Prologue
1 INT. WOOD-PANELED STUDY— NIGHT 1
As in the opening of Masterpiece Theatre, pan across a book-lined, wood-paneled
well-appointed private library. The leather-bound volumes
include the collected works of Nietzsche, Joseph Campbell, Tolkein and
bound editions of Batman and Spider-Man comics. A fire crackles warmly
in the hearth. Reveal ANDREW sitting in a leather chair wearing a fancy
smoking jacket. He holds a pipe and studies an open volume on his lap.
He looks up, as if addressing an audience in the room with him.
ANDREW
Oh! Hello there, gentle viewers.
He closes the book on his lap.
ANDREW
You caught me catching up on an old favorite. It’s
wonderful to get lost in a story, isn’t it? The adventure and
heroics and discovery… don’t they just take you away?
Hmm.
In a momentary reverie, he tries puffing on his pipe, but chokes on the
smoke and sets it down..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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ANDREW
Come with me now, if you will, gentle viewers. Join me on
a new voyage of the mind, a little tale I like to call Buffy, A
Slayer of the Vampires.
Andrew folds his hands and settles in as if he’ll be watching with us.
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2 EXT. SUNNYDALE CEMETERY— NIGHT 2
BUFFY walks alone through the darkness on patrol.
ANDREW
(v.o.)
It was cold last night and the wind was cruel but the Slayer
had a job to do…
Buffy stops at the head of an empty grave, looking over the headstone at
the broken earth. A shadow falls across her back and she reacts instantly,
throwing herself forward onto the headstone, suspending herself in a
perfect handstand and using her feet to kick the vampire backward. She
flips herself over and twists, landing on her feet, perfectly balanced on the
lip of the headstone.
She swings a modified crossbow from beneath her coat and fires at the
vampire as it gets to its feet with a snarl of rage. The bolt slams into the
creature’s chest and it disintegrates in a cloud of dust.
ANDREW
(v.o.)
Unfortunately, vampires have a job to do, too..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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A second vampire leaps from the shadows and sweeps Buffy’s feet from
under her. She falls onto her back, across the headstone, then drops
limply to the ground.
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3 INT. WOOD-PANELED STUDY— NIGHT 3
ANDREW
Ouch. My goodness. Things look bad for the Slayer, don’t
they? She didn’t see that second vampire, concealed by
cover of darkness, ready—
He’s suddenly interrupted by the sound of someone pounding on a door.
Rattled, Andrew tries to continue with his narrative.
ANDREW
—ready to attack and make her his own vampirical spawn.
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4 INT. SUMMERS HOME— BATHROOM— DAY 4
The elegant study is gone. Andrew is seated on the closed toilet lid, talking
into a video camera propped on the wastebasket in front of him. He
speaks quickly trying to finish before whoever is pounding on the door
enters.
ANDREW
Let’s rejoin them now to see—
The door slams open and ANYA enters, furious..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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ANYA
For god’s sakes, Andrew! You’ve been in here thirty
minutes. What are you doing?
ANDREW
Entertaining and educating.
ANYA
Why can’t you just masturbate like the rest of us?
Opening credit sequence.
Act I
5 EXT. SUNNYDALE CEMETERY— NIGHT 5
Back to Buffy’s fight in the cemetery. She lies hurt and unconscious on the
ground as the second vampire looms over her. He kneels next to her,
bares his fangs and closes in on her neck… then collapses into ash on
Buffy’s stake. She jumps to her feet and brushes the creature’s remains
from her coat.
ANDREW
(o.s.)
That was great! I completely got you dusting that guy on
film! Hey, why do vampires show up on video?
Reveal Andrew standing off to the side, filming Buffy with his camcorder.
The POV shifts from Andrew and Buffy to views through the camera lens
throughout the rest of the episode.
Buffy glares at Andrew..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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BUFFY
I told you, I don’t want you doing that. It’s distracting.
Buffy stalks off and Andrew scampers after her.
ANDREW
Okay, I’ll cut this footage together and do the intro
tomorrow. “She was a woman in danger… or was she?”
BUFFY
Are you still filming me? Stop!
ANDREW
But it’s a valuable record. An important document for the
ages. A Slayer in action.
BUFFY
A nerd in pain. Would they like that? ’Cause we could do
that.
ANDREW
But the story—
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6 INT. SUMMERS HOME— UPSTAIRS HALLWAY— DAY 6
Anya drags Andrew out of the bathroom by his arm. AMANDA and
several other potentials are waiting in the hallway to use the bathroom,
holding towels and shampoo. One of them quickly ducks into the
bathroom and closes the door.
ANDREW
—needs to be told!
ANYA
And birds need to fly and girls need to use the toilet and
why were you videotaping yourself anyway? Sounds like
kinky business to me.
Andrew holds up his camera defensively.
ANDREW
The world is going to want to know about Buffy. It’s a
story of ultimate triumph tinged with bitterness for what
has been lost in the struggle. It’s a legacy for future
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ANYA
If there are any. Buffy seems to think this apocalypse is
going to actually be, you know, apocalyptic. I think your
story seems pretty pointless.
ANDREW
(disappointed)
Oh. I was going to interview you later today. ’Cause, you
know, your unique perspective on the whole thing. Give it
editorial balance and… glamour.
Anya smiles, intrigued.
ANYA
Well, balance is important. People don’t always take that
into account. I could bring that to you. Absolutely.
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7 INT. SUMMERS HOME— BASEMENT— DAY 7
Andrew stands next to the “big board”— a dry-erase board with several
hand-drawn illustrations of the high school, The First and the Bringers on it.
ANDREW
Let’s explore the world of our story, shall we? Buffy lives in
Sunnydale, California. This is the local high school. There’s a
Hellmouth— (slowly) Hell-mouth— underneath the high
school. See, weird things happen on a Hellmouth. It attracts
all sorts of bad people and demons and vampires.
He points to a drawing of the seal under the school, then a demon head
wreathed in fire, then the Bringers, narrating each..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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ANDREW
And now there’s this thing in the basement of the high school
called the Seal of Danth… Danthazar and it’s sort of a door to
the Hellmouth. Due to some circumstances, it got opened up
a little bit… recently… and this nasty, nasty vampire thing
came out of it. It was… it was just awful. It was awful. Now,
this whole thing is being orchestrated by something called
The First. It’s made up of all the evil in the whole world. Oh,
there’s also these guys. They work for The First. We don’t
know much about them except for they’re very ugly and
they’re very mobile for blind people. Is that all clear?
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8 INT. SUMMERS HOME— KITCHEN/DINING ROOM— DAY 8
Breakfast time. WILLOW, XANDER, DAWN, Anya, KENNEDY, RONA,
Amanda and three other potentials are mill around in the kitchen, making
and eating their breakfast. Andrew films it all, narrating.
ANDREW
It’s morning in Sunnydale.
RONA
Who the hell’s got the low-fat milk?
Andrew sighs and starts over.
ANDREW
It’s morning in Sunnydale and the women of Command
Central take the time to fortify themselves for the day ahead.
XANDER
Hey!
ANDREW
Women and Xander. (to Xander) Hey, I’m going to do your
special intro later. The man who is the heart of the Slayer
machine.
XANDER
(smiles)
Yeah? The heart?
ANDREW
Things are tense in Command Central this morning. Buffy
is clearly concerned with some unknown danger and the
air is filled with foreboding.
DAWN
Oh, we’re out of Raisin Bran..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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ANYA
I’ll put it on the list.
ANDREW
That’s probably not the unknown danger.
Buffy and SPIKE enter. Spike still wears his long black leather coat, looking
more like the evil Spike of old than the new and improved soulful Spike.
SPIKE
Look at this place. Damn girls dorm’s what it is.
He lights a cigarette, irritating everyone around him.
DAWN
That’s nice. Second-hand stinkiness.
Andrew looks into the camera.
ANDREW
It’s a full house. I think it’s a good time to do some
introductions, don’t you, gentle viewers?
Amanda waves at the camera.
AMANDA
I’m Amanda and I grew up right here—
ANDREW
Not you, sweetheart. Let’s start from the top.
Andrew points his camera at Buffy as she pours milk onto her cereal.
Suddenly the scene shifts to an idealized fantasy shot of Buffy, reminiscent
of the cover of a romance novel. Golden light streams in the window as
she pours milk on her cereal in slow motion. A wind tousles her hair and
she tosses it behind her with a shake of her head and a seductive wink at
the camera.
ANDREW
(v.o.)
You’ve already met Buffy. She’s beautiful, with a lion’s
heart and the face of an angel. She’s never afraid because
she knows her side will always win.
Now Spike enters the fantasy shot. Now inexplicably shirtless, he moves
in slow motion around Buffy and stares at her with a smoldering
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ANDREW
(v.o.)
Buffy and Spike have some kind of history. You can feel
the heat between them although, technically as a vampire,
he’s room-temperature.
Anya twirls through the shot in slow motion, eating grapes seductively
and passing a cute blonde potential tossing her hair around like a
shampoo commercial.
ANDREW
(v.o.)
Anya. A feisty waif with a fiery temper and a vulnerable
heart that she hides even from herself. And this lovely girl.
(beat) I don’t remember her name.
Back to reality.
BUFFY
Oh, for god’s sake. Is he doing that again? Can’t we make
him stop?
RONA
I don’t know… if we save the world, it will be kind of nice
to have a record of it.
AMANDA
And if we don’t save the world, then… nothing matters.
KENNEDY
Hmm… that’s catchy, Amanda. Let’s make that our slogan..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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XANDER
Yeah, it is kind of strange how you keep saving the world
and there’s not any proof.
ANYA
Yeah, you know, for future generations.
WILLOW
And it does help the girls with training, you know, viewing
the tapes.
BUFFY
Come on, no one else thinks this is idiotic?
XANDER
Or is it important? I mean, Buff, I don’t get why this is
bothering you so much.
BUFFY
Because it’s a waste of time. Come on, someone has to
agree with me on this. Spike?
SPIKE
Long as he’s not pointing that thing at me, seems like a
fine way to keep the boy busy.
BUFFY
This is not about keeping busy. This is about war! (beat) I’m
sorry to jump all over you guys but… I have to tell you
what’s really going on. There’s something new. Amanda,
Dawn, you’re going to stay home from school today. We
can survive what’s coming but not like this. I had a vision of
what’s to come. A horrible vision. Hundreds upon hundreds
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Andrew backs out of the room, filming Buffy from behind as she talks. When
he’s in the dining room, he sits down and turns the camera on himself. He
whispers softly as Buffy continues her talk in the background.
ANDREW
(sotto)
Honestly, gentle viewers, these motivating speeches of hers
tend to get a little long. I’ll take you back in there in a little while
but in the in-between-time, I thought you might want to know
a little about me, your humble host. You see, I’m a man with a
burden, a man with a dark past. You see, I was once a super-villain.
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9 INT. SCIENCE LAB— DAY 9
Andrew, WARREN and JONATHAN stand before lab bench wearing
protective goggles as Andrew explains a complex set-up of steaming
beakers and tubes and bubbling compounds.
ANDREW
Thus, the validity of the Bronsted-Debye-Huckel equation
at low ionic strength has been amply tested and the
charges on the reactant ions are well-known if the reagents
are properly characterized.
JONATHAN
It smells funny.
ANDREW
I know. Kinda sweaty.
WARREN
What’ll it do to Buffy?
ANDREW
Make her super-magnetic.
JONATHAN
Wow. She won’t be able to get out of her car.
WARREN
And knives and other sharp things will fly at her.
ANDREW
We could walk right by her and she wouldn’t be able to
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JONATHAN
Unless we were wearing metal belt buckles. Then we’d
stick to her.
ANDREW
In my plan, we are beltless.
Jonathan and Warren take off their goggles and look at him with awe.
JONATHAN
Wow. You’re the best, Andrew.
WARREN
Yep. Good-looking and smart, too.
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10 INT. SUMMERS HOME— DINING ROOM/KITCHEN— DAY 10
Andrew comes out of his reverie and tuns his attention back to the camera.
ANDREW
Warren was cool. And wasn’t Jonathan just the cutest thing?
Well, shall we see if Buffy’s still talking?
He turns the camera around toward the kitchen.
BUFFY
…I mean mentally. And from what I’ve seen so far, there’s no
way you girls are ready.
ANDREW
(v.o.)
She’s not done. Even Willow looks bored and she usually
can take a lot of that stuff. Look at her..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Willow watches Buffy talk and really does look bored. Then Kennedy inches
up next to her and rests her hand on Willow’s arm. They share a look and
smile tentatively at each other.
ANDREW
(v.o.)
Oh! Do you see that? That’s important. Willow and Kennedy
have been in kind of a bad place lately but things are looking
up.
Andrew sets his camera on the table and settles into a chair to continue his
narration.
ANDREW
You see, Kennedy pursued the reluctant Willow and won her
heart, only to find herself frightened when she glimpsed the
darkness that still lies within the witch’s mind. Side note: I once
had my own personal encounter with Dark Willow…
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11 INT. THE MAGIC BOX (FLASHBACK)— NIGHT 11
Her hair a raven black and her eyes inky jet pools of ebony, Willow turns
to Jonathan and Andrew and smiles a pitiless smile. Jonathan cowers,
terrified but Andrew stands bravely before her.
WILLOW
Jonathan. Andrew. You boys like magick, don’t you?
Abracadabra.
Willow thrusts her hands outward and a stream of plasma and magickal
energy engulfs the two nerds. Jonathan ducks behind Andrew but
Andrew merely raises his hand and absorbs her spell..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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ANDREW
Haltem.
WILLOW
Okay. Didn’t see that coming.
ANDREW
That’s because we have power you can’t imagine.
JONATHAN
We do?
ANDREW
You, Dark Willow, wield a force of mighty evil, it is true,
but you are new to the game, little one.
WILLOW
And you know what they say, if at first you don’t
succeed…
JONATHAN
Holy cats, here it comes again.
She sends another stream of energy searing across the room at her
enemies. Andrew deflects it even more casually this time with an idle
wave of his hand. Jonathan is beside himself with awe for Andrew.
ANDREW
I deflect thy power.
WILLOW
Damn, that is one effective counter-spell..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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ANDREW
Thank you, little one. Thank you.
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12 INT. SUMMERS HOME (PRESENT)— DINING ROOM— DAY 12
Andrew, still talking into the camera.
ANDREW
She was something. Indeed, she was. Hey, I think Buffy’s
stopped talking. That usually means she had to go to work.
Let’s see what those little locusts left for breakfast, shall we?
He stands up and heads back into the kitchen.
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13 INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH— CORRIDOR— DAY 13
Buffy enters, hurrying toward her office, trying to beat the bell.
BUFFY
(to herself)
Not late. Not late till the bell rings…
She rushes forward when she sees two boys fighting in the hallways. She
gets between them and pushes them apart.
BUFFY
Hey! Hey! Break it up. Get to class.
As the boys sullenly head off in opposite directions, Buffy notices a SHY
GIRL standing alone and ignored by the others around her. As Buffy
watches, the girl starts to fade away, literally disappearing.
BUFFY
Uh-oh.
She rushes over to the girl, trying to get there before she becomes
invisible.
BUFFY
Hey, shy girl. Don’t do this!
The girl disappears completely. As a last resort, Buffy slaps the air where
the girl’s face was. Her hand makes contact and the girl suddenly snaps
back to reality again. She stares at Buffy, her hand to her cheek..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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SHY GIRL
You knew I was there.
BUFFY
Yeah.
SHY GIRL
You noticed me.
BUFFY
It’s okay, I promise. It may seem bad—
Buffy stops as a CRYING GIRL runs out of the girl’s restroom.
BUFFY
(to girl)
What’s wrong?
CRYING GIRL
The mirror said I was fat! It said it!
The girl runs off in tears and Buffy is about to head into the restroom
when she notices a STRESSED-OUT BOY down the hall, standing with three
of his friends.
BOY
I can’t take this semester anymore. It’s just so much for me
to handle. So not only does Mr. Hildebrand move up the
trig exam to today but he also makes it cover three more
chapters and I’ve got an English paper due tomorrow! I
feel like I’m going to explode.
Buffy hurries over to him and his friends..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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BUFFY
Hey! I can help. You just need to relax, you know? (to
friends) Maybe one of you guys could give him a foot rub?
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14 INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH— ADMIN OFFICE— DAY 14
Buffy enters the office to find Principal WOOD tending to a small cut on his
forehead.
BUFFY
Something bad is going on.
WOOD
(sarcastic)
Oh, is that right?
BUFFY
Oh, you’re hurt. What happened?
WOOD
Someone threw a rock at me as I got out of my car. I didn’t
really get a good chance to see who.
BUFFY
Yeah, well, it could have been any of them. Students,
teachers… something is going on today.
WOOD
Yes, well, that occurred to me as I ducked the other two
rocks. Buffy, what the hell is this?
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BUFFY
Everything.
WOOD
Slowly. I may be concussed here.
BUFFY
There’s this thing that happens here… in this school, over
the Hellmouth, where the way a thing feels, it kind of
starts being that way. For real. I’ve seen all of these things
before, just not all at once.
WOOD
So what? It’s like hell’s a-bustin’ out all over?
BUFFY
Exactly.
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15 INT. SUMMERS HOME— BASEMENT— DAY 15
Andrew, back in front of the “big board.” He nods knowingly and points to the
high school.
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16 INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH— ADMIN OFFICE— DAY 16
Back to Buffy and Wood.
WOOD
So what’s the worst that can happen?
BUFFY
War. Pretty much.
WOOD
Oh, I see you’re being amusing now, with comical
exaggeration.
BUFFY
Being in high school can feel like being at war. Now it’s
true. The students feel like the teachers are out to get
them. The Chess Club resents the French Club for taking
the activities room. And everybody hates the cheerleaders.
If we don’t do something about this, we’re going to have a
riot on our hands. And a lot of other nasty stuff, too..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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WOOD
Like what?
A scream followed by a small explosion comes from out in the hall. Red
blood and gore smacks into the window that looks out into the corridor.
BUFFY
He really should have had that foot rub.
FADE OUT
Act II
17 INT. SUMMERS HOME— CONTINUOUS— DAY 17
Dawn sits the dining room, close, smiling for the camera.
ANDREW
(v.o.)
Dawn is a typical American teenager, bubbly and sweet with
a hunger for fun and a smile that lights up the room.
DAWN
(laughs)
Hello.
ANDREW
(v.o.)
Dawn used to be a Key.
The camera swings around and focuses on a key lying on the dining room
table.
ANDREW
(v.o.)
I don’t really know what that means.
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The living room.
ANDREW
(whispered)
Oh, hey, here’s something I think you’re going to be
interested in, gentle viewers.
He angles the camera into the living room where Willow and Kennedy sit on
the sofa, kissing passionately. But this isn’t Andrew’s focus. He continues
panning up and frames the living room curtains..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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ANDREW
(v.o.)
Look at the fine work Xander did replacing the window sash.
You can’t even tell it’s new, it blends so well. He’s
extraordinary.
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18 INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH— ADMIN OFFICE— DAY 18
Buffy sits at Wood’s desk, the school blueprints laid out before her. He
stands close over her shoulder, reading them with her.
WOOD
And you’ve dealt with this before? I mean, you’ve seen
stuff like this in the high school?
BUFFY
Sure. You know, swim team monsters or killer prom dogs.
Again, not all at once.
WOOD
So what makes now so special?
BUFFY
My guess? It’s that seal thing in the basement. It’s like all
the Hellmouth’s energy is trying to escape from that one
little spot and it’s getting all…
WOOD
Focusy.
BUFFY
(smiles)
Careful. You’re starting to speak like me now.
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19 INT. SUMMERS HOME— LIVING ROOM— DAY 19
Xander and Anya sit on the sofa in Buffy’s living room. Andrew stands in front
of them, talking into the camera.
ANDREW
This is Xander and Anya interview number one for Buffy: A
Slayer of the Vampires.
ANYA
That’s what you’re calling it?.Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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ANDREW
Either that or Buffy: The Slayer Who Knew No Fear.
XANDER
I like that one.
ANDREW
Thank you, Xander. That’s sweet of you. I understand that
exactly one year ago today you left Anya at the altar. Any
comment on that?
XANDER
Whoa. What the hell?
ANDREW
I just think people will be interested.
ANYA
I know I am. What do you have to say for yourself one
year later?
XANDER
I’ve apologized enough. That’s what I have to say.
ANDREW
But you think it was something that called for an apology?
XANDER
Well, yes.
ANDREW
So you don’t think it was the right thing to do.
ANYA
Of course he doesn’t think it was the right thing to do.
XANDER
It was the right thing to do.
ANYA
What?
ANDREW
Interesting. I feel like we’re getting to something here..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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XANDER
Look, Anya, if I’d married you, it would have been against
everything I thought was best. It wouldn’t have worked.
ANYA
But we… we still spark! I get jealous of you, you get
jealous of me. You still love me.
ANDREW
Is that true, Xander? Do you still love her?
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20 INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH— BASEMENT— DAY 20
Buffy and Wood gaze down the seal. It’s uncovered again, just like before.
BUFFY
I swear we just covered this thing up.
WOOD
It doesn’t want to stay hidden any more. It wants to turn
these kids into monsters and victims and who knows
what.
BUFFY
It wants more than that. Listen, Robin. I had a… vision the
other day.
WOOD
You have visions?
BUFFY
Sometimes.
WOOD
Well, how do you know that they’re not just dreams?
BUFFY
If you’re running to catch the bus naked, that’s a dream.
Army of vicious vampire creatures, that’s a vision. Also, I
was awake.
WOOD
A bus to where? (off her look) I mean, an army of how
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BUFFY
Hundreds. Maybe hundreds of hundreds. All I know is the
last über-vamp I faced crawled out of that very hole.
Makes me awfully nervous.
Wood steps out onto the seal.
BUFFY
(alarmed)
What are you doing?
WOOD
Have you ever really studied it… you know, gotten close?
He kneels down to examine the markings on the seal.
BUFFY
Well, I know it’s a goat’s head with its tongue out. Willow
did a search on the symbolic database but it turns out
everyone likes a good goat’s tongue… rock groups,
covens and Greek cookbooks. She said she couldn’t
narrow it down.
WOOD
And you trust her?
BUFFY
Yes. Why wouldn’t I trust her?
WOOD
I don’t know why any of you should trust each other.
You’ve all been evil at some point, right?
BUFFY
No. That’s not true. I mean, yeah, Willow had a… bad
patch. But I’ve never been.
WOOD
Evil is what evil does, right? And I know what you’re
doing.
Wood stands and turns to face her, furious, threatening. His eyes are
clouded over, a blank white. His voice is a menacing growl.
WOOD
You’re with that vampire. Screwing that vampire. You
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Buffy yanks Wood off the seal and he collapses to the ground.
BUFFY
Robin! Are you okay?
He looks up, confused, his eyes back to normal.
WOOD
Whoa. What happened?
BUFFY
I… I think it was controlling you.
WOOD
Buffy, we’ve got to get rid of this seal. We’ve got to shut it
down before it starts affecting everyone.
BUFFY
I think I have a pretty good idea who we should talk to.
WOOD
Yeah? Who’s that?
BUFFY
The guy that fed it its first drop of blood.
Suddenly a small pink piglet wanders from one side of the room and out
the door on the other.
WOOD
God, I hope that’s not a student.
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21 INT. SUMMERS HOME— BASEMENT— DAY 20
Spike stands in the basement, pacing and smoking a cigarette. He looks at
the camera, realizes he’s being taped and flicks the cigarette butt toward the
lens.
SPIKE
I thought I told you to piss off with this bloody camera. And
here you are again with that thing in my face. Sod off ‘fore I rip
your throat out and eat it—
ANDREW
(o.s.)
Spike, the light was kinda behind you…
Spike’s demeanor instantly changes. He becomes cooperative and friendly.
SPIKE
Oh, right.
He takes a few steps to one side and looks at Andrew for approval.
SPIKE
This better, then? (beat) I thought I told you to piss off with
this bloody camera. And here you are again with that thing in
my face. Sod off—
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22 INT. SUMMERS HOME— LIVING ROOM— DAY 22
Xander and Anya sit on the sofa, talking intimately.
ANYA
You keep ducking the question..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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XANDER
I don’t mean to. It’s just you know how I feel, right? And
you were the one who didn’t want to keep seeing each
other.
ANYA
And here’s where we hop on the merry-go-round of
rotating knives. I blame you and you blame me and we
both end up all cut to shreds. Please, just tell… (sighs) Do
you still love me?
XANDER
Yes, I still love you. I always will. I just don’t know if that
means anything for us anymore.
ANYA
Well, I love you, too. And I don’t know if that means
anything, either.
XANDER
(smiles)
Well, it’s nice to hear. I’m not going to find anyone out there
like you, am I?
ANYA
It doesn’t seem likely.
XANDER
I guess I’m more replaceable, obviously.
ANYA
No, there’s no one like you, Xander.
Reveal Andrew watching the playback on his video camera. He is clearly
moved by it and mouths the words along with the tape.
ANYA
(o.s.; on camera)
You were willing to stand up to danger even when your
hands had no weapons. You were ready to protect me
with your life.
XANDER
Yeah, I guess we fit together pretty good.
ANYA
We fit together great.
XANDER
You know, sometimes I want to be back in your life..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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ANYA
(o.s.; on camera)
I hope you know you never left my heart.
Andrew tears up and hits the rewind button to play it again but Buffy and
Wood enter, fast and urgent. Andrew looks up, startled.
BUFFY
Heads up, Andrew. We gotta talk.
WOOD
We just spent the day keeping the lid on a war.
ANDREW
Oh. That would be very exciting on tape.
BUFFY
The school is out of control with energy from the
Hellmouth. It’s time for you to help, Andrew.
ANDREW
Well, right now I’m really more about the recording of—
BUFFY
No! No more watching. The seal thing is your baby and
you gotta get in there before it tears everything apart.
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23 INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH— BASEMENT— DAY 23
Five students enter the room and surround the seal. They kneel and
extend their arms toward it. It begins to glow and pulse with supernatural
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FADE OUT
Act III
24 EXT. MEXICO (2002)— HACIENDA—NIGHT 24
TITLE CARD:
Somewhere in Mexico, 2002
A modest adobe hut sits under a dark and cloudy Mexican night sky.
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25 DREAM SEQUENCE 25
A montage of images from Andrew’s dream flash by: the Seal of
Danthazar, the face of the Turok-Han, a Bringer stabbing a potential,
Jonathan’s dead body lying on the seal, the seal opening, then ancient and
evil voice speaks to him.
VOICE
(v.o.)
Desde abajo te devora. (From beneath, it devours you.)
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26 INT. ADOBE HUT— NIGHT 26
Andrew and Jonathan wake up simultaneously in a small bed, panting
and afraid.
JONATHAN
Ohmigod, ohmigod, ohmigod…
ANDREW
Je-sus!
JONATHAN
Did you have it again? I had it again.
ANDREW
And that voice… “desme abdo tay deborah”. What does it
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JONATHAN
Let’s try looking it up again in the morning, in the
diccionario. Holy cats, that was terrifying.
ANDREW
We’re fugitives, haunted by our past, tormented by a
message we don’t understand.
JONATHAN
We’re hunted men, driven mad by forces beyond our
understanding.
ANDREW
We’re men of faded power, tortured from within by a
voice out of nowhere.
JONATHAN
I don’t deserve this. I wasn’t even that evil.
ANDREW
I thought you were evil.
JONATHAN
Yeah?
ANDREW
Sure. I respected your ideas for evil projects and I thought
you had good follow-through.
JONATHAN
Oh. Well, thanks. It’s nice that you noticed..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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WILLOW
(v.o.)
Okay, I think we’re getting a little off track here.
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27 INT. SUMMERS HOME (PRESENT)— LIVING ROOM— DAY 27
Andrew sits on the sofa with a whole crowd of people staring at him:
Buffy, Wood, Spike, Willow and Kennedy. The camera sits idle for the
time being.
Willow is pulling memories from Andrew with a kind of magickal
hypnosis. She holds a mystical icon in front of him to focus the spell.
ANDREW
I don’t want to do this anymore. Everyone’s staring at me.
WILLOW
Just focus on the charm. You have to focus on the charm to
pull the memories out.
WOOD
Tell us about the seal.
ANDREW
But it tickles and I’m all tense. Can’t I have a cool
refreshing Zima?
BUFFY
No Zima!
SPIKE
Shut your face about the Zima. Just talk.
XANDER
You were the first person to uncover it and feed it blood.
How did you know it was there? How did you know what
to do?
ANDREW
I don’t know! Stuff happened. I forget.
KENNEDY
So remember. Look at the charm.
ANDREW
But I’m not a part of this. I document. I don’t participate.
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BUFFY
Andrew. Stop it or I’m going to smash this camera over
your head. Actually, I’m going to do that anyway so you
might as well talk.
WILLOW
And stop going off topic.
ANDREW
I wasn’t off topic. It’s going to get relevant in a second
because Jonathan’s going to go to the bathroom.
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28 INT. MEXICO— ADOBE HUT (2002)— NIGHT 28
JONATHAN
I’m going to go to the bathroom.
He gets up and goes into the next room, leaving Andrew alone. He hums
idly to himself while he waits for Jonathan to come back.
ANDREW
La cucaracha… la cucaracha…
THE FIRST/WARREN
(o.s.)
Did you get the knife?
Andrew turns over in bed to find Warren leaning over him. He jumps up,
excited and nervous.
ANDREW
Oh, gosh, I’m glad to see you.
THE FIRST/WARREN
Me, too. You’re looking good.
ANDREW
Am I? I probably have pillow creases.
THE FIRST/WARREN
No, no. It’s good. You’re a man on the run. You got a kind
of a wild and desperate thing going. Did you… did you get
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ANDREW
Yeah. It wasn’t easy. I had to meet this demon guy who
sells all kinds of weird weapons and stuff.
THE FIRST/WARREN
Show me.
ANDREW
Well, I didn’t buy them but there were poison arrows and
this sort of collapsible sword—
THE FIRST/WARREN
Show me the knife.
ANDREW
(laughs)
Oh, right.
Andrew takes a flat box out from under the bed.
THE FIRST/WARREN
Quick, before the shortcake comes back.
ANDREW
Oh, it’ll be a while. He’s got a shy bladder. (calls out)
Jonathan, you okay in there?
JONATHAN
(o.s.)
Don’t talk to me! I’m fine!
Andrew opens the box, to reveal a gleaming knife. It has runic symbols
carved into the blade.
ANDREW
Pretty knife. Except… the stabbing. I don’t think I can do it.
Jonathan has been a good friend to me here in Mexico. He
said he’ll buy me a burro.
THE FIRST/WARREN
You can stab him. It’s all part of the plan. That boy’s blood
is a powerful tribute. It’s a gift to something very big, very
important. And ultimately it won’t even hurt him. We get
a reward, you and me and him, too.
ANDREW
We live as gods..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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THE FIRST/WARREN
That’s right, man. The Trio. Livin’ as gods.
Andrew cocks his head, a dreamy far-away look in his eye.
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29 EXT. GRASSY MEADOW— DAY 29
Warren, Andrew and Jonathan dance around the flower-filled meadow,
dressed in Greek togas with golden wreaths on their heads. Piles of gold
bars sit on pedestals all around them. Andrew plays a pan-flute, Warren a
lyre and Jonathan has a jug of wine slung over his shoulder.
ANDREW
(sings)
We are as gods! Oh, we are gods! We are as gods! We are
as gods!
Warren and Jonathan join in, joyous and extremely out of tune.
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30 INT. MEXICO— ADOBE HUT— NIGHT 30
The First snaps Andrew out of his reverie.
THE FIRST/WARREN
There is power in that knife. Drive the words deep into
him. It’s the only way for us to get our reward.
ANDREW
Got it. If I kill him with this knife, we live as gods..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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31 INT. SUMMERS HOME (PRESENT)— LIVING ROOM— DAY 31
WILLOW
Wait a second. Go back. What was that part again?
ANDREW
You mean this part?
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32 EXT. GRASSY MEADOW— DAY 32
Andrew, Warren and Jonathan caper like gods again.
TRIO
(unison)
We are as gods!
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33 INT. SUMMERS HOME— LIVING ROOM— DAY 33
Everyone in the room stares balefully at Andrew.
WILLOW
Not that part! (to Buffy) We need to see that knife. There’s
something there.
BUFFY
Kennedy, search his stuff. Find the knife.
ANDREW
It’s not in my stuff. It’s in the kitchen, in the cutlery
drawer. (off her look) You didn’t have any steak knives.
Kennedy heads into the kitchen to retrieve it.
WILLOW
(horrified)
You put your old murder weapon in with our utensils?
ANDREW
(defensive)
I washed it..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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SPIKE
(to Willow)
What’re you looking for?
WILLOW
He said The First said something about words. Like, “drive
the words deep into him.”
ANDREW
There was some carving on the blade. I just thought it was
a pattern.
Kennedy comes back and hands Willow the knife.
KENNEDY
Found it.
Willow holds it out for Andrew to examine.
WILLOW
Okay, you’re Mr. Demon-Summoner. How are you with
demon languages?
Andrew looks closely at the blade.
ANDREW
Whoa. You’re right. It’s in Tawarick. It’s like proto-Tawarick.
(to Buffy) It’s really, really old.
KENNEDY
But what’s the big?
WOOD
We’ve never known anything about this seal. Now we
know that this knife and this language are connected to it
somehow.
BUFFY
Andrew, do you speak this Tawarick?
ANDREW
Yeah. I’m okay with it. It says, “The blood which I spill I…
consecrate to the oldest evil.”
KENNEDY
Creepy.
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BUFFY
Will, what are you thinking? You think you can do
something with that?
WILLOW
(considers)
Let me work on it.
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33A INT. SUMMERS HOME— DINING ROOM/LIVING ROOM— NIGHT 33A
Willow looks up from her computer at Buffy standing behind her.
WILLOW
I think it’s got a shot.
They get up and go back into the living room with the others.
BUFFY
Guess what, Andy? You just won yourself a free vacation
to the beautiful downtown Hellmouth.
SPIKE
So he can do what? Yell at it in its own language?
WILLOW
Maybe.
WOOD
What? I’m not following..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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BUFFY
Look, we have to deal with the deal right away. We
already might have to just shut the school down and I am
not losing any more territory to The First. Besides, it’s the
only thing we’ve got.
WILLOW
The seal responds to this language somehow or The First
wouldn’t have needed the knife. Andrew knows the
language, can really talk to it, maybe give it commands.
BUFFY
Come on. Robin, Spike, let’s go.
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34 INT. SUMMERS HOME— KITCHEN— NIGHT 34
Kennedy leans against the counter, talking into the camera.
KENNEDY
So she says “come on, let’s go” and I’m thinking, great, I’m
ready, I’ve been training. Turns out she’s not taking me or my
girls. Not even taking Willow. You know who she’s taking?
The men. And you, Andrew. All the girls get left behind. You
wouldn’t think Buffy would play it like that. She’s not turning
out like I thought she’d be.
BUFFY
(o.s.)
Andrew? Where are you? Let’s go!
KENNEDY
(to Andrew)
Guess you’d better go. M’lady’s calling you.
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35 INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH— CORRIDOR— NIGHT 35
Buffy, Spike, Wood and Andrew stand just inside the front door of the
school. It appears empty and calm. As they walk further into the school,
they find the building trashed. Fires burn in trash cans, lockers are ripped
open, the contents strewn everywhere, furniture smashed, graffiti covers
the walls: NO ONE GETS OUT ALIVE and MARCHING BAND RULES! and DIE,
CHEERLEADERS, DIE.
BUFFY
The riot that almost happened..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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WOOD
Looks to me like it happened after all.
Furtive footsteps run past somewhere nearby. A bottle smashes against
the wall by Spike’s head.
SPIKE
Looks to me like it’s still happening. Nice way to run a
school. There’s gotta be kids injured in here.
WOOD
Yeah, easy pickings for the likes of you, huh?
SPIKE
Hey, here to help, you know.
WOOD
Right…
ANDREW
(into cam)
Check out Spike and the principal. There’s something going
on there. (beat) Sexual tension you could cut with a knife.
They move further down the corridor and the damage gets even worse.
At the far end, a group of students dashes from one room to the other.
SPIKE
These kids went nuts, didn’t they?
WOOD
No kidding.
BUFFY
Shh! They’ll hear you.
WOOD
Buffy, they’re all the way down—
As Wood passes a classroom door, it flies open and a crazed male student,
emblazoned with war-paint, leaps out and slams him across the face with
a fire extinguisher. Other students leap out of the classrooms and attack
Buffy and Spike as well.
SPIKE
The kids are getting stronger!
Buffy grabs the student and throws him against the wall. He sinks to the
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Andrew moves away and the camera image skews wildly.
ANDREW
(v.o.)
Oh, god! Struck down before I achieve redemption…
The image blurs and swings around, finally settling on a reverse view of the
others behind him. Buffy, Wood and Spike fight the six students. Wood
picks up a locker door and turns it on his opponent.
Spike takes on two at a time, wrenching a flaming torch from one of them
and using the butt as a club. Buffy keeps an eye on him while she fights
the other three students.
BUFFY
Spike! Don’t kill them. They’re just students.
Spike glares at her, then pounds a teen boy to the floor. When all the
students are knocked out, Buffy leads them to the basement entrance.
BUFFY
Okay, Spike. Wood. I need you guys to stay here. Hold
our line of retreat.
ANDREW
(to Buffy )
So I’ll be staying here with these men, helping out with
that “holding the line” thing. (off her look; to Spike) I’ll be
with Buffy.
She opens the door and drags him inside.
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36 INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH— BASEMENT— NIGHT 36
Buffy and Andrew make their way down the stairs, alert for danger.
Andrew points the camera around, narrating as they go.
ANDREW
We make our way down the stairs carefully, alert for any
danger.
Buffy spins and rips the camera away from him.
BUFFY
Oh, stop it!
ANDREW
But I was just—
BUFFY
No more.
ANDREW
I… I just want the world to see what you do.
BUFFY
What I do is too important to show to the world.
ANDREW
Oh, I like that.
BUFFY
Be quiet! I don’t want a biographer. Especially a murderer.
ANDREW
Yeah, well, see about that? We just keep tossing that word
around but that’s not really what happened.
BUFFY
What? You stabbed Jonathan to death. What were you
trying to do? Scratch his back from the front?
ANDREW
It was confusing. Jonathan and I were digging but Warren
was there and only I could see him…
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37 INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH (FLASHBACK)— BASEMENT— NIGHT 37
Jonathan stands on the uncovered seal, shovel in hand, dirt still piled high
around him. The First in the guise of Warren stands behind Jonathan,
looking down at Andrew.
ANDREW
Not one of them cares about you.
JONATHAN
But I care about them. That’s why I’m here.
THE FIRST/WARREN
(to Andrew)
Do it. Stab him.
ANDREW
(to Warren)
No. I can’t do it.
JONATHAN
What?
THE FIRST/WARREN
Do it now!
ANDREW
This isn’t right.
THE FIRST/WARREN
Stab him. Spill the blood. What’s wrong with you? Are you
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JONATHAN
Who are you talking to? What isn’t right?
ANDREW
(to Warren)
No, but did you actually think I could use this?
Andrew takes the knife out and holds it up.
THE FIRST/WARREN
That’s good. Just do it. It’ll feel good.
JONATHAN
(angry)
A knife! What’s going on?
ANDREW
(to Jonathan)
He’s making me do it!
Jonathan seizes the knife, trying to wrest it away.
JONATHAN
You tricked me! Damn you! I’ll kill you first!
Andrew resists and they wrestle for control of the knife.
THE FIRST/WARREN
Stab him! You have to! You’ll die a lost soul if you fail and
I’ll hate you forever!
JONATHAN
I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you!
Jonathan’s face suddenly fills with shock. Andrew steps back, bloody knife
still in his hand. He watches Jonathan fall to the ground.
Andrew raises his arms dramatically and screams to the heavens. Warren
is gone now and Andrew stands alone over the body.
ANDREW
No!
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38 INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH (PRESENT)— BASEMENT— NIGHT 38
Buffy and Andrew continue through the shadowy warren of corridors
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ANDREW
You see, I’m a man, trapped by circumstances into paying
for a crime I didn’t even—
BUFFY
No…
ANDREW
What?
BUFFY
No, it’s just I thought you would say that. I saw the seal
possess Wood like that earlier today.
Andrew lights up. He likes the sound of that story better.
ANDREW
Yes! Yes! See…
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39 INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH (FLASHBACK)— BASEMENT—NIGHT 39
Jonathan stands on the uncovered seal, shovel in hand, dirt still piled high
around him. The First in the guise of Warren stands behind Jonathan,
looking down at Andrew. Andrew looks down at Jonathan, his eyes are
clouded over, a blank white. His voice is low, threatening.
JONATHAN
That’s why I’m here.
ANDREW
Die! Die! Die!
He stabs Jonathan and watches him fall to the ground. Andrew’s eyes
return to normal again and he looks around, confused.
ANDREW
What have I done?
Andrew raises his arms dramatically and screams to the heavens. Warren
is gone now and Andrew stands alone over the body..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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ANDREW
Get out of my brain!
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40 INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH (PRESENT)—BASEMENT— NIGHT 40
BUFFY
(incredulous)
You just completely changed your entire story!
ANDREW
Did not.
BUFFY
Um, you did too!
ANDREW
Didn’t— hey, here we are.
Buffy stops him at the entrance to the room containing the seal. A low
chanting sounds from within.
BUFFY
Wait. There’s someone in there.
ANDREW
We should go.
He turns to leave but Buffy grabs him..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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BUFFY
Whoa! No, we are going in. Just be prepared, okay? The
seal could have done anything to them. Go.
They enter to find five students standing between them and the seal. The
students turn toward the intruders. The kids are all blind now, their eyes
sealed shut and scarred with runic symbols. They have become Bringers.
BUFFY
(stunned)
Nope. They’re okay.
FADE OUT
Act IV
41 INT. SUMMERS HOME— BASEMENT— NIGHT 41
Anya and Xander lie on Spike’s cot, naked, in post-coital bliss.
XANDER
Well.
ANYA
Well, well.
XANDER
That was nice.
ANYA
It certainly was, you carpenter, you..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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XANDER
It’s too bad Buffy took Spike’s chains down, huh?
ANYA
You said it.
XANDER
I feel good.
ANYA
Well, yeah. I’m a spitfire in the bedroom.
XANDER
Yeah, I always knew we’d do that again.
ANYA
Yeah, one more time, anyway.
XANDER
Is that what that was? A one more time?
ANYA
Do you think there should be… more?
XANDER
I don’t know. It was nice. It felt… it felt like a one more
time.
ANYA
I think maybe we’re really over. Which— it’s good, right? I
mean, now we can move on.
XANDER
Sure.
She lies back, her head on his chest. They both stare up at the ceiling,
melancholy smiles on their faces.
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42 INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH— CORRDOR— NIGHT 42
Spike and Wood roam the hallway close to the basement stairs.
SPIKE
Wonder what’s keeping them. Thought they’d be up here
by now.
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SPIKE
How’d they make this in here, you suppose?
He tosses it to Wood who catches it grimly.
WOOD
Wood shop, I guess. It’s nice to know they’re paying
attention in class.
Suddenly Spike is tackled from behind and sent to the floor by a crazed
student. Two more jump Wood. Wood recovers and wields the 2x4 like a
club while Spike counter-attacks with his fists. More students arrive and
surround the fighters, ready to jump in.
Wood decks one of the students, knocking him out with the board which
splinters. He finds himself momentarily free and looks over to where
Spike is grappling with a young man, his back to Wood. Wood moves
behind Spike, snatches up one of the splintered pieces of board and raises
the makeshift stake, preparing to strike him, when he’s suddenly tackled
by another student and sent reeling backward.
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43 INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH— BASEMENT— NIGHT 43
The Bringers attack Buffy en masse and she defends herself with a flurry
of punches and kicks.
As Andrew watches her fight, he notices his camera sitting on a ledge by
the door. He picks it up and starts filming.
Buffy fights the Bringers, her moves are a deadly ballet.
ANDREW
(v.o.)
She is like a woman fighting for more than life. She fights like
fighting is her life. It is the air she breathes and she knows she
will win because there is no alternative.
Buffy leaps to her feet and knocks out two of the Bringers with a
simultaneous kick-and-punch combination. The one remaining conscious
Bringer flees the room.
BUFFY
It’s your turn, Andrew.
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ANDREW
So we figure what? I stand on the seal and hold the knife
and like command it to stop glowing in Tawarick?
Buffy doesn’t hand Andrew the knife. Instead, she starts circling the seal
opposite him, her gaze cold.
BUFFY
Or we could do this.
ANDREW
(confused)
What…
BUFFY
Doesn’t really make sense, does it? Bringing you here to
talk to it? This thing doesn’t understand words. It
understands blood.
Andrew panics, realizing where this is going.
ANDREW
Blood opens it. You don’t want to open it. Opening it
would be bad.
BUFFY
Yeah, Willow did a little research. Turns out the blood of
the person that awoke it— you— different kind of deal. It
reverses the whole thing.
ANDREW
How… how much blood? Are you going to…?.Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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BUFFY
I don’t know. Maybe not enough to kill you.
ANDREW
So this is my redemption at last. I buy back my own
bruised soul with the blood of my heart… but not… not
enough to kill.
BUFFY
Stop! Stop telling stories. Life isn’t a story.
ANDREW
Sorry, sorry.
BUFFY
Shut up. You always do this. You make everything into a
story so no one’s responsible for anything because they’re
just following a script.
ANDREW
Please don’t kill me. Warren said Jonathan would be okay.
I trusted him and I lost my friend.
BUFFY
You didn’t lose him! You murdered him.
ANDREW
(pleading)
I know. But you don’t need to kill me. You said we could
all get through this.
BUFFY
I made it up. I’m making it all up. So what kind of hero
does that make me?
ANDREW
No, you’re doing a great job, really. Kudos.
BUFFY
Yeah, well, I don’t like having to give a bunch of speeches
about how we’re all going to live, because we won’t. This
isn’t some story where good triumphs because good
triumphs. Good people are going to die. Girls. Maybe me.
Probably you. Probably right now.
Andrew is close to tears.
ANDREW
Don’t… please….Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Buffy drags him over to seal and holds him over it, the dagger raised to
strike.
BUFFY
When your blood pours out, it might save the world. What
do you think about that? Does it buy it all back? Are you
redeemed?
ANDREW
No!
BUFFY
Why not?
He starts to cry now as he realizes he truly might be about to die.
ANDREW
(sobs)
Because I killed him. Because I listened to Warren and I
pretended that I thought it was him but I knew it wasn’t.
And I killed Jonathan. And now you’re going to kill me
and I’m scared and I’m going to die. And this… this is what
Jonathan felt.
A tear rolls down Andrew’s face and falls onto the seal. When the drop
hits the metal of the seal, it instantly stops glowing and goes dormant
once again. Buffy releases Andrew and he collapses to the ground.
ANDREW
It stopped.
BUFFY
It didn’t want blood. It wanted tears..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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She is now kinder and gentler toward him than she has ever been in the
past.
ANDREW
Thanks.
BUFFY
Sorry I had to—
ANDREW
You weren’t really going to stab me, were you?
BUFFY
I wasn’t going to stab you.
ANDREW
What if the tears didn’t work?
She says nothing, merely gives him a meaningful look, then walks out.
After a moment, he picks up his camcorder and follows her.
CUT TO:
44 INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH— CORRIDOR— NIGHT 44
Spike and Wood fight furiously with the students, barely holding their
own. Suddenly, all the students stop fighting and just wander away. Spike
and Wood look at each other, amazed.
WOOD
She got it done.
SPIKE
Always has.
WOOD
So far.
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45 INT. SUMMERS HOME— BATHROOM— NIGHT 45
Andrew sits on the closed toilet again, talking to the camera..Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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ANDREW
Here’s the thing. I killed my best friend. There’s a big fight
coming and I don’t know what’s going to happen. I don’t even
think I’m going to live through it. That’s probably the way it
should be. I guess I…
He sighs, then reaches out and switches off the camera.
CUT TO BLACK
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