Drusilla takes on Dark Willow. Fred, Gunn, Wes, Faith and Lindsey have to fight their way out of an ambush. And Drusilla comes to LA to get Angelus out of his funk.
Xander runs in to Willow's bedroom.
BUFFY: She took my power.
XANDER: Dru?
BUFFY: Willow.
XANDER: What!?
GILES: Willow lost Kennedy. Then We lost Willow.
XANDER: Oh God. Oh no. Kennedy's dead.
GILES: Taken away alive.
BUFFY: Dru said she didn't want to fight me. She wanted the girl with the power. She wanted Willow all along.
XANDER: Now that's crazy.
GILES: How did the spell not work? We did everything right.
Andrew walks in.
ANDREW: I found this blue gemstone in Buffy's room. I think it's an inhibitor.
He puts it on the floor and steps on it. The stone disappears with a bright blue flash of light.
GILES: Of course. A Talabra Crystal. Blocks the implementation of spells performed in its vicinity. She must have dropped it when she was here. But they're very rare.
BUFFY: The First could find it for her.
XANDER: We have to find Willow and Kennedy.
BUFFY: I can't chase her down. Not now.
XANDER: I'll drive. You two can walk to the car, right?
The three of the walk downstairs. Xander helps Giles.
BUFFY: How do we find her?
ANYA: Track her. She's easy to follow when she's in this state. Even I could sense her metamorphosis.
GILES: Because she took from me, I can detect her presence.
DAWN: Where's Connor? Has anyone seen Connor?
Xander, Anya, Giles and Buffy leave. They're desperately worried about Willow and Kennedy, so Connor is way down on their priority list.
A minute after being knocked out, Connor wakes up. He pulls his head out of the dirt, wipes it off his face, and races after Dru. Up ahead, Spike is already giving chase. Then he sees a woman with black hair flying over top of him. He stops.
SPIKE: Willow?? What the bloody hell is going on?
Spike wasn't in town the last time Willow was this powerful, so seeing her fly is more than a bit of a shock.
Angelus drove his old convertible to Malibu, dropped Meghan's body on her parent's doorstep, rang the bell and then watched from his car as they found their baby girl dead. He cruised through Brentwood on his way home looking for some more fun.
Duncan and Elena, both 14, raced town the sidewalk, then stopped running and caught their breath.
ELENA: That was close.
DUNCAN: Sorry bout that. Didn't think my mom would be home this early.
ELENA: Where do we go now? My dad's home, so my place isn't an option.
DUNCAN: Our parents think we're at the library. That should give us another hour to ourselves.
He kisses her. They continue walking. Standing in front of them is Angelus, twirling a white flower between his fingers.
ANGELUS: Isn't it a bit late for you two young kids to be out all alone?
DUNCAN: Beat it, weirdo.
ANGELUS: Just a friendly warning. Your girlfriend's very pretty. Mind if I play around with her?
He knocks Duncan out with a left uppercut and knocks Elena out with a right jab before they can fully realize the peril they've stumbled into. He tosses them in his car and drives off.
Dru drops Kennedy to the ground on a hill in the woods. Kennedy regains consciousness. She hits Dru with a right cross.
DRU: Noice.
Dru knocks Kennedy out with a right hook.
DRU: Bettah.
She pulls some twine out of her coat pocket and ties Kennedy between two trees. Kennedy shakes her arms, trying to break free.
DRU: Mummy, why is the dolly naught following the rules? Why is she misbehaving? What's that mum? Of course. That always works on all my little dollies.
Dru bites the right side of Kennedy's neck. She cries out in pain. After drinking a quart, Dru pulls back. Kennedy is much less energetic than before. Dru puts her left hand under Kennedy's chin and props her head up so Kennedy can look Dru in the eyes.
DRU: Moi playmate shall be by soon, and she'll wont you to be on your best behavior. Can you do that for her?
Kennedy kicks Dru in the left shin with her right foot.
DRU: Foin. You don't get to watch.
She ties a white blindfold over Kennedy's eyes.
DRU: I don't think you've learned your lesson.
Dru pulls a sponge out of her coat pocket. She lifts up Kennedy's shirt and with her right fingernail makes a four inch-long cut on the right side of Kennedy's belly. She cries out again. Dru puts the sponge into the wound and holds it there until it is saturated. Then she puts the sponge back in her pocket.
DRU: Daddy awlways loiks it when I bring him a gift. If my playmate loves you, I'll bring him peace of mind. I can feel her. [smiles] She's near. Toim for our little party.
Dru stands 15 feet in front of the bound, bitten, cut and blindfolded Kennedy. Willow walks towards her. Her clothes are black, her hair's black and there are black veins on her face. Dru is giddy and gleeful.
DRU: My terribly beauty has arrived. Never in all my years have I felt anything like this. Living, breathing pure destruction. And what have you come to destroy, my lady?
WILLOW: You.
A red ball of energy shoots out from Willow's hands. It passes straight through Drusilla's stomach and slams into Kennedy, who cries out in agony. Willow forgot that some of her spells can only hurt the living. Dru's eyes light up with excitement.
DRU: Must you awlways hurt the ones you love?
Sparks appear around Willow's fingers as she prepares an attack that will work on vampires. Dru leaps towards Willow and grabs Willow's hands in hers. She twists them back, trying to crush and break the bones in Willow's hands. Willow is too strong for Dru to do this. But Dru is too strong for Willow to simply push her away. Dru gazes into Willow's completely darkened eyes.
DRU: You have the most beautiful eyes oi've eva seen. I felt you being born. Like a thousand bluebirds singing as one in moi head. You had the power to burn it all. To roast humanity on a spit. It was going to be a glorious day. Wot stopped you?
A blast of energy from Willow's mouth throws Dru back 20 feet. Willow breaks the ropes that bind Kennedy's arms, and she falls to the ground. Dru stands between the two women. Willow hits her with a jolt of blue lightning from her fingertips. Dru shakes and shivers and smiles. Willow walks towards her.
WILLOW: Ever wonder how you'd look bald?
Willow tries to punch Dru in the stomach with her left fist. Dru grabs it with her right hand, but struggles to hold it back. This diversion taken care of, Willow grabs Dru's hair with her right hand. She is about to rip a tuft of it out when Dru puts her right hand behind Willow's head, pulls Willow's head forward and kisses her on the lips. She lets go of Willow's left fist. Willow lets go of Dru's hair. In a matter of seconds, Willow's hair turns red again, her shirt turns green and her jeans turn blue. After five seconds, Dru stops kissing Willow. She pulls her head back and smiles.
DRU: Blood is the only magic I believe in.
Xander drives, Anya sits in the front passenger seat, Buffy sits behind Xander and Giles sits behind Anya.
BUFFY: Whoa!
GILES: Did you feel something, too?
BUFFY: I got my powers back. I'm the Slayer again.
XANDER: Does that mean Willow's no longer evil and all-powerful?
ANYA: It could mean she's dead.
Dru goes bumpy and leans forward to bite the now weak and defenseless Willow in the neck. When her teeth are within an inch of Willow's skin, Spike grabs Dru's hair from behind and pulls her head away from Willow. Dru swats her right hand behind her. Spike ducks. When Dru has turned to face him, Spike connects with a right cross. Dru staggers backwards and nearly falls down. When she puts her right hand on the ground to break her fall, Dru picks up a large branch and hits the left side of Spike's head with it. When Spike goes down, she runs away. Willow stumbles over to Kennedy and removes her blindfold.
WILLOW: I'm sorry sweetie. I'm so sorry. Are you okay?
Kennedy sees WIllow and smiles.
KENNEDY: You came for me. You saved me.
SPIKE: How are you?
KENNEDY: [her voice is very weak] Bitten. Cut. Alive. You were in love with that maniac?
Connor races past them. They can feel him run by.
SPIKE: Oh, bloody hell. There he goes again.
Angelus drives to a scenic point which overlooks much of the valley. When Duncan wakes up, he realizes he is gagged and tied to a tree. Behind and above him, Elena is hog-tied to a tall branch.
ANGELUS: You woke up just in time for the show.
He cuts Elena down and drags her in front of Duncan. Like him, she is gagged and absolutely terrified.
ANGELUS: Very romantic spot. Perfect place to bring a girlfriend. And tonight, we have it all to ourselves. Which means no one can hear her scream. Except for you. And me. [takes off Elena's gag]
Spike races after Connor, trying to catch Dru, but mostly trying to keep Connor from getting himself in even more trouble. Dru leaps down an embankment onto a nearby road. A bus screeches its brakes and stops less than a foot in front of her. She runs to the door, rips it open and climbs in.
DRU: Sorry. I was running a little late.
She hands the bus driver her ticket and sits down in the back. The bus heads east, then loops around on the on-ramp to I-5-North. Connor chases the bus from behind and climbs onto the top of the vehicle. Spike arrives just in time to see this.
SPIKE: Kid won't give up until he's dead.
The bus speeds down the highway. A half-mile ahead is an overpass.
SPIKE: That could come sooner rather than later.
In the middle of the bus, there's a trap door in the roof in case of a rollover. Connor walks towards the door, hoping to knock it open, enter the bus and kill Drusilla. He does not notice the overpass until right before he hits it. Connor's forehead slams into the bottom of an I-beam. He grabs onto it and tries to pull himself up. Spike winces when he sees the impact, then rushes over to help. Connor does pulls himself onto the two-lane road that crosses over the highway. He collapses on the narrow sidewalk. Spike finds him there.
SPIKE: Connor? Connor, can you hear me?
CONNOR: My head hurts.
There is a big red bruise running across his forehead. Spike is shocked that is all there is.
SPIKE: Don't move. Don't try to get up. I'll take you back.
CONNOR: No, I'm okay. A little dizzy, but okay.
Spike picks him up and carries him down the road.
CONNOR: I can walk. Let me go.
SPIKE: Your call.
Connor gets to his feet. He takes a step and feels very lightheaded. Spike props him up. They continue walking.
SPIKE: Jumping on top of moving vehicles – almost always a bad idea. Were you planning to ride it all the way to when she got off?
CONNOR: I was gonna break in and kill her.
SPIKE: Or let her kill you. Or she would throw you out the window. Or, if you were lucky, things would go your way and she would throw herself out of a window to escape. Or she could decide she doesn't want to fight and use some of the passengers as hostages.
CONNOR: Or I could stake her before she got the chance.
SPIKE: I'm not the sort who think things through. I've taken my share of stupid risks. But even at my rashest, I never thought of doing what you just did. And that's saying something scary.
CONNOR: Someone had to stop her.
SPIKE: That someone was me. No point in you dying because of my failure.
Ronan is Angelus's most trusted male vampire. Even when he's evil, it makes him feel better to have an Irish sidekick, although Ronan is far taller and bulkier than Doyle. Also, he has a tattoo on top of his bald head. In part because of Ronan, in part because it was a sign of their submission to him, and in part because he thought it made them look more intimidating, Angelus made his other eight male vampires shave their heads as well. Angelus gave the homing device to Ronan. With the 11 other vampires in tow, Ronan took the tunnels to Century City. He surfaced and entered a parking garage, where he discreetly bumped into a man walking to his car, dropping the homing device in this man's pants pocket. The man drove towards the 101, heading for home. At the hotel, the gang noticed Angelus was on the move, and they got into the car to stay on his tail. Gunn drove, with Faith riding shotgun, Wesley sitting behind Charles, Fred in the middle of the backseat and Lindsey behind Faith. Lorne was at the hotel guiding them in, just like the night before.
FAITH: You guys were sure he'd stay in.
WES: He's probably out in force, supported by his other vampires. Which means we have to be careful and wait for them to split up and feed before we make our move.
GUNN: Lorne says we're gaining. Are you sure he's on wheels?
LORNE: The occasional stopping and starting lends itself to that conclusion. He's a block ahead of you. Okay cupcake, he's stopped, you're pulling up. Now you're both stopped. Wait. I think this thing is saying you're right on top of him.
FAITH: That's a Buick in front us.
LINDSEY: Dammit.
FRED: I knew this seemed too easy.
WES: Grab your weapons.
GUNN: I'm gonna try to get us the hell outta this trap.
He backs up as far as he can, goes into drive, and is about to attempt a u-turn when six male vampires pick up the left side of the car and roll it over. One of them jabs the gas tank with a crowbar to try to make it rupture. Six other vampires stand to the right of the car. The gang inside uses their weapons to bust through the windows. Gunn, Wes and Fred crawl out to the left of the car, while Faith and Lindsey escape to the right. The gas tank catches fire and the vampires move back. As the gang stands up to face their attackers, the gas tank explodes. The force of the blast knocks them on their faces and causes the vampires to retreat. It also scares away all further vehicle traffic. While the car was being tipped, the light turned green. The man in the Buick, oblivious to what he had unwittingly started, drove away. He heard the explosion as he made a right to get on the 101. He thought it was odd, but it didn't slow his trip home. By then Lorne realized they had been had and turned off the tracking monitor. Gunn lost his earpiece while escaping from the wreck, so Lorne can't make audio contact. He gets very nervous.
Faith and Lindsey find themselves isolated against six vampires. A male vampire charges Lindsey. He points his crossbow at the vamp and retreats towards the fire, hoping this will keep the vampire at bay. It does. But it also leaves Faith fighting five vampires on her own. Alanna kicks Faith in the face. Faith responds with a right roundhouse kick. Meanwhile Tina and Vala run around to the other side. They know Faith is the hardest kill, so they merely want to keep her occupied while the others vampires swarm and kill Fred, Wes and Gunn. Besides, they're the ones Angelus most wants dead. Faith block's Alanna's right jab, then lands a right cross and a left hook. Alanna runs away. Faith gets kicked in the back by a male vampire. She falls on her face, rolls over, sweeps the vampires' legs out, then vaults to her feet. She kicks the other male vampire in the face, knocking him down as well.
On the other side, Fred, Wes and Gunn find themselves arrayed against six male vampires. Fred swings her flail over her head in a circle, keeping the vamps away from her. Gunn clobbers two vamps in the head with his baseball bat, then hits a vampire attacking him from behind with the butt of the handle. Wesley swings his ax at two nearby vampires, who back away. Another vampire grabs the weapon's handle. Wesley swings his right hand forward, hitting the vampire in the face with the flat side of the ax. A vampire manages to grab the chain of Fred's flail, which she holds in her right hand. Fred pulls out her mace in her left hand and nails the vampire in the side of his head. She swings the mace upwards at another attacker, clocking him in the chin.
The vampire facing Lindsey also flees to the other side. Lindsey goes behind the burning car to try to see how the others are doing. He runs into Ronan's right fist and is knocked back to the sidewalk. Lindsey aims his crossbow and fires. Ronan sticks out his left hand and takes the bolt in the palm. Lindsey stands up as Ronan charges him. He hit Ronan's face with the metal front of the crossbow and runs over to help Fred, Gunn and Wesley. Tina attacks Gunn. He swings for her, but she grabs the barrel of the bat with her left hand and punches Gunn in the face with a right jab. He backs up, then Tina knocks him down with a flying right kick. She looks at the half-dozen male vampires on that side who didn't even make a mark on Gunn, Wes or Fred.
TINA: Never trust two men to do one woman's job.
Vala goes after Wesley. He swings for her neck. She ducks, sweeps his legs out and knocks Wes on his back. She stomps on the ax head with her left foot, pinning it to the ground, and puts her right foot on top of Wesley's throat. After being knocked down by Tina, Gunn feels no shame in hiding from a woman. He stands behind a light pole and puts the pointy front end of his bat to his left. Tina is on the opposite side of the pole. If she moves right, she's staked. And she assumes that if she moves left she'll get hit with Gunn's right fist. So Tina decides to go up. She leaps in the air and perches herself on a short cross-piece ten feet off the ground. From this vantage point, she sees that Fred is not being threatened. Tina decides to take matters into her own hands. She leaps at Fred and tackles her, pinning Fred on her back. Gunn races to save her. But there are several vampires in his path.
It is at this point that Lindsey runs over to join this part of the fight. He rushes to Fred's aid, since she is right in front of him, while Wesley and Gunn are to his right. But Ronan catches up with Lindsey and tosses Lindsey to his left. Fred puts her hands out and tries to push Tina's face away from her neck. Tina pins Fred's arms to the ground.
TINA: Master wants you sired. Might not be time for that. Besides, I'd much rather turn that black guy.
Tina leans in to bite Fred, who head-butts her in the mouth, making Tina growl, pick up Fred's shoulders and slam the back of her head into the concrete. Alanna sees Tina on top of Fred, Vala in control of Wes and Gunn surrounded by male vampires. She decides she may be more needed on the other side. She is right. Faith lands left and right punches to the face of the vampire to her right. She decks him with a left roundhouse kick. She blocks a right kick from the vampire to her left, blocks his right cross, lands two right jabs and puts him on his back with a right kick to the chin. She pulls out her stake. But Alanna grabs Faith from behind and throws her through a storefront window. The two male vampires stand up. Alanna looks at them dismissively and shakes her head. It should be pointed out all of Angelus's male vampires were sired before he reappeared on the scene, while all the female vampires are his sires. This could also help explain why the women are so much tougher than the men. It also helps explain why the women don't get along with them.
Wesley puts his two hands around Vala's right ankle and tries to pry her right foot off his adam's apple before she chokes him to death. He isn't strong enough. Then again, Wesley never relies entirely on muscle. He takes his left hand off Val's ankle, pulls his left leg back towards his outstretched left hand, grabs the knife he had stored underneath the pant leg, and slashes Val's right calf muscle. This distracts and weakens her. Wes then grabs her right ankle with both hands and pulls her leg upwards. She does a backflip and lands on her feet. Wesley stands up, puts the knife in his belt, and picks up his ax.
Gunn kicks one vampire with his right foot and pummels another in the ribs with his bat. He takes the bat in his right hand and tries to stake a third vampire that charges at him. The vampire grabs the end of the bat with both hands. Gunn knocks him down with a left hook. A fourth vampire leaps on his back, but Charles hits him with two elbows to the face. He rushes over to save Fred. Ronan is waiting for him. He blind-sides Gunn from the left and grabs Gunn's throat with his right hand.
RONAN: Chivalry will only get you killed, Charlie.
Ronan lifts Gunn in the air. His feet dangle. Charles tries to hit Ronan's left knee with his bat. Ronan moves his right foot over to block the bat. He looks to his left and sees Lindsey approaching Tina with a stake in his right hand. He tosses Gunn 20 feet backwards and gives Lindsey a left kick in the chest just before he is going to drive the stake downwards. Tina rips off the cross around Winifred's neck. While Gunn fought his way towards Fred, Wes got up and dashed towards her as well. He swung his ax at the two vampires who tried to get in his way, and they moved back. As Ronan kicked Lindsey away from Tina, Wesley kicked Tina off of Fred. Ronan never saw him coming. He assumed Vala would take care of Wesley. Now Ronan decks Wesley with a left hook. Fred gets up and helps Wes to his feet, dragging him towards Gunn before the vampires can descend on him.
LINDSEY: We have to get over to the other side!
On the other side, Alanna went toe-to-toe with Faith. The male vampires stood behind Faith, making her nervous and waiting till she was knocked down to pounce. Faith ducked Alanna's right roundhouse kick. Faith lands a left jab and ducks a left cross. Alanna ducks Faith's right hook and Faith moves her chin back out of the way of Alanna's right uppercut.
FAITH: You ain't half-bad, honey.
Alanna tries to sweep Faith's legs, but she jumps in the air and throws a flying right kick. Alanna leaps back and avoids it.
FAITH: Why isn't Angel workin' for YOU?
Alanna charges in. Faith knocks her back with a left kick to the chest. Alanna lands a right hook and tries a left jab. Faith grabs her les forearm, spins her around and tosses her to the ground.
FAITH: That's how he always does it.
Blocks two of Alanna's punches, lands a left hook and a right kick to her face.
FAITH: At least with the women he respects.
Faith connects with two right jabs. Alanna hits Faith in the stomach with a right uppercut, then grabs Faith and pushes her on her back. The two male vampires come at her. Faith kicks her legs up, hitting each of them with one of her feet. She arches her back and vaults up to her feet right when Alanna throws a right hook for her head. Faith arches her back again, the hook sails over top of her, and she hits Alanna with a blackflip kick. Faith leaps at Alanna and knocks her down with a flying right kick. Tina and Vala worry that Alanna might be in some trouble fighting a Slayer on her own. They head over to help her, leaving the seven men to finish off the four humans who don't have any special powers. Alanna looks up and sees her sisters. She stands up and smiles. Tina and Vala walk towards Faith while Alanna stands back and rests. Faith sees Tina and Vala in front of her and two male vampires behind her.
On the other side, Fred, Wes and Gunn huddle together to keep the six vampires surrounding them at bay. The vampires are taking their time. The Slayer is busy, so there's no need to hurry and get staked or beheaded for being too impetuous. Ronan walks towards Lindsey, who is separated from the others. Ronan grabs Lindsey with his left hand and knocks him down with the back of his right hand. Lindsey retreats and loads his crossbow. He hesitates to fire because if he misses it's all over. Lindsey climbs onto the roof of a parked car as Ronan slowly approaches. He knows no one will be coming to Lindsey's aid. He leaps up at Lindsey, who leaps down to the street and tries to run towards the others. Ronan sails over top of the car and lands on the sidewalk. Lindsey turns around and fires his crossbow. Ronan catches the bolt in his right hand and snaps it in two. Lindsey reloads as he runs.
Surrounded by vampires, Faith turns to her left and leaps over top of the burning car. Ronan sees her sail through the air. He forgets about Lindsey and goes for the Slayer. She attacks the vampires surrounding Fred, Wes and Gunn, kicking two of them to the ground. The humans go on the offensive. Fred hits a vampire with her mace and Gunn hits the same vampire with his bat. Gunn kicks another vampire backwards, and Fred sticks him in the right shoulder with her flail. Wesley swings for another vampire, who grabs the handle of his ax and snaps it in two. Wesley decks him with a left cross and a right hook. The two vampires Faith knocked down come at her again. She knocks one of them down with three punches, kicks the one behind her in the stomach with a right reverse kick, then spins around and lands a left kick to his face. She turns back around and sees Ronan. He throws a right hook, which she ducks. Faith lands a right uppercut to his chin and a left cross to his face. Ronan knocks Faith backwards with a left hook.
FAITH: Nice to see at least one of the boys is almost as strong as the girls.
Faith hits his face with a leaping right kick.
FAITH: You really pull off the whole Vin Diesel look.
Faith blocks a right jab. Ronan lands a left uppercut to Faith's stomach and then pushes her to the ground.
RONAN: Who do you think that little pansy stole it from?
FAITH: I hate it when vamps name drop.
Faith throws a left roundhouse. Ronan grabs her left foot. She leaps up and kicks Ronan in the chest with her right foot, forcing him to let go. Ronan tries a right kick. Faith ducks and sweeps his left leg.
Gunn and Wes beat up one vampire, while another attacks Fred. Lindsey hits the back of its head with the front of his crossbow.
LINDSEY: We have to get to the other side to escape.
Gunn and Wes hear this. Along with Fred and Lindsey, they leap over the burning wreck. Fred and Lindsey leap in front of the fire, while Gunn and Wes go through it, the flames licking their feet. Faith leaps over the flames. The five of them face five vampires. Faith throws one of the men through a window, hits the other male vampire with two left jabs, then also tosses him through the window. She decks Vala with a flying left roundhouse kick. Lindsey and Gunn overpower Alanna while Fred and Wesley overpower Tina. Lindsey turns and fires a crossbow bolt at a vampire charging them from behind. The vampire hits the deck to avoid the missile, which strikes the vampire behind him in the chest. It misses his head by an inch, but that's close enough to cause this vampire to stop for a few seconds. The humans dash to the end of the block and turn right. A block ahead they see an entrance to the subway. They run down the stairs. A train has just pulled in. Faith leaps over the turnstiles. Wes, Gunn and Fred soon follow. The woman at the ticket kiosk screams at them for not paying. Lindsey opens his wallet, pulls out $20 bill and gives it to the woman. "Okay. That should cover it." Faith holds the door open for Fred, Wes, Gunn and, finally, Lindsey. The doors close and the train takes off.
After the 12 vampires regroup, they spread out to find the humans. Three men head south, three head east and three head west. They quickly fan out. The three woman walk west more slowly. Tina whistles. She points to the subway entrance. Vala and Alanna agree with her. The three of them leap 20 feet down to the landing, then leap 20 more feet into the station. Tina, who is in the lead, sees the subway pulling out of the station. She leaps over the turnstile and gives chase. Right when she is about to grab on to the back of the moving subway, a man bumps into her and she falls on the tracks. Her right arm misses the third rail by inches. She jumps back onto the platform. A transit cop points his gun at her. Two more approach her from the right, and one from the left. She grabs the first transit cop's gun with her left hand and punches him in the face. Vala and Alanna hiss. Tina looks to her right and sees them shaking their heads. They don't believe offing the cops is the right thing to do at this time. Vala and Alanna each grab a civilian to use as a shield. Tina also grabs one. They backtrack towards the stairs, drop the hostages and race up to the surface. Inside the subway, the gang tries to hide their weapons underneath their shirts and coats. Other passengers tend to look suspiciously at those who ride the subway with maces, flails, baseball bats, knives and crossbows. The crossbow is especially difficult to conceal.
Back at Buffy's house, after everyone has returned and Willow took Kennedy to the hospital. Connor's lying down on the couch with an icebag resting on his forehead, the back of his head lying in Dawn's lap.
WILLOW: They said she'll be coming home in the morning.
GiLES: Connor, are you sure you don't want to go to the hospital? After all, your head did hit a bridge while it was going 50 miles be hour.
SPIKE: At least 50.
CONNOR: Nothing's broken.
XANDER: How is that possible? I don't know much about physics, but –
ANYA: His head should have been sliced open like a watermelon?
CONNOR: Hey! I'm right here.
GILES: Anya has a point. And there may be internal injuries, brain damage.
BUFFY: Assuming there was something to damage.
CONNOR: What the hell was that for?
He wanted to say "I was smart enough to fool you last night" but thought better of it.
BUFFY: You leaped onto a moving bus and rode it down the highway.
CONNOR: This didn't happen the other times.
XANDER: You've done this before?
CONNOR: In LA, where the roads were below me.
Andrew sits in the middle of the room with his camcorder trained on Connor. He whispers into it.
ANDREW: Connor. The miracle child. The indestructible boy. Wrestling with his own personal demons, and the demons in his own family. Raised in the wild. Still trying to adjust to our world, to reconcile his demon heritage with his human identity, all while enduring the traumas of adolescence. A boy, becoming a man, becoming a super hero.
CONNOR: Who is he talking to? And what's he pointing at me?
ANYA: I thought you were done making films.
ANDREW: My previous project's in post-production. This is my new project. I call it "Connor: A Child of, and Slayer of, Vampyres."
ANYA: You need to work on your titles.
DAWN: He videotapes people.
ANDREW: Can I get a close-up of that gigantic bruise?
GILES: Perhaps you could turn that off for tonight. [Andrew does this] Anyway, Willow, I'm still not entirely clear about what transpired between you and Drusilla.
WILLOW: She kissed me. Used her tongue. [Spike gasps, as do Buffy, Giles and Xander.]
SPIKE: Dru's not that kind of girl. She's NEVER been that kind of girl.
XANDER: Maybe she's changed since she dumped you.
WILLOW: She only did that to get Kennedy's blood inside me. Mentioned something about blood magic.
BUFFY: And Kennedy's blood which took away your power?
WILLOW: And made me non-evil. But it also made me weak. Kennedy said Drusilla mentioned something about a present for daddy.
BUFFY: She kills you, you can't restore Angel's soul.
XANDER: But why the blood?
WILLOW: Because I love her. Love's what brought me back before. Sure, the last time I got a lot of Tara's blood on me. But she was dead. That has to be the reason Drusilla kept Kennedy alive. By the way, thanks Spike. For the timely entrance.
SPIKE: It was the least I could do. Literally. Besides, you have a habit of not getting bitten when I'm around. At least this time I wasn't the one trying to do the biting.
WILLOW: If it's okay with you guys, I'm going to the hospital to spend some time with Kennedy.
TINA: What do we do now?
ALANNA: The boys will stake out their apartments. We check hotels for Lindsey and the Slayer.
VALA: Cecil said the guy's loaded, so I'm thinking we start with the 5-star joints.
Back at the hotel, Lorne is smoking cigarettes, anxiously awaiting news from his friends. When they enter, he is ecstatic.
LORNE: Your back! I was worried sick.
He guys Fred with his left arm and Gunn with his right.
GUNN: Since when did we hug?
LORNE: Well excuse me for being glad you aren't dead.
FRED: Are you smoking?
LORNE: Only when I'm nervous. Why didn't anyone call?
WES: We had to escape via the subway.
LORNE: I take it our ex-champion found the bug?
FAITH: He set us up. Didn't get much in way of payback.
LINDSEY: Even when he throws everything he's got at us, we still walk away.
FRED: Run, actually. This is the first time in a while I really missed Connor. We coulda used him out there tonight.
Connor throws a few more logs on the fire back at his place.
DAWN: I think it's already plenty warm in here.
CONNOR: That's not the point. Makes me feel safe. Always has.
DAWN: The swelling's gone down a lot.
CONNOR: It feels better. [they sit down on the floor near the roaring fire.] So you really had a crush on Xander? [laughs]
DAWN: It started when I was like 12 or 13, which means those monks programmed it into me. But I still liked him after I was real. He's funny. And nice. Plus, it's not like I was the only one. Except for Buffy, every girl's liked him. Willow. Anya. Even Cordy.
CONNOR: I still can't believe she was his girlfriend. Nothing in this town makes sense.
DAWN: What about you and me?
CONNOR: We're special. But Spike? You had a thing for HIM?
DAWN: You're being a little judgmental, considering, well, let's not forget about you and your glowing first love. How weird do you think I find that?
CONNOR: Spike didn't even have a soul.
DAWN: But he couldn't hurt people. And he was nice to me. He protected me. Sure, sometimes it was hard to figure out if he really cared about me, or if he was just trying to score points with Buffy. But he kept doing it even when she was gone. Maybe cause he had no one else to hang out with. But neither did I.
CONNOR: So you liked him when he was soulless, but don't like him now that he has a soul? I don't quite get that.
DAWN: I trusted him when he didn't have a soul. But he let me down. He hurt Buffy.
CONNOR: So he can't use the soulless thing as an excuse with you. Did you ever want to make him pay?
DAWN: Told him if he hurt Buffy again I'd set him on fire in his sleep.
Connor smiles. He can't believe he never thought of it before, vis-a-vis Angel. Not that he'd do it. But the threat would scare Angel, since you're defenseless in your sleep. So it would be a good way to intimidate the man who intimidates him.
CONNOR: That's a good one. I like it.
DAWN: Nice to finally see you smile. You've been pretty down tonight. Guess I can't blame you.
CONNOR: I've felt pain lots of times, but never like getting bit. It's like she got inside me. Makes my skin scrawl. I feel, almost, you know, violated.
DAWN: You were alive when she left. You won.
CONNOR: Doesn't feel like winning to me.
Dawn takes off the bandage.
DAWN: The wound's closed. All that's left are two little red dots. Probably be gone by morning.
Dawn touches the area of the wound. Then she kisses it. Connor smiles.
DAWN: Won't even leave a mark. And your head's looking a lot less bumpy. Bruise is now all blue and purple, but it's way smaller than before. These things go away. What you are, who you are, why you're amazing, those things don't change.
She lightly kisses the bruise on his forehead. Connor really likes this. Dawn has a way of making things feel all better. She kisses Connor on the lips and falls on top of him.
GILES: I should have noticed their absence. Then I would have found them before they rose, and Rebecca, Theresa and Rose would still be alive.
BUFFY: I'm the one who is supposed to protect the Potentials.
SPIKE: You two did what you do every day. So did everyone else. Everyone but me. If I had been here, if I hadn't moved out, all of them would be alive.
BUFFY: We can't blame you for not being here to prevent a daytime vampire attack inside my house. No one even considered that possibility.
SPIKE: Well, I'll be here from now on.
Spike goes down to the basement.
Angelus couldn't break out of his languor. Raping a virgin and making her boyfriend watch before killing them both used to always perk up Angelus's spirits. But not this time. He came home and stayed in his room to sulk. Horror of horrors, he was almost brooding. Three male vampires are staking out Fred's, Gunn's and Wesley's apartments. The other six male vampires and the three female vampires sit around in the lobby. For the first time ever, Angelus had refused the services of these women. They were worried about his state of mind. Drusilla walks through the front door. She looks around, smiles and heads towards the elevators. The vampires don't know what to make of this unexpected visitor. Ronan blocks her path.
RONAN: He won't see anyone.
DRU: He will see me.
RONAN: I can't let you pass.
DRU: Try and stop me.
Ronan throws a right jab. Dru grabs his fist with her left hand. She grabs Ronan's shirt with her right hand and throws him across the lobby. Another male vampire tries to hit her in the back of the head with a crowbar. Dru reaches back with her right hand and grabs the crowbar. She turns around and sends this vampire flying with a left uppercut. A third male vampire attacks, and she kicks him with her right foot, knocking him into the circular couch. The other three male vampires backs away from the strange, powerful woman. The three women whisper excitedly among themselves. Angelus had told them about Drusilla. They were positive this was her. They walk up to Dru and curtsy. Dru loves this.
ALANNA: Hello, my lady. The door to our Master's room is lock. We will bring you the key.
TINA: It's an honor, my lady.
VALA: Truly a privilege, my lady.
They know she's English and from the 19th century, so they are trying to cobble together some semblance of etiquette. They go into the office, find the key and hand it to Dru. She goes upstairs and unlocks the door.
ANGELUS: Go away! I told you no visitors!
Dru opens the door. Angelus is lying on his bed. His jaw drops.
ANGELUS: It's you. It's really you.
NEXT: Drusilla delights Angelus with tales of her exploits in Sunnydale. Cordelia and Drusilla snap at one another. Gwen returns to fight alongside Faith. And Lorne comes to Sunnydale to watch Lindsey perform at the Bronze.