Glimpse in the Chaos - August 3
Title: Glimpse in the Chaos
Author: LadyWinterlight (songs_of_winter)
Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Avengers/MCU
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 674
Notes: This definitely looks to be turning into a mini-series at the very least.
I do not own Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Avengers or anything to do with the MCU.
Buffy’s eyes went wide at her first glimpse through Willow’s portal. There were portals opening everywhere, and while Willow’s didn’t have the whirling gold border she figured it was likely to be missed among all the others.
People from all over the world poured through the various portals, amassing an army to face the alien army come to call.
Remember, Willow told Buffy and Faith telepathically, I can’t actually be there without getting attention from the Sorcerer Supreme, so your only real magic backup will be from people who are already there. If you change your mind about keeping the presence of Slayers and Witches quiet, just call. Her mental voice sounded put out, but Buffy knew she really did understand the need to keep their presence quiet.
Got it, Wills. Keep Dawn safe for me, please. There’s no telling what someone after these crazy power stones might do with The Key. Guarding Dawn was Buffy’s primary reason for keeping Willow at home. Someone was already after ancient power; they didn’t need Dawn at risk too.
The Slayers didn’t used to involve themselves in affairs outside of the supernatural. But after what Thanos had done - something made relatively common knowledge by the Avengers in the 5 years after the sudden dusting of millions, including nearly half the Minis, Faith and Xander, a lot of the old rules had been thrown out the window. Both because of their need to grieve, and afterwards.
To heck with “not our business.” Anything that threatened the world in general became their business. They still left mundane criminals to the police whenever possible, but this…
This was absolutely not the work of a mundane criminal. This was an invasion. This was potentially another Apocalypse.
Buffy still hated trying to explain that yes, Apocalypse came in plural.
The battle itself was insane. Aliens, superheroes, human-looking aliens, and regular humans all fought side by side against the invading force. The Slayers were out of the loop as far as any special tactics were concerned, but they didn’t need tactical input to fight creepy alien creatures and watch each others’ backs.
“Look out!” Buffy yelled to a badass-looking African woman with a spear as she ran closer in attempt to help. The woman had an alien thing barreling towards her from the side. The woman ducked, and Buffy swung the scythe slicing through the thing’s spine. It howled out a dreadful noise, until the woman stabbed her spear into its open mouth and punctured through to the brain, killing it.
“Thank you,” the woman said to her.
“No problem,” Buffy responded with a hint of a smile.
As she fought, Buffy did her best to keep track of her fellow Slayers. Faith was a whirlwind of power, and easily the strongest sense Buffy had of the others. It was such a relief to have her sister-Slayer back, Buffy really didn’t even have words to explain how much. They kept crossing paths as they fought; the Chosen Two still fought best together despite the long separation - at least from Buffy’s point of view. For Faith, everything had changed in two minutes.
She also kept catching glimpses of Earth’s costumed heroes in the melee. They seemed to be everywhere, but that wasn’t terribly surprising given that some of them flew, some of them had super speed better than a Slayer’s, and some put even Buffy’s gymnastic talents to shame.
Once or twice, Buffy found herself whirling towards a presence behind her, only to cross blades with one of the human-looking aliens. They definitely felt different to her Slayer senses, but it only took a few heartbeats to determine they were on the same side. They’d usually nod to her and turn away to face a different enemy, so Buffy did the same.
Once this battle was over, Buffy definitely needed Willow to research these not-quite-human folk. They were strong, fast, and at least outwardly respectful of her strength. That might be an alliance of sorts to contemplate.
But that was a thought for later.