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Date Posted: 08:33:53 08/08/03 Fri
Author: First Aired Friday August 8, 2003
Subject: Buffy: The Lost Episodes, Episode 1.3 "Unwrapped" by VKMax

�UNWRAPPED�

EXT - THE TOWER - DAY

DEBREE SURROUNDS THE AREA FROM THE FALLEN TOWER PIECES AS THE STRUCTURE REMAINS, ONLY JUST STANDING.

WE FOLLOW THE CAMERA: DUST, BODIES, ETC.

PAN: BEN�S BLOODIED BODY REMAINS CRUSHED ON THE GROUND - JINX CLOSE BY.

IN THE SKY ABOVE, THE LIGHT SLOWLY BEGINS TO FADE AS CLOUDS FORM ABOVE THE TOWER, A CRACK OF LIGHTINING CRASHING INTO THE TOP AND BOLTING THROUGH.

SPARKS FLINGING FROM THE METAL LIKE FIREWORKS - SCATTERING BENS BODY.

AS THE SKY CALMS AND THE LIGHT RETURNS, BENS EYES FLUTTER BEFORE SPRINGING OPEN - A DARK SHADE OF EMPTINESS.

BEFORE THE BODY MAKES ITS FIRST MOVE, THE HEAD IS TAKEN CLEAN OFF.

SPIKE
(smug)
They always come back for more

AS HE WALKS AWAY A FIGURE STEPS OUT FROM THE SHADOWS, ARMS FOLDED.

BUFFY
(pissed)
Damn! Now I need a new guy!
(ponders)
Maybe something southern?

Starring
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Nicholas Brendan
Alyson Hannigan
Emma Caulfield
Michelle Trachtenberg
James Marsters
And Anthony Stewart Head as Giles

Guest Starring
David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Charlie Weber, Clare Kramer, Amber Benson as Tara

INT - SUMMERS RESIDENCE -

TARA IS STOOD AWKWARDLY SHIFTING THE PANCAKE BATTER FROM THE JAR INTO THE PAN AS DAWN SITS SLUMPED AT GILES SIDE BY THE COUNTER.

TARA
(soft)
Funny shapes or�

DAWN STANDS ABRUBTLY AND STORMS FROM THE ROOM

TARA
Rounds
(beat)
I can�t stand this

GILES
She�ll adjust, we all will it just takes�

TARA
N-not that, this, being normal and all of it - Willow�s in so much pain and she�s trying to lead everyone, Dawn�s just a kid and�

SHE FALLS INTO SILENCE AS SHE STARES TO THE GROUND

GILES
What is it?

TARA
Spike - he�s even worse than Dawn.

CUT TO.

SPIKE IS LYING IN HIS BATTERED CHAIR, IT�S THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY AS HE SLURPS ON A HIGH PERCENTAGE MALT WHISKEY.

HE�S BARELY CONCIOUS UNTIL THE DOOR CRASHES OPEN

SPIKE
(defensively)
Hey!
(beat)
Oh, it�s you

DAWN RUNS ACROSS AND THROWS HERSELF ONTO SPIKES COT.

SPIKE
�sup little bit? Red being all skitty again?

DAWN
No
(sigh)
Just, tomorrow is it

SPIKE
S�right, the day to end all days

DAWN
You coming?

SPIKE
Not likely

DAWN
(harsh)
Oh, so you�re just gonna forget everything she meant to you, to us, is that it?

SPIKE
(loud, angry)
You shut your mouth!

DAWN FLINCHES AT HIS ANGER, HE SCARES HIMSELF AS THE THOUGHT OF STRIKING HER EVEN ENTERS HIS MIND.

SPIKE
(calming)
I�d burst into flames niblet, then who d�ya have?

DAWN
(trying to convince him)
It�s at night

SPIKE KNOWS NOW, THAT HE�S NOT GOING TO WIN, HE HAS TO FACE THE MUSIC, BETTER SOONER THAN LATER RIGHT?

SPIKE
Fine.
(beat)
But I�m only going to keep you of trouble

CUT TO.

INT - SUMMERS RESIDENCE

ANYA & XANDER HAVE NO JOINED THE OTHERS IN THE KITCHEN AS WILLOW ARRIVES, ENTERING VIA THE REAR DOOR.

TARA
H-How was it? Is he
(unsure)
How�d he take it?

WILLOW
It was awful, even Cordelia

XANDER
Cordelia?

WILLOW
Hidden depths
(pause)
Actually I have something I need to tell you all

SHE IS CUT OFF AS A �BLANKET� COMES RUSHING THROUGH THE DOOR BEHIND WILLOW.

XANDER
Spike don�t� you�oh

ALL STARE IN AMAZEMENT AS THE COVER DROPS TO THE FLOOR TO REVEAL A BREATHLESS AND EMPTY ANGEL.

ALL
Angel?!

(O.S) CORDELIA
Hey!

GILES/ANYA/XANDER
Cordelia!!!!

CUT TO.

EXT - ESPRESSO PUMP - DAY.

THE SUN IS BLINDING DOWN OVER THE CROWDED, BLISSFULLY UNAWARE STREETS OF SUNNYDALE. WE PASS A SET OF YELLOW POLICE BANNERS GUARDIAN A LARGE WHOLE IN THE ROAD.

CORDELIA AND XANDER BRIEFLY EYE THE PIECE AS THEY WALK ON.

CORDELIA
Earthquake?

XANDER
Apocalypse

CORDELIA LOOKS TO THE GROUND, UNSURE EXACTLY WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO ACT.

CORDELIA
How bad was it?

XANDER
Bad

CORDELIA
Graduation bad?

XANDER
(hard)
Didn�t Buffy live through Graduation?!

CORDELIA
(very quiet)
Sorry

XANDER
(sigh)
No, I�m sorry it�s just that - she�s - Buffy and she�s gone.

CORDELIA LOOKS ON AT XANDER WHO IS EXTREMELY CLOSE TO TEARS. HE PUNCHES A WALL HARD, THE SKIN ON HIS HAND CRACKS AND BEGINS TO BLEED.

CORDELIA
(attempting humour)
I hated that wall anyway

XANDER
Hurt a lot less than my little fall that night -

CORDELIA
Fall?

XANDER
You try straddling a dragon�

CORDELIA LETS OUT A LIGHT LAUGH AS THE TWO CONTINUE TO WALK ON THROUGH THE DAY.

CORDELIA
It�s just so strange how everything�s changed
(beat)
Joyce�Buffy�Daisy

XANDER
Dawn

CORDELIA
Whatever - she�s not real
(pause)
My point is -

XANDER
No, Dawn - she�s over there. Hey Dawn!

HE LOOKS ACROSS THE STREET TO SEE DAWN AWKWARDLY SHOVING SOMETHING BACK INTO HER POCKET AS SHE EXITS A SHOP ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.

XANDER
What are - why are you out on your own?

DAWN
I was just - I�m not on my own, I mean I am but I wasn�t

XANDER
Spike?

DAWN
No, I -
(guilty)
Spike

XANDER
Dawn, you know I hate Spike right?

DAWN
I know

XANDER
But�If he�s who you feel you want to be with right now then -

DAWN
(no emotion)
Thanks.

SHE SLOWLY PLODS OFF DOWN THE STREET, FACE TO THE FLOOR AS SHE PASSES THE STORE

XANDER
D -

CORDELIA
Xander let her go she needs to -

AT THAT, CORDELIA GRABS HOLD OF XANDERS ARM WITH GREAT PAIN, HER NAILS DIGGING IN.

XANDER
Ow! - Ow! Cordy!
(realising)
Cordy? Cordy what�s up?

CORDELIA
(breathless)
It�s�coming�something big, something - pure

XANDER
Pure?

CORDELIA
Evil

CUT TO.

PURE WHITE LIGHT FLOODS THE SCREEN. NOTHING CAN BE SEEN OTHER THAN THIS PURE LIGHT - UNTIL A FIGURE BEGINS TO FORM. A SILHOUETTE FILLS FROM BOTTOM TO TOP AS BUFFY APPEARS IN THE HEAVENLY DIMENSION - THE PURE LIGHT FADES TO A GLOWING DIM AS SHE SMILES DOWN.

CUT TO.

INT - SPIKES CRYPT - DAY

SPIKE IS FURTHER DRUNK THAN WHEN DAWN LEFT TO GO TO THE STORE - SO DRUNK HE IS, INFACT LAUGHING AT HIS OWN FINGERS INFRONT OF HIM.

BUFFY (O.S)
I don�t get the joke?

IF HIS HEART WERE BEATING, IT WOULD�VE STOPPED AT THE SHOCK OF BUFFY STANDING INFRONT OF HIM.

SPIKE
Buffy?

BUFFY SMILES BACK AT HIM - NO WORDS - NO SOUNDS, JUST A SOFT, GENTLY LIFTED SMILE.

SPIKE
How? You�re�I mean
(gulp)
I tried to save you

BUFFY
I know�

SPIKE
I did - I tried to save Dawn and I tried to save you and
(tearful)
I failed on every account

BUFFY
Dawns alive though - you did a good thing, you bought time
(beat)
But then, what is time?

SPIKE
I don�t understand

BUFFY
Who says that night comes after day and lasts for however many hours? Time could be just as easily understood if the middle of November led into days before Christmas

SPIKE
I still don�t understand - am I really drunk? Did I fall asleep?

BUFFY
I�m real Spike - almost

SPIKE
How?

BUFFY
You�ve never seen the movie Ghost? I�ll be watching you Spike - all of you, right until the end.

SPIKE
End of what?

BUFFY
The end you, the end of them, the end of the world If I have to

BUFFY CROSSES OVER AND BRINGS HER LIPS ALMOST TO SPIKES EAR

BUFFY
You�re precious to me Spike, never forget it

SPIKE
But -

BUFFY
I only wish you were here with me -

SPIKE
I can be
(wiping tears and sniffing)
I can be with you Buffy, just say the word.

BUFFY LOOKS OVER AS SHE HEARS FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING THE DOOR.

BUFFY
I have to go - but remember, I�m here - I�m everywhere all the time.

WITH THAT BUFFY SIMPLY DISSAPEARS AS DAWN SLIDES THROUGH THEDOOR.

DAWN
Who were you talking to?

SPIKE
(Distracted)
I�nobody it was�it was nobody

DAWN
It�s okay

SPIKE
What�s that?

DAWN
(soft, understanding)
I still speak to her to

CUT TO.

EXT - GRAVEYARD - NIGHT

GILES AND ANGELS ARE SLOWLY DRAGGING ALONG UNDERNEATH THE LIGHT OF THE MOON. BOTH WITH WEAPONS AT HAND.

GILES
It�s simply the fact that somebody had to do it

ANGEL
So why you?

GILES
I�m in the right state of mind - or at least, I have to be

ANGEL
You have to be?

GILES
It�s not safe here, somebody has to patrol with Buffy g�

ANGEL
You still can�t say it.

GILES
Nor do I think I ever will

ANGEL
Does Riley know? I mean I hate the guy as much as I hate Spike but - I figured he was at least decent enough to be here for this

GILES
He has no Idea. The fewer informed the better
(beat)
the safer.

ANGEL STEPS INFRONT OF GILES TO TALK TO HIM, STOPPING HIM IN HIS TRACKS.

ANGEL
Breakdown

GILES
I beg your pardon?

ANGEL
Do it. Cry. Hit me. Swing that axe at me. Anything.

GILES
Angel what on earth are you talking about?

ANGEL
You! This the whole thing - it�s not normal.

GILES
What�s that?

ANGEL
You were the closest person to her, with the exception of Joyce and the recently present Dawn - you were the most important thing to her.

GILES
Except for you

ANGEL
Right, well, yeah but you�re important here - to all of these people and the fact that you�re the one who�s out patrolling just speaks more for it - the fact they left you speaks more of them.
(pause)
Giles you should have your turn to cry

GILES
(low)
Like you have?

ANGEL
Like I will.

GILES CONTINUES ON PAST ANGEL, IGNORING HIS PERSISTANCY.

ANGEL
Giles listen, go home, grief - drink yourself to a drunken state just - take a day off I can handle things here

GILES
Handle things?
(angry)
You think you can bloody handle things when you�re here giving me advice on grieving just so that you can avoid doing it yourself when you realise that Buffy has gone?
BUFFY IS DEAD ANGEL!!!

SILENCE.

ANGEL LOOKS ON IN COMPLETE SHOCK - NO WORDS CAN ESCAPE HIS MOUTH AS GILES RAISES HIS HAND OVER HIS OWN MOUTH, HIS HANDS SHAKING AS HIS EYES WELL UP.

GILES
She�s -
(lost)
I let her die, twice, I let her die

ANGEL
It�s not your fault

GILES
It is - If I�d have been a watcher and not a - whatever the bloody hell I was, I would�ve seen earlier. I could�ve stopped all of this

ANGEL
No you couldn�t

GILES
(Raging up, tears flooding - hands shaking)
I could! Yes it�s clear now, I shouldn�t be here I�m bad for these children

ANGEL
No, Giles you�re not

GILES
(hysterical laughing)
Oh yes I�m the perfect role model! I�ve got Xander nearly killed more times than I�ve drank tea, Willow has become a lesbian wicca under my influence and Buffy flung herself off a building to get away from everything I should�ve prevented!

ANGEL SAYS NOTHING, HE JUST LOOKS AT GILES WAITING FOR A FURTHER MOTION OR SOUND - NOTHING AS GILES STARES PAST HIM.

ANGEL
Giles?

OVER ANGELS SHOULDER GILES STARES IN COMPLETE SHOCK AS BEN SWEEPS PAST HIM, A SMUG GRIN ON HIS CLEAN FACE. WITHIN A MOMENT HE IS CLOSER TO ANGEL, BLOOD NOW DRIPPING FROM HIS EYES LIKE TEARS.

BEN
At least I�ll make up sleep from those long hospital hours

GILES
(under breath)
You�re not real

ANGEL
I�m real Giles. I�m right here see

ANGEL WAVES HIS HAND IN GILES FACE AS HE SNAPS OUT OF IT AND BEN VANISHES INTO NOTHINGNESS.

GILES
Sorry, what?

ANGEL
Giles.

GILES
Right, I think maybe you�re right - you should, I should

ANGEL
Get some rest?

GILES
Right, rest.

CUT TO.

INT - JOYCES ROOM - NIGHT
WILLOW IS SAT CROSS LEGGED ON THE BED AS SHE FLICKS THROUGH A PHOTO ALBUM. TARA IS PULLING CLOTHES FROM A LARGE CARD BOX.

WILLOW
It feels so strange

TARA
Sweety?

WILLOW
Buffy, I mean I guess I knew that it was - you know, eventual but
(sad pause)
and weirder Joyce died just a few months ago and we�re sleeping in her bed

TARA LOOKS AT WILLOW, DEEP, SAD EYES.

TARA
We still have eachother

WILLOW
Thank goddess

TARA MOVES OVER TO THE BED AND PULLS HER ARMS AROUND WILLOW, KISSING HER GENTLY ON THE CHEEK

WILLOW
I swear, If I ever lost you the world wouldn�t be worth living in

TARA
You�ve always got me - right here
(Tara taps her heart)
Forever

WILLOW
Forever

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CUT TO.

INT - SUMMERS KITCHEN - NIGHT

CORDELIA IS SAT AWKWARDLY OPPOSITE ANYA IN THE KITCHEN, BOTH HAVE ICE CREAM INFRONT OF THEM, NEITHER IS EATING IT.

CORDELIA
So�

ANYA
Uh huh

CORDELIA
You like replaced me?
(thinks)
Well nobody could do that, but you like filled in the void I left

ANYA
I guess so

CORDELIA
Well that�s�

ANYA
Though it wasn�t much of a void, more a gap they�d rather fill in with cement or burn to the ground.

CORDELIA
I see you�ve grown as a person

ANYA
Oh so have you, especially your hips - you should try this yoga video by Dagney Kerr it�s great. Very helpful for the waist line challenged.

CORDELIA
I see.
(beat)
So you lost the veiny look then?

ANYA
Oh yeah! We�re way past that although this human thing it totally sucks

CORDELIA
Ah hah! Well, it�s good about the veins and glad you kept some parts of your older self

ANYA
What does that mean?

CORDELIA
Well you still have the moustache!

ANYA
Do not!
(defensive)
Anyway why do you talk like that - it�s strange and un likeable

CORDELIA
Like what?

ANYA
All blunt phrases and witty comebacks - it�s annoying, Xander says that�s my job

CORDELIA
Well you do it very well

ANYA
(genuinely thrilled)
Thank you.

CUT TO.

INT - DAWNS ROOM - NIGHT

DAWNS WINDOW REMAINS OPEN AS SHE HUGS HER BLANKET TIGHTLY. A PICTURE OF HER MOTHER AND SISTER CLOSE TO HER SIDE.

THE CURTAINS ARE FLUTTERING IN THE STRONG WIND AS DAWN AWAKENS.

RUBBING HERE EYES SHE SCANS THE ROOM, LOCKING EYES ONTO A SHADOW IN THE CORNER.

DAWN
Wh�Who�s there?

GLORY (O.S)
Shh Dawnie don�t wanna wake the witch bitch and her little friend up now do we

GLORY STEPS INTO THE LIGHT, THE SIDE OF HER BATTERED FACE HIGHLIGHTED BY THE MOON.

DAWN GOES TO SCREAM BUT CAN�T MAKE A SOUND THROUGH THE FEAR INSIDE OF HER.

GLORY
Nice and quiet just like poor Benji - rotting in his grave
(pause)
Say, I bet you thought that�d get rid of me didn�t ya kid? Guess again

DAWN
What do you want?
(trembling)
You can�t use me anymore - I - I�m not the key

GLORY
Sure you are kid, you�re the key to everything, time, death, love, birds, trees, telephones - you�re like freakin� magic central over there! All small and neatly packaged just ready to be unwrapped and shine your pretty little light on the world

DAWN
No, I�

GLORY
You think it was gonna end once the blood flow stopped? Dawnie, Dawnie, Dawnie will you never learn - those little guardians of yours always get it wrong - the little witch bitch is gonna blow it all up

DAWN
What do you mean?

GLORY
Trust me - you�ll see, let�s just say she�s going for a new look, maybe a few lowlights here and there and the useless guy the one that looks out for you? Not so much looking in the picture later on�

DAWN
(forceful)
What do you know?

GLORY
You like Christmas right Dawnie? A Happy time and I bet you just can�t wait to get there every year even if it means - getting in a time machine or something, messing up the whole fabric of the universe and what not - but hey can you even imagine having to share all your favourite toys with a bunch of temporary sisters? Hundreds of little Buffy�s all around you - getting in your face?
(pause)
So annoying.

DAWN FAILS TO SPEAK THE NEXT WORD AS GLORY VANISHES AND A HAND SLAMS AROUND HER MOUTH.

SHE LOOKS OVER TO SEE SPIKE ON HER BED, HOLDING HER MOUTH SHUT.

SPIKE
(whispered)
We have to go

INT - SPIKES CRYPT - NIGHT

SPIKES SAT WATCHING THE TELEVISION AS DAWN LAYS HALF ASLEEP WITH HER HEAD IN HIS LAP, A SITUATION HE IS EVIDENTLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH.

DAWN
Just a dream?

SPIKE
Must�ve been - she�s dead and if she wasn�t there still wasn�t a jumped up hell whore in your room when I got there
(beat)
Unless you�re not telling me something

DAWN
I�m not Glory

SPIKE
Glad to hear it
(shifting)
Wouldn�t you be more comfortable on the bed?

DAWN
Sorry it�s just I feel safer when I�m near you

DAWN NUZZLES DOWN MORE COMFORTABLY A SHE RESTS HER EYES, SPIKE IS CLEARLY DISTURBED BY THE PENDING CRUSH.

TWENTY MINUTES LATER.

BUFFY
Spike � Spike wake up

SPIKE
(rubbing eyes)
Buffy?

BUFFY SMILES AT HIM, A CHEERFUL, PEACEFUL SMILE

BUFFY
Picture perfect

SPIKE
Shh�you�ll wake Dawn

BUFFY
So?
(beat)
Dawn wake up! Hey, Dawn!

DAWN STIRS BARELY ABLE TO FOCUS BEFORE HER EYES FLASH ONTO BUFFY AND SHE LEAPS UP IMMEDIATELY

DAWN
Buffy?
(pause)
Spike?!
(beat)
Did I fall asleep?
BUFFY
No, Dawnie it�s me

DAWN
Buffy?
(tearful)
What are you�I mean�how?

BUFFY
I don�t have time

DAWN
What I don�t understand�

SPIKE
It�s not real
(unconvinced)
I�m dreaming

BUFFY
You think you�re both having the same dream? You�re not that close

DAWN
Are�are you a ghost?

BUFFY LAUGHS AT DAWN IN AN ADMIRABLE WAY

BUFFY
No, silly!
(beat)
It�s me I just, I can�t touch you but I�m safe and that�s what matters. I�m safe and you�re safe

CUT TO.
INT - SUMMERS KITCHEN - NIGHT

CORDELIA WRITHING ON THE FLOOR IN PAIN AS ANYA CROUTCHES BY HER SIDE, WILLOW AND TARA SOON FOLLOW IN.

CORDELIA
Nobody�s safe, Nobody�s�

SHE GRASPS HER HEAD IN PAIN AS ANGEL WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR BACK FROM THE HUNT.

ANGEL
What�s going on?

ANYA
I don�t know we were talking about bags and shoes then she threw herself on the floor and starting rolling around
(pause)
Like a sick puppy - but bigger and with better breath, just.

ANGEL KNEELS BY CORDELIA�S SIDE HOLDING HER HAND TO HELP HER UP.

ANGEL
Cordy was is it?

WILLOW
(quiet)
Buffy

CORDELIA
What? No it�s not Buffy - you know how pissed I�d be if she could still give me a headache like that.

THE SOUNDS FADES OUT AROUND WILLOW AS SHE LOOKS OVER TO THE DINING ROOM, BAFFLED. BUFFY IS STOOD AT THE TABLE, HER CLOTHES TATTERED AND HER SKIN MARKED, CUTS AND BRUISES ALL OVER HER DIRTY FACE.

WILLOW WALKS INTO THE OTHER ROOM IN A TRANCE LIKE STATE WHILST THE OTHERS PAY ATTENTION TO CORDELIA AND TARA HEADS UPSTAIRS TO CHECK ON DAWN.

WILLOW
Buffy?

BUFFY
Willow help me!

WILLOW
But you�re, you�re kinda dead
(beat)
with all due respect

BUFFY
Only here Will, I need you
(sobbing)
It hurts so much

WILLOW
What does? What hurts? Buffy I don�t understand is it�

BUFFY
Hell!

WILLOW
(shocked - breathless - teary)
What?

BUFFY
I�m in hell and I need you to get me back

WILLOW
Buffy I don�t know how I mean�

BUFFY
Help

WITH THAT BUFFY FADES FROM SIGHT AS WILLOW SCREAMS HER NAME CAUSING TARA TO SPRINT DOWN THE STAIRS. SHE REMAINS IN THE DOORWAY PANTINGS.

TARA
Willow?

WILLOW
It�s nothing
(deep in thought)
It was nothing

TARA
Good
(gulp)
Will�

WILLOW
Tara it was nothing okay!

TARA
Dawns gone!

CUT TO.

INT - XANDERS APARTMENT - NIGHT

XANDER IS SAT CLUTCHING AN EMPTY BEER BOTTLE AS HE CRIES OVER IMAGES OF HIMSELF WITH BUFFY, WILLOW, DAWN, RILEY, OZ, TARA, ANYA, CORDELIA, JESSE - ANYONE WHO�S EFFECTED HIS LIFE IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

HASTILY HE WIPES HIS TEARS WITH HIS SLEEVE AS THE DOOR CRASHES OPEN, ANYA ENTERS CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY WILLOW & TARA.

ANYA
Is she here�huh? Is she -

XANDER
If this is about Cordelia then I already told you there�s nothing�

ANYA
What?
(beat)
Xander nobody cares about Cordelia - we�ve lost a person, a whole person

XANDER
So not just a head?

ANYA
Xander - I�m the one that gets to be sarcastic remember

XANDER
Right - and I stay at home cooking

WILLOW
Xander this is serious

XANDER
What�s happened?

WILLOW
Dawn

XANDER
Dawn happened?

TARA
She�s gone from her room

XANDER
To the bathroom?

TARA
N-no, out of the house we can�t find her

XANDER
Not to be crazy calm guy but didn�t anyone check Spikes?

CUT TO.

INT - SPIKES CRYPT - NIGHT

THE DOOR CRASHES FROM IT�S HINGES AS ANGEL STORMS IN, CORDELIA TAILING BEHIND.

DAWN
Angel what�

BEFORE DAWN CAN FINISH THE SENTENCE ANGEL LIFTS HER BY THE ARM AND PLACES HER BY CORDELIA

SPIKE
What the bleedin� hell�s going on?

ANGEL
You took Dawn out of her room

ANGEL SHOVES SPIKE AGAINST THE WALL.

SPIKE
She wasn�t safe

ANGEL
She�s safe with a soulless beast like you?

SPIKE
Right, it�s always about the soddin� soul

CORDELIA
Angel�

ANGEL GRABS SPIKE AND THROWS HIM OVER THE COT.

ANGEL
Soul makes you a person Spike

SPIKE FLIPS BACK UP, GAME FACE ON

SPIKE
No, mate, being human makes you a person
(kick)
You�re still an animal
(spin-kick)
Just like me

ANGEL
(thud)
I
(punch)
am nothing like you!

SPIKE
Right you are then

ANGEL
Nothing! Not one thing is like you

SPIKE
You know - I think you may be right
(pause)
I mean one thing that is different is that I loved her

ANGEL
Don�t you dare

SPIKE
It�s true - I�d have died for her

ANGEL
I did.

SPIKE
Then what? You came back messed up her life, then went away again - I�d hate to think what you do to someone you hate Angelus

ANGEL
You�re about to find out

CORDELIA STEPS IN BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM PUSHING THEM APART

CORDELIA
Hey! Hey! Hey!

ANGEL
Cordelia stay out of this

CORDELIA
You know, I would but Dawn, well she kinda stamped on my foot an ran away

CUT TO.
EXT - SUNNYDALE SITE - NIGHT

THE SKY IS THICK WITH STARS AS TEARS ROLL DOWN DAWNS EYES, SHE IS BREATHLESS AS SHE STOPS RUNNING AT THE LEDGE.

BUFFY
Come on Dawnie

DAWN LOOKS DOWN. SHE IS ON THE TOWER STARING DOWN TO THE SPOT WHERE JUST A DAY EARLIER, BUFFY WAS LYING DEAD.

BUFFY
Do you miss me Dawnie? Do you miss Mom?

DAWN
Of course I do

BUFFY
Then come be with us - it�ll all be okay, we�ll be a family again

DAWN BEGINS TO EDGE CLOSER TO THE EDGE SHAKING AS SHE STEPS, TEARS FLOODING HER EYES, SWEAT DROWNING HER BROW.

BUFFY
It�s not so bad Dawn, just a little bump and then it�s like a real long nap

DAWN
You don�t sound like�you�re not saying it right

BUFFY
Death? How can you say it right

DAWN
Her - you�re not talking like Buffy

(O.S) XANDER
Dawn!

SHE LOOKS DOWN IN SHOCK AS SHE SEES SPIKE, ANGEL, WILLOW, ANYA, TARA & XANDER STOOD AT THE BOTTOM.

BUFFY
Hurry Dawn! They�ll only try and keep us apart

DAWN TAKES ANOTHER STEP FORWARD, THE TIPS OF HER TOES BALANCING THE EDGE. FROM NOWHERE AS GUST OF WIND THROWS DAWN SCREAMING FROM THE EDGE

TARA
Willow!

WILLOW�S EYES BLACK OVER AS SHE GRASPS TARAS HANDS

WILLOW
Light as a feather float down from the sky, depart me from death in the blink of an eye

XANDER
Will it�s not�
(beat)
Dawn!

EVERYONE LEAPS BACK COVERING THEIR EYES AS DAWN NEARS THE GROUND - NOTHING.

ANYA
Where was the splat?

WILLOW
Spike!

THEY RUSH OVER TO SPIKES WHO HAS CAUGHT DAWN FROM THE FALL, LEAPING ONTO THE MASS OF BROKEN WOOD AND NAILS, A TORN, BLOODY WOUND IN HIS SIDE.

TARA
Dawnie are you okay? Don�t ever do that - w-why would you?

DAWN
Buffy I�

TARA
Shh�it�s okay

SHE PULLS DAWN INTO A HUG AS THEY ROCK BACK AND FORTH, WILLOW WATCHING ON TEARFULLY, ANGEL AND XANDER IN SHOCK.

ANYA
We need to help him - he�s hurt.

ANGEL LOOKS DOWN ON SPIKE IN A NEW LIGHT, A MORE HONEST ONE.

ANGEL
I�ll take care of it.

CUT TO.
INT - GILES APARTMENT - NIGHT

HE IS SAT IN THE POORLY LIT APARTMENT, SCOTCH IN ONE HAND, HIS WATCHERS DIARY IN THE OTHER - HE LAUGHS AT AN ENTRY REGARDING BUFFY�S INJURY FROM SLAYING IN HEELED SHOES AND HAVING THE FOOTWEAR DAMAGE AS HER PRIORITY COMPLAINT.

(O.S) BUFFY
Those were some good times we had

GILES TURNS IN SHOCK ONLY TO SEE BEN STANDING BEHIND HIM IN THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM.

GILES
Why are you here?

BEN
Oh, I think you know why

GILES
You�re not real, you can�t be I �

BEN
Killed me? Sure but who stays dead now anyway? Tell me Rupert what are the others doing right now?

GILES
They�re at home, resting

BEN
You sure about that?

GILES
What�ve you done to them? I swear if you�ve hurt them I�ll�

BEN
Kill me? Again�what you got a taste for it or something? I don�t think so Mr. G that wasn�t even my point

GILES
So you actually have one then, not just here to taunt me to death?

BEN
Laugh all you like but you�ll be laughing alone
(beat)
Why do you think you�re here? When Angel and the girl, the out of towners have been invited to stay with the others - have you received an invite yet?

GILES
There�s no room

BEN
Not even with Xander?

GILES LOOKS INTO HIMSELF SOLEMLY

BEN
So tell me Mr, Giles - why are you still around?

END.

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[> This is my first Buffy fanfic. I'm partial to Angel. But I found this to be -- Saltygoodness, 22:32:05 08/22/03 Fri

very good and then I realized it was by VKMax. How could it not be good. Thanks. As I said, not much on Buffy fanfic, but this was terrific. And, I hooked, dammit. *g*

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