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ACT TWO
FADE IN.
EXT. WOODS - NIGHT
Back where we left off.
Connor is still holding Gabriella in place by her arm. She
drops to her knees, whimpering in pain.
Krav continues to laugh before he whips around to look in the
opposite direction. He snarls.
PULL OUT as he jumps to a nearby tree, springs of it to a
further one, and continues to do so until he's out of sight.
Back on Connor, who blinks and releases Gabriella. She
clutches her arm in pain.
CONNOR
Gabriella. Oh God, I'm-
A form streaks into frame and TACKLES him to the ground.
Connor, now back to his normal skin tone, looks up to see a
snarling, drooling werewolf standing on his chest!
Pike coolly steps up over him and points a gun in his face.
GABRIELLA
(gasping)
You guys are late.
PIKE
(deadpan)
Traffic.
(beat)
You okay?
GABRIELLA
(cradling her arm)
Nothing an ice pack won't fix.
Pike cocks the gun he's holding on Connor.
PIKE
(to Connor)
So, what's going on here?
Werewolf Kaia snaps her jaws dangerously close to Connor's
face, daring him to move.
FLASH CUT TO:
INT. G&C'S CONDO - KITCHEN - NIGHT
CU on Pike kneeling down next to another pair of legs,
fiddling with something just below frame.
CONNOR (O.S.)
Don't you think this is a bit of
overkill?
Pike stands. Pull away to show him having just tied Connor to
one of the kitchen chairs with a ridiculous amount of CHAINS.
PIKE
(shakes his head)
Not really.
Lesi runs in the kitchen, jumps up and licks the side of
Connor's face, then scampers off again.
Kaia, wearing loose fitting pajama pants and a tank top,
leans in the doorway. Pike leans his back against the wall
next to him, gun still in hand.
CONNOR
(re: gun)
Umm, would you mind putting that
away?
Pike contemplates for all of a heartbeat.
PIKE
Yeah, I really would.
KAIA
And for the record, Connor, you owe
me a new dress.
Connor sighs and looks away to the side.
Gabriella, in jeans and a loose fitting tank top, walks in.
The arm Connor attacked is in a small splint. She looks at
Connor and blinks, confused.
GABRIELLA
Where'd all the chains come from?
Kaia immediately looks down and Pike looks off to the side,
awkwardly scratching his head. Gabriella watches them both
squirm.
GABRIELLA
(scoffs)
Forget it.
CONNOR
How's your arm?
GABRIELLA
Feels like someone tried to yank it
off. I wish I was exaggerrating.
(beat)
Do you remember everything?
Connor grimly nods.
She pulls up a chair, making sure to keep a decent distance
from Connor. She sits down, hunched over with her elbows on
her knees.
GABRIELLA
Where to begin?
PIKE
I was feeling "what the hell" and
seeing where that took us.
KAIA
(nodding)
Sounds like a good starting place.
Connor sighs and opens his mouth to start. Pike holds up his
hand to cut him off.
PIKE
Just a minute.
He goes into the fridge and pulls out two beers, handing one
to Kaia.
PIKE
I'm sensing a long story.
Connor sighs again and takes a deep breath, ready to start.
CONNOR
That...thing's name is Krav Maga.
**Editor's note: Pronounced KRAVH mah GAH**
PIKE
Sounds like a Greek dish.
CONNOR
(ignoring him)
He's from Quor'Toth. He's...he
controls the parasite demon inside
me.
Gabriella slowly sits straight up.
KAIA
Core what now?
GABRIELLA
What do you mean 'controls' the
demon?
CONNOR
(mumbling)
It's why I told you to stay back.
(out loud)
I mean all those demons on his
body, including the one inside me,
are part of a collective I guess.
KAIA
Like the Borg?
Connor looks at her, a bit surprised.
CONNOR
You a Trekkie?
KAIA
(awkward)
Uh...no.
Gabriella LOUDLY clears her throat, basically telling
everyone to stop the foolishness.
CONNOR
Anyway, Krav put one in me after I
killed the Old One when I was a
kid. I guess it wanted me under its
control. Might be descended from it
or something. It took over and
ordered me to kill Da-
(catches himself)
Holtz.
KAIA
Who?
GABRIELLA
I thought Holtz escaped Quor'Toth
with you?
CONNOR
He figured out that Krav could only
control the demon from a certain
distance.
So he subdued me, I don't remember
how, I was like ten or twelve at
the time. From that day, we were
always running, staying as far away
from Krav as possible.
GABRIELLA
So you wouldn't fall under his
control?
Connor nods. Kaia leans over and whispers to Pike.
KAIA
Are you following any of this?
PIKE
(nodding)
Connor and I had a talk awhile
back. I'll catch you up later.
Gabriella's hunched over again, her scientific curiosity
taking over.
GABRIELLA
How far away can you be controlled
from?
CONNOR
It depends. In Quor'Toth, miles.
Here, Krav was only a few yards
away before I came out of it.
KAIA
What's the difference between there
and here?
CONNOR
Quor'Toth's a dark dimension. The
energy there, it just seeps into
your pores. The little parasites
feed off it. Makes 'em stronger.
KAIA
("go on")
Okay...
CONNOR
(sighs)
When I first came back here from
there, someone used magic to drain
me of all that energy I'd picked up
there. Made the demon weaker. I can
barely feel that side inside me
half the time these days.
(beat; bitter)
Until tonight.
(beat; realizes)
And once before.
Push in on Gabriella.
FLASH CUT TO:
INT. WAREHOUSE (FLASHBACK)
A brown dust cloud flows THROUGH Connor and into DOUGLAS
JONES, who is standing behind him.
FLASH CUT TO:
INT. G&C'S CONDO - KITCHEN - NIGHT
Back with the gang. Connor and Gabriella's eyes are locked on
one another.
GABRIELLA
(not looking away)
Pike, let him loose.
KAIA
Wait, how do we know he's still not
under the control of the Krav Maga?
GABRIELLA
When he attacked me, his face and
eyes were pale grey. He looks fine
now.
KAIA
I dunno. I think he could use a
tan.
She looks to Pike, who shrugs his shoulders and pushes
himself off the wall. He gets about two steps before Connor
casually stands up, the chains falling right off of him!
He dusts his tuxedo off (sans jacket).
PIKE
(squinting)
What?
CONNOR
I picked it about a minute after
you locked me up. Next time put the
lock away from my hands.
Connor walks past them into the kitchen. Pike turns and
follows, the girls behind him.
PIKE
Sorry, I'm not used to chaining
people up, dude. I'll go pick up a
book.
They enter:
INT. G&C'S CONDO - CONNOR'S ROOM - CONTINUOUS
Connor's crossed the room and entered his room now.
Pike, Kaia, and Gabriella stop in the middle of the living
room.
KAIA
So what now?
Connor walks out, carrying a large broad sword!
CONNOR
Now, I'm gonna go kill Krav.
He twirls the sword for an unnecessary added effect.
GABRIELLA
You mean 'we' right?
CONNOR
(shaking his head)
No, I can't have you there in case
he gets control of me again.
KAIA
Uh, it's gonna get control of you
anyway, tough guy.
CONNOR
(deadpan)
Not if I kill it quick.
Pike pulls out his gun and holds it out by the side of his
head, chamber facing up.
PIKE
Which is exactly why Buffy and I
should tag along.
Connor whirls on his three friends, fire in his eyes.
CONNOR
No!
(beat)
This is my fight. I'll fight it my
way: alone.
He stalks off towards the door.
ON Lesi as he walks past her. She whines.
Gabriella runs up to Connor and gently grabs his arms.
GABRIELLA
Connor?
CONNOR
(turns to her)
What?!?
He softens when he notices the worry in her eyes.
GABRIELLA
Just...remember you still owe me a
movie.
Connor smiles and nods.
CONNOR
Listen, if I'm not back in two
hours...
GABRIELLA
I know, I know. Wait another two
hours.
CONNOR
(blinks)
What? No!
(off her look)
If I'm not back by then, you come
and save my ass!
He gives her a wink, trying to ease her anxiety. She gives
him a weak smile in return. With that, he's off.
Gabriella wraps her arms around herself, worried out of her
mind. Kaia comes up behind her and gently grabs her by both
her shoulder, pulling into a pseudo half hug.
EXT. THE CHARON - NIGHT
Connor walks out the front door. Several people on the street
look him up and down as they pass by, more specifically
noticing the sword he's not bothering to hide.
Connor takes off running. Reverse angle to behind him to see
him running after a moving bus. He jumps and scales up the
back of it to the roof.
EXT. CITY STREET - NIGHT
CU on Connor kneeling on top of the bus, looking side to
side, sniffing the air, tracking his prey.
Wide shot of the bus as Connor LEAPS off it onto the top of a
diesel truck moving in a different direction.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. ABANDONED BUILDING - NIGHT
A three story building with the doors and windows boarded up.
A large FedEx truck drives by, taking up the whole frame.
When it passes, Connor is on the ground, kneeling.
He stands and rolls his shoulders, getting ready for a fight.
INT. FIRST FLOOR - ABANDONED BUILDING - NEXT
The wood covered door splinters from an outside blow. One
more blow breaks it down.
Connor strides in, pulling his sword up to an attack
position, ready to work.
The room he's in has no lights on, the only illumination from
the moon and street lights sneaking in through the cracks and
windows.
MAN (O.S.)
Hello, Stephen.
Connor WHIRLS to his side to see DANIEL HOLTZ approaching him
from the shadows. He shakes his head defiantly.
CONNOR
You're not him.
HOLTZ (KRAV)
Oh, of course not. Rumor has it
he's dead, no thanks to you.
CONNOR
(enraged)
That's not-
He swings his sword, but Krav bounces back into the shadows.
CONNOR
-right!
He's breathing heavily, more out of anger than any sort of
exhaustion.
HOLTZ (KRAV) (O.S.)
Really? Why do you think so then?
My little buddy tells me you do.
His voice is echoing, bouncing off the high ceilings. Connor
can't get a fix on him.
CONNOR
He had Justine kill him. To turn me
against my real father.
HOLTZ (KRAV) (O.S.)
Yet part of you still blames
yourself. Part of you wishes you'd
killed Angel, then I'd still be
here with you.
CONNOR
You're not Holtz!
Krav chuckles to himself, enjoying this immensely.
HOLTZ (KRAV) (O.S.)
I wonder...
Behind Connor, DARLA appears at the balcony above him!
DARLA (KRAV)
...if you feel the same way about
me. You still have nightmares about
me, Connor?
Connor SNARLS like a feral beast and leaps up to grab the
balcony without any sort of running start. He pulls himself
up and over.
No Darla. She's behind him now, on the main floor.
DARLA (KRAV)
You're right, you know. I was
ashamed of you.
I hated that something as vile and
mortal as you was growing inside
me. Thank God, there was a stake
nearby.
Connor is physically trembling with fear. He leaps off the
balcony, yelling with rage, as he swings down at the visage
of his mother.
Krav smoothly moves back into the shadows.
CONNOR
Fight me!
Pan up to the wood beams in the ceiling. Bridget Reilly is
crouched there.
BRIDGET (KRAV)
What'd it feel like, fake big
brother?
Connor looks up to see his sister looking down on him,
smirking.
BRIDGET (KRAV)
Earlier today at the park, talking
to me and just longing to tell me
how much you miss me? Our tickle
fights. Playing 'shark' in the
pool.
"She" JUMPS to the meeting point of two adjacent beams,
hidden in the shadows again. Colleen Reilly emerges from the
other side.
COLLEEN (KRAV)
Oh, remember Sunday night Monopoly?
'Cause I sure as hell don't.
Connor eyes follow the taunting demon as it moves to another
veiled corner, this time shifting into Laurence Reilly.
LAURENCE (KRAV)
How the heck did you learn to
drive? I mean technically speaking-
Krav dips into another shadow. Connor looks around, trying to
see it. The demon drops down right behind him!
LAURENCE (KRAV)
I didn't teach you.
Connor growls and turns, swinging his sword and getting
nothing but air.
Krav laughs from up in the rafters once again.
CONNOR
Enough of this crap! If you came
here to kill me, then come down
here and try!
KRAV (O.S.)
Oh, I'm not going to kill you,
Connor. I have something much in
store for you.
Connor looks around frantically for the source. He hones in
on one spot in particular.
Up in the rafters, ANGEL appears from the shadows!
ANGEL (KRAV)
I'm gonna let you live.
Krav's gloating doesn't afford him enough time to dodge the
sword coming at him like a javelin!
It takes out a large chunk of his side, exploding it into
dozens upon dozens of slugs.
Krav screeches in pain as it falls from the rafters to the
ground.
Connor rushes right in.
Krav, in demon form and on all fours, looks up at the
attacking Connor, and spews a black mist from his mouth!
Connor can't stop in time, the mist ENGULFING his entire
body. He yells and stumbles back.
CU on Connor's neck, tense and strained. The parasite swells
in size, going from the length of a pinky finger to the
length of a whole hand!
Connor YELLS, trying to fight what's happening to him.
KRAV
(low, deep)
Yes.
Connor drops to his hands and knees, grunting and panting.
Krav gets back to his feet, chuckling once again. He stops in
front of Connor, who looks up at him.
His pale grey skin and eyes a clear indication that Connor's
not in control of himself.
KRAV
How do you feel?
Connor stands, wanting to address his master formally.
CONNOR
(icily)
Free.
They share a sinister grin.
BLACK OUT.
END OF ACT TWO
ACT THREE
FADE IN.
INT. G&C'S CONDO - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
Pike and Kaia are sitting on the couch, idly flipping through
channels, the latter wrapped up in the former's arms.
Gabriella is sitting on the floor in lotus position. She has
a map laid out in front of her. Her eyes are closed.
Kaia looks over to Gabriella, who is about four feet away
from them.
KAIA
She's been like that since Connor
left.
(looks up to Pike)
You don't think she's gonna get a
cramp, do you?
Pike looks over at Gabriella and shakes his head.
PIKE
Nah. She strikes me as the yoga
type.
Gabriella frowns and opens one eye.
GABRIELLA
(annoyed)
I'm not that far away, you guys.
(closes her eye s)
And Pike, let's see you make it
through an hour of power yoga.
Before he can respond, multiple ALARMS go off throughout the
place! Kaia and Pike jump in shock, looking around the room
frantically.
PIKE
What the hell?
Lesi howls, bothered by the noise.
Gabriella wipes her arms out in front of her (think the
'you're out' signal in baseball) and every alarm immediately
shuts off, blanketing the room in dead silence.
GABRIELLA
Okay, here we go.
She closes her one eye again. From overhead, four white
lights appear at the edges of the map. They swirl all over it
in seemingly random patterns.
PIKE
Let's hope she does this faster
than Connor did.
KAIA
How long did it take him?
PIKE
(thinks)
Too long.
ON the map, the lights continuing to swirl, albeit within a
tighter range of motion.
INT. UNKNOWN HOUSE - NIGHT
ON the front door and the KNOCKING coming from the other side
of it.
A hand comes into frame and opens the door to reveal Connor.
He smiles and waves.
CONNOR
Hi, Dad!
Reverse on Laurence Reilly's puzzled expression just before
Connor decks him with a punch.
EXT. CITY STREET - NIGHT
Gabriella's car races through the streets.
Pan up to the night sky and the lightning flashing. A clap of
thunder quickly follows. A storm is brewing.
Back on the car (passenger side). Pike is in the back seat,
loading clips into Buffy. Kaia sits up front with Gabriella,
whose eyes are on the road.
Kaia looks out the window thoughtfully. Her window lowers and
she briefly sticks her head out.
KAIA
(pulling her head back in)
Gab, turn around.
GABRIELLA
What? But the spell said-
KAIA
(looks to Gabriella)
That was half an hour ago. I just
caught his scent a couple blocks
back.
(beat)
Trust me.
The car pulls away from the close up and makes a sharp U
turn, cutting off about half a dozen cars in the process.
They race off into the night as it starts to drizzle outside.
INT. FIRST FLOOR - ABANDONED BUILDING - NIGHT
Krav Maga's pacing back and forth. Behind him, Connor climbs
in through a window on the second floor balcony.
Krav turns to him as he jumps over the railing to the ground
and walks up to him. He's a tad bit damp.
Krav looks around, confused.
KRAV
Where are they?
CONNOR
In a safe place tied up.
KRAV
Connor, why didn't you bring them
here?
CONNOR
(blinks)
Because you didn't tell me to. You
just say kidnap them.
Krav chuckles to himself and walks a circle around Connor.
Connor cranes his head to follow him, but doesn't move the
rest of his body.
KRAV
You always take everything at face
value?
CONNOR
(shrugs)
Pretty much.
Krav produces a SYRINGE.
KRAV
Well, before we get to that, stick
out your arm.
Connor obliges. Krav flicks the inside of his elbow to pop up
a vein and injects the needle.
CONNOR
What's that?
Krav pushes the contents into Connor's blood stream.
KRAV
Let's call this...
(finishes injecting
Connor)
Plan B.
He pulls out the syringe and tosses it aside.
KRAV
Okay, there we go. Now, let's go
finish our business. I'm ready to
go home.
CONNOR
Am I going back with you?
Before Krav can answer, he is hit with a hailstorm of BULLETS
from out of frame.
ANGLE ON Pike unloading his entire clip into the demon.
Connor is on him in an instant, chopping the gun out of his
hand.
Pike throws a punch at Connor, who ducks under it, catches
the arm, and swings Pike into a pile of crates in a corner.
Gabriella and Kaia enter the building, taking everything in.
Gabriella spots Krav and immediately BLASTS him clear across
the room with magic.
Krav slams into a wall, leaving a dent. The worms explode off
of his frame, exposing the corpse underneath.
KAIA
Ewww.
Connor stalks over to Pike, fists clenched. Pike is just now
clearing the cobwebs out.
PIKE
Dude, I really don't want to hurt
you.
CONNOR
Oh, well good.
Connor yanks Pike up by his shirt.
CONNOR
This'll be a whole hell of a lot
easier if you don't try.
Pike rears back and HEADBUTTS Connor, driving him back.
PIKE
Didn't say I wouldn't.
Connor rolls his neck, warming up.
CONNOR
Just do me a favor. Try not to
bleed on my tux.
He charges in.
Krav is hopping between the beams on the rafters, his
chuckles echoing in the cavernous room.
Gabriella and Kaia look up, trying to get a fix on him.
GABRIELLA
Anything?
KAIA
No.
Krav drops down behind Gabriella and SLASHES her across the
back with his claws.
Gabriella stumbles over and turns around with her (uninjured)
arm and hand outstretched, eyes sparking yellow.
Krav is already gone, retreated back into the ceiling.
GABRIELLA
Damn.
Back to Connor and Pike. Pike's bruised face shows he's
clearly losing, but he's still standing...barely.
PIKE
(panting)
Connor, you're not yourself.
Connor is bouncing on his feet, enjoying himself.
CONNOR
How do you know that, Pike? How
well do you know me? Really know
me?
PIKE
The Connor I would isn't so much of
a wuss that he'd let some worm
control him.
Connor falters a bit at that. Pike takes the opening to land
a jumping punch right on the nose, busting it.
Connor staggers back. Pike doesn't press the advantage,
either out of stupidity or a simple lack of energy.
Connor slowly, creepily licks the blood dripping down his
lips from his nose.
CONNOR
Last one you're getting.
Connor charges back in.
Back to Kaia and Gabriella. Both their shirts are slashed and
stained with blood.
KAIA
You know, for a such a fearsome
looking thing, you fight like a
girl.
KRAV (O.S.)
You're a fine one to talk. What is
it that you call yourself, Lassie?
Kaia blinks, not expecting him to know that.
GABRIELLA
(emphatic)
We're not girls. We're woman.
Krav drops down on the back of Gabriella, knocking her down.
He picks her up and effortlessly hurls up to the second
floor.
She crashes through the railing and lands face first on the
balcony.
Kaia whirls on Krav as the slugs on his body shift and
adjust, transferring him into an exact replica of Kaia.
KAIA (KRAV)
Why don't you show me how a woman
fights?
Kaia lands a massive fur covered right PAW across Krav's
face, knocking him to the ground!
Kaia's paw returns to human form and she grins at her
opponent.
He looks up at her. Half the face is rotting, bloody skull.
The other half is Kaia, smirking. The loose slugs reattach
themselves.
Krav pops up and tackles Kaia to the ground.
On Pike flying through the air and landing hard on the
ground, sliding a couple more feet to a stop. He coughs up a
mouthful of blood.
Connor walks over to Pike, not really in any sort of rush.
CONNOR
Come on, Pike. Tell me again who
the real Connor is.
PIKE
(strained)
Well, for one.
He rolls to his back just as Connor reaches him and kicks him
right into the groin!
Connor groans and doubles over. Pike kicks him again, this
time square in the face.
PIKE
He wouldn't fall for that.
Pike scrambles on his hands and feet, getting to Buffy and
picking her up. He turns and bears down on Connor, who is
just now back on his feet.
He holds his arms out at his side, giving Pike a clean shot
as he slowly steps towards him.
CONNOR
You gonna shoot me, Pike? Right
here in cold blood?
PIKE
(cocks Buffy)
If I have to.
CONNOR
Uh huh. So why am I not believing
that?
He's right up on the gun now, the nozzle pressing against his
chest.
CONNOR
You gonna put me down with Buffy?
Pike lowers the gun.
PIKE
(solemn)
No.
Then he pistol whips him with the gun in his other hand, that
was behind his back!
Connor drops to the ground, out cold.
PIKE
(shrugs)
Lucille's bigger.
Back to Kaia on Kaia action. Both visages of the werewolf are
slashing at each other with clawed hands. The real Kaia is
easy to see by the actual blood on her.
Pike looks over to the fight.
PIKE
Awww man.
Krav turns to Pike, now showing the same scars as Kaia. Dead
ringer.
Pike draws one gun on each of them.
PIKE
Okay, which one of you is the real
Kaia?
KAIA (KRAV)
Me.
KAIA
Me.
Pike rolls his eyes and cocks both guns.
PIKE
(mumbling)
Should've seen that coming.
(out loud)
Alright, new question. What's my
favorite gun?
The two Kaias look at one another. The one on the right
thinks about it while the left responds:
LEFT KAIA
Why would I know that?
Pike immediately shoots on the one on the right, dropping it
with ammo from both guns. It shifts back to the demon form
and goes still.
Pike comes up to Kaia and looks her over.
PIKE
You okay?
KAIA
I'm good.
(beat)
How'd you know?
Neither of them see Krav start to stir.
PIKE
He actually thought about an answer
to that dumbass question.
Krav lifts his head up, glaring at Kaia and Pike.
PIKE
Besides, I love all my girls the
same.
He kisses both of them to accent his point. Kaia laughs and
shakes her head.
Krav ROARS and leaps at them. Pike grabs Kaia and drops to
the ground.
GABRIELLA (O.S.)
Incendis!
Krav sails harmlessly over the couple and bursts into flames!
They look up to see Gabriella, half hanging off the balcony,
her hand stretched out towards Krav.
Krav SQUEALS as the slugs burned off his body. Soon it's just
the skeleton on fire. It rolls around on the ground, finally
managing to put itself out.
All that remains is a blackened charred skeleton.
Pike and Kaia sigh and she buries her head in his neck, glad
it's over.
GABRIELLA
Connor? Pike, is he okay?
Pike rolls over to his back and gives her a thumbs up.
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