(Cut to exterior of house. The door swings open. Xander and Anya look in nervously. Xander steps forward, looks in.)

XANDER: House is clean.

ANYA: Let's go. You first.

(Xander takes a breath, walks in. Anya follows. They look up. The entire staircase is covered in the leafy, spiny vines.)

XANDER: We need to work fast. Never know how long before the munchkins get homesick.

ANYA: Or the human battery conks out.

(They start walking up the stairs, through the vines.)

XANDER: Watch your fingers.

(He starts hacking at the vines with his machete.)

(...)

(Cut back to Lowell House. Xander is ahead of Anya, hacking at vines.)

XANDER: You okay?

(Anya looks angry, hacking at a vine. Xander makes it to Riley's door, tries to reach for the knob. A sudden wind comes up.)

(...)

(Xander is suddenly thrown back from the door, landing on his back.)

ANYA: Xander!

(The vines grab Xander, throw him into the bathroom and shut the door.)

ANYA: Xander!

(she runs to the door and grabs the knob. She is thrown back, through the balcony railing and down to the floor below. Meanwhile, Xander is being held underwater in the bathtub. Anya gets resolutely to her feet and struggles back up the stairs)

ANYA: Shut up, repressed crybabies!

(A huge thorn suddenly sprouts from the vine her hand is resting on. The thorn goes right through the middle of her hand. She screams.)

ANYA: Ow!!

(Pulls the thorn out, looking even madder. Continues up the stairs. Cut to Xander still struggling. Through the water he sees Anya reaching for him. She pulls him out of the water and helps him up.)

XANDER: Come on, we just gotta-

(A vine knocks him down.)

ANYA: Xander!

(Anya helps him up and they continue fighting their way through the vines.)

ANYA: We can make it through this.

(The push on cautiously. A bunch of vines wrap around Anya.)

ANYA: Xander, get it off!

(He unwraps her. They clutch each other, make their way to the door. Twist the knob and push the door open. Shot of the bed seen from far away, as before, suddenly rushing closer and closer. The howling noises stop. Buffy & Riley sit up, clutching sheets)

BUFFY: Xander! Don't you knock?

(Shot of Xander and Anya looking disheveled. They look at each other, turn and walk away.)

written by: Tracey Forbes; Transcript by joan the english chick (pisces@englishchick.com). Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/season4/transcripts/74_tran.htm