FF: Kryptonite (6/?)

["C Ortiz" <ortiz_c4021@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title:	Kryptonite (5/?)

Author: Carmen

E-mail: ortiz_c4021@xxxxxxxxxxx

Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me. The Scooby Gang and 
friends belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. All characters from the DCU 
do not belong to me I?m just taking out for a ride through my twisted 
imagination, Adrienne Mackenzie Prince-Kent is mine.

Rating: For now PG-13 to R depending on your point of view.

Summary: In the DCU eighteen years ago during a battle with Darksied, a 
strange and mysterious anomaly occurred , unleashed by an experiment by 
Julian September at a critical time and out of this anomaly was born a child 
to two of the most powerful heroes of the JLA, now attending UC Sunnydale, 
she will become the Slayers greatest ally.

Author?s Note: This is really more of a Faith/Other romance with 
Buffy/Willow pairing as well. Faith redeemed herself and is still part of 
the Scoobies in my story. Also I?ve messed with the timeline on a lot of 
stuff. Joyce Summers lives!!!

Hey Blair Ryan, as promised secret 1, more to come, and remember we all have 
more than one.

Distribution: I like sharing, just give me a heads up.

Feedback? Yes please!!

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Previously on Kryptonite?

Reaching out before she knew what she was doing Adrienne tucked Faiths' hair 
behind her ear and placed her hand at her nape. Moving closer she 
unconsciously licked her lips.

'Oh this is a bad idea,' Adrienne thought.

"You know," she said conversationally, "one of these days I'm going to have 
to take you to the island."

"The island?" Faith asked confused.

"Themyscria," Adrienne said, "the Amazon Nation. They have the most 
beautiful land I've seen, it's peaceful when the two tribes aren't arguing, 
but I think you'll fit right in Arts' tribe."

Beep beep.

Stepping away from Faith she searched through her desk for the comm.

"Hello?"

"You busy?"

Glancing at Faith she replied, "You don't call unless it's important."

Barbara grimaced into the headset, 'I'll pay you back, promise.'

"I need you to make a delivery, she'll be ready for pickup in two minutes."

"I'll be there in a few, bye."

"Bye."

Looking apologetically at Faith she said, "I've got to go," she paused, "You 
know in all the time I've known you I've noticed that you've never talked 
about boyfriends, why is that?"

"I like to alternate," Faith replied saucily, "plus most guys are more 
interested in fucking than dating, so we usually skip that."

Without hesitating Adrienne asked, "So you free tomorrow night?"


Now on Kryptonite?..


Picking up Cassandra Cain, the new Batgirl, and taking her to a Government 
facility in Germany was uneventful. She liked her and hoped that she 
wouldn?t get too caught up in ?the mission.?

She needed some fun, down time, something to fill the time that she?s not 
patroling Gothem. Patroling, she knew way too many people who patrol places. 
Shaking her head ruefully she waited outside an electric fence behind 
dense brush for her cargo.

As she waited her thoughts turned back to Faiths answer.

?Before or after patrol??

?Okay lets make this more official, Faith??

Smiling and playing along Faith answered moving back to the bed getting very 
comfortable, ?Yes,? she drawled knowing that her pose was very inviting.

Swallowing Adrienne took a deep breath, ?Would you like to go out with me??

?You sure you want to be seen with me??

?Yes,? she said slightly forceful, ?I seriously don?t like it when you do 
that, you know.?

?Do what??

?Put yourself down, I don?t like when people do that to themselves.?

?Call it a habit,? she shrugged.

?One I intend of breaking you from,? she smiled inwardly already thinking of 
a plan of action.

?Tomorrow night, before patrol we?ll catch a movie, go patrol, meet the guys 
at the Bronze, then call it a night. Sound good??

?A movie?? Faith questioned.

?Call me slightly old fashioned, must get it from my father,? she took some 
black clothes out of a drawer and stepped into the bathroom.

Seconds later she emerged wearing formfitting soft black jeans, boots, and a 
black sweater.

?Sweet dreams,? she called out as she opened the window and leaped into the 
sky.
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The door opened and the minion bowed respectfully as Ra Al Ghul entered 
Glory?s apartment. He was followed by his faithful guard, as the two waited 
for the Demon Goddess to appear.

?Was everything to your liking?? she asked.

?Yes, soon everything we both have wanted for so long will be ours, 
something does trouble me though,? he said.

?What would that be?? she asked, trying to be on her best behavior.

?Just, should she actually learn the true nature of our plot, hidden within 
Tempus? it would be prudent to have another temporal ready to continue.?

?Another one,? she couldn?t help but whine.

?Yes,? he said irritably, ?these saccharine goody heroes always find a way 
to stop one opponent, but two is to our advantage.?

?Of course,? she said, ?it will be done.?

?See to it.?
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?Okay Pa, I promise,? Clark Kent said into the phone.

?Tell them I said ?hi?,? Lois said from her typewriter.

Nodding Clark said, ?Pa Lois said hello, yes okay. Lois they said hello 
back.?

?Bye.?

Hanging up he leaned against the desk smiling at his wife waiting for her to 
finish before saying anything. Her piece on a new crime boss attempting to 
merge with the Chinese mafia would probably win her another award. But she 
couldn?t wait for it to be over so they could catch the first flight out to 
California.

?All done,? she said, ?let me just send this off to the office and we can 
get out of here.?

Adrienne had called late last night telling them that anytime they had for 
visiting would be great and that there was a special someone that she wanted 
them to meet. While her relationship with Adrienne wasn?t as close as with 
Diana?s, Lois was thrilled when they did things together.

One night when Adrienne was sixteen, and staying for a school year due to 
changes in Themyscria, she had confessed to Lois about her feelings on 
various issues. The one that started it all was Adrienne?s fear that Lois 
might resent her. Truth be told, when she had been told of the incident she 
had mixed feelings, but that was due to Professor Emil Hamilton?s finding on 
the newly married couple.

Diana had gone to stay in Themyscria as soon as it got too dangerous to keep 
a public life and a heroes one as well. Her mother and the Amazon Artemis 
had for the time being assumed the role of Wonder Woman. She had been 
invited to the birth and before hand she and Diana had talked about what 
they both hoped for the unborn child.

Talking about what she was going though with Diana had opened up a new 
dimension to a well established friendship between the two women. It had 
been agreed at the request of Diana that the baby would grow to know both 
women as her mother. At first Lois was skeptical at this course of action 
but when Diana stressed her fear that should one day she should die for 
whatever reasons, the baby would be raised by someone who was already 
family.

To be thought of as family, that was mind-blowing especially when for as 
long as she could remember her only sister Lucy had been closer to her than 
anyone. To be chosen above Hippolyta, Diana?s own mother went beyond that, 
Diana?s reasons were that she knew that Lois and Clark would never stand 
between the baby and her heritage, or impede her in her choices.

Yep, that night was an eye opener. After talking and calming Adrienne?s 
fears about their relationship they moved on to more personal discussions, 
and at Lois? urging and support she revealed to her friends and family her, 
alternative tastes.

?Oh yeah,? Lois thought sending her story through the fax, ?this Faith chick 
had better be something.?
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Dr. Occult looked out into the dark night as the lightning flashed 
illuminating the England countryside on the other side of the window.

'This can not bode well,' he thought as he felt the anomaly again, it was 
different somehow from the last time.

"Dear God!" it dawned on him, "It's changing!"
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Dropping Cassandra off on the roof of some nameless building Adrienne flew 
close to the shadows to enter Barbara's apartment undetected by the eyes of 
Gothem's citizens.

?Babs?? Adrienne called out, ?You here??

?I?ll be right there,? Barbara called out, ?so how are things??

?Fine, but there?s something that worries me,? Adrienne began knowing that 
even in the face of her closest friend she couldn?t come completely clean 
about her greatest fear.

?The pain.?

Nodding Adrienne seated herself on the couch and cradled her head in her 
hands. The pain, two simple words that carried one of her most complex 
secrets. It was only a few years ago that she attempted speed up her powers 
maturity, only a few years ago that Doomsday had fought her father to the 
death, and she had refused to stand by and do nothing.

And in doing so had created her own death.

Professor Hamilton had described her physiology as a scale, attempting to 
balance her Kryptonian and Human DNA. Her invulnerability was a product of 
that imbalance because the anomaly that had created her had yet to stabilize 
and if it did not do so soon within the next eight years she would die, 
because of her untimely trip to the Fortress of Solitude to attempt to boost 
up on solar power which she hadn?t been completely sure her human DNA could 
handle she had quickened the timetable and was looking at two years at the 
most to live.

Her parents did not know, and Barbara had only found out when she had been 
hit by the first of many sudden attacks. Attacks that she had become 
proficient at hiding most of the time. Pain so strong hitting her with such 
force that it immobilized her for however long it lasted.

Thankfully her meta-healing kicked in and she was fine usually within thirty 
minutes. She often wondered what would have happened if she hadn?t gone to 
the fortress, but then again hindsight was always twenty-twenty. Her father 
lived, the threat of Doomsday was gone and overall things were good. Now if 
she could just get through this date with Faith all would be well in the 
world.

Now she shared half of her fear with her friend and mentor, the pain. The 
other half which she hadn?t divulged to her friend out of fear that she 
would feel obligated to tell her parents about her problem and involve the 
JLA, the other half which was that she had been feeling strange, different 
something unstable within her since she began to use her powers in 
Sunnydale, the Hellmouth.

She had been wrestling with herself and felt her only course was to work 
with Professor Hamilton and one of the guardians of earth magic, perhaps 
then she would find not only the reason for the Hellmouths affect on her but 
also a permanent cure for her.

?So how have you been holding up??

?I have been and that?s all that matters, for now,? she paused, ?look I uh, 
stopped by to ask about the suit.?

Smirking Babs briefly wondered about why Adrienne would bring this up now, 
?Oh.?

?Yeah, could I make sure that the changes that you recommended make it to 
the finished product.?

?Why?? Babs teased.

?Cause I?d look funny running around in the middle on the night with bright 
spandex like half of the JLA,? she joked, ?seriously you were right, of 
course back then we, or at least I, didn?t know I?d have interesting night 
time activities.?

?Hey the colors we had considered would be great for both night and day.?

?One more thing, I?m not still sure about,? she slouched, ?the cape, do I 
really need one??

?Why not??

?Sunnyhell is not like Gothem, and frankly I feel silly with a cape.?

?Just be glad that it?s the best in Kevlar technology, plus the gauntlets 
and little extra treats in the belt will come in handy in case of, well you 
know.?

?Yeah, thanks.?

?I?ll send it to you as soon as it?s done, oh one more thing,? Barbara 
looked expectantly at Adrienne.

?Nothing.? Adrienne replied without being told.

She wasn't quite ready to choose whose proud emblem to incorporate into her 
uniform, if either.

"You know," she paused, "it just hit me, I've got a date."

Laughing suddenly she moved in a blur to Babs wheelchair whirling around as 
they both laughed. That was a good thing to hear, it had been too long, 
idly Adrienne wondered if there was someone other than Dick in Barbara's 
life.

"Don't forget, your dad's visiting too," Babs reminded her.

'Oh man,' she thought, "Lois is gonna grill Faith, oh is she in for a 
surprise."

"Maybe you should warn her."

"Nah, Faith can handle it."

"I wasn't talking about Faith," Barbara reiterated.

Winking Adrienne said, "I know."

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Arriving at her dorm room Adrienne quietly slipped in through the window 
making as little noise as possible so as not to wake the sleeping Faith.

Entering the bathroom she changed and brushed her teeth when a small spasm 
of pain hit her.

Breathing hard she felt it recede which was a good thing, but it didn't bode 
well for tommorrow. This was just a predecessor to a very huge attack, 
something she hadn't had since the first day back from the Fortress. It was 
that attack that had stopped her from reaching Doomsday and her father in 
time.

Her one shot at helping turned into a mightmare.

Part of the reason she hadn't ever gotten completely involved in the hero 
game. Sure she help Oracle out once in a while, but she never did the 
missions. Until she had met the Scoobies she had lost all her faith that 
what they were fighting for was acheivable.

Who know that in a rag tag group of world savers she would once again find 
Faith, her Faith.

She had been in too long she had to go and get some sleep. And as much as 
she would love to nestle against Faith now was not the time, but maybe later 
when she knew that they were both ready.

Yep, time enough for that later.
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