We're caught in the middle of a maelstrom,
and we can't get out without
our champion.
28 INT. LOBBY AT HOTEL / ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS
Fred lights white candles as Lorne reads off the incantation.
LORNE
(reading) Violence restrained, demons disarmed.
For mortals within these walls, no harm.
Protection and safety this charm doth endow
to make this shelter a sanctuary now. (with big hand gestures)
Everyone looks around, waiting for something to happen.
GUNN
That it?
LORNE
Well, if we followed the recipe...should be cake. A demon violence-free zone cake.
FRED
I don't know, Lorne. It doesn't feel like anything's different.
CONNOR
(walks away to sit down on the couch) 'Cause it's not. Like every other lame spell you people try, it didn't work. It never works. I've pretty much concluded that magic sucks. I mean, if I were you guys, I wo—
Lorne sneaks up behind Connor and tries to hit him with a candlestick, but a force field stops him and sends him backward.
LORNE
See? It works sometimes. Oh. It also smarts like the dickens. (leans against the front desk in pain)
WESLEY
(walks in from the basement) Sanctuary spell's working?
LORNE
Yeah, like a charm. Literally.
WESLEY
Good. It'll make this easier.
GUNN
Make what easier?
WESLEY
Where's Cordelia?
FRED
Upstairs asleep. She still feels weak.
GUNN
Make what easier?
WESLEY
(putting on his coat) We're going to bring Angelus in alive.
CONNOR
No, we're not.
GUNN
I thought you said capturing him wasn't an option.
WESLEY
Changed my mind.
CONNOR
Change it back.
WESLEY
We get rid of Angelus, then what? We still have a beast we don't know how to kill. We know it's working for something much worse, but we don't know what it is. We're caught in the middle of a maelstrom, and we can't get out without our champion. We're gonna save Angel, and I know who we need to help us do it.
Cut to:
29 INT. PRISON VISITING ROOM - DAY
Faith walks down a corridor of prison bars into a visiting room where prisoners sit on one side of a table, and visitors on the other.
Prisoner and visitor talk to each other through phone handsets,
separated from one another by a pane of glass.
Faith sits in a chair opposite Wesley.
FAITH
(picks up the phone, talks into it)
They told me my lawyer was here to see me.
You my lawyer now, Wes?
WESLEY
(to phone)
Hello, Faith. How are you?
FAITH
Still Alive. Never thought I'd live long enough
to see you paying me a visit.
WESLEY
A lot's happened.
FAITH
Whatever it is suits you.
I mean, you're looking... (checks him out) good.
WESLEY
You know what's going on in L.A.?
FAITH
Seen the news, sure.
Never-ending Night, Rain of Fire.
Team Angel must really have their hands full.
WESLEY
You don't know the half of it.
FAITH
(leans forward)
But you're here to fill in
the blanks for me. Why?
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 time. I dig.
The Last Thing You Meed'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, 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:
30 EXT. PRISON BUILDING - DAY
Faith and Wesley land on a car roof, smashing it in and busting the windows. They jumped to the ground.
FAITH
You OK?
WESLEY
Five by five.
Fade to black.
ACT III:
31 INT. WESLEY'S JEEP
Faith changes clothes in the back seat as Wesley drives them both back to Los Angeles.
FAITH
A kid. Angel's got a kid.
WESLEY
Connor.
FAITH
A teenage kid born last year.
WESLEY
I told you he grew up in a hell dimension.
FAITH
Right. And, what, Cordelia spent her last summer as—
WESLEY
A divine being.
FAITH
Uh-huh. (climbs into the front passenger seat) Can I just ask—what the hell are you people doing?
WESLEY
Leading complicated lives, obviously.
FAITH
Unleashing Angelus to help you stop this demon who put the lights out. That's just...
WESLEY
The Beast. The demon who put out the lights—called the Beast.
FAITH
(shakes her head)
Gas to the flame's all I'm saying.
WESLEY
I wouldn't worry about the police coming after you. Not yet. With everything that's happening, an escaped convict won't even register on their radar.
FAITH
(looks out the window)
I'm not gonna kill him, Wesley.
Angelus.
(shakes her head)
I don't care what you thought you sprung me for.
Angel's the only one in my life who's never given up on me.
There's no way I'm giving up on—
WESLEY
I know. That's why it had to be you.
Just wondering if you're up to it. (stops the car)
FAITH
If I'm—?
WESLEY
You have no idea what it's like out there. It's a vampire demon free-for-all all the time. Maybe you're a little rusty.
FAITH
(nods) Maybe I am.
WESLEY
Maybe we should find out.
FAITH
What did you have in—
A vampire reaches in through the rolled-down window to grab Faith by the hair and pull her out of the car. Wesley opens his car door into a vampire, knocking it to the ground. The vampire gets up, but Wesley knocks him down again. It gets up, but Wes stops him.
WESLEY
Ah. (points over his shoulder to Faith) She's the one you want.
The vampire looks over to see Faith's fighting off a couple of vampires at once.
VAMPIRE
Slayer. (panics and runs away)
Faith's still fighting off the vampires. Wesley tosses a stake to her. She stakes and dusts the vampires with ease.
WESLEY
Thought you could use a little release. Feel natural?
FAITH
(shrugs) Ah, it's like riding a biker.
Cut to:
32 INT. LOBBY AT HOTEL / ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS
Connor's upstairs practicing sword-fighting on the balcony. Gunn's in the lobby loading his crossbow. Lorne and Fred are also there.
LORNE
Oh, relax, boys. The spell's working. And I still got the slight migraine to prove it.
GUNN
Yeah, maybe so, but if Angelus shows up, I wanna be ready.
Wesley and Faith walk in through the front doors.
WESLEY
We are...now.
FAITH
Suh-weet crib.
WESLEY
Everyone, this is Faith, the vampire slayer.
FRED
Hello, Faith, I'm—
FAITH
Fred. Yeah, Wes kinda gave me the skinny on you.
FRED
Oh.
CORDELIA
(walking down the stairs into the lobby) Faith? What the hell is she doing here?
FAITH
(waves) Nice to see you too, Cor.
WESLEY
She's here to help.
CORDELIA
Oh, gee, that's great. Oh, wait a sec. Wasn't she convicted of murder and sent to a state correctional facility for like a gazillion years?
FAITH
(smirks) Murder 2, 25 to life, for the record.
CORDELIA
So now you brought psycho slayer out of retirement to kill Angelus?
FAITH
(walks up to Cordelia) Cordelia, you have every right to feel that way about me. You have no reason to trust me, but I don't have loads of time, so why don't we save it until after this is over. Cool? (claps her hands) OK, let's get down to it. We're gonna keep this hunting party tight. Gunn, right?
GUNN
Yeah.
FAITH
Love the name. I hear you're a good fighter.
GUNN
I hold my own.
FAITH
That's a shame. You're with me, Wes, and the kid.
CONNOR
The kid has a name.
FAITH
(turns to look at Connor) Connor. (to Gunn) Arm yourself how you like, but I want you to carry the tranq gun. If I can't take him down, I want you to be ready to take the shot, yeah? (to everyone) In case anyone has any other ideas, this is a salvage mission, not search and destroy, OK?
CONNOR
No. Not OK. You think you can just breeze in here, telling everyone what to do? You're not a part of this. If you think I'm not gonna kill Angelus if he comes at me, then—
FAITH
(in his face) Listen up, junior. When need a blood hound, I'll call you. If Angelus needs putting down, I'll be the one to do it, not you. So... is there anything else you're not OK with? Good. (walks away from Connor) Show me the weapons.
Cut to:
33 EXT. STREET IN LOS ANGELES
A young woman's running away from two vampires who are chasing her. Angelus steps up to her and puts his arm around her.
YOUNG WOMAN
Help me.
ANGELUS
It's all right, doll. I've got you. Shh.
YOUNG WOMAN
I don't know how to thank you.
ANGELUS
(in vamp face, turns to the woman) I do. Scream for me.
YOUNG WOMAN
(screaming) Aah!
Angelus goes to bite the woman, but is interrupted when he overhears three other vampires talking in the street.
VAMPIRE 3
The slayer? You sure?
VAMPIRE 4
I just got word. She's in town.
Angelus smiles and lets the woman go. He goes to a phone booth, dials.
ANGELUS
(to phone) Hi, Dawn. Yeah, it's me.
Is your sister home?
She is...?
(hangs up)
It's The Other One....
Cut to:
34 EXT. STREET IN LOS ANGELES
Faith, Connor, Wesley, and Gunn are walking down the street, looking for Angelus.
CONNOR
(to Faith) So, vampire slayers. I was told about them. How come you're always girls?
FAITH
I dunno. Better at it, I guess.
CONNOR
You haven't seen what I can do.
FAITH
Let's not.
They come up to a chain link fence.
CONNOR
He was here. Just.
Connor goes through the fence; the others follow.
FAITH
Eyes and ears peeled. Watch the periph. Hey, nobody make a move until I—
A vampire jumps out in front of Connor. Connor immediately swings his sword at the vampire's neck, cutting off its head, and dusting it. Faith pushes him against the dumpster nearby.
FAITH
You deficient? What did I just say?
CONNOR
He was attacking!
FAITH
You thought it was Angelus. (lets him go) You can't listen, you're no good to me. (to Gunn and Wesley) Get him out of here. Someone take him back to the hotel.
CONNOR
What?
GUNN
Yeah, easier said.
The kid's got a history of not doing what he's told.
FAITH
(nods, glares at Connor)
He'll do what I tell him.
CONNOR
Yeah, sure I will.
(nods and walks away)
FAITH
(stops Connor, pushes him against the dumpster again; he tries to fight her off, but to no avail)
I get it. You're a super-being.
Connor pushes Faith away, but she engages him. They fight as Gunn and Wesley look on, not stepping in. Finally, Faith points her crossbow at Connor's neck.
FAITH
Are you a murderer?
'Cause I am.
If it comes down to You or Angelus,
you haven't shown me a thing
to make me want to take your side.
Connor raises his hands and backs away.
He picks up his sword and walks away.
GUNN
I like her.
(follows Connor)
FAITH
(to Wes)
Come on.
No comments:
Post a Comment