"Hellmouth House"
By Quick-n-Popular
All things pertaining to Buffy the Vampire Slayer are sole properties of Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Warner Bros. Television, and Fox Studios. The only things I can credit myself for are the characters I created for this story and the story itself.
Chapter One: The Sunnydale Institute
October 18th 2001
Dr. William Walsh waited patiently outside of Board's office at the Sunnydale Psychiatric Institute. Having recently awarded a job at this institution, he felt, however, looking at some of the residents passing him; a little overwhelmed.
This wouldn't be his first job; hell it was his third. The first institute he worked at burnt down due to some mysterious circumstances. The second he was only at temporarily and when his lease was up on the flat he had he decided to try to find work in America, landing him in Sunnydale, California.
This institute was very prestigious due to its inhabitants. The various ailments these patients had were bizarre, ranging from Schizophrenia to Disassociative Identity Disorder, or D.I.D.
From what William had heard from the Medical Journals, Sunnydale's D.I.D'ers were very peculiar.
A man walked out from the boardroom and William looked to him, attentively.
The man looked to his clipboard and then to William.
"Dr. Walsh?" He asked.
William nodded.
The other man pushed his specs up to his face and smiled. "Follow me."
William followed the doctor through the long corridor, all the while looking at the patient's room's as they passed.
"How familiar are you with this Institute, Dr. Walsh?"
William shrugged, "I've read what you guys gave to the Medical Journals, seen a piece or two on Public Television, other than that, not much."
The other doctor nodded, "Some of our cases here are rather special in nature. For example, we had a few boys and a girl who believed they were all Hyenas from Africa. They've attacked two of our orderlies and we were forced to have them sedated and kept apart from eachother, in special padded rooms."
William's eyes went wide, "Really?"
The doctor nodded.
Going further down the hall, they came around a corner and to a specially locked room. A stenciled number was on the door in black.
"Allow me to introduce you to one of our more eccentric "guests"."
William peered in. Huddled in a corner was a short girl. She had long blonde hair, hazel eyes, and ruby colored lips; she was staring at the door and, at least to William, she looked as though she was looking right at him.
"Who's she?" William asked.
The doctor smiled, "Anne Summers, calls herself "Buffy". Why, we don't know."
William nodded, "What's her diagnosis?"
"Severe Schizophrenia, I'm afraid. She believes herself to be some sort of Vampire hunter. Calls herself "The Slayer". We've had her for about a week now."
William looked at the girl again and noticed this time she had her face pressed up against the window of the door.
She seemed to be saying something, but as to what, William couldn't hear.
"She's going to be the one we want you to attend to, Dr. Walsh. Going through your case records, we think you'll be the perfect doctor that will treat her. Do you think you'll be up to it?"
William nodded, "I believe so."
The doctor smiled, "Great." He then turned and started his way back down the hall.
William called after him, "Excuse me, I didn't catch your name. Dr.?"
The other man turned, "Dr. Rupert Giles. It'll be a pleasure having you with us, Dr. Walsh." He then continued his walking.
Dr. Walsh turned back to the window, the woman was still looking at him.
William turned away and followed the Dr. Giles out.
Inside the room, Buffy Summers watched him leave and worded:
"S…Spike…Please…Help me…"
A/N: This is going to be put onto a trial run, just so I can see if there's any interest, for all who read it, for me to continue it. Ergo, if you like it, review it and I'll write some more chapters. I am interested in writing this, but I need some reviews so I know writing this won't be a waste of time.
Q-n-P