HEY GUYS! ALL RIGHT I'M DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT. I'M PUTTING UP A SCRIPT, BUT NOT LIKE THE LAST ONE. EVERY TIME THERE'S A COMMERCIAL BREAK IT WILL BE A NEW CHAPTER. THANKS, R/R!

[Scene: Summers' House - night]

Dawn: (as she and Willow are coming into the living room) I know it's weird isn't it.

Buffy: (looking up from the papers she's reading) What's weird, is there evil?

Willow; No, Dawn was just telling me about how her friend's dad hasn't been around lately and that he usually is.

Buffy: He's missing?

Dawn: No, he. . .well I don't think he's missing, she didn't- uhg! (to Willow) she's rubbed off on me.

Buffy: What's that supposed to mean?

Willow: Well, y-you've been, y-you know "There's evil everywhere and I need to kill it" girl these last couple of days and. . .we're just. . .

Dawn: Worried.

Buffy: Why? I'm supposed to kill evil, it's what I do.

Dawn: Yes, which is fine, but you're looking for evil everywhere, even places where it doesn't exist you're somehow finding it, ever since Spike. . .

Buffy: This has nothing to do with- I'm fine okay. (she goes upstairs)

Dawn: (to Willow) She's not fine. (Willow shakes her head no)

Cut to upstairs

Xander: Hey Buff, I'm almost finished cutting the glass needed for those windows.

Buffy: Great, thanks. (goes into her room, Xander follows)

Xander: Are you-

Buffy: Okay? I wish everyone would stop asking me that, I'm fine.

Xander: Well it's just that. . .you know, you found out that your ex honey is killing again, that has to do stuff to ya. But then again it wouldn't be the first time.

Buffy: I'm not gonna lie, it does, it scares me, the thought that I might have to. . .

Xander: You're afraid you'll have to kill him.

Buffy: If I have to then I have to.

Xander: Come on Buff, I know you better than that.

Buffy: Yeah. . .I don't want to kill Spike, but. . .that's the reward of being the slayer, I don't really have a choice. If it comes down to that, then. . .I can't let my feelings get in the way.

Xander: Well you said that the first was controlling him right, that means that it wasn't him doing it. It's not like it was his fault.

Buffy: No, but there's still a problem there, if the first is controlling him, it's not going to stop just because we've decided to help him.

Xander: It's gonna try harder.

Buffy: And that's not really a thing we want to see happen.

[Scene: Mausoleum]

The first: (As Spike - singing, the bringers are digging a hole) Early one morning, just as the sun was rising, I head a fair maid singing in the valley down below. Oh don't deceive me. Oh never leave me. How could you use a poor maiden so? (stops singing) That's right boys, keep digging, we'll get him on our side sooner or later he'll bring her here. He'll burry her like all the rest.

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