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Date Posted: 01:04:25 05/16/03 Fri
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Episode 2.3: If Only Lonely
Dawn, Rona, Shannon, Vi and Kennedy stand around a whole in the ground, each of them is holding a single rose.
“Someone should say something” Kennedy point out boldly
“Right, someone should…” Dawn attempts to take a stand “I can’t”
They are stood in the cemetery, Lissy lies infront of them in her coffin.
“Is it happening again?” asks Vi nervously “Two slayers dead in as many months”
“It can’t be” Kennedy points out “That’s all over”
“But the first still exists, it’s forever remember?” Rona finishes
“Right, it is, but it’s not happening” Dawn says unsure
“How do you know?” asks Rona cockily
“Can we not talk about this right now, we’ve just buried our friend”
On the otherside of the graveyard Faith places a rose at the foot of a tree and smiles to herself.
“Hey” pipes a small voice from behind. Willow is stood nervously fumbling the ends of her sleeves
“You okay?” she asks as she sits herself next to Faith
“Five by five”
“That’s come to change meaning with you right?”
“Could be”
“Definitely, Faith, you’re talking like Oz” Willow gives a small smiles in sync with Faith
“There you go, it’s not so bad to smile, even at bad times, just don’t go all crazy and dye your hair black or anything”
“Will, I don’t care”
“Well, obviously, you’ve got the colouring for dark hair…”
“No, I don’t care about all of this” she says harshly. Willow seems stumped
“It’s like, everyone is so buzzing around and all ‘hey Faith you okay about Lissy?’ and it’s so…it’s nothing compared to…”
“Angel” comes another voice as Connor approaches
“It’s all so meaningless right?” Connor asks as he sits by Faith
“This sounds like a close to Angel moment, I’m gonna go…pay my respects” Willows smiles awkwardly as she waves them off.
Connor sits next to Faith and places his hand on hers, they sit calmly staring at the rose and the tree, in silence.
~*~ROLL CREDITS~*~
Eliza Dushku
Michelle Trachtenberg
Tom Lenk
Lisa Roxanne
Ryder Strong
Special Guest Star:
Vincent Karthieser and Alyson Hannigan
Guest Starring:
Justin Berfield, Felicia Day, Indigo, Mary Wilcher, Iyari Limon as Kennedy
“How come Buffy didn’t come?” Dawn asks quietly
“Cleaning up after last months apocalypse” Rona finishes as there’s a knock at the door.
Dawn steps up to the door, her jaw drops instantly “Darren?!” She asks with joy
“Hey You” He smiles at winks at her as she throws her arms around him
“What are you doing here?!” She asks excitedly
“I sort of knew Lissy from the Academy and to visit you of course” he smiles as he greets the others casually.
“You’ve been to academy?” she asks curiously
“Buffy pays him to do the gardens” Rona laughs
“Hey! I fight plenty also” he says defensively.
“It’s good to see you” she smiles as Connor and Faith walks in.
“Who’s this?” Connor asks Jealously
“Calm down Junior Senior, its Dawn’s cousin! More to the question, how and why are you here?”
“Dead friend” He says bluntly
“Right, sorry” Faith says shoving a pile of chocolate into her mouth so to not step in it any longer.
That evening Faith is rushing around frantically preparing to go on patrol as she receives a call from Andrew asking her to go to the bar on her way.
“I can deal with that” she says to herself on her way out, she crashes into Willow and Dawn, literally.
“Sorry, bit rushed and all” Faith continues
“Faith, you okay?” Dawn asks
“Not if another person asks me that kid” she smiles as she walks off.
Halfway down the street Faith encounters three of the SIT’s arguing.
“Hey, Ladies, chill it”
They begin to ramble on at her to sort out a disagreement as she holds her head and walks away to the bar.
Upon entering the bar Faith is confronted by a bar war, in which she needs to do some serious getting rid of.
“Thanks Faith” Andrew calls before asking her to help with some boxes.
Whilst out on patrol Faith is put off due to a serious head ache, it’s not helped when she receives a page from Vi, one from Andrew and a call from Dawn to her cell, all at the same time.
Overwhelmed Faith collapses to the floor.
As Light creeps over the cemetery we see Faith stirring, she stands to her feet and nervously looks around, fumbling and shaking, she walks away.
Seconds later, Faith awakes in the graveyard, she confidently stands to her feet and walks off with pride.
Within the next minute another two Faith’s wake and stand, one is mysterious and calm, the other is aggressive and fast, both leave the cemetery.
Faith has split into four.
END OF PART ONE
“It doesn’t seem right” Willow calls out over loud music as Kennedy pulls her through the club by her hand.
“We’ve just got back from a funeral and now we’re dancing the night away” she shouts
“Willow, Lissy was fun, she wouldn’t want us sitting” Kennedy smiles
“I guess not, I mean, I don’t know” Willow smiles awkwardly “I’m gonna sit this one out”
“Your loss” Kennedy smiles as she sips on cocktails and dances down to the ground.
Willow walks slowly through the club and slips into the toilet where she comes across Faith.
“Faith. Hi. I didn’t…when did you get here?”
“What’s it to you?”
“I, sorry, it’s just, You didn’t seem in the party mood before and…”
“So, what you think you can read me now red?”
“No, sorry, I just…”
“You just! Well don’t just, beat it!”
Faith shoves past her and leaves Willow staring in the mirror
“Okay, well at least her veins are well hidden”
Over at Dolly’s several SITS’, Connor, Dawn and Darren are eating what seems like enough to feed a small country, as Faith shuffles in quietly.
“When did Faith start wearing glasses?” asks Vi with a mouthful
“She didn’t” Dawn states as she stands to greet Faith.
“Hey, new look huh?”
Faith smiles awkwardly at Dawn and picks at her sleeve.
“Faith? I know, you don’t really want to hear the Q.o.t.D again but…are you alright?”
Faith looks up shyly and smiles “I’m fine thank you little sister, just a bit emotional”
“that’s the first time you’ve called me that” Dawn smiles
“Really? But you’re my sister and I love you so much” Faith grins as she squeezes her tightly
“What the hell was that?” asks Darren dropping his food “Who’s her supplier?”
“That’s not Faith” Connor says confidently
“Looks pretty 3D to me” jokes Shannon
“Faith, Faith you can let go now, you’re still mega strong”
“Oh” Faith giggles “Sorry”
“Connor” Faith smiles as she holds out her arms and sits beside him, wrapping her hands around his head and stroking his hair “Let it all out baby, let it all out, sing with me”
Everyone sits wide eyes glaring at Faith in bemusement
“Hush little Connor don’t say a word, Faith is gonna…”
Before Faith finishes, Dawn and Darren grab her by the arms and pull her away
“I think we need to get you under a cold shower” smiles Darren, with a disapproving look from Dawn
“Fully clothed of course” he says hesitantly
“Faith! There’s no music playing” calls Andrew as Faith stands on the bar dancing
“So, what, just gotta let loose you know, feel all that power and use it” she grins as she grinds down.
“Right, well you enjoy that” he smiles as he edges to the phone to call Dawn
“Hello?”
“Dawn, it’s Andrew. Listen, Faith is like totally spazzing out and being annoying so can you come and get her?”
“Andrew, Faith’s with me”
“Nah uh! She’s dancing on my bar!” he protests
“What? I’ll send Darren over”
“Okay” Andrew hangs up “Who?”
Back in the club Willow is looking around for Faith.
“What’s up?” asks Kennedy
“Nothing, have you seen Faith”
“No why?”
“Oh, I’m just worried about her is all”
“Faith’s a big girl Willow she can…”
“There she is!” Willow walks over to her
“…Take care of herself” Kennedy calls after her, being ignored
“Willow, Willow come here” Faith whispers from the shadows
“Faith?” She asks curiously
“We’ve got to stay in the shadows, we’re different we’ve got to stay alone, we’re special and magic, like Dawn”
“Dawn?”
“Yeah, totally powerful, you know, the key”
“Right, Faith we should get you home now”
“Through the back alleys right? Alone, in the dark” she nods
Meanwhile out in the late night mall one of the Faiths is causing a certain amount of havoc.
She is smashing up shops and beating on people with great pleasure.
END OF PART TWO
“So, there’s three Faiths running around?” ask Connor smiling
“Well, actually there’s four” Willow says worriedly
“Four?”
“Yeah, problem is the other one is kinda lost and kinda mean”
“How mean?”
“Faith ’98 mean”
“Killer mean?”
“She’s mean okay!” Willow says getting angry
“Why though?” asks Dawn
“I guess she has issues from her…oh, why did she split? I don’t know” Willow says innocently
“Leave me at the club why don’t you” snaps Kennedy as she crashes through the door.
“Sorry” Willow smiles like a child
“Willow, Dawn, everyone, I think we’ve got some sort of dilemma” Kennedy calmly points out.
“Faith?” asks Dawn
“Yeah, she beat up the barman…twice…then she just headed off”
“You know where?” asks Connor
“I think, she said something about, wanting, taking and having and something about a store? I’m not sure”
“Mall” Dawn says rolling her eyes
“Rona, Vi, Shannon you come with me, Willow, try and find out why this happened. Connor, Darren, Andrew, You baby-sit the Faiths”
The boys look at eachother in concern.
“Let’s go, we’ve got a very clever, very dangerous slayer to catch” Dawn calls in all sincerity.
Back at the mall, Faith has really been enjoying herself.
“Fire Pretty” she grins as she burns a stack of newspapers.
“Go away kid” Faith calls before even seeing Dawn and the others
“Not without you”
Faith throws her head back and laughs violently before heading in for the fight.
“Found anything yet Rosenburg?” Andrew asks all commando
“I don’t know ‘Wells’” she says pulling a face “I think, it’s something to do with being around too much power”
“Too much?” asks Darren “Like nuclear mutation or something?”
“…or something” she replies “You’re not new are you? I mean, Buffy said you knew stuff but…you like know stuff”
“Both my Cousins are freaks and my sister was killed by a demon, you get curious” he smiles.
“Anyway, it’s like, she’s literally broken under pressure, split down the middle, then again…down the middle”
“Split under pressure?”
“She’s taking too much on, with a new sister, Xander leaving, that nasty Rivers guy, Fred, Lissy & Angel dying. Faith’s used to grieving and dealing alone, now she’s got all these people around her and three teenagers living with her”
Willow looks around at them seriously “It’s too much for her system, it’s like rather than showing her emotions clearly she became them”
Connor looks up at Willow “Fearful, Angry, Sensitive & Randy??”
“Yeah, the dancing one’s not so much of a given, but it’s something and it’s part of her”
“err guys, not to keep with the things just got worse, but things just got worse” Darren calls from over the otherside of the room as one of the Faith’s legs begins to fade.
“I know what we have to do” Willow says suddenly before grabbing a book and disappearing
Connor sits beside sensitive Faith and holds her hand
“You’re gonna be cool okay?” he says, calmly
“Connor, I miss him” She says as she begins to cry fiercely, she rests her shoulder on Connors, a tear rolling down his face at the same time.
“Hey, Randy Faith, you wanna…y’know” Darren asks raising his eyebrows.
“I’m not a slut little boy, I just like to have a good time is all, stops me from getting angry”
“What does?”
“If I’m dancing, at least I’m not thinking about how screwed up I am”
Andrew is attempting to get through to Fearful Mysterious Faith
“So, weird mysterious Faith, what’s your deal, do you steal hot pockets?”
“Let it go Andrew” she says looking around her sharply
“What are you looking for? Demons?”
“Me” Faith says softly “No-one can hurt you more than you”
Andrew looks into her sad eyes and gives a sympathetic smile.
Over at the mall swirling clouds and paper being tosses around surround Willow.
“nruter ot fles ruoy, eb eno, eb uoy, nruter” She screams, raising hands to Faith.
Faith screams at the top of her lungs as all of them vanish into nothingness, bursting through dimensions.
A loud crash is heard as they land in the apartment, the Faiths unconscious in a row.
“Dawn” Willow calls her forward.
“You helped make me, now I’m helping you” Dawn smiles as she cuts her hand and drops a tiny dot of blood on each of the Faiths.
Willow grabs Dawns hand as the chant to the same word to the sky.
Green lights surrounds them and Faith as everything returns to normal, Faith is laying there on the sofa, asleep.
She stirs, waking and looks up to see Vi, Rona, Kennedy, Shannon, Three other SIT’s, Andrew, Darren, Willow, Connor and Dawn stood around her smiling.
“What the hell is going on? Freaks!” Faith looks at them for a moment before heading into the shower
END OF PART THREE
“Thanks for coming” Dawn smiles as she kissed Darren and Willow good bye.
“Good meeting ya buddy” Darren lay his hand out to shake Connors, he looks at him strangely at first then smiles and nods, shaking his hand.
“What d’ya think of this magic junk now?” Willow smiles
Connor smiles back and shakes his head.
“Don’t be a stranger Darren” Dawn says once more hugging him tightly whilst Andrew squeezes Willow.
“Bad touching Andrew”
He backs off to hug Darren “I don’t know you, we shake hands” Darren laughs
Faith approaches Willow and smiles
“God working with ya again red”
“Not so much with” Willow smiles “I’ll drop ya a line some time, you’re not so bad”
“Thanks” Faith nods Willow goodbye as they step into the portal.
“Don’t you think it’s way wrong they don’t pay for flights?” Andrew says as he places a hot pocket in the microwave.
Faith looks at him and walks straight outside, followed closely by Dawn.
“Where are you going?”
“Nowhere, kid, I’m staying right here”
Dawn smiles
“You look happy”
“It’s a great day, what’s there to hate?”
Faith sits on the bench as Dawn rests her head on her shoulder, Andrew and Connor come outside and sit with them, Faith is in the middle, she has Dawn resting on her and her other arm behind Andrew, whilst Connor sits on the floor infront of her.
They all smile as they watch the sun set
“It’s gonna be a good night tonight” Faith smiles to herself
“Someone let me out!” screams a voice
Angry 98 Faith is stuck in-between dimensions, trying to get out.
END
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