The Birth of a New Race

Halloween changes everything
The Birth of a New Race -part 1
Here is a crossover I have been working on. So far it has a bit of BTVS, Riddick, SGC, and branching into Dark Angel. I don't own anything from any of these shows. All of it belongs to the original owners/writers. I'm just playing with their worlds and making them my own. I make no money off any of this. It is purely for the enjoyment of the readers.

That said....

The Birth of a New Race by Dragonvamp

Summery: Halloween didn't go as Xander expected...neither did the rest of his life.
Warnings: Buffy is kind of a Bitch for a while and some strong language.
More is written in my blog for now. Will post it when I get the bugs worked out.
Until then tell me what you think so far.

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Xander knew what he was going to wear for Halloween. A pair of army fatigues from his Uncle Rory, his combat boots he got from the thrift store just after meeting Buffy, a couple of wooden knives and stakes just in case. Now all he needed was a toy gun to finish the outfit. He figured he could pick it up when he went shopping with the girls that afternoon.

He ran by his Uncle Rory’s house only to find the house locked up tight. The neighbor said Rory had gone on one of his trips. Xander was at a loss as to what he was going to do now that he couldn’t get his outfit from his Uncle. He did find a bit of cash and a rather nasty looking knife stashed in one of his Uncle’s hiding places so he took them with him thinking he would pay him back later.

He headed to meet the girls and go shopping. They walked into the shop and started looking around. The girls started talking about a dress and he went to look on his own. It made him mad that Buffy was trying to impress Angel. The guy was a vampire for Christ sake. He headed down an isle marked clearance and looked.

He found a box marked convict and looked inside. He found wrist and elbow pads, strange looking wrist cuffs with broken chains hanging from them, a chest plate out of a strange material, cargo pants, black tank top, goggles, and a futuristic back pack. The cloths happen to be in his size.

He looked at the box wondering about the price when a British voice startled him, “Can I help you with something? I’m about ready to close.” The man asked. Xander just grunted “How much?” the man looked at the box and then the boy. He saw him come in with the girls and knew the blonde was the Slayer. He thought about how much chaos the boy could cause as a convict. He had gotten the outfit in a shipment of odds and ends and that was all it said about the items. He smiled, “tell you what I’ll let you have the whole box for $10.00. Just make sure to tell your friends to come get their outfits here at Ethan’s.”

Xander smiled and nodded. He picked up the box and grabbed a few fake weapons off another rack and headed to the counter. The man rang him up and he headed over to the girls with the man not far behind. “I have a few things to do before we go out with the kids tonight so I’ll me you at Buffy’s?” he asked them and the girls nodded. As he left he heard the man making a deal with Buffy on the princess dress.

He got to his room and started going through the stuff. After figuring out most of what he wanted to do with it he decided to go all out and headed to the barber for a hair cut too. He was ready in time to go get the girls. He knocked on the Summers’ door and Mrs. Summers answered a bit nervous, “Yes can I help you?” she asked. On her porch was a rough looking young man with short hair, goggles and several weapons a few that looked very real, like the odd shaped knives on his hips. That alone made her very nervous but it was the chains hanging from his wrist that felt off. It looked as if he had been hand cuffed and had broken the chains. She thought about getting Buffy when he looked up a smiled. “Mrs. Summers” the young man grunted, lifted his goggles and gave her a goofy smile and a wink before returning the goggles into place and getting back in character.

Joyce gasp, “Wow Xander I didn’t recognize you. I can’t say I like the criminal look on you but the hair cut is kind nice.” She said with a smile as she motioned for him to come in. She looked at him again in wonder. He always wore such baggy clothing who would have believed he had all those muscles hidden under it. The hair cut and the serious demeanor made him seem older some how.

Just then Buffy came down the stairs and stopped half way down in shock and eyed the man in the foyer. Xander broke character when he saw her, “Wow Buff I denounce spandex. You look lovely Lady Buffy. Is Willow almost ready? We need to get over to the schools soon.” He said before slipping back into character again.

Buffy licked her lips wondering when Xander got so built. “Wow yourself Xan. I didn’t recognize you. Oh wait till you see Willow she looks…” she trailed off as she saw something white out of the corner of her eye. She turned “…like a ghost.” she finished her statement sounding disappointed. “Nice Boo you got there Wills” Xander said before grunting and lowering his voice a bit, “Let’s go”

The girls followed after him. When he got his group he told them the best ways to get candy. He then took out a stuffed cat of some kind with a leash attached to it and hooked the leash to his belt. He had one of the kids hold the cat’s tail and the rest for a chain behind so no one got lost.

The kids where in the last neighborhood before returning to the school. They where all up on the porch talking to the lady handing out the candy when Xander felt an odd sensation run through him and then nothing but blackness.

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Riddick looked around wondering what was going on. He had just laid down to rest after defeating the Lord Marshal and becoming ruler of the Necromongers. He had been trying to think of what to do next then he found himself in this strange place. Attached to his belt was a leash that someone had put on a beast similar to the creatures from the Crematoria Slam but with cat like fur instead of scales. He petted the head of the creature and looked around at the destruction and chaos.

Then the girl came running up screaming at him. He tilted his head to the side as he tried to understand the language she was speaking. It seemed to be an ancient language he had heard once in some history some where or a story told in a slam one time. He finally heard enough to communicate a bit. He looked at her and grunted, “Need information. Find why then stop, stop first save later” he told her.

She huffed in frustration, “Fine follow” she said figuring out who ever this was it wasn’t her Xander and didn’t understand much of what she was saying. She marched a long muttering about illiterate convicts, never noticing the creature with him. Riddick held his tongue and checked his weapons as he went. He understood the girl had said something about monsters being people and a spell of some kind. He didn’t know much about magic but he had heard of it before and figured it must be true as it matched what his senses were telling him.

He unhooked the leash from the beast and let it follow him. When they ran across trouble it seemed to know who was under the spell and who wasn’t and dealt with anything that would slow them down. Oddly enough the girl still never noticed it.

They reached a building of some sort and Riddick watched as the girl literally walked through walls. That would have been helpful in a Slam; he thought then realized ghost had to die first. He really hoped the red head was just under a spell. For some reason he didn’t want to see her dead. He opened the doors and followed her in. They walked into a room full of what he vaguely remembered being called books. They held knowledge.

A man appeared after hearing the girl call for him. He keeps muttering ‘Dear Lord’ as she told him what was going on. Riddick sat on the table and the beast sat beside him at his feet. The man turned to address him and froze. The girl let out a squeak and stopped beside him. It seems they both noticed his friend. “Wont hurt” Riddick growled and petted its massive head. He repeated what he told the girl earlier, “Find why and stop, save later”

Giles was beginning to get very worried. He got Willow calmed down enough to find out they had gotten their costumes as the same shop. When she said the place was called Ethan’s Giles snarled and Ripper showed through a bit. Riddick had heard enough to realize he was in another dimension or time and the boy who’s body he was now in some how ended up with some of his stuff from when he left the slam. How he ended up with the stuff Riddick had just put down before trying to sleep he didn’t know. He felt a connection to the boy some how. He felt a weird vibe in the room from underneath somewhere too.

He watched the man load up with weapons and head out telling them to stay there. Riddick figured he would get more information from the girl before following the man and making sure he ended the spell. He tried to think of how to ask what that weird energy was. He got her attention and pointed down, “Evil” he grunted. The girl sighed and explained about the Hellmouth. He got the gist of it. He saw a computer and as walked up to it he tried to figure out how to turn it on. He turned to the girl, “enter data” he said and she seemed to get what he wanted. She turned on the machine and opened up a program for him to use.

He began typing anything he could think of that might be helpful once he left. It was in his modern common language. He hoped the boy would be able to read it once he left. He felt it was important to let him know some things. He felt Furyan energy about the boy. It seemed odd to him that he would know that. He had only meet one Furyan other than himself and he had killed himself after delivering two messages. Riddick also felt something animal like, primal, in the boy.

He felt this boy had a destiny and it was intertwined with his own some how. He wasn’t sure how he felt about that, especially after all had happened to anyone he let himself care about. Soon enough time had passed and he left the machine and headed out the door. The beast was always at his heel following. The red head yelled something and followed too.

He sniffed the air and followed where the man had gone earlier. He made his way to the shop and saw a man running from it. He felt the Chaos around this man and ran to stop him from leaving. He needed more information before he acted. He held the man up with one hand.

The girl said the name Ethan and Riddick knew he was responsible for all this. He snapped the man’s neck just as a wave of something washed over him and he was gone just as quickly as he came. As he felt himself leaving he hoped he had left enough behind to help the boy. When he returned to his world he would look for answers to just who and what the boy was.