Judgement Day6X02
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What really happened at the end? Who's left to fight the good fight. All your favourite characters in Buffy/Angel come together to take a last stand against evil. Judgement day has arrived. Who will be left standing against the forces of evil. How much do each of them have to atone for? S/B A/B C/A and more
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MOVING ON
Previously on Angel:
INT. HOTEL OFFICE - NIGHT
Cordelia kneels by Spike and touches his knee
CORDELIA
(staring straight into his eye)
You see we have a bit of a problem Spike
SPIKE
Yeah and what would that be? 'cause if this is about me biting you remember that was…
CORDELIA
(cuts in harshly)
Shanshu
SPIKE
Oh bloody hell not that bleeding prophecy again (he rolls his eyes) it's been signed away… Angel signed it
CORDELIA
Angel couldn't sign it away (she pauses) it was never his
SPIKE
(Chokes out) What!
Flash next recap
INT. HOTEL LOBBY - NIGHT
Everyone is gathered in the lobby. Cordelia is standing in front of the group.
HOPE
So what's the plan?
CORDELIA
We're going to take out every goddam Black thorn member in existence
SPIKE
(holding his side)
We got them all
CORDELIA
Only in this plane of existence, there's a whole lot more. We need to get the heart of Wolfam and Hart, we need to get to it's inner circle in another dimension.
ILLYRIA
What do you purpose, lower being.
CORDELIA
(frowns)
We're going to clear out LA…
SPIKE
How many are left here?
ILLYRIA
A whole lot more than your forces can handle
CORDELIA
(smiles)
That's why we need an army. But first we need a lieutenant…
PROLOGUE:
INT. HOTEL ROOM- DAY – PRESENT TIME
SPIKE
(pacing)
You can't be serious, I'm not a bleeding leader I'm the vampire that makes inappropriate comments in dire situations, and I'm…
CORDELIA
(sitting on the edge of the bed)
Your not going to be a vampire for that much longer
SPIKE
(stops pacing and turns to look at her)
Do you think this is a joke?
(returns to pacing)
Because I'm telling you luv' I don't like to be made a mug
CORDELIA
Right and that thing with Buffy was?
SPIKE
(stops pacing and falls into a chair)
Me and Buffy are over
CORDELIA
(crosses her arms over her chest and follows his movements with her eyes)
Yeah and Angel's dead. Stop living in their shadow
SPIKE
Look don't get me wrong, I'm down right grateful for the chance to be human, and I'll continue to be a champion but
(he pauses and feels his pocket. Looking down in frustration he realises that he's not wearing a jacket)
I need a bloody cigarette!
CORDELIA
(frustrated)
What's the problem Spike? You were the big bad you've lead people before
SPIKE
(nods)
Right, but firstly they were mindless minions and secondly I didn't really care about there well being, now did I.
(grumbles to himself)
Bleeding soul
CORDELIA
Look Spike I don't have all day to convince you to do this
(she stands)
You've got people that need direction
SPIKE
(clearly frustrated)
Look I can't do this!
(softer)
Find someone else
CORDELIA
You're a champion now Spike, wherever you go, you're gonna have people who want to follow you. And shall I tell you what, you're gonna have to lead them. So pick up your soon to be human but currently pale dead ass and get to leading.
SPIKE
(still grumbling)
Bloody hell, is there no way to convince you to choose someone else
CORDELIA
(shakes her head)
Not for the time being, there yours until further notice
SPIKE
(sighs)
Well then luv,
(he leans back comfortably in the chair and smirks)
I think it's about time you filled me in… on everything
CORDELIA
(she smiles)
I think I'll make a champion out of you yet
(she walks to the door and closes it)
INT- ROME- APPARTMENT – DAY
BUFFY
(pacing the room, with her arms crossed)
So what you're saying is that Wolfman and Hart just blew up the other day
GILES
(sitting on a chair facing Buffy)
Yes, surveillance pictures now show that a portal opened near it, and unleashed a large group of demons. The office itself is half destroyed.
WILLOW
(sitting on a chair next to Xander)
I had a group of witches check the area out
(she takes a photo out of her bag and puts it on the round table in front of her),
this is where Angel works... worked
(she uses a red pen and circles the area)
There is a strong magical boundary that is preventing demons from leaving the vicinity. However…
BUFFY
(stops pacing and faces Willow)
What aren't you telling me Will.
XANDER
(looking anywhere but at Buffy)
We've been checking up on Angel since the whole Dana issue.
GILES
(takes his glasses off and wipes them)
About 2 day's ago Angel and his team unleashed a full scale attack on Wolfram and Hart in a bid to eradicate them
XANDER
Most of the team died when fighting the senior partners- Wesley. Fred another member of the team died a while back, her body became a shell for an old God called Illyria. Cordelia... Cordelia she died about 3 months back; she too was taken over by a demon. However Illyria, Charles Gunn, Angel and Spike-
BUFFY
(shocked)
Spike.
(shakes her head in confusion)
But he died
WILLOW
(shakes her head)
We know, but something happened and Spike came back, he was fighting in the final battle with Angel.
BUFFY
(angry)
Were you ever gonna tell me he was alive
XANDER
(sadly)
As far as we know Buffy, no one survived
Camera zooms in on Buffy angst torn face.
INT- COFFEE SHOP- DAY – PRESENT TIME
Cordelia walks into a coffee shop with Hope, they are searching for someone.
CORDELIA
I'm so not looking forward to this
HOPE
Why because he loves you or he tried to kill you?
CORDELIA
Because he thinks that was me
HOPE
Oh
CORDELIA
(stops and turns to face Hope)
God, there he is.
Hope leans around Cordelia and sees a boy sitting with a group of people
HOPE
Cute
CORDELIA
No, he's not cute, he's totally none attractive you got that
HOPE
(steps back)
So you gonna introduce me
CORDELIA
(upset)God yes
(turns back around and walks over to the boy)
Hi
CONNER
(looks up)
Huh
INT- ROME- APPARTMENT – DAY
BUFFY
(now sitting around the table)
So Angel, Spike.
GILES
Everyone's gone
WILLOW
It's not your fault Buffy, we couldn't trust them
BUFFY
(looks up)
Why didn't you help them sooner?
XANDER
We had to been sure, from our source Angel had become consumed with gaining power. By the time they fought with the senior partners it was to late
BUFFY
How long have you know?
WILLOW
(shares a look with Giles and Xander)
Since Andrew went to LA, but we only believed him when they came to Rome
BUFFY
They were in Rome
GILES
We're not sure why they came here.
BUFFY
(stares at Giles for a while, then coughs to clear her throat)
Right so the demons in LA
GILES
We'll send out a team immediately, Andrew's working on it. His already gone to Faith and Wood
BUFFY
No, no team yet. Only us, Faith and Wood.
XANDER
Don't make it person Buffy
BUFFY
(slams a hand on the table and stands)
It is personal. We knew Wolfman and Hart were dangerous we should have taken care of them.
WILLOW
Buff,
BUFFY
(turns to leave)
And don't think I've forgotten about you not telling me
XANDER
(angry)
We were protecting you!
(softens)
You said you were happy
BUFFY
(tears in her eyes)
I deserved to know. When you all abandoned me
(she held out a hand to stop them from interrupting me)
When you thought I was endangering lives. He was the only one to trust me
XANDER
He was in love with you
BUFFY
No! He knew I could never love him, he got that. But he trusted me, in a way you've never. He knew the sacrifice that needed to be made, he knew some where gonna die. You all thought I could save everyone
(voice breaks)
I couldn't. It was eating me up inside to make decisions about peoples lives. But I had to, I needed your support.
WILLOW
We're so sorry Buffy
BUFFY
It's ok. It was just that despite everything we went through, I trusted Spike. In the last day's he was my friend.
(chokes on the next words)
God, maybe even a best friend. I treated him like crap
XANDER
He tried to…
(pauses)
He hurt you
BUFFY
Yeah, and I did my fair share of hurting.
(turns to face Xander)
I just wanted to say thank you,
GILES
Well then
(stands)
Should we pack light?
INT- COFFEE SHOP-TABLE- DAY
CORDELIA
(smiles tightly)
Aren't you going to introduce us?
CONNER
You're alive
(he stands)
CORDELIA
(holds out a hand to stop him standing completely)
Sit. And yeah.
(her voice trails of)
So this is Hope
(pushes Hope forward
HOPE
(looks around the table)
Hi
CONNER
(blushing)
Em, Hi
CORDELIA
So I came to tell you something
CONNER
(sarcastically) What that you're alive?
GIRL AT TABLE
Conner how do you know these people.
CONNER
Em, met them at…
CORDELIA
Uni, we're students
BOY AT TABLE
Wow, bro you never told me that girls that look like them go to your university. I might have to visit more often.
(he looks captivatingly at Cordelia and Hope)
CORDELIA
(laughs)
Hi, so em Conner can we talk.
CONNER
Sure
(They get up and walk to another table)
Have you seen Angel yet?
CORDELIA
About that
(she sits in a booth)
His dead
CONNER
(looks shocked)
You mean…
CORDELIA
Dust
CONNER
(angrily)
I knew I should have stayed
CORDELIA
You would have been killed
CONNER
But maybe I'd have saved him in the process. So it's over.
CORDELIA
Not by a long shot. Still demons hanging all around Wolfram and Hart
CONNER
(Hastily gets up)
We need to go stop them
CORDELIA
(grabs his wrist and pulls him down)
Got some shaman containing the area, there on lockdown, for now.
CONNER
So he's dead
CORDELIA
(softly)
Yeah
CONNER
I told him, that I didn't want to get to know him. I Lied. I went back to save him 'cause I cared
CORDELIA
He knew, he died knowing that, which is why I'm here.
CONNER
And here I thought you came back to see me because of my devastatingly good looks
(Cordelia frowns)
I remember you being funnier, or maybe just easier to impress
CORDELIA
Look Conner…
CONNER
No. look, I get why you're here to tell me to get me and my family out of LA. Or either to tell me that before that wasn't you.
CORDELIA
It wasn't me.
CONNER
Yeah I know. Even when we were together it was all about him. Everything was about him… or you. You loved him, you don't love me, I get that now. But that's really why you want me to go right, because every time you see me, it'll remind you of him, the time you betrayed him.
CORDELIA
Conner.
(tears glisten her eyes, but her tone is laced with anger)
You don't know me, that thing took over my body and mind, made me do things I never would have done. So you don't get to pass judgment on me, not when you don't know the real me.
(tone softens, and she looks at him straight in the eyes)
I loved you from the first time I held you in my arms, I loved you even when you came back and tried to kill all of us. I loved you Conner. But you're right I was in love with Angel- your father. I don't want you here, because I failed him when I was too weak to fight that thing that took over me. I failed you to, and I'm not going to let anyone else down I need to protect you.
CONNER
(shouts)
What about what I need?
CORDELIA
What you need is a normal life
CONNER
What if that not what I want? Some people don't get normal, maybe because of what I did I…
CORDELIA
(cuts him off)
Oh right you definitely got the self-flagellation from you father. But look Conner you get to be happy, you get to have a chance that many people don't; you get to walk away from the darkness.
CONNER
But aren't I part of that darkness, born of two vampires
CORDELIA
Yet, completely human.
(smiles and laughs lightly)
I know what you've been through Conner, and the truth is yeah you life sucked more so than others. But you get a chance to make it right.
CONNER
I thought this is what I wanted, what I've always wanted.
(he looks at his brother and sister with Hope)
But it's not. I miss it Cordy, I miss the darkness and the fighting, I even miss him. I miss how he was always around in the shadows protecting me. I miss the fact that I used to go to the hotel and watch you guys, make the abnormal seem normal. I even miss his speeches about champions.
CORDELIA
He called you a champion
CONNER
Yeah, you know him and his speech's.
(he laughs)
So I figure since his no longer here I'm his replacement.
CORDELIA
It doesn't work like that
CONNER
I know, I know. But for once let me do something good for a change. I promise I'll bail as soon as it gets to deep, but I wanna help.
CORDELIA
When did you get so good at the talking thing?
CONNER
(blushes)
It seems that talking is a requirement in universities here.
CORDELIA
Go figure huh!
(she laughs)
You can come Conner
CONNER
So what do I do?
CORDELIA
Oh I'm not the one in charge
INT. HOTEL LOBBEY – MIDDAY
SPIKE
(walks awkwardly to the front of the group)
Right so, I'm suppose to give you guys some sort of motivational speech that will inspire you to give your lives up to the cause
(he looks up at Cordelia who smiles)
But see
(he begins to pace with his arms behind his back)
I've never been much of a thinker, more of a doer; you know the hit em until they crack kind.
(pause, and coughs)
So right, this war that we're fighting, most of you will probably die or lose some valuable body parts…
(cordelia frowns)
ILLYRIA
(she is standing near the wall and turns to face Hope)
I may not know much of human customs, but this is not a traditional motivational speech
HOPE
No, this is (hesitates) something different
ILLYRIA
In my day all I need to do to motivate my army is to cut out the throats of those that oppose me
(she smiles proudly)
HOPE
(looks shocked)
Yeah, I don't think that will inspire much trust
ILLYRIA
(turns her whole body to confront her)
What bigger motivator is there than fear?
HOPE
(looks up and watch Spike for a while and then turns to Illyria)
Love, trust, honour allegiance…
(shakes her head)
you know I'm really not sure.
SPIKE
(continuing his speech while pacing)
… but I've seen a lot of things in my time. I've seen a group of lil' girls grow into an army. I've seen head boys become wizards, and humans CEO of evil incorporates and…
CORDELIA
(hisses)
Spike!
SPIKE
(turns to face her)
What? I'm getting to it.
(returns to watch the crowd)
Right, bloody cheerleader made me lose my train of thought… right... where was I…ok so humans CEO of evil incorporates, ok got it. The point I'm trying to make is that we're going to get though this, you see it doesn't pay to be evil, never really wins evil does.
(he stops pacing, and reflects on his statement before he shrugs and continues to pace)
But if we try our hardest, and fight for what is right we'll beat this thing back 'cause we're all champions. Don't need the label to tell us that we are. We'll win this thing, we've gotta win it 'cause if we don't then all those who came before us never really mattered, not if were gonna let them down. An I've let down a lot of people in my time, but I figure since I'm changing everything about me, I'll change that losing streak. So what do you say?
(he stops pacing and looks at the crowd)
You wanna fight with me…
(he then walks out from the front of lobby and into the office slamming the door)
CONNER
(turns to Cordelia)
Wow, that was a good speech
CORDELIA
I never knew he had it in him
INT- SOMEWHERE- PLANE – NIGHT
FAITH
(sitting next to Buffy)
I can't believe his gone
BUFFY
I can't either
FAITH
I'm sorry. I know I, we didn't have what you did. But he helped me gain redemption.
BUFFY
(smiles)
He would be proud of you Faith
FAITH
(smiles back)
You think.
(pauses)
So Spike's dead, for real this time
BUFFY
(weakly)
Yeap
FAITH
I'm sorry
BUFFY
It's ok
(turns to look out the window)
Have I mentioned that I hate flying.
FAITH
What the big bad slayers', scared of heights
BUFFY
No, I just hate planes. Beside I remember a slayer few months back jumping at the sight of a spider
FAITH
Yo, that thing was big. Nothing suppose to have that many legs man.
BUFFY
(laughs)
Oh God! We really going to get back into the fighter thing
FAITH
You never really lose the desire to kick ass. Besides
(she motions to Buffy scythe)
You can slice and dice multiple way with that thing
BUFFY
Yeap, and man do I plan to.
FAITH
We'll kick ass for both of them.
BUFFY
(nods her head in agreement, a determined look on her face)
For Angel and Spike
INT- HOTEL ROOM- NIGHT
Illyria is sitting by the window looking outside, when Spike comes into the room
SPIKE
What you up to?
ILLYRIA
I am enjoying the moon
SPIKE
Right. So
(he takes a seat on the bed)
ILLYRIA
What is it that you want?
SPIKE
Me, want… nothing. Ok fine I was wondering what you're going to do now.
ILLYRIA
I do not understand
SPIKE
Right 'cause the reason you were helping before is because of
(he stops)
Well, Wesley and since he isn't here
ILLYRIA
(gets up and walks away from the window)
Your speech roused up these emotions, I wish to help defeat these black thorn members.
SPIKE
(smiles)
So your part of the team. Well hasn't my lil' blue one grown up
ILLYRIA
(frowns)
I do not find your attempts at humour funny
SPIKE
Cheer up pet, what would you say to usin' me as a punchin' bag
ILLYRIA
I would take much pleasure in doing that
SPIKE
(stands and pretends to blush)
You say the sweetest things
ILLYRIA
When you are human I will take pleasure in beating you to within an inch of your existence
SPIKE
(grins)
I look forward to it
(walks to the door and holds it open for her)
Illyria turns her glaze onto Spike and is about to say something when she stops and walks through the door.
ILLYRIA
Thank you
(she walks down the hall)
SPIKE
I think there's hope for you
INT- SOMEHWHERE- NIGHT
A naked bloody and battered Angel is huddled on the ground in front of a panel of people in cloaks.
ANGEL
(panting)
Why…why…what did…how did I…
POWERS THAT BE
Quiet creature your Judgment day has arrived.
Angel looks up and sees himself on screen
FADES TO BLACK
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