I was re-reading the story, and one question popped in my head.

Demon Fire... How did the council found out about this poison and cure? How many Slayers did they kill just to test the poison? How many more died to find the antidote?

So.. how did this go?

Poison Slayer... see if antidote works.. Slayer dies... get new Slayer... repeat until someone comes with the brilliant idea: kill a slayer by draining her blood, store blood until next Slayer is found, poison her, then try the Slayer blood as an antidote?

Then there's the cruciamentum drug...

How many Slayers were experimented upon?

The Council's actions s are monstrous.

Anyway..... Your stories are very entertaining even when re-read multiple times!
Thank you for writing and sharing!

I didn't really think too much about the mechanism, but developing the Cruciamentum drug must have required quite a sophisticated knowledge of what makes a Slayer work, both physically and mystically. It makese sense that Demon Fire would have been developed from the knowledge gained at this point. Under normal circumstances, of course, there wouldn't have been a cure (only one Slayer alive at a time).

Thanks for re-reading and for the review - glad you're still enjoying the series.

Know it's probably a bit late but one other thing about the other branches getting a foot hold in the SGC. The moment Stargate Command starts building ships, the Navy is going to want to take over that part, which by tradition and training they rightfully should.

This might well happen, or at least to the extent of some joint crewing. It's a while down the line, however.

Thanks for the review.

rofl..she let the CIA guy look like a rookie :)
nice work with the camp, I just hope Cordy doesn't take it to hard.
should I feel sorry now for Cordy or her captors

In fairness, no ordinary human is a match for a Slayer in her natural night-time environment, and especially not one with Special Forces training on top of her gifts.

As for the camp? She'll very quickly get over it - being captured and seeing your buddy murdered tends to have that effect...

As for who you should feel sorry for? You'll soon find out!

Thanks for the review.

nice how Cordy handled that para :)
and I wonder what Cordy has found there at the end with those 2 guys.

I would say the para got off rather easily. Bruised and battered, but not permanently maimed...

Thanks for the review.

sending Wesley to Tehran??? ouch ......and I don't want to be in the Chases skin if Cordy gets her
hands on them :)

I think Wesley is getting off lightly, all things considered!

It'll be a while yet, but Cordy will eventually catch up with her so-called parents.

Thanks for the review.

Great story so far. Though of course any paratrooper would have thought of "A Bridge Too Far" or possibly "The Longest Day" rather than some of the movies mentioned...

Not sure an American paratrooper would have thought of a "Bridge too Far" - it was largely about a British operation, but I'd completely forgotten about the Longest Day. Thanks for the review.

Glad you made Glory more of a God type enemy. I mean a God should be close to undefeatable and ruthless like you have made her. You also made this more realistic than most writers with deaths happening quite frequently. You really make your original characters interesting and believable, very good job on that. What amazes me the most is the way you portray Cordelia, especially her relationship with Buffy and Willow. Truthfully I never liked Cordy on Buffy, but she had a much better part on Angel, but you have brought her up almost to Buffy status. If you had been writing for the show ... it might not have ended because SMG got tired of it, Cordy just could have taken over the main role with SMG more in the executive role dealing with the HGC, SGC, Slayer business etc. like your story. No doubt now that this is the best series I have ever read and it has Cordy as the main character, just amazes me. You get another rec from me for this great story. Thanks for writing this and I know I'll enjoy the rest of this series.

The canon Glory was a little too weak. Mine won't exactly be undefeatable, but she's already inflicted quite a price in dead good guys and injured (in Willow's case permanently) Scoobies. It never quite made sense that the gang - aside from Buffy - would remain unscathed for most of seven seasons, especially given the amateurish way they tended to fling themselves into fights.

As for Cordy, she wasn't very likeable on Buffy - though more in-your-face honest than most of the Scoobies. In Angel, circumstances made her change. In my story, there's a whole raft of differences: an abusive childhood, never meeting Angel in LA, running foul of a Vengeance Demon, being called upon by the SGC to help out with the Initiative aftermath, discovering she was a Slayer and Buffy's sister... That's too much not to have a major effect on someone's character.

Glad you're enjoying it - hope you like the others in the series. Thanks for the review.

I already reviewed to tell you how much I love this story. This review is just so I can make my recommendation.

Thanks for the review and the recommendation - hope you continue to enjoy the series.

nice storming of Willys bar...nice scene to read.
and the Slayer from off-world jumping Spike...urrrrkkssss I get sick

I don't usually do spoilers, but if it makes you feel any better, things don't work out as planned for either Amyra or Spike (especially Spike) in the next chapter.

Thanks for the review.

ahh good Mann got what she deserved and fun meeting with the 3 colonels and Cordy

speak of evil cliffhangers :)

Evil cliffhangers? Me? Never... ;-)

Thanks for the review.

ohhaa..the poor Admiral *g*
k I don't feel sorry for Hank, but B got quite the smackdown.
rofl about the Mann / Spike / Cordy talk....
and now Wolfram and Heart is on the Hellmouth...uhhooo

My Glory is a lot meaner than the canon version (she's a God, after all).
Mann might just be the next to catch heat from her superiors...
Wolfam and Hart might - or might not - be there to cause trouble.

Thanks for the review.

Woah, this is a major undertaking. Very well written, very well conceived and with lovely plot twists. Thanks very much for writng and posting this.

Thanks - glad you enjoyed it. There's still quite a way to go in the second part.

I have really enjoyed reading Fate's Little Plaything and happy you are continuing on with Volume two and Key to the stars. Please keep up the great work.

Thanks - hope you enjoy the next parts.

Utterly wonderful. Moving on now to the next volume....

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Thanks - glad you enjoyed it and I hope the next installment doesn't disappoint.

ahh nice that Faith and Dawn are getting along better.
ohhaa the poor civilian in Cordy's hands *g*
nice talk wit Cordy and the 2 higher ups.....
lol...Hank proving stupidity hasn't died out *g*
nice date for T and C.

Thanks for your continuing reviews - glad you're still enjoying it. :-)