A/N: Ever had scenes for
a fic running around in your head, refusing to go away? That's the
origin of this work of strangeness. For five years now I've been seeing
bits and pieces of this one in my mind, like clips of a movie, over and
over until finally, a few months ago it all came together enough for me
to make it into an actual story.
This is one of a number of Jett/Joxer pieces I was working on then and
it's also the longest, coming in at around 326 KB. That being the case,
this is getting posted in parts. Many parts over many days. Possibly
weeks.
It's an...odd thing, I'll admit to that right off. Much of the weird
and almost non-existent on the smut. The "R" rating is actually more
for the torture scene than anything else. (I'll give appropriate
warnings when that part is posted.) Frankly, I had a hella good time
just messing with the plot on this and sex would've screwed with it.
Sure, there be slash here, but not explicit and you have to wait for
it. There's also definite het leanings, nothing graphic though.
I've let this piece sit for months now, occasionally going back and
making changes, self-betaing, etc., and I think it's about as
presentable as it's going to get when left in just my hands. There's no
title for the moment and I'm not sure if there ever will be; I just
can't pin anything down that works.
I realized too late that I'd taken canon at face value when I should've
known better. In mythology
Helius was
the god of the sun, not
Apollo.
However, in the shows it's Apollo who is presented as god of the sun
and I went with that here. It's become too big a part of the whole
story line to change now and at least I can say it has a basis in canon
and isn't solely fanon.
This is a nominal crossover with the series
Forever Knight (the official site
is long gone so no link, sorry). Nominal in that it uses a character
who never appeared onscreen and was only mentioned once in the third
season ep, "Ashes to Ashes." Only one transcript exists for that show
and the spelling of that character's name is highly suspect as it was
phonetically done. That being the case, I did some research on Ancient
Egyptian names and came up with the name I believe is correct,
"Kadjadja" which is likely pronounced "Kahaha."
I've attempted to abide by the FK rules for vampires as laid out
here, but I may have made
a deviation or two where it was impractical. It won't be anything
really noticeable though.
This story picks up a couple months after the
Xena third season episode, "King of
Assassins" and takes place before the
Hercules
fourth season episode, "Armageddon Now" part 1. This makes a lot more
sense if you've seen the
Xena
ep as it's referenced here quite a bit.
Pairing(s):
Jett/Joxer, Joxer/f
Warnings: R for bits of
language, m/f, twincest, violence and torture.
Disclaimers: I own none of the characters herein, but if
anyone's selling....
Archive: Joxerotica (when it's
done), my site and
my
LJ.
Summary: There's an undead
murderer on the loose. Xena, Gabrielle and Joxer are hunting him down
-- with a little "help" from Jett.
Word count: 39,928