Disclaimer on first part

CUT TO THE STREETS OF SUNNYDALE, OUTSIDE DR VILLIEMME’S APARTMENT

(Buffy and the vampire are engaged in a fierce struggle, Buffy’s generally kicking him about the place, eventually she pins him against the wall and with a combination of her knee in his groin and Xander and Willow holding a stake each at his chest they begin to extract information)

Buffy : What is he planning? Come on, (She smiles unpleasantly) F’ess up.

Xander : (over enthusiastically) Yeah , Spill!

Buffy : You want to give him a chance to talk Xander?

Xander : Well, not really I mean I’d rather just stake him to be honest but…. (Falls silent as Buffy and Willow glare at him)

(The vampire starts to squirm and whimper)

Buffy : What’s Dr Villiemme planning? How does he plan to get his revenge?

Vampire: (eyes wide with fear) I, I don’t know. (Xander starts to place pressure on his stake, Buffy’s crucifix throws a cross shaped shadow on the vampire’s face causing him to panic and try to burrow backwards into the wall) Oh, don’t kill me! Don’t kill me! I’ll tell you! (He starts to sob) I’ll do anything just don’t…. (His voice dissolves into sobs)

(Xander releases his grip slightly, and begins to look uncomfortable)

Xander : Geez.

Vampire : He’s going to use the griechische Feuer des Teufels, he’s rounding up vampires for it now.

Buffy : I have no idea what that is. But it sounds really bad.

(Buffy releases her grip on the vampire and turns to Xander and Willow)

Buffy : Will, you got that written down?

Willow : griechische Feuer des Teufels, yup.

Buffy : We’d better get back to Giles to check it up then. (She turns to face in the direction of the vampire who has made a break for it when she released her grip) Hey creep!

(The vampire turns only to receive a hastily thrown stake in the heart for his trouble. He collapses in a pile of dust)

CUT TO THE LIBRARY

(Xander, Willow, Oz, Angel and Buffy stand in the library, Giles stands holding a dust covered cracked book)

Giles : griechische Feuer des Teufels, Greek fire of the devil. A spell which originated in 2nd century Europe. Named for the substance Greek fire, possibly phosphorous, which ignited everything it touched in an all consuming rain of fire. I don’t think I need go into what it does?

(Everyone murmurs agreement)

Willow : Um, Giles. The guy we got the information from mentioned vampires. Where would they come in, exactly?

Giles : You see, that’s the thing. The spell requires a double circle of thirteen vampires apiece. It is from these vampires that comes the diabolical fire. They act as, psychic kindling as it were, losing their lives in the process. So you can see, Dr Villiemme must be pretty powerful.

(Suddenly screws up his face in a frown and throws the book to the floor with a thump, causing everyone to jump, understandably so) WHY DOES SHE ALWAYS DO THIS! She’s always been like this, it was like this when we lived together and she’s still doing it! (Looks up at the group who look, well suprized is an understatement) Sorry, sorry. I’m a little tired. This last week has been rather a strain.

Xander : Woah, woah. Back up there mister. Lived together?

Giles : (rubbing his eyes and holding his glasses in his hands) Don’t get excited Xander, We shared a house at university. There was nothing, um, romantic. I had to leave after a term or so anyway I couldn’t cope.

Xander : Oh, what did she summon up demons to perform her bidding (does ‘spooky’ hand movements) and threaten to draw you into a web of terror?

Giles : (looking at Xander as if he has just said ‘wibble wibble cabbage verruca knob’) no, (shakes head) no, she never did her turn in the kitchen and she used go out all night and leave female things lying about the bathroom. What is it with you and demons anyway Xander? (Realises he is standing in a room full of books about demons, with a demon slayer and a demon - albeit a good one- trying to work out how to stop a spell involving twenty six exploding demons) Oh, yes, quite. Sorry.

Buffy : So what? We should make sure Alice doesn’t go home yeah?

(Giles turns pale)

CUT TO ALICE’S APARTMENT BUILDING

(Alice unlocks her door and walks up the stairs in darkness, we hear the occasional curse as she bumps into things in the dark. The light comes on and she is bent over rubbing her shin. She straightens up and looks around briefly for her cigarettes, she finds them and lights up. After taking a few drags she rearranges her jacket and handbag and moves to close her curtains, She looks out of the window to the streets below her, from the darkness melt the figures of twenty six vampires entwined in a double circle more correctly oval running so that a vampire is touching the building with it’s back, and facing him at the other end of the oval, (although outside the oval, and not touching any of the vampires) Is Dr Villiemme. Alice drops her cigarette and stands open mouthed.)

Alice : Oh fuck…..

CUT TO STREETS OF SUNNYDALE

(Buffy, Willow, Xander, Oz, Angel, Wesley and Giles run through the streets of Sunnydale)

Buffy : So we have a plan?

Giles : (out of breath) A plan, yes, that would be a nice idea wouldn’t it.

CUT TO ALICE’S APARTMENT

(Alice sits on the floor with her back to the window, she is smoking furiously. She stubs out her cigarette and cautiously pokes her head up to window level and peers out, the view below her is extraordinary, the vampires are all, well they’re vampires so they’re never exactly normal, but they look odd. They’re all either too thin, or scabby or spaced out or all three. But they stand as upright as they can, waiting, whilst Dr Villiemme begins to chant. Alice stands transfixed. Suddenly the telephone rings causing her to drop to the floor spread-eagled before she realises what it is. She chuckles and rolls to the phone and picks it up)

Alice : Hello?

SPLIT SCREEN ALICE AND GILES WHO IS OUTSIDE BEHIND THE BUILDING USING A MOBILE

Giles : Thank God you’re still alive.

Alice : Well, that’s a sentence to inspire confidence. What are they up to?

Giles : griechische Feuer des Teufels

Alice : Oh bugger.

Giles : My thoughts, um, approximately. Um, Alice is there a room with a window at the back of the building that you can get to?

Alice : There’s a cupboard.

Giles : right, make your way there please.

(Camera follows Alice making her way to the cupboard)

Alice : So, Squizz. You worked out a plan?

Giles: (Frowning tiredly) Of sorts yes.

(Giles and Alice’s voice continues but the camera shows what they are talking about)

Giles : Although I can think of no way of stopping griechische Feuer des Teufels, If we can get you out of the house we should be able to get you to safety. Provided of course that we can get you past twenty four vampires and an ocult expert who wants you dead.

Alice: Ah.

Giles : Quite, However, although this is risky it…

Alice : it’s a damn site less risky than taking your chances with Teufels Feur, Greek or otherwise.

Giles : Yes, Alice in twenty minutes Villiemme will have reached the point of no return. Buffy is on he roof of the building across the road with a crossbow. If she can hit one of the vampires through the heart at the exact right moment it should set off a chain reaction. Starting the process early and causing a distraction. If you can be out of that window and away in the three minutes that Wesley, Willow and myself can maintain a field of protection. Then we should be safe.

Alice : After the amount of windows I’ve climbed out of? Piece of piss!

(Giles winces at Alice’s vulgar way of saying easy as pie)

Alice : Giles?

Giles: Yes?

Alice : Is the odd boy down there?

Giles : (without hesitation) Xander? No, no, he and Oz went to get the van.

Alice : Well, if something happens, tell him I’m sorry he, well that I used his cupboard.

Giles : (smiling) You’ll be able to tell him yourself Alice

Alice : Dear God no! If I make it out alive let ‘im stew. We’ll get him to think he imagined it. See you in ten, eh Giles?

Giles : See you in ten Alice.

(Giles clicks off the phone and turns to Wesley and Willow, they link hands and begin to chant)

CUT TO, THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING

(Dr Villiemme stands with the vampires, his chanting has become almost nonsensical. The words running together, meaningless through repetition)

Dr Villiemme : De los darknes eternos sale la luz, los alcances fríos de la muerte viene el calor de su infierno, de los diablos ellos mismos saldrá el fuego que consume, la oscuridad sale luz, el frío viene calor. Dai darknes eternal esce da la luce, le estensioni fredde della morte viene il calore del loro hell, dai diavoli essi stessi uscirà da il fuoco consumante, la nerezza esce da luce, il freddo viene caloreAus den eternal darknes heraus kommt Licht, aus den kalten Reichweiten des Todes heraus kommt die Hitze ihrer Hölle, von den Teufeln selbst kommt das verbrauchende Feuer, aus der Schwärzung heraus kommt Licht, aus der Kälte heraus kommt Hitze.

(As his chanting begins to become more urgent the vampires start to issue an eerie tonal hum - the camera pans back onto the roof of the building with Buffy and Angel. Angel holds a stopwatch, Buffy is staring open mouthed at the vista below her. The vampires having now not only started to hum, but glow too)

Buffy ; This is way more way than, (shakes her heard silently ) way more.

Angel : (looking at his stopwatch) Buffy, aim.

(Buffy takes careful aim with the crossbow)

Angel : (Still looking at the stopwatch) Have you got one?

Buffy : (finger on trigger, tongue poking out wih concentration) Uhuh. (nods)

Angel : Ok. 1, 2, FIRE!

(Buffy fires the crossbow, It hits a vampire directly in the heart. However rather than simply collapse into a pile of dust as usual he stands bolt upright and explodes into a pillar of fire, as does the vampire next to him, and the one next to him)

Buffy : (breathless) Way more.

(Buffy and angel start to run)

CUT TO BEHIND THE BUILDING

(Giles, Wesley and Willow stand hand in hand chanting. The air ripples. Xander and Oz pull up in the van and press the horn. A small plump tweed figure half climbs half falls out of the window. Alice runs like the clappers towards the van. When she gets near to the van Wesley, Willow and Giles break the circle and make their own dash towards the van. Just as everyone jumps in the van the building is consumed by fire. They tear around the corner stopping only to pick up Buffy and Angel)

CUT TO INTERIOR, THE VAN

(Giles and Xander sit up front in the driving and passenger seat, everyone else sits /crouches in the back. Willow has her head on Oz’s shoulder everyone else just sits in a random pattern)

Wesley : Good work Buffy, I’m glad to see that your proficiency with a crossbow is coming along in leaps and strides.

Alice : (her comments seemingly not addressed to anyone) My flat just exploded. My duty free was in there. Four hundred Rothmans and a couple of dozen packs of Woodbines. (Looks up at group) I bet you can’t get those over here.

Willow : Well we’re all safe, and, and that’s the main thing . Right?

(Everyone murmurs agreement)

Oz : Drac and disorderly.

(Everyone looks at him in puzzlement and shifts away slightly)

Buffy ; Oz? You ok?

Oz : (looking up as if suprized at their interest in his health) Drac and disorderly, it’s a vampire crime pun.

Xander : (From front of van) weak.

END CREDITS.

END CREDITS SLIDE DOWN TO BOTTOM EIGHTH OF SCREEN - MUSIC FADES DOWN

(Xander, Wesley, Oz, Angel, Giles, Buffy and Willow are watching a tv in the library. The tv faces away from us. They have popcorn)

Wesley : (eyes glued to tv) Who’s that?

Xander : (Slurping soda) Lavender Feldman, the clever one.

Oz : You can tell because she’s not blonde.

Wesley : (hypnotised by tv) Oh.

(Popcorn is passed round in silence)

(Alice enters and catches glimpse of tv)

Alice : Gosh, he’s sex on a stick.

Buffy : (eating popcorn, not taking eyes off screen) ‘s Gabriel, Stacey Mae’s boyfriend.

Willow : He has his own show now. (Sighs wistfully) He’s troubled.

Alice : (Sitting down to watch and taking a handful of popcorn) Well have him washed and sent to my tent dear.

(Willow giggles)

Giles : Oh, it’s finishing.

Willow : Oh wait I like this bit.

SCREEN FILLS WITH CREDITS AGAIN - MUTANT ENEMY LOGO COMES UP.

Willow’s voice, unseen but simultaneous with mutant enemy monster : Grrr argh. (Giggles) I make my own fun.