(Fade back in on the Bronze. A large piece of wood is pinning Buffy down and she lifts it off her as Tara helps. Spike runs up and holds the thing out of the way so Buffy can get up. She rushes over to Willow, Xander, and Anya standing nearby. )

BUFFY: Where is he?

WILLOW: Gone.

BUFFY: Xander, follow him. Anya, Willow, head back to the magic shop, find a spell that will actually stop him.

(The others leave. Buffy goes over to Tara who is trying to move some debris off a pair of injured people. Buffy helps clear the stuff away and they check on the victims. We see Spike crouching next to another injured woman. She has blood on her face. Spike puts something under her head for support.)

BUFFY: What are you doing?

SPIKE: Making this woman more comfortable. I'm not sampling, I'll have you know. Just look at all these lovely blood-covered people. I could, but not a taste for Spike, not a lick. Know you wouldn't like it.

BUFFY: (amazed) You want credit for not feeding on bleeding disaster victims?

SPIKE: Well, yeah.

BUFFY: You're disgusting.

(Walks away)

SPIKE: (to himself) What's it take?

(sighs, continues helping the injured woman)

• Buffy & Spike
• Spike's uneasy truce with the gang

written by: Jane Espenson; Transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/89triangle.html