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[previous | bottom] ACT FOUR
FADE IN:
32 INT. SUPERMARKET. DAY. 32
Anya walks along the rows and rows of fruit baskets, shopping
basket over one arm, reaching out and squeezing almost
everything in sight.
An old lady watches her, and Anya stops when she sees the
woman's puzzled look.
ANYA
Hello. I was a ghost, but now I'm
not. So I can touch things again
and that's what I'm doing! It's
just like-
Xander steps into frame between the two of them, nodding and
smiling at the old woman.
XANDER
Sorry about her. She's, ah..
(whispers)
She's just come back into the
community again.
The old woman nods in understanding as Xander gives her the
thumbs up and throws an arm round Anya, leading her away. We
stay with them as they walk down the aisle.
ANYA
Xander, there wasn't anything the
matter.
XANDER
No, but most girls don't tell
random old ladies they used to be
ghosts. At least not very often.
Old people tend not to be very
comfortable with that kind of
thing.
ANYA
I decided a few things, though.
XANDER
Oh?
ANYA
Yes. Kiwi fruit is off-puttingly
hairy but pleasantly squishy,
pineapples feel nice, and grapes
are great when they pop.
XANDER
Been checking the fruit stand, huh?
Anya nods and smiles. They walk off frame.
33 INT. SUPERMARKET - CHECKOUT. DAY. 33
Anya and Xander are unloading their shopping baskets onto the
checkout's conveyor belts. Anya keeps picking up everything
Xander puts down, running her fingers over all the surfaces.
Xander notices and gently pushes her hands back down,
glancing around in case people are watching.
XANDER
An, try to keep track of that when
we're out in public. It could be
hard to explain to people if you're
dashing off to touch everything in
sight. Especially near bars full of
bikers.
ANYA
Well, I can't help it if I'd
started to forget what everything
felt like, can I? I kept thinking I
was just going to fade away and
never know what..
She looks around her and grabs a pack of gum from the stand
by the counter, unwrapping it and popping a stick into her
mouth.
ANYA (cont'd)
What gum felt like to chew, or
what..
She searches again, grabs a soda bottle from the conveyor
belt and opens it, taking a big gulp.
ANYA (cont'd)
What soda feels like..
(beat)
Especially when you drink it too
fast and the bubbles go up your
nose..
She SNEEZES, and Xander, looking a little panicked in case
security head over, takes the bottle back off her and puts
the rest of the gum onto the conveyor.
The Checkout Girl looks distinctly unimpressed by the whole
thing as Anya continues to sneeze.
XANDER
Uh, sorry about all this, she's..
well, she's different.
CHECKOUT GIRL
So was Forrest Gump. But at least
he paid for what he drank first.
Xander nods and hands over his credit card. Anya stops
sneezing and rubs her nose.
ANYA
Sneezes. Sneezes are good too.
She smiles up at Xander who can't help but grin back. Then
she sneezes again. From the sound of her sneeze, we:
SMASH CUT TO:
34 INT. THE BRONZE - BALCONY. NIGHT. 34
It's a typical night at the Bronze, full of dancing teens,
students and twentysomethings, as Willow finds herself on the
balcony overlooking the dance floor. Something isn't right
straight away - she's woozy and grips the handrail for
balance.
GIRL'S VOICE (O.S.)
Wasn't this night fun? Willow looks
to her side.
Amy is there, a smug grin on her face. She looks down at
Willow, struggling to stand as though she's drunk.
AMY
We came here after going to Rack's
that one time, do you remember? We
were so smashed on magic drops that
we turned this whole place into
whatever we wanted.. Oh, I had so
much fun that night I never wanted
it to end..
WILLOW
You.. cheater..
AMY
Well, I said I'd pick the
battlefield out of your memories,
didn't I? And when I saw this
place, and the state you were in
while you were here, well.. I
couldn't help myself.
Willow looks like she's in trouble as Amy stands defiantly
before her.
AMY (cont'd)
So let's get started!
With a shout, she swings a fist out and cracks it across
Willow's cheek, and Willow pitches over the balcony and down
onto the dancers below.
They break her fall but about ten people clutter to the
floor, and Willow woozily tries to disentangle herself and
pick herself up. She looks up and sees Amy shouting down from
the balcony.
AMY (cont'd)
See? Isn't this fun?
Amy morphs into the demon and growls triumphantly as the
people in the Bronze start to panic and scream.
DEMON
Now let's see what you're really
scared of, witch!
He leaps over the balcony and down towards Willow.
35 INT. ELLEN'S PLACE - LIVING ROOM. DAY. 35
Buffy sits and watches Emmily carefully coloring in one of
the pictures in the book before her. She looks like she's
waiting for the young girl to speak.
BUFFY
Emmily? You got my message earlier
right?
Emmily nods, without looking up.
BUFFY (cont'd)
So what did you want to tell me? Is
it about Jackson?
(beat)
Emmily?
Emmily looks up, then with a little sigh puts her crayon down
and looks up at Buffy.
EMMILY
Sorry. Was trying to clear my mind.
We can go now.
BUFFY
Go? Where to?
Emmily holds out her hands, and after a moment Buffy reaches
out and takes them. As she does, we:
SMASH CUT TO:
36 EXT. RUINED WORLD. NIGHT. 36
Buffy finds herself standing on top of an almost volcanic
outcrop, with other, active volcanoes all around, spewing
geysers of lava and thick plumes of ash out into the night
sky. The whole landscape around her is in flames - trees and
grass burns, even the rivers are on fire, and everything
around them is desolate and chaotic.
Buffy instinctively hugs Emmily close to her to protect her,
but Emmily pushes back and looks up at the Slayer.
EMMILY
Just a vision. Safe.
BUFFY
What.. where are we? What is this
place?
EMMILY
Back in time. Many years. The Old
Ones rule here.
BUFFY
The Old Ones?
(beat)
Listen to me, I sound like Neo or
something.. Emmily, tell me about
the Source.
EMMILY
Ancient evil. Like The First.
BUFFY
Would that make them The Second?
Emmily smiles and Buffy grins back despite herself.
EMMILY
Gone for now, but will be back
soon. And you can stop it.
BUFFY
Here we go.. Another apocalyptic
battle to save the world, huh?
EMMILY
No. One small choice. It will be
defeated by love. Either by showing
love or not showing love.
BUFFY
Which does which? Will love conquer
all or something corny like that?
EMMILY
Don't know yet. Am trying to find
out. But you'll know when the time
comes.
Buffy looks round.
BUFFY
Let's head back now, okay? I get
the picture. If the Old Ones come
back, the world gets turned into
the inside of my stomach after one
of Xander's chillies, and I'm going
to be able to do something about
that. Right?
Emmily nods, and Buffy smiles back.
37 INT. ELLEN'S PLACE - LIVING ROOM. DAY. 37
And in a blink of an eye, they're back in the living room at
Ellen's, as though they'd never left. Buffy looks round to
check they're home, then down at Emmily.
BUFFY
Thank you. I don't normally get too
much of a warning about these
things.
EMMILY
That's why I'm here. Buffy strokes
the side of Emmily's head
affectionately.
ELLEN (O.S.)
Oh, there you are!
Ellen steps into the living room.
ELLEN (cont'd)
Emmily pops off for a few seconds
every now and then, says she's
'learning things.' So where'd you
two get to?
BUFFY
Uh, Iowa, I think.
Emmily giggles and Buffy shares a smile with her.
38 INT. THE BRONZE. NIGHT. 38
SLAM! Willow flies into frame, not looking too good. People
scatter as she picks herself up and the demon clunks over,
knocking tables aside as it heads for her.
Willow stands, the black pupils in place as she scowls at the
incoming monster.
WILLOW
Don't make me get all Shannon
Doherty on you, you really wouldn't
like me when I'm angry!
She lets fly with a blast of blue energy which knocks the
demon from its feet, splintering the edge of the staircase
next to it.
More screams all around as the demon stands again. He laughs
as Willow tries to catch her breath.
DEMON
Good.. good! You fight well, witch.
This is fun.
Willow answers by swinging her arm at the demon, lifting him
by an unseen hand into the air and slamming him against the
bar, dislodging the rows of bottle hanging there. The
bartender runs for cover as Willow walks over.
Her shoes crunch over the broken glass as she steps towards
the demon, who is chuckling between ragged breaths as he
stands again.
DEMON (cont'd)
You must.. really love that girl..
to fight so strong.
WILLOW
She's my Slayer, she'd die for me.
DEMON
But would you die for her?
Willow stops dead, and the demon grins as he realizes he's
found a chink in her armor.
WILLOW
I.. I'd..
DEMON
Ah, I don't think you would, would
you?
He stands and Willow shrinks backwards, confusion flowing
across her face.
WILLOW
She'd.. she'd..
DEMON
Not like it was with the other one,
is it? Good, yes, but not the same.
Not as pure. Not as powerful. Not
enough.
Willow's head is bowed as the demon looms large over her.
DEMON (cont'd)
Not enough to make up for losing
the first one.
Willow's head snaps up. Her black eyes blaze with fury.
WILLOW
Alright, that is it!
The rest of the hanging bottles are smashed as the demon
hurtles sideways into frame, slamming into the wall behind
the bar and thudding to the ground.
Willow vaults over the bar to face the wheezing demon.
WILLOW (cont'd)
You can push me around.. you can
drag me back through my past.. you
can make me live out my worst pains
again..
She walks forwards slowly, and the demon shuffles away from
her.
WILLOW (cont'd)
But you don't tell me how much I
love someone, and you don't get to
tell me who I love!
She raises her hand to strike the demon down but pauses, hand
held above her head, as she sees the demon laughing under his
breath. Something dawns on her, and she steps back.
The demon gets to his feet, wondering why she didn't hit him,
as Willow closes her eyes, takes a deep breath and holds her
hands by her sides.
The demon swipes a claw at her - and it passes through her!
He stares down at his claw and sees that it is fading away.
Willow opens her eyes, a smile on her face.
WILLOW (cont'd)
See, if I don't show any emotions,
then you've got no power to feed
on. And if you've got no power to
draw from, then all this..
She motions to the Bronze around them as it starts to ripple
and fade away, the demon looking round in panic.
WILLOW (cont'd)
Just fades away.
The demon snarls and stabs at her but with no luck. Willow
starts to fade away too. She gives him a little wave.
WILLOW (cont'd)
Sweet dreams, Freddy. Hope they
take real good care of you on the
other side.
The demon howls as Willow fades away, and then the scene
around him dissolves into the same blackness as his cloak,
which envelops him and swallows him whole, drowning out his
cry.
39 INT. WILLOW'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM. DAY. 39
Willow jolts awake again, searching around for Kennedy but
not seeing her.
The bathroom door is open, and we can hear that the shower is
running. Kennedy leans her head out to look, wet from the
shower.
KENNEDY
Oh, you're up! I woke up a minute
ago and you were sleeping so well I
thought I'd better leave you to it,
just in case.
WILLOW
Oh, right, uh, thanks.
Kennedy leans back and Willow wipes her brow.
WILLOW (cont'd)
Whew, that was a Bobby Ewing moment
for sure..
She flops back down on the pillows, exhausted. She reaches a
hand out for the TV remote control and flicks it on.
TV
And there is still no more news on
the whereabouts of Mr Timberlakien,
the pop star last seen heading off
into Vegas with a mystery blonde at
the wheel of his sports car.
In other entertainment news,
popular actress Scarlett Johanssen
has announced her engagement to an
unknown British musician, who is
said to be-
KENNEDY (O.S.)
So what was your dream about?
Willow smiles.
WILLOW
Nothing I couldn't handle.
40 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE - FRONT ROOM. DAY. 40
Andrew and Jody head in, busy talking and joking. The rest of
the Scoobies are sat around the front room, as Willow is
telling them about her morning.
ANDREW
Oh, uh, hi, everyone. You know, uh,
Jody.
JODY
Hi.
DAWN
Hey.
BUFFY
Oh, hey Jody.
KENNEDY
Oh yeah, Andrew's boyfriend.
Everyone goes quiet.
KENNEDY (cont'd)
(to Jody)
Right?
More silence.
KENNEDY (cont'd)
What? Don't say I'm the only one
who noticed..
More silence.
Andrew looks like he wants the world to open up and swallow
him whole.
Jody glances nervously round, not knowing what to say.
JODY
Uh..
XANDER
(matter-of-factly)
Yeah, we knew.
ANYA
Yes, little gay Andrew.
DAWN
I'd kind of worked it out..
WILLOW
Yeah, you do have a sort of, uh..
quality.
BUFFY
Mmm. It may be the hair.
ANDREW
Wait, wait, wait. So you guys knew
all along? Or did you only just..
KENNEDY
Well, you didn't do a great job of
hiding it!
ANDREW
But... this isn't weird?
Everyone looks at everyone else.
BUFFY
Nope, why would it be?
WILLOW
Yeah, it's not like you're going to
act any different, right?
ANDREW
Uh, I guess not..
XANDER
(grins; clicks fingers)
Damn, that was my last hope, too..
Andrew looks at Jody, who is grinning at him.
JODY
See, told you it's be okay.
WILLOW
So anyway, then this demon says
'Now let's see what you're scared
of, witch!' And charges towards me
and...
Willow starts up with her story again like nothing happened,
but we stay with Andrew's happy expression.
DISSOLVE TO:
41 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE - XANDER'S ROOM. NIGHT. 41
Xander and Anya are in bed again, but this time it's night
and Xander is asleep. A single candle burns away as a
nightlight on the bedside table, and as Anya rolls towards it
we see she is still wide awake.
She glances back to make sure Xander is asleep, then holds
her hand over the flame.
After a few moments, she gasps with pain and moves her hand
away, but after rubbing it for a few seconds, she looks back
to the candle, and then holds her hand over the flame again,
watching it burn.
BLACK OUT.
END OF SHOW
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