Repost FIC: Trinity's Child 22/25

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TITLE: Trinity's Child 22/25
AUTHOR: Tony McD
DISCLAIMER: All characters belong to Joss Whendon, Mutant Enemy, WB and 
others. This is for fun, not profit.
SUMMARY: Sequel to Terra Australis Incognito. 17 years on Buffy, Xander, 
Willow and their child must face very different evils to save the world 
(again).
SPOILERS: None really. AU.
RATING: MA 15+ (Australian system).

Trinity's Child 22/25

“I really think you should reconsider.” Charles told the Chief Watcher. The 
High Council were holed up near the Canadian-US boarder.

“As the head of this Council, I make the decisions regarding its course of 
action.” The Chief Watcher told Charles.

“But what you are proposing, it has too much potential to go wrong.We’re 
meddling with forces too dark and dangerous. If this goes wrong…”

“Nothing will go wrong! I will have everything under complete control. I know 
what I’m doing.” The Chief Watcher barked at the younger man.

“Do we really need to go to such extremes?” Charles asked, worried.

“You know the prophecy as well as I. There will come a time when a Slayer 
shall stand the test of time. As the years pass she shall grow in power until 
such time as she shall have power greater than any Master vampire.”

“But it doesn’t mean that she will become dark or a Master Vampire. Only 
that she becomes powerful.”

“For centuries we have ensured that no Slayer has become too powerful for us 
to control. Now our control is slipping and she is getting to be too 
powerful. We need to stop her.”

“But she is part of Trinity! We cannot interfere with that which the Powers 
That Be have decreed to be. They are…”

“The Alpha and the Omega. The beginning and the end. They mark the beginning 
of the end. The Omega time. They can either save the world or condemn it to 
hell. We cannot take that risk.” The Chief Watcher looked about. “Mister 
Davidson!” The new head of the Watchers Black Ops teams entered theroom.

“Yes sir.” The fit young man said.

“I want yourself and four of your best men to accompany me. The others will 
stay here and guard the rest of the High Council.” The Chief Watcher ordered 
and watched the young man depart.

“Don’t worry Charles. Once this is over, we will rebuild the Council to its 
former glory.”


“So, how much longer to this place?” Jenny asked the pilot as they flew 
towards the old Chinese airbase.

“About 20 minutes.” The pilot said over the intercom.

“What about radiation?” Tran asked the pilot. Paul answeredfor him.

“It’s been a few years since the war, so most of the radiation would have 
returned to safe levels. Besides, the base looks to be out of the areas that 
received major fallout. The few hours we’ll probably be there won’t hurt. 
The dose will be less than a X-ray.” Paul said, studying the map. Since his 
fathers death he had been studying the war and the events surrounding it.

“So what are we looking for when we get there?” Jenny askedher love.

“A lab of some description. It would have to be of some sophistication to 
build our Super Demon. We land and have a look round.”


The gang wandered around the old airfield in the moonlight. There was signs 
of damage caused by the war, a few shattered fighters lay on the tarmac, but 
by and large there was little damage to the collection of buildings that they 
now walked to.

They entered a hangar and looked around. There were various object laying 
around the hangar, some on trolleys next to abandoned aircraft. Li went up to 
one such object.

“Look at this.” She said pointing to unusual protrusions onan object that 
looked like a bomb. Tanya looked over it for a moment.

“Fuel-air bomb.” She announced.

“A what?” asked Tran.

“It’s a special bomb that releases a highly volatile fuel and ignites it. 
The fireball vaporises everything for a couple of hundred feet and flattens 
buildings for about a mile. They’re as close as a nuke as you can get.”

“Could the Sisterhood use this to wipe out the world?” Jenny asked her.

“No. While these are powerful, they’re not that powerful. Bigger nukes were 
used during the war. No, the Sisterhood wouldn’t be interested in this 
stuff.” Tanya said dismissively. A moody Spike spoke up.

“Well, let’s go find something the bloody Sisterhood of Jhewould be 
interested in.” He snapped. The gang exited the hangar and looked around at 
some of the other buildings. At one of the buildings they saw one of the 
Sisterhood enter.

“I say we follow that demon.” Jenny suggested. Carefully they entered the 
building.

They came across a pair of demons who were quickly dispatched. Looking around 
they saw a well-equipped lab. Paul sat down in front of a computer and 
started searching through files. The others wandered around looking at 
various equipment. Jenny was about to open a heavy looking door.

“Holy shit. HOLY SHIT!” Paul yelled. Everyone rushed over.

“What is it?” Taryn asked.

“Skimming through these files, it looks like we were wrong.”

“They’re not making a super demon?” asked Li.

“Worse.” Paul said, fear evident in his voice.

“Worse?” Tran said, disbelieving.

“Much, much worse. The DNA manipulation isn’t for making a super demon. They 
were altering strains of smallpox, Ebola, plague, all sorts of stuff. They 
combined them into one, well, I guess you’d have to call it a…”

“Super Virus. A doomsday virus.” A voice said from behind them. They all 
turned.

It was the sickly man from the preceding night.


They slept as the aircraft winged his way toward Canada. They also dreamed.


Buffy and Willow walked through a graveyard. It was a beautiful day and the 
air was fresh and clear. They walked up to a figure that sat on a tombstone. 
It was Faith.

“Hey B, Red.”

“Faith.” Buffy said quietly. “What are you doing?”

“Hanging around. Not much to do once you’re dead, you know.”

“Cut the funnies. What are you up to?”

“Watching your boy over there.” Faith said, pointing over to Xander who 
stood over a grave in the distance.

“Why?” Willow asked the dead Slayer.

“A couple of reasons. He’s a cutie, which you already know.Another is to 
give you guys a clue about the man. He’s gonna be big in the final battle.”

“Final battle?” asked Buffy.

“The Omega Time. Winter is coming and The Twelve will be waiting for you. You 
got to give up everything to fight them. Got to give up everything.”

“Why?”

“You’ll find out. But first of all you’ll have to save him.”

“From what?”

“The ghost of Christmas past.” said Faith and walked away. Buffy and Willow 
went over to Xander.

“What you doing?” Buffy asked as she slipped her arms around him.

“Didn’t get to visit the parents. May as well do it in weirdo dreamland.” 
Buffy looked down at the grave of his parents.

“You want to go?” Willow asked.

“Yeah.” He said as they headed off. As they walked the landchanged. It was 
now the place that Xander had first seen in his visit to the Dreamtime.

David McWray sat by the water, throwing stones into the clear water, watching 
the ripples spread across the water.

“David.” Buffy said, she and the other two sitting down beside him.

“Winter is coming. Got to get ready for the hibernation. Can’t face The 
Twelve without a nice long sleep”

“What?” Xander asked his friend.

“Look.” David said and pointed to the water.

A stone splashed into the water, and as the ripples spread, a vision 
appeared. A castle. A castle surrounded by a snowy forest. There was a 
feeling of great cold. A feeling of a great distance in time. A feeling of 
evil.

They could sense it. This was the place. The place of the final battle. In 
that castle they would face The Twelve. They would find their destiny. Slowly 
the image faded.

“Always remember that of all the forces in the world, the most powerful is 
love. You can be saviours, or destroyers. The choice is yours.” David told 
them. He stood up.

“Finish your work here. But take care not to raise the ghosts of a past best 
forgotten. Deep in your hearts, you will know what to do.” David started to 
walk away. He paused for a moment and turned to them.

“See you on the other side of time.”