(Initiative lab)

FORREST: (steely) Look at that wound. She's been staked, wouldn't you say, brother?

RILEY: What?

FORREST: Only one person I can think of who could do something like that.

RILEY: (warning tone) You better not be saying what I think you're saying. We-we don't know that a person did this. The Polgara demon has a skewer that comes right out of--

FORREST: (angrily) No way! That's your girlfriend's MO!

RILEY: (grabs a fistful of Forrest's shirt) Hey, that's a serious accusation! You better be ready to deal with the consequences.

FORREST: (shoves Riley back) Then bring `em on! That supernatural freak has blinded you and I'm sick of it!

RILEY: (advancing) That's enough!!

Engelman: Stand back. Show some respect. Listen, everybody's upset but arguing isn't going to help anything and it's certainly not what Professor Walsh would want.

RILEY: No sir.

Engelman: Alright, good. Now Washington is sending in a team to do an internal investigation. I've been told we have to wait for their word.

RILEY: What do you mean wait? This has to be the work of the Polgara demon we captured last week.

Engelman: Probably. It looks like last night the Polgara escaped through tunnel 72.

RILEY: It's out loose somewhere?

Engelman: I'm afraid so.

RILEY: Then we have to go after it.

Engelman: My orders from Washington are for a total lock down until they arrive. I'm sorry. Now, return to your quarters. There's nothing you can do here.

• Buffy & Riley
• Riley & the initiative

written by: Marti Noxon; Transcribed by Joseph B. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/70goodbyeiowa2.html