- Dream Weaver
Chapter 10: Conspiracy
Buffy and the gang came out of hiding to challenge Darla and her cohorts. Buffy and the gang were already armed for combat. The Great Destroyer was armed and ready to commit it's deadly deed. The evil vampires rushed at Buffy, Angel and the rest of the team. Buffy, angel and Giles fought valiantly and efficiently while Cordelia, Willow and Xander fought as best they could but with effectiveness nevertheless. As Emilie and I sneaked our way through to the ammunition storage, I observed clouds of dust where vampires stood just moments before increase by leaps and bounds. During the fighting, Darla had set the controls and coordinates, the cannon started to roll with big screeches on its tracks.
Emilie caught up with Darla and the two vampires began to catfight. While they fought, I continued my way to the ammunitions storage. Fortunately the door was unlocked, apparently forced open by one of the vampires earlier. I was awestruck by the vast amounts of ammunitions and explosives. Just then Buffy and the rest of the Scoobies joined me. "Did you get the vampires?", I asked. "We got all except on, Darla escaped!", Buffy said. "So are you guys going to help me blow up the cannon?" I asked. "Well based on my observations, if we were to blow up this cannon and the peak of this mountain, there would be rock debris flying well into residential areas and may damage property as well as injure and even kill people", Giles said.
"So what are we supposed to do then?" Willow asked. "She has a point", Xander said. "I mean what if those vampiry things come back and try to fire that cannon?" Willow asked. "Well in my field of security, I was always taught never to store ammo with firearms in the same area together", I said. All turned to look at me and Angel said, "That sounds like a plan!" "But who's going to move the ammunition and where will it be stored?" Cordelia asked. "We'll be in charge of that!" a voice said from the door we entered. A man in black approached from the shadows, he was wearing a military uniform and was escorted by two soldiers armed with machine guns. "You're all in a restricted are and that's a federal offense", The man in black said.
"Excuse me, sir----", Giles said but was interrupted by the man in black. "I'll order you all to leave the premises immediately or I'll have you all arrested!", the man in black informed. Buffy and the rest of us had no other alternative but to cooperate. "Is that your school bus out there?", asked the man in black. "Yes", Giles replied. "I suggest you all jump get back into that bus and keep this all to yourselves or else!", the man in black said threateningly. "Or else what?", Buffy asked. "Try it and find out!", The man in black retorted. "Let's just do what the man says and get out of here", Emilie said. "Good idea, missy!", the man in black said. "I'm with Emilie and what's your name sir?", Cordelia had to ask. "Not your concern!", the man in black retorted.
We were escorted by the two other soldiers in camouflage out of the cave with a few other soldiers. The cave had suddenly been filled with soldiers and military vehicles which were being loaded with the cannon's ammo. We observed crucial parts of the cannon being removed so that it wouldn't be fired, in case it were to fall into the wrong hands. As we all boarded into the bus and drove off, we were being followed and escorted by military vehicles down to the foot of the mountain where the vehicles stopped while we drove on through the woods and back to Sunnydale. Finally, I broke the momentary silence. "While you guys were out there fighting, I came upon an interesting file that I thought you'd all be interested in!", I said.
"I hope you didn't take it because if you did we'll be seeing those soldiers again if you did", Buffy said. "Good thing there was a copier there and I made copies", I said. "According to the file, these soldiers are not our regular military, they're a secret branch of the Marine Corps. called the Initiative and they're based out of Area 51 in Nevada", I told them. "What would they be doing in Sunnydale?" Buffy asked. "They're aware that there's a hellmouth in and believe it or not our U.S. government is more interested in the supernatural than we'd initially be led to believe, the file even mentions a bible code our government has been seeking for years to the point of seeking a decryption key to the bible code believed to be in Iraq which was the real mission for operation desert storm!", I exclaimed.
"Sounds like something out of the X-Files", Cordelia said. "According to this report, the Initiative is interested in experimenting with time travel in order to alter the space-time continuum through the bible code", I read. "Like what exactly do they want to altar and what is this bible code?", Willow asked. "The preliminary time travel mission to be undertaken using the bible code would be to send agents into the first century AD to Jerusalem, the objective: thwart the betrayal of Judas, prevent the crucifixion which would in turn prevent the existence of vampirism", I read. "Let me see that file", Giles requested as he pulled into the driveway of his residence. "Well that's a sight for sore eyes", Emilie said. "Have'nt seen one of those in over half a century", Angel added. We all turned to see what our vampire friends were discussing. Parked in front of our house was a beautiful 1932 Packard Roadster, as we looked two men got out dressed all in white in attractive tuxedos also reminiscent of those days with canes ,capes and top hats. They both had an air with actor Craig Bierko from the movie, “The Thirteenth Floor”, they emanated a sense of charming peace when after the given circumstances we were in a while ago. We would've all been suspicious of anyone, however we didn't feel this way about them.
Even so their eccentricity was quite intriguing nevertheless. We all got off the vehicle and approached these wonderful and mysterious men who really aroused our curiosity. "Who are you?", Buffy asked. "I'm Giovanni Revelatori, the Magician", the older eccentric man in white answered. “And I’m Dr. Jacobi!”, Dr. Jacobi said as he shook hands with everyone."I'm delighted to meet you", Willow said. "So what are you a doctor of?", Xander asked. "I'm a doctor of various fields including but not limited to theology,philosophy and medicine", Dr. Jacobi replied. "It's great to have a doctor on the team", Buffy said. "What brings you here?", Giles asked. "I brought something that was supposed to come with that file", Mr. Revelatori said with a smile so white he could've very well been in a toothpaste ad. I handed the file over to Giles as we entered his home, Giles of course invited Mr. Revelatori and Dr. Jacobi in. When we entered, the house Giles took off his glasses to take a closer look at the file. Mr. Revelatori and Dr. Jacobi handed all of us their business cards as we introduced ourselves to him and Giles was handed a floppy disc. Giles asked, "What's this?". Mr. Revelatori replied, "The answer to your question!" as Giles examined the floppy.
"Didn't we have a discussion the other night about the betrayal of Judas, the crucifixion, and the birth of vampirism?", Buffy said reminiscently. "Well of course", I said, "after we ate at the Double Meat palace and passed that Eastern Orthodox Church". "Oh yeah, I remember", Willow said, "that was a very interesting conversation!". "Well apparently according to this file Reyes found, the U.S. government believes that the legend told to Reyes by that Orthodox priest when Reyes was a child is somehow based on fact", Giles said. "But that's only the tip of the iceberg", Mr. Revelatori said. "That floppy that I handed you will be the key to stop them", Mr. Revelatori added. "What is your interest in all this?", Buffy asked. "You're out to fulfill your mission while I'm out to fulfill mine, and so long as we're on the same side we might as well help each other".
"Well going back to what we were discussing, unfortunately, I don't think we have the technology to travel back in time, if our government prevents the betrayal and the crucifixion. It's impact and consequences on world history could be incalculable, like no vampires, no slayer and no means to fight the other forces of evil and the hellmouth itself", I said. "Which is why we've been sent here to help you",Dr. Jacobi said. "By whom?", I asked. "By a higher authority", Dr. Jacobi replied. Buffy just gulped, as she looked at us wide-eyed at the shock of the revelation that we struck her with, she was mute with horror. "That also would mean, Buffy and I would never meet!", Angel added, adding more to Buffy's anguish.
"Theologically speaking", as I grabbed my Bible and turned to this passage, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life", I quoted. "John 3:16", Mr. Revelatori pointed out. "You two are beginning to sound like preachers!" Emilie said. I knew the word of God was hurting her vampire ears. "I don't mean to push religion here, but if Christ had not died for our sins, humanity would be spiritually lost", I said. "The world will be plunged into an eternal darkness from which it would never recover", Mr. Revelatori said.
"Wait, a minute", Buffy said, "if Christ hadn't died for our sins, we'd all be going to hell and our cause would've been futile". "But as Reyes pointed out, how are we going to stop these things, these agents from sabotaging the crucifixion and the slayer lineage, not to mention mankind's salvation?", Xander asked. "I don't even know of any spell or magic that can even send us back in time to really thwart this evil plan", Giles said.
"But you do", Mr. Revelatori revealed. "When you insert that disc into the computer, you'll find the answer you was looking for", Mr. Revelatori said. Giles got the floppy disc and inserted it in his computer and opened the file. It was all in Hebrew, "What is this?", Giles asked. "The bible code, you don't mind if I guide you through it?", Mr. Revelatori asked. "Please go right ahead", Giles said. Mr. Revelatori did his magic and decrypted and found the ancient Hebrew ritual needed to accomplish the task at hand. "Want to see real magic?", Mr. Revelatori said and then he began to recite this ancient Hebrew prayer.
Upon finishing with a wave of his wand, an angel made herself manifest. An angel all too familiar when I saw her I recognized her immediately. It was Lucia made manifest, corporeal and all. She shined like a radiant star that all including myself fell on our knees. Her presence radiated such peace and tranquility which accented Mr. Revelatori's and Dr. Jacobi’s presence. "Stand up and don't kneel before me for I'm not the one to be worshipped", Lucia said.
"There is not much time, I will open up a vortex so that you may go back in time, for it was destined for you all to go on this mission from God", Lucia said. Lucia opened a vortex and said, "Go and accomplish that for which you've all been chosen".