The Watcher: 1.8 Homecoming Hell: Act III
by gumboy
ACT III

INT. SAINT BUFALARI'S SCHOOL - GYMNASIUM

Standard school dance decorations apply. Xander stands back
behind a table of refreshments including the typical punch
bowl. Lucy walks up from scanning the dance floor.

LUCY
Well this brings back memories.

XANDER
Sweaty palms.

LUCY
Raging hormones.

XANDER
Rampaging demons trained to attack kids in
formal wear.

Lucy gives Xander look.

LUCY
You really had a screwed up high school
experience, didn't you?

XANDER
Tell me about it.
(To two dancers)
Hey! Hey! Watch the hands mister!
(Shocked)
Did I just say that?

LUCY
Welcome to my world. The words that come out
of my mouth...
(To two other dancers)
Hands above the waist, buddy!
(beat)
Not that high!
(Shakes her head)
Oh God. I've become my mother.

Xander puts his arm around her waist and she puts her head on
his shoulder.

XANDER
I don't know. It's still kind of nice. Soft
music. Streamers. Punch that, no doubt,
somebody has already spiked with grain
alcohol. And... again... there's the rampaging
demons on their way to kill us.

LUCY
Shh. Enjoy the moment.

Lucy lifts her head up and gives Xander a kiss. She holds
on tightly to him and smiles.

LUCY
Is that a stake in your pocket, or are you
just happy to see me?

XANDER
Uh... Stake. But I am happy to see you.

They kiss again... this time a little longer. They are
interrupted by a stern looking nun who clears her throat.

Xander and Lucy immediately separate and look ashamed.

LUCY
Sorry, Sister Margaret.

ANGLE ON: Gym entrance.
Maya, Jordy, Liv and Brad enter the room. Liv appears to be on
Cloud Nine and only has eyes for Brad. Brad definitely wants to
be elsewhere, but is at least one inch away from being
impolite.

LIV
Thanks for the lovely meal, Brad.

Brad grunts in acknowledgment

MAYA
Yeah Brad. That Double Medley meal really
hit the spot.

Brad shoots Maya an evil glare. Maya smiles a gestures to the
dance floor. Brad rolls his eyes.

BRAD
(flat)
Want to dance?

LIV
I'd love to!

Maya and Jordy watch the couple walk towards the dance floor.

MAYA
Nothing like the threat of death and
dismemberment to make a guy the perfect
date.

JORDY
Think she's happy?

MAYA
She better be. So... When are you going to
ask me to dance?

JORDY
I don't dance.

MAYA
You dress up. You buy me a corsage. You pick
me up at the door and you're not going to
ask me to dance?

JORDY
I can't dance. I don't know how.

MAYA
It's a slow dance. Fake it.

Jordy smiles and offers Maya her arm. They go to the dance
floor and assume a formal dancing position.

MAYA
If you can refrain from stepping on my toes,
you've got it made.

JORDY
I think I can handle that.

MAYA
Gotta tell ya Jordy. For someone who's
usually a rumpled looking slacker, you clean
up pretty good.

JORDY
Wish I could say the same about you.

Maya gives him a confused look.

JORDY
You always look good.

Jordy dips Maya expertly and pops her back up again. Maya
laughs.

MAYA
I thought you didn't know how to dance.

JORDY
(smiles and shrugs)
Lied.

ANGLE ON:
Brad and Liv as they struggle to dance. Liv slips on her heels
and Brad has to catch her from falling to the floor.

LIV
Sorry.

Liv kicks off her high heels.

LIV
Had enough of those things.

Brad, who has been looking anywhere but Liv finally looks down
at her. Liv is looking at him with those puppy dog eyes. He
can't help but smile.

BRAD
You're not wearing your glasses.

LIV
Contacts. Usually can't stand to have
anything in my eye. Took me twenty times,
but I finally got them in.

BRAD
(honestly)
You look nice.

Brad couldn't have said anything more to make Liv's night. They
finally share a moment.

Lucy and Xander watch Liv from afar.

LUCY
Wow. Look at her. She's having such a good
time.

Xander stiffens.

LUCY
What's wrong?

INT. SAINT BUFALARI'S SCHOOL GYMNASIUM - XANDER'S VISION
Dozens of Vampires and Yploog burst through the school doors
and start attacking the kids.

INT. SAINT BUFALARI'S SCHOOL GYMNASIUM - Normal
Xander slumps a bit and Lucy catches him.

XANDER
They're here.

Xander reaches under the refreshment table and pulls out the
leather satchel o' weapons. He gives Lucy a quick kiss.

XANDER
Get the students to safety. I'll see you
later.

And he dashes off. A couple of normal faced vampires walk into
the room, stop and smile.

VAMPIRE
Mmmm. Teenagers.
(vamps out)
Who's hungry?!

The other vamps put on their game faces as well and start
attacking the crowd. Screams erupt shaking Liv out of her
momentary happiness.

LIV
(sighs)
Duty calls.

BRAD
Huh?

LIV
You better get out while you still can.

XANDER(OS)
Liv! Heads up!

ANGLE ON:

Xander, weilding his sword and a crossbow with a flaming
quarrel on it . The bag 'o weapons sit at his feet. He kicks the
bag across the floor until it ends at Liv's feet.

ANGLE ON: The Main Entrance...
Vampire and Ypoog demons flood into the room.

ANGLE ON:
Maya, Lucy and Jordy. They have opened up the emergency fire
exits setting off the fire alarm. More panic ensues

MAYA
Everyone! Out! Out here!

The kids make a break for the doors in one big exodus.

LUCY
Keep moving kids!

MAYA
(to Jordy)
I think it's time to bring out the atomic
dog in you.

Jordy does a partial transformation into a werewolf and howls.
He charges the demons and starts tearing into them. Maya
continues to get people out the door.

ANGLE ON:
Xander as he points his crossbow at the ceiling and lets go
with the flaming quarrel. It hits the ceiling right by a
sprinkler head. Water starts streaming down.

The vampires register shock and then pain as one by one they
burst into flames. The rest of the Ypoog demons are unaffected.
Xander laughs. Jordy appears beside him.

XANDER
Another score for the glorified bricklayer.

JORDY
How'd you do it?

XANDER
It's amazing what a priest will bless when you
make a $5000 contribution to a scholarship
fund.

Xander charges into the fray with Jordy following him.

Most of the students are gone now as Liv pulls her favorite
battle axe from the leather satchel. Brad is in shock...
whether it's the demons, the exploding vampires, or the
drenching fire suppression system... who knows?

LIV
Better go now before it gets too crazy.

BRAD
What's going on?

LIV
The forces of hell are attacking homecoming.

BRAD
What?

LIV
Go. Now.

Brad hesitates. Liv gives him a look of longing.

LIV
Oh... What the hell!

Liv grabs Brads tie, pulls him down and gives him one big
passionate kiss.

XANDER(OS)
Liv! A little help here!

Liv lets Brad go and gives him a devastating smile.

LIV
Go. Now.

And with a quick spin, she turns around and decapitates a
charging Ypoog demon, sending splatter everywhere. Brad wastes
no more time and dives out a emergency exit away from the rest
of the students.

EXT. SAINT BUFALARI'S CAMPUS

A couple of people are hanging outside the emergency exit and
greet Brad.

PERSON
You okay Brad?

BRAD
(smiles)
You bet. Hell of a night, huh?

INT. SAINT BUFALARI'S SCHOOL GYMNASIUM

Jordy and Liv are mopping the floor with the Ypoogs. Xander is
doing his fair share too. The sprinkler system is going full
blast and almost all the vampires have been destroyed.

XANDER
So...
(smashing a ypoog demon through the head)
Tell me, Liv...
(Kills another)
How was your first school dance?

LIV
Not bad...
(Takes down three demons in one swipe and
smiles at Xander)
Had a little dinner...
(two more demons go down)
A little dance
(Two more demons fall to the ground)
And had my very first kiss.

Xander fights off two more demons.

XANDER
First Kiss? Oh boy.
(Kills another demon)
You're mother's going to kill me. How about
you Jordy?

Jordy howls as he smashes two demons heads together.

Xander and Liv smile at each other.

EXT. SAINT BUFALARI'S CAMPUS - LATER

Ambulances are in abundance. Lucy, Maya and assorted paramedics
are checking on all the wounded and soaked teens.

PARAMEDIC
A street gang? In New Hampshire? You got to
be kidding me?

Vanessa the evil cheerleader from hell is soaked to the bone
and covered with a blanket.

VANESSA
(sobbing)
This is the worst homecoming ever!

Maya rolls her eyes at her. Lucy looks up to see...

ANGLE ON: EMERGENCY EXIT

Xander, Liv and Jordy exit the gym. Soaked and disheveled. Lucy
runs up and grabs a hold of Xander and Liv while Maya hugs
Jordy.

LUCY
You guys all right?

XANDER
We're fine.

LUCY
Honey?

LIV
I'm fine, mom.

XANDER
She kissed Brad.

LIV
Tattletale.

Lucy smiles and hugs her daughter.

LUCY
On the first date? You hussy.

LIV
Mom!

Maya is holding onto Jordy tight.

JORDY
Hey. I'm okay. Really.

Maya loosens her hold him.

MAYA
You're a mess.

JORDY
Sorry.

MAYA
That's okay. I think I like you better this
way.

Maya plants a kiss on Jordy's lips. Smiles, cocks her eyebrow
and walks away.

JORDY
Wow. Hell of a night.

Unfortunately the moment is cut short by screams. Xander and
Liv run off in the direction and intercept two of the
cheerleaders running from behind the gym.

XANDER
What's wrong?

CHEERLEADER
He's dead!

Liv pauses for a moment and tears off.

XANDER
Liv! Wait!

ANGLE ON: Liv as she runs around the corner and stops dead in
her tracks. Xander comes around the corner a second later and
does the same.

XANDER
Oh no.

Liv buries her face into Xander's chest and he holds her there
as she begins to sob.

ANGLE ON:

Brad's dead body lying on the ground, bleeding from the neck.

END ACT III

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