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PART 10
Scene:
The camera room. Alex is sitting there
grinning happily.
Alex: I get to leave. That’s right. I’m
no longer stuck. Thank you god. As much as I adore Silia and my sister…
everyone else is driving me insane. I bet you’re wondering ‘How does this
guy get to leave?’ Simply put, my powers could have taken me home. See I can
shape shift in to creatures with magical abilities. It includes a genie.
That’s right, I’ve been holding out on everyone.
(Grins some more *is that possible?*)
Alex: See, Cat, Alli, Sil, and I decided to try out my powers to see if the wishes could get us out of here. They worked. But.. Cat doesn’t want to leave yet. She wants to ‘conquer’ the boundaries here. Alli doesn’t want to leave either, and Sil.. she just stared at me funny. I was going to tell everyone, but Sil said not to. She wants the others to suffer.
Cat said that I might not be able to grant a
major wish like that any way, so we’re just telling everyone that my powers
only work for me. Not like any one actually knows what I do.
(Leans back in his seat.)
Alex: I can’t wait to get home. I can earn
some money again. God I love cash. (turns thoughtful suddenly) Hey… Quinn and
Xander owe me money.
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1 day later… surprisingly, no one really
paid attention to Alex being gone. Except for Xander. But that’s because Alex
took his credit card….
Anyhoo.. Scene:
A lovely day. Oh ok.. the rain out side is
madness. Silia is playing a game similar to Risk with Ares.
Silia: I win again.
Ares: (Angry) How the hell? You cheated!
Silia: (leans back) No I didn’t. I’m
just better than you at strategy.
Ares: I’m the god of war! You can’t be
better than me!
Silia: (smiles serenely) I can and I am.
Ares: One more game.
Silia: (Yawns) I’ll pass. We’ve been
playing all day. I think I’m going to go study..
Ares: (Muttering) If I had my powers…
Silia: I know your game Ares. You’re
hoping to piss me off enough to give you your powers. It won’t work.
Ares: Damn it!
Silia: (shrugs and stands up) I gave your
powers back a week ago.
Ares: What?? I..
Silia: Didn’t notice? What a shame. (Turns
to leave) I have put restrictions on them of course. You can only use them on
our property and in the house. So no starting wars in the world.
Ares: Restrictions??? You.. you…
Silia: Ta ta. (Leaves)
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Scene:
20 minutes later. It’s still raining.
Everyone is now confined to the house. Caitlyn has locked her self in the lab
and won’t let anyone in or near it. Ares is nowhere to be seen.
Alli has managed to get the others to play a nice mature game of
pictionary.
Xander: It’s a cow!!
Allison: It’s not a cow you dork! It’s
an um.. (Thinks) I dunno what it is.
Quinn: It’s obviously a horse.
Buffy: (glares at her teammates) A cow???
(She points at the drawing) Does this look like a cow?? (Points again) Hello!
Whiskers. Duh!
Anya: Hey, you’re cheating! (Turns to her
team) Can I hurt her for cheating?
Jubilee: Of course not.
Anya: But Alli hit Terry when he did. Then
Bobby froze Alli to the floor when she did.
Jubilee: That’s because Alli is a nut
case. And Bobby is just a jerk.
Allison: I heard that!
Bobby: (rolls his eyes) You asked me to do
that Jubilee.
Terry: It’s true you know!
Bobby: That I’m a jerk??
Terry: No! I mean about Alli. And I didn’t
cheat!
Allison: Maybe I am a nut case. But it’s
the principal! (As an after thought) And you did too cheat, you cheater like
person you!
(At this point everyone starts to argue.
Anya sits there watching. She gets ready to walk over to Xander when she
realizes he’s talking to Buffy. Instead of just pushing her way there she
observes.)
Buffy: That is so not a cow. It’s a cat. I
was drawing Hello Kitty.
Xander: (laughing) A cat?? Buff, I hate to
break this to you.. but you.. well.. couldn’t draw if your life depended on
it. I mean come on! Just look at this thing! It’s huge!!
Buffy: (Miffed) Gee thank you very much for
that astute observation. I may not
be able to draw, but at least I don’t jump from job to job weekly, and live in
my parents’ basement.
Anya: (Steps into the ‘conversation’ and
throws her 2 cents in) No, you just sleep with vampires and cause them to go
psycho and kill innocent people. And you treat your friends like pack animals
when it comes to making them help you. Then you screw up and get your
ex-boyfriends killed.
(The room instantly gets quiet.)
Buffy: Wha…(Her face goes from mildly
miffed to upset instantly. She blinks back the tears starting to form. She slaps
Anya.) Go to hell. (She turns around and runs off.)
Anya: (stares at everyone) What? She was
yelling at Xander.
Allison: You are such a skank, Anya. (Runs
after Buffy)
Jubilee: That was way harsh.
Terry: Not to mention unfair.
Quinn: She didn’t deserve that.
Bobby: And I thought I was cold…
Anya: (turns to Xander) What? I just.. (Sees
the extremely angry expression on Xander’s face.) She..
Xander: You had no right to say that to her.
(walks away)
Anya: Xander!!
(Xander waves her away and leaves. Anya
turns around only to see everyone giving her dirty looks and leaving her alone.
She sits on the couch miserable.)
Anya: She deserved it.
Ares: (out of nowhere) Of course she did.
She was completely out of line, wasn’t she?
Anya: (turns to Ares) Not taking her side?
Ares: Why would I do a thing like that. You
had every right to say what you did. She deserved every word. Sometimes you just
have to remind people that they aren’t perfect.
Anya: You’re right. She thinks she’s
perfect.
Ares: And look how she’s gotten everybody
to turn against you. Even your boyfriend.
Anya: She did, didn’t she. That.. that..
bitch!
Ares: Who needs them?
Anya: I don’t. (Stands up) I don’t need
any of them. I’ll show them. I’ll show them all. (Runs to her room)
Ares: (grins) God I love my work. (Teleports
from the room)
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Scene:
The very large, very spacious attic that
Silia calls hers. She’s floating in mid air like she loves to do and is
reading from a large, ancient looking book. There’s a knock on her door and
with out looking up she opens the door with a thought.
Silia: Come on in, Buffy. (As soon as Buffy
walks in, Silia slams the book shut and gives the slayer a worried look.) What
happened?
Buffy: (wipes away some tears) I’m
surprised you don’t know.
Silia: My attic is enchanted to keep any
stray thoughts coming in or out. Makes it easier on me when I sleep and study.
Buffy: Study? Aren’t you a bit too old?
Silia: (smiles a bit) Studying spells. Never
too old for that. (Her expression turns serious again, and she leads Buffy to a
nearby counter with seats next to it.) Sit down and tell me what happened.
(Buffy recaps the incident downstairs, and
Silia listens with interest. As she finishes, Silia hands her a cup of tea.)
Buffy: (Sniffles a bit) Thanks. I’m not
really like that am I?
Silia: Selfish?
Buffy: Yeah. I mean you can read minds and
stuff; can’t you like tell if that’s my true nature?
Silia: (Takes a sip of her own tea) I could.
But I don’t need to. You are not selfish. Well, not any more than most people.
But, you could use work on how you deal with problems.
Buffy: I know… (Looks up) Wait.. Wha?
Silia: Don’t take this the wrong way, but.. running away. You do that. Not all the time, But it’s like your first instinct.
Buffy: You’d run too if you had as my
problems.. (Stops as Silia lets out a huge laugh) What? It’s not funny!
Silia: (composes her self but smiles warily)
Kid, I’ve had your problems and then some. Well.. my ex didn’t have a soul
issue…. But still…
Buffy: Did you run?
Silia: (shakes her head) No. I fought. I
bared my fangs and just pounced back. It doesn’t always work out.. and yes I
end up brooding for a while.. but I feel it’s better to stay and face
everything rather than run.
Buffy: Hmm.. more problems then me?
Silia: (nods) You don’t know what a
problem is until you’ve been in my head. (Grins) That’s nothing but one huge
problem. Just like Alex.
Buffy: Alex? (A thought hits her.) Ya
know… I think you like Alex.
Silia: What? Please.
Buffy: (her eyes light up gleefully) You do!
Silia: Ha. Trust me. I don’t. He reminds
me of Chris though.
Buffy: Who’s that?
Silia: Cat an Alex’s older brother.
Buffy: Oh. So you like him then?
Silia: Did.
Buffy: What happened.
Silia: He died.
Buffy: (her face falls) Oh. I’m sorry.
Silia: (Waves it off) Don’t worry. He’s
not really dead, dead.
Buffy: (confused) Huh?
Silia: He got killed, got brought back,
turned bad and is a mortal enemy. Long story.
Buffy: When good boyfriends go bad, on the
next Ricki Lake.
Silia: Naw.. That’d be more of a Springer
episode.
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Scene:
Caitlyn’s lab. She’s staring at her
monitor, which has all sorts of info on it, including a whole model scheme of
mech armors.
Caitlyn: (Muttering to herself as she flips
through the various armor schematics) Laz? Hm.. I can do better. Silence? Sil
should see that.. heehee. Bard.. nice if a bit primitive. (Something catches her
eye) Stealth? Helloo there… very nice. Very, very nice. Can’t believe Ashley
passed up the chance to play with this. Oh this is too good to pass up.
(Caitlyn jots down some numbers and runs
into the other room.)
Caitlyn: God this is going to be fun!!
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Scene:
(Oh come you can live with one more scene in
this part. Sheesh. Don’t have any hissy fits.) The storm outside still
hasn’t let up, and everyone is tucked into his or her beds. Xander is still
awake and flipping through channels on the tv. Alli walks into the room and
flops down on the couch next to him.
Allison: Dump her.
Xander: What?
Allison: Dump Anya.
Xander: I can’t do that. I mean..
Allison: Are you in love with her?
Xander: Well.. no.. but..
Allison: You care. Blah, blah, blah. You
can’t commit to her while you’re totally mooning over your best friend.
Xander: Yeah but..
Allison: Stop that. Dump Anya, get together
with Buffy. Have many children, maybe get married and live happily ever after,
slaying vamps and such together.
Xander: (Dumbfounded) Uh..
Allison: (hops up and starts to leave turns
around suddenly) And hurry up already. I have 50 bucks riding on this. (Hops out
of the room)
Xander: (Still confused) What the heck just
happened here??