Disclaimer: I don’t own the BCS board or its residents, or pretty much anything else appearing in this fic, except for any and all trout.
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A grand ballroom is decked out in splendor for the triumphant BCS’ers, who are partying happily.
Heather: “I don’t get it. How are we having a second homecoming? Didn’t we trash the place already?”
Xander’sWoman: “Shhh...”
Kuzibah: “Well, I had Wolfie negotiate the contract for the place...”
F=j: “The poor guys had to pay to bring us all back to another homecoming after the hotel had that... unfortunate accident at the first one.”
The group chuckles.
Meanwhile, Anthony is taking a poll.
Anthony: “Everyone, come vote on what I should do when I become a North Californian!”
Berry: *walking up, looks over the poll with some interest* “A poll? Hm, sounds interesting.... HEY! Why do all the choices involve us having sex?!”
Anthony: “Only the best for you, chère.”
Berry: *shakes her head, is about to say something when suddenly someone bumps her from behind* “HEY! Watch it!”
Girl: “Sorry.”
Berry: “Say, you aren’t anyone I know from BCS... who are you?”
Girl: “Uh... I think I’ve got the wrong place... I must be goinK.”
Berry: *shakes head as the girl leaves* “Strange people....”
Digitalis: “Hey, Hazel, you look tired.”
Hazel: “What can I say, I guess that spell to restore Anthgelus’ soul took a bit out of me.”
Robin: “That was great work, we’re lucky we don’t need to worry about Anthgelus anymore.”
Naps: “Hey, don’t forget who here organized the largest multi-network crossover in history!”
Kat: “Whoo hoo! I’m so proud of my daughter ... life-sized chocolate characters for everyone!”
Me: “I just wish they were REAL.... I think Spike should be here.”
Talia: “Me too!”
Saria: *sighs, looks a bit sad*
Bracken: “What’s wrong, Saria?”
Saria: “It’s just... I wish dad were here....”
JodithGrace: “Saria....”
Saria: “I mean, look at mom, sad over there in the corner...”
JodittGrace: “Dad’ll be okay... and mom too. Don’t worry, sis, I’m sure it’ll come out alright in the end....”
Lindsers is standing quietly in the corner, wearing a party hat, but looking sad. Anthony comes up to her.
Ant: “You did good work while I didn’t have my soul, Linds.
Lindsers: *smiling weakly, pointing to her hat* “And I got a little toy surprise.”
Ant: “People aren’t blaming me for what happened while I was Anthgelus... and I mean, it wasn’t my fault, but still... I had no idea that boarders en masse could be gracious.”
Lindsers: *looks at him* “Look... When you were Anthgelus, you said that there were still issues between us from when we broke up. You know, I AM still carrying my NAN card... but with everything else that’s happened, I think it’s time for us to be friends again. Okay?”
Ant: “Deal. I wasn’t expecting it to be that easy....”
Lindsers: “Every now and then, people surprise you.”
Ant: *looking past her* “Every now and then....”
Lindsers whirls around to see standing at the door... GA. She dashes over quickly and hugs him.
Lindsers: “I never thought you'd come, since you got punted from the board....”
GA: “Well, bos and I spent several hours before Angel X and Kurupt debating whether the level of integration between my genome and the gremlin’s was so complete that the individual doing stuff wasn’t really me in any meaningful way.”
Lindsers: “And BM decided to pardon you?”
GA: “Actually, bos and I were talking for so long, we put her to sleep, and Kurupt signed the papers so we’d go away, but same basic principle....”
Lindsers: “I’m glad you came...”
GA: “It's a big night. I didn't want to miss it. It's just tonight. It doesn't mean that I ... I still can’t stay on the boards, cause I want to stay spoiler-free....”
Lindsers: “I know. I mean, I understand.”
GA: “Dance with me?”
They dance, as “Wild Horses” plays....
Across the dance floor, by the food....
Kira: “Why so concerned, Bos, you managed to separate GA from the ’69 Gremlin, you did a good job!”
Bos: “Yeah... well, I’m just worried, because I don’t know what happened to it. I mean, we’ve got GA here, but the gremlin is gone. It must have gotten kicked into the timestream again.... only this time it could re-emerge anywhere, and it’s appearance might not be so obviously visible this time....”
Roxymoron: “So you’re saying anyone could be part evil gremlin, and we wouldn’t know it?”
Bob: “How would they act?”
Bos: “Not like a normal person... it’s hard to say for sure what effects it would have, especially if it wound up in someone who was evil to begin with....”
Suddenly, the door bursts in, revealing several teens standing with various weapons. The dust clears, revealing....
Liz Parker: “You are all goinK to die, and then I’m sending you back to 1969!!!!”
Tess: “Great... here I am stuck in the best party I’ve seen all season with Liz Parker.”
Max: “What did I do to deserve this?”
Isabel: “Oh, like GA knows, he’s never even WATCHED our show.”
Alex: “At least you’re not dead!”
Liz: “Now that I possess the power of the 1969 Gremlin, there is
no stoppinK Roswell!!!”
F=j: “THE BOT!!!! KILL IT!!!” *pulls out a rocket launcher*
Kuzibah: “So much for the security deposit.... AGAIN.”
Lindsers: “GA, shouldn’t we go help out?”
GA: “I’m not going to say goodbye.” *glances up at her, looks
back down, swallows then looks back up* "When we get through this... I'm
just going to go. You understand?”
Lindsers: “I still get to beat up on Liz Parker, right?”
GA: “Well, you’ll have to beat your mom to her.”
Lindsers: “Aaaaaaaaaahhh!
Mom, save some for me!!!”
*dashes off*
Saria: “Dad... doesn’t the board need you?”
GA: “No. It doesn’t.”
Saria: “But you’ve been helping fight the gremlins for a year
now...”
GA: “There’s nothing I do that others can’t. We’ve got Hazel, “me”, naps, digitalis, and
your sister, all writing fics. You
don’t need me to write fics to resolve the problems of the board. Besides, my school year is done, and I’m
about to disassemble my computer, and I have no idea how long it’ll be before I
get back to the board, much less have a chance to write stuff again.”
Saria: “But you’ll be back, right?”
GA: “Well, since I mentioned the existence of my upcoming Law
and Order crossover fic a few chapters back, I sorta have to come back and
write it someday. And look, your mom is
beating up on Liz.”
Lindsers knocks Liz Parker over with a roundhouse kick.
Liz: “Why aren’t I winninK?!
It’s not fair!”
Lindsers: “You just don’t have what it takes.... which is an
evil mom.” *f=j pops up behind Liz, and
waves with a smile*
Liz: “AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”
Saria: *smiles softly*
“Take care, Dad.”
Anyone looking behind her would see GA walking off into the
mist, leather coat billowing behind him.
JodithGrace: *voiceover* “This is the record of a journey. A journey of a board dedicated to Buffy, and
the people who post there. These events
are mere moments in that journey, only brief stops in the life of the board and
the show. The journey continues from
here, to new places and new events. But
those are another story.”
THE END
Executive Producer: Green Armadillo (May 7th, 2001)
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