(opens door, mid sentence)

BUFFY: Dawnie, we have to get o--

(but sees an expressionless Spike instead)

BUFFY: Spike? Are you real?

(he laughs crazily. Then reaches for her face)

SPIKE: Buffy, duck.

BUFFY: What? Duck? There's a duck?

(From behind, the dead janitor hits her)

SPIKE: No visitors today. Terribly busy.

DEAD TEEN BOY: Told you to get out.

(Buffy does some zombieghost pounding, locks herself in the room with Spike)

BUFFY: He'll probably show up in a sec.

SPIKE: Nobody comes in here. It's just the three of us.

BUFFY: Spike, have you seen Dawn? She came down here with some kids.

SPIKE: (Yelling) Don't you think I'm trying? I'm not fast. I'm not a quick study. (Suddenly crying) I got my board in the water and the chalk all ran. Sure to be caned. (Laughs) Should've seen that coming.

BUFFY: (revealing his scarred chest) What did you do?

SPIKE: I tried... I... tried to cut it out.

(cell phone rings)

BUFFY: Dawn?

DAWN: Buffy, where are you?

BUFFY: I... Look, where are you?

DAWN: I don't know. In a room by the furnace. Near where we fell in. They dragged us in here, and then they disappeared.

BUFFY: Yeah, they came after me too.

DAWN: Well, what do they want?

BUFFY: So far, to piss me off.

DAWN: Please, tell me it's working.

BUFFY: Oh, I'm damage-bound. I just can't figure them. Ghosts can't touch you and zombies can't disappear, so I don't know what--

SPIKE: Not ghosts.

DAWN: Who was that?

BUFFY:(To the phone) Hold on. (To Spike) You know what they are?

SPIKE: Manifest spirits controlled by a talisman, raised to seek vengeance. A 4-year-old could figure it.

BUFFY:(To the phone) Hang tight. I'll find you. These things can hurt you. You can hurt them too. Find a weapon. I'll come for you. (To Spike) Spike, you gonna help me out?

SPIKE: This is my home. I belong here. Always been here. Cheers for stopping by. (to himself) It's in the wall.

BUFFY: (heading out, but a little torn) I'll get back to you.

• Buffy & Spike
• Spike's Soul

written by: Joss Whedon; Transcribed by: CariCranberry. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/season7/transcripts/123_tran.php