buffy the vampire slayer y y buff the vampire sla er season 8

Episode 22 Episode 22

"The Power" w The Po er

Buffy The Vampire Slayer y y Buff The Vampire Sla er

Season 8 Season 8

TEASER TEASER

FADE IN: FADE IN

EXT. BEAR RIVER - MAIN STREET - NIGHT EXT BEAR RIVER MAIN STREET NIGHT

We SLOWLY MOVE DOWN THE ROAD.W W W e SLO LY MOVE DO N THE ROAD

The town is dark and quiet. Everyone has gone home for the w q y The to n is dark and uiet Ever one has gone home for thenight. night

EXT. BUFFY'S BEAR RIVER HOUSE - NIGHT EXT BUFFY S BEAR RIVER HOUSE NIGHT

We PUSH IN on the house. Again, dark and quiet.W q e PUSH IN on the house Again dark and uiet

BUFFY (V.O.) BUFFY V O "My life closed twice before it's y w M life closed t ice before it sclose/ It yet remains to see... y close/ It et remains to see

INT. BUFFY'S BEAR RIVER HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT INT BUFFY S BEAR RIVER HOUSE LIVING ROOM NIGHT

We PUSH IN on the living room, toward a table. As we nearW w w e PUSH IN on the living room to ard a table As e nearthe table, we see an envelope leaning against one of the w the table e see an envelope leaning against one of thelamps. lamps

BUFFY (V.O.) BUFFY V O ...If Immortality unveil/ A third y If Immortalit unveil/ A thirdevent to me. event to me

ANGLE ON : THE ENVELOPE ANGLE ON THE ENVELOPE

On the envelope, there's writing. It reads : "RYAN CRANE" w On the envelope there s riting It reads RYAN CRANE

INT. BUFFY'S BEAR RIVER HOUSE - BASEMENT - NIGHT INT BUFFY S BEAR RIVER HOUSE BASEMENT NIGHT

Also dark, and silent. Also dark and silent

ANGLE ON : THE SUPPORT THINGY ANGLE ON THE SUPPORT THINGY

Where Rip was tied up. All that remains now are the ropesW w w here Rip as tied up All that remains no are the ropesthat once bound him. that once bound him

BUFFY (V.O.) BUFFY V O So huge, so hopeless to conceive/ As So huge so hopeless to conceive/ Asthese that twice befell... w these that t ice befell

INT. BUFFY'S SUNNYDALE HOUSE - LIVING ROOM/FOYER - NIGHT INT BUFFY S SUNNYDALE HOUSE LIVING ROOM/FOYER NIGHT

The same house we all know and love, but it's somehow w w wThe same house e all kno and love but it s someho different. It's decorated, but it's somehow off. Something w different It s decorated but it s someho off Somethingisn't quite right about it. q isn t uite right about it

It's also dark and silent. It s also dark and silent

We SLOWLY PUSH IN on the front door.W W e SLO LY PUSH IN on the front door

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BUFFY (V.O.) BUFFY V O Parting is all we know of heaven/ w w Parting is all e kno of heaven/and all we need of hell." w and all e need of hell

The front door bursts open, and BUFFY, WILLOW, XANDER, DAWN, W W W The front door bursts open and BUFFY ILLO XANDER DA N GILES and JENNA rush in, closing the door behind them. GILES and JENNA rush in closing the door behind them

Buffy turns on a light and everyone looks around the place. y y Buff turns on a light and ever one looks around the place

BUFFY (CONT'D) BUFFY CONT D Looks empty enough. We can stay here y W y Looks empt enough e can sta herewhile we work on a plan.w w w hile e ork on a plan

XANDER XANDERPlan. Right. Good idea. Plan Right Good idea

(beat) beat Who's up for some good ol' fashionedW ho s up for some good ol fashionedrunning away? w y running a a

BUFFY BUFFYXander, not now. This isn't the time. w Xander not no This isn t the time

XANDER XANDERIf this isn't, I don't know what is. w w If this isn t I don t kno hat is

BUFFY BUFFY(to Giles) to Giles

So, I guess we figured out what w w So I guess e figured out hathappened to all the Slayers. y happened to all the Sla ers

JENNA JENNAThe gathering. The gathering

Buffy looks to Jenna. y Buff looks to Jenna

BUFFY BUFFYWhat?W hat

JENNA JENNAThe gathering. That's what Kennedy w yThe gathering That s hat Kenned called it when she was talking to w w called it hen she as talking tome. me

GILES GILESYou knew about this? w You kne about this

JENNA JENNANot this. I had no idea this is what w Not this I had no idea this is hatshe meant. She never told me what it w she meant She never told me hat itwas.w as

BUFFY BUFFYThat doesn't matter now. What else w W That doesn t matter no hat elsedid she say? y did she sa

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JENNA JENNAThat's it. She gave me a bunch of That s it She gave me a bunch oflines about letting me go back to lines about letting me go back tobeing normal, and then had me take being normal and then had me takethe Scythe. I didn't ask many y ythe Sc the I didn t ask man questions.q uestions

(to self) to self Stupid. Stupid

Buffy stops and thinks. y Buff stops and thinks

WILLOWW W ILLO They can't know, right? I mean, the y w The can t kno right I mean theother Slayers can't be walking to y w other Sla ers can t be alking totheir deaths willingly. Maybe we w y y w their deaths illingl Ma be ecould explain it to them. x could e plain it to them

XANDER XANDERBefore or after they throw cars at y w Before or after the thro cars atus? us

BUFFY BUFFYXander's right. They won't listen. y w Xander s right The on t listen Kennedy's given them the same lines y Kenned s given them the same linesshe fed Jenna, which probably means w y she fed Jenna hich probabl meansthat they all think I'm the evil y that the all think I m the evilone. We'll have to do this another W one e ll have to do this anotherway.w y a

GILES GILESPerhaps it would be best if we sat w w Perhaps it ould be best if e satdown. We're all tired. w W do n e re all tired

BUFFY BUFFYSure. Every Slayer in the world's y y w Sure Ever Sla er in the orld sabout to die, so why not take a load w y about to die so h not take a loadoff? off

GILES GILESI just mean that we need to think w I just mean that e need to thinkthis through. We can't make any rash W y this through e can t make an rashdecisions. We should try to remain W y decisions e should tr to remaincalm. calm

Buffy takes a deep breath. y Buff takes a deep breath

BUFFY BUFFYYou're right. I'm sorry. y You re right I m sorr

(beat) beat I just can't believe this is I just can t believe this ishappening. I can't believe I let it. happening I can t believe I let it

JENNA JENNAThere was no way you could know. w w y y w There as no a ou could kno

Buffy looks at Jenna. She realizes how far Jenna's come in y w Buff looks at Jenna She realizes ho far Jenna s come inthe last few months, just by hearing that line. w y the last fe months just b hearing that line

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DAWN W DA NShe's right. We'll stop this. We W W She s right e ll stop this ejust have to come up with a plan. w just have to come up ith a plan

(beat) beat Which, I guess we should probably doW w y hich I guess e should probabl dosoon, considering that the Night of soon considering that the Night ofMorel Divineh is less than a day yMorel Divineh is less than a da away. w y a a

(beat) beat But, no pressure. But no pressure

BUFFY BUFFYRight. No pressure. Right No pressure

Though Buffy is saying things that make it sound as though y y Though Buff is sa ing things that make it sound as thoughshe's feeling better, it's obvious that she's not. The look she s feeling better it s obvious that she s not The lookin her eyes tells us that she is very uneasy. y y y in her e es tells us that she is ver uneas

FADE TO BLACK: FADE TO BLACK

END OF TEASER END OF TEASER

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ACT ONE ACT ONE

FADE IN: FADE IN

EXT. SUNNYDALE HIGH - COURTYARD - NIGHT EXT SUNNYDALE HIGH COURTYARD NIGHT

KENNEDY stands in the center of the courtyard, surrounded by y yKENNEDY stands in the center of the court ard surrounded b HUNDREDS OF SLAYERS. She's giving a speech. HUNDREDS OF SLAYERS She s giving a speech

KENNEDY KENNEDYThis is it. We're finally gathered W y This is it e re finall gatheredin one place, ready to take back our y in one place read to take back ourtrue destinies. None of you wanted y w true destinies None of ou antedthis. None of you chose to be called y this None of ou chose to be calledto be a Slayer. Why should you have y W y y to be a Sla er h should ou haveto live with that burden? w to live ith that burden

ANGLE ON : THE SLAYERS ANGLE ON THE SLAYERS

We can see that they're all a little nervous, but eager toW y e can see that the re all a little nervous but eager toget this over with. They all just want to be normal. w y w get this over ith The all just ant to be normal

ANGLE ON : RHONA ANGLE ON RHONA

Among the other Slayers, watching Kennedy speak. Her face is y w y Among the other Sla ers atching Kenned speak Her face iswithout expression.w x ithout e pression

KENNEDY (CONT'D) KENNEDY CONT D The Night of Morel Divineh is here. The Night of Morel Divineh is here By this time tomorrow, you'll be y w y B this time tomorro ou ll befree. free

(beat) beat Now, rest. Tomorrow is a big day and w w y No rest Tomorro is a big da andwe might have crashers at the party.w y e might have crashers at the part We have to be prepared.W e have to be prepared

Kennedy is finished speaking. She walks off, toward the y w w Kenned is finished speaking She alks off to ard theschool. ETHAN joins her. school ETHAN joins her

ETHAN ETHANThat was quite a little speech you w q y That as uite a little speech ougave. gave

KENNEDY KENNEDYYou should see my dad give one of y You should see m dad give one ofhis speeches. his speeches

ETHAN ETHANI'm sure that'd be thrilling. Really. y I m sure that d be thrilling Reall

(beat) beat Are you prepared for the ritual? y Are ou prepared for the ritual

KENNEDY KENNEDYAs prepared as I'll ever be. As prepared as I ll ever be

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ETHAN ETHANSomehow, that's not entirely w ySomeho that s not entirel comforting. comforting

They walk into the school. y w The alk into the school

INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH - HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS - NIGHT W INT SUNNYDALE HIGH HALL AY CONTINUOUS NIGHT

Again, it's not quite like either school that we saw before. q w w Again it s not uite like either school that e sa before It's a blend of both Sunnydale Highs. y It s a blend of both Sunn dale Highs

There are MORE SLAYERS sitting on the floor as Kennedy and y There are MORE SLAYERS sitting on the floor as Kenned andEthan make their way down the hall. w y w Ethan make their a do n the hall

KENNEDY KENNEDYI'm ready. I know the spell. I know y w wI m read I kno the spell I kno the choreography. What else is there y W the choreograph hat else is thereto know? w to kno

They walk into a classroom, and close the door behind them. y w The alk into a classroom and close the door behind them

INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH - CLASSROOM - CONTINUOUS INT SUNNYDALE HIGH CLASSROOM CONTINUOUS

AMY is waiting in the classroom, with the Scythe. She's w w y AMY is aiting in the classroom ith the Sc the She slooking it over. Kennedy's not sure she likes that. y looking it over Kenned s not sure she likes that

KENNEDY KENNEDYWhat are you doing?W y hat are ou doing

AMY AMYRelax. I'm just checking it out. x Rela I m just checking it out

(beat) beat Powerful little ax, isn't it? w x Po erful little a isn t it

Kennedy grabs the Scythe. y y Kenned grabs the Sc the

KENNEDY KENNEDYJust leave it alone. Just leave it alone

AMY AMYSomeone has trust issues. Someone has trust issues

KENNEDY KENNEDYI just don't need you trying a spell y y I just don t need ou tr ing a spelland blowing it up before I get a w and blo ing it up before I get achance to use it. chance to use it

AMY AMYRight, you're great noble cause. y Right ou re great noble cause Entirely not selfish. y Entirel not selfish

KENNEDY KENNEDY(defensive) defensive

Those girls never chose this life. Those girls never chose this life I'm just offering them a chance to I m just offering them a chance toget rid of it. get rid of it

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AMY AMYWhatever you say.W y y hatever ou sa

Kennedy doesn't feel like being around Ethan or Amy. She y y Kenned doesn t feel like being around Ethan or Am Shetakes the Scythe and leaves the room. Amy watches her leave. y y w takes the Sc the and leaves the room Am atches her leave Once she's gone, Amy turns to Ethan. y Once she s gone Am turns to Ethan

AMY (CONT'D) AMY CONT D And I thought I had issues. And I thought I had issues

INT. BUFFY'S SUNNYDALE HOUSE - KITCHEN - MORNING INT BUFFY S SUNNYDALE HOUSE KITCHEN MORNING

Xander is in the kitchen, looking through the cabinets when w Xander is in the kitchen looking through the cabinets henBuffy walks in. She sits on one of the stools near the island. y w Buff alks in She sits on one of the stools near the island

BUFFY BUFFYFind any food? y Find an food

XANDER XANDERNope. I guess whatever rebuilt the w Nope I guess hatever rebuilt theplace didn't go shopping for edibles. place didn t go shopping for edibles

BUFFY BUFFYJust as well. I'm not sure I'd be w Just as ell I m not sure I d beable to keep anything down. y w able to keep an thing do n

Xander goes to another stool and sits. Xander goes to another stool and sits

XANDER XANDERKinda feels like old times, doesn't Kinda feels like old times doesn tit? it

BUFFY BUFFYYeah. Yeah

(beat) beat I was kinda hoping that those days w y I as kinda hoping that those da swere behind me. Like the world wouldw w w ere behind me Like the orld ouldstop ending just because all those stop ending just because all thosegirls were chosen. w girls ere chosen

XANDER XANDERAnd now they go and end it anyway. w y yw y And no the go and end it an a That's gratitude for you. y That s gratitude for ou

BUFFY BUFFYAt least all of the others knew, w At least all of the others kne y'know? I mean, Glory and the Master,y w y kno I mean Glor and the Master and Mayor Wilkins knew what they y W w w yand Ma or ilkins kne hat the were trying to do. These girls don'tw y ere tr ing to do These girls don thave a clue. have a clue

XANDER XANDERWilkins? Was that his name? I justW W ilkins as that his name I justkeep calling him "The Mayor". y keep calling him The Ma or

(then) then But, beside the point. You were w But beside the point You eretalking about clueless girls. talking about clueless girls

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BUFFY BUFFY(ignoring Xander) ignoring Xander

They shouldn't have been brought y The shouldn t have been broughtinto this. They're not prepared, and y into this The re not prepared andthere's nobody to train them. How y wthere s nobod to train them Ho could I have been so stupid? could I have been so stupid

XANDER XANDERYou're not stupid, Buff. You did You re not stupid Buff You didwhat you had to, in order to win thew y w hat ou had to in order to in thebattle. battle

BUFFY BUFFYDid I ever mention how I came to w Did I ever mention ho I came tothat decision? that decision

Xander doesn't reply. y Xander doesn t repl

BUFFY (CONT'D) BUFFY CONT D The First. The First

Okay, that piques Xander's interest. Buffy looks down. y q y w Oka that pi ues Xander s interest Buff looks do n

BUFFY (CONT'D) BUFFY CONT D The First came to me and fed me all The First came to me and fed me allof these lines about how alone I w of these lines about ho alone Iwas. How I'd always be alone. Itw w w y as Ho I d al a s be alone Itplayed on my own feelings. y y w pla ed on m o n feelings

(beat) beat It led me to the Scythe, and then y It led me to the Sc the and thenpointed me in the direction and gave pointed me in the direction and gaveme a shove like I was a blindfolded w me a shove like I as a blindfoldedkid, trying to hit a pinata. I knew y wkid tr ing to hit a pinata I kne how the First played these games, w y ho the First pla ed these games but I fell for it anyway. I thought yw y but I fell for it an a I thoughtI was being so smart. w I as being so smart

She looks at Xander again. She looks at Xander again

BUFFY (CONT'D) BUFFY CONT D So, how's that for a mood killer? w So ho s that for a mood killer You try to be all comforting and y You tr to be all comforting andthen you find out that I pretty much y y then ou find out that I prett muchdestroyed the entire world. y w destro ed the entire orld

Xander looks Buffy squarely in the eyes with a steely y q y y w yXander looks Buff s uarel in the e es ith a steel expression. x e pression

XANDER XANDERYou were never alone. w You ere never alone

Buffy smiles. y Buff smiles

BUFFY BUFFYYeah, I finally got that message. y Yeah I finall got that message

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XANDER XANDERYou'll stop this. It's how we work. w w w You ll stop this It s ho e ork Big drama, and then we stop it just w Big drama and then e stop it justin time. Planet saved, bring on summer in time Planet saved bring on summervacation. vacation

(beat) beat You're stronger than this world. w You re stronger than this orld Don't try to deny that fact. y y Don t tr to den that fact

Buffy takes in his words. They mean a lot to her. Finally, y w y y Buff takes in his ords The mean a lot to her Finall she moves on. she moves on

BUFFY BUFFYHow 'bout you? w y Ho bout ou

XANDER XANDERMe? Me

BUFFY BUFFYHow are you handling this situation? w y Ho are ou handling this situation

(beat) beat The last time we went into battle, w w The last time e ent into battle things didn't turn out as well as w things didn t turn out as ell asthey could have. y the could have

Xander gets her meaning and emotions flood back to his mind. Xander gets her meaning and emotions flood back to his mind

XANDER XANDERI can't say I haven't thought about y I can t sa I haven t thought aboutthat. that

(beat) beat Y'think Willow'd agree to just sit W w Y think illo d agree to just sitthis one out? this one out

BUFFY BUFFYI don't think so. I don t think so

Buffy puts a hand on Xander's shoulder. y Buff puts a hand on Xander s shoulder

BUFFY (CONT'D) BUFFY CONT D When we're fighting tomorrow, justW w w hen e re fighting tomorro justremember that we're fighting against w remember that e re fighting againstthe same thing that killed Anya and y the same thing that killed An a andSpike. The First planned this. We're W Spike The First planned this e restill fighting the cause that they ystill fighting the cause that the died for. died for

XANDER XANDERThen I guess we'd better kick some w Then I guess e d better kick someass. ass

Buffy smiles at Xander. y Buff smiles at Xander

BUFFY BUFFYCount on it. Count on it

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INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH - BATHROOM - DAY INT SUNNYDALE HIGH BATHROOM DAY

Kennedy is standing in the bathroom, looking at herself in y Kenned is standing in the bathroom looking at herself inthe mirror. The Scythe is resting on the sink in front of y the mirror The Sc the is resting on the sink in front ofher, next to the box with the amulet in it. She takes a deep x x w her ne t to the bo ith the amulet in it She takes a deepbreath, and then looks at her watch. w breath and then looks at her atch

After checking the time, she picks up the Scythe and looks y After checking the time she picks up the Sc the and looksit over. She closes her eyes and takes in the power that y w it over She closes her e es and takes in the po er thatit's giving off. it s giving off

INT. BUFFY'S SUNNYDALE HOUSE - DAWN'S ROOM - DAY W INT BUFFY S SUNNYDALE HOUSE DA N S ROOM DAY

Dawn walks into her room, and takes a look around. It's pretty w w yDa n alks into her room and takes a look around It s prett much the same as she remembers it, but she feels oddly out y much the same as she remembers it but she feels oddl outof place here. of place here

She walks to the bed and sits down, resting her head in her w w She alks to the bed and sits do n resting her head in herhands. hands

After a moment, Buffy knocks on the door and walks in. Dawn y w w After a moment Buff knocks on the door and alks in Da nlooks up at her. looks up at her

DAWN W DA NHey. y He

BUFFY BUFFYI'm not spoiling quiet alone time, q I m not spoiling uiet alone time am I? am I

DAWN W DA NI just needed to get away from the w y I just needed to get a a from thegroup for a while. It's kinda tense. w group for a hile It s kinda tense

BUFFY BUFFYYeah. Yeah

Buffy sits down next to Dawn. y w x w Buff sits do n ne t to Da n

DAWN W DA NIt's weird being back here. I mean, w It s eird being back here I mean it's the same as I left it, but it it s the same as I left it but itseems... I don't know. w seems I don t kno

BUFFY BUFFYLike you shouldn't be here? Like y Like ou shouldn t be here Likeyou're walking around inside a memory?y w y ou re alking around inside a memor

DAWN W DA NYeah. At the same time though, it Yeah At the same time though itkinda still feels like home. kinda still feels like home

BUFFY BUFFYLike we never left. w Like e never left

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DAWN W DA N(beat) beat

Not really. I think things have y Not reall I think things havechanged too much for me to jump back changed too much for me to jump backhere like nothing ever happened. I'm here like nothing ever happened I mnot sure I'm the same person I was w not sure I m the same person I aswhen I lived here.w hen I lived here

(beat) beat Kinda wish I was though. w w Kinda ish I as though

Dawn looks down. w w Da n looks do n

BUFFY BUFFYYou should call him before we fight. w You should call him before e fight I'm not saying you should tell him y y I m not sa ing ou should tell himeverything, but you should talk to y y ever thing but ou should talk tohim. Just to talk. him Just to talk

DAWN W DA NI'm not sure we're in a talking place. w I m not sure e re in a talking place

Dawn looks at Buffy, struggling with her thoughts. w y w Da n looks at Buff struggling ith her thoughts

DAWN (CONT'D) W DA N CONT D How am I supposed to do this? How w wHo am I supposed to do this Ho can I go about life, never telling can I go about life never tellinganyone about the reality of the world? y y w an one about the realit of the orld

BUFFY BUFFYIt's hard. You just have to remember It s hard You just have to rememberthat this is easier for them. As that this is easier for them Asmuch as it kills us, it keeps them much as it kills us it keeps themsafer. safer

DAWN W DA NDoes it? Sometimes, I don't know for w Does it Sometimes I don t kno forsure. sure

Buffy stands, feeling a little uncomfortable. y Buff stands feeling a little uncomfortable

BUFFY BUFFYI think it does. Sometimes, I sit in I think it does Sometimes I sit inbed in the morning, wishing that I w bed in the morning ishing that Inever told Xander or Willow the truth. W w never told Xander or illo the truth I look at them, and how much they've w y I look at them and ho much the vegone through, and I just wonder what w w gone through and I just onder hatthey'd be like if they never had to y y the d be like if the never had todeal with any of this. The magic, or w y deal ith an of this The magic orthe demons. How much of their pain w the demons Ho much of their paincould have been spared if they never y could have been spared if the neverfound out? Just how much did I ruin w found out Just ho much did I ruintheir lives? their lives

Dawn looks at Buffy, a little surprised. She's never heard w y Da n looks at Buff a little surprised She s never heardBuffy say this before. y y Buff sa this before

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DAWN W DA NYou can't think they'd want that. I y w You can t think the d ant that Imean, yeah, there's been pain, but y mean eah there s been pain butthere's been good things too. There's there s been good things too There sbeen love, and strength, and family ybeen love and strength and famil that they'd never have if it wasn't y w that the d never have if it asn tfor you. They know what to look out y y w w for ou The kno hat to look outfor now. They know how to survive. w y w w for no The kno ho to survive Because of you, Willow and Xander y W w Because of ou illo and Xandercan take on this world and the demons w can take on this orld and the demonsthat live on it. that live on it

BUFFY BUFFY(long beat) long beat

Or because of me, they'll die trying. y y Or because of me the ll die tr ing

Buffy sits back down next to Dawn. She looks Dawn in the y w x w w Buff sits back do n ne t to Da n She looks Da n in theeyes. y e es

BUFFY (CONT'D) BUFFY CONT D Tonight, if we lose this battle, you w y Tonight if e lose this battle ouguys have to live with the outcome. y w gu s have to live ith the outcome If we lose this, I die and you're w y If e lose this I die and ou reall on your own. y w all on our o n

DAWN W DA NYou won't die. w You on t die

BUFFY BUFFYIt wouldn't be the first time, Dawn. w w It ouldn t be the first time Da n We have to be realistic about this.W e have to be realistic about this Sometimes, I lose. And what happens w Sometimes I lose And hat happensto all of you when I'm not around to y w to all of ou hen I m not around tohelp anymore? y help an more

Dawn thinks for a moment. Finally, she looks back at Buffy w y yDa n thinks for a moment Finall she looks back at Buff with strength in her eyes.w y ith strength in her e es

DAWN W DA NThen we'll handle it ourselves. w Then e ll handle it ourselves Because we know how. Because you w w w y Because e kno ho Because ougave us the power to take care of w gave us the po er to take care ofourselves. You made us strong. ourselves You made us strong

Buffy just looks at Dawn for a beat, taking in what her sister y w w Buff just looks at Da n for a beat taking in hat her sisterjust told her. As she absorbs these words, she sees the w just told her As she absorbs these ords she sees thestrength in Dawn's eyes. w y strength in Da n s e es

BUFFY BUFFYI think you will. y w I think ou ill

Buffy looks down at the locket that she's wearing, thinking y w w Buff looks do n at the locket that she s earing thinkinghard. She puts her hand on it. hard She puts her hand on it

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BUFFY (CONT'D) BUFFY CONT D If-- If something does happen to me, If If something does happen to me I want you to take this. If I die, I w y I ant ou to take this If I die Iwant you to have it.w y ant ou to have it

Dawn thinks about it for a second. She nods her head, w Da n thinks about it for a second She nods her head accepting Buffy's words. y w accepting Buff s ords

DAWN W DA NNo. You're not gonna die. You're No You re not gonna die You restronger than that. stronger than that

Buffy smiles. y Buff smiles

BUFFY BUFFYJust in case. Just in case

GILES (O.S.) GILES O S (calling from calling fromdownstairs) w do nstairs

Buffy. Dawn. Are you up there? y w y Buff Da n Are ou up there

Buffy looks back toward the door. y w Buff looks back to ard the door

BUFFY BUFFY(calling back) calling back

Coming. Coming

Buffy looks to Dawn again. y w Buff looks to Da n again

DAWN W DA NI guess we should get down there. w w I guess e should get do n there

Buffy nods. y Buff nods

BUFFY BUFFYYou go. I'll be there in a sec. I You go I ll be there in a sec Ijust wanna splash some water on my w w yjust anna splash some ater on m face. face

Dawn pats Buffy's shoulder as she stands and walks out of w y w Da n pats Buff s shoulder as she stands and alks out ofthe room. As she leaves, Buffy takes a look around. She takes y the room As she leaves Buff takes a look around She takesa deep breath. a deep breath

INT. BUFFY'S SUNNYDALE HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY INT BUFFY S SUNNYDALE HOUSE LIVING ROOM DAY

Buffy walks down the stairs, into the living room. All of y w w Buff alks do n the stairs into the living room All ofthe other Scoobies are already in there, preparing weapons y w the other Scoobies are alread in there preparing eaponsand looking over blueprints that are unrolled on the table. and looking over blueprints that are unrolled on the table

When Buffy walks into the room, she sees the blueprints.W y w hen Buff alks into the room she sees the blueprints

BUFFY BUFFYWhat are those?W hat are those

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XANDER XANDERBlueprints for the school. We found W Blueprints for the school e foundthem in a closet. them in a closet

BUFFY BUFFYGood. We'll need them. We'll have W W Good e ll need them e ll haveto know that place like the backs of w to kno that place like the backs ofour hands. To get through those our hands To get through thoseSlayers and stop Kennedy, it won't y y w Sla ers and stop Kenned it on tbe a matter of fighting our way w ybe a matter of fighting our a through. That'd be impossible. through That d be impossible They'd kill us all good and bloody y yThe d kill us all good and blood before we got through the front door. w before e got through the front door We're gonna need stealth. We'reW W e re gonna need stealth e regonna need a way to get in there w y gonna need a a to get in therewithout anyone noticing us untilw y ithout an one noticing us untilit's too late. I want to be holding w it s too late I ant to be holdingthe Scythe in my hands by the time y y y the Sc the in m hands b the timethey realize something's wrong. Sound y w the realize something s rong Soundgood to all of you? y good to all of ou

XANDER XANDERWell, yeah.W y ell eah

(beat) beat Except these are blueprints for the x E cept these are blueprints for theSunnydale High that we fought in y w Sunn dale High that e fought inlast time, not the new hybrid school. w y last time not the ne h brid school They're actually kinda pointless. y y The re actuall kinda pointless

WILLOWW W ILLO But they look neat, all rolled out y But the look neat all rolled outon the table like that. Makes it on the table like that Makes itlook like we're planning. w look like e re planning

Buffy takes in this information. y Buff takes in this information

BUFFY BUFFYOh. Oh

(beat) beat Then I guess we'll just have to fight w Then I guess e ll just have to fightour way in. w y our a in

JENNA JENNAKinda wishing I hadn't heard the w Kinda ishing I hadn t heard the"good and bloody" part of your last y y good and blood part of our lastspeech now. w speech no

BUFFY BUFFYNo, we'll do this. We have two things w W w No e ll do this e have t o thingsthat the other Slayers don't. Weapons y W that the other Sla ers don t eaponsand training. They'll be sloppy. y y and training The ll be slopp That's an advantage to us. That s an advantage to us

DAWN W DA NSo, what's the plan? We can't just w W So hat s the plan e can t justgo in like they were demons, can we? y w w go in like the ere demons can e These are just girls. Human beings. These are just girls Human beings

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GILES GILESWe must do whatever it takes toW w e must do hatever it takes toprevent the ritual from taking place. prevent the ritual from taking place If saving the lot of them means If saving the lot of them meanssacrificing the few-- w sacrificing the fe

BUFFY BUFFYNot gonna happen. Not gonna happen

GILES GILESWhat?W hat

BUFFY BUFFYIt's not gonna happen. I've let too It s not gonna happen I ve let toomany of these girls die already. I y y man of these girls die alread Iwon't let it happen again.w on t let it happen again

GILES GILESYou're not thinking clearly. y You re not thinking clearl

BUFFY BUFFYOh, I'm thinking very clearly. My y y yOh I m thinking ver clearl M brain's a crystal right now. y w brain s a cr stal right no

(beat) beat Which is, like, really clear.W y hich is like reall clear

(beat) beat Whatever. Point is, I won't killW w hatever Point is I on t killthem. I'll fight them. I'll hurt them I ll fight them I ll hurtthem. I'll knock them out if I have them I ll knock them out if I haveto, but at the end of the day, these y to but at the end of the da thesegirls either live, or I'm going down w girls either live or I m going do nwith them. That's not up for debate.w ith them That s not up for debate

DAWN W DA NSo, again I ask... What's the plan? W So again I ask hat s the plan

BUFFY BUFFYPlan is, we fight our way through w w y Plan is e fight our a throughthe Slayers and get to Kennedy. Once y y the Sla ers and get to Kenned OnceI have the Scythe or the amulet, y I have the Sc the or the amulet game's over. game s over

WILLOWW W ILLO And how are we sure they won't kill w w y w And ho are e sure the on t killus? us

XANDER XANDERA very reasonable question. y q A ver reasonable uestion

BUFFY BUFFYThey won't be after you. You're not y w y The on t be after ou You re nota threat. a threat

WILLOWW W ILLO But if we're kicking their ass, won't w w But if e re kicking their ass on tthey want to kick our ass? y w the ant to kick our ass

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BUFFY BUFFYThen you stay back. y y Then ou sta back

GILES GILESWhat? Buffy, you can't be serious.W y y hat Buff ou can t be serious

BUFFY BUFFYLook, there's no way you guys can w y y y Look there s no a ou gu s cantake on Slayers. Me and Jenna are y take on Sla ers Me and Jenna arethe only two that stand a chance. y w the onl t o that stand a chance

JENNA JENNAGreat, so while they sit out, I get w y Great so hile the sit out I getkilled. Fun. killed Fun

BUFFY BUFFYYou're not getting killed. Nobody's y You re not getting killed Nobod sgetting killed. getting killed

XANDER XANDERThis isn't how we work. w w w This isn t ho e ork

BUFFY BUFFYIt is now. w It is no

(beat) beat I know it sounds insane, but it has w I kno it sounds insane but it hasto be this way. I made this mess. w y to be this a I made this mess

WILLOWW W ILLO WeW e, Buffy. y Buff WeW e made this mess. made this mess

BUFFY BUFFYHowever you wanna look at it, it's w y w Ho ever ou anna look at it it smine to clean up. You're not exactly x ymine to clean up You re not e actl Samatha Stephens anymore, Will. y W Samatha Stephens an more ill

Willow looks down. All of her feelings of weakness returningW w w w illo looks do n All of her feelings of eakness returningto her. Xander sees this and doesn't like it. to her Xander sees this and doesn t like it

XANDER XANDERShe can take care of herself. We all W She can take care of herself e allcan. can

BUFFY BUFFYEnough. Talking's over. Enough Talking s over

(beat) beat Look, I need you guys there. I'm not y y Look I need ou gu s there I m notsaying that you won't have work to y y w w sa ing that ou on t have ork todo. You just have to stay out of the y do You just have to sta out of thefight, and make sure that Amy and y fight and make sure that Am andwhoever else Kennedy has workingw y w hoever else Kenned has orkingwith her don't decide to turn mew ith her don t decide to turn meinto a rat. into a rat

(to Giles) to Giles How long do we have? w w Ho long do e have

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Giles shakes his head. He still doesn't like her plan, but Giles shakes his head He still doesn t like her plan butshe's in charge. she s in charge

GILES GILESI don't know. w I don t kno

Buffy grabs a sword off of a nearby table. y w y Buff grabs a s ord off of a nearb table

BUFFY BUFFYThen grab some weapons, 'cause we're w w Then grab some eapons cause e releaving as soon as we can. The sooner w leaving as soon as e can The soonerwe get there, the better chance wew w e get there the better chance ehave of stopping it. have of stopping it


END OF ACT ONE END OF ACT ONE

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ACT TWO W ACT T O

FADE IN: FADE IN

EXT. RESIDENTIAL STREET - DAY EXT RESIDENTIAL STREET DAY

The SUV drives down the road slowly. The street is empty in w w y y The SUV drives do n the road slo l The street is empt ina way that just doesn't seem natural. w y a a that just doesn t seem natural

The sun is shining bright in the sky. It looks like it'd y The sun is shining bright in the sk It looks like it dactually be a nice day if it weren't for the possible deaths y y w actuall be a nice da if it eren t for the possible deathsof thousands of girls all over the world, and the downfall w w of thousands of girls all over the orld and the do nfallof humanity as we know it. y w w of humanit as e kno it

INT. SUV - DAY INT SUV DAY

Everyone is sitting in silence, just watching the world pass y w w Ever one is sitting in silence just atching the orld passby their windows as they hold onto their weapons of choice. y w w y w b their indo s as the hold onto their eapons of choice This is the lull before the big battle. This is the lull before the big battle

Again, Giles is behind the wheel. He looks straight ahead w Again Giles is behind the heel He looks straight aheadfor a few moments, but then looks over to Buffy. He can see w y for a fe moments but then looks over to Buff He can seethat her mind is full of deep thoughts. He wants to say w ythat her mind is full of deep thoughts He ants to sa something to her, to make her feel better, but he can't think something to her to make her feel better but he can t thinkof anything. y of an thing

When he looks back to the road, his eyes widen and he slamsW y w hen he looks back to the road his e es iden and he slamson the brakes. Everyone in the car is jolted back to reality. y y on the brakes Ever one in the car is jolted back to realit

WILLOWW W ILLO What's going on?W hat s going on

Giles points ahead. Everyone looks. y Giles points ahead Ever one looks

ANGLE ON : THE WINDSHIELD W ANGLE ON THE INDSHIELD

Through it, we can see DEMONS (a lot of them) starting to w Through it e can see DEMONS a lot of them starting togather in front of the car. gather in front of the car

BUFFY BUFFYThey know it's coming. y w The kno it s coming

XANDER XANDERAnd they know we know where it's y w w w w And the kno e kno here it sgoing down. w going do n

DAWN W DA NCan we floor it, and run 'em all w Can e floor it and run em allover? over

GILES GILESThis is a rental. This is a rental

(off Buffy's look) y off Buff s look Also, it probably wouldn't work. y w w Also it probabl ouldn t ork

BUFFY BUFFYWe fight.W e fight

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JENNA JENNAWon't it kinda ruin the fun if weW w on t it kinda ruin the fun if eget killed on the way to the bigger w y get killed on the a to the biggerfight? fight

BUFFY BUFFYWe don't have a choice.W e don t have a choice

Buffy looks back to give everyone their orders. y y Buff looks back to give ever one their orders

BUFFY (CONT'D) BUFFY CONT D We're going to have to make it theW e re going to have to make it therest of the way on foot. Everyone w y y rest of the a on foot Ever onejust try to push past the demons and y just tr to push past the demons andget to the school as fast as you y get to the school as fast as oucan. can

XANDER XANDERWon't they follow us?W y w on t the follo us

BUFFY BUFFYLot of Slayers at the school. Let's y Lot of Sla ers at the school Let sjust hope a few of them help us out. w just hope a fe of them help us out

(beat) beat Are we ready? w y Are e read

XANDER XANDERIs that rhetorical? Is that rhetorical

BUFFY BUFFYLet's go. Let s go

Buffy opens her door and hops out. Everyone else follows, y y w Buff opens her door and hops out Ever one else follo s holding onto their weapons. w holding onto their eapons

EXT. RESIDENTIAL STREET - CONTINUOUS EXT RESIDENTIAL STREET CONTINUOUS

The gang prepares to fight as the demons get closer and The gang prepares to fight as the demons get closer andcloser. closer

Toward the front of the demon lines, there's a REPTILIAN w To ard the front of the demon lines there s a REPTILIANDEMON, wearing a long robe. w DEMON earing a long robe

REPTILIAN DEMON REPTILIAN DEMONShow us, Slayer! Show us or die. w y w Sho us Sla er Sho us or die

Buffy looks back to Jenna, and then to the reptilian demon. y Buff looks back to Jenna and then to the reptilian demon

BUFFY BUFFYI'm sorry, were you talking to me, y w y I m sorr ere ou talking to me or her? or her

The reptilian demon HISSES. The reptilian demon HISSES

XANDER XANDERGive us the word, Buff. w Give us the ord Buff

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BUFFY BUFFYWord.W ord

With that, Buffy charges toward the group of demons. SheW y w ith that Buff charges to ard the group of demons Sheswings her sword through the air as she goes. w w s ings her s ord through the air as she goes

ANGLE ON : XANDER ANGLE ON XANDER

Also rushing into battle. Once in the middle of the mess, Also rushing into battle Once in the middle of the mess one of the demons grabs onto Xander, pulling him back. one of the demons grabs onto Xander pulling him back

XANDER XANDERLittle help here! Little help here

Dawn spins around and sees what's happening. She swings her w w w Da n spins around and sees hat s happening She s ings herax, taking off the arm of the demon that's holding Xander. x a taking off the arm of the demon that s holding Xander Xander gets free. Xander gets free

XANDER (CONT'D) XANDER CONT D Thanks. Thanks

DAWN W DA NLet's go! Let s go

ANGLE ON : BUFFY AND JENNA ANGLE ON BUFFY AND JENNA

Making their way through the demons much easier than the w y Making their a through the demons much easier than theothers, though still struggling. They're near the back of y others though still struggling The re near the back ofthe herd. the herd

JENNA JENNAWe're almost out.W e re almost out

BUFFY BUFFYKeep fighting. We have to wait for W w Keep fighting e have to ait forthe others. the others

Jenna turns around, looking back at the others, who are still w Jenna turns around looking back at the others ho are stillfighting to make it through the demons. fighting to make it through the demons

JENNA JENNAShould we help them? w Should e help them

BUFFY BUFFYThey can handle it. It just takes y The can handle it It just takesthem a little longer. them a little longer

Jenna continues to battle the demons that are coming at her. Jenna continues to battle the demons that are coming at her Finally, she turns around and faces the others again. y Finall she turns around and faces the others again

JENNA JENNAHurry up! y Hurr up

INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH - HALLWAY - DAY W INT SUNNYDALE HIGH HALL AY DAY

Kennedy is standing in the hallway. The other Slayers that y w y y Kenned is standing in the hall a The other Sla ers thatonce rested there are gone, leaving her alone. once rested there are gone leaving her alone

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She's still holding onto the Scythe and the amulet box, y x She s still holding onto the Sc the and the amulet bo waiting.w aiting

One of the classroom doors opens, and Ethan walks out. He w One of the classroom doors opens and Ethan alks out Hegoes to Kennedy. y goes to Kenned

ETHAN ETHANIt's almost time. It s almost time

KENNEDY KENNEDYI know that. w I kno that

ETHAN ETHANYes. You probably also know that y w Yes You probabl also kno thatthis probably won't go smoothly. y w y this probabl on t go smoothl Things very rarely do in this town. y y w Things ver rarel do in this to n Are you prepared for that? y Are ou prepared for that

KENNEDY KENNEDYI can handle whatever's thrown my w w yI can handle hatever s thro n m way.w y a

ETHAN ETHANI'm glad you think so. y I m glad ou think so


Buffy, and the others are still fighting the demons. A few y wBuff and the others are still fighting the demons A fe demons are laying in the street, dead. Others are trying to y y demons are la ing in the street dead Others are tr ing toget at the people who are fighting them. w get at the people ho are fighting them

Xander is engaged in some fighting with a demon which is w w Xander is engaged in some fighting ith a demon hich iscovered in what looks like mold. He and the demon are fighting w covered in hat looks like mold He and the demon are fightingfor the ax that Xander brought with him. x w for the a that Xander brought ith him

Finally, Xander knees the demon in the gut and pulls the ax y xFinall Xander knees the demon in the gut and pulls the a free. He whacks the demon across the face with the blade, w w free He hacks the demon across the face ith the blade sending the demon to the ground. sending the demon to the ground

Once that demon's gone, Xander turns to Willow. W w Once that demon s gone Xander turns to illo

XANDER XANDERI could really go for another one of y I could reall go for another one ofyour demonic super eyes right abouty y our demonic super e es right aboutnow. w no

Willow doesn't respond. She's too busy, struggling with aW w y w illo doesn t respond She s too bus struggling ith acat-like demon. The demon keeps trying to scratch at her, y cat like demon The demon keeps tr ing to scratch at her but Willow manages to avoid the claws. Willow smiles, proud W w w W w but illo manages to avoid the cla s illo smiles proudof her evasion skills. of her evasion skills

WILLOWW W ILLO See? This is why I'm a dog person. w y See This is h I m a dog person

Another demon bumps into the cat demon, and both fall to the Another demon bumps into the cat demon and both fall to theground. Willow looks a little disappointed at first, wondering W w w ground illo looks a little disappointed at first onderingwho took out her demon.w ho took out her demon

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She looks over to see who did it, and sees Giles, who is w w She looks over to see ho did it and sees Giles ho isalready battling with yet another demon. y w y alread battling ith et another demon

DAWN W DA N(dodging demon punches) dodging demon punches

This really isn't going as well as y w This reall isn t going as ell asI'd hoped. I d hoped

Buffy grabs a demon and throws it at the demon that Dawn is y w w Buff grabs a demon and thro s it at the demon that Da n isfighting. Dawn uses this chance to join up with Buffy. w w y fighting Da n uses this chance to join up ith Buff

BUFFY BUFFYWe have to get to the school.W e have to get to the school

Dawn punches a little demon that's coming after her. The w Da n punches a little demon that s coming after her Thedemon drops pretty quickly. y q y demon drops prett uickl

DAWN W DA NLook on the bright side. At least we w Look on the bright side At least eknow the spell takes place at night. w kno the spell takes place at night That's not for, like, hours. That s not for like hours

As soon as Dawn says that, THUNDER ROARS through the sky. w y y As soon as Da n sa s that THUNDER ROARS through the sk Buffy and Dawn look up. y w Buff and Da n look up

DAWN (CONT'D) W DA N CONT D What was that?W w hat as that

BUFFY BUFFYNot good. Not good


Kennedy and Ethan look up, as though they could actually see y y y Kenned and Ethan look up as though the could actuall seethe sky. Ethan looks at his watch. y w the sk Ethan looks at his atch

ETHAN ETHANIt's happening. The countdown is w It s happening The countdo n isnearly complete. y nearl complete

Kennedy takes a deep breath. y Kenned takes a deep breath

KENNEDY KENNEDYLet's go. Let s go

She starts to walk toward the exit at the end of the hallway. w w x w y She starts to alk to ard the e it at the end of the hall a Ethan follows her. w Ethan follo s her

EXT. SUNNYDALE HIGH - COURTYARD - CONTINUOUS EXT SUNNYDALE HIGH COURTYARD CONTINUOUS

Kennedy and Ethan exit the building, and are joined by Amy, y x y y Kenned and Ethan e it the building and are joined b Am who is already outside.w y ho is alread outside

The courtyard is packed tightly with hundreds of Slayers, as y y w y The court ard is packed tightl ith hundreds of Sla ers asis the balcony-type hallway on the upper level of the school. y y w y is the balcon t pe hall a on the upper level of the school All of the Slayers are watching Kennedy as she makes her way y w y w yAll of the Sla ers are atching Kenned as she makes her a toward the stairs. w to ard the stairs

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When she reaches them, she turns around, and looks at EthanW hen she reaches them she turns around and looks at Ethanand Amy. y and Am

KENNEDY KENNEDYYou two, start telling the girls w You t o start telling the girlsthat it's time for this to happen. that it s time for this to happen

AMY AMYWhy don't you just get up the stairsW y y h don t ou just get up the stairsand tell them yourself. y and tell them ourself

KENNEDY KENNEDYDo I look like Morpheus to you? y Do I look like Morpheus to ou Besides, I have other things to worry w yBesides I have other things to orr about. Just tell them to get ready, y about Just tell them to get read and that we'll need them to keep any w yand that e ll need them to keep an party crashers away from me. y w y part crashers a a from me

As Kennedy turns and walks up the stairs, one of the Slayers y w y As Kenned turns and alks up the stairs one of the Sla ersin the courtyard, DIANA (a younger teenager) calls out to y y in the court ard DIANA a ounger teenager calls out toher. her

DIANA DIANAWhat's happening?W hat s happening

Kennedy doesn't look back. Ethan and Amy start to talk with y y w Kenned doesn t look back Ethan and Am start to talk iththe Slayers, and telling them to pass along what they're y w y the Sla ers and telling them to pass along hat the rebeing told. being told

ANGLE ON : KENNEDY ANGLE ON KENNEDY

As she reaches the top of the stairs, she turns around and As she reaches the top of the stairs she turns around andopens the box that contains the amulet. She pulls the amulet x opens the bo that contains the amulet She pulls the amuletout of the box, and lets the box fall to the ground. x x out of the bo and lets the bo fall to the ground

MORE THUNDER ROARS. MORE THUNDER ROARS


The fight against the demons is continuing. While there are W The fight against the demons is continuing hile there aredemon corpses on the ground, the fight is still a hard one. demon corpses on the ground the fight is still a hard one For each demon that's killed, another takes it's place. For each demon that s killed another takes it s place

Buffy is being held by a large red demon with cloven feet. y y w Buff is being held b a large red demon ith cloven feet It's strong, but she's not finished yet. y It s strong but she s not finished et

She manages to bend over, and flip the demon to the ground. She manages to bend over and flip the demon to the ground As she does, she grabs the demon's arm and twists it until w As she does she grabs the demon s arm and t ists it untilit SNAPS. it SNAPS

She looks back to the others, who are all still fighting. w She looks back to the others ho are all still fighting

BUFFY BUFFYGiles, what's with the thunder? w w Giles hat s ith the thunder

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ANGLE ON : GILES ANGLE ON GILES

Struggling with a demon, and very close to losing the fight. w y Struggling ith a demon and ver close to losing the fight

GILES GILES(between punches) w bet een punches

No idea. No idea (beat) beat

Little help here? Little help here

As Buffy starts to head to Giles, the demons all stop y As Buff starts to head to Giles the demons all stopfighting. They drop whoever they're attacking at the moment y w y fighting The drop hoever the re attacking at the momentand turn away. They start walking toward the school. w y y w w and turn a a The start alking to ard the school


On the ground, and out of breath. He looks at the demon he On the ground and out of breath He looks at the demon hewas fighting as it walks away.w w w y as fighting as it alks a a

XANDER XANDERHey! Get back here! y He Get back here

Willow helps Xander to his feet.W w illo helps Xander to his feet

XANDER (CONT'D) XANDER CONT D Is it me, or are demons getting ruder Is it me or are demons getting ruderthese days? Leaving a fight right in y these da s Leaving a fight right inthe middle like that. the middle like that

WILLOWW W ILLO They just have no class. y The just have no class

ANGLE ON : BUFFY ANGLE ON BUFFY

Watching the demons go.W atching the demons go

BUFFY BUFFYThey're onto the amulet. We have to y W The re onto the amulet e have tobeat them to the school. beat them to the school

Dawn joins Buffy. She's bleeding from a cut on her head. w y Da n joins Buff She s bleeding from a cut on her head

DAWN W DA NWe can take care of the demons. YouW e can take care of the demons Youand Jenna go. and Jenna go

Buffy looks at Dawn. y w Buff looks at Da n

BUFFY BUFFYAre you sure? y Are ou sure

Dawn gives Buffy a nod with a sense of calm that reminds w y w Da n gives Buff a nod ith a sense of calm that remindsBuffy of their earlier conversation. y Buff of their earlier conversation

DAWN W DA NGo. Go

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Buffy nods and then looks to Jenna. Jenna takes the hint and y Buff nods and then looks to Jenna Jenna takes the hint andboth of the Slayers take off running as fast as they can. y y both of the Sla ers take off running as fast as the can

Once they're gone, Willow, Xander and Giles join up with y W w w Once the re gone illo Xander and Giles join up ithDawn. They're holding onto their weapons again. w y w Da n The re holding onto their eapons again

DAWN (CONT'D) W DA N CONT D We have to keep the demons back.W e have to keep the demons back Let's go. Let s go

Dawn raises her ax and starts to run after the demons. w x Da n raises her a and starts to run after the demons

XANDER XANDERWe're so gonna die.W e re so gonna die

Willow nods in agreement as they rush after Dawn.W w y w illo nods in agreement as the rush after Da n

Giles takes a moment to watch them run off. He can't help w Giles takes a moment to atch them run off He can t helpbut feel proud, seeing them take on such a huge task and but feel proud seeing them take on such a huge task andrealizing how far they've all come. w y realizing ho far the ve all come

Finally, he follows. y w Finall he follo s

ANGLE ON : DAWN W ANGLE ON DA N

As she reaches the back of the demon lines, she buries her As she reaches the back of the demon lines she buries herax into the back of one of the demons, taking it down quickly. x w q y a into the back of one of the demons taking it do n uickl

She pulls her ax back out, and charges at another demon, who x w She pulls her a back out and charges at another demon hoI'll call ROTAK. As she swings at Rotak, he sees her coming w I ll call ROTAK As she s ings at Rotak he sees her comingand grabs the ax from Dawn. He flips the ax in his hand, x w x and grabs the a from Da n He flips the a in his hand grabbing onto the handle, and swings at Dawn. Luckily, she w w y grabbing onto the handle and s ings at Da n Luckil shemanages to avoid it. manages to avoid it

The Rotak laughs. The Rotak laughs

ROTAK ROTAKLucky girl. Let's see you do that y y Luck girl Let s see ou do thatagain. again

He swipes at her with his free hand, which she ducks away w w w w yHe s ipes at her ith his free hand hich she ducks a a from. As she does this, he brings the ax down at her from x w from As she does this he brings the a do n at her fromabove. To avoid this, Dawn hits the street and rolls out of w above To avoid this Da n hits the street and rolls out ofthe way. She quickly gets back to her feet. Rotak GROWLS. w y q y W the a She uickl gets back to her feet Rotak GRO LS

DAWN W DA NWith all this luck, you'd think I'dW y ith all this luck ou d think I dbe in Vegas or something. be in Vegas or something

(beat) beat Well, in a few years. I don't thinkW w y ell in a fe ears I don t thinkthey'd actually let me-- y y the d actuall let me

Before she can finish the sentence, Rotak swings at her again. w Before she can finish the sentence Rotak s ings at her again

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He rushes up behind another demon. The demon he rushes up He rushes up behind another demon The demon he rushes upbehind is a blue demon, from the Sisterhood of Jhe. behind is a blue demon from the Sisterhood of Jhe

As he nears the demon, he jumps onto her back, and thus the As he nears the demon he jumps onto her back and thus thestruggle begins. The demon swings him around, trying to get w y struggle begins The demon s ings him around tr ing to gethim off of her back, but he refuses to let go. As he holds him off of her back but he refuses to let go As he holdson, he pounds her in the back of the head with his fist. w on he pounds her in the back of the head ith his fist

Finally, she flips him onto the ground and steps over him, y Finall she flips him onto the ground and steps over him looking down at him. w looking do n at him

Xander cocks his head slightly, recognizing the breed. y Xander cocks his head slightl recognizing the breed

XANDER XANDERHey, I know you. y w y He I kno ou

Realizing what kind of demon this is fuels his drive to fight. w Realizing hat kind of demon this is fuels his drive to fight He grabs her leg and pulls it out from under her, causing He grabs her leg and pulls it out from under her causingher to drop. Once she's down, Xander gets back up to his w her to drop Once she s do n Xander gets back up to hisfeet. feet

XANDER (CONT'D) XANDER CONT D Ha! You don't like it so much when w Ha You don t like it so much henyou're the one with the big bruisedy w ou re the one ith the big bruisedhead, do you? y head do ou

He pulls a dagger from his belt and stabs the demon through He pulls a dagger from his belt and stabs the demon throughthe chest. She dies. the chest She dies

Xander looks up, proud of himself, but nobody noticed. y Xander looks up proud of himself but nobod noticed

XANDER (CONT'D) XANDER CONT D Oh. Right. Fighting. Oh Right Fighting

Xander picks a new target and attacks. w Xander picks a ne target and attacks

EXT. SUNNYDALE HIGH - COURTYARD - DAY EXT SUNNYDALE HIGH COURTYARD DAY

Buffy and Jenna arrive at the courtyard, and stop short behind y y Buff and Jenna arrive at the court ard and stop short behindthe large gathering of Slayers. The place is packed, which y w the large gathering of Sla ers The place is packed hichmakes it hard for then to see anything. y makes it hard for then to see an thing

JENNA JENNAThis is impossible. How are we w w This is impossible Ho are esupposed to get through here? supposed to get through here

BUFFY BUFFYWe'll find a way.W w y e ll find a a

Buffy looks around, trying to spot a path through the crowd. y y w Buff looks around tr ing to spot a path through the cro d Finally, she starts to push through it, with Jenna close y w Finall she starts to push through it ith Jenna closebehind her. behind her

The other Slayers don't pay them much attention at first, y y The other Sla ers don t pa them much attention at first but the area is so crammed that there is a lot of pushing but the area is so crammed that there is a lot of pushing

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and shoving being done. There's also a lot of talking, which w and shoving being done There s also a lot of talking hichmakes it hard to hear any one voice. y makes it hard to hear an one voice

ANGLE ON : JENNA ANGLE ON JENNA

Trying to keep up with Buffy, but finding it difficult. She y w y Tr ing to keep up ith Buff but finding it difficult Shekeeps being pushed off of her path. keeps being pushed off of her path

As she tries to force her way through, she gets an elbow in w y w As she tries to force her a through she gets an elbo inthe gut from a Slayer who doesn't see her coming. y w the gut from a Sla er ho doesn t see her coming

JENNA JENNAOuch! Watch it. W Ouch atch it

The other Slayer turns around. It's now that we can see that y w w The other Sla er turns around It s no that e can see thatthis Slayer is CANDY. She's dressed a little less slutty y ythis Sla er is CANDY She s dressed a little less slutt now, and there aren't any neck wounds. w y w no and there aren t an neck ounds

Candy looks Jenna over. y Cand looks Jenna over

CANDY CANDYSorry. I didn't see you. y y Sorr I didn t see ou

Jenna ignores her, trying to catch up with Buffy still. As y w y Jenna ignores her tr ing to catch up ith Buff still AsJenna looks around, she stops walking. w Jenna looks around she stops alking

JENNA JENNAOh, no. No. No. No. Oh no No No No

She begins to look around, frantic. She begins to look around frantic

JENNA (CONT'D) JENNA CONT D Buffy! y Buff

Jenna's lost her. She has no idea where Buffy's gone, and w y Jenna s lost her She has no idea here Buff s gone andthe other Slayers talking are making it impossible for her y the other Sla ers talking are making it impossible for herto make herself heard by Buffy. y y to make herself heard b Buff

JENNA'S POV JENNA S POV

The crowd is dense and pushy. Buffy is nowhere to be seen. w y y w The cro d is dense and push Buff is no here to be seen


Not liking her current situation. Not liking her current situation


Still pushing her way through the crowd. She is still looking w y w Still pushing her a through the cro d She is still lookingaround for a plan of attack. around for a plan of attack

She looks back, looking for Jenna. When she doesn't see Jenna W She looks back looking for Jenna hen she doesn t see Jennabehind her, she stops walking. w behind her she stops alking

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BUFFY BUFFY(calling out) calling out

Jenna? Jenna (louder) louder

Jenna? Jenna

Buffy still can't see her. There are too many Slayers. She y y y Buff still can t see her There are too man Sla ers Shedecides to keep moving. Once again, she begins to push through decides to keep moving Once again she begins to push throughthe crowd. w the cro d

ANGLE ON : RHONA ANGLE ON RHONA

Not too far from where Buffy is pushing her way through. w y w y Not too far from here Buff is pushing her a through Rhona sees Buffy pushing her way through the crowd and y w y w Rhona sees Buff pushing her a through the cro d andrealizes that something is up right away. w y realizes that something is up right a a

Rhona begins to push her way through the crowd. w y w Rhona begins to push her a through the cro d

PULL BACK to show that Rhona is headed for Ethan, while Buffy w w yPULL BACK to sho that Rhona is headed for Ethan hile Buff is still pushing her way toward the center of the courtyard. w y w y is still pushing her a to ard the center of the court ard

ANGLE ON : ETHAN ANGLE ON ETHAN

Talking with another one of the Slayers. w y Talking ith another one of the Sla ers

ETHAN ETHANBe prepared. Tell as many as you y y Be prepared Tell as man as oucan. We mustn't allow anyone to ruin W w y can e mustn t allo an one to ruinthis event. Do you understand? y this event Do ou understand

The Slayer nods. y The Sla er nods

ETHAN (CONT'D) ETHAN CONT D Good then. Go tell the others. Good then Go tell the others

The Slayer walks off. Ethan turns around to speak with another y w w The Sla er alks off Ethan turns around to speak ith anotherSlayer when Rhona walks up behind him and grabs his shoulder. y w w Sla er hen Rhona alks up behind him and grabs his shoulder

RHONA RHONAHey! y He

Ethan turns. Ethan turns

ETHAN ETHANWhat is it?W hat is it

RHONA RHONAThought you might wanna know, I saw y w w wThought ou might anna kno I sa Buffy Summers in the crowd. She's y w Buff Summers in the cro d She shere. here

Ethan's eyes jump over to the crowd right away, scanning for y w w y Ethan s e es jump over to the cro d right a a scanning forBuffy. y Buff

ETHAN ETHANWhere?W here

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RHONA RHONAShe was walking toward the center. w w w She as alking to ard the center

ETHAN ETHANWere there any others with her?W y w ere there an others ith her

Rhona shakes her head. Rhona shakes her head

RHONA RHONADidn't see any. y Didn t see an

ETHAN ETHANGood. Keep looking for anyone else y Good Keep looking for an one elsethat might be helping her. that might be helping her

Ethan leaves Rhona behind and starts pushing toward the w Ethan leaves Rhona behind and starts pushing to ard thefountain. When he reaches it, he steps onto it's ledge and W fountain hen he reaches it he steps onto it s ledge andscans the crowd again. w scans the cro d again

When he finds it impossible to see through the crowd, heW w hen he finds it impossible to see through the cro d hecalls out. calls out

ETHAN (CONT'D) ETHAN CONT D Quiet! Quiet

The crowd is still making noise. Ethan looks back. w The cro d is still making noise Ethan looks back

ETHAN'S POV ETHAN S POV

Amy is standing by the school, talking with another Slayer. y y w y Am is standing b the school talking ith another Sla er She looks up and sees him. She looks up and sees him

Ethan puts a finger over his lips. Ethan puts a finger over his lips

ANGLE ON : AMY ANGLE ON AMY

Getting the message, Amy's EYES TURN BLACK. She mumbles y Getting the message Am s EYES TURN BLACK She mumblessomething to herself that we can't hear over the crowd. w w something to herself that e can t hear over the cro d

Suddenly, a BALL OF LIGHT shoots from Amy's mouth and over y y Suddenl a BALL OF LIGHT shoots from Am s mouth and overthe crowd. When it's right in the center, the light POPS w W the cro d hen it s right in the center the light POPSwith a LOUD BANG.w ith a LOUD BANG

The crowd goes silent. w The cro d goes silent


Looking back at the crowd. w Looking back at the cro d

ETHAN (CONT'D) ETHAN CONT D I need everyone's attention! y I need ever one s attention


She looks back and sees Ethan standing on the fountain. When W She looks back and sees Ethan standing on the fountain henshe does, her eyes widen slightly as she realizes who has y w y w she does her e es iden slightl as she realizes ho hasbeen helping Kennedy while Amy's been in the past. y w y been helping Kenned hile Am s been in the past

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BUFFY BUFFY(to herself) to herself

Son of a bitch. Son of a bitch

ETHAN (O.S.) ETHAN O S We have an intruder amongst us! AW e have an intruder amongst us ASlayer named Buffy. One who would y y w w Sla er named Buff One ho ouldstop this event from happening. stop this event from happening

Buffy starts to look around, not wanting to be noticed just y w Buff starts to look around not anting to be noticed justyet. She ducks her head slightly.y y et She ducks her head slightl


At the top of the stairs, holding the amulet in one hand and At the top of the stairs holding the amulet in one hand andthe Scythe in the other. When she hears Buffy's name, her y W y the Sc the in the other hen she hears Buff s name hereyes shoot to the crowd, the same way Ethan's did. She begins y w w y e es shoot to the cro d the same a Ethan s did She beginsto scan the area, looking for Buffy. y to scan the area looking for Buff

ETHAN (O.S.) (CONT'D) ETHAN O S CONT D We must find her and keep her fromW e must find her and keep her fromthe amulet. the amulet

ANGLE ON : CHAO-AHN ANGLE ON CHAO AHN

In the crowd, not too far from Buffy. When she sees Buffy, w y W y In the cro d not too far from Buff hen she sees Buff she smiles. she smiles

CHAO-AHN CHAO AHN(in Chinese, which I w in Chinese hich Ican't translate) can t translate

Finally, someone I know. y w Finall someone I kno (waving) w aving

Hi, Buffy! y Hi Buff


As she hears her name being spoken, her eyes widen. She's y w As she hears her name being spoken her e es iden She sbusted and she knows it. w busted and she kno s it


Seeing where Chao-Ahn is, and who she's looking at. Kennedy w w ySeeing here Chao Ahn is and ho she s looking at Kenned points to Buffy with the blade of the Scythe. y w y points to Buff ith the blade of the Sc the

KENNEDY KENNEDYThere! There


Seeing Buffy now too. y w Seeing Buff no too

ETHAN ETHANStop her! Keep her away from the w y Stop her Keep her a a from thestairs! stairs

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She lifts her head and prepares for battle as the rest of She lifts her head and prepares for battle as the rest ofthe Slayers close in on her. y the Sla ers close in on her

BUFFY BUFFYUh-oh. Uh oh

The battle begins. Slayer after Slayer jumps on top of Buffy, y y y The battle begins Sla er after Sla er jumps on top of Buff hitting her. Buffy tries to fight them off, but there are y hitting her Buff tries to fight them off but there aretoo many of them. She falls to the ground, and is pinned y too man of them She falls to the ground and is pinnedthere. As the other Slayers hold her there, she struggles y there As the other Sla ers hold her there she strugglesand yells. y and ells

BUFFY (CONT'D) BUFFY CONT D Stop it! Get off of me! Stop! Stop it Get off of me Stop

But the others don't give an inch. Buffy is trapped. y But the others don t give an inch Buff is trapped


END OF ACT TWO W END OF ACT T O

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ACT THREE ACT THREE

FADE IN: FADE IN


Willow, Xander, Dawn and Giles continue to battle the demonsW w w illo Xander Da n and Giles continue to battle the demonsthat are making their way toward the school. w y w that are making their a to ard the school

As Dawn finishes off another one, she looks around and then w As Da n finishes off another one she looks around and thenback to Giles. back to Giles

DAWN W DA NThere's too many. They're getting y y There s too man The re gettingthrough. through

GILES GILESGet to the school. We'll try to cut W y Get to the school e ll tr to cutthem off there. them off there

Dawn nods, and starts to run toward the school. w w Da n nods and starts to run to ard the school

ANGLE ON : WILLOW AND XANDER W W ANGLE ON ILLO AND XANDER

Battling two demons. Willow's demon grabs her by the neck w W w y Battling t o demons illo s demon grabs her b the neckand picks her up. and picks her up

As she struggles, she manages to kick the demon in the chest, As she struggles she manages to kick the demon in the chest and push off of it, allowing her to escape. w and push off of it allo ing her to escape

As she gets back to her feet, she swings her ax and kills w x As she gets back to her feet she s ings her a and killsthe demon. the demon

As her demon drops, she looks to Xander, who is still w As her demon drops she looks to Xander ho is stillstruggling with his demon. w struggling ith his demon

XANDER XANDERGo! Dawn needs you. w y Go Da n needs ou

WILLOWW W ILLO I'm not gonna leave you here! y I m not gonna leave ou here

Giles rushes to Xander's side and helps him with the demon. w Giles rushes to Xander s side and helps him ith the demon

GILES GILESWillow, go with Dawn. We'll followW w w w W w illo go ith Da n e ll follo as soon as we can. w as soon as e can

WILLOWW W ILLO But-- But

GILES GILESGo! Go

Willow doesn't want to leave, but eventually does. She runsW w w y illo doesn t ant to leave but eventuall does She runsoff in the same direction that Dawn ran in. w off in the same direction that Da n ran in

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Dawn approaches the school, and takes in the sight of all w Da n approaches the school and takes in the sight of allthe Slayers, who are yelling and causing a big fuss. Of y w y the Sla ers ho are elling and causing a big fuss Ofcourse, Dawn doesn't know why they're yelling and fussing, w w w y y y course Da n doesn t kno h the re elling and fussing she just knows that it's noisy. w y she just kno s that it s nois

Willow soon joins her here and stops short when she sees theW w w illo soon joins her here and stops short hen she sees theSlayers. y Sla ers

WILLOWW W ILLO Wow, it looks like so many more whenW w y w o it looks like so man more henyou're up close.y ou re up close

DAWN W DA NI don't see Buffy or Jenna. Do you? y y I don t see Buff or Jenna Do ou

WILLOWW W ILLO No. But... No But

(turns around) turns around I see a whole lot of demons coming w I see a hole lot of demons comingthis way. Do ya think any of these w y y y this a Do a think an of theseSlayers might help us kill a bunch y Sla ers might help us kill a bunchof them? of them

DAWN W DA NWe can hope.W e can hope

Dawn turns around and prepares for more fighting against the w Da n turns around and prepares for more fighting against thedemons that are coming her way. w y demons that are coming her a

From behind Willow and Dawn, Jenna emerges from the crowd. W w w w From behind illo and Da n Jenna emerges from the cro d She grabs Dawn's shoulder. w She grabs Da n s shoulder

JENNA JENNAHey. y He

Dawn is surprised, and jumps a little, but then turns around. w Da n is surprised and jumps a little but then turns around When she sees Jenna, she's a little relieved. Then sheW hen she sees Jenna she s a little relieved Then sherealizes that Buffy's not there. y realizes that Buff s not there

DAWN W DA NWhere's Buffy?W y here s Buff

JENNA JENNAThe others have her pinned. I can't The others have her pinned I can teven get to her. even get to her

WILLOWW W ILLO We have to help her.W e have to help her

Dawn mulls this over. She looks to the crowd of Slayers, and w w y Da n mulls this over She looks to the cro d of Sla ers andthen to the demons headed for the courtyard. y then to the demons headed for the court ard

DAWN W DA NWe can't. We have to keep the demonsW W e can t e have to keep the demonsback. back

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WILLOWW W ILLO (confused) confused

But-- But

DAWN W DA NWe have to fight off the demons, atW e have to fight off the demons atleast until these Slayers start doing y least until these Sla ers start doingit themselves. Kennedy getting this y it themselves Kenned getting thispower is bad, but a demon getting it w po er is bad but a demon getting itwould be worse. Buffy can handlew w y ould be orse Buff can handleherself. herself

(beat) beat I hope. I hope

Willow doesn't like it, but she accepts it. She gives Dawn aW w w illo doesn t like it but she accepts it She gives Da n anod. nod

JENNA JENNAWhere are the guys?W y here are the gu s

WILLOWW W ILLO Coming. They just had to kill a few y wComing The just had to kill a fe demons first. demons first

JENNA JENNAWell, I hope they hurry.W y y ell I hope the hurr

As the demons reach the courtyard, Willow, Dawn and Jenna y W w w As the demons reach the court ard illo Da n and Jennaraise their weapons and attack with all their might. w w raise their eapons and attack ith all their might


Still pinned on the ground, screaming at the other Slayers. y Still pinned on the ground screaming at the other Sla ers

BUFFY BUFFYYou don't know what you're doing! w w y You don t kno hat ou re doing You don't understand! You don t understand

Ethan walks up to her, and looks down with a smile. w w w Ethan alks up to her and looks do n ith a smile

ETHAN ETHANHello, Buffy. y Hello Buff

BUFFY BUFFYI don't know how you got out of w w y I don t kno ho ou got out ofprison, Ethan, but you'd best be y prison Ethan but ou d best berunning like hell. running like hell

ETHAN ETHANStrong words from such a pinned down w w Strong ords from such a pinned do nSlayer. y Sla er

(beat) beat How's ol' Ripper doing? w Ho s ol Ripper doing

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BUFFY BUFFYI imagine you'll see for yourself y y I imagine ou ll see for ourselfwhen he's burying his loafer in yourw y y hen he s bur ing his loafer in ourass. ass

Ethan chuckles. He looks up at Kennedy. y Ethan chuckles He looks up at Kenned

ETHAN ETHANWell, look at that. I'd say it'sW y ell look at that I d sa it sjust about time to end this just about time to end thisconversation. conversation

Buffy struggles against the Slayers that are holding her y y Buff struggles against the Sla ers that are holding herdown, and eventually gets a view of Kennedy. w y w y do n and eventuall gets a vie of Kenned


She wraps the chain of the amulet around the Scythe and raises w y She raps the chain of the amulet around the Sc the and raisesit into the air, and then closes her eyes. y it into the air and then closes her e es

KENNEDY KENNEDY(in a demon language) in a demon language

Vortala meson noctu Morel Divineh. Vortala meson noctu Morel Divineh Jubris en sokree. Jubris en sokree

(translation) translation I call upon the source of Morel I call upon the source of MorelDivineh. Bring forth the night. Divineh Bring forth the night

She keeps her eyes closed as the AMULET BEGINS TO GLOW. y W She keeps her e es closed as the AMULET BEGINS TO GLO

ANGLE ON : WILLOW, DAWN AND JENNA W W W ANGLE ON ILLO DA N AND JENNA

Battling a group of demons. Willow isn't having an easy time W w y Battling a group of demons illo isn t having an eas timewith hers. Both she and the demon are holding onto her ax,w x ith hers Both she and the demon are holding onto her a trying to get it from the other. y tr ing to get it from the other

Jenna has lost her weapon and is now battling it out with a w w w Jenna has lost her eapon and is no battling it out ith ademon, hand to hand. After getting punched rather hard in demon hand to hand After getting punched rather hard inthe face, she returns with a barrage of punches of her own. w w the face she returns ith a barrage of punches of her o n

Dawn, meanwhile, is trying to stab at her demon with a knife w w y w Da n mean hile is tr ing to stab at her demon ith a knifeshe's pulled after losing her primary weapon. The demon y w she s pulled after losing her primar eapon The demonrefuses to sit still long enough to get stabbed. It keeps refuses to sit still long enough to get stabbed It keepsducking out of the way like a hyper jack-in-the-box. w y y x ducking out of the a like a h per jack in the bo

DAWN W DA N(annoyed) y anno ed

Would you stop moving and let meW y ould ou stop moving and let mestab you? y stab ou

Willow's getting into serious trouble now. The demon thatW w w illo s getting into serious trouble no The demon thatshe's struggling with twists the ax, causing Willow to lose w w x W w she s struggling ith t ists the a causing illo to loseher grip on it. Her eyes widen as the demon raises the ax, y w x her grip on it Her e es iden as the demon raises the a and prepared to swing at her. w and prepared to s ing at her

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Just before it can, a sword blade comes through its chest. w Just before it can a s ord blade comes through its chest It's pulled back out, and the demon drops to the ground, It s pulled back out and the demon drops to the ground dead. dead

REVEAL Giles standing behind the demon. REVEAL Giles standing behind the demon

GILES GILES(to Willow) W w to illo

Are you alright? y Are ou alright

WILLOWW W ILLO Yeah, thanks. And also, duck. Yeah thanks And also duck

GILES GILESWhat?W hat

(suddenly gets it) y suddenl gets it Oh! Oh

Giles ducks as a blade swooshes over his head. It's being w Giles ducks as a blade s ooshes over his head It s beingheld by a demon in metal armor. Next to this demon, its twin y x w held b a demon in metal armor Ne t to this demon its t inalso holds a sword. w also holds a s ord


Battling a demon nearby. He's got the demon in a choke-hold, y Battling a demon nearb He s got the demon in a choke hold while he looks up and sees Kennedy and her glowing amulet.w y w hile he looks up and sees Kenned and her glo ing amulet

XANDER XANDERI thought the Night of Morel Divineh I thought the Night of Morel Divinehwas supposed to take place at night.w as supposed to take place at night

Willow turns and sees the amulet.W w illo turns and sees the amulet

WILLOWW W ILLO How can she...? w Ho can she

ANGLE ON : THE AMULET ANGLE ON THE AMULET

Still raised in the air, wrapped around the Scythe. The amulet w y Still raised in the air rapped around the Sc the The amuletshoots a BEAM OF BLACK LIGHT into the sky, and BLACK CLOUDS y shoots a BEAM OF BLACK LIGHT into the sk and BLACK CLOUDSform in the sky, blocking most of the sun and giving the y form in the sk blocking most of the sun and giving thearea a strange blue-ish hue. area a strange blue ish hue

ANGLE ON : WILLOW W WANGLE ON ILLO

Looks up at the sky. y Looks up at the sk

WILLOW (CONT'D)W W ILLO CONT D Oh. Nevermind. Oh Nevermind


Still struggling on the ground. Still struggling on the ground

BUFFY BUFFYYou have to let me go! You're all You have to let me go You re allgoing to die! going to die

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One of the Slayers that's holding her down grins at her. y w One of the Sla ers that s holding her do n grins at her

SLAYER SLAYERDo you really think you're in a good y y y Do ou reall think ou re in a goodplace for making threats? place for making threats

BUFFY BUFFYI'm not making a threat, you moron! y I m not making a threat ou moron I'm telling you! y I m telling ou

Buffy closes her eyes, annoyed by this whole thing. She takes y y y y w Buff closes her e es anno ed b this hole thing She takesa deep breath and stops struggling. a deep breath and stops struggling

The Slayers that are holding her down look at each other, y w The Sla ers that are holding her do n look at each other wondering why Buffy has stopped struggling.w w y y ondering h Buff has stopped struggling

Suddenly, Buffy's eyes shoot open. Her face is filled with y y y w Suddenl Buff s e es shoot open Her face is filled ithdetermination. determination

She uses all of her strength to lift her arms off of the She uses all of her strength to lift her arms off of theground, causing two of the Slayers that are pinning her down w y w ground causing t o of the Sla ers that are pinning her do nto crash into each other. to crash into each other

Once her arms are freed, Buffy punches another one of the y Once her arms are freed Buff punches another one of theSlayers, and frees her legs. She quickly gets to her feet y q y Sla ers and frees her legs She uickl gets to her feetand looks around at the Slayers around her. y and looks around at the Sla ers around her

BUFFY (CONT'D) BUFFY CONT D You wanna fight me? Then let's fight. w You anna fight me Then let s fight

The Slayers attack again, throwing punches and kicks. Buffy y w yThe Sla ers attack again thro ing punches and kicks Buff manages to avoid all of their attempts to hit her as she manages to avoid all of their attempts to hit her as shegrabs the arm of one Slayer and throws her into another y w grabs the arm of one Sla er and thro s her into anotherSlayer. y Sla er

She kicks another, causing her to fall back, into another She kicks another causing her to fall back into anothertwo Slayers. Buffy smiles. w y y t o Sla ers Buff smiles

BUFFY (CONT'D) BUFFY CONT D Maybe if you didn't all spend so y y Ma be if ou didn t all spend somuch time whining about your power, w y w much time hining about our po er you'd actually know how to use it.y y w w ou d actuall kno ho to use it

Rhona approaches. She just watches the fight at first, without w w Rhona approaches She just atches the fight at first ithoutan expression on her face. Finally, she speaks. x y an e pression on her face Finall she speaks

RHONA RHONAI know. w I kno

Buffy looks over and sees Rhona. She doesn't like this. y Buff looks over and sees Rhona She doesn t like this

BUFFY BUFFYRhona, you know me. Listen to me. y w Rhona ou kno me Listen to me

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RHONA RHONAI know that you like to be the boss w y I kno that ou like to be the bossof everyone. You always think you y w y y of ever one You al a s think ouknow better than the rest of us. w kno better than the rest of us

(beat) beat You did this to us. You cost us our You did this to us You cost us ourlives. My family won't even speak to y y w lives M famil on t even speak tome anymore. y me an more

BUFFY BUFFY(still fighting other still fighting otherSlayers) y Sla ers

And on the more literal side of that And on the more literal side of thatcomment, this spell is going to kill comment this spell is going to killyou. It's gonna kill us all if wey w ou It s gonna kill us all if edon't stop it. don t stop it

RHONA RHONAYou're not in charge anymore, Buffy. y y You re not in charge an more Buff Time to step back and let the rest Time to step back and let the restof us handle things. of us handle things

BUFFY BUFFYTell that to the demons that are Tell that to the demons that areattacking the back of your lines. y attacking the back of our lines

Rhona looks back. She can't see past the other Slayers, but y Rhona looks back She can t see past the other Sla ers butsomething tells her that something isn't right in the back something tells her that something isn t right in the backof the group. She slowly starts to push her way through the w y w y of the group She slo l starts to push her a through thecrowd, toward the back. w w cro d to ard the back

Buffy continues to fight with the other Slayers. She takes a y w y Buff continues to fight ith the other Sla ers She takes alot of hits, but doesn't let them slow her down. She avoids w w lot of hits but doesn t let them slo her do n She avoidspunches and kicks and- for some odd reason- a flashlight punches and kicks and for some odd reason a flashlightthat's thrown at her. All the while, hitting back at the w w that s thro n at her All the hile hitting back at thegirls that are attacking her. girls that are attacking her

ANGLE ON : CHAO-AHN ANGLE ON CHAO AHN

Watching Buffy fight. Confused.W y atching Buff fight Confused

CHAO-AHN CHAO AHN(in Chinese) in Chinese

Okay, now I'm confused. Why are we y w W y w Oka no I m confused h are efighting Buffy? y fighting Buff


Hacking away at a rather large demon that isn't dying. It w y y Hacking a a at a rather large demon that isn t d ing Itlooks at her angrily, with it's big red eyes, and huffs. It y w y looks at her angril ith it s big red e es and huffs Ithits her with the back of it's hand, sending her flying w y hits her ith the back of it s hand sending her fl ingthrough the air, and onto the ground. through the air and onto the ground

Xander sees her, but is too busy fighting to help her. y Xander sees her but is too bus fighting to help her

XANDER XANDERWillow!W w illo

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WILLOWW W ILLO I'm okay. y I m oka


In the middle of a sword fight with the twin of Giles' demon. w w w In the middle of a s ord fight ith the t in of Giles demon She looks at Willow's demon. W w She looks at illo s demon

DAWN W DA NMahrn demon. Get it's eyes! y Mahrn demon Get it s e es

Willow stands back up, and picks up her ax. She starts toW w x illo stands back up and picks up her a She starts towalk toward the demon, who is trying to make his way intow w w y w y alk to ard the demon ho is tr ing to make his a intothe crowd of Slayers. However, before Willow can get to it, w y w W w the cro d of Sla ers Ho ever before illo can get to it Rhona kicks the demon in the gut, causing him to stumble Rhona kicks the demon in the gut causing him to stumbleback. back

Willow sees Rhona, and is a little confused.W w illo sees Rhona and is a little confused

WILLOWW W ILLO Rhona? Rhona

RHONA RHONA(calling back to the calling back to theSlayers) y Sla ers

We have more bad guys back here!W y e have more bad gu s back here

A couple of the other Slayers see the fight with the demons, y w A couple of the other Sla ers see the fight ith the demons and walk back to help fight them. w and alk back to help fight them

Willow watches this, still not sure what to think.W w w w illo atches this still not sure hat to think

RHONA (CONT'D) RHONA CONT D (to Willow) W w to illo

Ax. Now. x w A No

WILLOWW W ILLO Uh... right. Uh right

Willow tosses Rhona the ax.W w x illo tosses Rhona the a

WILLOW (CONT'D)W W ILLO CONT D Go for the eyes. y Go for the e es

And so Rhona attacks the demon's eyes. y And so Rhona attacks the demon s e es

Willow stands back, not knowing which direction to go in.W w w w illo stands back not kno ing hich direction to go in The area is full of very confusing chaos. y The area is full of ver confusing chaos

And then Willow turns her head toward the school and sees W w w And then illo turns her head to ard the school and seessomething. something


Making her way through the crowd, and into the school. w y w Making her a through the cro d and into the school

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Watching Amy. She decides which baddie to attack next.W y w x atching Am She decides hich baddie to attack ne t

She starts to walk toward the school. When Xander sees this, w w W She starts to alk to ard the school hen Xander sees this he's not sure what to think. w he s not sure hat to think

XANDER XANDERWill?W ill

WILLOWW W ILLO It's okay. Stay here. y y It s oka Sta here

Willow makes her way through the crowd, into the school.W w w y w illo makes her a through the cro d into the school

INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH - HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS W INT SUNNYDALE HIGH HALL AY CONTINUOUS

Willow enters the school. As the door closes behind her, theW w illo enters the school As the door closes behind her thesounds of the chaos outside become muffled. sounds of the chaos outside become muffled

Nobody else is around. The hallway is dark. It's a bubble of y w y Nobod else is around The hall a is dark It s a bubble ofcalm in an otherwise insanely loud area. w y calm in an other ise insanel loud area

She starts to walk down the hallway, not dropping her guard. w w w y She starts to alk do n the hall a not dropping her guard As she passes classrooms, she looks inside, but moves on As she passes classrooms she looks inside but moves onwhen she doesn't see Amy in any of them.w y y hen she doesn t see Am in an of them

She pauses for a moment, to listen for any odd sounds. When y W She pauses for a moment to listen for an odd sounds henshe doesn't hear any, she continues to walk. y w she doesn t hear an she continues to alk

As she moves on, we REVEAL Amy, standing behind her. Amy's w y y As she moves on e REVEAL Am standing behind her Am ssmiling. smiling

AMY AMYI was hoping you'd come in here. w y I as hoping ou d come in here

Willow spins around.W w illo spins around

WILLOWW W ILLO Someone had to keep an eye on you. y y Someone had to keep an e e on ou Nice trick, bringing Kennedy back y Nice trick bringing Kenned backlike that. Honestly, I thought it'd y like that Honestl I thought it dbe a little beyond you. y y be a little be ond ou

AMY AMYI've had time to learn. I ve had time to learn

Amy raises a hand, causing Willow to fly backwards, and slide y W w y w Am raises a hand causing illo to fl back ards and slideacross the floor. across the floor

AMY (CONT'D) AMY CONT D See what I mean? w See hat I mean


END OF ACT THREE END OF ACT THREE

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ACT FOUR ACT FOUR

FADE IN: FADE IN


Not long after we left off. Amy takes a few steps toward w y w w Not long after e left off Am takes a fe steps to ardWillow.W w illo

AMY AMYAnd here, you always thought you y w y y And here ou al a s thought ouwere the toughest witch. Alwaysw w w y ere the toughest itch Al a sthought you were so much stronger y w thought ou ere so much strongerthan me. Not that you earned any of y y than me Not that ou earned an ofit. it

Willow stands back up.W w illo stands back up

AMY (CONT'D) AMY CONT D Look who's more powerful now. w w w Look ho s more po erful no

Amy waves her hand again. This time, Willow is slammed into y w W w Am aves her hand again This time illo is slammed intoa group of lockers. She doesn't fall this time. a group of lockers She doesn t fall this time

Once she recovers, she looks back to Amy. y Once she recovers she looks back to Am

WILLOWW W ILLO Wow, you are powerful. Still missingW w y w o ou are po erful Still missinga few pieces of the puzzle when it w w a fe pieces of the puzzle hen itcomes to sanity though. y comes to sanit though

AMY AMYDo you really wanna be pissing me y y w Do ou reall anna be pissing meoff right now? w off right no

Amy takes a few more steps toward Willow. y w w W w Am takes a fe more steps to ard illo

AMY (CONT'D) AMY CONT D I hear you're not too tough anymore. y y I hear ou re not too tough an more Too bad. You're missing a hell of a Too bad You re missing a hell of aparty. y part

WILLOWW W ILLO I'm not scared of you. y I m not scared of ou

Amy smiles. A gust of wind blows past her, and she BEGINS TO y w w Am smiles A gust of ind blo s past her and she BEGINS TOLEVITATE. LEVITATE

AMY AMYYou probably should be. y You probabl should be

She extends her hand, and a BOLT OF LIGHTNING shoots from x She e tends her hand and a BOLT OF LIGHTNING shoots fromit. Willow dives out of the way as the lightning hits a W w w y it illo dives out of the a as the lightning hits adisplay case behind her, causing glass, pictures and trophies y displa case behind her causing glass pictures and trophiesto fall all around Willow. W w to fall all around illo

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Amy begins to move toward Willow. Willow looks around for a y w W w W w Am begins to move to ard illo illo looks around for aweapon and finally picks up one of the trophies. It's aw y eapon and finall picks up one of the trophies It s aslightly melted cheerleading trophy that we've all seen y y w slightl melted cheerleading troph that e ve all seenbefore. before

Willow throws it at Amy, but Amy catches it without missingW w w y y w illo thro s it at Am but Am catches it ithout missinga beat. She grins and looks at the trophy. y a beat She grins and looks at the troph

AMY (CONT'D) AMY CONT D Hey, I finally got my hands on a y y y He I finall got m hands on acheerleading trophy. If only my mother y y y cheerleading troph If onl m mothercould see me now. w could see me no

With a slight chuckle, she tosses the trophy aside andW y ith a slight chuckle she tosses the troph aside andcontinues to move toward Willow. w W w continues to move to ard illo


Buffy is still fighting with the other Slayers. She punches y w y Buff is still fighting ith the other Sla ers She punchesone of them, and then throws her into the crowd. As soon as w w one of them and then thro s her into the cro d As soon asthat Slayer is gone there is another one there to take her y that Sla er is gone there is another one there to take herplace. They're all over Buffy, throwing punches from every y y w yplace The re all over Buff thro ing punches from ever angle. angle

Buffy dodges their fists with some painful looking back- y w Buff dodges their fists ith some painful looking back bending and uses every free chance she gets to hit one of y bending and uses ever free chance she gets to hit one ofthem back. She knows she can't totally stop them, but she w y them back She kno s she can t totall stop them but shetries to keep as much clear space around herself as possible. tries to keep as much clear space around herself as possible

Sensing that this isn't getting her very far, she begins to y Sensing that this isn t getting her ver far she begins tolook around for another option. She has to get to Kennedy. y look around for another option She has to get to Kenned

ANGLE ON : XANDER, DAWN, GILE AND JENNA W ANGLE ON XANDER DA N GILE AND JENNA

Still battling demons. Dawn is now holding onto a sword in w w w Still battling demons Da n is no holding onto a s ord ineach hand, having picked up the sword of the demon that she w each hand having picked up the s ord of the demon that shewas battling before. She is using them to attack a fur-coveredw as battling before She is using them to attack a fur covereddemon that keeps snapping at her. demon that keeps snapping at her

Giles is fighting hand-to-hand with a demon which has insect w w Giles is fighting hand to hand ith a demon hich has insecttype qualities to it. He avoids a swipe by this demon, and y q w y t pe ualities to it He avoids a s ipe b this demon andmanages to grab it around the head. With a twist, the head W w manages to grab it around the head ith a t ist the headpops off in his hands. He looks at it for a moment, and then pops off in his hands He looks at it for a moment and thendrops it. drops it

Xander is on the ground. On top of him, a black and gray yXander is on the ground On top of him a black and gra alien looking demon has it's mouth open, and is trying to y alien looking demon has it s mouth open and is tr ing toget closer to him. Xander is barely managing to hold it back. y get closer to him Xander is barel managing to hold it back

Dawn looks back and sees Xander's situation. Her eyes widen. w y w Da n looks back and sees Xander s situation Her e es iden

DAWN W DA NXander! That's a soul sucker! Don't Xander That s a soul sucker Don tlet it get too close. let it get too close

XANDER XANDERReally trying not to. y y Reall tr ing not to

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Giles grabs the soul sucker off of Xander and stabs it. The Giles grabs the soul sucker off of Xander and stabs it Thedemon dies and falls on top of Xander. demon dies and falls on top of Xander

Xander pushes the demon off, and gets up. Xander pushes the demon off and gets up

XANDER (CONT'D) XANDER CONT D (to Giles) to Giles

Thanks. Thanks

Giles looks back at the crowd of Slayers. The demons are w y Giles looks back at the cro d of Sla ers The demons arepushing their way in by now. The area is filled with Slayers w y y w w y pushing their a in b no The area is filled ith Sla ersfighting demons. fighting demons

The bright side to this is, it gives Giles a chance to think. The bright side to this is it gives Giles a chance to think

Xander takes a look back at the big battle that's going on. Xander takes a look back at the big battle that s going on As he looks, he sees something. As he looks he sees something

XANDER (CONT'D) XANDER CONT D Is that Ethan Rayne? y Is that Ethan Ra ne

Giles immediately looks over to where Xander is looking. His y w Giles immediatel looks over to here Xander is looking Hisface fills with anger. w face fills ith anger

GILES GILESStay here. Help the girls. y Sta here Help the girls

And with that, Giles starts to force his way through the w w y And ith that Giles starts to force his a through thecrowd. w cro d

Xander remains behind, taking a look at the demons around Xander remains behind taking a look at the demons aroundhim. him

XANDER XANDERPeople keep leaving. Why do people W y People keep leaving h do peoplekeep leaving? keep leaving


Still at the top of the stairs, holding the Scythe into the y Still at the top of the stairs holding the Sc the into theair. air

KENNEDY KENNEDY(in demon language) in demon language

Umprute ela miku en. Senoiah avinoke Umprute ela miku en Senoiah avinokecomreesh! comreesh

(translation) translation Vessel of the chosen power, I command w Vessel of the chosen po er I commandyou. Open your gates and releasey y ou Open our gates and releasethat which I seek! w that hich I seek


In the middle of swinging a Slayer around and throwing her w y w In the middle of s inging a Sla er around and thro ing herinto the crowd. Once she does this, more Slayers attack her. w y into the cro d Once she does this more Sla ers attack her

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Buffy exchanges punches at an almost impossible speed, doing y x Buff e changes punches at an almost impossible speed doingher best to avoid the punches that are being thrown at her. w her best to avoid the punches that are being thro n at her

Out of nowhere, a RED HAIRED SLAYER dives onto Buffy, taking w y Out of no here a RED HAIRED SLAYER dives onto Buff takingher down, into the fountain. w her do n into the fountain

Buffy and this other Slayer struggle as they both try to y y y y Buff and this other Sla er struggle as the both tr togain the upper hand in the water. The red haired Slayer w y gain the upper hand in the ater The red haired Sla erattempts to hold Buffy under the water, but Buffy quickly y w y q yattempts to hold Buff under the ater but Buff uickl kicks the girl off of her, sending this Slayer flying y y kicks the girl off of her sending this Sla er fl ingbackwards. w back ards

Buffy gets to her feet and stands on the edge of the fountain y Buff gets to her feet and stands on the edge of the fountainand more Slayers attack her. Some try to pull her feet out y y and more Sla ers attack her Some tr to pull her feet outfrom under her, but she avoids them, or kicks them away. w y from under her but she avoids them or kicks them a a Others climb onto the fountain with her, forcing her to w Others climb onto the fountain ith her forcing her toexchange hits again. x e change hits again

As she battles one of the Slayers, another one comes from y As she battles one of the Sla ers another one comes frombehind and hits her in the back of the head. Buffy loses her y behind and hits her in the back of the head Buff loses herbalance and falls off of the fountain, landing on the ground, balance and falls off of the fountain landing on the ground and at the feet of many more Slayers. y y and at the feet of man more Sla ers

Before she can get up, they begin to kick her and punch at y Before she can get up the begin to kick her and punch ather. She is once again unable to get back to her feet. her She is once again unable to get back to her feet

She tries to block these hits, but there are too many of y She tries to block these hits but there are too man ofthem. them

Kick after kick. Punch after punch. Buffy is bleeding from y Kick after kick Punch after punch Buff is bleeding fromseveral spots on her face by this point. She curls into a y several spots on her face b this point She curls into afetal position, but the hitting doesn't stop. fetal position but the hitting doesn t stop


KENNEDY (CONT'D) KENNEDY CONT D (still speaking still speakingdemonese) demonese

Umpruto selesta congragor. Umpruto selesta congragor (translation) translation

Come to me. Make me your home. y Come to me Make me our home

ANGLE ON : THE SKY ANGLE ON THE SKY

Still filled with dark clouds. A BLACK VORTEX begins to form w Still filled ith dark clouds A BLACK VORTEX begins to formabove the school. above the school

ANGLE ON : XANDER AND DAWN W ANGLE ON XANDER AND DA N

Fighting one big demon together. Dawn has given Xander one w Fighting one big demon together Da n has given Xander oneof her swords and both of them are trying to hack away at w y w y of her s ords and both of them are tr ing to hack a a atthe demon, but they can't seem to cut through it's thick y the demon but the can t seem to cut through it s thickskin. skin

XANDER XANDERWhat is this thing?W hat is this thing

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DAWN W DA NContegra demon. Contegra demon

(whacks at the demon w hacks at the demonagain) again

Once we get through the skin, it's w Once e get through the skin it sjust a matter of getting it's heart. just a matter of getting it s heart

The demon hits at Xander, causing Xander to stumble backwards. w The demon hits at Xander causing Xander to stumble back ards The demon swipes at Dawn, but she avoids it and keeps on w w The demon s ipes at Da n but she avoids it and keeps onattacking. attacking

JENNA (O.S.) JENNA O S Dawn! w Da n

(beat) beat What is this thing?W hat is this thing

Dawn doesn't look back. She's busy avoiding the demon's w y Da n doesn t look back She s bus avoiding the demon sswipes. w s ipes

DAWN W DA NHold on a sec. Hold on a sec

JENNA (O.S.) JENNA O S (beat) beat

Seriously... It won't die! y w Seriousl It on t die

DAWN W DA NOkay. It's a... y Oka It s a

Dawn now looks back, as she just gets a chance. w w Da n no looks back as she just gets a chance

DAWN (CONT'D) W DA N CONT D It's a-- It s a

When she looks back to tell Jenna what she's fighting, sheW w hen she looks back to tell Jenna hat she s fighting shegets a puzzled look on her face. gets a puzzled look on her face

DAWN (CONT'D) W DA N CONT D Clem? Clem


Stabbing the hell out of CLEM, who isn't feeling a thing. w Stabbing the hell out of CLEM ho isn t feeling a thing

He looks over at Dawn and waves. w w He looks over at Da n and aves


DAWN (CONT'D) W DA N CONT D What are you--?W y hat are ou

Before she can finish, the demon she's fighting grabs her. Before she can finish the demon she s fighting grabs her She drops her sword and begins to struggle. w She drops her s ord and begins to struggle

Xander comes back into the picture, stabbing at the demon Xander comes back into the picture stabbing at the demonwith his sword. He stabs several times, with little damagew w w ith his s ord He stabs several times ith little damagedone to the demon. done to the demon

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ANGLE ON : LYLE GORCH ANGLE ON LYLE GORCH

Walking up to the battle with SEVERAL OTHER COWBOY STYLEW w W alking up to the battle ith SEVERAL OTHER CO BOY STYLEVAMPS. When he gets there, he smiles and VAMPS OUT. W VAMPS hen he gets there he smiles and VAMPS OUT

LYLE LYLEWell now. Looks like we got hereW w w ell no Looks like e got herejust in time. just in time

He jumps into the battle, taking on a Slayer, and loving y He jumps into the battle taking on a Sla er and lovingevery moment of it. y ever moment of it

INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH - SCIENCE LAB - DAY INT SUNNYDALE HIGH SCIENCE LAB DAY

Willow rushes into the room, and slams the door behind her.W w illo rushes into the room and slams the door behind her She watches the door as she makes her way to the back of the w w y She atches the door as she makes her a to the back of theroom. She knows that Amy will be there at any moment. w y w y room She kno s that Am ill be there at an moment

As she gets to the back of the room, she finds herself in As she gets to the back of the room she finds herself inthe corner, not knowing what to do next. w w x the corner not kno ing hat to do ne t

ANGLE ON : THE DOOR ANGLE ON THE DOOR

Silence. It doesn't open. There's nobody there. y Silence It doesn t open There s nobod there


Still watching the door. She's breathing heavy. w y Still atching the door She s breathing heav

ANGLE ON : THE DOOR ANGLE ON THE DOOR

Still nothing... Until it blows off it's hinges and flies w Still nothing Until it blo s off it s hinges and fliesacross the room. AMY FLOATS into the room, only a few inches y w across the room AMY FLOATS into the room onl a fe inchesoff of the ground, with a cool wind blowing her hair and w w w off of the ground ith a cool ind blo ing her hair andclothes around. Her eyes are black. y clothes around Her e es are black

AMY AMYWay to back yourself into a corner.W y y a to back ourself into a corner What's your next trick? Scream reallyW y x y hat s our ne t trick Scream reall loud and hope I go away? w y loud and hope I go a a

(beat) beat Oh, wait. That's right. You don't w Oh ait That s right You don thave any more tricks, do you? y y have an more tricks do ou

Amy's HANDS CRACKLE WITH ELECTRICITY as she slowly raises y W w y Am s HANDS CRACKLE ITH ELECTRICITY as she slo l raisesone of them. one of them

AMY (CONT'D) AMY CONT D I'm the one with the power now. w w w I m the one ith the po er no

Amy SHOOTS A BOLT OF LIGHTNING at Willow. Willow dives out y W w W w Am SHOOTS A BOLT OF LIGHTNING at illo illo dives outof the way just in time. The bolt hits the wall behind her, w y w of the a just in time The bolt hits the all behind her and pieces of debris fall to the ground near her. and pieces of debris fall to the ground near her

AMY (CONT'D) AMY CONT D You're nothing. You re nothing

(MORE) MORE

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AMY (CONT'D) AMY CONT D Just the same old, weak nerd that w Just the same old eak nerd thatcouldn't pay anyone to look her way y y w ycouldn t pa an one to look her a back in high school. back in high school

Willow sits up, but stays on the ground. She looks at Amy,W w y y illo sits up but sta s on the ground She looks at Am who is in the front of the room.w ho is in the front of the room

WILLOWW W ILLO You weren't exactly popular either. w x y You eren t e actl popular either

AMY AMYHey, I wasn't the one who hung around y w w He I asn t the one ho hung aroundthe cool crowd, just to seem more w the cool cro d just to seem morepopular. "I'm dating the guitarist", popular I m dating the guitarist "My best friend saved the world", y w M best friend saved the orld "I'm secretly in love with the most y w I m secretl in love ith the mostpopular girl in school's boyfriend, y popular girl in school s bo friend even though I'm supposed to be gay yeven though I m supposed to be ga but don't know it yet." w y but don t kno it et

(beat) beat My goodness, if you clung on any y y yM goodness if ou clung on an more, they'd officially make you a y y y more the d officiall make ou aleech. leech

WILLOWW W ILLO You don't know anything about me. w y You don t kno an thing about me

AMY AMYPlease. You're an open bookworm. You w Please You re an open book orm Youwant to be the coolest, most loved,w ant to be the coolest most loved most powerful person in the world, w w most po erful person in the orld but you don't want to work for it. y w w but ou don t ant to ork for it

(beat) beat Funny part is, it worked! You didn't y w Funn part is it orked You didn tearn anything you have. You didn't y y earn an thing ou have You didn tearn the magic that you used. The y earn the magic that ou used Therest of us work our entire lives, w rest of us ork our entire lives and it doesn't get us anything but a y and it doesn t get us an thing but astake to burn at, and the ability to y stake to burn at and the abilit toturn ourselves into rats. turn ourselves into rats

Amy lowers to the ground, and takes a few steps toward Willow. y w w w W w Am lo ers to the ground and takes a fe steps to ard illo

AMY (CONT'D) AMY CONT D Oh, but I finally got the hint. I y Oh but I finall got the hint Ifinally caught onto how this game is y w finall caught onto ho this game isplayed. It's not about earning it, y pla ed It s not about earning it or learning how to use it. It's not w or learning ho to use it It s notabout the power that you're supposed w y about the po er that ou re supposedto inherit in your blood. It's about y to inherit in our blood It s abouttaking what you want. It's all about w y w taking hat ou ant It s all aboutcutting corners. Once you learn that y cutting corners Once ou learn thatlittle piece of information, it's little piece of information it sall easy street from there, isn't y all eas street from there isn tit? it

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Amy stops and looks at her hand, still crackling with power. y w w Am stops and looks at her hand still crackling ith po er

AMY (CONT'D) AMY CONT D Now you're the underdog, and I'm the-- w y No ou re the underdog and I m the

WILLOWW W ILLO --Really insane, mental person with y w Reall insane mental person ithmore issues than I have fingers to more issues than I have fingers tocount them on? Yup, that's what I w count them on Yup that s hat Iwas thinking too.w as thinking too

Willow stands up.W w illo stands up

WILLOW (CONT'D)W W ILLO CONT D I mean, I've heard of holding onto I mean I ve heard of holding ontothings, but jeez! How many years w y y things but jeez Ho man earshave you had to get over it? Look at y have ou had to get over it Look atyou, still whining about a mothery w ou still hining about a motheryou haven't seen since your secondy y ou haven t seen since our secondyear of high school.y ear of high school

Amy doesn't like this. She raises her crackling hand. y Am doesn t like this She raises her crackling hand

AMY AMYI'd shut my mouth if I were you. y w y I d shut m mouth if I ere ou

Willow smiles. She could quite possibly get her ass kickedW w q y illo smiles She could uite possibl get her ass kickedright now, but she doesn't care. She leans on a nearby w yright no but she doesn t care She leans on a nearb counter, which has a metal tray on it. w y counter hich has a metal tra on it

WILLOWW W ILLO You You think think I'm I m the same person that I the same person that Iwas in high school?w as in high school

AMY AMYShut up! Shut up

Amy shoots a STREAM OF ENERGY at Willow. Willow quickly grabs y W w W w q y Am shoots a STREAM OF ENERGY at illo illo uickl grabsthe metal tray and holds it in front of herself. y the metal tra and holds it in front of herself

The energy hits the tray, and bounces off if it. It hits the y y The energ hits the tra and bounces off if it It hits theceiling, which causes a lot of debris to fall around Amy, w y ceiling hich causes a lot of debris to fall around Am but Amy looks up and STOPS THE DEBRIS before it hits her. It y but Am looks up and STOPS THE DEBRIS before it hits her Itharmlessly falls around her. y harmlessl falls around her

Meanwhile, the jolt sends Willow flying back into the wall, w W w y w Mean hile the jolt sends illo fl ing back into the all and she falls to the ground. and she falls to the ground

She looks back to Amy, feeling the pain. y She looks back to Am feeling the pain

AMY (CONT'D) AMY CONT D Clever. How 'bout we try it one more w w y Clever Ho bout e tr it one moretime? time

Amy motions toward Willow again, sending a BALL OF ENERGY y w W w Am motions to ard illo again sending a BALL OF ENERGYtoward Willow. Willow quickly moves out of the way just in w W w W w q y w y to ard illo illo uickl moves out of the a just intime. time

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She starts to crawl on the floor, between lab counters, trying w w y She starts to cra l on the floor bet een lab counters tr ingto get away. w y to get a a


WILLOWW W ILLO (to self) to self

Okay, think. You can get out of this. y Oka think You can get out of this

Another BLAST hits near Willow, causing papers to fall around W w Another BLAST hits near illo causing papers to fall aroundher. She stops to think. her She stops to think

WILLOW (CONT'D)W W ILLO CONT D (still to self) still to self

She's using a-- a Drolian impact She s using a a Drolian impactspell. Pulling energy from the air. y spell Pulling energ from the air

(beat) beat It's all just a balance of the It s all just a balance of theelements. That's science-y. I know y welements That s science I kno science. I just need to think. science I just need to think

ANOTHER BLAST rocks the counter that Willow's crawling near. W w w ANOTHER BLAST rocks the counter that illo s cra ling near She starts crawling again. w She starts cra ling again

WILLOW (CONT'D)W W ILLO CONT D Think while moving. w Think hile moving

AMY (O.S.) AMY O S You can crawl, but you can't hide. w y You can cra l but ou can t hide


Moving around the room, looking around the counters for Moving around the room looking around the counters forWillow.W w illo

AMY (CONT'D) AMY CONT D How 'bout some light? w Ho bout some light

Without so much as a word from Amy, the bunsen burners igniteW w y ithout so much as a ord from Am the bunsen burners ignitewith tall flames. The room fills with their glow.w w w ith tall flames The room fills ith their glo

AMY (CONT'D) AMY CONT D Better. Better

Amy turns toward the counter that Willow is hiding behind, y w W w Am turns to ard the counter that illo is hiding behind just as Willow scurries to another part of the room. W w just as illo scurries to another part of the room

AMY (CONT'D) AMY CONT D This is getting old pretty fast. y This is getting old prett fast

(beat) beat How 'bout I show you another trick I w w y Ho bout I sho ou another trick Ipicked up? picked up

Amy stops walking and turns toward the front of the room y w w Am stops alking and turns to ard the front of the room(now standing somewhere in the center of the room). She looks w w no standing some here in the center of the room She looksup, and spreads her arms. up and spreads her arms

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From around the room, TINY BLACK BALLS begin to form, and From around the room TINY BLACK BALLS begin to form andcircle around Amy. y circle around Am


She's under one of the counters, and is watching some jars w She s under one of the counters and is atching some jarson a nearby shelf. Several of these jars are marked "SULPHUR", y on a nearb shelf Several of these jars are marked SULPHUR and their contents are being pulled through the glass, and and their contents are being pulled through the glass andforming the balls that are circling Amy. y forming the balls that are circling Am

Willow watches this, confused.W w w illo atches this confused

AMY (CONT'D) AMY CONT D Colletus, I summon you. Elemen, I y Colletus I summon ou Elemen Ienvoke your power. Come forth to y w envoke our po er Come forth tothis place, and serve my wishes. y w this place and serve m ishes

(beat) beat Cepa. The stones of Hell. Cepa The stones of Hell

Willow listens to this spell carefully, trying to rememberW w y y illo listens to this spell carefull tr ing to rememberwhat it is.w hat it is

WILLOWW W ILLO (to self) to self

Think. Colletus. Elemen. Cepa. I Think Colletus Elemen Cepa Iknow these. w kno these


The black balls that are swirling around her are pulled into w The black balls that are s irling around her are pulled intoone big ball directly in front of her. The BALLS TURNS INTO y one big ball directl in front of her The BALLS TURNS INTOA SEMI-CLEAR, AMBER BUBBLE that soon grows, and forms around w A SEMI CLEAR AMBER BUBBLE that soon gro s and forms aroundAmy. Once this happens, Amy continues. She brings her hands y y Am Once this happens Am continues She brings her handsto her front, as though cupping water in them. w to her front as though cupping ater in them

AMY AMYLucht. The breath of life. Lucht The breath of life

The amber sphere begins to spin around her, causing a STRONG The amber sphere begins to spin around her causing a STRONGWIND to blow around her. This wind is finally drawn into aW w w y w IND to blo around her This ind is finall dra n into aWHITE BUBBLE in her hands. She looks down at this.W w HITE BUBBLE in her hands She looks do n at this


Still thinking. Still thinking

WILLOWW W ILLO The breath of life. The breath of life

Suddenly, Willow's eyes widen as she realizes what's y W w y w w Suddenl illo s e es iden as she realizes hat shappening. happening

WILLOW (CONT'D)W W ILLO CONT D (whispered) w hispered

L'eau. L eau (MORE) MORE

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WILLOW (CONT'D)W W ILLO CONT D (beat) beat

Not good. Really not good. I like me y Not good Reall not good I like mebeing human. I don't want to be dirt. w being human I don t ant to be dirt

She starts to look around the room, trying to find something y She starts to look around the room tr ing to find somethingvery specific. y ver specific


Continuing the spell. Continuing the spell

AMY AMYL'eau. The tear of the spirit. L eau The tear of the spirit

Amy separates her hands, and again spreads her arms. As she y Am separates her hands and again spreads her arms As shedoes this, A RIPPLING WATER BALL is pulled from the white W w does this A RIPPLING ATER BALL is pulled from the hitebubble. She now holds the white bubble in her right hand, w w bubble She no holds the hite bubble in her right hand and the water ball in the left. w and the ater ball in the left

This is taking a lot of her strength, but she continues. This is taking a lot of her strength but she continues

AMY (CONT'D) AMY CONT D Fuego. The eternal light. Fuego The eternal light

From the water ball, a FIRE BALL is formed in front of Amy. w y From the ater ball a FIRE BALL is formed in front of Am


Still scurrying to find something on the shelves of science y Still scurr ing to find something on the shelves of sciencesupplies. supplies

WILLOWW W ILLO C'mon, where are you? w y C mon here are ou

Willow finally finds what she's looking for. She picks upW w y w illo finall finds hat she s looking for She picks upanother jar, marked "ZINC" and lets out a sigh of relief. another jar marked ZINC and lets out a sigh of relief

AMY (O.S.) AMY O S Of these powers, I summon the fourth. w Of these po ers I summon the fourth Bestow this force upon mine enemy. w y Besto this force upon mine enem

Willow unscrews the top of the jar, and then stands up.W w w illo unscre s the top of the jar and then stands up

Amy looks over at Willow as all three of the balls in front y W w Am looks over at illo as all three of the balls in frontof her BEGIN TO GLOW BRIGHTER, gathering their energies. W of her BEGIN TO GLO BRIGHTER gathering their energies

Willow looks at Amy with resolve in her eyes.W w y w y illo looks at Am ith resolve in her e es

WILLOWW W ILLO You're right. I am the same geek I You re right I am the same geek Iwas back in high school.w as back in high school

With that, Willow throws the jar of zinc at Amy.W W w w y ith that illo thro s the jar of zinc at Am

As the jar hits the amber bubble around Amy, the AMBER BUBBLE y As the jar hits the amber bubble around Am the AMBER BUBBLEDESTABLIZES and collapses. DESTABLIZES and collapses

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As it does, it reacts with the fire ball, and a MASSIVE GREEN w As it does it reacts ith the fire ball and a MASSIVE GREENEXPLOSION sends Amy flying into the wall, taking out a large y y w EXPLOSION sends Am fl ing into the all taking out a largechunk of it as she falls to the ground. chunk of it as she falls to the ground

Willow waits for a moment as silence fills the room. Slowly,W w w w y illo aits for a moment as silence fills the room Slo l she begins to make her way toward where Amy fell. w y w w y she begins to make her a to ard here Am fell

When she reaches Amy and looks down, her face fills withW y w w hen she reaches Am and looks do n her face fills ithdisgust. disgust


Eyes and mouth wide open, making it look like she is really y w yE es and mouth ide open making it look like she is reall surprised. She's very dead looking. y surprised She s ver dead looking

Willow gently taps Amy with her foot. As she does this, Amy'sW w y y w y illo gentl taps Am ith her foot As she does this Am sEYES GO HOLLOW, caving into her head, and her head falls to W EYES GO HOLLO caving into her head and her head falls toone side. When it falls, DIRT POURS FROM HER MOUTH, leaving W one side hen it falls DIRT POURS FROM HER MOUTH leavingonly an empty shell of Amy remaining, while her insides have y y y w onl an empt shell of Am remaining hile her insides havebeen turned to dirt. been turned to dirt

Willow cringes.W w illo cringes


The demons are now in a full-on battle with the rest of the w w The demons are no in a full on battle ith the rest of theSlayers. There are more demons than can be counted, fighting y Sla ers There are more demons than can be counted fightingmore Slayers than can be counted. y more Sla ers than can be counted

In the middle of all this mess, Buffy is off the ground, y In the middle of all this mess Buff is off the ground being carried by her arms and legs by a few Slayers, each y y w y being carried b her arms and legs b a fe Sla ers eachseeming to pull in a different direction. seeming to pull in a different direction

Buffy's eyes are closed and she isn't moving. It looks like y y Buff s e es are closed and she isn t moving It looks likea very uncomfortable situation to be in. y a ver uncomfortable situation to be in


Being punched repeatedly by a large, black, slimy demon. His y y y Being punched repeatedl b a large black slim demon Hisface is bloody, and his blue eye is starting to swell. y y w face is blood and his blue e e is starting to s ell

ANGLE ON : JENNA AND DAWN W ANGLE ON JENNA AND DA N

Each battling their own demons. Dawn is knocked to the ground w w Each battling their o n demons Da n is knocked to the groundand is about to be stomped on by her demon, but she manages y and is about to be stomped on b her demon but she managesto roll out of the way just in time. w y to roll out of the a just in time

EXT. SUNNYDALE HIGH - FRONT LAWN - DAY W EXT SUNNYDALE HIGH FRONT LA N DAY

Ethan is making his way across the front lawn, skipping out w y w Ethan is making his a across the front la n skipping outon the battle. on the battle

GILES (O.S.) GILES O S Making another one of your last minute y Making another one of our last minuteescapes, Ethan? escapes Ethan

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Ethan stops and turns around. REVEAL GILES standing beind Ethan stops and turns around REVEAL GILES standing beindhim. him

Ethan smiles at Giles. Ethan smiles at Giles

ETHAN ETHANHello, Ripper. Come to stop me? Hello Ripper Come to stop me

GILES GILESActually, yes. y y Actuall es

ETHAN ETHANRight. What then? A punch to the W Right hat then A punch to theface? Send me back to prison? face Send me back to prison

GILES GILESThat's not enough. You've gone too That s not enough You ve gone toofar this time. far this time

ETHAN ETHANOh, come on. You have to admit, it Oh come on You have to admit itworked out rather well, mathamaticallyw w y orked out rather ell mathamaticall speaking. A battle for everyone in y speaking A battle for ever one inyour little circle.y our little circle

(beat) beat We even had another boy helping usW y e even had another bo helping usgather Slayers until last week. He'd y w gather Sla ers until last eek He dhave been the perfect sparring partner have been the perfect sparring partnerfor that boy of yours if one of the y y for that bo of ours if one of theless sane Slayers hadn't killed him y less sane Sla ers hadn t killed himfirst. first

GILES GILESYou're still enjoying this? y You re still enjo ing this

ETHAN ETHANI have to say, it's been fun. What's y W I have to sa it s been fun hat sit that they're always saying? y w y y it that the re al a s sa ing "Revenge is sweet"? I spent years, w y Revenge is s eet I spent ears locked in a cage because of you and y locked in a cage because of ou andyour girl. I think it's about time Iy our girl I think it s about time Irepaid the favor. repaid the favor

GILES GILESBy killing her? By killing all of y y B killing her B killing all ofthe Slayers? By helping to destroy y y ythe Sla ers B helping to destro the world? w the orld

Giles takes a step toward Ethan with one of his Ripper-y w w yGiles takes a step to ard Ethan ith one of his Ripper expressions on his face. x e pressions on his face

GILES (CONT'D) GILES CONT D You've crossed a line this time. I You ve crossed a line this time Ican't let you get away with it. y w y w can t let ou get a a ith it

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ETHAN ETHANSo, what? You kill me? Isn't there a w So hat You kill me Isn t there arule against the good guys killing y rule against the good gu s killinghumans? humans

GILES GILESI'll do what I have to. w I ll do hat I have to

Giles gets closer to Ethan and is about to grab him. As soon Giles gets closer to Ethan and is about to grab him As soonas he gets close to Ethan, Giles' face goes blank. After a as he gets close to Ethan Giles face goes blank After amoment, he looks down. w moment he looks do n

REVEAL Ethan's hand, holding a small pen-knife. It's sticking REVEAL Ethan s hand holding a small pen knife It s stickinginto Giles' stomach. into Giles stomach

ETHAN ETHANYou do what you have to. I do what I w y w You do hat ou have to I do hat Ihave to. have to

Ethan pulls the knife out. Ethan pulls the knife out

ETHAN (CONT'D) ETHAN CONT D You didn't think I wouldn't be w You didn t think I ouldn t beprepared for you, did you, old mate? y y prepared for ou did ou old mate

Giles drops to his knees as the blood starts to soak his Giles drops to his knees as the blood starts to soak hisshirt. shirt

ETHAN (CONT'D) ETHAN CONT D Really must be going now. Good luck y w Reall must be going no Good luckwith saving the world.w w ith saving the orld

Ethan turns and starts to walk away. w w y Ethan turns and starts to alk a a

Giles looks down at his wound, still taking in the shock of w w Giles looks do n at his ound still taking in the shock ofbeing stabbed. After a beat, he looks back to Ethan with a w being stabbed After a beat he looks back to Ethan ith alook that tells us that this fight isn't over. look that tells us that this fight isn t over

CLOSE ON : ETHAN CLOSE ON ETHAN

As he walks away with a slight grin on his face. w w y w As he alks a a ith a slight grin on his face


Kennedy is still at the top of the stairs, holding the Scythe y y Kenned is still at the top of the stairs holding the Sc thein the air. She looks into the sky. y in the air She looks into the sk

THUNDER ROARS again. Wind begins to gust. W THUNDER ROARS again ind begins to gust

KENNEDY KENNEDYI call upon the power of the Slayer! w y I call upon the po er of the Sla er Let it reside in me! Essance of Morel Let it reside in me Essance of MorelDivineh, bring forth your might! y Divineh bring forth our might

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As Buffy is being pulled in different directions, she begins y As Buff is being pulled in different directions she beginsto wake up. Her eyes open, and she takes in the sight of w y to ake up Her e es open and she takes in the sight ofthe world around her. w the orld around her

BUFFY'S POV BUFFY S POV

The Slayers battling against the demons. Total chaos. y The Sla ers battling against the demons Total chaos

PAN UP to Kennedy, performing the ritual. y PAN UP to Kenned performing the ritual

Buffy is once again struck with the severity of the situation. y w y Buff is once again struck ith the severit of the situation She begins to struggle, but she can't get free. It seems She begins to struggle but she can t get free It seemslike the more she tries to pull free, the more trapped she like the more she tries to pull free the more trapped shebecomes. becomes

BUFFY BUFFYLet me go! You have to let me stop Let me go You have to let me stopthis! this

The Slayers don't listen. y The Sla ers don t listen

BUFFY (CONT'D) BUFFY CONT D She's going to kill all of us! Why W yShe s going to kill all of us h won't you listen to me?w y on t ou listen to me

Buffy struggles more, but still can't break loose. As she y Buff struggles more but still can t break loose As shefights, she looks up at the second level of the courtyard. y fights she looks up at the second level of the court ard

BUFFY'S POV BUFFY S POV

On the upper level, looking down on her is THE FIRST, in the w On the upper level looking do n on her is THE FIRST in theform of Buffy herself. The First watches what's happening y w w form of Buff herself The First atches hat s happeningwithout any expression on it's face.w y x ithout an e pression on it s face

When Buffy sees this, she stops struggling for a moment. TheW y hen Buff sees this she stops struggling for a moment Theworld around her suddenly GOES SILENT as Buffy and the Firstw y y orld around her suddenl GOES SILENT as Buff and the Firstlock eyes. It's only for a moment, but it seems like eternity. y y y lock e es It s onl for a moment but it seems like eternit

After that moment, the NOISE RETURNS, and Buffy snaps back y After that moment the NOISE RETURNS and Buff snaps backto reality as a demon tackles one of the Slayers that is y y to realit as a demon tackles one of the Sla ers that isholding Buffy's legs. When the girl goes down, Buffy's feet y W w y holding Buff s legs hen the girl goes do n Buff s feetdrop to the ground. drop to the ground

Buffy takes this chance, and flips backwards, pulling free y w Buff takes this chance and flips back ards pulling freefrom the two Slayers that are holding her arms. Once free w y from the t o Sla ers that are holding her arms Once freefrom them, she spin-kicks another Slayer that is trying to y y from them she spin kicks another Sla er that is tr ing toattack her. attack her

Buffy looks up to the sky, and sees the black vortex that y y x Buff looks up to the sk and sees the black vorte thathas formed. She then looks to the top of the stairs and has formed She then looks to the top of the stairs andsees Kennedy, still performing the spell. y sees Kenned still performing the spell

She quickly looks around the rest of the area, trying to q y y She uickl looks around the rest of the area tr ing toform a plan. There are too many Slayers and demons between y y w form a plan There are too man Sla ers and demons bet eenherself and the stairs, making that path an impossible one. herself and the stairs making that path an impossible one

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Finally, she spots another option. She rushes forward and y w Finall she spots another option She rushes for ard andjumps into the air. She then kicks off of a demon, onto the jumps into the air She then kicks off of a demon onto theshoulder of another Slayer, and then manages to grab onto y shoulder of another Sla er and then manages to grab ontothe ledge of the upper level. the ledge of the upper level

With a quick swing and a flip, she leaps onto the upper levelW q w ith a uick s ing and a flip she leaps onto the upper leveland finds herself face to face with more Slayers, ready to w y y and finds herself face to face ith more Sla ers read tofight her. fight her

She stares the first one down. w She stares the first one do n

BUFFY (CONT'D) BUFFY CONT D You don't have to fight me. Just let You don t have to fight me Just letme through. me through

The Slayer doesn't respond. She simply attacks Buffy. Buffy y y y yThe Sla er doesn t respond She simpl attacks Buff Buff effortlessly punches the girl and tosses her over the ledge, y effortlessl punches the girl and tosses her over the ledge onto a demon below. w onto a demon belo

BUFFY (CONT'D) BUFFY CONT D Why can't they ever just pick theW y y h can t the ever just pick theeasy option? y eas option

Buffy charges toward the other Slayers in her path, ready to y w y y Buff charges to ard the other Sla ers in her path read totake them on. take them on

ANGLE ON : XANDER, DAWN, AND JENNA W ANGLE ON XANDER DA N AND JENNA

Still fighting demons, along with the other Slayers. w y Still fighting demons along ith the other Sla ers

Dawn knees her demon in the groin. Once it doubles over, she w Da n knees her demon in the groin Once it doubles over shepunches it in the face. She swings her sword around, and w w punches it in the face She s ings her s ord around andstabs the demon through the back. It drops. stabs the demon through the back It drops

Jenna back-hands her demon in the face, then spins around Jenna back hands her demon in the face then spins aroundwith a kick. The demon drops to the ground, but grabs ontow ith a kick The demon drops to the ground but grabs ontoher leg. She struggles to pull free. her leg She struggles to pull free

As Xander decapitates his current demon enemy, he looks for y As Xander decapitates his current demon enem he looks forhis next target. Then he spots something. x his ne t target Then he spots something

XANDER'S POV XANDER S POV

The demons in the area clear a path for this particular demon The demons in the area clear a path for this particular demonas he makes his way through the battle. It is D'HOFFRYN, and w y as he makes his a through the battle It is D HOFFRYN andhe has set his sights on Xander. he has set his sights on Xander

Xander watches D'Hoffryn walking toward him, but he's not w y w w Xander atches D Hoffr n alking to ard him but he s notscared. The look in Xander's eyes says "bring it on." y y scared The look in Xander s e es sa s bring it on

ANGLE ON : BUFFY. ANGLE ON BUFFY

She grabs a Slayer and throws her into another two Slayers, y w w y She grabs a Sla er and thro s her into another t o Sla ers sending them all to the floor. Buffy then catches the arm of y sending them all to the floor Buff then catches the arm ofanother Slayer that is attempting to punch her in the face, y another Sla er that is attempting to punch her in the face and flips this Slayer to the floor. y and flips this Sla er to the floor

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Buffy is getting close to Kennedy by this point. y y y Buff is getting close to Kenned b this point


Still as we saw her before. w w Still as e sa her before

KENNEDY KENNEDY(demon speak) demon speak

Durah, essente mogratos. Vortun les Durah essente mogratos Vortun lesintagra. Shor trun! Olte mosenna! intagra Shor trun Olte mosenna Shor trun! Shor trun

(translation) translation Weapon of the Slayer, channel theW y eapon of the Sla er channel theenergy. Unlock the source and bring y energ Unlock the source and bringit forth! Endow me with the heart of w w it forth Endo me ith the heart ofthe source. Bring it forth! the source Bring it forth


As she makes her way out of the school, the sight of the w y As she makes her a out of the school the sight of thebattle in the courtyard hits her. She doesn't know where to y w w battle in the court ard hits her She doesn t kno here togo, or what to do next. w x go or hat to do ne t

She looks to one side and sees Giles stumbling back into the She looks to one side and sees Giles stumbling back into thecourtyard, holding onto his bloody stomach. She rushes toward y y w court ard holding onto his blood stomach She rushes to ardhim. him

WILLOWW W ILLO Giles! Giles

She gets to him and starts to look him over. She gets to him and starts to look him over

WILLOW (CONT'D)W W ILLO CONT D Giles, are you okay? y y Giles are ou oka

Giles doesn't respond to her. He's looking up at Kennedy. y Giles doesn t respond to her He s looking up at Kenned

GILES GILESOh, God. She's too late. Oh God She s too late

Willow looks back to Kennedy. As she does, her face goesW w y illo looks back to Kenned As she does her face goesblank. blank


The amulet SURGES WITH POWER. Kennedy's hair and clothes W W y The amulet SURGES ITH PO ER Kenned s hair and clothesblow violently, due to a wind that affects nobody else in w y w y blo violentl due to a ind that affects nobod else inthe area. Kennedy is no longer speaking, or performing a y the area Kenned is no longer speaking or performing aritual. She is now just waiting, with the Scythe still held w w w y ritual She is no just aiting ith the Sc the still heldover her head. over her head


She sees Kennedy. She knows that this is not a good thing. y w She sees Kenned She kno s that this is not a good thing

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BUFFY BUFFY(to self) to self

No. No

The power inside of Buffy begins to surge. w y The po er inside of Buff begins to surge

BUFFY (CONT'D) BUFFY CONT D No! No

Buffy grabs onto one of the few remaining Slayers in her y w y Buff grabs onto one of the fe remaining Sla ers in herpath and throws her back into another one. w path and thro s her back into another one

BUFFY (CONT'D) BUFFY CONT D Kennedy, stop this! y Kenned stop this

She's fighting as hard as she can to get to Kennedy. Only y yShe s fighting as hard as she can to get to Kenned Onl two more Slayers in her path now. w y w t o more Sla ers in her path no


The black vortex begins to FLASH WITH LIGHTNING. x W The black vorte begins to FLASH ITH LIGHTNING

A bolt of this lightning strikes the amulet, sending a surge A bolt of this lightning strikes the amulet sending a surgethat jolts Kennedy. Still, she remains standing. y that jolts Kenned Still she remains standing

Kennedy looks over the crowd of Slayers, and the demons y w y Kenned looks over the cro d of Sla ers and the demonsthey're fighting. She smiles. y the re fighting She smiles

KENNEDY KENNEDYIt's time. It s time

ANOTHER LIGHTNING BOLT strikes the amulet. ANOTHER LIGHTNING BOLT strikes the amulet


She throws the last remaining Slayer over the side of the w y She thro s the last remaining Sla er over the side of therailing, and rushes toward Kennedy. w y railing and rushes to ard Kenned

BUFFY BUFFY(screaming) screaming

Stop! Stop


She closes her eyes. y She closes her e es

In one last-ditch effort to stop the spell, and without even w In one last ditch effort to stop the spell and ithout eventhinking about it, Buffy rushes up to Kennedy, and rams into y y thinking about it Buff rushes up to Kenned and rams intoher with all of the force that she can muster, grabbing the w her ith all of the force that she can muster grabbing theScythe from Kennedy's hand. y y Sc the from Kenned s hand

Kennedy falls to the ground and looks back to Buffy, wanting y y w Kenned falls to the ground and looks back to Buff antingto scream "No!". to scream No

Before Kennedy can say anything, however, A VERY LOUD THUNDER y y y w Before Kenned can sa an thing ho ever A VERY LOUD THUNDERROARS, and ECHOES through the courtyard. y ROARS and ECHOES through the court ard

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Kennedy's face is thrust upward, toward the sky, and HER y w w y Kenned s face is thrust up ard to ard the sk and HEREYES BEGIN TO GLOW. W EYES BEGIN TO GLO

Buffy watches this happen, and a realization comes over her. y w Buff atches this happen and a realization comes over her She looks down at the Scythe, realizing what is about to w y w She looks do n at the Sc the realizing hat is about tohappen. Before she can do anything about it, Buffy is struck y y happen Before she can do an thing about it Buff is struckby a sudden surge, causing her face to be thrust toward the y w b a sudden surge causing her face to be thrust to ard thesky as well. y w sk as ell

At the same time, the Scythe pulls her arm into the air, y At the same time the Sc the pulls her arm into the air much like Kennedy was holding it. y w much like Kenned as holding it

ANGLE ON : THE COURTYARD ANGLE ON THE COURTYARD

The fighting stops cold as every Slayer freezes, and looks y y The fighting stops cold as ever Sla er freezes and looksupward. THEIR EYES BEGIN TO GLOW, and LIGHT SHOOTS FROM THEIR w W up ard THEIR EYES BEGIN TO GLO and LIGHT SHOOTS FROM THEIRMOUTHS, into the sky. y MOUTHS into the sk

The demons stand back when they see this. A sudden calmness w y The demons stand back hen the see this A sudden calmnessfills the courtyard as the Slayers are paralyzed by this y y y y fills the court ard as the Sla ers are paral zed b thisenergy, and everyone else stops to watch them. y y w energ and ever one else stops to atch them

ANGLE ON : WILLOW AND GILES W W ANGLE ON ILLO AND GILES

Watching this happen with wide eyes. They are in utter shock.W w w y y atching this happen ith ide e es The are in utter shock


Her eyes fill with tears as she sees what's happening. y w w Her e es fill ith tears as she sees hat s happening

ANGLE ON : THE COURTYARD ANGLE ON THE COURTYARD

As the energy from the Slayers continues to shoot into the y y As the energ from the Sla ers continues to shoot into theair. Suddenly, THE ENERGY STOPS. For a moment, the girls y air Suddenl THE ENERGY STOPS For a moment the girlsremain standing with their eyes and mouths still wide, and w y w remain standing ith their e es and mouths still ide andpointed toward the sky. w y pointed to ard the sk

And then, one by one, they begin to fall to the ground, dead. y y And then one b one the begin to fall to the ground dead


As she slumps over, also dead. As she slumps over also dead


Still standing, Scythe above her head, looking toward the y w Still standing Sc the above her head looking to ard thesky. y sk


And the black vortex. There are many streams of energy x y yAnd the black vorte There are man streams of energ shooting into the vortex from all directions. Finally, the x y shooting into the vorte from all directions Finall theenergy stops. y energ stops

After a moment, the vortex forms into a TORNADO-LIKE FUNNEL, x After a moment the vorte forms into a TORNADO LIKE FUNNEL which lowers into the Sunnydale High area.w w y hich lo ers into the Sunn dale High area

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As the tip of this funnel strikes her. BLACK ENERGY SWIRLS W As the tip of this funnel strikes her BLACK ENERGY S IRLSAROUND HER as though she were in the center of a tornado. w AROUND HER as though she ere in the center of a tornado She screams as this hits her. She screams as this hits her

BALLS OF LIGHT shoot through the funnel, into Buffy. Each y BALLS OF LIGHT shoot through the funnel into Buff Eachtime she is struck by one, it hits her like a bolt of y time she is struck b one it hits her like a bolt oflightning. As this all happens, BUFFY'S WOUNDS BEGIN TO HEAL. W lightning As this all happens BUFFY S OUNDS BEGIN TO HEAL

Finally, the FUNNEL DISSIPATES. Buffy is left, holding the y y Finall the FUNNEL DISSIPATES Buff is left holding theScythe. She looks down at the ground, breathing heavily. y w y Sc the She looks do n at the ground breathing heavil She no longer has any signs of battle showing on her body. y w y She no longer has an signs of battle sho ing on her bod

Slowly, she looks to the lower level of the courtyard, at w y w y Slo l she looks to the lo er level of the court ard atall of the dead Slayers. y all of the dead Sla ers

ANGLE ON : THE DEAD SLAYERS ANGLE ON THE DEAD SLAYERS

Laying all over the place. Demons still standing over them, y La ing all over the place Demons still standing over them only just starting to snap back into their usual grumpy y yonl just starting to snap back into their usual grump selves. selves

Some demons just walk off, while other stay to cause more w w y Some demons just alk off hile other sta to cause moretrouble. Whatever these demons are deciding to do, it doesn't W trouble hatever these demons are deciding to do it doesn tchange the fact that there are still tons of them, packed change the fact that there are still tons of them packedinto the courtyard. y into the court ard


Looking at all of the dead Slayers, in shock. y Looking at all of the dead Sla ers in shock

She looks over, and sees Jenna, laying on the ground, dead. y She looks over and sees Jenna la ing on the ground dead Dawn rushes to her, and kneels by her, crying. w y y Da n rushes to her and kneels b her cr ing

DAWN W DA NJenna! Jenna


As she looks over the dead Slayers, her eyes finally reach y y y As she looks over the dead Sla ers her e es finall reachsomething else. something else


Being held up, by the throat, by D'Hoffryn. y y y Being held up b the throat b D Hoffr n

D'HOFFRYN D HOFFRYNFor you, I lost two of my brightest y w y For ou I lost t o of m brighteststars. Now, you will suffer the same w y w stars No ou ill suffer the samefate. fate

Xander is struggling to get free, but can't. He also can't Xander is struggling to get free but can t He also can tbreathe. Soon, his eyes begin to close. y breathe Soon his e es begin to close

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As she looks to the bottom of the stairs. As she looks to the bottom of the stairs

There are dozens of demons between her and Xander, all wanting w w There are dozens of demons bet een her and Xander all antingto kill her. to kill her

She looks at them coolly. y She looks at them cooll

ANGLE ON : D'HOFFRYN ANGLE ON D HOFFRYN

Still holding Xander up. Still holding Xander up

Suddenly, a hand grabs D'Hoffryn's neck from behind, and y y Suddenl a hand grabs D Hoffr n s neck from behind andsqueezes. D'Hoffryn's head is torn from his body, and both q y y s ueezes D Hoffr n s head is torn from his bod and bothparts drop to the ground, releasing Xander. parts drop to the ground releasing Xander

As D'Hoffryn falls to the ground, we see Buffy standing behind y w y As D Hoffr n falls to the ground e see Buff standing behindhim with the same cool look on her face. w him ith the same cool look on her face

Behind her every demon that stood in her way lies dead on y w y Behind her ever demon that stood in her a lies dead onthe ground. There is a MIST OF BLOOD still hovering in the the ground There is a MIST OF BLOOD still hovering in theair from all of this sudden carnage that just ripped through air from all of this sudden carnage that just ripped throughthe area. Buffy, however, is perfectly clean and without a y w y w the area Buff ho ever is perfectl clean and ithout ascratch on her. scratch on her

All of the other demons are running like hell. All of the other demons are running like hell

Once Xander is safely on his feet, gasping for air, Buffy y yOnce Xander is safel on his feet gasping for air Buff turns to look at the dead girls on the ground of the turns to look at the dead girls on the ground of thecourtyard. y court ard

Willow and Giles soon join Buffy and Xander. All of themW w y illo and Giles soon join Buff and Xander All of themlooking at the dead Slayers, in shock. y looking at the dead Sla ers in shock

Buffy looks to where Dawn is still kneeling over Jenna's y w w Buff looks to here Da n is still kneeling over Jenna sbody, and walks over to her. y w bod and alks over to her

REVEAL The First, in the form of JESSE, standing next to x REVEAL The First in the form of JESSE standing ne t toBuffy, smiling. y Buff smiling

THE FIRST/JESSE THE FIRST/JESSEY'know, my job is kinda like watching w y w Y kno m job is kinda like atchingTV. Just press the right buttons, TV Just press the right buttons and then sit back and watch the show. w w and then sit back and atch the sho

Buffy doesn't react to the First at all. She goes to Jenna y Buff doesn t react to the First at all She goes to Jennaand kneels down beside her, placing the Scythe on the ground w y and kneels do n beside her placing the Sc the on the groundnext to her. x ne t to her

After a beat, Buffy sees the Isabelle Acker cross around y After a beat Buff sees the Isabelle Acker cross aroundJenna's neck. She leans over and takes it. Jenna s neck She leans over and takes it

Dawn looks over to Buffy and quickly grabs her hand. w y q y Da n looks over to Buff and uickl grabs her hand

DAWN W DA NBuffy? y Buff

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Buffy looks down at Dawn, but doesn't say anything. After a y w w y y Buff looks do n at Da n but doesn t sa an thing After asecond, Buffy stands up, picking up the Scythe as she does. y y second Buff stands up picking up the Sc the as she does Dawn has a confused look on her face as she also stands up. w Da n has a confused look on her face as she also stands up

THE FIRST/JESSE THE FIRST/JESSEDoesn't really matter who got the y w Doesn t reall matter ho got thepower. You realize that, right? I w po er You realize that right Istill win. You lose. w still in You lose

Still, Buffy doesn't react to the First. y Still Buff doesn t react to the First

Willow, Xander and Giles stand near Buffy and Dawn. WillowW w y w W w illo Xander and Giles stand near Buff and Da n illo looks to Buffy. y looks to Buff

WILLOWW W ILLO What happens now? What do we do?W w W w hat happens no hat do e do


Buffy contemplates that question as she looks down at the y q w Buff contemplates that uestion as she looks do n at thecross in her hand. cross in her hand

GILES (O.S.) GILES O S There's nothing we w There s nothing e can can do. Buffy's y do Buff sit. The last. it The last

XANDER (O.S.) XANDER O S What does this mean?W hat does this mean

Buffy then puts the cross around her neck and turns away y w yBuff then puts the cross around her neck and turns a a from her friends. from her friends

BUFFY BUFFYIt means, I don't rest until every yIt means I don t rest until ever demon on the face of this planet is demon on the face of this planet isdead. dead

Buffy starts to walk away, out of the courtyard, leaving her y w w y y Buff starts to alk a a out of the court ard leaving herfriends behind. friends behind

DAWN W DA NBuffy, wait. y w Buff ait

But Buffy doesn't stop. She just keeps walking away. y w w y But Buff doesn t stop She just keeps alking a a

PULL BACK to a wide shot, showing all of the dead girls, and w w PULL BACK to a ide shot sho ing all of the dead girls andBuffy's friends as she walks away from them. y w w y Buff s friends as she alks a a from them

DAWN (CONT'D) W DA N CONT D Buffy? y Buff

MALE REPORTER (V.O.) MALE REPORTER V O The world remains in a state of shock w The orld remains in a state of shocktoday, as tens of thousands of women y w toda as tens of thousands of omensuddenly die of unknown causes. y w suddenl die of unkno n causes

(MORE) MORE

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MALE REPORTER (V.O.) (CONT'D) MALE REPORTER V O CONT D Though rumors of bio-terrorism Though rumors of bio terrorismsurround this mysterious event, y surround this m sterious event government officials deny any evidence y y government officials den an evidenceof such an attack. Studies are of such an attack Studies arecurrently underway to discover the y w y currentl under a to discover thecause of these deaths, however no w cause of these deaths ho ever noleads have been discovered as of leads have been discovered as ofyet.y et

(beat) beat Though deaths occurred in every part y Though deaths occurred in ever partof the world, the town of Sunnydale, w w y of the orld the to n of Sunn dale California saw what could be the w w California sa hat could be thelargest number of casualties in one largest number of casualties in onelocation. The town, which was w w w location The to n hich asrecently reconstructed after a massive y recentl reconstructed after a massivesink-hole swallowed it's buildings w w sink hole s allo ed it s buildingslast summer, was the scene of nearly w ylast summer as the scene of nearl three hundred deaths... three hundred deaths

The NEWS REPORT FADES OUT. W The NE S REPORT FADES OUT


As she watches Buffy go. She is still confused and her eyes w y y As she atches Buff go She is still confused and her e esare filled with tears. w are filled ith tears

After a moment, she looks down at her hand. w After a moment she looks do n at her hand

ANGLE ON : DAWN'S HAND W ANGLE ON DA N S HAND

As she opens her hand, she finds that she is holding the As she opens her hand she finds that she is holding thelocket that Hank gave to Buffy on her birthday. y y locket that Hank gave to Buff on her birthda


As a tear rolls down her cheek. w As a tear rolls do n her cheek


Walking away from the school, alone. Expressionless. She'sW w y x alking a a from the school alone E pressionless She son a mission, and will not rest until that mission is w on a mission and ill not rest until that mission iscomplete. complete


THE END THE END

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