Epilogue
Vista Grande, California
July 21, 2002
Julian moved in the shadows of the deserted Eastman Avenue. He was furious that he had lost, but also intrigued by Buffy's sympathy for him. Strangely he didn't feel so sad after losing her, perhaps he wasn't really in love with her. His first taste of lust had been the Vampire Slayer herself. He saw up ahead a vision of gold. A sixteen year old girl with golden hair and skin and emerald green eyes was headed his way. She was distressed. His encounter with Buffy was forgotten completely.
By the fear coming off her in waves, Julian could read into the girl. Her name was Jennifer Thornton. She was looking for a game store to get something for her boyfriend's party. He saw what was scaring her before he read it from her. Two punks were following closely behind her. She needed a place to hide.
Also, she had a secret. A fear so strong that she could not recall what it was. Her grandfather had been a sorcerer. He tried to contain Shadow Men! She had opened the door that he kept them in, and he sacrificed himself to save her. This was when she was five. Julian remembered the old man. The Elders enjoy feasting on him. Julian had a brilliant plan.
Jenny wanted a game, so Julian would provide her with one. He felt as though he had been one of the Shadow Men who tried to take her, but he would never harm her, oh no. He felt as though he had watched her everyday from then on grow into the gorgoeus beauty she had become. Julian had to act fast if he wanted it to work.
On the corner of Eastman and Montevideo the stood an empty Tower Records. On the wall to the record store there was a mural of what Eastman Avenue had looked like before being deserted. In the middle of it, Julian made a door and behind it an in between place that Jenny would be safe in. He would keep her safe forever. Above the door a plain and ordinary sign now read "More Games."
Jenny came around the corner looking desperate for a place to hide. She did a double take when she notice the door in the mural. She outstretched her hand and took the knob. Looking at the sign above the door as she went inside.
What happened next is the beginning of a different story.
So that's it, the end. Yay. I hope it wasn't too horrible :P Thank you for reading!