Ethan's Costume Shop
Chapter 001 – Ultimate Zeppo: Shield
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A collection of YAHF (Yet-Another-Halloween-Fic) stories, I'll try for original ideas (people, not how it plays out; too many people have done this, so it's almost impossible to have original play-outs), but I can't guarantee; some are just too good to pass up.
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Xander groaned as he checked out his watch; he had volunteered (i.e. been drafted) into helping Giles sort the returned books, and by the time they were done, the Halloween shop he had wanted to go to with Buffy and Willow had closed for the night. Because of that, he wouldn't be able to get the gun for his soldier idea (as well as the costume itself, since he couldn't find his). He had ran three blocks hoping to get there in time, before he noticed his watch. He sighed, before starting to walk towards home, wondering how Snyder was going to kill him.
He paused as he noticed a sound. When he looked up, he saw that he was right next to a small Halloween shop, which happened to be next to, surprisingly, a sex shop. Wait… he could see those Halloween contacts along with a sleeve-less bomber jacket variant, some Ozzy glasses, and temporary tattoos in the former store, and a BDSM-based black latex suit, covering everything from the neck down. That gave him an idea…
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Joyce Summers sighed as she opened the door for the latest early Trick-or-Treater, before blinking in shock. It was Buffy and Dawn's friend Alexander, but he looked completely different. He was wearing what looked like leather cowboy shoes, pleather boyband pants, and a purplish-black spandex shirt. On top of the spandex shirt was a black leather bomber jacket with no sleeves and a type of white fur on the collar, but she was unsure whether or not it was real or faux. On his arms were two thick black bracelets that had studs set into them. His hair was all spiked up, and he had on yellow-tinted Ozzy Ozbourne glasses.
"Well hello there Mrs. Summers, or should I say, Mrs. Taylor." The young man drawled out as he leaned against the doorframe. "I didn't know Elizabeth had a daughter…"
"Xander!" Joyce squeaked (though she would never admit), "Stop it! Anyway, how do you know about Elizabeth Taylor? She was before your time."
"I'm a bit of a film nut, and a lot of the newer ones stink, so I revisit Swinging Sixties, the Disco Seventies, and the Turbulent Eighties whenever I can. Oh, and not only the movies, but their music is also great. So, where are the girls? I thought they would be here."
Joyce smiled as she invited Alexander in. "The three are upstairs changing. So, anyway, what is your costume from anyway? You mentioned you like the latter half of the 20th century, so I think it may be something from back then, but I have no clue on what it could be."
"Well," Xander said as his lips slowly curled into a smile. "That…that would be telling. Let me just say this; Japanese manga."
And with that piece of info that was both informational and yet vague, Xander turned towards the stairs to wait for the three ladies while Joyce blinked yet again in confusion.
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"Guhhhhhhhh… what in the Hellmouth's unholy name happened last night? Also, did anyone get the license plate number of that train that ran me over?"
Xander groaned as he slowly and painfully returned to consciousness, noticing that he was somewhere in the woods, which meant he was pretty far from Sunnydale, and inside a sleeping bag, before freezing when he felt a warm body in the bag…one more than just him. When he slowly turned over to see, he saw that the extra body was a girl…A naked girl…who was awake and staring at him wide-eyed while pointing a gun at him.
"…Well, this is interesting. So… what's your name?"
In response, he heard the cocking of a gun, and saw a grim smile.
"Alice. Alice Abernathy. Mind telling me what happened last night?"
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A/N: Hello all, Zoanzon here! I had some free time, and an idea in my head, so I pumped this out for all my loyal readers. Oh, I did this over the space of two days, so there may be errors. If you spot any, be they typos, run-ons, or strange/weird sentences, or anything else, please let me know, be it by review or by PM (my PM is open to anonymous messages, so all unregistered readers can let no know too).