(Dawn & Ben walk down the street)

DAWN: I think they see us.

BEN: Just stay close to me. Don't look back.

(Suddenly he pushes Dawn into an alley. They press up against a brick wall.)

BEN: Shh! Stay very still.

(Ben goes to peer around the corner. When he turns back, Dawn hits him over the head with a large pile of chain. He goes down. Dawn drops the chain next to him.)

DAWN: I'm sorry.

(Dawn steps over him and starts off.)

GLORY: "Sorry?" That actually hurt, you pre-pubescent puke.

(blackout to commercial and resume)

GLORY: Okay, first thought, just totally spontaneous, unfiltered, off the top of my head? "Ow!!" You hit Ben in his soft human head. And I remember the pain! You probably think I won't waste any precious blood of yours 'til tonight. You're right. But I know a thousand ways to hurt you that won't spill a drop. And you know those pesky feelings I've been having? Like guilt, empathy ... ? I decided I'm gonna take 'em and mash 'em back down where they belong. Okay? Now let's have big girl-fun, just you and ... Leave her alone.

BEN: I said leave her alone!

GLORY: No. NO! Little late in the game to start growing a backbone, Benjamin. Now be good and stay quiet. No - you - don't! Get over yourself, Ben! This is the way things are! I'm strong, you're weak, this is reality. Stop trying to infect me with your ...

BEN: Do you ever stop talking? I don't know which is worse, waking up in a dress not knowing where I've been, or having to hear all your self-involved ranting!

GLORY: Animal...

BEN: Wrong, Glory. I'm no animal. This is humanity you're feeling. Welcome to the world. (Dawn starts edging)

GLORY: (to Dawn) No no no. Stick around, chica.

BEN: I won't let you hurt her, Glory.

GLORY: Shut your hole, you sanctimonious little meatworm. I'm going home no matter what you do.

BEN: You really think I'll just let that happen?

GLORY: Benjamin. What are you doing?

BEN: You need her blood? When I'm through there won't be enough left to fill a bottle cap. Then you, Hellbitch, have nowhere left to go.

GLORY: You can't hurt her and you know it, Ben. I know it, because I feel what you're feeling. Scared? Shh, shh, it's okay. You don't want to die. Who would? I don't.

BEN: You can't. You're immortal.

GLORY: Nobody has to die here, Ben. Just let me bleed the girl and go home. Everything'll work out fine.

BEN: Do you really believe with all I know that you can trick me?

GLORY: Stop and think, baby. We bleed the kid. Return me to my seat of power. I become a God again.

BEN: And I disappear.

GLORY: Unless somebody up there likes you... Give up the girl, and I could like you a lot!

BEN: I won't make a deal with you, Glory.

GLORY: When exactly did you get stupid? I'm offering immortality here!

BEN: I believe you. That's not the problem. You make me immortal, then what? I have to kill *her* to do it and I won't be able live with that! Not even for a day - forget about eternity.

GLORY: Baby, baby, baby Ben... why do you worry so much? When you're immortal, all this crap you've been carrying around inside - the guilt, the anger, the crazy-making pain ... it all just melts away, like ice cream. Trust me. When all this is over, I can set you up real nice. I'm making it easy. It's you - or the girl.

BEN: I can't accept that.

GLORY: Accept it. I'm a God, stupid.

BEN: (to Dawn) I'm sorry.

DAWN: Wh-what are you doing?

BEN: Don't make this harder than it already is. I'm sorry, I got no choice. It's you or me.

• Ben's Issues
• Buffy vs Glory
• Dawn as the Key

written by: Douglas Petrie; I modified text from Rayne's shooting script to match televised version & my formatting.. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/99weightofworld.html