Series: Shadow Stalker
Episode: 2.13 ? Ira's Last Kiss
Writer: Lex
Editor: Alex Hart
I do not claim credit for any of Joss Whedon's creation and the featuring of his characters and episodes in this series is simply for my pleasure and not at all for financial gain as I do all this for free! All characters not affiliated with Jossverse belong to me, as do the plot lines. Season Two starts alongside Season 7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Season 4 of Angel and is in affiliated with Rogue Redemption, (Amber); Chosen, (Heather); BtVS Seasons 8 + 9 and AtS Season 6, (Alex Hart); Broken Destiny (Joe); and Wishful Thinking (Ben); Raven (Alexander Brown).
TEASER
L.A
ALLEY ? EXT.LOS ANGELES STREETS ? NIGHT
TOOLE is walking down an alleyway. He's wearing a large trench coat, and has a cell phone to his ear. He sighs, as the clouds loom overheard, threatening.
TOOLE: ?I know.
He listens to the other end.
TOOLE: Lance I know, I was as shocked as you. Guess all we had to do was think and she'd find us?
He listens to his brother's response again.
TOOLE: She used a telephone. I don't think she'd ever used one before, she said she had to ask for help. (there is a reply on the other end) Well tell Xak I'm coming home now?I'm almost there?
He closes his phone and carries on walking until he is out of frame.
CUT TO ? L.A
LOUNGE ? INT.XAK'S APARTMENT ? NIGHT
TOOLE enters via the front door. He looks around to see MELODY sitting on ASHBY'S lap. They look down seriously. CATE is stood next to CHARLIE, her arms are crossed and CHARLIE'S clutching her throat, worried. She gives a glance to her bedroom where SIN has been sleeping for a few hours now. LANCE is stood slightly afar, clutching his cell phone. He looks at his brother as he enters, as does XAK who is frowning.
XAK: Where ya been?
TOOLE: Just fancied some air.
XAK looks at him and nods, suspiciously. He has reason to be?
XAK: Well now you're here?we heard from Sephy earlier.
TOOLE looks surprised, the others do not. He's already told them what she has said.
TOOLE: Well that's good right? She's found something?
XAK: (sighing) Yeah she found something, but it's not good.
TOOLE: (looking around) Where is she?
CHARLIE: (glum) She can't come back yet, she didn't say why.
TOOLE looks around, confused.
TOOLE: What's going on? What did she say?
XAK: Basically? She said that there are two traitors?Two people are either working against us or against Dante?
TOOLE: (incredulous) What?
XAK: That's not all. One of her brother's saw a war beginning?soon, very soon.
TOOLE gives a quick look to his brother worried that it is them who are the traitors. LANCE tries to avoid eye contact.
MELODY: (breaking the silence) I don't get it. I mean why would people be working against Dante? That would be good for us right?
XAK: Well presuming it's him that is being deceived?maybe someone doesn't like the way he's running things. Taking things into their own hands?if that's the case, then it won't be good for us at all. Two rogues trying to get their hands on Sin? (quietly) I don't even want to think about it?
CATE looks at XAK incredulous, listening to what he just said in shock.
CATE: Xak?you can't seriously think that one of us would try and steal Sin? We love that girl?
XAK runs his fingers through his hair. CHARLIE sighs agreeing with her, almost incredulous at the thought.
XAK: I know, it's insane, but Sephy was adamant that it could be anyone?
ASHBY: Uh, not to bad mouth the goddess and all, but this is the woman who tried killing Sin right?
CHARLIE: I know, but she did what she thought was best. She knows what Sin is, what she could be?she's trying to stop that. So are we?
XAK: We have to take what Sephy's saying seriously, it's too big. Plus things have been too quiet to not take notice of what she's heard in the higher realms. Something's gonna happen, and it will be soon, I assure you. We need to be ready?
CATE looks to TOOLE sadly. He returns the gesture.
CHARLIE: ?Everyone needs to be ready?at any time.
MELODY: (worried) They didn't happen to give a specific allocated time slot?
The camera moves over to XAK'S bedroom door?
CUT TO ? L.A
XAK AND CHARLIE'S BEDROOM ? INT.XAK'S APARTMENT ? NIGHT
It is dark in the bedroom but the outline of someone listening by the door to what is being said in the lounge can easily be seen, illuminated in the moonlight.
XAK (O/S): As handy as that would be, no?Sephy only told us now because she thinks that our enemies know where we are. I don't know if this is because of these traitors or not. All I know is, we don't have much time?
The figure is SIN. She looks scared, and looks at the floor. She looks to be aged around nine years of age. Growing more and more each day, and still no idea why, or what she's growing into. Thunder claps outside. It scares her and causes her to run to her bed.
CUT TO ? L.A
ALLEY ? EXT.XAK'S APARTMENT ? NIGHT
We're looking through XAK'S bedroom at SIN running to her bed. She cowers under the covers as torrents of rain and thunderstorm through the city. The camera zooms away from the window and flies through the skies, over the countless skyline and eventually arriving at a roof?
CUT TO ? L.A
ROOF ? EXT.UNKNOWN BUILDING ? NIGHT
The thunder claps once again, but then it seems to die down. The calm before the bigger storm?The camera stops moving suddenly on two figures masqueraded by the darkness.
FIGURE #1: So close?
FIGURE #2: Tomorrow.
The figures move closer to one another. The rain begins to fall once again.
FIGURE #1: He's ordered no casualties?
FIGURE #2: Whatever. You do realise he'll know after this?about us, about our lies?
FIGURE #1: Good. He deserves it, for making you doubt me, for everything.
FIGURE #2 laughs.
FIGURE #2: Oh he'll get what's coming to him, don't you worry. It all starts tomorrow.
FIGURE #1: So uh, what can we do till then?
FIGURE #2: Well?seeing as you chose me?
FIGURE #1 pulls FIGURE #2 closer. They kiss passionately as lightning illuminates the figures showing them to be CHRISTIAN and LEIGH. The thunder deafens the skies and dominates Los Angeles as the assistants terrible plan is now only a night away from starting?
FADE TO BLACK
END OF TEASER
OPENING CREDITS
SONG: MUSE - HYSTERIA
The camera shows a full moon in the night sky with the caption "SHADOW STALKER" tattooed
across the view. The words streak across the scene with a slight red tint as the music starts up.
The camera then cuts to CHARLIE walking down the street in her red dress towards XAK. The camera shows several quick cuts of XAK transgressing and eventually him killing CHARLIE.
The camera then shows XAK in a suit leaving the Wolfram and Hart building then to him in an
alleyway, he looks dirty and unshaven and in dirty clothes. (The music below plays throughout)
"It's bugging me, grating me
And twisting me around"
CAPTION: MILO VENTIMIGLIA
The camera shows CHARLIE in her cell, scared and alone and then cuts to her standing in XAK'S apartment, and her eyes glowing a bright green.
"Yeah i'm endlessly caving in
And turning inside out"
CAPTION: ALEXIS BLEDEL
The camera then shows XAK and CATE both running down the streets of L.A desperately. The camera then focuses more on CATE and cuts to her in The Bronze serving drinks, and then to her standing next to MELODY, both their fists raised, in a battle-like pose. (The music below plays throughout)
"'Cause I want it now
I want it now
Give me your heart and your soul"
CAPTION: AMANDA SEYFRIED
The camera shows TOOLE punching someone to the floor and then to him looking through a barely opened door, his eyes widen. (The music below plays throughout)
"And i'm breaking out
I'm breaking out
Last chance to lose control"
CAPTION: ALAN TUDYK
The camera then shows DANTE sitting behind his desk smirking but quickly cuts to him holding something in both arms and looking out the window while the sun succumbs to darkness. (The music below plays throughout)
"Its hurting me, morphing me
And forcing me to strive"
CAPTION: CHRIS EVANS
The camera shows MELODY running through the prison in L'Azura and then to her sitting on a rock, sand surrounding her. (The music below plays throughout)
"To be endlessly cold within
And dreaming i'm alive"
CAPTION: ROSE MCGOWAN
The camera then shows LANCE sitting on the floor of the apartment laughing with someone and then to him clutching on to CHARLIE'S hand and shouting. (The music below plays throughout)
"And i want you now
I want you now
I feel my heart implode"
CAPTION: CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY
As the song comes to an end the camera shows various quick caps of CATE by a grave; SEPHY walking into the Underworld smiling; MELODY and LANCE falling through the L'Azura portal; DANTE staring into the darkness with black eyes, then finally to XAK walking through the graveyard at night. The camera moves up and shows a high angle shot of him walking away and the shape of the dragon streaking across the sky causing the screen to fade to black. (The music below plays throughout)
"I'm breaking out
Escaping now
Feeling my faith erode"
END OF OPENING CREDITS
Episode: 2.13 ? Ira's Last Kiss
Writer: Lex
Editor: Alex Hart
I do not claim credit for any of Joss Whedon's creation and the featuring of his characters and episodes in this series is simply for my pleasure and not at all for financial gain as I do all this for free! All characters not affiliated with Jossverse belong to me, as do the plot lines. Season Two starts alongside Season 7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Season 4 of Angel and is in affiliated with Rogue Redemption, (Amber); Chosen, (Heather); BtVS Seasons 8 + 9 and AtS Season 6, (Alex Hart); Broken Destiny (Joe); and Wishful Thinking (Ben); Raven (Alexander Brown).
THERE IS NO "PREVIOUSLY ON SHADOW STALKER" FOR THIS EPISODE
TEASER
L.A
ALLEY ? EXT.LOS ANGELES STREETS ? NIGHT
TOOLE is walking down an alleyway. He's wearing a large trench coat, and has a cell phone to his ear. He sighs, as the clouds loom overheard, threatening.
TOOLE: ?I know.
He listens to the other end.
TOOLE: Lance I know, I was as shocked as you. Guess all we had to do was think and she'd find us?
He listens to his brother's response again.
TOOLE: She used a telephone. I don't think she'd ever used one before, she said she had to ask for help. (there is a reply on the other end) Well tell Xak I'm coming home now?I'm almost there?
He closes his phone and carries on walking until he is out of frame.
CUT TO ? L.A
LOUNGE ? INT.XAK'S APARTMENT ? NIGHT
TOOLE enters via the front door. He looks around to see MELODY sitting on ASHBY'S lap. They look down seriously. CATE is stood next to CHARLIE, her arms are crossed and CHARLIE'S clutching her throat, worried. She gives a glance to her bedroom where SIN has been sleeping for a few hours now. LANCE is stood slightly afar, clutching his cell phone. He looks at his brother as he enters, as does XAK who is frowning.
XAK: Where ya been?
TOOLE: Just fancied some air.
XAK looks at him and nods, suspiciously. He has reason to be?
XAK: Well now you're here?we heard from Sephy earlier.
TOOLE looks surprised, the others do not. He's already told them what she has said.
TOOLE: Well that's good right? She's found something?
XAK: (sighing) Yeah she found something, but it's not good.
TOOLE: (looking around) Where is she?
CHARLIE: (glum) She can't come back yet, she didn't say why.
TOOLE looks around, confused.
TOOLE: What's going on? What did she say?
XAK: Basically? She said that there are two traitors?Two people are either working against us or against Dante?
TOOLE: (incredulous) What?
XAK: That's not all. One of her brother's saw a war beginning?soon, very soon.
TOOLE gives a quick look to his brother worried that it is them who are the traitors. LANCE tries to avoid eye contact.
MELODY: (breaking the silence) I don't get it. I mean why would people be working against Dante? That would be good for us right?
XAK: Well presuming it's him that is being deceived?maybe someone doesn't like the way he's running things. Taking things into their own hands?if that's the case, then it won't be good for us at all. Two rogues trying to get their hands on Sin? (quietly) I don't even want to think about it?
CATE looks at XAK incredulous, listening to what he just said in shock.
CATE: Xak?you can't seriously think that one of us would try and steal Sin? We love that girl?
XAK runs his fingers through his hair. CHARLIE sighs agreeing with her, almost incredulous at the thought.
XAK: I know, it's insane, but Sephy was adamant that it could be anyone?
ASHBY: Uh, not to bad mouth the goddess and all, but this is the woman who tried killing Sin right?
CHARLIE: I know, but she did what she thought was best. She knows what Sin is, what she could be?she's trying to stop that. So are we?
XAK: We have to take what Sephy's saying seriously, it's too big. Plus things have been too quiet to not take notice of what she's heard in the higher realms. Something's gonna happen, and it will be soon, I assure you. We need to be ready?
CATE looks to TOOLE sadly. He returns the gesture.
CHARLIE: ?Everyone needs to be ready?at any time.
MELODY: (worried) They didn't happen to give a specific allocated time slot?
The camera moves over to XAK'S bedroom door?
CUT TO ? L.A
XAK AND CHARLIE'S BEDROOM ? INT.XAK'S APARTMENT ? NIGHT
It is dark in the bedroom but the outline of someone listening by the door to what is being said in the lounge can easily be seen, illuminated in the moonlight.
XAK (O/S): As handy as that would be, no?Sephy only told us now because she thinks that our enemies know where we are. I don't know if this is because of these traitors or not. All I know is, we don't have much time?
The figure is SIN. She looks scared, and looks at the floor. She looks to be aged around nine years of age. Growing more and more each day, and still no idea why, or what she's growing into. Thunder claps outside. It scares her and causes her to run to her bed.
CUT TO ? L.A
ALLEY ? EXT.XAK'S APARTMENT ? NIGHT
We're looking through XAK'S bedroom at SIN running to her bed. She cowers under the covers as torrents of rain and thunderstorm through the city. The camera zooms away from the window and flies through the skies, over the countless skyline and eventually arriving at a roof?
CUT TO ? L.A
ROOF ? EXT.UNKNOWN BUILDING ? NIGHT
The thunder claps once again, but then it seems to die down. The calm before the bigger storm?The camera stops moving suddenly on two figures masqueraded by the darkness.
FIGURE #1: So close?
FIGURE #2: Tomorrow.
The figures move closer to one another. The rain begins to fall once again.
FIGURE #1: He's ordered no casualties?
FIGURE #2: Whatever. You do realise he'll know after this?about us, about our lies?
FIGURE #1: Good. He deserves it, for making you doubt me, for everything.
FIGURE #2 laughs.
FIGURE #2: Oh he'll get what's coming to him, don't you worry. It all starts tomorrow.
FIGURE #1: So uh, what can we do till then?
FIGURE #2: Well?seeing as you chose me?
FIGURE #1 pulls FIGURE #2 closer. They kiss passionately as lightning illuminates the figures showing them to be CHRISTIAN and LEIGH. The thunder deafens the skies and dominates Los Angeles as the assistants terrible plan is now only a night away from starting?
FADE TO BLACK
END OF TEASER
OPENING CREDITS
SONG: MUSE - HYSTERIA
The camera shows a full moon in the night sky with the caption "SHADOW STALKER" tattooed
across the view. The words streak across the scene with a slight red tint as the music starts up.
The camera then cuts to CHARLIE walking down the street in her red dress towards XAK. The camera shows several quick cuts of XAK transgressing and eventually him killing CHARLIE.
The camera then shows XAK in a suit leaving the Wolfram and Hart building then to him in an
alleyway, he looks dirty and unshaven and in dirty clothes. (The music below plays throughout)
"It's bugging me, grating me
And twisting me around"
CAPTION: MILO VENTIMIGLIA
The camera shows CHARLIE in her cell, scared and alone and then cuts to her standing in XAK'S apartment, and her eyes glowing a bright green.
"Yeah i'm endlessly caving in
And turning inside out"
CAPTION: ALEXIS BLEDEL
The camera then shows XAK and CATE both running down the streets of L.A desperately. The camera then focuses more on CATE and cuts to her in The Bronze serving drinks, and then to her standing next to MELODY, both their fists raised, in a battle-like pose. (The music below plays throughout)
"'Cause I want it now
I want it now
Give me your heart and your soul"
CAPTION: AMANDA SEYFRIED
The camera shows TOOLE punching someone to the floor and then to him looking through a barely opened door, his eyes widen. (The music below plays throughout)
"And i'm breaking out
I'm breaking out
Last chance to lose control"
CAPTION: ALAN TUDYK
The camera then shows DANTE sitting behind his desk smirking but quickly cuts to him holding something in both arms and looking out the window while the sun succumbs to darkness. (The music below plays throughout)
"Its hurting me, morphing me
And forcing me to strive"
CAPTION: CHRIS EVANS
The camera shows MELODY running through the prison in L'Azura and then to her sitting on a rock, sand surrounding her. (The music below plays throughout)
"To be endlessly cold within
And dreaming i'm alive"
CAPTION: ROSE MCGOWAN
The camera then shows LANCE sitting on the floor of the apartment laughing with someone and then to him clutching on to CHARLIE'S hand and shouting. (The music below plays throughout)
"And i want you now
I want you now
I feel my heart implode"
CAPTION: CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY
As the song comes to an end the camera shows various quick caps of CATE by a grave; SEPHY walking into the Underworld smiling; MELODY and LANCE falling through the L'Azura portal; DANTE staring into the darkness with black eyes, then finally to XAK walking through the graveyard at night. The camera moves up and shows a high angle shot of him walking away and the shape of the dragon streaking across the sky causing the screen to fade to black. (The music below plays throughout)
"I'm breaking out
Escaping now
Feeling my faith erode"
END OF OPENING CREDITS
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