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Date Posted: 17:59:11 07/21/04 Wed
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's message, "6x06: A Mothers Love" on 17:57:51 07/21/04 Wed
INT. ANGELS ROOM – NIGHT
Angel rolls over and stares at the ceiling, Nina huggles up next to him.
NINA
Did you miss me?
ANGEL
Like you wouldn’t believe
NINA
You know something, I’m suddenly extremely…
ANGEL
Hungry?
NINA
Very
ANGEL
We have left over chinese food
NINA
Fabulous
ANGEL
I’ll go and get it.
INT. HYPERION RECEPTION – NIGHT
ANGEL is rushing down the stairs wearing Nina’s silk dressing gown which is far too small for him. Harmony is still in reception, closing up for the night.
HARMONY
Boss…
ANGEL
Harmony
HARMONY
I’m not coming into tomorrow, but don’t worry I already…
ANGEL
That’s fine. Take some time off – heck take a weeks vacation
HARMONY
Paid?
ANGEL
Sure, why not?
HARMONY
Is this a trick?
ANGEL
Harmony!
HARMONY
I’m gone!
Harmony scatters off out of the door as Angel scatters into the kitchen
HARMONY
(popping head round the door)
Oh by the way there’s…
She looks at the empty room and shrugs before heading off.
INT. KITCHEN – NIGHT
Angel comes into the kitchen to see Bailey munching away the chinese
ANGEL
Who are you and why are you near my food?
BAILEY
We met briefly. Once.
ANGEL
Connor’s friend
BAILEY
Correcto Mundo
ANGEL
What are you doing here?
BAILEY
Eating this funky stuff
Bailey pours the barely touched chinese into the bin, much to Angels’ anger.
ANGEL
Is he in trouble?
BAILEY
No
ANGEL
Good. Bye now
BAILEY lifts himself up to sit on the side of the counter
BAILEY
You’re not very welcoming you know?
ANGEL
I’m busy
BAILEY
With the wolf girl?
(off look)
He tells me everything. We have a little clique there’s this slayer girl, way hot…
ANGEL
Connor knows a slayer?
BAILEY
I believe it was my turn to talk… so yeah, this slayer girl and me – I’m the traditional ‘cute regular guy’, then Connor and his girlfriend…
ANGEL
Connor has a girlfriend?
BAILEY
Dude they’ve been together since High School – have you even met the guy you call your son?
ANGEL
Apparently not
BAILEY
Well, he’s pissed at you right now because you don’t open up
ANGEL
I do so
BAILEY
Right, sure.
ANGEL
I just…
BAILEY
Figure you’ll get too close and all will fall to pieces and you’ll end up making things worse than they already were because you’re not much of a conversationalist. You’re so text book.
ANGEL
Wow.
BAILEY
So talk. I’m a mutual stranger, kinda. Not like I’ve got anyone else to tell except Connor and believe me it’ll help you some
ANGEL
I… do you want a drink?
BAILEY
Sure
CUT TO.
INT. GWENS APARTMENT – NIGHT.
GWEN
I may be a professional night crawler but a girls gotta get her beauty sleep
GUNN
I don’t think so
GWEN
There’s a resemblance but you’re not as smooth as Mr. Washington – you’ve already got a place to stay as long as you need it. In fact – tomorrow night, fancy is being my date.
GUNN
Where are we going?
GWEN
It’s a surprise
GUNN
Sure, cause that went so well last time
CUT TO.
INT. WESLEYS ROOM – NIGHT
WESLEY is sleeping, the cover rests just above his hips, one leg out of the cover. His window is open as the curtains blow into the air. Illyria sits on a wooden chair opposite him – staring hard.
CUT TO.
INT. CONNORS ROOM – MORNING
CONNOR awakens to find a note written from Carrie
“Thanks for giving me my life back, be seeing you… xxx”
He smiles and slides it into a bedside draw before noticing that the fold out bed on which Bailey slept, is still as it was last night.
CUT TO.
EXT. LOS ANGELES STREET – DAY
GUNN and GWEN are walking through a crowd, Gunn happily licking at an ice cream, Gwen in hella more casual attire than usual.
GWEN
See now aren’t five in the morning crime sprees fun?
GUNN
Oh all kinds
GWEN
I love a man who’s sincere
GUNN
Nah, I can’t complain, I mean – I got ice cream out of it
GWEN pauses and points GUNN over to a market stool…
GWEN
Looks like your dead friends alive and kicking
He looks over to see ‘Fred’
GUNN
Illyria…
GWEN
Um…
GWEN follows GUNN across the street, he grabs Illyria by the arm – her immediate reaction is to hurl him six feet into the air, crashing into a stool, naturally everyone stops to stare
GWEN
Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for watching…
(sigh)
Guys you’re at a fair, go look at pretty things, not fights.
GUNN brushes himself off as Gwen helps him stand
ILLYRIA
I was not aware of your presence. I regret my move.
GUNN
It’s cool
GWEN
Well spoken for a demon
ILLYRIA
(to Gunn)
Who is this tramp? Why does she suggest that I am demon.
GWEN
Sweety, you’re calling me a tramp – you’re already about seventy percent of the way to a serious kick of the butt
GUNN
Gwen, Illyria. Illyria this is Gwen
GWEN
Charmed, I’m sure
GUNN
Illyria what are you doing out in Fred’s…
(beat)
Looking like that?
ILLYRIA
I think it may be less of a challenge on your species tiny brains to accept my appearance in this form. If I were to remain Illyria, God King, people would scare.
(beat)
If they scare I shall react by hurting them with my hands. Wesley says I should stop doing this.
GWEN
Good start
ILLYRIA cocks her head at a grinning Gwen
GUNN
So, uh, how are things at the hotel?
ILLYRIA
Spike is playing with the child in his room last night. Angel is out of place. His happiness makes me feel discomfort.
GUNN
Happiness huh?
ILLYRIA
Smiling repeatedly – like when you lose the commander the television set and you can not remove the power of three.
GWEN
Gunn, we’ve got to…
GUNN
Yeah, I know
(pause)
Illyria…
She looks at him with question
GUNN
Go for the red, it always looked good on Fred
GUNN walks away as Illyria stares at two extremely ‘feminine’ night dresses.
CUT TO.
INT. COLLEGE – DAY.
CONNOR and BAILEY are in line for food as Connor nudges Bailey who’s half asleep
BAILEY
Ow! Super strength.
CONNOR
Dude, you’ve been falling asleep all day, what’s wrong?
BAILEY
I didn’t sleep
CONNOR
No way sherlock! I never would’ve come to that conclusion
BAILEY
Does this look like a face that wants to here jokes? This is a face that wants the face it’s looking at to face it’s fathers face and talk face to face to that this face can get some sleep.
CONNOR
I’m sorry what?
BAILEY
Face!
CONNOR
You spoke to Angel?
BAILEY
Just a little passing of words – that went on for a possible three hours.
CONNOR
I told you not to say anything
BAILEY
Blah! You know, once the guy gets going he’s really going – he can talk like Rosie O’Donnell on speed. Madness.
CONNOR
Bai…
BAILEY
Dude, I’m sorry okay but it’s buggin’ me so I had to scratch that itch
CONNOR
So… what did he say?
BAILEY
You’re gonna make me repeat all that? Can I give you the cliff notes?
CUT TO.
INT. WESLEYS OFFICE – DAY
WESLEY and ATHENA are discussing files as SPIKE comes spinning through the door and stamps himself down on a chair
ATHENA
Other than a mint, can we help you?
SPIKE
Touchy, but nah, reckon I might just stay here with you fine people
WESLEY
Spike
SPIKE
I’m bored
WESLEY
We’re in the middle of a very important case, the one you failed the other night…
SPIKE
With the girl that’s staying at Connor’s place?
WESLEY
Yes with… what?
ATHENA
She’s at Connor’s?
SPIKE
Apparently he saved her the other night, some vamp named Dominic, came to me to see whether I’d heard of him, turns out – nope.
ATHENA
Dominic? Like…
WESLEY
Dominostrus!
SPIKE
Err…
ATHENA
He’s this uber powerful vampire that has enough power he will end the world within five…
(off looks)
COULD end the world as we know it within five years.
CONNOR (O.S)
So, I should probably be concerned.
Everyone turns to Connor who’s fearfully holding up Carrie’s necklace
FADE TO BLACK
INT. WESLEYS OFFICE – DAY
WESLEY
Where did you get this?
WESLEY removes the necklace from Connor’s hand.
CONNOR
She was wearing it yesterday… I found it by my bedroom window, on the outside
ATHENA
Dragged outside
WESLEY passes it to ATHENA
ATHENA
Oh god…
CONNOR
What?
SPIKE
I’m guessin’ they’ve found a mojo no-no
ATHENA
It’s the symbol of Demereal
WESLEY
An ancient power believed to have posed as victim to her minions, she would lure her way into peoples lives, seen as helpless.
ATHENA
She lays her eggs which hatch into virtually invisible parasites that find their way into the human body via any access area, mouth, nose, eyes – anything.
WESLEY
The process occurs during sleep when…
SPIKE
Sleep? Like what you did in the same room as her last night?
WESLEY
We’d best run a check. Was there anyone else that could’ve been infected?
CUT TO.
INT. DORMATORY – DAY
BAILEY is snoring during his afternoon nap as hundreds of thousands of tiny red dots swim over him, several begin to crawl up his nose
CUT TO.
INT. HOTEL – SUNSET
ANGEL is wrapping his jacket on as CONNOR, ATHENA,SPIKE and WES arm themselves
NINA
What should I do?
ANGEL
You stay here, I’m not risking anything happening to you
NINA
I have to do something.
ANGEL
Call Gunn. If these things infest as fast as you say Wesley, then that entire college could be infected within the next couple of hours.
(to Wes)
Are you sure that this spell will work?
WESLEY
I can’t be entirely sure
ANGEL
Are you sure enough?
ATHENA
It’ll work, Trust me.
ANGEL
Connor, stick with Spike, go out anywhere and find this Domonic guy – I’ve got a feeling he’s the one who’s going to be answering some questions. Athena go with Wes start up the wash-out spell.
CONNOR
What about you?
ANGEL
I’m going direct to the source
CONNOR
Don’t touch my things
(beat)
If he’s infected…
ANGEL
I’m not going to kill him Connor.
Everyone stares at each other
ANGEL
Let’s go
They two pairs head out of the door as Angel turns to Nina
ANGEL
Call him. I’ll be back soon
NINA
Good luck
ANGEL nods at Nina before packing out of the door.
CUT TO.
CITY LANDSCAPE
MIX TO.
OUTSIDE OF A BUSINESS BUILDING
INT. BERKLEY & HANSON LTD – NIGHT
GWEN and GUNN casually walk through the main entrance to the building, both in business suits
GUNN
I know I look sharp but the next time we go on one of these things, you think we can have me in something more flexible
GWEN
You think I enjoy looking like a weather girl?
GUNN
Forecast better not be a storm is all I’m saying, after last time I…
GWEN
Is that all you do? Reference past events? Live in the now, Get over it.
GUNN
You know…
GWEN
Not yet but I’m sure I will in a minute
GUNN
What does that mean?
GWEN
Gunn, I like you a lot. I do. But do you think that maybe sometimes a job is just a job. You don’t have to be best friends with your boss so long as you’re doing the work you want to do and maybe ‘doing’ is better than ‘talking’
GUNN
I’ll shut up now
GWEN
It would please me no end
GUNN
So what are we here to get anyway?
GWEN
Something big…
CUT TO.
INT. WESLEY’S CAR – NIGHT
WESLEY
The jewel of her throne. It was never given a name – rumoured to be on the opposite city corner to her temple, the stone is the one thing that can end her life forever, our spell will simply remove her infestation from the victims
ATHENA
Nice, so this crystal is…
WESLEY
It’s been lost for centuries… it…
(pause)
How long have you lived in L.A?
ATHENA
As long as I can remember
WESLEY
Berkley and Hanson…
ATHENA
Like the biggest industrial agency in the world, ever, squared and squared more.
WESLEY
Recently opened a branch on the opposite side of town to the college
ATHENA
You can’t possibly think that…
WESLEY
It strikes me as strange that she was first encountered by Connor at the car park in by the Hyperion in the south/east corner… the college being in the north east and B&H being in the south/west…
ATHENA
Okay, so I assume there’s something in the North/West corner…
WESLEY
Yes…
(beat)
Caves.
ATHENA
Caves in L.A?
WESLEY
A Nightlife district, several ‘themed’ bars carved from the original ancient caves
ATHENA
Oh…
END OF PART THREE
INT. B&H – NIGHT
GUNN and GWEN reach a solid steel door
GUNN
Yeah right, any other bright ideas sparky?
GWEN
The doors down there…
Gwen stamps her foot down
GWEN
A trap door to a secret room hidden between two floors
GUNN
Cool
GWEN goes to zap the hinges away as a bang is heard
GUNN
Uh, Gwen
GWEN
Not now Charlie Brown…
GUNN
We’re surrounded
GWEN looks up to see dozens of office workers, red eyes, blotchy skinned, blue fanged.
ALL IN UNISON
You seek to destroy our Mother. You must be eliminated from out time.
GUNN
You’re Mother? Gwen…
GWEN
Don’t ask me
CUT TO.
INT. CARPARK – NIGHT
CONNOR and SPIKE are looking around as Connor sniffs the air
CONNOR
I can’t get anything
SPIKE
No wonder with that haircut
CONNOR
There’s nothing wrong with my hair. Anyways, you can talk, Billy Idol.
SPIKE
He stole the look from me!
CONNOR
Yeah? And you still have it twenty years on
SPIKE
Point taken. So come on dog boy, haven’t you sniffed my lunch out yet
(off look)
Joke! Strictly pre-packed animal meals for one.
CONNOR
For one?
SPIKE
Hard to believe someone as dashing as me is single aint it?
CONNOR
Not really
SPIKE
Oh! Just cause youth’s still on your side…
CONNOR
You haven’t aged in 150 years
SPIKE
Bloody have, stress of knowing your Dad’s enough to wrinkle a china doll
(beat)
Anyways you’re still fresh faced compared to me when I died. I was twenty seven, you’re what? Twelve?
CONNOR
I’m almost twenty
SPIKE
Ooh big boy you are then
CONNOR
Can we save the not funny humour for after we kick butt
SPIKE
You wanna square off?
CONNOR
No, but I’m pretty sure these guys do
YES – lots of Red, Blue, Blotchy folk
ALL IN UNISON
You wish to destroy out mother…
MIX TO.
ATHENA and WESLEY staring out of the locked car windows as half a dozen infected people gather round
ALL IN UNISON
We must eliminate you from our time
CUT TO.
INT. COLLEGE – NIGHT.
ANGEL is wondering through the near empty corridors of the college, A sword in his hand as he heads for Connor’s room – Bailey steps out
ANGEL
Bailey, hey
BAILEY
Connor is not here.
ANGEL
No, it’s you I came to see
BAILEY
I do not wish to see you, traitor
ANGEL
Traitor? I…
Angel looks around as the dorm doors fling open, several red eyed, blue fanged, blotchy skinned students are staring at him
ALL IN UNISON
You seek to destroy our mother, you must be erased from our time.
ANGEL
Oh boy.
CUT TO.
EXT. ALLEYWAY – NIGHT
‘FRED’ is walking down a dark alley at night, her bags full of shopping as fireworks go off in the street outside – a carnival – she strolls down before hesitating and looking back – nothing is there.
As she turns back she is stabbed by a tall, built man with a bandanna around his face and a woollen hat on. From shock alone she falls to the ground as he grabs her purse from her and runs away
She stares, her Bambi eyes fading back to pale blue
ILLYRIA
(quiet)
Wesley
END.
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