[Kelly meets Spike and tries to kill him: you know how much he likes that in a woman. Then Kelly tells Buffy about what she did with Angelus. In LA, Gwen talks with Connor about Angel. Meanwhile, Giles and the Potentials have to fight vampires, Bringers and Reapers. There's a burning building, a high-speed car chase with gunplay, and finally a battle between the Reapers and Buffy, Spike, Giles, Kelly and the Potentials.]
Spike's downtown, doing his own patrol. He understood and supported the sibling bonding slaying thing Buffy was doing with Dawn. Spike notices four teenage girls walking home from the Bronze on a dark, secluded back street. Prime targets. So he follows them at a distance of 50 yards, far enough that they won't notice but close enough that he can respond in time to an attack. But they do notice him. Emma glances over her back.
EMMA: I think he's following us.
MELANIE: Some perve?
JACKIE: Looks too cute to be a perve.
RHONDA: But he is old.
JACKIE: Not that old.
RHONDA: Old enough to make it creepy.
EMMA: Keep walking. Don't turn around. He'll probably just go away.
They speed up.
JACKIE: Maybe we're just freaking out over nothing. We're probably way too young for him to be interested in us. We're 16. He's what, twice that?
MELANIE: A lot of guys go for jailbait. The whole innocent virgins fetish. Course, most of them aren't twisted enough to try to pick girls up in a dark alley.
Spike can hear them. He didn't like the assumptions they made about him, but he did like Melanie's last comment. After all, it was the other vampire with a soul who was known for doing those things. Two vampires leap out from behind a dumpster and knock Emma and Melanie down. The four girls shriek. Spike races over and pulls the vampires off of Emma and Melanie. He holds them off the ground by their necks, then slams their heads together. The vampires fall to the ground. He looks at the terrified girls.
SPIKE: This is the part when you run home as fast as you can. Do I really look 32?
The girls slowly back away for a few steps, then take off running.
SPIKE: You're welcome. By the way. Bloody ingrates.
Spike turns around. The vampires are getting up. He kicks them both in the head. They go down again, then rise to their feet. The one to Spike's right attacks him. Spike blocks a right hook, lands a right cross, gets hit with a left jab, but responds with a left-right combination. He turns to his left and notices the other vampire is running away. The vampire turns the corner and goes out of view.
SPIKE: I hate bloody cowards.
While Spike is looking the other way, the remaining vampire knocks him down with a left kick to the head. He runs off to Spike's right. Spike gets up, gives chase and grabs the vampire, tossing him on his face. Spike gets on top and slams his head twice into the pavement.
SPIKE: Why couldn't you choose to die with dignity? It's much less messy.
Kelly is strolling through Sunnydale, looking for Buffy and Spike. She wears a white sweater and faded blue jeans. Her hair is a little longer than Buffy's. She wears it down, with a slight curl. Kelly sees the vampire racing towards her. He doesn't notice her, since he's busy escaping from Spike. She realizes that he's probably running too fast to be human. Kelly sticks out her right leg and trips the vampire up. She turns around to face him.
KELLY: You really should watch where you're going.
The vampire looks at her. Definitely biteable. Spike wasn't going to keep him from feeding after all. He charges Kelly recklessly. She steps to the side, gets her right arm under his left should and throws him on his back. The vampire stands up. Now he's a little nervous.
KELLY: I love the part when the hunter realizes he's the prey. Don't you find role reversals hilarious?
Kelly hits him in the nose with a straight right kick and in the jaw with a hooking left kick. The vampire kicks her in the ribs with his right foot. He hits her in the chin with a left jab, but Kelly blocks his right hook and quickly lands right and left jabs before putting him on his back with a leaping right kick. He gets up, gets mad and leaps at Kelly. She grabs him with both hands and tosses him into the side of a dumpster.
KELLY: Judging by those moves, I'm guessing you used to work for Western Union.
Kelly holds her stake in her right hand. The vampire gets up. Kelly has him cornered at the right angle where the dumpster and the wall meet. She kicks him in the chin with her left foot and stakes him.
KELLY: You'd figure with a Slayer in town, the vampires would learn to be tougher. Oh well.
Spike picks up the vampire and tosses him into the side of a delivery truck. The vampire ducks Spike's right cross and gets behind him. Spike turns around as the vampire throws a right hook. Spike blocks it with his left hand and land two right jabs to the vampire's mouth. He grabs the vamp's right forearm with his left hand, throws him back into the side of the truck and stakes him. Spike puts the stake back in his jacket pocket, lights up a cigarette and walks away, the cigarette dangling from his lips. Kelly walks to the end of her side street and takes a left. She's walking towards Spike. When Kelly gets a good look at him, she knocks Spike on his back with a left roundhouse kick. The cigarette flies out of his mouth as he spins and falls to the ground. Spike looks up.
SPIKE: What the bloody hell was that for?
She tries to kick Spike in the mouth with her right foot. Spike grabs the foot and spins Kelly around like a corkscrew. She falls to the ground. Both of them get up. Kelly hits Spike in the nose with a straight right kick.
SPIKE: Ow!! Are you psychotic?
Kelly brandishes her stake in her right hand. Spike jumps back. He puts his hands up to his face and feels his forehead and fangs.
SPIKE: Listen pet, I think there's been a slight misunderstanding. Put away the stake, and I'll explain.
Kelly kicks Spike in the groin with her left foot. He groans and reaches down with both hands. She goes in for the kill. Spike grabs her right arm when the stake is six inches from his chest, and he throws Kelly behind him and to the ground. He's still in a lot of pain. Kelly stands up and puts away the stake.
SPIKE: Can we talk this over like civilized human beings?
KELLY: You're not human.
SPIKE: Point taken, love, but –
Kelly tries a right kick. Spike moves his head back out of the way just in time. He blocks her left roundhouse. She tries a right cross and a left uppercut, but her ties up her arms and tosses her 15 feet back. Kelly gets up.
SPIKE: Never gone at it with a bird who wasn't a Slayer before. You're none too shabby for a civilian.
KELLY: I'm not exactly a civilian.
Kelly tries a flying right kick. Spike moves back out of the way. He blocks her hooking left kick. She lands a right uppercut to his stomach but he blocks her left cross. He spins her around and pulls her left arm back, trying to cause enough pain to make her stop. She swings her right arm backwards and hits him in the right eye with the back of her right hand. He lets go of her left arm. Kelly leaps in the air as she spins around and hits Spike in the jaw with a hooking right kick. She follows this up with a left roundhouse. Spike grabs her left leg while it's extended towards him. He holds it there, up in the air, as her body is stuck in mid-spin. She looks like a dancer doing some sort of stretching exercise.
SPIKE: You look like a bright [sees the stretch he has her stuck in] – not to mention limber – girl.
Kelly reaches down to the ground. She does a handstand, breaks free from Spike's grip and gets her feet back on the ground.
SPIKE: I trust by now you've gathered that I'm not like other vampires.
Kelly groans.
KELLY: I'm really not looking for a sire.
Spike's shocked by the insinuation. But he decides to playing with it.
SPIKE: I much prefer human girls. Especially ones with your . . . technique.
Kelly rolls her eyes.
KELLY: So much easier when they just want to kill me.
She charges in and tries a left kick for Spike's stomach. He grabs her leg. She swings her right foot forward in a hooking motion. Spike leans back out of the way. Kelly spins around and gets free. She tries a right jab. Spike blocks it and pushes her back. She fakes a left jab and throws a right hook kick, which he blocks. Spike grabs both her arms before she can punch him. He pushes her away and spins her. Her body twists through the air three times before it hits the ground.
SPIKE: So love, tell me, how rough do you like it?
Kelly gets up, grimaces and comes at Spike with a left jab and a right hook. He brushes aside the punches and grabs her left arm. He sends Kelly forward, face-first into a brick wall. Spike holds her there and returns to his human face. He leans in close to her right ear.
SPIKE: I think you know that if I were evil, I would have killed you by now.
Kelly tries to recover her breath. She's very exhausted and a bit exhilarated.
KELLY: I'm beginning to see how a girl could get used to this.
Spike lets go. Kelly turns around.
KELLY: I'm Kelly. You must be Spike. The vampire with a soul.
SPIKE: Actually, I'm not the only – wait a minute. I am the only one.
KELLY: That vampire I dusted must have been running from you. I'm really sorry about the kicking. Are you okay?
Spike limps for a few steps.
SPIKE: I can walk it off. Though a nice massage might help. That's a joke, Kel. How did you know about me?
KELLY: Heard about you round the time I took part in a plan to ambush Angelus. I was the bait.
Spike looks her over. He starts chuckling.
SPIKE: Who's idea was this?
KELLY: Lindsey MacDonald. He sent me an email saying he met you guys last night.
SPIKE: That boy really did his homework. How did it turn out?
KELLY: Ever seen a vampire disemboweled?
SPIKE: Yes, I have. You disemboweled Angelus?
KELLY: Among other things.
SPIKE: Do go on.
Spike and Kelly walk to Spike's car.
Giles drives the large van he's leasing because it can hold all the Potentials.
KENNEDY: Is that the barn?
GILES: I believe it is.
The van turns left.
AMANDA: How are we going to get in?
GILES: The easy way.
Giles drives through the closed back door of the barn. The van smashes it down. Giles slams on the breaks and the van stops in the middle of the barn. The Potentials and he get out. Four vampires are to their left, feasting on a victim. They are clearly caught by surprise. When they notice the 10 girls coming towards them with stakes, swords and axes, the vampires try to make it to the front door. But since the Potentials corner them before they can escape, the vampires stand and fight. One-against-two weren't terrible odds for a vampire fighting humans. The girls pair off: Fadila fighting alongside Izora, Amanda with Madari, Chao-Ahn with Rona and Ariella with Rose. Kennedy and Molly stand in back of the other eight, ready to assist anyone in trouble. The double-teamed vampires get punched and kicked with a rapidity that prevents them from counter-attacking effectively. Within 20 seconds, they have all been staked.
GILES: Good show. No we can head for home.
Up in the hay lofts 15 feet above the floor lie eight Bringers concealed under straw. At the same time, all of them drop down to the ground and rush towards the Potentials.
GILES: [under his breath] That did seem too easy. [loudly] Stay calm. Remember your training.
The girls take the ambush in stride. They brandish the heavy weapons Giles gave them in case they encountered any Reapers and rush towards their attackers with great ferocity. At first, the girls are all in the front right corner of the barn, while Giles is in the center of the barn near the van. This means Giles is exposed and all alone for the first few seconds. Fortunately, he's carrying a large bearded Danish axe, like the ones the Saxon husscarls used. He swings it around in a circle, keeping the advancing Bringers at bay. Most of them stream right by him and head towards the charging Potentials. One of the Bringers pulls out a long-handled double-bladed ax and decides to take the Watcher on. His rapid chops force Giles to backpedal until he is up against the rear of the van. The Bring swings down for his head. Giles blocks it, his blade crashing into the Bringer's. Giles kicks the Bringer in the stomach with his right foot. He then pulls his opponent's blade – along with his own – to the ground to the left of Giles. The Bringer kicks both axes away with his left foot. Their handles fall to the ground to the left of Giles. The Bringer reaches for his knives to finish off the unarmed Watcher. But Giles lands a quick left jab to the Bringer's nose, knocking his backwards as he brandishes his weapons. Giles dives to his left and picks up his ax as he rolls along the ground. He gets to his feet as the Bringers charges in. The Bringer steps back when Giles swings the ax. He puts away his knives, knocks Giles against the barn's left wall with a very fast flying right roundhouse kick, grabs his own ax and runs towards the Potentials.
As the Potentials rush away from the front entrance and towards the center of the barn, four Bringers attack them in front. The other three go around the van and come at them from behind. The Bringers in front are literally trampled by the onslaught of eight Potentials. They girls run them over. When Giles taught the girls to use group tactics, he didn't expect them to employ shock action. The Potentials surround the downed Bringers, whose knives keep their attackers at a distance. Rona uses a machete to cut off a Bringer's right hand, then severs his head with two quick strokes. Madari, Ariella and Chao-Ahn chop and stab another one into ribbons with their long swords. The other two Bringers manage to get to their feet. One of them charges at Amanda and Rose, stabbing and slicing with his daggers. They both back up. Amanda moves to her left. The Bringer hones in on Rose. Rose is athletic and tomboyish, her short blonde hair swept back off her forehead. Amanda takes out a taser in her left hand and shocks the Bringer in his right shoulder. He goes down face-first. She chops off his head with the small ax in her right hand. Rose is a little confused by Amanda's weaponry. Fadila and Izora slowly back up and parry the Bringer's dagger thrusts with their short swords, which they hold in their right hands. Izora swings the small flail in her left hand. The chain wraps around the dagger in the Bringer's left hand. Fadila clubs the Bringer in the head with the mace she has in her left hand. The Bringer falls on his back. Fadila stabs him through the neck and Izora stabs him through the heart.
While these eight Potentials were overpowering four Bringers, the other three Bringers came at Kennedy and Molly from behind. Molly turns and fires her crossbow, hitting a Bringer in the chest. He keeps coming. She nails him in the face with the front of her crossbow, knocking him down. To Molly's left, Kennedy uses the hatchet in her right hand to block the knife thrusts of the Bringer in front of her. Another Bringer comes at Kennedy from her left. She knocks him into the wall with a right roundhouse kick. She spins around and swings her ax to keep the other Bringer at bay. Rona, who killed her Bringer very quickly, notices that Kennedy is being double-teamed. She goes after the Bringer Kennedy just kicked into the wall. Meanwhile, Molly helps Kennedy out with the Bringer in front of her. Slinging her crossbow across her back, Molly pulls out an ax and swings at the Bringer from behind. He turns away from Molly. The ax blade slices his left shoulder. Kennedy hits him in the face with a left cross. The Bringer staggers backwards. Kennedy goes after him and slits his throat with her hatchet. Rona has the other Bringer against the wall. She swings for his neck. He ducks, lands a right cross to her face and throws Rona against the wall. He pulls out his daggers and tries to stab her with the one in his right hand. Rona blocks it with her machete. Ariella comes at the Bringer from the left side. She swings her sword. Without looking the Bringer reaches out his left arm and blocks the sword with his other dagger. Fadila runs at the Bringer from behind and thrusts her sword through the back of his head. Rona sees the blade come his face where his eyes should be. Fadila pulls the blade back and the Bringer falls to the ground.
Right when Kennedy was killing her Bringer, the one Molly shot in the chest charged at her. Molly backs up a few steps, decides to hold her ground, and kicks him in the face with her right foot, knocking the Bringer back a few feet. Kennedy helps out, coming at the Bringer from his right. He knocks Kennedy down with a right hook kick. Molly charges in and drives her ax into his chest. While the Potentials are finishing off the Bringers, flaming torches rain down into the barn through windows that are up high at the front and back ends. The hay and straw immediately ignite. The old wooden structure goes up like kindling.
GILES: Now this is a bit much.
He wants to get the girls back into the van as soon as possible. But the Bringer he was fighting comes at Rose from behind. Amanda shocks him and he goes down. But when she tries to finish him off he sweeps out Amanda's legs and rises to his feet. Rose turns around and notices the attacker. He kicks her to the ground. The Bringer raises his ax above his head, preparing to strike Rose. Before he can bring it down, Giles splits the Bringer's head and neck with his own ax. Rose stands and runs away from the burning hay around her. Giles grabs the Bringer's ax and gathers the Potentials into the van as the flames rise all around them. The girls cough and struggle to breathe. As Rose runs towards the van, the Potential that Molly shot and axed in the chest grabs her left arm. Amidst the confusion caused by the sudden conflagration, Molly and Kennedy didn't realize that he had gotten up. Rose turns and kicks the Bringer with her right foot, knocking him on his back. She clubs him three times in the head with her mace, smashing his skill. Rose slips the weapon into her belt and turns towards the van. By then, the roof of the barn is about to cave in. The Potentials have closed the van's doors and Giles has started the engine. Rose runs towards the back of the van. She climbs up onto the roof, grabbing hold of the luggage rack. Giles floors it and the van bursts through flames consuming the front door. The men who torched the place get into the back of a red pickup and take off. Giles chases after them. The Potentials look back and see the barn collapse.
KENNEDY: Oh God. Is everyone here!?
Rose reaches down her right arm and knocks on the window. She bends her head down. Fadila sees it and slides open the door. Rose holds onto the right side of the luggage rack and swings her legs down. Ariella and Fadila grab her and pull her inside. Madari slides the door shut. Giles glances back.
ROSE: It's okay. I caught a ride on the roof.
GILES: You did what? Is everyone accounted for?
Kennedy looks around.
KENNEDY: We're all here.
MADARI: That was so cool.
GILES: Beg your pardon?
ROSE: She's right. It was awesome.
MOLLY: Where are we going?
GILES: After the cowards who tried to incinerate us. Are all of you buckled in?
Buffy dropped Dawn off at home and went to find Spike. She spots him standing next to his car, talking animatedly with Kelly.
SPIKE: Buffy, this is Kelly. Kel's one of those G.I. Jane demon fighters.
Kelly looks Buffy over. She's three inches taller than the Slayer. Buffy is wearing black pants and a red halter top. Kelly doubles over with laughter.
KELLY: I'm sorry. He-heh-heh-heh-heh. I'm really sorry. Ha-ha-ha-ha. It's just, that was the outfit I wore when I was the bait for Angelus!
Spike also starts laughing. Buffy thinks they're making fun of her. Then she considers what Kelly said.
BUFFY: You were Angel bait?
KELLY: I was brought in by Lindsey MacDonald to lure Angelus into an ambush.
BUFFY: What do you mean by lure?
KELLY: I met him in a club, got his attention, started flirting pretty heavily with him. He took me outside. And this is the funny part. He was going to sire me! [laughs, lowers her voice to indicate that she's impersonating Angelus] "I think we might have a future together." Then we made out.
BUFFY: Angel made out with you?
KELLY: I know. I didn't expect so much foreplay. Really weird kissing a vampire. That cold tongue in your mouth, going down your throat. Then he started feeling me up. After a while I'm thinking "Stop trying to get to third base and bite me already!"
Kelly laughs. Buffy is not amused.
KELLY: And those hands, those chilly fingers. Felt really strange when they touched certain sensitive parts. Not exactly the sorta thing that makes a girl melt. [Kelly remember who she's talking to] Of course, I suppose after a while a person could get used to it and it wouldn't bother them. Anyway, after what seemed like forever, he went to bite me. That was when the fun started.
For Buffy, that would be when the fun stops. She doesn't understand this new woman. Plus, it's extremely uncomfortable hearing her lover talked about in this way. Right then, her cell phone rings.
GILES: Buffy, where are you?
BUFFY: In town, with Spike.
GILES: Get in his car right now. Tell him to drive south as fast as he can.
BUFFY: Giles wants us to motor.
Spike gets in the driver's side, Buffy gets in the passenger's side and Kelly sits in the middle of the back seat.
BUFFY: He said head south as fast as you can.
The tires screech as Spike floors the accelerator.
SPIKE: Rupert got himself in a jam?
GILES: Buffy, I'm heading south on Route 250 in pursuit of our enemies.
BUFFY: You're engaging in a high speed chase?
GILES: They're not trying to outrun me. I'm tailing them at about 50 miles per hour.
Spike runs a red light on Main Street. He guns it to 70 miles per hour.
BUFFY: What happened at the barn?
GILES: We killed four vampires. Then we killed eight Bringers. Then these cowards we're chasing torched the barn during the fight. We escaped by the skin of our teeth. Don't worry. Everyone's safe. Call me back when you cross Hawkins Road.
They both hang up.
BUFFY: There were complications. But everyone's fine. Giles wants us to help him track the bad guys heading south on 250.
SPIKE: That's two blocks east.
Spike slams on the breaks and makes a sharp left turn.
SPIKE: Need to get on a faster road.
KELLY: Who's Giles?
Gwen walks into the command center, where Faith, Gunn, Fred, Wes, and Lindsey are.
GWEN: Saw Angelus.
WES: You confronted him inside the hotel?
GWEN: In his bedroom. Connor wasn't exaggerating. Angelus could barely stand up. Kid really did give as good as he got. Where is he?
LINDSEY: Room 2014. He's doing good.
GWEN: You guys know Lorne's putting on a show at the bar downstairs?
FAITH: I dropped in there for a drink and he tried to get me to sing. Think he realized pretty quick he'd have a beer bottle sticking out his forehead before I'd take the mike.
LINDSEY: You didn't want him to read you?
FAITH: No, I didn't want a room full of people to hear me sing.
Gwen goes over to Connor's room. She's just the sort of beautiful, exotic woman with super powers that Dawn was worrying about. He's lying on the bed, scarfing down junk food and flipping through the tv channels. He looks to his left and sees her.
CONNOR: How'd you get in?
GWEN: Electric locks. How ya feeling, champ?
Connor smiles bashfully.
CONNOR: Can't complain. Wish Dawn were here.
GWEN: Who's that, your girlfriend?
CONNOR: Dawn's the love of my life. I feel blessed when she's around.
GWEN: Love can be like that. Or so I've heard.
CONNOR: Plus, I heal faster when she's around. Dawn always makes everything better.
GWEN: Must be great to have somebody.
CONNOR: Dawn's not somebody. She's one-of-a-kind. I was lost before I met her.
GWEN: That's how it feels to be lonely.
CONNOR: You can't turn it off?
GWEN: What?
CONNOR: You're power. It's always on. That's why you wear gloves?
GWEN: I have to be careful. Learned pretty early on that every time I touched someone I could kill them.
CONNOR: That's cruel. Who did that to you?
GWEN: I was born that way.
CONNOR: Were your parents demons?
GWEN: Nope. Just unlucky, I suppose.
CONNOR: I don't know about that. Who wouldn't want a daughter as brave and pretty as you?
He smiles at Gwen. She finds it quite surreal to have Angel's son flirting with her.
GWEN: No point trying self-pity around you. Not with your hard-knock tale. You are lucky in one big way.
CONNOR: I know. I have Dawn.
GWEN: Okay, two ways. You also have Angel.
CONNOR: What do you know about my father?
GWEN: I know he's the reason I'm fighting demons [she laughs] Which is brutally ironic, since he's one of the demons I'm fighting. Angel helped me realize that I didn't have to be alone. That maybe it could be nice to be a part of something bigger than myself, or at the very least it might be fun to dabble in that sorta stuff. Your father risks his life to save people he doesn't even know, people who'll never even pay him back for saving their lives. He's the only person I ever met who does the right thing for no reason. That either makes him a hero or a fool. Probably a bit of both. But if he cares so much about strangers, imagine how much he'd care about the people he loved.
GILES: That was Buffy. They should be linking up with us any second now.
FADILA: How are we going to make them stop?
Izora sits in the front passenger seat. She rolls down her window, pulls out a pistol, holds it out the window and fires two shots, one of which punctures the truck's right rear tire. The driver struggles to keep from spinning out. The four men sitting in the flatbed lie down. Izora fires two more shots. One of them shatters the cabin's rear windshield. The truck swerves some more and slows down because of the flat tire. Giles also slows down. He looks to his right and is aghast.
GILES: Zora! What the God's name are you doing with that?
IZORA: Trying to make him stop.
GILES: Where did you get that gun?
IZORA: It was in the house.
GILES: What! Who brought a loaded weapon into the house!?
KENNEDY: That would have been Willow. When she was possessed by Warren.
AMANDA: And then the First Evil showed Andrew where the gun was and tried to convince him to kill all of us with it. I was wondering where that thing went.
KELLY: Did you just hear gunshots?
BUFFY: Oh no. They're firing on Giles.
Spike went past the road Giles was on and headed south on a parallel road one block east of Giles and the enemy. Spike knew this road had fewer cars, which meant he could go faster. He is racing down the road at 95 miles per hour. Fearing Giles and the Potentials might not have much time, he slams on the breaks and makes a hard right turn. Spike heads west on a road that dead ends into route 250. As he approaches the intersection, he looks to his right and sees a red truck matching the description Giles gave Buffy. Spike makes a left turn as the truck travels by him. Spike gets the right corner of his front bumper up against the left corner of the truck's rear bumper.
BUFFY: Spike, what the hell are you doing!?
SPIKE: What the bloody hell does it look like I'm doing?
Spike's trying to nudge the truck off the road. His job is made easier by the flat right tire. The trucks skids onto the shoulder and flips over. Giles slows down. He can't believe what's happening.
GILES: What is this, the Dukes of bloody Hazzard?
Spike pulls over to the shoulder and slams on his breaks, as does Giles. The truck flips down and embankment. It stops at the bottom, upside down, and explodes. Everyone gets out of their vehicles.
SPIKE: Those were the bad guys, right Rupert?
BUFFY: Giles, is everyone okay? Was anything hit when they fired on you?
GILES: Actually, Zora was the one firing on them.
BUFFY: Zora, where did you get a gun? Oh . . . right. Guess it would be safest in your hands.
AMANDA: Spike, that was so cool!!
RONA: Where did you learn how to do that?
Buffy sees that all the Potentials are there. They look happy, even if most of them have ash on their faces and necks from the fire. Giles sees Kelly.
GILES: Who are you?
KELLY: Kelly Campbell. Demon fighter.
SPIKE: She tried to kill me.
Giles smiles and shakes her hand.
GILES: Pleasure to meet you, Kelly.
KELLY: I guess the stubble must be a Watcher thing. Same with the ratty old sweaters.
SPIKE: She's worked with Wesley and Faith in LA.
KELLY: Do you guys usually have car chases?
GILES: This is the first one.
SPIKE: No it's not. What about when we were being chased by those army guys who wanted to kill you? I saved your neck.
GILES: Forgot about that one.
KELLY: Why did they want to kill you?
GILES: I was a demon. Just for one day. [Kelly is confused. Giles looks down at the flaming wreck.] I must say, fire is an appropriate means of death for those wretches.
The driver emerges from the wreck. His body is on fire. He runs up the embankment towards the Potentials. Everyone goes into the van and grabs weapons. When the man is ten feet away, he pulls out his swords and holds them in his burning hands. The Potentials flee. Armed with the double-headed ax Giles took from the Bringer he killed, Kelly charges in alone. With the long-handled weapon, she chops off both his arms before he can reach her with his swords. With a third swing, she takes off his head. Kelly pokes the body with the end of her ax shaft. The flaming legs and torso roll down the hill. The girls are impressed.
ROSE: Aren't you a a little old for a Potential?
KELLY: That's because I'm not.
ARIELLA: Are you the other Slayer?
Kelly laughs.
KELLY: Oh no. Nothing super-powered about me.
The four other Reapers had fallen out of the truck before it exploded. While everyone was focusing on the flaming Reaper, they snuck up the hill and deployed on the road to Potentials' left. Buffy and Spike see them approaching. Buffy turns around to look at the girls.
BUFFY: Stay back! We'll handle this.
The Reapers slowly approach in a line. Izora steps in front of Buffy and aims at the second one from the right. She puts three bullets into the center of his chest, where his heart should be, and two bullets through his forehead. At that point, the gun is out of bullets, so she retreats. The bullets stop the Reaper for a few seconds, and the other Reapers stop to maintain their line. But he soon resumes walking towards Buffy. The four Reapers pull out their weapons as when they get close to Spike and Buffy.
GILES: These must be the demons we were researching.
Kelly looks at Izora.
KELLY: Nice shooting.
IZORA: [smiles] Thanks.
Buffy and Spike each take two Reapers on. Both of them are armed with a long sword and a a short sword. The problem is each of them has two weapons to block their enemies' four weapons. Spike, who is to the left of Buffy, swings the long sword in his right hand down on a Reaper's head. He raises both his weapons to block the blow. Spike kicks him in the chest with his right foot, knocking the Reaper down. Spike easily blocks the other Reaper's sword thrusts and slashes. But the Reaper knocks him down with a right roundhouse kick. Spike quickly gets up and goes on the attack, causing the Reaper to retreat. The other Reaper moves in behind Spike. Buffy rolls to her right to avoid the attack. She gets up and quickly sweeps out the legs of the Reaper on the far right. He goes down. Buffy tries to stab him in the chest, but he blocks her swords with his own. The Reaper who Izora shot comes at Buffy from the left. He tries to hit her with a left roundhouse kick. Buffy ducks and sweeps out his right leg. She moves back a few steps as they both stand up.
Spike can't get any steel on his opponent, but he puts the demon on the defensive and eventually knocks him down with a left kick to the face. The Reaper behind him stabs Spike in the lower back with his dagger. Spike growls in pain and swings his long sword backwards, slashing the right cheek of the demon's human face. He knocks the demon down with a left hook kick and tries to stab him. The demon rolls out of the way and vaults to his feet. Spike swings his long sword for the demon's neck. When the demon blocks this blow, Spike reaches out his left hand and stabs the demon in the stomach with his short sword. He pulls it up through about three inches of the demon's chest before the demon kicks Spike to the ground. While he's down, the other Reaper attacks. Spike reaches up and blocks his stabs and slashes. Molly, Rona, Amanda and Rose charge at this Reaper, Molly with an ax, Rose with a mace and Rona and Amanda with swords. The Reaper backpedals while parrying their blows with astonishing quickness. His two weapons whirl through the air, blocking the four weapons of his attackers. He spins around and knocks Amanda and Molly down with a right roundhouse kick. He keeps spinning, and floors Rona and Rose the next time he comes around. The Reaper attacks, but is met by Spike. They cross swords and each one struggles to push his opponent backwards. Kelly goes at the Reaper Spike injured. She swings her double-bladed ax. He backs up and blocks the blows. Eventually, he catches the ax blade with his two swords and holds it in place while knocking Kelly back with a right kick to her chest. He doesn't charge after her, since Kelly is backed up by Chao-Ahn and Madari. The injured Reaper has no interest in taken on three determined opponents.
Buffy doesn't let either of the two Reapers attacking her get behind her or on her flank. She stays on the defensive, blocking their swords and eluding their kicks. The Reapers are getting frustrated by their inability to touch her. Emboldened by Buffy's success, the remaining Potentials go on the attack. Ariella and Fadila charge the one on the right, while Kennedy and Izora charge the one on the left. This only makes thing more confusing for Buffy.
BUFFY: Get back!
The four of them engage the two Reapers. Buffy decides to fight the one on the right and let the Potentials handle the one with the multiple gunshot wounds. She starts fighting that Reaper alongside Ariella and Fadila.
BUFFY: Help the others!
Ariella and Fadila join Kennedy and Izora, quadruple-teaming the Reaper. He fends off their blows and even goes on the attack, swing for them with his falcata. The Potentials back up. Giles rushes in to help. As the Reaper approaches, he swings his large ax, burying the blade into the demon's chest.
GILES: Die, you bloody coward.
Giles is very upset about the attempt to burn the Potentials alive. He views that tactic as beyond the pale. Chopping girls to bits is one thing. Killing them from a distance without showing your face is just plain underhanded. He pulls the ax out of the Reaper's chest and swings for his head. The Reaper retreats. The two uninjured demons are in a stalemate with Spike and Buffy. They also retreat after noticing their comrades' predicament. The four Reapers race down the embankment. The one Giles axed in the chest falls to the ground when he reaches the bottom. A healthy Reaper picks him up on his shoulders and they continue running through the orchard. They move too fast to be pursued. Everyone watches them flee. Kelly goes over to the Potentials.
KELLY: So would this be a normal night for you guys?
NEXT: Kelly tells Buffy that she trained Riley. The Scoobies meet Kelly and hear about what happened to Angelus. Beatiful, fights demons, beats the crap out of Angel: you know Xander's gonna love her. But he doesn't like it when she hints at that how she feels about Wesley. And all of them are surprised by the picture Kelly paints of the ex-Watcher.