Buffy the Vampire Slayer Page #35

Buffy is suddenly galvanized into action. She throws a few

punches at Lothos, but he takes them without flinching. She

grabs at the stake in what remains of Amilyn's chest. Lightning

quick, Lothos closes his hand around her and squeezes till the

stake splinters and she screams with pain. He knocks her back

on her ass.

She starts moving backward, away from him, but it is hard enough

for her to make her way through the thick gore. Lothos

contemplates Amilyn's corpse, and his face darkens.

LOTHOS:

(continuing)

Ah, my fool is dead. He was

careless, always. Still, I'll pull

out your tongue for that.

(coming toward her)

Don't you understand? I've killed

you a dozen times. Your life is

not a blink of my eye, not a single

breath. I have lived in the shadows,

in the pulsing filth behind men's

eyes. A thousand years, and more.

I have conversed with the worms

that fed on my corpse and I have

bathed in the blood of emperors.

BUFFY:

(breaking the spell)

Have you ever thrown up in the front

row of a Richard Marx concert?

LOTHOS:

What?

And she is up, turning to run. He is thrown momentarily by

her insolence.

CUT TO:

INT. LOTHOS' CHAMBER - THE BOILER ROOM - SAME TIME

But he is on her the moment she emerges from the chamber,

grabbing her by the hair and throwing her to the ground.

LOTHOS:

You waste time. That is a sin.

He kneels over her prostrate body. She is reaching frantically

into her purse. He runs his hand along her body, a gesture

both lustful and disdainful.

LOTHOS:

(continuing)

You're even weaker than the others.

BUFFY:

I think you've forgotten something.

She pulls out a small cross, holds it in front of him. He

snarls at it, then grabs it, his hand around her. The cross

bursts into flame. He holds her hand onto it.

LOTHOS:

This? This is you only weapon?

Your puny faith?

BUFFY:

No...

With her other hand, Buffy holds up her hair spray.

BUFFY:

(continuing)

... my keen fashion sense.

She squeezes it at him, the spray catching fire form the cross

and whooshes a jet of flame right into his face. He screams,

letting her go and backing up. Hey, his head is on fire!

Buffy turns and hobbles away.

CUT TO:

INT. LOTHOS' CHAMBER - SAME TIME

Lothos stumbles about, head all aflame, till he finally pitches

into the pool.

CUT TO:

INT. LOTHOS' CHAMBER - HALL - SAME TIME

Buffy comes out of the boiler room and hobbles along, moving

as fast as she can.

BUFFY:

This is the suckiest party I have

ever been to. It's not even a

contest.

She reaches a locked door that says "Gymnasium -- Authorized

Personnel Only". Puts her shoulder to it.

CUT TO:

INT. LOTHOS' CHAMBER - CLOSEUP ON LOTHOS - SAME TIME

As he pulls himself out of the pool, we are treated to a good

look at his new head. It is charred and torn almost beyond

recognition. It is so inhuman looking, that we are almost

surprised when it screams!

CUT TO:

INT. LOTHOS' CHAMBER - HALL - SAME TIME

The SCREAM fills the hall. Buffy is still working on the heavy

metal door. She turns, wide-eyed, at the SOUND.

BUFFY:

Oops.

CUT TO:

INT. LOTHOS' CHAMBER - LOTHOS' POV - SAME TIME

We TRACK rapidly through the cave, through the boiler room,

the hall. We're moving much too fast to be running.

CUT TO:

INT. GYM - SAME TIME

Buffy pulls herself up through a trap door in the corner.

Everything stops. For a moment there is silence.

Buffy gets shakily up.

KIMBERLY:

Don't let her in! Don't let her

in!

Pike and the others see her. Pike and Andy run to her to help.

KIMBERLY:

(continuing)

They'll kill us! Get her out!

Gary Murray stops in front of Kimberly, takes her face in his

hand and lightly pops the back of her head against the wall.

Cross-eyed, she slides back down into comatic silence.

PIKE:

Are you okay?

BUFFY:

Get away from me!

She pushes them away. Lothos crashes through the trap door

behind her, ugly and crazed. He picks her up, floating a good

two feet off the ground.

LOTHOS:

You b*tch!

He hurls her the length of the room. She hits a locker, which

opens, spilling out someone's notebook. The binder falls open,

inside it is a plastic pen case with pens and pencils within.

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