The Seed Of Good & Evil Chapter 18
(Scene 1: The next mourning Dawn, Giles, and Willow are in the kitchen eating breakfast.)
Dawn: (Dawn is poking her food. She looks up at Willow and notices she's giving Giles a weird look.) OK, I can't stand it anymore. Where is Buffy? Why aren't you guys looking for her?
Giles: Buffy is not in danger, she left.
Willow: But she'll come back Dawnie.
Dawn: Buffy wouldn't just leave, not without a good reason, so somebody please, spit it out.
Willow: It's Jade. Buffy's not doing the whole coping thing all that good. She needs some time to sort things out, you know?
Dawn: What are you talking about she's been fine?
Willow: Which is what she wanted us to believe, but, she found a pacifier and she thinks it's an omen. She thinks it means Jade is a live.
Dawn: Well maybe she is, we shouldn't just rule it out completely, should we?
Willow: Dawn, we don't want to rule it out, but..
Giles: The possibility that it's realistic is fairly diminutive. Buffy getting her hopes up over something that could be purely coincidental is not healthy. (Buffy walks in the back door so she catches them talking. They get quiet.)
Dawn: Buffy. (Dawn walks up to her and hugs her.) Are you OK? (Buffy gives Giles a look.)
Buffy: I'm healthy. (She looks back at Dawn.) Is that your plate filled with poked pancake goodness?
Dawn: I'll eat them.
Buffy: OK. Mourning Will.
Willow: Good mourning Buffy.
Giles: Yes, good mourning. . . (Buffy walks out of the kitchen.) Buffy. (It gets quiet again.) So, do you think this means she's still angry with me? (Willow and Dawn roll their eyes.)
(Scene 2: Buffy walks into her room. The blinds are shut. She looks at the dresser by her bed.)
Buffy: Where are you Spike? (Spike walks from behind the door. He is holding a small picture of her in his hand. She turns to him.)
Spike: Where have you been?
Buffy: Out, you shouldn't be here?
Spike: Why not, it's practically my lair?
Buffy: I told them to stake you on sight. It was pre, preconceived notion of your non-deadliness. (Buffy sits on her bed and stares meaninglessly at nothing. Spike closes the door.)
Spike: What's wrong? (Spike sits beside her.)
Buffy: I didn't find anything.
Spike: Anything, like what?
Buffy: Like something proving Jade is a live. Giles could tell I failed. He's probably laughing to himself right now.
Spike: I doubt it. Never pictured him with much of a sense of humor, but then again if I hadn't been shagged in decades. .
Buffy: Can we not talk about this right now? I just want to be alone.
Spike: You once told me we could be alone together. (Buffy looks at Spike.) This is hard on me, so that makes it like what, ten times harder on you?
Buffy: Add a couple of zeros and the correct answer bells will be ringing.
Spike: I know someone who can help us.
Buffy: Really, who?
(Scene 3: Everyone is at the Magic Box except for Dawn.)
Buffy: You've got to be kidding me. (Spike is standing next to Harmony.)
Spike: Well I'm not. Harmony wants to help us.
Tara: I still have a bruise where she helped herself to my blood.
Xander: And she didn't even like helping us when she had a soul, so?
Harmony: Uh, that is so not true, what about that one time? (Everyone looks at Harmony.) You know that one time? (They look at each other quietly.)
Xander: What's that, crickets? No, no that was sound of a pin dropping.
Spike: She could have let you all die, but she didn't. Now come on trust me on this.
Xander: Trust you? Spike the only reason why were in the same room as you is because we know we have the Michael Jordan of ass kicking here.
Spike: Really.
Anya: That's why I'm here, well that and this is my store.
Giles: Your store. I beg to differ on that Anya.
Anya: Of course you would. I'm here everyday while your drinking tea or talking about things that could bore the brains out of dead people. Spike, no pun or offense intended.
Spike: None taken.
Xander: Guys you're getting off my point here. Point being that this is a bad idea, really bad. (Xander, Giles, Tara, Anya and Willow all walk away to a table and start talking. Buffy walks up to Spike.)
Buffy: What is this?
Harmony: Um, this has a name. Learn it, know it, and fear it.
Spike: Harm, not helping.
Buffy: Get her out of here.
Spike: But. .
Buffy: NOW! (Spike grabs Harmony's arm, but she pulls away.)
Harmony: Listen Buffy, I know we've had our problems.
Buffy: You tried to kill me.
Harmony: Yes, but. . .
Buffy: You were the leader over a group of vamps called the slayer, slayers.
Harmony: You had to bring that up didn't you?
Buffy: Unless you can answer in three words or less why I shouldn't dust you right here, right now. . .
Harmony: All your friends.
Buffy: What? (Harmony doesn't say anything.) Why are you just standing there? Tell me.
Spike: Um, I don't translate idiot all that well, but I think she wants you to give her more words. You said she only had three to explain herself with. .
Buffy: Speak Harmony.
Harmony: There are these demons that want you dead ASAP. Big, ugly, Urrgh, Arrgh, type of demons. I know where they are and I can take you to them. It's no trick, I mean why would I stop them from killing you if it was? (Spike starts looking around. Buffy looks at him.)
Buffy: What are you doing?
Spike: She made sense, I'm wondering if hell has frozen over.
Buffy: Oh.
Harmony: So are you going to let me help you or not?
(Scene 4: Spike, Buffy, Harmony, Xander, and Giles are walking into a warehouse. They look around. It appears empty.)
Xander: (Sarcastically.) Oh, man look at all the demons, there's so many I can't even count them. (Harmony rolls her eyes.)
Harmony: They were here I swear.
Buffy: I knew this was a trick. Look, there are absolutely no . .
Boxer demon: You looking for us? (Buffy turns around to find a dozen Boxer demons.)
Buffy: Demons.
(Scene 5: Anya, Dawn, Tara and Willow are sitting at the house.)
Dawn: Wait, but Harmony's the one that bit Tara.
Anya: Yes, and she claims to want to help us stay undead.
Willow: Sorry, but I just can't seem to trust her as far as I can throw her.
Anya: You and me both.
Willow: You know what, I bet this whole thing was a wild goose chase. There's no demons or plans to kill us. There's just a misguided vampire trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the slayer. I'll tell you this, that's never going to happen.
Anya: Well, unless it already has. (Dawn and Willow look at Anya.) What?
(Scene 5: Buffy, Spike, Giles and Xander are fighting the Boxer demons. Harmony is to the side. Buffy bows one of the Boxer demons in their face.)
Harmony: Get him Buffy! (Buffy breaks his neck. She looks over at Harmony and sees a Boxer demon behind her.)
Buffy: Harmony, duck!
Harmony: Ooh, Where? (Buffy rolls her eyes. She pushes Harmony out the way and starts fighting with the demon. She punches him in the jaw and then side kicks him into an old power box. She stabs him in the stomach.)
Buffy: And then there was light. (She pulls a large switch and the demon gets electrocuted. Sparks catch him on fire and some of the lights in the warehouse come on. Xander is fighting one of the demons and another one grabs him from behind. Spike stabs the one behind Xander and they throw the two demons together causing them to bump heads and fall out.)
Xander: All Right! High Five! (Xander goes to hi-five Spike. Spike gives him a look.) Yeah, I see your point. (He puts his hand down.)
Buffy: (Buffy turns back to the gang.) Everyone OK?
Xander: Great and may I be the first to say we kicked some major demon bee- hind.
Spike: No more danger. That is until tomorrow night.
Giles: Yes, that leaves us with only one question. Where's Harmony?
Buffy: What? (Buffy looks around.) She bailed, I saved her undead butt and she bailed.
Xander: OK, Why am I getting that bad feeling I get whenever something bad has happened?
Buffy: She's gone, but we'll find her. At least these guys are dead. (Buffy steps over one of the demons.) We better go we need to find out exactly what these things are and why they're here. I mean besides the norm of wanting me dead. (They start walking out. One of the demon's head falls to the side and his eyes open.)
(Scene 6: Harmony is walking through the sewers. She finally gets to the hiploid demon.)
Harmony: They've been taken care of, Hippy. Buffy totally killed them.
Hiploid demon: Now that they're out of the way our plans shall run rather smoothly.
Harmony: About our plans, well tonight Buffy sort of saved me. I feel like I owe her.
Hiploid demon: You don't owe the slayer anything. There's no turning back Harmony. Next week, we kill her. (Harmony doesn't say anything. The hiploid demon looks at her.)
Harmony: Oh, right. Can't wait. (Harmony looks down.)
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(Scene 1: The next mourning Dawn, Giles, and Willow are in the kitchen eating breakfast.)
Dawn: (Dawn is poking her food. She looks up at Willow and notices she's giving Giles a weird look.) OK, I can't stand it anymore. Where is Buffy? Why aren't you guys looking for her?
Giles: Buffy is not in danger, she left.
Willow: But she'll come back Dawnie.
Dawn: Buffy wouldn't just leave, not without a good reason, so somebody please, spit it out.
Willow: It's Jade. Buffy's not doing the whole coping thing all that good. She needs some time to sort things out, you know?
Dawn: What are you talking about she's been fine?
Willow: Which is what she wanted us to believe, but, she found a pacifier and she thinks it's an omen. She thinks it means Jade is a live.
Dawn: Well maybe she is, we shouldn't just rule it out completely, should we?
Willow: Dawn, we don't want to rule it out, but..
Giles: The possibility that it's realistic is fairly diminutive. Buffy getting her hopes up over something that could be purely coincidental is not healthy. (Buffy walks in the back door so she catches them talking. They get quiet.)
Dawn: Buffy. (Dawn walks up to her and hugs her.) Are you OK? (Buffy gives Giles a look.)
Buffy: I'm healthy. (She looks back at Dawn.) Is that your plate filled with poked pancake goodness?
Dawn: I'll eat them.
Buffy: OK. Mourning Will.
Willow: Good mourning Buffy.
Giles: Yes, good mourning. . . (Buffy walks out of the kitchen.) Buffy. (It gets quiet again.) So, do you think this means she's still angry with me? (Willow and Dawn roll their eyes.)
(Scene 2: Buffy walks into her room. The blinds are shut. She looks at the dresser by her bed.)
Buffy: Where are you Spike? (Spike walks from behind the door. He is holding a small picture of her in his hand. She turns to him.)
Spike: Where have you been?
Buffy: Out, you shouldn't be here?
Spike: Why not, it's practically my lair?
Buffy: I told them to stake you on sight. It was pre, preconceived notion of your non-deadliness. (Buffy sits on her bed and stares meaninglessly at nothing. Spike closes the door.)
Spike: What's wrong? (Spike sits beside her.)
Buffy: I didn't find anything.
Spike: Anything, like what?
Buffy: Like something proving Jade is a live. Giles could tell I failed. He's probably laughing to himself right now.
Spike: I doubt it. Never pictured him with much of a sense of humor, but then again if I hadn't been shagged in decades. .
Buffy: Can we not talk about this right now? I just want to be alone.
Spike: You once told me we could be alone together. (Buffy looks at Spike.) This is hard on me, so that makes it like what, ten times harder on you?
Buffy: Add a couple of zeros and the correct answer bells will be ringing.
Spike: I know someone who can help us.
Buffy: Really, who?
(Scene 3: Everyone is at the Magic Box except for Dawn.)
Buffy: You've got to be kidding me. (Spike is standing next to Harmony.)
Spike: Well I'm not. Harmony wants to help us.
Tara: I still have a bruise where she helped herself to my blood.
Xander: And she didn't even like helping us when she had a soul, so?
Harmony: Uh, that is so not true, what about that one time? (Everyone looks at Harmony.) You know that one time? (They look at each other quietly.)
Xander: What's that, crickets? No, no that was sound of a pin dropping.
Spike: She could have let you all die, but she didn't. Now come on trust me on this.
Xander: Trust you? Spike the only reason why were in the same room as you is because we know we have the Michael Jordan of ass kicking here.
Spike: Really.
Anya: That's why I'm here, well that and this is my store.
Giles: Your store. I beg to differ on that Anya.
Anya: Of course you would. I'm here everyday while your drinking tea or talking about things that could bore the brains out of dead people. Spike, no pun or offense intended.
Spike: None taken.
Xander: Guys you're getting off my point here. Point being that this is a bad idea, really bad. (Xander, Giles, Tara, Anya and Willow all walk away to a table and start talking. Buffy walks up to Spike.)
Buffy: What is this?
Harmony: Um, this has a name. Learn it, know it, and fear it.
Spike: Harm, not helping.
Buffy: Get her out of here.
Spike: But. .
Buffy: NOW! (Spike grabs Harmony's arm, but she pulls away.)
Harmony: Listen Buffy, I know we've had our problems.
Buffy: You tried to kill me.
Harmony: Yes, but. . .
Buffy: You were the leader over a group of vamps called the slayer, slayers.
Harmony: You had to bring that up didn't you?
Buffy: Unless you can answer in three words or less why I shouldn't dust you right here, right now. . .
Harmony: All your friends.
Buffy: What? (Harmony doesn't say anything.) Why are you just standing there? Tell me.
Spike: Um, I don't translate idiot all that well, but I think she wants you to give her more words. You said she only had three to explain herself with. .
Buffy: Speak Harmony.
Harmony: There are these demons that want you dead ASAP. Big, ugly, Urrgh, Arrgh, type of demons. I know where they are and I can take you to them. It's no trick, I mean why would I stop them from killing you if it was? (Spike starts looking around. Buffy looks at him.)
Buffy: What are you doing?
Spike: She made sense, I'm wondering if hell has frozen over.
Buffy: Oh.
Harmony: So are you going to let me help you or not?
(Scene 4: Spike, Buffy, Harmony, Xander, and Giles are walking into a warehouse. They look around. It appears empty.)
Xander: (Sarcastically.) Oh, man look at all the demons, there's so many I can't even count them. (Harmony rolls her eyes.)
Harmony: They were here I swear.
Buffy: I knew this was a trick. Look, there are absolutely no . .
Boxer demon: You looking for us? (Buffy turns around to find a dozen Boxer demons.)
Buffy: Demons.
(Scene 5: Anya, Dawn, Tara and Willow are sitting at the house.)
Dawn: Wait, but Harmony's the one that bit Tara.
Anya: Yes, and she claims to want to help us stay undead.
Willow: Sorry, but I just can't seem to trust her as far as I can throw her.
Anya: You and me both.
Willow: You know what, I bet this whole thing was a wild goose chase. There's no demons or plans to kill us. There's just a misguided vampire trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the slayer. I'll tell you this, that's never going to happen.
Anya: Well, unless it already has. (Dawn and Willow look at Anya.) What?
(Scene 5: Buffy, Spike, Giles and Xander are fighting the Boxer demons. Harmony is to the side. Buffy bows one of the Boxer demons in their face.)
Harmony: Get him Buffy! (Buffy breaks his neck. She looks over at Harmony and sees a Boxer demon behind her.)
Buffy: Harmony, duck!
Harmony: Ooh, Where? (Buffy rolls her eyes. She pushes Harmony out the way and starts fighting with the demon. She punches him in the jaw and then side kicks him into an old power box. She stabs him in the stomach.)
Buffy: And then there was light. (She pulls a large switch and the demon gets electrocuted. Sparks catch him on fire and some of the lights in the warehouse come on. Xander is fighting one of the demons and another one grabs him from behind. Spike stabs the one behind Xander and they throw the two demons together causing them to bump heads and fall out.)
Xander: All Right! High Five! (Xander goes to hi-five Spike. Spike gives him a look.) Yeah, I see your point. (He puts his hand down.)
Buffy: (Buffy turns back to the gang.) Everyone OK?
Xander: Great and may I be the first to say we kicked some major demon bee- hind.
Spike: No more danger. That is until tomorrow night.
Giles: Yes, that leaves us with only one question. Where's Harmony?
Buffy: What? (Buffy looks around.) She bailed, I saved her undead butt and she bailed.
Xander: OK, Why am I getting that bad feeling I get whenever something bad has happened?
Buffy: She's gone, but we'll find her. At least these guys are dead. (Buffy steps over one of the demons.) We better go we need to find out exactly what these things are and why they're here. I mean besides the norm of wanting me dead. (They start walking out. One of the demon's head falls to the side and his eyes open.)
(Scene 6: Harmony is walking through the sewers. She finally gets to the hiploid demon.)
Harmony: They've been taken care of, Hippy. Buffy totally killed them.
Hiploid demon: Now that they're out of the way our plans shall run rather smoothly.
Harmony: About our plans, well tonight Buffy sort of saved me. I feel like I owe her.
Hiploid demon: You don't owe the slayer anything. There's no turning back Harmony. Next week, we kill her. (Harmony doesn't say anything. The hiploid demon looks at her.)
Harmony: Oh, right. Can't wait. (Harmony looks down.)
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