CH 22: Ebon from Static Shock
The Right Bait: A Dawn and Xander Special
"Oh my gosh this is going to be so much fun!"
"Right. Who am I going as again?"
Xander grinned at her pout. Dawn was the only one of his girls that could consistently corner him into watching those TGIF specials with her.
"Just kidding. Anyway, got the hair stuff?"
"Yup. Comb in so just be careful until it dries and you won't have to do anything else."
"Cool, thanks Dawnie."
Now add one of his more garish Hawaiian shirts and an empty ice cream cup and he was set.
"Hi Mrs. S."
"Hi Xander, thank you for agreeing to let Dawn go with you."
"No problem. She helped settle my costume crisis and she's fun to hang out with."
"Do you have any idea why she insisted on borrowing my stick vac to go with her 'trendy' boots and pointed hat?"
"It's the modern witch's version of the vespa. Have to keep things green, you know?"
Joyce rather masterfully kept herself from laughing. "Of course, how silly of me."
"Xander! Dawn!"
Willow was rushing around, trying to find the wayward duo.
"I take it this was not supposed to happen?"
"Nope."
Who were those two and why did the guy sound like he was Australia?
"So, now what?"
"Now… I guess I put what my Aunts taught me to use."
"Dawnie?"
She barely recognized the outfit from earlier that evening before the girl borrowing Dawn Summer's body spoke some sort of rhyme, flicked her finger and vanished with the guy in tow.
"This cannot be good."
"Guys, where's Xander?"
"Follow me."
Confused, Willow, Giles and Buffy followed Dawn down to the beach. Once there she went to one of the deeper tide pools and started pulling things out of the bag she'd brought with her.
"Dawn, what are you doing? I thought you knew where Xander was?"
"I do, but we need the right bait."
"What!"
Grinning Dawn put a Twinkie on a small outcropping of rock that jutted over the water, trying in a rather humorous way to hide a net behind her.
There was a splash, a yelp, and another splash.
Giles, Willow and Buffy tried to wipe the salt water from their eyes as they stared in the pool where a rather…. different Xander was scowling up at Dawn.
"Not nice!"
"But it worked."
"Well yeah, I maintain they're way better than squid guts."
Still scowling a bit at Dawn he tucked the Twinkie down, tail lashing slightly at the water.