TITLE: "Reprise"
AUTHOR: Doctor Strangelove (strangelove317@hotmail.com)
RATING: PG-13
PAIRINGS: None.
SPOILERS: Up to the end of Season 6 for Buffy and Season 3 for Angel.
Takes place about a month after that.
FEEDBACK: I'd love it.
DISCLAIMER: Joss owns all the Buffy and Angel characters. I own
the songs they sing.
A/N: I'm gonna say this right out, I'm not a big fan of Angel/Cordelia. I just
don't see it. They make great friends, but I don't think they'd make a very good
couple. I'm not really sure if I want to put Angel/Cordelia in it, because I
don't think I could write something well if I don't really support it. So let
the readers decided. Do you want it or not? Oh and a thank you to Tigerbright, "A Drop In
the Ocean" was a great fic. Thanks for recommending it.
"Reprise"
Written by: Doctor Strangelove
EXT. - THE PACIFIC OCEAN, BEACH IN LOS ANGELES - NIGHT
[Right where we left them, the box Angel is trapped in is floating out of the ocean. It rest on the ground and the white light fades away. The figure walks over and touches the top of the box. It glows white and disappears. Angel looks up with a look of amazement and wonder on his face. Then he notices his rescuer.]
ANGEL
Cordelia.
CUT TO:
EXT. LARGE SMOKEY BLUE PLANE - NIGHT (NOT THAT IT MATTERS)
[Anya and Hase suddenly pop into existence.]
ANYA
Where are we?
HASE
It's another plane. It's where I go when I teleport.
ANYA
I don't remember it.
HASE
You were unconscious last time.
[He starts walking away fast.]
HASE [cont'd]
Come on. We've got to get a move on.
[Anya runs to catch up.]
ANYA
Where are we going?
HASE
To find the Chosen One.
ANYA
And where is that?
[Hase pauses.]
HASE
I don't know. Hey, you seemed to recognize the name, you know where she is?
ANYA
She's probably at the Hyperion Hotel.
[Pause]
ANYA [cont'd]
I probably shouldn't have told you that.
HASE
Yeah, probably not. She is gonna die after all. But thanks! Now, come on. Let's go!
[The two walk off and we pan down, going through the smoky ground and focus in on a bus. It stops and the Scooby Gang pours out. The bus drives off and the camera turns around to reveal the Hyperion.]
WILLOW
That was a long bus ride.
XANDER
Yeah, but you slept through most of it. You missed the big show.
BUFFY
Xander.
XANDER
Sorry.
BUFFY
We're here. Let's go.
CUT TO:
INT. HYPERION LOBBY - NIGHT
[The front doors bust open as the Scooby Gang make a grand entrance.]
BUFFY
Angel!
[No answer. The camera spins around and we see that lobby is empty.]
BUFFY
Angel?
DAWN
I guess no one's here.
BUFFY
Guess so. Huh.
[The tune starts to play as the Scooby Gang wanders around the hotel lobby.]
BUFFY [cont'd]
We've traveled all this way.
ALL
From Sunnydale to L.A.
BUFFY
For a reunion.
And now there's no one here.
XANDER
Something, something, rhymes with "here".
ALL
And we need a reunion
CUT TO:
EXT. - GARDEN - NIGHT
[Fred and Gunn are sitting and we hear faint music in the background.]
FRED
Do you hear something?
[The two get up and go into-]
INT. - HYPERION LOBBY - NIGHT
[Fred and Gunn walk into unbeknownst to the Scooby Gang.]
SCOOBY GANG
We need a reunion.
We need to be-
FRED
[Spoken]
Hello?
[The music screeches to a halt as the Scooby Gang is very surprised by Fred and Gunn's sudden appearance.]
BUFFY
Hi.
FRED
Were you people just singing?
BUFFY
A little.
GUNN
So it's not just us.
XANDER
Have you two been singing too?
FRED
Yeah, earlier we had a big musical, ballet thing.
WILLOW
That's it!
[Everyone turns to look at Willow's sudden outburst.]
WILLOW
[cont'd]
See, Hase put that spell or whatever he did to us, that was going to make us sing forever if we didn't come clean with all our secrets. We did that, but we just started singing again and I think I've got it figured out. The spell's gone but wherever Hase is is being affected by the musical thing. So, that means he's in Los Angeles.
BUFFY
So he knows Cordelia's around here.
FRED
Who is Hase?
WILLOW
Oh, he's this demon, he makes the area around him a musical.
GUNN
Oh. That explains a lot.
FRED
Was he looking for Cordelia?
BUFFY
Yes, but-
XANDER
Buffy.
BUFFY
What?
XANDER
How do we know we can trust these people?
WILLOW
We can, there were with Angel when I came to tell him that Buffy had died.
BUFFY
See.
GUNN
Wait, you're Buffy?
FRED
[Excited.]
Oh! We've heard so much about you! I imagined you to be taller.
[Pause.]
BUFFY
Okay.
GUNN
Don't mind Fred, she gets a little worked up sometimes. It's one of the things I love about her. I'm Gunn.
XANDER
So, is that like a-
GUNN
It's my real name. Two N's.
XANDER
Oh.
BUFFY
Well, you know me and you've met Willow, that's Xander, this is my sister Dawn, this is Giles, and that's Spike.
FRED
Spike?
GUNN
William the Bloody, Spike?
SPIKE
Yeah.
GUNN
He's a vampire.
SPIKE
So is Angel.
GUNN
He has a soul.
WILLOW
So does Spike.
GUNN
Really? He didn't seem very soul-having when Angel mentioned him.
SPIKE
Oh, great, he's been going around talking about me.
GUNN
Well, only a few times. When Darla was around.
BUFFY
Darla?
SPIKE
Oh, yeah, Darla's alive again.
FRED
Not anymore. She killed herself to save Connor.
XANDER
Who's Connor.
FRED
Angel and Darla's son.
BUFFY
Son?
FRED
Mm-hmm. He's about sixteen now.
WILLOW
Damn, that was a long bus ride.
BUFFY
Wait, how can Angel have a son? Where is he?
FRED
Connor?
BUFFY
Angel.
FRED
Oh, we don't know. He disappeared. So did Cordelia.
BUFFY
They disappeared.
[Everyone is distracted as they hear the doors open and Angel and Cordelia walk into the lobby.]
ANGEL
Fred! Gunn!
FRED
Angel!
GUNN
Cordelia!
BUFFY
Angel.
ANGEL
Buffy?
CORDELIA
Xander?
XANDER
Cordelia.
WILLOW
Cordelia.
CORDELIA
Willow.
BUFFY
Darla?
ANGEL
Spike?
SPIKE
Angel.
CORDELIA
Spike?
SPIKE
Cordelia.
ANGEL
[To Buffy.]
Spike!?
BUFFY
Connor!?
CORDELIA
Dawn!
DAWN
Cordelia.
XANDER
Janet!
FRED
[Playing along.]
Dr. Scott!
SPIKE
[Getting into it.]
Janet!
FRED
Brad!
XANDER/FRED/SPIKE
Rocky!
GILES
[Left out.]
Giles!
BUFFY/ANGEL
What's going on here?
DAWN
There's a really strong musical demon after Cordelia.
CORDELIA
Musical demon?
BUFFY
He makes the area around him a musical. So you get people singing and dancing their heart's desire.
FRED
It's true. Charles and I had a big musical number earlier.
GUNN
I wouldn't call it big.
ANGEL
So I wasn't going insane. Were you singing songs from a Disney movie?
[Everyone stares at Angel.]
BUFFY
Disney?
ANGEL
[Defensive.]
Hey, I was in a box in the ocean for a month!
[Xander and Spike look at each other and start snickering.]
GUNN
Is that where you were?
FRED
How'd you get in a box?
ANGEL
Connor.
FRED
Connor!? How could he do that?
ANGEL
Don't blame him. Justine told him I had killed Holtz.
BUFFY
Yes, about Connor.
ANGEL
Oh. Who told you?
BUFFY
Fred.
ANGEL
Fred!
FRED
So, Cordelia where were you?
ANGEL
Cordelia was missing?
CORDELIA
The Powers that Be, they said it was time for me to be a Higher Being instead of just part demon.
GUNN
Oh, that explains it.
XANDER
Cordelia's part demon?
CORDELIA
My visions were killing me, I had to become part demon.
XANDER
You had visions.
BUFFY
We need to have reunions more often, this is confusing.
[Everyone nods or mumbles in agreement.]
WILLOW
So Cordelia was a higher being, that's probably what Hase meant when he called her the Chosen One. He's probably on the way here right now.
CUT TO:
EXT. LARGE SMOKEY BLUE PLANE - NIGHT (NOT THAT IT MATTERS)
[Hase and Anya are standing there.]
HASE
Where the hell is that hotel?
ANYA
I thought you knew where it was.
HASE
I thought I did.
ANYA
Well, you thought I was Cordelia. You're not very good at this.
[Hase looks at her angrily, Anya doesn't notice.]
ANYA [cont'd]
Although I suppose it's not your fault you're so stupid, I mean you're this musical demon who's not from this dimension so you can't be expected to know all the things about this place. But just because you're a demon you can't be forgiven for these little errors, although someday you might meet a man who loves you, no in spite of what you are, but because of it. He accepts it as part of you but you can't be with him because he's much older than Xander and you were engaged to-
[Hase gets tired of listening to her and hits Anya on the head, she falls to the ground unconscious. Hase picks her up and starts carrying her off as we zoom in on her head and CUT TO:]
INT. - ANYA'S MEMORY - NIGHT
[We seen scenes from "Tabula Rasa" of Anya and Giles and the Anya from the present standing of to the side. A slow tune is playing.]
ANYA
When I lost my memory,
[Ann-ya and Rupert wake up together.]
I was drawn to you.
[Ann-ya deciding they were engaged.]
When I had no memory,
[Ann-ya and Rupert kissing.]
I was in love with you.
But I got back my memory,
[Anya and Giles realize what's going on.]
And those feelings up and left.
When I got back my memory,
Those feelings I repressed.
[From "Grave", Anya nursing an injured Giles.]
I will always love you.
I will always remember you.
But because of my memories,
I say goodbye to you.
["Tabula Rasa", Real Anya goes to sit on the table with Ann-ya and Rupert kissing.]
But I will always have my memories,
Even if I'll never have you.
I'll always have my memories,
[Real Anya reaches out to touch Rupert's face.]
My memories of you.
[Aud and Human Olaf laughing and holding each other.]
I remember Olaf.
[Anyanka talking with D'Hyffron.]
I remember D'Hyffron.
["The Gift", Xander proposing to Memory Anya.]
I remember Xander.
["Reprise" Giles comforting Memory Anya.]
I remember you.
["Triangle", Memory Anya and Troll Olaf.]
I will forget Olaf.
["Doppelgangland", Anyanka arguing with D'Hyffron.]
I'll forget D'Hyffron.
["Hell's Bells", Xander leaving Memory Anya.]
I will forget Xander.
["Reprise", Memory Anya sing with Giles.]
I'll always remember you.
I will always have my memories,
Even if I'll never have you.
I'll always have my memories,
My memories of you.
I will always have my memories.
["The Wish", Anyanka and Giles.]
I will always have my memories.
["Tabula Rasa", Ann-ya and Rupert kissing.]
I will always have my memories.
["Grave", Giles smiling up at Memory Anya.]
My memories
["Reprise", the end of "Settle for You", Memory Anya and Giles are walking to each other and Real Anya walks into Memory Anya and they merge into one.]
Of you.
[The music ends as Anya and Giles finish their walk and kiss passionately.]
END OF ACT TWO