Faith and Gwen fight hard and party harder, as does Drusilla. Elijah bonds with Spike. Faith and Gwen face off against Dru. And Lindsey takes the stage, making Xander and Spike very jealous.
Drusilla takes Alanna, Tina and Vala to a very tough-looking biker bar in Long Beach. The four ladies enter. Several men whistle.
DRU: Get to work, girls.
The three vampires easily pick up three men. Alanna's guy has a girlfriend. She objects. Alanna hits her in the chest with the palm of her right hand. The woman flies ten feet backwards. They take their men out back. Drusilla scans the joint, looking for opportunities. Along the left wall, she sees two big, tough-looking men sitting with their girlfriends around a semi-circular booth. She walks over and kicks the table over. The drinks tumble into the peoples' laps. One of the men gets up. He's about 6'4'', 300 pounds. Dru calmy looks up at him. "What's the hell's your problem?," he asks Dru. His assumption is that this woman is mentally disturbed. He's right. Problem is, he has no idea how powerful she is.
DRU: I wont trouble.
He laughs. The other guy and the two woman stand up. "Let me take care of her," suggests the girlfriend of the man staring Dru down.
DRU: Wait your turn, deary.
Dru shoots the fingers of her left hand towards the man's adam's apple, effortlessly fracturing that bone and crushing his trachea. He falls on his knees, both hands grabbing his throat, desperately gasping for breath. His girlfriend swings for Dru's face. Dru smashes the woman's nose with her right palm. The other woman grabs her man's right arm and lets him know she wants to get the hell out. But her boyfriend wants to stick up for his buddy. He throws a right hook. Dru grabs his fist with her left hand and crushes his knuckles. He yelps in pain. His girlfriend screams. Dru points at her with her right index finger.
DRU: Face the wall, dolly.
The woman stands there terrified. Dru goes bumpy.
DRU: Face the woll!!
She does as she is told. Dru grabs a beer mug in her right hand, smashes off the top of it and shoves the broken glass through the man's jaw and into his skull. A third biker hits her in the back with a chair. She turns around and strikes him with the back of her hand. He flies over the bar. She looks around the place. The women scream, while the men prepare to defend their "brothers." They've never run away from a fight. Drusilla grabs one of the fleeing women and bites her from behind, so everyone can watch. The bikers have seen some crazy things in their years. But never anything like this. Dru turns around. The woman she told to turn around is peeking.
DRU: Oiyes on the woll!
She slams the woman's had through the wall.
DRU: Else they go in the wall.
Dru laughs. A man comes at her with a large knife in his right hand. She grabs his right wrist with her left hand and gazes into his eyes. Once she's mesmerized him, Dru reaches out her right hand and slits his throat with her fingernail. She kicks another attacker back with her right foot. Dru spins a third attacker around and slams his head into the metal railing that runs along the bar. She looks at the back of his Hell's Angel's jacket and holds him from behind.
DRU: There's only one Angel.
She bites down and drains him. Another big, tough guy attacks. He manages to land a right cross. It doesn't seem to hurt Dru.
DRU: Naught nice to strike a girl.
She grabs the man and tosses him across the bar. He crashes through a table. Outside, Alanna, Tina and Vala here the pandemonium. They finish feeding off their victims.
ALANNA: Sounds like mummy needs us. [Though all four of them are Angelus's sires, these three see Dru as a maternal figure because of her strength, her experience and her closeness to Angelus.]
The three vampires come back in and stand alongside Drusilla, staring down a dozen men.
TINA: Let's rock and roll.
They four of them go to work pummelling the men up and down the saloon.
VALA: We rock. They roll.
A man comes at Dru from behind with a broken whisky bottle in his right hand. She reaches her left arm back, grabs his right forearm and flips the man. He lands right in front of her. Dru takes the bottle and drives it down into his skull.
DRU: What you get for foiting dirty.
Alanna, Vala and Tina are far for acrobatic than the minimalist Dru. They each take on three men at once, knocking them through the air with flying kicks. Dru sticks to simple punches and throws. Four men are dead. The other eight, who are all badly injured, stumble out the front door. Vala smells a victim in the ladies' bathroom. She runs in there with Tina and Alanna. They see a terrified woman, smile and leap on top of her. Sometimes they find it fun to hunt and kill in packs.
The woman whose nose Dru broke leaves her dead lover behind and makes a run for it. Dru grabs her.
DRU: Shame on you. Nevah desert your man.
She bites down. Vala, Tina and Alanna return from their kill. The woman whose head Dru shoved through the wall has regained consciousness. With blood on their chins, the three eager vampires leap at her, pin her down and dig in like hungry hyenas. When they've finished, Dru, Alanna, Vala and Tina all go back to their human faces and daintily wipe the blood off their mouths with silk handkerchiefs. Dru walks up to the bar.
DRU: One Virgin Mary, please.
The bartender stands there shivering and wetting his pants in fear. Dru continues smiling politely, but she slams her left fist through the bar. The saloon keeper jumps back and quickly fixes the drink. The other girls share a bottle of champagne. The four of them leave. 15 dead, including eleven Hell's Angels. Word soon gets out among the demons about what happened. Later that night, some of them come to Long Beach and turn the biker bar into a demon bar, eviscerating the hapless owner.
Faith and Gwen decide to have a girls' night out. Faith wears her burgundy leather pants and black silk tank top. Gwen's in red skin-tight pants, shirt and gloves. Both wear matching bright red lipstick. Gwen zips them around town in her red Italian racing motorcycle, with Faith hanging on in the passenger seat. They cruise around the city's major nightspots, looking for trouble. Finally, in West Hollywood they notice something suspicious. A club's front door is shut and the doorman outside has been bitten. They decide to get to work. Faith takes the front, Gwen the back.
Gwen throws a line onto the roof. The hook grabs the edge and she climbs up. She then positions herself right above the rear exit. She repels down, kicks the door twice and pulls herself just above the door, hanging there and waiting for the moment to strike. A vampire opens the door. He sees nothing. Gwen swoops down head-first and stakes him. She cuts herself free, flips around so she lands on her feet, then puts her left foot in the door just before it closes.
The vampires don't notice this because of Faith's far more ostentatious entrance through the front. Bypassing the front door, Faith leaps through the front window. The vampire guarding the front door turns to his right and attacks her. Faith lands a straight right kick and a left roundhouse kick, knocking the vampire against the bar. She punches him in the nose with a right jab and stakes him with her left hand. She turns to her left. A vampire comes at her. She leaps in the air, does a forward flip and lands on top of the bar. Faith kicks the vampire in the face with her left foot. He retreats towards the other three vampires, who stand 30 feet in front of Faith near the middle of the club. She looks around at the startled people and smiles. She likes playing the hero.
FAITH: Nothing to worry about. This'll all be over in a minute. Probably sooner.
She leaps forward, does a front flip and lands with her feet on the floor. The four vampires approach her. Lying in wait behind them is Gwen. She has picked up a cue stick. Faith leaps in the air and kicks one vampire to the ground. She hits another with a flying left roundhouse kick. A vampire tries to kick her in the face. Face does a back flip. The "audience" gasps. Faith hits the vampire with right and left punches. He lands a right hook. She connects with a left kick to the stomach and a right kick to the chin. He goes down. The fourth vampire grabs Faith from behind and pushes her face-first into the wall. She turns around and ducks his right cross. His fist slams into the brick wall. Faith knocks him back with a right jab. She ducks his right kick, jumps in the air to avoid his attempt to sweep her legs with his left foot, grabs him and tosses him 15 feet backwards. More gasping from the crowd. He lands on a pool table.
Faith sees Gwen behind the vampire on her far right. She approaches that vampire. While he focuses on Faith, Gwen runs him through with the pool cue. More gasping as he turns to dust. Gwen looks to her right and sees a vampire standing on top of the pool table. She sweeps his legs with the fat end of the cue. He falls on the table, gets his feet back on the ground and attacks Gwen. Faith looks to her left and takes on the two other vampires. One of them hits her in the side of the head with a table leg, knocking Faith to the ground. The crowd gets worried. She kicks him away with her right foot and vaults to her feet. The crowd breathes a collective sigh of relief. The other vampires comes at her with a broken beer bottle in his right hand. She shatters it with a left kick, lands two right jabs to his face and throws him on his back. She leaves him behind to dust the vamp with the table leg in his right hand. He swings for her head, She ducks. He clubs her on the left side of her ribcage. She grabs his right arm with both hands and throws him over her shoulder. When he gets up, she throws his back against the wall. Faith lands a left kick to the chest and a right kick to the face. She follows this with right, left and right crosses, then grabs the stake in her left hand and finishes him off. The other vampire leaps at her from behind. Faith kicks her left leg backwards and knocks him down. The onlookers are very impressed by her sense of timing. She turns to finish this last one off.
Gwen tries to stake her vampire with the cue. He grabs it and breaks off its front two feet. She flips it around and tries to nail him in the mouth with the blunt end. He grabs the weapon with both hands and pushes Gwen into the wall near the bar and opposite Faith. He swings for her face. Gwen ducks and the cue shatters against the wall. She lands a right uppercut. He responds with a right cross, grabs Gwen and tosses her to his left. She gets up as he continues the attack. She does a backwards hand spring to buy time, a cartwheel to her left to avoid his right fist, then kicks him in the side of his head with her right foot. He tries a left kick. She ducks under it. He lands a right kick to her stomach. She connects with a quick left-right combination of punches.
Faith decks the vampire with a right uppercut. He gets up and lands a right kick. She backs up, then launches a flying right roundhouse kick. The blow spins him around and his face slams into the bar. Faith stakes him in the back. She turns to her left and sees the vampire between her and Gwen. He blocks Gwen's right cross and shoves her back into the rear wall. She kicks him away with her right foot. She takes a few steps towards the vampire, leaps in the air and pops him in the chin with a flying left kick. He staggers backwards, right into Faith's stake. He disappears. Gwen sees Faith. They both smile. Gwen walks up to her and they high-five.
FAITH: Not bad, G.
GWEN: Five by five?
FAITH: Damn right, girlfriend.
The crowd applauds and cheers the two women who have saved their lives with such style and swagger. Faith and Gwen walk up to the bar. The bartender tells them anything they want's on the house. They turn around and look at the dozens of grateful men in the club.
FAITH: Anything?
GWEN: That's what the man said.
FAITH: Spot any hotties?
GWEN: A few. No, wait. A few more than a few.
The music starts playing again.
FAITH: You thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?
GWEN: Work hard. Play harder.
FAITH: We make such a wicked great team.
They look at each other and smile, then wade out into the crowds of adoring menfolk. Each of them takes two of the cutest guys and they hit the dance floor. Most of the other men stand nearby and watch the two superwomen.
Lorne leaves the stage to cheers and hollers. Everyone's on their feet.
KENNEDY: I've never seen a man do "Lady Marmalade."
GILES: I'm amazed he could hit those high notes. Probably one of his demon powers.
ANYA: Didn't I tell you Lorne was fabulous?
XANDER: I can't believe you flirted with him.
ANYA: I didn't flirt. I was merely being playful and coquettish.
ANDREW: Lorne is so cool! And I loved that story about when he went home and Angel liberated the humans from slavery. It was so "Star Trek," especially the way they violated the Prime Directive to serve the interests of justice.
XANDER: They don't have a Prime Directive. And I say any race of demons stupid enough to make Cordy their princess deserves to be overthrown.
WILLOW: Remember his story about that Virginia girl? Can you imagine Wesley impersonating Angel, and getting away with it?
BUFFY: I don't understand their thing with that evil law firm. Angel fought the same Big Bad year after year after year. They never killed him. He never defeated them. That's just wrong. It's unnatural.
ANYA: Only near the Hellmouth does evil follow predictable Circadian rhythms.
Elijah and Kit arrive. They walk over to Buffy and her friends.
KIT: We heard a lot of cheering when we were outside, waiting to get in. Did we miss the first set?
BUFFY: No. He hasn't taken the stage. It was something completely different. Have you guys seen Dawn?
KIT: Not since school got out. She said she'd be here later with Connor.
BUFFY: You guys remember Dawn's friend Kit.
XANDER: The one she met on her first day?
BUFFY: Yeah.
XANDER: I'm Xander. The one who destroyed the talisman, made the spirits go away.
KIT: How thoughtful of you.
BUFFY: This is Elijah.
WILLOW: So this is the guy. We've heard a lot about you. Does Mr. Moore still teach AP Chem? [Willow's happy to have another brain around]
ELIJAH: He does. But I think he's retiring at the end of the year. [Elijah sees Spike. He looks surprised] I saw you in the school basement.
Spike pauses for a few seconds.
SPIKE: I don't remember that. But it's certainly possible.
ELIJAH: Two days ago.
SPIKE: That's not possible.
ELIJAH: "The Chelsea Hotel. I remember it well." You talked about killing Nancy Spungen.
GILES: You killed Nancy Spungen?
SPIKE: No. Not exactly.
ELIJAH: You said some guy named Drew did it. But it was your idea. And you were supposed to kill Sid, but didn't because he had too much junk in his system. I didn't understand that part. You said he was going to kill himself soon anyways so it didn't matter.
GILES: Is any of this true?
SPIKE: All of it.
ELIJAH: There was a New Musical Express issue about her death on the floor. I picked it up, then you appeared.
SPIKE: I guess I left that there.
GILES: It must have had mystical properties. Reading it caused you to see his ghost.
ELIJAH: But that was 24 years ago. The ghost looked the same age you are now.
Everyone pauses for a few seconds.
ANYA: Spike's a vampire.
ELIJAH: I thought vampires were evil. Why is he hanging with you guys?
XANDER: I used to ask that exact same question.
BUFFY: Spike is a vampire with a soul.
ELIJAH: A good vampire? That's implausible. Then again, the very existence of vampires is implausible. So why the hell not? During the past three days I've become very good at suspending my disbelief.
He takes out a small cross and touches it to Spike's left shoulder. He winces, flinches and grabs the shoulder.
SPIKE: What the bloody hell was that for?
ELIJAH: So that really works. Does holy water also hurt you?
SPIKE: Yes, and if you throw any at me –
ELIJAH: Does that mean God's a Catholic?
GILES: I never thought about it that way.
ELIJAH: It's probably just psychosomatic. Vampires do it to themselves.
Elijah pulls out a zippo lighter. He flicks it backwards and forwards against his hip, takes out a cigarette and lights it.
WILLOW: I hear you're friends with Connor.
Elijah takes a drag.
ELIJAH: He's a nice guy. And the cool thing is, ever since I started hanging with him, all the guys at school who used to beat me up are now afraid of me. No one messes with the four of us.
This confirms Buffy's fear of the parallels with Angelus, Darla, Spike and Dru. The fact that Elijah smokes only adds to the wiggins factor.
SPIKE: Can I bum one?
ELIJAH: Sure. No hard feelings about the cross thing?
SPIKE: Just don't do it again.
ELIJAH: It's a deal.
He takes out another cigarette, lights it with the one he's smoking and hands it to Spike.
ELIJAH: Your ghost alluded to the fact that you were soulless back then.
SPIKE: I was. Got my soul back last year.
ELIJAH: And how long have you been a vampire?
SPIKE: 123 years.
ELIJAH: So that means when you did the punk thing you were already a century old. Must've met a lot of interesting people. Seen a lot of cool bands. Ever catch the Velvet Underground?
SPIKE: At Max's in '70.
ELIJAH: So you never saw them with their original line-up?
GILES: I did. London, 68. Spectacular show. The interplay between Lou and Sterling was magnificent, to say nothing of Cale's virtuosity.
ELIJAH: A man with taste. Did you start a band? I mean, because I'm sure you've heard the cliche about Velvet Underground fans.
GILES: I started a band before I saw them live. Thus it's not applicable in my case.
ELIJAH: [to Kit] You didn't tell me Buffy had such cool friends.
KIT: I've never met these two. Guess they weren't around when I was over at the house.
WILLOW: Buffy says you're a senior. Have you decided on a college?
ELIJAH: Cal Tech. Chemical engineering.
WILLOW: That's great. Isn't Cal Tech in Los Angeles?
ELIJAH: Where Connor's dad lives. Yeah, it is.
The Scoobies look confused.
XANDER: You know what Connor is?
KIT: Dawn told me, and I told Eli.
ELIJAH: I was playing 21 in my driveway with him and Carlos. Connor went for a dunk and tripped over the rim. After that I had a few questions. Like I said, gotten real good at suspending my disbelief. Does explain a lot. Like his complete and utter unfamiliarity with our world. But he's a really good listener. Learns quick. Very curious. Connor's always coming to me with questions about stuff.
SPIKE: You too?
ELIJAH: Hold on a minute. Isn't Connor's dad also one of these good vampires? You two should get together.
Spike scowls. Buffy smirks. Elijah sees Amanda.
ELIJAH: Hey Amanda.
AMANDA: Hi Eli.
ELIJAH: Who are all your friends?
KIT: They're like Buffy's trainees.
ELIJAH: Slayer apprentices. Good idea. Do you always travel as a group? Cause then Preston would be the safest guy in town.
The Potentials laugh, since they saw Amanda save Preston.
KIT: Hey Kennedy. Haven't seen you since Christmas break. Notice the ranks have gotten more crowded. Must get pretty ugly in the morning, since there's only one bathroom in that house.
ELIJAH: They could always shower in groups of two.
Xander's intrigued. Kit looks dismayed. Xander looks dismayed that he's intrigued by this idea.
ELIJAH: I was joking, Kit. And I meant it purely from an efficiency standpoint. You usually like my flippant and slightly sick sense of humor.
KIT: Because usually it's more charming. I'll give you a free pass this time.
ELIJAH: So now I have to be on my best behavior. Darn. That's no fun. But being without you's even less fun.
MOLLY: Hi Kitty.
KIT: Hey Molly.
MOLLY: Where's Carlos?
KIT: He should be around here somewhere.
ELIJAH: I see him by the bar with Denise.
KIT: We should go say hi.
ELIJAH: Nice meeting all of you. Say Spike – can we hang out some time? You seem like you have a lot of interesting stories. I mean the ones that don't involve murder.
Kit and Elijah leave.
SPIKE: I like that boy.
ANYA: Is it just me, or is that kid the complete exact opposite of Connor?
GILES: He's certainly taking his encounters with the supernatural in stride.
WILLOW: Just like Oz.
BUFFY: He's nothing like Oz.
WILLOW: Smart. Sardonic. Cute. But much more talkative. And not a werewolf. He's not, right?
After having their fun, Faith and Gwen head off. They hit a few other clubs, don't find any more vampires, but do find a few more hot guys to toy with. Gwen zooms down the Sunset Strip when she sees a group of people running the other way. She pulls over and stops the bike. They get off.
FAITH: Looks like trouble.
GWEN: I thought we were the ones who looked like trouble?
FAITH: We are. But we're also looking for trouble.
A few more people run past them.
GWEN: Think we've found it.
They walk on. A block later they see Drusilla, Alanna, Tina and Vala approaching. They two groups of women walk towards each other, the vampires with their human faces on.
FAITH: Is that her?
GWEN: It is.
FAITH: Guess it's time to throw down.
The two sides confidently approach one another. Gwen is to Faith's right. Alanna is to Dru's right. Tina is to her left, with Vala on the far left. Alanna, Tina and Vala are a step or two behind Dru, since after all she is the leader. TIna wears gold pants and a black sleeveless top, Vala a short black velvet dress over blue stockings, Alanna blue suede pants with a pink satin top, and Drusilla black pants to match her hair with a dark green sleeveless turtleneck to match her eyes. All six glam women stop when they are close. Gwen casually pulls the fingers off her gloves. Dru turns to her left and looks at Gwen.
DRU: Careful girls. This one has special powers. One of a koind.
Drusilla looks straight ahead at Faith.
DRU: Nothing special about this one's powers.
Faith and Dru stand six feet apart, staring each other down.
DRU: Did you know that I made you?
Faith decides to keep it light as a way of staying aloof from Dru's quirky taunts.
FAITH: Always wanted to hear I was adopted. Funny thing is, my mom was even crazier than you.
DRU: Special present for daddy. Guess that's whoiy he cared for you. Wonted to keep you from dying.
FAITH: Snuffed a Slayer who couldn't kill you to create a Slayer who could. Not the smartest thing to do.
Dru pulls her shirt up a few inches and runs her fingers along the spot where Faith still has the scar where Buffy stabbed her. The point is to show that, unlike Faith, Drusilla has emerged from her encounters with Buffy unscathed. Dru smiles and looks Faith in the eyes.
DRU: Does she still have your knife?
Faith launches a right kick for Dru's face. She backs up a step and laughs. Faith lands a left roundhouse kick to Dru's stomach and follows this with a right cross to her face. Dru pushes Faith back. Faith tries a right roundhouse, which Dru blocks. Dru lands a right jab. Faith responds with a right cross and a left jab. Dru circles to Faith's left. When the fight begins, Alanna moves to her left and joins Tina and Vala in attacking Gwen, who looks worried. Vala grabs her right arm and Tina her left. Alanna comes at her and connects with a left cross. Gwen puts her fingers against Vala's and Tina's chests and shocks them both for a few seconds. While she does this, Gwen hits Alanna in the face with a right kick. The shocks make Vala's and Tina's hearts beat. They are stunned beyond belief and let go of Gwen. She gives Vala a flying right kick and Tina a leaping left roundhouse. Both of them go down.
GWEN: Was it good for you? Never turned on a chick before.
Alanna charges Gwen, who jumps in the air and knocks her back with a flying left kick. She kicks Tina with her left foot and Vala with her right when they try to get up. Faith closes with Dru, has her left jab blocked, but lands a right uppercut. Dru grabs Faith and tosses her to the ground. Faith gets up. She comes at Dru, prepares to launch a right kick, but hesitates. Dru lands a right jab. Faith sweeps Dru's legs with her right foot. Dru quickly gets to her feet and tries a right kick. Faith backs up. Dru stands still, making Faith attack her. Faith decides to help Gwen instead. She grabs Tina and tosses her back. Alanna throws a right hook. Gwen ducks. Faith rolls across the top of Gwen's back and attacks Vala. Faith blocks a right punch and a left kick. She answers with a left kick to the stomach and a left cross and a right hook to the face. She tries a left roundhouse kick, which Vala blocks. Vala hits Faith in the chin with a right kick. Faith responds with a left hook and a right uppercut, knocking Vala down. Gwen blocks Alanna's right jab with her left arm. The vampire lands a left hook. Gwen puts her right hand on Alanna's chest. She backs up when she starts breathing.
GWEN: Care for more?
The temporarily weakened Alanna throws a right kick and a left punch. Gwen easily blocks these blows and connect with left and right punches. Alanna backs up even more and only receives a glancing blow from Gwen's leaping right kick. Dru knocks Gwen to the pavement with a right cross to the left side of her face. She walks towards Faith, who throws a right cross. Dru ducks. Faith lands a left jab, Dru a right uppercut. Faith kicks her in the chest. Dru backs up. Gwen gets to her feet and is kicked back towards Faith by Tina. Faith and Gwen regroup and charge the four vampires, who retreat.
DRU: Remember dearies. Naught nice to eat the Christmas goose before daddy's taken a bite.
They turn around and walk away. Faith hurls her stake at Dru's back. Drusilla reaches her right arm back and – without even turning her head – grabs the stake out of the air. She flings it backwards. Faith catches it in her two hands when the point is three inches in front of her left eye. They give chase. The vampires turn right, enter an alley and disappear down a sewer manhole.
GWEN: They ran. Does that mean we won?
FAITH: For now.
Angelus climbs the stairs at Lindsey's hotel. At he travels between the 19th and 20th floors, his head hits an invisible barrier.
ANGELUS: The girls were right. My enemies have a safe haven of their own. Good thing they're not in it.
At the Bronze, Lindsey takes the stage. When the spotlights shines on him, the women just stare, open-mouthed.
ANYA: Oh baby. Come to mama.
BUFFY: Willow, remember how you found it attractive to see a guy playing in a band, and I didn't understand why? I understand completely now.
SPIKE: You have got to be bloody kidding me!
WILLOW: Kennedy, you know how I saw Giles singing and I found him kinda sexy? Well this, this –
KENNEDY: Must be so much sexier.
WILLOW: You read my mind, sweetie.
XANDER: Excuse me!
KENNEDY: Just because I'm gay doesn't mean I'm blind.
Andrew points his camera Lindsey and smiles.
ANDREW: He has such a beautiful voice.
BUFFY: It goes with his face.
ANYA: Not to mention his body. Is anyone else imagining him naked?