Blair wakes up to find himself on a stone alter, his arms stretches out above his head and his legs firmly tied down.

"Umm… hello?" he called out. "Ah could I get some help here?"

"I see you're finally awake," a female voice said.

Blair raised his head and looked in the direction of the voice. Spying a figure in a hood robe, he smiles tentively.

"Umm… hi. Could you help me?" He said. "I seem to be all tied up."

"I could," the voice said as the clocked figure moved closer, "but if I did that you might try to escape and that would be bad."

Blair licked his lips nervously. "And why would that be bad. I mean me escaping, why would that be bad?"

"Because then I couldn't sacrifice you," the voice purred.

"Sacrifice me?" Blair squeaked. "Why do you want to sacrifice me?"

"So he will love me," the cloaked figure replied as she starts to lay items, like a very big knife out on a table.

"Ah… and who is he?" Blair asks as he pulled at the binding.

"Xander Harris, of course," the figure said in a matter of fact tone of voice. "Once he's mine then we can rule the world together. Won't that be nice?"

Blair's mouth opens as he tried to figure out an answer to that. Closed. Opened. And then close once again.

The figure picked up the big knife and started towards Blair. "Now I would l give you something so you don't feel anything while I cut your heart out but if I did that then the spell might not work."

~*~

Who saves Blair (if he is saved) is up to whoever takes this fic.

If Ellison saves him I would expect him to look into who Xander Harris is.

If Xander saves Blair, I would expect Ellison and Xander to face off about Xander's girlfriend trying to sacrifice Blair.

Post Season 4 - esp Pangs

Xander decides to make a road trip across America (Take 2)

He makes it to New Jersy when he starts to feel ill.  Figuring it he was tired he rents a room.  The next morning he notice some small reddish spots on his skins. 

Knowing he had the chicken pox as a child, Xander realize that this was the Chumash revenge part 2.  Not knowing what to do Xander calls 911 and tried to convince the operator that he has smallpox and he's afraid to go anyplace and infect others.

Figuring Xander has a case of chicken pox combined being a hypochondriac, EMS tech were dispacted to his location where they realize that they were not deal with chicken pox but with something they has never seen before.

Not know what to do they contact Princetonr09;Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (PPTH) and were placed under immediate quarantine.

Enter Dr. Gregory House.

Tony Stark, Nathan Stark & Xander are all at least half brothers, with Nathan and Tony having known each other previously.

Xander runs away from home as a teenager{14-17(due to abuse, backstabbing, injury...all of the above...)} and runs into Tony, ends up saving his life, which eventually leads to them finding out the family connection.

Tony and Nathan join together to help and get to know Xander, ensuring he gets extensive, effective & excellent Healing, Therapy, Tutoring and Self Defence Training{in case he gets kidnapped}

Slowly they each form a strong and solid accepting/protective/loyal/resiliant/ perceptive/ healing/in-depth relationship with each other - in the case of Tony and Nathan it also means healing at least some of the personal hurts/issues with themselves and each other 

No one outside of the brothers and JARVIS know of the family relationship or who Xander was previously, and they try and keep it that way even after the death of Stane.

All three are skilled BAMFs, Engineers, Business Men, Humanitarians, Façade Wearers, Secret Finders & Keepers{includes the Supernatural world}, Fighters, Linguists, People Readers... 

Bonus points if all three are natural shifters, hunters, sentinals/guides, immortals or psychics...

Double bonus points if all three are either gay or bisexual {possible lovers Jack Carter, Phil Coulson, Clint Barton, Bruce Banner, Jack Harkness....}

Triple bonus points if sometime between sunnydale and meeting tony Xander somehow looses his memories

Quadruple bonus points if none of the Starks are in awe of Steve Rogers and in fact have issues with him

Just imagine Fury reaction to learning there are three Starks running around :D

"Ladies, gentlemen and gentle being, welcome to the first annual hero strip poker competition," a human appear woman said as an introduction. "I am Erin your host for this little event."

"Now I know you're wondering what exactly is hero strip poker," Erin said as she hit a switch. A wall ascended reviewing a room in which a number of good looking men seem to trying to find a way out. "As you can see I have collected a number of the best heroes from across the global for our competition. We have the loyal and fierce Xander Harris, the fiery Hornito Caine of Miami, the brave Colonel Jack O'Neill and so many more."

"Can they see us?" one of the competitors asked.

"No. The viewing wall is made up of a one way viewing matter," Erin explained. "So we can look in and they think it's a regular wall."

"So how exactly is this hero strip poker?" another competitor asks. "I mean we are the ones playing poker, so how are they going to strip?"

"I'm glad you asked that," Erin said with a smile as she signed her men to remove a box reviewing very life like dolls of the heroes. "Now what we have here are some life like dolls that are connected to our heroes."

"Are the dolls anatomically correct," one of the competitors giggled.

"Very," Erin purred. "The dolls are so exact that you can tell if your hero is cut or not or if they have any pierces anyways"

Those gathered for the game broke out into giggles.

Erin continued on. "And before you ask, yes the dolls to send back to the hero limited feeling. You can't hurt them but you can touch them"

Erin demonstrated this by stoking the hair on a silver head doll, the room the men were being held, Special Agent Gibbs touched his hair, his eyes wide as he looked around for whoever touched him.

"Now when you checked in and exchanged your quarter of a million dollars for chips you received a number," Erin explained. "Very shortly we will be pulling number out of a hat and that person will be able to choice their hero. Now don't worry if you don't get the hero you want because you'll have the chance to win him later."

"We are following standard strip poker rules in which clothing, their clothing will count as bets. See the rules that were handed to you for how much each item of clothing counts for," Erin said.

"So let me get this straight, we're playing poker with chips and dolls," a competitor said.

"Not exactly. Let's say you bid the pants from your hero and you lose," Erin said. "Not only do you lose the money you had in the pot but your doll and the hero the doll represent," Erin turned towards the men that was being held captured, "loses their pants."

"So they'll end up naked," a competitor said with a smirk

"Only if you're a bad player," Erin replied. "The first day will weed the competitors down to the top five players. The next day will be a winner takes all. All the cash and all the heroes."