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Date Posted: 19:31:20 07/02/03 Wed
Author: First aired Thursday 3rd July 2003
Subject: Episode 8.20 - "SHATTER" by Kashmanik (Part III)

SUNNYDALE MAIN STREET – AFTERNOON

(The gang are all geared up for battle, and look like they mean business. They ignore the pedestrians
staring and backing away as they march onwards.)

BUFFY: Alright, listen up. The plan is we get in there and take the Mirror. From what Amy says, it can’t be destroyed by conventional means. That means you Willow.

WILLOW: There are a couple of disintegration spells I can try. Should do the trick.

BUFFY: Dawn, Amy, you’re with Will.

DAWN: Check.

BUFFY: Everyone else focus on Proserpexa. She should be weak now without Amy’s support, but we’re not taking any chances. Don’t get close to her. Use bows, crossbows, throw an axe, anything. Just don’t get within her reach.

XANDER: What happens after we destroy the Mirror?

AMY: It’s her final anchor to this world. Without any believers, and with the Mirror gone, she should just… vanish.

ANYA: Vanish completely? As in, totally gone? Because I really don’t want to get choked again.

(From down the road, screams can be heard. The gang sprint down the road to see what’s happening,
and when they turn the corner they see - )

FAITH: Holy shit!

(Advancing down the road are hundreds of thousands of snakes, of all sizes, patterns and colours. They
swarm together, slithering over and under each other, but all with one target. The Scoobs.)

ANDREW: Um, Buffy? Orders? Please? Now!

(Buffy hesitates for a moment, then an idea springs to mind.)

BUFFY: Quick! Up on top of the cars!

(The gang all race towards a group of parked cars, and climb up on to the roofs. Giles, Spike and
Andrew gather on one. Kennedy, Buffy, Xander and Willow on another. Dawn, Amy, Faith and Anya
on the third.)

AMY: She’s trying to stall us!

SPIKE: Yeah, and it’s working. We can’t stay pissing about here, we’ve got to move!

GILES: We have to draw them off… Spike, are you with me?

SPIKE: You got a plan.

GILES: Not really, I was just going to run the other way.

SPIKE: Sounds good to me!

BUFFY: Be careful guys… and thanks.

GILES: We’ll try to catch up to you at the Temple.

DAWN: Good luck!

(Giles and Spike tiptoe to the edge of the car.)

ANDREW: Head for the comic book store on Mayberry. It closed down last week, there’ll be no one in there.

SPIKE: Yeah, thanks. You know the route?

ANDREW: Well duh.

SPIKE: Then you’re coming.

(Spike grabs Andrew by the collar of his shirt, and along with Giles, jumps to the ground, breaking into
a sprint the moment he lands. As Andrew wails in protest, they run down the street. After a few
moments, the army of snakes begin to pursue them.)

BUFFY: Now!

(The others leap down and run the opposite way to Giles and Co.)


PROSERPEXA’S TEMPLE (MIRROR ROOM) – DAY

(Proserpexa is still looking decidedly weak, shifting between corporeal and non-corporeal form. She is
clearing the debris from her spell to conjure the snakes, and seems to be setting up another now.)

PROSERPEXA: Just a little longer.


SUNNYDALE MAIN STREET – DAY

ANDREW: Just a little further!

(Andrew and Giles are now starting to look extremely out of breath, whilst Spike is running ahead of
them.)

SPIKE: Come on! (mutters) Bloody humans…

(They approach a building with boarded up windows, and turn to face the advancing swarm of snakes.
Spike goes into game face, wraps his coat tightly around him, and leaps through the wooden boards
into the shop. We see him slowly peel back the coat and feel at this chest for splinters. And we see his
huge smile of relief when there are none.)

SPIKE: Come on!


ABANDONED SHOP - DAY

(Andrew and Giles climb through the Spike-shaped hole and into the abandoned shop, and begin piling
up old comic book stands and other pieces of furniture against the open wall.)

ANDREW: You think that’ll keep them out?

SPIKE: Have to wait and see, won’t we kiddies?


KINGMAN’S BLUFF – DAY

(Buffy, Willow, Xander, Dawn, Anya, Kennedy, Faith and Amy are standing at the foot of the hill,
looking up at the colossal Temple.)


PROSERPEXA’S TEMPLE (MIRROR ROOM) – DAY

(Proserpexa is now in the midst of another spell – she reaches up and tears one of the snakes from her
head, throwing it into the center of the circle. She starts chanting in an unknown language, and a smile
begins to return to the once worried face.)


KINGMAN’S BLUFF – DAY

(The gang are now climbing the hill, all in silence, their weapons ready. They reach the vast Temple
doors, and all turn to Willow.)

WILLOW: Stand back.

(With that she hurls a bolt of lightning against the giant doors, shattering them, and creating an
entrance.)

DAWN: (grumpy) I coulda done that.

(Willow smiles at her, and the group proceed into the Temple.)


ABANDONED SHOP – DAY

(Giles, Spike and Andrew all stand, tensed and ready, looking for the appearance of any snakes.)

ANDREW: Oh! There!

(Andrew points at a small crack by the boarded up door, through which a snake is squeezing in. Spike
casually walks up and stamps on it with a sickening crunch. He turns back and smiles at Giles and
Andrew, then points at the dead snake.)

SPIKE: Well, at least if we’re stuck in here long we won’t go hungry…

(On Giles and Andrew’s disgusted faces, we cut to -)


PROSERPEXA’S TEMPLE (CORRIDOR) – DAY

(The gang are walking down the hall at a good speed, their weapons raised.)

BUFFY: We expecting any resistance before we get there Amy?

AMY: I don’t think so… Raven took out most of Proserpexa’s people the last time we were here. Before she…

ANYA: And hey! I cut off her head. Won’t be much use without that, right?

(No one responds.)

FAITH: (to Amy) Still can’t believe that vamp helped you out. And to save the world? Thought it was only the sappy souled ones who did that…

(We close up on Amy, as she struggles to maintain the lie.)

AMY: Yeah, um… surprised me too…

(Kennedy notices this, and readjusts the grip in her axe, casting a nasty glance at Amy.)

KENNEDY: (whispering) I know you’re lying to us… But Buffy’s right. We need you. For the next hour at least.

(Kennedy leans in close to Amy’s ear, and whispers….)

KENNEDY: After that, who knows?

(Amy simply smiles at this, and whispers back to Kennedy -)

AMY: I could turn you inside out in a heartbeat, you stupid little bitch.

(Amy then begins walking faster, until she’s next to Buffy, as they reach the….)


PROSERPEXA’S TEMPLE (MIRROR ROOM) – DAY

(They enter into the vast chamber and take a moment to stand in awe at the sheer size of it.)

DAWN: This was smaller outside, right?

ANYA: It’s a dimensional warping spell.

XANDER: Like the Tardis.

(Everyone turns to look blankly at Xander.)

XANDER: (quietly) I wish Andrew was here…

WILLOW: Look.

(Far down the cavernous chamber we can see Proserpexa standing in front of the Mirror of Mipax.
Around her are the symbols she has carved out for her spell, as well as animal fur and bones scattered
amongst it.)

BUFFY: Amy, you didn’t say anything about spells…

KENNEDY: Looks like Proserpexa picked up a few tricks. Huh Amy?

AMY: (ignoring her) We have to do this. Now.

(Xander and Faith both raise longbows, and as they draw their arrows -)

PROSERPEXA: Really now children…

(Proserpexa is instantly next to them, and snatches the bows from them both, snapping them in two.)

PROSERPEXA: … that’s unnecessary.

(The gang begin moving backwards from her, as they draw more weapons.)

FAITH: (to Amy) Thought you said she’d be weak?!

AMY: (confused) She should be…

PROSERPEXA: Oh, Amy… you think my love was only for you? I’m not selfish. They’re coming.

DAWN: Who?

PROSERPEXA: My people.


(And we cut to a vast, overhead shot of….)


KINGMAN’S BLUFF – DAY

(We can see down onto the whole Bluff, which seems to be shaking gently. Small trickles of dust begin rolling down the hillside, and we see -)


CLOSE-UP: An arm rising from out of the dust. It is partially decomposed, and trembling, and sections of bone are exposed.

CLOSE-UP: A skull breaking through the top layer of soil, looking left, right, then upwards, and dragging itself out.

CLOSE-UP: A long, spiny limb caked with mud thumping through from the inside of the hill outwards, and clawing it’s way out. It’s one of the Mudmonsters from the Pit in “Grave”.

CLOSE-UP: A skeleton rising from the earth and releasing a primal screech, as it looks over at it’s companions rising up.

OVERHEAD SHOT: All around the Bluff zombies, skeletons and mudmonsters rise from the ground, and begin making their way towards the Temple.


PROSERPEXA’S TEMPLE (MIRROR ROOM) – DAY

(We see the gang almost losing their balance at the shaking, and reacting to the screeching of the
skeletons outside.)

BUFFY: Your people?

PROSERPEXA: My beloved, lost children.

AMY: They’re dead. You told me that.

PROSERPEXA: And you think I would lie to you? Never. Yes, they’re dead. But their love for me has brought them back.

WILLOW: Um, love, or the big honking reanimation spell you’ve got brewing over there!

PROSERPEXA: You know all about reanimation, Willow. You brought back our friend the Slayer here. And you strengthened my essence in this world. I never found the time to thank you.

(She reaches out to stroke Willow’s cheek, but the Witch backs away. Proserpexa sighs, and turns to
Anya.)

PROSERPEXA: I never found the time to thank Halfrek either. Without her, what will transpire in the next few moments would never have been possible. Still, I suppose soon, I’ll have all the time… in the world.

ANYA: Good luck. She’s dead.

(Proserpexa looks genuinely upset at this.)

PROSERPEXA: Really? Such a shame… for one so powerful to be gone, and one so lost and hopeless to survive.

ANYA: Lost?! Hopeless?! I’m neither. I know my place.

PROSERPEXA: Good. Soon your place will be kneeling in subservience.

ANYA: Yeah… well….

(Anya seems to be struggling to find a witty retort, and so defiantly sticks her middle finger up at
Proserpexa.)

PROSERPEXA: Oh Anya… that’s not nice.

(Proserpexa suddenly reaches out and grabs Anya’s arm with both hands, and slowly, seductively
places Anya’s finger in her mouth. She draws it out slowly, and it is covered in a thick layer of slime
and mucus.)

PROSERPEXA: That was.

(At this moment, hoards of skeletons, zombies and mudmonsters pour into the chamber through the
narrow passageway, while Proserpexa casually walks away towards the Mirror. As the gang spin to
watch the undead charge towards, they raise their weapons and prepare to fight. Meanwhile, Anya
sinks to the floor, letting out a guttural moan of pain.)

ANYA: Aaaaaagh…..

(The camera pans around to a shot of Anya’s hand, as we see the mucus from Proserpexa is eating
away at Anya’s middle finger. Like being dipped in acid, her finger is literally dissolving away. Buffy
turns to see what is happening, and her eyes widen in shock at the sight.)

BUFFY: Anya!

(On hearing the name, Xander turns also, whilst Faith, Dawn, Kennedy and Willow advance on the
undead army.)

XANDER: Oh god…

BUFFY: Get her out of here!

(Xander drags Anya to her feet, then realises their exit is blocked by Proserpexa’s Followers. His face
crumbles as he realises they’re trapped.)

WILLOW: Xander!

(Willow grabs Dawn’s hand, and they both stare at Anya and Xander, who…)


KINGMAN’S BLUFF – DAY

(…reappear outside the Temple.)

XANDER: I love witches…

(Xander lifts Anya and begins half-running, half-stumbling down the hill as she weeps in pain.)


PROSERPEXA’S TEMPLE (MIRROR ROOM) – DAY

(Buffy, Faith, Willow, Dawn and Kennedy are now in the throes of battle with the Followers. Amy is
holding back, too scared to attack. Buffy is wielding a mace, and smashing skeletons as they run
towards her. Faith is busy taking on the zombies hand to hand, and we see her kick a rotten head
straight off it’s shoulders. Kennedy, Willow and Dawn concentrate on the mudmonsters, the latter two
repelling them with magic whilst Kennedy fires a crossbow at them. The Scoobs seem to be holding off
the advancing demons, but they aren’t making any ground. Throughout the battle Amy has been
retreating quietly down the Chamber, until she reaches the Mirror, and Proserpexa.)

PROSERPEXA: You see what you’ve done now?

(Amy watches the Scoobs, in the midst of battle.)

PROSERPEXA: You’ve lead them into a painful, violent death.

(Amy watches as Faith is swarmed on by zombies and pulled to the ground.)

PROSERPEXA: And it needn’t have been this way.

(Dawn and Willow magically throw back the zombies attacking Faith.)

PROSERPEXA: They would never have died, if you hadn’t betrayed me. They would never even have existed, most likely, if you’d let my plans proceed.

AMY: How could I do that?! How?! You lied to me for months. You promised me love, and happiness, and power… but you never said it would go this far. I never wanted to go this far.

PROSERPEXA: Then perhaps….

(She leans in closely to Amy…)

PROSERPEXA: …you can atone? And once I’ve removed the intruders from the Temple, we can start over. Literally.

(Proserpexa turns, and indicates the Mirror… and also pulls one of the Watches from within her dress.)

(Amy gulps nervously, and her voice stammers as she says…)

AMY: How?


(We leave Amy and Proserpexa, and head back to the battle. Buffy, Kennedy and Faith are badly
bruised and bleeding, whilst Dawn and Willow have remained unscathed by attacking from range.
They’ve fought off the first wave, but another group of skeletons are now charging into the room…)

KENNEDY: How many more?!

DAWN: Amy said hundreds…

FAITH: Speaking of Amy, where the hell’d she go?

(They turn and see Amy fleeing the Temple, through a previously unseen door at the opposite end of
the hall.)

FAITH: (yelling) Could’ve told us there were two god damn doors!

BUFFY: We can’t keep fighting these guys off. Willow – barrier?

(Willow nods, and turns back to face the advancing skeletons. She bows her head, and looks back up
with black eyes. She turns to Dawn…)

WILLOW: You with me?

(Dawn looks up at Willow, with black eyes herself.)

DAWN: Already there.

(They smile, clasp hands, and a massive barrier stretching from floor to ceiling rises in front of them.)

BUFFY: Time to move. Willow, Dawn, we’re getting that Mirror out of here. Faith, Kennedy, go after Amy. If she’s switched sides again, we can’t let her leave.

FAITH: Gotcha.

(The five women run down the Chamber. Faith and Kennedy run past Proserpexa, who is guarding the
Mirror of Mipax. Buffy slowly walks towards the demon, as Willow and Dawn stand back.)

BUFFY: We’re leaving now. With your tacky Mirror of Mudpacks thingy.

PROSERPEXA: No, you’re not.

BUFFY: Uh, YES, I am.

PROSERPEXA: I can see this won’t be settled in conversation.

BUFFY: Probably not. Which is a shame, cos the chatty bad guys are normally the first to fall.

(Proserpexa swings a fist at Buffy, sending her crashing to the ground a good 20 feet away.)

PROSERPEXA: I see what you mean.


KINGMAN’S BLUFF – DAY


(Faith and Kennedy leave the Temple through a small door near the back. All around them are tunnels and piles of freshly-dug earth from where the undead have risen, and further down the hill is Amy, fleeing. With one look at each other, Faith and Kennedy pursue.)


MAGIC BOX (MAIN ROOM) – DAY

(Anya and Xander stumble into the room and reach the table and chairs. Anya slumps down, still sobbing but less so than before.)

XANDER: What do you need?

ANYA: Wha… what?

XANDER: Can I…. Can I get something?

ANYA: No, it doesn’t hurt now. Oh god Xander, my hand…

(Xander leans in and hugs her tightly.)

XANDER: I know. I know.

(He gently kisses her on the side of her head.)

XANDER: My brave girl….

(Anya pulls out of the embrace, scowling, and her tears resume.)

ANYA: Of all the frickin’ times Harris, you pick now?!


PROSERPEXA’S TEMPLE (MIRROR ROOM) – DAY

(The barrier is now being pounded on by a couple of dozen Followers, all screeching and bellowing in frustration. Buffy rises to her feet from the attack, and turns to look at the Barrier.)

BUFFY: Tell me, were your people always this articulate?

(She strides forward and swings her leg high, connecting with Proserpexa’s face with a crunch.)

BUFFY: Or is it a result of having to listen to your constant babbling for the last god-knows-how-long?

(Buffy throws a powerful punch into Proserpexa’s stomach, but before she can pull back Proserpexa
grabs her arm and throws Buffy over her shoulder, landing a good distance away.)

DAWN: Hey.

PROSERPEXA: Yes?

DAWN: That’s my sister.

PROSERPEXA: Well, not strictly true, but…

(Proserpexa is thrown back by a burst of energy launched by Dawn. The demon collides with the
Mirror, knocking it from its pedestal to the ground.)


SUNNYDALE RESIDENTIAL STREET – DAY

(We see Amy running down the road, gasping to draw breath, but still continuing. Not far behind are
Faith and Kennedy.)

FAITH: (puzzled) I know this place…

KENNEDY: Been here before?

FAITH: Dammit. I remember now…


ABANDONED SHOP – DAY

(Spike, Giles and Andrew are still in the shop, killing the one snake at a time which can fit through the
gap. They all look extremely bored. Andrew lets out a small yawn.)


MAGIC BOX (MAIN ROOM) – DAY

(Anya is still seated, but Xander has backed away a little.)

ANYA: (angry) You are unbelievable!

XANDER: Ahn, I’m sorry, I was just…

ANYA: Trying to get a quick grope while I’m all vulnerable?!

XANDER: (snapping) No! God no.

ANYA: That’s right, I keep forgetting, it’s Slutty Slayer you’re trying to lure with
your manly wiles now.

XANDER: Faith? She’s a friend!

ANYA: Soon to be your naked, sweaty sleazebag orgasm friend!

XANDER: WHAT?! I don’t think of Faith like that. Ahn, I wanted to say this earlier, but there was never the time…

ANYA: (sighs) Oh god, is this going to take long….

XANDER: I realised something today. No, not just today… I think I’ve always known it, somewhere inside. But I was too blind, or too stupid to really take notice, y’know.

ANYA: (intrigued) Go on…

PROSERPEXA’S TEMPLE (MIRROR ROOM) – DAY

(Proserpexa and Buffy are both getting to their feet after their attacks. Buffy brushes herself down, and
confidently walks closer to the demon. Dawn is still fully black-eyed, eliciting several worrying
glances from Willow.)

WILLOW: Dawnie, are you –

DAWN: The Mirror. Take it. Now. I can hold her.

PROSERPEXA: You’re a very strong girl, aren’t you? All that primordial energy, boiling in your veins.

(While Proserpexa talks to Dawn, Buffy and Willow are slowly making their way behind her towards
the Mirror….)

PROSERPEXA: You can feel it rushing through you, can’t you? That unrelenting power. And you’d love to understand it, wouldn’t you? You’d love to understand the very nature of what the Key is.

(Dawn simply stares, in stony silence, at Proserpexa. Buffy, meanwhile, is lifting the Mirror ready to
leave.)

PROSERPEXA: And I’d love to show you Dawn.

(On Dawn’s reaction, and Buffy and Willow’s confusion, we cut to -)


AMY’S HOUSE (PORCH AND LIVING ROOM) – DAY

(Faith and Kennedy enter the porch through the already open door.)

KENNEDY: This is her place?

FAITH: Yeah…

(They start moving slowly through the downstairs rooms of the house.)

FAITH: Don’t forget Ken, she’s a witch… not your garden variety shake ‘n stake vamp.

(Kennedy nods silently, and they continue their search. The house is eerily quiet, and Faith and
Kennedy are tense. The silence breaks and they jump a little in shock when a metal clanging noise
rings out from upstairs. They both head for the stairs, and race up.)


AMY’S HOUSE (UPSTAIRS CORRIDOR AND BATHROOM) – DAY

(As they reach the top of the stairs, the clanging rings out again, and a metal bucket rolls out of a
doorway into the hallway. The bucket is caked in blood, and spills several drops on the carpet. Faith
and Kennedy turn to each other, nod, and draw their weapons.)


MAGIC BOX (MAIN ROOM) – DAY

XANDER: On our wedding – uh, non-wedding day I ran. I was scared. Scared that I’d hurt you… physically, and emotionally. I didn’t want to put you through a lifetime of hurt, and suffering.

(Anya doesn’t respond, but just sits in silence.)

XANDER: But like I was saying, I’ve been realising something. I could never hurt you. Not because of who I am, but because of who you are. You’re too strong.

ANYA: (confused) Huh?

XANDER: (sighs) Watching you live… from the outside, looking in. It’s different to when we were together. It’s like I see more of you now, understand you better, than I did before. Everything that happened with Torg, and D’Hoffryn… and beheading Proserpexa today… it made me see that you’re too strong a person for me to ever hurt. You’re just too strong.

(Anya smiles at him, and stands. They both look awkward, as if they aren’t sure of what to do or say
now…)


PROSERPEXA’S TEMPLE (MIRROR ROOM) – DAY

PROSERPEXA: I would take you on a journey to discover yourself. You would learn more in a matter of moments than you have in the last 3 and a half years. We would have all the time in the world , you and I. Literally.

DAWN: And in return we don’t stop your nefarious scheme?

(Dawn hurls another powerful bolt of energy at Proserpexa.)

DAWN: Such a cliché.

(Buffy is still lifting the Mirror, struggling under the weight, and watching Dawn. Dawn notices…)

DAWN: I thought I told you to go.

BUFFY: Hey, when you cook breakfast 6 days a week then you can give the orders! Will, we need to slow Proserpexa down.

WILLOW: Okeydokey.

(Willow goes back to black eyes once more, and advances on Proserpexa.)

WILLOW: Cali hera kronos tonic, air like nectar –

(Proserpexa spins around and clasps her hand over Willow’s mouth.)

PROSERPEXA: I always find that to be the drawback to verbal incantations, don’t you?

(Proserpexa’s face suddenly goes blank, and her eyes glaze over, although her strong grip on Willow
remains.)

PROSERPEXA: Good girl.

WILLOW: Mmppth?!


AMY’S HOUSE (BATHROOM) – DAY

(We see Amy submerged under the blood in her bathtub, communicating with Proserpexa. Faith and
Kennedy are slowly approaching, weapons drawn…)

FAITH: What the hell’s she –

(Before Faith can finish, a vast ring of fire erupts around the tub, causing Faith and Kennedy to leap
backward to avoid the flames. Now they’re blocked from reaching Amy.)

KENNEDY: Do you hear those voices….?



PROSERPEXA’S TEMPLE (MIRROR ROOM) – DAY

(Proserpexa is still gripping Willow, but is far away in conversation with Amy.)

PROSERPEXA: You did as you were told. Good girl. Obedience is a virtue, worthy of my love.

AMY: (VO – sobbing) Please take me back…. Please, don’t let me die…

(Proserpexa continues, ignoring Amy…)

PROSERPEXA: Unfortunately, your obedience isn’t based in love. You’re a parasite, Amy. Your whole life has been spent leeching from others. You found power from the actions of your mother, you bolstered that power by associating with a truly powerful witch. You even toyed with the magic from that despicable Rack.

(We see a quick flash of Amy beneath the blood in her tub, her face creased in sobbing.)

PROSERPEXA: You even used a vampire… a soulless creature, incapable of feeling my love, to gain more power. Nothing has ever been yours. And the future I am building certainly wont… be… yours.


AMY’S HOUSE (BATHROOM) – DAY

(Suddenly, the flames around the tub grow much higher and hotter, burning ferociously. Kennedy and
Faith move further back, shielding their faces from the heat. We close in on the tub, and Amy’s face,
contorted in pain.)


PROSERPEXA’S TEMPLE (MIRROR ROOM) – DAY

(Proserpexa’s eyes get their focus back, and she puts her attention back on Willow.)

PROSERPEXA: One down… That is your saying, isn’t it Willow?

(Willow’s face hardens and a flash of determination flickers in her eyes. Proserpexa’s hand is
psychically pushed away from Willow, and she takes the opportunity to speak.)

WILLOW: …thick as onyx, Casseil by your second star, hold mine victim as in tar.

(Proserpexa is indeed held in place, and begins reaching out for Willow in slow-motion whilst
everyone else stays at normal speed.)

BUFFY: Move! Now!

(Buffy begins to run with the Mirror, straining under it’s weight, quickly followed by Dawn and
Willow, as they head for the rear exit of the Temple. Proserpexa watches in frustration.)


AMY’S HOUSE (BATHROOM) – DAY

(We cut to a close shot of Amy beneath the blood, writhing in pain. She doesn’t seem to be able to
move at all… Faith and Kennedy are standing in the doorway, unsure of what to do, watching as the
blood begins to bubble from the heat.)

FAITH: She’s dying! Check for an extinguisher!

(Faith takes off her jacket and wraps it over her head, almost as a feeble fire guard. Kennedy stands,
staring blankly at the tub.)

FAITH: You listening to me? Get help, call the firefighters, anything.

KENNEDY: No.

FAITH: What?!

KENNEDY: Let the bitch boil.

(On Faith’s stunned reaction, we cut back to -)


KINGMAN’S BLUFF – DAY

(Buffy, Willow and Dawn scramble out of the Temple and begin to head down the hill, until -)

PROSERPEXA: That’s mine.

WILLOW: Technically it’s a dead little girls, actually…

(Proserpexa quickly advances on them, and before Willow or Dawn can cast a spell, she punches them
each – hard – in the head, knocking them unconscious.)

PROSERPEXA: You know you aren’t leaving without their help. Besides, you need them to destroy my Mirror, since I don’t sense a hint of real power anywhere on you. Except the Slayer essence, anyway.

(Buffy is now, for the first time, starting to look more than a little nervous. She begins edging away
towards the Mirror.)



AMY’S HOUSE (BATHROOM) – DAY

(We’re back at the moment of Faith’s stunned reaction to Kennedy. She lands a blow squarely on the
Potential’s jaw, dazing her for a moment. Faith turns away, takes a deep breath, and leaps into the
flames.)



KINGMAN’S BLUFF – DAY

(Buffy is still backing off with the Mirror, as Proserpexa remains stationary, watching.)

PROSERPEXA: Since you won’t listen to a polite warning…

(Proserpexa lifts Dawn in one hand, and Willow in the other.)

PROSERPEXA: …we’ll have to resort to violent threats.



AMY’S HOUSE (BATHROOM AND BEDROOM) – DAY

(Faith is screaming as she reaches into the bathtub, picking up Amy. In one fluid movement the witch
is scooped up and carried from the bathroom across the hallway, and thrown onto a bed. Faith pulls off
the jacket she had wrapped around her head, and we can see some bad scalding. Even worse are her
forearms. The skin is blistered and red. Faith winces in pain as she tries to find the pulse of the badly
scalded Amy. Kennedy stands in the doorframe, in shock.)


KINGMAN’S BLUFF - DAY

PROSERPEXA: I’m sorry, Buffy, but I’ll snap their necks unless you give me back my Mirror.

(Buffy hesitates a moment… before dropping the Mirror with a thud. Proserpexa smiles, and Dawn and
Willow slump to the ground.)

PROSERPEXA: You see? It’s so much more dignified than a fistfight.


AMY’S HOUSE (BEDROOM) – DAY

(Faith is still wincing in pain, but she gives up searching for a pulse on Amy. Faith wearily collapses to
the floor, her breathing far too fast and erratic. Kennedy slowly comes further into the room, and stares
down at Amy’s lifeless body. All the Potential can do is frown at her own conflicted feelings.)


KINGMAN’S BLUFF – DAY

(Proserpexa grasps the Mirror once again, as Willow and Dawn begin to wake up. Buffy helps them
to their feet, and they huddle together, backing away from Proserpexa.)

PROSERPEXA: Time to end this.

(Proserpexa raises her arms high in the air, as the skies darken, flicking from day to night almost instantly. And as her minions spill out from the Temple, forming a massive ring around the demon and the Scoobs, we cut to a montage of….)

• Faith’s face, crumpled in pain…
• Kennedy staring, disturbed…
• The blood in the tub beginning to settle…
• Giles, Spike and Andrew peering out through the whole in the window at the suddenly dark skies, and sharing worried glances….
• Anya and Xander, facing each other, still unsure of what they’re doing…
• Amy’s body, scalded, slumped on the bed…
• Back to Buffy, Dawn and Willow as they watch themselves become surrounded by the undead Followers of Proserpexa,….
• And Proserpexa herself, arms raised, with a cold smile on her lips….


GRR ARRG!

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