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Buffy Episode 9.1 167. Wish You Were Here
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.
ACT I
Faith opens her eyes slowly. She sits up and looks around. She is in her bed in her bedroom at the Summers' house. She smiles and gets up. She looks out the window. The sun is just rising.
Cut to Faith walking downstairs. She walks into the kitchen. There is no one there. Faith looks puzzled. She walks through to the sitting room. There is no one there either. Faith looks around.
Faith: Guys?
Faith looks cautious as she walks down the other corridor. She opens Xander's bedroom door. There's no one in there. She opens the now spare room, which was Siobhan's room. There's no one there either. She looks slightly worried and walks down to the end of the corridor. She puts her hand on the other spare room door. Bright light pours through. Faith shields her eyes from the light. A cloud moves over the sun and the light fades. Faith looks at the empty room. She turns around. She gasps as she sees Buffy in front of her.
Faith: B! You scared me.
Buffy: Oh, sorry.
Faith: Where were you?
Buffy: We were in town. Been here a year and still getting lost.
Faith: Oh right. Well you're back now.
Buffy: Mm-hmm.
Faith and Buffy walk down the corridor into the living room.
Buffy: Shoulda' been there Faith. Quite a ride.
Faith's smile fades. She stops walking. Buffy continues.
Faith: Buffy?
Buffy stops ahead of Faith. She turns her head around slightly to look at Faith. Faith's eyes widen. Sudden cut to Luce blasting magic. Sudden cut to Buffy running towards the orb. Sudden cut to the house exploding. Faith stares at Buffy.
Buffy: You should go.
Buffy walks on. Faith tries to follow but a bright light shines in front of her. Fade to white.
Faith opens her eyes. She sits up and looks around. She is in her bed in her hotel room. She frowns and gets up. She looks out the window. It is raining.
Opening credits.
Starring:
SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR - Buffy Summers
NICHOLAS BRENDAN - Xander Harris
MICHELLE TRACHTENBURG - Dawn Summers
KATIE HOLMES - Kelly Rivers
ALYSON HANNIGAN - Willow Rosenberg
ELIZA DUSHKU - Faith
Guest Starring:
MAX PERLICH - Whistler
SELMA BLAIR - Seldya
ANGELA LANSBURY - Emily
Open on Faith walking through the rain in Darkley. She stops at a phone booth and walks in. She wipes raindrops of her face with her hands and then wipes her hands on her jacket. She picks up the phone dials a number. She looks nervous. The ringing on the other line can be heard. Eventually the ringing stops and a voice answers.
Voice: Hello.
Faith looks relieved.
Faith: (to phone) Giles? Oh thank God I thought-
Giles' voice: This is Giles' phone.
Faith looks saddened.
Giles' voice: I'm sorry I'm not in at the moment.
Faith moves the phone away and prepares to put it on the receiver.
Giles' voice: Please leave a message after the tone.
Faith pauses. She puts the phone back to her ear. The tone sounds. Faith swallows.
Faith: (to phone) Giles. It's me. Faith. I?I need to talk to you. Urgently. What's happened here. You need to know. Maybe you already do cos of the seers at that coven or whatever. But you need to come back. I can't do this on my own Giles, I don't know what to?look just please call me when you get this. Please. Bye.
Faith puts the receiver back on the hook. She stares into space for a few seconds and then opens the phone booth door and walks out back into the rain.
Cu to Faith in her hotel room. She is lying on her bed, but she isn't asleep. There is a sharp knock at the door. Faith looks up with a start.
Woman's voice: Cleaners.
Faith: What?
Woman's voice: It's scheduled. This room's meant to be free in, um, five minutes.
Faith frowns. She looks at the clock and sees it is 12:45. She looks at the door.
Faith: Oh, well uh hang just a minute, I uh, have to pack a few more things then I'll be out of your way.
Woman's voice: Ok, thank you.
Faith gets up and reaches down for small bag. She turns around and picks up some lipstick from the bedside table. In doing so she knocks a glass of water off the side. Faith sighs. The glass suddenly slows down in mid air and freezes. Faith looks confused. She stands back.
Man OS: Faith.
Faith spins around. Whistler is stood in front of her. Faith puts her hand behind her back and points a knife at Whistler.
Faith: Who the hell are you?
Whistler: It's ok, you don't need that. I'm not your enemy.
Faith: I'll be the judge of that. Now tell me who you are and how you know my name before-
Whistler: Before you attack me with that thing? Well A: I don't die that easily, and B: I know you want answers Faith and you know I might have them so you're not gonna do anything with that knife.
Faith hesitates. She lowers the knife slightly.
Whistler: Right. Well first things first, I'm Whistler. I work for the Powers.
Faith: The Powers That Be? But I thought you only helped Angel-
Whistler: No we go right across the board. Right now, you're the one that needs a little push in the right direction.
Faith: What do you mean?
Whistler: I would have thought that was kinda obvious. Buffy, Willow, the rest of your friends. They're dead.
Faith: You can bring them back?
Whistler: Whoa, whoa, things are never as easy as that. You should know.
Faith: So what? If you can't do that you can't do anything to help me.
Whistler: Really? Guess you won't need to know about The Judge then. I'll see myself out.
Whistler begins to fade.
Faith: Wait! Please.
Whistler reappears.
Faith: What about The Judge? She's dead.
Whistler: You think it's as simple as killing her? She's a damn high power.
Faith: She's still a threat?
Whistler: Well you may not have killed her but you were close. She can't access this dimension cos her power's as good as out. But she can control things in this dimension. Vampires, demons. She had a lot of respect from those guys and believe me when I say they're not too happy about you killing her.
Faith looks uncertain.
Faith: So what do you want me to do? Fight them? I can't do it on my own. There must be a way to-
Whistler: Faith. You have to understand that sometimes things happen, and they can't be undone. This is one of them.
Faith: But alone, I-
Whistler: You'll have the Powers on your side. You're a Slayer, Faith. You have the strength, and the will to fight. Even without Buffy and the others. You have to do this.
Faith pauses. She looks Whistler in the eyes.
Faith: How do I stop The Judge controlling them? I mean she could have like a thousand right outside the door.
Whistler: The Powers are working on that. We just don't wanna see these demons kill anybody else before we can cut off The Judge's hotline. And I don't think you do either. Oh, and actually it's two outside the door.
Faith: What?
Whistler: Those cleaners? Guess again. You might wanna deal with them first. Good luck.
Faith looks at the door. She looks back and Whistler is gone. There is a smash behind her as the glass hits the floor.
Woman's voice: Everything alright? Can we come in now?
Faith walks towards the door slowly.
Faith: Uh?just a moment.
Woman's voice: Oh well it's pretty urgent.
Faith grabs the door handle and swings the door open, staying behind it. Two vampires rush in. Faith grabs a stake from her pocket and drives it into the male vamps heart. He dusts. The female vamp turns around. Her eyes widen.
Female vamp: You killed him! You're gonna pay!
The vamp rushes towards Faith. Faith kicks her in the stomach. She hits the wall and lands on the floor. Faith walks up to her. The vamp jumps up and punches Faith in the face. Faith punches the vamp. She ducks one of the vamp's punches. The vamp tries to kick Faith but Faith grabs her leg and pushes her into the wall. Faith grabs the stake and dusts the vampire. Faith stands back and looks serious.
Faith: I know the feeling.
Faith picks up her bag and walks out the door. Cut to Faith walking down the street. A cat runs past her. Faith doesn't seem to notice. The camera follows the cat, which slowly slows down. It stops in mid run. Faith carries on walking.
Whistler OS: Well done.
Faith jumps. She turns around and looks at Whistler. She sees the frozen cat.
Faith: God what is with that frozen time thing? It's creepy.
Whistler: Hey it's quieter. Stops interruptions, means we can have a little chat for as long as we like without taking up any time. Plus, it's a pretty cool entrance right?
Faith: Sure.
Whistler: Well, anyway where are you going?
Faith: I'm?I, uh?I?
Whistler: Guess you don't really know huh?
Faith: I get the feeling you're about to tell me though.
Whistler: And you get a gold star for initiative.
Faith: Just tell me.
Whistler: It's the warehouse where you and the other fought The Judge and her guys.
Faith: Well that's easy enough I'll just-
Whistler: Yeah it's easy to get to, but you might not feel so enthusiastic when you find out how many demons are inside that thing.
Faith pauses.
Faith: Tell me then.
Whistler: Approximately? About 1000.
Faith looks shocked.
Faith: Whistler, not even with Buffy and the others could I fight that many!
Whistler: I know, I know we're not asking you to try and storm the place. But that's what they're planning on doing. They want Darkley as their base of operations. And now they know that Buffy's out of the picture ? well they think that the town's theirs. But they don't know you're still alive and kicking.
Faith: Ok so they don't know I'm alive, I don't think the element of surprise is gonna make a big difference it's 1000 to one.
Whistler: No. No it probably wouldn't. But like I said, The Powers don't expect you to fight them all. There is an easier way you can take care of them though.
Faith: How?
Whistler: A little spell.
Faith: I can't use magic. I don't want to. Look what it did to Buffy and the others. I can't take the risk.
Whistler: You gotta take risks sometimes Faith. Besides what happened with Buffy?you couldn't control that. You can control this.
There is a pause.
Faith: What spell?
Whistler: Go to this address. It's not too far. You'll find what you need there.
Whistler pulls out a piece of paper from his pocket and hands it to Faith. She takes it and reads it.
Faith: What do I-
Faith looks up and Whistler is gone. The cat runs off around a corner. Faith looks back at the paper. She folds it up and walks on. Cut to Faith sitting at the bus station. There is no one else around. Faith is staring ahead of her. She looks at her watch. It says 2:15. She looks up. Kelly is suddenly sat beside her.
Kelly: Got a while to wait yet.
Faith looks at Kelly with a sideward glance.
Faith: What are you doing here?
Kelly: Isn't it obvious? It's you. I may be dead?but not forgotten. Got you to thank for that.
Faith: You can't stay here.
Kelly: As long as you keep obsessing over us being dead then I'm not going anywhere.
Faith: What do you expect? I can't just get over it.
Kelly: No. No you can grieve. But you blame yourself for our deaths. Guess that's where this is all coming from.
Faith: If I had gotten there sooner I'd-
Kelly: Be dead too. It's true. You have to face it. You couldn't do anything Faith. And you still can't. Not this time. I know you feel helpless because of that but you have to accept it Faith. It was just meant to be.
A bus pulls up at the station. Faith stands up and walks towards the bus. She stops but doesn't turn around.
Faith: Not if I can help it.
Kelly: You can't.
Faith turns around quickly.
Faith: I-
Kelly has disappeared. The bus doors open.
Bus driver: You coming on love?
Faith turns back to the bus. She nods and walks on to it. Cut to the doors closing. Faith is sat down next to the window. There is no one else on the bus. She looks out at the seat and watches it as it fades into the distance as the bus drives away.

Buffy Episode 9.1 167. Wish You Were Here
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.
ACT I
Faith opens her eyes slowly. She sits up and looks around. She is in her bed in her bedroom at the Summers' house. She smiles and gets up. She looks out the window. The sun is just rising.
Cut to Faith walking downstairs. She walks into the kitchen. There is no one there. Faith looks puzzled. She walks through to the sitting room. There is no one there either. Faith looks around.
Faith: Guys?
Faith looks cautious as she walks down the other corridor. She opens Xander's bedroom door. There's no one in there. She opens the now spare room, which was Siobhan's room. There's no one there either. She looks slightly worried and walks down to the end of the corridor. She puts her hand on the other spare room door. Bright light pours through. Faith shields her eyes from the light. A cloud moves over the sun and the light fades. Faith looks at the empty room. She turns around. She gasps as she sees Buffy in front of her.
Faith: B! You scared me.
Buffy: Oh, sorry.
Faith: Where were you?
Buffy: We were in town. Been here a year and still getting lost.
Faith: Oh right. Well you're back now.
Buffy: Mm-hmm.
Faith and Buffy walk down the corridor into the living room.
Buffy: Shoulda' been there Faith. Quite a ride.
Faith's smile fades. She stops walking. Buffy continues.
Faith: Buffy?
Buffy stops ahead of Faith. She turns her head around slightly to look at Faith. Faith's eyes widen. Sudden cut to Luce blasting magic. Sudden cut to Buffy running towards the orb. Sudden cut to the house exploding. Faith stares at Buffy.
Buffy: You should go.
Buffy walks on. Faith tries to follow but a bright light shines in front of her. Fade to white.
Faith opens her eyes. She sits up and looks around. She is in her bed in her hotel room. She frowns and gets up. She looks out the window. It is raining.
Opening credits.
Starring:
SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR - Buffy Summers
NICHOLAS BRENDAN - Xander Harris
MICHELLE TRACHTENBURG - Dawn Summers
KATIE HOLMES - Kelly Rivers
ALYSON HANNIGAN - Willow Rosenberg
ELIZA DUSHKU - Faith
Guest Starring:
MAX PERLICH - Whistler
SELMA BLAIR - Seldya
ANGELA LANSBURY - Emily
Open on Faith walking through the rain in Darkley. She stops at a phone booth and walks in. She wipes raindrops of her face with her hands and then wipes her hands on her jacket. She picks up the phone dials a number. She looks nervous. The ringing on the other line can be heard. Eventually the ringing stops and a voice answers.
Voice: Hello.
Faith looks relieved.
Faith: (to phone) Giles? Oh thank God I thought-
Giles' voice: This is Giles' phone.
Faith looks saddened.
Giles' voice: I'm sorry I'm not in at the moment.
Faith moves the phone away and prepares to put it on the receiver.
Giles' voice: Please leave a message after the tone.
Faith pauses. She puts the phone back to her ear. The tone sounds. Faith swallows.
Faith: (to phone) Giles. It's me. Faith. I?I need to talk to you. Urgently. What's happened here. You need to know. Maybe you already do cos of the seers at that coven or whatever. But you need to come back. I can't do this on my own Giles, I don't know what to?look just please call me when you get this. Please. Bye.
Faith puts the receiver back on the hook. She stares into space for a few seconds and then opens the phone booth door and walks out back into the rain.
Cu to Faith in her hotel room. She is lying on her bed, but she isn't asleep. There is a sharp knock at the door. Faith looks up with a start.
Woman's voice: Cleaners.
Faith: What?
Woman's voice: It's scheduled. This room's meant to be free in, um, five minutes.
Faith frowns. She looks at the clock and sees it is 12:45. She looks at the door.
Faith: Oh, well uh hang just a minute, I uh, have to pack a few more things then I'll be out of your way.
Woman's voice: Ok, thank you.
Faith gets up and reaches down for small bag. She turns around and picks up some lipstick from the bedside table. In doing so she knocks a glass of water off the side. Faith sighs. The glass suddenly slows down in mid air and freezes. Faith looks confused. She stands back.
Man OS: Faith.
Faith spins around. Whistler is stood in front of her. Faith puts her hand behind her back and points a knife at Whistler.
Faith: Who the hell are you?
Whistler: It's ok, you don't need that. I'm not your enemy.
Faith: I'll be the judge of that. Now tell me who you are and how you know my name before-
Whistler: Before you attack me with that thing? Well A: I don't die that easily, and B: I know you want answers Faith and you know I might have them so you're not gonna do anything with that knife.
Faith hesitates. She lowers the knife slightly.
Whistler: Right. Well first things first, I'm Whistler. I work for the Powers.
Faith: The Powers That Be? But I thought you only helped Angel-
Whistler: No we go right across the board. Right now, you're the one that needs a little push in the right direction.
Faith: What do you mean?
Whistler: I would have thought that was kinda obvious. Buffy, Willow, the rest of your friends. They're dead.
Faith: You can bring them back?
Whistler: Whoa, whoa, things are never as easy as that. You should know.
Faith: So what? If you can't do that you can't do anything to help me.
Whistler: Really? Guess you won't need to know about The Judge then. I'll see myself out.
Whistler begins to fade.
Faith: Wait! Please.
Whistler reappears.
Faith: What about The Judge? She's dead.
Whistler: You think it's as simple as killing her? She's a damn high power.
Faith: She's still a threat?
Whistler: Well you may not have killed her but you were close. She can't access this dimension cos her power's as good as out. But she can control things in this dimension. Vampires, demons. She had a lot of respect from those guys and believe me when I say they're not too happy about you killing her.
Faith looks uncertain.
Faith: So what do you want me to do? Fight them? I can't do it on my own. There must be a way to-
Whistler: Faith. You have to understand that sometimes things happen, and they can't be undone. This is one of them.
Faith: But alone, I-
Whistler: You'll have the Powers on your side. You're a Slayer, Faith. You have the strength, and the will to fight. Even without Buffy and the others. You have to do this.
Faith pauses. She looks Whistler in the eyes.
Faith: How do I stop The Judge controlling them? I mean she could have like a thousand right outside the door.
Whistler: The Powers are working on that. We just don't wanna see these demons kill anybody else before we can cut off The Judge's hotline. And I don't think you do either. Oh, and actually it's two outside the door.
Faith: What?
Whistler: Those cleaners? Guess again. You might wanna deal with them first. Good luck.
Faith looks at the door. She looks back and Whistler is gone. There is a smash behind her as the glass hits the floor.
Woman's voice: Everything alright? Can we come in now?
Faith walks towards the door slowly.
Faith: Uh?just a moment.
Woman's voice: Oh well it's pretty urgent.
Faith grabs the door handle and swings the door open, staying behind it. Two vampires rush in. Faith grabs a stake from her pocket and drives it into the male vamps heart. He dusts. The female vamp turns around. Her eyes widen.
Female vamp: You killed him! You're gonna pay!
The vamp rushes towards Faith. Faith kicks her in the stomach. She hits the wall and lands on the floor. Faith walks up to her. The vamp jumps up and punches Faith in the face. Faith punches the vamp. She ducks one of the vamp's punches. The vamp tries to kick Faith but Faith grabs her leg and pushes her into the wall. Faith grabs the stake and dusts the vampire. Faith stands back and looks serious.
Faith: I know the feeling.
Faith picks up her bag and walks out the door. Cut to Faith walking down the street. A cat runs past her. Faith doesn't seem to notice. The camera follows the cat, which slowly slows down. It stops in mid run. Faith carries on walking.
Whistler OS: Well done.
Faith jumps. She turns around and looks at Whistler. She sees the frozen cat.
Faith: God what is with that frozen time thing? It's creepy.
Whistler: Hey it's quieter. Stops interruptions, means we can have a little chat for as long as we like without taking up any time. Plus, it's a pretty cool entrance right?
Faith: Sure.
Whistler: Well, anyway where are you going?
Faith: I'm?I, uh?I?
Whistler: Guess you don't really know huh?
Faith: I get the feeling you're about to tell me though.
Whistler: And you get a gold star for initiative.
Faith: Just tell me.
Whistler: It's the warehouse where you and the other fought The Judge and her guys.
Faith: Well that's easy enough I'll just-
Whistler: Yeah it's easy to get to, but you might not feel so enthusiastic when you find out how many demons are inside that thing.
Faith pauses.
Faith: Tell me then.
Whistler: Approximately? About 1000.
Faith looks shocked.
Faith: Whistler, not even with Buffy and the others could I fight that many!
Whistler: I know, I know we're not asking you to try and storm the place. But that's what they're planning on doing. They want Darkley as their base of operations. And now they know that Buffy's out of the picture ? well they think that the town's theirs. But they don't know you're still alive and kicking.
Faith: Ok so they don't know I'm alive, I don't think the element of surprise is gonna make a big difference it's 1000 to one.
Whistler: No. No it probably wouldn't. But like I said, The Powers don't expect you to fight them all. There is an easier way you can take care of them though.
Faith: How?
Whistler: A little spell.
Faith: I can't use magic. I don't want to. Look what it did to Buffy and the others. I can't take the risk.
Whistler: You gotta take risks sometimes Faith. Besides what happened with Buffy?you couldn't control that. You can control this.
There is a pause.
Faith: What spell?
Whistler: Go to this address. It's not too far. You'll find what you need there.
Whistler pulls out a piece of paper from his pocket and hands it to Faith. She takes it and reads it.
Faith: What do I-
Faith looks up and Whistler is gone. The cat runs off around a corner. Faith looks back at the paper. She folds it up and walks on. Cut to Faith sitting at the bus station. There is no one else around. Faith is staring ahead of her. She looks at her watch. It says 2:15. She looks up. Kelly is suddenly sat beside her.
Kelly: Got a while to wait yet.
Faith looks at Kelly with a sideward glance.
Faith: What are you doing here?
Kelly: Isn't it obvious? It's you. I may be dead?but not forgotten. Got you to thank for that.
Faith: You can't stay here.
Kelly: As long as you keep obsessing over us being dead then I'm not going anywhere.
Faith: What do you expect? I can't just get over it.
Kelly: No. No you can grieve. But you blame yourself for our deaths. Guess that's where this is all coming from.
Faith: If I had gotten there sooner I'd-
Kelly: Be dead too. It's true. You have to face it. You couldn't do anything Faith. And you still can't. Not this time. I know you feel helpless because of that but you have to accept it Faith. It was just meant to be.
A bus pulls up at the station. Faith stands up and walks towards the bus. She stops but doesn't turn around.
Faith: Not if I can help it.
Kelly: You can't.
Faith turns around quickly.
Faith: I-
Kelly has disappeared. The bus doors open.
Bus driver: You coming on love?
Faith turns back to the bus. She nods and walks on to it. Cut to the doors closing. Faith is sat down next to the window. There is no one else on the bus. She looks out at the seat and watches it as it fades into the distance as the bus drives away.
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