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Date Posted: 08:48:07 10/03/03 Fri
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's message, "Unwrapped" on 08:46:14 10/03/03 Fri
CUT TO.
INT - SUMMERS KITCHEN - NIGHT
CORDELIA IS SAT AWKWARDLY OPPOSITE ANYA IN THE KITCHEN, BOTH HAVE ICE CREAM INFRONT OF THEM, NEITHER IS EATING IT.
CORDELIA
So…
ANYA
Uh huh
CORDELIA
You like replaced me?
(thinks)
Well nobody could do that, but you like filled in the void I left
ANYA
I guess so
CORDELIA
Well that’s…
ANYA
Though it wasn’t much of a void, more a gap they’d rather fill in with cement or burn to the ground.
CORDELIA
I see you’ve grown as a person
ANYA
Oh so have you, especially your hips - you should try this yoga video by Dagney Kerr it’s great. Very helpful for the waist line challenged.
CORDELIA
I see.
(beat)
So you lost the veiny look then?
ANYA
Oh yeah! We’re way past that although this human thing it totally sucks
CORDELIA
Ah hah! Well, it’s good about the veins and glad you kept some parts of your older self
ANYA
What does that mean?
CORDELIA
Well you still have the moustache!
ANYA
Do not!
(defensive)
Anyway why do you talk like that - it’s strange and un likeable
CORDELIA
Like what?
ANYA
All blunt phrases and witty comebacks - it’s annoying, Xander says that’s my job
CORDELIA
Well you do it very well
ANYA
(genuinely thrilled)
Thank you.
CUT TO.
INT - DAWNS ROOM - NIGHT
DAWNS WINDOW REMAINS OPEN AS SHE HUGS HER BLANKET TIGHTLY. A PICTURE OF HER MOTHER AND SISTER CLOSE TO HER SIDE.
THE CURTAINS ARE FLUTTERING IN THE STRONG WIND AS DAWN AWAKENS.
RUBBING HERE EYES SHE SCANS THE ROOM, LOCKING EYES ONTO A SHADOW IN THE CORNER.
DAWN
Wh…Who’s there?
GLORY (O.S)
Shh Dawnie don’t wanna wake the witch bitch and her little friend up now do we
GLORY STEPS INTO THE LIGHT, THE SIDE OF HER BATTERED FACE HIGHLIGHTED BY THE MOON.
DAWN GOES TO SCREAM BUT CAN’T MAKE A SOUND THROUGH THE FEAR INSIDE OF HER.
GLORY
Nice and quiet just like poor Benji - rotting in his grave
(pause)
Say, I bet you thought that’d get rid of me didn’t ya kid? Guess again
DAWN
What do you want?
(trembling)
You can’t use me anymore - I - I’m not the key
GLORY
Sure you are kid, you’re the key to everything, time, death, love, birds, trees, telephones - you’re like freakin’ magic central over there! All small and neatly packaged just ready to be unwrapped and shine your pretty little light on the world
DAWN
No, I…
GLORY
You think it was gonna end once the blood flow stopped? Dawnie, Dawnie, Dawnie will you never learn - those little guardians of yours always get it wrong - the little witch bitch is gonna blow it all up
DAWN
What do you mean?
GLORY
Trust me - you’ll see, let’s just say she’s going for a new look, maybe a few lowlights here and there and the useless guy the one that looks out for you? Not so much looking in the picture later on…
DAWN
(forceful)
What do you know?
GLORY
You like Christmas right Dawnie? A Happy time and I bet you just can’t wait to get there every year even if it means - getting in a time machine or something, messing up the whole fabric of the universe and what not - but hey can you even imagine having to share all your favourite toys with a bunch of temporary sisters? Hundreds of little Buffy’s all around you - getting in your face?
(pause)
So annoying.
DAWN FAILS TO SPEAK THE NEXT WORD AS GLORY VANISHES AND A HAND SLAMS AROUND HER MOUTH.
SHE LOOKS OVER TO SEE SPIKE ON HER BED, HOLDING HER MOUTH SHUT.
SPIKE
(whispered)
We have to go
INT - SPIKES CRYPT - NIGHT
SPIKES SAT WATCHING THE TELEVISION AS DAWN LAYS HALF ASLEEP WITH HER HEAD IN HIS LAP, A SITUATION HE IS EVIDENTLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH.
DAWN
Just a dream?
SPIKE
Must’ve been - she’s dead and if she wasn’t there still wasn’t a jumped up hell whore in your room when I got there
(beat)
Unless you’re not telling me something
DAWN
I’m not Glory
SPIKE
Glad to hear it
(shifting)
Wouldn’t you be more comfortable on the bed?
DAWN
Sorry it’s just I feel safer when I’m near you
DAWN NUZZLES DOWN MORE COMFORTABLY A SHE RESTS HER EYES, SPIKE IS CLEARLY DISTURBED BY THE PENDING CRUSH.
TWENTY MINUTES LATER.
BUFFY
Spike … Spike wake up
SPIKE
(rubbing eyes)
Buffy?
BUFFY SMILES AT HIM, A CHEERFUL, PEACEFUL SMILE
BUFFY
Picture perfect
SPIKE
Shh…you’ll wake Dawn
BUFFY
So?
(beat)
Dawn wake up! Hey, Dawn!
DAWN STIRS BARELY ABLE TO FOCUS BEFORE HER EYES FLASH ONTO BUFFY AND SHE LEAPS UP IMMEDIATELY
DAWN
Buffy?
(pause)
Spike?!
(beat)
Did I fall asleep?
BUFFY
No, Dawnie it’s me
DAWN
Buffy?
(tearful)
What are you…I mean…how?
BUFFY
I don’t have time
DAWN
What I don’t understand…
SPIKE
It’s not real
(unconvinced)
I’m dreaming
BUFFY
You think you’re both having the same dream? You’re not that close
DAWN
Are…are you a ghost?
BUFFY LAUGHS AT DAWN IN AN ADMIRABLE WAY
BUFFY
No, silly!
(beat)
It’s me I just, I can’t touch you but I’m safe and that’s what matters. I’m safe and you’re safe
CUT TO.
INT - SUMMERS KITCHEN - NIGHT
CORDELIA WRITHING ON THE FLOOR IN PAIN AS ANYA CROUTCHES BY HER SIDE, WILLOW AND TARA SOON FOLLOW IN.
CORDELIA
Nobody’s safe, Nobody’s…
SHE GRASPS HER HEAD IN PAIN AS ANGEL WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR BACK FROM THE HUNT.
ANGEL
What’s going on?
ANYA
I don’t know we were talking about bags and shoes then she threw herself on the floor and starting rolling around
(pause)
Like a sick puppy - but bigger and with better breath, just.
ANGEL KNEELS BY CORDELIA’S SIDE HOLDING HER HAND TO HELP HER UP.
ANGEL
Cordy was is it?
WILLOW
(quiet)
Buffy
CORDELIA
What? No it’s not Buffy - you know how pissed I’d be if she could still give me a headache like that.
THE SOUNDS FADES OUT AROUND WILLOW AS SHE LOOKS OVER TO THE DINING ROOM, BAFFLED. BUFFY IS STOOD AT THE TABLE, HER CLOTHES TATTERED AND HER SKIN MARKED, CUTS AND BRUISES ALL OVER HER DIRTY FACE.
WILLOW WALKS INTO THE OTHER ROOM IN A TRANCE LIKE STATE WHILST THE OTHERS PAY ATTENTION TO CORDELIA AND TARA HEADS UPSTAIRS TO CHECK ON DAWN.
WILLOW
Buffy?
BUFFY
Willow help me!
WILLOW
But you’re, you’re kinda dead
(beat)
with all due respect
BUFFY
Only here Will, I need you
(sobbing)
It hurts so much
WILLOW
What does? What hurts? Buffy I don’t understand is it…
BUFFY
Hell!
WILLOW
(shocked - breathless - teary)
What?
BUFFY
I’m in hell and I need you to get me back
WILLOW
Buffy I don’t know how I mean…
BUFFY
Help
WITH THAT BUFFY FADES FROM SIGHT AS WILLOW SCREAMS HER NAME CAUSING TARA TO SPRINT DOWN THE STAIRS. SHE REMAINS IN THE DOORWAY PANTINGS.
TARA
Willow?
WILLOW
It’s nothing
(deep in thought)
It was nothing
TARA
Good
(gulp)
Will…
WILLOW
Tara it was nothing okay!
TARA
Dawns gone!
CUT TO.
INT - XANDERS APARTMENT - NIGHT
XANDER IS SAT CLUTCHING AN EMPTY BEER BOTTLE AS HE CRIES OVER IMAGES OF HIMSELF WITH BUFFY, WILLOW, DAWN, RILEY, OZ, TARA, ANYA, CORDELIA, JESSE - ANYONE WHO’S EFFECTED HIS LIFE IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
HASTILY HE WIPES HIS TEARS WITH HIS SLEEVE AS THE DOOR CRASHES OPEN, ANYA ENTERS CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY WILLOW & TARA.
ANYA
Is she here…huh? Is she -
XANDER
If this is about Cordelia then I already told you there’s nothing…
ANYA
What?
(beat)
Xander nobody cares about Cordelia - we’ve lost a person, a whole person
XANDER
So not just a head?
ANYA
Xander - I’m the one that gets to be sarcastic remember
XANDER
Right - and I stay at home cooking
WILLOW
Xander this is serious
XANDER
What’s happened?
WILLOW
Dawn
XANDER
Dawn happened?
TARA
She’s gone from her room
XANDER
To the bathroom?
TARA
N-no, out of the house we can’t find her
XANDER
Not to be crazy calm guy but didn’t anyone check Spikes?
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INT - SPIKES CRYPT - NIGHT
THE DOOR CRASHES FROM IT’S HINGES AS ANGEL STORMS IN, CORDELIA TAILING BEHIND.
DAWN
Angel what…
BEFORE DAWN CAN FINISH THE SENTENCE ANGEL LIFTS HER BY THE ARM AND PLACES HER BY CORDELIA
SPIKE
What the bleedin’ hell’s going on?
ANGEL
You took Dawn out of her room
ANGEL SHOVES SPIKE AGAINST THE WALL.
SPIKE
She wasn’t safe
ANGEL
She’s safe with a soulless beast like you?
SPIKE
Right, it’s always about the soddin’ soul
CORDELIA
Angel…
ANGEL GRABS SPIKE AND THROWS HIM OVER THE COT.
ANGEL
Soul makes you a person Spike
SPIKE FLIPS BACK UP, GAME FACE ON
SPIKE
No, mate, being human makes you a person
(kick)
You’re still an animal
(spin-kick)
Just like me
ANGEL
(thud)
I
(punch)
am nothing like you!
SPIKE
Right you are then
ANGEL
Nothing! Not one thing is like you
SPIKE
You know - I think you may be right
(pause)
I mean one thing that is different is that I loved her
ANGEL
Don’t you dare
SPIKE
It’s true - I’d have died for her
ANGEL
I did.
SPIKE
Then what? You came back messed up her life, then went away again - I’d hate to think what you do to someone you hate Angelus
ANGEL
You’re about to find out
CORDELIA STEPS IN BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM PUSHING THEM APART
CORDELIA
Hey! Hey! Hey!
ANGEL
Cordelia stay out of this
CORDELIA
You know, I would but Dawn, well she kinda stamped on my foot an ran away
CUT TO.
EXT - SUNNYDALE SITE - NIGHT
THE SKY IS THICK WITH STARS AS TEARS ROLL DOWN DAWNS EYES, SHE IS BREATHLESS AS SHE STOPS RUNNING AT THE LEDGE.
BUFFY
Come on Dawnie
DAWN LOOKS DOWN. SHE IS ON THE TOWER STARING DOWN TO THE SPOT WHERE JUST A DAY EARLIER, BUFFY WAS LYING DEAD.
BUFFY
Do you miss me Dawnie? Do you miss Mom?
DAWN
Of course I do
BUFFY
Then come be with us - it’ll all be okay, we’ll be a family again
DAWN BEGINS TO EDGE CLOSER TO THE EDGE SHAKING AS SHE STEPS, TEARS FLOODING HER EYES, SWEAT DROWNING HER BROW.
BUFFY
It’s not so bad Dawn, just a little bump and then it’s like a real long nap
DAWN
You don’t sound like…you’re not saying it right
BUFFY
Death? How can you say it right
DAWN
Her - you’re not talking like Buffy
(O.S) XANDER
Dawn!
SHE LOOKS DOWN IN SHOCK AS SHE SEES SPIKE, ANGEL, WILLOW, ANYA, TARA & XANDER STOOD AT THE BOTTOM.
BUFFY
Hurry Dawn! They’ll only try and keep us apart
DAWN TAKES ANOTHER STEP FORWARD, THE TIPS OF HER TOES BALANCING THE EDGE. FROM NOWHERE AS GUST OF WIND THROWS DAWN SCREAMING FROM THE EDGE
TARA
Willow!
WILLOW’S EYES BLACK OVER AS SHE GRASPS TARAS HANDS
WILLOW
Light as a feather float down from the sky, depart me from death in the blink of an eye
XANDER
Will it’s not…
(beat)
Dawn!
EVERYONE LEAPS BACK COVERING THEIR EYES AS DAWN NEARS THE GROUND - NOTHING.
ANYA
Where was the splat?
WILLOW
Spike!
THEY RUSH OVER TO SPIKES WHO HAS CAUGHT DAWN FROM THE FALL, LEAPING ONTO THE MASS OF BROKEN WOOD AND NAILS, A TORN, BLOODY WOUND IN HIS SIDE.
TARA
Dawnie are you okay? Don’t ever do that - w-why would you?
DAWN
Buffy I…
TARA
Shh…it’s okay
SHE PULLS DAWN INTO A HUG AS THEY ROCK BACK AND FORTH, WILLOW WATCHING ON TEARFULLY, ANGEL AND XANDER IN SHOCK.
ANYA
We need to help him - he’s hurt.
ANGEL LOOKS DOWN ON SPIKE IN A NEW LIGHT, A MORE HONEST ONE.
ANGEL
I’ll take care of it.
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INT - GILES APARTMENT - NIGHT
HE IS SAT IN THE POORLY LIT APARTMENT, SCOTCH IN ONE HAND, HIS WATCHERS DIARY IN THE OTHER - HE LAUGHS AT AN ENTRY REGARDING BUFFY’S INJURY FROM SLAYING IN HEELED SHOES AND HAVING THE FOOTWEAR DAMAGE AS HER PRIORITY COMPLAINT.
(O.S) BUFFY
Those were some good times we had
GILES TURNS IN SHOCK ONLY TO SEE BEN STANDING BEHIND HIM IN THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM.
GILES
Why are you here?
BEN
Oh, I think you know why
GILES
You’re not real, you can’t be I …
BEN
Killed me? Sure but who stays dead now anyway? Tell me Rupert what are the others doing right now?
GILES
They’re at home, resting
BEN
You sure about that?
GILES
What’ve you done to them? I swear if you’ve hurt them I’ll…
BEN
Kill me? Again…what you got a taste for it or something? I don’t think so Mr. G that wasn’t even my point
GILES
So you actually have one then, not just here to taunt me to death?
BEN
Laugh all you like but you’ll be laughing alone
(beat)
Why do you think you’re here? When Angel and the girl, the out of towners have been invited to stay with the others - have you received an invite yet?
GILES
There’s no room
BEN
Not even with Xander?
GILES LOOKS INTO HIMSELF SOLEMLY
BEN
So tell me Mr, Giles - why are you still around?
END.
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