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Date Posted: 14:27:26 07/10/02 Wed
Author: i_glow_like_cordy
Subject: Re: Can I become a writer on this project? Part 2
In reply to: i_glow_like_cordy 's message, "Can I become a writer on this project?" on 14:25:32 07/10/02 Wed

EXT. FREEWAY

It is the same one from 'Tommorow'. In fact, It's the same scene from the Episode. Time is frozen and Cordelia spots something.

CORDELIA
Hey my jeep. I was wondering what happened to that.

SKIP
We'll this is where it happened.

CORDELIA
uh-huh. This is where i became a higher being. Loving the sound of that by the way Higher being.

SKIP
This is where they screwed up.

CORDELIA
Higher what? Who screwed up?

SKIP
The Powers.

CORDELIA
The powers screwed up? I thought that was impossible.

SKIP
It is.

Long beat.

SKIP
The powers know everything and see everything. Except whats in a persons heart.

CORDELIA
I told you what was in my heart, and you sent me anyway.

SKIP
Not yours. Connors.

CORDELIA
And what's in Connors heart?

SKIP
Hate. Blackness. Emptiness.

Skip climbs in the Jeep.

SKIP
Jump in.

CORDELIA
What?

SKIP
Get in.

CORDELIA
You know how to drive?

SKIP
Doesn't look that hard.

Cordelia makes her way around the jeep to the driver;s entrance.

CORDELIA
Slide over.

Cordelia starts the car.

CORDELIA
Where we going?

SKIP
Dumes Point.

Cordelia looks straight at Skip, afraid of why. The car starts and makes it's way through the freeway.

EXT. DUMES POINT

Cordelia pulls up in the Jeep and exits with Skip. They see Angel standing there.

CORDELIA
Angel, Ang...
(stops herself)
He can't hear me can he?

SKIP
Nope.

CORDELIA
Dammit. We'll at least I'm not dying this time.
(beat)
I'm not, right?

SKIP
Your not dying. Your observing.

CORDELIA
Observing what?

SKIP
What happened that night. Now over hear we have Angel

Skip pulls out a retractical metal pointer. He points it at Angel. We see Angel standing.

SKIP
Looking as sharp as ever. Now, at this point,
(points the pointer at Cordy)
you would have shown up, gone over to him,
told him you loved him and everything would
have been peachy except for enhibit C.

CORDELIA
Gimme that.

Cordelia grabs the pointer, breaks it in half, and looks over at where Skip was pointing.

SKIP
(looking at the ground sadly)
She broke my pointer.

CORDELIA
Skip.

SKIP
I suppose you want to narrate too. Good luck without a pointer.

CORDELIA
(harsher)
Skip!!!

SKIP
Ok. Now, you see if you had been here, then Exhibit C.

Cordelia sees who Exhibit C is.

CORDELIA
Connor.

SKIP
Uh-huh, we'll Exhibit...
(off Cordelia's look)
Connor, we'll the powers saw that coming.

CORDELIA
So why didn't they stop it?

SKIP
Because they couldn't risk you.

Beat.

CORDELIA
What?

SKIP
You see Cordelia, the only way they could have saved Angel would have been to send you. Now, don't take this wrongly, but you just weren't powerful enough to stop him. If
you had shown up, not all of you were coming out alive. And your all too important to the powers to lose.

Cordelia is momentarly touched. Then she realises they've lost Angel.

CORDELIA
Where's Angel?

SKIP
(looking around)
Uhhh....on the beach.

CORDELIA
On the? Oh God!

Cordelia looks down and sees Connor and Angel going at it. We hear slight cheering in the background.

SKIP
(like a boxing fan)
Come on Angel, you can take him, no no, duck, oh that looked painful. Come on,
My God, you call yourself a champion.
(to Cordy)
Give you good odds on Angel.
(off her look)
No? Ok.

ANGEL
(Old footage)
Your gonna Talk to me.

Connor stabs him with the knife, then the Tazer.

CORDELIA
Oh God, oh my, I have to help him. Skip, send me into action.

SKIP
Sorry Sweetness, but this isn't actually happening right now. It's more of a replay.

Connor signal;s for the boat.

CORDELIA
Who's in the boat?

The boat pulls up and we see JUSTINE is in it.

SKIP
Justine.

CORDELIA
Oh. Who?

SKIP
Justine! You don't know who Justine is?

CORDELIA
I remember the name, It's coming to me, I've got it, I haven't got a clue what your talking about.

SKIP
Holtz groupie.

CORDELIA
The Slutty One?

SKIP
Uh-huh.

CORDELIA
Ding! We have a winner Bob. So what's she doing?

Cordelia watches then knows what there doing. We don;t but from the look of Cordelia's face, we can guess.

EXT. BEACH--LATER

SKIP stands in one spot, watching Cordelia who is pacing around, frantic.

SKIP
Your not gonna get past this, are you?

CORDELIA
They threw him in the ocean, They threw him in the ocean.....

SKIP
They really did.

CORDELIA
They threw him in the ocean.

SKIP
So what are you gonna do about it?

CORDELIA and SKIP look at each other as the SCREEN FADES.

SKIP
This is insane. You can't do this.

CORDELIA
Why didn't you tell me? Who could you not?

SKIP
You see I meant to tell you. It was on my
list and....

CORDELIA
You sent me up here, Angel is down there and
you didn't tell me for Three months

SKIP
That's right Cordelia just let it out.

CORDELIA
You sir are useless.

SKIP
Hey, hey, hey. Let's not go saying something we can't
take back.

CORDELIA
Send me back.

SKIP
What?

CORDELIA
Send me back down.

SKIP
We'll you see, umm I would, I mean I don't have a problem
with you ehh doing that, but the powers, the power you see
would........

CORDELIA
Skip.

SKIP
The powers want you here Cordelia. Where you're protected
and safe.

CORDELIA
The Powers just loaded me up like a swiss army knife. It's time to
see what I'm made of. I can't just leave him down there.

SKIP
If the powers wanted you on earth they would have sent you.

CORDELIA
And if I wanted your opinion I would have asked for it.

Quite Frankly ouch.

SKIP
(sourly)
Fine, I send you back down, and then what? He's in a metal box
at the bottom of the ocean. What are you gonna do?

CORDELIA
Whatever I have to. I'll use my powers.

SKIP
Oh I'm sorry, I didn't know one of your powers was the ability
to drain the sea.

CORDELIA
I'll figure out something.

SKIP
You'll figure out nothing!

There is a long pause. Almost like a showdown. Then.

SKIP
We'll, figure out something.

Cordy kisses him.

SKIP
Lord help me there
gonna have my ass for this.

CORDELIA
Okay Skipper, we're off.

Cordy and skip stand side by side.

CORDELIA
Skip. I don't know what to do?

Skip rolls his eyes.

SKIP
Take my hand.

Cordelia takes his hand and they disappear to

INT. HOTEL

GUNN
You just have to face it. We're on
our own now. No-one's coming to
help us.

CORDELIA and SKIP both materialise in the Hotel.

CORDELIA
I feel all tingly.

FRED
Cordelia?

CORDELIA
Fred.

Cordelia and Fred embrace each other.

SKIP
Wow, we actually made it.

CORDELIA
What?

SKIP
(lowering voice)
We'll there was a small, tiny chance we would dis-materialise
but it's all good.

FRED
Your back? Your actually back. I told you, what did I tell
you.

Fred is starting to cry

GUNN
You said we'd find them Fred

SKIP
We'll technically we found you,
(off Gunns look)
But the important thing is were back.

FRED
(clinging to Cordy)
I knew you'd come back. You wouldn't leave us.
Everything's been bad and horrible
but it's okay now, your back, and everythings
going to be okay now.

CORDELIA
It's okay Fred.

Cordelia stare down at Fred smiling, who still hasn't released her grip.

CORDELIA
What Gunn, no hug?

GUNN
I think Fred's doing the hugging for both of us.

FRED
Oh, I'm sorry. It's just, I'm glad your back.

CORDELIA
And I'm glad to be back.

GUNN
We were worried you were, dead or, gone. Where
did you go?

CORDELIA
It's a long story.

GUNN
(crossing arms, alittle hostile)
One I'd like to hear.

FRED
Gunn.

GUNN
No, no Fred. She just packs up and disappears for a
few months, I'd like an explanation.

SKIP
The powers, sent for her.

GUNN
And you are?

SKIP
Skip.
(holds his hand out
Gunn doesn't respond)
Someone must have rolled out of the wrong
side of the bed this morning.

CORDELIA
And must have hurt his ass on the fall. Gunn, I
don't have time, we have to save Angel.

FRED
(brightly)
Angel? You found Angel?

CORDELIA
We did Fred.

Skip lowers his head in shame. Cordy catches this.

CORDELIA
(to skip)
That's right you should feel ashamed.
You just keep your head down.

GUNN
So were gonna go get him, right?

CORDELIA
Yeah, small detail.

GUNN
What.

CORDELIA
We'll he's sort of in a hard to reach place.

FRED
Where?

CUT TO:

EXT. DUME'S POINT/ TOP OF CLIFF

CORDELIA
(pointing at sea)
Out there.

FADE OUT.

FADE IN


GUNN, FRED and CORDY are searching

FRED
Where's Skip.

CORDELIA
He said the powers called him. It was like uber-important.
So we're on our own gang.

GUNN
How are we suppost to find him. He's at the bottom of the sea.

CORDELIA
I don't know. We need a boat. We should get a boat.

FRED
Or a scuba suit.

CORDELIA
Couldn't hurt. I mean we only have a million mile of
square ocean to cover and who knows how many metres deep.

FRED
That;s right, we can find him. We'll find him.
(to Gunn)
Right?

GUNN
Of course we will baby. Why couldn't the powers do this?

CORDELIA
Skip said something about the powers having no control over
human actions.

GUNN
So why didn't they send you down?

This stumps Cordy. Even she doesn't have the answer. Cordy starts to sense
something isn't right.

CORDELIA
Who are we kidding. We'll never find him
out there.
(sadly)
He's gone, he's...........

CORDELIA pauses. She just got an idea.

GUNN
What is it?

FRED
Cordelia?

Cordelia starts walking up the beach. Gunn and Fred just watch as Cordy's voice is getting louder.

CORDELIA
Skip! Get your ass down here NOW,

A Lightning type light hits and Skip appears.

SKIP
God i heard you girl. Actually the whole room heard. What is it?

CORDELIA
I want Angel back.

SKIP
I thought we already went through this. The
powers can't. You think they want there
champion at the bottom of the sea.

CORDELIA
He's out ther skip. He's down there andhe's
alone and hungry and heartbroken. Now,
show me where he is.

SKIP
No.

CORDELIA
No? How can the powers possibly think it;s
okay to leave him down there. How could
they let it happen in the first place.

SKIP
God Cordelia, alway's with the question, --- never in the background are ya. Always
- centre stage.
The powers had a good reason for
letting this happen.That's why they
sent me down to keep you out of the way.

CORDELIA
Out of the.....? Why?

SKIP
Two words. The Destroyer!

GUNN
The Destroyer?

FRED
The powers were worried that
Connor was going to kill Angel.

CORDELIA
(getting it)
No, they were worried Angel was going to
kill Connor.

SKIP
Give the girl a prize. Oh wait, the
powers already did. For good reason. To
stop Angel

CORDELIA
From killing his son. That’s crazy, he
would never do that

Skip puts his hand up to Cordy's cheek

SKIP
Unless he was trying to protect someone More
important. The powers, they’re afraid Him being
down there, the betrayal the pain, the hunger
They don’t’ know what he’ll be like, what he’ll
Resort to.

CORDELIA
Angelus?

SKIP
They don't know which is down
there.

CORDELIA
I don't care. Show me where he is.

SKIP
Cordelia, don't do this. Your too
important to the powers too lose

CORDELIA
You don't get me without him.
We're a package.

Cordelia just looks at him.

SKIP
Okay. Close your eyes.

CORDELIA
What?

SKIP
Just...

Skip motions for her to do so. Cordy decides not to argue.

FRED
How is this helping?

Cordelia stands on the beach, eyes closed. She starts to glow slightly, it starts becoming brighter and raises into the air. Cordelia looks up to see a ring of white light is now above her head.

Cordelia stands back as she, Gunn and Fred stare at the sight in front of them.

FRED
Oh.

The ring starts moving out towards the ocean, gliding across the ocean until it reaches
the spot Angel was thrown in. The water starts to bubble.

ANGLE

At the bottom of the ocean the box is starting to shake.

ANGLE ON

ANGELS FACE his eyes are wide open, not knowing what is happening to him. The box lifts up
and bobs along the ocean, the tide pushing it closer and closer to them.

The Box lands on the beach. The Gang start to slowly approach it.

SKIP
Careful. Don't get to close. We don't
what's in there.

Gunn pushes Fred back as he and Cordy walk towards the box. Cordy stares through the plate of the box. Angel's face is perfectly calm.

CORDELIA
He's okay. He's Angel.

Gunn walks over and tries to pull the metal bars out.

GUNN
I can't, oww.

FRED
Can't you just

Fred makes a hand movement that suggest he slides it out easily.

GUNN
Not so much Fred.

CORDELIA
Lucky for us we have a supernatural Locksmith,
Skip,if you please
.
Skip moves over to the box and slides the bar out easily.

GUNN
We'll if your just plain gonna cheat...

The box opens up, the gang walk over to the box to see whats inside.

ANGEL'S P.O.V.

Angel doesn't move. his breathing is heavy and his eyes dart all over the place.

CORDELIA (OS)
Angel.

The sound of Cordelia's voice echos alittle. Angel's breathing is slowly getting lighter.

CORDELIA (OS)
Angel, it's me Cordelia. Do you think
he understands me. Angel if you can
here me it's going to be okay, it's
all going to be...

GUNN
Okay.

We see now from Angel's P.O.V. that Gunn is now standing over Angel's box looking down at him.

Angel grabs Gunn suddenly, jumping up at the speed of light. Gunn jumps back, this suprised him.

GUNN
It's okay. it's us. It's your....

Before Gunn can finish Angel rushes at him, punching him. Gunn fights back,punching him then kicking him in the stomach. Angel punches him hard. It causes him to spin around, his back to Angel.

Angel pulls Gunn to him, sinking his teeth and starts to drink.

FRED (OS)
Charles.

Angel continues to drink as FRED jumps on his back. This stops him, more of an annoyance than anything else. Angel throws Fred away. He release Gunn. Gunn falls to the ground, unconcious.

ANGEL'S P.O.V.

Fred is on the ground and is starting to crawl away scared. She is so scared she can't seem to stand up straight. Angel has no patience. He runs at Fred, grabs her and pulls her up, he is about to sink his teeth in when...

CORDELIA
Hey, Angelus, remember me.

ANGEL
Cordelia.

CORDELIA
No. Angel you can't....your good. Angel.

ANGEL
I'm sorry Angel doesn't live here anymore.

CORDELIA
Skip is he evil or insane?

SKIP
Both.

CORDELIA
Skip, Psychotic Angel or scary ass Angelus gimme
something.

SKIP
We'll he didn't get any down there, and i
doubt he achieved perfect happiness with
a Seabass.

CORDELIA
We'll thanks for that image Skip.

ANGEL
Cordy, I've missed you, I....did you change
your hair again?

CORDELIA
Angel, somethings wrong with you, you just
have to....... What's wrong with my hair?

ANGEL
I'm gonna enjoy this. I've always said there's
no blood sweeter than family

CORDELIA
(to skip)
You like it right?

SKIP
Oh yeah, it's daring yet casual.

ANGEL
I'm gonna

CORDELIA
Are you sure it's okay

SKIP
Cordelia, lunatic Vampire on the loose.

CORDELIA
Oh yeah. Angel


Angel keeps getting closer. Cordelia is getting scared

CORDELIA
Angel, you just have to relax, maybe take some
Valium. Skip, little help. What am i suppost to
do?

SKIP
I think this is a good time for Ms. demon workover
to try out her new powers.

CORDELIA
Are you kidding me. I can hardly control them as it
is.

SKIP
Not much choice Cordelia. It's not like i can fight
him. Already been down that road.

CORDELIA
Oh yeah, released that Billy guy. Thanks for that by
the way,
(Cordelia hits him)
Jackass.

SKIP
Just remember what it taught you. You can do this.

Angel is getting closer. He's almost at them.

CORDELIA
(to Angel)
Not now.

Cordelia waves her hand and through telekenisis throws Angel across the beach.

CORDELIA
Skip I can't do this. He's going to kill me.

SKIP
How do you know that?

CORDELIA
Because he loves me.

There is a bitter sadness in that last line. There is an awkward beat.

SKIP
You can do this and you know why?

CORDELIA
Why?

SKIP
Because your Cordelia Chase!

Cordelia doesn't answer. Cordelia turns around and stares at Angel. He still on the ground but is getting up.

He stands up and we have a showdown. Angel stands on one side of the beach, his fangs bared and ready. Cordy stands on the other, nervous but ready to do what she must.

Angel runs at Cordy, Cordy moves, dodging him. Angel falls to the ground. Cordy gets poised for another attack. Angel charges and again falls to the ground. Cordy kicks
him in the face. He swings at her and she backflips out of the way.

Skip looks at her, suprised.

CORDELIA
Thats what three years Varsity cheerleading
will do for ya.

Angel comes at her again. Cordelia uses her telekinesis and picks him up in the air. He struggles but can't get down. He is now suspended in the air.

CORDELIA
Please forgive me.

With that Cordelia throws Angel against the rocky cliff behind them. Angel hits it hard. He falls to the ground, not moving. Cordelia walks over to him and stares down
sadly. She is joined at her sides by Skip and Fred.

SKIP
Told you it be easy.

Cordy and Fred just look at him.

CORDELIA
Skip, could ya?

SKIP
Already on it.

Skip grabs Angel and they disappear.

FRED
Where did he take him?

CORDELIA
To the hotel. Come on, lets get Gunn.

PULL AWAY as Cordy and Fred walk down the beach to Gunn. There voices are small and far away.

FRED
You were great.

CORDELIA
Really?

FRED
Yeah, i loved the back flip.

Cordelia laughs.

CORDELIA
Yeah that was pretty cool.

FRED
Welcome back Cordy.

We see them hug in the distance and we switch to:

INT. HOTEL--LATER

Cordy, Gunn, Fred and SKIP stand in the lobby.

CORDELIA
Hotel, oh so sweet, hotel.

FRED
What are we gonna do with him.

We pull back to reveal to see Angel is locked in a cage

CORDELIA
I don't know. It's so sad we had a cage onhand.

GUNN
So that was Angelus huh?

CORDELIA
No. That was something else.

The hostility hangs in the air.

CORDELIA
That was something else entirely.


CUT TO:

EXT. BEACH-NIGHT

The beach is empty. We see the box laying alone in the sand. It is the onlything around. We see a figure reach the box.

It's CONNOR

He looks down at the empty box.

CONNOR
Angelus!

THE END.

This script in it's entirety took me Two days to write. Please consider me as I would really love to be a part of this. Bye.

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