The Ghosts That Haunt Me: An Alias/Buffy Crossover
By: Sam Lincoln
Rating PG-13
Summary: A Rambaldi prophecy sends Sydney to Sunnydale in search of "The
Chosen One."
Spoilers: General spoilers for the current seasons of Alias, Buffy and
Angel, but nothing specific to any storyline.
Disclaimer: All characters from /Buffy/ and /Angel/ are property of
Mutant Enemy. All characters from /Alias/ are property of Bad Robot and
Touchstone Television. All characters are used without permission and no
infringement is intended.
The Ghosts that Haunt Me: Epilogue
Several weeks after the incident in the desert Buffy walked through the
cemetery on patrol. Dawn was at home working on schoolwork so Buffy was
patrolling solo. It had been a slow night, she had yet to encounter a
single vampire. Buffy was debating whether or not to just go home when
she heard a twig snap behind her. She spun around and saw Sydney instead
of a vampire.
"Hi there," Sydney said, "I won't bite, I promise."
"Sorry," Buffy said, putting away her stake. "It's been a slow night.
Those always make me a little jumpy.
Sydney nodded, "It's the missions that seem too easy that always get
you," she observed.
"So what brings you to Sunnydale again?" Buffy asked. "You took off
pretty fast after the last time.
"That's why I'm here actually," Sydney said. "I wanted to catch up with
your and see how things are going."
Buffy shrugged, "They go. We're still here slaying vamps and saving the
world. No sign of any evil secret agents if that's what you're asking."
"About that, I wanted to let you know that a decision was made to place
you under unobtrusive surveillance."
"Great, what does that mean?"
"In practice? The Initiative is going to start running teams through town."
"I think I'd rather go without the help," Buffy grumbled.
"Don't worry, they've been looking for a place to use as a training
facility, and Sunnydale fit their needs perfectly. You and the rest of
your team are welcome to lend your experience to the training. They've
even offered to pay."
"I guess I can't argue with free money," Buffy observed. "But whatever
happened to Faith."
Sydney smiled, "I think you'll like this one. She's been released into
the Initiative's custody and will serve the remainder of her sentence
doing what she does best, killing vampires."
"It almost seems like she's getting off light," Buffy groused.
"Except a vampire is more likely to kill her than Large Marge," Sydney
pointed out.
Buffy thought that over for a few moments, "True enough," she finally
conceded. "Just keep her away from Sunnydale, I'm not ready to deal with
her yet."
Sydney nodded, "That can be arranged. Anyway, I've been ordered to tell
you that the United States government appreciates your help in resolving
this most recent crises and that if you ever need any help just ask."
"What, no medals?" Buffy quipped.
"It's hard to give someone a medal for something that never officially
happened," Sydney commented.
"Bummer, I've always liked getting medals, they're so shiny," Buffy
half-seriously said.
Sydney laughed, "I'll see what I can do." Sydney nodded. "Cool. So,
how's Vaughn?"
"Vaughn, who's Vaughn?" Sydney asked.
"Don't play games, the cute guy who was with you at Angel's hotel, you
know, Vance."
"How did you know?"
"Riley, when he came to rescue you he said he knew Vaughn. Then I see
you with a guy named Vance. I might be blonde but I'm not stupid."
Sydney chuckled, "Sorry, that was a security measure. I'd already told
you too much about."
Buffy shrugged, "I thought it was funny, of all the things to lie about
you'd choose that. But you're dodging the question, how is he?"
"Vaughn's fine."
"I'll say, so tell me, is there anything between you two?" Buffy leered.
Sydney blushed, "That's complicatedand classified."
Buffy laughed, "Alright, I get the picture. Say, when do you have to leave?"
"I'm not due back until tomorrow, why?"
"I was wondering if you'd be interested in doing a little Bronzing with
me and the rest of the guys."
"That sounds like fun, but I wanted to try my hand at a different local
nocturnal activity," Sydney said with a smile.
"Oh really, you think you're up for it?" Buffy asked, her eyebrow arched.
"I can take care of myself," Sydney confidently replied.
"Tough talk, care to back it up?" Buffy tossed her stake at Sydney.
Sydney effortlessly caught the stake, "You better believe it."
"Cool, I've heard rumors of a new nest of vampire setting up shop not
too far from here, want to go check it out?"
Sydney nodded, "Just lead the way. It'll be nice to have a clear cut,
easy to spot bad guy for once."
The two young women walked off into the night, doing the only thing
either one of them knew how to do. Keeping the rest of the world safe
from the dangers it didn't want to know existed.
-Fin-
Author's Notes:
Thanks to everyone who's read and reviewed this humble little piece.
Obviously the iinspiration came from the current season of Buffy's
premiere episode, I enjoy both shows and Rambaldi makes the perfect
context for the world of Alias to intersect with the world of Buffy. As
a matter of fact I left out some hooks I came up with. Yes, I've got a
sequel planned, no it won't be out for quite some time. I've got some
Alias/X-files loving in mind next and I want to see how the current arcs
in both Buffy and Alias play out.
Some fun facts, writing this story took 3+ pens, 3 bottles of white-out,
roughly twenty pieces of fruit and an entire 3 subject notebook.
-sam 2/6/2003
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