| ACT FOUR FADE IN EXT. CEMETERY - CONTINUOUS Faith's hands roam every inch of Buffy's body as the blonde detaches herself from Faith's lips and kisses around the brunette's neck and chest. Low MOANS and GROWLS escape them. BUFFY You taste incredible. FAITH That ain't nothin' babe. You know where to go. Buffy smiles lasciviously and makes her way down. Faith spreads her legs giving Buffy full access. Buffy massages Faith's inner thighs through her pants before unbuttoning and pulling them down enough to reveal Faith's panties. She pulls them down further and attaches her mouth to Faith's wetness. Faith lets out a guttural GROAN. As Buffy settles in: BUFFY (murmuring) So good. FAITH Remember it. Buffy lifts her head questioningly. Faith slams her legs shut, her knees colliding into Buffy's head. Buffy YELPS and falls by the wayside. Faith quickly pulls her pants up and jumps to her feet. Buffy recovers and faces Faith, clearly pissed. BUFFY You are so gonna pay for that. FAITH Really? I thought you'd like it rough. BUFFY God I hate you so much. FAITH I love you too B. Rage burns in Buffy's eyes as she takes a step forward. Faith gets into a fighting stance but Buffy turns and takes off. Faith's caught off guard and not too happy about that. FAITH Oh man, that's just wrong. Faith SIGHS and picks up after Buffy. CUT TO: INT. SUNNYDALE LIBRARY - NIGHT Xander flies through the air and smacks into a towering bookcase. At Guy's will, Xander is suspended there as Anya, looking the worse of wear, attempts to crawl to him. ANYA (to Guy) Let him down you fraggled puke monster. Guy ROARS and gestures leading Xander to drop straight down from the air hitting the ground with a thud and an excruciating YELL. Anya winces. ANYA Not like that. (weakly shouting) Xander! Are you-- XANDER --Dead? Almost. ANYA Almost is better than "Yes". Anya climbs off the floor and bravely approaches Guy. ANYA You are in big trouble. Guy actually seems to laugh and hits Anya with a magic blast that knocks her down. She gets back up after a few moments. ANYA Okay, now you're in really big trouble. Guy laughs again but that stops abruptly as arrow upon arrow hits Guy in various places. It causes serious harm and he collapses to the ground. Anya looks around and sees Giles and Dawn, heavily armed with crossbows, swords, and axes. Anya's thrilled and relieved and addresses a fallen Guy who morphs back into human visage. ANYA Told you. Guy bleeds profusely but manages to grin. Xander hobbles over holding himself up. GUY My family won't be happy. XANDER Family? Numerous THUNDEROUS ROARS come from different areas of the library. The group checks out the beasts--5 in all--and slump in distress. GILES Well I did say that SOME could be found here. I was right. Xander, Anya, and Dawn all look at Giles as if he's joking. Impossible to tell. CUT TO: EXT. DESERTED STREET - NIGHT Buffy runs and runs with Faith hot on her heels. Buffy nears a streetlight next to a car and switches to a longer stride. She hops into the air, uses the car's hood as a springboard and latches on sideways to the lightpost and swings around to hit Faith with her feet. Faith sees it coming and dodges the maneuver. She gets in position and nails Buffy as she swings back around knocking Buffy into the car. Faith kicks at Buffy, but the blonde blocks and grabs the foot. She twists and floors Faith and drives a boot into Faith's midsection. Buffy makes to run off but Faith trips her up. Faith flips back up and jumps onto the car. As Buffy gets up, Faith does a leaping spin-kick connecting with Buffy's jaw. Buffy's stunned for a moment, but manages to dodge several shots from Faith and lands an elbow to Faith's chest causing Faith to stammer a bit. Buffy takes advantage by yanking Faith's hair and blasting a knee to her head. Buffy takes two handfuls and throws Faith through the passenger side window of the car. Faith doesn't move for awhile allowing Buffy to escape--but not without stumbling. CUT TO: INT. SUNNYDALE LIBRARY - NIGHT It's like an out-of-control laser show with the Perla Magnas firing on all cylinders while engaged in battle with the scoobs. The building walls and furniture come apart from the fighting and stray beams. Giles uses a sword to defend himself against the BIGGEST PERLA as the creature flails relentlessly at him. Xander employs an ax against a MIDDLE PERLA, doing a good job by smacking the thing with the ax's broadside and then chopping off it's left arm. The Middle Perla reacts PAINFULLY and fires several bolts at Xander who deflects them with the ax right back at the beast, shredding it. A SCREAMING ANYA runs around with her ax as a DIRTY PERLA chases her while firing bolts at her. She passes by Dawn who's engaged in combat with a MASSIVE PERLA, pulling out her sword to block blows from the demon and counter with superb offensive moves, striking the perla with an assortment of blows and counterblows. She ducks one shot, lands a heavy punch, then slides between the demon's legs, pops up, and skewers it through the chest. DAWN (to the perla) Yeah! Who owns you? Who's the best? Giles ducks numerous swipes by the Biggest Perla and chops off the demon's legs. The demon plops to the ground and Giles delivers the deathblow. He turns around to see what else is going on and finds Dawn taunting the dead Massive Perla and a SNEAKY PERLA coming up behind her. GILES (yelling; to Dawn) DAWN! Behind you! Dawn checks over her shoulder and sees it. She gets a stunned look on her face before swiveling with sword extended. CUT TO: EXT. DESERTED STREET - NIGHT Faith carefully pulls herself out of the window and slides down to the ground. She's sore everywhere. FAITH Fuck! Fuck fuck fuck. Faith scans the area but finds nothing and no one. She gets on her hands and knees and prepares to get up, but halts. She waits a moment, then shuts her eyes and seriously concentrates. After a few moments, her eyes shoot open and her head snaps in the direction that Buffy left. She hurries off the ground and breaks into a sprint. CUT TO: EXT. DOWNTOWN - LATER Buffy coolly makes her way down the empty street in the dark area. She stops to catch her breath, undoubtedly run down. BUFFY Being bad is exhausting. FAITH (OS) (shouting) Hey Elizabeth! Buffy's eyes widen in shock and rage. She turns to find Faith nearing her. BUFFY I hate that name. FAITH Had to get your attention. BUFFY Now I'm REALLY pissed. FAITH Which is REALLY sexy on you. BUFFY Why won't you just let me go? FAITH 'Cause there's a lot of people who love you and want you back. It's that simple. BUFFY Simple in theory... Buffy attacks Faith and the duo engage in a brawl that culminates in Buffy landing several blows in succession and sending Faith to the ground. Buffy takes the opportunity to jog over to a building and kicks the door in. She runs in. Faith recovers and gets up off the ground. She follows Buffy inside. CUT TO: INT. SUNNYDALE LIBRARY - NIGHT Dawn motionlessly lies on the floor. Giles runs over to her. DAWN Remind me to rub Buffy's face in this when we save her stupid life. GILES I'm sure she'll appreciate the sentiment. Giles helps Dawn up and the two admire the sight of the Sneaky Perla cut in half. In the background, Anya's still running and SCREAMING with the Dirty Perla right behind her. DAWN That's some good work if I do say so myself. GILES I concur. Your reaction time was exceptional--virtually reflexive. DAWN I don't even need weapons. I can take these things with my bare hands. Did you see my moves? GILES Well I was just a little busy, but I did notice some. The adrenaline rush combined with your slayer blood have endowed you with remarkable strength. DAWN And I'm angry 'cause Buffy's dying and all. I'm also having my period. GILES I may be a father-figure to you Dawn, but that's something I NEVER EVER need to know. DAWN Sorry. Anya runs towards Giles and Dawn and causes the duo to part ways allowing her, and the demon, through. ANYA (screaming) Will you two slackasses do something! Anya blows by with the perla almost on top of her. DAWN There's still two left. GILES Yes. We should... Dawn nods and they head off. Xander pushes a desk behind the rows of bookcases. He YELLS Anya's name and gestures for her to come his way. She does as told and runs in between two bookcases. The Dirty Perla follows. Anya reaches the end and makes a sharp left turn. Xander waits nearby behind the desk. As the Dirty Perla comes into sight, Xander pushes the desk right into it knocking it to the floor. Anya circles back and forcefully brings down the ax onto the Dirty Perla over and over again. Anya finally stops and looks up at Xander lovingly. XANDER I know. Lots of sex tonight...after a shower. In the area between the last bookcase and a wall, Dawn goes hand-to-hand with the LAST PERLA, more than holding her own. Giles YELLS for Xander and the two get behind the last bookcase. GILES On my count, we bust it down. XANDER Can we do that? GILES If we gather up every ounce of strength we have and apply it in tandem, we can push it down and warn Dawn before it falls on the Magna. Now, one...two...three. Giles and Xander launch themselves against the bookcase with all their might, but it doesn't budge. They keep trying and trying until Dawn appears. DAWN What are you doing? XANDER Don't worry, he'll be a perla pancake in no time. DAWN But I killed him already. Giles and Xander stop, incomprehension clear on their faces. They go and check it out and find the Last Perla beaten to a bloody pulp. Anya and Dawn join them. The group surveys the entire scene. XANDER Blood anyone? CUT TO: EXT. ROOF - NIGHT A door busts open and Buffy bumbles onto the roof. She heads to the edge and stops. Faith is a few steps behind and gets close to Buffy, but keeps her distance. Both are breathing hard and tired. BUFFY Don't come any closer. FAITH Or what? You'll jump? Give me a break. BUFFY I just might be crazy enough... FAITH You're suicidal? I don't buy it. BUFFY That would strike a chord with me if your opinion actually mattered. FAITH It doesn't have to. Why can't your thick skull let in the fact that you got people who love you in a way most people could only know in their dreams? BUFFY Don't pretend to know about my life. FAITH I know about it. I do. FAITH BUFFY You got it so good. And you Don't pretend to know about know it, but you just won't my life! Spending time here let yourself see that 'cause and tagging along for awhile you got the BAD thing goin' doesn't make you an expert on. so JUST SHUT UP! BUFFY This is MY LIFE! I've lived the last day the way I WANT to. It's been about WANT--about the freedom to let go. I feel so good...so damn good...so much better than I've felt in a long time and it took some bad bad stuff to bring this. Not resurrections, or sex with the undead, or magical epiphanies--just pure badness. FAITH And you're gonna exercise more badness by jumpin' off a roof. BUFFY If I feel this for only another minute, then so be it 'cause it's far better than the usual crap. FAITH Cry me a fuckin' ocean. BUFFY Nice attitude. Very productive. One thing's for sure-- Buffy turns away from Faith. BUFFY --I don't feel angry right now. Not angry or sad. I don't care. I just don't care...and I like it. Faith reaches down into her boot and pulls out an object that looks like a handle. She grips it tightly as she takes a couple of steps forward. BUFFY I think I may find heaven again. I'll make for a beautiful angel. FAITH You already are to me. Buffy's confused and turns around. BUFFY Huh? Faith kicks Buffy in the head and gets in shot after shot, not allowing Buffy anything. She presses on the handle and a blade slides out. Faith grabs Buffy. FAITH (whispering) I'm sorry. Faith rams the knife into Buffy's side. Buffy lets out a desperate CRY before Faith clocks her over the head with the butt of the handle. Buffy falls unconscious and Faith just falls. CUT TO: INT. SUMMERS HOUSE - THE NEXT NIGHT Buffy walks up to Willow with cards in her hand. She gives one to Willow who glances at it. WILLOW For crying out loud, I know you're sorry! Stop it please? BUFFY No. I could've killed you. WILLOW So what Buffy? I'm used to near death. We all are. BUFFY I cannot stop apologizing. I could've killed you and Dawn and Giles and Spike...and Kennedy. WILLOW You don't like her--do you? BUFFY I have never explicitly said that! If I happen to unintentionally imply it, well that's another story. Willow shakes her head and walks off MUTTERING. BUFFY But if I killed her I'd be sorry about it. Buffy looks repentant before spotting Dawn. Dawn cuts her off. DAWN Sorry? BUFFY Yeah. DAWN Card? Buffy hands one to her. DAWN Love you. BUFFY Love you too. They smile at each other and Dawn walks off. Buffy keeps smiling as Xander and Anya head for the open doorway with Faith nearby. XANDER So we're off. ANYA Faith, are you sure you won't stay with us? It'll be fuuun. Buffy rolls her eyes and an embarrassed Xander hides his face. FAITH No thanks...really. I got a spot at a motel for now. XANDER Same one as last time? FAITH Different. (sly) B's been there. Buffy glares. Faith just shrugs. ANYA Well, if you ever change your mind, our doors are always open. Both the front and the bedroom. Anya pulls a polaroid out of her pocket and gives it to Faith while cozying up to her. ANYA A little eye candy for consideration. Anya winks and takes off with Xander. Faith looks at the photo and her eyes bug out. Buffy goes to see. BUFFY What is it? Buffy GASPS at the sight. The slayers ogle the picture for a few long moments. FAITH That is one hot, nasty girl. BUFFY Tell me about it. Buffy and Faith glance at each other for a second, then shyly look away. There's an awkward silence for a while. FAITH Don't even think about givin' me a card. BUFFY No problem. So thanks for saving me. I know I didn't make it easy. FAITH YOU wouldn't be YOU if it was easy. You woulda done the same for me. Actually, you wouldn't, but that's okay. BUFFY I like to think I would. FAITH It doesn't matter...I never get into these stupid situations anyway. BUFFY Are you calling me stupid? FAITH No, The SITUATION is pretty stupid. You're so friggin' sensitive. BUFFY I'm sensitive? One searing look from me got your nipples stiff and your panties-- Buffy stops herself and covers her mouth. FAITH God, could you be more full of yourself? BUFFY It's true. FAITH I played you. You're not the only slayer who can come up with ingenious plans. BUFFY Whatever. FAITH That's the truth! You don't believe I could outsmart you or anything like that. I'm just second-rate, right? BUFFY Don't put thoughts into my mind. Your self-esteem issues are your problem. I couldn't care less. FAITH That's nice to know. You ever need help again, call Angel 2.0--I'm sure he'll happily suck up to you. BUFFY At least he won't stick a knife in me. FAITH Go to hell. I hate you. Faith makes her way out. As she goes: BUFFY I hate you too! Buffy slams the still-broken door. She stays silent for awhile, blankly staring ahead. She regretfully shakes her head and then notices the door. BUFFY (shouting) Who broke my door? On Buffy's angry face: FADE OUT |
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