(Giles' apartment)

GILES: A Vahrall demon.

WILLOW: Eew!

XANDER: I second that revulsion.

GILES: Yes. "Slick like gold and gird in moonlight, father of portents and brother to blight".

BUFFY: Limbs with talons, eyes like knives, bane to the blameless, thief of lives.

(at Initiative)

RILEY: Three meters tall, approximately 100 -120 kilograms, based on my visual analysis.

GRAHAM: Special hazards?

RILEY: Unknown. Probably nothing we haven?t handled before. There is no pattern we can discern yet, so we got to assume that it is on a basic kill-crush-destroy.

(at Giles')

BUFFY: This thing isn't digging up the bones of a child for fun.

XANDER: Well, a demon's got some pretty hilarious ideas about fun.

WILLOW: Bones of a child though. I saw that! An ancient ritual - uses the blood of a man, the bones of a child and - something called the word of Valios? I-It's all part of the sacrifice - the sacrifice of three.

BUFFY: Let me guess - ends the world.

WILLOW: Well, yeah, - I-it's not big with the details, though. It doesn't say how the world ends or what the ritual entails exactly.

XANDER: The sacrifice of three... - Three people are going to die?

BUFFY: No, they won't. Because claw boy is not getting all of his ingredients. We have to find that third one, the Word of Valios, keep him from getting it.

WILLOW: If he doesn't already have it. I mean, who knows where he's been?

(Initiative)

RILEY: Here is one for the good guys: this thing has a pheromone signature a mile wide. Agent Gates has been working with the detection system the lab's developing.

FORREST: Can't tell where it's going, but I've got a bead on where it's been. Residual traces showing up in populated areas. The thing's not shy.

RILEY: We're going out in civies, day clothes only guys. Weapons stowed in packs, keep 'em out of sight til nightfall. Remember this isn't a capture, it's a kill.

FORREST: Get your quadrant assignment from me. We'll blanket the town.

(at Giles')

BUFFY: I'll check the magic shop. See if they've heard of a book called the word of Valios. Willow, Xander, how about the book archives at the museum?

XANDER: We'll stop at my place on the way, get some weapons, and I'll change into something that isn't quite as anchovy scented.

BUFFY: You guys this thing takes wicked very seriously. Be careful. I couldn't stand anybody getting hurt.

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written by: Marti Noxon, David Fury, and Jane Espenson; . Full transcript at:
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