FIC: Terra Australis Incognito 27/?

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TITLE: Terra Australis Incognito 27/?
AUTHOR: Tony McD
DISCLAIMER: All characters belong to Joss Whendon, Mutant Enemy, WB and 
others. This is for fun, not profit.
SUMMARY: A stranger with many connections to the Scooby Gang arrives and 
changes their lives forever.
SPOILERS: General Season 4. Follows it for a bit then it's an AU.
DISTRIBUTION: Anywhere is fine, just email me first.
RATING: MA 15+ (Australia)
AUTHORS NOTES: The end grows closer.


"What the hell do you mean they are Trinity?" Giles demanded to know. 
David looked at Buffy, Willow, and Xander who were curled up on the couch 
together fast asleep. The ritual had taken a lot out of everyone and no 
sooner had the three sat down they fell asleep.
"There is a legend that one day there will be three people with one 
soul known as Trinity. Together they will be a powerful force and lead the 
forces of good. In the ritual, their souls became one. They are Trinity. God! 
It explains so much!" David exclaimed.
"Explains what?" asked Xander who had woken up. Buffy and Willow were 
still asleep.
"Like how you three are so tangled up emotionally. Like how come Buffy 
has faced the apocalypse so often." David told Xander.
"What has them being Trinity have to do with the apocalypse?" Giles 
asked his son.
"Look. For eons, the fight between demons and humans has generally 
favoured demons. With the exception of the Slayer and a handful of others, 
humans have been incapable of fighting demons on anything like equal terms. 
Now with the advance in technology, demons run the risk of being wiped out. 
Human weapons are becoming more and more lethal to demons, and demons by 
their nature cannot adapt to these new weapons. It won't be too long before 
only the most powerful magical demons will be able to attack humans without 
fear of being vaporised." said David.
"Like phasers on Star Trek?" enquired Xander.
"Yes. With one of those babies, one person could wipe out legions of 
demons and vampires. Shit, demons and vampires are already in trouble because 
of Match Head bullets.
"So you combine advancing technology and the arrival of Trinity, it 
means that demons must win now or humans will eventually win. Quickest way of 
winning for demons is to bring about the apocalypse. That's why you guys have 
faced it so often. For demons it's now or never." David explained. There was 
a minute or two of silence as they thought it through.
"OK then, what do we know about this Trinity?" Giles asked. David 
shrugged and went to the library. He returned with a pile of books.
"You guys start looking in the Althos Works, I'll start with the 
Chronicles of Golgotha." he said as the three of them started researching. 
Twenty minutes later, David spoke.
"Proeliator consisto lumen, custos cretatus, veneficus consisto 
flamma, voluntas fieri modus. Tunc vinculum mos consisto scelratus." David 
read from the Chronicles of Golgotha. He had not had a chance to read it 
since stealing it from the Vatican Black Library, something that he truly 
regretted now.
"Well? In English?" Xander asked.
"Warrior of light, guardian in white, witch of flame, will be bond. 
And then the bond will be formed with blood." David roughly translated.
"Still not getting it." Xander said. Giles took his glasses off and 
began cleaning them as he explained.
"The warrior of light would refer to Buffy. Witch of flame is probably 
Willow, which means that you are the guardian in white. You three will be 
bond. Obviously it means the ritual. But I'm not sure what it means where it 
talks about the bond will be formed with blood."
In that moment, David knew what it meant. The last piece had fallen 
into place. David was as scared as he had ever been in his whole life. He 
stood and walked out.
"David? Where are you going?" Giles asked. David stopped and turned. 
The fear and sadness on his face evident.
"I just need to get some sleep. I'll see you both in the morning." 
David said quietly and left.

The next morning saw David and Xander, down in the armoury checking 
weapons for the war.
"Xander? What's it like? You know, to be Trinity?" David asked. Xander 
stopped what he was doing and thought for a few moments.
"It's hard to describe. There is all these strange feelings running 
through me. It's like a heightened sense of awareness of Buffy and Willow. I 
feel what they feel, and they feel what I feel. It's a connection deeper and 
stronger than anything you could think of. Each of us has this connection 
which goes beyond love or caring or any emotion. We are one with each other. 
It's as if we had been living in a two dimensional world and now there is 
this third dimension that we have suddenly become aware of." explained 
Xander. David merely nodded and took it in. They resumed cleaning and 
checking the weapons when Xander asked David a question that had bugged him 
all morning.
"So, what about your soulmate?" David stopped briefly.
"Not coming." he said and resumed work.
"What do you mean 'not coming'? How could they be not coming?" Xander 
insisted. David threw down the gun in anger.
"I mean that they can't come to me and I can't go to her! So just 
leave it!" David yelled at Xander then stomped off. Xander watched his friend 
go and wondered what it all meant.

Later that day, Xander discussed what had happened in the armoury with 
Giles, Buffy and Willow.
"His soulmate can't be dead, otherwise David would have died last 
night." Buffy pointed out.
"With all the resources of several governments behind him, you would 
think that getting someone here would be easy." said Giles.
"I'm more worried about this sixth person we need for the War Of The 
Six. David said he has it under control, but I'm not comfortable with that." 
Willow said. Xander exhaled.
"Will, we just have to trust him in this." he said.