The World As We Know It (6/7) - Immortal!Dean - SPN/FF/HL/SV
Title: The World As We Know It (6/7)
Author: strangevisitor7
Beta: Pen37
Rated: PG - 13
spoilers: For the movie Serenity: The plot goes AU from the end of the movie
Prompt: #45 moon for crossovers100 my table is here
Fandom: Firefly, Highlander, SPN & SV. The rest of the Immortal!Dean Universe can be found here.
Characters: From FF: Mal, Zoe, Wash, River, Jayne, Simon, Inara, Kaylee. From I!D 'Verse: Dean Winchester, Duncan MacLeod, Richie Ryan, Chloe Sullivan and Sam Winchester. Dean/Chloe
Disclaimer: The characters you know and love all belong to their respective creators.
Summary: The story begins at the moment that Since I found Serenity ends. Sam and Dean have been reunited aboard Serenity. Somehow Sam has been reincarnated 500 years in the future. Now the Immortal hunters and the firefly crew have to figure out what really happened on Miranda and who created the Reavers
Chapter Summary: Everyone is working hard to prepare for the encounter with the Reavers. Dean and Chloe find some alone time - Chlean!
Chapter List:
Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5: Chapter 6; Chapter 7
Chapter 6
As Richie, Wash and River entered the galley on their way to the cockpit, the older Immortal spotted Chloe and Sam. “Hey guys,” he called to the two sequestered in the alcove that served as Chloe’s computer information center, “Any luck, yet?”
“Funny Rich. You just asked me that ten minutes ago,” she said. Although her expression was slightly irritated, Richie assumed that it was more at her own lack of progress than at him. She and Sam had been scouring the network for the past two hours and they’d hit a wall trying to get information on Reaver activity.
“Just trying to be supportive,” he said cheerily.
“Well, it’s not helping,” she snapped.
“Wash, its best we leave now. Dark Chloe may be rising,” Richie teased.
Chloe rolled her eyes at him but a smile was creeping back across her face. Richie chuckled knowing that she could never stay annoyed at him for long.
“Sorry Rich. I’m just not able to get into this one data base and I know that’s where the information is that we need.” She sighed in frustration.
“You’ll get it. In the meantime, I’ve got a couple of pilots to train.” He started to drag Wash away but hesitated as he watched River glide over toward the two researchers.
“You learn quickly.” River said as she came up behind Sam and laid her hands on his shoulders.
He reached up to touch her hand. “It’s been slow going.” He sighed. “I’m just not the computer whiz I was.”
“Don’t be too hard on yourself Sam. It’s not even close to the system you once knew,” Chloe said reassuringly. “You are picking it up very quickly.”
“It will come, Shaggy. Don’t worry.” River chirped.
Sam pivoted in his chair to look up at her. “Shaggy?”
Chloe’s bad mood dissipated completely as she snickered at the old moniker. “I heard Richie used to call you that all the time. Didn’t you Rich?”
“In my defense, you never seemed to mind before,” he explained.
Sam smiled and looked at Chloe. “So does that make you Daphne? Dean always had a thing for her.”
“Trust me I know.” She quirked a smile at him; her meaning clear.
“No, no, I do not need to know about my brother's weirdo fantasies,” Sam protested.
“Hey, you brought it up.”
“Confusion reigns with the new Immortal,” Wash interjected.
“Old earth cartoon…anime… never mind, it’s beyond my ability to explain.” Richie laughed.
“No. Shaggy.” River insisted and tousled Sam’s hair.
Richie thought about it. “You know she’s right. I don’t think it had anything to do with Scooby Doo.”
River smiled and then leaned past the younger Winchester to punch several keys on the computer. Chloe and Sam watched as the data base that they were trying to hack opened like a well-picked lock. They looked at each other and then at River.
“Today I am the key, not Sam.” She declared happily and then flounced away toward the cockpit.
“Amazing,” Richie said with a note of awe in his voice as he watched her leave.
“Rich.” Chloe said, a note of warning in her own voice.
“What? You don’t think- ” he sputtered and pointed at River’s retreating form.
She just stared at him.
“Tell big brother, I don’t need watching,” Richie huffed. It seemed he’d caught Chloe’s bad mood and muttered a commanding, “Let’s go Wash,” as he strode from the galley.
“What just happened?” Wash asked. “I know something just happened. It’s like you people speak a different language.” He sighed.
“Don’t feel bad. Just do what I do. Ignore them and roll you eyes a lot.” Chloe chuckled.
“She’s really good at the eye thing.” Sam quipped.
Chloe rolled her eyes at him.
“See.” Sam grinned as he pointed at her.
“I think I can handle the ignoring part but I may have to practice my eye roll.” The pilot laughed as he too headed for the cockpit.
“Poor Richie.” Sam said shaking his head. “One bad girlfriend and Dean’s decided he’s Richie’s keeper, and he’s got you helping.”
“First off, that one bad girlfriend nearly got him killed and second, I heard the story about how Dean dragged you - the other you - to New York to marry you off to Sarah Blake.”
“You’re kidding.” Sam gaped at her remembering the pretty brunette that he'd been infatuated with. “You’re not kidding.”
“Nope. Dean takes his big brother matchmaking skills very seriously. It’s a long story I’ll tell you sometime, but let’s get back to work. It looks like River just found us the data we needed to complete the calculations.”
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Two hours later, Sam put the finishing touches on the data that he and Chloe had collected.
“Does that last calculation look wrong to you?” He asked.
Chloe didn’t answer but instead imported his information into her program. As the map refreshed she studied Sam’s addition. “No, that’s right.” She confirmed.
“Then this planet - well moon, really - is our best option.”
“I agree. Paragon is lightly populated we should be able to lure the Reaver ship to a deserted area. Can you pull up the last census data for the moon and than we can pick out a landing spot?”
“Will do.” Sam tapped a few keys. After confirming the settlement distribution, he printed out a map of the most logical landing spot on the moon.
“I can’t believe it took us this long to find the pattern.” She said as she stretched trying to remove the crick from her neck.
“Well, you had to teach the newbie.” Sam said as he reached over and began kneading the kinks from her shoulders. Chloe twisted to lean into the impromptu massage.
“Aah” she sighed as the stiffness melted away. “You still have the magic fingers.”
“Something told me I’ve done this before.” He said wryly. “So about that trip to New York?” he prompted. “I know I didn’t marry Sarah.”
He could sense her smile under his ministrations. “Dean wanted nephews in the worst way once he found out he was Immortal and you weren’t. He even tried to hook us up.” She said. “But you always thought he was the better fit.”
“Sounds like one of Dean’s boneheaded moves but I was right as usual.” Sam chuckled. “And you didn’t answer my question.”
“No, you didn’t marry Sarah. In that other life you married her roommate Katie. Sarah actually hooked up with Mac’s clansman Connor MacLeod. You’ll meet him soon I’m sure. He flits in and out of our lives just like most of the other Immortals.”
“Really. Sounds like another long story.”
“Aren’t they all?”
“What was Katie like?” Sam asked quietly; not really sure he wanted to know.
Chloe reached up to stop the massage. “I never met her.” She said as she turned to face him. “But everything the guys tell me indicates that she was a wonderful girl. You should ask Dean about her. He adored Katie.”
“He’s shared some things. I forgot that he mentioned that you’d run away before all that happened.”
“I did not run away.” Chloe insisted. “I had to go catch a bad guy. Then I got a little sidetracked . . . for a few hundred years or so.”
“Not the way Dean told it last night.” Sam grinned. “He claimed you couldn’t handle him; you were so overwhelmed by his magnificent manliness that you had to get away.”
“That was your brother’s over inflated ego talking.”
“Hey those were his words not mine,” Sam laughed. “I still can’t wrap my mind around my brother in a long term relationship.”
Chloe responded to his laughter. “Sometimes I can’t believe it myself.”
Sam grinned at her. “So much has changed and yet this,” he gestured between them, “feels so familiar.”
“It does.” She agreed. “It is. I’m glad you’re back Sam. We didn’t know each other long but I always missed your friendship.”
“So of course you hooked up with my brother as a pale substitute,” He teased.
Chloe rolled her eyes. “It seems Dean’s not the only Winchester with a big ego. Speaking of Dean. I should go check on him. It’s well past his lunch time and I fear for Kaylee’s safety.”
Sam nodded. “Go rescue Kaylee. I’ll take our findings to Mal and Mac.”
Chloe stood and stretched again; circling her neck. “Yep magic fingers. Thank you,” she said and headed toward the engine room.
“You're welcome.” he called after her. With a smile, he gathered the information he’d need to share with the Captains and followed her down the hall.
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“You sure about this half-pint?” Dean asked as he looked at the speaker that Kaylee had designed.
They were sitting at a large rectangular lab bench in Dean’s work space. It was an area he’d claimed just off the engine room for his tinkering.
“’Course I am.” She said brightly. “You doubtin’ my work?”
Dean turned the object over in his hand and the practicality of the design became clear. “You are quite the inventor.” Dean said. “We’ll need two more like this.”
“Shiny.” Kaylee agreed and began to gather the parts she needed. She looked around the room. “This place is amazin’. Wish I could afford to keep Serenity stocked like this.”
“When this mission is over, I’ll see to it that Serenity gets the make over she deserves. You shouldn’t have to be putting patches on patches the way you do.” Dean didn’t like to see quality machinery fall into disrepair. As he’d worked with her and gotten to know her, he realized what an incredible job Kaylee had done keeping that rig running.”
She twirled to face him. “Pai an jiao jue.” She was vibrating with joy and then suddenly over whelmed by her good mood, she flung her arms around his neck in a giddy embrace. “I can’t wait. Serenity needs so much.”
Dean laughed at her enthusiasm and was trying to disengage from the hug when he heard a familiar throat being cleared behind him.
“Am I interrupting?” Chloe asked.
Dean jumped up to face his girlfriend while pushing the engineer off his lap. “Ah, hey Chloe. You and Sam find any Reavers? Kaylee was just showing me this speaker she designed.” Dean rambled into silence.
“I can see that.” Chloe said with no hint of the humor she felt at Dean’s discomfort.
Dean stepped toward her. “You don’t think - Come on Chloe, nothing’s going on but some inventin’,” he insisted as he studied her face trying to determine if she was upset.
“Really, Chloe. Dean just promised to help me fix up Serenity when this mission was over.” Kaylee said and stopped when she saw the smile break out across the other blonde’s face.
“It’s okay Kaylee. I always enjoy listening to Dean stumble for the truth.”
“Woman, you drive me so crazy.” He growled.
“Too bad. It’s fun.” She giggled.
“I show you fun.” He smirked and grabbed her around the waist pulling her close. He leaned into capture her mouth in a kiss. Chloe responded and for a moment they forgot they had an audience.
Kaylee coughed loudly and when that got no response she added, “If you guys want to be alone. I can come back later.”
Chloe smiled though the kiss as they separated. “No it’s okay. I just came down to see if you guys were ready for lunch.”
“Shiny. You two take all the time you need. I’m starving.” Kaylee said as she bounced from the room.
Dean looked down at Chloe. “Lunch ain’t exactly what I’m hungry for.”
“Well, it’s going to have to wait. Sam and I found a likely target for a Reaver attack and we-,” she was cut off as he kissed her again.
“Dean, we’re on a hunt.” She gasped as she pushed him away. “We don’t have time for this.”
Dean nodded. “You’re right. I’m just…I just don’t think I’ve ever been this happy. Sam, you, all of us together.”
Chloe quirked an eyebrow at him. “Dean Winchester are you having a chick-flick moment?”
“No... I mean…” He shrugged and pulled her close again. “Yeah, I guess I am.”
She smiled up at him. “Me too.”
“Don’t you think my new sensitive side deserves a reward?” He tilted his head toward the half empty work bench.
She looked up at him hungrily. “Well, when you put it that way. The “no sex on a hunt” rule is really more of a guideline anyway.”
“That’s my girl.” Dean said as he grasped her around her waist and lifted her up onto the table. “Have I mentioned lately how much I love this work bench?”
Chloe smacked his shoulder.
“I mean you. How much I love you.”
“I love you too.” She said and gasped as he began nuzzling her neck. “I have to agree. This is much better idea than lunch. By the way, I was thinking - ”
Dean’s only response was to cover her mouth with his. He found over the years that it was the most effective way to shut her up.
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Wonderful!: Pai an jiao jue
Author: strangevisitor7
Beta: Pen37
Rated: PG - 13
spoilers: For the movie Serenity: The plot goes AU from the end of the movie
Prompt: #45 moon for crossovers100 my table is here
Fandom: Firefly, Highlander, SPN & SV. The rest of the Immortal!Dean Universe can be found here.
Characters: From FF: Mal, Zoe, Wash, River, Jayne, Simon, Inara, Kaylee. From I!D 'Verse: Dean Winchester, Duncan MacLeod, Richie Ryan, Chloe Sullivan and Sam Winchester. Dean/Chloe
Disclaimer: The characters you know and love all belong to their respective creators.
Summary: The story begins at the moment that Since I found Serenity ends. Sam and Dean have been reunited aboard Serenity. Somehow Sam has been reincarnated 500 years in the future. Now the Immortal hunters and the firefly crew have to figure out what really happened on Miranda and who created the Reavers
Chapter Summary: Everyone is working hard to prepare for the encounter with the Reavers. Dean and Chloe find some alone time - Chlean!
Chapter List:
Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5: Chapter 6; Chapter 7
Chapter 6
As Richie, Wash and River entered the galley on their way to the cockpit, the older Immortal spotted Chloe and Sam. “Hey guys,” he called to the two sequestered in the alcove that served as Chloe’s computer information center, “Any luck, yet?”
“Funny Rich. You just asked me that ten minutes ago,” she said. Although her expression was slightly irritated, Richie assumed that it was more at her own lack of progress than at him. She and Sam had been scouring the network for the past two hours and they’d hit a wall trying to get information on Reaver activity.
“Just trying to be supportive,” he said cheerily.
“Well, it’s not helping,” she snapped.
“Wash, its best we leave now. Dark Chloe may be rising,” Richie teased.
Chloe rolled her eyes at him but a smile was creeping back across her face. Richie chuckled knowing that she could never stay annoyed at him for long.
“Sorry Rich. I’m just not able to get into this one data base and I know that’s where the information is that we need.” She sighed in frustration.
“You’ll get it. In the meantime, I’ve got a couple of pilots to train.” He started to drag Wash away but hesitated as he watched River glide over toward the two researchers.
“You learn quickly.” River said as she came up behind Sam and laid her hands on his shoulders.
He reached up to touch her hand. “It’s been slow going.” He sighed. “I’m just not the computer whiz I was.”
“Don’t be too hard on yourself Sam. It’s not even close to the system you once knew,” Chloe said reassuringly. “You are picking it up very quickly.”
“It will come, Shaggy. Don’t worry.” River chirped.
Sam pivoted in his chair to look up at her. “Shaggy?”
Chloe’s bad mood dissipated completely as she snickered at the old moniker. “I heard Richie used to call you that all the time. Didn’t you Rich?”
“In my defense, you never seemed to mind before,” he explained.
Sam smiled and looked at Chloe. “So does that make you Daphne? Dean always had a thing for her.”
“Trust me I know.” She quirked a smile at him; her meaning clear.
“No, no, I do not need to know about my brother's weirdo fantasies,” Sam protested.
“Hey, you brought it up.”
“Confusion reigns with the new Immortal,” Wash interjected.
“Old earth cartoon…anime… never mind, it’s beyond my ability to explain.” Richie laughed.
“No. Shaggy.” River insisted and tousled Sam’s hair.
Richie thought about it. “You know she’s right. I don’t think it had anything to do with Scooby Doo.”
River smiled and then leaned past the younger Winchester to punch several keys on the computer. Chloe and Sam watched as the data base that they were trying to hack opened like a well-picked lock. They looked at each other and then at River.
“Today I am the key, not Sam.” She declared happily and then flounced away toward the cockpit.
“Amazing,” Richie said with a note of awe in his voice as he watched her leave.
“Rich.” Chloe said, a note of warning in her own voice.
“What? You don’t think- ” he sputtered and pointed at River’s retreating form.
She just stared at him.
“Tell big brother, I don’t need watching,” Richie huffed. It seemed he’d caught Chloe’s bad mood and muttered a commanding, “Let’s go Wash,” as he strode from the galley.
“What just happened?” Wash asked. “I know something just happened. It’s like you people speak a different language.” He sighed.
“Don’t feel bad. Just do what I do. Ignore them and roll you eyes a lot.” Chloe chuckled.
“She’s really good at the eye thing.” Sam quipped.
Chloe rolled her eyes at him.
“See.” Sam grinned as he pointed at her.
“I think I can handle the ignoring part but I may have to practice my eye roll.” The pilot laughed as he too headed for the cockpit.
“Poor Richie.” Sam said shaking his head. “One bad girlfriend and Dean’s decided he’s Richie’s keeper, and he’s got you helping.”
“First off, that one bad girlfriend nearly got him killed and second, I heard the story about how Dean dragged you - the other you - to New York to marry you off to Sarah Blake.”
“You’re kidding.” Sam gaped at her remembering the pretty brunette that he'd been infatuated with. “You’re not kidding.”
“Nope. Dean takes his big brother matchmaking skills very seriously. It’s a long story I’ll tell you sometime, but let’s get back to work. It looks like River just found us the data we needed to complete the calculations.”
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Two hours later, Sam put the finishing touches on the data that he and Chloe had collected.
“Does that last calculation look wrong to you?” He asked.
Chloe didn’t answer but instead imported his information into her program. As the map refreshed she studied Sam’s addition. “No, that’s right.” She confirmed.
“Then this planet - well moon, really - is our best option.”
“I agree. Paragon is lightly populated we should be able to lure the Reaver ship to a deserted area. Can you pull up the last census data for the moon and than we can pick out a landing spot?”
“Will do.” Sam tapped a few keys. After confirming the settlement distribution, he printed out a map of the most logical landing spot on the moon.
“I can’t believe it took us this long to find the pattern.” She said as she stretched trying to remove the crick from her neck.
“Well, you had to teach the newbie.” Sam said as he reached over and began kneading the kinks from her shoulders. Chloe twisted to lean into the impromptu massage.
“Aah” she sighed as the stiffness melted away. “You still have the magic fingers.”
“Something told me I’ve done this before.” He said wryly. “So about that trip to New York?” he prompted. “I know I didn’t marry Sarah.”
He could sense her smile under his ministrations. “Dean wanted nephews in the worst way once he found out he was Immortal and you weren’t. He even tried to hook us up.” She said. “But you always thought he was the better fit.”
“Sounds like one of Dean’s boneheaded moves but I was right as usual.” Sam chuckled. “And you didn’t answer my question.”
“No, you didn’t marry Sarah. In that other life you married her roommate Katie. Sarah actually hooked up with Mac’s clansman Connor MacLeod. You’ll meet him soon I’m sure. He flits in and out of our lives just like most of the other Immortals.”
“Really. Sounds like another long story.”
“Aren’t they all?”
“What was Katie like?” Sam asked quietly; not really sure he wanted to know.
Chloe reached up to stop the massage. “I never met her.” She said as she turned to face him. “But everything the guys tell me indicates that she was a wonderful girl. You should ask Dean about her. He adored Katie.”
“He’s shared some things. I forgot that he mentioned that you’d run away before all that happened.”
“I did not run away.” Chloe insisted. “I had to go catch a bad guy. Then I got a little sidetracked . . . for a few hundred years or so.”
“Not the way Dean told it last night.” Sam grinned. “He claimed you couldn’t handle him; you were so overwhelmed by his magnificent manliness that you had to get away.”
“That was your brother’s over inflated ego talking.”
“Hey those were his words not mine,” Sam laughed. “I still can’t wrap my mind around my brother in a long term relationship.”
Chloe responded to his laughter. “Sometimes I can’t believe it myself.”
Sam grinned at her. “So much has changed and yet this,” he gestured between them, “feels so familiar.”
“It does.” She agreed. “It is. I’m glad you’re back Sam. We didn’t know each other long but I always missed your friendship.”
“So of course you hooked up with my brother as a pale substitute,” He teased.
Chloe rolled her eyes. “It seems Dean’s not the only Winchester with a big ego. Speaking of Dean. I should go check on him. It’s well past his lunch time and I fear for Kaylee’s safety.”
Sam nodded. “Go rescue Kaylee. I’ll take our findings to Mal and Mac.”
Chloe stood and stretched again; circling her neck. “Yep magic fingers. Thank you,” she said and headed toward the engine room.
“You're welcome.” he called after her. With a smile, he gathered the information he’d need to share with the Captains and followed her down the hall.
**************
“You sure about this half-pint?” Dean asked as he looked at the speaker that Kaylee had designed.
They were sitting at a large rectangular lab bench in Dean’s work space. It was an area he’d claimed just off the engine room for his tinkering.
“’Course I am.” She said brightly. “You doubtin’ my work?”
Dean turned the object over in his hand and the practicality of the design became clear. “You are quite the inventor.” Dean said. “We’ll need two more like this.”
“Shiny.” Kaylee agreed and began to gather the parts she needed. She looked around the room. “This place is amazin’. Wish I could afford to keep Serenity stocked like this.”
“When this mission is over, I’ll see to it that Serenity gets the make over she deserves. You shouldn’t have to be putting patches on patches the way you do.” Dean didn’t like to see quality machinery fall into disrepair. As he’d worked with her and gotten to know her, he realized what an incredible job Kaylee had done keeping that rig running.”
She twirled to face him. “Pai an jiao jue.” She was vibrating with joy and then suddenly over whelmed by her good mood, she flung her arms around his neck in a giddy embrace. “I can’t wait. Serenity needs so much.”
Dean laughed at her enthusiasm and was trying to disengage from the hug when he heard a familiar throat being cleared behind him.
“Am I interrupting?” Chloe asked.
Dean jumped up to face his girlfriend while pushing the engineer off his lap. “Ah, hey Chloe. You and Sam find any Reavers? Kaylee was just showing me this speaker she designed.” Dean rambled into silence.
“I can see that.” Chloe said with no hint of the humor she felt at Dean’s discomfort.
Dean stepped toward her. “You don’t think - Come on Chloe, nothing’s going on but some inventin’,” he insisted as he studied her face trying to determine if she was upset.
“Really, Chloe. Dean just promised to help me fix up Serenity when this mission was over.” Kaylee said and stopped when she saw the smile break out across the other blonde’s face.
“It’s okay Kaylee. I always enjoy listening to Dean stumble for the truth.”
“Woman, you drive me so crazy.” He growled.
“Too bad. It’s fun.” She giggled.
“I show you fun.” He smirked and grabbed her around the waist pulling her close. He leaned into capture her mouth in a kiss. Chloe responded and for a moment they forgot they had an audience.
Kaylee coughed loudly and when that got no response she added, “If you guys want to be alone. I can come back later.”
Chloe smiled though the kiss as they separated. “No it’s okay. I just came down to see if you guys were ready for lunch.”
“Shiny. You two take all the time you need. I’m starving.” Kaylee said as she bounced from the room.
Dean looked down at Chloe. “Lunch ain’t exactly what I’m hungry for.”
“Well, it’s going to have to wait. Sam and I found a likely target for a Reaver attack and we-,” she was cut off as he kissed her again.
“Dean, we’re on a hunt.” She gasped as she pushed him away. “We don’t have time for this.”
Dean nodded. “You’re right. I’m just…I just don’t think I’ve ever been this happy. Sam, you, all of us together.”
Chloe quirked an eyebrow at him. “Dean Winchester are you having a chick-flick moment?”
“No... I mean…” He shrugged and pulled her close again. “Yeah, I guess I am.”
She smiled up at him. “Me too.”
“Don’t you think my new sensitive side deserves a reward?” He tilted his head toward the half empty work bench.
She looked up at him hungrily. “Well, when you put it that way. The “no sex on a hunt” rule is really more of a guideline anyway.”
“That’s my girl.” Dean said as he grasped her around her waist and lifted her up onto the table. “Have I mentioned lately how much I love this work bench?”
Chloe smacked his shoulder.
“I mean you. How much I love you.”
“I love you too.” She said and gasped as he began nuzzling her neck. “I have to agree. This is much better idea than lunch. By the way, I was thinking - ”
Dean’s only response was to cover her mouth with his. He found over the years that it was the most effective way to shut her up.
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Wonderful!: Pai an jiao jue