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PART 13
A week later.
Scene:
Buffy and Xander are in the camera room.
Buffy is in the seat and Xander is sitting on the armrest.
Buffy: This has been an.. eventful day.
Xander: Extremely weird. I noticed no ones
been in here for a while, so we’ll fill in some blank spots.
Buffy: Alli and Terry came back from their
date..
Xander: But refuse to tell any one what
happened.
Buffy: Silia redid the cooking schedule, and
tonight is Stealth’s night to cook.
Xander: Jubilee hates me. (grins) Steal my
Twinkies..
Buffy: Ares is still in that orb. Yay!
Xander: And we got to see ‘patrol night in
Sunnydale.’ Starring Yuki and the Scooby Gang.
Buffy: It’s kind of weird how we got to
see it. I mentioned in passing how I wonder how things were going.. and Silia
grins. The next thing I know the living room is Sunnydale and we’re standing
there watching.
Xander: Silia said it was a type of astral
projection. We were there, only not.
Buffy: After seeing how things are going.. I
feel so bad for Giles.
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Scene:
Sunnydale. A cemetery. Giles, Anya, Riley,
and Yuki are patrolling. For the record, Yuki is the japanese girl with neon
pink hair, in a short type style. She happens to be wearing a black leather
jacket, a red chinese shirt, and black leather pants.
(Side note here. I mentioned an ex boyfriend
of Buffy’s getting killed. It was not Riley. Nor Angel. It was Pike. Why? I
adore Riley. No way I’m killing him off. To speak ill of him in front of me..
is well.. it adds one on my list. And Angel.. is just.. neat now that he’s
away.)
Riley: I heard no one’s seen Spike around
since Buffy and Xander left.
Giles: I like to think of that as a good
thing.
Anya: (whiney) Why am I here??
Yuki: Because I said so. I’m going to use
you as bait.
Anya: What?? (Glares) That’s it. I’m
leaving. And don’t bother calling me for those ‘fun’ little meetings any
more. (Stalks off and trips over a tree limb)
Yuki: (not caring) Kay. Bye.
Giles: (sighs) I’ll take her home. The two
of you will be okay?
Riley: We’ll be fine.
(Giles helps Anya up and they leave.)
Riley: So.. we haven’t really gotten to
know each other since I came back from Iowa. Name’s Riley Finn.
Yuki: I know your name. Yuki Kusinagi. Super
hero. Known as Ferocity. (Mutters under her breathe) Stupid Alli sticking me
with this damn name..
Riley: Mind if I ask why “Ferocity”?
Yuki: You can ask. Doesn’t mean I’ll
answer.
Riley: Um.. okay. You’re not much for
small talk are you?
Yuki: Nope. (She stops and sniffs the air)
We have a walking corpse. (She points to an old crypt.) Right there. (She pulls
out a stake from her leather jacket.) Come on and play.
(A figure steps out of the shadows. It’s
Spike and he’s lighting up a cigarette.)
Spike: Well you’re new. Did blondie get
eaten?
Yuki: No, but she’s not around any more.
Riley: (whispering) I don’t think you
should be telling him anything.
Spike: She’s gone? Halleluiah. No more
slayer. Party on the Hellmouth.
Yuki: She’s gone. But you should be more
afraid of me than her.
Spike: And why is that? (He wanders over to
Yuki) You look as fearsome as soldier boy there. But you have very good taste.
(Nodding to her leather jacket)
Yuki: (waves a hand at Riley to keep him
away. She walks forward to Spike and smiles seductively) Looks can be deceiving.
I’m not some frail little girl in need of a hero. I bite.
Spike: I’ll bet you do.
Yuki: (grins and bares her neck towards
Spike) Wanna taste? (Smirks) Oh
wait. I forgot. You’ve been fixed. Poor little bleach boy, stuck drinking
stuff from the butcher shop. No grade A drinkies for you.
Spike: (growls) I may not be able to hurt
you, but I can get others to do it for me. (He snaps his fingers and 2 very
large hulking demons carrying swords come from the crypt.) Play time boys.
(Yuki’s grin grows wider. She shoves Spike
into Riley. He uses his tazer gun on Spike. Spike falls to the ground.)
Yuki: Watch him! I’m going to play.
Riley: But..
Yuki: Do it!
(Riley sighs and does what he’s told. He
watches Yuki fight with interest.)
(Demon 1 swings his fist at Yuki. He hits
her in the chest and she goes crashing through the crypt doors. Riley jumps up
as the demons turn to him. As he aims his rifle a black shadow bounds from the
crypt slamming into the demons.)
(As the beasts try to get up, the shadow
stands up. It’s Yuki. Except her skin is like obsidian and her eyes are bright
pink. Dragon like wings unfurl from her back and she picks up demon 1.)
Riley: (Confused) What the..
Yuki: Still want to play demon?
(Demon 2 runs toward Yuki and impales his
sword into her back. Instead of piercing her flesh, the sword shatters upon
impact. Still holding on to demon 1, Yuki turns and kicks 2 in the head. He
falls back and Yuki throws 1 at him. The demons crash into the crypt. She picks
up a fallen sword and flies into the crypt.)
Riley: (Hears screeching and crashing) My
god. They're killing her!
(Yuki comes out and she’s back to normal.
There’s not a scratch on her. She’s grinning like a mad woman.)
Yuki: Remember
kids; Ferocity is another word meaning violent. (Bitches about Alli and that
damn name again.)
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Scene:
Back in the camera room.
Buffy: Yuki is very..
Xander: Excitable.
Buffy: (Nodding) Remind me not to piss her
off.
(The door opens and Bobby sticks his head
in)
Bobby: (Steps in front of camera and waves.
Turns back to the duo.) You two are
wanted by the (sighs) All Powerful, Greatest Mind in Several Realities and Queen
of Science, Caitlyn.
Buffy: (chuckles) She’s got you saying
that now?
Bobby: Yes. (Groans) I’m starting to wish
for a beating by Magneto.
Xander: Serves you right you Twinkie thief.
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Interlude
Scene:
Silia’s Attic. Jubilee and Allison are looking at an old book.
Allison: This one is perfect.
Jubilee: We shouldn’t do this.. you got in
trouble last time.
Allison: (shrugs) I’ll take the blame.
Come on.
Jubilee: Fine. Why not. Besides if it works
maybe Xander will get off my case.
Allison: Okay repeat after me.
Selar kuritai milaveros…
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Scene:
The kitchen. Stealth is cooking. Terry walks
in and Stealth turns to him and points at the door with a knife.
Stealth: Out.
Terry: But..
Stealth: Out or else I cut out your share of
the food.
Terry: Yeah but..
(Stealth just stares at Terry calmly. Terry
sighs and leaves. Stealth returns to his work.)
(A few moments later Silia appears behind
Stealth silently. She stands there watching before speaking up.)
Silia: Hey t… Gah!
(Stealth spins around and grabs Silia’s
arm *who didn’t see this coming..* and pulls her over his shoulder. She breaks
free in mid toss and instead of landing on her feet, she crashes to the floor on
her backside.)
Silia: (dazed) Damn. I’m off my game
today…
Stealth: Don’t do that.
Silia: (stands up. Shakes her head and
smiles tiredly) Sorry. Habit. I came to offer some help. (She looks around)
But.. I don’t think you need any.
Stealth:
Everything is pretty much finished. (Shrugs) Besides I don’t need help
in the kitchen.
Silia: (nods) So I noticed. You cook AND you
take me by surprise… utterly unfair. Oh
well. (Sighs) I’ll go set the table or something.
Stealth: (stares at her) Are you all right?
I haven’t been here long, but you seem.. off.
Silia: (shrugs) I’m fine. Just one of those days. (She shrugs again and heads to the dining room leaving Stealth standing there.)
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Scene:
The dining room.
Everyone is sitting there in good spirits after finding out that Stealth
can cook.
Bobby: Finally some one with actual cooking
skills.
Caitlyn: (glares at Bobby) I can cook.
(everyone stares at her. She gets haughty.) Well I can.
Silia: (toys with her empty wine glass)
Afraid not. You cook as bad as me.
Allison: (grins) No one can cook as bad as
you, Sil.
Silia: (under her breath) I’ll remember
that the next time it’s my night to cook.
Stealth: Wait a second Silia cooked the
other day. It wasn’t that bad.
Jubilee: She cheats.
Stealth: (confused) Huh?
Buffy: She uses magic to finish it off.
Xander: See some people say that the secret
ingredient is love; in Sil’s case it’s an extra dosage of magic flavoring.
Quinn: At least Ares isn’t cooking any
more.
(Everyone groans, remembering his last
meal.)
Allison: (makes a gagging noise) He cooked this thing involving shrimp, chocolate and marshmallows.
Terry: Don’t forget the blowfish.
Stealth: Blowfish??
Xander: He was trying to kill us.
Caitlyn: He was not. He just tried combining
all the stuff he liked in to one dish.
Silia: (pours herself more wine from a
decanter that she pulls out of thin air.) No he was trying to kill us.
Terry: He must have screwed up then. I mean
we’re still alive.
Silia: (takes a drink then sets her glass
down) No he didn’t screw up, I cast a spell to disable the toxins.
(Everyone stares at her)
Quinn: (Shocked) You knew this and didn’t
tell us? And stop drinking; you’ve had like twelve glasses of whatever that
is.
Silia: It’s elven wine. And why bother
sharing? I dealt with it. Enough said.
Quinn: Whatever. (Motions to the wine) I
still say you’ve had enough of that.
Silia: (snaps her fingers and the decanter
and glass vanish) Gone now. (She turns to Stealth) Nice job on the meal. Now if
any one needs me, I’ll be in my room. (She waves her hand and teleports away.)
Xander: Is it just me or is Silia acting
funny?
Caitlyn: It’s that time of year. (Realizes
what she said.) Oops.
Buffy: What do you mean by that?
Caitlyn: It’s.. personal. (Shrugs) Don’t
worry about it. She’ll be brooding for a few days but she’ll be fine.
Buffy: I hope so.
Xander: Brooding? You mean like dead boy
brooding?