FIC: Immortal Pair ch98

[Hhdouglas@xxxxxxx]

title: Immortal Pair
author: Hhdouglas
feedback: buffywantswillow or email Hhdouglas@xxxxxxx
postings: buffywantswillow
summary: multi crossover
spoilers: none
disclaimers: I do not own the rights to the shows i am just using 
them in a fanfic story with characters of my own creation
warning: this chapter is rated pg13
age warning: for those 17 and over who have an open mind

Forty minutes after Xena got off the phone with Amanda she led 
Amanda,Rebecca,and Cassandra into the conference 
room.Giles,Joyce,Amy,Tara,Xander,Anya,Gunn,Cordelia,Angel,Gabrielle,Co
nnor,Ramirez,Duncan,Methos,Nick,Joe Dawson,Maxine,and Richie were 
either sitting around the conference table or along the walls in 
extra chairs that had brought in so that everyone would have a seat 
when the four of them walked in.Once they were seated Joe Dawson said 
now that we are all here will someone explain what exactly happened 
tonight and why we are here to discuss it.Joyce said well i guess its 
best to start in the beginning which is when Buffy,Willow,and the 
others headed to the bronze where Willow was supposed to meet a 
representative of the insurance company she had her car insured 
with.Joe said huh what does that have to do with anything.Amanda said 
Joe if you will wait a few minutes maybe you will find out.Cassandra 
said where are Willow and Buffy they should be here.Giles said we 
will have to do without them tonight they are not in the mood to 
visit with anyone.Richie said what happened and Joyce said you will 
find out soon if you will allow us to tell you what happened earlier 
tonight.Amy said Willow and Buffy did meet with the insurance 
representative and another woman who was with her.Tara said they had 
been talking about twenty some minutes when Buffy recieved a call 
from Willie who asked her for help because he had trouble at his 
bar.Ramirez said who is this Willie and why would he call Buffy for 
help instead of the police.Angel said Willie is the owner of a bar 
that is a hangout for demons and vampires and he serves them drinks 
that they cant get at normal bars.Gabrielle said he called Buffy for 
help because she is the slayer and Xander said yes and that she and 
Willow told him they would come to help if he ever called.Angel said 
well me,Buffy,Willow,Gunn,and Cordelia all headed for Willie's bar 
leaving Amy,Tara,Anya,and Xander at the bronze.Gunn said when we got 
to the bronze we were all shocked because it looked like a 
slaughterhouse.Xena said what do you mean.Angel said there were about 
thirty vampires or demons lying all over the place bloody and badly 
beaten.Cordelia said most of the furniture was broken and there was a 
big hole where the fire door had been.Everybody who hadnt gone to 
Willie's bar were shocked by the news.Xander said you guys make it 
sound like a tornado was inside it tearing up the place and everyone 
in it.Tara said thats a close enough description to how it looked 
Xander but it definitely wasnt no tornado.Connor said did any of you 
find out who did it.Anya said according to what Buffy and Willow told 
me and Xander it was a group of three people or beings according to 
what you want to call them.Xander said Buffy told us they were the 
Dragonness,some dude named Ahriman,and a Iron Golem which is probably 
the same iron golem who beat up several kindred vampires last 
night.Duncan,Joe,Methos,Richie,and Amanda were all shocked to hear 
Ahriman's name mentioned and Amanda said are you guys certain that 
Buffy said one of them was Ahriman.Xander said thats what Buffy said 
but you can ask her tommorrow if you like.Amanda looked at Duncan and 
she said how can he be back he wasnt supposed to return to earth for 
another five hundred years after you defeated him.Duncan said i dont 
know but i have the awfull feeling that it is really him as much as i 
hate to say it.Angel said you have met Ahriman before.Richie said yes 
you see every five hundred years a warrior is chosen to face Ahriman 
and if Ahriman is not defeated it is bad for mankind and Duncan was 
the last one to face him and that was several years ago.Xander said 
there is one way we can find out if its the same Ahriman.Amanda said 
and how is that.Xander said we call Willie's bar and get a 
description of the Ahriman that was at his bar.Duncan said lets do it 
and Giles said Xander show Duncan to a phone and get Willie to tell 
him Ahriman's description.Xander said will do G-man and he got up 
from his chair and Duncan followed him out of the conference 
room.Cassandra said what happened after you guys got to the 
bar.Cordelia said well after we checked the bar to make sure it was 
safe Willow started healing the demons so that we could find out what 
happened.Cassandra said how many demons did she heal and Angel said 
four demons and Willie himself who was also beaten up badly.Cassandra 
said she used up all her energy.Cordelia said yes and she had me call 
Amy and Tara and get them to come over to heal the other 
demons.Cassandra looked at Amy and Tara and she said are you two ok 
and Amy said we are just a bit tired and Cassandra said good.Gunn 
said while Willow was healing a demons three women entered the bars 
with guns drawn and they had us cold.Rebecca said your talking about 
the three ladies who were at the police station who's memories were 
altered by Cassandra.Cordelia said yes thats them they were taken 
into custody by the police when they arrived at the bar.Cassandra 
said i am afraid i have some bad news those three women and their 
male associate are private detectives and they were hired by Willow's 
parents to check on her and her friends.Giles said damn and Joyce 
said thats just great.Maxine said excuse me but why would the police 
take private detectives into custody if they hadnt done 
anything.Giles said the police arrested them because of what they had 
seen and i am glad that Cassandra was here to alter their memories 
because i dont know what the police department would have done with 
them otherwise.Duncan said you mean the police might have killed 
them.Joyce said no i dont think they would go that far because they 
know it would put them on odds against us so they would have probably 
placed them in Sunnydale's psychiatric hospital which has quite a 
number of people who have seen to much to be allowed to leave.Richie 
said you guys allow the people to be kept there.Giles said Richie 
they dont stay there very long just long enough to be made to believe 
they imagined what they saw or that it was all a dream they had.Joyce 
said you guys dont understand we have to be carefull around 
here.Giles said up until about eight months ago we had a secret 
goverment group here in sunnydale who would capture vampires and 
demons and expiriment on them as well as emplant chips in them to 
keep them from hurting people.Xena looked at Giles and she said what 
was the name of this project and do you know if it was actually 
closed down or they just moved to another city or something.Giles 
said as far as we know they were completely closed down but we dont 
have any way to know if its the truth or not.Angel said the project 
was called the Initative and they used some sort of stun guns to 
knock out vampires and demons so they could transport them to the 
labs.Gabrielle said some of you may disagree with me but i think that 
what the police department and some of the residents of sunnydale are 
doing the best they could.Richie said i dont understand.Xena said 
people cant find out about vampires and demons and be allowed to go 
spread the word to others outside of Sunnydale or there is no telling 
what could happen.Connor said i agree with Xena and Gabrielle and 
Duncan said so do i.Joyce said now that thats settled lets get back 
to why we all got together.

Joyce said from what my daughter and the others told me i have come 
to the conclusion that the attack at Willie's bar was just done so a 
message could be left for Buffy and Willow.Cassandra said what brings 
you to that conclusion and Giles said because the dragonness told 
Willie a message to give to Buffy right before she knocked him 
out.Richie said whats the message.Anya said they want Buffy and 
Willow to come to Alcatraz two nights from tonight.Rebecca said we 
cant allow them to go its definitely a trap.Giles said yes it is and 
whats worse is that the dragonness,Ahriman,and the iron golem are 
part of a group that want Buffy and Willow dead.Richie said well it 
doesnt matter who is in this group or what they want because they 
arent going to get it.Xander said yes they will Richie because they 
are holding Buffy's father and both of Willow's parents as prisoners 
to ensure they come.Cassandra cursed in her native tongue.Xena said 
do you know who the other members of the group are.Amy said yes they 
are Spike or William the bloody,Drusilla the mad,Darla,and 
Crimson.Richie said well i know we will have a hard time with the 
Ahriman and the iron golem but the others will be pretty easy i 
believe unless this dragonness is really a dragon of some sorts.Angel 
said no she is a vampire who calls herself dragonness but i am afraid 
you are wrong Richie all the vampires are masters in their own right 
i am afraid.Gabrielle said i am familiar with Darla,Spike,and 
Drusilla but i have never hear of vampires calling themselves Crimson 
and Dragonness.Buffy who along with Willow was at the entrance to the 
conference room said thats because they are both from different 
dimensions from this one.Anya said what and Willow said according to 
what Buffy was told the dragonness is a vampire version of her who 
claims to be the daughter of the dragon whoever or whatever he or it 
is.Giles jumped to his feet and he said this dragonness claims to be 
the daughter of the dragon.Xander said Giles who is this dragon.Angel 
said the dragon was a nickname he was given by his enemies because 
that was the crest he used but you will know him better as 
Dracula.Tara said the dracula and Giles said yes it has to be him 
there was only one vampire who called himself the Dragon.Giles said 
if she really is the daughter of the dragon even if she is from 
another dimension she will be about as strong as the master 
was.Richie said this is just getting worse and Willow said yes but 
thats not all because Crimson is a vampire version of me who is also 
from a different dimension.Xena said it looks like we have our work 
cut out for us and Joyce said thats for sure.Amanda said Duncan yawn 
and she said guys i think we should stop here for the night and go 
get some sleep and reconvien the meeting in the morning.Giles said 
there is no time for that and Xena said there is plenty of time Giles 
we have two days to make our plans we should go get some sleep and 
start the meeting after we have gotten some sleep and our minds our 
fresh.Joyce said i agree with her and Amy said so do i because i am 
bushed.Tara stood up and said come on lets head to bed and she held 
her hand out to Amy.Buffy said we will see you guys in the morning 
and she and Willow headed for their bedroom.