RIKER:
I'm sure Captain Picard would have something meaningful and inspirational to say right now.
To tell you The Truth, I wish he were here, because I'd like to hear it too.
I know how difficult this transition has been for all of you.
I can take over for him, but I could never replace Captain Picard.
Nor would I ever try.
Whatever the outcome, I'm sure our efforts in the coming battle will justify His Faith In All of Us.
Dismissed.
[Ready room]
RIKER: (to the empty chair)
What Would YOU Do?
(doorbell)
RIKER:
Come.
GUINAN:
May I speak to you, Captain?
RIKER:
Actually, Guinan, I —
GUINAN:
You know, Picard and I used to talk every now and again, whenever one of us needed to.
I guess I'm just used to having The Captain's ear.
(She sits in Picard's chair)
RIKER:
What's on your mind?
GUINAN:
I've heard a lot of people talking down in Ten Forward.
They expect to be dead in the next day or so.
They Trust You.
They like you.
But they don't believe anyone can Save Them.
RIKER:
I'm not sure anyone can.
GUINAN: When A Man is convinced he's going to die Tomorrow, he'll probably find a way to make it happen.
The Only One Who Can Turn is Around is YOU.
RIKER: I'll do The Best I Can.
GUINAN:
You're going have to do something you don't WANT to do.
You HAVE to let go of Picard.
RIKER:
Maybe you haven't heard.
I tried to kill him yesterday.
GUINAN:
You tried to kill Whatever That Is on The Borg ship — Not Picard.
Picard is still Here with us in This Room.
If he had died, it would be EASY.
But he didn't.
They took him from us a piece at a time.
Did he ever tell you why we're so close?
RIKER:
No.
GUINAN:
Well, then let me just say that —
Our Relationship is
Beyond Friendship,
Beyond Family.
And I WILL let him go.
And you must do the same.
There can only be one Captain.
RIKER:
It's not that simple.
This was his crew.
He wrote The Book on this ship.
GUINAN:
And The Borg know everything he knows.
It's time to throw that book away.
You MUST let him go, Riker.
It's the only way to beat him. The only way to Save Him. And THAT —
Is Now Your Chair.
Captain.
(Riker sits)
[Rocket hates People as such, and has developed the abrasive personality to match — but, glancing over, he sees that The God of Thunder evidently really is not up to The Fight that’s coming yet, realises that The Tree isn’t going to be the one to do it....]
Rocket Raccoon :
*sigh*
Okay — Time to Be The Captain....
The Raccon sashays over and prepares to deliver an impromptu Pep Talk to encourage a God.
THOR:
I can't do this. I can't do this. I shouldn't be here.
I shouldn't have come.This was a bad idea.
ROCKET:
Come here.
[Standing in front of him]
THOR:
No, no, no. I think I'm having...
I'm having a panic attack.
I shouldn't be here...this is...this is a bad-
ROCKET :
Come here. Right here.
[Rocket slaps Thor, HARD -- ]
ROCKET :
You think you're the only one who lost people?!
What do you think we're doing here?
I lost The Only Family I ever had.
Quill, Groot, Drax, The Chick with The Antenna, all gone.
Now, I get you miss your Mom.
But She's GONE. Really Gone.
And there are Plenty of People,
who are only kinda gone.
But you can help them.
So is it too much to ask that you brush the crumbs outta ya beard,
make schmoopy talk to Pretty Pants,
and when she's not lookin',
suck out the Infinity Stone
and help me get My Family back?
THOR:
Okay.
ROCKET :
Are you crying?
THOR:
No...Yes!
ROCKET :
Get it together! You can Do This.
You can Do This. All right?
THOR:
Yes, I can.
ROCKET:
Good.
THOR:
I can do this. I can do it —
I can't do this.
[Thor runs away]
Good.
It'll make this easier.
Make what easier?
Where's Cordelia?
Upstairs asleep.
She still feels weak.
Make what easier?
We're gonna bring Angelus in alive.
No, we're not.
Thought you said capturing him wasn't an option.
Changed my mind.
Change it back.
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 exactly who we need to help us do it.
FAITH, The Vampire Slayer :
They told me my lawyer was here to see me.
You my lawyer now, Wes?
Hello, Faith.
How are you?
FAITH, The Vampire Slayer :
Still Alive.
Never thought I'd live to see YOU paying me a visit.
A lot's happened.
FAITH, The Vampire Slayer :
Whatever it is suits you.
I mean, you're looking.... good.
You know what's going on in L.
L.A. ?
FAITH, The Vampire Slayer :
Seen the news, sure.
Never-Ending Night, Rain of Fire —
Team Angel must really have their hands full.
You don't know the half of it.
FAITH, The Vampire Slayer :
But you're here to fill in the blanks for me.
Why?
We need you.
FAITH, The Vampire Slayer :
Well, I hate to wet the paper for you, Wes but I'm kind of unavailable right now.
Maybe you wanna check back in a few decades when my parole comes up.
You need to know
It's Armageddon-Time again — I dig.
Last thing you need is me in The Mix.
Besides, Angel will come shining through in the end like he always does.
FAITH, The Vampire Slayer :
Angel's Gone, Faith.
Angelus is Back.
FAITH, The Vampire Slayer :
Step away from the glass.
[CAR ALARM GOES OFF]
You okay? - Five-by-five.
FAITH, The Vampire Slayer :
A kid, Angel's got a kid.
WESLEY:
Connor.
A teenage kid, born last year.
I told you, he grew up in a hell dimension.
FAITH, The Vampire Slayer :
Right.
And, what, Cordelia spent her last summer as?
A divine being.
FAITH, The Vampire Slayer :
Uh-huh.
Can I just ask, what the hell are you people doing?
Leading complicated lives, obviously.
FAITH, The Vampire Slayer :
Unleashing Angelus to help you stop this demon who put the lights out.
That's just -
The Beast.
The demon who put out the lights, called The Beast.
FAITH, The Vampire Slayer :
Gas to the flame, that's all I'm saying.
I wouldn't worry about the police coming after you.
Not yet.
With everything that's happening an escaped convict won't register on their radar.
FAITH, The Vampire Slayer :
I'm not gonna kill him, Wesley.
Angelus.
Angel's the only one in my life who's never given up on me.
There's no way —
I know —
That's why it had to be you.
I'm just wondering if you're up to it.
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