| ACT TWO FADE IN EXT. PARK - NIGHT Faith and Buffy fight two BRAWNY VAMPS. Faith finishes hers off easily but Buffy struggles. The Brawny Vamp gets in a couple of shots and knocks Buffy to the ground. He prepares to smother her but Faith intercepts and beats the crap out of him. Faith hammers the Brawny Vamp until she jams her stake into his head causing him to SHRIEK. Faith then stakes his chest turning him to dust. Faith gets to her feet and attempts to help Buffy but Buffy rebuffs her. Buffy stands and walks away. FAITH Gee, thanks Faith. Don't mention it B. You know I got your back whenever you need me. I know Faith and I totally appreciate your help. You're so 5 by 5. Hell, better--10 by 10. Faith GIGGLES before catching up with Buffy. CUT TO: EXT. UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD - MINUTES LATER Buffy and Faith stroll in silence. Faith steals glances at Buffy who notices. BUFFY Could you NOT...? FAITH You want me to tie your shoelaces? B, that's way adorable. BUFFY You are the embodiment of agitation. In fact, it's easy to believe you invented that state. FAITH Doubt it. But I do see myself as the pioneer of the STAKE-ON. Ladies love it--as long as the wood's polished and waxed. Trial and error's a bitch--especially when you're bangin' one. BUFFY (shouting) Stop it! I ever express interest in hearing that shit? FAITH Not like we got a lot to talk about. BUFFY So then let's not talk at all. After they turn a corner, Faith grabs Buffy and halts. FAITH (desperately) Tell me what I did wrong 'cause my mind's drawin' a blank. BUFFY Wrong time for this conversation. FAITH Bullshit! Just tell me so I can fix it. What did I do? I honestly don't know. Faith looks pleadingly at Buffy. Buffy mulls it over. BUFFY I don't know. FAITH I can live with you hatin' me when you got a reason. Then I deserve it. But now... Buffy averts her gaze. She's about to say something when a BANGING is heard down the street. CUT TO: EXT. DARK ALLEY - MOMENTS LATER A SCRAGGLY BUM hops over the wooden fence, CACKLING as Buffy and Faith show up. The bodies are still there. Faith moves to chase the Scraggly Bum but Buffy holds her back. BUFFY I doubt he did this. Probably the same guy from your motel. FAITH What? BUFFY Not important. Faith and Buffy go and check the bodies--Faith at the Man, Buffy at the Woman--for a pulse, and then for bite marks. They look at each other. FAITH Been here a while. Buffy finds both sides bit. BUFFY Either he or she was starving, or we've got a couple. Probably one female. FAITH More fun for us. CUT TO: INT. SUMMERS HOUSE - DAY Buffy, Faith, Giles, WILLOW, and KENNEDY are assembled in the living room. Willow works on the computer as Kennedy massages her. FAITH We found the first two uptown. Covered ground to the east and west and then went south and found corpses galore. BUFFY Eleven. GILES Unconscionable. WILLOW I call and raise you mortifying. (sadly) SPD has 20 dead bodies from last night. KENNEDY (soothingly) It's okay baby. You're so damn good at what you do. Don't worry. Buffy can't keep her eyes off the display. GILES You say there was evidence of dual engagement? FAITH Huh? GILES Two vampires. FAITH Oh, yeah...B's theory. GILES (to Buffy) What fueled your suspicions? Buffy doesn't answer. She's still watching Willow and Kennedy. GILES Buffy. Buffy comes out of her trance. Faith furrows her brow. BUFFY Yeah...where were we? GILES You believe two vampires were responsible? BUFFY Oh, um, a few of the victims were drained on both sides. Vamps don't drink dead blood so that's usually an indicator of a couple. And I do mean COUPLE. WILLOW Male and female. KENNEDY Two guys wouldn't share 'cause men are greedy pigs. (to Giles) No offense. Giles says nothing. KENNEDY Aren't you gonna say "none taken"? GILES That would be a lie. Kennedy hides her face. Willow rubs her knee. FAITH I missin' somethin'? You get this a lot? BUFFY Not really. It's not a definite demon lovers are responsible...but that's an intimate act in a very disgusting and depraved sort of way. Kind of the Spike and Dru syndrome. WILLOW Just what we need--another pair of demented sociopaths. FAITH Who's Dru? CUT TO: INT. DRUSILLA'S LITTLE HOUSE - DAY Drusilla lightly fingers her assortment of dolls on the bed. DRUSILLA Oh, Miss Edith...all the Misses and Madams, I'm so happy today. It's all coming together now that I have my Spike back. The real Spike. Our courtship will be sealed with a kiss and it will all fall into place oh so soon. Drusilla flashes her long, sharp fingernails and walks over to a wall where a male PRISONER is chained. DRUSILLA The world has once again started playing fair with my love and I. (to Miss Edith) But, shh, don't tell Spike...he may not see it the way we do. He will come around for he cannot resist. (to Prisoner) Fear not...the pain won't last long--death is your friend. Drusilla raises her right hand and hovers a nail near the Prisoner's left eye. Drusilla cuts into the Prisoner's flesh. CUT TO: INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH, HALLWAY - DAY DAWN heads to her locker. She notices Elle at her own locker but doesn't say anything. Elle closes hers and passes by Dawn without a word, but stops and turns to Dawn. ELLE Hi. DAWN (absentmindedly) Hey. ELLE You wanna get some sugar-inflated coffee? On you? DAWN No thanks. ELLE Okay okay--on ME. I can be generous. DAWN Kinda busy. ELLE Activities involving...? DAWN Can't you buy the clue I'm so obviously selling? I don't want to talk. Elle shuts Dawn's locker. Dawn's pissed. DAWN Yeah, NOW I'm in the mood for happy-happy times together. ELLE I've apologized. If you want one, two, or 75,000 more, then say so. But, be warned, a minute ago I would've given them to you. Not anymore--I wasn't the only secretive freak here. DAWN I had no reason to think you could handle my life. ELLE Frankly, I have no reason to think YOU can handle YOUR life. DAWN Go choke on a pixie stick. ELLE I thought I was responsible for fucking this up. Turns out you're just one seriously fucked up girl Dawn--beyond the simple shiny ball of energy bullshit you SO OBVIOUSLY obssess about. That stings Dawn. ELLE I'll be at the Bronze tonight-- making friends. Enjoy tonight's woe-is-me-for-zero-normalcy bitch- session in your room...alone. Elle walks off. Dawn hurtfully scans the hall--lost. She kicks her locker. CUT TO: EXT. GRAVEYARD - DAY Dino and ANYA approach a crypt. ANYA The humans are routinely overreactionary. DINO Could you be more detached? ANYA I'm a vengeance demon. DINO A fact that discomforts me to no end. Don't forget--I know the score. You were human. ANYA My memory capacity is beyond superb--especially with secrets. Dino and Anya stop at the crypt. They engage in a steely staring match before Dino pushes the door open. CUT TO: INT. CRYPT - CONTINUOUS Dino and Anya enter. Spike, fully clothed, shuts his cell phone and covers it up. DINO Wow, awful digs man. ANYA They assail me for MY straightforwardness. DINO I find that endearing on a woman. Spike CLEARS his throat. SPIKE Hate to interrupt...actually, nothing pleases me more than to interrupt the Spike-bashing since I'M Spike. My self-esteem's been boosting lately for some reason. Don't ruin it now. DINO Apologies. Didn't know you were so sensitive. SPIKE Only physically. Anya can testify to that. Anya looks away in embarrassment. Dino gets it and doesn't like it. DINO (to Anya) I'm glad I lack your memory capacity. SPIKE What's this house-call about? I got nude exercises to do. DINO That should coincide with my puking. ANYA A couple of vamps littered the town with dead people. SPIKE And? ANYA That's all you have to say? SPIKE Should I weep in distress at the dead humans I never met? (fake crying) Oh no no no, they can't be dead. This is so horrible, oh my God, why...WHY? DINO Dude--I can be awfully callous towards death too, but THAT'S past decency. SPIKE Decency? Not in my vocabulary. I'm a bleedin' vampire for Satan's sake. People seem to forget that. I don't act like it enough. ANYA (suspiciously) What's that supposed to mean? Spike silently stares for a moment. SPIKE It means--get out. ANYA Must be nice to skirt fighting the good fight at your convenience. Buffy will be far from amused. SPIKE You can tell Little Miss Muffet to sit on a tuffet and blow me. The Princess won't mind...she never did before. Anya's disgusted and leaves. DINO How's that soul doin'? SPIKE Laughing it's ass off. DINO How's Dru? Spike quirks an eyebrow and smirks. CUT TO: EXT. WEST SIDE - NIGHT Faith and Giles patrol the area. There's a RING. Faith pulls out a phone and talks. FAITH Yeah. (pause) Bupkus. I'd get more action with my hand. Giles throws an uncomfortable look Faith's way. CUT TO: EXT. SOUTH SIDE - NIGHT Dino and Anya scout their surroundings as Anya uses a phone. ANYA I think the operative words are fruitless, and by extension-- POINTLESS. The animals probably have tabs on our strategy anyway. (pause) Because it's a simple stake-out-- with holes in the formation. I may be a ditz, but I'm not stupid. CUT TO: EXT. WEST SIDE - NIGHT Willow and Kennedy make out in a shadowy part of the sidewalk. There's a TUNE and the girls break up their session so Willow can answer the phone. WILLOW (breathing hard) Hello? (pause) WE WERE NOT. CUT TO: EXT. NORTH SIDE - NIGHT Buffy shuts her phone as she walks with Xander. BUFFY They've got nothing--except for maybe a hickey. XANDER Could be that the vamps are satiated. Bloodlust has its limits--to an extent. BUFFY Can't take any chances. I know it's a lesson I should've learned years ago, but I still hate even ONE person dying. XANDER The lesson not even the greatest scholar could teach convincingly. Feel guilt--that's the Buffer Zone I love. Buffy smiles. BUFFY Anya's smart. XANDER A claim I vehemently make on numerous occasions. BUFFY Do you think we're missing something--coverage-wise? XANDER Like...? CUT TO: EXT. THE BRONZE - NIGHT Establish. CUT TO: INT. THE BRONZE - NIGHT Loads of CLUBBERS. The BAND plays. Elle stands at the bar with a drink. She focuses on the entrance. A DUDE comes up to her. DUDE Hey there. ELLE (happily) Hey. Fuck off. The Dude goes away. Elle returns to the entrance. Moments later, Dawn enters. Elle brightens up, then turns away, acting nonchalant. Dawn spots Elle and goes to her. DAWN How about a drink--on you? ELLE Take some of mine. DAWN Don't get my own? ELLE I'm cheap. Dawn takes Elle's drink and sips. DAWN Where are the friends? ELLE I'm weeding out the winners from the losers. Don't wanna look desperate, so the first few get shot down automatically. DAWN Cruel--yet creative. Do I get shot down? ELLE Is that not MY drink your holding? DAWN Nice to be a winner. ELLE Anyone who thinks you're a loser is a moronic bag of shit that answers to me. Dawn smiles like sunshine. ELLE You're a moronic bag of shit. Explain Dawn Summers to me in a super-sized nutshell. Dawn is momentarily offended but loosens up. There's a SMASH and the music stops. Dawn and Elle turn to the stage. Drusilla and two HENCHVAMPS have commandeered the stage. Five more HENCHVAMPS secure the rest of the club. DRUSILLA (to the crowd) Please, be frightened. It heightens the experience for all involved. Your blood will taste more yummy. The crowd's scared shitless. Dawn and Elle are freaked. END ACT TWO |
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