Jehonas tears himself from Buffy, his pulse racing as --

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INT. TEMPLE SANCTUARY - NIGHT

-- the invocation of LaMagra reaches critical mass. Frost is 
consumed by a hellish force, unable to withstand the onslaught of 
spirit energy any longer.

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INT. ANTECHAMBER - NIGHT

-- Buffy clawing at Jehonas, tears streaming down her cheeks. 
Jehonas returns back to her neck, lapping it over once with his 
tongue, sealing off her wounds. 

 BUFFY
 Don't stop --

But Jehonas grips her by her shoulders, shoving her back, 
throwing her away. Buffy stares at Jehonas, wide-eyed, as if 
waking from a trance. She weakly moves away from him --

Jehonas is on his knees, SCREAMING in an animalistic roar. His 
strength has more than returned, it's been enhanced by the 
infusion of a Slayer's blood. And there's something else in his 
gaze now too - an animal fury that was missing before. Jehonas 
has taken his steps closer to the once darkness he left before.

 BUFFY
 (hesitant)
 Are you - all right?

Jehonas collapses back to the floor, on his hands, his face in 
pure hate. A deep growl emanates from his throat, near demonic. 
He turns his head to Buffy, gritting his teeth, showing his 
fangs.

Buffy gets up and staggers out of the bleeding antechamber, not 
waiting for his answer.

EXT. ANTECHAMBER - HALWAY - NIGHT

Buffy falls against a wall, stumbling in her path, reaching up 
and feeling the wound on her bleeding neck.

INT. ANTECHAMBER - NIGHT

Jehonas can HEAR footsteps approaching fast from his other side, 
the taps of high-heels. Jehonas stands up and turns and SEES,

ALYSSA approaching him from the shadows. She smiles, proudly, 
after what she had just witnessed before her.

 ALYSSA
 How was it?

Jehonas stares, unmoved then --

-- Alyssa, flashing a mouthful of viper-like fangs, SNARLS and 
strikes Jehonas.

EXT. BANK OF EREBUS - NIGHT

A view of the nightscape of the city. STORM CLOUDS start to 
gather around quickly, LIGHTNING flashing along the skies, and 
WIND picking up and blowing debris everywhere. The triggering of 
the welcoming of LaMagra.

A BOLT of lightning flashes downwards, striking the bank and --

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INT. ANTECHAMBER - NIGHT

strikes down into the chamber where Jehonas was strapped to, 
causing it to glow. The floor tremors around them from the impact 
of the lightning, as the symbols of the Houses of Erebus light up 
in an eye searing flash.

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INT. TEMPLE SANCTUARY - NIGHT

The flash splits into twelve individual ones, each hitting the 
twelve tombs of the ancient vampires. The WRAITHS scream in a 
high pitched squeal as if they felt the force of the lightning.

CLOSER ON FROST

as we can see the expression of his face trying to hold down the 
overwhelming energy coursing through him. His EYES, turning. 
Blood red swirling into his pupils, filling his whites with red.

Then, the WRAITHS all fly high up and suspended, then finally in 
one line and swoop, ram themselves into Frost's body. He is 
instantly catapulted backwards by the force.

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INT. ANTECHAMBER - NIGHT

Jehonas dodges left and right, avoiding Alyssa's claws, and in 
one quick motion grabs one of the sharp femurs Buffy dropped. 
Jehonas dodges another slash and shoots his arm forward, gripping 
his mother's neck and forcing her against a wall. She doesn't 
struggle against his grip, but instead calms down and looks him 
sadly in the eye. A motherly look.

 ALYSSA
 Jehonas, I'm your mother. You wouldn't 
 hurt your mother, would you?

Jehonas loosens his hold, nods.

 ALYSSA
 (softly)
 Come here.

Alyssa brings Jehonas closer to her, embracing him in a hug. 
Jehonas closes his eyes, then his EXPRESSION turns serious.

 JEHONAS
 I must release you.

In one hard shove, Jehonas impales her with the sharp femur right 
through her heart. Alyssa SCREAMS.

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INT. TEMPLE SANCTUARY - LEVELS ABOVE - NIGHT

Buffy emerges from a corner and notices a guard, armed. She 
creeps up silently, EYEING the shotgun, and grabs the handle. The 
guard is startled, turns, see that Buffy has pulled back the 
handle enough for the barrel is pointing at his chest. She PULLS 
the trigger -- BANG -- The vampire gets propelled back, exploding 
into ash and black oil.

Buffy pumps the shotgun once, looks down --

Below. The aftermath. An eerie whirlwind of red swirling about 
the center chamber now as stone steps starts to appear around the 
circular platform leading to below. We hear distant screams 
echoing from the depths. As we look closer at the wind, we could 
actually make out faces distorted in them swirling about; faces 
of horror, terror, and pain. The gate is forming from Hell. Smoke 
hangs heavy in the air. As it dissipates, Mercury and the others 
creep forward, apprehensive --

 MERCURY
 Deacon?

FROST stands with his back to us, his body trailing wisps of 
occult fumes. As he slowly turns, we catch a glimpse of his eyes 
-- burning with an awesome, inner fire.

 FROST
 No longer.

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INT. ANTECHAMBER - NIGHT

ON JEHONAS

He shoves the stake harder, Alyssa SCREAMS louder as the stake 
takes its effects. Jehonas backs away, watching her writhe in 
pain. Her body impaled to the wall.

In the same instant, Alyssa's features morph, taking on the 
angelic, youthful vibrancy she possessed in the portrait. She 
starts to cry, teary --

 ALYSSA
 (softly)
 Jehonas --

Jehonas takes a step forward, his hands reaching for her.

 JEHONAS
 Mother --

A brief flash envelopes her body, and in her final sight of her 
son, she nods to him with a thankful expression. Then, all that 
is left is the femur impaled to the wall and a pile of ash and 
dust beneath it. What seemed like moments, Jehonas stares at his 
mother's remains, then turns his head to the exit. He SNARLS and 
with inhuman speed, runs out, grabbing his vest along the way.

INT. TEMPLE SANCTUARY - NIGHT

JEHONAS dashes through the balcony where Buffy was standing. He 
leaps from it, Buffy following his movement with her eyes, 
somersaulting down to the center platform below, landing on his 
feet like a predatory cat.

 JEHONAS
 FROST!!!!!

Mercury turns to Jehonas.

 FROST
 Take him.

Quinn GROWLS, stepping forward, armed with a punching dagger. He 
offers his second "new hand" up for view.

 QUINN
 Wait!! I owe you , man! I've got two new 
 hands and I can't decide which one I'm 
 gonna kill you with.

Quinn charges. Jehonas meets the vampire head-on, dropping into a 
low kick and sweeping the vampire's legs out from under him. He 
spins behind Quinn --

Jehonas hooks a finger through the metal ring at the end of his 
jacket sleeve, pulling out a retractable strangle-wire which he 
twists around Quinn's throat.

Jehonas tightens the wire, decapitating Quinn. The headless body 
staggers about, then drops to the cavern floor, exploding in a 
ash and dust. The shades come off, FLYING through the air -

Jehonas grabs it in mid flight, and puts it back in place, his 
own eyes. Buffy emerges from a doorway ahead of him. She runs up 
to his side with the shotgun, smiling,

Jehonas turns around and glares at Frost and his group. The 
vampires stare back, two really peeved Slayers.

 BUFFY
 So who dies first?

Mercury and the other faithful vampires charge en masse. One of 
the vampires jumps into the arena, Jehonas launches a spinning 
wheel kick into the first vamp's body, sending him down the 
spiral staircase and into the red oblivion below--

Buffy fires one shot from her shotgun, blowing away a vampire, 
sees that the gun is now empty. A vampire screams and lunges for 
her from behind, Buffy pivots on one foot and spin kicks his 
face, SNAPPING its neck --

A bloodbath ensues. Jehonas moves like speed-personified, 
aggressively parrying every attack and countering with explosive 
fists and kicks, taking down every vampire stepping foot into the 
arena. A vampire gets kicked into the stomach by Jehonas. He 
bends over in pain. Jehonas grabs him by the hair and knees him 
in the face, once, twice, and snaps his neck. Jehonas spins, 
roundhouse kicks another vampire hard. Grabs a punching arm, 
pulls him forward and grabs his head and twists. Ash and dust 
explode around him as the two disintegrate.

Mercury runs up to Buffy, snarling with fangs --

Buffy SEES Mercury as she finishes punching a vampire to 
oblivion. She uppercuts, sending the vampire backwards into the 
pit, and turns to spin kick Mercury. Mercury ducks, but catches a 
kick in her face anyway as Buffy adjusts her first attack. Buffy 
presses her advantage, punches Mercury in the face. Mercury 
retaliates, punches Buffy hard. Buffy staggers from the blow.

 MERCURY
 I'm really going to enjoy this now.

She opens her mouth wide, FANGS fully extended, and charges. 
Buffy FUMBLES in a pocket of her leather jacket and pulls out the 
vampire mace canister. Just as Mercury closes in, Buffy brings it 
up and fires, triggering a jet of TOXIC MIST into her mouth. 
Mercury recoils in pain and CHOKES.

MERCURY'S FACE is expanding from the effects of ingested garlic!

 BUFFY
 Enjoy this!

Buffy tosses the canister away and does a spinning wheel kick, 
very similar to Jehonas', and nails Mercury in the face. 
Mercury's head explodes just as she goes over the edge. We SEE 
her body twisting end over end and then consumed by the fires 
below.

Jehonas catches another lunging vampire by the arm, sweeps out 
his legs from under him, and stamp kicks the vampire on his 
throat, crushing it.

 JEHONAS
 Frost!!

More vampires attack in a new wave. Buffy and Jehonas are 
fighting back to back. Jehonas kicks left and right, knocking 
aside the advancing foes like they were nothing more than dummies 
for practice. Buffy spins kick one vampire, sweep kicks another, 
and spins kick another all in one motion, smooth, rhythmic.

Jehonas kicks one in the face, and then again. Seeing he's only a 
familiar, Jehonas shoves him aside and makes his way off the 
arena.

ON BUFFY

Buffy throws a familiar over her shoulder, and lands a hard punch 
across his face, knocking him out. A vampire grabs one of her 
legs and drags her from behind. Buffy sees, spins her body and 
kicks the vampire away. She looks up for Jehonas and sees him 
leaving.

JEHONAS

A vampire screams and charges. Jehonas catches the vampire by the 
neck, and in a sickening motion rips off his larynx and moves 
off. The vampire gurgles in his own blood and falls into the pit.

Jehonas tosses the piece of throat at another vampire and kicks 
him aside. Vampires advance one by one. Jehonas punches one 
several times in the chest, the uppercuts. Next. A punch. He 
dodges, grabs the arm, snaps it painfully, elbows the vampire, 
backhand punches the vampire sending him sprawling to the floor. 
More! A vampire charges forward. Jehonas spins away, grabs the 
vampire in a headlock and snaps his neck in two. The vampire goes 
limp in his arms as Jehonas eyes around, searching for things to 
kill.

A familiar emerges from an opening, Jehonas runs and jump kicks 
the familiar back into the opening.

INT. OUTSIDE RITUAL ARENA - NIGHT

The familiar lands hard on the floor. Jehonas is all over him 
now, kicking the shit out of him without mercy. Jehonas ROARS 
with a surge of more adrenaline and kicks the familiar aside. A 
vampire attacks with a hand shovel. Jehonas moves aside, grabs 
the shovel away and in one motion spins it and stabs the vampire 
in the chest with it.

Another vampire jump kicks Jehonas. Jehonas knocks his foot aside 
with a shovel and they engage, fierce and fast. The vampire, 
trying to land blows on Jehonas but he knocks them all aside with 
the hand shovel. Then, Jehonas whacks the vampire in the head 
with the shovel. In one downward stab, impales the vampire with 
the tool.

A familiar with a 4x4 leaps in, swinging madly. Jehonas ducks 
under each blow and grabs the makeshift staff, pulls him towards 
his body and knees him hard. Taking away his 4x4, Jehonas spins 
with the piece of wood and nails the familiar in the back of the 
head.

Three vampires attack simultaneously. One spin kicks but Jehonas 
ducks underneath and nails him in the groin with an uppercut. He 
gets up, blocks a punch, and grabs the vampire in another 
headlock. The third vampire tries to high kick but Jehonas moves 
the vampire he has in a headlock forward, allowing him to absorb 
the blow. Jehonas kicks away the third with his off leg and snaps 
the second vampire's neck. The first vampire gets back up, 
staggering. Jehonas grabs him and throws him, head first, to the 
nearby wall. His collarbone shattering to bone dust.

 RIVEN (O.S.)
 Jehonas!!

Jehonas jumps back in time just as Riven delivers a double kick 
-- a jump kick quickly followed by a spin kick while in the air. 
Reminiscent of their last encounter, both Jehonas and Riven match 
skill for skill, speed for speed. The power and strength from 
each of their blows evident by the dust flying about whenever 
they block each other. Then, they're trapped into each others 
grip. For a moment, both vampires are eye to eye, their arms 
locked together, then, Jehonas forces Riven backwards --

-- and with a ROAR, tosses Riven away from him.

INT. TEMPLE SANCTUARY - RITUAL ARENA - NIGHT

Buffy SEES Riven land hard on his back just as Jehonas explode 
from the opening. Riven gets back up, his face even more 
infuriated and mad after being tossed some several feet. Buffy 
jumps in and attacks Riven in a double team.

Riven spin kicks Buffy in the face, and turns to see Jehonas 
launch a series of punches and kicks. Riven slowly gives ground 
to Jehonas. Buffy gets up, sees Riven backing towards her, and 
kicks him hard in the back. Riven staggers forward into Jehonas' 
spin kick, and gets lifted off the floor.

Jehonas looks up and SEES his sword stuck into the wall on the 
far side. Riven sees it, too, and they both make a mad dash for 
it.

TIGHT ON JEHONAS' SWORD

Riven reaches it first and grabs the hilt. Jehonas grabs his arm 
and pulls him back. In what appears to be a game of who gets to 
be on top, Jehonas and Riven both try grabbing the hilt, knocking 
arms away, and retrying. Jehonas pulls the sword free, Riven 
smacks his hand aside, grabbing the weapon away. Jehonas 
counters, does the same.

Jehonas tosses the sword into the air, lands several punches into 
Riven and roundhouse punches his face, forcing Riven to stagger 
back. The sword comes back down and Jehonas grabs the hilt, spins 
it, and turns away just as Riven lunges back at him. Riven is 
impaled by the sword. He's beat. Jehonas pulls out his sword from 
Riven's chest, whips it about him in a display of skill, and 
waits triumphant. Riven's body explode into ash and dust behind 
him.

 FROST (O.S.)
 Hey, Jehonas!!

Jehonas looks up to --

TIGHT ON FROST, who's advancing, clutching his own katana in his 
hand in a double grip, smiling --

 FROST
 Let's do this.

Jehonas charges forward with his sword lowered, somersaults in 
the air and lands right in front of Frost. They make one pass to 
each other, their blades RASP and CLANG as metal collides with 
metal. Jehonas stops, stretches himself and looks. Frost nods, 
waiting --

What happens next is the most blindingly-fast sword fight ever 
exposed to celluloid. Both men, fueled by super-human speed, 
lunge and spin across the central floor in a blurred ballet of 
lethal moves. The WHIRLWIND rising from the depths, seemingly 
forming a barrier of red around the two.

Frost swings at Jehonas' neck, looking to decapitate. Jehonas 
bends back, allowing the katana to barely sweep by his skin, and 
kicks Frost. Frost ducks, but Jehonas readjusts and kicks Frost 
again in the back. Frost staggers forward --

Frost spins quickly and re-engages Jehonas in the sword fight. 
Both of their blades CLANGING and slashing in a whirlwind of 
blows -- too fast for the eye to catch each attack.

-- then Jehonas sees an opening and takes it, slicing Frost's 
left arm off at the shoulder -

The severed arm flies off, Jehonas spins and in one smooth and 
clean motion, slices through Frost's abdomen, cutting him in two.

but the body doesn't fall! To Frost's surprise his body floats in 
mid-air, bleeding red, quivering like zero-G liquid, then 
SLURPING back to each other to re-attach itself!

CLOSER TO JEHONAS

as he turns his head and sees that Frost is reattached at the 
abdomen, flesh resealing and to our surprise he says this.

 JEHONAS
 -- the fuck?

Frost grabs his hand, then shows it to Jehonas. Liquid hemoglobin 
swirl about his stump and solidifies. In an instant, a new hand 
is there.

 FROST
 You're too late, Jehonas. I'm the avatar 
 now, blood incarnate.

Undaunted, Jehonas fakes a retreat, then in a cartwheel like 
fashion, jumps on one hand and double kicks Frost. Frost snarls 
and grabs Jehonas by his shoulder. Jehonas knocks his arm away 
and open palmed punches him. He presses his attack and starts 
slashing in multiple directions.

To Jehonas' total shock, Frost is parrying his attacks! His arms 
whirling in speed, going with Jehonas' attacks. Shreds of cloth 
fly all about as they fight. Then, Frost hops away from Jehonas.

 FROST
 My turn --

In the blink of an eye, Frost dashes around Jehonas like a 
cyclone. Jehonas tries to keep up, looking left and right.

JEHONAS' POV: Frost stops suddenly in front of him, snarling.

Jehonas gives another 'What the fuck' look. Frost uppercuts 
Jehonas and he flies back, landing against a wall. He bounces off 
and falls to the floor. Frost somersaults over the pit and 
approaches him. Jehonas sees him coming, tries to kick him from 
the floor but Frost grabs his leg and throws him.

Jehonas gets up and runs, Frost hot on his heels. Suddenly, he 
turns and impales his sword into Frost's mid-section, meeting 
only liquid-like resistance. Frost grins, and pushes Jehonas away 
from him.

Jehonas hesitates now, uncertain - and Frost laughs.

 FROST
 Don't you see? A gift of the Gods to those
 who serve LaMagra. I'm not just Frost 
 anymore.

Even as Frost utters the words, his body begins to ripple and 
morph, bleeding red, taking on the characteristics of liquid. He 
doesn't walk so much now as flow. He's becoming a three-
dimensional creature of animated blood! A blood demon.

ON BUFFY, as she watches Frost's transformation, wide-eyed. She 
SEES Frost's discarded katana, reaches for it.

BACK TO FROST, who towers above Jehonas, swaying back and forth 
in his new, liquid-like form.

 FROST
 You can't hurt me.

WHOOSH! Frost rises upwards on a spiraling column of blood, 
HOWLING WITH LAUGHTER, then just as suddenly --

-- splashes back to earth, spreading out in a widening pool. In 
the blink of an eye, he streams through Jehonas' feet, re-
solidifying behind Jehonas. Jehonas spins, swings his sword --

Once again, Frost morphs into blood-form. He races around Jehonas 
in a series of spouting arcs, turning from blood-form to solid 
and back again in a series of split-second transformations.

Jehonas whirls, striking with his sword and missing every time --

WHOOSH! Frost suddenly dissipates, SPLASHING away into a million 
zero-G blood bubbles, vanishing. Jehonas spins, unnerved, trying 
to pin-point his foe's next manifestation.

 JEHONAS
 Where are you?!

Frost's voice answers from all directions.

 FROST
 Everywhere.

a droplet of blood

spatters the floor at Jehonas' feet. Jehonas looks up --

A SHOWER OF BLOOD

rains from above, coalescing into Frost as he sweeps down on 
Jehonas like a giant bird of prey, crushing him against the 
temple floor.

 FROST
 You want my blood so much?! Take it! Take 
 it all!

Frost's arms elongate and liquefy, flowing into two snake-like 
spouts of blood -- the rest of Frost remains solid. The blood-
spouts twist around Jehonas' neck, melding together, completely 
encasing Jehonas' head in a bubble of blood.

Jehonas claws at the blood-bubble as if it were a solid object 
that he could dislodge, but his fingers just pass through it!

Jehonas is drowning in Frost's blood. His eyes bulge. Oxygen 
bubbles stream from his mouth. Frost leans in close, his face a 
twisted mask of insanity.

 FROST
 Look at you, like a little bitch.

 BUFFY (O.S.)
 Get away from him!

Frost looks up -- Buffy is wielding his sword. She swings it in 
an arc on Frost, decapitating him. The blood-bubble dissolves 
instantly, flowing away from Jehonas' face. He gasps, spitting 
blood --

 BUFFY
 Jehonas!

Frost swings one of his arms at Buffy, knocking her aside. She 
slams into the wall and falls to the floor. She weakly tries to 
get to her knees and arms, but Frost rematerializing back to 
solid form runs over and kicks her hard in her stomach. Buffy 
grunts in pain as she falls back down. 

FROST'S POV: His SHADOW covering her as he approaches.

 FROST (O.S.)
 You are starting to become a pain in the 
 neck.

Jehonas hops back to his feet, and sees Buffy. He dashes over and 
leaps in the air, kicking Frost aside. Just as Frost staggers 
from the blow, Jehonas is upon Buffy, reaching down and grabbing 
her by the arm, hoisting her up.

Frost is instantly back on Jehonas, grabbing him by his vest and 
tossing him away from Buffy. Jehonas lands some ten feet away 
from Frost.

 FROST
 (gloating)
 You're too human, Jehonas. You should be 
 worrying about me than your little 
 girlfriend.

Jehonas hops back up. Suddenly, a deep terrifying roar alerts the 
two. They both turn and hear it coming from the spiral stairway, 
resonating throughout the chamber, followed by heavy footsteps. 
Something is coming up those stairs. Frost chuckles triumphantly.

 FROST
 It's over Jehonas. Once LaMagra arrives, 
 everything you've fought for comes to a 
 bloody end. 

Jehonas looks back at Frost, notices the fumes emanating from his 
body appearing humanoid like. Spirits, and they are feeding the 
whirlwind. Frost turns, grinning. Jehonas then notices something 
up above.

HIS POV: He can see the sodium citrate STAKES lodged in a large 
crack. Barely beyond his reach.

Frost notices him looking up and looks, SEES the stakes also.