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Date Posted: 20:11:37 06/19/03 Thu
Author: First aired Friday 20th June 2003
Subject: Episode 8.19 - "MIRROR" by JSlayerUK (Part IV)

ACT FOUR

SCENE BB

FADE IN: INT. SUMMERS’ LIVING ROOM – AFTERNOON. WE PAN ACROSS THE BIG BOARD V2.0, COMPLETE WITH CHART TO SHOW WHO’S WORKING ON WHAT (EACH MEMBER OF THE SCOOBY GANG IS ACCOMPANIED WITH SMALL AMUSING CARICATURES).

ANDREW (OFF SCREEN): Axe or sword?

KENNEDY (OFF SCREEN): I’ll take axe. I like axe.

CONTINUOUS PAN TO SHOW THE LEVEL OF URGENCY.

GILES: Now are you sure you have enough to work with?

WILLOW: Pouch full of grounded fregis root powder. Should handle anything.

WEAPONS ARE BEING COLLECTED, INVENTORY CHECKED. EVERYONE IS DOING SOMETHING.

FAITH: Here’s a crossbow. You’re there as back up.

ANYA: (SARCASTIC) Whatever Faith. You’re the boss!

EVERYONE EXCEPT SPIKE.

DAWN: Why so relaxed?

SPIKE: Not leaving ‘til sundown.

CAMERA FINALLY STOPS AND PULLS BACK ON BUFFY AND XANDER FINISHING A CONVERSATION.

XANDER: Promise me you won’t die okay?

BUFFY: I promise Xander.

XANDER: Good, because do it again and you’ll get little sympathy.

THEY HUG, AND XANDER KISSES BUFFY ON THE FOREHEAD.

BUFFY: Okay! Now does everybody know where they’re going and what they’re doing?

GILES: It’s all perfectly clear.

FAITH: We’re cool B.

ANDREW: Delta Rho Kappa, reporting and ready!

BUFFY FINALLY TAKES A LOOK AT DAWN AND ANDREW, IN IDENTICAL BLACK OUTFITS COMPLETE WITH BERETS AND A SMALL RED PIN EACH.

BUFFY: Dawn... why?!

DAWN: New generation makes apocalypse averting look stylish.

SPIKE: You make it look like it’s done the beatnik 22nd regiment.

WILLOW: I think it’s cute. (TO KENNEDY) Why didn’t we get uniforms?

KENNEDY: Because we’re not crazy.

GILES: Also the three of us have different colouring, and one outfit couldn’t possibly flatter all of us.

BUFFY LOOKS DOWN AT HER OUTFIT FOR A SHORT WHILE AND CONSIDERS.

SPIKE: DON’T even think about it.

BUFFY AND SPIKE SHARE A GLARE.

XANDER: I guess it’s time to fight.

BUFFY: I guess it is.

FAITH: After we fight, meet back at the Magic Box?

WILLOW: Sounds like our best bet.

FAITH: Well then, let’s get it on.

EVERYONE BEGINS TO LEAVE.

BUFFY: Guys? Can I just say something?

EVERYONE TURNS BACK. WE HEAR ONLY BACKGROUND MUSIC AND NO SOUND. CAMERA PANS ROUND TO SHOW EVERYONE’S APPREHENSION AND WORRY, AS WELL AS DETERMINATION AND COURAGE. AFTER A WHILE, THE BACKGROUND MUSIC SLIGHTLY FADES.

DAWN: Well, we’ll head out now. Got a Kogler to kill. Andrew, you got everything?

ANDREW: (PATS HIS BAG) Got it right here. Onward Sister!

DAWN: Onward Brother!

BUFFY: Does this mean Andrew’s my brother? Cause... ew!

AS ANDREW AND DAWN START TO LEAVE, WILLOW TAPS ANDREW ON THE ARM TO GET HIS ATTENTION. ANDREW STOPS FOR A MOMENT.

WILLOW: Hey, Andrew?

ANDREW: Yeah Willow, what’s up?

WILLOW: I just wanted to say that... Well I wanted you to know that...

ANDREW: You’re sorry for trying to kill me?

WILLOW: Well yeah.

ANDREW: It’s okay. I knew.

WILLOW: Good! Good.

AN UNCOMFORTABLE SILENCE DESCENDS.

WILLOW (CONT): Say, good luck with your apocalypse.

ANDREW: Thanks, good luck with yours!

WITH A SMILE, ANDREW WALKS OVER TO DAWN, AND THEY HEAD OUT THE DOOR.

SCENE CC

FADE IN: EXT. SUNNYDALE CEMETERY – DUSK.

DAWN AND ANDREW WALK AND TALK TO EACH OTHER, SMILING ALL THE WAY.

BUFFY’S VOICE OVER BEGINS, THE SPEECH SHE GAVE EARLIER THAT WE DIDN’T HEAR.

BUFFY (VO): Guys can I just say something? Now I know what you’re thinking, this is just another one of those Buffy Speeches TM right? But it’s kinda needed.

FADE IN: INT. RUINED HIGHSCHOOL – DUSK.

WE SEE XANDER APPREHENSIVE TO WALK FURTHER INTO THE SCHOOL.

BUFFY (VO CONT): We have been through so much together. Way too much you may say. Our lives have changed since we’ve all known each other.

CAMERA ANGLE ON A HAND OFFERING HELP TO PULL HIM ALONG. IT’S FAITH. XANDER TAKES HER HAND AND THEY WALK ON TOGETHER. FROM BEHIND, ANYA FEELS LEFT OUT AND CLUTCHES HER CROSSBOW.

FADE IN: INT. BRONZE – EVENING.

WILLOW SITS ON THE STILL STAINED POOL TABLE AND PLACES HER HAND ON THE TABLE, USING THE RESIDUAL POWER THAT STILL REMAINS IN IT TO PREPARE HERSELF.

BUFFY (VO CONT): I’m in no way saying that’s a bad thing. I wouldn’t have my life any different. You are the best fighters that any Slayer could have and the best friends any girl could want.

GILES WANDERS AROUND THE MAIN DANCE FLOOR, LOOKING AROUND AND INSPECTING WHAT WILL BE HIS BATTLEFIELD. KENNEDY STANDS IN THE MIDDLE, EVER TWIRLING HER AXE, TRYING TO PSYCHE HERSELF UP FOR THE FIGHT.

FADE IN: EXT. SUNNYDALE CEMETERY – MOMENTS LATER.

ANDREW TAKES HIS SWORD AND USES IT TO JIMMY THE DOOR OF THE CRYPT.

BUFFY (VO CONT): I know how much we’ve tried to live until now, and we’ve lost friends along the way, but we’re all standing here now and we wouldn’t have done it without being together. But now we have to split.

ANDREW AND DAWN WALK INSIDE, AND CROUCH DOWN ON OPPOSITE SIDES, BEHIND PILLARS. WITH THEIR BLACK OUTFITS, THEY CAMOUFLAGE WELL. THEY SIT AND WAIT. STARING AND READY.

FADE IN: INT. RUINED HIGHSCHOOL – LATER.

APPROACHING WHERE THE HELLMOUTH ONCE WAS, A WHITE FROTH IS FORMING OUT OF THE CRACK IN THE FLOOR.

BUFFY (VO CONT): We have to split because there are four things we have to face.

FAITH IS LOOKING SCARED, XANDER IS GRIPPING HIS MACE, ANYA IS STANDING AFAR, SEEMINGLY UNINTERESTED.

FADE IN: INT. BRONZE – LATER.

KENNEDY, WILLOW AND GILES HAVE UNKNOWINGLY FORMED A TRIANGLE. IN THE VERY CENTRE A CRACK APPEARS. IT BECOMES WORSE. ALL THREE LOOK TOWARDS THE CENTRE WHERE THE DIMENSIONAL RIP IS WORSENING. THEY’RE BLOWN BY THE POWER THAT IS COMING FROM THIS ONE SPOT.

BUFFY (VO CONT): This has never happened before, I very much doubt it will happen again, but it’s on our heads. We are being led into the worst battle we will ever have to face. And why is it the worst? Because we’re not together.

ZOOM IN ON KENNEDY’S FRIGHTENED FACE. ZOOM IN ON GILES’ DETERMINED FACE. ZOOM IN ON WILLOW’S SHOCKED FACE. PULL UP ON SOME BLACK LEGS, A BLACK AND FILMY TAIL, A BODY, AND FINALLY A FEMALE FIGURE. IT’S TADPOLE WOMAN. IRONY STRIKES.

FADE IN: INT. KOGLER’S CRYPT – LATER.

THE KOGLER ENTERS THE CRYPT. HE STANDS IN THE MIDDLE AND LOOKS AROUND, SENSING SOMEONE AROUND. HE FORMS A CIRCLE WITH BONES, PLACES AN ORB IN THE MIDDLE AND STARTS TO CHANT OVER IT.

BUFFY (VO CONT): But even when we’re not together, we have to be together in spirit. We’re all in this, everyone has to help each other. Not one person can fail.

A SMALL DEVICE IS THROWN INTO THE CIRCLE. PAN BACK AND WE SEE ANDREW THREW IT. IT’S A MINI-GRENADE. THE GRENADE EXPLODES, THE ORB IS DESTROYED. THE KOGLER IS NOT HAPPY. ANDREW JUMPS OUT BRANDISHING HIS SWORD. A STARING MATCH ENSUES AS DAWN STEPS OUT SLOWLY AND CONFIDENTLY FROM THE SHADOWS. THE KOGLER LOOKS AT BOTH OF THEM. ANDREW AND DAWN SMILE KNOWINGLY. DEMON’S GOING DOWN.

FADE IN: EXT. FOREST – EVENING.

BUFFY AND SPIKE STROLL THROUGH THE FOREST, BUFFY WITH A BATTLE AXE AND SPIKE WITH... AHEM... “HIS” SWORD.

BUFFY (VO CONT): We’ve got to put trust in each other. If we’re to succeed, we need trust. And I trust you. Each and every one of you.

BUFFY AND SPIKE APPROACH A CLEARING WHERE THE CAVE SHOULD BE, AND IT’S FULL OF ASSORTED DEMONS. A QUICK GLANCE IS SHARED AND THEY JUMP INTO THE FRAY.

FADE IN: INT. RUINED HIGHSCHOOL – LATER.

THE WHITE BALL IS GROWING BIGGER. FAITH DECIDES TO STOP WAITING AND JUST ATTACKS IT. IT CRACKS OPEN AND SOMETHING BEGINS TO CRAWL OUT. IT EXPANDS FURTHER. MORE AND MORE. IT LOOKS LIKE A WASP. EXCEPT TWO HUNDRED TIMES BIGGER.

BUFFY (VO CONT): To fight. Fight like you’ve never fought before because there is so much at stake here.

FAITH’S FACE PALES, BUT SHE JUMPS IN NONETHELESS. A BATTLE ENSUES.

FADE IN: INT. BRONZE – MOMENTS LATER.

WILLOW TRIES TO START A SPELL, AS GILES ATTACKS WITH A SWORD. HE IS BATTED AWAY BY THE DEMON.

BUFFY (VO CONT): This isn’t goodbye. We’re not going to end like this. We can’t.

KENNEDY SEES HER POWER AND DODGES A MAGIC ATTACK. THE WOMAN MISSES KENNEDY AND MAKES THE MENU STANDS ON THE COUNTER EXPLODE INTO TADPOLES. WILLOW SCREAMS IN FRIGHT AND HER SPELL IS INTERRUPTED.

FADE IN: EXT. FOREST – LATER.

BUFFY JUMPS AN ATTACK, AND THROWS THE BRONZE THING AT A STONE WALL. WHILST STILL FIGHTING, THE BRONZE THING CAUSES THE CAVE ENTRANCE TO BECOME VISIBLE. DEMONS ARE DROPPING LEFT AND RIGHT. ONE DEMON KNOCKS SPIKE’S SWORD OUT OF HIS HANDS AND ONTO THE GROUND NEAR THE ENTRANCE. BUFFY SEES THAT THE ENTRANCE IS OPEN AND RUNS TOWARDS IT. AFTER CRAWLING DOWN SHE YELLS BACK TO SPIKE. SPIKE DODGE ROLLS AN ATTACK, ROLLS TOWARDS THE CAVE AND GRABS HIS SWORD BACK OFF THE FLOOR AS HE SLIDES THROUGH THE ENTRANCE THAT QUICKLY MATERIALISES BACK TO SOLID STONE.

FADE IN: INT. BRONZE – LATER.

THERE ARE FROGS AND TADPOLES EVERYWHERE, GILES AND KENNEDY CONTINUE TO BATTLE THE DEMON HOWEVER ARE GETTING NOWHERE. MAGIC IS NEEDED, BUT WILLOW’S TOO SCARED TO DO ANYTHING.

BUFFY (VO CONT): So it’s a new type of fight. It’s big. It’s dangerous. We don’t just give up. We don’t just give in. We’re not like that.

THE TABLE NEXT TO WILLOW TURNS TO FROGSPAWN AND WILLOW CAN ONLY RUN. SHE RUNS UP THE BALCONY AND LEAVES GILES AND KENNEDY TO FIGHT ON.

FADE IN: INT. RUINED HIGHSCHOOL – LATER.

FAITH CAN’T DECAPITATE IT, AS IT HAS THE FLYING ADVANTAGE. SHE KEEPS FIGHTING, AND GETTING NOWHERE. ANYA DOESN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

BUFFY (VO CONT): We’re scared, I see that. But we must keep going.

XANDER WHACKS IT IN THE ABDOMEN. WASP ANGRY. AFTER PUSHING FAITH OUT OF THE WAY, THE DEMON WASP DRIVES IT’S STINGER STRAIGHT INTO XANDER’S ARM. HE SCREAMS.

FADE IN: INT. MYSTICAL CAVES – MOMENTS LATER.

WALKING DOWN INTO THE CAVERN, SPIKE AND BUFFY COME ACROSS A LARGE SNAKE LIKE DEMON THAT SEEMS TO BE MADE OF SALT. BATTLEAXE AT THE READY, BUFFY NARROWS HER EYES. THE SNAKE AND BUFFY SHARE AN UNDERSTANDING. SOMEBODY’S GONNA DIE.

BUFFY (VO CONT): We’ll do our best, and we’re going to win. Because I’m not losing anyone in this fight.

BUFFY SMILES. IT’S NOT GOING TO BE HER. THE SNAKE ATTACKS, THE AXE IS SWUNG.

FADE IN: INT. BRONZE – LATER.

DETERMINED AND READY TO FACE HER FEAR, WILLOW STANDS ON THE RAILINGS OF THE BALCONY.

BUFFY (VO CONT): I will not lose anyone again.

WILLOW JUMPS OFF, AND FLOATS IN MID AIR DIRECTLY ABOVE THE TADPOLE DEMON. THE DEMON LOOKS UP AT HER AND IS ABOUT TO MOVE WHEN WILLOW GESTURES AT HER, FREEZING HER IN PLACE. SHE TAKES OUT HER POUCH OF FREGIS ROOT AND SPRINKLES IT OVER THE BRONZE. KENNEDY AND GILES GET UP ONTO THE STAGE TO AVOID BOTH THE POWDER, AND THE INFLUX OF FROGS ON THE FLOOR. WILLOW, STILL FLOATING HIGH IN THE AIR WHISPERS AND THE DEMON BEGINS TO CONSTRICT AND RETURN TO THE PORTAL FROM WHENCE IT CAME. BUT JUST BEFORE IT DOES SO, IT OPENS ITS MOUTH. USING ITS LONG TONGUE, IT HITS WILLOW IN THE STOMACH, THROWING HER INTO THE CEILING.

BUFFY (VO CONT): I can’t.

THE DEMON FINALLY DISAPPEARS AND WILLOW FALLS SEVERAL FEET AND CRASHES TO THE FLOOR. GILES AND KENNEDY STARE. WILLOW DOESN’T MOVE.

FADE IN: INT. MYSTICAL CAVES – LATER.

BUFFY AND SPIKE, NOW SLIGHTLY BLOODY, RUN THROUGH SOME CORRIDORS ONLY TO HIT A DEAD END. THERE THEY FIND A TIMER, NOT UNSIMILAR TO THE ONES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR OF MIPAX. THEY’RE EMPTYING OF SAND. BUFFY AND SPIKE SHARE A GLANCE AND SEE THEY’RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME. LOOKING AROUND, SPIKE SEES A PILE OF VARYING GEMS. AND BUFFY NOTICES DIFFERENT SHAPED HOLES IN THE WALL IN FRONT OF THEM. THEY PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER AND START FITTING THE RIGHT GEMS IN THE CORRESPONDING HOLES. THEY’RE GETTING SOME WRONG, REDOING DIFFERENT PIECES. WHEN THEY’VE FINALLY GOT THE RIGHT ONES IN, THE WALL PULLS AWAY TO THE SIDE TO REVEAL THE ALTAR SEVERAL METRES AWAY, WHICH IS OPEN TO DIRECT MOONLIGHT. THEY’RE SEPERATED BY NONE OTHER THAN A POOL OF RED HOT LAVA. WHOOPIE.

BUFFY (VO CONT): So fight. Fight and watch your step. Because we’re making it out alive.

SMALL SANDY STEPPING STONES ARE THE ONLY WAY ACROSS TO THE ALTAR. BUFFY BEGINS TO JUMP, AND SPIKE FOLLOWS. THIS CONTINUES FOR A WHILE AND BUFFY REACHES THE ALTAR. BUT THEN SPIKE TRIPS. HE BEGINS TO FALL.

FADE IN: INT. RUINED HIGHSCHOOL – SAME TIME.

BUFFY (VO CONT): We’ve been struck down before.

XANDER’S SCREAM PULLS ANYA OUT OF HER FEAR INDUCED TRANCE. SHE AIMS THE CROSSBOW PERFECTLY, AND PINS THE DEMON WASP’S WING TO THE WALL OF THE RUINED HIGHSCHOOL. WITH THE FLYING ADVANTAGE REMOVED FAITH LEAPS ONTO THE RUBBLE, JUMPS UP ONCE, TWICE AND SLICES THE STILL MOVING HEAD OF THE DEMON OFF.

BUFFY (VO CONT): There has always been something big and nasty trying to get us.

FAITH LOOKS TO THE GROUND WHERE ANYA IS TENDING TO THE STUNNED XANDER WHO LIES ON THE FLOOR.

FADE IN: INT. KOGLER’S CRYPT – LATER.

BUFFY (VO CONT): Tells us all how it’s going to kill us. How we’re all going to die painfully.

ANDREW’S FIGHTING THE KOGLER, NOT DOING TOO WELL BUT STILL PERSEVERING. HE’S DOING WELL ENOUGH FOR THE KOGLER TO BE TOO OCCUPIED WITH HIM AND NOT PAY ATTENTION TO DAWN. DAWN IS STANDING ON THE OTHER SIDE, HER EYES CLOSED. SHE’S BREATHING EVENLY AND A CIRCLE OF RED ENERGY BEGINS TO OPEN AROUND HER. WE PAN ROUND AND SUDDENLY DAWN’S EYES OPEN. THEY’RE BLACK.

BUFFY (VO CONT): But we won’t be stopped.

DAWN YELLS SOMETHING AND A PORTAL FORMS INSIDE THE CIRCLE OF BONES. BOTH ANDREW AND THE KOGLER ARE FIGHTING IN AND AROUND THE PORTAL AND THEY BOTH BEGIN TO BE SUCKED IN. DAWN SNAPS OUT OF IT QUICKLY AND GRABS ANDREW, TRYING DESPERATELY TO PULL HIM OUT. AS THE PORTAL CLOSES AROUND THE KOGLER, DAWN PULLS ANDREW OUT AND THEY FALL TOGETHER ONTO THE FLOOR. AFTER REGAINING A SENSE OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS, THEY PUNCH THE AIR IN DELIGHT. THEY’VE WON.

FADE IN: INT. MYSTICAL CAVES – SAME TIME.

BUFFY (VO CONT): We will rise up.

BUFFY’S REFLEXES SNAP INTO PLACE AS SHE GRABS HIM BEFORE HE HITS THE FLAMES AND DIES. SHE PULLS HIM UP AND THEY PROCEED TO THE ALTAR WHERE THE TWELVE STONES REMAIN IN A CIRCULAR FORMATION. TOGETHER, SPIKE AND BUFFY LINE THEM UP IN TWO PARALLEL LINES. THEY LOOK BACK AND THE LAVA’S RISEN, COVERING THE STEPPING STONES. THE LAVA IS STILL RISING. AND STILL RISING. SPIKE GIVES BUFFY HIS “I TOLD YOU SO” LOOK AND THEY RUN TRYING TO FIND A NEW EXIT.

BUFFY (VO CONT): We always win.

SEARCHING THE WALLS, BUFFY AND SPIKE LOOK UP. BINGO. STEPPING ONTO THE ALTAR, THEY CROUCH, THEN SUPERJUMP LIKE SLAYERS AND VAMPIRES DO.

FADE IN: INT. KOGLER’S CRYPT – MOMENTS LATER.

BUFFY (VO CONT): So it’s time to go out there.

DAWN AND ANDREW STAND UP TOGETHER AND BEGIN TO WALK OUT OF THE CRYPT, BOTH WITH A SLIGHT BOUNCE IN THEIR STEP.

BUFFY (VO CONT): You know what you have to do.

SCENE DD

SOUNDTRACK: OCEAN COLOUR SCENE, “BETTER DAY” BEGINS.

FADE IN: EXT. SUNNYDALE STREET – NIGHT.

DAWN LEANS AGAINST A LAMP POST, COMPLETELY DRAINED AS ANDREW FALLS DOWN TO SIT ON THE KERB. DAWN AND ANDREW SHARE A GLANCE. THEY’RE THE ONLY ONES THERE. DAWN LOOKS INTO THE NIGHT, WORRIED FOR HER SISTER AND FRIENDS.

FADE IN: EXT. SUNNYDALE STREET – LATER.

DAWN IS STILL STARING, NOW SEATED ON THE KERB, AND ANDREW PACING ABOUT. ACROSS THE STREET, BUFFY AND SPIKE APPEAR, BOTH LEANING INTO EACH OTHER FOR SUPPORT, BUFFY WITH A SLIGHT LIMP. DAWN STANDS AS SHE SEES BUFFY, AND BUFFY SEES DAWN TOO. BUFFY IGNORES THE PAIN IN HER LEG AS THEY RUN TO EACH OTHER AND EMBRACE. SPIKE CRASHES ON A WALL NEXT TO ANDREW, RELIEVED SOMEWHAT THAT PEOPLE SURVIVED. ALTHOUGH ALL ARE TIRED, THEY’RE HAPPY. SUCCESS CAN DO THAT TO PEOPLE.

FADE IN: EXT. SUNNYDALE STREET – LATER.

IT’S CLEARLY GETTING LATER, AND TWO GROUPS HAVE YET TO REPORT BACK. ANDREW AND BUFFY ARE SITTING DOWN WAITING, AND SPIKE HAS BEGUN ON SOME NERVOUS CHAIN-SMOKING. DAWN IS QUITE FAR AWAY, LOOKING OUT INTO THE DIRECTION OF THE BRONZE.

TWO FIGURES APPEAR, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER. DAWN PERKS UP. IT’S KENNEDY AND WILLOW, WILLOW BEING CARRIED BY GILES. DAWN RUNS TO THEM, WORRIED FOR WILLOW. ANDREW WATCHES AS DAWN RUNS AND HE STANDS UP, THE WORRY SHOWING ON HIS FACE.

THEY WALK BACK AND GILES PLACES WILLOW’S BODY FLAT ON THE PAVEMENT (SIDEWALK). GILES QUICKLY REMOVES HIS COAT AND PUTS IT AS A PILLOW FOR WILLOW. BUFFY LOOKS ON, SCARED. WILLOW’S HEAD IS FACING BUFFY, AND HER EYES OPEN. WILLOW SMILES. THEY WON. SPIKE REMOVES HIS COAT AND COVERS WILLOW WITH IT FOR WARMTH.

FADE IN: EXT. SUNNYDALE STREET – LATER.

IT’S STILL GETTING LATER. WILLOW IS WELL ENOUGH TO SIT UP NOW, AND IS HOLDING HANDS WITH DAWN, MEDITATING AND HEALING. GILES HAS SINCE DECIDED TO JOIN SPIKE AND IS SMOKING TOO. BUFFY IS PACING, NOW WORRIED FOR HER SISTER SLAYER, XANDER AND ANYA. KENNEDY IS TELLING ANDREW ALL ABOUT HER FIGHT BUT ANDREW ISN’T LISTENING. HE’S WORRIED TOO.

FADE IN: EXT. SUNNYDALE STREET – LATER.

STILL WAITING. NO SIGN OF XANDER, ANYA OR FAITH. BUT THE WORLD HASN’T ENDED YET. IT IS WILLOW’S TURN TO PACE NOW. SPIKE AND DAWN ARE SITTING WITH EACH OTHER ON THE KERB (SPIKE’S NOW OUT OF CIGARETTES) AND GILES IS STANDING WITH BUFFY IN HIS ARMS. ANDREW IS STILL BEING BORED BY KENNEDY.

AS WILLOW PACES SHE LOOKS UP AND SEES ANYA MARCHING TRIUMPHANT. ANDREW TAKES THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET AWAY FROM KENNEDY AND RUNS TO HUG ANYA. FAITH IS NEXT TO APPEAR, AND COMES UP BESIDE BUFFY. THERE’S A PAUSE, AND THEN THEY SMILE AND HUG. THE TENSION BETWEEN THEM SINCE LOS ANGELES HAS BEGUN TO WANE.

WILLOW IS STILL WORRIED, BUT THEN XANDER APPEARS. WILLOW RUNS TO HIM, CRYING HAPPY TEARS, AND THEY HUG, THE EMBRACE DOESN’T SEEM TO END. EVERYONE LOOKS AROUND AND THEY SMILE. EVERYONE SURVIVED.

AS XANDER AND WILLOW WALK ON AHEAD TOGETHER, EVERYONE BEGINS TO MOVE TOWARDS THE MAGIC BOX. THEIR CONVERSATIONS ARE HALF OVERLAPPING AND THE MOOD IS PEPPY AND LIGHT.

DAWN: (SMUG) Of course we’d get back first.

ANDREW: Most efficient apocalypse team!

DAWN AND ANDREW GIVE EACH OTHER A HIGH FIVE.

BUFFY: No fair! You had the easiest apocalypse. Yours didn’t feature a MENSA test.

GILES: I take it that it wasn’t so easy?

SPIKE: Was bloody brilliant Rupes. Felt like I was on the Krypton Factor.

GILES: Now there’s some nostalgia...

DAWN: So what now?

BUFFY: No idea. Could use a Mars bar.

FAITH: Could use twenty over here.

ANDREW: God yes! Could use some sugar...

GILES: Didn’t hold a candle to The Crystal Maze though.

SPIKE: With you on that one mate.

ANYA: It’s a shame there are no shops open. I really could use some chocolate.

BUFFY: Does anyone know why this town is dead at night?

KENNEDY: This town is always dead. Comes with the Hellmouth.

ANDREW: Hey, don’t knock my town girlfriend!

FAITH: Speaking of Hellmouth, it may be gone, but it’s still ugly.

ANYA: As are Haung demons by the way. That God it’s not coming back.

BUFFY: Bet it could have been uglier. Was there lava involved?

DAWN: Is that why your boots have scorch marks?

FAITH: Don’t knock lava demons. Met a rock and lava demon just over a year ago that was quite the looker.

BUFFY: My new boots have scorch marks?! Damn!

KENNEDY: Would you have slept with it too?

FAITH: Too busy getting pounded into the ground.

BUFFY: That counts as busy? Some people see it as foreplay.

DAWN: TMI Buffy, TMI.

IN A PARALLEL WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW, THE GANG LITERALLY WALK INTO XANDER AND WILLOW, WHO ARE STANDING DEAD STILL JUST INSIDE THE DOOR OF THE MAGIC BOX.

XANDER: Oh God...

SCENE EE

CUT TO: INT. MAGIC BOX – SAME TIME.

CAMERA ANGLE ON THE WHOLE GANG IN THE DOORWAY, STARING IN SHOCK. WE PAN ROUND TO SEE AMY SITTING AT THE TABLE. SHE LOOKS UP. WE CAN SEE SHE’S BEEN CRYING.

AMY: Hey.

ON AMY’S BRUISED AND TEAR STREAKED FACE, FADE TO BLACK.

END OF SHOW.

CREDITS

**FOUR MUTANT ENEMY DEMONS RUN ACROSS THE SCREEN TOGETHER**

“Grrr... Arrrg...”

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