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Buffy Episode 8.5 149. ? Trouble (part 1 of 2)
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They belong to Fox Studios and Joss Whedon. This work is fictional and is only for my and others entertainment. Therefore no infringement is intended. I do not intend to make a profit from this work. However I own all characters that have not previously appeared/been mentioned on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so I can do whatever I like with them. Therefore any unauthorised usage of these characters is not permitted.
Chris VO: Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
In the hellmouth
Buffy VO: Every girl who might be a Slayer will be a Slayer.
Willow: Slayers are awakening everywhere.
Dawn: What are we gonna do now?
Cut to the "Welcome to Lincolnshire" sign
Buffy VO: Everything's normal again really.
Cut to the roadside near the Summers' new house
Stephen: Giles has told me about you. I'm Stephen Carlson.
Cut to Dawn and Siobhan.
Dawn: You have a crush on Andrew!
Siobhan smiles.
Siobhan: I don't think he's had much experience. How about you and Chris? You gonna ask him out tomorrow?
Dawn: What!?
Siobhan: Oh come on. You think he's dead fit.
Dawn: Well?yeah maybe, I guess.
Cut to Xander and Chris.
Xander: Just my boss ? she was telling me some stuff about a new development.
Chris: She seemed pretty in to you.
Xander smiles to himself.
Cut to Kennedy and Giles. Cut to Willow using magic on PC Michaels and fixing the car.
Giles VO: I'd like to think she's not taking risks but?I'm not sure she can tell the difference between what's necessary and what's not.
Cut to Chris in the Summers' house with the others.
Chris: The problem is girls. They're terrorizing New York.
Buffy: We knew there were other Slayers?we hoped none of them would turn out?uh?
Siobhan: Rouge?
Chris: There are at least five.
Cut to Kass and co. punching and killing people.
Willow VO: Those girls lives are wrecked cause of what I?we did. And now, hundreds more people could die, and it all comes back to the spell.
Cut to Giles and Andrew.
Giles: That was Ms Derron, head of the new Watcher's Council.
Andrew: Did she call about the Rouge Slayers?
Giles: They think the army should deal with this.
Andrew frowns. Cut to Kennedy's mum at the door.
Mrs Elisonne: Is that anyway to greet your mother?
Cut to Kennedy's mum pointing the gun.
Kennedy: I don't know you anymore.
Mrs Elisonne: No now you do know. You might wanna know that the Angel you mentioned before is now the boss of our L.A. branch.
Buffy looks shocked. Cut to Willow and Chris blasting Kennedy's mum with magic. The amulet reacts and she disappears. Willow looks shocked.
Kennedy: Thanks. I'm not gonna feel bad. She started this. We finished it. Let's just leave it at that.
Cut to Kass and the others getting out of a car in Darkley.
Kass: Well here we are!
START OF EPISODE
ACT I
Open on the Summers' house. Buffy is on the phone.
Buffy: So everything's ok for you?
Cut to Faith in what seems to be her and Robin's new home in Boston.
Faith: We're doing great actually. I mean the job interview might not go so well, but hey I mean there are plenty of others.
Cut back to Buffy.
Buffy: Hey you can charm any interviewer. Good luck.
Cut back to Faith.
Faith: (smiling) Thanks. And I'll call you again if I see any rogue slayers around.
Cut back to Buffy.
Buffy: I hope you don't. But then I hope I don't either.
She sighs. Cut back to Faith.
Faith: Well if they do show up I'll be sure to make ?em see that I'm the only Slayer that can get away with the bad girl act.
Cut back to Buffy. She smiles.
Buffy: Ok well good luck again, say hi to Robin for me.
Cut back to Faith.
Faith: Will do. Speak soon B.
Cut back to Buffy.
Buffy: Ok. Bye.
She puts down the phone and stares into space for a second. Xander walks in.
Xander: Was that Faith?
Buffy: Yeah, I was just telling her about the Rogue Slayers. From what Chris has said they could be anywhere by now.
Xander: I wouldn't worry too much about them.
Buffy: Xander, I have to worry. Whatever these girls do from now on?it's my responsibility.
Xander: So we're gonna try and help them when they try and kill us?
Buffy: I guess so. I don't want to be responsible for any more deaths.
They walk into the living room.
Xander: I get that.
Cut to Darkley town centre at night. The camera shows a man walking down the street whistling to himself. He hears a noise and stops. He turns around to face the camera and we see that it is PC Michaels.
PC Michaels: Hello?
He walks slowly down an alleyway.
PC Michaels: Come on out now, this aint the time for messing about.
Faint laughter is heard.
PC Michaels: Don't you laugh at me whoever you are, come out now!
A shadow falls on his back.
Marie: Whatever you say.
He turns around and his eyes widen.
PC Michaels: Hey come on now miss, come on. No, no w-wait, put the weapon do-, no, no, no, no!
He begins to run down the alley.
PC Michaels: Aah!
He runs into another figure.
Kirsty: Bye.
She thrusts a stake into his chest. He gasps and looks at her before falling to the floor.
Kirsty: So Kass, how did we do?
The camera faces upwards suddenly and zooms towards the rooftop. Kass is standing looking down. She jumps down and lands next to Kirsty.
Kass: That was great.
Line and Kelly come out from behind some dustbins.
Line: Think this town is ready for us?
Kass: Nope. Should be fun!
Opening credits.
Starring:
SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR - Buffy Summers
NICHOLAS BRENDAN - Xander Harris
ALYSON HANNIGAN - Willow Rosenberg
MICHELLE TRACHTENBURG - Dawn Summers
IYARI LIMON - Kennedy Elisonne
JEMIMA ROOPER - Siobhan Bligh
TOM LENK - Andrew Wells
ANTHONY STEWART HEAD - Rupert Giles
Guest Starring:
JASON DOHRING - Chris Ashton
DEREK DE LINDT - Stephen Carlson
ELIZA DUSHKU - Faith
LAUREN AMBROSE - Kass
KATIE HOLMES - Kelly
MICHELLE WILLIAMS - Marie
ALEXIS BLEDEL - Line
GIGI EDGLEY - Kirsty
CLAUDIA BLACK - Courtney
Dawn and sat on the sofa watching TV.
Dawn: So Buffy did you get through to Angel?
Buffy: No just got some lawyer telling me he was busy. I still can't believe he runs that place, I mean he seemed to hate it last year. I dunno what changed.
Dawn: Maybe it's more complicated?
Xander: Maybe he's evil?
Buffy: I think everyone at Wolfram and Hart would be dead by now if that were the case.
Dawn: Maybe they are! Maybe they're all vampires!
Buffy: Or maybe I'm just thinking the worst. I'll guess we'll find out soon enough. Are Will and Kennedy still out?
Siobhan: Yeah they are. They had a lot to sort out.
Buffy: God I know, I just?I don't know how to help.
Xander: I think this is one of those things where we don't.
Buffy: Hmm?
Xander: How about Chris? Do you think he feels bad?
Buffy: Kinda in shock?I'm not really surprised. But hey, if he and Willow hadn't?you know, then Kennedy's mum could have done a lot worse.
Siobhan: Yeah he's cool.
Buffy: Yeah.
Siobhan: But you know, I uh, think he bats for the other team.
Dawn looks at Siobhan surprised. Xander looks confused as does Buffy.
Buffy: Personally I wasn't getting that vibe, but if you say so?
Siobhan: Well we talked-
Dawn: Uh, me and Siobhan need to go upstairs right now.
Dawn grabs Siobhan's arm and walks away quickly. Siobhan smiles at Buffy and Xander awkwardly. Buffy and Xander still look confused.
Buffy: Ok, I don't know what that was about.
Xander: I might have an idea.
Buffy: Huh?
Xander: I think Dawn has a crush.
Buffy looks surprised.
Buffy: Oh. Chris?
Xander: Well I gotta say "duh" Buff.
Buffy: Sorry, I just?wait, do you think she thinks that I would?you know?
Xander: I think she thinks.
Buffy: Oh?I didn't make it seem that way did I?
Xander: Not really, but apparently she thought you liked him.
Buffy: Well, no. I mean he's nice an all but he's like 18.
Xander nods.
Buffy: Maybe I should talk to Dawn?
Xander: Sooner or later, probably.
Buffy looks towards the stairs.
Cut to Dawn and Siobhan upstairs.
Siobhan: What?
Dawn: What are you doing?
Siobhan: Just helping out.
Dawn: No, you're making trouble. Buffy's probably gonna go off Chris now.
Siobhan: Which means he's all yours.
Dawn: That's not how I wanna do it.
Siobhan: You gotta get rid of the competition Dawn. How else do you expect to get anything?
Dawn: Ok first of all she's my sister, and if Chris is more interested in her than me then I'm not gonna try and split them up.
Siobhan: There are plenty more fish in the sea for her. Chris and you would make an amazing couple.
Dawn: Well maybe we'll never know.
Siobhan: Oh come on, you're not backing out now.
The camera scrolls over the top of the stairs. Buffy is walking up them and she listens in on their conversation. Cut back to Dawn and Siobhan.
Dawn: I'm not saying that. Look just?just let me do it my own way ok? If Chris and me are really good for each other then, well, something'll happen soon.
Buffy frowns slightly but then smiles a little and goes back downstairs.
Siobhan: So you're just gonna wait for him to make a move?
Dawn: Yeah.
Siobhan opens her mouth.
Dawn: I know you're gonna say something like guys never make the first move so don't.
Siobhan: Ok, ok, just trying to help.
Dawn: Shouldn't you be more concerned with you and Andrew?
Siobhan: What? No?we're great?
Dawn: Really?
Siobhan: Ok so maybe not great but we could be worse. We actually had what some cultures would call a conversation last night?admittedly about action figures, but it was something.
Dawn: He say much else?
Siobhan: Not much apart from nervous laughter, hello and goodbye. I mean I get that he might never have been with a girl before, but I've really got my work cut out here?
Dawn: Hmm?remember just now you said about "batting for the other team?"
Siobhan raises her eyebrows and opens her mouth slightly. Dawn looks upwards and smiles awkwardly.
Cut to Willow and Kennedy sitting on the bench near the river. They are sat fairly far apart from each other and there is an awkward silence.
Kennedy: So are we gonna sit like this all day or what?
Willow: I dunno. Neither of us are saying anything.
Kennedy: It's not like I don't have anything to say. I mean I was so worried about you. I thought you could have been dead.
Willow: I know. And I felt so much better in your arms. But then after that I just felt so dark. I killed-
Kennedy: You didn't kill anyone. You sent her someplace else that's all. And remember Chris had a part in it too.
Willow: Someplace that she can never escape from ever. She's as good as dead now.
Kennedy: Well she deserved it.
Willow: But she was your mom, Kennedy. And she was human. I swore I'd never kill another human again and it's less than a year and a half later and I'm at it again.
Kennedy: You're not evil or anything. You did what was right. And you didn't know the brooch would release that energy.
Willow: I shoulda known it was mystical, it had that look.
Kennedy pauses.
Willow: It's just?ever since I went?bad, I've tried to use my magic for good, but for whatever reason, it always ends badly. Remember the portal, with you and Anya back in Sunnydale? I could have killed you both then. Then the Slayer spell, and God knows how many people that's hurt. And now this. Can't I do something good for once?
Willow looks tearful. Kennedy hugs her. They stop hugging but Kennedy keeps her hands on Willow's shoulders.
Kennedy: You have done something good. A lot of things. Look I know all that stuff turned out badly, but when you never wanted anything like that to happen. You tried to do the right thing every time.
Willow: But I couldn't. Maybe deep down, there's still part of that power that made me the way I was after Tara. What if I can't get rid of it?
Kennedy: I'll help you.
Willow: You can't. I know I saved you, and I know you'd do the same for me. But I don't think you realise how much killing someone affects you.
Kennedy: So just because I haven't killed someone, I can't know what you feel?
Willow: Yes. It's too complicated to explain if you haven't.
Kennedy: Try me!
Willow: It's not words. It's feeling. I could never describe that to you.
Kennedy: Well-
Willow: Look you can't do anything Kennedy, so don't try.
Kennedy: I'm not just gonna stand by and watch you suffer like this.
Willow: Then keep your eyes closed.
[I]Willow walks away. Kennedy looks hurt. Tears fill in Willow's eyes as she heads towards the house.
Cut to the house. Xander and Andrew are sat around the kitchen table.
Xander: So what's this about you and Siobhan?
Andrew: W, w, what?
Xander: Um, sorry I thought you and her were-
Andrew: Friends?
Xander: No the stage after that.
Andrew: (hopefully) Good friends?
Xander: Andrew you do know this girl is totally into you right?
Andrew: She is?
Xander rolls his eyes.
Xander: Well, yeah!
Andrew: Oh?well that's?nice?
Xander: Nice? It's great! When was the last time you had a girlfriend?
Andrew looks uncomfortable.
Andrew: Well, um?not recently.
Xander: Well here's your chance. I say go for it.
Andrew: Yeah?right?um?ok.
Xander: That's the spirit!
Xander pats Andrew on the back, Andrew laughs nervously. Buffy and Chris walk in.
Buffy: You guys ok for now?
Chris: We're going into town.
Xander: Hey I'll drive ya, save you the cost of the bus.
Buffy: Oh thanks Xander, the bus driver doesn't like us I don't think. And we do need to get into Darkley.
Xander: Looking for some Slayer friends?
Buffy: Well yeah, but I hope we don't find any. I have this feeling though?
Chris: Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if they were nearby by now.
Cut to the school. Dawn and Siobhan walk down the corridor giggling. The camera moves off them and down another corridor, and through a dark passage into a small classroom. A student is working on some kind of science project and is using only a small light for her work. She is studying something, when something smashes. She jumps and looks over to see that a test tube has broken.
Student: Oh great. More time wasted.
She goes over to pick it up, but hears something else. She slowly gets up and turns around.
Student: Ahhhhh!
Someone rushes towards her. Blood splatters the experiment and the broken test tube on the floor. The girl's body falls to the floor revealing Kass smiling.
Kass: This'll do for now.
Buffy Episode 8.5 149. ? Trouble (part 1 of 2)
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They belong to Fox Studios and Joss Whedon. This work is fictional and is only for my and others entertainment. Therefore no infringement is intended. I do not intend to make a profit from this work. However I own all characters that have not previously appeared/been mentioned on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so I can do whatever I like with them. Therefore any unauthorised usage of these characters is not permitted.
Chris VO: Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
In the hellmouth
Buffy VO: Every girl who might be a Slayer will be a Slayer.
Willow: Slayers are awakening everywhere.
Dawn: What are we gonna do now?
Cut to the "Welcome to Lincolnshire" sign
Buffy VO: Everything's normal again really.
Cut to the roadside near the Summers' new house
Stephen: Giles has told me about you. I'm Stephen Carlson.
Cut to Dawn and Siobhan.
Dawn: You have a crush on Andrew!
Siobhan smiles.
Siobhan: I don't think he's had much experience. How about you and Chris? You gonna ask him out tomorrow?
Dawn: What!?
Siobhan: Oh come on. You think he's dead fit.
Dawn: Well?yeah maybe, I guess.
Cut to Xander and Chris.
Xander: Just my boss ? she was telling me some stuff about a new development.
Chris: She seemed pretty in to you.
Xander smiles to himself.
Cut to Kennedy and Giles. Cut to Willow using magic on PC Michaels and fixing the car.
Giles VO: I'd like to think she's not taking risks but?I'm not sure she can tell the difference between what's necessary and what's not.
Cut to Chris in the Summers' house with the others.
Chris: The problem is girls. They're terrorizing New York.
Buffy: We knew there were other Slayers?we hoped none of them would turn out?uh?
Siobhan: Rouge?
Chris: There are at least five.
Cut to Kass and co. punching and killing people.
Willow VO: Those girls lives are wrecked cause of what I?we did. And now, hundreds more people could die, and it all comes back to the spell.
Cut to Giles and Andrew.
Giles: That was Ms Derron, head of the new Watcher's Council.
Andrew: Did she call about the Rouge Slayers?
Giles: They think the army should deal with this.
Andrew frowns. Cut to Kennedy's mum at the door.
Mrs Elisonne: Is that anyway to greet your mother?
Cut to Kennedy's mum pointing the gun.
Kennedy: I don't know you anymore.
Mrs Elisonne: No now you do know. You might wanna know that the Angel you mentioned before is now the boss of our L.A. branch.
Buffy looks shocked. Cut to Willow and Chris blasting Kennedy's mum with magic. The amulet reacts and she disappears. Willow looks shocked.
Kennedy: Thanks. I'm not gonna feel bad. She started this. We finished it. Let's just leave it at that.
Cut to Kass and the others getting out of a car in Darkley.
Kass: Well here we are!
START OF EPISODE
ACT I
Open on the Summers' house. Buffy is on the phone.
Buffy: So everything's ok for you?
Cut to Faith in what seems to be her and Robin's new home in Boston.
Faith: We're doing great actually. I mean the job interview might not go so well, but hey I mean there are plenty of others.
Cut back to Buffy.
Buffy: Hey you can charm any interviewer. Good luck.
Cut back to Faith.
Faith: (smiling) Thanks. And I'll call you again if I see any rogue slayers around.
Cut back to Buffy.
Buffy: I hope you don't. But then I hope I don't either.
She sighs. Cut back to Faith.
Faith: Well if they do show up I'll be sure to make ?em see that I'm the only Slayer that can get away with the bad girl act.
Cut back to Buffy. She smiles.
Buffy: Ok well good luck again, say hi to Robin for me.
Cut back to Faith.
Faith: Will do. Speak soon B.
Cut back to Buffy.
Buffy: Ok. Bye.
She puts down the phone and stares into space for a second. Xander walks in.
Xander: Was that Faith?
Buffy: Yeah, I was just telling her about the Rogue Slayers. From what Chris has said they could be anywhere by now.
Xander: I wouldn't worry too much about them.
Buffy: Xander, I have to worry. Whatever these girls do from now on?it's my responsibility.
Xander: So we're gonna try and help them when they try and kill us?
Buffy: I guess so. I don't want to be responsible for any more deaths.
They walk into the living room.
Xander: I get that.
Cut to Darkley town centre at night. The camera shows a man walking down the street whistling to himself. He hears a noise and stops. He turns around to face the camera and we see that it is PC Michaels.
PC Michaels: Hello?
He walks slowly down an alleyway.
PC Michaels: Come on out now, this aint the time for messing about.
Faint laughter is heard.
PC Michaels: Don't you laugh at me whoever you are, come out now!
A shadow falls on his back.
Marie: Whatever you say.
He turns around and his eyes widen.
PC Michaels: Hey come on now miss, come on. No, no w-wait, put the weapon do-, no, no, no, no!
He begins to run down the alley.
PC Michaels: Aah!
He runs into another figure.
Kirsty: Bye.
She thrusts a stake into his chest. He gasps and looks at her before falling to the floor.
Kirsty: So Kass, how did we do?
The camera faces upwards suddenly and zooms towards the rooftop. Kass is standing looking down. She jumps down and lands next to Kirsty.
Kass: That was great.
Line and Kelly come out from behind some dustbins.
Line: Think this town is ready for us?
Kass: Nope. Should be fun!
Opening credits.
Starring:
SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR - Buffy Summers
NICHOLAS BRENDAN - Xander Harris
ALYSON HANNIGAN - Willow Rosenberg
MICHELLE TRACHTENBURG - Dawn Summers
IYARI LIMON - Kennedy Elisonne
JEMIMA ROOPER - Siobhan Bligh
TOM LENK - Andrew Wells
ANTHONY STEWART HEAD - Rupert Giles
Guest Starring:
JASON DOHRING - Chris Ashton
DEREK DE LINDT - Stephen Carlson
ELIZA DUSHKU - Faith
LAUREN AMBROSE - Kass
KATIE HOLMES - Kelly
MICHELLE WILLIAMS - Marie
ALEXIS BLEDEL - Line
GIGI EDGLEY - Kirsty
CLAUDIA BLACK - Courtney
Dawn and sat on the sofa watching TV.
Dawn: So Buffy did you get through to Angel?
Buffy: No just got some lawyer telling me he was busy. I still can't believe he runs that place, I mean he seemed to hate it last year. I dunno what changed.
Dawn: Maybe it's more complicated?
Xander: Maybe he's evil?
Buffy: I think everyone at Wolfram and Hart would be dead by now if that were the case.
Dawn: Maybe they are! Maybe they're all vampires!
Buffy: Or maybe I'm just thinking the worst. I'll guess we'll find out soon enough. Are Will and Kennedy still out?
Siobhan: Yeah they are. They had a lot to sort out.
Buffy: God I know, I just?I don't know how to help.
Xander: I think this is one of those things where we don't.
Buffy: Hmm?
Xander: How about Chris? Do you think he feels bad?
Buffy: Kinda in shock?I'm not really surprised. But hey, if he and Willow hadn't?you know, then Kennedy's mum could have done a lot worse.
Siobhan: Yeah he's cool.
Buffy: Yeah.
Siobhan: But you know, I uh, think he bats for the other team.
Dawn looks at Siobhan surprised. Xander looks confused as does Buffy.
Buffy: Personally I wasn't getting that vibe, but if you say so?
Siobhan: Well we talked-
Dawn: Uh, me and Siobhan need to go upstairs right now.
Dawn grabs Siobhan's arm and walks away quickly. Siobhan smiles at Buffy and Xander awkwardly. Buffy and Xander still look confused.
Buffy: Ok, I don't know what that was about.
Xander: I might have an idea.
Buffy: Huh?
Xander: I think Dawn has a crush.
Buffy looks surprised.
Buffy: Oh. Chris?
Xander: Well I gotta say "duh" Buff.
Buffy: Sorry, I just?wait, do you think she thinks that I would?you know?
Xander: I think she thinks.
Buffy: Oh?I didn't make it seem that way did I?
Xander: Not really, but apparently she thought you liked him.
Buffy: Well, no. I mean he's nice an all but he's like 18.
Xander nods.
Buffy: Maybe I should talk to Dawn?
Xander: Sooner or later, probably.
Buffy looks towards the stairs.
Cut to Dawn and Siobhan upstairs.
Siobhan: What?
Dawn: What are you doing?
Siobhan: Just helping out.
Dawn: No, you're making trouble. Buffy's probably gonna go off Chris now.
Siobhan: Which means he's all yours.
Dawn: That's not how I wanna do it.
Siobhan: You gotta get rid of the competition Dawn. How else do you expect to get anything?
Dawn: Ok first of all she's my sister, and if Chris is more interested in her than me then I'm not gonna try and split them up.
Siobhan: There are plenty more fish in the sea for her. Chris and you would make an amazing couple.
Dawn: Well maybe we'll never know.
Siobhan: Oh come on, you're not backing out now.
The camera scrolls over the top of the stairs. Buffy is walking up them and she listens in on their conversation. Cut back to Dawn and Siobhan.
Dawn: I'm not saying that. Look just?just let me do it my own way ok? If Chris and me are really good for each other then, well, something'll happen soon.
Buffy frowns slightly but then smiles a little and goes back downstairs.
Siobhan: So you're just gonna wait for him to make a move?
Dawn: Yeah.
Siobhan opens her mouth.
Dawn: I know you're gonna say something like guys never make the first move so don't.
Siobhan: Ok, ok, just trying to help.
Dawn: Shouldn't you be more concerned with you and Andrew?
Siobhan: What? No?we're great?
Dawn: Really?
Siobhan: Ok so maybe not great but we could be worse. We actually had what some cultures would call a conversation last night?admittedly about action figures, but it was something.
Dawn: He say much else?
Siobhan: Not much apart from nervous laughter, hello and goodbye. I mean I get that he might never have been with a girl before, but I've really got my work cut out here?
Dawn: Hmm?remember just now you said about "batting for the other team?"
Siobhan raises her eyebrows and opens her mouth slightly. Dawn looks upwards and smiles awkwardly.
Cut to Willow and Kennedy sitting on the bench near the river. They are sat fairly far apart from each other and there is an awkward silence.
Kennedy: So are we gonna sit like this all day or what?
Willow: I dunno. Neither of us are saying anything.
Kennedy: It's not like I don't have anything to say. I mean I was so worried about you. I thought you could have been dead.
Willow: I know. And I felt so much better in your arms. But then after that I just felt so dark. I killed-
Kennedy: You didn't kill anyone. You sent her someplace else that's all. And remember Chris had a part in it too.
Willow: Someplace that she can never escape from ever. She's as good as dead now.
Kennedy: Well she deserved it.
Willow: But she was your mom, Kennedy. And she was human. I swore I'd never kill another human again and it's less than a year and a half later and I'm at it again.
Kennedy: You're not evil or anything. You did what was right. And you didn't know the brooch would release that energy.
Willow: I shoulda known it was mystical, it had that look.
Kennedy pauses.
Willow: It's just?ever since I went?bad, I've tried to use my magic for good, but for whatever reason, it always ends badly. Remember the portal, with you and Anya back in Sunnydale? I could have killed you both then. Then the Slayer spell, and God knows how many people that's hurt. And now this. Can't I do something good for once?
Willow looks tearful. Kennedy hugs her. They stop hugging but Kennedy keeps her hands on Willow's shoulders.
Kennedy: You have done something good. A lot of things. Look I know all that stuff turned out badly, but when you never wanted anything like that to happen. You tried to do the right thing every time.
Willow: But I couldn't. Maybe deep down, there's still part of that power that made me the way I was after Tara. What if I can't get rid of it?
Kennedy: I'll help you.
Willow: You can't. I know I saved you, and I know you'd do the same for me. But I don't think you realise how much killing someone affects you.
Kennedy: So just because I haven't killed someone, I can't know what you feel?
Willow: Yes. It's too complicated to explain if you haven't.
Kennedy: Try me!
Willow: It's not words. It's feeling. I could never describe that to you.
Kennedy: Well-
Willow: Look you can't do anything Kennedy, so don't try.
Kennedy: I'm not just gonna stand by and watch you suffer like this.
Willow: Then keep your eyes closed.
[I]Willow walks away. Kennedy looks hurt. Tears fill in Willow's eyes as she heads towards the house.
Cut to the house. Xander and Andrew are sat around the kitchen table.
Xander: So what's this about you and Siobhan?
Andrew: W, w, what?
Xander: Um, sorry I thought you and her were-
Andrew: Friends?
Xander: No the stage after that.
Andrew: (hopefully) Good friends?
Xander: Andrew you do know this girl is totally into you right?
Andrew: She is?
Xander rolls his eyes.
Xander: Well, yeah!
Andrew: Oh?well that's?nice?
Xander: Nice? It's great! When was the last time you had a girlfriend?
Andrew looks uncomfortable.
Andrew: Well, um?not recently.
Xander: Well here's your chance. I say go for it.
Andrew: Yeah?right?um?ok.
Xander: That's the spirit!
Xander pats Andrew on the back, Andrew laughs nervously. Buffy and Chris walk in.
Buffy: You guys ok for now?
Chris: We're going into town.
Xander: Hey I'll drive ya, save you the cost of the bus.
Buffy: Oh thanks Xander, the bus driver doesn't like us I don't think. And we do need to get into Darkley.
Xander: Looking for some Slayer friends?
Buffy: Well yeah, but I hope we don't find any. I have this feeling though?
Chris: Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if they were nearby by now.
Cut to the school. Dawn and Siobhan walk down the corridor giggling. The camera moves off them and down another corridor, and through a dark passage into a small classroom. A student is working on some kind of science project and is using only a small light for her work. She is studying something, when something smashes. She jumps and looks over to see that a test tube has broken.
Student: Oh great. More time wasted.
She goes over to pick it up, but hears something else. She slowly gets up and turns around.
Student: Ahhhhh!
Someone rushes towards her. Blood splatters the experiment and the broken test tube on the floor. The girl's body falls to the floor revealing Kass smiling.
Kass: This'll do for now.
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