FROST
 What? Your serum? Won't help you here, 
 stud.

Jehonas spins his sword, faking a stab at Frost, and taking off. 
Just as Frost follows, Jehonas turns and flings his sword up, 
past Frost's face by a mere inch.

THE SWORD

spins end over end, its mirrored surface reflecting coruscating 
pinwheels of candlelight as the hilt stabs into the crack, 
widening it a bit. The stakes shudder, but don't fall!

 FROST
 Nice shot.

Jehonas dashes over, spin kicks Frost in the face, and then 
another to his chest, forcing him back a few feet. Waiting for,

THE SWORD HILT

slowly rotating as symbols match up. Then - CHING! - the inner 
blades pop out, widening the crack even more and dislodging both 
sword and stakes. The sword falls straight down, stabbing into 
the ground. The STAKES, land right in Jehonas' waiting hands.

Frost nods, impressed, and charges. Jehonas whips out one of the 
stakes and throws it forward, hitting Frost with its needlepoint. 
Frost looks down, sees the blue liquid being injected into his 
body. He snarls, slaps it aside and leaps into the air like some 
predator from the high treetops to his prey below.

Jehonas backs a step and starts to unload all of his stakes at 
Frost. One after another in blinding speed, each one hits its 
mark.

Frost lands to his feet with shock written all over his face. We 
can already SEE the affects. His body starts to SWELL IN BLOOD 
RED. Flesh bubbling into large proportions. Cloth being ripped to 
shreds as his body expands.

ON JEHONAS as he is holding the last of the sodium citrate stakes 
in his hand. A demonic ROAR too close to home alerts Jehonas. He 
spins, and sees --

LAMAGRA

standing a few feet from Jehonas. Hell in appearance itself. 
Seven feet in all, naked, covered in blood red skin with veins 
rippling throughout its body. Six inch claws extending from each 
of its fingers. Its head, a grotesque parody of a goat with 
dreadlocks. Horns shaping out from its skull. It notices Jehonas, 
roars at him. 

TIGHT ON JEHONAS undaunted.

 JEHONAS
 Some motherfuckers always trying to ice 
 skate uphill.

He gives his stake one final look, then flips it up. With precise 
accuracy, Jehonas does a wheeling spin kick at the stake, 
propelling into LaMagra.

ON LAMAGRA

The stake impales itself into his forehead. It screams, 
distracted.

ON JEHONAS

quickly grabbing Frost. We see Frost is now in an unrecognizable 
state. His over-bloated body now rippled with bulbous flesh. 
Frost's SCREAMS rising to an unendurable intensity. Jehonas 
backhands Frost, and spin kicks him with such a force it propels 
him into LaMagra and they both fall back down the stairs. The 
reaction, energetic and violent. The Arena begins to SHAKE.

Buffy seemingly stunned after witnessing LaMagra and Frost, 
notices Jehonas running full sprint towards her.

 JEHONAS
 Get down!

He grabs her just as Frost and LaMagra go nova, exploding into an 
expanding ball of light and ATOMIZING BLOOD. Jehonas and Buffy 
having to shield their eyes from the backlash of occult energy 
are thrown back off their feet as a near tidal WAVE of blood 
surges over them --

EXT. BANK OF EREBUS - CITY STREET - NIGHT

Every door and window of the bank is BLOWN OUTWARD from the force 
of the EXPLOSION. While along the street, manhole covers flip 
from their moorings, spinning up into the air like dimes, being 
buoyed by geysers of blood.

INT. TEMPLE SANCTUARY - NIGHT

Silence, just the steady DRIP-DRIP of liquid draining. The 
underworld temple gleams with a crimson sheen now.

ON JEHONAS as he stirs. They've been blown clear across the 
sanctuary by the force of the blast. He rises to his feet, 
looking back at the platform. The whirlwind and stairway are 
gone. Only wisps of smoke mark the remains of the gate.

 BUFFY (O.S.)
 Jehonas?

Jehonas turns and helps Buffy to her feet. She looks up at him, 
searching his eyes. Which side of Jehonas' soul has won out? 
Human or vampire? Then she SEES him smile, a small but convincing 
smile. A warm human smile.

 JEHONAS
 Nice work, Buffy.

They embrace, holding each other that way for a long, long time. 
And we --

 DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. ROOFTOP - BANK OF EREBUS - DAWN

Jehonas and Buffy stand on the rooftop, watching as dawn slowly 
creeps across the silent city.

 BUFFY
 I never imagined I'd be so happy to see 
 the sun rise --
 (turning to him)
 We'd better go back to the lab if we want 
 to cure ourselves.

 JEHONAS
 No. You keep the cure to yourself. There's
 still a war going on, and I have a job to 
 do.

Buffy nods and draws up close with Jehonas to admire the rising 
sun.

 BUFFY
 Where do we go from here?

 JEHONAS
 We?

Buffy looks up at Jehonas. His face is serious. She knows what 
he's going to say.

 JEHONAS
 Where I go is my business. You are going 
 back to your father.

 BUFFY
 What? Wait a minute. I'm coming with you!

Jehonas removes his sunglasses, and looks at her. She's not 
backing down on this one.

 JEHONAS
 You are not --

 BUFFY
 I can't go back --

 JEHONAS
 (shaking his head)
 You don't know what you're asking --

 BUFFY
 I do! I've never had anyone in my life 
 who could understand what my life is like.
 No one!

Jehonas sees tears rimming in her eyes and remains silent. She's 
not wanting to leave. He's pretty moved.

 BUFFY
 You want to know why I ran away? I 
 couldn't take it! I hated it. I hated 
 being a Slayer. It kept me away from 
 everyone because of what I do. Even my mom
 thinks I'm crazy.

 JEHONAS
 And because of me, I made you want to slay
 again?

 BUFFY
 No. I - I don't know what's going on with 
 me. I've tried dealing with it before, but
 no one taught me how. My Watcher, Giles, 
 he wouldn't even begin to understand what 
 I'm going through.
 (beat)
 I had to kill someone. Someone I was in 
 love with. They think it's so easy to 
 forget. They couldn't understand. No one 
 does. But you do.

 JEHONAS
 Listen to me, Buffy. I like you. I like 
 you a lot but you have a body clock in 
 there and it's ticking --

 BUFFY
 I --

 JEHONAS
 Let me finish. I figured this is what made
 you come out here. 

Jehonas grips both her arms, looking down in her eyes.

 JEHONAS
 Listen to me close. We're at war, some of 
 us will remain in the fight, some of us 
 won't. When duty calls, we have a 
 responsibility. It's tough to accept it, 
 but it's only as tough as a soldier's duty
 to defend his country or a father forced 
 to action to defend his home. There are 
 going to be times when you will have to 
 act in conflict with your heart and your 
 mind. My people, vampires, we are at war 
 all the time, with ourselves. It's an 
 eternal struggle, between humanity and the
 beast. When someone slips towards 
 darkness, it is then they are truly dead, 
 and that is when Slayers like us step in. 
 You won't be doing this forever, remember 
 that, Buffy. That's why I'm here. You have 
 a life ahead of you. Be strong, and 
 patient.

Buffy nods and looks away to the sun, letting its warmth wash 
over her.

 BUFFY
 I'm going to miss you.

 JEHONAS
 (nodding)
 I know. If you want to help me, go back 
 home, help your people there, and leave 
 the rest of the world to me.

And on that note we leave them -- TWO FIGURES, silhouetted 
against the new day.

INT. HOSPITAL - ROOM 223 - DAY

Hank Summers is sitting up on his bed in mid conversation with 
his wife. He's awake and very much alive. Then, a KNOCK on the 
door. Mrs. Summers goes up to the door and opens it and sees 
BUFFY looking very tired and disheveled with her bags. She tries 
to smile weakly.

 BUFFY
 H-hi, Mrs. Summers. Déjà vu over again.

 MRS. SUMMERS
 Buffy! Where in the world were you? I was 
 worried sick!

 BUFFY
 Sorry. I had to take a little side trip. 
 You know, take in the city.

Mrs. Summers leads in Buffy. Hank sees his daughter. His face 
very surprised.

 HANK
 Buffy?

 BUFFY
 Hi, daddy.

 HANK
 Oh my -- come here quick.

She runs over and they hug deeply. Buffy closes her eyes and hugs 
him tighter, finally realizing how much she's missed her father.

 BUFFY
 Thought I came to see how you were doing.

Hank nods, then pulls away from their hug.

 HANK
 Are you okay? What is this I've been 
 hearing about a kidnapping?

 BUFFY
 Um, rumors blown way out of proportion.

 HANK
 Oh. I see --

Hank relaxes back onto his bed.

 HANK
 So how do you like New York, honey?

TIGHT ON BUFFY as she looks down on one of her bags. We SEE 
Jehonas' heart shaped pendant around one of the straps. Buffy 
rubs it, in deep thought.

 BUFFY
 It's something --

Buffy looks out the window and stares.

 HANK
 Something wrong?

 BUFFY
 Oh, it's nothing.
 (pauses)
 Um, daddy, there's something I should tell
 you, and I need a favor after that.

Buffy makes a small smile. Hank nods as WE PAN BACK to both 
daughter and father talking as we --

 DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. KREMLIN SQUARE - NIGHT

SUPER: MOSCOW, RUSSIA

In the b.g., we see the KREMLIN in its night form. There is snow 
falling slowly from the sky.

EXT. CLUBHOUSE - NIGHT

Under the balcony of the clubhouse, only a few lights illuminate 
this area. We HEAR the crunching of boots against snow from a 
distance off. Then,

TWO FIGURES turn the corner and are making their way down the 
underside of the balcony. Their voices being carried by the soft 
howling wind.

 RUSSIAN WOMAN
 (subtitled, Russian)
 It's cold --

WE PAN BACK to reveal the door to the clubhouse. On top, a neon 
sign very strikingly similar to those of the glyphs in New York 
City.

 RUSSIAN WOMAN
 (subtitled, Russian)
 Where are we going?

 RUSSIAN MAN
 (subtitled, Russian)
 It's a surprise.

 RUSSIAN WOMAN
 (subtitled, Russian)
 Surprise? I like surprises --

The man chuckles to himself, and stops, looking down at his 
companion. He reaches up, caresses her face.

 RUSSIAN MAN
 (subtitled, Russian)
 Then you'll like this --

In an instant, he forces his hand around her throat, gripping her 
tight. The woman, startled, tries beating him off, swearing. The 
man, snarling, FANGS fully extended now savors her vain attempts 
to struggle against him when --

 MAN (O.S.)
 Hey!

The Russian man releases her and spins and sees,

JEHONAS who was waiting in the shadows. Now he is in the open, in 
his long flowing coat, waiting patiently.

 JEHONAS
 (subtitled, Russian)
 Catch you at a bad time --
 (looks up)
 -- Comrade?

The vampire snarls and charges at Jehonas.

RUSSIAN VAMPIRE'S POV: He's getting closer. Jehonas steps to him, 
slowly opening his long coat with one hand, ready, poised and 
waiting. Then, a sudden twist, a sudden flash of steel, and the 
sword flies out slicing downwards cutting the world in half.

 FADE TO BLACK.

 THE END