It's Far From Over: chapter 9
Title: It’s Far From Over
Rating: M
Genre: crossover, sci-fi, fantasy, action, adventure, romance, mostly het
Fandoms: Animorphs, Army Wives, BTVS, Doctor Who, Eureka, Hawaii Five-0, Legend of the Seeker, NCIS LA, Primeval, SG-1, SGA, SGU, Supernatural, Torchwood, Veronica Mars & Warehouse 13 (set mainly in the Stargateverse)
Characters: Aiden Ford, Allison Blake, Amy Pond, Bobby Singer, Cameron Mitchell, Cara Mason, Castiel, Chase Moran, Chin Ho Kelly, Chloe Armstrong, Claudia Donovan, Claudia Joy Holden, Daniel Jackson, Danny Williams, Dean Winchester, Denise Sherwood, Douglas Fargo, Eli Wallace, Elizabeth Weir, Evan Lorne, Eric Beale, Everett Young, Faith Lehane, Frank Sherwood, G. Callen, Grace Monroe, AU!Gwen Cooper, Helena G. Wells, Henry Deacon, Hetty Lange, Hilary Becker, Holly Marten, Jack Carter, Jack Harkness, Jack O'Neill, clone!Jack O’Neill, Jennifer Keller, Jenny, Jo Lupo, Kensi Blye, AU!Jo Harvelle, John Sheppard, Kahlan Amnell, Kono Kalakaua, Laura Cadman, Lori Weston, Martha Jones, Marty Deeks, Matthew Scott, Mickey Smith, Myka Bering, Nell Jones, Rachel Berenson, Richard Cypher, Riley Finn, River Song, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex, Rory Pond, Rose Tyler, Roxy LeBlanc, Sally Sparrow, Sam Carter, Sam Hanna, Sam Winchester, Stephen Hart, Steve McGarrett, Tamara Johansen, Teal'c, Teyla Emmagan, the Doctor (10.5 & 11), Trevor LeBlanc, Vala Mal Doran, Veronica Mars, Willow Rosenberg, Zane Donovan, Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander + some minor characters
Pairings: Faith/Riley, Elizabeth/John, Sam/Jack O., AU!Gwen/Jack H., TJ/Cam, Martha/Becker, Rachel/Stephen, Lori/Steve, Kahlan/Richard, Cara/Ronon, Vala/Daniel, Kensi/Deeks, Cadman/Danny, Claudia/Eli, Veronica/Dean, Teyla/Teal’c, River/11, Rose/10.5, Jennifer/Rodney, Nell/Eric, Kono/Callen, Roxy/Trevor, Allison/Jack, Jo/Zane, Claudia Joy/Michael, Pamela/Chase, Denise/Frank, Amy/Rory, Chloe/Matthew, AU!Jo/clone!Jack O., Jenny/Ford, Sally/Mickey, Malia/Chin, Grace/Henry, Willow/Sam, past Willow/Kennedy
Summary: After an attack on the SGC the Stargate Program finds out about the supernatural and a secret plan of an old enemy who is set on taking over the Earth. Greatly weakened in numbers the Stargate Program begins to recruit while starting to hunt down their enemy.
Disclaimer: I don’t own any of the characters or fandoms. I wish I did… *g* I don’t make any money with this! I’m just writing the story for fun and hope someone else will enjoy it, too.
Spoiler Warnings: all of Animorphs, season 1-5 of Army Wives, all BTVS & ATS seasons (no Comics), season 1-6 of New Who, all of Eureka, season 1+2 of Hawaii Five-0 (2010), all of Legend of the Seeker, season 1-3 of NCIS LA, season 1-5 of Primeval, all of Stargate, season 1-6 of Supernatural, season 1-3 of Torchwood, all of Veronica Mars, season 1-3 of Warehouse 13
Other Warnings: some characters deaths (but no one listed under characters)
I’m German and my English isn’t and probably never will be perfect. I hope I don’t make too many mistakes. Feel free to point out errors so I can learn and improve.
Thanks again to my awesome beta landiana24 for betaing this chapter. :-)
Story Introduction with character info, etc *~*~* Story Master Post *~*~* Fanart (new and older ones that fit this story)
Fandoms & Characters in this chapter:
Army Wives: Michael Holden
BTVS: Willow Rosenberg
NCIS LA: Eric Beale, Hetty Lange, Nell Jones
Stargateverse: Amelia Banks, Aiden Ford, Cameron Mitchell, Chuck, John Sheppard, Radek Zelenka, Sam Carter
Supernatural: Bobby Singer, Castiel, Crowley, Dean Winchester, Raphael, Sam Winchester
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chapter 9: Time Travel & Alternate Realities
Day 4 - Atlantis - control room - afternoon:
General Michael Holden watched Colonel Carter rush out of the control room. For her to leave without telling them what had happened things had to be bad. Well, there had been an explosion, which usually wasn’t a good sign. So much for having an uneventful day to ease into things. He had been watching an introduction video with Eric Beale, Nell Jones and Henrietta Lange when the explosion occurred. So far they hadn’t even been told what their exact duties would be, but he guessed that would have to wait.
“What’s the situation?” Hetty asked.
Michael looked down at her, once more feeling slightly startled that he was actually in the same room as the famous Hetty. Up until today he had thought she was just a myth, but he had thought the same about Atlantis, and he definitely hadn’t believed in aliens or magic, which apparently were real, too. He took a deep breath and pushed away those thoughts. He could be stunned later, now they had a crisis situation to manage. That at least was nothing new to him.
“The explosion was caused by a Goa’uld,” Radek Zelenka said. “She was captured and is being taken to the holding cells as we speak. The explosion has caused parts of the city to flood. Safety protocols have been initiated and the flooding parts of the city are shut off. One of the recruit teams was near the explosion and might be in a flooding area. In addition to that we are picking up strange energy readings coming from a part of Atlantis that is near the explosion site, which might be the cause for our problems in reaching the recruit teams via our radios or use cameras in certain areas. Right before the cameras stopped working Wraith and dinosaurs have been spotted near the recruit teams.”
Hetty took a deep breath. They really had chosen one hell of a day to start working for the Stargate Program. At least she now knew why Jack had recruited her and hadn’t minded her wanting to bring in her people. They obviously had big problems and could use the help. For a moment she wondered where Jack was, but pushed away the thought. They didn’t have time to wait for him. Actions had to be taken now.
“General Holden, I believe it would be best if each of us focused on parts of the problem,” she said.
Michael nodded. “My thoughts exactly. I will concentrate on getting Search and Rescue teams to the recruits and deal with our unwanted alien and prehistoric ‘guests’.”
“I can help with that,” Zelenka offered. Maybe he could get the communication system back online so they could reach the recruits. Knowing where they were surely would help.
“Me, too,” Nell and Eric said at the same time.
“Colonel Carter and Miss Rosenberg are on their way to find out what is causing the energy readings,” Amelia Banks said.
Hetty nodded. “I suppose that leaves me to address the city and inform everyone about our current situation. Then we need to find out if there are any other Goa’uld with explosives in the city. I need to have a word with this Goa’uld.”
“I will take you to the holding cells, Ma’am,” Lieutenant Miller offered.
“Good,” Hetty answered with a nod, before turning back to the technicians.
“We’re ready. You can address the city now,” Amelia said.
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After Hetty’s speech military personnel started to report in as requested. With the help of the technicians on duty Michael started to coordinate them into teams and assign them parts of the city to inspect.
“We can locate life signs with this, right?” Eric asked while familiarizing himself with the systems.
“Yes, but the system isn’t working properly near the explosion site,” Zelenka answered.
“But it is working in other areas. We can use it to detect when someone or something comes out of the area we can’t access right now,” Eric clarified.
“You mean if Wraith or dinosaurs come into inhabited parts of the city,” Michael added.
“Exactly,” Eric stated.
“Looks like the system can differentiate between life signs. Maybe we can get it to show us which are human, which wraith and which animals, and the size of the animals as well,” Nell added.
“Good, figure it out,” Michael said.
“I have Dr. Jackson on the line,” Amelia called suddenly, then sighed. “He is with one of the recruits teams and they are stuck in a flooding part of the city. He wants to know how to open the door.”
“Let me talk to him,” Zelenka said.
“Find out where they are,” Michael instructed, and then listened to the conversation. Apparently it wasn’t possible to open the door. He sighed.
“If the city won’t let us open that door we need to find another way,” Michael said turning to the rest of the people in the control room. “I need suggestions.”
“We do have beaming technology, don’t we?” Eric asked.
“All ships with beaming technology are on missions right now,” Chuck said before getting back to coordinating Search and Rescue.
“Great,” Nell muttered. “And Atlantis doesn’t have beaming technology?”
“No, the city was built by the Ancients; the beaming technology we use comes from the Asgard. They helped us install it in our ships in this galaxy. Atlantis was in Pegasus at the time.”
“I thought Atlantis has been on Earth for years now. Those Asgards didn’t have time to…”
“They are dead.”
“Oh,” Nell muttered silently.
“Back to the problem at hand,” Michael said. Thinking about dead people wouldn’t help. They needed to make sure that there wouldn’t be more deaths. “Can we use explosives or other weapons to open that door?”
“Not without causing more flooding,” Zelenka answered.
“How big is the hole the explosion caused? Could a jumper get in from the outside?” Amelia wondered out loud.
“If it’s not big enough, we’ll just have to make it bigger,” Michael said. That part of the city was lost anyway. As far as he was concerned he’d blast that part off to get to their people, if it was possible without risking the rest of the city.
“I’ll talk to Dr. Jackson,” Zelenka said.
At that moment a map of the city showed up on a big screen showing blue, red and yellow dots.
“We finished calibrating the life signs,” Eric started, but before he could say more Zelenka interrupted him.
“They already made it out of the flooding area.”
“What, how?” Amelia asked while others started to cheer.
Before Zelenka had time to ask Dr. Jackson anything a screen in the control room came to life, showing a warning.
“What is it this time?” Michael asked with a frown.
Zelenka quickly took some readings, then cursed in Czech. “We have a problem.”
“What?” Nell asked stepping over to him. “We are picking up more strange energy readings?” she asked.
“Yes, and I have seen similar readings before… when we had encounters with alternate realities.”
“Alternate realities?” Michael asked, staring at the scientist. “Okay… what do we do about it?” he asked, wondering why he didn’t even feel surprised anymore. He guessed after hearing that Atlantis, aliens and the supernatural were real, being faced with an explosion, a flooding city, alien intruders and dinosaurs, which might suggest time travel, he simply was all out of surprise or shock for the day.
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Day 4 - Atlantis - afternoon:
After picking up her laptop Sam ran some diagnostics on it while leading Willow to a transporter that would take them as close to the source of the energy readings as they could get.
“According to these readings the energy that is being emitted doesn’t seem to be dangerous. We should be fine without protective suits,” Sam said.
“Should be?” Willow asked while entering the transporter.
“Well, nothing is for certain considering alien technology is probably involved,” Sam answered. It was possible that the programs she had run so far simply couldn’t pick up any danger because they weren’t calibrated for that kind of danger. “But by my estimation the risk of delaying to get protective gear that might not be useful against alien technology either is far greater than the chance of this energy actually being harmful in itself.”
“Okay,” Willow said. “But a protection spell won’t hurt.” That said she started summoning power. Then she gasped and had to steady herself against the wall.
“Willow?” Sam asked stepping towards her, just as the transporter door opened. “What is it?” Instead of answering her Willow looked up and a breeze suddenly showed up out of nowhere, making Willow’s hair fly behind her. Then her eyes started to glow. Sam stared at her surprised and a little awed as well. The next second Willow turned to Sam and just as quickly as she had started to look all wicked she turned back to the way she was before.
“The walls between worlds are weakening.”
“What?” Sam asked startled.
“Realities are starting to bleed into each other. I… I have to stop it,” Willow said and rushed out of the transporter.
Sam quickly followed. “How?” she asked, not sure what else to say. Her mind was racing.
“I don’t know. All I know is that I can feel it happening, and that I have to stop it. If this keeps going realities will merge and become one. The consequences would be devastating.”
Sam nodded. She wasn’t sure how this could be happening, but realities merging definitely wouldn’t be a good idea. Unless they were extremely lucky and whatever reality this one merged with - assuming that it was only one - was completely ‘empty’ things would try to occupy the same space, which she was fairly certain would have disastrous results.
“Let’s go.” That said Sam turned left and started to walk.
“You’re going the wrong way,” Willow said.
“The source of the energy readings is that way,” Sam replied gesturing left.
“And the source of whatever is weakening the walls is this way,” Willow stated pointing to the right.
“So it has nothing to do with the source of the energy irregularities we’re picking up?”
“I don’t know,” Willow admitted. “Maybe it’s connected, maybe not. We’re going to have to split up.”
Sam sighed, not liking this, but she knew they didn’t have a choice. “Good luck, and be careful.”
Willow smiled. “You, too.” Then she turned around and ran off.
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Day 4 - Atlantis - afternoon:
“Understood,” John Sheppard said while leading Cameron Mitchell to the nearest transporter. Following the explosion and Hetty Lange’s announcement over the cities communication system he had contacted the control room and reported himself and Cam in. Amelia then told them to go check in on one of the recruit teams and where to find them.
“And be careful, the dangerous animals Agent Lange mentioned are dinosaurs,” Amelia warned over the radio.
“Seriously?”
“Yeah,” Amelia confirmed before going silent.
“Crap,” John muttered. “I hate time travel!”
“What?” Cam asked.
“Time travel… I hate it!” John repeated while stepping into the transporter. At least this time it wasn’t him who was stuck in another time.
Cam raised an eyebrow, wondering why John brought that up now.
“We have dinosaurs in the city, which means there is time travel involved,” John clarified.
“We have dinosaurs in the city?” Cam asked surprised, then slightly shook his head. “One of these days there will be nothing left that can surprise me anymore,” he added.
John snorted slightly. “That would be boring, wouldn’t it?”
Cam smirked, then the transporter door opened and they stepped out next to the armory.
“Let’s get something big enough to take out a dinosaur,” John announced.
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As soon as they felt properly armed they left the armory and took the next transporter that brought them to the area the recruits’ tests were held in.
John hurried out of the transporter, then stopped when a bright greenish light appeared.
“What the hell?” Cam muttered. “Agent Lange didn’t mention any weird lights, did she?”
“Nope, neither did Amelia,” John answered.
“It came from the balconies,” Cam said after the light had started to fade.
“Let’s check it out,” John decided.
As soon as they stepped outside they saw a Wraith pressing a man to the railing. Cam was about to start shooting, but John stopped him before rushing forward and pulling the Wraith off the man. Then he started shooting while stepping away from the Wraith. Cam joined in quickly. The Wraith roared in rage, made a few steps towards them, but dropped to the ground dead before managing to reach them.
“That was just in time. Thanks, Major.”
John turned around quickly when he recognized the rather familiar voice and stared at the man in front of him.
“Ford?”
Lieutenant Aiden Ford smiled slightly before taking a deep breath. That had been close. He didn’t think that he would have been able to hold the Wraith off much longer. All he had left was a knife after all.
“What… how?” John stammered, then sucked in a breath. “Time travel.”
“What?” Ford and Cam asked at the same time.
John didn’t get a chance to answer as a high pitched scream echoed through the city. He frowned. Nothing human could make a sound like that.
“Let’s go,” he said while handing Ford one of his weapons. “And it’s Colonel by the way. Welcome in 2012. It’s good to have you back.”
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Another reality:
Dean Winchester hit the ground hard, causing pain to rush through his body. Groaning he ignored the pain and pushed himself up slightly, then watched in horror as Crowley spoke the ritual to open the doorway to purgatory. His mind was reeling, but he just didn’t manage to come up with a plan of how to stop Crowley and Raphael. All he could do was wait and watch. Then Crowley finished… and nothing happened. Dean couldn’t believe it. Had something gone wrong? They couldn’t be that lucky, could they? They never were.
“Maybe I said it wrong,” Dean heard Crowley say, just before the scenery changed. Dean blinked in surprise, then noticed Sam a few feet away. Behind him stood Castiel. Bobby was there, too. Crowley and Raphael however were nowhere to be seen.
“What happened?” Bobby asked.
“I tricked them,” Castiel answered. “And did the ritual myself.”
Dean stared at the man - angel - he had considered to be his best friend… his family. Part of him still couldn’t believe that Castiel would work with Crowley, try to get more powerful by stealing souls or that he would actually open a doorway to purgatory. It was simply insane. Up until now he still had had hope that Cas would come around in the end.
“And it worked?” Bobby asked, sounding as if he wasn’t sure if he actually wanted to hear the answer.
“Kind of,” Castiel said.
“What is that supposed to mean?” Dean snapped, then sighed and tried to get a grip on his temper. If it did work Castiel would be even more powerful than he already was. Pissing him off probably wouldn’t be a good idea.
“I opened the doorway and started consuming souls… then something went wrong,” Castiel answered.
“Something went wrong?” Dean asked, sounding incredulous. Of course something went wrong. You opened freaking purgatory, he added in thoughts. ‘I told you so’ was on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed it. Now was not the time for that.
“Yes, it is why I brought you here,” Castiel answered.
“What happened?” Sam asked, sounding strained.
Dean glanced at his brother, feeling concerned. He looked like hell, but he guessed it was to be expected if you started to remember being in hell. That Sam was even conscious was a miracle. He had been out cold when Dean and Bobby left to try and stop Cas and Crowley.
“I am not sure. I think opening a way to purgatory affected other… doorways,” Castiel explained. “The walls between realms are weakening.”
“And that means?” Bobby asked.
“Worlds are colliding. Unless the doorway to purgatory is closed the world we know may cease to exist.”
Fantastic, Dean thought sarcastically. Of course something like that had to happen! “Then what the hell are you waiting for? Close the damn door,” Dean almost shouted.
“I… can’t. I am doing everything I can to keep the worlds from merging,” Castiel said through gritted teeth, and for the first time Dean noticed that the angel looked almost as terrible as Sam.
“What can we do to help?” Sam asked. Dean had to give it to his brother, no matter how horrible he felt, he was still able to focus on what was important. He was definitely better at it than Dean himself. His first instinct right now was to yell at Castiel, but, like Sam had obviously already realized, what good would that do?
“There’s a ritual to close…” Castiel started, then groaned and sank down to his knees.
“What ritual?” Bobby asked desperately. “You have to tell us.”
“It’s…” Castiel started, then froze.
Dean stared at Cas, narrowing his eyes as he saw emotions rushing across the angel’s face. First it looked like exhaustion and defeat, then surprise, followed by… hope? However just as quickly as hope flickered across Castiel’s face it disappeared again and was replaced by what Dean could only assume represented regret.
“There is someone that can help,” Castiel said. “But not from this end. I have to go… This is the last time we meet.” He sighed, looking down sadly, then turned slightly to face Dean. “I am sorry… about everything.”
Before Dean could say anything a bright greenish light appeared out of nowhere, enveloping the whole room. Dean quickly shielded his eyes.
“What the hell, Cas?” he asked. A second later the light vanished. Dean blinked several times, then looked around. They were once more in a different place, a weird looking one.
“Where are we?” Bobby asked.
Castiel’s eyes widened. “I didn’t mean to… You weren’t supposed to come with me.”
“What? Why?” Dean asked just before a redheaded woman rushed past him and towards Castiel.
“We have to close it,” she stated.
“I have to send them back first,” Castiel objected.
“We don’t have time,” the redhead insisted. “They are escaping.”
“What the hell are you talking about?” Dean asked feeling confused, frustrated and annoyed. “And who the hell are you anyway?”
The redhead turned to him, looking exasperated. “That’s not important right now. Souls are escaping from purgatory as we speak. We have to hurry. So, if you don’t mind… shut the hell up.” She looked almost apologetic as she said it, then turned to Castiel, took his hands and in a matter of seconds they both started to glow, becoming brighter and brighter until Dean had to shield his eyes once more.
Dean wasn’t sure how long it took until the light finally faded. He blinked several times, trying to adjust his eyes. The first thing he noticed once he could see again were the redhead and Castiel falling to the ground. Castiel looked utterly exhausted. The woman seemed to smile.
“I’m sorry,” Castiel said silently, his voice sounding hoarse. “I’m so sorry.”
“Sorry about what?” Dean asked. He had a suspicion that Cas wasn’t just talking about opening purgatory even though Dean practically begged him not to.
Before Castiel could answer the redhead spoke in a dazed voice: “That was nifty.”
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