INT. XANDER'S FIREHOUSE - MAIN ROOM
Xander is on the phone as Lucy continues to examine Maya.
MAYA
I'm fine.
LUCY
You were unconscious. Just sit back
and relax. That's what sidekicks do.
Here. Use the ice pack.
Maya growls and holds the ice pack against her noggin. Lucy
approaches Xander.
LUCY
What's going on?
XANDER
I did three locator spells and none
of them worked. So I'm calling in the
big gun.
LUCY
The spells didn't work? What does
that mean?
XANDER
It means something bad. I'm trying
to get a hold of Willow, but she's
not in Brazil.
LUCY
Where is she?
XANDER
I don't know. She's not in
Cleveland or England, so I'm
checking the other strongholds.
LIV(OS)
I think I found something
ANGLE ON -- LIV AT THE COMPUTER
Xander and Lucy approach her.
XANDER
You got this to work?
LIV
Wasn't that hard. It uses the LCARS
interface from Star Trek.
XANDER
Remind me to keep you away from Andrew.
LUCY
What did you find honey?
LIV
Well I couldn't find any demons
that matched the description. So I
did a cross-reference on the
magical texts and came up with a Moleg.
LUCY
What's a moleg?
LIV
It's an automaton. A body sewn
together with various body parts
and given animation through magic.
According to the texts, you have to
be pretty powerful witch or warlock
in order to make the thing work.
XANDER
I am SO calling in the big gun.
INT. VIZIER'S SANCTUM
Dawn wakes up and gets a good look at her surroundings
DAWN
Aw, crap
VIZIER (OS)
Hello my dear. How are you feeling?
Dawn looks over at the Vizier and the Moleg.
DAWN
I have a friggin' headache and I'm
floating five feet off the ground.
How am I supposed to feel?
VIZIER
Well I apologize for the
inconvenience. Allow me to
introduce myself, I am the Vizier.
Counselor of Sacul, Guardian of the
Orb of Greblieps and Warlock for
hire.
(bows)
Is there anything I can do to make
you more comfortable?
DAWN
You can let me go.
VIZIER
(sinister)
Do you think I would just let one
of the more powerful beings in this
dimension just walk out the door?
(off Dawn's horrified reaction)
Oh yes. I know you're the Key. The
Monks hid you well, but their
powers are nothing compared to mine.
Dawn whimpers.
VIZIER
Still, the spell they wove around
to make you human is very
complicated. I'm going to enjoy
taking you apart and seeing just
what makes you tick.
The vizier cackles evilly. Moleg mindless joins in with
amused grunts.
INT. XANDER'S FIREHOUSE - KITCHEN
Xander is on the phone. Lucy is close by.
XANDER
No. Signore, I am trying to reach
Willow... Willow... Willow
Rosenberg! Does anyone there speak
english?
LUCY
Sweetie? Can you help?
Liv walks in and takes the phone.
LIV
Scusilo signora? Stiamo cercando qualcuno.
Ci è stato un incidente per quanto riguarda
il suo amico Dawn. Abbia prego immediatamente
sua chiamata di nuovo al signore Xander Harris.
(beat)
Grazie.
(Hangs up)
They're looking for her now.
They'll call back.
Liv walks away. Xander is amazed.
XANDER
How did she...? What...? I..
LUCY
Sometimes I find it is best not to
ask. What do we do now?
XANDER
We wait 'til we hear from Willow or
we...
In a flash of light, Willow Rosenberg teleports into the
kitchen.
WILLOW
(hysterical)
Where's Dawnie??!! What happened??!!
XANDER
She got kidnapped. We're not sure...
Are you okay?
Willow starts to weave from side to side and appears to have
no motor control above her neck.
WILLOW
(slurred speech)
S'okay. I skipped lunch today and
Teleportation spells tend to make
me a just a little woozzzz
Willows eyes roll back in her head and she falls face down
on the floor. Xander and Lucy look down at the floor.
XANDER
Sure you're okay Will?
WILLOW
(slurred)
S'okay. Just need a minute.
(beat)
Or two.
LUCY
That's your big gun?
Xander leans over and pulls Willow to her feet.
XANDER
Well, not at the moment.
WILLOW
(slurred)
Wow. I really like your place.
Xander half carries her over to the couch and places her
next to Maya.
XANDER
Thank you.
WILLOW
The floor is really hard though.
XANDER
As most floors are. Do you need
anything?
WILLOW
Cup of coffee and a protein bar
would be good.
(rolls her head over
to Maya)
Hi.
Xander goes back to the kitchen.
MAYA
(groggy)
Hello.
WILLOW
Are you Liv?
MAYA
No, I'm her best friend, Maya.
WILLOW
Oh that's so cool! A next-generation
scooby.
MAYA
I'm not a sidekick though.
WILLOW
Oh. Absolutely not. I know how that is.
Liv comes forward with a protein bar on plate and coffee mug
that says "Kiss the Carpenter".
LIV
Hi. Here's your coffee and bar.
WILLOW
Hi. Are you Liv?
LIV
Yep.
WILLOW
Oh! Xander told me so much about
you! You're so cute. And tiny.
You're like a pocket slayer.
Maya and Liv just exchange glances. Willow realizes that she
crossed a "weird" line.
WILLOW
I'm sorry. I'm feeling a little
loopy. I skipped lunch.
Willow starts snacking on the protein bar.
INT. VIZIER'S SANCTUM
The Vizier shoots a mystical bolt at Dawn
DAWN
Ow! Stop that!
VIZIER
Hmmm.
He shoots another bolt.
DAWN
Hey! Will you quit it? That hurts.
VIZIER
What? You think that's going to
make me stop? You're barely human.
Just a cleverly put together
construct.
(zaps her)
Where they found a soul for you,
I'm not sure. Of course, they had
to fool a god, so craftsmanship was
absolutely necessary.
He zaps her again.
DAWN
Ow! Okay, do you know who my sister is?
The Vizier rolls his eyes.
VIZIER
Oh please. Your...
(makes one of those
annoying quote marks
with his fingers)
"sister" is miles away from here.
The local slayer is barely out of
diapers and her watcher is a
foolish clod who barely graduated
high school.
He gets so close his nose is almost touching Dawn's.
VIZIER
So tell me... what exactly should I
be scared about?
Dawn now has that "caught in the headlights" look going.
VIZIER
I thought so. Don't worry. I just
have a couple of more tests to run
before the real pain begins.
INT. XANDER'S FIREHOUSE - MAIN ROOM
Willow appears to have recovered from her loopiness and is
going over a map of Cape Kenneth. She waves her hands around
a bit and mystic lights pop up over the map. Xander, Lucy
and Liv watch on.
WILLOW
Whoever this is, he or she is
pretty good. A standard locator
spell isn't going to track this guy
down.
(To Liv)
You said that a Moleg attacked you?
No other person was around?
LIV
Just a couple of vamps.
WILLOW
A moleg needs a lot of mystical
energy just to keep it moving.
Vamps can't generate that kind of
heat and a normal mystic would have
to remain within a couple of feet.
XANDER
External power source?
WILLOW
Yep.
Willow waves her hands again and the lights change over the
map. One point is definitely brighter than the rest.
WILLOW
You can run, but you can't hide.
That's the spot. I'll need backup
for this one. A powerful warlock or
witch is bad enough, but you add a
Moleg and I'll be one flat wiccan.
XANDER
All right. I'll suit up.
LUCY
No you're not.
XANDER
Beg pardon?
LUCY
You haven't recovered since the
last attack. You've got stitches in
your lats and a bum ankle. Even if
you could handle a weapon, you
won't be fast enough.
LIV
I'll go.
XANDER
No. This is big time. We'll track
down another slayer.
LIV
We don't have time to get another
slayer and even if we did, Ms.
Rosenberg's going to need to save
her strength.
XANDER
You don't have the experience yet.
LIV
I don't need to kill this thing, I
just need to keep it busy until Ms.
Rosenberg takes down the big bad.
LUCY
Sweetie, maybe Mr. Harris is right.
Liv gives her mom the "look".
LIV
I have to do this.
Willow smiles and nods her head.
WILLOW
I know that face. That's the
resolve face.
Xander and Lucy turn and look at Willow.
WILLOW
You can't argue with the resolve
face! You know what it means!
Xander sighs and kneels down to look at Liv.
XANDER
You sure about this?
Now it's Xander's turn to get the "look".
LIV
I want a piece of this guy.
WILLOW
Oh yeah. That's the resolve face
all right.
Xander looks at Lucy. She nods in agreement.
XANDER
Let's get you suited up.
END ACT II
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