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Episode #72 Written
by: Doug Petrie Orginial Air Date: February 29, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~ Prologue ~~~~~~~~~~ (Transcriber's notes) Tonight, the role of Buffy Summers will be (Fade in. Night. Exterior shot of the Summers home, shortly after Detective: It's good you called. We've been looking for this girl Joyce: What's going to happen to her? Detective: Well, get her checked out. If she's in stable Joyce: I just hope she gets some kind of help. (Behind them, the paramedics are wheeling a gurney out the front door. Detective: The first thing is to keep her from hurting anybody (As it's taken past Joyce and her daughter the brunette looks at them Detective: Well, you guys will be safe now. We may have a couple Joyce: Oh, uh, of course. Detective: Thank you both. I'm glad we finally got the kid. Faith: (sharply) She's not a kid. (sees the detective's surprised Detective: Yeah. This Faith chick-- definitely dangerous. (With that, the detective turns and walks toward one of the squad Faith: She truly is. (Faith turns, in her new body, and starts walking back to the house.) (Wolf's howl. Buffy theme and credits roll.)
(Fade in. Interior of the Summers home. The last of the police have (Startled, Faith spins around to face her, slight panic on her face. Joyce: Why do you think she's like that? Faith: (offhandedly) Well, you know. She's a nut job. Heh. Joyce: I just don't understand what could drive a person to that Faith: Well, how do you know she got drove? I mean, maybe she Joyce: I'll never believe that. I think she's horribly unhappy. Faith: Well, could be things are looking up. I mean, a little Faith: (oops) I'm sorry, Mom. It's just . . . (crosses the room to (Touched, Joyce smiles and gives her a big hug. Over her shoulder
we Joyce: (slightly hurt) Sorry. Faith: (makes of show of stretching her shoulders) No, I'm just, (In front of the stairs, she faces her.) Joyce: I've missed you. Faith: 'Cause I haven't visited, right? (smug) I knew it. Joyce: I know how it is. You've . . . got so much in your life Faith: I'm a busy little beaver. College and all. Joyce: (nods) Of course. (hopefully) But, um, maybe we could Faith: (pause) Count on it. (smiles) I'm gonna take a bath. (She turns abruptly and heads upstairs.) (Cut to Faith in the tub, having a bubble bath. She sighs with her (Cut to Faith looking at Buffy's reflection in the mirror, from the (Cut to a few frames later, still in front of the mirror. Faith is Faith: Why, yes, I would be Buffy. May I help you? (Cut to a few frames later.) Faith: (practicing) Buf-fy. (Cut to Faith sticking her tongue out again, head tilted to the side.) (Cut to Faith running her fingers through Buffy's wet hair, then puts Faith: (scolding) You can't do that! It's wrong. (Cut to a few frames later.) Faith: (sensitive) You can't do that, because it's naughty. (A few more frames.) Faith: (stern) Because it's wrong. (Cut.) Faith: (empathy) Because it's wrong. (Another cut. Faith is walking a few feet away from the mirror then Faith: (bad-ass tone) You can't do that! It's wrong! I'll kick (Cut to same shot. Still pointing at the mirror.) Faith: I'm gonna kill you! (Cut to Faith leaning closer to the mirror as a voice-over of evil (Cut to the hospital. We see a burly male nurse come crashing across Faith's voice: (OS) Let me go! Let me go! (Camera pans and we see who appears to be Faith thrashing in a bed Doctor: Get me a sedative, NOW! Detective: Hold her! Buffy: (yelling) I have to go home! She's with my mother! (The doctor returns and clamps a hand on her arm to still it and Buffy: NO! Doctor: Just lie still. Buffy: (weakening voice) You don't understand. Detective: Keep holding her. (Her struggles quickly lessen as the drug takes effect.) Buffy: (fading) She's taken my-- my body. (Unable to keep her eyes open her head falls back.) (Cut to Tara's dimly lit room. Willow is laying on the bed, hands Willow: I wonder where she is? Willow: Yeah. I wish she would make a move. She's making my Tara: But you think Buffy can handle her? (Willow sits up to face her.) Willow: I think so. (worried) But that doesn't mean Faith won't Tara: Well, you should be safe. Nobody knows you're here. I mean Willow: Hey. (Willow puts a gentle hand on Tara's knee. Tara continues in a 'no Tara: I mean, I mean, th-that's totally cool. I mean, it-it's (But Willow can see through this.) Willow: Tara, it's not like I don't want my friends to know you. (Tara regards her silently for a moment.) Willow: And I-I usually don't use so many words to say stuff that Tara: I do. (Willow takes a deep breath.) Willow: I should check in with Giles, get a situation update. (She gets up and rounds the bed to the other side of the room behind Tara: I am, you know. (Willow stops to face her.) Willow: What? (Tara looks over her shoulder at her.) Tara: (meaningfully) Yours. (Willow just smiles at this.) (Cut to Buffy's bedroom. Faith is standing in front of the Faith: Not too bad. (Faith turns to Buffy's dresser and begins to search it. In the first Faith: Score. (Cut to Joyce's room. Faith is on the bed speaking into the phone. Faith: . . . 6-4-4-7. Uh, expiration, 5-0-1. (slips the card back (She turns the phone off and puts it down just before Joyce walks
in Joyce: What are you doing? Faith: Oh, just (grabs the stack of envelopes beside her) . . . Joyce: Oh. Um, that was, um, Giles on the other line. He wanted (Faith mulls this over and grins.) Faith: Yeah. I got some time to kill. (swinging her legs off the bed Joyce: Is that the Harlot? Faith: (looks at it) Yeah. Joyce: That's the same one Faith picked. (Faith regards Joyce's expression.) Faith: (tossing her the lipstick) Burn it. (Joyce catches it and watches her 'daughter' leave the room. A (Cut to Buffy. She is in the back of a squad car regaining Detective: (glancing back at her) She's coming to. Man, I want Detective: Let's move it. I want to get her in before she's a (Cut to exterior shot. A red unmarked armored truck suddenly pulls Weatherby: By order of the Watcher's Council, you are being taken (Collins takes one of her arms and together they drag her to the Collins: Skip the speech. (Buffy cannot resist as they lift her into the back.) Collins: Let's go. (Collins slams the doors shut.)
(Fade in. The camera follows Faith as she opens Giles' front door
and Faith: The Scooby gang's all here. Willow, Xander, and (sees (She hops on Giles' desk and swings her feet happily.) Giles: It's about Faith, not surprisingly. Faith: Didn't Joyce tell you? I already kicked that ass. (slaps Xander: I feel a high-five coming on. Willow: Where is she? Faith: (grinning) On her way to the big house. Cops took her off Anya: How's that? Faith: Well . . . she did all those crimes and now she's being Giles: (stepping out of the kitchen) Unless I'm mistaken, Faith Faith: (hops off the desk) What are you talking about? Giles: The Watcher's Council. They, uh, sent a retrieval team to Faith: (sarcastic) Well, yeah. I mean, 'cause it worked so well Giles: This is a special operations unit. They, uh, handle the Willow: What's wetworks? Xander: Scuba-type stuff. Anya: I thought it was murder? Xander: Well, yeah. (lamely) But there could be underwater Faith: So they're taking her to England? Giles: It'll be a long, long time before she returns. (Faith starts chuckling. It quickly becomes laughter and everybody Faith: (trying to stop) Sorry. It's just . . . I'm happy. Faith Willow: (disdainful) Yeah. I hope they throw the book at her. Giles: I'm not sure there is a-a book for this. Willow: (innocently) They could throw other things. Faith: (to Willow) I forgot how much you don't like Faith. Willow: After what she's done to you? Oh, I wish those council Faith: (scornful) I bet I know what Faith would say to that. (Faith rushes forward, a large knife suddenly in her hand, and plunges (Faith jerks her head up in a start as Anya's voice brings her out
of Anya: (OS: to Giles) So what you're saying is that everything's (Faith is just looking at Willow uncomfortably.) Giles: (OS) Oh, um . . . yes. (Willow notices Faith's expression.) Anya: (OS) Well, I'm glad you called us all here, because that (Willow steps closer to Faith.) Willow: (concerned) What's up? Giles: (OS) Well, I just thought it was, uh, best to convene, in Faith: I'd never let her hurt you. Giles: (OS) . . . or things that we might have forgotten. Willow: (smiles trustingly) I know. Giles: (OS) But if you're, uh, keen to go, then, please, by all (Faith regards her for a moment, then smiles.) Xander: (hugging Anya) We kinda have a romantic evening planned. Anya: (smiling) We were gonna light a bunch of candles and have Faith: (knowingly) Well, we certainly don't want to cut into that Anya: (hurt) Hey. Xander: I believe that's my 'hey'. (to Faith) Hey! Faith: (grinning) Lighten up. We're out of danger. (turns and walks Giles: We still have Adam to take care of. Faith: (huh?) Yeah. (faces them) Adam. (casually) What's up Giles: I wish we knew. Faith: Well, don't worry about it. I'll patrol tonight. As long (Off Faith's serious expression we--) (Cut to the Bronze. The music is jamming and Faith is in the middle (Cut to Faith still dancing as she leaves the dance floor, heading
for Faith: Ooo! Spike: ('bugger it' sigh) Oh, *you*. Faith: (a beat) And you. Spike: What? Are you keeping tabs on me? You're gonna give me a Faith: (blinks questioningly) Um, do I usually give you a hard Spike: (not amused) Very funny. Well, you don't have to worry (He walks back to stand under the stairs. Faith follows him and leans Faith: You're a vampire. Spike: (glaring) Was. And as soon as I get this chip out of my Faith: (nonchalantly) Okay. (starts walking away) Spike: (pissed) Oh, fine! Throw it in my face! (she faces him again) Faith: Spike? (recognition) Spike. (she starts to smile as she steps Spike: (scoffs) You know why I really hate you, Summers? Faith: (cheerfully) 'Cause I'm a stuck-up tight-ass with no sense Spike: Well-- (falters) . . . Yeah, that covers a lot of it. Faith: 'Cause I could do anything I want, and instead I choose to (She steps even closer, putting her hands on his chest, their faces Faith: Even you, Spike. (voice taking on a sultry tone) I could (Their lips very close, Spike doesn't say anything but seems *very* Faith: Because it's wrong. (chuckles) (She steps around him backing off and Spike glares at her with Spike: (menacingly) I get this chip out . . . you and me are Faith: (just as menacingly) Count on it. (She walks away. In silent rage, Spike turns back around then spins (Cut to the sewers. Four vampires step into a tunnel that opens up
to Boone: It's too crowded. We gotta hold out for a few hours, pick (Adam is standing in the cave looking at them in that aura of casual Adam: I've been thinking. About vampires. Boone: (threateningly) This is my place. Adam: (unintimidated) You're place, yes. The sewers. You hide (Boone has a 'you believe the *cajones* on this guy' look on his face Boone: Kill this guy already. (The vamp charges Adam with a growl. For his part, Adam just raises Adam: You fear the cross. The sun. Fire. (looks at his captive) (He clamps his other hand on the unfortunate vamp's shoulder. Close Adam: I believe decapitation is a problem as well. Boone: You can have the place. I mean, we don't have to stay here Adam: You fear death. (Adam walks closer to them) Being immortal, Boone: (nervously) Okay. We're a paradox. That's cool. Adam: Demon in a human body. You walk in both worlds and belong to (Adam puts a hand on his shoulder and Boone is more than a little Adam: We have a lot to talk about. (Cut to rotating fade in on Buffy. Her heads moving as she regains Weatherby: (callously) Well, it's awake. Buffy: Who are you? Weatherby: Council. We're taking you back to the mother country. Buffy: Listen to me. Y-you've made a mistake. I am not Collins: (stoically) Congratulations. No one's ever actually Buffy: You have to find Faith. Call Giles! J-just get him here! Collins: Giles doesn't work for the council anymore. For that (Weatherby watches him walk away then turns to Buffy.) Weatherby: (angrily) He may not care, but I do. The Watcher's (He spits in her face and Buffy jerks back as it hits her. She's (Cut back to the Bronze. Willow and Tara have just walked in and are Willow: (smiling) I can't believe you've never been here. The Tara: Y-you used to come here a lot? (They're standing near the pool table now.) Willow: We lived here. Me, Xander-- (stops when she sees Group: (OS) . . . chug, chug, chug . . . (Cut to the bar where Faith is with the group surrounding a tall guy Faith: (with group) Chug, chug, chug, chug, chug, chug-- ooh! (The guy chokes and loses half the beer in his mouth. ) Willow: Wow. I-I didn't think she'd be here. Come on, I want you (Willow takes her hand and leads her towards Faith. Faith is Faith: Back off. You're nothing but a disappointment. Faith: Willow! And, uh . . . (sees Tara) Tara: (nervously) Hi. Faith: So we've never met? (relieved) Cool. Just . . . having a Willow: Tara was in my wicca group. Faith: (not caring) Uh-huh. (She turns and heads over to the couches by the wall.) Willow: (following) So, what's up? Patrol a no go? (Faith drops herself down on a couch and kicks her boots on the coffee Faith: Got tired. You know, the whole Faith thing. I let off some Willow: Good for you. You shouldn't work yourself too hard. (Faith raises her arms and folds her hands behind her head.) Faith: (grinning) That's my philosophy. Willow: Anyone want a soda? Tara: Water. (Faith shakes her head and Willow stands to get in line at the bar. Faith: So you guys been hanging out a lot lately, huh? Tara: (smiling) Yeah. She's, um, she's really cool. (Faith nods, a sly grin appearing on her face, then shakes her head
as Faith: So Willow's not driving stick anymore. (Tara stops smiling)
Who Tara: She, um, said he, uh, uh, w-w-w-w-w-w-- Faith: (cruelly) W-w-w-w-what? You gonna get that sentence out (Hurt, Tara lowers her head again. Willow hurries back to them.) Willow: Buffy, guy in the corner. (Faith looks and we see a guy with his arm around a young woman's Faith: Yeah. Good call. Tara: (lifts her head) What? Willow: Vampire. (Faith sits back again.) Faith: Wicked obvious. (sees Willow's expectant expression and Willow: You want help? Faith: Nah, I got it. (Camera tacks Faith as she walks across the Bronze. Without stopping (Cut to deserted backstage area. The guy is already vamped out and Faith: Hey! (She clubs him in the back and the vampire lets go of the girl and
she (Not even breathing heavy, she steps closer to the girl and looks
down Faith: (no big deal) You'll live. Girl: (frightened) He was so strong! I-- Faith: (nonchalant) Yeah, well . . . he's gone now. (The girl touches the blood on her neck and looks at it. As Faith Girl: (gratefully) Thank you. *Thank you*. Faith: (unsure) Yeah. It's cool. (She turns, dropping the stick, and walks out.) (Cut back to the Bronze. Willow sees Faith return and leaves Tara's Willow: Everything poofed? Faith: All's well in the world. Willow: Tara's not feeling well. I'm gonna walk her home. (Faith glances at Tara who's looking uneasy with her arms crossed.) Faith: (knowingly) Yeah. You give her whatever she needs. Willow: Are you gonna be in later, or are you going over to (Shot closes in on Faith as she starts to smile at that idea.) (Cut to dark nondescript warehouse. Panning shot and we see the Smith: (marching to the truck) This'll bloody keep you quiet. (He swings open the rear doors and climbs inside. Buffy is on her Buffy: How about this? I'll be quiet, and you can scream. (Collins and Weatherby run to the back and look inside. Buffy glares Buffy: Now, you unchain me, very slowly AND politely, or I kill (Collins regards her coolly and lowers his gun.) Collins: When we go on a job, we always put our affairs in order (Buffy is shocked and glances down at the frightened Smith.) Smith: (choking) Collins... Collins: (unfeeling) Sorry, Smithy. (He and Weatherby just walk away. Camera tracks them.) Collins: She's starting to bother me. (They stop a few yards away from the armored truck.) Weatherby: Getting her across the border is gonna be a lot more Collins: If the council can even get us passage. I'll call them. (Behind them, Smith flies out the back of the truck and hits the floor (Inside the armored truck Buffy has a worried expression.) (Cut to Riley's room in Lowell House. He is sitting at his desk doing Faith: Hi, baby.
(Fade in on Tara's dimly lit room. Tara opens the door and walks to Willow: (closing the door) I'm sorry you're feeling all blechy. Tara: (faces her) She's not your friend. Willow: (smile slips away) I may have overestimated the 'you Tara: No, no. I mean, I don't (sighs) I don't think she's Willow: You lost me. Tara: Well, uh, a person's energy has a flow, a unity. Buffy's was Willow: So you think Buffy's not herself? Like she's been Tara: I'm not sure. Willow: You didn't sense a hyena energy at all, did you? Because Tara: Do you have anything of hers? Willow: Of Buffy's? Uh. Oh. (indicates her right hand) This Tara: I-I think there's a way we can . . . (Tara goes to her desk and opens an old looking book. Willow joins Tara: The passage to the nether realm. There-there's a ritual. If Willow: If it'll help her. (sees Tara's worried expression) Tara: Well, the nether realm exists beyond the physical world. Willow: I trust you. Tara: It-it's not like anything that we've ever-- Willow: (smiling) I trust you. (Cut to Riley's room. How we left it.) Faith: You miss me? Riley: I did, actually. Everything's okay? (Faith steps into the room and saunters over to him.) Faith: Everything's great. Faith: (as she sits straddled across his lap) Faith has a won a Riley: (as she caresses his chest) So I don't have to worry about (She holds his wrists as she dips herself back over his legs.) Riley: Or I was until about 30 seconds ago. Faith: (sits back up) Oh, you wouldn't have liked Faith. She's (She playfully bites his bottom lip. He glances past her.) Riley: Door's open. Faith: So? Riley: So my fantasies don't tend to include a bunch of marines staring in at me. Faith: Oh, maybe they could learn something. (She buries her face into the side of his neck. Riley wraps his arms Faith: You're hurt? Riley: (groans softly as he closes the door) I'm not that bad, Faith: (putting her hands on her hips) Maybe we should take you Riley: (grinning) I wouldn't say no. (Faith turns to the bed and panther-crawls across it giving him a fantastic view.) Faith: So. . . how do you want me? Riley: (sitting on the edge) How do I . . . ? (Still on hands and knees, she turns around and slithers up to him, Faith: Yeah. What do you wanna do with this body? What nasty (Riley is giving her a serious look.) Riley: What are we playing at here? (Faith drops her arms and pulls back a little.) Riley: Okay. Then I'll be Riley. Faith: (in a huff) Well, if you don't wanna play-- (She turns away to get off the bed but Riley catches her arm and pulls Riley: Right. I don't wanna play. (He kisses her tenderly. With the second kiss she responds by kissing (Cut to Tara's room. Exterior shot looking in through the window.
We (Interior shot. Tara dabs her thumb into a small pot fill with a (Dissolve to both of them sitting side by side on the floor but facing Both: . . . flows through the river in me. The inward eye, the (Overhead shot. We see a mist of rolling light appear from their (The camera starts circling them. With the circle of light formed (Fade to white.) (Fade in to Riley's room. The lights are off, the only illumination (There's a questioning look on Faith's face.) Riley: (softly) I love you. (Faith doesn't respond to this.) Faith: (softly) Ugh. Get off. (breathing becoming claustrophobic) (By this point she is pushing desperately against him trying to Faith: No! No! Get-- (She finally gets out from under him and just stands there in the Riley: (concerned) Buffy-- What? What's wrong? Faith: (anxious) Who are you? What do you want from h-her? Riley: (lowering his head) Should I not have. . ? Faith: This is meaningless. Riley: You're shaking. (Gets up with the sheet and wraps it around her. Faith flinches at Riley: (soothingly) Shhh-shh. (He wraps is arms around her and she starts to calm down.) Riley: What happened? Faith: (confused) Nothing. (relieved) Nothing. (Calming down she lets her head rest against his chest as he continues (Cut back to the sewers. Adam's doing his impression of a demony Tony Adam: (pacing) I have a gift no man has. No demon has ever had. Boone: (stands) Tell us what to do. Adam: (approaching) You are here to be my first. To let them Boone: (sincerely) We're ready. Adam: Then ask yourself, what is it? More than man. More than (Cut to Riley's room. Morning. Camera pans up and we see Riley (With one more look at Riley, she turns to the door.) (Cut to shot of Faith walking down the stairs. She's crossing the Forrest: Hope you left him alive. (She stops and faces him and doesn't know who he is.) Faith: What? Forrest: Boy's supposed to be on the mend. I don't see you letting Faith: I think maybe you should stay out of other people's lives. Forrest: We've got a mission here. Back when Riley could still Faith: (bitterly) You've got a mission? I've been fighting Forrest: Yeah, you're a killer. (She steps up to him angrily.) Faith: I am not a killer! I am the Slayer! And you don't know the Forrest: (coldly) You really care what I think? (Faith just looks at him as her anger fades.) Faith: No. I don't care. (raises her hands in front of her) God, (She turns and hurries out the door. Forrest watches her leave.) (Cut to the warehouse. Collins is sitting at a small table flipping Collins: (equipping the silencer) They can't get us passage. Weatherby: Torch the place? Collins: Get the gas. (Weatherby walks away to carry out the order and Smith follows Collins Smith: She could've killed me. She didn't. Collins: Lucky you. (He levels his gunhand through the bars of the rear door window. Cut (Smith just looks on in astonishment.) (Inside, Buffy has the gun between her feet and raises her legs so
she (Outside, Smith is freaking, running across the warehouse.) Smith: (shouting) Weatherby! (Inside. Buffy's chains drop to the floor and she blows a couple of Buffy: (hurried) Keys, keys. (Weatherby comes running back into the warehouse.) Weatherby: Stop her, you ponce! (As Smith runs to grab himself a weapon, Weatherby heads straight
for Buffy: (turning on the engine) Okay. I'm good at this. (Smith has gotten himself a gun from his case and is running back
to Buffy: (wrestling with the gearshift) Ooo! 'Drive'. (Finally in the right gear, she stomps on the accelerator and the
(Fade in on the airport. Faith is at the ticket counter as the clerk Clerk: (handing her the ticket) Okay, there you go. Faith: Thank you. Clerk: You're welcome. (Faith walks away from the counter towards the waiting area.) (Cut to Giles' apartment. He's coming down the stairs from his loft. (He's crossing the room towards his kitchen when his front door opens (Giles almost becomes the first man in history to have baby and almost Giles: (startled) Gaah! Buffy: (cautiously) Don't move. Okay. Giles, y-you have to (Looking for an escape route, he's slowly inching towards the Giles: Really? Buffy: Really. Giles: 'Cause the resemblance is striking. Buffy: I know. Giles, you just have to-- (sees his subtle movement) Giles: Look, I-I know what you're going to say, and-and, uh-- Giles: (a beat) All right, I didn't know what you were going to Buffy: Faith switched. I mean, she had some device. She switched Giles: W--um, if-if you are Buffy, (he puts everything down on Buffy: Giles, Faith has taken my body, and for all I know, she's Giles: Who's president? Buffy: We're checking for Buffy, not a concussion. Giles: Oh, yes. Right. Um-- Buffy: (turns, sighing impatiently) This is-- (faces him again) Giles: (pointedly) How did I turn into a demon? Buffy: Oh! 'Cause, uh, Ethan Rayne. And-and you have a girlfriend Giles: Actually, I beg you to stop. Buffy: What's a stevedore? Giles: All right, let's . . . um, I need you to explain everything. Buffy: And I will, *after* we get Faith. (The front door opens again and Willow and Tara rush inside.) Buffy: Will. Willow: Oh, my God. Buffy: Willow, wait. You don't understand. Willow: (casually) You're Buffy. You and Faith switched bodies. Giles: (raises his eyebrows) She understands it better than I do. Buffy: How did you--? Willow: Tara. (to Tara) Tara, this is Buffy. Only really, this Tara: (waves shyly) Hi. Willow: (smiling) Tara's a really powerful witch. Tara: (sheepishly) Not really. Willow: No, really. She knew right away that you weren't you. So (She opens the small jewel box in her hands and there is a small Buffy: What is--? Willow: It's a katra. Or the home-conjured version. (hands it Buffy: (sighs in relief) Thank God. (The phone rings and Giles closes the box and hands it back.) Giles: I'll get it. (picks up the phone) Hello. Buffy: Do you know where Faith is? (Willow shakes her head.) Giles: (into phone) Oh, yes. Uh, Buffy's here with, with me. (He hangs up and hurries into the living room area to the TV.) Giles: Xander. Apparently there's a report on the television. (He turns it on and the others gather round.) Newswoman: . . . and barricaded themselves in the church with at least (Cut to the airport. Close up of Faith watching the same news Newswoman: There is no report on the condition of the parishioners (She looks down at the ticket in her hand then up at the TV again. (Cut to interior of said church. One vampire is sitting up on the Boone: It's hard to believe. I've been avoiding this place for so (Cut to outside the church where the cops are gathered as if God was Riley: What'd he say? Sergeant: (not happy) He said I should defer command to you. Riley: Then you hold your men until the reserves arrive. This is a (Riley steps past the sergeant towards the church.) Sergeant: What, they got bombs in there? Riley: Your men are not prepared to deal with them. Just trust me. (Riley marches towards the stone, roof-covered walkway leading to
the (She's surprised to see him.) Faith: How many are in there? Riley: We think there's three. (She considers those odds.) Faith: (turning) I can do three. Riley: Not alone! Look, wait for the troops to get here. They're Faith: How did you respond so fast? Riley: I didn't. (shrugs) I was just late for church. Faith: Look, when the troops get here, send 'em in. But I'm going. Riley: (grabs her arm) I don't want you risking-- Faith: (sharply) Don't tell me what to do! (She just looks at him for a few seconds.) Faith: (forced conviction) I'm Buffy. I have to do this. Riley: (nods) Then I'm coming with. (She considers this for all of one second and lightly hits him in
the Riley: (painfilled) Oww! Faith: (bluntly) I can't use you. Someone comes out, you get 'em (Riley doesn't look happy but stays there.) (Cut to interior of church. The door opens and Faith steps inside Boone: I told the cops, they send anyone in I start the whole (Faith takes a few steps down the aisle, her back to the second Faith: (shrugging) Well, I'm not the cops. I just come to pray. Boone: Now's a good time to start. Faith: (a couple more steps) You're *not* gonna kill these Boone: (bored) Why not? Faith: (meaningfully) Because it's wrong. (The second vampire charges her and she spins around to grab him and (Seeing this, the first vamp hops down from the pulpit and Boone Boone: You're the slayer. Faith: The one and only. (Cut to outside the church. The armored truck pulls up, Giles behind Sergeant: You people, get out of here! Willow: We've gotta get inside! Sergeant: The police are handling this. Now just back off, right (Giles has rounded to the back to join them.) Willow: But we can't! We've gotta-- Y-you don't understand! (Giles and Buffy exchange a glance and he takes his cue.) Sergeant: Listen, you have to clear the area-- (Giles steps up to the sergeant waving his arms, acting distraught, Giles: (shouting) Damn it, man! We have to get inside! Our, uh, (We leave Giles and his less than Oscar-winning performance and cut back to Faith inside the church. Boone is strolling up the aisle towards her.) Boone: You think we're afraid of you? We're not afraid of anything Faith: Then let all these people go, and all three of you can take Boone: (standing in front of her) Heh. I got a better idea. (He takes a swing at her and she ducks the punch, quickly slamming
a (By this point the parishioners are evacuating to the exits in a very (Faith breaks off a peace of wood from the panel of the bible holder (Vamp two loses his Faith (no pun intended) in Adam and decides to Riley: (holding up the coat) You forgot your coat. (drops it) (She runs to him and throws her arms around him.) Riley: Oh! It's okay, miss. Just get yourself out of harm's way. Buffy: Riley. It's me! Uh-- (off his look) Never mind. How Riley: Well-- (stops and looks at her) Who are you? (Cut to inside. Boone catches Faith's stake hand and wrests it from Boone: I have strength you couldn't dream of. (punches her hard in (He suddenly arches his back and she watches him turn into ashes to (At the sight of seeing 'herself' something seems to snap in Faith
and (Faith suddenly becomes a mad flurry of punches that Buffy is Buffy: You can't win this. Faith: (enraged, with tears in her eyes) SHUT UP! Do you think (She grabs Buffy by the shoulders and throws her down on the floor Faith: (screaming at herself) You're nothing! Disgusting! (Buffy finally catches Faith's fist and their hands start to glow
with (Then Buffy falls back off of Faith.) (Faith is disoriented as she finds herself suddenly back in her own (Buffy just sits there in shock and watches her run out of the church. (Fade in on Riley's room. Later that day. Buffy's sitting on his Buffy: She's gone. Not a trace. Giles said the council guys have (Riley sits down in a chair on the other side of the room.) Riley: I don't understand. How could she have--? (sighs) I mean, Buffy: Magic. Riley: There was something. I should've picked up on it. I (Buffy doesn't say anything and just looks at him as she realizes
. . Buffy: (finally) You slept with her. (He can't say anything for a moment.) Riley: I slept with you. (Buffy gets up from the bed and takes a couple of steps to the door Riley: Man, would I like to get my hands on her. (quickly) Not in (Close up of Buffy's face on the right half of the screen. She's Buffy: (hollow voice) I don't think she's coming back. Riley: (OS) I guess she's had her fun. Buffy: (hollow) Yeah . . . (Slow dissolve and Faith's face appears on the left side of the screen Buffy: Fun. (Then Buffy fades completely and we're with Faith. Camera pulls back (There is a lost look on her face.) Unnamed Characters: |
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