The Watcher: 1.2 Training Day: Act IV
by gumboy
INT. XANDER'S FIREHOUSE - TRAINING ROOM - DAY
The entire gang is there, with Liv dressed again in her
fatigues.

LUCY
I can't thank you enough for all
those cute construction workers
hanging out at my house.

XANDER
Don't worry about the cost. The
Watcher's council now handles
property damage expenses for Slayer
homes, so everything will be covered.

MAYA
What about the goo?

XANDER
The carpet will most likely have to
be replaced. I'm working with some
friends who will be coming down to
add some additional security to
your home so you'll have better
protection the next time you're
invaded.

MAYA
The next time? Worm, I'm never
sleeping over at your house again.

LUCY
You mean that we could have a hoard
of demons invade...

XANDER
We'll see what we can do to prevent
that from happening again, but... I
can't make any promises.

Lucy pales at the thought.

XANDER
I can promise that the same good
looking guys will be there to fix
everything though.

Lucy gets a dirty grin on her face.

LIV
So... When's our first patrol?

XANDER
Not... Not for a while yet.

LIV
But Mom said I was...

XANDER
You Mom says your ready. I think we
have some more work to do.

LIV
But... But...

Xander picks up a stake and tosses it to her.

XANDER
Let's try an experiment. Hit the
vampire in the heart.

LIV
Okay.

Liv takes careful aim and throws the stake at the dummy. She misses horribly and almost hits Maya

MAYA
Jesus!

LIV
Damn it! I don't get it! What am I
doing different?

XANDER
What did you do just now?

LIV
I threw the stake and it went kablooie.

XANDER
Walk me through what you just did.

LIV
Well, I lined up my target.
Calculated the the weight of the
stake and the angle I needed to
throw and release the stake and...

LUCY
Oh my god! No wonder you sucked at
softball!

LIV
What?

XANDER
Let's try this again.

Xander tosses her another stake.

XANDER
This time I want you to face the
other direction. Now when I say "go"
I want you to spin around and just
throw the stake. Don't think about
it. Now what are we going to do?

LIV
I'm going to spin around and...

XANDER
GO!

Liv spins and throws the stake without thinking. The stake flies perfectly into the dummy's heart.

LUCY
Wow! You can join the circus now.

LIV
I did it! I did it!
(confused)
How'd I do that?

XANDER
By not thinking.

LIV
What?

XANDER
There's one big difference between
you and me, Liv. You live in your
head. I go by my gut. The problem
is that you don't trust your
instinct and that's caused by...

LIV
A lack of self-confidence.

XANDER
Something we have very much in
common. Now if there's one thing I
do best in my life, I'd have to say
it's me not thinking.

Lucy, Liv and Maya snicker at this.

XANDER
So I think by working together we
help fix each other. Cool?

LIV
Cool. It's just that... I guess I
have so much to learn. I just wish
this slayer thing came with a manual.

XANDER
It does.

LIV
It does??!! There's a manual??!!

XANDER
(pointing)
Yeah, they're in one of those boxes
over there.

Liv immediately runs over and starts tearing open crates.

LIV
I can't believe you didn't tell me
this slayer thing came with a manual!

MAYA
That's my little bookworm.

LUCY
I know. I'm so proud.

LIV
Maya! Get over here! There's like
five volumes!

Maya rolls her eyes and goes to join her friend at the crate.

INT. CONSUL SANCTUM
The hooded figures stand in their usual spots.

CONSUL #1
It appears we have grossly
underestimated our opponents.

CONSUL #2
It appears that the watcher has
been given the gift of foresight.

CONSUL #3
No Matter. We are patient. We will
succeed.

FADE OUT.


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