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Date Posted: 12:00:16 07/21/02 Sun
Author: Noggins
Subject: Act III
In reply to: Noggins 's message, "Act II" on 11:58:54 07/21/02 Sun

ACT III

Scene: Street [Ext.], Night
People watch nervously as CRAZY GUY walks along the street mumbling to himself. He doesn't walk in a straight line but just meanders along the sidewalk.

CRAZY GUY
No, no. It's you who doesn't understand.
I know perfectly well. Of course you don't,
you're fighting to much. Fighting is all I
have. Just give up, it's easier.

Someone knocks into him.

CRAZY GUY
(continued)
Hey! I'm walking here! I don't appreciate
your attitude little man!

WALKING MAN
Freak!

The CRAZY GUY keeps walking, still chatting to himself.

CRAZY GUY
You should behave. You're supposed to try
to fit in. That's what they told you, wasn't
it? I know that but you saw how they looked
at me. No. No more excuses. I...

He looks to his side. The DRUNK from CORDELIA'S vision is sitting in the corner drinking from a bottle in a brown paper bag.

CRAZY GUY
(continued)
Use nobody. Nobody will help get relief.

The CRAZY GUY walks towards the DRUNK.


Scene: Alleyway [Int.], Night
A few minutes later. CRAZY GUY is leading the DRUNK further up the alley.

CRAZY GUY
They tell me to, you see. I don't want to do
it. I just have to.

DRUNK
Sure... You said there was shelter up here?

CRAZY GUY
You have to understand. You're probably a
really great guy... but they don't care about
that. I have to do this...

DRUNK
You okay?

CRAZY GUY
I'm fine.

CRAZY GUY pushes the DRUNK against the wall, wrapping his hands around his throat.

CRAZY GUY
I'll help you when it's done... I promise.

ANGEL
(off-screen)
How about getting away from him instead?

ANGEL and GUNN appear at the end of the alley. The CRAZY GUY turns around quickly.

CRAZY GUY
You don't understand!

ANGEL
I understand perfectly well.

ANGEL runs forward. His fist collides with CRAZY GUY'S jaw. CRAZY GUY falls back several feet before attacking. He hits ANGEL.

GUNN is helping the DRUNK to his feet.

GUNN
C'mon, man. It'll be okay.

DRUNK
Who the hell are you?

GUNN
Someone who helps.

DRUNK
Where am I?

GUNN
Just get outta here! Now!

GUNN points toward the way back onto the street.

GUNN
Go!

CRAZY GUY runs at ANGEL, hitting him in the face over and over.

CRAZY GUY
I have to do this! I need to stop them!

ANGEL grabs CRAZY GUY'S shirt and throws him into a wall. He collides with it and falls to the floor.

ANGEL
And while you keep doing that, I have to
stop you.

ANGEL towers over CRAZY GUY.

ANGEL
(continued)
I can help you. But you have to come with me.

CRAZY GUY
Yes. You can.

CRAZY GUY jumps up and knocks ANGEL down. He grabs ANGEL'S face. Nothing seems to happen.

CRAZY GUY
(continued)
You're not alive...

ANGEL kicks CRAZY GUY off him. He gets to his feet and gets ready to fight.

ANGEL
Whatever it is you do... you can't do it to
me. Now... I'll say this again... calm down
and come with me.

CRAZY GUY
No!

CRAZY GUY turns away and tries to run. ANGEL goes after him. CRAZY GUY spins around and punches ANGEL in the face. His fist impacts loudly. ANGEL staggers away.

ANGEL
So not human...

CRAZY GUY runs. GUNN, who is at the end of the alleyway after helping the DRUNK, gets in his way.

GUNN
I got him!

CRAZY GUY tries to shove GUNN out of the way. GUNN grabs his jacket and uses his momentum to spin him into the wall.

GUNN
(continued)
You ain't going nowhere!

CRAZY GUY
Oh, we are.

CRAZY GUY grabs GUNN'S face. There's some kind of energy transfer. GUNN staggers backwards and falls to the ground in a heap.

CRAZY GUY looks down at GUNN. He turns and tries to get away but ANGEL is already in front of him.

ANGEL
Hi.

With a powerful right hook, ANGEL floors the CRAZY GUY.


Scene: Hyperion Hotel, Lobby [Int.], Night
CORDELIA is on the phone to ANGEL. FRED is near her. CONNOR is pacing the lobby.

CORDELIA
"He was many"? Isn't that what you said
the guy in the hospital told you?

ANGEL
(voice-over)
Yeah. You have an idea?

CORDELIA
I think so. Are you on your way back?

ANGEL
(voice-over)
Uh-huh. Figure this out as soon as you can.
Gunn's in trouble.

CORDELIA
Gunn? Is it bad?

ANGEL
(voice-over)
I need you to work out what's wrong. Quickly.

ANGEL disconnects the phone on his end. CORDELIA puts the speaker down.

FRED
What is it? Is it Charles?

CORDELIA
Angel's taking care of him. He's on his way
now.

FRED
Oh, God. Charles...

CORDELIA puts her hand on FRED'S shoulder.

CORDELIA
Angel will make sure he's okay. Right now
I have an idea.

FRED
You do?

CORDELIA
Something Angel just said... The guy they've
got kept talking about "them".

FRED
Well, he is crazy. Kinda goes with the
territory.

CORDELIA
I know that but... after my vision... What
I felt...

CONNOR comes towards them after listening to their conversation.

CONNOR
You heard voices?

CORDELIA
Worse than that. It was like there were these
things in my head, trying to get control.

CONNOR
The killer is possessed by a demon?

CORDELIA
Demons. In the plural. It almost felt like he
got some kind of relief from unloading them
onto me. I could feel it. I wasn't sure what
it meant at the time but now...

CONNOR
I know about this. In the Quor-Toth there
were parasitic demons that would infect
the others... as more and more infected
a demon, the host would go mad.

FRED
But why would it transfer to Cordy?

CONNOR
I don't know.

The hotel door bursts open. ANGEL comes in with the CRAZY GUY in his arms. GUNN staggers in looking a little dazed. FRED runs to him.

FRED
Charles! What's wrong?

GUNN
Not too sure about that but... need to sit
down...

FRED helps him onto a seat. She looks up at ANGEL.

FRED
What happened?

ANGEL
Mr Armstrong here did something to him. He
touched him and there was some kind of...
energy transfer. Energy transfers are never
good... well, with the exception of Cordy's
vision but...

CORDELIA
Oh no.

ANGEL
Well, yeah... your visions did hurt for a few
years but...

CORDELIA
No. That was a "I think I know what happened"
oh no.

ANGEL
You do?

CORDELIA nods.

CORDELIA
Demonic possession... possibly hundreds of
them in his mind...

CONNOR
He gets control by transferring them onto
someone else.

FRED is holding GUNN. He is murmuring nonsense.

GUNN
It's not right. It's not the right body. But it's
stronger... younger... No. That's not the point.
It's wrong. It can't be.

FRED
Will he be okay? Yours didn't last did they?

CORDELIA
I don't think it was real with me. There was
no...

ANGEL
Physical contact! This thing needs physical
contact.

FRED
So what do we do?

CONNOR
We could kill the demons!

Everyone stares at CONNOR.

ANGEL
We exorcise them.


Scene: Int. Wolfram and Hart, Corridor, Night
With several folders tucked under his arm and a jacket on, WESLEY is leaving the building. There's a sense of urgency in his step. He looks back a few times.

He bumps into LILAH who is coming out of her office. The folders hit the floor.

LILAH
Working late again? Really, Wes, you're
more dedicated than we give you credit
for.

WESLEY gathers up the folders.

WESLEY
It's not for your benefit, believe me. I just
needed some resources I haven't got back
home to help with the translation.

LILAH
Like I said. Dedicated.

WESLEY
I thought you were out on the town with
our new client.

LILAH
And what made you think that exactly?

WESLEY
He needed a date for some dinner or other.
(dripping sarcasm)
I'm sure he would have asked me but I
dread to think what the tabloids would have
said in the morning.

LILAH
But Jason does like to surprise people.

WESLEY motions towards LILAH'S office.

WESLEY
I think we need to talk.

LILAH
I really don't have time for this, Wes. Places
to be you know.

WESLEY
Move.


Scene: Bar [Int.], Night
WESLEY walks along a street. Multicoloured lights are all around. People walk out of clubs and bars in a dizzy, exotic haze. Several cars shoot past, beeping their horns loudly.

He stops at the entrance to a bar and sighs. He walks in.


Scene: Hyperion Hotel, Angel's Office [Int.], Night
The CRAZY GUY sits tied to a seat. ANGEL walks around him. The CRAZY GUY starts to moan as he comes to.

ANGEL
You're with us, I see. Makes things a
little easier… on me.

The CRAZY GUY opens his eyes. He looks around. He's shocked and confused.

CRAZY GUY
Where am I? What's going on?

ANGEL
You're in my office.

CRAZY GUY
Who the hell are you?

ANGEL
Who the hell am I? I'm the guy who's trying
to work out why exactly you're killing people
and possessing my friends.

CRAZY GUY
No… not again.

ANGEL
(frowns)
Apparently yes, again.


Scene: Hyperion Hotel, Lobby [Int.], Night
We can see ANGEL and the CRAZY GUY talking though the door into the office. FRED is tending to GUNN. GUNN is more than a little out of it.

FRED
Cordy's trying to work out what to do to
help you. It'll be okay.

GUNN
Sure...

FRED
Are you sure you're okay? You seem a
little...

GUNN
I'm fine. It's just the voices.

FRED
You have voices and you're trying to tell me
you're fine?

GUNN
It's all under control, baby. Nothing that
can't be... Will someone shut up this
damn racket!?! It hurts! No! I'm not doing
that! I'm not! I...

FRED
Charles!!!

GUNN jumps to his feet. He tries to get out. FRED runs to hold him back.

GUNN
Get your hands off me!!

He pushes FRED away. She falls onto the floor. GUNN reacts.

GUNN
(continued)
Oh God... I'm sorry... I didn't mean to...

GUNN holds his hand out for FRED to take. She doesn't. She gets to her feet.

FRED
I think you need to sit down.

GUNN
Yeah... Maybe I do... Sitting down isn't getting
us anywhere! I need to get out! Get it out!

GUNN tries to make a break for it again.

CONNOR comes running from the reception and jumps across the room. He pushes GUNN to the floor.

CONNOR
Maybe tying him up would be a good idea.

FRED nods nervously.

FRED
Uh-huh...

Scene: Seedy Bar [Int.], Night
WESLEY sits at the bar, sipping from a glass of whiskey. We PULL BACK to see that there are around twenty empty glasses in front of him. He takes his drink down in one gulp.

A wakes some money at the bar tender.

WESLEY
Another one! Make it a triple!

An ATTRACTIVE WOMAN sits down next to him. She smiles. He doesn't respond.

Another drink is put down in front of WESLEY.

ATTRACTIVE WOMAN
Bad day?

WESLEY
(grimaces)
Something like that.

ATTRACTIVE WOMAN
I saw from over there. You looked lonely.

WESLEY
(sarcastically)
Whatever made you think that.

The WOMAN seems to be hurt a little.

ATTRACTIVE WOMAN
Well, I'm sorry! If you want me to go I'll just...

She makes a move to go. WESLEY stops her.

WESLEY
No. No, I'm the one who should be sorry. And
yeah, I've had a bad day.

ATTRACTIVE WOMAN
Tell me about it. How about buying me a drink?

WESLEY
Or maybe we should just cut to the chase.

The WOMAN acts innocent, coy.

ATTRACTIVE WOMAN
Whatever do you mean?

WESLEY
You know exactly what I mean.

The WOMAN puts her hand on WESLEY'S.

ATTRACTIVE WOMAN
My name's Susan.

WESLEY
Wesley.

ATTRACTIVE WOMAN
Cute. So how about we get outta here? We'll talk
rates later.

WESLEY
Sounds almost like a plan.

WESLEY gets off his seat and walks, slightly unsteadily, out of the bar with the HOOKER.


Scene: Hyperion Hotel, Angel's Office [Int.], Night
The CRAZY GUY, now with some semblance of control, is talking to ANGEL.

ANGEL
Well, that's the thing. I don't know anything
about you. All we've got is your name and
that you've been locked up in Oakville until
the last two nights.

CRAZY GUY
I know... I remember escaping... then everything
else comes in flashes... They're in charge most
of the time.

ANGEL
Them?

CRAZY GUY
The demons.

ANGEL
So you're possessed?

CRAZY GUY
(shaking his head)
No. Not exactly. I'm not human anyway... I
come from a line of... I don't know what you'd
call it, spirit channelling demons.

ANGEL
The Pariquiy? I thought they were extinct.

The CRAZY GUY nods.

CRAZY GUY
They are... well, all of the purebloods died
out two centuries ago. I'm mostly human
but the powers from my father's side still
exist.

ANGEL
And let me guess? You can't control them.

CRAZY GUY
That just about sums it up. My grandfather...
he controlled any of the spirits that tried
to attach themselves to him... but my father...

ANGEL
He couldn't?

CRAZY GUY
He... he killed himself. A long time ago. It
got too much for him.

ANGEL
And now you're having the same problem?

CRAZY GUY
I'm like a magnet for demonic spirits. They
keep taking over... but they fight for control.
It never ends.

ANGEL
And the only relief you get is from passing
them off to other people?

CRAZY GUY looks at ANGEL with desperation in his eyes.

CRAZY GUY
It's the only way... I stop their suffering before
it even starts... I do that for them...

ANGEL
By killing them.

CRAZY GUY
But I need to get the voices out. It never lasts
but I need the clarity. They never suffer what I
do...

ANGEL
And you don't think they suffer? You've murdered
one woman in the last two days... and God knows
how many before you were locked up!

CRAZY GUY
You don't understand...

ANGEL
I understand perfectly well! You're selfish!

CRAZY GUY
I'm not! I... No! This isn't right! They want to get
out! They're trying to escape! I can't... I can't...

ANGEL'S voice gets louder and angrier.

ANGEL
You know, sometimes you have to suffer... Yeah,
you got a bad deal but that's not the fault of
the people you kill!

CRAZY GUY
They want to be free... I can't fight the anymore!

ANGEL
Sometimes you have to accept your fate!

With a sudden burst of strength, the CRAZY GUY breaks free of the ropes that hold him.

ANGEL rushes to stop him. He is thrown into the wall.

CRAZY GUY
You don't get it! You never will!

ANGEL
I know a thing or two about having a demon
inside me...

CRAZY GUY
But not thousands! All scratching at my skull...
All struggling to break free... to get control!

He lifts the table and throws it at ANGEL, pinning him for a few seconds. CRAZY GUY takes this as a chance to get away.


Scene: Hyperion Hotel, Lobby [Int.], Night
The CRAZY GUY runs out into the lobby. CONNOR notices and jumps into action. He punches the CRAZY GUY who staggers back. CONNOR punches again. CRAZY GUY grabs his fist and throws him away with ease. CONNOR hits the wall.

ANGEL comes running out of his office. He jumps onto CRAZY GUY'S back, knocking him to the floor. CRAZY GUY thrusts his elbow into ANGEL'S face.

CRAZY GUY turns to look at GUNN and FRED. He looks at FRED.

CRAZY GUY
Relief...

CRAZY GUY jumps at FRED, touching her face.

CONNOR
(off-screen)
No!

CONNOR runs forward, pulling a small knife out of his boot. He rams it into the CRAZY GUY'S back.

The CRAZY GUY slumps to the ground. There is a sudden burst of energy and CONNOR is thrown back. Hundreds of blue, yellow and purple energy bolts emanate from the CRAZY GUY's mouth and start flying around the lobby.

ANGEL runs to CONNOR.

CORDELIA comes from the reception.

CORDELIA
Oh God...

She looks up at the demon spirits, swirling around the ceiling.

ANGEL and CONNOR slowly look up.

ANGEL
This is bad, right?

CORDELIA
We needed to bind the spirits... You just
freed them...

CONNOR ducks one of the energy bolts and slides across the floor to CORDELIA.

CONNOR
Sorry....

The spirits swirl around.

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