Fic: The Call Of Illyria

[beer_good_foamy]

Title: The Call Of Illyria
Author: Beer Good (beer_good_foamy)
Timeline: Angel s5, minutes after NFA ends.
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: Joss owns all. Possibly even me.
Summary:It’s the final battle, and the gang seem to be done for… when Illyria calls in a favour from an old (and I mean OLD) acquaintance to help them out. HP Lovecraft crossover.

This is a 200-word drabble, somewhat inspired by speakr2customrs, in somewhat belated honour of Amy Acker’s 30th birthday, and featuring a pairing some might consider somewhat weird.

The Call Of Illyria

The demon army kept coming and the four were backed into a corner, losing. Illyria turned to Angel as she decapitated a demon.

“I do not wish to die like this, halfbreed. I have an idea, but it carries great risk.”

“More than dying?”

“Much more. But he owes me. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh, Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! Iä! Iä! CTHULHU FHTAGN!”

California shook as a creature of mountainous size broke through the asphalt, scattering buildings and demons every which way. No mind could fully comprehend his horrific appearance. His scaly body was unfathomably huge, with wings that seemed to shred the rainclouds while his talons scratched at the groaning earth, and somewhere up there was an enormous head with a face full of teeth and writhing tentacles. The demons were like ants to him; within seconds, the entire block was a blood-soaked wasteland.

Cthulhu turned towards the gang, who felt very tiny. The Great Old One’s voice crackled with immeasurable age and malice, turning Gunn’s hair as white as Spike’s.

“THERE. WE ARE EVEN, ILLYRIA. NOW QUIT STALKING ME.”

Then he strode off terrifyingly. The others stared at Illyria, who shrugged.

“We used to date. He cheated on me with Shub-Niggurath.”


Author’s Note: Cthulhu and Shub-Niggurath were invented by HP Lovecraft and are, I’m told, in the public domain. For those of you unfamiliar with Cthulhu, he looks something like this:

Now picture him making out with Amy. I dare ya.

Comments

[copykween.livejournal.com]

That would have been a fun ending. :)

I can totally imagine Anya saying something like this as well lol.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

That line might be a little TOO much Anya for Illyria to say... But it's not like this story is all that serious anyway. Thanks a lot!

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

He He! Always good to have someone owing you a favour. Especially someone like him when you are in a tight corner

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Yup, nothing like an annoyed hellgod to tip the scales. Thanks!

[shapinglight]

ROFLMAO!

That was brilliant!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[faith-chaos.livejournal.com]

*is still laughing*

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

*is still appreciative of reviews*

[shinodabear.livejournal.com]

LOL
Brilliant.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Topples slowly to the floor while clutching a copy of the Necromium...

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

That is not dead which can eternal lie
And with strange aeons even death may die... So just lie down for a while and you'll be immortal! Yay!

Thanks for the review!

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!! Fantastic.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

Wonderful. Extra points for tentacles.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Oh, now you've done it. You made me want to write a Buffy/Day Of The Tentacle crossover. As if I needed more plot bunnies... *grumbles*

J/k. Thanks!

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

The world can always do with more tentacles.

[bubonicplague.livejournal.com]

Here by way of petzipellepingo. Gah, my favorite AtS character finally in the Lovecraft canon! This was a stroke of hilarious genius.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Well, she was always referred to as one of the Old Ones, so I figured this made sense. Thanks a lot!

[draconin.livejournal.com]

ROFL! Oh, that would have been an ending to have! A bit deus ex machina but then that never stopped JW before, eh?

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Indeed, a little deus (or is it demonis?) ex machina does wonders for a story sometime.

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Holy. Cow. Um, holy Cthulhu.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Cow... mmmm... Now I've got a hankerin' for some grilled Cthulhu steak. Thanks!

[frogfarm]

WHOOOOO! HENTACLES!

"More like, the call of Fred..."

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Heh, that "the call of" reference didn't occur to me. Synchronicity rocks. Thanks!

[speakr2customrs.livejournal.com]

Great stuff!

I did a Cthulhu drabble a while back as part of bogwitch's tentacle ficathon:

http://speakr2customrs.livejournal.com/42770.html

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I knew there had to be more Cthulhu xovers out there... (though I must say the whole tentacle thing puzzles me.)

[ravenwings-7.livejournal.com]

Illyria + Cthulhu = OTP

And was I the only one who watched S5 and immediately went, "Damn, Joss, how much Lovecraft have you been reading?"

(The icon isn't right, but it the only Illyria one I've got...)

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

That was Nyarlathotep in the tank in "You're Welcome", wasn't it? Thanks!

[electricalgwen.livejournal.com]

Brilliant!!
The last line kills me. Awesome.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[deird1]

Hee!

The one reason I'm very glad that Angel ended when it did? Because people like you keep coming up with insanely entertaining ways of winning that battle...

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Haha, thanks!

[elisi]

Eeeeeeeee! Why have I never seen this before? BRILLIANT! (Tentacles are *always* good!)

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Shame on you for not reading this before! ;-) Haha. Thanks!