Title: Friend of my Friend
Author: Dark Wyldchilde (wyldchilde37@yahoo.com)
Rating:NC-17, this is me, there will be sex, and there will be violence.
Pairing: Faith/Tara, Ziva/Abby
Setting: This is the fourth story in my Lock series.
Summary: Marines are missing, and turning up as vampires. The Lock is seeking out the source, and will do so with some new allies.
Spoilers: This story can and will combine any elements I care to from all of the runs of Buffy and Angel as well as the Stony Man Farm/Executioner books. Now it also includes NCIS to present, but it will also contradict them as necessary, because much to my own delight it's taken on a life of it's own.
I have also decided to tinker with the Buffy/Angel time lines since in the case of Buffy the show has been done almost 7 years now.
Disclaimers: This is an independent, non-profit work of fanfiction. I know there are at least three sets (or more) of copyrights involved, and this story is not a challenge to any of them.
Wyld's Notes: You probably shouldn't be reading this story unless you've read my earlier fics "Life on the Farm" "Declaration of War" and "The Front" because without them this story might get confusing.
On a NCIS note I need to add I am keeping the Ziva/Gibbs cannon that she killed Ari to save Gibbs, and not the more recent nonsense that it was to get Gibbs to trust her.
More importantly I must send out my personal thanks to Lisa Countryman. She has been a wonderful sounding board, and has been essential in making this fic possible, including spoon feeding me the incredibly funny chapter 5, writing three whole chapters herself, and healthy sections of other chapters as well.
I also need to add a special thanks and welcome to my new beta reader laura jones.
Chapter 5.
That seemed to satisfy Ziva, and the conversation became more casual. "I am just happy to get getting some real information on the matter. If you were to believe the movies, vampires..."
On her right hand side Abby interrupted, "Ziva..."
Ziva turned to face the goth. "Well it is true."
Angel was sitting to Buffy's right and seemed interested in what she was going to say. "What's true?"
Abby sighed. "Fine, tell them."
Ziva took a breath before launching into whatever it was she was going to say. "I have always found that the vampire stories have disturbing tones of pedophilia."
Angel was too busy choking on his soda to comment so Faith stepped in. "Really?"
Tara had a overly innocent tone as she tried to help as well. "Would you care to explain that?"
Ziva seemed happy to. "Yes, well the underlying theme in the teen movies..."
Abby interrupted again. "Don't get me started on Twilight."
Ziva continued. "As I was saying, the underlying theme is completely immoral."
Buffy felt ready to comment. "Well they literally have no souls... so morality, not really an issue."
Ziva nodded. "Yes, but why do these vampires who are hundreds of years old always chase the nubile teen ingenues in movies?"
Tara spoke up. "Because they're hot."
Faith smiled at Tara. "You are so gay."
Tara smiled right back. "High praise considering the source."
Abby was laughing. "Nubile?"
Ziva held up a hand. "Ok wait, let me explain." First Ziva looked at Xander, and shook her head, then she looked at Angel. "Mister Angel, suppose you were one of those two hundred year old creatures..."
Faith's dimples were in full force with the size of her smile as she spoke brightly, and with enthusiasm. "Yes, let's suppose!"
Buffy shot her sister slayer a glare.
Ziva continued. "Okay, so Mister Angel is an ancient vampire, and lets suppose he is madly in love with some young teen."
Ziva starts looking around the table, her eyes first settling on Tara, to which Tara laughs richly. "I don't even like the living boys."
Ziva's eyes then fall on Faith, before looking back to Tara, and moving on. When she looked at Willow the young woman blushed under the scrutiny and she then looked at Abby, giving Angel an almost angry look at the idea of him falling in love with Abby.
Hey eyes then focused on Buffy. "Buffy, you. We will say you are some nubile teen."
Xander was grinning as wide as Faith.. "I like this game."
Buffy shot Xander a glare all his own.
Ziva noticed the reactions, but didn't seem worried about them. "Now, the problem is, this two hundred year old pedophile..."
Angel finally spoke. "Hey!"
Faith held up a hand. "Let's hear her story, Mister Angel."
At this point Tara had to hide her face with her hand.
Ziva continued. "Yes, well if this vampire didn't look like Mister Angel or that Paterson child, say if he even looked a third of his actual age... "
From behind her hand Tara helpfully spoke. "Sixty six, if we're saying he's two hundred."
Ziva noticed most seemed to agree with her so she was warming to her "game". "So he looks sixty six years old. What would you say if your sixteen year old daughter was sleeping with a man who looked sixty six?"
Buffy's expression said she didn't want to speak, but felt she had to. "Seventeen."
Ziva was confused. "What?"
Buffy's face was still contorted. "Just saying, sixteen seems a little young."
Ziva's brows rose. "For a sixty six year old?"
Faith's expression of distaste was obvious. "Okay, yuck."
Tara's "Ew." agreed.
Abby then added in."Don't forget the soft and cuddly thing."
Ziva's head nodded emphatically. "Fine! The 66 year old looking pedophilic vampire is EVIL. I suppose he tries to kill 16...17 year old Buffy."
Buffy was shaking her head. "Did I mention how much I hate this game?"
Angel actually growled slightly. "This is a stupid game."
Abby growled at him. "Hey!"
Ziva was looking around the table. "Do you not see my point?" Everyone seemed to see her point, and Tara, Faith, Willow and Xander all seemed to find it hilarious, though they were trying not to show it. Buffy and Angel seemed to have gotten the point as well, but seemed far less happy with it.
Abby however was thinking about the point and decided to comment. "And the thing that bothers me?"
Buffy obviously didn't want to hear as she spoke. "Great. Yay. Oh can we please hear that too?"
Abby didn't notice. " I knew vamps wouldn't be all lovesick and mooning over teen-aged girls."
Faith wasn't hiding her amusement now, but was still able to speak. "Well, there was Angel."
Buffy gave Faith a fresh glare. "Shut up Faith!"
Tara however came to Faith's aid. "And the scarier, but equally moony Spike."
Buffy gave the other blonde a glare of her own. "Not helping Tara."
Ziva's eyes had narrowed, she slid a protective arm in front of Abby as she looked closer at Buffy and Angel. "There is something I am missing, no?"
Buffy met the woman's eyes. "No!"
Ziva however kept the arm in front of Abby and watched the way Buffy and Angel were not looking at each other.
Her eyes narrowed on Angel. "Mister Angel, do you like crosses?"
He sighed, walked over to one of the windows and stood in the fading sunlight.
Xander however felt need to comment. "His tanning is a new habit."
Abby was staring rather wide eyed at Angel as he spoke. "I was a vampire okay?"
Ziva shifted and Abby was now hiding behind her shoulder. "Was?"
Buffy then spoke up. "But he's better now."
Abby peaked up from behind Ziva's shoulder. "Oh My God! Buffy and Angel lived Twilight!"
Buffy muttered as Abby was speaking. "Really hate this game."
Abby however hadn't stopped talking. "Wait! Was there a werewolf too?"
At that they all looked to see Willow had snuck off.
Once everyone realized she had vanished Abby took another breath. "Okay, but what about a real vampire movie?... Dracula? Was Dracula a vampire?"
"That's it! I'm out of here." Was heard from Buffy as she left the room.