(Spike & Dawn sit crosslegged in the dark crypt, a lantern between them)

DAWN: And the lady just invited you in?

SPIKE: Well, I had hubby by the throat, didn't I? Promised her he'd live if she gave me the invite.

DAWN: And did you? Let him live?

SPIKE: What do you think?

DAWN: (frowning) Huh.

SPIKE: Too much for you?

DAWN: (quickly) No! Keep going.

SPIKE: (softly) And I kill 'em. Right quick, the whole lot. But... (grinning) There's someone missing. Supposed to be ... this little girl. So I get real quiet, and I hear this tiny noise coming from the coal bin. This little sigh. So I listened harder, it's very, very quiet...

(Dawn is hanging on every word. Suddenly there's a loud noise of the crypt door banging open. Dawn jumps with a very startled gasp. Spike starts too, looks over her shoulder at the door. )

SPIKE: Oh ... bloody hell.

• Dawn & Spike

written by: David Fury; Transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/92crush.html