ACT III
INT. FONTAINE HOUSE - KITCHEN
Liv sits at the kitchen table, drinking a cup of
coffee. Xander and Dawn enter the room.
LIV
How is he?
DAWN
He'll be fine. He's got a couple of
cracked ribs and a concussion. They're
keeping him overnight, just for
observation.
XANDER
Has Liv come back yet?
LUCY
(shakes head)
No.
DAWN
Don't worry. I called Spike and we have
the squad out looking for her.
XANDER
I just don't understand what happened.
Lucy sighs and looks crestfallen.
LUCY
I should have said something before.
Xander and Dawn exchange a look.
XANDER
About what?
LUCY
A couple of years ago? Liv went through
a bad... spell. Not a real spell mind
you, but she kind of... lost it for a
while.
XANDER
What do you mean?
LUCY
She started having bad dreams and
wouldn't sleep for days. She kept
talking about some kind of creature
trying to hurt her. When she did sleep
the dreams were so bad she started to
hurt herself at night. It got so bad she
started to hallucinate about the
creature attacking her when she
Dawn cocks an eyebrow at this as though it sounds
familiar.
DAWN
You said this was just after she became
a slayer?
LUCY
Yes. It got so bad she... she attacked
me at one point. I had to put her into
the hospital and they put her on
anti-psychotic medication, but-
A knowing look crosses Dawn's face.
DAWN
It didn't help.
Lucy looks over at Dawn with a shocked expression.
EXT. THE WOODS
Spike walks in the woods with his leather duster lighting
a cigarette.
SPIKE
Half-pint? Where are you love? Time for
you to go home and... drink your milk,
say your prayers and do all that
goodie-goodie tripe.
Liv hides up against the tree. Occasionally we see
brief shots from her point of few, where Spike
flicks in and out of reality and becomes the
stalking creature.
LIV
(whispering)
Not real. She's not real.
Spike looks over to where he hears Liv whispering.
SPIKE
Liv? That you nibblet?
Liv covers her ears. We don't hear what Spike is saying just the
scary whisperings we've heard in other scenes.
INT. FONTAINE KITCHEN
LUCY
How... how did you know that the drugs-
DAWN
Didn't work? Because it happened to all
the slayers. This was about what, oh
three-four months when she came into her
powers?
XANDER
(nods)
I was in Africa at the time. I had just
found Lateesha and had no idea what was
going on. It wasn't until about two
weeks later that I found out what was
going on.
LUCY
All the slayers? But how?
DAWN
(frowns slightly)
When the spell was cast to activate the
potential slayers? There was a... side
effect we didn't anticipate.
EXT. THE WOODS
Spike slowly approaches Liv, who still had her
ears covered and is babbling incoherently.
SPIKE
Liv?
LIV
It's not real. Not real.
SPIKE
(slowly reaching out for Liv)
What isn't real, half-pint?
INT. FONTAINE KITCHEN
LUCY
What do you mean "side effect?"
DAWN
When the spell activated all the
slayers, it disturbed the natural order
of progression for the slayer line. When
that happened? It caused a whole ripple
effect of issues.
LUCY
You mean the spell caused them to go
insane?
DAWN
No... it upset the balance of power in
the demon world and angered many things
including the source of the slayer's
power.
LUCY
The source? What's the source of the
slayer's power?
XANDER
A scary mummy girl with a habit of
causing sucking chest wounds.
Dawn and Lucy shoot a glare at Xander
XANDER
Hey... It's not the first time we had
run into that thing.
LUCY
What thing?
DAWN
(solemnly)
The First Slayer.
LUCY
The what?
EXT. THE WOODS
Spike reaches out and touches Liv on the wrist.
Suddenly he is turned into the First Slayer who is
snarling at Liv. Liv screams and throws a punch at
SLAYER/SPIKE
Spike flies back a few feet on his back.
SPIKE
Bloody hell.
Before Spike can even react, Liv is racing toward
him screaming bloody murder.
SPIKE
Bloody hell!
INT. FONTAINE KITCHEN
LUCY
So you're telling me that the First
Slayer drove my daughter insane because
she was pissed?
DAWN
Well sort of.
Lucy gives Dawn a withering look.
DAWN
She was mostly trying to communicate
with the slayers. Trying to... well
convey a message.
LUCY
What message is that? "I'd like to jump
on you and tear off the flesh on your
bones"?
XANDER
Well that's just how it gets your
attention.
Dawn and Lucy give Xander another withering look.
XANDER
Well... it's true.
INT. THE WOODS
Spike is getting the stuffing knocked out of him.
He tries to defend himself and restrain Liv, but
her panic is beyond control. She lashes out at him
driving him back and beating the snot out of him.
SPIKE
(trying to defend himself)
Liv! Get a grip on yourself! You're
seeing things!
LIV
LEAVE ME ALONE!
Liv backhands Spike and sends him flying into a
tree. Spike grunts in pain.
SPIKE
Bloody hell!
INT. FONTAINE KITCHEN
DAWN
-We finally managed to get Willow to...
well jump into the head of Buffy to find
out what was going on and get the issue
resolved.
LUCY
That explains why Liv suddenly went back
to being normal. Well... normal for her.
XANDER
That was it? Willow just jumped in and
chatted with her and poof, everything
was fine? From what I remember she
wasn't one for chatting.
DAWN
(with a guilty look)
Well we had to promise her one thing.
XANDER
What was that?
DAWN
You.
Off Xander's shocked expression we go to...
EXT. THE WOODS
Liv sits on top of Spike beating the crap out of
him. Tucker, Audrey and Maya run into the
clearing. Audrey seems very amused.
AUDREY
Problem Spike?
SPIKE
Get her off me!
Tucker moves forward, crouches down and touches
Liv on the shoulder.
TUCKER
Liv?
Liv back hands Tucker and sends him flying to the
ground.
TUCKER
(rubbing the side of his face)
Okay... that didn't work.
MAYA
I could have told you that.
SPIKE
(in between blows)
Little help here!
MAYA
(to audrey)
Can't you cast a spell to put her to
sleep or something?
AUDREY
(chagrined)
I haven't learned that yet.
MAYA
Can't you do anything?
AUDREY
Well there's one thing I can do.
INT. FONTAINE KITCHEN
XANDER
Me? What are you talking about?
DAWN
(sighs)
When Willow was finally able to talk
with the First Slayer, she told Willow
that the "True Line" of slayers needed
to be protected and that the "Guardian"
needed to be found to make sure this
line continued.
XANDER
(frowning)
Meaning me? But... I was in Africa
watching over Lateesha how could I
have...
DAWN
We didn't know it was you. Or what the
true line was. It took Giles and Willow
months to find the Ibonek prophecies and
translate it. By the time we did find
out that you were the "Guardian"...
XANDER
I had left the council. But what about
the line of slayers before Liv?
DAWN
(Another embarassed look.)
Technically? You already were the
watcher of one of the true line.
XANDER
(pales)
Lateesha.
EXT. WOODS
Spike is still getting the stuffing knocked out of
him.
SPIKE
Any time now! Really!
MAYA
(to Audrey)
Ready?
AUDREY
Ready.
SPIKE
Will you just do something already!
Suddenly a jelly doughnut hits Liv in the face,
causing her to stop briefly. Spike takes advantage
of the moment and clocks her really good and Liv
flies back onto the ground unconscious. Tucker and
Maya run over to make sure she's okay.
TUCKER
Liv! Are you okay?
SPIKE
No. Don't mind me. Just hurting like
hell over her.
AUDREY
Suck it up, Spike.
MAYA
We better get her home.
As the group helps and unconscious Liv to her feet, Audrey is smiling to her self.
AUDREY
Jelly doughnut: One. Slayer: Zero
INT. FONTAINE KITCHEN
Xander's cell phone chirps and then Maya's voice.
MAYA
(filtered)
Natasha to Moose. We have the Squirrel
and we're coming home.
LUCY
(relieved)
Oh, thank God.
Xander unfortunately doesn't look that relieved.
XANDER
It's not over yet.
LUCY
What do you mean?
DAWN
We still have to figure out why the
First Slayer is trying to contact Liv
and since Willow isn't here...
XANDER
(frowns)
It means that Liv is going to have to do
it herself.
Off the concerned look on Lucy's face we...
END ACT III
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