Rogue Redemption
Episode 1x01 "Home Sweet Hell"
*This is a spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, created by Joss Whedon. The characters from that show are not mine. Only the ones that I make up are mine, obviously.
Eliza Dushku Voiceover- Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel?
Faith: If they keep coming one at a time, we got a shot.
Suddenly another Eliminatus lands in front of them and thrusts at Faith
with his short sword. She reacts instantly, catching his arm and shoving
him into a crate, then pulling him off and swinging him backward onto a
pile of several chords of wood. Buffy steps right in and stakes him. He
crumbles to ash. The two Slayers continue along the alley at a brisk
pace.
At the end of the building an arm reaches out and grabs Buffy by the
shoulder. Instantly she grabs the man and throws him against a dumpster.
Faith jumps right in to stake him. He slumps down to the ground, hurt by
the impact against the heavy steel container. It's Allan, but Faith is
too caught up in things and doesn't realize he's human.
Buffy: FAITH, NO!
Faith swings down with her stake and plunges it into Allan's heart, then
pulls it out. Allan grabs his chest in pain and surprise. Blood pours
out freely, pumped out by his now punctured, beating heart. Faith backs
away as Buffy quickly gets down beside him to try to help him. Allan
pulls his hands away and looks down at them covered in his own blood,
shaking hard as he goes into shock. Buffy looks at the wound and sees
its severity.
Buffy: Don't move!
Faith: (shocked) I didn't... I didn't know. I didn't know.
Buffy: (to Faith behind her) We need to call 911, NOW!
Faith is paralyzed with fear. Allan shakes even harder as the blood loss
increases. He looks up at Buffy.
Buffy: (to Allan) Don't move, i-it's okay...
She tries to apply pressure to the wound, but the blood just keeps
coming.
Buffy: (to Faith) I-I need, I need something to stop the...
Allan begins to convulse. His eyes go wide with the fear of death as
blood begins to trickle from the corner of his mouth. He tries to say
something, but can't get the words out. Buffy can only watch in despair,
unable to help. Allan looks down at his chest one last time, then
reaches up to Buffy, but his arm never makes it. It falls to his side,
and his body relaxes against the dumpster, finally dead. His eyes remain
wide open, staring up into nothing. Buffy stares back at him in open-
mouthed horror.
Cut to- Buffy: (very concerned) Faith, you don't get it. You *killed* a man.
Faith: No, *you* don't get it. (smiles daringly) I don't care!
Cut to-
The Mayor's office. He pulls on his overcoat, getting ready to
leave for the night. He looks down at his desk and adjusts the angle of
the penholder, gives a satisfied nod, picks up his briefcase and heads
for the door. When he opens it he is surprised to see Faith standing
there, arms crossed.
Faith- (accusingly) You sent your boy to kill me.
Mayor Wilkins- (unfazed) That's right, I did.
Faith- He's dust.
Mayor Wilkins- I thought he might be. What with you standing here and
all.
Faith- (steps brazenly into the doorway) I guess that means you have a
job opening.
Cut to-
Buffy- I just can't do this anymore. I can't have you in my life when I'm trying to move on.
The sound of an arrow striking. The arrow was fired above and behind Angel, and has passed through his back so the point sticks out the front of his jacket. He falls and Buffy catches him.
Buffy- Angel!
Behind a neon sign atop a nearby building, Faith and a vampire look down at the couple.
Vampire- Missed the heart.
Faith- Meant to.
Cut to-
Faith- Man, I'm going to miss this.
Buffy breaks Faith's grip and plunges the knife into Faith's abdomen. Both of them looked stunned for a moment.
Faith- (weakly, but smiling) You did it.
Faith throws Buffy away from her.
Faith- You killed me.
Faith climbs onto the low wall at the edge of the terrace and looks down.
Faith- Still won't help your boy,though. Shoulda been there, B, quite a ride.
Faith falls backward off the wall and lands in the bed of a moving truck. Buffy scrambles to the wall and sees Faiths body, unmoving, ride away.
Cut to-
Faith asleep, zoom closer to her face.
Cut to Buffy still walking after Faith, then to her asleep, then to Faith running through the graveyard and falling into an open grave. Buffy comes up to it and looks down at her. Buffy falls away and the screen fades the black. Shot of the ground near the grave, then Faith claws her way out of the hole and looks up into the stormy sky.
Cut back to hospital bed. Faith's eyes snap open.
Cut to-
Buffy is on her feet. She runs over to slam a left hook into Faith's face. She quickly follows that with a right hook, snapping her head back. Before she can hit her again, Faith grabs her hand and holds it tight, the small device between their palms. A glowing light starts to emanate from their hands as the device activates. Then both young women react as if hit by a shockwave. Faith is looking at their clasped hands then lifts her eyes and seem surprised as she looks at Buffy. Buffy pulls back her fist and hits her hard in the face with a right hook, sending her to the floor unconscious.
Joyce hurries into the living room.
Joyce: You okay?
Buffy is looking down at the strange device she is now holding in her hand. There's an awed expression on her face.
Buffy: All things considered.
Joyce: What is that?
Buffy: Weapon of some kind.
She throws it down on the floor and stomps her boot on it. There is a flash of light as it's crushed.
Buffy: Didn't work whatever it was.
There's a loud pounding on the door.
Joyce: Ah, the police.
Buffy looks at the front door then down at Faith, lying on the broken coffee table.
Buffy: She's their problem now.
Joyce: (nods) You're sure you're okay?
Buffy considers the question as she looks down at Faith.
Buffy: Five by five.
Cut to-
Buffy- You're hurt.
Riley closes the door.
Riley- Ahh, um, not that bad, actually. I guess the, uh, drugs the professor gave me really did make me stronger. I'm healing pretty quick.
Buffy- Maybe we should take you for a test drive.
Riley- I wouldn't say no.
He walks forward.
Buffy- So...how do you want me?
She crawls on the bed looking away from Riley and turns around.
Riley- How do I?
Buffy- Yeah. what do you wanna do with this body? What nasty little desire have you been itching to try out? Am I a bad girl? Do you wanna hurt me?
She puts her arms on him.
Riley- What are we playing at here?
She takes her arms off.
Buffy- I'm Buffy.
Riley- Ok. then I'll be Riley.
Buffy- Well, if you don't wanna play--
She starts to leave and Riley holds her.
Riley- Right. I don't wanna play.
Riley kisses her very gently and she responds.
Cut to-
Buffy-You can't win this.
Faith- (enraged, with tears in her eyes) SHUT UP! Do you think I'm
afraid of you!?
She grabs Buffy by the shoulders and throws her down on the floor
hard. She quickly sits across her waist and starts slamming her fist
into her face.
Faith- (screaming at herself) You're nothing! Disgusting! Murderous
bitch! (grabs her head and pounds it against the floor) You're
nothing! (starts punching her again) You're disgusting!
Buffy finally catches Faith's fist and their hands start to glow with
the katra between their palms.
Cut to-
Slow dissolve and Faith's face appears on the left side of the screen
and both Slayers seem to be facing each other.
Buffy- Fun.
Then Buffy fades completely and we're with Faith. Camera pulls back
slowly and we see she is sitting in the corner on a hay-scattered
floor in a wooden boxcar. Sunlight is shining inside through the
wooden planks and the interior is jostling slightly as the train
travels.
There is a lost look on her face.
Cut to-
Angel- (as he dodges a hit) "I'm not gonna make it easy for you."
Faith- (throwing herself against Angel screaming) "I'm evil! I'm bad! I'm evil! Do you hear me? I'm bad! Angel, I'm bad! (She begins to sob, grabbing a hold of Angel's shirt and shaking him) I'm ba-ad. Do you hear me? I'm bad! I'm bad! I'm bad. Please. Angel, please, just do it."
Wesley comes running out of the house.
Faith ? (sobbing) "Angel please, just do it. Just do it. Just kill me. Just kill me."
Angel wraps his arms around her shoulders and pulls her against him. She over balances them and they sink to their knees, Angel still holding her as she cries
Cut to-
Faith- (in police station) "I'd like to make a confession."
Cut to-
Wesley- We need you.
Faith- (sarcastically) Well, uh, I hate to wet the paper for you, Wes, but I'm kinda unavailable right now. Maybe you want to check back in a few decades when my parole comes up.
Wesley- You need to know-
Faith- It's Armageddon again. I dig. The last thing you need's me in the mix. Besides, Angel'll come shining through in the end like he always does.
Wesley- Angel's gone, Faith. (Faith stops) Angelus is back. (Faith stares at Wesley worriedly)
Faith- (deadpan) Step away from the glass.
Faith hangs up the phone. Wesley stares at her, and then hangs up his phone and steps back as Faith stands and jumps through the glass headfirst. She tumbles and stands, ready to fight off the security guard. Faith and Wes jump through the outside window.
Cut to-
Willow- (to Shannon) Are you OK? Can you hear me? (rolls Shannon over) Can you talk? (to her passenger) This girl's bleeding badly. We have to get her to the hospital.
As Willow's passenger walks forward into the light, show it's Faith standing there.
Faith- (unfazed) Yep. Guess I'm back in Sunnydale.
Cut to-
A blonde young woman is running at top speed through the cemetery. Someone's pursuing her. She stops running and looks for a place to hide. Someone punches her, knocking her down to the ground. Her pursuer kneels down to grab the young woman, but someone picks him up and throws him into a nearby tombstone. It was Spike who was pursuing the young woman, and Faith who pulled him off of her.
Faith- Whatcha wanna do to her, vamp? (circles Spike) Huh? Somthin' like this? (punches Spike)
Spike- (stands) Nice punch you got there. Lemme guess. Leather pants, nice right cross, doe eyes, holier-than-thou glower...you must be Faith.
Faith- (shrugs and grins) Oh, goodie. I'm famous.
Spike- Told you were coming. Bit of a misunderstanding here. I'm-
Faith- Spike. (nods) Yeah, we've met before.
Spike- We have? I don't think we- (Faith kicks Spike in the torso) Bloody hell! What're you doing? I'm on your side.
Faith- Yeah? Maybe you haven't heard. I've reformed. (punches Spike)
Spike- So have I. (punches Faith) I reformed way before you did. (Faith punches Spike) Stop... (punches Faith) hitting... (punches Faith again) me! We're on the same side.
Faith- Please. You think I'm stupid?
Spike- Well, yeah. (grins)
Faith- You were attacking that girl. (punches Spike)
Someone punches Faith in the face, knocking her down. Pan over to show it's Buffy.
Buffy- (innocently) Sorry, Faith. I didn't realize that was you.
Faith- It's all right, B. Luckily, you still punch like you used to.
Buffy- (glares at Faith a moment, then turns to Spike) You OK?
Spike- Yeah. Terrific.
Faith- (shocked) Are you protecting vampires? Are you the bad slayer now? Am I the good slayer now?
Buffy- He's with me. He has a soul.
Cut to-
Faith- Forget about tomorrow. This is tonight. (pulls his hand toward her face) It's been a while. Am I out of line?
Robin- No. You're the leader.
Faith and Robin kiss. He lifts her up in his arms and she pushes him back onto the bed. Robin starts pulling on her shirt as they make out.
Cut to-
Faith- OK. The point. Me, by myself all the time. I'm looking at you, everything you have, and, I don't know, jealous. Then there I am. Everybody's looking to me, trusting me to lead them, and I've never felt so alone in my entire life.
Buffy- Yeah. (swallows, looks down)
Faith- And that's you every day, isn't it?
Buffy- I love my friends. I'm very grateful for them. But that's the price. Being a slayer.
Faith- There's only supposed to be one. Maybe that's why you and I can never get along. We're not supposed to exist together.
Buffy- Also, you went evil and were killing people.
Faith- Good point. Also a factor. (nods)
Buffy- But you're right. I mean, I... I guess everyone's alone. But being a slayer? There's a burden we can't share.
Faith- And no one else can feel it. (beat) Thank God we're hot chicks with superpowers.
Buffy- Takes the edge off.
Faith- Comforting.
Buffy- Mm-hmm.
Cut to-
Faith- No, hell with that. We're going again, baby. (starts unbuckling her belt) You're gonna learn a little respect here, pal.
Robin- Faith- (chuckles) Make me a deal, all right? We live through this, you give me the chance to surprise you.
Faith- What would be the surprise?
Robin- (looks at her) You do know the meaning of the word, right?
Faith- Fine. (rebuckles her belt) Deal.
Cut to-
Faith- Buffy! (goes to Buffy's side)
Buffy- (leans up on her elbows, weakly) Hold the line. (hands the scythe to Faith)
Faith takes the scythe and goes back into the battle as Buffy stays in place on the floor, grunting in pain.
Cut to-
Faith walks up to Robin Wood, who's slumped over in the driver's seat.
Faith- It's not bad. You just sit here. I'll get someone to-
Robin- Hey... did we- did we make it?
Faith- (kneels to be on eye-level with Robin) We made it. We won.
Robin smiles and tries to laugh, but he's very weak. Still looking at Faith, he goes silent and stops breathing. Faith gets concerned, pauses, then reaches toward his face to close his eyelids. Robin coughs and sputters a moment, then smiles weakly at her.
Robin- (breathing heavily) Surprise.
Fade to black.
*Disclaimer- All of these scenes are copied from the scripts at Buffy World.
START OF EPISODE
Teaser:
We see- FAITH on a bus. She is looking out a window, impatiently. Waiting to get where she was going.
We then see- ROBIN sitting next to FAITH. FAITH turns to Robin.
FAITH: Are we almost there? (looking VERY impatient now)
ROBIN: I think so. It is a long way from Sunnydale, you know.
FAITH: Yeah, across the country. But there's only so many hours a girl can be trapped in a metal box with wheels, ya know?
ROBIN chuckled and nodded.
ROBIN: I think we're close. Maybe ten minutes away.
FAITH looked out the window again. You could tell that they were getting closer, because the traffic was getting heavier. She then turned to the TV that was in the bus, but it was playing "Beauty and the Beast", and she didn't feel like watching a cartoon right now.
FAITH sighed.
ROBIN glanced out into the walkway, looking out the front window.
ROBIN: Or maybe we're closer than I thought?
FAITH looked at her window, and saw the NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE.
FAITH: Finally. Home sweet home.
We see: The bus going towards NEW YORK CITY, Faith and Robin's new home.
Fade to black.
Credits:
Theme song: "Time is Running Out" by Muse
Bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it
Our time is running out
And our time is running out
You can't push it underground
We can't stop it screaming out
I wanted freedom
Bound and restricted
I tried to give you up
But I'm addicted
Now that you know I'm trapped
Sense of elation
You'd never dream of breaking this fixation
You will squeeze the life out of me
Bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it
And our time is running out
And our time is running out
You can't push it underground
We can't stop it screaming out
How did it come to this
Main Characters:
Eliza Dushku as Faith
D.B. Woodside as Robin
Michelle Williams as Marie Kaloff
Tina Majorino as Samantha Derevco
Jason Momoa as Bishop
Callum Blue as Alan Ross
James Callis as Brian Edwards
Guest Starring:
Gabriella Bridges as Adrianna
Special Guest Starring:
Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers
Michelle Tratchenberg as Dawn Summers
Note: Marie Kaloff won't be introduced until episode 2. Samantha Derevco won't be introduced until episode 3.
Episode 1x01 "Home Sweet Hell"
*This is a spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, created by Joss Whedon. The characters from that show are not mine. Only the ones that I make up are mine, obviously.
Eliza Dushku Voiceover- Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel?
Faith: If they keep coming one at a time, we got a shot.
Suddenly another Eliminatus lands in front of them and thrusts at Faith
with his short sword. She reacts instantly, catching his arm and shoving
him into a crate, then pulling him off and swinging him backward onto a
pile of several chords of wood. Buffy steps right in and stakes him. He
crumbles to ash. The two Slayers continue along the alley at a brisk
pace.
At the end of the building an arm reaches out and grabs Buffy by the
shoulder. Instantly she grabs the man and throws him against a dumpster.
Faith jumps right in to stake him. He slumps down to the ground, hurt by
the impact against the heavy steel container. It's Allan, but Faith is
too caught up in things and doesn't realize he's human.
Buffy: FAITH, NO!
Faith swings down with her stake and plunges it into Allan's heart, then
pulls it out. Allan grabs his chest in pain and surprise. Blood pours
out freely, pumped out by his now punctured, beating heart. Faith backs
away as Buffy quickly gets down beside him to try to help him. Allan
pulls his hands away and looks down at them covered in his own blood,
shaking hard as he goes into shock. Buffy looks at the wound and sees
its severity.
Buffy: Don't move!
Faith: (shocked) I didn't... I didn't know. I didn't know.
Buffy: (to Faith behind her) We need to call 911, NOW!
Faith is paralyzed with fear. Allan shakes even harder as the blood loss
increases. He looks up at Buffy.
Buffy: (to Allan) Don't move, i-it's okay...
She tries to apply pressure to the wound, but the blood just keeps
coming.
Buffy: (to Faith) I-I need, I need something to stop the...
Allan begins to convulse. His eyes go wide with the fear of death as
blood begins to trickle from the corner of his mouth. He tries to say
something, but can't get the words out. Buffy can only watch in despair,
unable to help. Allan looks down at his chest one last time, then
reaches up to Buffy, but his arm never makes it. It falls to his side,
and his body relaxes against the dumpster, finally dead. His eyes remain
wide open, staring up into nothing. Buffy stares back at him in open-
mouthed horror.
Cut to- Buffy: (very concerned) Faith, you don't get it. You *killed* a man.
Faith: No, *you* don't get it. (smiles daringly) I don't care!
Cut to-
The Mayor's office. He pulls on his overcoat, getting ready to
leave for the night. He looks down at his desk and adjusts the angle of
the penholder, gives a satisfied nod, picks up his briefcase and heads
for the door. When he opens it he is surprised to see Faith standing
there, arms crossed.
Faith- (accusingly) You sent your boy to kill me.
Mayor Wilkins- (unfazed) That's right, I did.
Faith- He's dust.
Mayor Wilkins- I thought he might be. What with you standing here and
all.
Faith- (steps brazenly into the doorway) I guess that means you have a
job opening.
Cut to-
Buffy- I just can't do this anymore. I can't have you in my life when I'm trying to move on.
The sound of an arrow striking. The arrow was fired above and behind Angel, and has passed through his back so the point sticks out the front of his jacket. He falls and Buffy catches him.
Buffy- Angel!
Behind a neon sign atop a nearby building, Faith and a vampire look down at the couple.
Vampire- Missed the heart.
Faith- Meant to.
Cut to-
Faith- Man, I'm going to miss this.
Buffy breaks Faith's grip and plunges the knife into Faith's abdomen. Both of them looked stunned for a moment.
Faith- (weakly, but smiling) You did it.
Faith throws Buffy away from her.
Faith- You killed me.
Faith climbs onto the low wall at the edge of the terrace and looks down.
Faith- Still won't help your boy,though. Shoulda been there, B, quite a ride.
Faith falls backward off the wall and lands in the bed of a moving truck. Buffy scrambles to the wall and sees Faiths body, unmoving, ride away.
Cut to-
Faith asleep, zoom closer to her face.
Cut to Buffy still walking after Faith, then to her asleep, then to Faith running through the graveyard and falling into an open grave. Buffy comes up to it and looks down at her. Buffy falls away and the screen fades the black. Shot of the ground near the grave, then Faith claws her way out of the hole and looks up into the stormy sky.
Cut back to hospital bed. Faith's eyes snap open.
Cut to-
Buffy is on her feet. She runs over to slam a left hook into Faith's face. She quickly follows that with a right hook, snapping her head back. Before she can hit her again, Faith grabs her hand and holds it tight, the small device between their palms. A glowing light starts to emanate from their hands as the device activates. Then both young women react as if hit by a shockwave. Faith is looking at their clasped hands then lifts her eyes and seem surprised as she looks at Buffy. Buffy pulls back her fist and hits her hard in the face with a right hook, sending her to the floor unconscious.
Joyce hurries into the living room.
Joyce: You okay?
Buffy is looking down at the strange device she is now holding in her hand. There's an awed expression on her face.
Buffy: All things considered.
Joyce: What is that?
Buffy: Weapon of some kind.
She throws it down on the floor and stomps her boot on it. There is a flash of light as it's crushed.
Buffy: Didn't work whatever it was.
There's a loud pounding on the door.
Joyce: Ah, the police.
Buffy looks at the front door then down at Faith, lying on the broken coffee table.
Buffy: She's their problem now.
Joyce: (nods) You're sure you're okay?
Buffy considers the question as she looks down at Faith.
Buffy: Five by five.
Cut to-
Buffy- You're hurt.
Riley closes the door.
Riley- Ahh, um, not that bad, actually. I guess the, uh, drugs the professor gave me really did make me stronger. I'm healing pretty quick.
Buffy- Maybe we should take you for a test drive.
Riley- I wouldn't say no.
He walks forward.
Buffy- So...how do you want me?
She crawls on the bed looking away from Riley and turns around.
Riley- How do I?
Buffy- Yeah. what do you wanna do with this body? What nasty little desire have you been itching to try out? Am I a bad girl? Do you wanna hurt me?
She puts her arms on him.
Riley- What are we playing at here?
She takes her arms off.
Buffy- I'm Buffy.
Riley- Ok. then I'll be Riley.
Buffy- Well, if you don't wanna play--
She starts to leave and Riley holds her.
Riley- Right. I don't wanna play.
Riley kisses her very gently and she responds.
Cut to-
Buffy-You can't win this.
Faith- (enraged, with tears in her eyes) SHUT UP! Do you think I'm
afraid of you!?
She grabs Buffy by the shoulders and throws her down on the floor
hard. She quickly sits across her waist and starts slamming her fist
into her face.
Faith- (screaming at herself) You're nothing! Disgusting! Murderous
bitch! (grabs her head and pounds it against the floor) You're
nothing! (starts punching her again) You're disgusting!
Buffy finally catches Faith's fist and their hands start to glow with
the katra between their palms.
Cut to-
Slow dissolve and Faith's face appears on the left side of the screen
and both Slayers seem to be facing each other.
Buffy- Fun.
Then Buffy fades completely and we're with Faith. Camera pulls back
slowly and we see she is sitting in the corner on a hay-scattered
floor in a wooden boxcar. Sunlight is shining inside through the
wooden planks and the interior is jostling slightly as the train
travels.
There is a lost look on her face.
Cut to-
Angel- (as he dodges a hit) "I'm not gonna make it easy for you."
Faith- (throwing herself against Angel screaming) "I'm evil! I'm bad! I'm evil! Do you hear me? I'm bad! Angel, I'm bad! (She begins to sob, grabbing a hold of Angel's shirt and shaking him) I'm ba-ad. Do you hear me? I'm bad! I'm bad! I'm bad. Please. Angel, please, just do it."
Wesley comes running out of the house.
Faith ? (sobbing) "Angel please, just do it. Just do it. Just kill me. Just kill me."
Angel wraps his arms around her shoulders and pulls her against him. She over balances them and they sink to their knees, Angel still holding her as she cries
Cut to-
Faith- (in police station) "I'd like to make a confession."
Cut to-
Wesley- We need you.
Faith- (sarcastically) Well, uh, I hate to wet the paper for you, Wes, but I'm kinda unavailable right now. Maybe you want to check back in a few decades when my parole comes up.
Wesley- You need to know-
Faith- It's Armageddon again. I dig. The last thing you need's me in the mix. Besides, Angel'll come shining through in the end like he always does.
Wesley- Angel's gone, Faith. (Faith stops) Angelus is back. (Faith stares at Wesley worriedly)
Faith- (deadpan) Step away from the glass.
Faith hangs up the phone. Wesley stares at her, and then hangs up his phone and steps back as Faith stands and jumps through the glass headfirst. She tumbles and stands, ready to fight off the security guard. Faith and Wes jump through the outside window.
Cut to-
Willow- (to Shannon) Are you OK? Can you hear me? (rolls Shannon over) Can you talk? (to her passenger) This girl's bleeding badly. We have to get her to the hospital.
As Willow's passenger walks forward into the light, show it's Faith standing there.
Faith- (unfazed) Yep. Guess I'm back in Sunnydale.
Cut to-
A blonde young woman is running at top speed through the cemetery. Someone's pursuing her. She stops running and looks for a place to hide. Someone punches her, knocking her down to the ground. Her pursuer kneels down to grab the young woman, but someone picks him up and throws him into a nearby tombstone. It was Spike who was pursuing the young woman, and Faith who pulled him off of her.
Faith- Whatcha wanna do to her, vamp? (circles Spike) Huh? Somthin' like this? (punches Spike)
Spike- (stands) Nice punch you got there. Lemme guess. Leather pants, nice right cross, doe eyes, holier-than-thou glower...you must be Faith.
Faith- (shrugs and grins) Oh, goodie. I'm famous.
Spike- Told you were coming. Bit of a misunderstanding here. I'm-
Faith- Spike. (nods) Yeah, we've met before.
Spike- We have? I don't think we- (Faith kicks Spike in the torso) Bloody hell! What're you doing? I'm on your side.
Faith- Yeah? Maybe you haven't heard. I've reformed. (punches Spike)
Spike- So have I. (punches Faith) I reformed way before you did. (Faith punches Spike) Stop... (punches Faith) hitting... (punches Faith again) me! We're on the same side.
Faith- Please. You think I'm stupid?
Spike- Well, yeah. (grins)
Faith- You were attacking that girl. (punches Spike)
Someone punches Faith in the face, knocking her down. Pan over to show it's Buffy.
Buffy- (innocently) Sorry, Faith. I didn't realize that was you.
Faith- It's all right, B. Luckily, you still punch like you used to.
Buffy- (glares at Faith a moment, then turns to Spike) You OK?
Spike- Yeah. Terrific.
Faith- (shocked) Are you protecting vampires? Are you the bad slayer now? Am I the good slayer now?
Buffy- He's with me. He has a soul.
Cut to-
Faith- Forget about tomorrow. This is tonight. (pulls his hand toward her face) It's been a while. Am I out of line?
Robin- No. You're the leader.
Faith and Robin kiss. He lifts her up in his arms and she pushes him back onto the bed. Robin starts pulling on her shirt as they make out.
Cut to-
Faith- OK. The point. Me, by myself all the time. I'm looking at you, everything you have, and, I don't know, jealous. Then there I am. Everybody's looking to me, trusting me to lead them, and I've never felt so alone in my entire life.
Buffy- Yeah. (swallows, looks down)
Faith- And that's you every day, isn't it?
Buffy- I love my friends. I'm very grateful for them. But that's the price. Being a slayer.
Faith- There's only supposed to be one. Maybe that's why you and I can never get along. We're not supposed to exist together.
Buffy- Also, you went evil and were killing people.
Faith- Good point. Also a factor. (nods)
Buffy- But you're right. I mean, I... I guess everyone's alone. But being a slayer? There's a burden we can't share.
Faith- And no one else can feel it. (beat) Thank God we're hot chicks with superpowers.
Buffy- Takes the edge off.
Faith- Comforting.
Buffy- Mm-hmm.
Cut to-
Faith- No, hell with that. We're going again, baby. (starts unbuckling her belt) You're gonna learn a little respect here, pal.
Robin- Faith- (chuckles) Make me a deal, all right? We live through this, you give me the chance to surprise you.
Faith- What would be the surprise?
Robin- (looks at her) You do know the meaning of the word, right?
Faith- Fine. (rebuckles her belt) Deal.
Cut to-
Faith- Buffy! (goes to Buffy's side)
Buffy- (leans up on her elbows, weakly) Hold the line. (hands the scythe to Faith)
Faith takes the scythe and goes back into the battle as Buffy stays in place on the floor, grunting in pain.
Cut to-
Faith walks up to Robin Wood, who's slumped over in the driver's seat.
Faith- It's not bad. You just sit here. I'll get someone to-
Robin- Hey... did we- did we make it?
Faith- (kneels to be on eye-level with Robin) We made it. We won.
Robin smiles and tries to laugh, but he's very weak. Still looking at Faith, he goes silent and stops breathing. Faith gets concerned, pauses, then reaches toward his face to close his eyelids. Robin coughs and sputters a moment, then smiles weakly at her.
Robin- (breathing heavily) Surprise.
Fade to black.
*Disclaimer- All of these scenes are copied from the scripts at Buffy World.
START OF EPISODE
Teaser:
We see- FAITH on a bus. She is looking out a window, impatiently. Waiting to get where she was going.
We then see- ROBIN sitting next to FAITH. FAITH turns to Robin.
FAITH: Are we almost there? (looking VERY impatient now)
ROBIN: I think so. It is a long way from Sunnydale, you know.
FAITH: Yeah, across the country. But there's only so many hours a girl can be trapped in a metal box with wheels, ya know?
ROBIN chuckled and nodded.
ROBIN: I think we're close. Maybe ten minutes away.
FAITH looked out the window again. You could tell that they were getting closer, because the traffic was getting heavier. She then turned to the TV that was in the bus, but it was playing "Beauty and the Beast", and she didn't feel like watching a cartoon right now.
FAITH sighed.
ROBIN glanced out into the walkway, looking out the front window.
ROBIN: Or maybe we're closer than I thought?
FAITH looked at her window, and saw the NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE.
FAITH: Finally. Home sweet home.
We see: The bus going towards NEW YORK CITY, Faith and Robin's new home.
Fade to black.
Credits:
Theme song: "Time is Running Out" by Muse
Bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it
Our time is running out
And our time is running out
You can't push it underground
We can't stop it screaming out
I wanted freedom
Bound and restricted
I tried to give you up
But I'm addicted
Now that you know I'm trapped
Sense of elation
You'd never dream of breaking this fixation
You will squeeze the life out of me
Bury it
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it
And our time is running out
And our time is running out
You can't push it underground
We can't stop it screaming out
How did it come to this
Main Characters:
Eliza Dushku as Faith
D.B. Woodside as Robin
Michelle Williams as Marie Kaloff
Tina Majorino as Samantha Derevco
Jason Momoa as Bishop
Callum Blue as Alan Ross
James Callis as Brian Edwards
Guest Starring:
Gabriella Bridges as Adrianna
Special Guest Starring:
Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers
Michelle Tratchenberg as Dawn Summers
Note: Marie Kaloff won't be introduced until episode 2. Samantha Derevco won't be introduced until episode 3.
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