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Subject: 6X09 Solar Plexus Author: toothy [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 15:13:29 09/01/04 Wed AngelReNewed Episode 9 "SOLAR PLEXUS" 'previously on' ATS (#75) "Long Day's Journey" Wes learns without the little girl in the White Room; W&H are cut off from the Senior Partners, but as Gunn puts it, "Wolfram and Hart was just the day job". She is also one of five beings linked to an embodiment of the ancient god Ra. So important are these totems, Jasmine uses the Beast to destroy them inorder to block out the sun. The five totems are: MESEKET Little girl in the White Room. The Beast kills her and draws upon her dark energy. ASHET He is searching for a protective Amulet when the Beast kills him. Gwen watches as he dies; a bright light simular to the one which came from the Amulet Spike wore in "Chosen" is released. MA' AT She has her heart ripped from her chest. MANJET Keeper of the Orb and the devotee of the light. SHEMKHET Saber tooth Tiger. Gunn feels a connection to the Black Cat when he visits the White Room. 'previously on' ARN (ep 8) "Caldera" Angel has a visit from Dru. She gives him a vision of humanity, but after he realizes it was but a dream; he feels as if his heart has been ripped from his chest. Gunn has a visit to the White Room. He learns he is a desendant of the black cat, Shemket. He is told Ra will rise to destroy all vampires, demons, and magic. He must decide which side of the battle he will fight. Spike shares a moment with Faith after she saves him from being staked by a vampire. He spends the next few hours in a bar. .....and now, episode 9 picks up from where episode 8 left off ARN - EPISODE 9 "Caldera" EXT - NIGHT After several hours inside a demon bar, Spike narrowly makes it to the front door as a fight breaks out. Suddenly, he's knocked to the ground and the figure of a girl is straddling him with a stake just inches from his heart. Spike tries to focus in on the three images of the girl on top of him. SPIKE I already told you, not bleeding likely. No more kisses from me tonight. DRUCILLA An ashen kiss goodbye. I should send you to cinders. The sound of her voice brings Spike out of his drunken haze. SPIKE Drucilla!........Dru? DRUCILLA Oye, my Spoike already has a 'ole in his 'eart. In silent slow motion, the camera focuses in on an intricately carved wooden stake as Dru raises her hand. Return to normal speed as she brings the staff of Ra down towards Spike's chest. Night becomes day as the stake enters Spike's chest. The staff becomes a beacon of light in the night sky. Spike is paralized and can do nothing but grit his teeth as visions of his experiance inside the Hellmouth flash through his head. For the second time of the night, Faith appears and so swiftly knocks Dru of off Spike that the two of them tumble several yards away. They both get to their feet. FAITH What the hell? DRUCILLA The bad girl has spoiled my party, but the sun always rises. In an instant, Dru is gone. Faith goes over to Spike who is just coming around. FAITH I repeat, what the hell? SPIKE I don't know Faith, but Dru was right about one thing; the sun is coming, I can smell it. We need to get back to tell the others about this. Faith helps Spike to his feet as they stagger off arm in arm into the night. FAITH So, this is how you would rather spend your evenings? SPIKE I suppose you could say we did end up together after all. FADE OUT - END TEASER CREDITS ANGELRENEWED EPISODE 9 title: "Solar Plexus" story by: toothy written by: Gemma TOG (that one guy) toothy starring: David Boreanez James Marsters J. August Richards Amy Acker Mercedes Mcnab Ashley Scott and Alexis Denisof SPECIAL GUEST STARS Eliza Drushku and Juliet Landau [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Scene One Author: toothy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:22:08 09/01/04 Wed ACT ONE Gunn comes running into the office at the Hyperion; clearly agitated, he starts pulling out books flipping them open, and then throwing them to the ground. Wesley looks at Illyria and raises his eyebrows as he bends down to start picking up the thrown books. GUNN: Where's Angel? WESLEY: Out I believe. (Questionably) Is there something we could perhaps help with? Might save time on the cleanup after Hurricane Gunn. Gunn drops another book and leans on the desk and looks at Illyria and Wesley. GUNN: Just been to the white room. ILLYRIA: You speak of a place that no longer exists in this realm or any other. To say it does, suggests your mind is full of delusions. WESLEY: (Gently) Gunn, the white room was destroyed. GUNN: That's what I thought before an elevator ride in the Halls of Justice proved otherwise. Room's still around and so is the conduit. Wesley and Illyria looks at each other shocked. ILLYRIA: But it cannot be so. GUNN: Trust me on this one. It's there, candles burning brighter than ever and (Pause) Apparently a god is coming out from the earth and is about to open a can of whupass on us all, causing all sorts of Chaos. Angel strides into the office, sits down in his chair and puts on his broody face. GUNN: No time for that, we have… ANGEL: Drucilla was back in town. WESLEY: Was? Oh! I'm sorry Angel, but killing her could not be helped. I know you were her sire… Angel glares at Wesley. ANGEL: She's not dead. She's back and more powerful than ever. She moved…like….nothing I've ever seen. Where is Spike? I tried to smell him out but couldn't find him. I need to warn him. She'll be after him for her mind game next. Her hypnotism never used to work on me but she…she made me believe I was in a world where I was human. GUNN: Spike's warning is going to have to wait. We have a bigger problem coming than Druscilla. The Big Cat said a god is coming. ANGEL: The big Cat? Gunn, he doesn't exist anymore. WESLEY: The white room still does and it's looking like another apocalypse is right around the corner. Angel claps his hands and rubs them together. ANGEL: (Sarcastically) Oh goody. It's been so long since the last one. Wesley walks over and pulls the Wolfram and Hart book from the shelf. WESLEY: Maybe Druscilla is connected to this somehow. GUNN: Well, I did say the next caretaker of the white room has been waiting two hundred years and that she is pulling together the forces of chaos at this moment. WESLEY: What do you mean I? GUNN: The black cat, it became me. Said I was alone in there. Said it has to do with extra perception, or perspective, or something like that. Something Fred would understand. I don't know anymore, but I know this, I am... (pause)....We are all connected to this. I think maybe Druscilla is a piece of this and is about to take her place in the white room. ANGEL: She fits the description, and from what I witnessed tonight of Dru, she *more* than fits it. WESLEY: Who is this God? Wesley raises the book up to his mouth. GUNN: Ra. WESLEY: Ra? He brings the book down. It falls open in his hands and the pages begin to fill with words. Wesley does not notice. WESLEY: But he was a mythical Egyptian God. He isn't real. Just part of a... a bedtime fairytale made up to scare young children in Egypt. Wesley looks down and sees the filled pages. A puzzled look crosses his face as he begins to scan it quickly. ILLYRIA: Ra is not a god! In my time he was the meat that maggots fed from. He was an.. WESLEY: Old one. Wesley continues to read. ILLYRIA: Ra and I fought many a battle together. He was powerful beyond imagination. We took on whole armies, destroying them until the few that remained, groveled at our feet for mercy. GUNN: You were allies? Illyria laughs. ILLYRIA: Ra had no allies. He trusted no one, and no one trusted him. There is no way for him to come to this world. He, like I was, is trapped in a tomb in the Well. He has no followers to free him. WESLEY: There may be. Here… Wesley places the book on the desk. All come forward to look at it. WESLEY: There is a prophecy. ANGEL: Does there always have to be a prophecy? Wesley ignores him and continues. WESLEY: A prophecy that states Ra will come forth from a hole in the world to cause chaos. Wesley looks towards Angel. Angel raises his eyes to meet Wesley's, and then nods down towards the book. WESLEY: …with the power of the Staff of Ra. ANGEL: We have to find this staff, destroy it if we have to, but we have to keep it out of Drucilla's hands. CUT TO: FLASHBACK - ONE WEEK EARLIER INT. CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN GOV. DETAINEE FACILITY Two guards are escorting a prisoner down a long hallway. We can't see their faces and there is no talking; only the sound of the shackles and the prisoner's feet as he shuffles down the hallway. They reach the end of the hallway where a third guard sits at a desk in front of a large steel door. The guard behind the desk takes keys out of a metal box and then proceeds to undo the shackles from the prisoner. We still can't see his face as the first escort swipes a card through a security lock, while the second punches in a combination on a key pad. The door opens, and he enters alone. He sits down inside a control room as the camera pans through a one way glass where three young girls sit chanting in a circle lotas style. Their chanting stops. PRISONER What is it? GIRL #1 The GIRL #2 Ra GIRL #3 Tet PRISONER What does it mean? GIRLS (in unison) Chaos! The camera pans to finally show the smiling face of Ethan Raine. ETHAN Show me The girls begin to chant again as the staff of Ra materializes in his open hands. A commotion can be heard from outside the room. The sound of gun shots, screams, and bodies being thrown about ends as quickly as it started. After a moment, a pounding on the door to the control room causes it to bend and bulge in it's frame until it bursts open. Drucilla stands in the open door way. ETHAN: (holds out the staff of Ra) You're looking for this I presume? CUT BACK TO: INT. HYPERION Spike enters the office SPIKE: To late for that, she's already got it. WESLEY: Are you sure? SPIKE: (holds his hands apart) About this big, got carvings all over it. Wesley looks down to the picture of the staff in the W&H book as Faith comes in behind Spike. FAITH: He's sure. When I saw it, Drucllia had it stuck in his chest with a light as bright as the sun pouring out. WESLEY: (intriqued) Tell me every detail, leave nothing out. SPIKE: Well, I wouldn't call it a detail, but it was very painful. FAITH: Not much to tell really. There was this, like I said, a white light, and then I knocked her off of Spike; she says something crazy about the sun coming, and then poof, she was gone. SPIKE: Did I mention the pain? Haven't felt anything like it since.... Angel interrups ANGEL: Spike, this is no time for your tales of woe and... Wesley interrups Angel as he flips through the book. WESLEY: No, this may be important, what did it feel like? SPIKE: Thank you, as I was saying..(rolls his eyes at Angel)....I haven't felt anything like it since I wore the amulet in the hellmouth. WESLEY: As I suspected. I believe they are connected. There is a.. a warning of sorts in this passage. Angel looks to the page Wes is refering to, but doesn't reconize the language. ANGEL: Looks all greek to me. WESLEY: It is Greek. ANGEL: Oh. WELSEY: From the Oricle of Delphi. Not as set in stone as a prophesy, but it still contains valuable information which may or may not come true. This particular part is unusually clear. (begins to translate) When the slayer line and the vampire line become altered by magics; the amulet and the staff will have the power to banish them all. FAITH: That may be clear to you, but it's still foggy in my world. SPIKE: Yeah, what she said. WESLEY: We've seen this type of thing before. What seem like random events, sometimes years apart, come together to create...in this case...chaos. ANGEL: What random events are you talking about, in this case? WESLEY: It began when you sired Drucllia, who I believe had the visions, which may have meant she was a potential slayer, but then you were cursed with a soul by magics. The Powers That Be chose you to be their champion by sending you to a slayer, but that same curse drives you apart. A second vampire gains his soul, and doing so, takes your role in saving the world by wearing the amulet. At that very moment, more magics activate all the potential slayers. This part is a bit unprecedented, but I believe something long dead in Ducillia was awakened, and now she has the power of the staff to banish all vampires, demons, and magics from this world. GUNN: Wow, that's some history lession, but one thing I've learned, the past.. and the future for that matter; don't exist, there is only now, which leaves us back to, what do we do now? ILLYRIA: We must stop Ra! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> Subject: Continued Author: toothy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:28:56 09/01/04 Wed GUNN: Why? Because you were enemies? If this Ra is going to rid the world of all demons, then maybe we should be on his side. WESLEY: I can't believe you would say that. After all this time fighting evil, surely you understand it's not so black and white. Not all demons are of the evil. Vampires with souls aside, I think Lorne, were he here, might remind you of that. GUNN: I'm not saying some good wouldn't be lost, but how many have we already lost like Doyle and Cordy, and,,,and Fred. And we still fight on, and it never stops. All I'm saying is they gave their lives, and maybe we have a chance now, to give our lives to end the struggle for good. ILLYRIA: I understand your anger. It's directed at me for taking one of yours. It's justified, but one thing I've learned, in this existance, is this groups ability to draw on many different factions to defeat a more powerful foe. With my weakened powers, I will not be able to defeat Ra alone. ANGEL: She has a point Gunn. If all magics and demon powers are banished from the world, who will be left to protect the world from Ra? ILLYRIA: If allowed to reign, Ra will destroy this world like he did many others. He used his powers to take control of Egyptian kings. He forced them to build monuments to him in an effort to escape the hole in the world. Each time a king died, the priests failed to bring Ra into the world. They faired much better than the people of Atlantis. They fought him and in his anger, he created a caldera which swallowed their world and became the basin for an ocean. GUNN: So you're saying we side with the devil, or in this case, the demons we know. But that still leaves us with the question, what do we do? WESLEY: I believe Ra's staff is key. We must use it against him. If I'm correct, Drucilla will be waiting for us....in the white room. A fast talking Texas drawl silences the room with her familar run on sentances. FRED: I know it sounds like crazy talk, but if I told you I could move a ten ton object with a hat pin, you'd say that's impossible, but if I then said the ten ton object was an elephant, then you could clearly see how I could move it with a hat pin. Wesley is the first to break the stunned silence. WESLEY: Illyria, I don't think this is the proper time to be mimicing Fred. Spike is closest to her, and from his crooked head and the look on his face, it's clear something has changed. SPIKE: (to Fred) You're human! FRED: Yes, and you're a vampire. Angel has moved closer, and now he too realizes it's really Fred. In a very unlike Angel manner, he grabs Fred in a big hug and swings her around. ANGEL: Fred, it's really you! WESLEY: How is this possible? FRED: I don't know Wes, but it's me! SPIKE: It's nearly six or two threes at this point. She's back and that's all that matters. WESLEY: (still trying to get his head around this) Where have you been? Where is Illyria? Are you, have you,..been aware of what's going on? GUNN: Slow down Wes, give her a chance to breathe! FRED: It's OK Gunn. and yes, I'm aware of what's going on, but not from the beginning. I knew time had past, but it wasn't until a felt a charge of energy which made me feel whole again, like I was in a deep cave, but not a scary one, like I was a bear cub hybernating, being kept safe and warm. ANGEL: That must have been during the time shifts when Wesley drained some of Illyria's power. WESLEY: But why now? Did you have to fight your way free of Illyria? FRED: No. She allowed me to emerge of her own free will. I think, for the first time in her existance, she trusts. As for why now, I think she understands I can help in the fight against Ra. GUNN: (falls to his knees in front of Fred) Fred, I'm so sorry, I never had the chance to tell you...I would have never....had I known....I didn't want to ever hurt you...the part I played.... FRED: (consoles Gunn) Charles, please, it's OK. Don't think the irony of helping the one who destoyed me is lost on me at this point, which is what we're going to do. Wes, I believe you were right, the staff is the key, but we can't destroy it, it's pure energy, even if it is mystical energy, it still must obey the laws of this dimension to exist here. WESLEY: So what do you suggest? FRED: We divert it's power from the shanshu champion to something else. But it must also be something mystical to absorb all that energy. GUNN: How do we do that? ..and please don't tell me with magic! FRED: With magic. GUNN: I asked you not to tell me that. WESLEY: Good, I just need to collect a few things. The group heads off towards the lobby of the Hyperion as Athena is coming down the stairs. ATHENA: Where's everybody going? ANGEL: To save the world, we'll be back later, that is if there is a back still here. ATHENA: oh....OH! FADE OUT [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Conclusion Author: toothy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 15:36:30 09/01/04 Wed INT - WHITE ROOM Angel, Gunn, Wes, Fred and Sipke enter the white room. They look around a few seconds trying to get their bearings, but the vastness of the white room lacks perspective. Seemingly from nowhere, Drucillia apears with a crocodile of at least 20 feet at her side. Angel and Gunn both draw swords. Spike takes a defensive stance allthough he has no weapon. SPIKE: Weapons? How did you guys get weapons through the metal detectors? Angel gives a nod to Wes. GUNN: Magic. SPIKE: I thought you were the one who hated magic? GUNN: You know what they say; use it or loose it. Dru, also unarmed, acts delighted as the beast Ra opens his mouth showing his sharp teeth before snaping his jaw shut. GUNN: Plan? ANGEL: Well you and me take Ra and Spike will handle Dru while Wes and Fred perform the spell. Drucilla rushes at Spike only to have him ball up his fist and hit her square in the jaw, sending her skidding across the room. Angel takes this time to lunge at the crocodile only to have the blade in his hand get caught by the jaws of the crocodile as it hisses at Angel. Wes begins chanting from a book as Fred sprinkles herbs from a pouch in a circle around Wes. This has no effect on Ra as the beast seems more concerned with Angel. Spike looks over at Angel who is currently trying to get his sword free from the mouth of the crocodile. SPIKE: So you got the glorified lizard? ANGEL: Pretty much. Spike raises an eyebrow at the answer and adds as he turns his attention back to Dru. SPIKE: Well I'd let go of that sword if I were you… After another exasperated attempt at getting the sword loose, Angel vamps out and gives an equally exasperated look to Spike. ANGEL: I'm in control here… Angel goes to tug on the sword again only it doesn't move at all this time. He lets out a vampire grrr at Ra hoping to get the same back which will release his sword from the beast's mouth, but to no avail. Gunn has moved around to the back of the beast, trying to sneak up on it from behind, but gets hit by the snap of it's tail, which sends him flying across the room. SPIKE: I'd let go off the sword if I were you… ANGEL: Just worry about Dru, Spike. I really know what I'm doing… Spike does as he says, but turns back as Drucilla is still slow in getting up. SPIKE: But I watched a show last night on Animal Planet, and he's about to...... ANGEL: Go away! Spike shrugs as he turns his attention back to Dru who is now in stalking mode around him. As the camera follows Dru around Spike, we can see Angel holding on for all he can as the beast now has him in the famous crocodile death roll. SPIKE: Yep, that's what I saw. Angel is no position to reply, but he refuses to let go of either the sword or Ra. At one point, he is able to hit the croc hard on it's snout, which releases the sword, but it's failing about sends Angel flying across the room, and into Gunn, who is just getting to his feet; knocking him down again. DRUCILLA: Daddy's a rag doll, the queen bee is singing… Spike just gives her a flat-footed look until she goes to slash him with her long vampire nails. He is able to lean back from her first slash, and even the second, but Dru manages to draw blood from his cheek with the third. He gives her a respectful advesarial smile before landing his foot square on her solar plexus. As she falls, he spin kicks her again, this time landing the blow against the side of her face. Dru falls into a heap on the floor. She now like Spike, has blood streaming from her lip, which causes her to vamp out. Not far away, the beast has Angel and Gunn seperated from their swords. Each time they try to move, the crocodile snaps at them, ready to bite them at any moment. A loud sigh is heard and then suddenly, the beast goes flying across the room having been thrown by it's tail. ILLYRIA: I tire of these games, not near as challenging as Jeopardy. Angel and Gunn rush to their swords. With swords in hand, Angel Gunn, and Illyria now surround the crocodile. Ignoring Angel and Gunn, the beast faces Illyria as he changes into his prefered form dressed in full Egyptian regality. Ra speaks for the first time. RA: Illyria, is this your world? ILLYRIA: You know nothing of this world. RA: I know I shall enjoy taking it from you. Gunn raises his sword to swing at Ra. GUNN: Take this! But Ra simply holds out his hand, and the sword instantly moves from Gunn's hand to Ra's. Angel then tosses his sword to Illyria. The sword fight between Ra and Illyria begins slowly, but quickly turns into a Matrix style battle of kicks and swords all in a blur, until Illyria gets the upper hand by causing Ra's sword to fly from his hand. ILLYRIA: All this time waiting, and that is all you have? RA: I have this. From his open hand, the Staff of Ra appears. With his other hand, he takes Illyria by the throat; lifting her into the air, but she is able bring her sword under his arm holding the staff; sending the staff staight up into the air. ANGEL: (smirks) You had that. As it falls, Gunn is able to grab it, and in one motion, plunge it into Ra. GUNN: And now you can have it back. Yet it doesn't seem to have an effect on Ra. RA: Mortals, don't you understand I'm a god! Through out the battle, Wesley has continued his chant, but now calls out. WESLEY: I command the light of darkness....flow into the river of the underground! A blue mist begins to surround Ra. Ra's eyes immediately go black as his body begins deteriate. Every particle seem to fall to the floor. The mist expands as Ra decreases. It begins to absorb the white room. Wes is the furtherest from the mist; he leaves the white room first. Followed by Angel, Gunn, and Illyria. Drucilia, while not often in touch with reality, has lost it completely after watching the destruction of Ra.. Shuddering and shaking wildly, she's so far gone, she can't form words. Until she sees Spike leaving the white room. DRUCILLA: Spike! My precious Spike, what have you done? SPIKE: Not yours anymore pet, or anyone else's. I'm on my own, and so are you. DRUCILLA: You will pay for this one day, all of you! SPIKE: Just not today… Tootles Dru. Spike turns on his heel and then walks away. Dru screeches as she rushes to go after him, but she's yanked back into the center of the room. She collapses on the floor crying out in pain as the blue mist devours her, and the white room. END OF SCENE EPILOGUE ONE HOUR LATER - HYPERION ANGEL: One thing I don't get, the prophecy's are never wrong, right? So, it said Ra would rise, which he did, but what about the chaos? GUNN: I don't know about you, but I thought it was pretty chaotic. ANGEL: I just mean now, you know, everything seems normal, like nothing happened. GUNN: hmm, nothing. WESLEY: What is it, Gunn? GUNN: You're the expert on languages, but you said the prophecy was in Greek, right? Well, I think I have some lawyer knowledge stuffed in my brain which is telling me the original translation for chaos..... WESLEY: Yes of course! The original Greek meaning for the word chaos was.....nothing. SPIKE: So you're saying we did all this for nothing? You could have told us this before, and then I could have missed......(thinks).....no, come to think of it, it was definitely worth seeing Angel in a crocodile death roll. And besides, we stopped a god for gods sake, and you still want to be all broody. GUNN: He's right Angel, we even used magic, and nothing bad happened. That's got to be a first, I say we party. CUT TO: FLASH BACK - ONE WEEK EARLIER GOV. DETANEE FACILITY CHEYENE MOUNTAIN The place is a mad house after Dru's visit. From outside, helicopters, rescue vehicles, and various army security vehicles look like ants busily repairing a damaged mound. The camera pans in on a close-up of vehicle leaving; pausing on the smiling face of the driver..... Ethan Raine. FADE TO BLACK grrr....arrgg [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> Subject: Re: 6X09 Solar Plexus Author: Matthew S [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:57:04 05/02/05 Mon Great episode! Are we ever going to hear from Ethan Raine again? Loved the way you brought back Drusilla! Definitely worthy of five stars! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]