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PART 11
Ahh.. 2 days later. Alex has still managed
to annoy Sil via these neato communication orbs… they be magic. Mhm. Caitlyn
is still locked in lab, everyone’s ignoring Anya. She still won’t leave.
Scene:
Right outside Cat’s lab. Quinn is standing
there a curious look on his face.
Quinn: What is she doing in there?
(The door opens up, startling Quinn, and Cat
appears. She looks extremely perky and joyful. Fear this. It’s the only sane
thing to do.)
Caitlyn: (her eyes shining) Hi Quinn!
Quinn: (surprised) Uh.. hi, Cat. What…
Caitlyn: .. am I doing?
Quinn: Yeah.
Caitlyn: I’ve been playing! (Grabs Quinn’s arm) Come on!
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Meanwhile:
Scene:
The kitchen. Silia’s night to cook.
She’s busy finishing up when Ares teleports into the room. He tries in vain to
sneak up behind her.
Silia: Try it, Ares, and you’ll find the
kitchen counter shoved down your throat.
Ares: (stops) Bah. You have no fun do you?
Silia: I have plenty of fun.
Ares: Prove it.
Silia: Go away before I hurt you. A lot.
Better yet, go set the dining room table.
Ares: Why should I?
Silia: Because I told you to. I’m cooking
big time here and everyone is eating in the same room. Got it?
Ares: I don’t need to eat.
Silia: Don’t care. You’ll be there too.
Now go set the damn table.
Ares: Make me.
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Scene:
Back in Cat’s lab. Cat and Quinn are
staring at this large containment unit with a very cool looking mech armor suit
thing. (Think anime type stuff…)
Caitlyn: This here is called a VCCOM.
Quinn: A what? And how do you know?
Caitlyn: Variable Configuration Combat
Operations Machine. I know this because I’ve been playing with this lovely
piece of work for two days.
Quinn: (A sudden thought pops into his head)
Cat.. where did you get this?
Caitlyn: The data Ash sent me. Amazing
isn’t it?
Quinn: Where’s the person this belongs to?
Caitlyn: (waves her hand toward med lab
distractedly) He’s sedated. (Realizes
Quinn is giving her a stern look) What? Stop giving me that look. I’ll send
him right back where he came from.
Quinn: That’s the problem.
Caitlyn:
(not paying attention) Huh?
Quinn: Ashley said that the energy around
his planet is like this ones. He’s stuck here. Like us.
Caitlyn: (Looks up) Oops…
????: So I’m stuck here?
(Cat and Quinn turn to the med lab to see
Cat’s latest ‘toy’ in the door way)
Caitlyn: (Sheepishly) Heh. Sorry. My bad.
Listen we can get you home. It’ll just take some time.
Quinn: A lot of time most likely. So you
might as well tell us your name.
????: It’s Stealth. Can I have my suit
back at least?
Caitlyn:
That’s it? Stealth?
Stealth: It’s enough.
Caitlyn: (sighs) Fine. I’m Caitlyn Morgan
this is Quinn Mallory. We are the resident brains in the house. And no you
can’t have your armor back.
Stealth: Why not?
Caitlyn: Not until I finish studying it.
Don’t worry, it’s not like I’ll melt it down or anything. I want to see
how it compares to my own work. (Turns to Quinn) Take him upstairs, introduce
the gang and get him some food.
Quinn: All right. (Speaking to Stealth)
Follow me.
Stealth: Gang? How many people are here?
Quinn: Too many.
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Scene:
The living room. Quinn has led Stealth
directly here because well.. I said so. Anyhoo, Alli is laying on the couch
flipping through channels. Sitting on the floor in front of her is a very bored
Terry. Anya is sitting in a corner by herself reading an old book. Xander is
playing a small game of poker with Bobby, Buffy, and Jubilee.
Xander: I raise you 50.
Buffy: I fold.
Jubilee: Me too.
Bobby: I’ll see your 50, and raise you a
hundred.
(The two face off. Xander looks at his cards
and stares at Bobby)
Xander: I’m out. Damn it.
Bobby: (Grins and happily takes the pile of
chips) Unless you’ve played poker with The Thing, Cannonball, or Wolverine,
you don’t stand a chance with me.
Xander: Uh huh. If you’re so good, why is
it that Jubilee has most of our cash?
Bobby: (squirms in his seat) Beginners luck.
That’s all.
(Quinn clears his throat and everyone turns)
Quinn: Hey everyone. We have another trapee.
This is Stealth. (Starts introductions) The one on the floor is Terry McGinnis.
Terry: (nods a bit) Hey.
Quinn: The blue girl drooling over him is
Allison Warren.
Allison: Call me Alli! And I’m not
drooling.
Quinn: (Points to Anya) That’s Anya.
She’s not stuck here, but she’s.. why are you still here?
Anya: (not interested) None of your
business.
Quinn: Okay.. Anyway, at the table there is
Xander Harris.
Xander: Hi. Welcome to hell.
Buffy: (whaps Xander) Xander!
Quinn: The violent one is Buffy Summers.
Buffy: I’m not violent.
Quinn: The other girl is Jubilation Lee.
Jubilee: Hey dude. (Cracks her gum) At least
you’ll have plenty to do here.
Quinn: And that guy is Bobby Drake. He’s
just sponging off of everyone here and ‘visiting’ Jubilee.
Bobby: I’m ‘that guy’? I’m not
sponging off anyone either! Since when do make these little side comments Quinn?
Quinn: I’ve been saving them up…
(Quinn is interrupted by the doors to the
kitchen flying open and Ares comes flying through. The god hits the opposite
wall with a crash. As he gets back to his feet, Silia storms through the doors.
Suffice to say she looks extremely pissed.)
Stealth: (his eyes are in a bit of shock)
Sil?
Silia: (her eyes are blazing purple) You son
of a.. don’t you dare lay a hand on me. EVER! You lousy pervert! I’m not
going to give you any ‘favors’ just so you’ll set the damn table!
Ares: I’ll do what I want when I want.
I’m the god of war!
Silia: Oh shut up! You are a pathetic, sad,
little man. You want to know how I got rid of your powers? I didn’t even waste
any magic on you. You’re so weak minded all I had to do was telepathically
shut off your mind’s control over them! Now if you even think wrong I will
turn you in to a giant rat with a sheep fetish!
Ares: A sheep would be more fun than you!
(Throws a fireball at her)
Silia: (catches it and it dissolves) That.
Is. IT! I HAVE HAD IT! (She telekinetically slams him into the wall again)
Tomorrow afternoon we are settling this. Training hall. We go all out. No
holding back.
Ares: (Gets back up) That’s just fine!
I’ll destroy you. You will beg me for mercy. (Teleports away)
Silia: Bastard. (Closes her eyes and mutters
something. She reopens them and takes a deep breath. She turns to everyone.)
Dinner is almost done. Can some one please set the table?
(Everyone except Alli, Stealth, and Quinn,
run for the dining room.)
Quinn: Um.. That was Ares. Greek god of war.
Stealth: The real one?
Quinn: Yes. And the woman is Silia Vanya.
She's usually.. not like that. At least not that bad.
Stealth: Silia?
Quinn: Yeah, I heard you say Sil. Do you
know her?
Stealth: No. She just looks familiar.
(A small explosion of fireworks followed by
Anya screaming is heard from the dining room)
Allison: (Walks over to Stealth. She pats him on the back with a smile) Welcome home.
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The next day
Scene:
About an hour or so after breakfast. Silia
is in the gym with Buffy. (Yes this place has a gym. Amazing, this place has
everything! Real World eat your heart out.) The two of them are sparring, when
Stealth and Alli come in.
Allison: This is the gym. Basic stuff. You
name it; it’ll be here somewhere. (Waves) Hi you two!
Silia: (Turns around to greet Alli) Hi Alli.
(Buffy tries to take Silia by surprise with a kick but Silia dodges easily with
out a thought.) Nice try.
Buffy: (flops onto the floor tired) No fair.
Hi Alli. Come in. Sit. Please!
Allison: (Drags Stealth into the gym and
forces him to sit) You didn’t get to meet him last night Sil because you
vanished without eating dinner.. But this is our newest little buddy, Stealth.
Stealth & Buffy: ‘Little buddy?’
Silia: (lets out a chuckle) Hehe. Cute. (She
sits on the floor with the others and turns to Stealth) Stealth huh? You’re
the one with the armor that Cat seems to adore.
Stealth: Yeah.
Silia: That’s it? Just 'yeah'? Not even a
question or shocked anything? I mean I happen to look exactly like that one
pilot Silence. And the name thing has got to be creepy.
Stealth: (shrugs) Not really.
Silia: (rolls her eyes) Just love the silent
type. Sheesh. (She stands up and stretches a bit) Time relax a bit before I make
Ares cry like a baby. (Leaves)
Buffy: So Stealth, what did you do on your
earth?
Stealth: (opens his mouth to speak) I..
Allison: (interrupts) He was like a mech
pilot thing!
Buffy: A wha?
Allison: Think anime stuff. Like that one
video I made you watch.
Buffy: Oh.
Allison: (glances toward the doorway and
sees Terry walking by. She hops up a huge grin on her face) There’s my cutie
pie! You get to continue Stealth’s tour, Buff! Bye! (Runs off) Terrrrrrrry!!!!!!!!
Stealth: Is she always like that?
Buffy: Yup. Come on, I need a cookie or something. Have you seen the kitchen?
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Scene:
The kitchen. Bobby is looking through
cabinets and Jubilee is standing on a chair reaching hard for stuff on a shelf.
The duo has made a complete mess of the rather large place.
Jubilee: Where the hell are they? (Knocks a
box of crackers off the shelf)
Bobby: (Moving cans in a cabinet) Twinkies.
We need that artificial sponge of goodness. Where are they? I thought you said
Xander had a supply of them.
Jubilee: (tosses a box of Ho-Hos to the
floor) He has them. I know it!
Bobby: (picks up Ho-Hos) I say we take this,
add a bit of Tabasco sauce and get Anya to eat.
Jubilee: That’s pretty lame, Drake. We can
do better.
Bobby: I know we can do better. But we
aren’t at the X-mansion. We don’t have the supplies.
Jubilee: (stretches for another grab) Dude,
we have even more stuff. We got Cat’s lab..
Bobby: She’s locked us out.
Jubilee: We have Silia’s books…
Bobby: She may be cute, but I still don’t
want her to be the last thing I see in my young, well-lived life.
Jubilee: Uh huh. Yeah. Puh-leaze.
(She moves another box over and lets out a squeal) I FOUND THEM!!!!!!!!
(As Jubilee cheers, she finally ends up
falling off of the chair. *like you didn’t see this coming* The door swings
open and Jubilee falls onto Stealth with a crash. Buffy narrowly avoids being
crushed by the two. Naturally Bobby is laughing his pretty little head off.)
Buffy: (maneuvers around the fallen
housemates and steps into the kitchen) Nice landing, J…(sees mess) Oh my god.
Jubilee: (Gets to her feet.) Ouch. Thanks
for being my air bag.
Stealth: (groans) No problem. (Stands up and
checks out the kitchen. He arches an eyebrow but stays silent.)
Bobby: (calming down) Oh wonderful grace you
just showed us, Lee. Can we have a replay?
Jubilee: (glares at Bobby and showers him
with ‘paffs’) Replay this, Snowboy.
Bobby: (shields his eyes) Watch it!
(Bobby steps back and slips on some random
kitchen goodness and lands on his back. He sits up and throws a fast made
snowball. It hits Jubilee in the face. Buffy keeps from laughing and slowly
backs out of the kitchen taking Stealth with her. The two mutants continue their
battle with out a care.)
Buffy: (turns to Stealth) If we get as far
away from here as possible, we won’t be linked in any way.
Stealth: What would ha.. (He replays last
night’s scene through his head) Forget I ask.