Prophecy Girl
Prelude
In every generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand
against
the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the
Slayer.
The Bronze at night. Cut inside to Xander and
Xander: You know how I
feel about you. It's, uh, pretty obvious, isn't
it? There's never been anyone else for me... but you. And we're
good
friends, and it's time to take the next step.
Xander: Would you, um...
date me? Oh that's good! Date me! It's
terrible, right?
silly...
Xander: See, what I
should do is I should just start with talking about
the dance. (clears his throat) Y'know, Buffy, Spring Fling just
isn't
any dance. It's a time for students to choose, um... a mate and
then we
can... observe their... mating rituals and tag them before they
migrate.
Just kill me!
Xander: Why's it so hard?
I should just walk up to her and say, 'Hey, I
like you. Let's go to the dance together.'
Xander: I'm ready. I wanna
do it now. I *gotta* do it now.
Xander: No, no, I can't
wait until tomorrow, I-I'll be thinking about
it too much. Why didn't Buffy show up tonight? What's she doing?
Cut to the park. A car is parked in the distance with its
windows all
fogged up. Buffy comes falling into the field of view in slow
motion and
hits the ground hard on her back and exhales. Cut inside the
car.
Cordelia breaks off her kiss with Kevin.
Cordelia: What was that?
Kevin: What was what?
Cut outside. Buffy props herself up. A vampire approaches her
and
growls. Cut inside the car.
Cordelia: Someone's out
there.
Kevin: That's silly! Who
would be out there?
Cut outside. Buffy rolls in a reverse somersault and comes up
standing,
ready to fight. The vampire growls at her. She pulls a stake out
from
under her jacket behind her back and holds it pointing out from
her hips
so the vampire can see. He frowns at the sight of it as Buffy
puts on an
evil smile. This infuriates the vampire and he launches himself
at her.
She hits him with an out-to-in crescent kick, and then follows
up with a
high front snap kick, stunning him. She immediately plunges the
stake
home, and he falls over backward and bursts into ashes when he
hits the
ground.
Buffy: Three in one
night. Giles would be so proud.
Cut to the roof of the library. The camera pans over to the
skylight and
looks in. Giles is at the table researching. He gets up and goes
into
his office to make some tea. Cut to Giles' office. He sits down
at his
desk with his cup of tea and reads the text of the Codex.
Giles: Ho korias
phanaytie toutay... tay nuktee. 'The Master shall
rise...' Yes, yes, this is it! 'The Master shall rise, and the
Slayer...' (looks up in disbelief) My God!
He considers what he's just read for a moment and then reaches
for his
tea. The cup begins to jiggle, and he looks at it curiously. A
few
seconds later the whole building begins to shake, and he
realizes he's
experiencing his first earthquake. He gets up and looks around
at
everything shaking. His teacup vibrates off of the desk and
smashes to
pieces on the floor.
Cut to the Bronze. The people panic. Xander grabs Willow and
guides her
away.
Xander: Under the stairs!
Under the stairs!
They get under the stairs, and Willow grabs onto a step from
underneath
to steady herself. Someone rushing down the stairs nearly steps
on her
fingers, and she yelps as she pulls her hand back.
Cut to Cordelia's car. She and Kevin hold on as they ride out
the quake.
Cut outside. Buffy looks around her at the shaking trees. Car
alarms are
going off everywhere.
Cut to the library. Giles comes out of his office and sees
several
bookshelves fall over as the walls and the floor sustain severe
damage.
Cut to the Master's lair. He stands with his arms stretched out
above
him.
Master: Yes! YES! Shake,
Earth! This is a sign! We are in the final
days! My time has come! Glory! GLORY!
The quake is over as quickly as it started. The Master looks
over at
Collin.
Master: Whadaya think?
5.1?
Opening credits roll. Buffy's theme plays.
~~~~~~~~~~ Part 1 ~~~~~~~~~~
The library. Giles comes out of his office and walks over to the
cage.
Buffy comes in.
Buffy: Morning!
She looks around at all the damage. Giles looks at her like he's
just
seen a ghost.
Buffy: Wow. The damage
looks fairly structural. Are we safe in here?
Giles: Buffy!
Buffy: What? Do I have
something on my face? (pats her face)
Giles: No! Uh, and, and
yes, we're, we're safe. (indicates the stacks)
Uh, but probably best not to go up there.
Buffy: How're you doin'
there, Giles? Get much sleep last night?
Giles: Um... I-I-I've
been working.
Buffy: Me, too. I went
hunting last night, and it is awfully sweet of
you to ask. It's getting hairy out there, Giles. I killed three
vampires
last night, and one of them was practically on school grounds.
Giles: Their numbers are
increasing.
Buffy: And they're
getting cockier. Look, I'm not loving it. Last night
was a pretty close call.
Giles: (distracted) Yes.
Buffy: Giles, care? I'm
putting my life on the line battling the
undead. Look, I broke a nail, okay? I'm wearing a press-on. The
least
you could do is exhibit some casual interest. You could go,
'hmm'.
Giles: (still distracted)
Hmm? Oh, sorry. Um, yes, I'm very glad that
you're alright. Uh, I-I need to verify, um... I just can't
really talk
right now.
Buffy: Fine. That's okay.
I can't put it off any longer. I have to meet
my terrible fate.
Giles: (turns around
quickly) What?!
Buffy: Biology.
The bell rings as Buffy leaves the library to go to class. Giles
watches
her go.
Cut outside after class. Buffy, Xander and
onto the balcony and head down the stairs.
Buffy: (exhales) Wow.
That was boring.
Xander: I don't feel that
boring covers it.
Buffy: No, boring falls
short.
Buffy: Don't say that.
still in, right?
Xander:
thing that I have to go to.
They reach the bottom of the stairs.
Buffy: What on earth is
her deal?
Xander: Uh, she's
There was this thing I wanted to ask you, to talk to you about.
Buffy: Okay, what's up?
Xander: Uh, let's go over
here and sit.
He leads her over to a bench.
Buffy: Okay, now you're
making me nervous.
Xander: Oh, no, no,
there's nothing to be nervous about. Really, it's
silly. Ha, ha! (laughs nervously)
They reach the bench, but a boy is sitting there.
Xander: (to the boy) Hey.
(the boy looks up) Leave. (the boy leaves)
Thanks. (they sit)
Buffy: Well?
Xander: Um... You know,
Buffy, uh, Spring Fling is a... time for
students to gather and... Oh, God! (takes a breath) Buffy, I
want you to
go to the dance with me. You and me, on a date.
Buffy: (speechless) I-I
don't know what to say.
Xander: Well, you're not
laughing. So that's a good start. Buffy, I
like you. A lot. And I know we're friends, and we've had
experiences...
We've fought some blood-sucking fiends, and that's all been a
good time.
But I want more. I wanna dance with you.
Buffy: Xander, you're one
of my best friends. You and
Xander: Well,
playing it pretty close to the chest. (laughs nervously)
Buffy: I don't want to
spoil the friendship that we have.
Xander: Well, I don't
want to spoil it either. But that's not the
point, is it? You either feel a thing or you don't.
Buffy: (looks down a
moment, then back up) I don't. Xander, I'm, I'm
sorry. I-I just don't think of you that way.
Xander: Well, try. I'll
wait. (smiles weakly)
Buffy: Xander...
Xander: Nah. Forget it.
(gets up) I'm not him. I mean, I guess a guy's
gotta be undead to make time with you.
Buffy: That's really
harsh.
Xander: Look, I'm sorry.
I don't handle rejection well. Funny!
Considering all the practice I've had, huh?
Buffy: Xander, I'm sorry,
I don't know...
Xander: You know what?
Let's just not.
He goes into the building with his head hung low. Buffy exhales,
bummed.
She turns and watches him leave.
Cut to the library. Giles is on the phone.
Giles: Hello. Uh, this is
Giles. Uh... Uh, Rupert Giles.
Ms. Calendar walks in and stands by his office door.
Giles: (into the phone)
I-I need to see you. No, I-I realize that.
Uh... Come after sundown. Good. I'll see you then. (hangs up)
Ms. Calendar: You know,
that outfit looks just like the one you wore
yesterday. Only wrinklier. Were you here all night?
Giles: Sorry, uh... I'm
not really up to, uh, socializing just now.
Ms. Calendar: Something's
going on, Rupert, and I'm guessing you
already know what it is.
Giles: (turns around and
gets up) What do you know?
Ms. Calendar: Well, I
have been surfing the 'Net, looking for
unexplained incidents. You know, people are always sending stuff
my way.
They know the occult's my turf. Now, here is the latest. A cat
last week
gave birth to a litter of snakes. A family was swimming in
Whisper Lake
when the lake suddenly began to boil. And Mercy Hospital last
night, a
boy was born with his eyes facing inward. I'm not stupid. This
is
apocalypse stuff. And throw in last night's earthquake, and I'd
say
we've got a problem. I would say the end is pretty seriously
nigh.
Giles: I don't know if I
can trust you.
Ms. Calendar: I helped
you cast that demon out of the Internet. I think
that merits some trust. Look, I'm scared, okay? Oh, plus, I've
got this,
this crazy monk e-mailing me from Cortona about some Anointed
One?
Giles: The Anointed One?
He's dead!
Ms. Calendar: Someone's
dead?
Giles: Uh, who is this
monk?
Ms. Calendar: Uh, a
brother Luca something? Keeps sending out global
mailings about a prophecy.
Giles: I need you to talk
to him, find out everything he knows.
Ms. Calendar: Look,
Rupert, you haven't told me jack, so what's with
the order?
Giles: Just do it! I'll
e-explain later.
Ms. Calendar: You better.
Cut to the halls.
Kevin: I'll get
everything tonight after practice. The guys'll help me.
Cordelia: Well, it's all
in the A-V room. The sound system, and the
decorations... And, oh, Aura needs help, um, moving the coolers.
Kevin: Don't sweat it!
Cordelia: Well, bring
everything to the Bronze, and I'll meet you there
in the morning!
Kevin: Done!
Cordelia: (giggles)
You're so sweet! Why're you so sweet?
Kevin: I dunno! 'Cause
I'm usually mean as a snake!
She smiles at him. She spots
Cordelia:
Kevin: Okay. (leaves)
Cordelia:
Cordelia: No, I really
don't, but I need a favor.
Cordelia: Well, the
Bronze won't let us use their sound system, and I
need someone who knows how to hook one up. If you could just
show up
tomorrow morning...
Cordelia: ...I'd be
really, really grateful! I mean, I'd talk to you at
the dance and everything.
Cordelia: Great! Tomorrow
at ten?
She goes over to Xander in the room.
Xander: Hey! (throws the
ball)
Xander: (throws the ball)
On a scale of one to ten? It sucked. (throws
the ball)
Xander: Well, I guess it
could be worse. (throws the ball) I could have
gangrene on my face. (throws the ball)
Xander: Apart from 'no',
does it really matter? She's still jonesin'
for Angel, and could care less about me.
Xander: Yeah, you're
right. The deal's done. The polls are in, and it's
time for my concession speech. (has an idea and brightens) Hey,
I know
what we'll do! We can go! Be my date! We'll, we'll have a great
time!
We'll dance, we'll go wild... Whadaya say?
Xander: Good! What?
Xander: (exhales)
you were at the dance with her? You think that's my idea of
hijinks? You
should know better.
Xander: (exhales) I
didn't think.
(leaves)
Xander: That's okay. I
don't wanna go. I'm just gonna go home, lie down
and listen to country music. The music of pain.
He throws the ball again and lets it bounce wild.
Cut outside the school at night. Cut to the girls' locker room.
Buffy
shuts her gym locker. Two girls walk by chatting. Buffy plays
with a
stake as she heads to the sinks and puts it down on one. She
looks at
herself in the mirror and absently turns on the water. After
looking in
the mirror another moment she looks down and sees that blood is
pouring
from the faucet.
Cut to the library. Buffy comes in.
Buffy: (to herself)
Giles, you are not gonna believe this.
She stops when she hears Giles talking and looks into his
office.
Giles: It's clear. It's
what's gonna happen. Uh, it's happening now!
Angel moves into the light to read the Codex, and Buffy sees
him.
Buffy: Angel?
She heads toward the office.
Angel: It can't be.
You've gotta be wrong.
Giles: I've checked it
against all my other volumes. It's very real.
Buffy stops at the door.
Angel: Well, there's
gotta be some way around it.
Giles: Listen. Some
prophecies are, are a bit dodgy. They're, they're
mutable. Buffy herself has, has thwarted them time and time
again, but
this is the Codex. There is nothing in it that does not come to
pass.
Angel: Then you're
reading it wrong.
Giles: I wish to God I
were! But it's very plain! Tomorrow night Buffy
will face the Master, and she will die.
Buffy is stunned.
~~~~~~~~~~ Part 2 ~~~~~~~~~~
Giles' office.
Angel: Well, have you
verified the text?
Buffy begins to laugh. Angel and Giles see her and exchange a
look. She
slowly starts to walk away from the office door. Angel comes out
of the
office after her. She stops by the table and faces them. Giles
stands in
his office doorway.
Buffy: So that's it, huh?
I remember the drill. One Slayer dies, next
one's called! Wonder who she is. (to Giles) Will you train her?
Or will
they send someone else?
Giles: Buffy, I...
Buffy: They say how he's
gonna kill me? Do you think it'll hurt?
Tears are flowing freely from her eyes. Angel tries to hug her,
but she
puts up her hands and quickly steps away.
Buffy: Don't touch me!
(to Giles) Were you even gonna tell me?
Giles: I was hoping that
I wouldn't have to. That there was... some way
around it. I...
Buffy: I've got a way
around it. I quit!
Angel: It's not that
simple.
Buffy: I'm making it that
simple! I quit! I resign, I-I'm fired, you
can find someone else to stop the Master from taking over!
Giles: I'm not sure that
anyone else can. All the... the signs
indicate...
Buffy: The signs? (throws
a book at him) READ ME THE SIGNS! (throws
another one) TELL ME MY FORTUNE! YOU'RE SO USEFUL SITTING HERE
WITH ALL
YOUR BOOKS! YOU'RE REALLY A LOTTA HELP!
Giles: No, I don't
suppose I am.
Angel: I know this is
hard.
Buffy: What do you know
about this? You're never gonna die!
Angel: You think I want
anything to happen to you? Do you think I could
stand it? We just gotta figure out a way...
Buffy: I already did. I
quit, remember? Pay attention!
Giles: Buffy, if the
Master rises...
Buffy: (yanks the cross
from her neck) I don't care! (calms down) I
don't care. Giles, I'm sixteen years old. I don't wanna die.
Giles is at a loss. Buffy throws her cross down. Angel doesn't
know what
to say either. She walks out of the library without looking
back.
Cut to
picture of her and Xander and sighs. She picks up the phone and
dials
his number. Cut to Xander's room. "I Fall to Pieces",
by Patsy Cline, is
playing on the radio.
Lyrics: I fall to pieces
The phone rings. Xander lifts it off the hook, lets it drop back
on the
hook and then takes it off the hook completely.
Lyrics: Each time I see
you again
Cut to Buffy's room. She's looking through a photo album.
Jonathan
Brooke's "Inconsolable" is playing on the radio. Her
mother comes in.
Lyrics: I never knew what
enough was
Joyce: Hi, honey. You
alright?
Lyrics: Until I'd had
more than my share
Buffy: Sure.
Joyce: Probably just full
from that bite of dinner you nearly had.
Lyrics: I let the
darkness in
Joyce: Feel like telling
me what's on your mind?
Lyrics: And it was then I
lost the dare
Buffy: (turns to her mom)
Mom, let's go away! (smiles)
Joyce: What?
Buffy: Anywhere, just for
a while, all weekend!
Joyce: Honey, I...
Buffy: No, it'll be
great! You and me, a mother-daughter thing... We
can talk about all the embarrassing things you love to bring up.
Joyce: You know the
gallery's open on weekends.
Buffy: Mom, please!
Joyce: Isn't the Prom
tomorrow night? Or Spring Fling, whatever they're
calling it?
Buffy: I-I guess.
Joyce: Nobody asked you?
Buffy: Oh, someone...
Joyce: But not the right someone.
See, sometimes I actually do know
what you're thinking. (goes over to Buffy's closet) Well, then,
uh, this
probably isn't the best time for this, but, uh...
She opens the closet to reveal a beautiful white sleeveless
gown.
Joyce: I saw you eyeing
it at the store. I figured...
Buffy: (gets up) Mom, we
can't afford this.
Joyce: The way you've
been eating, we can afford it.
Buffy: (comes over to
look at it) It's beautiful.
Joyce: I think you should
wear it. To the dance.
Buffy: No, I-I can't go
to the dance.
Joyce: Says who? Is it
written somewhere? You should do what you want.
Homecoming, my freshman year of college. I didn't have a date,
so I got
dressed up and I went anyway.
Buffy: Was it awful?
Joyce: It was awful. For
about an hour.
Buffy: Then what
happened?
Joyce: (smiles) I met
your father.
Buffy: He didn't have a
date either?
Joyce: He did. And that's
a much funnier story that you will *not* get
to hear. Oh, but it was a beautiful night! (exhales)
Buffy: And you had your
whole life ahead of you.
Joyce: Yeah.
Buffy: Must be nice.
Cut to the school the next day. Cut inside to the halls.
Cordelia and
Cordelia: Oh, Kevin said
that he'd bring everything to the Bronze last
night. He promised! We'll never get everything ready in time.
Cordelia: Uh, you don't
understand. I'm not mad! He totally flaked on
me. On me! And I don't even care. God help me, I think it's
cute! Oh...
Willow smiles. They reach the Audio-Visual room. They see Kevin
and his
friends through the windows.
Cordelia: There they are!
They're watching cartoons. That's so cu...
That's not cute. That's annoying. I'm annoyed.
Cordelia: Men. I don't
know why we put up with them.
Cut to a view of the door from inside the room. Kevin is sitting
on the
floor leaning against it. The room is trashed and the boys are
all dead.
Cordelia: Obviously,
Kevin has underestimated the power of my icy
stare.
She opens the door, and Kevin's body falls out into the hall. He
has a
vampire bite on his neck.
Cordelia: (screams) Oh,
my God! Kevin! (kneels by him) No!
devastation.
Cordelia: Kevin!
There's a bloody handprint on the TV screen.
Cut to Buffy's room. She's wearing her new white prom gown, and
is
looking at herself in the mirror. Her mom comes rushing in.
Joyce: Buffy?! There's
something on the news.
Cut to a view of the sunset.
Cut to her room. She's on the bed hugging her knees. She's been crying.
different.
Buffy: It'll be alright.
understand.
Buffy: It doesn't matter
as long as you're okay.
And when I walked in there, it... it wasn't our world anymore.
They made
it theirs. And they had fun. (a tear rolls down her cheek) What
are we
gonna do?
Buffy: What we have to.
(gets up and exhales) Promise me you'll stay in
tonight, okay?
Buffy stops and turns back.
Buffy looks down at it and smiles weakly, then looks back up.
Buffy: Take care.
(leaves)
Cut to the Master's lair. He tests his confines as Collin
watches.
Master: Soon.
He sends Collin on his way to get Buffy. Collin climbs up to the
exit.
Master: Soon!
Cut to the library. Giles is getting weapons out of the cage and
prepares them.
Ms. Calendar: Okay, so
this Master guy tried to open the Hellmouth. But
he got stuck in it, and now all the signs are reading that he's
gonna
get out, which opens the Hellmouth, which brings the demons,
which ends
the world.
Giles: Yes. That about
sums it up, yes.
Ms. Calendar: The part
that gets me, though, is where Buffy is the
Vampire Slayer. She's so little.
Giles: You know how to
get in touch with this, uh, brother Luca chap?
Ms. Calendar: Hmm. As far
as I can tell, no one can. He's disappeared.
Did send out one last global though. A short one.
Giles: What did it say?
Ms. Calendar: Isaiah
11:6, which I dutifully looked up.
Giles: 'The wolf shall
live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down
with the kid, the calf, the lion and the fatling together, and
the
little child to lead them.'
Ms. Calendar: That's
kinda warm and fuzzy for a message of doom.
Giles: Well, that depends
where he's leading them to. Aurelius wrote of
the Anointed One, 'The Slayer will not know him, and he will
lead her
into Hell.'
Ms. Calendar: So Luca
thinks the Anointed is a kid.
Giles: If the vampire
that Buffy killed was in fact not the Anointed,
then it may well be.
Ms. Calendar: Well, then
we need to warn her.
Giles: I don't intend
involving her at all.
Ms. Calendar: What do you
mean?
Giles: Buffy's not gonna
face the Master. I am.
Buffy: No, you're not.
Giles and Ms. Calendar look over and see her approaching.
Buffy: So, I'm looking
for a kid, huh? And he'll lead me to the Master?
Giles: Buffy, I'm not
gonna send you out there to die. Now, you were
right. I-I've waded around in these old books for so long, I've
forgotten what the real world is like. I-it's time I found out.
Buffy: You're still not
going up against the Master.
Giles: I've made up my
mind.
Buffy: So have I.
Giles: I made up my mine
first! I'm older and wiser than you, and
just... just do what you're told for once! Alright?
Buffy: That's not how it
goes. I'm the Slayer.
Giles: I don't care what
the books say. I defy prophecy, and I am
going. There's nothing you can say will change my mind.
Buffy: I know.
She pretends to turn to go, but then throws a hard punch to his
face,
knocking him out. He falls backward to the floor. Ms. Calendar
scrambles
to his aid. Buffy sees her cross on the table and puts it back
on. Ms.
Calendar lifts Giles' head in her hands and gets under it with
her
knees. She looks up at Buffy.
Buffy: When he wakes up
tell him... I don't know. Think of something
cool, tell him I said it.
Ms. Calendar: You fight
the Master, and you'll die.
Buffy: Maybe. (picks up
the crossbow) Maybe I'll take him with me.
She leaves the library. Ms. Calendar turns her attention to
Giles.
Cut outside the school. Buffy walks a short distance, looking
all
around, when she comes upon Collin.
Collin: Help me...
She lowers the crossbow and walks over to him.
Buffy: It's okay. I know
who you are.
Collin holds out his hand. She takes it, and he starts to lead
her away
to the Master.
~~~~~~~~~~ Part 3 ~~~~~~~~~~
The library.
has gone to fight the Master.
Xander: She what?
Xander: And she knew
about this prophecy of yours? (Giles nods) Aw,
man, what do we do?
Giles: We stay calm,
first thing.
Xander: Calm?
Xander: I'm sorry, calm
may work for Locutus of the Borg here,
(indicates Giles) but I'm freaked out, and I intend to stay that
way.
Xander: How could you let
her go?
Giles: As the
soon-to-be-purple area of my jaw will attest, I did *not*
*let* her go!
Ms. Calendar: Uh, I'm
sorry to bring this up, but we also have an
apocalypse to worry about?
Xander: Do you mind?
Ms. Calendar: Hey! Once
the Master gets free, the Hellmouth opens, the
demons come to party, and everybody dies.
Xander: Uh, uh, I don't
care. I'm sorry, I don't. Right now I gotta
help Buffy.
Giles: We don't even know
where she's gone.
Xander: No. But I can
find out.
Cut to the tunnels. Collin guides Buffy in. She has the crossbow
up and
ready. He leads her down some stairs and into a round side
tunnel.
Cut to Angel's apartment. There's knocking at the door and Angel
comes
to answer, wondering who it could be.
Angel: Oh. Look who's
here.
Xander: Mind if I come
in? (comes in)
Angel: (closes the door)
Make yourself at home.
Xander: She's gone.
Angel: Whadaya mean?
Xander: Buffy, she's gone
to fight the Master.
Angel: He'll kill her.
Xander: Rumor has it.
Only we're not gonna let it happen.
Angel: Well, what do you
propose we do about it?
Xander: Look, I know you
can find this Master guy. He's underground,
right? Take me to him.
Angel: You're way outta
your league, kid. The Master'll kill you before
you can even breathe. If you're lucky.
Xander: How can I say
this clearly?
He holds up a cross. Angel growls. Xander advances toward him,
and he
backs off until he falls onto the couch.
Xander: I don't like you.
At the end of the day, I pretty much think
you're a vampire. (lowers the cross) But Buffy's got this big
old yen
for you. She thinks you're a real person. And right now I need
you to
prove her right.
Angel: You're in love
with her.
Xander: Aren't you?
Cut to the library. Giles comes out of the stacks with an armful
of
books.
Giles: The Master is as
old as any vampire on record. There's no
telling how powerful he'll be if he reaches the surface.
Ms. Calendar: Okay,
here's my question: the Hellmouth opens.
Giles: Yes.
Ms. Calendar: Where? If
he's underground, and it's right where he is,
where's it gonna open?
Giles: Good point. Uh,
well, look, you have a look through the Black
Chronicles... (hands her one of the books)
Ms. Calendar: Okay.
Giles: Uh, Willow?
Giles: (sits down at the
table) Could you look through the local
histories, please. Check for any common denominators, uh,
locations of
incidences and such.
Cut to the entrance of the Master's lair. Collin stops, and
Buffy looks
at him. He points down below, inviting her to enter, and leaves
the way
they came. Buffy watches him go. Then she turns and makes her
way down
to the floor below. She looks around. There are hundreds of
candles
burning everywhere.
Master: Welcome.
The Master's voice seems to be coming from all directions.
Buffy: Thanks for having
me.
The Master steps into the light to look at her.
Buffy: Y'know, you really
oughtta talk to your contractor. Looks like
you got some water damage.
Master: Oh, good. The
feeble banter portion of the fight. Why don't we
just cut to the...
Buffy spins around and launches a bolt in the direction of his voice.
With his lightning reflexes the Master catches it in mid-flight
right in
front of him at chest level. Buffy quickly reloads the bow.
Master: Nice shot.
Cut to the tunnels. Xander and Angel reach an intersection and
stop.
Angel looks in both directions, trying to remember the way. He
remembers
and walks past Xander.
Angel: (quietly) This
way. (looks at Xander) What?
Xander: You were looking
at my neck.
Angel: What?
Xander: You were checking
out my neck! I saw that! (starts following)
Angel: No, I wasn't!
Xander: Just keep your
distance, pal.
Angel: I wasn't looking
at your neck!
Xander: I told you to eat
before we left.
Cut to the Master's lair.
Master: You're not going
to kill me with that thing.
Buffy: Don't be so sure.
Master: You still don't
understand your part in all this, do you? You
are not the hunter. You are the lamb.
Cut to the library. Giles and Ms. Calendar are at the table
studying
their volumes.
Giles: Well, let's think
about this, then. The vampires have been
gathering, they know he's coming, they will be his army.
Ms. Calendar: Do you
think they'll gather at the Hellmouth?
He sent a bunch of vampires to get him fresh blood.
Ms. Calendar: Well, where
did that go down?
Giles: The Bronze.
Giles: We have to warn
them.
Ms. Calendar: (stops
Giles) No! We'll go. You have to concentrate on
demon killing. My car's in the lot.
Giles: Stay close
together, and for goodness' sake, be careful!
Cut to the Master's lair. Buffy is slowly walking around,
searching for
the Master. She comes upon a dead and rotted body. She continues
her
search.
Buffy: You know, for
someone who's all powerful, you sure do like to
hide.
Master: I'm waiting for
you. I want this moment to last.
Buffy: Well, I don't.
She searches for a few moments longer, then the Master suddenly
comes to
stand right behind her.
Master: I understand.
She turns around and the Master knocks the crossbow out of her
hands. He
grabs her by the neck.
Cut to the school parking lot. Ms. Calendar digs in her bag for
her keys
as she and
them)
Ms. Calendar: (looks up
and stops) Don't need to worry about that!
Ms. Calendar: 'Cause
they're not goin' to the Bronze.
They look out onto the field and see a hoard of vampires
approaching.
They look across the parking lot and see more of them. They turn
to go
back and see even more of them blocking their way. They're
surrounded.
Cut to the Master's lair. He has his hand around Buffy's throat.
She
swings up with her arm, knocks his hand away and starts to run.
He holds
his hand out toward her and she freezes, caught by his hypnotic
powers.
She looks back at him and can't move. He approaches her, making
slow
twisting motions with his hand. He comes up behind her, gently
takes off
her leather jacket and lets it fall to the ground. Buffy is
panting hard
with fear.
Master: You tried. It was
noble of you. You heard the prophecy that I
was about to break free and you came to stop me. But prophecies
are
tricky creatures. They don't tell you everything. (whispers)
You're the
one that sets me free! (gloats) If you hadn't come, I couldn't
go.
(whispers) Think about that!
Buffy is frozen with fear. The Master waits a moment longer and
then
bends down and bites her at the base of her neck. He drinks a
few sips
and lets her go.
Master: Oh, God! The
power!
Buffy falls to her knees.
Master: And by the way...
She falls face down into the pool of water.
Master: I like your
dress.
He steps over to the edge of his confines and pushes against the
field.
He forces his hand through, and his confines break down in a
burst of
light and energy. He starts up and out of his lair.
Cut to the tunnels. Angel and Xander see the light coming out of
an
adjoining tunnel.
Xander: What was that?
Angel: It's too late.
He's gone up.
They break into a run for the Master's lair. Angel gets there
first,
looks around and spots Buffy. He scrambles down to the floor and
rushes
to her as Xander reaches the lair's entrance. Xander stops and
stares at
Buffy in the pool. Angel reaches her and quickly pulls her out
of the
water. He holds her and tries to listen for breathing. Nothing.
He looks
up at Xander.
Angel: She's dead!
Xander looks down at them and swallows hard.
~~~~~~~~~~ Part 4 ~~~~~~~~~~
The Master's lair. Xander comes down to Angel and Buffy.
Xander: No. She's not
dead.
Angel: She's not
breathing.
Xander: But if she
drowned, uh, there's a shot! CPR!
Angel: You have to do it.
I have no breath.
Xander takes off his jacket and lays it over her. He kneels down
by her
face and looks at her a moment, then puts his mouth on hers and
blows
into her lungs. He lets go and begins to pump her chest.
Xander: C'mon. C'mon!
Cut to the school parking lot. The vampires are advancing on
Ms. Calendar.
Ms. Calendar: Why are
they coming here?
They hear a car screech to a stop behind them.
Cordelia: Get in!
Cut to the Master's lair. Xander breathes into her lungs again
and
continues to pump her chest.
Xander: C'mon! Breathe!
Breathe!
Angel looks down in sorrow, then looks back up. Xander keeps
pumping.
Xander: C'mon!
After another moment Xander stops pumping. Angel believes her
lost. A
second later Buffy opens her eyes wide and draws a breath. She
lies
still for a moment as she looks around with her eyes.
Xander: Buffy!
She turns her head to the side and coughs out a bunch of water.
Xander
and Angel look at each other and smile. Xander puts his hand on
Buffy's
forehead and strokes it gently. She looks up at him, surprised
to see
him.
Xander: Buffy.
Buffy: Xander?
Xander: Welcome back.
Cut to the school parking lot. Ms. Calendar and
Cordelia: I was sitting
where Kevin and I used to park, and all of a
sudden these things are coming at me!
They all scream as a vampire jumps on top of the car.
Ms. Calendar: What do we
do now?
Cordelia: Library! Great!
She burns rubber and makes a fast U-turn, throwing the vampire
off of
the roof of her car, and heads toward the school building. The
car's
engine races as Cordelia guns it toward the doors.
They crash through the doors and into the hall. Cut to the
library.
Giles hears the noise.
Giles: What the...
Cut to the halls. The car comes crashing through another set of
doors
and skids to a stop in front of the library. Cut inside. Giles
gets up
from the table. Cut to the hall. Vampires are running into the
hall as
the girls get out of the car, screaming as they run into the
library.
They push the doors closed just as the vampires get there. Cut
inside.
They lean against the door.
Giles: What's happening?
Ms. Calendar: Guess!
A vampire punches through the small round window in one of the
doors and
grabs at them. Giles grabs a bookcase and carries it over to the
door.
gets the bookcase in place. He grabs the copier and pulls it
over, too.
Giles: Why are they
coming here?!
Cut to a shot of them from the back of the library. A green
tentacle is
worming its way up through the cracks in the floor.
Cut to the roof of the library. The Master opens the roof access
door
and walks out. He looks at the view around him of the town at
night and
smiles. He exhales, walks to the edge of the roof and holds his
arms out
as he surveys the scene.
Master: My world! Oh, my
beautiful world!
Cut to the Master's lair. Xander and Angel help Buffy up.
Xander: Easy. Easy.
Buffy: (standing now) The
Master?
Angel: He's gone up.
Buffy starts to go.
Xander: No. You're still
weak.
Buffy: (stops) No. No, I
feel strong. I feel different. (looks back at
them) Let's go!
Cut to the library. They pile more things in front of the door.
Giles
looks at the back of the library and sees vampires trying to get
in.
Giles: (points) They're
coming in through the stacks!
Ms. Calendar: (to
She and
Ms. Calendar: The
bookshelves!
They lift a bookcase against the French doors that lead to the
stacks
and lean against it.
Giles: My office...
He goes to secure his office, leaving Cordelia alone at the main
doors.
The tentacle inches toward Willow's leg. Another vampire punches
through
the other library door window and grabs Cordelia's arm. She
screams.
Cordelia: Somebody help!
Cut outside. Buffy marches determinedly toward the school with
Xander
and Angel close behind.
Xander: So, how do you
know where the Master's going?
Buffy: I know.
A vampire tries to block their way into the school.
Buffy: Oh, look, a bad
guy.
She punches him on her way by, and he falls flat on his back.
Cut inside to the stairs leading to the roof. Buffy comes around
the
corner in the hall.
Buffy: Okay, you two wait
here, keep the rest of the vampires off me.
Xander: Right.
Buffy: Angel, better put
on your game face.
Angel: (vamped out) I'm
ready.
Buffy: One way or
another, this won't take long.
She looks at them both once more and then heads up to the roof.
Cut to the library. Cordelia hits the vampire's hand and then
bites it.
The vampire screams and lets go.
Cordelia: See how *you*
like it!
Cut to the back.
Willow: This won't keep
'em out for long!
She looks down and sees the tentacle wrap itself around her
ankle and
screams loudly. Ms. Calendar grabs hold of her.
Ms. Calendar: GILES!
GILES!
Giles comes running out of his office in time to see a huge,
green,
multi-headed and tentacled demon burst through the floor.
Giles: The Hellmouth!
Cordelia can't believe what she's seeing. The creature has three
heads
and reaches all the way to the ceiling.
Cut to the roof. The Master looks in through the skylight and
claps his
hands idly.
Master: Yes. Come forth,
my child. Come into my world.
Buffy: I don't think it's
yours just yet.
The Master turns his head and stares at her in surprise.
Master: You're dead!
Buffy: I may be dead, but
I'm still pretty. Which is more than I can
say for you.
Master: You were destined
to die! It was written!
Buffy: What can I say? I
flunked the written.
The Master growls and reaches his arm out to try his hypnosis on
her
again.
Master: Come here!
Cut inside the library. Willow screams as the Hellmouth creature
tries
to drag her away from Ms. Calendar.
Ms. Calendar: GIIILES!
Giles grabs an ax from the table and rushes up the stairs to
their aid.
Ms. Calendar: GILES!
He swings it into one of the heads, and the creature roars in
agony as
the women continue to scream.
Cut to the roof. Buffy slowly approaches the Master, apparently
hypnotized. He grabs her by the throat again.
Master: Did you really
think you could best me here when you couldn't
below? (lets go of her neck)
Buffy: (looks at him
curiously) You have fruit punch mouth.
Master: What?
She swings a wide hard punch to his mouth, and he falls down.
Buffy: Save the hypnosis
crap for the tourists.
As he gets up she does a swinging roundhouse kick that connects
squarely
with his face. He swipes at her and she jerks back, but he
manages to
slice her with his fingernails across her upper right chest,
drawing
blood. She punches him in the kidney. He punches her in the jaw.
She
tries to punch him again, but he blocks her and punches her in
the face,
sending her flying backward into the wall behind her.
Cut inside. Giles swings again with the ax and hits the
creature. He
tries again, but this time it knocks him off of the mezzanine
and onto
the large table below. It breaks when Giles hits it, and one
side falls
over onto its end, leaving a huge spike pointing upward.
Cut to the bottom of the stairs. Two vampires attack Angel and
Xander.
Angel starts to fight the one while the other jumps on Xander's
back. He
holds his cross up to her and she jumps off. Angel stakes the
one he's
fighting and Xander punches out the other.
Cut to the library. One of the creature's heads hovers above
Giles.
Another one faces Willow and laughs.
Cut to the roof. The Master is ready to continue fighting. Buffy
launches herself into a front tuck over his head and lands
between him
and the skylight. She kicks him in the side with a side snap
kick, but
he quickly turns around and grabs her by the neck again.
Master: Where are your
jibes now?
She looks behind her and sees the upended table through the
skylight.
Master: You laugh when my
Hell is on Earth?
Buffy: You're that amped
about Hell... (grabs him by the neck) Go
there!
She lifts him up and flips him over herself and through the
skylight. He
falls down and is impaled on the table. He slowly turns to ash
until
only his skeleton is left. Buffy watches from above. Giles gets
up. The
Hellmouth creature quickly disappears back into the floor. The
vampires
are all gone.
Cut to the main library doors. Cordelia pushes the last of the
junk away
from them and pulls the door open for Buffy, Angel and Xander.
They all
walk over to the Master.
Giles: The vampires?
Cordelia: Gone.
Angel: The Master?
Giles: Dead. The
Hellmouth is closed. Buffy... Buffy?
Buffy: Oh, sorry. It's
just been a really weird day. (smiles)
Xander: Yeah! Buffy died,
and everything!
Willow: Wow! Harsh.
Giles: I should have
known that wouldn't stop you.
Buffy smiles up at him again.
Ms. Calendar: Well, what
do we do now?
Giles: I don't know about
the rest of you, but I'd like to get out of
this place. I don't like the library very much anymore.
Xander: Hey! I hear
there's a dance at the Bronze tonight. Could be
fun.
Cordelia: Yeah!
Willow: Buffy?
Buffy: Sure! We saved the
world. I say we party! (looks down at her
dress) I mean, I got all pretty.
Ms. Calendar: And what
about him? (indicates the Master)
Buffy: (looks at the
Master) He's not going anywhere. Loser.
They all start to go and chatter. Buffy trails the group.
Giles: (to Ms. Calendar)
I'm not dancing, though.
Ms. Calendar: We'll see.
Willow: (to Angel) You
can come with us, Angel.
Buffy: I'm hungry.
Xander: So what's the
story with the car?
Cordelia: Oh, that was
me, saving the day!
Buffy: Is anybody else
hungry?
Buffy: I'm really, really
hungry.
Angel hangs back with Buffy.
Angel: By the way, I
really like your dress.
Buffy: Yeah, yeah. Big
hit with everyone.
The camera pans back and up for a shot of the Master's skeleton
from
above.