FF: Shadows Of The Past: Chapter One

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Title: Shadows Of The Past 
Chapter: One/? 
Rating: NC-17 
Pairings: W/B 
Spoilers: Oh yeah. Buffy season six, all star trek is open 
Crossover: Oh yeah. Buffy/Star Trek 
Beta Readers: Dark Gremlin & Vampire Koala 

Summary: Willow runs away after a fight with the gang, and is gone 
for a year, but when she returns is she the same person that she was 
or has her time away changed her. 

Note: Don't count on this being like the Star Trek universe you're 
used to. I've changed a few things. 

Disclaimers: Buffy belongs to mutant enemy, Joss Wheaton, and UPN. 
Star Trek is Gene Robbenbury's, Ira Berman's, and UPN's. 

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PROLOGUE 
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Tears streamed down her face. She couldn't believe this was happening. She'd only 
been trying to help. She'd been trying to fix what she believed was wrong. She was only 
trying to get back the woman she loved. Instead, she'd traumatized her one love, sending 
her into the arm's of that vampire. Hospitalized her best friend, creating a serious tension 
between her and his fiancée. And lost Tara. 

She entered her house. The one place she could be alone and not have to worry about 
getting yelled at anymore. At least for tonight. She walked into the darkened living room, 
letting her things fall to the floor 

The light clicked on, drawing her eyes to the solemn dark haired man in one of the 
recliners. She pulled a stake from her sleeve, eyeing him with caution. 

" Who are you?" 

" Relax, Miss. Rosenberg. I'm not a vampire, and I'm not here to hurt you." He pushed 
his sunglasses further up his nose, and grinned darkly. " I'm Commander Richard Lex, and 
I am here to make you an offer." 

" What kind of offer? Commander in what military, and since when do you guys go 
sneaking around in the dark, breaking into peoples homes? How do you know about 
vampires?" 

" I'm Commander Richard Lex. An officer of the Federation of United Planets, more 
specifically, I am from the future." The tall thing man stood up, showing his uniform 
for the first time. The all black flight suit, with a thin dark gray strip going around his shoulders.
A silver badge was fastened to his left breast, and he wore a utility belt with some 
sort of weapon on it. " And you Miss. Rosenberg, are our only hope." 

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Her shoes clicked on the metal grates of the ship, every step echoing through the hall. 
Her eyes took in every computer console they passed, every door, every light. The details 
of the ship were a hackers dream come true. More so for her. 

She'd spent so many years dealing with vampires, giant bugs, were's, demons, that she 
was past the point of being easily surprised. But this time.. She could understand time travel, 
she could even understand the fact that the future had enough technology for space travel. 
But to come back in time for her, and her alone? 

" I still don't understand what you need me for." 

" At first, we believed that vampires and other...demons, were actually 
aliens from other planets. But over the years, we'd come to realize that they were 
in fact...." 

" Paranormal?" 

" Right. By that time, the council had been destroyed, and slayers were extinct 
at best. So we started Section 13, in hopes of dealing with the threat once and for 
all." 

" What does this have to do with me?" 

" Simple. On this night, if I hadn't showed up, you would've become the 
very thing you are fighting. The end result would have been your friends 
death. Then in about five years, a vampire named Angel would finally get 
through to you. You would then go on to be the only major warrior to make 
a difference in fighting demons." 

" So then why are you here? Why don't you just go back to the future 
and let me do my thing?" 

" Because you were also the last." Commander Lex looked over at her, as 
they stepped into some kind of elevator. " Bridge. Normally we would take
care of it ourselves, but several major events have dictated otherwise. One, 
any and all information on demons have become obscure or destroyed in 
the genetics war." 

" And two?" 

" Two, a vampire was assimilated into a race we know as the Borg, and 
we can't find a way to stop him." 

" I would love to help you, but I can't help you. I know absolutely nothing 
about the future, I would literally be going in as a baby." 

" We've already thought of that." 

Willow stared after the Commander, walking out onto the command deck. 
She somehow got the idea that she wasn't going to have a choice in this matter. 
One way or the other. 

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CHAPTER ONE 
IN THE FUTURE: EIGHT YEARS LATER 
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" Willow!!" 

She ducked to the left, rolling across the rocky terrain, just avoiding the large foot as it crashed down. 
The cliff shook dangerously under the weight of the Kraagan. Huffing quietly she came up on her feet, 
cautiously eyeing the large hairy alien. She waved Jelan back as the hyper Orion started to charge the 
creature. 

" I am Cadet Willow Rosenberg of Star Fleet Academy. I do not mean you any harm." She flipped back 
as the creature once more brought it's foot down where she was standing. 

" No but I think big foot here does." 

She glared over at Bear, as the large Scirion made light of a situation that had her immediate death 
written all over it. Faking to the right, she dived left into a roll, coming up behind the creature. Making a 
quick, and semi suicidal decision, she jumped onto his back. 

" YEAH!!!! RIDE HIM!!!" 

The thick Texas accent shot through the painful headache she was starting to nurse. Silently, she made 
a mental note to torture the ex-cowboy, sure that the rest of her command group would gladly help her. A 
howl of anguish roared from the dark gray haired cat like creature, a sound she knew well. Filled with 
such pain and hurt that.... 

Pain. He was in pain. Her eyes focused on the dark black speck in the side of his neck. Grabbing the 
speck with her right hand, she yanked. With a deep groan she found herself staring up at the red sky, 
with a large gray haired Kraagan howling over her. 

It charged her once more, and she rolled to her feet, backing up again. It approached her rapidly, with 
leaping steps it launched it's self at her, melting mid-air into a small girl. Surprised, she skidded to a stop, 
and held out her arms. 

" Well how da ya like dat?" Rex ran a hand through his blonde hair, staring at the gray haired girl curled 
up into her arms. " It's a baby." 

Willow sighed heavily, and held up the black speck, examining the two inch long thin shard of metal. No 
wonder the little girl had thrown a temper tantrum. " Let's get going, we still have to make it to the falls by 
zero hundred hours." 

" And the child?" Jelan fell in step with her, the Orion's dark green skin becoming even darker under the 
red sky. 

" Actually, the Kraagan are classified as a feline species." K'lan fell back, her dark eyes searching for 
any sign of being followed. " And since the Kraagan are a species that is widely hunted, we can assume 
that the child managed to escape from smugglers." 

She nodded to the half Klingon half Vulcan, glad that the passionate woman still had the famous Vulcan 
knowledge. " And according to Star Fleet's own rules, we're allowed to have pets." 

Jelan's steps faltered before she caught up, " Whoa, wait a minute, you're keeping her?" 

" It does seem to be the logical course of action." 

Rex rolled his eyes at his lover, " I don't give a horses ass what Kraagan's are classified as, they're as 
human as the rest of us. They need the same love and care that a human needs, so don't give me that 
logical shit." 

" I don't know, I think she's kinda cute." Bear grinned toothily at them, his massive bulk creating a cool 
shadow over them. " Besides, the kid's taken with her." 

She glanced down at where the silver haired girl had curled up against her chest like a kitten. The gray 
silver tail wrapped passively around her forearm, and a soft distinctive purring that was vibrating 
through her. She could see the tiny feline set of fangs as the girl yawned loudly, snuggling closer to her. 

She knew just how human the Kraagan was, but for once she was glad for the feline classification, 
because there was no way in hell she was going to give this girl up. Not for anything in the universe. 

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" I don't believe this. Five went on the survival test, and I end up with six. Just what the hell were you 
thinking Cadet." 

She stood at attention in front of Lieutenant Carrington, the urge to yell back at the man who'd been 
riding her ass since her first year at the academy nearly coming to the surface. " Permission to speak freely, sir?" 

" Permission granted." 

" Ebony is just a chi- a kitten, and Laron is not her natural habitat. If I had left her there she would've 
been dead before morning." 

The gold haired man seemed to grow even more fierce, his orange eyes turning a brown in his emotions. 
" You can not save every damned stray you find out there. If you tried then you wouldn't make it two 
minutes on a starship, not that I think you could now. A genetic freak like you would never..." 

" That's enough Gar." 

Carrington glowered at Captain Lex, barring his razor sharp teeth at him. " You stay the hell out of this. 
This is all your fault, you and your damned Section 13. Telling us what cadets to take, what they can or 
can't do. Just what the hell kind of universe is this, where a cadet can spend more time going on star fleet 
missions than going to school." 

" Relax, she'll be out of your hair, when she graduates tomorrow." 

" And just what makes you think she's graduating?" Carrington snarled at her darkly, " She's been 
nothing but a damned trouble maker since she arrived." 

" Actually, the way I hear it, she's one of the best students the academy has ever had." Richard moved 
to stand in front of Carrington. " And if you try to stop her from graduating tomorrow, then I will make 
sure that you never get off this post. Is that understood Lieutenant?" 

Carrington snapped to attention so fast, she found herself trying to stifle the urge to laugh. " Sir, yes 
sir." 

" Good. Cadet, you're with me." 

She quickly fell into step with him, forgetting to salute her principal. " Thanks Rich, I don't know what 
his problem is." 

The solemn man's mouth twitched, " It might have to do with the fact that you've broken his academy 
record." 

" Oh." She frowned slightly, still unable to see why he hated her so much. 

" You know, what he said wasn't true. You're not a freak." 

She snorted to herself, " Yeah." 

Lex reached out and swung her around. " No you're not. What happened, was not your fault." 

Willow stared at him through the small round reflective sunglasses that never left her face anymore. " I 
know." 

" Do you?" 

" Rich, I'm fine." She smiled at him wagging her eyebrows at him. " Now, about Ebony.." 

He groaned at her, " Yes, yes. I've cleared your pet. She can go with you." 

" Yes. Thank you." She hugged her father figure, running off toward her command squad's dorm. She 
wanted to get back to Ebony as fast as she could. The trip across the campus seemed to take longer than 
normal as she sprinted into the building and was immediately hit by a dark silver blur. 

She looked down into the big yellow cat eyes of her daughter, and affectionately ruffled her hair. " Hey, 
what are you doing down here? I thought Jelan and K'lan were watching you for me." 

" We...*huff*...were..." 

She smirked at the two women holding the other up. They kept throwing dark glares at the girl in her 
arms. She noticed that their uniforms were soaked with sweat. " What happened to you?" 

" Ebony isn't as sweet as she looks." 

The small girl smiled up at her with bright eyes, then let out a loud yawn. Her yellow eyes slide shut as 
she curled up against her, purring loudly. 

" No, of course she isn't." She patted K'lan's shoulder solemnly, barely holding in her smile until the 
turbolift had closed. When she'd first picked out her eccentric collection of cadets, she honestly hadn't 
expected them to work out as a squad. 

Star Fleet had never accepted an Orion female, or a half-Klingon half-Vulcan before. Muchless a Sicilian, 
and as for Rex.... He'd applied numerous times, but never got in, simply because of his fathers half 
Romulan heritage. 

For eight years, they'd lived together, ate together, went to class and studied together, trained together. 
For eight years, they had gone on star fleet missions together, learning in the field in a way no other 
cadet was allowed. For eight years, she lead them, she trained and taught them about demons and other 
supernatural beings. For the last four years, they had struggled through command school. 

In the end, the differences that had kept them apart and hurt them as a group, now kept them together 
and helped them. They had developed a closeness that let them read off of each other, made it an easy to 
work together, made them the top ranked squad in the academy. 

That closeness had gotten them through their freshman year of command school. It had driven them to 
going after her, to rescue her from the Silmarions. It kept them together the two weeks she'd spent in sick 
bay recovering, it had kept her sane during the following years of trying to deal with the freak that the 
Silmarions had made her into. 

Absently, she rubbed the girls back, " Come on kiddo, let's get some sleep. We have a big day 
tomorrow." 

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