(the phone rings. Giles answers)

GILES: Hello. Y-yes, she is. (to Buffy) Uh, it's for you.

BUFFY: Hello. Speaking. What sort of emergency? (listens) Um . . . no, I haven't. (listens) Thank you. I'll let you know.

(Faith leaves her position looking in through the window, still unseen. Everyone looks at Buffy in concern)

GILES: What is it?

BUFFY: It's Faith. She's awake. She beat someone up, took her clothing and disappeared out of the hospital. No-one knows where she is.

XANDER: I'd say this qualifies for a "Worst Timing Ever" award.

WILLOW: What do we do?

GILES: Well, we have to find her.

WILLOW: What about Adam?

XANDER: I'd hate to see the pursuit of a homicidal lunatic get in the way of persuing a homicidal lunatic.

BUFFY: Well, Faith's not exactly low-profile girl. I'll patrol and wait for her to make a move.

GILES: But then what?

WILLOW: Oooh! I have an idea! Beat the crap out of her!

XANDER: Good plan.

BUFFY: Good on paper. But we still have a decision to make. Do we hand her over to the cops? They wouldn't know what to do with a Slayer even if they knew we existed.

WILLOW: What about the Council?

XANDER: Been there. Tried that. Not unlike smothering a forest fire with napalm as I recall.

GILES: Well, the Initiative, they do have containment facilities.

XANDER: One word: Evil.

BUFFY: There's no way around it. Faith is back, and whether I like it or not, she's my responsibility.

WILLOW: Yeah, too bad. That was the funnest coma ever.

BUFFY: We have no idea where she is. We don't know what she's thinking, what she's feeling...

XANDER: Who she's doing.

BUFFY: She could be terrified. Maybe she doesn't even remember. Or maybe she does and she's sorry and she's alone hiding somewhere.

GILES: Well, perhaps there's some form of rehabiliatation we just haven't thought about.

WILLOW: And if not, ass-kicking makes a solid plan B.

BUFFY: I'm not going to rule it out. First thing, we need to find her. Then we can take it from there.

RILEY: Who's Faith?

• Faith vs/& Buffy

written by: Douglas Petrie; . Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/season4/transcripts/71_tran.htm