(Xander comes down the stairs)

XANDER: Turn on the tv. Now!

TV Announcer: Sunnydale is still reeling from news of the crime. A source in the coroner's office tells us that the boy was stabbed with what looks like some kind of large skewer and his body was then mutilated. Police have not named a suspect and the killer is still at large.

BUFFY: The Polgara demon had a skewer in its arm. That's the one that Maggie insisted we bring back alive.

GILES: She must have sent it after you.

BUFFY: And it got distracted... God.

WILLOW: Buffy, its not your fault. How could you know?

GILES: She's right. You mustn't blame yourself.

BUFFY: I'm not going to. I'm going to the crime scene to see what I can find out. You guys research the Polgara demon. I want to know where it is. When I find it, I am going to make him pay for taking that kid's life. I'll make him die in ways he can't even imagine.

(Bad-ass score dies and everyone just looks at her, seemingly, unmoved by her passionate speech. Buffy notices their looks and glances down at the weird pattern on her pajamas.)

BUFFY: That probably would have sounded more commanding if I wasn't wearing my yummy sushi pajamas.

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written by: Marti Noxon; Transcribed by Joseph B. Full transcript at:
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