(driving down dusty highway)

WILLOW: Faster-

XANDER: I'm going as fast as I-

WILLOW: (magic command) Faster-

XANDER: Will, would you cut that out? If you wanted to drive...

BUFFY: We need to stop. I don't like this-

WILLOW: We're close. I can feel him.

BUFFY: And we'll catch him - and he'll go to jail. Look, I'm finding the whole getting shot very motivating. But you're using magic-

WILLOW: If I wasn't, you'd be dead.

BUFFY: Maybe. But this *isn't* right. This isn't how I want it-

WILLOW: Sometimes you don't have a choice.

XANDER: I think Buffy gets the tie-breaker on this one. She was the one on the ouchy end of the bullet-

BUFFY: Will, you *do* have a choice. This isn't good for youl-

XANDER: You made the decision to stop for a reason. You promised us. And can I just ask - what's with the make-over of the damned? I mean, the hair-

WILLOW: Turn right! Go!

XANDER: Go - where?

WILLOW: Over there! Now!

XANDER: Will?

WILLOW: (magic command) Turn.

XANDER: Fine! Fine! Puppetmaster wants to drive? Go right ahead!

BUFFY: Willow! Wait-

(Willow gets out, stands in the middle of the highway in front of an oncoming bus)

WILLOW: (to Buffy & Xander, freezing them) Stay back. (she stops the bus) Get out.

WARREN: (emerging) Please... I'll do anything-

(Willow squeezes Warren's neck until he starts to break, and we see that it's not really Warren)

WILLOW: It's a robot. I could feel his essence. He tricked me... We'll find him another way.

BUFFY: And then what?

WILLOW: And then we'll kill him.

BUFFY: Okay! You need to calm down-

WILLOW: Calm down?

BUFFY: Look, you're angry. I am too. There's no excuse for what Warren did, but-

WILLOW: He shot Tara. When he shot you, he hit her too. Upstairs. In my room. Guess the last shot was the charm.

XANDER: She's dead?

WILLOW: She's dead. Now he's dead too.

BUFFY: Oh my God... Tara...

XANDER: Christ, Will! How come you didn't say anything?

WILLOW: I'm busy.

BUFFY: Willow, please, just stop- We love you. And Tara. But we don't kill humans. It's not the way-

WILLOW: How can you say that? Tara is dead.

BUFFY: I know... I know... And I can't understand... anything. Not what happened - and not what you must be going through. But Willow if you do this - you let Warren destroy you too.

XANDER: You said it yourself, Will - the magic's too strong, there's no coming back from it.

WILLOW: I'm not coming back.

BUFFY: Don't. Please. Please. We'll get through this together-

WILLOW: We won't. Not your way.

BUFFY: Please! Just-

WILLOW: No. No more talking. It's done!

(she teleports out)

• Slayerhood
• Willow & Buffy
• Willow's Witchiness

written by: Marti Noxon; No transcript available, so I started with the Shooting Script and spent a couple-three hours editing it to match what was said and shown on the broadcast version. . Full transcript at: