This is a new episode set after Chosen. In my events Chosen ended with the Scooby’s all being trapped in hell. Most got free, except for, see characters. Spike did not die.
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Characters
Buffy
Willow
Xander
Faith
Spike
Previously on Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
BUFFY: I hate this. I hate being here. I hate that you have to be
here. I hate that there’s evil and that I was chosen to fight
it. I wish a whole lot of the time that I hadn’t been. I know
a lot of you wish I hadn’t been, either. But this isn’t about
wishes. This is about choices. I believe we can beat this evil.
Not when it comes. Not when its army is ready. Now.
Tomorrow morning I’m opening the Seal. I’m going down
into the Hellmouth and I’m finishing this once and for all.
Right now you’re asking yourselves what makes this
different. “What makes us anything more than a bunch of
girls being picked off one by one?” It’s true, none of you
have the power that Faith and I do. So here’s the part
where you make a choice.
Flash to
WOOD: Okay, civilians… if the vampires get upstairs, we have
three areas they could get through to another building and
then down into the sewers. (points) Down the hall in the
atrium, the north hall here and the primary target,
through the lounge and straight to the science building.
Now odds are most of them will head there.
Flash to
BUFFY: Everyone get out!!!
Spike: Buffy! The necklace! It’s creating a BARRIER!
BUFFY: GET OUT EVERYONE!
Spike: BUFFY! C’mon we have to go!
Buffy doesn’t hear.
Faith: BUFFY! GET YOURSELF OUT ASWELL!
Buffy’s helping the wounded. Willow and Xander run down into hell.
Spike: YOU TWO! GET OUT!
Everyone is out except Buffy, Xander, Willow, Faith, Spike. A purple barrier flashes in front of the exit.
Fade to Black.
Int. Scooby’s are in a small cave.
(whisper)Buffy: Spike? Are you awake?
Spike: Mmmmh. Can’t you sleep either?
Buffy: I keep hearing the first. It’s everywhere Spike. Taunting me.
Spike: At least the Ubervamps haven’t found us yet. That’s a plus.
Buffy: It won’t be long before they do though. The First is searching this place from top to bottom. I can feel it’s presence.
Spike holds Buffy in his arms, and kisses her on the head.
Buffy: When I fought it, I think we might have connected somehow. I think a part of it has joined me.
Spike: Well don’t go singing no spooky songs now lady, or I’ll have to kill you.
They both grin.
Buffy: No. I think it’s made me stronger. I feel ready to kill it now. It’s grip on this hell dimension is loosening.
Spike: You really need to stop talking to Giles.
Buffy: Come on.
Spike: What?
Buffy: Let’s go somewhere else.
Buffy gets to her feet and pulls Spike with her.
Spike: No offence love, but I don’t think we should really go out of the cave without the others.
Buffy turns to face him.
Buffy: Listen. We’ll come back in about an hour. I just need… some ‘us’ time.
They wander out of the cave.
Int. They walk out into the cavern. It’s completely deserted. Fire burns all around. They hold hands as they creep along the wall. They come to another hole.
Spike: Bit small.
Buffy: Do you want to go in or not. We can always go back…….. and TRY and sleep.
Spike nods and pulls himself through the small hole.
Buffy: How big is it there?
Spike: Hard to see. Why don’t demons have electric. Mind you, I can’t feel no walls so it must be quite big – Owww! Found a wall!
Buffy: Okay, I’m coming in.
Int. Buffy pulls herself through the gap. The cave is darker than the other. A shadow passes along one of the walls. Neither of them notice.
Buffy: Ahhhh. A nice room for ourselves.
Spike: Not very cosy though.
Buffy: I’m sure I can help out there.
Buffy leans forward for a kiss. Spike pulls away, shocking Buffy.
Spike: We can’t.
Buffy: And why the hell not! I’m offering to be with you. You’re my hero, and I want my hero……. to fly with me. Okay dodgy choice of words but you get what I mean. I want to be with you. I thought you wanted to be with me.
Spike: I do. You know I’d do anything to be with you. But we can’t. I have a soul now. Causes a lot of restrictions.
Buffy: But what about the chip. You’d still have that. And you loved me without the soul. What difference would it make.
Spike: A lot for me. I’m proper good now. And I want to stay like this.
Buffy: There’s something else. Something you’re not telling me.
Spike: What do you mean?
Buffy: Spike, I can read men like a book. Just with more enjoyment. There’s another reason. Tell me now or I go back to the others.
Spike: I don’t know what…
Buffy: I see you’ve made your choice. I’ll see you back there.
Buffy clambers out of the hole leaving Spike alone in the darkness.
Spike: Damn!
Another shadow briskly crawls along the wall. Spike notices it this time.
Spike: Helo? I know your bloody out there! I think.
He looks around.
Raspy, whispering voice: At Arbitratus Abi Malam Rem
Spike: What? Don’t know what your saying, but it sounds creepy. And I don’t like creepy thing, especially not in a dark cave………. on my own.
A demon appears from the shadows.
Demon: At Arbitratus Abi Malam Rem
Spike stares into the Demon’s eyes. Spike’s eyes turn bright red, and he starts to shake.
Spike: Oh……. my…….. god! What’s happening to m…m…m..eeeeeee!
Spike falls to the ground. The Demon goes back into the shadows.
A shot of spike lying still.
Credits Roll.
Int. Back at the cave, everyones awake. When Buffy comes in, they all turn and look at her.
Xander: And the Buffmeister returns!
Buffy: Hi guys. Everyone all right.
Willow: Ummm….. I think so. My heads hurting a bit. Any chance that the barrier’s down, so we can get out of here. I need to see if everyone else is all right.
Buffy: Barriers still up sorry. I expect that everyone back on Earth are trying to find a way of getting us out. And they are all probably fine. There’s like eleven Slayers up there alive and well.
Faith: Where you been anyway, B?
Buffy: Oh? Ummm, I juts got fed up of Xander snoring.
Xander: Huh! You should be nice to me Mrs. Buffy. Me and Willow are the ones that came to help you. Seems like a crappy idea now, seeing as we’re trapped down here.
Willow: Don’t worry Xand, she actually went to get some ‘us’ time with Spike.
Everyone giggles.
Buffy: Hahaha Willow. And for your information nothing happened. Happy now?
Faith: Where’s Spike now? Surely you didn’t leave him there all on his own.
Buffy: He’ll be here now.
Xander: Lovers tiff eh?
Buffy: Kinda. Let’s just leave it now anyway. It’s good that the Ubers haven’t found us yet.
Willow: Yeah. But I think we should start moving anyway.
Buffy: I know. I can feel The First. He’s closing in on us.
Xander: Since when did you become a psychic?
Buffy: Since my fight with the First. Willow, is there anyway, a part of the first could have passed through to me.
Willow: What do you mean?
Buffy: Well, when I fought with it, it’s like a part of it’s strength passed through to me. And now I can feel it’s feelings and it’s power.
Willow: I don’t know. Maybe….. just a thought now, but maybe the scythe can do that. Maybe it can take power from one thing and give to others. Kind of like a mini Robin Hood. It did pass your strength to all the potential slayers.
Xander: Didn’t it just turn all the potentials into Slayer’s?
Willow: It’s something I’ve wondered myself. I asked Giles, but he was none the wiser.
Buffy: But that’s what could be doing it. So by using the scythe I might be able to kill the First.
Faith: B, if me and you work together, we can send this baddie into outta space. We just gotta use team work.
Buffy: Well I say let’s get ready to go. We can pick up Spike on the way.
The Demon’s Shadow flashes across the walls.
Faith: Guys, did anyone else see that?
Buffy: See what?
Willow: I did. Any ideas on what it was.
Xander: Looked like a shadow to me.
Buffy: Am I the only one not to have seen that?
Xander, Faith and Willow: Yep.
The Shadow flashes again.
Willow: There it was again. Sure it’s not you Xander.
Xander: Positive.
Faith: You saw it that time right, B?
Buffy: No……. I must be blind.
It flashes again, this time for longer, clearer.
Xander: Jesus! It’s huge! We gotta get out here!
Willow: Ok…… let’s just stay calm.
Buffy: Okay now I think I really must be blind!
Faith: Unless the First doesn’t want you to see it.
Xander suddenly flies across the room and smacks into the rock wall. We don’t see a Demon throw him.
Willow: Xander! Oh my god!
You then see the Demon, and it crawls towards Willow. It grabs her by the neck and holds her up high.
Buffy: Willow, How the hell you floating?
Faith: Shes not floating Buff!
Buffy: But I can’t see anything!
Willow; Help!
Faith: Buffy, give me the Scythe!
Faith holds her hand out, and Buffy looks down at the Scythe. She passes it to Faith before running out of the cave.
Faith launches into attack mode, swinging the Scythe violently at an invisible Demon.
Int. Buffy Runs through the fire filled cavern, towards the cave where she left Spike.
She climbs through.
Buffy: SPIKE!
Buffy: Spike, where are you?!?
Spike: B…… Buffy?
Buffy looks around and sees Spike lying on the floor.
Buffy: Oh my god! Spike… what happened?
Spike: Big Demon thingy?
Buffy: Are you… did it hurt you?
Spike: Nah, I’m just lying on the floor for no reason.
Buffy grins, but her eyes are filling up.
Buffy: The demon… it’s got Willow. It’s hurting them. I need your help.
Spike: You are a slayer you know
Buffy: I can’t see it. We need you Spike. Are you sure you can’t get up.
Spike: I can try… You go back. Help the guys as much as possible. I’ll join you soon. Just gotta get myself prepared.
Buffy smiles before racing back out the cave.
Int. Willow and Xander are both unconscious on the floor. Faith is thrown back, the scythe falling to the ground.
The Demon hits Faith across the face. She spins and kicks. It stumbles back. Faith gets to her feet, and lands a punch in its chest. It tumbles back again, but quickly head butts Faith. It then delivers numerous punches and kicks, backing Faith into a corner. She tries to block a punch, but it twists her arm back round before doing a back flip, kicking her as he flips. A long dagger slides out from his hand, and he goes to stab her. Faith jumps up, so the dagger just scrapes her leg. She leaps over the top of the Demon, and grabs the scythe. She now has the power. She swipes with the scythe about six or seven times, this time, the demon backed into the corner. She goes to slice the demon in half, but it dodges it.
Demon: Instans excessus dissolutioi. Instans excessus dissolutioi.
Faith: What the ……. ?
Faith’s eyes turn white, and her hair explodes into fire. Her clothes start to burn. Faith screams. The demon carries on his spell.
Demon: Instans excessus dissolutioi. Instans excessus dissolutioi.
Suddenly, a knife lodges itself in the Demon’s neck. It burst into flames. The camera turns, and shows Xander standing with a victorious smile.
Buffy: FAITH!
Buffy runs into shot, and leans down next to Faith. Faith is covered in blood, and her skin is charred. She stirs a little.
Buffy: Oh my god! Faith? This is…this is all my fault.
Faith: Buffy… it’s okay. Really it is! Xander saved me.
She gets up. Buffy’s eyes are full of tears, and she stares in astonishment.
Faith: I don’t know what that spell was, but it didn’t finish. Xander stopped it half way through. All this…
She looks down and points to the blood on her.
Faith: Is fake. I can’t feel any of it.
She wipes her face with the palm of her hand. The blood and burnt skin just wipes away.
Faith: I’m fine.
Buffy smiles, and gives the person, who just less than twenty-four hours ago was her enemy, a hug.
Faith: Okay… not to break the intimate moment here, but we have stuff to do B.
Buffy lets go, and looks a little embarrassed. She and Xander pick bring Wiilow to her feet.
Willow goes limp and Buffy and Xander have trouble getting her to stand. Her eyes are fluttering and she’s gone very pale.
Willow: B……ander? Xuf……fy? What’s going…. On? Where’s the… burger.
Buffy: Willow! Your not making sense. Try and stay awake!
Xander: Hey Will, just keep it together here, and we’ll get you a burger.
Faith: Burgers? Is that all you two think about? Burgers?
Buffy: Xander, your not helping. Faith take Xander’s place.
Xander: Oh yeah! I never seem to help anymore. It must be because I now have monovision. And who’s to blame there!
Buffy: What!?!
Xander: You heard me! You say I don’t help, but I haven’t seen you do much good around here lately.
Buffy: Xander! This is neither the time or the place. If you want to do something useful, go find Spike.
Xander walks away, kicking Buffy in the leg. She doesn’t react.
Buffy: Willow. Just stay awake and everything will be fine. Did the demon…….. what did it do?
Faith: I don’t think she can cope with the Spanish Inquisition right now.
Buffy: Thos are the kind of remarks I don’t want Faith.
Faith: Buffy, just ‘cos things aint going the way you want, doesn’t mean you have to treat everyone like shit. Xander….. he was being a dick, but there was no need to say those things to him.
Buffy: Faith, let’s just see to the problem at hand here. Willow, talk to me. Please…
Willow: Commemoro Ammissio.
Buffy: What? What does Commemememe whadya call it mean?
Faith: I don’t think she really is in the right state to be able to think B!
Buffy: We need answers Faith!
Faith: Yeah but try and put yourself in our shoes for once. We don’t have the answers, but you keep asking. We’ve been drained completely thanks to your bullying.
Buffy: I do not Bully!
Willow suddenly walks a couple of steps forward. Faith and Buffy stop there bickering and stare.
Buffy: Willow, are you alri-
Willow faces them. Her eyes are black, and blood is trickling down her face.
(In a deep, evil voice)Willow/First: You cannot defeat me! I am everywhere! And I am Everyone! You should be scared Slayer, because the end, is very, very close!
Willow explodes into a huge monster, which vanishes in a ball of purple flames. Buffy and Faith are astonished. They realise that Willow is dead.
Buffy falls to the ground, unable to speak. Faith strokes her head.
Faith: Are you ok?
Faith: Dumb Question.
Buffy: I need to tell Xander. This is my fault. His best friend is dead, and he didn’t even get to say goodbye. Because of me.
Faith: Buffy, you can’t blame yourself. You didn’t know she was going to die.
Buffy: I should have. I should have helped her. I left to get Spike, when I still could have helped. This is my fault, and I have to deal with it. I have to sort it out.
Buffy got to her feet, looking bewildered and lost. Faith tried to hold her back, but she just carried on walking. She walks out the cave.
Faith: We can’t win.
Fade to black.
Int. Buffy walks, almost lifeless, through the fire cavern. The flames are getting bigger. She sees a body on the floor a couple of hundred metres away. She runs.
Buffy: Xander!!!???!!! XANDER!!!
She reaches the body, covered in blood. She flips it over, and stares at the face. It was Willow. Not Xander.
Buffy: Willow? Oh my god… I can’t believe I caused this…
The Camera spins around to face Buffy, you see Xander walk up to her side.
Xander: I can. Because when it comes down to it… your just a killer.
Buffy: You don’t know what your saying.
Xander: Yes I do. Because you kill evil, doesn’t mean you just get to throw everyone else aside. That’s what looses the fight; when you start thinking your better than us. “You’re the Slayer; we are the slayerettes”. Do you remember Willow saying that? You just told us that we were too weak to handle the vampire world. Well we’ve handled, for seven years. We’ve just stayed in the background, taking the blame for everything. That’s what has led us to this. Being trapped in hell, the love of my life, dead.
Buffy: Xander… you can’t blame me.
Xander: Oh CAN’T I! THE SUPERIOR BEING HAS THE FINAL WORD AGAIN!
Buffy: No! THE LEADER HAS THE FINAL WORD AGAIN!
Xander: Your no leader!
Buffy: Well how else have we survived these pat seven years.
Xander: Because me and Willow and Giles and Faith and Angel and Spike and Riley and Anya and everyone else has helped. That was the only way we survived. If you were alone, you’d be dead.
Buffy throws a punch, sending Xander flying. He lands on the ground and starts to laugh manically.
Xander: He he ha! And there she goes again. Fists flying. Well maybe SHE should piss OFF!!!
Xander gets to his feet. He looks manic and evil. He starts muttering to himself.
Buffy: Xander! Stop it! You’ve gone crazy! I understand… Willow was my friend too. But like you said, we have to stick together to win. So snap out of it!
Xander: Maybe I don’t want you to win. Maybe I want you to die.
Buffy: Xander… please… I loved Willow as well. She was my best friend too. And yes, maybe I am part to blame. But let’s leave the judging ‘till after we save the world. Please…
Xander: NO! (Deep, low demonic voice, like Willow’s was) I will show you pain slayer. I will show you what it’s like to lose. Remember…Faith’s message…
A memory is pushed into Buffy’s Mind.
Faith: Little Miss Muffet, Counting down from 7… 3… 0…
Buffy flashed back to reality.
Xander/First: You took it the wrong way. Not until Dawn came. Not until you died. But until the world ended. Counting down from 7…3…0… MINUTES!!!
Xander/First laughs manically before leaping backwards into the flames. The First’s huge face explodes out of the flames, roaring.
Buffy: 730 minutes. I have 730 minutes to save the world. Great. Let’s party.
Fade to Black.
Int. Buffy runs into the cave where Spike is still lying on the floor.
Buffy: Hey, get up. We have work to do. A lot of work to do.
Spike: What happened to let the injured rest?
Buffy: Too bad. I need you now. It turns out your not the only one injured. Well… technically you actually are the only one injured. But other’s are worse off than you!
Spike: What? So the other’s are virtually paralyzed are they? I heard something go on out there. Didn’t sound so ill to me. Sounded more like you beating the crap out of them.
Buffy: They are dead.
Spike: WHAT?!?
Buffy: I guess they were dead before they even came down into hell. It was the First. He was controlling them both. Somehow.
Spike: All of them?!? Buffy… are you ok? They were your life…
Buffy: Not all. Just Xander and Willow. And no I’m not ok. But there’s a world to save, and I’m the gal who has to do it. With some assistance from bleach boy.
Camera swivels to Faith.
Faith: And Me.
Black.
Buffy: Faith!
Buffy walked over to Faith, and hugged her.
Faith: I’m really getting worried. Hug me twice in one day? You must be getting soft.
Buffy: Xander is dead too.
Faith: Shit? It’s like the Sunnydale Chainsaw Massacre. Without chainsaw’s.
Buffy: I know…
Silence for a couple of beats.
Spike: I thought we had work to do. Let’s move.
Faith: And you just keep destroying the moment.
Spike gets to his feet, wincing in pain.
Spike: Whatever that damn Demon bitch did, it’s messed me up.
Buffy: What do you mean?
Spike: Some sort of spell. Knocked me out cold.
Buffy: Faith? That demon. It was doing some spell to you, right?
Faith: Yeah. It was burning me. Burning my clothes, my hair, my skin, my soul. But it never finished.
Buffy: Willow was saying some kinda spell. Do you think it’s what killed her? I asked what the demon did. She said some spell. Commemmerro Amicio? She answered my question. That’s what the Demon did. It did a spell. And it did one on Spike.
Spike: I don’t get where your going with this. It was using magic to hurt us, but you know, what demon doesn’t try out the old wicca?
Buffy: Well, the spell it did on Faith. It burned her. Motive = to kill her. The one on Willow. Motive slash consequence = Killed her. But then the spell it did on you Spike. It knocked you out. And then ran away. It doesn’t fit with all the other spells.
Spike: A lot of things don’t fit. You couldn’t see the goddamn thing. How the hell did that come about? No one knows.
Faith: Yeah, no one heard a spell be done to Xander. But he still exploded.
Buffy: Still. I think it’s pretty odd.
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