"Soulless Betrayal"
Part 1:
[Buffy is crying on the back steps. Xander walks over and finds her. He sits down next to her.]
Xander: Hey Buf-what's wrong? Fang troubles?
Buffy: What else? [He sees that she's crying.]
Xander: Listen, Buffy: you'll get him. You've got all this slayer strenght mojo, and us to back you up. Giles is all in constant research mode. You'll get him. [He puts his arm around her.]
Buffy: [Pulls away.] That's what I'm worried about. I don't think I can do it-I don't think I'm strong enough.
Xander: I...Buffy, I don't know what to say.
Buffy: Just lie to me. Just tell me what you know I want to hear.
Xander: I don't know what you want.
Buffy: Join the club.
[Switch to Spike's lair.]
Druscilla: I smell something dirty in the air...
Spike: Aw, Angelus - I really wish you could try to control that...
Angelus: Shut-up, rollerboy - not my fault you can't feel from the waist down. Not that Dru could either when you were still able to -
Dru: Boys, boys! [She claps her hands.] You'll break the vase, so beautiful - like the oceans and skies, don't you think, dearie? [She turns to a girl tied up next to her.] The dirtiness, the filth - soil! I can feel it...Angelus?
Angelus: Sorry, babe - I don't feel a thing.
Spike: What? You don't even bother asking me? I'm sitting right here!
Dru: It's not you I'm worried about being dirty, love...
[Switch to Buffy and Willow in the girls' bathroom at school.]
Willow: So, how you holdin' up?
Buffy: You ever try floating something more than a pencil?
Willow: Quick subject change - okay, I'll play. Yeah, but to no avail.
Buffy: Miss Calendar said that she couldn't do it, but somehow I don't really believe her heart was in it.
Willow: In what? What did she say she couldn't do? [Pauses.] No. No, no, no to infinity.
Buffy: I'm not asking you to go out on a school night here, Will - I really need you. You're my best friend right now.
Willow: Because you want something? I can't believe you'd use that line on me!
Buffy: Line? So, you're not my best friend?
Willow: [Calms down.] Of course I am, I just don't want to see you get hurt - again. It's been really rough on all of us, and I don't think this is the best idea.
Buffy: So you want me to just kill him? I could never do that Will, never... [She bursts into tears and runs out into the courtyard.] You want me to just kill him? I want to want to, but I just can't...I just can't, Will - he's, he's Angel. I look into his eyes and he's not Angelus. I can still see Angel in him.
Willow: But he's not in there. I know how much you wish he was, but he's not. I'm sorry.
Buffy: Please, Willow. Just try. Just try... [They look at each other, and Willow slowly, reluctantly nods.]
[Switch to lair.]
Spike: So, Angel, when ya gonna carry out this master-plan?
Angelus: It's Angelus. And you gotta build up to the climax to make it worth it. Dru knows that, don't you, Dru?
Dru: Don't say it, dirty boy...
Angel: Would you stop calling me that?!
Spike: So how are you going to build up to the finale?
Angel: By going after her anchor - the thing that keeps her centered and grounded.
Dru: Or the person... [All three smile evilly.]
[Switch to Willow in the school hallway. She stops Amy.]
Amy: Hey, Willow, what's up?
Willow: I have a favor to ask. It's something that only you can help me with.
Amy: What is it?
[Switch to Buffy sitting in the kitchen with Joyce.]
Joyce: So, that thing - how's it going?
Buffy: What thing?
Joyce: You know, that thing you won't tell me about, but as a mom I know that something is going on, though I don't know what.
Buffy: It's just...nothing. School's just stressing me out, I guess.
Joyce: Boys?
Buffy: Well, one boy in particular.
[Switch to Angelus and Dru talking in a room. Spike rolls past the door and hears them whispering. He eaves drops.]
Angelus: Dru, how would you like to have the slayer's head on our mantle?
Dru: Oh, that would be pretty…
Angelus: How would you like to go to South America afterwards?
Dru: After you mount her head?
Angelus: We could go down there, be a little family like we used to, hunt every night – got to a small town where they still believe in the legends, and –
[Spike's heard enough. He rolls away.]
Dru: No, no! What about Spike?
Angelus: Spike?
Dru: You test my patience, you dirty fallen angel, you're not Spike! Can't you hear it? Oh…it's angry! It's angry at you for something! Too angelic, it says…
Angelus: Calm down, Dru, it's okay.
Dru: It will be once she's gone.
Angelus: We'll do it. We'll do it tonight.
[Switch to Giles sitting in library. Xander walks in.]
Xander: Hey Giles.
Giles: I wouldn't normally ask, but researching for hours on end on nearly sleepless nights gets me a little desperate for any human interaction - well, any interaction, anyway. So, what's wrong?
Xander: It's Buffy…
Giles: What's wrong? What's happened?
Xander: Angel.
Giles: Oh Dear Lord, what's happened?
Xander: Nothing apocalyptic, just I don't know what to say to her. Disregarding what I want, how can I possibly tell her to kill her boyfriend?
[Switch to Buffy and Joyce.]
Buffy: It's just that I can't help but still love him…
[Switch to Xander and Giles.]
Xander: I just thought that since you seem to be the only person she can turn to…
Giles: She turns to you and Willow also, especially dealing with Angel. It's difficult for her to speak to me about her relationship. I understand that.
Xander: That's not true. You're the only one who can give her good advice, tell her what she needs to hear, and keeps her in line. She couldn't have made wit this far without you. She needs you.
[Switch to Dru and Angel leaving the lair. They leave Spike behind. A minute after they leave, he gets up and walks out the other way. Camera follows Spike. He walks to the magic shop that Jenny Calendar and her uncle went to. He starts looking at the books, and finds Willow and Amy. Willow holds up a cross, scared.]
Willow: If you kill us, Buffy'll kill you…
[Spike looks at her and rolls his eyes.]
Amy: Vampire?
Willow: Vampire. [Pauses.] I thought you were dead. The fire –
Spike: Just a bit indisposed for awhile. [He looks at the book she's opened. He sees a soul restoration spell.] You're tryin' to restore Angelus' soul? [He smiles.] Maybe we have something in common.
[Willow lowers the cross.]
Willow: Why would you want to restore his soul? Won't he just dust you if he's good?
Spike: I don't plan on staying here long enough to find out. Look, we're both doing this for the same reason. No, really. You see, I love Dru, but Angelus, he's…Anyway, you want Angel with Buffy because she loves him. I want Dru with me, because I love her. All's well that ends well, as they say. So we working together?
Amy: Why not just kill Angel?
Spike: Wish it were that simple. It's not that easy. I hate to say it, but I'm not fully recovered form the fire. Not up to full strength yet and all that.
Amy: We need three people to perform the ritual.
Willow: I guess it's better than you draining us. Sorry, failed attempt at humor to lighten the mood.
Switch to Buffy and Joyce.]
Joyce: Honey, all I think you need right now is someone you can talk to.
[Switch to shot of Giles and Xander. Switch to shot of Angel and Dru with Spike in the shadows behind them.]
Buffy: I am talking to someone I can talk to.
[Joyce smiles. Switch to shot of Spike, Willow, and Amy sitting in a circle surrounded by candles and doing the spell. Switch to shot of Angel and Dru walking up Buffy's lawn. Switch to Buffy and Joyce.]
Buffy: I'm just gonna go to the bathroom. I'll be right back, then we can talk.
[Buffy walks into the bathroom and shuts the door. Switch to Angelus kicking down the front door. Dru stays behind as he walks in purposefully.He smells the air, then walks into the kitchen. Buffy emerges from the bathroom and runs into the kitchen. She picks up a blue vase and breaks it over his head as he attacks Joyce. They fight. Buffy pulls out a stake, and has the opportunity to kill him. He looks at her.]
Buffy: Your eyes…
[Tears well up in her eyes as she lowers the stake. Angelus looks up at her lovingly. They go to kiss. He reaches over onto the counter and grabs a knife. He stabs her in the stomach. Switch to shot of Spike, Willow, and Amy doing the spell. Switch to Angel and Buffy. Blue swirls appear in Angel's eyes for a second, and his soul is restored. He looks up at Buffy. She falls to her knees in front of him, where he is sitting on the floor. Joyce screams and faints in the background. Angel starts to cry. Him and Buffy look at each other. Buffy tries to speak through tears.]
Buffy: I love you…
Angel: No-
TBC
Part 1:
[Buffy is crying on the back steps. Xander walks over and finds her. He sits down next to her.]
Xander: Hey Buf-what's wrong? Fang troubles?
Buffy: What else? [He sees that she's crying.]
Xander: Listen, Buffy: you'll get him. You've got all this slayer strenght mojo, and us to back you up. Giles is all in constant research mode. You'll get him. [He puts his arm around her.]
Buffy: [Pulls away.] That's what I'm worried about. I don't think I can do it-I don't think I'm strong enough.
Xander: I...Buffy, I don't know what to say.
Buffy: Just lie to me. Just tell me what you know I want to hear.
Xander: I don't know what you want.
Buffy: Join the club.
[Switch to Spike's lair.]
Druscilla: I smell something dirty in the air...
Spike: Aw, Angelus - I really wish you could try to control that...
Angelus: Shut-up, rollerboy - not my fault you can't feel from the waist down. Not that Dru could either when you were still able to -
Dru: Boys, boys! [She claps her hands.] You'll break the vase, so beautiful - like the oceans and skies, don't you think, dearie? [She turns to a girl tied up next to her.] The dirtiness, the filth - soil! I can feel it...Angelus?
Angelus: Sorry, babe - I don't feel a thing.
Spike: What? You don't even bother asking me? I'm sitting right here!
Dru: It's not you I'm worried about being dirty, love...
[Switch to Buffy and Willow in the girls' bathroom at school.]
Willow: So, how you holdin' up?
Buffy: You ever try floating something more than a pencil?
Willow: Quick subject change - okay, I'll play. Yeah, but to no avail.
Buffy: Miss Calendar said that she couldn't do it, but somehow I don't really believe her heart was in it.
Willow: In what? What did she say she couldn't do? [Pauses.] No. No, no, no to infinity.
Buffy: I'm not asking you to go out on a school night here, Will - I really need you. You're my best friend right now.
Willow: Because you want something? I can't believe you'd use that line on me!
Buffy: Line? So, you're not my best friend?
Willow: [Calms down.] Of course I am, I just don't want to see you get hurt - again. It's been really rough on all of us, and I don't think this is the best idea.
Buffy: So you want me to just kill him? I could never do that Will, never... [She bursts into tears and runs out into the courtyard.] You want me to just kill him? I want to want to, but I just can't...I just can't, Will - he's, he's Angel. I look into his eyes and he's not Angelus. I can still see Angel in him.
Willow: But he's not in there. I know how much you wish he was, but he's not. I'm sorry.
Buffy: Please, Willow. Just try. Just try... [They look at each other, and Willow slowly, reluctantly nods.]
[Switch to lair.]
Spike: So, Angel, when ya gonna carry out this master-plan?
Angelus: It's Angelus. And you gotta build up to the climax to make it worth it. Dru knows that, don't you, Dru?
Dru: Don't say it, dirty boy...
Angel: Would you stop calling me that?!
Spike: So how are you going to build up to the finale?
Angel: By going after her anchor - the thing that keeps her centered and grounded.
Dru: Or the person... [All three smile evilly.]
[Switch to Willow in the school hallway. She stops Amy.]
Amy: Hey, Willow, what's up?
Willow: I have a favor to ask. It's something that only you can help me with.
Amy: What is it?
[Switch to Buffy sitting in the kitchen with Joyce.]
Joyce: So, that thing - how's it going?
Buffy: What thing?
Joyce: You know, that thing you won't tell me about, but as a mom I know that something is going on, though I don't know what.
Buffy: It's just...nothing. School's just stressing me out, I guess.
Joyce: Boys?
Buffy: Well, one boy in particular.
[Switch to Angelus and Dru talking in a room. Spike rolls past the door and hears them whispering. He eaves drops.]
Angelus: Dru, how would you like to have the slayer's head on our mantle?
Dru: Oh, that would be pretty…
Angelus: How would you like to go to South America afterwards?
Dru: After you mount her head?
Angelus: We could go down there, be a little family like we used to, hunt every night – got to a small town where they still believe in the legends, and –
[Spike's heard enough. He rolls away.]
Dru: No, no! What about Spike?
Angelus: Spike?
Dru: You test my patience, you dirty fallen angel, you're not Spike! Can't you hear it? Oh…it's angry! It's angry at you for something! Too angelic, it says…
Angelus: Calm down, Dru, it's okay.
Dru: It will be once she's gone.
Angelus: We'll do it. We'll do it tonight.
[Switch to Giles sitting in library. Xander walks in.]
Xander: Hey Giles.
Giles: I wouldn't normally ask, but researching for hours on end on nearly sleepless nights gets me a little desperate for any human interaction - well, any interaction, anyway. So, what's wrong?
Xander: It's Buffy…
Giles: What's wrong? What's happened?
Xander: Angel.
Giles: Oh Dear Lord, what's happened?
Xander: Nothing apocalyptic, just I don't know what to say to her. Disregarding what I want, how can I possibly tell her to kill her boyfriend?
[Switch to Buffy and Joyce.]
Buffy: It's just that I can't help but still love him…
[Switch to Xander and Giles.]
Xander: I just thought that since you seem to be the only person she can turn to…
Giles: She turns to you and Willow also, especially dealing with Angel. It's difficult for her to speak to me about her relationship. I understand that.
Xander: That's not true. You're the only one who can give her good advice, tell her what she needs to hear, and keeps her in line. She couldn't have made wit this far without you. She needs you.
[Switch to Dru and Angel leaving the lair. They leave Spike behind. A minute after they leave, he gets up and walks out the other way. Camera follows Spike. He walks to the magic shop that Jenny Calendar and her uncle went to. He starts looking at the books, and finds Willow and Amy. Willow holds up a cross, scared.]
Willow: If you kill us, Buffy'll kill you…
[Spike looks at her and rolls his eyes.]
Amy: Vampire?
Willow: Vampire. [Pauses.] I thought you were dead. The fire –
Spike: Just a bit indisposed for awhile. [He looks at the book she's opened. He sees a soul restoration spell.] You're tryin' to restore Angelus' soul? [He smiles.] Maybe we have something in common.
[Willow lowers the cross.]
Willow: Why would you want to restore his soul? Won't he just dust you if he's good?
Spike: I don't plan on staying here long enough to find out. Look, we're both doing this for the same reason. No, really. You see, I love Dru, but Angelus, he's…Anyway, you want Angel with Buffy because she loves him. I want Dru with me, because I love her. All's well that ends well, as they say. So we working together?
Amy: Why not just kill Angel?
Spike: Wish it were that simple. It's not that easy. I hate to say it, but I'm not fully recovered form the fire. Not up to full strength yet and all that.
Amy: We need three people to perform the ritual.
Willow: I guess it's better than you draining us. Sorry, failed attempt at humor to lighten the mood.
Switch to Buffy and Joyce.]
Joyce: Honey, all I think you need right now is someone you can talk to.
[Switch to shot of Giles and Xander. Switch to shot of Angel and Dru with Spike in the shadows behind them.]
Buffy: I am talking to someone I can talk to.
[Joyce smiles. Switch to shot of Spike, Willow, and Amy sitting in a circle surrounded by candles and doing the spell. Switch to shot of Angel and Dru walking up Buffy's lawn. Switch to Buffy and Joyce.]
Buffy: I'm just gonna go to the bathroom. I'll be right back, then we can talk.
[Buffy walks into the bathroom and shuts the door. Switch to Angelus kicking down the front door. Dru stays behind as he walks in purposefully.He smells the air, then walks into the kitchen. Buffy emerges from the bathroom and runs into the kitchen. She picks up a blue vase and breaks it over his head as he attacks Joyce. They fight. Buffy pulls out a stake, and has the opportunity to kill him. He looks at her.]
Buffy: Your eyes…
[Tears well up in her eyes as she lowers the stake. Angelus looks up at her lovingly. They go to kiss. He reaches over onto the counter and grabs a knife. He stabs her in the stomach. Switch to shot of Spike, Willow, and Amy doing the spell. Switch to Angel and Buffy. Blue swirls appear in Angel's eyes for a second, and his soul is restored. He looks up at Buffy. She falls to her knees in front of him, where he is sitting on the floor. Joyce screams and faints in the background. Angel starts to cry. Him and Buffy look at each other. Buffy tries to speak through tears.]
Buffy: I love you…
Angel: No-
TBC