Removal
by Rob Morris
(A slight AU of the Buffy S3 Finale)
SUNNYDALE, COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING, LATE JUNE 1999
Oz testified and described a typical moment.
"So the--whatever it was slithered around the schoolyard, and he just shouts at it to stop. No--Hey kids, evacuate and don't get eaten."
Xander voiced a common grievance.
"Volunteerism is supposed to be, ya know, volunteering? School spirit is not this way made. Yes, he had the power. And I own a metal baseball bat. That doesn't mean I get to smash mailboxes."
Willow drove in a telling nail.
"It was indentured servitude. He all but told that dumb jock to have me do his project for him. A 4.0 is not an easy thing to maintain. Isn't that why we go? To do our best? Don't tell me the world's that way, cause' employers get sued for less all the time."
From behind the profusely sweating soon-to-be former Principal, Joyce whispered as her daughter's turn came up. The death blow was coming.
"You didn't realllly think she saved you from that snake to be nice, now did you?"