Into The Coming Storm (8/8)- SPN/FF/HL/SV - Immortal!Dean
Title: Into the Coming Storm (8/8)
Author: strangevisitor7
Beta: Pen37
Rated: PG - 13
spoilers: For the movie Serenity: The plot goes AU from the end of the movie
Prompt: #74 Dark for crossovers100 my table is here
Fandom: Firefly, Highlander, Supernatural & Smallville. 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 Immortal hunters have joined forces with the crew of Serenity in hopes of capturing a Reaver and finding out what these creatures really are. Unfortunately, the answers are not what they expected.
Chapter List:
Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8
Chapter 8
“That’s it, I’ve had it.” Chloe said as she stood and approached Dean who had been pacing the galley for the last ten minutes. “Give me that.”
“What?”
“Your com. You’ve already paged Sam a dozen times. They’re not answering and it’s just annoying the rest of us.” Chloe said as she reached up and pulled the offending piece of technology out of his ear. “At least Wash had enough sense to let Inara put him to bed, maybe you should get some rest too.”
“I’m not taking a nap. What am I five?”
Chloe quirked an eyebrow at him.
“Don’t answer that and give me back my com.”
“No, I won’t. And will you please sit down? I don’t care what you do just stop the Gorram pacing.”
Dean slouched into one of the kitchen chairs and went silent. Chloe sat down beside him. “Look I know you’re worried about Sam and his new abilities but he’s Immortal now. Very little can hurt him.”
“It’s Sam,” he said by way of explanation.
Chloe smiled sympathetically at him. “Old habits die hard but it’s time to put this one to rest.”
“Chloe what he’s doing - “
“I know and I’m not comfortable with his choice but he’s right; Zoe’s dead without this.”
“She may be dead any way and take Sam with her.”
“He’s Immortal,” she reminded Dean again. “I don’t see that as a possibility. Please just try to relax.”
Dean sighed and nodded indicating he’d try.
“Good,” she said and returned to her command center to finish filling Joseph in on what they’d found.
Dean turned around to face Mal and Jayne who were trying to keep themselves occupied playing some cards. “Deal me in, boys. It seems I’m done pacing.”
“Can I play?” asked Kaylee as she entered the galley and settled in at the table. “All’s Pai an jiao jue in the engine room. Even made a few fixes. Should improve our fuel usage.”
“Do I want to know?” Dean asked.
She laughed. “Doncha' trust me?”
“Yeah surprisingly, I do. Show me later.” Right now Dean was too worried about Sam to care what Kaylee might have done to his baby.
His lack of interest surprised her. “You ‘kay? Cause, I ‘spected more grumpiness from ya over me fiddling around,” she teased unaware of what was happening with Sam.
Dean threw her a half smile, “Just preoccupied, I promise to be outraged later.” He shared the rough version of how Sam was trying to help Zoe.
“Oh!”
“Yeah,” Dean agreed.
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“I’m pushing us to our limit which, thanks to what Kaylee did, should get us to Persephone in four days,” Richie announced as he and River entered the galley. “We’ll be very low on fuel so let’s hope we don’t run into any problems.”
“That’s good work Richie, Kaylee,” Duncan acknowledged as he and Chloe joined the group around the table.
“Any word on Sam, yet?’ Richie asked, taking a seat across from the elder Winchester.
Dean shook his head. It had been more than an hour and he was going nuts. Cards with Mal, Jayne and Kaylee was barely holding his attention.
“Joseph’s getting the word out. Calling in every Immortal he can find.” Chloe informed them turning the conversation away from the topic of Sam. “Should be quite the gathering by the time we land.”
“He’s also had the researchers working on the whole PAX/demon connection since we first told him what we’d discovered,” Duncan added.
“Feels like the end of the ‘verse.” Kaylee said. “But you guys always win right?”
“Damn straight, half pint.” Dean said trying to reassure her and himself.
“There’s actually some good news,” Chloe said. “Joseph already has an Immortal inside Alliance medical. That contact should be able to help us find where the PAX and its other incarnations are being manufactured and hopefully the demon at its source.”
Dean eyed Chloe suspiciously. “And who would this mysterious contact be?”
Chloe threw him a half smile and he groaned. “Methos?! When did he ever volunteer for anything.”
“Who’s Methos?” Mal asked.
Dean started to answer but Chloe raised a finger at him. “Don’t say anything,” and she turned to address Mal. “An Immortal who has been in the medical field for most of his life. He’s been using his alias as Dr. Benjamin Adams for quite some time so the persona was well established.”
“But Dean don’t like him.” Jayne observed. “That mean we can’t trust him?”
“Dean doesn’t like him for personal reasons.” Duncan explained. “Just ignore him.”
“Ridiculous personal reasons,” Chloe added.
“Guy’s an ass,” Dean muttered.
“Annywaay.” Chloe drawled. “He’ll be refocusing his activities, so hopefully by the time we land; we’ll know exactly who our demon is -- or at least our demon lackey.
Chloe was interrupted by Sam’s voice over the com.
“Guys, it worked,” he announced.
Everyone raced toward the infirmary with Dean leading the way.
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The group entered the Infirmary to find Wash already there comforting his wife. She was sitting calmly on the bed a weary smile on her face. Dean stalked over to where Sam sat on the other bed. He looked pale but otherwise unharmed.
“Sammy?” Dean asked, a world of meaning in that one word.
His brother nodded. “I’m fine. My Immortal healing has me almost back to normal.”
“Normal,” Richie snorted as he strode to the other side of the bed. “Well that remains to be seen.”
Sam laughed. “Okay, you’re right. Normal doesn’t begin to describe today.”
Mal approached Zoe. “You all there?”
Her smile brightened with the arrival of her crew mates. “Never felt better, Captain.”
“She okay?” Kaylee leaned over to ask Simon.
“Like it never happened.”
The engineer smiled and flung herself at Zoe giving her a big hug. Moments later Inara joined the group hug. Over the heads of the woman, Zoe acknowledged the others in the room and mouthed a silent thank you toward Sam.
Mal looked to Sam and Simon. “Guessin’ it worked. No more reaver?”
“I can’t sense her at all,” Sam assured him. “She’s clean.”
“Well don’t that just beat all.” He shook his head in disbelief. “You done good Sam.” Mal said as he clapped the Immortal on the shoulder. “I can’t thank you enough.”
“Just promise me no one else gets infected,” Sam said trying to sound light hearted. “I really don’t want to have to do that again.”
“I’ll second that.” Simon begged. “Seriously, I don’t think I will ever get used to watching you guys come back from the dead.”
“It’s no fun for us either,” Richie added.
The crew continued to revel in Sam’s achievement and Zoe’s recovery. Each person taking the opportunity to prove to them selves that the pair were really okay.
Wash moved to Sam’s bedside. “I don’t know what to say,” he began. “What you did to save her - ”
Sam shook off his gratitude. “I did what had to be done.”
“Well, thank you,” he said quietly. “You guys are quite the group.”
Duncan came to stand next to his newest student. “Wash, that’s what we do. But you should also realize that you’re part of this group now.”
“It’s true,” Richie said. “You’re going to be hanging with us for a long time to come.”
“Trust me. These guys are hard to get rid of and believe me I’ve tried.” Chloe teased.
“Hey,” Dean, Duncan and Richie snapped in unison.
“Darlin’ you know your life is incomplete without me in it.” Dean said as he wrapped an arm around her waist.
Chloe laughed. “Oh really?”
“As usual, I do all the work and Dean gets the girl.” Sam smiled.
“As it should be,” Dean quipped. Sam just rolled his eyes and turned to Richie for support.
“Dude, don’t look at me. I’ve been watching that happen for five hundred years.” Richie groused. At that moment, River came up and slipped under his am and leaned into him in a way that matched Dean and Chloe.
“Your turn. There is much to do and we will find our way together.” She said smiling up at him. He was startled how right it felt to have her close to him.
“You sure about this?”
River nodded and snuggled in closer. Richie looked over at Dean, waiting for him to make a crack about the crazy girl.
“You’re a big boy Richie. You can pick you own girls.”
“Since when do you believe that?” he laughed
The elder Winchester shrugged and looked at Chloe. Richie realized that maybe he had their female immortal to thank for Dean’s attitude change.
“Richie, not you too,” Sam laughed. “Mac, please tell me I’m not the odd Immortal out here.”
Duncan smiled as he shook his head. “We bachelors will hit the town once this is over.”
Wash laughed as he headed back to claim his girl. “Doc, ok if I take Zoe back to our quarters?”
Simon nodded. ”Get some rest Zoe.”
Silence permeated the infirmary, as the group watched Wash lead Zoe away to their quarters. They’d come very close to losing her and the reality of what had been done to save their crew mate was on everyone’s mind.
Duncan looked around at the people assembled. They’d won this battle thanks to Sam’s unique abilities but there were bigger fights looming.
“It’s not over yet,” he said drawing the attention of all assembled. “There’s a war coming and we are flying right into the middle of it.”
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The story continues in By Any Other Name
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Author: strangevisitor7
Beta: Pen37
Rated: PG - 13
spoilers: For the movie Serenity: The plot goes AU from the end of the movie
Prompt: #74 Dark for crossovers100 my table is here
Fandom: Firefly, Highlander, Supernatural & Smallville. 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 Immortal hunters have joined forces with the crew of Serenity in hopes of capturing a Reaver and finding out what these creatures really are. Unfortunately, the answers are not what they expected.
Chapter List:
Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8
Chapter 8
“That’s it, I’ve had it.” Chloe said as she stood and approached Dean who had been pacing the galley for the last ten minutes. “Give me that.”
“What?”
“Your com. You’ve already paged Sam a dozen times. They’re not answering and it’s just annoying the rest of us.” Chloe said as she reached up and pulled the offending piece of technology out of his ear. “At least Wash had enough sense to let Inara put him to bed, maybe you should get some rest too.”
“I’m not taking a nap. What am I five?”
Chloe quirked an eyebrow at him.
“Don’t answer that and give me back my com.”
“No, I won’t. And will you please sit down? I don’t care what you do just stop the Gorram pacing.”
Dean slouched into one of the kitchen chairs and went silent. Chloe sat down beside him. “Look I know you’re worried about Sam and his new abilities but he’s Immortal now. Very little can hurt him.”
“It’s Sam,” he said by way of explanation.
Chloe smiled sympathetically at him. “Old habits die hard but it’s time to put this one to rest.”
“Chloe what he’s doing - “
“I know and I’m not comfortable with his choice but he’s right; Zoe’s dead without this.”
“She may be dead any way and take Sam with her.”
“He’s Immortal,” she reminded Dean again. “I don’t see that as a possibility. Please just try to relax.”
Dean sighed and nodded indicating he’d try.
“Good,” she said and returned to her command center to finish filling Joseph in on what they’d found.
Dean turned around to face Mal and Jayne who were trying to keep themselves occupied playing some cards. “Deal me in, boys. It seems I’m done pacing.”
“Can I play?” asked Kaylee as she entered the galley and settled in at the table. “All’s Pai an jiao jue in the engine room. Even made a few fixes. Should improve our fuel usage.”
“Do I want to know?” Dean asked.
She laughed. “Doncha' trust me?”
“Yeah surprisingly, I do. Show me later.” Right now Dean was too worried about Sam to care what Kaylee might have done to his baby.
His lack of interest surprised her. “You ‘kay? Cause, I ‘spected more grumpiness from ya over me fiddling around,” she teased unaware of what was happening with Sam.
Dean threw her a half smile, “Just preoccupied, I promise to be outraged later.” He shared the rough version of how Sam was trying to help Zoe.
“Oh!”
“Yeah,” Dean agreed.
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“I’m pushing us to our limit which, thanks to what Kaylee did, should get us to Persephone in four days,” Richie announced as he and River entered the galley. “We’ll be very low on fuel so let’s hope we don’t run into any problems.”
“That’s good work Richie, Kaylee,” Duncan acknowledged as he and Chloe joined the group around the table.
“Any word on Sam, yet?’ Richie asked, taking a seat across from the elder Winchester.
Dean shook his head. It had been more than an hour and he was going nuts. Cards with Mal, Jayne and Kaylee was barely holding his attention.
“Joseph’s getting the word out. Calling in every Immortal he can find.” Chloe informed them turning the conversation away from the topic of Sam. “Should be quite the gathering by the time we land.”
“He’s also had the researchers working on the whole PAX/demon connection since we first told him what we’d discovered,” Duncan added.
“Feels like the end of the ‘verse.” Kaylee said. “But you guys always win right?”
“Damn straight, half pint.” Dean said trying to reassure her and himself.
“There’s actually some good news,” Chloe said. “Joseph already has an Immortal inside Alliance medical. That contact should be able to help us find where the PAX and its other incarnations are being manufactured and hopefully the demon at its source.”
Dean eyed Chloe suspiciously. “And who would this mysterious contact be?”
Chloe threw him a half smile and he groaned. “Methos?! When did he ever volunteer for anything.”
“Who’s Methos?” Mal asked.
Dean started to answer but Chloe raised a finger at him. “Don’t say anything,” and she turned to address Mal. “An Immortal who has been in the medical field for most of his life. He’s been using his alias as Dr. Benjamin Adams for quite some time so the persona was well established.”
“But Dean don’t like him.” Jayne observed. “That mean we can’t trust him?”
“Dean doesn’t like him for personal reasons.” Duncan explained. “Just ignore him.”
“Ridiculous personal reasons,” Chloe added.
“Guy’s an ass,” Dean muttered.
“Annywaay.” Chloe drawled. “He’ll be refocusing his activities, so hopefully by the time we land; we’ll know exactly who our demon is -- or at least our demon lackey.
Chloe was interrupted by Sam’s voice over the com.
“Guys, it worked,” he announced.
Everyone raced toward the infirmary with Dean leading the way.
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The group entered the Infirmary to find Wash already there comforting his wife. She was sitting calmly on the bed a weary smile on her face. Dean stalked over to where Sam sat on the other bed. He looked pale but otherwise unharmed.
“Sammy?” Dean asked, a world of meaning in that one word.
His brother nodded. “I’m fine. My Immortal healing has me almost back to normal.”
“Normal,” Richie snorted as he strode to the other side of the bed. “Well that remains to be seen.”
Sam laughed. “Okay, you’re right. Normal doesn’t begin to describe today.”
Mal approached Zoe. “You all there?”
Her smile brightened with the arrival of her crew mates. “Never felt better, Captain.”
“She okay?” Kaylee leaned over to ask Simon.
“Like it never happened.”
The engineer smiled and flung herself at Zoe giving her a big hug. Moments later Inara joined the group hug. Over the heads of the woman, Zoe acknowledged the others in the room and mouthed a silent thank you toward Sam.
Mal looked to Sam and Simon. “Guessin’ it worked. No more reaver?”
“I can’t sense her at all,” Sam assured him. “She’s clean.”
“Well don’t that just beat all.” He shook his head in disbelief. “You done good Sam.” Mal said as he clapped the Immortal on the shoulder. “I can’t thank you enough.”
“Just promise me no one else gets infected,” Sam said trying to sound light hearted. “I really don’t want to have to do that again.”
“I’ll second that.” Simon begged. “Seriously, I don’t think I will ever get used to watching you guys come back from the dead.”
“It’s no fun for us either,” Richie added.
The crew continued to revel in Sam’s achievement and Zoe’s recovery. Each person taking the opportunity to prove to them selves that the pair were really okay.
Wash moved to Sam’s bedside. “I don’t know what to say,” he began. “What you did to save her - ”
Sam shook off his gratitude. “I did what had to be done.”
“Well, thank you,” he said quietly. “You guys are quite the group.”
Duncan came to stand next to his newest student. “Wash, that’s what we do. But you should also realize that you’re part of this group now.”
“It’s true,” Richie said. “You’re going to be hanging with us for a long time to come.”
“Trust me. These guys are hard to get rid of and believe me I’ve tried.” Chloe teased.
“Hey,” Dean, Duncan and Richie snapped in unison.
“Darlin’ you know your life is incomplete without me in it.” Dean said as he wrapped an arm around her waist.
Chloe laughed. “Oh really?”
“As usual, I do all the work and Dean gets the girl.” Sam smiled.
“As it should be,” Dean quipped. Sam just rolled his eyes and turned to Richie for support.
“Dude, don’t look at me. I’ve been watching that happen for five hundred years.” Richie groused. At that moment, River came up and slipped under his am and leaned into him in a way that matched Dean and Chloe.
“Your turn. There is much to do and we will find our way together.” She said smiling up at him. He was startled how right it felt to have her close to him.
“You sure about this?”
River nodded and snuggled in closer. Richie looked over at Dean, waiting for him to make a crack about the crazy girl.
“You’re a big boy Richie. You can pick you own girls.”
“Since when do you believe that?” he laughed
The elder Winchester shrugged and looked at Chloe. Richie realized that maybe he had their female immortal to thank for Dean’s attitude change.
“Richie, not you too,” Sam laughed. “Mac, please tell me I’m not the odd Immortal out here.”
Duncan smiled as he shook his head. “We bachelors will hit the town once this is over.”
Wash laughed as he headed back to claim his girl. “Doc, ok if I take Zoe back to our quarters?”
Simon nodded. ”Get some rest Zoe.”
Silence permeated the infirmary, as the group watched Wash lead Zoe away to their quarters. They’d come very close to losing her and the reality of what had been done to save their crew mate was on everyone’s mind.
Duncan looked around at the people assembled. They’d won this battle thanks to Sam’s unique abilities but there were bigger fights looming.
“It’s not over yet,” he said drawing the attention of all assembled. “There’s a war coming and we are flying right into the middle of it.”
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The story continues in By Any Other Name
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