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Subject: Episode 2x04: Mindwipe pt2


Author:
EvilWillowFan
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Date Posted: 15:55:14 09/08/03 Mon
In reply to: EvilWillowFan 's message, "Episode 2x04: Mindwipe pt1" on 15:54:12 09/08/03 Mon

@@@next scene@@@

We find ourselves at the former council headquarters. The place still hasn't been rebuilt and with all the

debris gone, the place is completely clear. Except for the foundation, it's like the building was never there.

Willow walks over to a specific spot and slams her fist right through a stone slab. Underneath it is the third

and final piece of the orb.

WILLOW
This is just too easy

@@@next scene@@@

XANDER
You *can't* be serious. It's at the Watcher's Council?

GILES
Not anymore it is. We buried it under the floor. And then we..... forgot it.

XANDER
Now we don't have to worry. There's no way Willow could get there that fast

GILES
I'm afraid she could. With Radament's help her powers grow. She'll teleport

XANDER
Damn! So you're saying he could have all the pieces now?

GILES
We gave him enough time to collect them. I think he has them. He can sense the location
of them.

XANDER
Give me some good news Giles. How do we evict him from Willow's body.

GILES
I don't know...... only Willow could do that.... if she's still in there somewhere

DAWN
You mean she's helpless inside her own mind? What if she's dead?

GILES
She can't be dead. A person's magic is in the mind. He kills Willow, he loses the magic.

DAWN
What if he has her trapped?

GILES
Then she's doomed.

DAWN
Let me help. I'll enter her mind.

KATE
Okay, I've kept my mouth shut so far, but that's a really bad idea

DAWN
Why? Willow did it with Buffy once?

KATE
Well, Willow is a lot more powerful than you and this Buffy person was probably not posessed.

GILES
Are you saying it couldn't work?

DAWN
I know a spell that can make this work?

GILES
Willow taught you such a dangerous spell?

DAWN
Not so much taught... more like.... revealed

XANDER *frowns*
You went through her books

DAWN
Hey, it comes out handy here

KATE
Are you even listening? *You're* *not* *powerful* *enough*!

Dawn looks at Kate with a look of despair.

DAWN
I have to try

@@@next scene@@@

It's a bit later at the Magic Box. Dawn, Andrew and Kate are sitting at opposite ends of a circle. Xander, Giles

and Kennedy are ready to leave.

KENNEDY
Good luck

DAWN
Yeah, you too

Giles, Kennedy and Xander leave; weapons packed.

DAWN
Alright. Let's do this.

KATE
You understand you have to work this spell alone? I can't offer any help magic.

DAWN
I know

Dawn closes her eyes, then Andrew and Kate close their eyes too.

DAWN
Demium spatium esnoba pine

KATE
God of spirits, hear out call

DAWN
Sateri grysimi ava santini ma

ANDREW
Aid us on our quest

@@@next scene@@@

Willow suddenly appears in the middle of the road of one of the Sunnydale streets and is immediately hit by a car.

Willow falls to the floor but immediately gets up. She points her hand at the driver, who got out, and the woman

falls on the ground. Willow dusts herself off and grabs one of the crystal pieces from the floor.

WILLOW *smiles*
Wouldn't wanna lose this

Willow walks to the sidewalk and grabs the three crystal pieces. She seems to know exactly how the three pieces

fit into each other. In less than ten seconds, the crystal has the form of a ball again and it seems to have a

mind of it's own. Willow holds on to it and the ball slightly pulls to one direction.... the direction of the

hellmouth. She takes a few steps and then stops.

WILLOW
Naughty, naughty.

At that same time, Dawn, Andrew and Kate are busy with the spell.

DAWN
Barra, barra, setenana amusa go

KATE
Begone, begone, the walls around the mind

DAWN
Comara seth setanana ago

ANDREW
Admit me to the mind of my choice

Back with Willow.

WILLOW
Very well.... I'll play

Willow keeps walking.

Back with Dawn, Andrew and Kennedy.

Having finished the spell, Dawn collapses to the floor. Andrew checks on her. She's not responding to anything.

ANDREW *scared*
Is she dead?

KATE
No.... her mind is away

ANDREW
I thought you said she wasn't powerful enough

KATE *frowns*
Radament must have let her in.

@@@next scene@@@

The ground is lifeless and the air is black. We are inside Willow's mind. Dawn is standing in a large dead field.

There is nothing growing anywhere, except a dead tree every here and there. Dawn quickly spots the temple, which

is only a few minutes away.

When she reaches the temple, she encounters a big surprise, there is a large fence around the temple.

RADAMENT (O.S)
Come for me?

Dawn turns around and her face fills with fear. Radament is bigger here than he was when he was imprisoned.

RADAMENT
Come on. Don't tell me you're scared of me...... you came all this way.

DAWN *angry*
Get out of here

RADAMENT
Uh, let me think.... no

Dawn looks to the left and notices that the fence is missing a part. She runs for it, but before she can reach it,

the missing part suddenly appears.

DAWN
Hey, don't cheat!

RADAMENT
I can do everything here. Here.... I am god

DAWN
Why... just because you happen to be here?

RADAMENT
Exactl......

Radament realizes what Dawn meant. This is no real place. All the stuff here doesn't exist. There is no distance

there is only one thing that counts here..... Willpower.

As quick as he can, Radament lunges for Dawn but when he gets to his target, Dawn is already gone. He sees her at

the entrance of the temple. She managed to 'teleport' away. Dawn quickly runs inside. Radament stays behind. For

some reason, he doesn't want to go inside. When Dawn comes inside, she quickly spots Willow and Tara on the floor

but she doesn't recognize Tara yet.

DAWN
Willow!

Willow and Tara stop kissing and Willow sits up.

WILLOW *ignorant*
Dawnie, what are you doing here?

DAWN
Willow, listen to me, this is not real. This is your mind, you have to fight it.

WILLOW *calm*
Fight what?

Dawn now sees who the other person is. Dawn's eyes grow wide.

DAWN
Tara?!

TARA
Hi Dawn. Willow and I were kind of busy

DAWN
You're not real

TARA
Is that a way to welcome an old friend?

DAWN *shouts*
You're dead!

The sound of Dawn's voice echos through the temple for several seconds. A tear appears on Willow's face.

WILLOW *soft*
Dead....... yes, I remember

A red spot appears on Tara's robe at her chest.

TARA
Willow.... please. Don't let me die

DAWN
Don't listen to her. There is no choice about this. She is dead and we need your help

TARA *cries*
Willooooooow!

Tara drops to the floor and doesn't move. Another tear has appeared on Willow's face. Tara's body just disappears.

DAWN
See? She wasn't real.

WILLOW *close to crying*
What was all this for? I was happy here.

Dawn grabs Willow's hand and literally pulls her towards the exit. When she gets there, Willow's eyes go wide.

She sees the wasteland that is there.

DAWN
This is your mind, but someone else took it over. You have to take it back.

Just in front of the entrance to the temple, the fence disappears. Radament appears right where the fence was.

RADAMENT
Time to end this

Willow holds her hands above her head.

WILLOW
Solemn cobata mii

Nothing happens.

RADAMENT
You wanted to use magic here? Laughable!

DAWN
Willow, this is *your* mind. Do something.

Willow looks at Radament and suddenly, a small fence is positioned around him. It doesn't last long however,

Radament just looks at the fence and it lowers into the ground. Radament works exactly the same move on Willow

and Dawn, making a fence appear around them. Willow also makes the fence go into the ground.

DAWN *to Willow*
He's stalling..... he must be close

@@@next scene@@@

Radament enters a deserted Sunnydale High. Meanwhile, Giles, Kennedy and Xander guard the hellmouth.

@@@next scene@@@

DAWN *to Willow*
You *have* to get rid of him. I know you ca do it

Willow seems to be trying hard, but she can't make it work.

RADAMENT
Trying to get rid of me huh, not gonna happen.

WILLOW *serious*
Yes it will. This is *my* mind. You don't belong here. The air shouldn't be black....

With a flash, the air suddenly turns blue

WILLOW
....the land shouldn't be dead....

As if by magic, plants and trees spring out of the ground

WILLOW
....and most importantly.....

RADAMENT
No! Don't!

WILLOW
....you shouldn't be here.

Radament disappears like he was never there.

@@@next scene@@@

At the Sunnydale basement, a red-eyed Willow is approaching Xander, Kennedy and Giles. Then suddenly, Willow

falls to the floor. A black cloud appears from Willow that evaporates into thin air. After a few seconds,

Willow gets up. Xander, Kennedy and Giles point their weapons at Willow.

WILLOW
Can I just say..... ow!

Kennedy smiles. She recognizes the real Willow instantly and runs towards her.

KENNEDY
Willow!

When she reaches Willow, she hugs her like crazy.

@@@next scene@@@

Back at the Magic Box, everyone has gathered at the main table. They all seem to be recovering. Giles told Willow

everything about Radament and what happened to her. Then, the phone rings.

XANDER
I'll bet you fifty bucks that's Wesley and that he translated the prophecy

GILES
You're on.

Giles goes to the phone and picks it up.

GILES
Magic Box, Rupert Giles

WESLEY (O.S)
It's Wesley. Look, I found someone who translated the prophecy for us.

GILES
Yes?

WESLEY
....And the witch named Willow, a witch with strong magic will fall for the power of the evil one
under the seventh moon after the rebirth. The overlord of destruction will take control of her
and he will get out of control and attempt to destroy the world. But with the help of friends, she will archieve victory over the evil one.

We now hear Giles saying a few words on the phone. We don't hear Wesley any more. After a few minutes, he hangs up.

XANDER
And? Was it Wesley?

GILES *smiles*
No.... it was a customer.

XANDER
Damn!

@@@next scene@@@

The next day, Giles and Kennedy are training again in the Magic Box. Giles is holding a punching bag and

Kennedy is kicking it.

KENNEDY
So, have you decided yet?

GILES
What?

KENNEDY
You said you might leave.... have you discussed it with Willow?

GILES
No..... because I'm not leaving

Kennedy is visibly happy to hear this.

KENNEDY
Really? That's great. How come you decided to stay?

GILES
What happened yesterday, actually. I can't start to think what I would have done if I weren't here.
I can help from London with a lot of things, but I also can't help with a lot of things. I'm going
to stay here, where I can help most.

Kennedy is so pleased that she kicks the bag really hard, knocking Giles, and the bag, back ten feet.

GILES
Glad to see you're happy about it, but you didn't have to kick that hard.

KENNEDY
Well Giles, with all of us here, there's nothing we can't handle

GILES
I hope you're right..... I hope you're right

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[> [> Subject: Mindwipe -- title fits


Author:
MTsFan
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Date Posted: 05:53:44 09/10/03 Wed

Things I really like are:

Using Tara as a distraction to pacify Willow.

Radament showing his true evil, even if it was in Willow's body.

The strong Dawn insisting on the mind entering spell and getting it done.

Willow recovers by using her Will Power.


Unanswered:
What did they do with that sphere?

Why did Giles cover up the translation?


The end of the Radament arc seems like a season finale. Of course, with the translation coverup and Radament dissipating in a cloud, we aren't sure he's really done for. Either way, this one makes me want more.
[> [> [> Subject: Some answers to that (quite a bit actually)


Author:
EvilWillowFan *talking too much*
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Date Posted: 08:30:19 09/10/03 Wed

I'm glad you liked the episode. This episode is sort of a finisher for a lot of stuff. It was supposed to be two episodes, but I decided to put them together because one part wouldn't have any real action. You say it feels like a finale..... I can't disagree with that; it does. People often say that finales are the best episodes and I figure, I could spend five or six episodes trying to delay it, but what's the point? Radament was more of a season binder anyway.

What happened to the sphere? I'll get into that the next episode, but it won't be a major arc.

You don't have to think anything bad about it. Giles accepted a bet with Xander for fifty bucks because he figured it could never be Wesley (what would be the odds?). When it *was* Wesley, he just told a little lie to avoid embarrasment and paying fifty bucks.
Don't worry, his lie will come to the light, but it's no major plot or something.

Is Radament dead? Who know? He certainly won't be back the next couple of episodes, but there is always the chance I'll bring him back later.

Now, what happens the next episode? I'm not going to give a summary (among other things because I haven't written it yet), but here are some questions for you to wonder about:
* What will Kennedy do when she finds out about Tara?
* Will the council accept Giles' refusal (will he change his mind)?
* Will Willow's attitude towards Kate have changed?

That and much more will come in the next (couple of) episode(s) of WillPower.


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