The Mystic in the Hellmouth
by
Godeerc VanDrey
Category:
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer
Genre:
General, Fantasy
Rating:
PG
Language:
English
Summary:
Season 3. Godeerc the Mystic (from my Friends
stories) tries to resolve the breakup between Angel and Buffy during their
breakup scene. Chaos ensues. (What else?)
A/N: Okay, this will be my second Buffy fic. I’ve done a lot of Friends fics in the past
and I want to break out. Lately, I’ve
become quite a Buffy fan (This is such an understatement; I periodically “slay”
inanimate objects with pencils pretending they’re vampires), and I want to show
it. Now, I must warn you that this will
not be one of my best fics, since I am just starting out after a long break,
and am trotting on new territory.
Anyway, thanks for reading. And
watch out for punctusmileys. Sonriso
didn’t get into my last fic.
The Mystic in the Hellmouth
(Buffy,
followed by Angel, in the sewers chasing after a vampire)
Buffy:
You need clothes. You don’t have a tux,
do you?
Angel:
Since when did patrolling go black tie?
Buffy:
For the prom, silly.
Angel:
We have more important things to think about right now than a dance, Buffy.
Buffy:
(rolls her eyes) Sorry, Giles.
Angel:
C’mon, don’t be that way.
(the vampire appears)
Buffy:
Not now. (stakes him thoughtlessly) I’m not being that
way. Every time I mention something
about the prom, you get grouchy.
Angel:
I’m sorry. I’m just worried you’ll get
too invested in this whole thing.
Buffy:
What whole thing? (agitated) Isn’t this the stuff I’m
supposed to get invested in? Going to
the formal… graduating… growing up…?
(A/N:
By the way, if you didn’t recognize it, it’s the Buffy-Angel Break-up Scene)
Angel:
I know… (walks away)
Buffy:
(catching up) Then what’s… what’s with the dire?
Angel:
(nervous) It’s uh… it’s nothing.
Buffy:
No, you have an “it’s something” face.
Angel:
I think we need to talk. But not now, not here.
Buffy:
No, if you have something to say, then say it. Angel, drop the cryptic. You’re scaring me.
Angel:
(walking towards her) I’ve been thinking… about our future… and the more I do…
the more I feel like us… you and me being together is unfair to you…
Buffy:
Is this about what the Mayor said?
Because he was just trying to shake us up.
Angel:
He was right.
Buffy:
No, no he not. He’s the bad guy.
Angel:
(walks away, shaking his head, then turns around and faces Buffy) You deserve more. You
deserve something outside the demons and darkness. I mean, you should be with someone who can
take you into the light. Someone who
could…
A
male voice: Oh, could this be any
more long-winded?
(Buffy
and Angel turn and poise for the attack)
(a humanoid figure wearing a blue robe turns the corner)
The
figure: You know, Angel, I know you’re a 270-year-old vampire and what not, but
what’s with the scenery? (looks around) Okay, Slayer
girl, put the stake down. Do I look like
a vampire?
Angel:
So maybe your game face isn’t on.
Godeerc:
(the figure) I don’t have one. (thinks) Actually I kind of do.
My hair and my eyes will turn this funny color. It’s really crazy. (smiles)
(Buffy
and Angel don’t)
Godeerc:
(mock sadness) Sorry, I am so ruining the mood?
But, Angel, what the heck are you doing?
Angel:
I planning my attack on you.
Godeerc:
Good luck. I’d like to see you come
within three feet. (Angel lunges, and hits an invisible force field around
Godeerc) (mock
self-criticism) Okay, I’m sorry. I’m
supposed to warn people.
Buffy:
(through her clenched teeth) What do you want?
Godeerc:
Wow, I’m glad my sarcasm has limits, ‘cause I know a
really good comment for you that most people wouldn’t hold out on.
Buffy:
I am the Slayer.
Godeerc:
Okay, that is so… so… so duh. Yeah, it’s great fun, isn’t it?
Angel:
What do you want?
Godeerc:
Two of a kind. Okay, down to
business. I knew you were that type
anyway. I pretty sure Angel was about to
dump you, and for some oddly righteous reasons, but I really don’t want that.
Buffy:
Why do you care?
Godeerc:
Well, for one thing, I’m a romantic.
Second… well, there was a second.
But don’t you even want to hear me out?
Buffy:
You’ve got…
Godeerc:
Don’t tell how long I’ve got. My name’s
Godeerc. Here’s the “411”: You ask for
changes in life; I make them.
Angel:
You mean like granting wishes? (teasing) We got a
genie in the Hellmouth? Here to grant us
three wishes?
Godeerc:
No. Three wishes aren’t near enough with
my sense of humor.
Buffy: What do you mean?
Godeerc:
You see Bedazzled?
Buffy:
Uh, yeah.
Godeerc:
It’s like that, except I really do want to make things go happy. And the whole Devil thing.
Buffy:
So, what am I supposed to do?
Godeerc:
Well, let’s see. Wish. Okay, as I could tell from your lovely
break-up scene… But the way, it was
great. It goes right up there with Ross
and Rachel… as I could see, the reason Angel wants to break up is because he’s
a vampire, and that just won’t work out in the long run.
Buffy:
So…?
Godeerc:
She has brawn to burn and attitude to spare, but where are her logical
reasoning skills? This is simple. The way to undo something that is, is to…
Angel:
Do something that is not. Wish I never
became a vampire.
Buffy:
(half-sarcastic, half-interested) Sounds like fun. I wish Angel had never become a vampire.
Scene
2: Alleys of
(a drunken human Angel walks out of a bar)
(Darla
grabs his neck to bite him)
(she is dusted, revealing Godeerc behind her)
Angel:
(swaying) Huh? (passes out)
(COMMERCIAL
BREAK)
Scene
3: The sewers
(Buffy
and Godeerc stand; Angel is gone)
Buffy:
(shakes her head as she wakes from a trance) Whoa. Loony. What was that?
Godeerc:
Glimpse. You’ll get used to it.
Buffy:
I would hope so. (looks around) Where’s Angel?
Godeerc:
Buffy:
Why is he in
Godeerc:
He doesn’t have much choice.
Buffy:
What are you talking about?
Godeerc:
You’ll see. Let’s go.
Buffy:
Go where?
Scene
4: Graveyard in
(Buffy
and Godeerc pop up in the graveyard)
Godeerc:
Okay, here we are.
Buffy:
That was the strangest experience in my life.
Godeerc:
I know quite a bit about your life.
That’s quite a compliment.
Buffy:
If only. Where’s Angel. Is he brooding around somewhere?
Godeerc:
He should be in one of these graves.
Buffy:
He’s dead?! Why is he dead?
Godeerc:
He died in 1827.
Buffy:
Why?
Godeerc:
‘Cause humans have a tendency to do that after living for a while.
Buffy:
And…
Godeerc:
He wasn’t a vampire.
Buffy:
You killed my boyfriend! Reverse it…
now!
Godeerc:
It will likely reverse itself if I left right now. But an even better idea would be to make a
new wish.
Buffy:
(cold) Oh, joy, love, and harmony. Again?
Godeerc:
Well, let’s see. You’ve done it
once. Doing once more would be
considered “again.”
Buffy:
Wow, you remind me of someone I know very well.
Okay, I’ll play your little game, but if Angel’s not alive in my next
dream, you’ll feel the wrath of the Slayer without her boyfriend. I wish that human Angel would be in
Sunnydale, now.
Godeerc:
Very good. Done.
Scene
5: Outside the Bronze, Present
(Buffy
looking around)
Buffy:
Godeerc, where are we?
Godeerc:
You don’t know?
Buffy:
(looks around) Oh, the Bronze. Now
where’s Angel? You didn’t kill him, did
you?
(a drunk human Angel walks out)
Angel:
Whoo-hoo! No one beat the
One-With-the-Angelic-Face. Six shots,
two minutes! Baby, I’m good! (sees Buffy) Well,
hello there, little lady, what’s a girl like you doing outside a bar like
this? By the way, that is my gun.
Buffy:
Oh my… I just got hit on my boyfriend,
and not very well at that. Godeerc, take
us back to the sewer. And for goodness
sake, bring back the regular Angel.
Godeerc:
Now it gets fun.
Scene
7: The sewers
(Godeerc,
Buffy, and regular vampire Angel)
Angel:
Wow. That was quite a rush. Please stop.
Buffy:
Okay, I’ve had about enough of you. Now,
listen, if you want to help us, help.
But I am not going to play your little game anymore. Angel’s a vampire. I know that.
I’ve dealt with it. So what? Why should you change that?
Angel:
Buffy, if I stay a vampire, it does mean that we’re leaving certain things out
of our relationship… and our future.
This guy has power, and I think he can actually do some good with it.
Godeerc:
Angel’s right. I have power. And not only do I want to use it for good, I
kind of have to.
Buffy:
Why?
Godeerc:
I can explain later. Now, what exactly
do you want?
Angel:
I want to be human again for her. All my
memories, my personality, my maturity, and my life back. Soul and all, in a human
body. I want to be changed.
Godeerc:
(suddenly solemn, sighs heavily) I knew it was going to come to this.
Buffy:
Can you do it?
Godeerc:
Can I or will I?
Buffy:
Either or. You said you wanted to help.
Godeerc:
I won’t personally do it. That is
messing with the forces of nature and darkness.
I can’t do that, or won’t. But I
do understand you know someone else that could do it.
Buffy:
Like a witch?
Angel:
Ms. Calendar is dead. (painful expression)
Buffy:
Or
Godeerc:
Power grows by what you dare to do. Do
want me to have her do it?
Buffy:
(long pause) Please.
Scene
7: The Library
(Buffy,
Angel, and Godeerc suddenly pop in, frightening Giles)
Giles:
My gosh. Buffy,
what’s happening? Who is this?
Godeerc:
Godeerc.
Angel:
He’s kind of like a wizard or something.
Godeerc:
Hi.
Godeerc:
Yeah, I understand we are. But I don’t
want to waste time. I don’t do
formalities well. But I know, in time,
you’ll learn more about me than you probably think you can handle.
Godeerc:
It’s not my specialty, no. (makes a large, hardback
book materialize and floats it over to
Godeerc: (Spanish pronunciation) “La Transformación del Vampiro a Humano.” It’s a Spanish spell. It will return Angel to a human.
Giles:
(cutting in) That is very advanced magic. (takes off his glasses and holds them for his
adult-mature-speech mode)
Godeerc:
The more difficult of spells that she tries, the more her magic will grow.
Buffy:
You don’t have to do it.
Angel:
It’s for us. My being human really
breaks a lot of the barriers down that may separate Buffy and I. It’s a favor, but you don’t have to oblige.
Xander:
Does someone need help? (walks in) Whoa, whole solemn
mood thing is going on. Sorry.
Godeerc:
It’s all right.
Xander:
Thanks. (pauses) By the way, who are you?
Godeerc:
I am Godeerc.
(short pause)
Xander:
Wow, no long, overdone speech. “I am
Arabis, King of the Zorphians, Leader of the Entire Humagamagama Galaxy, swore to
protect the innocent from the Evil Forces of the Vaders.”
Godeerc:
(laughs) I like this guy.
Giles:
Well, you’ll be the first.
Xander:
Yeah. (realizes) Hey!
Giles:
Godeerc, I have one question. What stops you from casting the spell?
Godeerc:
It’s the source of my power. It’s blessed power, sort of the power of angelic entity, so
to speak. I control the purity of the
entity. Witchcraft is evil. If I were to attempt it, my
entity… I call it mine, it’s not really… it would fall.
Xander: And get ouchies?
Giles: Fall. A fallen angel. Satan. Devils. Demons.
Godeerc: And guess that would make me.
Angel: Possessed.
Godeerc:
Bingo.
Buffy:
I still don’t get it.
Godeerc:
You will learn soon.
Angel:
Will this hurt?
Godeerc:
Not to scare you, but like Hell.
Angel:
Oh. (cringes) Comforting.
(time lapse; the Library set up for the spell)
(Buffy
anoints Angel by painting a red cross on his forehead and each palm, which
begins to burn his skin)
(the Library is filled will a great storm of dark blue
magic)
Willow: Forma humano. Género varón. Edad… (regular
voice) blank.
(the storm become irritated; lightning strikes everywhere)
Godeerc:
(worried) “Edad?” Say an age.
Godeerc:
No, the age you want him as a human. In Spanish.
Xander:
Wait! I know 21. Say “veintiuno.”
(the storms focuses on Angel, as well as launching Xander
into the bookcase)
(COMMERCIAL
BREAK)
Scene
8: The Library
(the storm has cleared; Buffy awakes next to Angel, who is
breathing heavily)
Buffy:
(climbs onto him) Angel, are you are right?
Angel:
(coughs) Yeah. (wheezes for breath)
Buffy:
Good. (lays down on his chest, then looks into space,
mesmerized)
Angel:
Buffy? Buffy… what is it?
Buffy:
Your heart’s beating. (gets up)
Buffy:
Yeah, you did. Very. (she smiles)
Xander:
(calm) Well, that was a rush.
Buffy:
Thanks, Xander, for completing the spell.
Xander:
Aw, it was nothing. Listen, as much as
I’d like to celebrate Mr. Undead’s lack of undeadness, I got to go.
Giles:
Yes, see you later. Willow, are you
quite sure you are all right?
Giles:
Of course. You’ve had enough magic for a
lifetime.
Xander:
Catch you later. (walks by, and pats Godeerc’s shoulder)
(something sizzles and Xander runs off)
Buffy:
Wow, how you feeling?
Angel:
Well, breathing’s a new experience again.
And I’m hungry. And, for once,
the thought of blood makes me want to puke.
I like that.
Buffy:
Godeerc, since he’s not a vampire, the curse is gone right. He can’t turn back into Angelus, can he? (scrambles) For the personal safety of
everything, of course.
Godeerc:
Well, he can be repossessed… but not with True Happiness Clause. But you two don’t have time to… (just waves it away)
There’s something wrong with Xander.
Godeerc:
I think when he finished that spell accidentally, he became possessed.
Giles:
How do you know?
Godeerc:
Well, since my powers are blessed, I’m like a walking cross. Angel, that aura force field thing was for my
protection as much as yours.
Angel:
Thanks. (holding his chest)
Giles:
Chest pains, Angel?
Angel:
Yeah, I feel like there’s something inside of it, bouncing back and forth. (smiles)
Scene
9: On the Streets of Sunnydale
(Xander
walking along very proudly, when he sees someone)
Xander:
Well, what do you know?
Lady:
Hmm? (turns around revealing that it’s Anya) Xander?
Xander:
Well, if it isn’t Anyanka, the demon of romance’s vengeance, or maybe I should
say, “was.”
Anya:
Just rub it in my face, why don’t you?
Xander:
What do call what I just did?
Anya:
Being a donkey.
Xander:
Donkey?
Anya:
Or whatever derogatory word you use that means “donkey.” You humans are have
strange customs.
Xander:
Humans…? Just a
second. I’ve got a headache. (he reels over, grabbing his head, when two antelope-like
horns pop out) Ah, that’s better.
Anya:
You’re a demon. (a small smile) When did this happen?
Xander:
Not too long ago. Jealous?
Anya:
(a la Anya) Yes, very.
Xander:
Well, rumor has it that there’s a new wish-granter in town, and he doesn’t look
to be doing a lot of vengeance.
Anya:
Nuh-uh!
Xander:
Uh-huh.
Anya:
Well, then I’ll show him who’s the boss.
You’re going to help me, right?
Xander:
Sure, but only because you’re pretty. In fact… (grabs her in a lean-over,
no holes bard kiss) Man, it’s great being evil. (pulls the smiling
Anya behind him)
Scene
9: The Library
(the group talking)
Giles:
You’re absolutely sure he’s a demon?
Godeerc:
Unless he’s a vampire. Whatever it is,
there’s some kind of demon in him.
Godeerc:
Probably not. A simple de-possession
will cure him. If all else fails, I
could try a sweeping blessing.
Willow:
A… what?
Godeerc:
Sweeping blessing. It’s kind of the
opposite of a curse or spell. It’ll burn
the demon out of him. The thing is, it could injure Xander in the process.
Buffy:
Wait a second.
Godeerc:
Not badly, it’ll just be like eating something that’s too hot, except for just
all inside of his body.
Buffy:
Ow.
Godeerc:
Plus,
Godeerc:
Well, any kind of witchcraft or evil is burned.
Oh, I forgot to mention something.
It’s kind of responsibility that comes with my power. I have to tell you that witchcraft is evil,
and you will burn in the fiery depths of Hell for all eternity for you direct
disobedient of the Law… officially, of course.
It won’t be the most pleasant feeling if you’re blessed.
Buffy:
(grabs a crossbow) Let’s head out then.
Scene
10: Outside a Graveyard
(a herd of about six vampires are walking out)
(they see a group of teenage girls, and run towards them)
Scene
11:
(the Scooby gang walking)
Buffy:
(who is helping to support Angel) Okay, if I were a demon in Xander’s body,
where would I go?
Buffy:
I don’t know where he’d go, but I know where a group of vampires would go after
just waking up.
Angel:
Out for a snack?
Buffy:
Bingo. (points ahead)
(Giles
takes Angel, and Buffy goes forth to slay the vampires)
(the rest of the group acts as spectators)
Angel:
Trust me, it’s all a sense of duty.
Giles: I must say, she is quite remarkable. Notice how she slays two of them
simultaneously.
Buffy:
Okay, the whole “She alone will battle…” thing isn’t that binding.
Giles:
Of course. (pulls out a cross)
(one of the vampires catches on fire)
Buffy:
(insulted)
Buffy:
That might be useful. (continues to slay the vampires)
Buffy:
Thanks (slays the two impaled vampires)
Buffy:
Duck!
(
(Buffy
beats up and dusts the last one)
Giles:
Well, I’ll never get used to this.
Buffy:
Angel, how are you doing?
Angel:
I think I can walk. (resist the support of Giles, and
walks, limping and heavy)
Buffy:
It’s a start.
(he loses balance and Buffy catches him, face to face)
Angel:
Actually, I could get used to this not-knowing-how-to-walk thing.
Buffy:
Until, I let you start falling on your face.
Angel:
I think you rather my face fall on yours.
(she giggles)
Giles:
Please, we do not have time for this… this…
Giles:
Yes, thank you. Xander may be in great
danger.
Giles:
But Xander…
(they all think about it; Buffy and Angel kiss)
(they again think about it; Buffy and Angel progress kissing)
(they all leave)
Scene
12: A Park
(Xander
and Anya walking through)
Xander:
So, Anyanka…
Anya:
Yes?
Xander:
Nothing. Hey, Anyanka…
Anya:
Yes?
Xander:
Nothing.
Anya:
Oh, okay. (she
doesn’t get it)
Xander:
Anyanka?
Anya:
Yeah.
Xander:
I forgot.
Scene 13: The Streets
(Buffy
and the others walking along)
Angel:
(whose is being held by Buffy) Buffy, I think I can walk now.
(she releases him, and he walk rather normally)
Buffy:
Very good. Want a cookie?
Angel:
I’d like to see you try to fly if we put wings on you.
(she gets stares)
(they walk on)
Giles:
(under his breath) Forty-five feet. Remarkable.
Buffy:
(turns to a graveyard) Look, in that graveyard!
Buffy:
Demon.
Angel:
I’d say a Herania demon.
Giles:
Horns?
Angel:
No.
Giles:
Then it’s a female?
Buffy:
Giles, it’s
Giles:
(adjust his glasses) No, that’s definitely male. Look at the…
Buffy:
Giles! Yuck-o!
Giles:
(continuing, annoyed) …spikes on his back.
Buffy:
Oh.
Giles:
It’s a rather small Herosis Meranda demon.
I’d say lost. They like warm
climates.
Buffy:
Man, I’m glad I wasn’t one of those studious Slayers. Can you say, “boring?”
Buffy:
Oh, yeah.
(they run into the graveyard, where the demon is ripping out
a headstone)
Buffy:
(to the demon) You know, you’re not actually supposed
to take those.
(the demon turns around; it has no eyes)
Buffy:
Okay, the “lack of eyes” part would have been helpful in my technique.
Giles:
How?
Buffy:
I wouldn’t be surprised. You know, some long-winded explanation about concentration or
something.
Giles:
Very well.
(the demon turns around, stands erect)
Demon: Four humans… one Slayer, one witch, one Watcher, and… Liam?
Buffy:
What’s a liam?
Angel:
Me.
Buffy: You’re a liam?
Angel:
I am Liam.
Buffy:
(in a girlfriend kind of way) You lied to me? About your name? Relationships are supposed to be about trust.
Buffy:
Oh, yeah. C’mon, attack me.
Demon:
An endemonication. It is near to
us. Male… adolescent…
with a mortal… but a former endemonication.
Buffy:
Wow, and I thought no one could beat Giles’s monotone.
(Giles
rubs his head)
(the demon stays stationary)
Buffy:
It won’t fight. Can we leave it alone?
Godeerc:
He knows where Xander is.
Buffy:
Oh. Godeerc, where did you come from?
Godeerc:
Did I ever leave you?
Buffy:
(confused) Uh… uh…
Godeerc:
Yeah. Irmisicka, take us to this
endemonication.
Demon:
Under whose orders?
Godeerc:
The Big Guy…
Irmisicka:
I do not fear the condemnation of Hell.
Why should I not refuse?
Godeerc:
‘Cause I’ll bless you.
Irmisicka:
I do not fear pain.
Giles:
It does if you’re a demon, like how the blessed things burn a vampire.
Godeerc:
You like bribery?
Irmisicka:
I accept nothing but chaste virgins.
Godeerc:
Redundancy. Oh, you’re a hoot. Just take us to him.
Irmisicka:
I refuse.
Godeerc:
May the grace of…
Irmisicka:
This way. (he
walks off)
Buffy:
Dang, I didn’t even get to kick his butt.
Giles:
Thanks for the reminder.
Scene
14: A Pet Store
(Xander
and Anya outside the window)
Xander:
Lunch time.
Anya:
Okay, but only a hamster for me. Being
mortal really cuts down on your appetite.
And you always have this irresistible urge for cooked food.
(Xander
punches in the window)
Anya:
No alarm. How strange. Ah, I’ve been a demon for a thousand
years. I’m fearless.
(a rabbit hops out)
(Anya
screeches)
Scene
15: Four Blocks Over
(Buffy
and the others walk along)
(a scream is heard)
Irmisicka:
She is with the endemonication.
Buffy:
Let’s go.
(they run off)
Scene
16: The Pet Store
(Xander
about to bite down on a hamster)
Buffy:
Well, what do you know? Xander’s out for
a
Anya:
Hey, Buffy! What are you doing
here? And Giles! And Willow!
Giles, by the way, you owe me a necklace!
Giles:
Anya, you were cursing the lives of young men whose girlfriends claimed that
they cheated on them, using this necklace “I owe you.”
Anya:
Hey, it was a living. Your living is
just bossing around a hormone-crazed girl whose the
lone savior of the world against evil… or at least trying to.
Giles:
Well…
Giles:
Oh, yes, of course.
Buffy:
Xander, don’t bite into that.
Xander:
Why not? Hamsters are high in protein.
(he opens for another bite)
Buffy:
Because, I have a friend here. And he
can bless your brains out. Right,
Godeerc? (looks to her side) Godeerc?
Godeerc:
Right here. (who
right beside her)
Buffy:
Okay, you have to stop doing that.
Xander:
So, as I see I’m about to come up to the Slayer, and
her chosen line of defense is to have some robed guy that’s gonna wish me good
will? Ha. (goes for a bite)
Anya:
Xander! No!
(Godeerc
puts his hands up)
Xander:
(keels over, whines meekly) Ow…
Anya:
Xander, you have to learn that blessing a demon hurts.
Xander:
(from his feeble position on the ground) That
information would have been good about ten seconds ago.
Anya:
Oh, sorry. I’ve lived for a while. I’ve forgotten the idea behind quickness.
Xander:
Really?
Anya:
Pretty much.
Buffy:
Giles, do I have to beat him up?
Giles:
Well… that does seem like the necessary thing to do right now.
Godeerc:
No, don’t hurt him. We have to get the
demon out of him. If we hurt him, he may
not survive the exorcise.
Buffy:
But I’m bored…
Godeerc:
Kill the demon. He’s an idiot with no
purpose. And no soul, as I can sense, so
you can get him.
Buffy:
(smiles) Okay.
(she beats him up in the background)
Giles:
No, Xander, you mustn’t…
(Xander
is munching on the hamster)
(Buffy
is thrown into Xander)
Buffy:
Sorry. (she
gets up to kill the demon)
(Xander
gets up)
Xander:
That hurt. (twists
his neck into place)
(a loud snap is heard)
Xander:
(his head leaning over) Uh-oh. That’s so
not good.
Giles:
We can’t exorcise him now.
Buffy:
Okay, done. What can’t be exercised?
Giles:
Xander.
Buffy:
Oh, sure… he can’t? (looks
at Xander) What’s with his neck?
Giles:
I believe you broke it.
Buffy:
What?
Buffy:
Godeerc?
Godeerc:
(appears) Yes?
Buffy:
Is there anyway to fix Xander without killing him?
Godeerc:
Well, maybe. If can reverse the spell, I
can probably fix his neck before he dies, but if we just exorcised him, the
force would kill before it would finish.
Buffy:
Then, reverse it.
Godeerc:
“Canta Revés.”
(the storm quickly reappears and strikes Xander and the whole
lot)
(Xander
falls over)
(COMMERCIAL
BREAK)
Godeerc:
Heal. (grabs
Xander’s neck, and pushes it a bit harshly)
(it snaps)
Xander:
(suddenly) Ow! (grabs
his neck) What the heck happened? (his face cringes, and spits on the sidewalk) Yuck, what did
I eat? (thinks) Oh… (frowns)
Anya:
You’re not a demon? You’re cute, but
good-bye. (she
smiles as she walks away; to herself) Wow, it was kind of fun. Prom is soon.
And why do I care…?
Buffy:
We’re going to have to deal with her.
Buffy:
Angel? (she
looks around)
(he’s sprawled out on the ground)
Buffy:
Angel!
Angel:
Buffy?
Buffy:
(goes to his side) What happened?
Angel:
The storm hit me.
Buffy:
Are you okay? (takes
his wrist)
Angel:
I think so. I feel funny, though.
Buffy:
(silent, feels his wrist) Your pulse is gone.
Angel:
(feels his chest) I’m a vampire again.
Buffy:
What happened?
Godeerc:
The spell. It must have reversed him.
Godeerc:
No. (tries to block it, but it bursts into flames as
it nears him)
Godeerc:
Witchcraft is evil. Anything evil or demonic
or witch-like burns within reaching distance of me. I guess that’s it.
Buffy:
You think that’s funny, don’t you? It’s
all part of your stupid little game, isn’t it?
(crying) Why do you do this?
Godeerc:
Because I have to. I knew from the beginning
that this wasn’t going to work out. I
knew it would fail. It always does. You know, I wish for once, everything would
work out, but it doesn’t. And I have to
live with the fact that I can only watch my every attempt to make people
happier crumble into dust.
Buffy:
So, every time, you just try again?
Godeerc:
I tell myself that maybe it’ll work this time.
But another thing. I can’t go now without leaving something to
prove I did something good.
Buffy:
What good did you do?
Godeerc:
I haven’t done it yet. (turns) Giles, here’s a book of blessings. It’s guaranteed to make every vampire, demon,
and spell burst into flames. Or other
interesting demises.
Giles:
Thank you. (the
book appears; and he immediately opens it)
Godeerc:
Willow…
Godeerc:
I bless you with success in magic.
Godeerc:
It’s in the form of a charm. (throws it to her; it’s a bracelet with a blue crystal on it
in the shapes of a crude cross)
Godeerc:
You will get success in magic. It’s a
loophole in the whole righteous thing.
Just don’t wear the crystal while doing magic, or your new nickname will
be Captain Hook.
Godeerc:
That crystal will lead you in the right way whenever you are completely lost.
Godeerc:
Yes, literally and metaphorically, but don’t test it.
Xander:
Do I get something. Or does the whole
demon thing exclude me, ‘cause that was so not my
fault…
Godeerc:
You’re not exempt.
Xander:
I hear that one a lot when I’m signing up for classes.
Godeerc:
(ignoring him) I’m giving you a blessing of love.
Xander:
Okay, but keep your distance.
Godeerc:
(floats a flower to him) Put this somewhere in your
room. You will fight love… well, I’d say
sooner than you think, but I know you too well, so I’ll say, “sooner than you
believe.”
Xander:
(sarcasm) How crystal clear. I think you
give Angel lesson is cryptic talk.
Godeerc:
Angel.
Angel:
I don’t trust you.
Godeerc:
That makes two of us.
Xander:
Okay, you just stole that one from him.
Godeerc:
I give you this. (tosses
him something)
(Angel
catches it)
Angel:
(suddenly cringes) It’s a cross! (Buffy
poises)
Godeerc:
Stay, Buffy.
(Angel
eye’s are not closed, his look of pain gone, now with a possession-like stance)
Angel:
Uh. (eyes pop
open, and he drops the cross; his palm has a deep, raw burn on it)
Godeerc:
Okay, wasn’t supposed to happen that fast.
Anyway, pick up the cross again.
Angel:
You think I’m an idiot?
Godeerc:
If you weren’t so wise, that’d be a set-up.
Try it.
(Angel
leans over, carefully, as if checking if a pot was still hot, he briefly
touches it and then picks it up, with no burn)
Godeerc:
It purified you soul. The demon is
quarantined, and you are now protected from crosses and holy water.
Godeerc:
Not even. I didn’t immortalize him. I just made it so that the holy objects won’t
affect him because of his vampire. A
stake through the heart, a decapitation, or a nice shot of a flame-thrower, and
he’s Mr. Pile of Dust and Ashes.
Angel:
I’ll remember that. (looks
at the cross and jumps)
Godeerc:
The cruciphobia will go away shortly. Well,
Buffy, you’ve been patient.
Buffy:
Seeing that you’ve caused me great torment today, I must say I wasn’t
completely giddy.
Godeerc:
I like you, Buffy. You’re one of the
saviors of the world, like the One I work for now.
Buffy:
Lucky me.
Godeerc:
I don’t like your sarcasm, but I will bless you anywhere. I want you to continue your work as long as
possible. I grant you this. You life will be tormented…
(Buffy
just stares)
Godeerc:
Eternal tormented… like nothing you will ever want to experience, but you
will. And you will. You will grow stronger than possible by
(steps back from the lamp light, and no longer is)
(COMMERCIAL
BREAK)
Scene
16: The Sewers
(Buffy
and Angel going to hunt down a vampire)
Buffy:
Whoa. What just happened?
Angel:
I don’t know. I remember something, but
I don’t.
Buffy:
If I didn’t have the same feeling, I’d give you a funny look.
(Angel
looks around; Buffy gives him a funny look)
Buffy:
You need clothes. You don’t have a tux,
do you?
Angel:
Since when did patrolling go black tie?
Buffy:
For the prom, silly.
Angel:
We have more important things to think about right now than a dance, Buffy.
Buffy:
(rolls her eyes) Sorry, Giles.
Angel:
C’mon, don’t be that way.
(the vampire appears)
Buffy:
Not now. (stakes him thoughtlessly)
(ENDING
CREDITS)
^_^
- Haha, I got in. Well, I kind of always
get in at the end. Never mind.
A/N:
After almost every story, I will have what’s to come. Here’s what’s in the works.
©2002. Created Tuesday, February 12, 2002.