DAWN: So. What brings you back to town after you left suddenly with no word?

RILEY: Sam and I have been tracking a Suvolte demon through Central America. Killing machine. Nearly mature.

SAM: Yeah, three months old and growing fast.

RILEY: These things start to kill the minute they're hatched. And leave a real clear trail.

SAM: Yeah. Just follow the villages with nothing in them but body parts.

RILEY: Uh ... Dawn, are you sure you wanna be around hearing all this?

SAM: Oh, come on, Finn, she looks all grown-up to me. (to Buffy) That is, if it's all right with you.

BUFFY: Uh, sure, yeah, it's fine.

DAWN: So, this demon shredded your guys, and now you're looking for a little payback?

SAM: No. It came here to the Hellmouth to, to spawn. But we think it already hatched its eggs somewhere.

RILEY: And the plan was to track it. Let the demon take us to its nest.

DAWN: And ... now they're gonna hatch a bunch of ... baby demon things?

SAM: Unless we stop it.

BUFFY: Which means we have to find the nest, and fast, before Sunnydale turns into the Trouble Meat Palace.

(Beat. Everyone looks at Buffy.)

BUFFY: I wish I'd said something else.

XANDER: Okay, so we track down the demon, find the nest, Mr. and Mrs. Finn here make with the killin', and everyone goes home happy. But seriously, married man. If forced to choose between a photographer and place settings-

BUFFY: We can't track the demon. I killed it. (chipper) So! Who's hungry? We got, uh-

DAWN: Ice cubes.

BUFFY: All you can eat.

SAM: Buffy? It's good that you killed the Suvolte before it killed us. (to Xander) Disposable cameras.

XANDER: Di - wah?

SAM: Yeah, you, you know, little plastic ones, ten bucks a pop. You arrange them like table settings, guests snap photos......breaks the ice, and when the wedding's over, you get to take home the pictures.

XANDER: (grinning) I like it!

BUFFY: So, demon eggs. Any timetable on when they're gonna hatch?

RILEY: Hatching's not the problem.

SAM: We think they're gonna be sold on the black market. There are some foreign military powers that would love to have their own Suvolte. You could never train it, but drop it on an urban population...

RILEY: And it cleanses the area.

DAWN: Is that a nice way of saying it kills people?

SAM: Lots of 'em. Money's been exchanged. There's a dealer in town, calls himself the, The Doctor. Willow, you think you can help with a little locating spell?

WILLOW: (quietly) I can't do the magicks.

SAM: Oh, Riley says you're comin' on as one major-league Wicca.

WILLOW: I got addicted. The way addicts do. (she exits)

RILEY: Two teams. No civilians. I'll, uh ... I'll go out and look for our Doctor. You two find that nest.

BUFFY: Me and Sam together?

RILEY: You come across a Suvolte nest, you're gonna want backup.

SAM: You know, I don't wanna be dragging down the Slayer. (to Buffy) You've got speed, and power I can't even-

BUFFY: Let's go. Xander, are you okay to stay with Dawn?

XANDER: Yeah.

RILEY: I'll check out some bars. Willy's, some, uh, crypts that I know.

written by: Douglas Petrie; transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com). action descriptions shortened by me. . Full transcript at:
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