BUFFY: Adam is here, Colonel. In the Initiative.

Colonel: Nice try.

BUFFY: Those overcrowded containment cells of yours: courtesy of Adam. He's pulling a Trojan Horse on you, he's just waiting--

Colonel: Everything in this installation is under 24-hour surveillance.

WILLOW: Including the secret lab?

Colonel: Including everything! (a beat) What secret lab?

BUFFY: The one Adam's been using. The one built for the final stage of the 314 project. And you have no idea what I'm talking about.

Colonel: I know everything that goes on around here. A tick on a mouse couldn't get in without my knowing it. And if Adam wants to try we're ready for him.

GILES: Jolly good. How--How exactly do you plan to get close enough to Adam to remove his power source?

Colonel: Hit him simultaneously with multiple taser blasters. Incapacitate him with as much voltage as we can muster.

XANDER: Great plan. That's right up there with duck and cover.

BUFFY: I've seen Adam hit with taser blasts. He feeds on it. And now you're gonna provide him with an all-you-can-eat buffet?

Colonel: You telling me my business?

BUFFY: This...is not your business. It's mine. You, the Initiative, the boys at the Pentagon--you're all in way over your heads. Messing with primeval forces you have absolutely no comprehension of.

Colonel: And you do?

BUFFY: I'm the Slayer. You're playing on my turf.

Colonel: Up there, maybe. But down here, I'm the one who's in control.

(The lights go out.)

• Slayerhood
• the Initiative

written by: David Fury; Transcribed by Sean Johnson . Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/season4/transcripts/77_tran.htm