The Balance III
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I don't own the Buffy and Angel characters, but the other characters and the plot are mine.
Summary: A mysterious amulet wreaks havoc in good ol' Sunnydale. Eep.
Special Note: This takes place a week after the second story. Neil's ready to be released from the hospital.
Neil walked through the doors leading to the waiting room, relieved to be out of the hospital room. He cast a look at the clock and saw it was only seven in the morning. He looked around and noticed Faith sitting in one of the chairs, rocking it back and forth (much to the nurses' and doctors' annoyance.) She saw him and stood up and walked over to him.
"Hey Faith." Neil greeted with a smile.
"Yo, what's up? Ready to motorvate and blow this dump?"
"Let's blow it." Off the medical staff's horrified looks, he amended: "Not literally."
They left.
"So what did we get in today's shipment?" Joyce Summers asked her assistant Mark.
"Well, aside from the usual pots and paintings, we received this weird amulet." Mark replied; pulling it from the crate and showing it to her in an exaggerated fashion like one of those women from a game show might show off merchandise.
"Funny." Joyce commented, as she studied the talisman, which was round and made from gold with bizarre reddish markings on it and a large blood-red ruby in the center.
"Just file it away with everything else I suppose." Joyce said at last. Mark nodded and she exited the room. Placing it back inside the crate, Mark walked out to fetch something.
Neither Joyce nor Mark knew what would be unleashed.
As Mark got inside his car and drove off for lunch, his car began to act erratically.
"What the fuck?!" Mark yelled, attempting to regain control. It was like his car was resisting his efforts deliberately!
The car's steering wheel jerked out of his hands and sped up, shooting toward a dark-haired girl and a bearded man as they proceeded across the street.
"How you feelin'?" Faith asked.
"Better. How about you?" Neil replied, as they began crossing the road.
"Five by five." Faith smirked.
"I'm glad. Faith, I need to talk to you abou- LOOK OUT!"
Both Faith and Neil leapt wildly to the side, narrowly avoiding the hurtling automobile. The driver's side window shattered and the driver bailed out, smacking the road hard. He staggered to his feet as the car stopped and spun around, then started running as the empty car pursued him. It slammed into him from behind, breaking his back and driving over his corpse. Pausing, it turned to the astonished and horrified Faith and Neil who were running swiftly towards the scene, and revving its engine, peeled rubber towards them!
Again dodging the rampaging vehicle, Faith and Neil witnessed it try to stop, only for it to slam into a parked gasoline truck at a gas station and explode! The employees and patrons fled as fast as they could as the gas station exploded a few seconds later! The shockwave sent everyone sprawling.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Faith yelled.
Summed up my reaction perfectly. Neil thought.
(Buffy Credits!!! Whoo whoo!!!)