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Date Posted: 17:11:41 01/09/04 Fri
INT – SUNNYDALE HIGH – GYM – NIGHT
Wood and Buffy are fighting side by side
WOOD
Next time you want to patrol school grounds at night, don’t invite me
A vampire launches off the ground, towards Wood – he stabs his stake upwards and catches it on the end as it falls and crumbles.
BUFFY
Hey you know it beats playing solitaire!
Buffy kicks a vamp over onto the light socket, tearing it off the wall
BUFFY
I’ll pay for that!
Buffy flips a vamp onto the floor and stakes it as another vamp runs in, a tall one, a big one – about twenty stone
BUFFY
Is that Harris Morgan?
WOOD
Senior last year and…most of this? Yeah.
BUFFY
He lost weight
HARRIS
Thanks – I stopped eating so much
WOOD
You’re dead
HARRIS
No need to get personal dude
Wood and Buffy grab Harris by both arms and toss him across the gym, he crashes into a supporting beam, sending a crack up it
BUFFY
I’m not paying for that
CUT TO.
EXT – SUNNYDALE HIGH – DAY
Xander is carrying a plank of wood across the yard as Andrew pops up
XANDER
Hey what are you doing here?
ANDREW
I bought you lunch
XANDER
Really? Thanks!
ANDREW
Baloney, extra Mayo, cheese slices and tomato – no crusts
XANDER
Excellent
Xander puts the plank down and enthusiastically takes a bite from the sandwich
ANDREW
Wow! That’s some damage
XANDER
Yeah, Buffy’s hoping it’s “three strikes and you’re out” deal – third gym she’s send to the ground because of vamps – but hey, it adds more to that pile of money I’ve had sitting around
ANDREW
Cool
Starring
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Nicholas Brendon
Michelle Trachtenberg
Tom Lenk
Amber Benson
James Marsters as Spike
& Alyson Hannigan as Willow
Special Guest Star
Anthony Stewart Head
Guest Starring
Iyari Limon, Kaarina Aufranc, Thad Luckinbill, Felicia Day as Vi
& D.B Woodside as Robin
INT – SUMMERS HOUSE – DAY
Tara is stood at the top of the basement stairs holding a basket of laundry
TARA
I know – don’t mix the purple sweater with the black clothes! Bobbles!
Tara continues down the stairs and drops the basket in shock as she sees Kennedy sat in Glory’s old cage
TARA
Willow!
Willow comes running in
WILLOW
What…what is…Kennedy?
Kennedy stares angrily, Willow looks confused
CUT TO.
INT – BUFFYS OFFICE – DAY
BUFFY
It was midnight – you were in bed! So I just locked her up and went and broke the school
(beat)
I’m sorry…listen, I break for lunch in twenty minutes
Andrew pops his head round the door
BUFFY
I have to go, there’s a gnome in my office
ANDREW
Hey
BUFFY
What are you doing here?
ANDREW
I…I made you lunch
BUFFY
No, really
ANDREW
Sesame Chicken Salad, Slim dressing, extra croutons – plastic fork
BUFFY
Wow…that’s…cool, wow
Buffy grins at the salad bowl as Andrew stands in front of her
BUFFY
Anything else?
ANDREW
I…
(beat)
No
BUFFY
Okay, well – thanks I’ll see you at the magic box
ANDREW
Yeah
Andrew plods out of the room, crossing Xander on his way
XANDER
I just got off the phone to Willow…she’s freaking out
BUFFY
Kennedy?
XANDER
It’s a little weird Buffy
BUFFY
Have you spoken to Spike?
XANDER
Yeah, apparently the girls are really hard to keep entertained when they have a hell god chasing them around the country
BUFFY
Looks like it’s time for my annual getting fired for a month
XANDER
How can you already have an annual work event you’ve been here a year and half
BUFFY
Don’t pick!
XANDER
So, what was Andrew doing here?
BUFFY
Bought me lunch, weird
XANDER
Or…just, you know, nice
BUFFY
He’s up to something
XANDER
I don’t know, he seems a little…quiet lately
BUFFY
See Buffy’s last comment
CUT TO.
INT – MAGIC BOX – DAY
Andrew walks into the shop – it’s dead
He sighs deeply before rushing over to the phone as it begins ringing
ANDREW
(Cheerful)
Hello!
(low)
Oh, sorry we don’t have any in stock until Wednesday
(beat)
Okay, bye
Andrew drops the phone back down and leans on the counter with his chin on his hands
NANCY
Another busy day
Andrew doesn’t bother to look up
ANDREW
What do you want?
NANCY
Is Xander here?
ANDREW
Emergency rebuilding project at the high school
NANCY
What?
ANDREW
Didn’t he tell you?
NANCY
O…Of course he told me, I’m just shocked her told you!
Nancy storms out and slams the door shut behind her
INT – SUMMERS LIVING ROOM – DAY
Willow comes out of the basement and sits next to Tara on the sofa
WILLOW
Buffy’s gonna keep an eye on her until we figure this out
TARA
W-who is she?
Willow gives Tara a half guilty, half scared smile
END OF PART ONE
INT – MAGIC BOX – DAY
Dawn and Vi walk in, Giles looks up, he’s unshaven and lacking sleep
DAWN
Hey you’re all billy goats gruff, what’s up?
Giles doesn’t understand Dawn’s attitude
DAWN
Is something up? What did I do?
GILES
You don’t remember…
DAWN
Remember what?
GILES
Nothing
DAWN
Huh?
VI
Mr. Giles did you…have you slept?
GILES
Sleep. I…I think that might be a good thing. Excuse me
Giles drags himself out of the shop and leaves the other two standing there
VI
You think he forgot that Andrew’s finished today?
CUT TO.
INT – BUFFYS BASEMENT – DAY
KENNEDY
This is insane!
SPIKE
S’not my doing
KENNEDY
Let me out
SPIKE
Right, then I’ll go give a bunch of matches and some petrol to a pyromaniac
(sigh)
She’s just taking precautions
KENNEDY
Say if I was Glory – she got away once, do you think she wouldn’t be able to do it again, in a house full of slayers, she’d have an all you can eat
SPIKE
She doesn’t eat t…oh you’re being metaphorical
KENNEDY
Spike, I didn’t kill anyone
SPIKE
That’s what I thought when The First was controlling me
CUT TO.
INT – LIVING ROOM – DAY
WILLOW
But it sort of ended last year, we…it didn’t feel right.
TARA
Did you love her?
WILLOW
Of course I did but I was never in love with her
(smiles)
She wasn’t you
Tara smiles back as Buffy storms in and tosses the slayer bag on the table
WILLOW
What’s up?
BUFFY
Glory
WILLOW
She’s in the bag?
BUFFY
Glory didn’t kill all those slayers
WILLOW
So why is Kennedy still locked up?
BUFFY
Because she killed some of them
TARA
D-Do we know that it’s her f…for certain
BUFFY
No. But I’m not prepared to take any risks. The slayers aren’t to leave this building until I know the inside and out of what’s going on and I am not taking half guesses.
WILLOW
Buffy what’s happened? Who killed the rest of the girls?
BUFFY
I did.
WILLOW
Okay those who are confused say ‘ I’
Willow and Tara raise their hands
BOTH
I
BUFFY
Indirectly – you killed them too
WILLOW
What?
TARA
How?
BUFFY
By activating them – I need to know for sure, but apparently something in me knows it, the old slayers – the ones who were called to die alone, they’re attacking me and the line for changing what is apparently destiny
WILLOW
Buffy that’s terrible
TARA
So what’s with the bag?
BUFFY
Tara are you feeling at all powerful?
TARA
I can m-manage some stuff
BUFFY
Willow I need you with me, we’re going to go through each and every thing in this bag and find out every detail we can on the slayer line
(to Tara)
I need you to hold up a force strong enough to hold a seal around this house and the basement
WILLOW
Wouldn’t it be safer for me to do that?
BUFFY
You’re connected to this Will, I need you
(beat)
Tara – I know that you can do this
TARA
Me too
(smiles at Willow)
I have back up
CUT TO.
EXT – SUNNYDALE HIGH – DAY
Xander and Nancy walk over to a bench, she sits down, he sits on the arm
NANCY
I just wish you’d told me
XANDER
I didn’t have time, I literally had to come straight here after the fire was out – it’s a school, these things can’t wait
NANCY
So how come Andrew knew?
XANDER
Because we live together – he saw me as I was leaving
NANCY
Is it always going to come down to that? The two of you living together!
XANDER
What?
NANCY
It’s like he knows you more than I do!
XANDER
No offence but he does – we’ve known each other for a long time now, we’ve been to the end of the world
NANCY
What is it with you and the end of the world? People can’t be close to you unless you’ve shared a near death experience?
XANDER
That’s not fair
NANCY
It just feels like I’ll never be let in because I don’t do the whole demon thing! I’m always at your house but I’m never with you and your friends!
XANDER
I’m sorry I didn’t even…Sorry
NANCY
It this because of Anya?
XANDER
What? No!
NANCY
I’ll never be her Xander and I can’t live in her shadow forever
Nancy walks away leaving Xander stunned
MAN
Excuse me sir?
Xander turns to see a short man with a walking stick and sunglasses on – he’s blind
XANDER
Sorry am I in your way?
MAN
No, no I was wondering if you could help me to my car – it’s by the back of the lot and I don’t feel safe going through it at lunch
XANDER
Oh, sure that’s cool…
Xander walks him over to the car
XANDER
Hey wait a minute, if you’re blind how can you drive?
The man smiles then smacks Xander across the head with his walking stick and bundles him into the car
CUT TO.
Xander stirs, coming round to see dozens of the small man, smiling at him
XANDER
Okay
He looks around to see that he’s in a palace
XANDER
Did I fall asleep
MAN
We’ve been looking for you
XANDER
You know, part of me finds that hard to believe as none of you have, oh, ANY EYES!
MAN
We see you!
XANDER
No less freaky!
MAN
The one eyed man!
XANDER
Hey I hardly think you’re in the position to make blind jokes bite size!
ALL
You are our king! All Hail the king!
XANDER
King?
(beat)
Cool!
CUT TO.
INT – WILLOWS ROOM – DAY
Buffy and Willow are going through the bag and laying everything out in the room
BUFFY
Sorry for not telling you about Kennedy
WILLOW
It’s okay it’s just…it’s weird you know?
BUFFY
Totally
(pause)
What did Tara say?
WILLOW
She was okay with it, she’s getting more back to herself after the other day
BUFFY
Speaking of, did you check out Giles – he was all wicked wet and moody when he got in
WILLOW
I didn’t see him
(thinks)
I haven’t seen him for days
BUFFY
Weird
Buffy hands Willow one of the objects
CUT TO.
EXT – WOODS – NIGHT
Vi and Dawn walk down the muddy road, to where Giles is standing
DAWN
Giles…
He doesn’t turn around
DAWN
Are you okay?
VI
Should we call Buffy?
GILES
No.
VI
Okay do you want us to call anyone?
GILES
Vi, could you please give us a moment alone
VI
Sure…I’ll go and…ooh pretty trees
Dawn slowly approaches Giles, she looks over his shoulder and sees the freshly patted soil
DAWN
What’s going on?
GILES
You don’t remember a thing about last night do you?
DAWN
Only that I was with RJ and then saw Hank at the Bronze with you and…
Dawn looks at the heap
DAWN
Oh god…
GILES
You remember?
DAWN
You didn’t…oh god…
GILES
No.
(cold)
I didn’t
DAWN
Why are you saying it like that?
GILES
That is him Dawn. But I didn’t do it
(looks down)
You did
DAWN
I don’t believe you
GILES
You have always maintained one thing since you left hospital last month, every day you have trained yourself to be in tune with yourself
(pause)
You’ve said you accept t hat the key is you and you are it
Dawn is shaking, her jaw wide, her eyes locked on the heap
GILES
What you aren’t doing is using the magic that you’re tuning
DAWN
I don’t understand
GILES
The magic is there Dawn, it won’t go away – last night you changed, the same way you did back in the fall.
DAWN
No.
GILES
You and the magic are the same Dawn but that doesn’t mean you control or should I say, have self control.
(pause)
If you don’t learn to use the magic that’s there, to use it for you, for the right thing…then the magic won’t be you, you will be that magic and it will use you to what it wants.
DAWN
Three years ago…what Glory told Buffy…
(pause)
The key isn’t evil, it depends on the person using it
GILES
Like the First Evil said to us last year, evil is inside all of us, you being an extraordinary case – the magic will find any darkness under any layer and it will feed on it for all it can until that’s all that is left
DAWN
I’ll become evil?
GILES
No. The magic will – you won’t exist at all.
(pause)
Like I said, you are one and the same now, it’s up to you who is in charge
END OF PART TWO
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