Riley.

"Then you do not have my services," answered Zane.

"Wait a minute," replied Riley in desperation, "I don't have that 
kind of money but I might have something you would be interested in.."

"And what might that be?"

"A talisman my Keeper gave me before he sent me here."

"And what kind of talisman do you think is worth that kind of money," 
inquired Zane.

Riley pulled a towel from his backpack and unwrapped it carefully.  
He placed the black metallic Talisman on a table before the Dark 
Wizard.

Zane looked it over carefully. It was in the shape of a sword, with a 
skull made out of one solid ruby at its base. Finely etched in the 
skull was the words, `When darkness reigns' written in Babylonian.  

Zane hands began to tremble as he stared at the ancient talisman, "D-
do you know what t-this is," gasped the dark wizard.

"It is the talisman of my Keeper," replied Riley, "there are several 
like it in his domain."

Zane picked up the talisman and held it in his hand, he could feel 
the black magic flowing through it, "This is of the Talisman of 
Death, it is legend among those who practice the dark arts, and you 
say that there are several like it where you came from?"

Riley smiled, he knew that the dark wizard would serve his 
Keeper, "Yes, join us and when my Keeper comes you will see what true 
darkness is."

Zane looked down at the talisman he held in his hand, then back up at 
Riley and Spike, "What did you say the girls name is again?"

"Buffy."

The Forgotten Domain:

The outer wall of one of Lord Loinheart's guard post caved on top of 
the Dwarven guards you vigilantly watched over the outer parameter of 
the vast fortress. Skeleton warriors and vampires poured into the 
large opening and quickly disposed of the guards before they could 
even sound the alarm. 

Three Dark Knights walked into the guard house and looked at their 
fallen foe in disgust, "Kill everything that lives and bring us the 
Gateway Stone," screamed the senior Dark Knight, his voice laced with 
hatred.

The other two Dark Knights walked over to the large wooden door of 
the guard room and pulled the long swords. With one powerful swing 
of their swords they splintered the door and stepped into a long 
dimly lit corridor of Lord Loinheart's fortress.

The Oracles;

Vallen was preparing to contact the oracles yet again when bright 
lights surrounded him. The Eleven warrior was blinded for a moment.  
When he regained his sight he found himself standing before the 
oracles.

"You must gather you're forces," replied the woman.

"The time has come for you to go to earth," added the male.

"You're advisory has shown himself."

"And good Knight Loinheart's forces soon shall lay dead."

"How much time do we have," inquired Vallen.

"Your time is short," replied one of the oracles

"It will not be long now till your advisory comes," added the other.

Before Vallen could ask any more questions of the Oracles he found 
himself standing in Elder Talmir's chambers.

The elder stood up out of his seat when Vallen appeared before 
him, "What has happened that you come to me this way my friend."

"Our advisory marches, the Oracles said that soon Loinheart's forces 
will fall and&."

Talmir interrupted the warrior before he could finish, "Then he will 
come."

"Yes, my friend."

"Then go quickly, gather those that you need and find the Triad, for 
time is running out."

"Yes, my friend," replied Vallen before rushing out of the elders 
chambers.

The Forgotten Domain:

"You must flee my Lord," pleaded one of Loinheart's most trusted 
Knights.

"No, I will not run from this vile Keeper, we must stand our ground."

"My Lord, most off you're army has lies dead on the ground, the 
keepers minions are closing in one us, I fear we will not be able to 
hold this inner sanctum for long once they reach us."

"Then we shall fight this dark force till we have all fallen,." 
bitterly replied the good Lord.

"We will my Lord, that is my vow to you. However when they come you 
can not be here."

"I will not flee from the keepers minions!"

"My lord if you die with us today then the Gateway Stone is the 
Keepers and the surface will share our fate."

Loinheart's eyes filled with tears, "Good Knight Roland you are 
indeed wise, I will take the stone and head east, come for me when 
the Keeper falls."

"And if he does not," inquired Roland.

"Then with you're dying breath say a prayer to the Gods that he never 
finds me less the surface others share in our fate."

"I will my Lord, may the Gods be with you."

"And with you Roland," Added Lord Loinheart before opening a secret 
passage and heading east.

Sunnydale:

Buffy was pacing back and forth in her living room, she finally 
figured out what was missing in her life, it was Willow and Tara.  
She knew that she needed to talk to them about the feelings she had 
for them, to try and explain why it had taken her so long to figure 
it out, but she was afraid. What if they only saw her as a friend, 
what if they never wanted to talk to her again, or just simply blew 
her off. 

Buffy reached for the door for the tenth time to head towards campus 
and once again stopped before opening it. "Come one Summers, what's 
wrong with you, even if the don't understand their still your 
friends," shouted Buffy at the empty house.

God why has this got to be so hard, thought Buffy as she stared at 
the closed door. She walked over to it and opened it up. It's now or 
never.

Buffy stepped outside and began to walk down the sidewalk when a 
strange sensation swept over her. She became dizzy and fell to the 
ground before blacking out.

"Buffy can you here me," screamed Joyce her voice filled with panic.

The slayer slowly regained her senses and saw her Mom and Giles 
hovering over her, "What happened?"

"You don't know," inquired a deeply concerned Giles.

"No, I was going outside for something and all the sudden I became 
really dizzy, but I feel fine now."

"Are you sure," asked Joyce.

"Yeah Mom, I'm positive."

"OK, but you're going inside wherever it was you where going can 
wait."

Buffy let out a chuckle, "Funny thing is I can't remember where I was 
headed, guess it wasn't that important."

"You can't remember?"

"Only where I was going, everything else is crystal clear."

"OK, but your still going inside and laying down for awhile," stated 
Joyce using all her motherly authority.

"OK, but if it is all right I would like to see Riley later on."

"Sure, but for now you're going to get some rest."

Joyce watched as Buffy headed back into the house then turned to 
Giles, "What's going on here."

"I'm not sure but I'll get right on it."

"You do that," stated Joyce before heading inside to make sure her 
daughter was OK.

The Forgotten Domain:

Vampires and skeletons poured into the inner sanctum of the 
Loinheart's fortress.

The Knights sprung into action, brandishing their swords they began 
slicing into the dark force as it made it's way into the room. Sparks 
flew as swords collide with one another, the final battle for the 
forgotten domain had begun.  

The air filled with ashes as vampire after vampire fell to the 
skilled knights, as the bones of the skeletons flew through the air.  
The Dark Wizards stood in the passage way sending large balls of fire 
and magical energy careening into the knights.  

The knights fought with all there might to cut through the keepers 
army and make there way to the Dark wizards. The ashes of vampire 
after vampire fell a top the bones of the slain skeleton warriors as 
the Knights steadily made their way to the Dark Wizards.  

They where only a few feet from their goal when the Dark Knights of 
the keeper steeped out from behind the dark wizards and charged 
Loinheart's men.

"Now you die," screamed the senior knight as he rammed his blade 
through one of the knights, then engaged another in combat.

The dark knights fought with viciousness that none of Lonheart's 
forces knew existed. The dark knights would slay one of there 
comrades and quickly move on to anther. It took everything they had 
to keep the Dark knights from advancing any further into the inner 
sanctum.

Roland had his hands full fending of one of the black knights. He 
was using every combat skill he had been trained in to attack, yet 
the Dark knight had a counter measure for each one. Finally he saw 
an opening and with a mighty swing severed the hand of the Dark 
knight. He then ran his blade through his evil foe sending him to 
hell where he belonged.  

Roland was preparing to aid one of his fellow knights when he heard a 
guttural growl from behind him. The good knight quickly spun around 
and came face to face with the two Dark Angeles.

His face filled with terror as he gazed upon the two winged 
warriors. Quickly the Knight raised his sword to fight the vile 
creatures only to have it knocked from his hands by a powerful blow 
from one of the Dark Angels, Before he could react he felt the long 
broad sword of the other Dark Angel pierce through his chest.

"May the Gods be with you My Lord," cried Roland as he fell&

TBC&&.