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Episode 2x16: The Academy
‘London, England – September 1st 2003’
The airport baggage claim is full to the brim of people scrambling for their bags
Dawn:
Hurry up!
She calls at Faith who is collecting their bags and having little luck getting through the crowd.
Tara:
Reveal!
Tara whispers so that their bag becomes easier for Faith to get hold of.
Faith:
England sucks! It’s the first of September and it’s raining? What’s up with that?
Dawn:
Right because Boston is so much better
Maria:
I’m sort of nervous
Tara:
Don’t worry sweetie, you’ll be fine
Tara reassures her as she stands fiddling with her bag handle
Dawn:
Yeah, I mean, like the two of you are always insisting, you’re not a couple so why be nervous about meeting Willow?
Dawn smiles cheekily as she walks over to a large sign with ‘Girls’ scrawled across it in black marker pen.
Dawn:
Creative!
(she smiles)
desperate?
Giles:
How was your flight?
They hug eachother tightly as both grin from ear to ear
Giles:
Look at you! It’s hard to believe that you start your sophomore year of college when you return. Then again, so do the slayers. We’ve just got a Freshman delivery from North America
Both of them laugh as Faith walks over
Faith:
Yo’ Jeeves, how’s is hangin’?
Giles:
Hello Faith
They smile at eachother with recognition until Giles expression clears. Tara awkwardly steps through them and stands face to face with Giles.
Giles:
Tara…
She smiles at him close to tears
Giles:
It’s good to see you again!
He throws his arms round her and holds her close to him, kissing her on the head
Giles:
I could barely believe when…how are you?
Tara:
I’m good Mr. Giles, there was a little event of temporary insanity but I’m getting used to it all again. Thank god I didn’t have to learn to walk and talk again
She laughs with him
Giles:
Yes quite.
The others are stumped
Giles:
Shall we?
The four of them lead off toward the entrance as Maria stands alone with all the bags
Maria:
Guys!
(quietly)
A little help here
~*~ROLL CREDITS~*~
Starring:
Eliza Dushku & Michelle Trachtenberg
also starring:
Tom Lenk
Lisa Roxanne
Ryder Strong
Amber Benson
and Vincent Karthieser
Special Guest Stars
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan
Guest Starring:
Bruno Campos, Lindsey Sloane, Iyari Limon, Justin Berfield, Penny Lane
Anthony Stewart Head as Giles
Faith:
Dude check out the pad!
Faith smiles as they pull up an oversized hall with ivy creeping up the walls, lush green grass surrounding the grounds and rose bushes planted in every available space.
Dawn:
I know, isn’t it so cool!
Dawn leaves her bags with the others as she rushes in to find her old room
Faith:
How do you afford all of this?
Giles:
I don’t really, it’s the help of some council files that fell into my lap
Tara:
(smirking)
Fell?
Giles:
Yes Tara, they fell just like the money that fell into Anya’s lap I believe
As they stand under the now clear sky, Maria pulls a single red rose from the bush – ignoring the glare from Giles, she slides it through Tara’s hair.
Willow:
Tara?
She hesistates and removes the flower immediately looking uncomfortable
Tara:
W-Willow, you’re here
Willow:
I live here silly
She smiles goofy
Willow (cont’d):
Maria – Hey
Maria:
Hi Willow, how’s things – pretty cool place you got here
Willow:
Oh, it’s not mine as much as it is –
Buffy:
- ours
Buffy smiles as she walks over with Shannen
Faith:
Sup, B?
Buffy:
Faith
(she nods)
Hey Tara!
Tara:
Buffy – h-how are you? This is such an amazing place
Buffy:
It’s a start
Shannen:
We’ve just had the garden done
Tara:
The whole garden? That must’ve taken days
Shannen:
Well, it did – but we got Darren to do it
Tara:
Darren – little Darren?
The girls and Giles look over as Darren, shirtless in the heat, steps out from the shed, sweating and half covered in mud.
Tara:
Not so little Darren
Darren:
Buffy – no chance!
He throws the shovel down by her feet
Buffy:
No chance of what?
Darren:
Sorry but I am not working these hours for this money – I quit
He begins to walk off down the drive way as Shannen watches with pleasure. Buffy rolls her eyes and begins to chase down after him
Buffy:
Hey! Don’t walk away – tell your Mom that Dawn will be over at seven thirty
Darren:
Check
Over by the car the other continue to talk as several, clearly obedient slayers, take their baggage in.
Maria:
We’re here now so does anybody mind telling me …why?
Tara:
Oh, we had to – w-we, information
Willow:
Tara? What’s wrong?
Tara:
Nothing – it’s, nothing
The others look at her in concern
Tara:
Where’d Dawn go?
She changes the subject before running inside, closely followed by a confused Buffy, Faith & Giles
Willow:
Is…Tara’s okay right?
Maria:
I was hoping you’d be able to tell me
Willow:
Oh
(realisation)
Oh! Are you … and she…are you together?
Maria:
What? No, I mean we live together but not ‘together’ she’s a good person, good friend
Willow:
Oh, well that’s – that’s nice, friends are nice
Maria:
Yeah
Maria smiles at Willow’s awkwardness as Kennedy hops out of the house
Kennedy:
Hey! Where’s the cavalry?
Maria:
We’re the cavalry?
Kennedy:
They didn’t tell you?
Willow:
He he, Kennedy such a kidder – um, go find Faith she has gifts
Kennedy:
Willow…
Willow stabs her a ‘shut up’ look which takes great effect as they all head indoors
Willow:
I’ll show you to your room
Maria:
Our room
Willow:
Huh?
Maria:
Me & Tara
Willow:
Oh, right…
(Willow looks pissed)
friend, they share rooms – like a sleepover.
ENF OF PART ONE
Faith:
That’s all we got?
Vi:
For now, I mean we’ve only done one floor
Faith:
One floor?
Faith is shocked as she looks around the twenty or so slayers who are swarming the library.
Tara:
We got more than one floor?
Vi:
Three
Tara:
All this size?
Vi:
All this size
Faith:
Man, you guys are living the life – or those that are still alive.
(Faith is bored)
So, you got anywhere for fun in this place?
Cut to.
Dawn is in a pitch black room as four, fully covered figures attack her, with weapons. She fly kicks one into another before removing the remaining two’s weapons and holding up to them.
The lights come on as Buffy walks forward clapping slowly, Giles cleans his glasses and rubs his forehead.
Giles:
Well, I think it’s safe to say that Dawn can handle herself
She smiles proudly
Dawn:
Buffy?
Buffy:
Could’ve done worse
She has little expression as she turns to leave the room
Buffy:
Rona, Sarah take Claire and Donna to the care room.
Rona:
Aye, Aye captain
Later on in the day, following a mass hogwarts dinner hall gruel fest, Dawn is walking the street with Darren and his best friend, a Cordelia-esque, North London dancer named Jamie.
Jamie:
I can’t believe you know him…and, you’re dating him – that is so gross
Dawn:
Hey!…well, okay, true
Jamie:
This is like strange, no this isn’t strange this is Melrose material
Darren:
How so?
Jamie:
Oh come on! My best friends cousin is dating my awol step-brother
Dawn:
Hmm, not all that Melrose – very Dawson’s though
Jamie:
Anyway…this is my stop
They stop briefly at a wall outside of Jamie’s home
Darren:
Catch
Jamie:
Yup, tomorrow – starting our last year of secondary school
Darren:
Last year – so cool
Jamie:
Nice meeting you
Dawn:
You too
(she pauses to allow Jamie time to leave sight)
She’s nice
Darren:
Not really, relatively evil – remember when you were eleven – she broke both your arms
Dawn:
That was her!!! Bitch!
Darren:
Told ya
Within minutes, more seconds actually – they arrive at Darren’s home which is just two doors over on the opposite side of the street to Jamie’s home.
Darren:
Pee – Mom’s in the kitchen
Dawn:
Cool, she’s still Mom, not ‘Mum’
Darren:
Dawn…go play!
Darren runs up the stairs as Dawn wonders through to the kitchen where her Aunt Ann, the widowed sister of Dawns estranged father, Hank, is sat reading and grading papers with a bottle of wine.
Dawn:
Drinking alone?
She looks up and spills her drink in excitement
Anne:
Dawn! Honey! When did you get here!? Look at you…so…big
Dawn:
Fat!?!
Anne:
Chest honey – you’re a summers girl
Dawn:
I knew Buffy was adopted
Both laugh as they sit back down at the table
Dawn:
Want me to clean that up?
Anne:
Don’t worry, they were getting an ‘F’ have you spoken to your father lately?
Dawn:
Honestly? Not since Mom died
Anne:
You’re kidding – that man is a disgrace to this family! When I next see him I’m gonna –
Dawn:
No, it’s cool – it works better this way, I’m starting Sophomore College and Buffy, well she’s working at the school.
Anne:
I never got the deal with that – what does she do there?
Cut To.
Over at the academy, Faith is stood in a cheerleaders outfit with Maria, Buffy, Willow & ten Slayer’s.
Giles:
Sorry…but it is quite funny really
Buffy:
Stop with the laughing
Tara:
Wow girls, you look…sorry I can’t not laugh
Vi:
It’s not so bad – I mean, we could always be dead
Buffy:
Trust me, it’s more fun
An hour later the fifteen girls are stood at the edge of a large stadium, camera’s are flashing, voices are cheering.
Faith:
I’m not doing this yo’
She attempts to back away but Giles blocks her path
Giles:
Faith it’s not that bad really
(he begins to laugh uncontrollably)
I mean…you could be taking Harley’s place
Harley:
No disrespect Prinicipal Giles…but eat sh…
Buffy:
Shh! Here they come
Harley continues to stare at Giles as she slips the mascot head onto the rest of her Unicorn costume.
Buffy:
I don’t see why I have to do this – I’m not even a slayer anymore
Giles:
Yes but you’re the only one aside from Sophia who has any cheerleading experience and this is incredibly important
Faith:
If any of those photographs make it out then I swear, I’m gonna get real uncivalised on your ass!
Tara:
It’ll be fine just stick with the plan
Faith:
Yo, why hasn’t Tara gotta play this?
Tara:
Oh, I have to take Kennedy and the other slayers patrolling
She smiles confidently knowing she’s got away with it
Tara:
They need a spell
Willow:
Hey! Then why can’t I go with them?
Giles:
Because this plan was your idea
Buffy:
Translation – it’s more entertaining this way
Willow:
Entertaining schmentertaining!
Willows sulks as the opposing team fills the stadium – all of which are covered in body socks to illustrate the luminous patterns in the dim lit stadium filled with UV lights.
Tara leaves with Kennedy, Shannen, Carla and Ashley as they hit the graveyard on patrol.
Tara:
I never really understood this
Kennedy:
Stake the demon – demon dead
Tara:
No, the whole graveyard thing – all the people here are dead
Kennedy:
Didn’t notice
Tara:
I mean, there isn’t anyone to protect here
Kennedy:
Valid point
Tara stops in her tracks as the others walk on, eventually Kennedy also pauses
Kennedy:
Why have you stopped?
Tara:
Kennedy, I know you don’t like me
Kennedy looks guiltily to the ground
Tara:
I’m sorry I’m ruining things for you but Willow & I we’re very much in the past but you have to accept that we’re very much still a big part of eachother’s lives.
Kennedy:
Tara…
Tara:
Wow! Sorry, I-I didn’t realise I had that in me
Kennedy:
It’s okay, I don’t mean to be a brat, it’s just understandably you make me nervous – you’re you, you’re Tara!
Tara:
Has Willow ever spoken about Oz?
Kennedy:
A little, nothing major
Tara:
When I first found Willow, she’d just broken up with a guy who she’d been dating and very much in love with for two years – he was her first and that’s not something you can compete with.
(sympathetic)
You just have to remember that you are what she is now, what happened in the past is just that…the past.
Kennedy smiles at Tara who smiles back with recognition
Tara:
Come on we should probably catch the others up
Cut to.
Dawn is with Darren walking through the other end of the graveyard
Dawn:
If you get killed I will be so pissed at you
Darren:
Hey, I got skills
Dawn:
Skills? Throwing your arms around in a fit is not skills
Darren:
Did you see me at the funeral? I kick ass!
Dawn:
Yeah, well, mess up my moves and I’ll kick yours
Darren:
You’ll kick my mood?
Dawn:
Ass!
END OF PART TWO
Over in Boston Andrew is working his first night at the bar, being the opening night it’s incredibly busy – luckily a very keen Thalia is there to support him…not just for the ‘Ladies Get Free Drinks’
Thalia is stood up on the stage seductively dancing as she sings ‘Big Spender’ on the Karaoke.
Andrew:
Thalia! Thalia…phone call…it’s Ryan
Andrew flusters through the crowd back to the bar, he’s clearly exhausted.
Thalia:
Sorry boys – ladies gotta be leaving!
She climbs down from the stage and rushes over the phone
Thalia:
Talk
(O.S) Ryan:
Hey I just got a call from England – that Rona girl?
Thalia:
Any news?
Ryan:
Apparently so – there’s something to do with four higher beings, they make this totem or something, a good totem
Thalia:
More
Ryan:
One of the four – she left. She turned sour, dark, wouldn’t form the totem. They managed to trap her in a human casing, made her into a child like Dawn was.
Thalia:
Casey?
Ryan:
Right – her father wasn’t her father at all, he was a warrior sent to guard her from getting back to her homeland
Thalia:
The musical place?
Ryan:
Maybe, but that box – it’s something to do with it, something important and we got rid of it
Thalia:
That’s good right?
(there’s no response)
right?
Cut to.
Buffy:
I never want to do that again
Faith:
Tough love B, we’re on for the finale in twenty seconds
Buffy:
But…
Caridad:
Willow, if you try to make any of us go to class tomorrow – I’ll stake you myself
Giles:
Girls…it’s ShowTime!
The lights come down again as both teams rush into the arena, the crowd is enthusiastic.
Faith
(whispers)
Good lighting – you can’t see us!
Willow:
That’s the plan
All dancers come to a stand still as Maria steps to the front
Maria:
Westbury! Are U Ready?
The crowd leers up as Faith stands by her side and in unison they say
Maria & Faith:
Bring. It. On!
All the slayers whip weapons from their pom-poms and socks before charging at the other team. Faith leaps onto the team leader and tears at the body sock to reveal thick, orange skin with octopus like suckers on.
The crowds begin to clear in fear as the fight continues on
Faith:
Buffy, Willow…that one!
They look up to the direction of Faith as one of the demons is running out of the arena
Willow:
Cementé!
She is frozen to the spot as Buffy takes a running leap knocking her to the ground.
Faith runs over and takes Buffy’s place on top of the demon, a necklace is linked around her neck as she snaps her jaws at Faith.
Faith:
I believe this is mine!
Willow:
And this
(she snatches a ring from another of them)
belongs to me
Those demons that are still alive, flee the grounds immediately.
Maria:
That’s a magic ring?
Willow:
No…she stole it from our changing room
Maria:
Oh
Faith:
This is it – thanks guys
Buffy:
You sure that’s the one?
Faith:
It matches the picture
Buffy:
Well, I gotta say Faith – you’ve outdone me, two big bad in half a year, how will I ever live up to it.
Faith:
Thanks B! Nice to know you care.
Cut to.
Everyone with the exception of Dawn has returned to the Academy. Faith, Buffy, Harley & Vi are sat around Buffy’s room.
Harley:
I’m coming back with you Faith
Faith:
No you’re not
Harley:
You can’t stop me
Faith:
Wanna test that theory? Harley I can’t risk it – we don’t know exactly what we’re dealing with and we have no idea what this manic crazed child play gig is.
Buffy:
Hey remember me? Your tutor – new term starts this week, you’re not leaving!
Vi:
How come I can leave and Harley can’t?
Buffy:
Because Harley’s new – she’s been here weeks, you’ve been here years
Faith:
You’re not coming either Vi! Nor Rona, Shannen, Sophia – none of you, at least not until I know what we’re dealing with entirely
The girls are interrupted, as there’s a knock at the door
Buffy:
Come in
A Man stands there, tall, handsome, bright blue eyes, dark brown hair
Danson:
Miss Summers – Rupert requested that we be down in the main hall for six tomorrow
Buffy:
Thanks Danson
Danson:
Don’t mention it
He smiles at Faith who has practically melted at his smooth Brazilian accent
Danson:
I’ll catch ya later girls
Faith:
Who was that?
Vi:
That’s Proffessor Danson, he was Caridad’s watcher
Faith:
He can watch me anytime
Buffy:
Then that’s what he’ll do
Shannen:
What?
Buffy:
Faith, you said you’re lacking on the knowledge…take him with you
Faith:
Really? I get a fight, vacation and watcher free?
Buffy:
Faith
Faith:
Kidding’ B…chill, where’s the kid?
Cut To.
Dawn crashes into a tree as a vampire hurls her through the air. Darren rolls across the ground to her weapons sack and rips out a stake.
Darren:
Get swept!
He spins the stake through the air into the vampires heart
Dawn:
Get swept?
Darren:
Dust pun
Dawn:
Lame
Darren:
Better than ‘suck on this blood breath’
Dawn:
I was in a hurry
Darren:
Sure, so exactly how wicked are my skills?
Dawn:
They’re…wicked
Darren:
See! I could kick your ass anyday
Dawn:
Try it!
Cut to.
The following morning everyone is gathered in the hall yawning, including Dawn and a tag-along Darren.
They’re all waiting for Giles who is actually still in bed.
Faith:
You sure you’re all good?
Willow:
Totally – I feel completely rejuvenated
Faith:
Cool cause flying – way not gonna agree with me tonight
Willow:
Why so?
Faith:
I can’t come to England and not go to any pubs
Willow:
Really? Well, I hope you’ve got cash because they’re not cheap – a gin and tonic is the equivalent of $5
Cut to.
Tara is walking along the upstairs corridor banging on doors with Maria, to wake the slayers who have yet to attend.
When she reaches Willow’s room to collect he cell for her, she walks in unknowing.
Both girls stop in their tracks as they see Kennedy kissing Sophia.
Kennedy:
Tara…
END OF PART THREE
Back in Boston
Andrew is still at the bar serving at an astounding pace as Garrison arrives.
Garrison:
Figured you’d be in a mess
Andrew:
Spare hands?
Garrison:
Two of them
Garrison climbs over the bar and begins serving
Andrew:
Thank you so much! Barmaid Stacey went out the back for a smoke – totally went home!
Garrison:
Rude.
Andrew:
Tell me about it!
Thalia topples over to the bar
Thalia:
Goody – I can leave?
Cut to.
Thalia walks into the empty apartment, lights off – completely as she left it with the exception of Faiths bedroom door, which is wide open.
Thalia:
Faith?
She steps into the room to find boxes emptied, the bed slashed to pieces and ‘BITCH’ scrawled across the mirror in lipstick.
Thalia:
Wh…what the hell?
She rushes to her room to grab a dagger for safety before heading to the door. Stopping in reaction to a scraping at the window she spins to see a shadow.
With her usual ‘no shit’ attitude she storms up to the window and rips back the curtain – nobody is there.
Thalia:
This is pathetic
As she turns to head to her room again she is startled by two bangs, before she knows it – nothing – she sees, hears, and smells nothing.
She’s out cold on the floor, blood dripping from the wound.
Three bullets have passed through the window, one hitting Thalia in the stomach
To Be Continued…
END
Co-starring
Christine Vidal
Felicia Day
Mary Wilcher
Dania Ramirez
Mary Margaret Humes
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