Diana, Artemis, and Angel watched their adversary carefully as it crumbled to powder, and then blew away in a stray wind.

Joyce and Dawn came out on the porch, and Angel withdrew into the shadows.

"Is it…dead?" Joyce asked.

"Yes." Diana replied.

Joyce and Dawn looked relieved, and as they went back inside, they all heard Dawn's question: "What was that?"

Angel reemerged, and he and the two women looked at each other.

That was a damn good question.

The moon shone down over the dark, cursed, town, illuminating a disturbing sight.

The mysterious crystals were now everywhere.

Everywhere Neil had been, that is.

The End?

(Roll End Credits Here)