Buffy the Vampire Slayer Page #11

MERRICK:

Yes.

BUFFY:

Does Elvis talk to you? Tell you

to do things? Do you see spots?

MERRICK:

I don't have time for your prattling.

I have proof. You bear the mark.

He steps forward and pulls the neck of Buffy's shirt aside,

revealing her shoulder.

MERRICK:

(continuing)

The mark of the Coven! The --

where's the mark?

There is no birthmark on her shoulder. He looks at the other

one.

MERRICK:

(continuing)

The mark of the -- wait a minute.

Buffy pushes his hand off her.

BUFFY:

You mean that big hairy mole? Excuse

me:
eeyuu. I had it removed.

And, like, knowing about my big old

mole isn't proof of anything except

that it's way past medication time.

She starts to walk away.

BUFFY:

(continuing)

Just stay away from me, okay?

MERRICK:

Did you ever dream that you were

someone else?

Buffy stops. This obviously registers with her.

BUFFY:

Everybody does.

MERRICK:

In the past. A girl. Maybe... A

Magyar peasant. An Indian princess.

A slave.

The last one hits the mark.

BUFFY:

I was a slave.

MERRICK:

In Virginia.

BUFFY:

I don't know. It was... There was

a big gram or something. And there's

one, I'm like a prostitute...

MERRICK:

China.

BUFFY:

Oh, my God. I never told anybody

about this. I remember the one

about the peasant, too. God, there's

a bunch. Is this, like channeling

or something.

Merrick rolls his eyes.

BUFFY:

(continuing)

I had a dream once where I was...

There was like, knights in it, and

I worked in this bar. And I... was

fighting. I'm always fighting.

And there's a guy... He's not always

there, but he's horrible, all white,

and he's always... trying to kill

me.

MERRICK:

Lothos.

The name has an obvious effect on the girl.

BUFFY:

How do you know all this?

MERRICK:

I have to show you.

CUT TO:

ANGLE - THE SUN

Thick and orange, sinking beyond the hills.

EXT. GRAVEYARD - SUNSET

Merrick leads Buffy, searching for a particular grave.

BUFFY:

I can't believe I'm doing this. I

can't believe I'm in a graveyard

with a strange man hunting for

vampires on a school night.

MERRICK:

Why didn't you ever tell anybody

about your dreams?

BUFFY:

Oh, yeah, tell everyone I'm crazy.

Beauty ida.

Buffy stops, winces slightly.

BUFFY:

(continuing)

Ow.

MERRICK:

Cramps?

BUFFY:

None of your business. God.

MERRICK:

This is it.

Buffy is standing on a freshly dug grave. The headstone reads:

"ROBERT BERMAN, 1972 - 1990. GOD IS AT HIS HEELS".

MERRICK:

(continuing)

Robert Berman was killed three days

ago. The body was found in the

bushes out by the canal. Extensive

tissue damage -- tearing -- at the

neck and shoulders. Coroner thinks

it's a dog. You sit her.

He points out a plot of ground about eight feet from the foot

of the grave. Buffy sits and leans against another stone.

Merrick reaches into his jacket, pulls out a stake and a cross,

hands the cross to Buffy.

BUFFY:

Wait a minute.

MERRICK:

Just for protection. You won't

have to do anything. I just need

you to watch.

BUFFY:

All right. What do we do now?

MERRICK:

We wait for Robert to wake up.

Merrick goes over to the other headstone, crouches by it.

BUFFY:

Do you have any gum?

ANGLE - SUNSET

The last red glimmer disappears behind the hills.

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