DISCLAIMER: Joss (God) owns all things Buffy. Marvel Comics owns Jubilee and all things affiliated with the um, marvel universe. Um... those guys who own Quinn Mallory and Sliders own him. Whoever owns Seaquest owns Lucas, Brody, Piccolo and Dagwood and stuff. All I own Allison Warren, Caitlyn Morgan, Silia Vanya and that Spellbinder chickie… Oh and Ashley too... And Blitz.. And Silence the elf/author. Anyone or anything else mentioned belongs to their rightful owners. I’m just doing this for fun.

PART 24

And so… Stealth and Silence found Ares. And in turn they located Silia sitting in her room with Lt. Brody.

Much to everyone’s annoyance, Silence did nothing but stare at the Seaquest crew member. (Except Brody’s. He was just a bit confused as to what was going on. He was taking it well though.)

Scene: Silia’s room in the resort… everyone is sitting on the floor discussing the situation… Silia is leaning against the foot of the bed, Brody is next to her on one side, Ares on the other, much to her dismay. Silence is sitting to Brody’s left and is star struck. Stealth is next to her tapping his fingers on the floor impatiently.

Brody: Teleported.

Silia: Mhm.

Brody: To another reality.

Ares: (annoyed) Yes. Can I kill you now?

Brody: (Ignores Ares) Okay… I can deal with the teleported bit. Now, He’s (points to Ares) the real Greek god of War?

Silence: Yup. (Smiles) God you’re cute. Wanna be in my male harem?

Brody: (blinks) What?

Silence: You get a membership card, weekly paychecks and all you gotta do is hang around with me and the rest of my posse.

Brody: (confused now) What are you talking about?

Stealth: Ignore her. I’m trying to.

Silence: (glares at Stealth) Shut up!

Stealth: Stop drooling.

Silence: I’m sooo not giving you a cookie now. (Clutches her bag of cookies she got from hammer space)

Ares: Give me a cookie and I’ll kill him for you.

Stealth, Silence & Silia: Shut up Ares!

Brody: (shakes his head) Moving on… (Points to Stealth) He’s a pilot of some kind of armor in the future.

Silia: (flashes a smile at him) Mhm.

Brody: And you’re a superhero?

Silia: Yes.

Brody: And the elf here is the author of a story we’re all in now and she got stuck here too?

Silence: Cute and brains. (sighs)

Silia: You realize, that you do HAVE a boyfriend.

Silence: I know. But I’m not gonna have him do menial tasks. That’s what the harem is for. (grins)

(A knock on the door interrupts the group. They look at each other and shrug. Silence stands up and answers the door. Standing there is a seven-foot tall red demon and a hooded figure.)

Brody: What the hell is that?!

Silia: Calm down. That’s Weirdbard. He’s a good guy.

Weirdbard: (smirk on his face) Avon calling.

Ares: Can I please kill him? (Motions to Bard)

Weirdbard (the demon): Can I tear off your sideburns? (Glares at Ares and the god shuts up fast) Silence, we’ve come to take you home.

Silence: Really? (Eyes light up. Then she frowns and looks back at the others) I was just about to—

Hooded figure: Come on Sil. We still have no clue how you got stuck here, but we’re taking you home.

Silence: Yeah but—

(The figure leans over to Silence and whispers something in her ear, which causes her to blush fiercely.)

Silence: (Turns to the others) Well, gotta go! Bye now!

(Bard opens a portal right at the door and the three of them leave. Everyone shrugs at their departure and resumes the conversation.)

Brody: This is a bit confusing.

Stealth: You get used to it. Trust me.

Brody: That implies I’m going to be here awhile.

Silia: You probably will be. (Changes the subject) Okay we now have a problem.

Ares: Besides the sailor here?

Brody: …

Silia: Cram it Ares. Alli, Buffy and Xander are missing. A thing was chasing Stealth. We can only assume that shadow thing is what took the others.

Brody: So why not hunt it down? You have a god and you have super powers of some kind right?

Stealth: Ares and Silia don’t have their powers.

Brody: Oh.

Ares: Silia does! She’s holding out on us!

Silia: What?

Ares: I saw your glowing eyes!

Stealth: Silia, you’re not losing it again are you?

Silia: No! (She pulls out a small container from her pocket and holds it out to everyone) Look.

(In the palm of her hand is a set of contacts.)

Ares: No… I saw your eyes do that purple glow thing!

Silia: (rolls her eyes) These are some kind of trick contacts Alli found in the gift shop the other morning. Sheesh. Can’t take a damn joke Ares?

Ares: But- Alli said you WERE your powers! Shouldn’t you be insane by now?

Silia: Oh you’d like that. Geez. If I went insane from losing my powers every time it happened I wouldn’t be a leader of a super hero group. I’ve lost my powers so many goddamn times it’s like a holiday. And I happen to LIKE not having the burden of them at times. Now shut up you jack ass. (She turns to Brody) So Lt. Are you willing to help us find our friends? The sooner we find them the sooner we get home and get you back to your earth.

Brody: I guess I’m in then.

Silia: (smiles) Welcome aboard.

Stealth: So what’s the plan?

Ares: We rig some explosives and blow this place sky high!

Brody: Shut up Ares.

Stealth: Oh he fits in well.

Ares: Hey, if that demon can leave at will… Why can’t he take us?

Silia: It’s not in the story.

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Interlude:

A void. Subspace. Between realities. My basement. (Kidding) The resident villain is holding Alli, Buffy and Xander captive. The three of them are sitting in a strange energy barred cell.

Buffy: This really sucks.

Allison: Ugh. I know. They don’t even have any Twinkies!

Xander: I thought I had the obsession with Twinkies.

Allison: You do. I’m just hungry. (As if on cue her stomach growls.) See?

Buffy: Hey! Villain of the week ya wanna feed us by any chance? I mean we can’t be much use when we starve to death!

Xander: The least you can do is feed us.

(Jeremiah steps into view with an annoyed look.)

Jeremiah: Oh come on. You’re prisoners. I can’t be nice to you.

Allison: Hey, weren’t you supposed to play games with us or something?

Buffy: That’s right! Game boy said he was a game master or some bull.

Jeremiah: I decided to forego the games and just capture all of you and then kill you or use you to my own needs.

Xander: In other words you ran out of ideas.

Jeremiah: Pretty much. (He claps his hands and three trays of food appear in front of his prisoners) Just to shut you up, here’s some food. (He fades into the darkness and is gone)

Xander: TWINKIES! (He looks around as if expecting Jubilee to appear and steal them)

Buffy: Paranoid much?

Allison: (scarfing down chocolate covered coffee beans from her tray) He loves his Twinkies.

(Xander merely clutches the treats protectively before beginning to eat)

Buffy: Shouldn’t we get paid for plugging this item so much?

Allison: It’s the way of fan fiction. We can plug all we want but never get paid. Hehe. Want a coffee bean?

Buffy: (shrugs) Sure, why not?

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Back at the resort… The group of ‘heroes’ has split up.

They’re just asking to be captured aren’t they?

Any way, Ares is paired off with Stealth, and Silia is with Brody. (Naturally. She wants to flirt. Far be it of me to deny her that fun.) So who should we check on first?

Pick a number between 1 and 10.

Nope you were wrong. I had 21. Hey, I never said I had to pick 1–10.

So… here’s Stealth and Ares!

Scene: Ares and Stealth are searching high and low for any clues. Okay Stealth is. Ares is watching the ladies. They’ve just walked by the dining room…

Ares: (watches a waitress go inside) Did you see her? She looked like Xena!

Stealth: You said that about the girl in the lobby too.

Ares: (growls) How the hell was I supposed to know that was a drag queen?

Stealth: (muttering) How the hell did I let Silia talk me into babysitting you?

Flashback***

(Stealth is snapped out of his little reminder flashback as a figure in the down the hall catches his eye.)

Stealth: (pulls out a small com device from his leather jacket.) This is Stealth. I just spotted Jeremiah down the hall.

Brody: (voice is heard from the PAL *the com thingee duh.*) Brody here. I hear you. What’s your location?

Ares: We’re next to the damn dining room.

Stealth: (sighs inwardly) I’m taking Ares and following him.

(There’s a pause from Brody’s end as Silia and him converse.)

Brody: Negative. Silia says she just spotted him over here in the pool area.

Stealth: The guy can’t be in two places at once. No one’s that good.

Silia: (is heard from Brody’s end) I am.

Ares: You wish.

Silia: I kicked your ass. Anyway, Jeremiah probably is that good. He did manage to lock off everyone’s powers.

Stealth: Then what’s the plan?

Brody: He’s obviously trying to lead us somewhere. Why not go the opposite direction of him?

Silia: Good idea. Sound good to you Stealth?

Stealth: Good as a plan as any these days. Stealth out. (Places the PAL back inside his jacket.)

Ares: I still say we bomb the place. BLOW THIS SUCKER SKY HIGH!!!

Stealth: Godhood withdrawal?

Ares: (Whines a bit and sniffles) Very much so.

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Scene:

Brody and Silia are standing on the deck outside near the pool. Silia is eyeing everyone carefully, as if trying to see something that isn’t there. Brody takes a moment to look over Silia appreciatively. He notes her entire outfit is leather except the dark purple top that tied in the back in that neat way.

Silia: See anything, Lieutenant?

Brody: (Not paying much attention) Yeah… (Snaps to attention) A lot of people that don’t match Jeremiah’s description.

Silia: Okay then. (She turns around and leads Brody back inside the building) So Lieutenant…

Brody: Jim.

Silia: (Nods with a smile as they walk down the halls) Jim it is. As I was saying, why not tell me what you’re thinking. Normally I’d know, but I’m a bit off my game.

Brody: Off your game?

Silia: I’m a telepath. Among other things. Normally.

Brody: I see. How good are you?

Silia: (smiles a bit) The best. Now are you going to tell me or what?

Brody: (grins) Actually I was thinking about—

(Brody stops, as he’s interrupted by a scream. The two glance at each other and start running towards the sound of the voice.)

(They run through the halls for a bit and a screaming girl runs past them. They let her go and keep going to where she had obviously come from. The duo end up stopping where the arcade is. Or rather, was. Instead of the Arcade, the doorway seems to lead to a void with lovely swirling colors. In other words, it’s a portal.)

Brody: (Pulls out the PAL from his belt) Stealth, this is Brody. I think we found what we’re looking for.

Silia: (Ignores Brody as he and Stealth talk) Hmm. (She waves a hand in front of the portal and the colors float apart. She begins to study it a bit and taps it lightly, causing a ripple effect.) It’s a portal all right.

Brody: Stealth and Ares are on their way. (Places the PAL back) So where does it go?

Silia: A trap naturally. All super villains have them.

Brody: You do this often since getting trapped here?

Silia: Not as much as I used to, so it’s like a vacation for me. Portals always lead to trouble.

Brody: Tell me about it. The Seaquest has been to the future and back. It’s just too confusing. Give me something to shoot any day.

Silia: You’ll get your chance Jim.

Brody: By the way, how did you manage to make a copy of my PAL?

Silia: (smiles mysteriously) My little secret.

Brody: Okay…

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Outside of the Motel Hell… Jubilee and Quinn are walking towards the door bickering. Their clothes are covered in soot and smell of smoke.

Quinn: You got us fired.

Jubilee: To be fair, I got everybody fired.

Quinn: Lee, you burned the place down!

Jubilee: How the hell was I supposed to know that those NSYNC toys were so flammable?

(They enter the room and everyone looks up. The poker players are still playing, only Terry isn’t playing any more and Piccolo is. The chips are almost perfectly dived by Ashley and Wolverine. Caitlyn is nowhere to be seen, and neither is Washu. Dagwood is sitting next to Terry watching a movie on the free HBO.)

Ashley: Geez. You look like shit.

Bobby: Have you two been playing in the sewers again? Didn’t mom tell you to behave or she’d get the broom out on you?

Jubilee: Oh shut up Drake. (She motions to Piccolo and Dagwood) Who’re the new guys?

Piccolo: Tony Piccolo. (points to Dagwood) That’s Dagwood. You?

Jubilee: Jubilation Lee. Everyone calls me Jubilee. This is Quinn Mallory.

Quinn: (Nods in greeting) Hey. How’d you get here?

Terry: (Not looking up from the TV.) Cat and Washu broke the portal.

Quinn: (groans) I better go see if I can help. (He heads for the closet door and opens it. It leads to the lab naturally.)

Jubilee: Why aren’t you helping Ash?

Ashley: Can’t. Busy. Winning.

Wolverine: Darlin, I believe I’M the one who’s winning.

Ashley: Only in your dreams, oh Lord of the Furry.

Piccolo: Hey, are we gonna bet or do I have to ground you both?

Bobby: Hey Jubes…

Jubilee: Yeah?

Bobby: You reek. Go clean up.

Jubilee: Oh shut up. (Huffs off to the bathroom and slams the door)

Dagwood: (Looks up at that) Did Dagwood miss anything?

Piccolo: Not a thing Dag.

Um.. okay..