The Watcher: 1.6 Solo: Act IV
by gumboy
ACT IV

EXT. ST. BUFALARI'S SCHOOL

MAYA(VO)
Worm!

INT. ST. BUFALARI'S SCHOOL - HALLWAY

Maya runs and catches up with Liv who is walking to class.

LIV
Hey Airhead.

MAYA
Did you finish the report?

LIV
Yep, and with time to spare for two more
patrols... solo.

MAYA
Wow, look at you. Star slayer and student.

LIV
I'm an inspiration to all. Mr. Harris has a
"special" training session for me tonight.
Want to come?

MAYA
Not tonight. I thought I'd pay a visit to
the sick and bed-ridden.

LIV
You're so noble.

MAYA
A girl has to be these days.

INT. CAPE KENNETH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - PRIVATE ROOM

Jordy lies in bed trying to find something to watch on hospital
tv. His face is pretty bruised and cut up and his leg is in
traction.

MAYA(OS)
Hey slacker.

Jordy looks up and smiles as MAYA walks into the room.

JORDY
Hey. What brings the beauty queen of St.
Bufalari to the land of inedible food and
clothes with no rear coverage?

MAYA
I thought I'd come by and thank the guy who
tried to save me from a couple of monsters.

JORDY
Is he around?

MAYA
Duh. Right in front of me.

JORDY
Nah. That wasn't me. I was just the punching
bag they had to get around to get to you.

MAYA
Still, you put yourself in front of me.

JORDY
You would've been better off with Liv.

MAYA
She had other things to worry about.

JORDY
Can I ask you a question?

MAYA
Sure.

JORDY
How did the two of you...

MAYA
Become such good friends?

JORDY
Yeah.

Maya starts going through her purse.

MAYA
Back in the third grade, I had some wicked
cool hair.

Jordy laughs.

MAYA
What?

JORDY
Sorry. Continue.

MAYA
So anyway, my older sister thought it would
be funny to switch out my shampoo with Nair.

JORDY
Ouch.

MAYA
Yep. Total cue ball. I just knew that when I
went to school the next Monday that I'd
never hear the end of it.

Maya pulls out an old photo from her purse and hands it to
Jordy. Jordy looks at it and laughs.

JORDY
Who's the other girl?

INSERT: Picture of two third grade girls with bald heads. One
with glasses. Both are hugging each other and smiling for the
camera.

MAYA
Liv. She was my next door neighbor back
then, and we were friends. You know...
Neighborhood friends. Play with barbies,
hide and seek, that kind of stuff.
(takes picture back)
But she saw how upset I was about my hair.
So when I showed up for class Monday morning,
she had shaved her head too, just so I
wouldn't go through it alone.

JORDY
Wow.

MAYA
I never forgot that. So even when the hair
grew back and somehow she got classified as
a nerd and I got this whole "beauty queen"
label, we've always stood by each other.

JORDY
Man. Other than maybe my cousin, I don't know
anybody who would've done something like
that for me.

MAYA
You do now.

Maya leans over and kisses him on the cheek.

MAYA
Thanks for standing up for me Friday night.

JORDY
Sure.

Maya smiles and walks out of the room. Jordy watches her go
with a look of amazement.

INT. CONSUL SANCTUM
The three red-cloaked figures walk around the triangle. In the
middle is the Vizier, who is showing signs of having been
tortured.

CONSUL #1
We told you not to interfere with our plans
for the slayer.

VIZIER
She destroyed my sanctum! She robbed me of
valuable resources!

CONSUL #2
The main component of our plan ended up in
the hospital. If he had been harmed in any
way...

VIZIER
How was I supposed to know he was going to
be your champion? He was just a kid who got
in the way!

CONSUL #3
Your desire for vengeance has interfered
with our plans for the last time.

VIZIER
No! Give me another chance.

CONSUL #1
Unfortunately we still have need of your
abilities.

CONSUL #2
From now on, you will be on a very short
leash.

CONSUL #3
You were a fool to underestimate the slayer
and her watcher. We will not make the same
mistake. As a result of your previous folly,
the watcher has received a report that will
no doubt lead him and the slayer to us. He
is already preparing his Slayer for the
battle that is coming.

EXT. XANDER'S FIREHOUSE -- EVENING

CONSUL #3(VO)
We must not let these setbacks affect our
agenda.

INT. XANDER'S FIREHOUSE - MAIN ROOM

Xander and Lucy are watching TV, laughing their asses off. Liv
watches both the TV and the adults with a look of confusion and
bemusement.

ROCKY (OS)
Bullwinkle, this ship is covered in rubies
and look what's written on the side! O-Mar
Khay-yam. Bullwinkle, do you know what this
is?

BULLWINKLE(OS)
Well, if you're waiting on me to say it, I
won't.

Lucy is laughing so hard she begins to snort.

LIV
Oh boy. Here she goes.

Lucy snorts again. Xander is laughing even harder now.

ROCKY (OS)
OK, then this must be "The Ruby Yacht of
Omar Khayyam".

Lucy snorts again and Xander can barely breathe from laughing
so hard. As they continue to laugh...

PAN TO: The large book from the Watcher's council sitting on a
table next to Xander.

FADE TO BLACK

END ACT IV

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