Blue and Red Angels , Vampire Happy Meals, and a Wayward Time Lady

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 89278

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"Uh . . .did I come back at a bad time here?" the somewhat still groggy voice of Willow the Dark Elven woman mutters from off to the side (well out of the line of fire).

It NEVER pays to be lax here on your guard here in Sunnyvale, folks. Good way to end up more than a few quarts low due to being some vampire’s Happy Meal and THUS the reason why we have our plasma weapons on them!

As for Willow’s question, though…

”Gee, you think?” I mutter to myself softly, managing to pull back adding an insult along the lines of calling her a “twit” or some such. Frankly, it would not do anything good to the situation at hand really.

”No Willow, got it well in hand here!” Reika answers from my left, only a trace of sarcasm in her voice. “Thanks for asking!”

”Uh . . . right,” the elfin woman mutters softly to herself in a trembling voice. “But I don’t know . . .?”

Buffy—back in her human seeming—interrupts whatever else Willow was going to say by taking her aside and talking to her quietly. I’ll ask her just how these strangers managed to bypass our magical wards on the library that were keeping busybodies (like Principal Snyder) out afterwards, but not right now.

Soft bouts of crying can be heard from even over here as Willow appears to finally understand everything that has happened tonight (a lot her fault in one fashion or another), at a guess but . . .I can’t really say I am going to go over there to help her!

Frankly, while I still do not rather like the Drow girl terribly much for what she tried to do to Buffy Summers and almost unwittingly unleashed a horror beyond imagination upon this world, I would rather not hurt her feelings more than I have had to up until this moment, thanks all the same. I just cannot add anything useful to relieve her of her grief. That’s BUFFY’S job.

Yes, she did almost make a hash of things didn’t she though? Might have all been for the greater good in the end—her being back amongst us in the library vice having been whisked away to become the newest evil plaything for God only knows is a good sign—I cannot say I am terribly proud of how she got treated by me and mine. Oh, it had to be done but it could have been done MUCH better.

Stil, such as life and all that. I and my band never claimed and never WILL claim to be perfect. And alas that means I’ll make mistakes and all that. Will have regretful actions to recall and learn from.

indeed, just that last encounter with the Emperor of Mankind should have proven that for you, oh reader, to prove that fact. Though, in my and my sisters’ defense I found I just cannot tolerate seeing a parent abuse their offspring (and that brutal treatment that the Emperor gave Horus was abusive). That and in the other’s defense they objected to such brutal treatment of another period by a figure in governmental authority. Emperor of Mankind or not that had been TOO brutal by all standards, even by HIS standards once he came back to his senses after lingering side-effects (or whatever) from being magically resurrected had done him.

Well, enough of this. Best face what we have here and . . .

Oh for goodness sake, I just got realize now who we seem to have at gunpoint here! Or rather the analogs of the people (some loved as family and one definitely NOT loved at all by family). Dare I wager we have trouble with Radio telescopes and Doctors, anyone? Maybe!

Will have to ask the Master and his ‘friends’ here where his long time opponent has gotten off to here, if I get the chance!

Or. . . .more pressing of concern with this being Sunnyvale?

Hrmph, better make sure that if nothing else they’re NOT undead analogs first.

”And maybe second that they’re not ‘restless dead’ analogs,” I mutter under my breath as I and at least one other sister of mine make sure of a few things, magically.

That is, I and my sister shall do that after making a small hand signal to keep our unexpected guests covered. Best not get caught flat footed in the middle of spellwork, you know!

”Oh good God!” the librarian (and Watcher) known as Rupert Giles mutters aloud while keeping the tresspassers covered with his crossbow. “Please tell me you are just one of Ethan’s costume victims and you’re not really the Master, come to make life difficult for us on top of every other insanity tonight?”

”No, I fear I cannot say that at all,” the bearded man in black says in a rather strained voice, raising his hands slowly after giving Willow an odd look after seeing the decidedly . . .unusual look her Halloween costume had left her with. “Though you do seem to have the advantage on me and I have no idea of who this Ethan chap you speak of, dare I ask if this is how you and your . . .friends always greet strangers?

”I mean no harm. You must believe me on that,” the dark Time Lord finishes, trying to appear as charming as possible. "And what I have to say is vital for the survival of your pathet . . . eh . . .your planet as well as my continued survival so you should be able to trust me when I speak of the matter."

The look that Giles gives the Master tells the villain that this is going to be a hard sell indeed. It appears that somehow his reputation is proceeding him and not at ALL helping in this instance, shall we say.

Meanwhile, both of the women named Betty Ragan are having their own discussion on this matter.

”Oh for crying out loud . . .we’re now in a ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ crossover of some kind or other?!” the red haired Betty asks the room in general in exasperation, a tone ofalmost hysterical laughter in her voice. “What next, John Critchon coming in with Winnona drawn and blasting away to save the day?!”

“The ‘Halloween’ episode at that by the looks of things with all the cursed magic costumes was a classic!” brunette Betty snickered, suddenly finding something just too out and out ridiculous to ignore and NOT laugh at, despite every insanity up until now. “And as for that *sshat from IASA, I wouldn’t trust him with a dead cat, much less coming here to save our day! I mean if you heard the news after the Farscape disaster! The man was an incompetent charlatan who was just setting himself up for failure.”

That left red headed Betty blinking in confusion at the other. What? It was as if the other was talking like not only was John Crichton of her favorite SCIFI TV show Farscape was a real person (not impossible given recent events of today), but was a real person from the other’s world!

That’s absurd! Right?!

Right?

”People, could you please concentrate on matters at hand and stop babbling about nonsense like . . .,” Stacy growls, clearly getting annoyed at her two erstwhile companion’s oddities only to pause in surprise as a ball of brilliant light suddenly appears over their head, shining a golden and warm light upon them all before disappearing without a trace.

“Globe of Sunlight checks clear,” the red angelic woman calls out to the room at large. “It’s official, their alive and breathing. ”And the Master there or whoever he really is is as evil as all the other analogs we’ve met,” the blue angelic woman sighs, drawing muttered curses from various people around the room.

Still, the guns aimed at the human women lower at that one. The Master finds he almost resents that the guns on him are a bit slower to lower, but he’ll take what he can get. My, doesn’t anyone trust anyone nowadays?

Looking and seeing that while lowered, the guns aren’t put away yet and the gun wielders are very alert, as if expecting him to cause trouble (and will act violently if such is the case). Conclusion: no, they don’t trust nowadays. Not him, anyway.

Probably a wise choice, considering….

“And now for the next step,” the blue angelic woman says to them. “Care to explain how you come here to us, unannounced? If nothing else good manners rather demands that to be asked, if not common sense.”

  1. And then perhaps we can somewhere along the course of conversation work in asking just why one of my spells showed Stacy's morphic field having been tampered with and hiding facts that she really has two hearts?

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