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TEASER
FADE IN:
1 EXT. DARK ALLEY - NIGHT 1
A thick FOG covers the ground in a dilapidated part of the
city. Dilapidated, but nothing out of the ordinary until:
SPIKE (O.S)
Well, well... fancy a bit of a
showdown after all, do we?
SPIKE backs into frame. Cautiously eyeing whatever is behind
us as he tries to play things cool.
SPIKE (cont'd)
Can't say as I blame you. What,
all those times fighting side by
side and all. Only natural to
wonder which would come out on top
if it came down to it.
HEAVY BREATHING. Just behind us as a someone steps half-way
into frame. We can only make out a shoulder, long blonde
hair straggling over it.
SPIKE (cont'd)
Thing is, with your little
hypotheticalities coming into the
real world, one of us is going to
have to cry uncle to end the
bloodsport. Two problems with
that: I don't cry. And I never had
an uncle.
With that, Spike RUSHES toward us, swinging an OVERHEAD
ATTACK with his sword. The other ROLLS out of the way and
makes her way to her feet a few feet directly in front of us.
Back turned.
Spike recovers his balance and turns back to her.
SPIKE (cont'd)
Tsk, tsk, luv. That's cheating.
Fight like a man. House rules.
Finally, the other turns around to reveal herself as SONIA!
She looks wild, like she hasn't showered in weeks. And has
nasty CUTS on her face and shoulders. She stares back at
Spike. Not blinking.
SPIKE (cont'd)
So, fight to the death or staring
contest? Your choice.
Sonia RUSHES him. Spike SWINGS his sword, but she quickly
ducks underneath and comes back with an ELBOW to his jaw.
Before he even has time to react from that blow, she comes
around with her other arm and knocks the sword from Spike's
hand.
He reacts with a BACKHAND that works to send her back a step.
But only a step. She goes on the offensive again with a
series of quick blows. Spike blocks the first two, takes a
left hook to the jaw. He blocks one more and a massive
UPPERCUT lands him against the wall.
As he tries to work his way out of the corner, Sonia's on him
in a moment, landing a KNEE to his groin. Spike doubles over
in pain and slides down the wall.
SPIKE (cont'd)
(gasping)
Right then. Family or not, you're
going to pay for that.
She doesn't seem impressed as she lands another punch that
puts him on all fours.
SONIA
Funny. You used to seem a lot
taller.
She raises both hands in the air for a nice doublehanded, end
all blow, but as she does, Spike SPEARS her. They fall to
the ground, wrestling around. Spike comes out on top and
lands a few quick punches.
SPIKE
Funny. You used to seem a lot less
menstrual!
All he gets for his jibe is a headbutt. Sonia throws him off
and gets to her feet. As Spike tries to make it to his feet,
she lands a BOOT to the face.
Wasting no time, she flips the sword up from the ground with
her foot, catches it in mid-air, and goes to drive it into
Spike's back, and we:
BLACK OUT:
END OF TEASER
ACT ONE
FADE IN:
2 EXT. HYPERION - MORNING 2
Establishing.
TITLE OVER: 15 HOURS EARLIER.
SPIKE (O.S.)
So basically what you're telling me
is that we're faffed about, no
matter which way we cut the deck.
3 INT. HYPERION - ANGEL'S OFFICE - SAME 3
ANGEL is sitting behind his desk, rubbing his temples, as
Spike quizzes him. Finally, he sighs and goes back to work.
ANGEL
Did I say that? Have you ever even
heard me use the word 'faffed'?
SPIKE
Don't change the subject!
ANGEL
I'm not! I've told you - multiple
times - it's being taken care of.
SPIKE
Yet oddly enough, I didn't see
Sonia in there playing with the
kiddies this morning.
ANGEL
We've got people looking! We've
been looking... You and me. Every
night. And we'll be looking again
as soon as the sun sets. I'm not
sure what else you want me to do,
Spike.
SPIKE
Anything. Everything! We can't
look for her during the day, but
the wee little soldier boys can.
And where are they, I wonder?
ANGEL
They are out with Wes, trying to
get a lock on the mystery drug that
brought this change about in the
first place... the same one that
we might have found by now if you
hadn't killed our only lead!
SPIKE
That sod Sebastian got what he had
coming to him and you damn well
know it.
ANGEL
That's debatable. What isn't is
that finding the drug tells us
exactly what Sonia's become and
what she'd be up to...
He stands up from his chair and leans over the desk in his
best intimidation pose.
ANGEL (cont'd)
(pointedly)
... and where to find her.
SPIKE
Fine! You stay here and theorize.
I'm going to go find her.
Spike turns to leave the office.
ANGEL
I don't need to remind you that the
sun's up.
SPIKE
No worries.
He forces one last glare to Angel and disappears around the
corner.
SPIKE (O.S.) (cont'd)
I'm taking your Mustang.
Angel sighs and sits back in his chair.
ANGEL
That went well.
KIRSTEN (O.S.)
Angel?
ANGEL
In here.
KIRSTEN hurriedly enters the room.
KIRSTEN
Spike didn't just leave, did he?
ANGEL
Mercifully enough, yes. Why?
KIRSTEN
You better call him back. Wes just
checked in on the radio and it
looks like there's a team meeting
in the immediate future.
ANGEL
Did he find the drug?
KIRSTEN
Amongst other things.
ANGEL
What does that mean?
KIRSTEN
Don't know. Those were his words.
4 INT. PRIORI LAB - MOMENTS EARLIER 4
FROM THE RAFTERS: we watch a busy warehouse. HUMANS and
DEMONS alike are packing boxes full of PILL BOTTLES and
VIALS. Taping them up and throwing them onto trucks.
WESLEY slowly encroaches and cautiously leans over the ledge,
taking in the whole of the scene.
He raises his hand in the "HOLD" signal and behind him: two
dozen UTF members silently take strategic positions, aiming
their weapons.
Wes looks back up from the scene below and begins to issue
commands in the form of hand signals.
Before he can finish, GUNFIRE breaks out in the warehouse.
Wes ducks down and watches:
Another TEAM similarly dressed to his own. All in black.
All heavily armed. Mowing down the opposition that he was
about to move on.
GROUND LEVEL: the warehouse turns to chaos.
The heavy gunfire finally subsides into the occasional
controlled burst as they turn to hand to hand combat.
A large DEMON tries to run around one of the trucks and for a
door, but he's CLOTHESLINED by one of the masked Agents.
That agent wastes no time moving on through the warehouse.
The Agent swings the butt of the assault rifle, nearly
decapitating one of the humans. Then instinctively ducks as
a bullet RICOCHETS off of the nearest truck. The agent dives
to the floor and fires off a single shot, catching the armed
demon between the eyes.
The immediate area is clear. The agent moves onto the
production table and grabs up some of the drugs. Inspects
them for a moment before thoughtlessly ripping off the mask
to reveal herself:
It's KATE LOCKLEY!
FROM THE RAFTERS: Wes watches in amazement as her team
finishes off the last of the insurgence and grabs his radio.
WESLEY
(into radio)
I think we may have a problem.
5 INT. HYPERION - ANGEL'S OFFICE - LATER 5
The speakerphone on Angel's desk is ringing as he and Kirsten
wait impatiently for Spike to pick up. Finally:
SPIKE
(filtered through phone)
You've reached the man in black
himself. If you're hearing this,
I'm either out getting pissed or
saving the world. Toss up a coin.
Oh, and if this is Angel... Sod
off!!
Angel shakes his head.
ANGEL
Spike, if you get this, get your
ass back to the hotel. Now!
He angrily pushes the button to turn the phone off.
KIRSTEN
So what do we do?
ANGEL
Hard to plan for something when we
have absolutely no idea what it is.
Did you try calling Wes back?
KIRSTEN
He's not answering. Either
something big's going down or he's
out 'getting pissed' with Spike.
ANGEL
Illyria?
KIRSTEN
She's working with a few of the
older kids.
For some reason, she's taken an
interest and I couldn't stop her
from teaching them about human
anatomy... And you only wish it
was the birds and bees speech.
ANGEL
Get her down here. If this is
something big, we need to figure
out some sort of strategy. You're
with me. We'll take a radio and
try to find Wes. And Spike if we
can't avoid it.
KIRSTEN
And the kids?
ANGEL
Illyria will stay with them...
They exit his office.
6 INT. HYPERION - FOYER - CONTINUOUS 6
Angel is throwing on his coat as he continues with
instructions.
ANGEL
... we'll take the Mustang.
KIRSTEN
Didn't Spike take the -
ANGEL
(quickly)
We'll take the Viper.
KIRSTEN
Viper's still damaged from Garret's
dynamite.
ANGEL
We'll take the first thing we come
across that has wheels! If the
glass isn't vampire friendly,
you'll drive.
KIRSTEN
Okay.
Kirsten turns around and heads for the stairs.
ANGEL
Kirsten!
KIRSTEN
Yeah?
ANGEL
Keep it quite. We don't need the
kids to...
The BEEP of an accepted key card rings out and the front door
opens up. A beat and Kate walks through the door. Angel's
jaw nearly drops.
ANGEL (cont'd)
... worry.
7 INT. ANGEL'S MUSTANG - SAME 7
Spike is driving slowly through the streets. Checking every
nook and cranny of every alley that he passes. He's
obviously frustrated.
SPIKE
Come on, little girl. Why won't
you just show yourself to Uncle
Willie? We already lost you once
and I'll not have it a second time.
He sighs and finally turns the car into one of the shadowed
alleys.
8 EXT. ALLEY - CONTINUOUS 8
Spike steps out of the car, protected by the tall buildings
that hold off the sun.
He takes a deep SNIFF of the air around him and FROWNS for a
moment before:
SPIKE
Come out, come out wherever you
are.
Over in the corner of the alley, behind a trash can:
A LITTLE GIRL is knelt down over something. Spike whimsically
walks over toward her.
SPIKE (cont'd)
Hey, I don't suppose you've seen a
woman running about in the last few
days, have you? 'Bout a foot
taller than yourself. Blonde hair
like yours. Answers to the name
of...
Spike lets his words tamper off as he gets close enough to
notice what she's doing.
SPIKE (cont'd)
That can't be good.
The girl finally turns around to face us. She looks normal
enough except for the BLOOD covering her hands and clothes.
Beneath her, a mangled BODY. Torn open and organs removed.
The HEART in her hands.
GIRL
Have you ever seen anything so
beautiful?
SMASH CUT TO:
9 INT. HYPERION - FOYER - SAME 9
Angel is staring back at Kate. Looking for the words.
ANGEL
Kate.
KATE
Angel.
She looks around the hotel.
KATE (cont'd)
The place looks different.
ANGEL
Yeah, we re...
Half a dozen of her team members follows through the door.
ANGEL (cont'd)
... decorated.
KATE
It's nice.
ANGEL
Uh, thanks. What are you -
Angel starts slowly making his way back to the weapon
cabinet. Kate shakes her head and raises and eyebrow.
KATE
I wouldn't.
He stops and continues to cautiously play the game. Already
at the top of the stairs, no one notices Kirsten snake off
down the hallway.
ANGEL
So, how've you been?
KATE
Not as good as you, apparently. I
haven't made my way to CEO of
anything since the last time we
talked.
Angel tenses up. Still not knowing what to expect.
ANGEL
About that. We were...
KATE
... evil. Yeah, I got that. But
you've reformed, right? Again.
ANGEL
Something like that.
(beat)
So what are you doing here?
KATE
Working. Same as you.
Kate forces a smile.
ANGEL
So, what's the game?
KATE
No game. I didn't come here to
arrest you. Hell, I wasn't even
planning on stopping by.
ANGEL
Then what made you change your
mind?
Again, the BEEP of a key card and the front door opens. Wes
runs into the foyer, not paying attention.
WESLEY
Angel, we've got a problem! Kate
Lockley is...
He stops as two of Kate's team trains their weapons on him.
WESLEY (cont'd)
... in our living room.
Kate turns back to Angel.
KATE
One of your lackeys was casing my
crime scene with a team of his own.
ANGEL
We can explain.
KATE
You've got two minutes before I put
in a call to the director.
WESLEY
Director... of what, exactly?
KATE
The FBI.
Wes exchanges worried glances with Angel as we CUT TO:
10 EXT. ALLEY - SAME 10
Spike is still staring strangely back at the little girl.
SPIKE
Right. I think you may have me
confused with someone else. If
you've been dreaming about demons
all your life and saw me kill a
small Chinese woman and a mother
wearing a leather jacket
surprisingly similar to this one,
that was a long time ago and I'm
better now.
Spike watches as she pulls on the intestines and laces them
across the body.
SPIKE (cont'd)
But, and this is just a warning,
try to cut off my hands and I'll
kill you just as dead.
She looks back to Spike, dropping the heart inside the mess
of entrails.
GIRL
This one is prettier than the last.
Spike stares back oddly.
SPIKE
I take it this isn't your first
evisceration.
She takes another look back to the body and stands up.
GIRL
No.
(beat; thinking)
My fourth. No, fifth.
SPIKE
So just us serial killers here,
then.
GIRL
(smiling devilishly)
You're next.
Spike smirks.
SPIKE
Am I? A bit optimistic for a child
that still smells oh, so very
human.
GIRL
Stop talking.
SPIKE
Excuse me?!
GIRL
I like you so much better when
you're dead.
The girl RUSHES toward him.
Spike doesn't hesitate as he PUNCHES her to the ground.
SPIKE
Then you and I should get along
famously, luv.
He whips out his cell phone and starts to dial, but stops
when:
SPIKE (cont'd)
Ah!!!!
He looks down and the girl has a knife sticking out of his
stomach. Looking up at him psychotically with a deranged
smile.
GIRL
Told you.
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT ONE
ACT TWO
FADE IN:
11 INT. HYPERION - ANGEL'S OFFICE - DAY 11
Angel is sitting behind his desk with Wes standing alongside
him. On the other side, Kate is sitting in the chair
opposite Angel with an Agent on either side of her.
KATE
So you took over Wolfram & Hart in
a manner of good faith?
WESLEY
Hoping to wage the war from the
inside the belly of the beast.
KATE
But you didn't.
Angel looks back to Wes.
ANGEL
We did alright.
KATE
And then when you decided you were
done, they just let you walk out
the front door.
Wes and Angel exchange glances again.
WESLEY
In a manner of speaking.
KATE
And is there a reason that I should
believe any of this?
ANGEL
I don't know. Because it's the
truth?
KATE
Right. And I've spent the last
five years chasing leprechauns
across Europe.
ANGEL
Look, Kate, you know how crazy
things get in this city. Is it
really that much of a stretch of
the imagination?
KATE
Not at all. I can imagine you evil
rather easily. I remember a
certain wine tasting.
WESLEY
Ms. Lockley, I know what you're
thinking, but we have nothing to do
with the operations in that
warehouse.
KATE
So it was just a coincidence that
you and two dozen military dressed
denizens happened into the center
of my investigation? Oh, wait, I
forgot.
(looks back to Angel)
Crazy things happen in this city.
WESLEY
We are on your side! We were there
to take them down. You just beat
us to the punch.
She studies Wes for a moment before smirking and turning back
to Angel.
KATE
I want to believe you, Angel. I
really do. Whether I like to admit
it or not, you've helped me out in
the past and I probably owe you a
measure of gratitude, but you don't
make this trust thing easy.
(beat)
So I'm going to ask you one last
time and if I don't get a straight
answer, there's a certain military
operation that's recently
reacquired clearance to deal
with... people like you.
Angel glares back. Finally:
ANGEL
We've got a man gone MIA.
Kate raises her eyebrows mockingly.
ANGEL (cont'd)
A woman, actually.
KATE
Of course.
ANGEL
(sternly)
She's a valuable member of my team.
And if we have to step on your toes
to find her, I'm fine with that.
He stands up.
KATE
I suggest you sit down.
As one of the Agents step toward Angel, a series of GUNSHOTS
ring out from the Foyer.
12 INT. HYPERION - FOYER - MOMENTS LATER 12
ILLYRIA has taken down three of the Agents and is holding the
last one up by the neck.
Kate is first into the room. Her Agents behind her.
KATE
Put him down!
Illyria only stares back. Cocks her head to the side,
studying her.
Kate goes to draw her gun, but Angel grabs her hand.
She nods to the Agents who raise their guns, but another
GUNSHOT rings out. Hitting one of the Agents' guns, causing
him to drop it.
Kate whips her head across the room to see Kirsten standing
there, a PISTOL trained on the still armed Agent.
KIRSTEN
I wouldn't.
ANGEL
So, what do you say we try this
whole conversation thing again?
He leans in closer.
ANGEL (cont'd)
My way.
13 INT. HYPERION - FOYER - LATER 13
Kate's Agents are all sitting in a row along the wall.
Kirsten is leaning in the doorway of Angel's office, both
listening in and training the same pistol on the Agents.
14 INT. HYPERION - ANGEL'S OFFICE - SAME 14
Everyone's back in the positions they were earlier. Plus
Illyria staring accusingly at Kate.
ANGEL
Now, doesn't this seem more
amicable without the guns?
WESLEY
I'd say so.
KATE
(forcing laughter)
This is an unbelievably huge
mistake, Angel. Even for you.
ILLYRIA
You speak of mistakes? When the
fate of you and yours rests in our
hands?
Kate looks at Angel, smirks, and then motions to Illyria.
KATE
Where'd you find this one? Put on
a recruiting drive in hell?
Illyria takes a step forward to exact vengeance, but Wes puts
a hand in front of her.
She stares daggers into his soul, but:
WESLEY
Please.
Illyria diverts her stare back to Kate.
ILLYRIA
I only pray that you stray beyond
the boundaries of this negotiation.
(proudly)
Because I'll be your executioner.
Kate looks back to Angel.
ANGEL
She's pretty headstrong. You might
want to try listening this time.
KATE
Fine. Speak.
ANGEL
Like I was trying to say before, in
between guns pointed in my face and
condescending accusations, we're
looking for a girl.
KIRSTEN (O.S.)
Angel...
ANGEL
What?!
Before he can even look up, the Little Girl that Spike fought
lands hard on the table. Bloody, unconscious, and tied up.
Angel looks up to Spike standing over the desk.
SPIKE
Don't ask.
Angel looks down to the girl and then back to Kate.
ANGEL
This isn't her.
Spike turns around and walks out of the office.
ANGEL (cont'd)
Spike?
(beat)
Spike!
Angel finally gets up and rushes for the door as Wes quickly
begins examining the girl.
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