04/22/2024  Dark Genesis In a different reality on a similar Earth disasters not heroics befell Angel and his Hyperion family. Wolfram and Hart had grown tired of dealing with the vampire with a soul and his meddling associates and moved up their time table. The sorcery they were to unleash would destroy the cosmos and rewrite it in their image. A plan they affectionately called Dark Genesis, which Lilah Morgan was spearheading for the Senior Partners. Angel found out about this dastardly project and enlisted aid from Wesley and Willow on the best options on what could be done. Willow suggested using the Darkhold, which Wesley was against since it corrupts the wielder to their darkest temptations. He was of course right but failed to mention his fall from grace as he had pledged his soul to the firm for love of Lilah.  During the final battle all was lost and both sides all but destroyed in the conflict. Wesley tried to kill Angel right after he staked Darla, but Cordelia jumped in front and sacrificed herself giving Spike the moment to slice the ex-watchers head off with an axe. Lilah consumed with anger destroyed Spike along with Buffy and Xander right in front of Willow. Willow then obliterated Lilah from existence after seeing her best friends murdered before her.  When it was all over the only ones left standing were Angel, Willow, and Giles.  All the vampire could say to the grieving woman was I'm sorry. To which a anger and tearing filled Willow ended his existence much like she did Lilah and proceeded to get the Darkhold that was until Giles trapped her with a binding spell. He had seen the road she had gone down with Tara's death and was not going to see a repeat. He banished her out of reality but before he could do the same to the book, it crumbled to dust due to a spell of Wanda Maximoff of Earth 616. But she did not stay quiet and departed for even though her body was gone thanks to the Watcher. Her mind and spirit still existed and became overran with grieving anger followed by madness. She was going to get her family back, protect them and all forms of her family in the multiverse and destroy anyone, especially an Angel, that got in her way.  To do this her mind took over the Willow of the current era, and decided to slowly put her dark plans into play. Along with getting the last form of the Darkhold, which for some unknown reason was not destroyed in this reality like all others by the Scarlet Witch.  Though speaking of Wanda, another version of her from Earth-97 felt the Darkhold and the twisted form of Willow enter this reality. So she ventured forth thanks to a temporal bodyslide in hopes of saving this reality. Though given the evil things the other version of her had did she wondered if anyone would believe her in time. 02: PM 0 Comments  (Add Comment)  | 0 Kudos

02/22/2024  Firefly~The Return of Starbuck Some believe life didn't start on Earth but out there in the cosmos of space. Some even believe that certain sons and daughters still fight in the heavens just for survival. One such story is of the Battlestar Galactica, a spaceship that was the combination of an aircraft carrier and a battleship merged. It's now sole purpose was leading a rag tag fleet of the last surviving humans of the twelve colonies to the thirteenth, Earth. Their hope was that this last planet could be the safe haven and protection for their people from the Cylon Empire. The Cylons were a machine race with one sole purpose they wete determined to wipe out all organic life. So each day was often a conflict as one group of pilots in fighter crafts fought another for survival and space superiority. One particular pilot was named Starbuck he was the best pilot of the fleet, not to mention a renowned card player and ladies man. Unfortunately on one unexpected day his luck didn't hold out and he was shot down on a desolate planet. His fellow pilots wanted to mount a rescue but unfortunately the opposing Cylon Empire was too great and they had to withdrawal. So once pride of the service was now maroon for all eternity left alone on a globe he named 'Starbuck's Planet'. He thought it was his penance from fate for all the selfish things he had done in his life. Save for a few unexpected situations the next five years were quiet and peaceful. Unknown to the pilot but his fleet did make it to Earth in 1980. Another fact he did not know was one day out of the year the planet he was on phase shifted and what was a second for him,  over a century had passed for the galaxy.  The year was now 2517, the technology that the Galactica had given Earth greatly accelerated mankind's space quests but not always for the better. The Alliance that Starbuck and his friend Apollo had encountered had made contact with Earth and over a century became its sovereign rulers. This of course led to more than one conflict and war over the years.  A certain small ship by the name of Serenity, a Firefly class ship, and her crew often opposed the Alliance and its dark regime. Today for its Captain Malcolm Reynolds, was not a good day, though often when was it ever.  Serenity was overworked and usually under repaired, not due to her chief mechanic Kaylee Frye but due to lack of money which meant lack of parts and services.  One such thing that was causing problems was the environmental controls, in short the cabin was feeling full of CO2 instead of an Oxygen Nitrogen mix. So reluctantly and with Alliance cruisers on their tail they sat down on the closest safe desolate planet they could find. With hopes they could vent out the cabin, repair the systems, and avoid detection by the closing warships.  Little did they know this particular planet was home to one sole surviving Colonial Warrior. Who had seen the Firefly land and realized it was neither from the Colonial Fleet or their robotic adversaries the Cylons. But it didn't matter who it was it could be his ticket off this rock, not to mention a hot meal, and fresh shower. So the Viper pilot approached the vessel with armed caution but right before he was upon it he felt a gun barrel tip on the back of his neck as his pistol was taken from him. Starbuck muttered to himself, "Frak," as he turned around to face a heavily armed bearded man by the name of Jayne Cobb. Jayne wasn't really a man of the people, some would say just calling him a man might be to far. Nonetheless he had caught the pilot before him, not due to cleverness but due to Starbuck being combat rusty and too much eagerness after five years of desolation.  Jayne yelled out, "Mal, got a live one over here, he's got a uniform but doesn't smell like the Alliance. Hell he smells worse than me an that ain't my fault. Someone needs ta fix the showers on the ship my pee has more strength than our sprayer." Mal approached the stranger with his revolver and sighed at Jayne, "As lovely as it would be to hear more of your daily complaints I hear everyday Jayne. Let's not be rude to our new 'friend' here and force him to hear your annoying details. So Mister, who are you? Friend or Foe, and what is the idea of sneaking up on me and my crew with a pistol?"........ 03: PM 0 Comments  (Add Comment)  | 0 Kudos

07/19/2023  The Gem of Amara The necklace was procured by Abby and her husband as a gift from gypsies. For many years they allowed this group to camp on their lands near the property line for free with no payments, all they asked in return was kindness and to treat the land with respect. Suspected but never confirmed this particular group had a direct lineage line to the ones that cursed Angel. It is unknown however that the gypsies knew Darla was now a vampire, and gave the necklace to Abby to protect her.  The necklace was said to be able to bring the good parts of ones self to the surface no matter how dark the soul. Darla's childhood friend wore it all her life and helped to power it up with goodness that came from her happy and thankful soul. Abby's mother had died in childbirth and she never knew her father who died at sea. The orphanage gave her the last name Smythe however she took the last name Addams when she took Darla's place in adoption and later her adopted families name Crichton. Her family is thought to be ancestors of Michael Crichton, who wrote Jurassic Park among many other popular and successful novels. Her husband's name was James Summers and though Darla doesn't know, the Doctor confirmed James and Abby are direct ancestors to Buffy and Dawn. In fact Dawn bears a striking resemblance to Abby which Darla has most definitely noticed but never spoke of given her childhood pain and loss.  The necklace itself slowly bonded with Darla's spirit and over the decades brought her light side back and given its center is the silhouette of a cat. Though the jewel itself is said to have been forged at the same time Excalibur was and has a link to the Arthurian legends. She has for a better expression nine lives to live which would present her with longer than normal life span. When removed from Darla for any period of time she retains all good this object has given her but without her it now becomes a dark cursed symbiotic object. The object draws on light and good energy and transverses it to Darla's being from happy childhood memories to inspirational positive thoughts. That is why this particular Darla usually has her upper body uncovered as much as possible she feels so happy and alive doing so. The Doctor also knows but has never told Darla that the Gem of Amara is unnecessary given she is almost super human abilities and performance thanks to her belly ring. For lack of a better term she is like an vampire Wonder Woman minus a magic lasso of course.  Wolfram and Hart wish to use its now dark nature to bring the dark side of humanity to the surface along with the dark side of all the known benevolent magical objects in existence and symbiotic link them to the ring. Therefore a new dark age of man would transpire and no man or no vampire could stop it. Except King Arthur and that would require a trip to Avalon in the present or a trip to Camelot of the past something the Doctor wishes to avoid. To obtain this the Doctor had chosen different eras in history where Darla was indisposed, distracted, or unconscious whether to pleasure, pain or more to grab this item. In parts of the story these early attempts might likely fail which might entice Buffy and company to seek out additional professional help in this area. 03: PM 0 Comments  (Add Comment)  | 0 Kudos

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