Part 7:
The Epilogue or what really happened to Skittles the clown
Well, since detective Thrump was a bit out his league in this particular case - or hey maybe he's doomed to always get tangled in his own theories - I'll provide the answer to the question that gives the title of this story and that, of course, still taunts poor Ronnie.
Dawn Summers had been indeed very mad about what had happened at her birthday party, but she blamed, above all, her sister. She left the house without even saying a word to Buffy. Right after she left with her friends, a demon attacked the Summers' household, apparently being after Xander, not the slayer. Buffy fought the demon managing to make a big mess in the house. At the last moment, the demon somehow managed to escape. Buffy, Xander and Willow cleaned up and when it was time for Xander to go, Buffy offered to walk him home, to make sure he got there in one piece. She also decided that on her way back from his apartment she could go hunting.
As they walked and talked, Xander managed to talk Buffy into going to the Bronze and making up with Dawnie so she wouldn't be mad on her big day.
At the Bronze, Dawn had just told Laurie she was going to the bathroom, but on her way there she met Buffy. Acting a bit hostile at first she eventually agreed to take a walk with her sister.
Meanwhile back at the Summers' home, Willow figured out why the demon was after Xander. Because of a medallion she had gifted him with. Seeing as the phone was dead - Buffy had tried to choke the demon with the telephone wire - she left for Xander's apartment.
Skittles arrived at the park a little before midnight, while Buffy and Dawn were walking on the other side, talking. They had made up once Buffy apologized and stated that her intentions had been all good, that she hadn't wanted to embarrass her in front of her friends.
Buffy spotted the slimy demon that had attacked Xander at their house and of course, proceeded to kick the living daylights out of him and kill him. The problem was, this was the kind of demon that didn't dissolve into nothingness, it had to be buried. Buffy sent Dawn all the way home to get a shovel. Annoyed, Dawn stopped by the graveyard that was much closer in hope of finding an abandoned shovel, which she did. Heading back, she went through the other side of the park, where Skittles was. It was very dark. When Skittles saw her, he wanted to apologize for what had happened at her birthday party, but as he put his hand on Dawn's shoulder, she startled so hard, she actually hit him with the shovel twice before she noticed it wasn't a demon, but the clown from her party. She let out scream, dropped the shovel and ran off.
Hearing the scream from across the empty park, Buffy ran in that direction to see Dawn running away and to find Skittles and the shovel lying on the ground. Buffy tried to feel for the pulse, but couldn't find it. She figured he was dead. Knowing it must have been an accident Buffy brought the body of the slime demon from the other side of the park and decided she would bury both bodies there. The demon's body brushed against Skittles leaving slimy trails on his colorful costume. Buffy started digging the hole. When she was almost finished, the demon suddenly started to move, quickly getting up and making a run for it. Highly annoyed, Buffy left the hole and Skittles' body behind and followed the demon.
At the same time Willow was passing through the park on her way to Xander's and saw the entire scene. She thought it was her duty to finish off what Buffy started. She levitated Skittles' body and put it in the hole. As she didn't need the shovel, she lifted it up in the air and enflamed it. As the shovel was burning, a groggy sound was heard from the hole and Skittles stood up accidentally grabbing the burning shovel for support. He let out a scream, as his hand got burnt and his plastic nose melted when it came face to face with the flames. He fell back down in the hole, hitting his head. Willow panicked. She quickly turned out the shovel and left towards the Summers' house.
Meanwhile, the demon had run into the graveyard where Buffy finally managed to kill it. The heart hadn't been on the right side. Seeing as she had to bury the corpse of the demon in the graveyard, she called Xander from a payphone and told him all about Skittles and instructed him to go to the park and bury the body himself. On his way out of his apartment, Xander grabbed a sandwich that had olives in it.
As he found the hole with Skittles' body in it and the mysteriously burnt shovel, Xander started thinking the whole situation was a bit strange. As he kneeled down next to the whole to look at the clown, Skittles suddenly stood up, moaning in pain. Obviously Xander freaked and ran off, dropping his sandwich right in Skittles' arms. The clown climbed out of the hole and bandaged his burnt hand with a clean handkerchief he had in his pocket and then went on to eat the sandwich. No use wasting good food. As he took a big bite out of the sandwich, an olive got stuck in his throat and as he grabbed his neck in despair he slipped on some slime and fell back down in the hole, this time, dead for good.
Things were cleared out at the Summers' house and Dawn and Willow didn't feel guilty anymore as Xander had seen Skittles alive and well after their encounters with him. The next morning, detective Thrump visited the Summers' house and invited them downtown to answer a few questions.
The only question that remains now is: who made the phone call? You can always assume that *that* was the real killed, because if Skittles hadn't been in the park that night, he wouldn't have eaten the sandwich that killed him. So who was it? I'll leave at least that much a mystery. So to end it like detective Thrump did, I'll say this is the story of a good sandwich gone bad :)
The End
I really hope the end of the story matched the rest of it. I always thought all detective stories have to end in a more complicated plot :D
The Epilogue or what really happened to Skittles the clown
Well, since detective Thrump was a bit out his league in this particular case - or hey maybe he's doomed to always get tangled in his own theories - I'll provide the answer to the question that gives the title of this story and that, of course, still taunts poor Ronnie.
Dawn Summers had been indeed very mad about what had happened at her birthday party, but she blamed, above all, her sister. She left the house without even saying a word to Buffy. Right after she left with her friends, a demon attacked the Summers' household, apparently being after Xander, not the slayer. Buffy fought the demon managing to make a big mess in the house. At the last moment, the demon somehow managed to escape. Buffy, Xander and Willow cleaned up and when it was time for Xander to go, Buffy offered to walk him home, to make sure he got there in one piece. She also decided that on her way back from his apartment she could go hunting.
As they walked and talked, Xander managed to talk Buffy into going to the Bronze and making up with Dawnie so she wouldn't be mad on her big day.
At the Bronze, Dawn had just told Laurie she was going to the bathroom, but on her way there she met Buffy. Acting a bit hostile at first she eventually agreed to take a walk with her sister.
Meanwhile back at the Summers' home, Willow figured out why the demon was after Xander. Because of a medallion she had gifted him with. Seeing as the phone was dead - Buffy had tried to choke the demon with the telephone wire - she left for Xander's apartment.
Skittles arrived at the park a little before midnight, while Buffy and Dawn were walking on the other side, talking. They had made up once Buffy apologized and stated that her intentions had been all good, that she hadn't wanted to embarrass her in front of her friends.
Buffy spotted the slimy demon that had attacked Xander at their house and of course, proceeded to kick the living daylights out of him and kill him. The problem was, this was the kind of demon that didn't dissolve into nothingness, it had to be buried. Buffy sent Dawn all the way home to get a shovel. Annoyed, Dawn stopped by the graveyard that was much closer in hope of finding an abandoned shovel, which she did. Heading back, she went through the other side of the park, where Skittles was. It was very dark. When Skittles saw her, he wanted to apologize for what had happened at her birthday party, but as he put his hand on Dawn's shoulder, she startled so hard, she actually hit him with the shovel twice before she noticed it wasn't a demon, but the clown from her party. She let out scream, dropped the shovel and ran off.
Hearing the scream from across the empty park, Buffy ran in that direction to see Dawn running away and to find Skittles and the shovel lying on the ground. Buffy tried to feel for the pulse, but couldn't find it. She figured he was dead. Knowing it must have been an accident Buffy brought the body of the slime demon from the other side of the park and decided she would bury both bodies there. The demon's body brushed against Skittles leaving slimy trails on his colorful costume. Buffy started digging the hole. When she was almost finished, the demon suddenly started to move, quickly getting up and making a run for it. Highly annoyed, Buffy left the hole and Skittles' body behind and followed the demon.
At the same time Willow was passing through the park on her way to Xander's and saw the entire scene. She thought it was her duty to finish off what Buffy started. She levitated Skittles' body and put it in the hole. As she didn't need the shovel, she lifted it up in the air and enflamed it. As the shovel was burning, a groggy sound was heard from the hole and Skittles stood up accidentally grabbing the burning shovel for support. He let out a scream, as his hand got burnt and his plastic nose melted when it came face to face with the flames. He fell back down in the hole, hitting his head. Willow panicked. She quickly turned out the shovel and left towards the Summers' house.
Meanwhile, the demon had run into the graveyard where Buffy finally managed to kill it. The heart hadn't been on the right side. Seeing as she had to bury the corpse of the demon in the graveyard, she called Xander from a payphone and told him all about Skittles and instructed him to go to the park and bury the body himself. On his way out of his apartment, Xander grabbed a sandwich that had olives in it.
As he found the hole with Skittles' body in it and the mysteriously burnt shovel, Xander started thinking the whole situation was a bit strange. As he kneeled down next to the whole to look at the clown, Skittles suddenly stood up, moaning in pain. Obviously Xander freaked and ran off, dropping his sandwich right in Skittles' arms. The clown climbed out of the hole and bandaged his burnt hand with a clean handkerchief he had in his pocket and then went on to eat the sandwich. No use wasting good food. As he took a big bite out of the sandwich, an olive got stuck in his throat and as he grabbed his neck in despair he slipped on some slime and fell back down in the hole, this time, dead for good.
Things were cleared out at the Summers' house and Dawn and Willow didn't feel guilty anymore as Xander had seen Skittles alive and well after their encounters with him. The next morning, detective Thrump visited the Summers' house and invited them downtown to answer a few questions.
The only question that remains now is: who made the phone call? You can always assume that *that* was the real killed, because if Skittles hadn't been in the park that night, he wouldn't have eaten the sandwich that killed him. So who was it? I'll leave at least that much a mystery. So to end it like detective Thrump did, I'll say this is the story of a good sandwich gone bad :)
The End
I really hope the end of the story matched the rest of it. I always thought all detective stories have to end in a more complicated plot :D