TEASER

INT. GRAVEYARD. NIGHT

BUFFY XANDER WILLOW AND OZ ARE TREKKING THE GRAVEYARD SEARCHING FOR VAMPIRES. BUFFY LOOKS A LITTLE WORSE FOR WEAR.

BUFFY

Thanks for coming

with tonight, I really appreciate it

XANDER

No problem little lady

I'm always willing to put

my life on the line to save

an apocolypse

BUFFY

Relax Xand, There

will probably only be

two or three

XANDER

(RELIEVED) Oh thank god

... I mean with the asscencion

coming up I wouldn't wanna miss that

On second thoughts maybe I do

maybe I should stray from the

pack, maybe I should go before

the going gets tough

WILLOW AND BUFFY STARE DISAPPROVINGLY

XANDER

Or maybe I should just

shut up

OZ

I'd go with that

WILLOW

(TO BUFFY)

You shouldn't be out tonight

you aren't a hundred percent

BUFFY

But I'm not zero percent

WILLOW

If you don't rest you will be.

With graduation coming up

you should be resting up, cos if

you feel like this when we graduate

BUFFY

I know, world endage..

but I need to keep up my

strength

WILLOW

And you aren't doing that by

slaying vampires while sick

XANDER

Yeah, remember last time

you got sick, the whole invisible

death shenanigans

OZ

Shenanigans?

XANDER

Felt like a time to say it...

Look what I mean is

we can't be without you this

time, not with Faith on the loose

BUFFY

I don't know maybe your ri...

A VAMPIRE CUTS IN

VAMPIRE

Slayer

BUFFY

And you are..

THE VAMPIRE GROWLS AND GOES FOR BUFFY WHO QUICKLY KICKS HIM

HE LEAPS BACK UP AND KNOCKS BUFFY TO THE GROUND. SHE DOESN'T GET BACK UP

VAMPIRE

I beat the slayer!

I must be the strongest

vampire there ever w..

FROM BEHIND OZ STAKES HIM

VAMPIRE

Damn..

HE FADES TO DUST. BUFFY IS STILL ON THE GROUND. XANDER WILLOW AND OZ GO TO HER

BUFFY

(DAZED)

Hey Willow, what are you doing

up there?

WILLOW

We need to get her home

BUFFY

Home is where the heart is

SHE CLOESES HER EYES AND BLACKS OUT

XANDER

Oh this is so not good

FADE OUT

END TEASER

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INT. DOCTORS OFFICE. NIGHT

BUFFY IS HAVING A LIGHT SHONE IN HER EYE BY A DOCTOR.

JOYCE

How is she doctor

DOCTOR

Oh she'll be fine

hospital won't be necessary

but rest will or else more symptoms

could develop

BUFFY

(WORRIED)

Rest?... How long

DOCTOR

Oh I'd give it a minimum of

a week, maybe more

BUFFY

More.. whats the maximum

DOCTOR

Probably two weeks

So school is off to Miss Summers

I'm just going to go fetch some

medication for you..

THE DOCTOR LEAVES AND THE CAMERA FOLLOWS HIM. OUTSIDE ARE XANDER WILLOW AND GILES

GILES

Excuse me doctor

how is she?

DOCTOR

Oh she'll be fine

she needs about two

weeks rest

GILES

Two.. weeks

DOCTOR

Yes thats right

will you excuse me

GILES

Certainly

(TO WILLOW)

Does Angel know

WILLOW

Oz said he would go

get him

XANDER

Thats the problem of being

a vampire with a soul,

no network support

WILLOW

(TO GILES) What are

we gonna do with no slayer

for two weeks

GILES

Well I'm not sure at the

moment, this is a vital time

the Hellmouth has been acting up

XANDER

Because of the asscension

GILES

Exactly, Demons are coming out

in force right now

WILLOW

And we have no one

to stop it

GILES

Exactly. We used to have

Faith around but..

XANDER

A case of the evils

sent her packing

WILLOW

(COMING UP WITH IDEA)

Ooh we could use Angel

GILES

Good Idea

XANDER

Except our boy

isn't at full strength

WILLOW

Well its better than us

GILES

It is for now, I'll consult

my books and see if there

is anything we can do about this

OZ ENTERS WITH ANGEL

ANGEL

How is she?

WILLOW

Two weeks rest

ANGEL

Two weeks?

CUT TO:

INT. DOCTORS ROOM. NIGHT

BUFFY IS TALKING WITH HER MOM

BUFFY

Two weeks?

JOYCE

Oh come on honey

how bad can it be

BUFFY LOOKS AT HER

JOYCE

Oh... that bad

BUFFY

Its just that theres

a lot on my plate right now

JOYCE

Your only going to be

gone two weeks

BUFFY

And thats a couple of

vamps a night, it will be...

something large when

I get back

JOYCE

What about your friends?

BUFFY

Yeah I suppose.. but

they aren't slayers mom

I can't send them out to get

killed while I sit at home with

you waiting on me hand and foot

JOYCE

Who said anything about that

BUFFY

Well I just figured.. you know

Sick girl, Pampering Mother

THE DOCTOR ENTERS

DOCTOR

Here you go Ms Summers

your daughters medication.

Twice a day until you feel better

JOYCE

Thank you doctor

DOCTOR

Don't mention it

You are both free to go now

JOYCE

Come on Buffy

BUFFY GETS UP AND CLINGS TO JOYCE. THEY WALK OUT THE DOCTORS OFFICE. THE CAMERA FOLLOWS THEM AND OUTSIDE BUFFYS FRIENDS ARE STILL WAITING

ANGEL

(CONCERNED) Buffy!

HE HUGS HER

BUFFY

Hey.. don't worry

I'm fine. Even going home

tonight

The doctor says no slaying

for two weeks though

XANDER

Really? The doctor knows

you're the slayer

BUFFY

What? No of course not

He just said two weeks rest

GILES

We will patrol for the

next two weeks

BUFFY

No! Its getting dangerous

out there...

WILLOW

We can't just leave

it Buffy, we need to

take down as many as possible for

graduation

ANGEL

I'll help

WILLOW

Well duh! Of course

you're gonna help us

ANGEL

Oh, I was just saying...

GILES

We are going to

see if theres anything that

can be done about a fast recovery

or some kind of spell

that does something

BUFFY

(SARCASTIC) Well it sems

you have it all figured out

ANGEL

We'll think of something

BUFFY

I know you will

GILES

Well in the mean

time you should be going home

and resting up

XANDER

We'll come by tomorrow

BUFFY

Thanks..

OZ

So.. are we ready

to go.

WILLOW

I think so!

OZ

OK then, I'll go get the

van. Oh and Buffy..

BUFFY

Yeah?

OZ

Take care

WILLOW

You got a "take care"

He only says that to the

people that mean stuff to him

BUFFY

Oh.. good then

FADE OUT

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