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30 INT. WILLOW'S BEDROOM. NIGHT. 30
Willow in bed, staring up at the ceiling as before. She
closes her eyes and takes a deep breath, focusing herself.
We zoom in closer towards her, the air seeming to fill with
swirls of colour around her and the jungle sounds from
earlier starting to fade up again.
She has a peaceful look on her face, seeming to lose herself
in what she's conjuring up around her.
We can faintly hear the sound of Tattles laughing, and
calling Willow's name, over and over..
31 INT. WILLOW'S APARTMENT. NIGHT. 31
With Anya and Xander in the darkness – so we can hear them,
but not see them, save from what little light comes in from
the window.
XANDER
Hey, wait.. do you hear something?
ANYA
Hmm?
XANDER
I definitely heard something. From
Willow's room.
ANYA
Should we go check?
XANDER
Hang on a second..
A long beat while they both listen. No sound except the storm
outside.
XANDER (cont'd)
Huh, must've been the wind. Now,
where were we?
Anya giggles again.
32 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE – FRONT ROOM. NIGHT. 32
The front door opens and a soaking wet Buffy and Faith step
inside, shuffling off their coats and attempting to wring out
their hair. Faith looks invigorated by the weather, Buffy
just looks exhausted by it.
FAITH
Aah! A night like this makes you
good to feel alive, don't it?
BUFFY
A night like this makes me
appreciate advances in the field of
central heating..
(beat)
..which, of course, we don't
actually have at the moment..
FAITH
What you need is a good warm body
to cosy up with.
BUFFY
(smiles)
Check.
FAITH
(cheeky grin)
Oho, the better half waiting
upstairs, huh?
BUFFY
Yeah.. but he can wait a little
longer. I need food now.
The girls head into the kitchen, not noticing Andrew who is
asleep in his sleeping bag on the couch, Discman headphones
lopsided on his head.
CONTINUOUS:
33 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE – KITCHEN. NIGHT. 33
Giles and Marie stand as Buffy and Faith walk in.
GILES
Ah, Buffy. Oh, and Faith too.
Hello.
FAITH
None other. How's it hanging,
Giles?
GILES
(preoccupied)
Same as it ever was, I'm afraid.
Buffy, you'd better take a look at
this.
He turns round the passage Dawn pointed out earlier for Buffy
to look at. She and Faith lean over, look it over for a few
seconds, then lean back.
BUFFY
Killer shadow monsters?
FAITH
(snaps fingers)
I got it, it's warning us about an
evil painting.
They smirk as Buffy turns the book round to face Giles.
BUFFY
You have to explain these things,
remember? I don't speak Watcher.
Marie chuckles at the girls' reaction, and Giles looks a
little embarrassed. He adjusts his glasses and starts to
point to lines on the page.
GILES
We have your sister to thank for
this one, actually. She recognised
the writing on here when neither of
us could.
FAITH
Mini-Me managed to outsmart you
two? Man, I'm impressed..
BUFFY
What did she find out?
GILES
Not good news, I'm afraid. She
found reference to an ancient
prophecy, where-
BUFFY
(interrupts)
Oh great, here we go again..
GILES
(sighs)
A prophecy that states that the
Source will try to disguise itself
by sharing a body with someone
close to the Chosen One, lurking in
the shadows and waiting for the
right moment to attack. Someone the
Chosen One knows, but hasn't known
for all that long.
BUFFY
How long, exactly?
FAITH
And don't forget there's more than
one Chosen One out there these
days. A helluva lot more, in fact.
Marie and Giles exchange a look – they know Buffy won't like
what they're about to say.
MARIE
Giles and I made a list of possible
suspects, people close to you who
haven't been on the scene all that
long.
Marie hands Buffy a notepad.
BUFFY
We should definitely add Gladys on
here.
GILES
Gladys?
BUFFY
Crazy woman at work. Long story.
Buffy reads down the page, and stops when she gets to the
bottom. She hands the book back to Marie, and stands there a
moment, a blank look on her face.
GILES
Buffy, we-
BUFFY
(interrupts)
No.
Giles looks like he was expecting this reaction.
GILES
It's just a list of-
BUFFY
No.
She looks directly at Giles.
BUFFY (cont'd)
No. It can't be Jackson. He's on
our side.
GILES
We have to consider every
possibility, Buffy, no matter how
unpalatable they may seem.
BUFFY
(angry)
No! It's not Jackson!
Buffy turns and storms out of the kitchen, and Giles sighs
again and rubs his brow.
FAITH
I'll handle this, G. Wait here.
Faith heads out after her. Marie throws a concerned look up
at Giles.
GILES
I had a feeling this wouldn't be a
good night..
BLACK OUT:
END OF ACT THREE
ACT FOUR
FADE UP:
34 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE – BUFFY'S ROOM. NIGHT. 34
Buffy stands in the doorway, looking down at Jackson who has
dozed off again. Faith joins her, towel in her hand from the
bathroom to dry off her hair.
FAITH
He is kinda cute, B.. and here was
me thinking you'd gone off the big,
brawny types after you got friendly
with a certain punk rocker!
Buffy scowls at Faith, who raises her hands defensively.
FAITH (cont'd)
Just saying, is all.
BUFFY
(snaps)
Well, don't.
Buffy looks back at Jackson.
FAITH
Look, Giles is even less tactful
than I am sometimes, but you gotta
see the guy's point. If this Source
thing has done a Quantum Leap with
somebody we know, then we've gotta
be extra careful about it, right?
Buffy looks down at the sleeping Jackson.
FAITH (O.S.) (cont'd)
And that means that sleeping with
the enemy may not be a good idea
right now.
Buffy sighs and closes the door. She turns to Faith, a heavy
look in her eyes.
BUFFY
I know.. I just thought..
FAITH
You just thought you'd have it easy
for a change. Believe me, sister, I
feel your pain, but till we get
this straightened out you need to
be twice as sharp.
Buffy manages a weak smile at Faith, who takes a step back
and grins.
FAITH (cont'd)
Woah there, you're not gonna try
and hug me, are you? 'Cause I've
already had a..
(beat)
Never mind.
BUFFY
Relax. That's one thing that's even
less likely than us having a quiet
life, ever.
Faith nods and grins, and Buffy sighs heavily.
BUFFY (cont'd)
Know something else though?
FAITH
What?
BUFFY
I really missed Kennedy out there
tonight. We'd been training a lot
lately, and it seems that just as I
was getting somewhere with her,
just when I was starting to feel
like I could trust her to watch my
back out in the field..
FAITH
Then she was gone.
BUFFY
Yeah.
FAITH
Occupational hazard, B, you know
the deal.
BUFFY
Doesn't make it any easier to live
with, though, does it?
Faith can only offer a smile and a shake of the head. Buffy
heads for Andrew's room as Faith trots back downstairs.
35 INT. ANDREW'S ROOM. NIGHT. 35
Buffy opens the door just enough to peek in at Emmily, and is
about to close it again when Emmily shifts round in the bed
to look up at her.
BUFFY
Sorry, Em, didn't mean to wake you.
EMMILY
Can't sleep. Too noisy outside.
Buffy enters the room and sits on the bed next to Emmily,
looking down with almost sisterly kindness at her.
BUFFY
I'm afraid I can't do much about
that, but storms never last
forever. Sooner or later, they blow
themselves out, and then everything
becomes calm again.
EMMILY
There's still lots of things you
need to be told.
Buffy cocks her head to one side.
BUFFY
(frowns)
Like what?
Emmily looks over to the window, seeming suddenly sad.
EMMILY
Too many for me. Not enough time
now.
BUFFY
Why not?
EMMILY
The next Oracle will help you,
though. Plenty of things still to
tell you.
Emmily reaches up with her finger and pops Buffy lightly on
the nose.
EMMILY (cont'd)
Chosen.
Emmily smiles, then snuggles back down and closes her eyes.
Buffy looks perplexed, but automatically tucks Emmily back in
again as she gets up and leaves the room, still frowning.
36 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE – UPSTAIRS LANDING. NIGHT. 36
Buffy leaves Andrew's room and half closes the door, almost
walking straight into Dawn. She gasps but smiles when she
sees who it is.
BUFFY
Sorry, Dawn, I was miles away.
DAWN
Who were you talking to? I thought
Andrew was asleep downstairs..
BUFFY
Oh, it's okay, look..
She holds the door open again and Dawn looks inside.
She sees Emmily, sleeping like a little angel.
Buffy pulls the door half shut again.
BUFFY (cont'd)
Emmily was in trouble, had to go do
a little rescue mission. She's
stopping here till the storm blows
over and we can figure something
out.
DAWN
Huh. Where's Ellen?
BUFFY
No idea. She wasn't there when I
got round. I hope she's okay,
looked like something had come
after them both.
DAWN
She'll be okay. She's a Slayer,
remember?
BUFFY
(wry smile)
If only it was that simple..
Buffy walks off, back downstairs. We stay with Dawn.
We can see Dawn's expression as she looks into Andrew's room
at Emmily, and a wicked grin creeps across her face.
37 INT. WILLOW'S APARTMENT. NIGHT. 37
Xander has righted the torch, and we see Anya and Xander
happily snuggled up on the couch, their hair ruffled as it
looks like they got a little carried away trying to only have
a little bit of fun!
A door opens and then shuts, startling Xander awake. He
glances around for a few seconds as he comes to.
A figure stands at the end of the couch, wrapped in the
shadows. A flash of lightning lights up the room and we see
Willow, wrapped up in her bedclothes.
Xander yelps as the sight surprises him, which wakes Anya up
as well.
ANYA
(sleepily)
Hnuh? Okay, just one more time,
honey..
XANDER
Willow?
Willow is looking round the room, her features looking a
million times happier than when we last saw her, as though
observing the apartment for the first time.
WILLOW
It's gonna be alright.
XANDER
(sits up)
What is? Are you okay?
WILLOW
I'm fine.
She thinks about her statement and then laughs, still not
looking directly at Xander.
WILLOW (cont'd)
(broad smile)
I'm just fine.
She wanders out into the kitchen as Xander sits up, looking
after her, and Anya sits up, blearily rubbing her eyes.
ANYA
Oh good, she's all better. Can we
go back home now?
XANDER
(distracted)
Just a minute, honey.. He gets up
and heads into the kitchen.
38 INT. WILLOW'S APARTMENT – KITCHEN. NIGHT. 38
Willow is humming to herself as she searches through the
cupboards for something. She spots Doodles, nosing around on
the kitchen counter, and scoops him up, cooing affectionately
at him. Xander walks in, looking cautiously at her.
XANDER
Uh, Wil? Is everything alright?
WILLOW
Hmm? Yes, Xander, everything's
great. Why?
XANDER
Well, not wanting to dig up bad
vibes or anything, but.. well, you
were kind of a heck of a lot
unhappier about an hour ago.
WILLOW
I said yes.
XANDER
What?
WILLOW
(turns to him; smiles)
They asked me, and I said yes. I
said yes!
(broad smile)
So it's all going to be fine.
She finds a box of biscuits and starts absently munching on
them as she speaks.
WILLOW (cont'd)
No more pain. No more broken
hearts. No more death. It's all
going to be just fine.
XANDER
(beat)
Willow, you need to tell me why
you've gone all Stepford Wives on
me or I'm gonna have to have you
sedated.
Willow walks past him, biscuits in hand, and pats him on the
cheek as she passes.
WILLOW
I will. All you need to know for
now is that everything's going to
be alright.
She leaves, and we see her head back into her bedroom and
close the door again.
Anya enters the kitchen, yawning, as Xander still looks
confounded by the whole thing.
ANYA
So is she okay?
XANDER
Apparently.. yes.
(beat)
We need to call Buffy.
39 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE – FRONT ROOM. NIGHT. 39
Buffy and Faith are sorting out her weapons collection, which
is spread out on the carpet before them, torches illuminating
the display of steel next to the open weapons chest when
Buffy's cell phone rings.
BUFFY
Hello?
XANDER
(through phone; filtered)
Hey Buff, it's Xand. Listen,
something weird's going on with
Willow, and we're not sure what to
do about it. We were hoping you
could head over when the storm gets-
He's interrupted by a loud CRASH from upstairs in Buffy's
house. Buffy leaps to her feet, looking upstairs.
BUFFY
Xander, gotta call you back.
She tosses the phone onto the couch as Faith stands up, sword
in hand. The girls exchange a look.
FAITH
You take point.
(shrugs)
It's your house.
Buffy nods and jogs up the stairs as Giles and Marie reappear
from the kitchen.
GILES
What's happened?
BUFFY
Don't know yet. Stay here.
Faith follows Buffy upstairs.
40 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE – UPSTAIRS LANDING. NIGHT. 40
Buffy reaches the top floor and looks round, alert for
action. The storm is building to fever pitch outside,
lightning illuminating the landing as Buffy takes a step
forward.
The door to Andrew's room is ajar.
The colour drains from Buffy's face.
BUFFY
Oh no.. Emmily!!
She darts towards the open door.
41 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE – ANDREW'S ROOM. NIGHT. 41
Buffy bursts in through the door, but stops with a look of
shock as she sees Emmily on the bed. Her hands go to her
mouth and she drops the sword with a clatter.
Emmily lies still.. too still. A pillow lies just next to her
head.
Buffy steps into frame and cradles Emmily in her arms,
checking for a pulse.
Faith enters the frame, looking towards the bedroom window
which is open and rattling in the wind, one of the panes
shattered.
She leans out through the window, looking left and right for
the intruder. There are large, muddy footprints on the
windowsill but they disappear outside. Cursing, she leans
back inside.
FAITH
Nothing. Whoever it was, they're
long gone, B.
(beat)
Is she..
BUFFY
(tearful)
She's.. she's dead..
Giles and Marie dash into the room, Marie lets out a little
gasp of shock when she sees Emmily. Buffy is starting to cry,
rocking back and forth with Emmily in her arms.
BUFFY (cont'd)
I didn't save her.. I didn't
protect her..
42 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE – UPSTAIRS LANDING. NIGHT. 42
We pull back and out through the doorway as Jackson arrives,
racing to Buffy's side when he sees her. Past them, and
across to Dawn's room, where the door is slightly open.
We can see Dawn standing next to the door, listening to the
commotion in Andrew's room.
43 INT. SUMMERS RESIDENCE – DAWN'S ROOM. NIGHT. 43
A devilishly smirking Dawn takes off a pair of white cotton
gloves and places them carefully back in her bedside drawer.
She heads over to the window and quietly slides it up,
stepping out and onto the roof of the kitchen extension that
stretches out below.
44 INT. OUTSIDE DAWN'S BEDROOM. NIGHT. 44
The storm is still howling as Dawn stands up straight
outside, raising her arms and closing her eyes. Her hands
begin to glow with a bright white light, and we see her lips
moving as she mutters something under her breath.
Within moments, the storm has started to clear up, the wind
dies down and the rain eases off.
The storm clouds disperse and break up in rapid time,
revealing the glittering, starry night sky they were covering
up.
Dawn slowly lowers her hands, the light fading from them as
she opens her eyes. She looks up at the innocent and clear
night sky and sighs happily.
Rubbing her hands together as if to dust them off, she steps
back inside her room and pulls the window quietly shut again.
BLACK OUT:
END OF SHOW
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