Buffy burst out laughing. She bent over in half, clutching at her stomach. "No, no seriously…"she said straightening up. "What can I do for you?"
The three looked at each other.
"Uhhh…"said Tommy. He looked at Lori.
"Actually…" said Lori. The two looked at Merton.
"It's true! What's so hard to believe about it?" All three returned their gaze to Buffy.
"Uh, well, I'll see you guys if I have any trouble, how bout that?" She said and closed the door. "Weirdoes." She muttered to herself. For the last time she bent down and began to open the trunk lid. A low creak sounded through the soundless room when suddenly…
"DON'T DO THAT!" she heard a muffled scream and saw the kid's faces pressed up against her living room window. But it was too late. She fell on her back as some great force pushed past her. The door was thrown open and a cackle could be heard as something swept outside. The kids rushed to her side.
"You alright, ma'am?" said Tommy, holding onto her arm and helping her up.
"Yeah," Merton shoved him over. "You ok?" Lori stood back and rolled her eyes.
"Well," Lori said, clearing her throat. "I guess we kinda failed, huh? I mean, the whole point of this trip was to stop whoever bought the trunk from opening it."
"How did you know I had it?" Buffy asked.
"Wild guess." Said Tommy, shrugging his shoulders.
"Actually, we got on eBay and found the guy who bought it. And he told us you bought it, and then we tracked down your car." Lori said, listing the steps off on her fingers.
"Which, I might add," Merton put in, "took most of today. You're a very hard person to find." He ended with what he considered a very attractive smile.
"Alright…what exactly is going on?" Buffy asked, confusion masking her face. She was really surprised, too, that Dawn hadn't heard her down here.
"Ok, see, Merton didn't have any friends when he was little. Actually, he doesn't really have friends now."
"Hey, Tommy! I resent that!"
"Anyway," Tommy went on, "he makes up this," he does the air quote thing, "imaginary friend. He named him Vince because he's invincible. And he likes Clue."
"I see." Said Buffy. "But why are you chasing him across the country? Is he dangerous or anything?"
"Well, yeah." Said Tommy, rolling his eyes. "Otherwise, we really wouldn't be here." Lori rolled her eyes with Tommy while Merton just stood there with his manly smile plastered on his face.
"Alright…I think Giles just said something about this guy. I think I'd better call a meeting of the Scoobies."
Merton burst into fake laughter, then stopped. "Oh, sorry, I thought it was a joke.
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