The Birth of a New Race

Plots and prophesies
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 came into consciousness and looked around. He noted Giles leaving the shop and walking up to him. They both noticed the body at the same time. Giles looked worried. Xander looked up at him, “Didn’t know who the fuck he was messing with.” Was all he said before disappearing into the shadows.

Giles muttered a dear lord and checked to see that Ethan was really dead. He felt bad for Xander as he was sure this would affect the boy deeply. He didn’t really feel bad for Ethan and he knew the man got what he deserved from whoever had been in possession of Xander that night. He sighed and made his way to the library to wait for the others to show. He knew some how they would if nothing else than to find out what was going on before heading home to rest and meet again tomorrow.

Xander made his way back to the library. He had been elsewhere while Riddick was in possession of his body but he still retained many memories from the man. It was like he had relived the highlights of the man’s life while he was in that limbo between worlds. He knew Riddick would have left a message for him at the library and wanted to get it before heading home. He downloaded the file to disk and printed it out. He was just erasing it off the computer when Giles arrived.

“Just picking up some stuff that was left behind G-man. I’m gonna head home and be back tomorrow. I need sleep now. I’ll call in an hour to see if the girls checked in but I don’t want to talk about anything tonight.” He said as he headed for the door. Giles just nodded wondering what the boy was going through but knowing it could wait until they had some sleep.

Willow and Buffy checked in and Giles told them Xander was okay and had headed home saying he would see them in the morning. When Xander called Giles let him know the girls were okay and headed home himself.

Xander looked down at the beast lying at his feet, “Guess I got to give you a name. Kinda neat how you can only be seen if you let them see you. Let’s see. Long dark fur kinda reminds me of the hyena you’re kinda pretty but vicious. I think I will call you Kyra. You kind of remind me of Riddick’s memories of her. What do you think?” the beast nuzzled its head against him, “Kyra it is. I’m gonna strip down and get some rest. I gota get up in a few hours for the meeting and school. After school we can figure out what to feed you and how. My parents are jerks but please don’t hurt them or show yourself to them. You can sleep by the bed and I’ll see about getting you something to sleep on once we get things settled more okay.” He said scratched her behind her ear.

He carefully took off the now very real weapons and placed them in his pack. He removed the goggles and walked to the bathroom. Inside he washed his face and looked into the mirror. He gasps when he saw his eyes. What were once his deep brown eyes where now silver and reflective like Riddick’s eyes. His were different some how. He didn’t see the heat signatures like Riddick did. He seemed to see more than that. Like his natural vision had an overlay of what Riddick would see.

He blinked and noticed the silver fade to a shinny black and grey color. He wondered what other changes he would notice. He walked back to his room and landed on the bed falling in to a deep sleep. A sleep filled with dreams and nightmares. When he would whimper in his sleep Kyra would nuzzle him trying to offer comfort. She ended up sleeping next to him most of the night in his bed instead of the floor.

The next morning when his alarm went off he noticed her laying there and sighed as he realized he wouldn’t be sleeping alone from now on as she had claimed part of his bed. He felt strangely comforted by that. He walked in to get a shower and as he washed he noticed his body had changed some what. He had built up a bit of muscle helping Buffy out but now it was as if his body was nothing but limber muscle. He noticed he seemed a bit taller as well.

He had to smirk when he looked down and noticed other things had grown a bit as well. He also notices the lack of hair on his body. Oh he still had a bit on his head and under his arms and his eyebrows, but his arms; chest, belly, groin, and legs were completely hairless. He shook his head thinking it must be a Furyan thing. When he finished he returned to his room and read through what Riddick had written for him.

It was what he had learned of Furyan history after his first encounter with Aereon and what he remembered of the universes history. Xander read it not even realizing it was in language other than the one he was use to. Riddick had told him about feeling Furyan energy in him and not being certain what to make of it; he had also told him about the Necromongers. They sounded very vamp like to Xander. Xander knew the Primal part Riddick felt was the left over of the Hyena spirit.

He went to his closet and started tossing all his “clown” cloths as Cordy called them into a pile. He found a dark blue tee shirt and tried several pare of jeans before finding a black pair that fit okay but he knew he had to find away to make some money soon as he needed all new cloths and he had to feed Kyra. He grabbed up his stuff from the night before and put it in his new pack as he and Kyra headed to the school.

Giles looked up as Xander walked in and muttered a ‘good lord’ when he looked at the boy and then gasp when he saw Kyra walk in behind him. Xander looked at him noticing the other had not arrived yet, “He Giles, I need to talk to you about a few things obviously but I don’t want the girls to know everything. I think we got an hour or so before they arrive and Kyra will let me know if they get here sooner.” He told the Watcher. Giles nodded and took Xander into his office. Xander removed his glasses and stared at the beast for a moment before replacing the sun glasses, entering and closing the door.

“Giles what I am about to tell you goes no further. I need you to promise me on Buffy’s life that you will not tell them or the council and you can not write it down either.” He said seriously. Giles noted how serious he was and agreed. Xander told him Most of what he knew about Riddick and his suspicion that Xander was Furyan and not knowing what that would mean. He told him about what he could figure out about Kyra, his new pet. He then told him a bit about the physical changes and removed the sunglasses he had been wearing. Giles cleaned his own glasses furiously and promised the research anything he could find for Xander to help him understand what was going on and what was happening to him.

When the girls arrived Xander was sitting at the table reading the papers Riddick had written for him. Kyra was lying under the table near his feet. He still wore his glasses and figured he would need to find a way to get contacts to hide his new eyes or some prescription sunglasses to protect his eyes from the harsh light that stung them. He had noticed his senses were stronger than even when he had been possessed by the Hyena. He didn’t look up from his reading as he addressed them in a deep gravelly voice Riddick had left him with that as well. “Morning ladies. Good to see you made it alright. Willow I’m glad your all corporeal again.” He said.

Buffy looked at his strangely. He was different and she really didn’t like change. Giles came out of his office and saw the girls. He noticed how Buffy was looking at Xander and tried to intervene. “Good morning Buffy, Willow. Have either of you had any strange leftovers from the spell last night?” Giles asked.

Buffy smiled, “Well I seemed to want to cover up this morning. So my wardrobe is going to suffer a bit and I seemed to know French and Spanish fluently. I also have a strange urge to do needle point or paint.” She frowned as she said the last two. Willow said nothing changed but she was having an easier time going Astral. As if leaving her body once let her do it on Astral easier, maybe made it feel safer being able to see the threat back to her body. Giles nodded and went back to thinking as they looked at Xander.

“What about you Xander? You dressed as a convict so what you know how to break rocks and make licenses plates now?” Buffy laughed. Willow looked a bit worried. Xander just smiled, “I got a few left over skills and other things Buff, but rocks and licenses plates….not something you learn in a triple max slam. Killing someone with a metal tea cup on the other hand….” He trailed off and went back to his reading. Buffy wondered if he was kidding or not. She decided he was, “come on Xand take off the glasses. Halloween Nightmare is over. You don’t have to act like that criminal anymore.” She said and reached for the glasses. Before she could so much as begin to reach Xander was across the room growling.

“One, don’t speak of someone you know nothing about. I happen to have most of his memories and I can assure you he only killed to survive. Kill them before they kill you and for that he got sent to prisons that make living in the Master’s lair with all his minions still in it look like a walk down Sesame Street. Second don’t ever touch me in aggression or anger. I don’t know what my reaction would be after gaining some instinct from Riddick. I don’t want to hurt you. I know your that Slayer but Riddick never fought defensively he fought offensively. Meaning he would treat you like you treat a vamp, cripple and kill no second chance for a knife in the back. Now I need some time to process all this myself so both of you be careful around me and let me work this through. I will be something similar to me again but for now I’m going to be a bit different.” He told them.

While he was speaking Kyra came and nuzzled his hand in comfort. He calmed a bit not noticing she was showing herself to the others as well until Buffy came rushing at her with a sword. Willow had time to gasp and shout “No Buffy”. Xander reacted immediately to defend Kyra. He took Buffy’s feet from under her and had the sword against her throat in seconds. He saw blood around the blade and stopped himself before he killed her. As it was she had a nasty cut on her throat.

“Willow get the first aid kit” he snapped not moving the blade that had Buffy pined to the floor. He turned to her, “Kyra is mine. This is your only warning Slayer. Do not attack without knowledge. I managed to stop this time but now you see what I was warning you about. Only those who Kyra wants to can see her. She wanted you to know it was her you felt not me. She did nothing to harm you or any here and you attacked her while she was calming me. Knowledge is more powerful than strength Slayer remember that.” He growled at her.

Willow came and Xander removed the blade so she could tend the shocked Slayer. Giles watched without comment wondering at how fast Xander had moved. Xander dropped the sword on the table and turned to Giles, “I think I’m gonna skip today and go think for a bit. I’ll talk to you later Giles.” He said before leaving the school with Kyra beside him. Giles then turned to Buffy who was in shock and swore Xander was possessed still and they needed to fix him.

Ripper won out as his patience was pushed near the end. “Buffy Anne Summers” he yelled getting her attention, “One of your best friends has been through a lot in the last twelve hours and all you can do is joke then want to exorcise him or kill him. He asked you to be patient and let him work this out. He told you he didn’t want to hurt you. I can understand you getting freaked out by Kyra but as he said she had not attacked or even threatened anyone here and she has been here all morning. He also proved a point when he protected Kyra from you. You jumped into a situation without thinking. You must think about things like, one she wasn’t hurting Xander, two if she seemed to materialize then there may be others, and last but not least how to kill it if need be. We know nothing about Kyra yet except she was changed from a stuffed cat into what we saw this morning and she is protective and lovingly loyal to Xander. Once he figures stuff out and calms then I suggest you ask him about Riddick and Kyra. Until then just be his friends while he figures this out. And Buffy neither of them are demons, they both have souls, pure souls.” He said before leaving the girls to talk.

Willow was upset, “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about the cat thing Buffy. I thought it would be gone after the spell. I mean I didn’t see it again until you tried to attack it.” She babbled. Buffy saw a paper sitting where Xander had been and picked it up. She tried to read it and turned to Willow, “This is what Xander was looking at when we came in. What is it in some kind of code or something?” she asked the red head.

Willow looked at it twice, “Oh this must be what Riddick was writing for him last night, seems he got a lot done before we left.” Buffy demanded they try and translate it. Willow sighed and began trying to decode the language Mean while Giles was reading a fax from a friend he had asked about the situation.

Rupert,

I will keep looking but this sounds like what you where asking about. I can not remember seeing it before but a rough translation is:
When future meets past Fury awakens at last
The hope for a new world the purpose for old one
The last son will empower the first father in the last hour
Thus beginning his own race
The first shall remind the last of their purpose from forgotten past
When the twice banished attempt a return
Fury ignite and Fury burn
Knowledge is key, know thy enemy

I hope this helps and I will keep an eye out for anything with the key words you asked about.

Your friend,
Marco

Giles took it and went to look in his books for anything matching Kyra’s description. Buffy and Willow left for class, Buffy was upset that they had not figured out the language on the paper and Willow was worried she was losing her best friends.

Xander headed over to his Uncle’s house. He planned on hot wiring the car and going out into the desert to think. When he got there he saw that his Uncle was home and seemed to be waiting for him. “Keep the knife and the money. I put them there for you anyway. I’m guessing from the look of you and from your friend there it’s time we talked.” He said and got up to go inside.

Xander just grunted and followed. They sat in the living room and Xander notice Rory was sober. That in it’s self was amazing. Rory sighed and started, “Look I know you know about this town. What you don’t know is there are more than demons that threaten our world. What I have to tell you is top secret. No telling anyone or we could all go missing really fast.” Xander nodded that he understood so Rory continued, “Xander first you must know two things and then I will explain. First you are adopted, Tony and Jessica don’t know. Jessica’s child died at birth due to the alcohol and such she took while pregnant. We switched you at birth so no one would question it. Second is that while you are classified as human you are not from this Earth.” He paused waiting for a reaction.

Xander just waited so he continued, “While I was in the Army some of us got drafted to the Air force and reassigned to a secret project called the Star Gate. I’ll tell you more about it later but basically they found a device that makes a portal to other planets. Some are inhabited. On one such mission to a world we encountered a race called Elementals and one of them brought us a baby. She asked us to hide you on our world. She looked at me and told me ‘the Evils you know are mere children. The old ones will try and return. This child is the hope of survival. The beginning of a new race that will bring back the Ancients to protect the multiverse once more’ then she glided away on the air. I took you with me. I know Tony was a shit and Jessica not much better. We were told you had to have hard life to become what you must. A fury of anger, heart, and determination that can’t be stopped.” He finished and waited for Xander to be angry and tell him it was not true.

Xander started to chuckle and then laugh, not a goofy Xander laugh but a deep Riddick like laugh. “Fucking Elementals planning the future and plotting to make it so. Riddick is gonna love this. Sounds like a plot from Dune.” At Rory’s questioning look he explains the night before and how the Elementals fuck with Riddick in the future.

It was Rory who had the look of disbelief at the tale so Xander removed his glasses and pointed to Kyra. Rory went and got them a couple of beers and pulled out a raw steak to give Kyra. They talked for most of the night about what was going to happen now and how to get Xander some money. Xander finally decided he would start with hunting. Dead demons didn’t need their stuff any longer. First thought he needed to relearn his body and the moves he inherited for Riddick.

Xander decided to talk to Giles again before making plans to go away for a week or so and reconnect with what he was now. He was almost there when he felt something approaching. “Look here boys. One of the Slayer’s lap dogs out all alone. I think it’s dinner time” one dumb vamp said. Xander shifted slightly into a relaxed looking stance. He put his glasses on his pocked and turned to the five vamps walking towards him. He looked at Kyra who sat to watch knowing he could handle it himself. He looked up and made eye contact with the lead vamp and smiled, “Let’s play” he grunted. The five rushed him and in less than a minute they all where down but not dusted. He gave them all injures he knew it would take hours if not days to heal from. He then searched them for anything of value.

“What the hell are you man?” one vamp asked. Xander just smirked, “know thy enemy, know your prey” he said quietly and turned leaving them there on the ground to await the sun. Several whimpered and a few called out for help. Xander reached Giles without further interruption. Kyra stayed long enough to kill the vampires. While fresh raw meat like the steak was enough to keep her alive she needed to feast on demon flesh to live and become what she was destined to be.

Xander knocked at the door. When Giles opened the door they both said, “We need to talk” at the same time. They laughed and Giles moved for him to enter. Giles looked around for Kyra. “She’ll wait outside for me and make sure no one bothers us. I think she needs to feed on a few more demons anyway. I figured out that is what she eats by the way. I can give her raw meat but she needs to feast on demon flesh for some reason. I guess I will figure that out later. That is why I came to see you. I talked to Uncle Rory and found out a few things about myself. I will tell you what I can but you have to be careful as the government will not like us knowing their secrets. Especially when we know more than they do.” Xander told him. Giles shut the door and the two talked about what they had found out.

Xander sat back, “I think I know what some of it means. ‘When future meets past Fury awakens at last’ I think it is talking about Riddick and me. He awoke the Furyan in me. ‘The hope for a new world the purpose for old one’ he found hope knowing he is no longer the last Furyan in the multiverse. ‘The last son will empower the first father in the last hour’ the spell broke at midnight, the last hour. He was the last Furyan, ‘Thus beginning his own race’ I think I am the first Furyan and some how I will start this new race. ‘The first shall remind the last of their purpose from forgotten past’ I think I showed him our purpose is to save humanity from the demons. I’m not sure about the rest but I know I’ll figure it out somehow and I think Riddick will confront the elementals and find out more. I just hope he thinks before he kills the lot of them for what they have and will do. They are responsible for our birth and our death. She gave me to Rory and told the Lord Marshal that a Furyan would kill him. So he hunted us down like dogs making us be criminals to live.” Xander tried to calm the fury rising inside him. Yes let Riddick deal with them he thought.

He told Giles of his plan to go find himself again and although the Watcher didn’t like the idea of him missing school he understood his need and asked him only that he say good by to the girls first. Xander decided not to tell him of his new money making venture as he was sure that even if Ripper saw the good in it that Giles would not.
The next day he packed his stuff and took it to Rory’s house. Rory told him he would keep it safe for him. Rory would be the only one to know where he was going for the next two weeks and had taken it upon himself to pack a vehicle for Xander to use. He added food, camping equipment and more weapons as well as maps and a few military science books he figured the boy might need as well as a book on astronomy and a small telescope. He didn’t know why he added some of what he did he just knew that they should go with the boy.

Xander went to school and talked to Snyder who tried to give him a hard time but stopped when Xander pined the man with a hateful glare over his glasses, “I will be taking the next two weeks off then I will be back to take my exit exams and go for early graduation. I have a lot of personal stuff to deal with at the moment and if you think of giving me any trouble just remember what happened to the last principle and we liked him.” He growled at the man and then sniffed and grunted in discussed as the man literally shit himself. Xander turned and headed to the library to tell the girls by.

He walked in to find Willow with his missing page trying to decipher it. Before she knew what was happening he had snatched to paper away and growled at her. She quickly moved away from the computer and in a few clicks Xander had erased the files. He turned to Willow, “That was private. Who else has anything on this?” he demanded Willow was shaking in fear. “No one Xander I promise. I wouldn’t even let Buffy have a copy. I just wanted to translate it for you I swear.” Xander growled. He had not even realized it was in another language, one that he could read.

He calmed a bit, “Willow I love you but this was private and not in a langue you would know for a reason. The information was for me not anyone else. Did you even think about what some government group would do if they knew about me, or how the spell effected me. At the least they would try and find the spell to empower their warriors. They would lock me, you and Buffy up for study. If you had asked me I would have told you almost anything you want to know. Some things are not mine to tell and others would hurt people if I tell. I have been looking for this for a while.” He sighed and scratched his head.

“Willow I came to say good bye to you and Buffy before I take a trip for a week or so to clear my head and figure out who I am now and what I’m gonna do. Instead of my friends who should have returned my belongings to me I find you trying to read it. I’m very certain Buffy put you up to it. Tell the Slayer I’ll be out of town for a while but I’m okay. When I get back we can talk about this and see if we can be friends still. Right now I can not trust either of you and I don’t need people I can not trust. They just get you dead quicker.” He told her sadly and left the building. Buffy came in to find a crying Willow sitting wondering if she would ever get the trust of her friend back. Buffy’s anger at Xander grew.

Kyra Jumped into the passenger side of the truck Rory had gotten for his trip. He even offered to go with him but Xander said he had to go alone. Soon he was headed to the desert to get lost and find himself.

Giles came into the library to find Buffy passing and the anger rolling off of her in waves and Willow crying in great sobs. Before he could ask Buffy stomped over, “I told you he was possessed still look what he did to Willow I can’t even call her down enough to find out what he did. She just says he left and he doesn’t trust her. He couldn’t even hang around long enough o talk to me. I’m serious her Giles we need to find him and fix this.” She demanded indignantly.

Giles pinched the bridge of his nose. “Buffy go train and try to calm down I’ll see what is wrong with Willow” he said out loud and mentally adding ‘then I’ll see what is wrong with you’. He got Willow calmed down enough to find out what was going on and he began steaming. “Willow you should have known better. I’ll deal with Buffy shortly. I’m not sure what her problem is but she seems to want to kill Xander ever since she found out he had changed due to the spell. You on the other hand need to think about what you have done and how you would feel in his place. You need to figure out what kind of person you want to be and what kind of relationship you want to try and have with Xander before he returns. I can only tell you he is going through more than we can imagine right now. He doesn’t feel he can trust himself around people right now and has the maturity to go some where and try to figure it out before trying to fit others into it. He will never be the same Xander you knew but you need to figure out if you want to know the new Xander when he returns.” With that he headed over to Buffy.

“In my office Slayer NOW!” he growled and walked to his office knowing she would follow. Buffy sat down in a huff wondering how she got in trouble when Xander was the one making Willow cry and leaving and stuff. Giles turned around but it was Ripper how spoke, “I have had just about enough of you young lady. If some thing doesn’t fit into your black and white world then it is wrong and need fixing. You blame Xander for Willow crying, but I blame you.” He watched her face register the shock.

“Xander came to let the two people who mean the most to him know he was okay but he needed some time to process what has happened to him and what does he find? His best friend with a private document trying to read a message meant only for him. Riddick wrote it in his own language so he knew that if anyone could read it would be Xander. It was like eavesdropping on a private and very personal conversation. I can not tell you everything but I can tell you that Xander had a lot dropped on him all at once and now he has to figure out things for himself. The first being how to control his rage. You need to learn that yourself. Think of how you felt when you found out about being the Slayer. The think about the prophesy that said you die. Now imagine if you got both of those dropped on you at once and when Merrick died he let you a letter and someone you trust took it and read it. Then you might get an idea what Xander is going through. Get control over your Slayer before you get labeled rouge and have to be dealt with Buffy. I’m still your Watcher and I’m still here for you but you need to figure out why you are acting so different from that night as well.” He told her before leaving her to think.

Willow went home and actually talked to her mother. She glossed over parts but it helped her figure out what was going on with her and what she needed to change to be happier with herself. Buffy went to talk with Angel, who told her Giles was right and she needed to conquer her Slayer. She talked to her mother who told her all people change as they grow up and some seem to change over night. She needed to figure out what she wanted from Xander and if what she wanted was fair to ask of him. Buffy pouted a lot that week while she thought about what had been said to her.

Xander reached a spot he liked and set up camp. Kyra hunted up a snake, some lizards and a rabbit. Xander shrugged and added them to a stew he was making. Rory had packed a good deal of food and stuff but he rather live off the land for a bit. He was feeling a deep need to practice all the skills he had been given. It felt like if he didn’t learn them again the right way then he would loss them. Fist thing she left his stew cooking and Kyra watching things while he took a run. He ran as hard and fast as he could and made a circle while noting the things around him. He made it back and guzzled the water from one of his bottles then ate the stew he made. It was good. He kept a journal writing in it in the same futuristic common that Riddick used. He wrote what he ate what he did what he thought or learned. This is how he spent a week and a half in the desert.