Darien
looked around with a dazed expression on his face. “Would you *stop* doing
that?” he hissed.
“Doing
what?”
Darien
sighed. “That thing that you’re doing to make us keep changing places.”
Serena
nodded in understanding, “Oh, you mean the button I push to make us switch
places!”
“Exactly,”
Darien snapped.
Serena
patted his cheek in mock sympathy. “Don’t worry honey, I know what I’m doing.”
“Strangely
enough… that isn’t much comfort,” he moaned. “Where are we?”
“No
where,” Serena answered with a shrug.
“No
where?”
“I’m
watching them,” Serena explained, “I wanna see what they do now that we got
Angel to Sunnydale. I need to make sure that we don’t have to intervene and
cast a love spell on them or anything.”
“What
are we? Witches?!” Darien muttered.
Serena
sighed. “Since this isn’t our world and we’re on the Hellmouth, I figure that
we can pretty much do whatever we want to whomever we want.”
“I
really want to go home.”
Serena
rolled her eyes. “I need to make sure that Buffy and Angel get back together.
And I must prevent the next few seasons from happening.”
“Next few
seasons from happening…?” Darien questioned. “Wait… I don’t want to know.”
Without
looking at him Serena said, “YES! In the next few years Angel develops
“FEELINGS” for CORDELIA! Do you have ANY idea how WRONG that is??? And don’t
even get me STARTED on SPIKE and Buffy.”
Darien
stumbled back. “I’m sorry,” he mumbled meekly.
Serena’s
eyes flashed. “And the ONLY GOOD THING about it is RILEY is GONE but he didn’t
DIE. He’s COMING BACK!!! COULD IT GET ANY WORSE???”
“Don’t
hurt me!” Darien cried as Serena advanced on him with clenched fists.
Serena
let out a deep angry breath. “I’m OKAY!” she yelled.
Darien
put out his hands as if to keep her from coming any closer. “Wow… someone’s a
little *obsessed.*”
Serena
breathed fire. “I AM NOT OBSSESSED!”
“Sure,
honey, whatever you say,” Darien interjected quickly.
Taking
another deep breath, Serena managed to calm down. “I’m going to make sure that
none of that EVER happens,” she promised fervently.
“I’m
sure you will,” Darien agreed.
“And
you’re going to help me.”
“I am?”
Serena
nodded. “Don’t you see? By us just being here we’re throwing everything in a
time loop. We don’t belong here. We’re from another world completely. That’s
why Xander knew who I was… and that’s how I know who they are.”
Darien looked
confused. “Does that mean there really is an Enterprise?”
Serena
rolled her eyes. “*Please* don’t tell me you’re a trekkie!”
“Hey!”
Darien protested, “you’re really not the one that she should be talking!”
Serena
scowled. “Anyway, us being here… and from another world is what’s screwing
everything up so badly.”
“Is that
why they called us cartoons or whatever?” Darien asked, “And how to you know
all this stuff?”
“I just
do,” Serena muttered.
“But…
but that doesn’t make any sense! NONE of this makes an sense,” Darien
protested.
“I know!
That’s the beauty of it!”
Darien
moaned. “I’m going to die. I can feel it!”
“Darien,
really. The fun is just beginning.”
“BEGINNING?”
With a
dangerous smile, Serena watched as Buffy and Angel talked with frowns on their
faces as the rest of the scoobies looked wearily on. “Yes, it is. Because,
after all, what’s the fun in having Buffy and Angel back together if they don’t
provide some angst and entertainment first?”
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