Buffy the Vampire Slayer Page #9

KIMBERLY:

Buffy, I'm gonna tell Jeffrey you

were playing with another man's

Hebrew National.

BUFFY:

(annoyed)

Get a boob job.

NICOLE:

It's like when we took gymnastics

in eighth grade.

Buffy makes a face. She doesn't want to hear this story. We

HOLD on her as Nicole tells it.

JENNIFER:

What happened?

NICOLE:

Buffy was on the uneven parallels --

she was really good; coach said she

could have been in the Olympics --

but she was doing a routine,

spinning, and the beam broke.

JENNIFER:

You're kidding.

NICOLE:

Snapped. Buffy was, you know, on

the upswing, and I swear to God she

went across the room. Perm over

heels.

JENNIFER:

Oh, my God! Ouch! No wonder you

quit.

NICOLE:

Well, that's the thing. She landed

on her feet. Didn't even sprain a

toe. And I go up to her and she

turns and looks at me and she's

like this --

She makes a hyper-intense face. The others laugh.

NICOLE:

(continuing)

-- like she's gonna kill me.

BUFFY:

I was just scared is all.

NICOLE:

No. It was mondo bizarro.

KIMBERLY:

Buffy, the ape-woman.

NICOLE:

Seriously, Buffy. That look was

way twisted. What were you thinking

about?

CUT TO:

EXT. STREET - NIGHT

Perhaps in answer, we see the same shadowy figure moving behind

Pike and Benny as they continue to walk home. They're really

bombed now. They are somewhere in the hills now, and they

come to the edge of a steep incline overlooking the valley. A

waist-high concrete wall is built into the side of the earth.

They stand below a thick, green tree.

PIKE:

I'll have it running in a week.

It's be beauty. It just needs new

shocks, you know, break pads, an

engine, and some wheels. It'll be

totally cherry.

Pike finishes the bottle, eats the worm, and chucks the BOTTLE

over the side. There is a moment before they hear it SHATTER.

BENNY:

When you get your car together,

man, let's bail.

PIKE:

You think? Split?

BENNY:

Utterly. Let's bail this town.

It's getting... I don't know. Let's

go somewhere where there aren't any

rich b*tches.

PIKE:

Our own world, where we could live

and grow beans. Hundreds of beans.

Benny wavers, catches hold of Pike.

BENNY:

I think I'm gonna ralf.

He leans over the side of the wall, hangs his head down.

PIKE:

Don't worry, Benny. I'm here for

you.

Pike falls over backwards.

PIKE:

(continuing)

I'm here for you, Ralf.

Pike passes out.

CLOSEUP - BENNY

Still waiting to throw up. The figure approaches slowly from

behind him. The figure is a few feet away from him when a

hand shoots down from above and grabs Benny's face.

ANGLE - IN THE TREE

Amilyn sits on a low branch, pulls Benny up to face him. Amilyn

has changed his manner of dress drastically. He wears a

motorcycle jacket and sunglasses. His hair is punked out.

Benny is in shock, as Amilyn holds him easily by his shirt

collar.

AMILYN:

You wanna go for a ride?

Amilyn leans back -- all the way back, falling back out of the

tree and pulling Benny with him. We see them fall out past

the wall just as the shadowy figure reaches it.

It is Merrick, the man from the mall. He runs to the side of

the wall, looks over. The two are already lost in the dark

mist. Merrick turns around, looks about him. He digs in his

pockets, pulls out a cross and a stake, holds them tightly.

While digging he pulls out an old, stained picture, lays it on

the railing. Stake and cross in hand, he stands by Pike looking

out at the night.

ANGLE - THE PICTURE

It is a ten year old girl about to blow out the candles on her

birthday cake. The cake reads, "Happy Birthday, Buffy".

CUT TO:

EXT. FOOTBALL FIELD - AFTERNOON

Buffy, Nicole and Jennifer and another cheerleader are

practicing.

JENNIFER:

What was the step after... The one

from Thursday. I never learned it

right, I don't think.

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