Becoming, Part 2
This episode was originally broadcast on May 19, 1998.
In every generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against
the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer.
The library at Sunnydale High School. Buffy is crouched over Kendra's unconscious body. Behind her a police officer comes in and aims
his gun at her.
Officer#1: Freeze! (Buffy faces him) Put your hands up. Back away from
the girl slowly.
Another officer comes in behind the first, gun drawn and surveying the
scene. Buffy slowly gets to her feet and raises her hands.
Buffy: Look, I didn't do anything.
Officer#1: Do it! Now!
The second officer holsters her gun and crouches down to feel for
Kendra's pulse, and thankfully finds one.
Officer#2: This one's still alive.
Officer#1: What about up there? (nods toward the mezzanine)
Buffy and Officer#2 look up at the stacks and see Xander lying
unconscious on the floor behind the railing.
Buffy: Xander...
She starts to go to him, but Officer#2 grabs her and pushes her back.
Officer#2: Get her out of here!
Buffy: Wait! Just see if he's okay! Please!
The second officer hands her off to the first, and then goes to check on
Xander. Buffy offers no resistance, and lets herself be led out.
Officer#2 crouches down by Xander to check him out.
Cut to the hall outside the library. Officer#1 leads Buffy out.
Buffy: Please. You don't understand.
Officer#1: You'd do well to keep your mouth shut, missy.
They turn down the hall and see Snyder coming down followed by two more
officers.
Buffy: But I didn't *do* anything.
Snyder: Why do I find that so very hard to believe?
Officer#1: (to the other officers) In there. (to Snyder) You know this
girl?
Snyder: Buffy Summers. If there's trouble, she's behind it.
Buffy: (angrily) You stupid little troll. You have *no* idea!
Snyder: Attitude problem. Serious.
Buffy: (faces the officer) Look, I just wanna know if my friends are
okay.
Officer#1: All right, that's enough.
He spins her back around and gets out his handcuffs.
Officer#1: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can
and...
Buffy glances over her shoulder, and without warning backhand punches
the officer in the face. He grunts in pain and stumbles backward into
the lockers. She grabs him by the neck and pushes his head down,
flipping him over onto his back. Snyder takes a shocked step back. He is
too stunned by what he just saw her do to move, and just lets her run
down the hall without even looking. Officer#2 comes out of the library
and sees her partner on the floor and Buffy running away. She raises her
gun and takes aim at Buffy.
Officer#2: Stop!
Now Snyder turns around to see Buffy running away, but he's still too
shook up to have the sense to get out of the officer's way.
Officer#2: Get down!
Buffy looks back and turns down an adjacent hall, and the officer takes
a shot. The bullet shatters the window of the hall door. The other two
officers come out of the library, guns drawn and ready, and she waves
them in Buffy's direction. They run in pursuit. She grabs the radio mic
at her shoulder and puts out a bulletin on Buffy.
Officer#2: All units, we have a fugitive on foot at the high school.
Attempted homicide suspect. Female, blond, approximately sixteen years old.
Suspect is *very* dangerous.
Opening credits roll. Buffy's theme plays.
The hall outside the Emergency Room at Sunnydale General Hospital. Buffy
comes into the hall wearing a wool cap and a long, dark coat. She averts
her eyes from the doctors and nurses. On the wall she finds a slot with
a few patient histories and checks the names on them. There are none
she's interested in. She continues slowly down the hall, avoiding the
eyes of a passing doctor. She checks another series of slots for names
on paperwork, but finds nothing. Further down the hall she turns down
the left passageway. Behinds her Xander walks up and touches her on the
back. She gasps and spins around, but is very relieved to see him
standing there.
Buffy: Xander! (hugs him tightly) Ohhh...
He hugs her back, and they hold each other for a long moment, then Buffy
lets go.
Buffy: I was so worried, I didn't know if you were okay. The cops
were...
Xander: Yeah, I, I heard them chase you out. I was just coming out of
it. (holds up his arm in a cast) Souvenir.
Buffy: Well, what about the others?
Xander sees two police officers come into the hall behind her.
Buffy: Are they okay?
He grabs her in another tight hug. Buffy goes along with it, but wonders
what's up. When she glimpses the cops she hides her face in Xander's
shoulder while they head down the hall in the direction that she came
in. When the police have gone they separate again.
Buffy: Okay. That was about equal parts protecting me and copping a
feel, right? (smiles)
Xander doesn't smile back. He turns his face down looking sad and very
worried.
Buffy: What is it?
Cut to Willow lying unconscious in a hospital bed. She has a bandaged
cut on her forehead and a black eye, but otherwise seems unhurt. The
camera pans up from her face to Buffy and Xander standing next to the
bed.
Xander: The doctor said it was head trauma. She can wake up at any
time, but, um... the longer it lasts, the... less likely it is.
She reaches up to Willow's face and brushes back a few stray hairs.
Buffy: Where are her parents?
Xander: With relatives in Phoenix. I gave them a call. They're...
they're getting on a plane back.
Buffy: Does Oz know?
Xander: (realizes his omission) Oh, man. Um... I didn't even think.
Um... I'll call him.
Buffy hears some footsteps behind her and turns quickly to see who it
is. Xander looks over his shoulder, too, and they see Cordelia come in.
He goes over to her.
Xander: Hey.
Cordelia: (whispers) Hey.
They kiss and hold each other close.
Cordelia: (sighs) How is she? (they separate and look at Willow) The
doctor told me that...
Xander: Yeah. We're, uh... still waiting.
Buffy: You okay?
Cordelia: I ran. I think I made it through three counties before I
realized nobody was chasing me. Not too brave.
Buffy: It was the right thing to do.
Xander: Did Giles keep up with you?
Cordelia: I didn't see Giles.
Buffy: You mean he's not in the hospital?
Xander: No.
Buffy gives them a very concerned stare.
Cut to the mansion. Giles is lying on the floor. Drusilla lies on
the floor facing him and waiting for him to regain consciousness.
Giles: Mm... (stirs a bit and exhales) Ohhh... (lifts his head)
Drusilla: Hi. I wasn't sure you were gonna wake up. You had me
worried.
Giles: (standing up slowly) What do you want?
Drusilla: I wanna torture you.
She strolls past Giles over to Acathla. Giles turns to watch her and sees
the stone demon with the sword protruding from its chest. Drusilla notices Giles' stare.
Drusilla: Acathla. He's even harder wake up than you are. (gets a pouty look)I performed the rituals, said all the right phrases... blood on my hand. Got nothing. I figure you know the ritual. You're pretty up on these things. You could probably... tell me what I'm doing wrong. (approaches Giles) But
honestly, I sorta hope you don't... (stops in front of him) 'Cause I
*really* wanna torture you. (stares evilly)
Cut to the Summers house. A police officer comes down the stairs to
where Detective Stein is questioning Joyce and goes to stand next to
him.
Joyce: No. I-i-it's impossible. There... there's been some terrible
mistake.
Det. Stein: And you have no idea where your daughter is.
Joyce: She said she was going to her friend Willow's house. (shakes her
head) Maybe she slept over.
Det. Stein: Is that Willow Rosenberg?
Joyce: Yes.
Det. Stein: (to the officer) Second victim.
Joyce: (confused) What?
Det. Stein: Your daughter has a history of violence. Doesn't she, Ms.
Summers?
He nods for the officer to leave the house, and he goes.
Joyce: Well...
Det. Stein: (smugly) You call us. (pulls out his wallet) Okay? (digs
out a card) If she decides to stop by. (hands Joyce the card) Be best if
she just comes in.
He exits the house leaving Joyce very worried and confused. She sees a man coming up the walk.
Spike: Is Buffy here?
Cut to Giles' apartment. The door is ajar, so Buffy just comes right in.
Buffy: Giles! Giles!
She looks around, but doesn't see him. Behind her Whistler comes down
the stairs from the loft.
Whistler: I don't think he's here.
Buffy: (pivots around to face him) Who are you?
Whistler: Whistler.
Buffy: What are you doing here?
Whistler: (reaches the base of the stairs) I'm waiting for you.
Buffy: Why?
Whistler: 'Cause I-I-I need a date to the prom.
Buffy is *not* in the mood for jokes right now, so she takes the two
steps over to him, grabs him by the throat and shoves him up against the
wall.
Buffy: I have had a *really* bad day, okay? If you have information
worth hearing, then I am grateful for it. If you're gonna crack jokes,
then I'm gonna pull out your ribcage and wear it as a hat. (lets go)
Whistler: Hello to the imagery! Very nice. (seriously) Every thing is going as the big guy planned it. This is Angel's big day.
Buffy: (exhales) You don't have anything useful to tell me, do you?
What are you, just some immortal demon sent down to even the score
between good and evil?
Whistler: (impressed) Wow. Good guess. (grins)
Buffy: (steps up to him) Well, why don't you try getting off your
immortal ass and fighting evil once in a while? 'Cause I'm sick and
tired of doing it myself.
Whistler: In the end, you're always by yourself. You're all you've got.
That's the point.
Buffy: (disgusted) Spare me. (starts to leave)
Whistler: The sword isn't enough. You gotta be ready. (raises his
voice) You gotta know how to use it!
She goes out the door and slams it behind her.
Cut to the park. Buffy walks through it with her head down. A car drives
by. She steps into the street and watches as the car goes. When she
turns back she sees a police car coming, but doesn't run, instead hoping
that the officer won't notice her. He does, though, and turns on his
lightbar and lets the siren give a brief loud tone. He pulls the car
aside, stops and gets out. Buffy ignores him and keeps walking right
past the front of the vehicle. The officer draws his gun.
Officer#3: Hold right there! (slams his door)
Buffy spins around to face him.
Officer#3: Put your hands on your head! Do it!
She stares at his gun, frightened, and begins to raise her hands.
Suddenly the gun gets kicked out of the officer's hands. He gets kicked
in the face and in the shin, then grabbed and thrown onto the hood of
his car, where he lies unconscious. His attacker faces a surprised
Buffy.
Spike: Hello, cutie. (smiles)
In the park. Spike takes a step toward Buffy, and she immediately decks
him twice in the face. He grabs her by the shoulders to restrain her,
but she brings her knee up into his gut.
Spike: Now, you hold on a second!
He gives her a good shove away from himself. She reaches into her coat
and pulls out a stake. Spike jumps back and holds up his hands in
surrender.
Spike: Hey! White flag here. I quit.
Buffy: Let me clear this up for you. We're mortal enemies. We don't get
time-outs.
Spike: You want to go around, pet, I'll have a gay old time of it. You
want to stop Dru... we're gonna have to play this a bit differently.
Buffy: (still holding the stake) What are you talking about?
Spike: I'm talking about you're my girl, pet. I'm talking about putting keeping her from sucking the whole world into hell.
Buffy: (chuckles) This has gotta be the *lamest* trick (lowers her stake) you guys have ever thought up.
Spike: She's got your Watcher. Right now, she's probably torturing him. Learned from the best she did.
Buffy: What do you want?
Spike: I told you. I want to stop Drusilla. (snickers) I want to save the world.
Buffy: Okay. You do remember that you're a vampire, right?
Spike: We like to talk big. (indicates himself) Vampires do. 'I'm going to destroy the world.' (looks at the officer) That's just tough guy talk. (steps over to the car) Strutting around with your friends over a pint of blood. (sits on the hood) The truth is, I like this world. (pulls the cigarette pack from the officer's shirt pocket) You've got... dog racing, Manchester United. (pulls one out and drops the pack on the officer) And you've got people. (exhales) Billions of people walking around like Happy Meals with legs. It's all right here. (lights the cigarette and takes a drag) But then someone comes along with a vision. With a real... (exhales) passion for destruction. (takes another drag
and looks at Buffy) Drusilla could pull it off. Goodbye, Picadilly. Farewell, Leicester Bloody Square. You know what I'm saying?
Buffy: (nods) Okay, fine. You're pissed your girlfriend wants to send lunch to Hell. Why would you ever come to me?
Spike: (stands and takes another drag, but doesn't look at her) I want
Dru back. I want it like it was before we came here. Even when Angel is all soulfull, she still wants him.
Buffy: You're pathetic.
He punches her in the face. She punches him right back.
Buffy: I almost lost my friends tonight!
Spike: I wasn't in on that raiding party.
Buffy: And I may lose more! The whole earth may be sucked into Hell,
and you want my help 'cause your girlfriend's a big ho? Well, let me
take this opportunity to *not* care.
Spike: I can't fight her alone, and neither can you!
Buffy punches him hard in the jaw, making him flinch. He straightens
back up and feels his jaw, checking for blood.
Buffy: I hate you.
Spike: And I'm all you've got.
The police officer begins to stir on the hood of the car.
Buffy: (looks down briefly) All right. Talk.
Spike: (turns to the officer) I'm just gonna kill this guy.
Buffy clears her throat loudly. Spike faces her.
Spike: Oh, right.
Buffy: (raises her eyebrows at him) Let's get inside.
They leave as the police officer begins to wake up and feel his head.
Cut to Willow's room at the hospital. She is still unconscious. Xander
is sitting in a chair and watching her while Cordelia stands.
Cordelia: Do you want some coffee?
Xander: I don't wanna leave. She might, uh...
Cordelia: I'll get it.
Xander: (looks up at her) Thanks.
They clasp hands briefly, and Cordelia goes to get some coffee. Xander
looks at Willow again, deep in thought. He leans over to the bed and
gently takes her hand in his.
Xander: Come on, Will. Look, you don't have a choice here. You gotta
wake up. I need you, Will. I mean, how am I gonna pass trig, you know?
(chuckles) And who am I gonna call every night... and talk about
everything we did all day? You're my best friend. You've always...
He looks at her for a long moment, looks away for an instant and then at
her again, struggling with his emotions.
Xander: I love you.
Her face twitches and her hand gives his a squeeze. Xander's eyes widen
in hope.
Xander: Willow?
She takes a few breaths before responding, with her eyes still closed.
Willow: (whispers) Oz? (speaks) Oz?
Xander leans away, taken aback. Oz hears her as he walks into the room.
Oz: I'm here.
Xander: (looks back at Oz) She's just starting to wake up.
He gets up to let Oz go to her. Oz takes her hand and leans over the
bed. Willow still has her eyes closed.
Oz: Hey, baby.
Willow: (weakly) Hi.
Xander: I'm gonna go get a doctor. (leaves)
Oz: How you feelin'?
Willow: (weakly, eyes still closed) My head... feels big. Is it big?
Oz: No. It's head size.
He leans over her face and gently kisses her on the forehead. He leans
back to look at her and strokes her hair with his other hand. She opens
her eyes tentatively.
Willow: (whispers) Uh... is everybody else okay?
Cut to the mansion. The camera shows Giles in a chair with his
hands bound behind his back and bleeding from rope burns. The camera
pans up his arms and over his shoulder to Drusilla, sitting in a chair
and watching Giles as she cleans his glasses. She breathes on the lenses,
polishes them clean and inspects his work.
Drusilla: I'm impressed. (giggles) I broke under a lot less.
She drops the cleaning cloth, gets up and goes over to Giles.
Drusilla: (slides on the glasses) How you holdin' up?
Giles: (looks up at her weakly) Never... better.
Drusilla: Glad to hear it. (kneels next to him) Now... (Giles breathes
painfully) Tell me when it hurts. (smirks)
Angel walks slowly up the street. Up ahead, Buffy and Spike are arguing.
Angel: Am I having another nightmare, or are you two not trying to kill each other?
Buffy: Temporary truce. I don't kill him or the loon, and he helps us. (to Spike) All right, talk. What's the deal?
Spike: Simple. You let me and Dru skip town, I help to make sure she doesn't open the door to Hell.
Buffy: (to Spike) Forget about Drusilla. She doesn't walk.
Spike: There's no deal without Dru.
Buffy: She tried to murder my friends.
Spike: Look. (pulls Buffy aside) This deal works for me one way. Full
stop. I'll take her out of the country. You'll never hear from us
again, I *bloody* well hope.
Buffy: Fine. Get back to the mansion. Make sure Giles is all right.
He turns to leave.
Buffy: If Giles dies... (Spike stops and faces her) she dies.
He gives her a final stare and heads out. Buffy turns back to Angel.
Buffy: Do you know a guy named Whistler?
Cut to the mansion. Giles is still tied to his chair, and hangs his
head weakly.
(ignores her mother): You know, I can stop the pain. You've been very brave... (puts his hand on Giles' shoulder) but it's over. (walks behind him) You've
given enough. (leans down to Giles' ear) Now let me make it stop.
Giles: (panting and shaking with pain) Please!
Drusilla: (kneels to face him) Just tell me what I need to know.
Giles: (weakly) In order... to be worthy...
Drusilla: (whispers) Yeah?
Giles: (weakly) You must perform the ritual... in a tutu.
Drusilla glares at him. Giles doesn't back down.
Giles: Pillock!
Drusilla: (stands up) All right. Someone get the chainsaw.
Spike: (wheels himself in) Now, now, don't let's lose our temper. Look, you cut him up, you'll never get your answers.
Drusilla: Since when did *you* become so levelheaded?
Spike: Right about the time you became so pig-headed. You have your way
with him, you'll never get to destroy the world. And I don't fancy
spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet. There
are other ways. Do you want to play a game?
Cut to the library. The main area is cordoned off with yellow crime
scene tape. Buffy walks in and just grabs and pulls down the tape. She
reaches under the table, pulls out Kendra's large duffel bag and sets it
on the table. As she goes through it Snyder comes into the library.
Snyder: You do know this is a crime scene, don't you? (Buffy looks up
at him approaching) But then... you're a criminal, so that pretty much
works out. (stops)
Buffy: You know I didn't do it. The police will figure it out.
Snyder: In case you haven't noticed, the police of Sunnydale are
*deeply* stupid. (takes a few steps closer) It doesn't matter anyway.
Whatever they find, you've proved too much of a liability for this
school. (takes a breath) These are the moments you want to savor. You
wish time would stop so that you could live them over and over again.
(smiles smugly) You're expelled.
Buffy reaches into the bag and pulls out the sword blessed by the knight
who first slew Acathla. She holds it up and turns it in her hand. Snyder
looks at it, at her and gulps. Buffy gazes at the polished blade.
Buffy: You never ever got a single date in high school, (turns her eyes
to him) did you?
Snyder: Your point being?
She starts out of the library and leans the blade into his face as she
passes him. He bends back nervously and watches her go. This time she
makes no attempt to avoid the chalk markings on the floor. Snyder pulls
out his cell phone and dials. He checks to make sure she's gone and
holds the phone up to his ear.
Snyder: It's Snyder. (smiles) Tell the Mayor I have good news.
Cut to Drusilla's mansion. Drusilla kneels behind Giles, patting the sweat from his forehead.
Drusilla: Is that better? (pats more) Hmm? (pulls away the cloth) Poor
thing. (runs her finger down his cheek) Let's see what's inside.
She runs her hand up the back of Giles' head and over the top. She
closes her eyes and concentrates on reading his thoughts. It doesn't
take long for her to discover something useful. She gasps and removes
her hand.
Drusilla: (into Giles' ear) Of course.
She stands up and goes around to his other side and holds up two fingers
to hypnotize him.
Drusilla: Look at me.
Giles turns his head weakly to look away, trying to resist. She comes
around the rest of the way in front of him, waving her fingers.
Drusilla: Mm-mm-mm-mm.
Finally Giles can no longer resist and looks at her. She waves her
fingers around some more and draws them in toward her own eyes.
Drusilla: Be... in me.
In his weakened state Giles quickly falls under her spell. She looks
into his eyes and smiles.
Drusilla: Hmm. See with your heart.
She covers his eyes with her hand, and when she takes it away he sees
Jenny kneeling before him. At first he can't believe it, but then
accepts it.
Giles: (smiles) Jenny! What are you doing here! You must leave quickly.
Dru/Jenny: (quietly) Shh. I'll never leave you.
Giles: (tries to get up) We have to get out of here.
Dru/Jenny: (calms him) No-no-no-no-no. Slowly.
She brushes her hand over his temple, down his cheek and over his lips.
Giles: It can't be you. (stares into her eyes)
Dru/Jenny: Did you tell Drusilla? About the ritual?
Giles: (breathing erratically) No. (desperately) We have to get... her away from Acathla.
Dru/Jenny: Why? Is she close to figuring it out?
Giles: (nods, anxious to go) Later.
Dru/Jenny: (imploringly) Tell me what to do.
Giles looks at her, helpless and confused.
Dru/Jenny: It's all right. We'll be together... Just tell me what to do.
Giles: (desperately) We have to get Angel away from Acathla.
Dru/Jenny: Drusilla herself? She's the key?
Giles: (weakly) H-h-his, his blood... H-he mustn't...
Dru/Jenny: Shh. (kisses him) Mm.
They kiss passionately. The camera pulls over to Giles' face. When it
pans back he's kissing Drusilla.
Spike: Uh, Drusilla...
She keeps kissing him.
Spike: We are finished here, ducks.
She stops and looks back at them sheepishly.
Drusilla: Sorry. (smiles evilly) I was in the moment.
Giles opens his eyes and realizes that he's been tricked.
Drusilla: Blood. Of course. The blood on my hands must be my own. I am
the key that will open up the door. My blood. My life. (considers) Okay.
Kill him. (turns to go)
Spike: Uh, but what if he's lying?
Drusilla: Yeah. Good point. Alright, don't kill him.
Cut to Giles' apartment. Whistler walks into the kitchen and looks
around. He spots a bottle of sherry and takes a sniff, but then sees
that it's empty. He puts it back down and keeps looking around. Buffy
comes in and sees him there. He goes over to check out the refrigerator.
Buffy: Whistler. What did you mean, the sword isn't enough?
Whistler: (finds a bottle of beer) You know, raiding an Englishman's
fridge is like dating a nun. You're never gonna get the good stuff.
Buffy: Tell me how to use it.
Whistler: (takes a swig and looks back at Buffy) Angel's the key.
(closes the fridge) His blood, sires blood, can close the gate to Hell.
It's all on the line here, kid.
Outside Drusilla's mansion. The camera pans along its dark facade. Cut to
the street. Buffy and Angel walks toward the mansion at a determined pace with the sword wrapped in a cloth being passed between them. Suddenly Xander comes running out of the bushes on the hillside and jumps into the street in front of her. They're startled and Buffy takes a reflexive step back.
Buffy: Xander!
Xander: Cavalry's here. Cavalry's a frightened guy with a rock, (holds
up a large rock) but it's here.
Buffy holds up a stake. He tosses the rock aside and takes it from her.
Xander: That's better.
Buffy: You're not here to fight. (starts walking) You get Giles out,
and you run like hell, understood? I can't protect you. (pulls off and
discards the cloth) We're gonna be too busy killing.
Xander: (looks at the sword) Now, that's a new look for you.
Angel: It's a present for Drusilla.
Without a word they continue walking. Xander hesitates a moment and then
follows.
Cut inside the main hall of the mansion. The camera pans along the other side behind Acathla and the two other vampires standing on either side. Drusilla begins the ritual.
Drusilla: Acathla... Mundatus sum... pro te necavi. Sanguinem meum...
pro te effundam... (steps slowly toward Acathla) quo me dignum... esse
demonstrem.
Translation: Acathla... I am cleansed... here before you. My blood...
flowing before you... (steps slowly toward Acathla) makes me worthy...
as I demonstrate.
Cut to the mansion. The camera pans past Acathla's face and the vampire standing next to him.
Drusilla: Now, Acathla... You will be free.
She draws the blade across the palm of her hand and winces in pain, but
doesn't take her stare off of the demon. She drops the knife.
Drusilla: And so will we all.
Cut to the other vampire. The camera pans around him to show Buffy
coming in quietly behind him. She raises her sword and decapitates him
with a single swing. He crumbles to ash as his head falls to the floor.
Drusilla turns her head to look. Buffy meets their gazes.
Buffy: Hello.
Drusilla: (bored) I don't have time for you.
Buffy: You don't have a lot of time *left*.
Drusilla: Coming on kind of strong, don't you think? You're playing some
deep odds here. Do you really think you can take us all on?
Buffy: No. I don't. But I don't have to.
Spike: I don't want to hurt you, baby.
She grabs him by the throat and shoves him into the wall. He slaps her
arm aside and punches her in the face.
Spike: Doesn't mean I won't.
Xander pushes aside a curtain to another room and finds Giles still tied to a chair.
Xander: Giles!
Giles' head is tilted back, and he is very weak.
Xander: Giles!
Giles lifts his head slowly. Xander crouches behind the chair and begins
to untie the ropes.
Giles: Xander?
Xander: Can you walk?
Giles: You're not real.
Xander: Sure, I'm real.
Giles: It's a trick. They get inside my head, make me see things I
want.
Xander has untied the ropes and goes around to look into Giles' face.
Xander: Then why would they make you see me?
Giles: (considers) You're right. Let's go.
He groans as Xander gets under his arm and helps him out of the chair.
Xander: Come on.
Drusilla looks up from her fight and gazes at Acathla with a smile.
Drusilla: Oh... Here he comes.
She shoves Spike out of the way, and turns back to Angel.
Drusilla: Well, looks like it's just you and me, Daddy.
Cut to Alcatha. Deep thundering growls and noises come from him as he begins to wake. Angel and Drusilla continue fighting, with Angel having the upper hand until Buffy cries out, and distracts Angel.
Drusilla takes advantage, and shoves her sword through his stomach. Angel screams, and Spike jumps back to his feet.
Spike: Sorry, baby. Wish there was another way.
Spike clocks her on the back of the head, and when she begins to fall he catches her, lifts her into his arms and starts to carry her out.
Cut outside the garage. Spike smashes through the door with his car. The
windows are all painted black. He screeches into the street and guns it.
Cut into the car. Drusilla is lying unconscious in the passenger's seat.
Spike concentrates on the road and whips around a corner. When heading
straight again he looks over at her. He reaches around her neck and
pulls her over to him, and holds her close as he keeps driving with only
one hand on the wheel.
Buffy dispatches the last of Drusilla's cannon fodder, and looks around for Angel. Behind him Acathla lets out a low rumble. Buffy stares in shock as Acathla's face contorts. His brows angle down, his eyes glow red, his mouth opens grotesquely and the swirling vortex to Hell opens, small at first, but growing steadily in size and emanating a deep, red glow.
Angel: (confused) What's happening?
Buffy: Whistler said you were the key. You're the only one who can stop it.
Angel: Help me.
Buffy pulls him to his feet.
Angel: I have to...put the sword back. Pull it out.
Buffy: (grimaces, but does as she's told) Be careful. If you bleed to death, I might be tempted to join you.
Angel nods, and stumbles towards the statue. His blood swirls from the sword, and he forces it back into Alcatha, closing the portal. Angel collapses.
Buffy: Angel!
Dissolve to the library. Buffy sat in Angel's lap, listening to Giles ramble about some demon or other. She whispers in his ear.
/The winter here is cold.../
/...and bitter/
/It's chilled us to the bone/
/We haven't seen the sun for weeks/
/Too long, too far from home/
/I feel just like I'm sinking/
Buffy: I'm telling Mom tonight. I'm afraid if I don't, she'll invite Spike back for more cocoa.
Angel: It's probably a good idea. The last time, she invited Darla in, and you tried to kill me.
Angel was quickly losing the will to pay attention as Buffy nibbled on his earlobe.
Buffy: (low voice) Don't worry, I don't bring my stakes into our arguments anymore. It's a good thing Mom likes you, she wasn't to keen on me dating an older man."
/And I claw for solid ground/
/I'm pulled down by the undertow/
/I never thought I could feel so low/
/And, oh, darkness/
/I feel like letting go/
/If all of the strength and all of the courage/
Angel: When you tell her how much older, she'll probably have me arrested. Do you want me to come by so she doesn't think you're crazy?"
Angel could hear the car's distinctive engine already.
Buffy: I'd appreciate it. Give me 15 minutes. (Slides out of his lap.) Gotta go, Giles. See you guys tomorrow!
/Come and lift me from this place/
/I know I can love you much better than this/
/Full of grace/
/Where everything we said and did/
/Hurts us all the more/
/It's just that we stayed too long/
She bounded out of the library so her mother wouldn't see the assortment of occult books her friends were going through. Joyce watched through the window as Buffy disengaged herself from her boyfriend and come running out to the car.
Joyce: I'll never understand why you spend so much time in that library, yet get so bad grades.
Buffy: That's what I'm gonna try and explain as soon as we get home. Angel's gonna come by and help me explain.
Joyce managed to keep from slamming on the brakes. Maybe if she had, it would have saved her life.
/In the same old sickly skin/
/I'm pulled down by the undertow/
/I never thought I could feel so low/
/And, oh, darkness/
/I feel like letting go/
/If all of the strength and all of the courage/
Joyce: Are you pregnant?
Buffy: No.
Buffy answered her mother's question like it was the strangest thing she'd ever been asked.
Buffy: Angel can't have children, that's what I want to talk about.
Joyce was so relieved, she didn't here the squeal of tires in the intersection. Only Slayers reflexes could have stopped quick enough to get out of the way of that drunk, and Buffy wasn't driving. The only other thing Buffy would ever remember about that night was the sound of screeching metal, then everything went black.
/Come and lift me from this place/
/I know I can love you much better than this/
/Full of grace/
/I know I can love you much better than this/
/It's better this way/
/It's better this way/
!!Authors Ramblings!!
Please Read, Important
Alright people, here's the deal. This isn't an easy job for me, and other projects have been demanding my attention. I have five stories sitting on a diskette waiting for me to have beta read, and I wanted to finished Altered Destiny's this summer.
So here the situation. I'm temporarily skipping season three. I'll get around to it eventually, but I have to move on or I'll go insane. Let me give you a quick rundown of events.
Anne: While in LA for her custody hearing, Buffy runs head first into the normal plot.
Dead Man's Party never happened
The are major differences in Faith, Hope and Trick: The inclusion of Angel, and Faith's confession about her watcher.
I'm still dealing with Beauty and the Beasts, but it will be part of the universe.
The events of Homecoming, including the Willow/Xander kissage occur. I know, I know I have Xander and Cordelia together in Flipside, but I figured out a way to get them back together.
Band Candy is going to be fun. See Giles and Jenny eat candy, see Giles and Jenny elope.
I have to think about Revelations, it might turn out to be one of those things where it's told from a single point of view, like Passion.
Lovers Walk is giving me migraines, but it will be there.
The Wish is gonna be a piece of cake. No real big changes to make.
Amends is going to be one of those things where I get real creative, and frighten many people, like I did with Scarecrow.
Ginger Bread??????????? It has to happen, so Amy becomes a rat, but other than that, I have no clue. Any ideas?
Due to special circumstances, and the fact that Giles position as a Father Figure is Council Sanctioned, Buffy's little test was canceled. Sorry folks, can't think of a way to deal with it. However, assume the Council decides to send Giles a rather annoying assistant so they won't have to do the same thing for Faith in a few months.
The Zeppo? Pretty normal, I hope.
Bad Girls makes me feel like weeping. Definitely PoV material.
Consequences is going to give me nightmares, but here the deal. Faith is going to be joining the Mayor, but not all is as it appears to be.
Dopplegangland? Not really a big issue.
It's best if we never even think of Enemies in this universe.
Don't see a huge problem with Earshot.
Choices is going to be a big problem, but I'll deal with it. It's not any of your problems.
Prom evil! I'm not breaking Buffy and Angel up, I have to get Cordelia and Xander back together, and still kill the baddies.
Without his little box, the Mayor can't ascend, but that doesn't stop him from sending his vampire army to terrorize the ceremony.
See you for season four and I'd appreciate some reviews this time folks. Gracias to Theo, who actually took me seriously.