SNYDER: Nobody moves! I knew you kids were up to something.

BUFFY: Snyder, get out of here.

SNYDER: You're not giving orders, young lady. I suppose you're going to tell me I won't find drugs in this box.

Snyder takes the box from Faith and turns away. Faith pulls her knife.

BUFFY: (to Faith) Wait!

MAYOR: Principal Snyder.

Snyder turns at the Mayor's voice, then focuses on the drawn knife.

MAYOR: I think we have a problem.

SNYDER: Mr. Mayor, I had no idea you ... I'm terribly sorry.

MAYOR: No, it's I who should apologize. Coming down here at night. What must you be thinking? But you see, I just needed to ...

Behind Snyder, one of the policemen is opening the box.

MAYOR: No! Don't do that!

A spidery creature leaps out of the box onto the policeman's face. He starts screaming.

WESLEY: Oh god.

XANDER: Where did it go?

SNYDER: Get that door open!

GILES: No! You can't let that thing out of here!

XANDER: I still want to know where it went.

BUFFY: Listen.

FAITH: Boss!

Faith pulls spider off Mayor, who heals instantly. 2nd spider emerges.

MAYOR: Wouldn't leave that open.

Buffy slams the lid of the box shut just as a third creature is climbing out, severing limgs.

Faith sees the second spider climbing the wall behind Wesley and draws back her arm. Wesley sees her.

WESLEY: No!

Wesley ducks. Faith snaps the knife into the spider, killing it.

OZ: Is that all of them?

MAYOR: Ah, not really. You see, there's about fifty... billion of these happy little critters in here. Would you like to see? Raise your hand if you're invulnerable. (no replies) Faith, let's go.

Faith stares at the impaled spider on the wall.

MAYOR: Faith.

(walks out)

BUFFY: Snyder, you alive in there?

SNYDER: You. All of you. Why couldn't you be dealing drugs like normal people?

WESLEY: Well, that went swimmingly.

BUFFY: We did alright.

• Buffy vs the Mayor
• Snyder vs Everyone

written by: David Fury; . Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/53choices.html