CH 21: Miles Lancaster from Transformers the Movie
Shadow of a Doubt
Costume Lottery. More fair than it could have been, but still slightly sucky. There were a fair number of soldiers, but still!
Ah well, at least he could pull this one off easily enough. And it was still pretty cheap. He just needed…
"Do you need help, lad?"
"Gah!"
"Sorry about that." Ethan was more than a little amused by the boy's reaction.
"S'fine, just won't need any coffee. Umm, do you have any fencings masks? Black, preferably."
"Of course, right this way."
"Hello?"
"Hi Mrs. S."
Joyce Summers did not like to admit that she could still squeal like a b-movie scream queen when startled.
"Sorry! Thought you'd notice the blinkers."
Now that she looked, yes there were safety blinkers on his wrists and one on a long cord around his neck. She supposed that with such a dark costume it only made sense.
"No, that's alright. It's really a very good costume. What are you, a shadow?"
"Something like that."
Even with the fencing mask in place and hiding his features entirely she could tell he was smiling.
"Xander!"
Willow rushed towards him only to stare in shock as he seemed to melt into a dark puddle and vanish.
"You say it took a volcano last time?"
"Yes, quite."
"I got it then."
"Xander?"
"Just trust me, I got the demon thing. Just keep the vamps off me."
"You sure?"
He grinned as much as he was able.
"Not a shadow of a doubt."
The demon that had been Mayor Richard Wilkins the First, Second and Third was more than a bit surprised when a hole seemed to open up right underneath him. He didn't have time to be surprised further when it dumped him straight into a pool of molten lava.