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PART 2
Scene: The dining room.
Caitlyn is none other than the red head from
the kitchen. Allison is sitting next to her, bouncing her head up and down to
some tune in her head. Next to her is a tall young man with brown hair. Across
the table are Buffy, Xander, and Jubilee. At the head of the table is an asian
woman with long ebony hair.
Asian woman: Ok. This is time for us to get
to know each other a bit better. We’ve spent the day settling in to this
place, and now we really should talk. Who wants to start? And no secrets. We
share all and everything. Got it?
Young man: I’ll go first, Silia.
Silia: (nods her head to him with a slight
smile) Ok, Quinn.
Quinn: Ok. Well, I’m a scientist and an
inventor I like to think. I invented this device that allows one to travel to
parallel earths. I was sliding, that’s what we call the whole thing, with my
brother Colin and friends Rembrandt and Maggie. A similar vortex pulled me out
of the tunnel and in to that field..
Jubilee: (rolls her eyes) Dude, she wants us
to talk about our selves not how we got here.
Silia: Actually I just want everyone to
talk, Jubilee.
Xander: What about you little Miss Twinkie
stealer?
Jubilee: (sticks her tongue out at Xander.
Composes herself and takes a drink) Well, I’m a mutant. On my earth mutants
are feared and hated for our abilities. I’m a former X-Man.. so this isn’t
too big of a deal. I was blading on school grounds when wham! Portal thing
opened up I tripped and fell in.
Xander: (his eyes widen and he hits the
table in triumph) I knew I recognized you!
Everyone: Huh?
Xander: On our world you’re a comic book
character!
Jubilee: Coolness.
Quinn: X-Men? They were comic books on my
world too.
Silia: Ours too. Just like Quinn’s sliding
was a tv show for us.
Quinn: Really? Wow. Did we ever get home?
Allison: Yeah! I remember that episode! It
was where mmfh!! (Caitlyn’s hand clamps over the girl’s mouth)
Caitlyn: Sorry none of that. We don’t want
to screw up the whole continuum and all.
Silia: Ok. Buffy? Why not tell us about
yourself and Xander.
Buffy: Well I’m a freshman in college and
your basic ordinary student.
Allison: Liar!
Buffy: What?
Allison: You’re the Slayer duh!
Buffy: What? How did you know?
Silia: (takes a long drink from her wine
glass) Another tv show on our earth.
Caitlyn: Yeah. Silia was a fanatic about it.
She had the biggest crush on Xander.
Silia: (glaring) Gee thanks, Cat. Remind me
to drive a katana blade in to your back tomorrow.
Caitlyn: You know I’m teasing. (turns to
the others) That was back when we actually had time to watch tv. What.. 3
years ago before our little adventure?
Xander: (turns to Silia) You had a crush on
me? How bad? Did it involve.. (Buffy whaps him lightly) Ow!
Silia: Look what you’ve started Cat.
Allison: She used to have a crush on Quinn
too!
Silia: Alli! Who told you?
Allison: Lynn did. (starts giggling) And
your crushes on Spike, Doyle, Giles, and that Riley guy.
(Caitlyn starts giggling shortly followed by
Buffy and Xander)
Buffy: Giles?? Oh god! That’s just..
Xander: Wrong?
Quinn: A crush on me? Wow. Hey..
Silia: (grabs the wine bottle next to her and glares) That’s it. I’ll be
in my room if anyone decides to act mature. AND GET THAT THOUGHT OUT OF YOUR
HEAD ALLISON! (storms off)
Allison: Oops.
Xander: You act like she really can read
your mind.
Caitlyn and Allison: She can.
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Camera room. Silia sits in the chair. Her
left arm propped up on the armrest. Her chin is resting in her palm. She’s
waving her right hand in the air and creating shapes of mystical creatures
made out of a purple flame.
Silia: It’s going to be hell. This next year I mean. I know it. Good god. (shakes her head) If I kill some one.. It’s not my fault. God I need some demon to kill.. maybe I should conjure up one.. Bah. I suppose I should tell about what’s going on. I’ll do one better.
(she starts to chant and a whirling mist
fills the room)
Silia: (not seen) I’ll show you.
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Scene: The not so empty field. Everyone from
the house is there and Silia is off to the side alone. The others are arguing
about what’s happening.
Silia: Enough. (she walks over to them) We
already know how we got here.
Buffy: Yeah through that vortex. I thought I
was being sucked in to hell.
Silia: (Turns to Cat) Can you send us back
home?
Caitlyn: Of course! (what seems to be a
laptop from the future suddenly appears in front of Caitlyn. It floats in
midair and glows as she starts typing)
Quinn: How did you do that?
Caitlyn: I got it from the greatest
scientific mind in the universe.
(Suddenly what seems to be a little girl
pops out of nowhere. Her hair is bright red and extremely spiky. She grins)
Genius: That’s me! (she disappears before
anyone notices her)
(Quinn watches as Caitlyn works. Jubilee is
talking with Allison. Buffy and Xander are whispering. Silia seems to be
talking to herself.)
Caitlyn: Uh oh.
Buffy: Uh oh? That’s not good.
Xander: Uh oh is NEVER good.
Jubilee: It’s better than ‘oops’
though.
Silia: What’s wrong?
Caitlyn: Well.. according to my
calculations, combinations of the portals along with the energy from each
earth..
Silia: Cat…
Caitlyn: Sorry. Any way apparently this
earth has a defense mechanism for this type of thing. Problem is we kicked it
in. No one comes in. No one goes out.
Buffy: We’re stuck here??
Caitlyn: For now. Give me time I’ll get us
home. But..
Xander: Oh no there’s a ‘but’.
Caitlyn: My calculations say the protective
field won’t be stable enough to break through for at least a year.
Everyone except Allison and Silia: WHAT?!
(Everyone is complaining about the problem
now. Alli just ignores everyone and starts practicing her sailor moon type
monologue. Cat wanders over to Silia.)
Caitlyn: (whispering) I saw you mumbling.
Testing magic?
Silia: *As a matter of fact yes.*
Caitlyn: *Oh switching to the telepathy oh
fearless leader?*
Silia: *I hate that term. Alex is a bad
influence on you.*
Caitlyn: *Hey. He’s my twin. What do you
expect? So? Magic capable to get us home?*
Silia: *No. Something’s blocking me from
casting teleporting spells. If I get more attune to this earth’s magic
spectrum maybe.. but that could take awhile. Don’t say anything about me
being able to send anyone home. I don’t want any one to get their hopes up.*
Caitlyn: *My lips are sealed. Preferably if
it involves Quinn there..*
Silia: *CAT! Shame on you. I didn’t want
to see that thought.. a whip??*
Caitlyn: *Heh.. sorry.
I may be a genius, but I have a normal guy fixation.*
Silia: *Oh lord.*
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(Mist covers the scene again. As the mist
fades Silia is back in the camera room again.)
Silia: After that, Cat and I fixed up a
house. With the works. Luckily there’s a nicely sized town nearby. They even
have a mall. That’s a plus. Keeps me from having to kill Alli for whining
about her shopping addiction.
(Silia looks up suddenly.)
Silia: Alli, why are you at the door?
Allison: Um.. Can we go shopping tomorrow?