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23 INT. WILLOW & KENNEDY'S ROOM. DAY. 23
Kennedy unlocks and opens the door and steps inside. Keith
follows her. Kennedy leaves the door open, looking out for
Willow and her father, but they're nowhere in sight. Keith
pushes the door shut, and Kennedy jumps as it slams.
KEITH
Alone at last, then, possum.
KENNEDY
(cold)
Don't call me that.
KEITH
Why not? You used to like it.
KENNEDY
I never liked it. Any of it.
KEITH
Then how come you never told
anyone?
KENNEDY
They never believed me. You made
sure of that, didn't you?
KEITH
Why Kennedy, whatever do you mean?
She stares him down. This is going to turn nasty very
quickly.
KEITH (cont'd)
Your problem, Kennedy, is a basic
lack of respect for your elders.
You think you and your little love
in piece of stuff are going to make
anything of yourself in this world?
KENNEDY
I've already done more with my life
than you ever will.
KEITH
(angry)
You're not going to get anywhere in
life, Kennedy! You're a loser, just
like your mother, and I intend to
tell her all about your dirty
little life down here.
KENNEDY
(indignant)
I'm not dirty! I'm not... I'm not!
KEITH
You are, always were. Why do you
think I chose you?
(laughs)
Did you think you were special?
That you were mine because you were
the most important? It was you
because you were nothing. Just
another dirty little girl.
KENNEDY
(teary)
You hurt me.
Kennedy is upset, she's struggling to hold back the tears.
Keith keeps advancing on her, looming ever bigger in front of
her.
KEITH
Once I tell your mother about this -
KENNEDY
Don't!
KEITH
Your father may think it's fine,
but I know that your mother won't
let you anywhere near that money
when she knows what you've become.
24 INT. WILLOW & KENNEDY'S APARTMENT - STAIRS. DAY. 24
Willow and Jed are heading up towards Willow's room, talking.
25 INT. WILLOW & KENNEDY'S ROOM. DAY. 25
As before. Keith is backing Kennedy into a corner. We're not
used to seeing Kennedy seem so vulnerable like this.
KENNEDY
(tearful)
She wouldn't understand.. she never
did..
KEITH
Oh, sweet, sweet Kennedy..
He pushes her against the wall and runs a hand slowly down
the side of her face. Kennedy is almost weeping.
KEITH (cont'd)
I think I need to catch up on lost
time with you..
His hand comes crashing down on her face, knocking her down.
He reaches a hand up again to hit her, but like lightning
Kennedy's hand streaks out and grabs it, holding it fast in a
grip of Slayer strength. Keith looks back down at Kennedy.
Her eyes gaining the strength. She's suddenly looking like
she's ready to kick some ass.
KENNEDY
A lot's changed since then.
26 EXT. WILLOW & KENNEDY'S APARTMENT - WILLOW'S FLOOR. DAY.26
Willow is fumbling in her jacket for the room keys.
WILLOW
Heh, must have lost them, they're
in here somewhere..
JED
Why don't we just knock?
WILLOW
Oh, yeah, I suppose that'd work
too..
Jed grins and reaches up to knock on the door.
27 INT. WILLOW & KENNEDY'S ROOM. DAY. 27
We see Keith fly backwards through the air with a yell,
slamming into the far wall and collapsing onto the floor.
Kennedy vaults the bed and leaps after him, looking furious
with rage, stake in hand.
28 EXT. HOTEL - OUTSIDE THE ROOM. DAY. 28
Willow and Jed look at each other as they hear the yell and
thud, then Jed bangs his fist on the door as Willow tries to
find her keys. They hear Keith shouting from inside, there's
obviously a fight going on in there and he's losing.
JED
Kennedy? Kennedy! Open up! What's
going on?
After what seems like an eternity, as more shouts and crashes
come from inside the room, Willow finds her keys and tries to
open the door. She fumbles first time and drops them, but
manages the second time to throw the door open.
29 INT. WILLOW & KENNEDY'S ROOM. DAY. 29
The place is a mess, the way it would look after Kennedy had
spent a few minutes throwing someone around it. Kennedy has
Keith in an arm lock, he's face down on the floor with her
knee buried in the back of his neck.
She twists his arm back some more and he shouts with pain.
She hardly notices Jed and Willow standing, shocked, in the
doorway.
JED
Kennedy! What the hell are you
doing?!?
KENNEDY
I have to finish it... he has to
pay..
Keith howls in pain as Kennedy cracks his arm back another
notch.
WILLOW
Kennedy, what are you -
KEITH
Jed, get her away from me, she's
gone crazy!
KENNEDY
(to Jed; screaming)
Why are you listening to him? You
always listened to him! Never to
me!
JED
You're about to kill him!
KENNEDY
Because he hurt me! It'd be all he
deserves!
(to Keith; tearful)
Tell him what you did to me! When I
was still at home. Tell him how you
used to stay over and sneak into my
room. How you'd-
She can't take this. She cracks his arm back again and Keith
yowls in pain.
KENNEDY (cont'd)
(to Keith, furious)
Tell him the truth.. or I swear
I'll kill you right now!
Before anyone can react, she flips him round and raises the
stake, ready to attack him with it. Willow comes to her
senses and lets a hasty defensive spell fly.
WILLOW
Dispersum!
Kennedy is knocked backwards, landing on her ass. Keith
slumps against the dresser, his face bloody. Kennedy sits,
tears rolling down her cheeks as Willow starts to tear up as
well.
Jed looks from Keith to Kennedy, his face a mess of
confusion. Willow's hands are over her mouth as she tries to
stay in control.
WILLOW (cont'd)
(also in tears)
Kennedy?
KEITH
(dazed)
I did it.. I did it.. I'm sorry,
I'm sorry, I did it..
Jed stares in shock. Keith is bruised and beaten, and Kennedy
lowers her head, majorly hurt, very angry... but mostly just
in pain. Jed looks down to his brother, the awful truth
slowly starting to dawn on him.
JED
Keith?
KEITH
(sobbing)
I'm sorry.. I'm sorry..
JED
(trying to keep control)
Keith.. what did you do?
KENNEDY
(sobbing)
I always tried to tell you.. but
you never listened.. it was always
your stupid business over me, or
the dinner party mom wanted to go
to.. anything except your own
daughter! Mommy never wanted
anything to spoil her perfect
little life.. You just used to say
I was making up stories.. but it
was all true! All of it!
Jed looks ashen - she'd always tried to tell him but he'd
never listened. Kennedy leaps up and races past him, heading
outside. Willow jumps up and runs after her.
Jed looks down at the battered form of Keith, not sure
whether to speak or start kicking him himself. His fists
bunch up, but despite shaking with rage he stays in charge.
JED
(to Keith)
You.. to my own daughter..
30 EXT. OUTSIDE THE ROOM. DAY. 30
Kennedy is sitting at the foot of the stairs that lead up to
their apartment's floor, curled up and sobbing. Willow runs
up to her and stands helpless for a moment, not knowing what
to do. Her instinct takes over and she crouches down next to
Kennedy, putting her arms round her.
Kennedy leans across and buries her face in Willow's chest.
Willow closes her eyes and holds her as tight as she can, her
own eyes wet with tears.
WILLOW
(softly)
Ssh. Baby, it's all okay now. I'm
here. I've got you. You're safe.
CUT TO:
31 INT. FITNESS WORLD - BASEMENT. DAY. 31
As before - Ellen and Buffy in pitched battle with the wynn
demons. Only three are left - Buffy on two and Ellen on the
other.
As we watch, Ellen gets a good swipe in with her sword and
her demon falls to the floor.
She leaps over to help Buffy, as Buffy is shoved to the floor
and her two demons make a run for it.
ELLEN
Buffy!
BUFFY
(picking herself up)
I'm fine, don't let them get away!
Acting on instinct, Ellen grabs Buffy's axe from her hand and
throws it towards the escaping demons. It hits one square in
the back, and as he falls to the ground he hits the second
and they hit the deck together.
Buffy whistles appreciatively - for a newbie, Ellen's proving
she's got the right stuff to be a Slayer.
ELLEN
(mock sympathy)
Oops, sorry!
BUFFY
You sure you've never done this
before? You've even got the one
liners down.
ELLEN
(still not used to her new
powers, but liking it)
I'm a quick learner.
Ellen reaches out a hand and helps Buffy up. They walk over
to the last demon, struggling to shift the weight of his dead
comrade. Buffy puts her size six shoe down on his neck to pin
him to the floor.
BUFFY
Start talking. Who are you, what
are you doing here, and why do you
demon cults always have that candle
and pentagram fetish?
The demon grins and coughs beneath her foot.
DEMON
(coughing)
You're too late, Slayer..
ELLEN
(grins)
Which one?
DEMON
We know where you've hidden the
Oracle, and my brothers will be
there soon..
(chuckles)
We'll shut that interfering girl up
for good!
BUFFY
Girl?
Ellen's face drops as she realises who he means.
ELLEN
Emmily!
(grabs demon by his
throat)
What is the 'Oracle'?
BUFFY
Ellen, come on, we've got to get
back! If more of those things are
on their way to the house, we've
got to get back now!
ELLEN
Tell me!
DEMON
(laughs)
Never..
Ellen punches the demon, knocking him out. She gets up as
Buffy is already moving back towards the window.
ELLEN
Are we just gonna leave them here?
BUFFY
We'll clean up later, come on!
Ellen follows her over to the
windows.
CUT TO:
32 INT. SUMMERS' RESIDENCE. DAY. 32
There is a knock on the door. Xander goes to open it, but
hears Emmily calling him from the top of the stairs.
EMMILY
(frightened)
Those teeth..
XANDER
(puzzled)
It's okay, sweetie, it's just the
door.
He opens the door to be faced by four wynn demons, who grin
and show their teeth.
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT THREE
ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
33 EXT. ROCKWELL AVENUE. DAY. 33
Buffy and Ellen race along the street and up to Buffy's
house. The front door is wide open, and Buffy dashes inside.
34 INT. SUMMERS' RESIDENCE. DAY. 34
Buffy screeches to a halt as she sees Xander, flat on his
back and out cold, on the living room floor. Anya is standing
over him, waving her arms helplessly.
ANYA
Help him! I can't wake him up
because I can't slap him!
BUFFY
(kneels by Xander)
Xander. Xander!
(slaps him lightly)
Wake up, Xander!
Ellen enters the house and races upstairs.
ELLEN (O.S.)
Emmily? Emmily!
XANDER
(sits up and groans)
Ow..
BUFFY
Xander, what happened?
XANDER
(groggy)
Four of those demon boys showed up
and did a Van Damme on me.. where's
Dawn?
DAWN (O.S.)
I'm here.
Buffy turns to see Dawn emerging from the cupboard underneath
the stairs.
BUFFY
Are you okay?
DAWN
(nods)
I heard them coming in and laid low
in here, I knew I couldn't help
Xander by myself so I was trying to
call Willow and Kennedy, but
they're not answering their phones.
ELLEN
(running back downstairs,
panicked)
She's gone.
BUFFY
They took Emmily?
ELLEN
I'm going after her.
BUFFY
Ellen, wait!
Ellen's already out the door and running as Buffy helps
Xander back up.
BUFFY (cont'd)
Anya, what happened?
ANYA
They laid out Xander and then went
looking for that little girl. She
was surprisingly quiet, considering
she was being kidnapped by four
very angry looking wynn demons.
They like to eat babies, you know.
BUFFY
(snaps)
Anya!
ANYA
(indignant)
What? They do!
XANDER
You'd better get after her, Buffy,
those guys were pretty tough.
BUFFY
Stay here. Don't move. If they come
back.. Well, hopefully they won't.
Buffy jumps up and runs out of the house after Ellen.
ANYA
That's just like her. Always
running around when there's wounded
people to look after!
CUT TO:
35 EXT. CLEVELAND STREET. DAY. 35
Sticking to the shadows, the four demons and the captive
Emmily weave their way down along alleyways and back towards
the Fitness World centre.
ELLEN (O.S.)
Hey!
They stop and turn. Ellen is standing at the end of the
alleyway they've run down, sword in hand.
ELLEN (cont'd)
(coolly)
Let her go.
Two of the demons snarl and break off towards her. Poised to
fight, she takes them both on, felling one with her first
sword chop and trading punches with the second till he falls.
Buffy catches up.
BUFFY
Where did they go?
ELLEN
That way, back towards the gym I
think.
BUFFY
Let's go!
They run after the demons.
CUT TO:
36 INT. FITNESS WORLD - BASEMENT. DAY. 36
The two remaining demons are hastily trying to put the
ceremony back together, relighting candles and kicking the
dead bodies of their brothers to one side. They lay Emmily
down in the centre of the pentagram, one of them drawing
arcane symbols on her skin as he chants.
37 EXT. FITNESS WORLD - REAR ENTRANCE. DAY. 37
Buffy and Ellen arrive at the window entrance to the basement
and leap down. Weapons ready, they race across the empty
floor and towards the demon's base they discovered earlier.
38 INT. FITNESS WORLD - BASEMENT. DAY. 38
One demon chants and reads from the same book as last time as
the other raises a large knife above Emmily. She still seems
oddly calm about it all. The knife-wielding demon is poised,
ready to strike, when WHAM - Ellen's sword shoots through the
air and straight into his chest.
With a gasp he keels over backwards. The last demon looks up
and stops reading.
The two girls are here just in time, Buffy grinning as she
pats the recovered axe in her hand. Buffy throws a look of
mock sympathy at the demon.
BUFFY
Oh, I'm sorry, did we break your
concentration?
The demon gets up and runs for it. Ellen goes to chase after
him but Buffy holds out an arm to hold her back.
BUFFY (cont'd)
Let him go. Not worth it.
Ellen heads for Emmily, picking her up and carrying her back
over.
EMMILY
I knew you'd come.
ELLEN
I promised, didn't I?
BUFFY
(deep breath)
Emmily? Are you the Oracle?
Emmily nods. Ellen looks across at Emmily, not sure what to
make of it all.
BUFFY (cont'd)
What does that mean? And why were
those demons trying to kill you?
EMMILY
Ice cream.
ELLEN
Huh?
EMMILY
Back home for ice cream. Then talk.
ELLEN
(smiles)
Whatever you say, honey.
Buffy returns the smile as the trio leave the basement.
CUT TO:
39 INT. WILLOW & KENNEDY'S ROOM. DAY. 39
The girls sit on the bed, Kennedy is half lying down with her
head in Willow's lap, as Willow strokes her hair. Jed is
pacing up and down the room, making a call on his mobile
phone.
JED
Yes, that's right, officer. Okay,
thank you.
(hangs up)
Well, they're keeping him down at
the station now. He's being charged
in the morning.
(looks guilty)
I guess that's that. As much as
that can change anything that
happened.
KENNEDY
(muted)
Just go.
JED
What?
KENNEDY
Please, daddy, just go.
Jed kneels down next to Kennedy, squeezing her hand.
Kennedy's face is blank - she's just poured out years of
emotion and rage in one go, and it's taken the fight out of
her.
Willow has gone into damage control - not saying anything,
just cradling Kennedy's head and stroking her hair
comfortingly.
JED
I'm know I can't ask you to forgive
me for not listening to you all
those years ago, Kennedy. But at
least he's going to pay for it all
now.
Kennedy nods.
WILLOW
Are you gonna be okay, baby?
KENNEDY
Someday.
Jed nods sadly and gets up. He looks awkward, but Kennedy
reaches a hand up to him.
JED
I'm so, so sorry, honey. I'd better
go. I'll come back again soon.
Lacking anything else to say, Jed turns and goes, shutting
the door and leaving the two girls to it.
WILLOW
Why didn't you ever tell me?
KENNEDY
I was never sure any of it really
happened. I was so young... it was
like a really bad dream that would
happen every so often and I... I
knew that if I thought it wasn't a
dream then it would be real, and it
really happened...
Willow looks tearful as Kennedy continues.
KENNEDY (cont'd)
... and if it really happened then
that makes me a victim. That makes
me... dirty. Just another dirty
girl.
WILLOW
Oh, baby..
Willow starts to cry as Kennedy sits up and holds her. Time
for her to be strong again.
KENNEDY
But I know I'm not dirty, Willow.
(beat)
Not with you.
They embrace.
CUT TO:
40 INT. SUMMERS' RESIDENCE - KITCHEN. DAY. 40
Emmily sits at the kitchen counter, eating a big bowl of ice
cream as Ellen and Buffy watch. Dawn is washing dishes.
ELLEN
Hard to think such a little angel
would have so much trouble
following her.
BUFFY
(looking at Dawn)
Trouble always follows the ones you
least expect it to. The sisters
share a smile.
ELLEN
So, Emmily, I think we've fulfilled
our side of the bargain..
Emmily nods and grins as she finishes the last of the ice
cream.
ELLEN (cont'd)
So now why don't you tell us what
the Oracle is?
(beat)
Or, I mean, what you are.
Ellen is clearly struggling with the concept of Emmily being
anything other than a little girl.
EMMILY
Vessel of information. From the
Powers That Be down to the Chosen
One.
Ellen and Buffy look at each other - these aren't the kind of
words your average six year old uses! Dawn's eyes widen.
EMMILY
Lots of Chosen Ones now. Maybe too
many. Balance is tilting too far.
Change must come. Will come soon.
BUFFY
Change?
EMMILY
It is free. It is here.
Buffy shivers, as do Ellen and Dawn - all three felt a cold
air just pass through the room.
ELLEN
Whew, felt like someone just walked
over my-
BUFFY
Ellen! No. Bad luck to say that.
(to Emmily)
What is free?
EMMILY
Can't say now. Maybe soon.
DAWN
Emmily, are you human?
BUFFY
Dawn!
DAWN
What? It's a valid question! I
mean, is she like me, something
magical made into a human, or is
she something else?
EMMILY
Not quite like you. Human body, not
human soul. Will always need
protecting.
ELLEN
Lots of people out to get you, huh?
EMMILY
(nods)
Lots and lots. Want to stop me
telling Chosen Ones things they
need to know.
ELLEN
Well then, I guess you're still
going to need someone to look after
you, aren't you?
Emmily looks over to Ellen and smiles. Ellen smiles back.
EMMILY
Sorry I never told you.
ELLEN
(sighs)
That's okay. I guess I wouldn't
have understood until now. So your
parents..
EMMILY
Don't have any. Have people like
you, who look after me. Changes a
lot. Made sure you'd fine me.
Ellen grins as a lot of things that have happened recently
start to make sense - bumping into Emmily, meeting Buffy -
all part of Emmily's plan.
ELLEN
(ruffles Emmily's hair)
You can expect me to stick around
for a while yet, honey. Emmily
smiles.
EMMILY
I know I'll be safe now.
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