CHOSEN
Episode 1.16 "The Message"
Written by: Me
Produced by: Me
*Disclaimer: This is the fine print. The universe that "Chosen" takes place in was created by Joss Whedon and structured by his TV children "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel." Those two shows and this universe/Buffyverse is property of Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Sandollar Television, Kuzui Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Television, and the WB and UPN television networks. All characters that are not directly from the Buffyverse are all property of me. Ask before using.
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PREVIOUSLY ON?
FADE IN
We fade in on a black screen.
ANDY (VO): This Season on "Chosen?"
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STOCK IMAGE ? NEW YORK CITY ? NIGHT
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EXT. NEW YORK CITY - ALLEY ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.01. ANDY stakes a vampire, saving NATALIE.
NATALIE: So who are you again?
ANDY steps up to her and holds out her hand which NATALIE openly accepts.
ANDY: I'm Andrea Sullivan.
NATALIE: Can I call you ?Andy?'
ANDY: That'd be great, actually.
NATALIE: I'm Natalie Price. Just don't call me ?Nat' yet considering I just met you.
NATALIE grabs ANDY by the hand and the two exit the alley.
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INT. APARTMENT ? ANDY'S ROOM ? MORNING
Scene from 1.01. BRETT holds out his hand to ANDY.
BRETT: The name's Brett.
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INT. THE SHED ? MAIN ROOM ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.01. BRETT stands in the doorway, crossbow raised and aimed at GREG.
BRETT (VO): Brett Stewart if you want to be all formal and whatnot.
He fires the crossbow at GREG and it passes right through him.
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INT. CELESTIAL CENTER ? CONFERENCE ROOM ? MORNING
Scene from 1.01. ELIZABETH and GREG are standing at the end of a long table, staring at a telephone that appears to be on speaker-phone.
BRETT (VO): I work for Celestial Center. Or should I say "worked" for them.
VOICE: Congratulations, Mr. Carlisle. You are hereby appointed to second Vice President of Celestial Center and replacing Mr. Stewart.
ELIZABETH leans in and kisses GREG.
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INT. CELESTIAL CENTER ? HALLWAY ? MORNING
Scene from 1.06. Five men wheel a large crate down the hallway as ELIZABETH and DIANNA watch.
BRETT (VO): They're a black ops agency set below the CIA by hundreds of miles, literally.
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EXT. CAVERNS ? OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CAVERNS ? EVENING
Scene from 1.09. ELIZABETH stands tall on a rock. Behind her is a large group of soldiers wearing only black and carrying large weapons.
BRETT (VO): They create Operations for their workers to follow through with and it's headed by some guy on the other side of the world.
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INT. CELESTIAL CENTER ? CONFERENCE ROOM ? AFTERNOON
Scene from 1.05. DIANNA PRESTON sits alone at the end of the long conference table. She pours herself a glass of champagne and sips from it.
VOICE (VO): I have hired a second president, myself being the first, of Celestial Center to care for it in my absence.
ELIZABETH (VO): When will this guy be here?
VOICE (VO): Very shortly?
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EXT. CENTRAL PARK ? PATHWAY ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.01. ANDY and NATALIE are confronted by a vampire while patrolling the park.
VAMPIRE: My Queen has sent me to give you fair warning. She's been watching you rather closely. Though she also wanted me to give you the offer of joining her in the battle that will soon ensue.
ANDY looks at the business card the vampire hands her and we see the logo of a heart with a stake through it.
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INT. APARTMENT ? ANDY'S BEDROOM ? MORNING
Scene from 1.01. BRETT hands ANDY a Celestial Center business card. We see the same logo with a heart and a stake running diagonally through it.
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INT. UNKNOWN LOCATION ? DARK ROOM ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.13. LYNN is tied to a chair as a heart with a stake through it is tattooed into her skin just between her shoulder blades.
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EXT. PLANETARIUM ? ALLEY ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.14. We see KAYLA's birthmark that looks like a heart with a long stake through it on her shoulder. She pulls up her shirt sleeve to cover it.
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INT. WATCHER'S COUNCIL ? CONFERENCE ROOM ? AFTERNOON
Scene from 1.02. ANDY faces QUENTIN TRAVERS. Behind her is NATALIE and BRETT.
QUENTIN: For none of you will this be an easy choice or a task that will be so simple. What you are proposing is dangerous, yet extremely responsible. Are you completely sure that this is what you want to do with your power?
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INT. SLAYER CENTRAL ? MAIN ROOM ? DAY
The scene is from no specific episode. We see shots of the young Slayers training with each other. Some practice fighting while others stretch.
ANDY (VO): This is what I have to do. You know as well as I do that the Queen is gonna hit us hard and without these Slayers all trained and prepared, we'll fall apart and likely die. Everyone will. I can't let that happen.
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INT. SLAYER CENTRAL ? MAIN ROOM ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.03. BRETT, NATALIE, and ANDY turn to see SPIKE and ILLYRIA standing in the doorway with a horde of young girls behind them.
SPIKE: I think these belong to you.
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INT. SLAYER CENTRAL ? MAIN ROOM ? AFTERNOON
Scene from 1.05. FRED/ILLYRIA is standing in the corner of the room, slowly transforming into her normal appearance. ANDY walks up and flicks her in the back of hair, where a streak of brown hair is meshing with the normally blue hair.
ANDY: You missed a spot.
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EXT. THE END ? LIGHTHOUSE ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.05. A group of witches move in on ANDY and ILLYRIA. ANDY is thrown through the air and smashes into a wooden building. ILLYRIA, however, cannot move. A glowing circle appears around ILLYRIA and she writhes in pain. CARLA BROOKS and SUSAN SIDELL are the leaders of the witches.
CARLA: Osiris, Keeper of the Dead, I ask that you commune with us on this darkest night to bring retribution to the one who seeks it most. She has murdered many and does not deserve to walk this Earth anymore. Take back what has been given and return this world to the way it should.
There's a flash of light. When the light fades away, we see two figures now in the circle ? ILLYRIA and WINIFRED BURKLE.
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EXT. NEW YORK CITY ? STREET ? DAY
Scene from 1.05. FRED drives NATALIE's car down the street as the camera pans up into the air. As FRED passes through an intersection, another vehicle slams into the side of her and kills her instantly.
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EXT. THE END ? LIGHTHOUSE ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.05. ILLYRIA faces CARLA and SUSAN.
ILLYRIA: Thank you for freeing me from my suppression.
She raises both hands and incinerates the witches with blue energy emitting from her palms.
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EXT. NEW YORK CITY ? ALLEY ? DAY
FAITH and ANDY are fighting while ROBIN and NATALIE watch from the sidelines.
FAITH (VO): I'm Faith.
ANDY (VO): So you're the murderer on the loose, huh?
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INT. HILLSIDE MANSION ? BEDROOM ? DAY
ROBIN stands before a brunette woman who turns around to reveal she is BUFFY. The shot widens and we see WILLOW standing just a few feet from ROBIN.
ROBIN (VO): Thought you should probably know about Faith. She's in New York training Slayers.
BUFFY (VO): Why am I not surprised?
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INT. NEWARK AIRPORT ? BAGGAGE CLAIM - DAY
Scene from 1.07. We find BUFFY and WILLOW leaving baggage claim, heading out of the airport and into New York City.
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INT. PARKING GARRAGE ? LEVEL 12 ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.07. ELIZABETH fights ANDY, FAITH, and BUFFY.
MARIONO (VO): A skin walker, shape shifter, whatever you want to call her.
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EXT. GRAVEYARD ? FIELD ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.07. FAITH and ANDY fight an assassin that disappears from the sight. As the two walk off, the camera pans down and we see a black cat purring and rolling around in the grass right where the assassin stood.
MARIONO (VO): She can turn into anybody she wants and make anyone or anything else look like whatever she wants.
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INT. COLSTON CORP ? CEO'S OFFICE ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.14. We see the BUTLER standing in the doorway as the camera pans to the around AURORA's head. As it the doors come into sight again, ELIZABETH now stands in the BUTLER'S place.
MARIONO (VO): Blood to blood is the only way to counteract her Changeling blood. It'll mutate her into her true form and you can kill her from that point on.
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INT. GALE INDUSTRIES ? LYNN'S OFFICE ? MORNING
Scene from 1.09. LYNN's office is cast into darkness and she look around nervously. From the shadows, FAITH cuts LYNN with a knife and pulls back into the shadows.
ANDY (VO): How do we get the blood that we need?
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EXT. GALE INDUSTRIES ? STREET ? MORNING
Scene from 1.09. FAITH holds up a bloody knife for BUFFY and ANDY to see.
MARIONO (VO): The family.
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INT. CAVERNS ? WEAPONRY ROOM ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.09. ELIZABETH and ANDY fight each other brutally, swinging their weapons, kicking, and punching. Swiftly, ANDY throws the same bloody dagger that FAITH was holding and it plunges into ELIZABETH's chest. ELIZABETH falls to her knees, her appearance constantly changing.
ANDY: Blood to blood.
ELIZABETH looks up at her as her appearance returns to its normal self. She then falls to the ground, dead.
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INT. SLAYER CENTRAL ? NATALIE'S ROOM ? DAY
Scene from 1.09. NATALIE reaches into a drawer and pulls out a silver tiara. She smiles at it.
WILLOW (VO): Project Psyche dealt with hypnosis. The media thought that the government was trying to find a way to reverse mental illnesses such as paranoia, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etcetera, etcetera. But that was just on the surface.
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EXT. NEW YORK CITY ? ALLEY ? DAY
Scene from 1.12. NATALIE corners WILLOW in an alley.
WILLOW (VO): Celestial Center was apparently planning on using Project Psyche for their own private uses rather than for global benefits.
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INT. THE SHED ? BAR ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.12. GREG pulls out a magnificent dagger with a red jewel in the center of the hilt. NATALIE is seated on the bar, watching him.
WILLOW (VO): Here's the main part of our lead: guess who headed this project? Dianna Preston.
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INT. THE SHED ? BAR ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.12. ANDY and NATALIE fight while BRETT and GREG attack each other in the background.
ANDY (VO): So wait, our new theory is that Dianna is hypnotizing Natalie into believing she's the Queen?
ANDY slides across the floor and grabs the dagger from off a table.
ANDY (VO): We find Natalie and reverse the hypnosis. How do we do that?
She smashes the red jewel and NATALIE collapses into her arms. BRETT fires his crossbow at GREG, who disappears in a cloud of smoke before the arrow ever touches him.
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INT. PECTUS MALUM ? MARKETPLACE ? DAY
Scene from 1.10. FAITH enters Pectus Malum and walks down the pathway and through the busy shops.
BRETT (VO): Pectus Malum?. Heart of Evil. It's a black market, apparently.
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INT. PECTUS MALUM ? MARKETPLACE ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.12. FAITH stands over PAIGE, ELLA, and the young Slayer, SUMMER. FAITH has her crossbow aimed at the three women. Bolts of red energy hit and kill SUMMER and ELLA as PAIGE walks off.
SUMMER (VO): The Queen runs this place. She bought it out from a group of demons back during the Los Angeles apocalypse.
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INT. PECTUS MALUM ? CHAMBERS ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.15. Slayers train all around the chambers as KAYLA approaches JARED, who is leaning against the balcony.
SUMMER (VO): Every move she makes is made through here, though no one's seen her in person. Not except for Jared Satyr.
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EXT. NEW YORK CITY ? ALLEY ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.11. ANDY stakes a vampire with BUFFY close behind her as a cop car pulls into the alley. Two officers exit the vehicle.
OFFICER 1: Put your hands up and nobody gets hurt.
BUFFY and ANDY begin to panic.
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INT. NYPD STATION ? JAIL CELL ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.11. BUFFY and ANDY are sitting in the jail as GRANT MORISSON approaches them.
GRANT: We have surveillance footage of the two of you, along with two unknown people, attacking Elizabeth Holloway only a week before she was murdered. We can also link her to the death of a man in Rome a few months ago.
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INT. NYPD STATION ? OFFICES ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.11. ANDY and BUFFY come out of the backroom where the cells are located and see LYNN talking to an officer.
GUARD (VO): Miss Lynn Holloway brought evidence to us that we didn't have previously. You two are off the case.
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INT. NYPD STATION ? INTERROGATION ROOM ? DAY
Scene from 1.10. KAYLA sits at a silver, metal table underneath a single light. Across from her is INSPECTOR TRAVIS DELANEY ? blonde hair, mid-20's, muscular build, and dressed to kill. He has an open file before him.
GRANT (VO): What has happened with the Kaas case?
TRAVIS (VO): Nothing has happened. She refuses to talk.
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INT. NYPD STATION ? JAIL CELLS ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.14. The guards protecting the cells fall to the ground unconscious as a group of girls walk into the scene. They stop in front of KAYLA's cell. We see KRIS as the leader of the pack. She tosses a bag of clothes through the bars and at KAYLA's feet.
KAYLA: It's about time.
KRIS: We hit traffic.
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INT. SEWER TUNNELS ? MAIN TUNNEL ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.13. ANDY unties DAWN and KENNEDY and looks up as she finds their captor. It is JOHN SULLIVAN, ANDY's thought-to-be-dead brother. She then chases him down the tunnel and raises her flare gun after she runs out of bullets. ANDY fires it and the enter tunnel ignites with light, smoke, and fire. To ensure JOHN is dead, ANDY grabs a metal pole and stabs him with it. The camera pans down and we see half of JOHN's face has melted away to reveal INSPECTOR TRAVIS DELANEY's underneath.
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INT. SLAYER CENTRAL ? OFFICE ? MORNING
ANDY is staring at the wall behind her desk, which is now full of papers with an intricate symbol printed on it along with a good sum of text beneath it.
ANDY (VO): It's not like we didn't just find out about a whole apocalyptic trio of prophecies.
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EXT. NEWHART ORPHANAGE ? PORCH ? NIGHT
ANDY and AURORA, previously fighting, stop and stare at the field as it catches fire after ELIZABETH kicks a lighter out of NATALIE's hand. AURORA disappears in a blur as ANDY stares at ELIZABETH in disbelief. The fire explodes, sending ELIZAZBETH, NATALIE, and ANDY flying backwards.
BRETT (VO): There's the Pillar?
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INT. SLAYER CENTRAL ? OFFICE ? MORNING
ANDY holds up a picture from a satellite in space that took a photograph of a large fiery symbol burning on the edge of New York City.
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EXT. CELESTIAL CENTER ? BALCONY ? NIGHT
DIANNA stands on the balcony, ELIZABETH and GREG standing right behind her. All three of them are staring up at the sky in awe as a meteor shower occurs.
BRETT (VO): Then the Shower?
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INT. PECTUS MALUM ? CHAMBERS ? NIGHT
KAYLA, KRIS, and JARED are among those standing around the symbol, which is painted in black on the concrete floor. It begins to glow.
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INT. WATCHER'S COUNCIL ? CAINSBRIDGE'S OFFICE ? NIGHT
SEAN is working on the computer and ISOBEL is seemingly waiting for him. An explosion rocks the entire building. SEAN pops a disc out of the computer, sticks it in his pocket, and the two leave the office.
BRETT (VO): And then the Massacre.
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INT. WATCHER'S COUNCIL ? HALLWAY ? NIGHT
SEAN and ISOBEL dash through the crowd as more explosions send the building into chaos. They turn down the elevator hallway and enter a mall passage that SEAN opens.
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INT. WATCHER'S COUNCIL ? LOBBY ? NIGHT
ISOBEL and SEAN come out of a similar vent right behind the front desk where the secretaries' bodies are lying in pools of their own blood. ISOBEL and SEAN quickly and silently crawl out a side door.
The camera pans up over the desk and we see ILLYRIA, arms extended, firing off blasts of blue energy and causing more explosions to occur. A group of girls come out of a hallway.
YOUNG WOMAN #1: The top floor's secured. 37 are dead.
YOUNG WOMAN #2: This makes the current death toll 328.
ILLYRIA smiles.
ILLYRIA: This will do.
ILLYRIA heads out of the building as more and more young women come out of the woodwork to follow her out of the Watcher's Council.
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INT. WATCHER'S COUNCIL ? HALLWAY ? EVENING
Scene from 1.15. ANDY takes BRETT's cell phone and heads down the hallway to get a better reception. She's scrolling through his list of phone numbers, stops on ?Elizabeth' and curiously looks to see how often he's called her. She's shocked to see multiple dates, all late at night and all recently ? including that day. She covers her mouth in shock.
BARTENDER (VO): Boy troubles?
ANDY (VO): The biggest.
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INT. ELIZABETH'S CONDO ? LIVING ROOM ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.15. ELIZABETH answers the door when there's a knock and finds BRETT on the other side, holding flowers in one hand.
BARTENDER (VO): He cheatin' on you?
ANDY (VO): I don't know.
They lean in to kiss but before their lips touch we?
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END OF PREVIOUSLY ON
Episode 1.16 "The Message"
Written by: Me
Produced by: Me
*Disclaimer: This is the fine print. The universe that "Chosen" takes place in was created by Joss Whedon and structured by his TV children "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel." Those two shows and this universe/Buffyverse is property of Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Sandollar Television, Kuzui Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Television, and the WB and UPN television networks. All characters that are not directly from the Buffyverse are all property of me. Ask before using.
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PREVIOUSLY ON?
FADE IN
We fade in on a black screen.
ANDY (VO): This Season on "Chosen?"
FADE TO:
STOCK IMAGE ? NEW YORK CITY ? NIGHT
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EXT. NEW YORK CITY - ALLEY ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.01. ANDY stakes a vampire, saving NATALIE.
NATALIE: So who are you again?
ANDY steps up to her and holds out her hand which NATALIE openly accepts.
ANDY: I'm Andrea Sullivan.
NATALIE: Can I call you ?Andy?'
ANDY: That'd be great, actually.
NATALIE: I'm Natalie Price. Just don't call me ?Nat' yet considering I just met you.
NATALIE grabs ANDY by the hand and the two exit the alley.
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INT. APARTMENT ? ANDY'S ROOM ? MORNING
Scene from 1.01. BRETT holds out his hand to ANDY.
BRETT: The name's Brett.
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INT. THE SHED ? MAIN ROOM ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.01. BRETT stands in the doorway, crossbow raised and aimed at GREG.
BRETT (VO): Brett Stewart if you want to be all formal and whatnot.
He fires the crossbow at GREG and it passes right through him.
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INT. CELESTIAL CENTER ? CONFERENCE ROOM ? MORNING
Scene from 1.01. ELIZABETH and GREG are standing at the end of a long table, staring at a telephone that appears to be on speaker-phone.
BRETT (VO): I work for Celestial Center. Or should I say "worked" for them.
VOICE: Congratulations, Mr. Carlisle. You are hereby appointed to second Vice President of Celestial Center and replacing Mr. Stewart.
ELIZABETH leans in and kisses GREG.
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INT. CELESTIAL CENTER ? HALLWAY ? MORNING
Scene from 1.06. Five men wheel a large crate down the hallway as ELIZABETH and DIANNA watch.
BRETT (VO): They're a black ops agency set below the CIA by hundreds of miles, literally.
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EXT. CAVERNS ? OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CAVERNS ? EVENING
Scene from 1.09. ELIZABETH stands tall on a rock. Behind her is a large group of soldiers wearing only black and carrying large weapons.
BRETT (VO): They create Operations for their workers to follow through with and it's headed by some guy on the other side of the world.
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INT. CELESTIAL CENTER ? CONFERENCE ROOM ? AFTERNOON
Scene from 1.05. DIANNA PRESTON sits alone at the end of the long conference table. She pours herself a glass of champagne and sips from it.
VOICE (VO): I have hired a second president, myself being the first, of Celestial Center to care for it in my absence.
ELIZABETH (VO): When will this guy be here?
VOICE (VO): Very shortly?
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EXT. CENTRAL PARK ? PATHWAY ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.01. ANDY and NATALIE are confronted by a vampire while patrolling the park.
VAMPIRE: My Queen has sent me to give you fair warning. She's been watching you rather closely. Though she also wanted me to give you the offer of joining her in the battle that will soon ensue.
ANDY looks at the business card the vampire hands her and we see the logo of a heart with a stake through it.
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INT. APARTMENT ? ANDY'S BEDROOM ? MORNING
Scene from 1.01. BRETT hands ANDY a Celestial Center business card. We see the same logo with a heart and a stake running diagonally through it.
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INT. UNKNOWN LOCATION ? DARK ROOM ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.13. LYNN is tied to a chair as a heart with a stake through it is tattooed into her skin just between her shoulder blades.
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EXT. PLANETARIUM ? ALLEY ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.14. We see KAYLA's birthmark that looks like a heart with a long stake through it on her shoulder. She pulls up her shirt sleeve to cover it.
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INT. WATCHER'S COUNCIL ? CONFERENCE ROOM ? AFTERNOON
Scene from 1.02. ANDY faces QUENTIN TRAVERS. Behind her is NATALIE and BRETT.
QUENTIN: For none of you will this be an easy choice or a task that will be so simple. What you are proposing is dangerous, yet extremely responsible. Are you completely sure that this is what you want to do with your power?
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INT. SLAYER CENTRAL ? MAIN ROOM ? DAY
The scene is from no specific episode. We see shots of the young Slayers training with each other. Some practice fighting while others stretch.
ANDY (VO): This is what I have to do. You know as well as I do that the Queen is gonna hit us hard and without these Slayers all trained and prepared, we'll fall apart and likely die. Everyone will. I can't let that happen.
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INT. SLAYER CENTRAL ? MAIN ROOM ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.03. BRETT, NATALIE, and ANDY turn to see SPIKE and ILLYRIA standing in the doorway with a horde of young girls behind them.
SPIKE: I think these belong to you.
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INT. SLAYER CENTRAL ? MAIN ROOM ? AFTERNOON
Scene from 1.05. FRED/ILLYRIA is standing in the corner of the room, slowly transforming into her normal appearance. ANDY walks up and flicks her in the back of hair, where a streak of brown hair is meshing with the normally blue hair.
ANDY: You missed a spot.
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EXT. THE END ? LIGHTHOUSE ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.05. A group of witches move in on ANDY and ILLYRIA. ANDY is thrown through the air and smashes into a wooden building. ILLYRIA, however, cannot move. A glowing circle appears around ILLYRIA and she writhes in pain. CARLA BROOKS and SUSAN SIDELL are the leaders of the witches.
CARLA: Osiris, Keeper of the Dead, I ask that you commune with us on this darkest night to bring retribution to the one who seeks it most. She has murdered many and does not deserve to walk this Earth anymore. Take back what has been given and return this world to the way it should.
There's a flash of light. When the light fades away, we see two figures now in the circle ? ILLYRIA and WINIFRED BURKLE.
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EXT. NEW YORK CITY ? STREET ? DAY
Scene from 1.05. FRED drives NATALIE's car down the street as the camera pans up into the air. As FRED passes through an intersection, another vehicle slams into the side of her and kills her instantly.
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EXT. THE END ? LIGHTHOUSE ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.05. ILLYRIA faces CARLA and SUSAN.
ILLYRIA: Thank you for freeing me from my suppression.
She raises both hands and incinerates the witches with blue energy emitting from her palms.
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EXT. NEW YORK CITY ? ALLEY ? DAY
FAITH and ANDY are fighting while ROBIN and NATALIE watch from the sidelines.
FAITH (VO): I'm Faith.
ANDY (VO): So you're the murderer on the loose, huh?
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INT. HILLSIDE MANSION ? BEDROOM ? DAY
ROBIN stands before a brunette woman who turns around to reveal she is BUFFY. The shot widens and we see WILLOW standing just a few feet from ROBIN.
ROBIN (VO): Thought you should probably know about Faith. She's in New York training Slayers.
BUFFY (VO): Why am I not surprised?
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INT. NEWARK AIRPORT ? BAGGAGE CLAIM - DAY
Scene from 1.07. We find BUFFY and WILLOW leaving baggage claim, heading out of the airport and into New York City.
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INT. PARKING GARRAGE ? LEVEL 12 ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.07. ELIZABETH fights ANDY, FAITH, and BUFFY.
MARIONO (VO): A skin walker, shape shifter, whatever you want to call her.
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EXT. GRAVEYARD ? FIELD ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.07. FAITH and ANDY fight an assassin that disappears from the sight. As the two walk off, the camera pans down and we see a black cat purring and rolling around in the grass right where the assassin stood.
MARIONO (VO): She can turn into anybody she wants and make anyone or anything else look like whatever she wants.
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INT. COLSTON CORP ? CEO'S OFFICE ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.14. We see the BUTLER standing in the doorway as the camera pans to the around AURORA's head. As it the doors come into sight again, ELIZABETH now stands in the BUTLER'S place.
MARIONO (VO): Blood to blood is the only way to counteract her Changeling blood. It'll mutate her into her true form and you can kill her from that point on.
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INT. GALE INDUSTRIES ? LYNN'S OFFICE ? MORNING
Scene from 1.09. LYNN's office is cast into darkness and she look around nervously. From the shadows, FAITH cuts LYNN with a knife and pulls back into the shadows.
ANDY (VO): How do we get the blood that we need?
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EXT. GALE INDUSTRIES ? STREET ? MORNING
Scene from 1.09. FAITH holds up a bloody knife for BUFFY and ANDY to see.
MARIONO (VO): The family.
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INT. CAVERNS ? WEAPONRY ROOM ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.09. ELIZABETH and ANDY fight each other brutally, swinging their weapons, kicking, and punching. Swiftly, ANDY throws the same bloody dagger that FAITH was holding and it plunges into ELIZABETH's chest. ELIZABETH falls to her knees, her appearance constantly changing.
ANDY: Blood to blood.
ELIZABETH looks up at her as her appearance returns to its normal self. She then falls to the ground, dead.
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INT. SLAYER CENTRAL ? NATALIE'S ROOM ? DAY
Scene from 1.09. NATALIE reaches into a drawer and pulls out a silver tiara. She smiles at it.
WILLOW (VO): Project Psyche dealt with hypnosis. The media thought that the government was trying to find a way to reverse mental illnesses such as paranoia, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etcetera, etcetera. But that was just on the surface.
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EXT. NEW YORK CITY ? ALLEY ? DAY
Scene from 1.12. NATALIE corners WILLOW in an alley.
WILLOW (VO): Celestial Center was apparently planning on using Project Psyche for their own private uses rather than for global benefits.
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INT. THE SHED ? BAR ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.12. GREG pulls out a magnificent dagger with a red jewel in the center of the hilt. NATALIE is seated on the bar, watching him.
WILLOW (VO): Here's the main part of our lead: guess who headed this project? Dianna Preston.
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INT. THE SHED ? BAR ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.12. ANDY and NATALIE fight while BRETT and GREG attack each other in the background.
ANDY (VO): So wait, our new theory is that Dianna is hypnotizing Natalie into believing she's the Queen?
ANDY slides across the floor and grabs the dagger from off a table.
ANDY (VO): We find Natalie and reverse the hypnosis. How do we do that?
She smashes the red jewel and NATALIE collapses into her arms. BRETT fires his crossbow at GREG, who disappears in a cloud of smoke before the arrow ever touches him.
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INT. PECTUS MALUM ? MARKETPLACE ? DAY
Scene from 1.10. FAITH enters Pectus Malum and walks down the pathway and through the busy shops.
BRETT (VO): Pectus Malum?. Heart of Evil. It's a black market, apparently.
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INT. PECTUS MALUM ? MARKETPLACE ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.12. FAITH stands over PAIGE, ELLA, and the young Slayer, SUMMER. FAITH has her crossbow aimed at the three women. Bolts of red energy hit and kill SUMMER and ELLA as PAIGE walks off.
SUMMER (VO): The Queen runs this place. She bought it out from a group of demons back during the Los Angeles apocalypse.
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INT. PECTUS MALUM ? CHAMBERS ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.15. Slayers train all around the chambers as KAYLA approaches JARED, who is leaning against the balcony.
SUMMER (VO): Every move she makes is made through here, though no one's seen her in person. Not except for Jared Satyr.
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EXT. NEW YORK CITY ? ALLEY ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.11. ANDY stakes a vampire with BUFFY close behind her as a cop car pulls into the alley. Two officers exit the vehicle.
OFFICER 1: Put your hands up and nobody gets hurt.
BUFFY and ANDY begin to panic.
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INT. NYPD STATION ? JAIL CELL ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.11. BUFFY and ANDY are sitting in the jail as GRANT MORISSON approaches them.
GRANT: We have surveillance footage of the two of you, along with two unknown people, attacking Elizabeth Holloway only a week before she was murdered. We can also link her to the death of a man in Rome a few months ago.
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INT. NYPD STATION ? OFFICES ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.11. ANDY and BUFFY come out of the backroom where the cells are located and see LYNN talking to an officer.
GUARD (VO): Miss Lynn Holloway brought evidence to us that we didn't have previously. You two are off the case.
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INT. NYPD STATION ? INTERROGATION ROOM ? DAY
Scene from 1.10. KAYLA sits at a silver, metal table underneath a single light. Across from her is INSPECTOR TRAVIS DELANEY ? blonde hair, mid-20's, muscular build, and dressed to kill. He has an open file before him.
GRANT (VO): What has happened with the Kaas case?
TRAVIS (VO): Nothing has happened. She refuses to talk.
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INT. NYPD STATION ? JAIL CELLS ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.14. The guards protecting the cells fall to the ground unconscious as a group of girls walk into the scene. They stop in front of KAYLA's cell. We see KRIS as the leader of the pack. She tosses a bag of clothes through the bars and at KAYLA's feet.
KAYLA: It's about time.
KRIS: We hit traffic.
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INT. SEWER TUNNELS ? MAIN TUNNEL ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.13. ANDY unties DAWN and KENNEDY and looks up as she finds their captor. It is JOHN SULLIVAN, ANDY's thought-to-be-dead brother. She then chases him down the tunnel and raises her flare gun after she runs out of bullets. ANDY fires it and the enter tunnel ignites with light, smoke, and fire. To ensure JOHN is dead, ANDY grabs a metal pole and stabs him with it. The camera pans down and we see half of JOHN's face has melted away to reveal INSPECTOR TRAVIS DELANEY's underneath.
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INT. SLAYER CENTRAL ? OFFICE ? MORNING
ANDY is staring at the wall behind her desk, which is now full of papers with an intricate symbol printed on it along with a good sum of text beneath it.
ANDY (VO): It's not like we didn't just find out about a whole apocalyptic trio of prophecies.
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EXT. NEWHART ORPHANAGE ? PORCH ? NIGHT
ANDY and AURORA, previously fighting, stop and stare at the field as it catches fire after ELIZABETH kicks a lighter out of NATALIE's hand. AURORA disappears in a blur as ANDY stares at ELIZABETH in disbelief. The fire explodes, sending ELIZAZBETH, NATALIE, and ANDY flying backwards.
BRETT (VO): There's the Pillar?
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INT. SLAYER CENTRAL ? OFFICE ? MORNING
ANDY holds up a picture from a satellite in space that took a photograph of a large fiery symbol burning on the edge of New York City.
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EXT. CELESTIAL CENTER ? BALCONY ? NIGHT
DIANNA stands on the balcony, ELIZABETH and GREG standing right behind her. All three of them are staring up at the sky in awe as a meteor shower occurs.
BRETT (VO): Then the Shower?
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INT. PECTUS MALUM ? CHAMBERS ? NIGHT
KAYLA, KRIS, and JARED are among those standing around the symbol, which is painted in black on the concrete floor. It begins to glow.
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INT. WATCHER'S COUNCIL ? CAINSBRIDGE'S OFFICE ? NIGHT
SEAN is working on the computer and ISOBEL is seemingly waiting for him. An explosion rocks the entire building. SEAN pops a disc out of the computer, sticks it in his pocket, and the two leave the office.
BRETT (VO): And then the Massacre.
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INT. WATCHER'S COUNCIL ? HALLWAY ? NIGHT
SEAN and ISOBEL dash through the crowd as more explosions send the building into chaos. They turn down the elevator hallway and enter a mall passage that SEAN opens.
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INT. WATCHER'S COUNCIL ? LOBBY ? NIGHT
ISOBEL and SEAN come out of a similar vent right behind the front desk where the secretaries' bodies are lying in pools of their own blood. ISOBEL and SEAN quickly and silently crawl out a side door.
The camera pans up over the desk and we see ILLYRIA, arms extended, firing off blasts of blue energy and causing more explosions to occur. A group of girls come out of a hallway.
YOUNG WOMAN #1: The top floor's secured. 37 are dead.
YOUNG WOMAN #2: This makes the current death toll 328.
ILLYRIA smiles.
ILLYRIA: This will do.
ILLYRIA heads out of the building as more and more young women come out of the woodwork to follow her out of the Watcher's Council.
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INT. WATCHER'S COUNCIL ? HALLWAY ? EVENING
Scene from 1.15. ANDY takes BRETT's cell phone and heads down the hallway to get a better reception. She's scrolling through his list of phone numbers, stops on ?Elizabeth' and curiously looks to see how often he's called her. She's shocked to see multiple dates, all late at night and all recently ? including that day. She covers her mouth in shock.
BARTENDER (VO): Boy troubles?
ANDY (VO): The biggest.
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INT. ELIZABETH'S CONDO ? LIVING ROOM ? NIGHT
Scene from 1.15. ELIZABETH answers the door when there's a knock and finds BRETT on the other side, holding flowers in one hand.
BARTENDER (VO): He cheatin' on you?
ANDY (VO): I don't know.
They lean in to kiss but before their lips touch we?
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