[2]

(Spike enters the gas-station)

SPIKE: Better part of a century spent in delinquency just paid off. Hot-wired Ben's auto. Who's for getting the hell out of here?

XANDER: All in favor, let's do it. (to Giles) You good to go?

GILES: Don't worry about me. How's Buffy?

XANDER: Same. Still.

WILLOW: It's been almost a half an hour.

SPIKE: Slayer's gonna be all right. Won't she?

XANDER: You should try again, Will.

WILLOW: All right, but I'm not sure if she's, you know, really in there.

XANDER: Try.

(Willow goes up to Buffy, who sits staring straight ahead, unresponsive)

WILLOW: Can you hear me? Buffy? Buffy? Buffy?

(no reaction. credits. resume)

[3]

SPIKE: Buffy! She can't just be brain dead. I mean - she's still Buffy, somewhere, in there. Right?

XANDER: Spike, come on. We're not getting Dawn back by sitting around here.

SPIKE: You're not getting Dawn back any way you slice it, Harris. That's for Buffy to decide.

XANDER: Good. Panic. That ought to help.

WILLOW: We should move her. Unless we shouldn't. Should we?

ANYA: Couldn't that make it worse? I think I read that somewhere ...

XANDER: I am so large with not knowing.

GILES: It's impossible to know for sure. Losing Dawn, after all that Buffy's been through - I think it's pushed her too far, into some kind of catatonia.

SPIKE: You don't need a diploma to see that. Snap her out of it. Buffy? (shakes her) Oi! Rise and shine, love!

ANYA: Spike!

SPIKE: Come on, people, the girl's endowed with Slayer strength. Hardly the time to get dainty. BUFFY!

XANDER: We tried that.

(Spike slaps Buffy.)

ANYA: We didn't try that.

XANDER: Are you insane!? We could be dealing with neurological damage here. You want to kill her?

SPIKE: We have to do *something*. I can't just sit here watching. You waste time with kid gloves. I'm willing to wager when all's said and done - Buffy likes it rough.

(Xander & Spike go for each other)

WILLOW: (spell) Separate.

(Spike & Xander are wooshed apart)

WILLOW: (calmly) Buffy's out. Glory has Dawn. Sometime real soon she's gonna use Dawn to tear down the barrier between every dimension there is so if you two want to fight, you do it after the world ends. 'kay? Alright. First, we head back to Sunnydale. Xander'll take Giles to a hospital. Anya's looking after Tara, and Spike - you find Glory. Check her apartment, see if she's still there. Try anything stupid like payback and I will get very cranky. Everyone clear? Anya.

ANYA: W-what will you do?

WILLOW: I'll help Buffy.

ANYA: Okay, then.

TARA: The world is spinning. Straight, to the new day. Big day, big big day ...

WILLOW: Shh, shh. (Tara whimpers)

• Willow's Witchiness
• Xander & Spike

written by: Douglas Petrie; I modified text from Rayne's shooting script to match televised version & my formatting.. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/99weightofworld.html