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13 EXT. ALLEYWAY 13
It's dark. Like, real dark. There's no street lights,
nothing.
But the alley is suddenly lit up by a few crackles of blue
energy coming from the ground. The crackles begin to swirl
around, creating a vortex.
It grows and grows until the entire ground breaks up and --
A FIGURE is thrown out and into the alley. The camera moves
in on it and we realize this isn't just a figure. This is a
demon. This is GRELLON. A fierce, angry, bulky demon. Not a
force to messed with.
BLACK OUT.
END OF ACT ONE
ACT TWO
FADE IN.
14 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE - LOUNGE - MORNING 14
Xander, Anya, Andrew, and Jody are all sitting in the lounge.
None of them are speaking, it's like a silent movie. Every
now and then, Anya goes to say something, but stops.
Andrew is sitting alone in the armchair, much to the
disappointment of Jody, who is leant up against the wall by
the door.
Xander stands and paces for a bit, wiping away the dust from
his jacket, making sure he looks presentable. Anya approaches
him, straightening his tie. They stare at each other, gazing
into one another's eyes.
Jackson and Dawn enter through the front door. And it's just
like they've entered a morgue. But they keep with it, neither
one of them disturbing the silence.
Jackson and Xander nod to each other in appreciation. Dawn,
meanwhile, eyes them all. Inspecting them. Then -- footsteps.
They all turn to see Willow walking down, dressed in black,
looking every bit the mourning widow. She lingers in the
doorway, until Xander reaches forward and HUGS her. She
doesn't break away.
15 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE - BASEMENT 15
The place has more light now, more than we've seen in
previous episodes. FAITH sits on the bed, smoking a
cigarette. She looks to see Buffy coming down the steps.
BUFFY
We're heading off now.
FAITH
Right.
BUFFY
Sure you're not coming?
FAITH
It's funny. You'd think funerals
would be my thing, the amount of
people I've... I don't think it's
my place.
BUFFY
Willow wouldn't mind if that's --
FAITH
It's cool. I'll hang back here. Get
the drinks ready.
BUFFY
And... you're okay?
Faith looks down at her ribs, which are bandaged up from
where she was shot.
FAITH
Slayer healing powers. It's getting
better.
BUFFY
Okay.
She doesn't say goodbye. She turns for the stairs again but
Faith gets to her feet.
FAITH
Look... I know a lot's happened
since last week but... what you did
for me?
(beat)
It's just... thanks.
BUFFY
You're welcome.
Then she EXITS. Faith looks on after her, before turning back
to the bed. She inhales more smoke, sitting back down, losing
herself in thought.
16 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE - LOUNGE 16
Everybody is standing around, as before, none of them knowing
what to do next. Buffy comes through the door and sees
Willow. She offers a forced smile, then moves to her, taking
her hand.
"Dice" [by Finley Quaye & William Orbit Featuring Beth Orton]
begins to play as Buffy and Willow make for the door. Jackson
catches a glance from Buffy and smiles slightly. He follows
them out with Xander, whose head is lowered to the ground.
Anya and Andrew go next, neither of them looking at each
other. Then Jody and Dawn. Jody exits as Dawn hangs back a
moment, looking around the house.
A small curve of the lips forms, then she closes the door
behind her.
FADE TO:
17 EXT. CEMETERY - LATER 17
The song carries through the scene, muting the sounds of the
funeral service. The priest is reading a passage from the
bible as our Scoobies stand before the coffin, covered in
bright flowers, hovering above the hole in the ground.
Xander watches in confusion, looking at the coffin like he
had never seen one in his life before, as though by looking
at it, he could get some answers.
Anya comes into frame, her head resting on his shoulder, as
she too stares ahead.
Buffy and Jackson's hands are interlocked, listening to the
sermon. They exchange a look of solidarity, then Buffy
returns her attention to Willow -- who is transfixed. She's
staring ahead at the camera, her expression dead, empty.
We see what she sees. KENNEDY is standing behind the priest,
her arms crossed, a smile brightening her glowing complexion.
She lifts her hand and waves at Willow, her body FADING from
view.
Willow tried to hold back the tears but it's futile. She
breaks away from the gang as the coffin is lowered into the
ground.
Xander starts after her but Buffy pulls him back. They watch
her run.
Running behind a tree, Willow falls to the ground in floods
of tears. Her body is limp as her fingernails CLAW the dirt
beneath her.
FADE TO:
18 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE - BASEMENT 18
Faith is still sitting on the bed but now she is holding
something. She stares into it, her finger slowly running
across it, the music playing through.
It's a photo of her and ROBIN WOOD in some sunny setting --
looking happy. Her fingers trace his face...
FADE TO:
19 EXT. CEMETERY 19
The ceremony is over. All that is left is disturbed dirt.
Buffy and Xander are sitting with Willow behind the tree.
None of them say anything, none of them need to. Willow is
almost asleep on Xander's shoulder, the exhaustion showing.
He and Buffy share looks.
Nothing too deep, but we get enough to know they're worried.
The music begins to fade out as we cut to:
20 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE - KITCHEN - AFTERNOON 20
Faith is sitting on the work top, munching away at some
biscuits. She looks to the door as it opens, and in walks
Jackson. He nods to her and she raises a brow.
FAITH
Back from the grave.
He doesn't say anything, just goes into the refrigerator,
bringing out a cold beer.
FAITH (cont'd)
She okay?
Faith THROWS him the bottle opener and he catches it. Opening
the beer, he SHRUGS.
JACKSON
Would you be?
FAITH
It's gotta take a lot out of her.
Oz left her. Tara was shot. Now
Kennedy.
(beat)
And I actually liked the kid. She
had...
JACKSON
A quality.
FAITH
I was gonna go with 'attitude,' but
yeah, that too.
She finishes off the pack of biscuits and JUMPS down from the
work top, flinching at the pain in her stomach.
JACKSON
You used to kill demons for fun,
right?
FAITH
(eyes him)
Used to.
JACKSON
How'd you feel about revenge?
Faith gets it.
FAITH
Check out the bad boy.
JACKSON
We can't let it get away with it.
It's not right.
FAITH
I get that but Buffy --
JACKSON
Screw Buffy.
Faith almost chokes on what's left in her mouth. She puts a
hand to her chest.
FAITH
You really are a mystery.
JACKSON
I didn't mean... she's doing what
she thinks is right, letting it set
in for Willow. But we're not her.
We're not the ones that are going
to go off the deep end.
FAITH
You sure about that?
JACKSON
What?
FAITH
Last time I checked, you were
having amnesia, your memories
brought back in a flash by some
ring, then you try and kill Dawn.
I'd put that down to "deep end"
stuff.
JACKSON
I'm the Guardian. I'm supposed to
protect.
FAITH
And you know that for a fact?
JACKSON
(beat)
Are you gonna sit back and watch
while this demon roams free?
FAITH
No.
(beat)
I'm gonna sit back and wait for
when Buffy says we chase. She calls
the shots around here, not you.
She approaches him, almost in the danger zone.
FAITH (cont'd)
You may think you're all powerful
but so far I haven't seen anything
from you that makes me wanna
follow.
(beat)
Buffy's the leader for a reason.
JACKSON
Not so long ago you'd be the one on
the laughing end of that.
FAITH
(angry)
Don't think you know me. You don't
know me at all.
BUFFY (O.S.)
Interrupting something?
Jackson and Faith turn to see Buffy, leaning in the doorway.
Faith shrugs it off and heads towards her.
FAITH
Just blowing off steam.
BUFFY
Uh huh.
Faith exits. Buffy looks to Jackson, curious. He takes
another swig of beer.
BUFFY (cont'd)
You'll have to excuse Faith, she
gets a little aggressive sometimes.
JACKSON
Buffy. We have to find this demon.
BUFFY
Since when did you become the
hunter?
JACKSON
I know I wasn't close to Kennedy
or... but she was just a kid. And
the things it did to her...
(beat)
Ever since that night, I've been
having nightmares.
BUFFY
You think we all haven't?
JACKSON
No. These are vivid. It's Kennedy,
telling me I failed her.
BUFFY
What?
JACKSON
I knew. I saw it in a vision a few
weeks ago. I could have stopped
this if I'd have thought about it
more.
(beat)
I could have saved her.
BUFFY
Jackson. You're not superman. You
can't save everyone. None of us
can.
She approaches him, resting her hands on his chest. He gently
places his hands on her thighs.
BUFFY (cont'd)
You have an ability you can't
understand. But you will, in time.
(beat)
Just give it time.
JACKSON
Trouble is. Kennedy doesn't have
that anymore.
(beat)
And now Willow... you should go see
to her. She's your friend.
Buffy nods, forcing a smile, something she's getting good at.
She kisses him before exiting. Jackson stands on his own,
staring ahead, at nothing.
21 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE - PORCH 21
Willow is sitting on the steps leading up to the front door,
resting her head on the support beam. Her eyes are tightly
closed, remembering.
KENNEDY (V.O.)
I'm not. It's fine. I'm sorry, I
just... I always thought that if I
was lost you would find me. No big.
WILLOW (V.O.)
I will always find you. Like a
pirate and his treasure. You're
mine.
Willow holds her head in her hands, as if she's trying to
block out the voices.
KENNEDY (V.O.)
Willow... do you love me?
A shadow falls over Willow's huddled frame.
VOICE (O.S.)
Willow?
She finally lifts her head. Slowly, to reveal her pale and
tired face. Trails of tears mark her cheek but as she stares
at the figure in front of her, something lights up. It's
small, but it's something.
WILLOW
Giles.
She lifts herself up, quicker than we'd have thought, and
THROWS herself in his arms. GILES wraps his arms around her
frail body, holding her for a moment.
We hear her muffled cries as Buffy comes to the front door.
Giles, looking over Willow's shoulder, nods to the Slayer.
And she softly smiles back. Appreciative.
Then MARIE CARMONS comes into view. A very beautiful, and
very formal, woman. She glances to Giles, then to Buffy.
22 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE - DINING ROOM 22
Giles is sitting at the table, looking over some books. Buffy
is pacing around it.
GILES
And you've found nothing on this
demon?
BUFFY
Zilch. Dawn didn't even get a good
look so we're basically looking for
a needle in a hell dimension.
GILES
(solemn)
This is terrible.
BUFFY
I know.
(beat)
I don't know how Willow's getting
through it but... she is.
GILES
Well I must say, she's doing better
than last time.
BUFFY
Yeah. I'm just glad you're back, to
take care of things.
(off his look)
Not that you need to go back to
England to prove I can make it by
myself.
GILES
No, no. I'll be staying for a
while.
Buffy finally sits beside him.
BUFFY
Good.
(beat)
Everything's been so... something
is going on with Jackson. He had a
vision of Kennedy dying and
sometimes has these feelings that
something is taking him over.
Andrew's gay.
GILES
Well, nothing shocking there.
BUFFY
(continuing)
And we have nothing on The Source.
GILES
Ah.
He pulls out a few books from his briefcase, putting them on
the table. He begins to skim through one.
BUFFY
Ah?
(beat)
Ah?
(louder)
Giles! AH?
GILES
Oh, yes. Right. Marie and I have
been using all the Council's
resources to research The Source.
BUFFY
And?
GILES
We found nothing.
BUFFY
As far as "ah's" go, that's way
down there on the scale.
GILES
No. We found nothing because that
isn't its real name. More of an
adopted name by its followers, its
disciples.
BUFFY
It has disciples? That's never a
good thing.
GILES
Quite.
He pushes a book her way and she looks it over, an expression
of FEAR coming over her.
BUFFY
That's it?
GILES
It's called Ulithios.
BUFFY
Okay. So, what is it?
GILES
A powerful demon that once ruled
over half of this world. Ulithios
is, what is referred to now as, an
Old One.
BUFFY
Oh.
(then)
Oh that's not good.
GILES
We've been checking through all our
contacts, exhausting all our
links... see, there is a place that
holds the bodies of the Old Ones,
the ones that didn't escape this
world. It's called the Deeper
Well... but this particular demon
wasn't there.
BUFFY
It escaped?
GILES
It was never there. Which means it
did escape, to another dimension no
doubt. And now it's back.
BUFFY
Wait, that doesn't make sense.
You'd think we'd have seen it. A
demon like this --
GILES
It wouldn't look like this anymore.
Buffy narrows her eyes at the picture before her, then looks
up at Giles.
BUFFY
Explain-y?
Giles stands, as if by standing he would be able to get into
the rhythm of explaining.
GILES
While researching The Source we
came across a cult, calling
themselves the Bringers of Origin.
After beating information out of
one the followers, we discovered
that they have somehow taken
Ulithios' essence and funneled it
into this world.
BUFFY
Yeah, cos that happens all the
time.
GILES
This demon, this Old One, is
somewhere here... living inside a
mortal body.
A beat.
DAWN (O.S.)
Go figure.
Buffy and Giles turn to see Dawn lingering in the doorway.
She offers them a smile.
GILES
Dawn.
DAWN
Good to see you back, Giles.
GILES
Thank you.
BUFFY
Great. So I guess we should round
everyone up, tell them the good
news?
23 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE - BASEMENT 23
Faith is training. She circles the punch bag, then KICKS it
hard, almost knocking it off the ceiling. She goes to take
another kick but sees Willow standing at the bottom of the
steps.
FAITH
Hey.
WILLOW
Hey.
Willow comes closer, out of the shadows.
WILLOW (cont'd)
I'm sorry, it's just... there's too
many people up there and you're the
only one who hasn't tried to get me
to breakdown.
FAITH
I get that.
WILLOW
Don't you ever get lonely down
here?
FAITH
(smiles)
Beats tasting more of Xander's
cooking.
Willow manages a laugh, taking a seat on the bed set up
against the wall. Faith clings onto the punch bag, leaning on
it as she eyes Willow.
FAITH (cont'd)
Feels bad, huh?
WILLOW
Like a thousand knives have impaled
my body.
FAITH
Been there.
WILLOW
(realizing)
Robin.
Faith nods, slowly taking a seat next to her.
FAITH
When he was killed it was like...
the only man who had ever treated
me nice without wanting something
in return was dead. He didn't
deserve it.
WILLOW
Neither did you.
FAITH
(laughs)
You might wanna brush up on your
Faith history there, Will. I
deserve everything this world
throws at me.
WILLOW
Why do you do that?
FAITH
What?
WILLOW
Okay, so you went evil. Haven't we
all? Doesn't mean you should be
punished for the rest of your life.
FAITH
(beat)
And isn't that what everyone's been
trying to tell you?
WILLOW
It's different.
FAITH
Why? Cos you tried to destroy the
world? Willow, you've gotta get
over yourself.
WILLOW
What?
FAITH
Sure, okay, you went evil. But
don't you think the higher powers
are gonna be dealing with other
stuff more important than handing
you punishment? You killed.
It's over. You learnt, you grew.
(beat)
In my opinion, you're better for
it.
Willow turns to her, a small smile gracing her lips. Faith
rolls her eyes.
FAITH (cont'd)
God, listen to me. Five minutes in
this house and I'm already singing
out the Koom ba Ya's.
WILLOW
You know, a few years ago, I'd
never have thought we'd have so
much in common.
FAITH
The world works in mysterious ways.
WILLOW
I just wish... I wish Kennedy was
here.
FAITH
Yeah. I do too. The girl had a
quality.
Willow smiles, wiping away a tear. Faith turns to her,
lifting her hand to wipe another for her. They stop,
lingering.
Then, slowly, they move closer to each other, their faces
inches away, until --
THEY KISS!
BUFFY (O.S.)
(calls)
Faith?
Willow and Faith quickly BREAK AWAY from each other. Faith
looks to see some light coming from the door at the top of
the steps.
FAITH
I'm here.
BUFFY (O.S.)
We need you up here.
FAITH
Yeah. Be right there.
Faith stands, looking down at Willow, who doesn't look
completely happy with herself.
WILLOW
That... wasn't...
FAITH
No. It's wasn't.
WILLOW
It was just...
FAITH
We were in the moment.
WILLOW
Yeah, the moment.
FAITH
Keep your friends close and your
enemies closer. That kinda thing.
The Slayer walks away, a little uncomfortable with what just
happened.
WILLOW
Faith.
She stops, turning back to face her.
WILLOW (cont'd)
You're not my enemy.
Faith nods, understanding. Then she rushes up the steps.
Willow shakes her head, disappointed with herself.
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