shakatany | Nov. 23rd, 2005

Lex the Ruthless, Childe of Spike by Scorpio goes AU sometime in S5 when Willow sets up a spell into the past to investigate Lex, Spike's Childe, who was supposedly dusted in Prague when Drusilla was hurt. The spell accidentally sends Xander into the past where he runs into William the Bloody, Drusilla and Darla as they hunt Nazis in war-torn Poland. Spike turns Xander and he joins the family. Years later, when Spike and Dru journey to Sunnydale, Lex stays in LA until all the events that must happen do happen. Once Xander vanishes into the past, Lex comes to pick up his Sire and meets the remaining Scoobies. It's an extremely well-plotted circular time travel story told by a very capable writer with an epilogue, set years later, seen from Angel's POV that makes me wish that Scorpo had written a sequel. As her site hasn't been updated in over 2 years I think she's left fandom--a huge loss to all of us fans of great fics.

While you're at her site check out her other stories including "Fractured Images", a future fic where the Initiative ultimately won and Spike and Angel belong to Xander (warning: D/s).

ETA: I've fixed the broken link (thanx to