Series 1 Episode 9:
When Giants Clash
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Tristy finally gets home after an
exhausting training session with Mr. K. She drops her books on the floor and
plops onto the bed. Immediately a vision flashes in her mind. She travels from
her home to town then centering in on a manhole she goes strait through into
the sewers of Pleasantville. She felt herself floating in the man sized
drainage pipes she suddenly comes to a gathering pool with two familiar faces
sitting upon a mound of garbage, its Gabby and Estavon.
They seem to have come together to do nothing but complain. First Gabby
complains on how her gang was totally wiped out and she wished she could have
hundreds of flunkies at her command. Estavon on the
other hand states the difference between movie vamps and him. He brings up
points on how he can’t fly or have other cool powers. Without warning at the
top of the garbage heap a figure appears and says “Your wish is granted.” Tristy snaps back into her body thinking to herself that this
can’t possibly be a good thing.
Act1
Our Scooby gang is in the newly built school talking to each other
when over the intercom comes an announcement that there is going to be a pep
rally after first block. Needless to say the group congregates in Mr. K’s room
to see what he is going to do. Against all of their wishes Mr. K. is going to
the rally even after Glen brings up what happened that one fateful day, but he
will not be dissuaded. So they all head off taking their usual spot in the top
right hand corner of the bleachers. Well, an hour goes by and all the gang is
afraid of is being bored to death by this presentation about gangs and what to
watch out for. At this the group begins to pay attention. They say that two
gangs have recently moved to Pleasantville from
The entire group is out in force tonight each spread out
tactically placed to approach the cemetery at the end of their route. They
gather together and relay their activities. It seems that tonight is a slow
night and Hope was the only one to encounter any Vamps and they were just some
pushover fresh ones. Dante then holds up
his hand for silence and listens intently. Pointing to a far off crypt he
motions the group to follow. Skulking between bushes and trees they get as
close as they can without being seen. Surrounding the crypt are at least seven
vamps with one supervising spray-painting the side of the crypt. There’s just
one thing their all vamps and they have their “game faces” on. Glenn whispers
something to the rest of them about how they seem to be painting the sign she
saw earlier in the presentation. Dante and Hope have had enough waiting and
come barreling out at the gang of vamps. Surprised by their assailants they are
unable to put up a good defensive and their defenses are easily
penetrated. Their leader tries to head
for the car but Tristy suddenly recognizes her. It’s
Gabby. Shouting at Hope and Dante to stop her nobody even sees the second group
of vamps come in. Estavon is with them but they don’t
seem at all interested in the Scooby members.
Instead the rest of Gabby’s group goes after the new comers. Gabby pulls
out a machine gun and tries to shoot down Estavon but
only takes out one of his guys. Out numbered Gabby’s gang is demolished. In the
chaos of the skirmish Estavon even manages to get a
grenade out and hurled it at Gabby by her van. It explodes and this is the cue
for our heroes to leave. When they arrive at the car there is a package on the
ground addressed to Tristy. Looking around she opens
it looking inside she pulls out a finger with her aunt’s wedding band on it.
Screaming she tells everyone that she need to get home now. Packing up their
things they dive into the Hurst and take off.
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They get to Tristy’s house and the
paramedics are already there. She runs to the nearest one but he tells her that
she can’t go any further. Holding up the finger she screams at the paramedic to
let her through and that he had get out of her way. He lets her through but
sends the rest home after questioning them on what had happened. Tristy spends the rest of the night getting the details of
the attack from her aunt. It seemed that her invisible stalker was not going to
give up. On the plus side they where able to sew her finger on again. Tristy felt a renewed hate for the one who was doing this
and vowed again that one day she would kill him in the worst way she could
imagine.
Back at school the next day the group is in computer class talking
with Mr. K about last nights events. They move to a privet room to look through
Mr. K’s library of occult books. Glen figures out that Estavon
looked a little bigger than he used to and that that isn’t normal for Vampires
to change size after converting into a demon. She also discovers that Estavon is probably hiding out in the old warehouse outside
of town, and Gabby is hanging out at the mall. Dante discovers that Gabby’s
group stands little chance against Estavon’s vamps
because they are a sort of zombie vamp crossbreed. Tristy
even manages to come up with a spell that can interfere with Gabby’s mind
control over her gang. Mr. K brings up the fact that one of these groups is
going to win this territory and it doesn’t look like it’s going to be
Gabby. Just then the phone rings and
Dante picks it up. Gabby is on the other line speaking very fast. She tells
them that Estavon will be at the mall looking for her
and that the group should temporarily join sides. Trying to satisfy his
curiosity he inquires why he should help. He then looks down and sees a red dot
on his shirt. Everyone was in agreement
that they should take out Estavon first because Gabby
was a lesser threat. Dante said that before he was going to do this he needed
to see a priest about some holy water. Tristy said
that she could also use some time to prepare a spell she had found to protect
people.
We find Dante at the Church looking around for the new priest sent
to replace Father Nelson after his unfortunate demise a few months ago. A young
man come up to him and introduces himself as the new minister. Dante asks for
some holy water but is turned down at every chance because he is not performing
a divine ritual (not one he can say). It is obvious that Father Nelson’s
replacement has no idea what kind of town he has gotten himself sent to. Out of
a back room a nun comes walking up immediately pointing to Dante and calling
him by name. Saying that his personal supply of holly water is in the back by
Father Nelson’s request he follows her. As soon as he is in she shuts the door
and locks it. She then begins to tell him how they where unable to obtain a
decent replacement for the late Father. Then it is revealed that she is to help
Dante in every way possible including offering a position as Vatican Knight
upon him. He accepts and then takes the Holy water and leaves. Bidding ado to
the clueless priest he notices that the nun, whose name is Sister Trinity,
appears outside the room tending to the altar and candles as well as in the
garden out doors. Thinking this is rather strange he chooses not to ask
questions and let things be.
Tristy meanwhile with Glen looking wiped
out her family spellbook and rummaged through the pages. Finally finding the
correct spell she gathers the proper ingredients taking them to the sunroom.
Surrounded on all sides by a circle of feathers she begins to chant over and
over as she does her voice becomes breathy and more airy. Soon it sounds just
like the wind. A small breeze swirls the feathers around her even within the
house. They all fly into the air, then at the peak of the chant they speed
right at her. They imbed themselves causing deep gashes all along her arms and
body. They all fall off except one left over her heart. Taking this one she
gets some mugwort and mandrake root to tend her wounds placing the feather in
her pocket. Together they leave and head for Dante’s house just as the sun is
coming down.
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All of them meet at the mall waiting for a sign of what they
should do next. Soon Dante spots Gabby gesturing for them to come to her up at
the upper food court. Getting up there they are then lead down a long corridor,
Dante keeping a close eye on her the entire time. Eventually they are lead to a
back room there spotted sporadically along walls where the broken and battered
remnants of Gabby’s forces. Some looked as though they had not had a meal in
days and where sick with anemia. Eventually we lost track of her but a
television came on and she was there. She offered a temporary truce between her
gang and the group. She also added an incentive that she would leave
Pleasantville for as long as Dante lived. Pleased with the deal they agreed and
went out to wait for Estavon. They didn’t have to
wait long before they busted straight through the front door. The frightened
shoppers screamed for their lives and ran as fast as they could. This left the
setting open for the royal rumble about to take place. First of all Dante
positioned himself on a banister overlooking the entrance, while Tristy took up the position of bait on the upper floor
catwalk. Glen was right behind Dante as Hope and Derek where going to head
straight at them from the elevator. Estavon and his
cronies waltzed right in and up to a petrified security guard. The healthy members
of Gabby’s gang leapt off the catwalk on the second floor and right in front of
Estavon’s guys attacking them starting the whole
thing off. Three vamps surrounded the guard while Estavon
walked up to him and grabbed, some where also heading up the stairs for Dante, Tristy, and Glen. As fast as they got up there Dante came
crashing down on Estavon whipping out a siring filled
with holy water. He screamed as it entered his blood stream, this also caused
him to stop biting the guard. Meanwhile, Gabby pointed a crossbow from a nice
little snipping area and sent it straight to Estavon’s
heart. Amazingly enough he does not turn to dust. With the success of their
strikes they had to loose somewhere. Sadly it was most of Gabby’s gang, way
overmatched and out numbered. Also the
elevator was a bit slower than Hope had expected trapping her and Derek in away
from the fight. Glen tried to take out as many vamps as she could as they came
up the escalator, but some still got through. Tristy
then relied on her feather to do some work. Pulling from her pocket she blew
over the surface of it and suddenly she was surrounded by a vortex of air.
Vamps would try to penetrate her spell but that proved fruitless as they where
repeatedly thrown back and shocked by the power of her magic. Eventually the
group got the upper hand and Estavon suddenly
realized he wasn’t going to win. With that he dropped the guard, which he had
been using as a human shield against Dante’s assault, and headed to the doors.
Just as he gets to the rotating door and into it, it stops. Looking up Estavon sees Mr. K and Mrs. K standing in front of the
door, saying “Not this time.” He bellows in rage and smashes the glass. From
the front he gets a crossbow bolt from Mrs. K and from Gabby in the back both
go to the heart and her yells in frustration before he becomes dust. Gabby fit
with her deed heads off telling Dante that he will never see her again. At that
the sprinklers turn on with the computer hacking skills of Randal only instead
of normal water it is holy. Soon the vamps left behind dissolve into nothing.