TEASER
INT. THE CONSUL SANCTUM
The three red cloaked figures stand in their usual positions.
Brad stands in the center of the triangle.
CONSUL #1
You failed.
BRAD
The hellmouth is awakened.
CONSUL #2
Yet unopened.
Brad shrugs.
BRAD
Details.
CONSUL #3
A very important detail.
BRAD
The slayer and her watcher took me by
surprise. I had no back up because you told
me I had to be "alone".
CONSUL #1
Excuses.
BRAD
The harvest moon isn't over with yet. I
still have time.
CONSUL #2
If you expect us to honor our deal, you must
open the hellmouth.
INT. XANDER'S FIREHOUSE - MAIN ROOM
BUFFY
So let me get this straight, your ex-boyfriend
is now a vampire.
LIV
He's not my boyfriend!
BUFFY
Sorry.
FAITH
B just has some emotional baggage that she's
still carrying around.
BUFFY
Which reminds me... which one of you is the
cookie dough eater?
Jordy raises his hand
JORDY
That would be me.
BUFFY
I've got a bone to pick with you mister...
WILLOW
Buffy? Focus.
BUFFY
Right. Vampire called the dark one slash
Brad performed a ceremony which awakened the
hellmouth but didn't open it.
LIV
Right.
BUFFY
To delay the Dark One slash Brad from
getting the necessary components to complete
the ceremony, Xander blew up the entrance to
the ceremonial site with himself on the
wrong side of the rubble.
FAITH
Sure sounds like Xander.
WILLOW
Hey! He prevented the hellmouth from being
opened. Give him credit for that.
BUFFY
And got captured. For all we know the bad's
gotten out and Xander's now his prisoner.
Pongo pops up from behind the kitchen island.
PONGO
It is certain!
BUFFY
Gah!
FAITH
What the hell is that?
JORDY
Pongo the wonder puppet.
MAYA
Used to be a magical eight ball, but someday
hopes to be a real boy.
PONGO
Yes. Definitely.
FAITH
Problem B?
BUFFY
Puppets give me the wiggins. Especially
living puppets.
WILLOW
Ahh... he's kind of cute.
Pongo raises his arms open the air, runs to Willow and tackles
her in a puppet hug. Willow smiles.
WILLOW
Affectionate too.
BUFFY
Whatever. Our primary target is the
hellmouth. We need to get it closed.
MAYA
Technically it is closed. It's just awake.
BUFFY
Fine then we need to... make it sleepy....
again. And take care of this Dark One slash
Brad guy so it can't be re-awakened.
LIV
What about Mr. Harris?
BUFFY
Xander.... Xander knew what he was getting
into.
WILLOW
Buff?
BUFFY
Xander's not the priority here.
LIV
No!
Buffy swallows hard. She doesn't like what she's saying.
BUFFY
Sorry kid. He's on his own.
INT. A BASEMENT
It's a plain cement basement. No windows. A set of stairs go up
to a door.
Xander hangs from the ceiling by his arms, which are shackled
to chains. His feet barely touch the floor.
DRUSILLA(OS)
Monkey, monkey on the wall,
tell me how you see it all?
Xander turns toward the voice. Drusilla steps out of the
shadows.
DRUSILLA
Do the stars sing? Do they whisper to you in
small little voices that only you can hear?
XANDER
Drusilla. Hi. Don't suppose you came to let
me go and give me a year's supply of
chocolatey Yoo-hoo.
DRUSILLA
Why do you get to see out of one little eye
while I cannot see at all?
XANDER
You know... in all the time you spent in
Sunnydale, I don't think you and I really
got to know each other. How would you feel
about a game of kerplunk?
DRUSILLA
Do the bugs crawl into your brain and play
little games?
XANDER
And I think I now know why we never chatted.
DRUSILLA
Before the cloaked ones punished me, the man
in the moon told me all about you.
XANDER
Boy... when Angel turned you he really
ordered the bucket of extra-crazy strips.
DRUSILLA
Poor little monkey. Its head's too small for
the visions it sees.
XANDER
What? What do you know about...?
Drusilla puts her index finger over Xander's mouth.
DRUSILLA
Shhh! We know all about the pain
(grabs her head and thrashes around like
Xander does when he has visions.)
and bleeding noses.
Drusilla points to her nostril and waves it down her face,
pantomiming a trail of blood.
XANDER
You had... you had the power before you
became...
Drusilla gets up close and personal with Xander, rubbing her
hands all over his chest.
DRUSILLA
But the mean little red cloaks took it all
away.
(Starts sniffing Xander)
But you have it. I can smell it.
XANDER
What? You mean...
DRUSILLA
You'll give it to me, won't you?
XANDER
No.
Drusilla pouts and get sulky.
DRUSILLA
You won't let me have it?
XANDER
No.
Drusilla grins and claps her hands excitedly.
DRUSILLA
Goody!!
XANDER
Oh. Not good.
DRUSILLA
(singing)
You're going to be tor-tured.
XANDER
I don't suppose if I gave it up now, you'd
just let me go.
Drusilla shakes her head with each "tsk".
DRUSILLA
Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Silly little monkey. He
doesn't know how to play the game.
XANDER
(Sighs)
Aw, Crap.
END TEASER
ACT I
INT. XANDER'S FIREHOUSE - MAIN ROOM
Lucy comes to on Xander's couch.
LUCY
Xander?
Liv rushes over and hugs her Mom.
LUCY
Sweetie.
LIV
You okay?
LUCY
I'm... I feel so woozy.
LIV
We think they chloroformed you. Are you sure
you're okay?
LUCY
I... I'm all right. What's going on? I
remember Xander getting me out of the cave
and...
LIV
We got you out, but...
LUCY
Where's Xander?
LIV
Brad's got him.
LUCY
Brad? But he... we got to get him out.
BUFFY(OS)
I'm sorry Ms. Fontaine, but I'm afraid we
can't do that.
Lucy turns to see Buffy and the rest of the crew hard at work.
Or at least Willow and Faith. They're using the computer. Maya
and Jordy stand in the kitchen looking sullen and cranky.
LUCY
Who the hell the are you?
BUFFY
I'm Buffy Summers.
LUCY
And you're making this decision because...?
BUFFY
I'm the slayer.
LUCY
My daughter's the slayer.
BUFFY
I've got a few more years of field
experience than she does. Besides, we don't
even know the first place to look.
WILLOW
I've found Xander!
Buffy rolls her eyes.
BUFFY
Will...
WILLOW
He had his GPS transponder with him. Now we
can...
BUFFY
Walk straight into a trap.
WILLOW
Well, that's a possibility but...
BUFFY
Look I know it's Xander, but have you all
forgotten what exactly is happening? Right
now? It's a hellmouth people. It's awake and
it's ready to be opened.
LIV
Not without these.
Liv holds up the crosses and tosses them on the coffee table.
LIV
I took these from the site before Brad could
do any damage.
BUFFY
Damage? The damage is already done. You now
have an active hellmouth, do you have any
idea what that means? You think you had
problems before? Just wait. Now I want full
research mode people. We've got to find a
way to reverse the ceremony that this Brad
guy implemented and take him out of the
picture. Permanently.
WILLOW
Buffy, I don't know if that's possible.
BUFFY
Find a way.
LUCY
What about Xander?
Buffy gives off another look of doubt.
BUFFY
Xander knew what he was getting into.
INT. BASEMENT
Xander is screaming. Drusilla has just finished removing a hot
branding iron from the side of Xander's chest.
XANDER
Sweet Jesus. Oh God in heaven.
Drusilla starts to gently rub her hands up and down his chest.
DRUSILLA
Why won't the monkey give me what I want?
XANDER
Maybe because you keep calling me a monkey.
Dru gives Xander an evil grin.
DRUSILLA
Does the monkey need a little...
Apparently Dru's hands slip somewhere... unexpected. Xander's
eyes bug out.
XANDER
Hands! Hands!
Drusilla pulls back and pouts.
DRUSILLA
Why won't the monkey play?
XANDER
You're just chock full of nuts. You know
that right?
Drusilla hisses and strikes Xander across the face with her
nails, leaving lines of blood on his cheek.
VOICE(OS)
Enough.
Drusilla turns and hisses as the three members of the consul
enter.
XANDER
Great. The Consul of Sacul Egroeg I presume.
CONSUL #1
(to Drusilla)
Leave us.
Drusilla cowers and exits the room.
XANDER
I don't suppose you're here to let me go
with some lovely parting gifts.
CONSUL #1
You've thwarted us for the last time
Watcher.
XANDER
Thwarted. There's a word I haven't heard in
a while. Did all evil creatures take the
same vocabulary class in demon elementary
school?
CONSUL #1
Your jokes won't save you, Harris.
Xander focuses on the speaking member of the Consul.
XANDER
What are...? You?
Consul #1 removes the hood from his head. It's Mr. Banyan,
except his eyes have gone completely black.
XANDER
Banyan?
BANYAN
I haven't been Banyan for weeks.
XANDER
Nice reveal. Never thought my Boss would be
the big bad.
BANYAN
You should pay more attention to your
visions, Harris.
INT. BANYAN CONFERENCE ROOM - FLASHBACK
A Red-Cloaked figure stands behind Mr. Banyan wielding a knife.
INT. XANDER'S OFFICE - FLASHBACK
The door opens and one of the Consul members in their red
cloaks, floats into Xander's office and hands him a file
folder.
CONSUL #1
These are the estimates for the
human sacrifices needed on the
hellmouth project.
INT. BASEMENT
Xander looks at Banyan, dumbstruck.
BANYAN
Right in front of you and you never noticed.
Not very observant for a Watcher. However, I
have been keeping an eye on you.
Xander hangs his head in despair.
BANYAN
Now, all we need from you is something to
motivate your little slayer to give up our
keys to the hellmouth.
XANDER
She'll never give them up.
BANYAN
You'd be surprised what the lack of a father
figure will do to a little girl.
(steps toward Xander)
Don't worry. This won't hurt a bit.
(to the others)
Have the dark one find the messenger.
INT. XANDER'S FIREHOUSE - MAIN ROOM
Willow stands in front of the computer console. Faith, Maya and
Jordy are looking through ancient dusty tomes. Liv is taking
care of Lucy. Buffy is on the phone.
BUFFY
I'm trying to reach Rupert Giles. Giles. Rupert
Gi-iles.
(Sighs. Sarcastic.)
Anybody here speak Dutch?
Liv sullenly walks up and takes the phone.
LIV
Excuseer me? Maar dit grote blonde wijfje
van een vrouw zoekt Rupert Giles? Zij
veroorzaakt alle soorten problemen hier,
zodat als u uw tijd wilt vergen hem gelieve
te zoeken voel vrij dit te doen.
Liv throws the phone back at Buffy and returns to her Mom.
Buffy and Faith watch Liv walk away with amazement
LIV
They're looking for him.
FAITH
Whoa! Check out the grey matter on half-pint.
MAYA
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We know. She's a freaking
genius.
Willow walks away from the computer terminal, massaging the
bridge of her nose.
BUFFY
Anything?
Willow just gives Buffy a look and slumps down over the kitchen
island.
BUFFY
Nothing?
WILLOW
Well, there's the whole enter-the- mouth-of-hell-
with-an-army-of-slayers gambit.
FAITH
Yeah, and how well is that going to work
without an ensouled champion wearing
something from the Liberace collection to
bring the house down?
WILLOW
Not to mention the whole town falling into a
sinkhole, killing thousands of people.
JORDY
Cool.
Everyone gives Jordy a weird look. Jordy shrugs.
JORDY
No homework next week.
BUFFY
Okay... so that leaves us with...
LIV
Rescuing Mr. Harris.
Faith smiles. Buffy gives Liv a look of annoyance.
FAITH
She's a stubborn little cuss, ain't she?
BUFFY
Look...
LIV
He's your friend! Why aren't you doing
something?!
BUFFY
If Xander were here, he'd tell you the same
thing. You don't rush into a situation. You
don't even know if he's still alive.
MAYA
Pongo, is Xander alive?
Pongo pops up beside Buffy.
BUFFY
Ga-a-ah!
PONGO
Yes, definitely.
Buffy shoots Maya a dirty look.
BUFFY
Pongo, would we be walking into certain
death?
PONGO
Signs point to yes.
WILLOW
Would Xander do it for Buffy?
PONGO
Yes. Definitely.
Buffy shoots Willow a look.
WILLOW
Well he would! You know he would!
BUFFY
Willow...
WILLOW
What is wrong with you?!
FAITH
Nothing. She's just trying to keep an
apocalypse from raining on our parade.
WILLOW
Oh my God! Faith's taking your side! Doesn't
this clue you in to how wrong this is?
FAITH
Hey!
LIV
Screw this!!
Liv kicks the coffee table full of books over.
JORDY
Whoa.
LUCY
Sweetie...
LIV
No Mom.
Lucy marches to the island and grabs the PDA.
LIV
I'm going after him.
FAITH
Kid's got some spunk.
Buffy steps in front of Liv.
BUFFY
It's a trap.
PONGO
Yes. Definitely.
BUFFY
We need you here. Get your priorities
straight.
Buffy puts her hand on Liv's shoulder. Liv shakes it off.
LIV
I have.
Liv marches over to the front door.
LIV
Nothing is going to...
Liv throws open the door. A body falls down on top of her,
pinning her to the ground.
LIV
...stop me.
Buffy rushes over and pulls the body off of Liv. She suddenly
gets a good look at who the body is... or was...
BUFFY
Oh my god.
Clem's lifeless eyes stare out of his skull. The ceremonial
dagger used by Brad in the previous episode is pushed through
his chest. Liv looks at the body.
LIV
Clem. Oh God, they got Clem.
END ACT I.
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