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PART 9
Scene:
We last left the happy home of out reality displaced “family” with Anya screaming about her latest little problem.
(Suddenly Silence is interrupted by a really
ticked off Anya)
Anya: Writer girl! It is not a ‘little’
problem! I’m blue damn it!
Silence: And exactly why do I care?
Anya: Well.. well.. why the hell am I the
one who’s being picked on?
Silence: ‘Cause I don’t like you.
Anya: What did I ever do?
Silence: You’re you. I don’t like it.
I’d have loved it if you left Sunnydale and never came back. Besides you stand
in the way of the whole Buffy/Xander thing.
Anya: There is no ‘thing’. And if you
don’t like me why put me in the story??
Silence: To torture you. I thought that was
obvious. AND THERE IS TOO A ‘THING’!!
Anya: Yeah. Fine. Whatever. You’re
horrible.
Silence: Oh shut up. I’m going to make you
suffer EVERY time I write now. One way or another. (Clears her throat) Ahem. Any
hoo…..
Anya’s room. She’s screaming for Xander.
Anya: XANDER!!!
(Xander and Buffy come running in to the
room. Surprisingly Ares follows them in. *wonder where he’s been this whole
time…* They stare at Anya, and unfortunately all three’s reaction is to
burst into laughter. Yes even Ares.)
Ares: Very nice…..
Xander: (Trying hard to stop laughing, but
not doing well) Ho..heh heh..
Buffy: (Surprisingly, she stopped laughing
first.) Anya, aren’t you a bit cold?
Anya: (looks confused, then realizes she
isn’t wearing anything.) EEEK!!!! (She runs and locks herself in the bathroom)
Ares: Not bad. I’ll give you credit for
taste, Xander. And from the sound of things she’s a screamer…
Xander: HEY! Don’t be vulgar! (Walks over
to the bathroom door) Anya? Are you okay?
Anya: (opens door and walks out wearing a
towel) Do I look all right? I’m blue!!! I look… I look like..
Buffy: A smurf? (Giggles)
Anya: (glares) You… you did this didn’t
you!!
Buffy: I can honestly say I did not do this.
Anya: Yeah right you little liar.
Xander: HEY! That’s enough! Stop accusing
Buffy. She said she didn’t do it.
Anya: So you’re taking her side?
Xander: I’m not taking anyone’s side.
Just calm down…
Anya: No! Get out! All of you out! Get out
before…
Silia: Oh. My. God.
(Standing in the doorway is Silia. She’s
staring at Anya’s new skin tone. Her lips are fighting the grin trying to
appear on her face.)
Silia:
Nice. And here I thought that shade was out this season…
Anya: Great, now miss thing there is
laughing at me!
Silia:
I like to be referred to as Goddess, thank you very much. Now everyone
out. I’m going to see what I can do to get rid of the blues here…
(Silia shoves everyone out in to the
hallway.)
Ares: Damn. I was hoping for a chick fight. I haven’t seen a good one in who knows how long.
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Scene:
A car driving back to the house. Terry and
Alli are sitting there.
Allison: Can I drive?
Terry: No. You’re only.. hey.. how old are
you?
Allison: I’m 17.
Terry: Yeah right.
Allison: Honest.
Terry: You look younger than Jubilee. No
way.
Allison: I only look this way, cause it’s
easier. Not to mention it’s a lot more fun to mess with people’s heads.
Terry: So.. you can change what you look
like?
Allison: (Nodding) Totally! It’s kinda
like magic. I mean, I just concentrate and there’s like this glow of silver
and gold and boom! I’m a 17-year-old bombshell.
Terry: You have a very high opinion of
yourself.
Allison: I know. Ain’t it grand? Now can I
drive?
Terry: No.
Allison: Aww… why not?
Terry: You still look 14. I’m not getting
pulled over.
Allison: Phooey. You’re no fun. Why I
stalk you is beyond me..
Terry: AHA! You admit it!! You do stalk me!
Allison: It’s all in fun. Really.
Terry: Uh huh.
Allison: Oh, by the way thanks for
distracting Anya this morning.
Terry: No problem. What did you do?
Allison: Ehh.. just used a cantrip from one
of Sil’s spell books. Made it so that everything in her shower would turn
whatever it touched blue. I even enchanted the shower nozzle so the water would
do the same thing.
Terry: You know that’s evil.
Allison: I know. (Grins wickedly) God I love
me.
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Scene:
Jubilee and Bobby have just gotten home. As
they reach the door so do Cat and Quinn.
Caitlyn: Hey there, Sparkler.
Bobby: Get a new code name, Jubilee?
Jubilee: Funny. (Turns to Cat) Hey there,
nympho in a lab coat.
Caitlyn: (Cheerfully grins and shrugs) If I
had the time.. just kidding. So who is this?
Jubilee: Bobby Drake. Iceman. This redheaded
psycho is Caitlyn. This really nice guy here is Quinn. You could learn something
from him.
Bobby: But then I wouldn’t be me. (Turns
to Cat and Quinn) Hi there.
Quinn: (Shakes Bobby’s hand) Nice to meet
you. Jubilee told us about you.
Bobby: I should fear what she said,
shouldn’t I.
Caitlyn: Yes you should. (A strange look
comes across her face) Can I use you as a guinea pig?
Quinn: (has an odd look on his face) Hey,
Cat, Why is your brother sitting on the roof?
Caitlyn: What? (Looks up) Hmm.. I’ll go
find out. Catch you guys later. (She disappears *literally* in front of their
eyes.)
Bobby: You didn’t tell me she could do
that.
Jubilee: I forgot.
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Scene:
A lab almost identical to Cat’s. Sitting
in front of the main computer is Ashley. (Remember her? The one who was with
Alex when he was introduced?)
Ashley: (sitting comfortably. She stretches
and unclasps the red cape from her uniform.) Boooooring….. I need something to
do… (She starts to press a few buttons)
(The screen lights up. Suddenly Quinn’s
face appears.)
Ashley: Hey, Quinn.
Quinn: Hey. You caught me just in time. I
just got back.. is that your costume?
Ashley: (Stands up and does a spin.) Mhm.
Red and blue are my colors. So, I called cause I was bored. Want to help with
something I’ve been working on?
Quinn: What is it?
Ashley: A way to pass time…
Quinn: What?
Ashley: I’ve been watching realities.. and noticing fun things.
Quinn: Such as?
Ashley: (Grins) Well, I found this one earth
with these totally amazing mech armor and such. I wanted to play… so I was
debating on snatching the guy up.
Quinn: Isn’t that cruel though? I mean he
could be doing something important.
Ashley: I know. So I’ve decided not to...
but..
Quinn: Uh oh.
Ashley: Mhm. A ‘but’. See I already put
the data in this main frame and the one there. I actually just want you to keep
an eye on it. I don’t really want anyone to mess with it.
Quinn: I can do that. But even if there was
an accident and he got brought here, couldn’t we send him back?
Ashley: No. There’s a similar field on his
earth, and the one you’re on. The whole deal applies. He’ll be trapped, and
a whole new machine would need to be built to send him back.
Quinn: In other words, more trouble than
it’s worth. So why send the data here anyway?
Ashley: I thought Cat might want to at least
study it. Its fun!
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Scene:
Ahh… time sure does fly… its such a nice day… a little bit later. It’s like evening now k? The gang is all outside in the backyard. Jubilee, Bobby, Terry, and Alli are all sitting at the picnic table talking. Ares is in a lounge chair discussing the finer ways of killing things with *gasp* Silia and Buffy. Alex and Caitlyn are talking with Quinn about sliding and portal hopping… Xander is sitting on one of those patio couch things with Anya draped over him. And no, she isn’t blue anymore. Silia is a miracle worker. But then again, who knows what Silia might’ve cast on the poor exdemoness…
Buffy: (looks up from the conversation. She
spots Alli motioning her head to join them. She turns to Ares and Sil.) As much
as I love all the details on how you trashed some army… I’m going to go see
what Alli wants.
Silia: (Grin) Have fun.
Ares: (Waves Buffy away) Go. (Turns back to
Silia) It was beautiful. The blood flowed like…
(Buffy sits at the table with Alli and the
gang.)
Buffy: So what’s up?
Jubilee: Anya.
Terry: She’s still here.
Allison: It’s not fair!
Bobby: So the attack of the bunnies and the
Smurfette impression didn’t work?
Buffy: (Now joining the mopey mood of the
table) No. Well.. we can always hit her with a large purple dinosaur.
Bobby: Well, the Drakester is here. Maybe a
few mornings waking up in an icy bed will help her to leave.
Allison: Doubt it, but we’re desperate.
Terry: When we got back, I bumped into her
and she stared daggers at me. Every time she does that, it unnerves me. Even
more than Alli here does.
Allison: (Stares at Terry) Can we play hide
and seek?
Terry: (a confused look appears) What?
(Jubilee, Buffy and Alli start giggling,
while Bobby and Terry look confused.)
Bobby: What’s so funny about hide n seek?
Silia: (sits down next to Bobby) Don’t
worry. (Greets Bobby) Iceman, pleased to meet you. Silia. Sorry I didn’t say
hello earlier. I was busy removing Anya’s problem.
Buffy: As in her personality?
Silia: No. I tried that. It didn’t work. (Stares at Alli) You do know that as of now, no more clubbing for a month.
Allison: Awww…. Why?
Silia: You used my spell books with out
asking. But then it was a good cause…
Allison: Damn it.
Bobby: So you know everything?
Silia: Yes.
Terry: Why aren’t you stopping us?
Silia: Why should I? (Stands back up) I just
came to punish you Alli. So I’m off to maim some demons. (She teleports away
in a flash of purple flame)
Buffy: So now what do we do?
Bobby: I have an idea.