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EXT. FOREST - NIGHT
Moira is seen walking through a forest with an axe in her
hand, holding it tightly. We recognize it as Kennedy's axe
from the first episode. She has a strip of her shirt
acting as a bandage over her injured shoulder.
In the distance, lightning strikes...and then again!
Seconds later, loud rumbles of thunder follow.
Moira looks up, and rain splatters down on her upturned
face.
Moira looks around her surroundings and tries to find
shelter from the storm. Her eyes soon stop. She has found
a CAVE.
Moira runs to the cave. She goes near the entrance to stay
dry, and just in time. Torrents of rain begin pouring
down, followed by multiple strokes of lightning, and
rolling crashes of thunder.
Nervous, Moira backs up a few paces further into the cave.
After a couple of seconds, she turns to examine the area
where she's taken shelter, and notices a speck of light.
She begins to inspect where the light is coming from and it
takes her to the back of the roughly hewn cave.
Moira gasps as she that the back wall of the cave is a
sphere of pure blue energy. Floating eerily within it is
an aged MAN!
MOIRA
(to herself)
What the...
With her left hand, Moira touches the sphere. No sooner
has she touched it, then she takes her hand away. The
sphere glows even brighter, before it begins to show
cracks, and with the sound of shattering glass, it BREAKS,
showering Moira in blinding light. She covers her eyes.
When she looks again, the sphere is gone!
KENNEDY (V.O.)
Rule four of the Slayer handbook.
Don't touch strange glowing
magical energy fields.
The aged man stirs, as if from a very long slumber. He is
obviously a shaman or magician, evidenced by the staff he
carries, and the long flowing robes he wears, embroidered
with arcane symbols.
Moira stands, frozen, with a shocked look on her face.
CUT TO:
INT. APARTMENT - DAY
Joe and Kennedy sit side by side on the couch. Joe pauses
the DVD.
JOE
You seem much more at ease now.
Happier, in a way.
KENNEDY
(glances at Joe)
Hmm?
(beat)
Yeah, I guess I am. I'm just
glad that Moira's OK.
JOE
Shall we continue?
Kennedy nods, and we:
CUT TO:
INT. CAVE - DAY
The storm seems to have passed. Moira and the magician are
inside the cave. They are both sitting on rocks, silent.
MAGICIAN
(breaks silence; looks
about testily)
Oh, this won't do! This won't do
at all!
He gestures airily with one hand, and the barren cave is
now outfitted like a Caliph's palace!
MAGICIAN
Better! Much better!
He takes a seat on a cushioned chair, and motions for Moira
to do the same.
MOIRA
(making conversation)
I'm sorry, but I didn't catch
what you said earlier on. Did
you say you were some kind of
magician or shaman?
MAGICIAN
That's right! I am...
(makes flamboyant
gesture with his hands)
BEDROS!
(off Moira's blank
stare)
Y'know...Bedros! The Bedros!
MOIRA
(shrugs)
Sorry.
BEDROS
(miffed)
What ARE they teaching you people
these days?!
MOIRA
Well, you're probably wondering
what I am doing round here. You
see, I got separated from my
friend.
(beat)
Her name is Kennedy. And well, I
have fears that she maybe...
BEDROS
(gently)
Maybe what?
MOIRA
(worried)
I'm worried that she may be dead.
(beat)
I may be wrong. I hope I'm
wrong! Because she is a Slayer
after all.
(beat)
But I can't but have this gut
feeling I am right, and she's
gone.
(beat; soft)
And it's my fault.
Bedros stands up.
BEDROS
Did you just say slayer?
Moira stands up.
MOIRA.
Yeah, why?
BEDROS
Well you see, I am not just any
old Magician.
MOIRA
Well, what are you, then?
BEDROS
I am one of the Shamans who
created the first Slayer.
MOIRA
(shocked; disbelieving)
Really? The Primitive?
The shaman nods gravely.
BEDROS
It is truly so. And now, Moira,
I have a challenge for you.
MOIRA
For me?
(squints eyes)
And how did you know my name?
BEDROS
(ignores Moira's
question)
I am offering you a challenge,
for you to let me train you.
MOIRA
And exactly WHY would I let you
train me?
BEDROS
(plainly)
Because I need your help.
MOIRA
(incredulous)
You need my help?
BEDROS
Yes. I need you to help me find
and free my compatriots from
their self-inflicted stasis.
(beat)
In exchange, I offer you the
combined wisdom of centuries, to
use as you see fit.
Moira takes a couple of seconds to think. Bedros stands
with an impatient look on his face.
MOIRA
Ok.
Moira sits back down on the rock. Her axe is seen nearby,
leaning against another cushioned chair. Bedros comes and
sits next to Moira.
BEDROS
So tell me more about your
friend?
MOIRA
Her name is Kennedy. She's a
slayer from another dimension.
Bedros smiles knowingly.
MOIRA (cont'd)
What are you smiling at?
BEDROS
Another slayer has been
activated.
MOIRA
(confused)
That's not possible. There can
only be one slayer.
BEDROS
No , because there's two
different energy lines now. Yours
and Kennedy's.
KENNEDY (V.O.)
It's a good thing she wasn't
around for the Sunnydale
situation!
Off Moira's stunned look, we:
CUT TO:
INT. WOLFRAM AND HART FORTRESS - DAY
Inside the Wolram and Hart fortress, Garrett and Samantha
are in bed and making love furiously.
It's unclear who is the dominant one in this relationship,
as they are RIPPING and TEARING at each others flesh as
they copulate, licking the wounds that are creating, only
for them to close up and heal moments later.
KENNEDY (V.O.)
Eww! That's something I never
needed to see.
Garrett, relaxed, puts away his Vamp face for the moment.
He chuckles.
GARRETT
A romp like that always makes me
hungry.
He gets out of bed, shrugs into a robe embroidered with the
Wolf, the Ram, and the Hart. He cinches it tightly before
heading towards a closet door.
GARRETT (cont'd)
Doesn't it make you hungry, too?
Garrett opens the door, and we see that, hanging from a
hook in the closet is the dead body of Kennedy! She looks
to have been flayed, and the little blood that's left drips
from the body to pool in a canister in the bottom of the
closet.
Samantha now gets up, putting on a robe as well, and goes
to stand behind Garrett.
SAMANTHA
Now that you mention it, I am a
bit peckish.
She reaches in, pulling a strip of skin off Kennedy's dead
body, and inserts it delicately into her mouth.
GARRETT
The eyeballs are especially
succulent.
There's a KNOCK on the door.
GARRETT (cont'd)
(mildly annoyed)
Enter!
(softer)
And it had better be good.
A random UNDERLING enters, in tunic and hosiery. He
sketches a bow to the two.
UNDERLING
(nervous)
I apologize for interrupting, my
Lord, my Lady.
GARRETT
Yes, yes, get to the point.
UNDERLING
A new energy reading has been
discovered in an outlying town.
Garrett waves his hand.
GARRETT
New energy readings are being
discovered all the time!
UNDERLING
Yes, well..
(clears throat)
From all our deductions it seems
that a new Slayer has been
activated.
GARRET
(disbelieving)
I beg your pardon?
UNDERLING
A new Slayer has been activated.
Garrett's face changes in the span of heartbeat from
unconcerned to apoplectic! He begins to RANSACK the room.
The Underling flees in terror, only to find the door
locked.
GARRETT
(yelling)
How could this have happened? We
were so careful.
At last, Garrett begins to calm down.
GARRETT
(all business)
Samantha, take a squadron of your
finest recruits. Go to that
town, and burn it to the ground
if you have to! Only bring me
the new Slayer! Alive or Dead!
SAMANTHA
(nods)
It shall be done as you command,
Garrett.
Samantha wastes no time in getting dressed, pulling her
hair back into a severe bun so it doesn't interfere with
her movements.
No sooner has she finished dressing than she is out the
door, opening it with a key from tunic, the underling in
tow.
GARRETT
(to Kennedy's corpse)
Your fault! This is all your
fault!
Garrett, wild-eyed, turns back to the closet that holds
Kennedy's body and growls, before LUNGING at the trussed-up
body, ripping and tearing with his claws.
FADE OUT.
END ACT II
ACT III
FADE IN:
INT. APARTMENT - DAY
CLOSE UP of Kennedy. She is pale, and tears slowly stream
down her face.
KENNEDY
My fault.
(beat)
It's my fault.
Joe stands, ejecting the second disc. He puts it in the
crystal case, placing it on the coffee table. He extends
his hands, and a third DVD (labeled "Dimensional History,
Volume III") appears in his hand.
JOE
We're not done yet.
KENNEDY
We're not? What more could you
possibly want from me?
Joe picks up the DVDs.
JOE
(holds out Volume I)
The Past.
(holds out Volume II)
The Present.
Joe takes out Volume III, walks to the DVD player, and
inserts the disc.
JOE (cont'd)
Interested to see what happens in
the future?
CUT TO:
EXT. COUNTRYSIDE - NIGHT (CONTINUOUS)
Bedros and Moira are galloping on horseback through the
countryside. In the distance, we can see thick plumes of
black smoke rising into the sky.
MOIRA
(points)
That must be it!
Bedros nods, and the two urge their horses to even greater
speeds.
The landscape whizzes past them, and we follow them, until
we see, ahead in the distance the source of the smoke…
CUT TO:
EXT. VILLAGE - NIGHT
PAN around what appears to be a medieval village, complete
with a general store, blacksmith, and windmill amongst the
thatched-roof houses.
The entire village is ON FIRE! Flames lick at everything,
and nothing seems to be spared. We dimly make out a sign
that reads "Sunnydale", with an arrow pointing towards the
village proper.
Moira and Bedros ride in, and rein their horses in: they
look around, aghast.
MOIRA
Is this it?
BEDROS
It must be. The energy signature
definitely originated from here.
MOIRA
(looks about)
Doesn't look like anyone's here:
maybe everyone managed to escape
before this started.
A BLUR OF MOTION fills the screen, too fast for us to make
out what is. And then, Moira is FLUNG off her horse,
hitting the ground with a bone cracking crunch, Samantha
straddling her.
SAMANTHA
Well hello again, Slayer.
BEDROS
MOIRA!
Bedros raises his staff, and begins muttering in an arcane
tongue. Only to have his momentum interrupted by multiple
sets of gnarled hands rising from the ground, CLAMPING
around his legs. From the ground around him rises multiple
CREATURES, moving to intercept Bedros.
On the ground, Moira and Samantha are struggling. With a
savage KICK, Moira drives Samantha through a nearby burning
wall. Moira struggles to her feet.
MOIRA
(panting)
Is that the best you got?
Samantha stands, smiling.
SAMANTHA
They said you had some spine.
She wipes the blood off her face, bringing it to her mouth
and licking it off.
SAMANTHA
It's too bad I'll have to rip it
out before I kill you!
Moira drops into a fighting stance, all of her weight on
her back leg, waiting for Samantha to charge.
Samantha obliges, and Moira shifts and NAILS her with a
hard punch, knocking her backwards.
MOIRA
(grins)
I learned THAT from my friend
Kennedy.
SAMANTHA
(growls)
Let's finish this!
Again, Samantha lunges at Moira, and the two grapple
together, neither having a clear advantage.
As they grapple, Samantha breaks one arm free, grabbing
Moira by the neck, and holding her still. The two lock
gazes.
SAMANTHA
Look into my eyes.
A long moment passes, and, in the corner of the frame, we
see Bedros being overwhelmed and dragged to ground by a
cadre of zombie-like demons. They leave him, spread eagle
and incapacitated on the ground, to watch the carnage.
We ZOOM IN and see that Moira's eyes have glassed over, and
her hands drop to her side, limp.
With one quick SWIPE, (reminiscent of Drusilla killing
Kendra in the Buffy Season 2), Samantha rakes her claws
across Moira's throat, opening three gaping wounds from
which blood begins to pump.
As the light of life fades from Moira's eyes, and she
slumps to the ground, blood pooling in the muddy ground
around her.
Samantha pulls a mirror from her belt-pouch. She opens it,
and checks out her ever-youthful features. Already, many
of the superficial wounds have closed, and the larger ones
are less in evidence.
SAMANTHA
Garrett?
CUT TO:
INT. GARRETT'S CHAMBER - NIGHT
Garret sits at a table, upon which is located a large,
upright mirror. Rather than his own reflection, however,
an image of Samantha is in the mirror.
GARRETT
Samantha. You bear good news, I
hope?
SAMANTHA
I do. It is done.
Samantha bends down, and brings into from the severed head
of Moira.
GARRETT
(nods)
Well done. I knew I could count
on you.
SAMANTHA
The crisis is averted?
GARRETT
Yes. Things are back in check
again. We should be now be able
to find and eradicate both of the
divergent Slayer lines.
He grins, and reaches out, opening a small wooden box at
his side. He opens it, revealing the EYEBALL within. He
pops the eyeball into his mouth, savoring it.
Off Garrett's satisfied look, we:
CUT TO:
INT. APARTMENT - DAY
Kennedy and Joe still sit, side by side on the sofa.
KENNEDY
That can't be it!
(turns to Joe)
Tell me that that's not how it
all ends!
Joe smiles at Kennedy.
JOE
(softly)
The future is never set in stone,
Kennedy. You, of all people
should know that. In your
dimension alone, there are
billions of possible realities.
Every action taken causes the
paradigm of reality to shift,
whether it be infinitesimally or
in larger ways.
(beat)
A small example? Tara's death.
Without it, you would never have
met and fallen in love with
Willow.
Kennedy opens her mouth to speak, but Joe holds up his hand
to forestall Kennedy's objections.
JOE
"But Tara's death wasn't minor".
That's what you were about to
say, right?
(off Kennedy's nod)
Not for Willow. But in the grand
scheme of things, it was a
triviality. Thousands of deaths
happen every day. And ultimately,
your destiny would have remained
the same either way.
(beat)
However, when Willow used the
power of the Scythe to imbue a
whole new Slayer line, that set
up a major change, not just in
your dimension, but in others as
well.
KENNEDY
What...what do you mean?
JOE
Well, in your dimension, the
forces of evil have been trying
to eradicate the Slayer line
since time immemorial, but...
(beat)
...it was never successful. It's
unknown whether Buffy would have
survived the battle with the
First if the other Slayers hadn't
been activated at that time, but,
based on events in this
dimension, I think the Slayer
line would have continued.
KENNEDY
Wait, you're saying that the
events in Sunnydale affected this
dimension?
JOE
With good ascendant in your
dimension, doesn't it stand to
reason that the forces of evil
would be rising elsewhere? And
where better than here, where
evil has already had a strong
foothold for hundreds of years?
Joe leans forward, grabbing Kennedy's shoulders.
JOE
You are the linchpin, Kennedy.
Your actions will decide the fate
of this dimension.
(beat)
As I explained, there are many
possible futures. But, the most
likely one at this point?
Joe pushes the play button on the DVD remote.
CUT TO:
EXT. COUNTRYSIDE - DAY
An OVERHEAD view of the countryside. It's peaceful and
bucolic, cloudless blues sky, the sun beating down on
vegetable fields.
We begin to ZOOM IN, and see that the countryside is
literally crawling with VAMPIRES, all lightly armed and
armored, scouring the countryside, leaving nothing but
blackened corpses and charred villages in their wake.
JOE
The vampires swept across the
countryside, attempting to
eradicate every trace of the
Slayer line.
We ZOOM IN further, and see a pitched battle. Grim faced,
both Mr. Giles and Bedros lead small contingents of men and
women against the horde, trying to stem the tide of evil.
Both Giles and Bedros are buffer and more confident than
before, and are dispatching Vampires with ease.
JOE
Of course, there were those who
still resisted.
BUT, though Giles and Bedros fight valiantly, and the
ground lies riddled with mounds of dust that used to be
Vampires, ultimately they are forced to retreat.
JOE
For years, wherever the vampires
marched, there went Giles and
Bedros.
Another battle scene. Giles and Bedros are covered in
scars, and Giles is wearing an eyepatch, while Bedros limps
heavily as he wades into battle. Joining them this time is
a handsome young man, who wields a double-bladed axe with
ease and grace.
JOE
The situation grew so desperate,
that at one point, there was even
male Slayers being called!
Again, Bedros is forced to call the retreat.
CUT TO:
INT. APARTMENT - DAY
Joe turns to Kennedy.
JOE
Now can you see where I'm going
with this? And why the Powers
are so interested in you?
Kennedy nods.
JOE
The universe likes to be
balanced. Light and dark, good
and evil. Both must exist on
relatively equal terms.
Otherwise, things begin to spiral
out of control.
KENNEDY
I get it. But what can I do
about it?
(beat)
I'm dead. Garrett killed me.
Joe smiles.
JOE
The story isn't over yet.
CUT TO:
EXT. CAVE - DAY
Bedros, decades older, with long, shaggy hair and a
hunchback, stands before a stasis sphere nearly identical
to the one that had held hum until a few decades ago. But,
where Bedros' sphere was a soothing blue, this one is a
pulsing indigo.
BEDROS
I've found you at last, my
brother.
Bedros touches his gnarled oak staff to the sphere, and a
ringing sound fills the chamber, followed by the sound of
breaking glass. The sphere dissipates, and an wizened
black man stands where the sphere was only moments ago.
Bedros bows.
BEDROS
I apologize for waking you, my
brother. But our task is not yet
complete. We must still awaken
our other brother.
The black man bows his head, weeping.
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