Fallen from Grace.: Blood on the Road.
by axel
Joss Whedon owns all the Buffy characters. Any others are mine. (unless noted.)
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ACT 1.
We see a bunch of bikes getting on there motorcycles (we don't see there faces) as loud music begins to play.
MUSIC.
Oh no, here it comes again. Can't remember when, we came so close to love, before.
Hold on, good things never last. Nothing's in the past, it always seems to come again.
Again, and again. Again, and again. And again.
They ride though the desert, as the music blares
Cry out, to legions of the brave. Time again to save us, from the jackals of the streets.
Ride out, protectors of the realm. Captain's at the helm, sail across the sea, of life.
As the music fades out, they pull into a car dealership. The man walks out, and speaks to the. "Sorry gentleman, but we're closed." The lead biker throws a knife at him, and just barley misses his head. The man runs inside, and into the back room. He locks the door, and gets on the phone, and dials 911. "Hello, this is Ray Parker, down at Ray's Auto. Someone's trying to kill me, I (the power goes out, and the phone goes dead) Hello? Hello? (something starts banging on the door) Oh God! Help me, dear Jesus. (A rotted hand burst through the door) HELP ME!!!! (A biker walks into the room, but we don't see his face) No. It can't be. Your dead. YOUR DEAD!!!!"
The biker ties the man up, and Poor's gas on him. Then he lights a match, and sets the man on fire. As he leaves, we see the other bikers, have poored gas all over the building. They get on there bikes, and dive away. As the building goes up, the music starts again.
Circles, and rings, dragons, and kings, weaving a sword, and a spell.
Blessed by the night, holy and right, called by the toll of the bell.
Bloody Angels, fast descending. Moving on the never bending light.
Phantom figures free forever, are shadow, burning ever bright.
Neon Knights.
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ACT 2.
WE see a little girl (about five, or six) And a large drunken man, yelling. "HOW MANY TIME, DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU? YOU ARE A STUPID, LITTLE WHORE, JUST LIKE YOU MOTHER! IT MAKES ME SICK, JUST TO LOOK AT YOU! ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME, FAITH?"
"I'm sorry Daddy" she cried, "I didn't mean to. I'll be a good girl, I promise, Please don't, AAAHHHHAAA!!!!!" He begins to beat her, mercilessly. Suddenly he disappears. Faith looks up, and sees Wood standing there. "It's all right" he said, "He can't hurt you, anymore. I won't let him."
He picks Faith up (She's now a grown woman). "I know your scared. It's OK. It doesn't make you weak. (She holds him, and cries) I won't let anything happen to you. Your safe." Suddenly Wood lets out a gasp, and falls. Faith sees a bloody hole, in his back. Then she sees Giles, holding a bloody knife, and laughing.
"NNNOOOAAAAA," Faith screams, as she wakes up. She looks around for Giles, then realize she was dreaming. "DAMN IT! Your not going to cry. Your NOT going to CRY!" Suddenly Kennedy runs into the room, "Faith, are you OK? I heard you scream?"
"Yeah, five, by five. Just a dream. I'm going back to sleep."
"Are you sure, you don't want to talk about it?"
"Yes, Mom. I'm fine, I just. (Then Faith notices how Kennedy is looking at her, and pulls the
covers over her) Are you checking me out!"
"WHAT? NO" said a very embarrassed Kennedy, "I was just Uh, you know. I'm well, Uh It's just, see. I have to go." She leaves the room.
"That's it! I'm not sleeping naked, anymore!"
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We see a class room, and woman is speaking, as the bell rings "All right class, I want your reports by Monday. Miss Fox, I'd like to see you for a moment?"
Skyler walks up to her, and says, "I didn't do it. What ever it is, I didn't do it."
"I know you didn't do it, Miss Fox. That's the problem. Have you even started your report?"
"Yeah, uh sure. It's almost done."
"Well, let's see it."
"It's not here."
"Well, go home tonight, and bring it back."
"It's not really there ether."
"Well, where is it?"
"Uh, terrorist took it."
"Try again. Miss Fox, I'm going to be frank. You've gone from a straight A student, to barley passing."
"Well, I've had a lot on my mind, Miss Anderson. I just found out I have epilepsy."
"Well, I'm sorry to here that, but that's no excuses for slacking off. You have a brain, and I expect you to use it. Got it."
"OK" said Skyler, Miss Anderson was the only teacher, that didn't think she was going to wind up As a serial killer, "But This is cruel, and unusual punishment." As Skyler leaves, another teacher walks into the room, "Still watching out, for the sad cases," said the woman?
"Skyler's a good kid, Mary. She just needs guidance."
"She threw a glass at the principal."
"A lot of guidance."
"So have you thought about the offer?"
"Yes, and I'm going to have to pass. Thanks anyway."
"He's a nice man, Tina."
"I'm sure he is, but I just don't feel comfortable, with blind dates."
"You mean your still holding on to a man, that left, without so much as a good-bye."
"I know it's stupid, but."
"But nothing, girl. You need to get a life, Now."
Just then, a man walks into the room. "Hey darling, How's my girl?" Tina rolls her eyes.
"Do you want me to kick his ass, for you," said Mary?
"Tempting, but no. How many times do I have to tell you Mark, I'm not your girl."
"I could give you anything. Money cars. I could have any woman I want. SO why are you being such a stuck up bitch."
"Now you really have to leave!"
"One of these days, I'm going to get tried of waiting for you." Mark walks out of the room, and goes to his car. Then his cell phone rings, "Stanton real-estate, Mark Stanton speaking? Jerry, what is it? What? OK calm down. Just tell, Clam down. Dead? Well, maybe it was a. That's ridicules! Just calm down! All right I'll see you then."
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"So you can kill demons, but you can't work a computer" said Skyler, "Sad."
"Hey, why should I learn" said Faith, "That's what nerds are for." To which Skyler flips her off. Faith had told Skyler, that they need her help to Find out about Blackjack, Abby, and Nicadiums. She had to promise to take her to dinner, to get her to agree. They where at a restraint, with Kennedy.
"So we know Blackjack, and Abby were outlaws, in the West, but not how they were turned" said Kennedy, "And we still don't know anything about this Ubervamp. It's to bad we don't have the Councils (Faith shoots her, a dirty look) I'm just saying."
"We don't need the the Council" said Faith, "This may be a little slower, but we'll manage.
Just then The power in the restraint went out. "I apologies folks" said the owner, "probably a transformer, or something like that. I'm sure it will be fixed, soon."
Just then they heard motorcycles, pulling in. A minute later, the bikers walked into the restraint. "I'm sorry sir" said one of waiters, "We're not able to cook at the moment, But. "One of the bikers punched him, and sent him flying into the wall.
Faith, and the others saw what had happened. "Guess dinner's over," said Faith as she jumped up.
She gets close to the bikers, and sees there rotted faces. "Damn, you guys are ugly,' she says. she swings at one, and knocks him down. Then she kicks the next one. One swings at her, but she duck, only to take a baseball bat, to the face, from another one. When she goes down, they jump on her.
Kennedy jumps into the kitchen (though the pick up, window) and grabs all the sharp knives, from the knives rack. "Can I borrow these? Thanks." Then she jumps back out (though the window). She runs to Faith, and the bikers, and starts cutting the bikers. They try to hit her, but she keep moving, and cutting. But they don't seem to feel anything. Faith mangoes to get up, and starts hitting the bikers. Kennedy hands her, a knife, and they stand back, to back. Standing off, with the bikes. (Skyler is hiding under a table).
Wile they are busy, the head biker has followed the owner to the kitchen. "Just take what you want, and leave me alone! (He sees the bikers face) No. I can't be. Your dead. YOUR DEAD! (The biker move toward him) NO please. I'm sorry! I know I wronged you! But I'm different now! I have a family! No please! I'M SORRY!" The biker grabs him, and shoves him, face first, onto the grill. Ad it burns him to death.
Outside Faith, and Kennedy are fighting a good fight, but they are outnumbered 15, to 2. And nothing seems to hurt the bikers. The girls are beginning to be worn down. The head biker come out, and stomps his foot. Then the others stop fighting, and follow him, out to the bikes. They get on, and dive away.
"What the hell, just happened" said Faith, "They could've killed us?" Just then they heard a woman scream, from the kitchen. They ran, and saw the owner, dead. They walked outside, and Faith said, "Get Oz. we need the whole team."
"Hey guys" said Skyler, "Those guys were evil, right?"
"Yeah, I'd say zombie bikers, would be pretty evil," said Kennedy.
"So why didn't I get a vision?"
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The next day.
We see Mark, and another man, driving in a car. "Your heard what happened last night, didn't you?" said the man, "Dave's dead too. We're being punished."
"That's bullshit, Jerry," said Mark, "did you ever think it might just be a coincidence?"
"Twenty years, tomorrow, Mark. Ray was burned alive. They've come back."
"You sound like some superstitious, old woman. And once you see, that everything is still there, you'll feel like a fool. Here we are." They get out, and walked to a large empty pit, and started inside, in disbelief. "You see" said Jerry, "They've come back! He's come back!"
"WILL YOU SHUT UP, YOU STUPID FOOL! Nobody's came back. Now who ever's doing this, is flesh, and blood! We just have to" Suddenly the car come on (by it's self) and the radio begins to play, "Hello folks, we have a requite, going out to Mark, and Jerry.
MUSIC.
Guess who just got back today. Them wild eyed boys, that'd been away.
Hadn't changed that much, to say. But man, I still think them cats are great.
They where asking if you were around. How you was, where you could be found.
Told them you were living down town, Driving the old men crazy.
The boys, are back in town, boys are back in town.
The boys are back, in towwwn.
The boys are back in town boys are back in town.
The boys are back in towwwn.
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ACT 3.
Mark, Jerry, and five other people are sitting in a room. Mark is standing in front. "I'm sure you've heard, about what's been happening" he said, "Ray, and Dave, are dead. We think someone know, what happened."
"Who," said one of the men?
"We're not sure. A relative, maybe?"
"Who the hell'd clam him, as a relative."
"Show some respect" said Jerry, in anger, "We can do that, at least. It ain't know relative."
"Shut, the hell up, Jerry!"
"What's he talking about Mark?"
"You know what I'm talking about. Grady's back."
"I SAID SHUT UP!" Mark hits Jerry, in the face, "YOU SOUND LIKE A DAMN FOOL!"
"Tell em, about the radio, Mark. Came on by itself. Played the Boys, are Back. That's what he called his gang. The Boys. The Grave was empty. (everyone start making noise) You can deny it, all you want. But everyone in this room knows the truth. Jugedment Day, is here."
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Faith hears a knock at the door. She opens it, to find Oz. "Oz, thank for."
"Faith" said Oz, cutting her off, "I need to say something. I just told my girlfriend, I wasn't going to be able to make it, tonight. And she asked me, if I was cheating. After I lost Willow, I though I'd never find anyone else. But then I met Liz. You remember the first night I saw you here? That was the first time, I've changed, in five years. I don't want this life anymore. And I don't want to drag her, into it, ether. You've changed, I see that. And I wish you all the best, but I'm done. I'll help you this one last time. But no more."
"All right" said Faith, "I guess I can't blame you. Thank for putting up with this, for as long as you did." They shock hand. Faith was sorry, he was quitting. She was getting used to Having Oz around.
"Hey Dogboy," said Kennedy, as they walked in.
"Hey spoiled brat" said Oz, "So was up?"
"Zombie Biker," said Faith.
"Sound like a B movie.
"Just One problem. For some reason, Skyler's vision impaired, at the moment. So we don't know how to find them."
"Well, we have to do something" said Kennedy, "I mean, we can't just drive around, until we find them."
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We see Faith, and the others, driving around, looking for the bikers. "This sucks," said Skyler.
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Tina is walking by herself, It's late, but she couldn't sleep. She's had trouble sleeping for years. Suddenly she hears an engine, behind her. She turns, and sees the head biker. "Johnny" she says, in an excited tone, "Johnny is that you?" She runs to him, but he spins around, and takes off. "DAMN IT! What was I thinking? It wasn't him. He's not coming back!" She felt so stupid, waiting for a man, that clearly didn't love her. She remembered when she first met him. The Day, Johnny Grady, came into her life. She was still a teenage. And he was the leader, of a biker gang. The Boys, they called them selves. (They we're very creative.) Everyone warned her, to leave him alone. But he was like known one she'd ever met. Sure he was wild. but he had a kind side to him, to. And she loved him, like nobody else. But then he disappeared. Without even saying good-bye. He never loved her. So why couldn't she stop loving him?
Suddenly Mark, and Jerry drives up, in his truck. (three other trucks are behind him) "Get in," he said.
"Mark, what the hell, do you want?"
"Your in danger!"
"What? re you drunk?"
"I don't have time to explain, just get in!" Suddenly they see the bikers behind them. Mark sees Gradys rotted face. "It's really you." Then he jumps in the truck, "GET IN!" She gets in, and they drive off. "Mark, What the HELL IS GOING ON?"
"Grady's back."
"What? then that was him. I have to talk to him, let me out!"
"NO! Tina, listen to me. "There's something I never told you. I didn't want to hurt you, but you need to know now. You know I never like you, with Grady. But I never told you why. I found out things about him. HE was into Devil Worship. I mean hard core. And he, he's killed some people. They never could prove it, but he did. (Jerry is giving Mark a shock, and angry glare)."
"I don't believe you! You just jealous."
"Tina, you saw those things. There demons. he's not who you thought he was. You have to," Just then, Bikes pull up, with the truck, and starts hiting it, with bats, and sledge hammers. They break the glass, and Mark pulls a pistol, and fires, then he swerves the truck, and runs over some of the bikes, and takes of, down another road.
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ACT 4.
Faith, and the others, have been driving for hours. With no luck. "All right" said Skyler, "this isn't working."
"You have a better Idea," said Faith?
"Yeah, we click our heels together, and say, there's no place like home. It'll probably work just a good."
"I hate to say it" said Oz, "but this is pretty pointless."
"I'm hungry" said Skyler.
"You had dinner" said Faith, "That I paid for!"
"And I didn't get to Finnish. Besides, that was at 600. It's now 300, in the mooring since in no getting any sleep, I should get feed."
"You know, I'm kind of Hunger too" said Kennedy, "And look there's a waffle House."
"So?"
"Hey, if we were making any progress, I'd say lets keep going. But we're not. So what's it going to hurt, to take a break."
"We are not taking a break! I'm in charge DAMN IT! And I say were not going to Waffle House! That Final!"
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Faith, and Kennedy were sitting at a table, in the Waffle House. Oz, and Skyler are at the juke box. Talking about how the music sucks.
"See" said Kennedy, "wasn't this a good idea? Faith just glares. "Listen Faith, about the other night."
"Hey, we don't have to talk about that."
"Well, I just don't want you to get the wrong idea. I'm not stalking you, or anything. I just saw you, and you were."
"I'm begging you to stop talking!"
"Sorry. The point is, I just think of you as a friend. And I don't want to mess that up. I'm sorry, and it won't happen again."
"Just knock from now on, OK?"
"Deal."
Skyler, and Oz walk back to the table. "Ok guys. We've wasted enough time. Now we have to get back to it. (just then, Mark, and his boys, run in. with guns) Or we can stop the crazy people, with guns."
"Call the police," said Mark, as they came in!
"Hey, we don't want trouble," said the manager.
"It's the people behind us, that you've got to worry about, NOW CALL THE POLICE!" Before he can though the lights go out. The manager tries to call, but the phone is dead. Just then everyone hears the bikes, and sees the headlights. "Well, I guess it was a good thing we came here," said Skyler.
"Just remember" said Faith, "If we die, it's your fault." Just then a trash can is thrown into the window, and bikers crawl in though it. Marks boys start shooting. But they don't stop. Faith, and Kennedy run over, and start pushing them back out, or trying to. Bikers start in the door. Oz changes, and goes at them. (the customers can't believe there eyes). The bikers move back, but Skyler is standing by a window, and Grady reaches in, and grabs her. Faith runs to her, and knock him off her, and pushes him back. Skyler is rolling around, on the ground, screaming. At first Faith thinks she's hurt, but then realizes she's having a vision.
"The fuck's her problem" said Mark?
"Back off" said Faith, "Kid you OK?"
"Skyler finally stops shaking, and looks at Mark. "You bastard" she said, "This is your fault."
"What's she talking about," said Tina?
"I don't know! The bitch is crazy!"
"No, she's not! She's one of my students. Skyler, what's wrong?"
"Tell her. Or I will. TELL HER!!!"
"SHE'S CRAZY! I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT!"
I'll tell them, Mark."
"SHUT THE HELL UP, JERRY!"
"NO, YOU SHUT UP! It time we stop lying! Grady, and his boys aren't Devils. We are! It started, twenty years, ago. The day They vanished. Mark was always jealous, that you loved Grady, and not him. plus we though, when they showed up, that they were trouble. Back in those days, everyone was afraid of bikers. We'd all heard about the Hell Angels. When Grady, and his boys showed up, we thought they'd bring the same trouble. But they didn't They never bothered anyone, that didn't bother them. But He couldn't let it go. Said they'd just bring trouble, and we listened. We went to where they were camped, wile they were sleeping. We used chloroform, to keep them out, and tide them up. The plan was to tell them, to leave, or we'd kill them. But Mark never gave them the chance. He pored gas, on them, and burned them, alive. A we sat there, and heard there last screams."
They were all silent, for a moment, then Mark spoke. "Tina, you have to understand." Tina answers him, with a hard slap.
"SHUT UP, YOU BASTARED! I HATE YOU! YOU SON OF A BITCH!"
"Tina, he wasn't good enough, for you! He was a piece off Biker shit! I did you a favor!" She hits him, in the face! Faith has heard enough, and shoves Mark against the wall. "OK, We should leave you, to die. But there's other people here. So we get out of this, then you go to jail, get it?"
"And who put you in charge, little girl? (She walks over to the juke box, and picks it up, by herself) OK then."
"Hey, where's Jerry," said one of them men? The look outside, and see him walking to Grady. Grady pulls out a machete, but Jerry doesn't stop. "For what it's worth" he said, "I'm sorry." Grady slices off his head, with one swing.
Suddenly a car drives though the wall. Bikers poor in though the hole, and go after Marks crew. Faith hits one, in the jaw, and ducks at bat swings from another. Then she grabs the bat, And begins hitting the bikers. Oz has changed, and is biting, and clawing at the bikers.
The customers are running out the door (the bikers aren't even trying to stop them) One of Marks people is firing at the bikers. But he runs out of bullets, and uses the rifle, as a club. But they get it from him, and grab his head. They squeeze, until his eyes pop out.
Another is shooting, and he runs out to. He tries to run, but is caught, and gutted, with a butcher knife.
One by one, the bikers kill them off, until Faith, and her crew, Mark, ad Tina, are the only ones left. Faith, Oz, and Kennedy, are standing back, to back. waiting for the next attack. "Johnny, stop" says Tina, and they do, "Johnny please. don't do this. This isn't you. (Grady looks at her) I know what happened. I know what Mark did to you, and it was wrong. But you don't have to be like him. And these other people, they don't deserve this. They all said, you were no good. That you were a criminal. Don't prove them right. I've missed you Johnny. They said you left, but somehow I knew you didn't Ever since you went away I felt like I died too. I've never loved anyone, but you." She hugs him, and we see a tear in his eye.
Suddenly a gunshot is heard. Grady lets her go, and a bullet hole, is in her back. And marks rifle is smoking. "You dirty bitch," he says!
Grady moves toward him, and Faith gets in-between them. The other biker get ready for a fight. Faith looks Tina's body, then at Mark. Finally at Grady. Then she steps out of his way. "We're leaving" she said, to her people, "we're done." They walk out, and the bikers don't even try to stop them. Grady grabs mark, and drags him into the kitchen. And we hear horrible screams. Finally Grady come out, and picks Tina's body up. And he makes the only noise he ever makes, "AAAHHHHHAAAAAA!"
They get back on there bikes, and drive back to the desert. They drive back into the hole, they where burred in, and it seals itself back up.
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Back at Faith's apartment, Kennedy, and Faith are quiet. Then Kenny speaks, "Faith, did we do the right thing?"
"The guy was evil Ken. He was as bad as any demon I've ever seen."
"Hey, not arguing. But we're supposed to help people, not judge them. I don't know."
"Hey, we stop evil. He was evil. besides how many people were in danger, as long as those bikers were out there. Now there not. This is the job brat. If you can't make the hard choices, your in the wrong business."
"I guess. I'm going to bed. See you tomorrow"
"What? What's that look for?"
"I didn't give you a look."
"Come on, you got something to say, say it."
I don't. It's nothing (Faith gives her a look) It's nothing, just. You kind of sounded like Giles, just now."
Faith punches Kennedy in the face, "Don't you ever say that again, bitch!"
Kennedy punches Faith back, "You ever hit me again, You better knock me out! I'm not tried. I'm going for a walk."
"Kenny, I'm sorry."
We'll talk later." Ken storms out the door. "DAMN IT," said Faith. Oz was gone, and now Kennedy was mad at her. But she's shouldn't have said that. She wasn't like Giles. Grady got screwed. He deserved justice. She didn't judge Mark. She just didn't risk her team, to help him. She did the right thing. Didn't she?
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The two song where Neon Knights, by Black Sabbath (with Ronnie James Dio) and The Boys are Back, by Thin Lizzi.
One other thing. for anyone that read the first one, and this on. I've tried to make this as close to the first one, as I could, but I did put one thing new, in this. When Jerry goes out, and lets Grady kill him. because I wanted to make Jerry more sympathetic. Yes, he did something evil, but he knew it. He never tried to run, or ask anyone to help him. He knew he did something evil, and he took his punishment. (I'll shut up now.)
The next chapter will be new, or at least mostly new. (when I was doing this, in four part, per episode, I had put up the first part of episode four. That's when I shot Kennedy (Hey, stop cheering) . So you'll soon if she's dead. Thank you for putting up with me.
AXEL.
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