" Hyah!" "Hyah!" "We haven't been properly introduced." "I'm Buffy, and you're history!" "Poor technique." "Prioritizing, subpar." "Execution was adequate, but a bit too bloody for my taste." "Giles, don't mention it." "It was my pleasure to make the world safe for humanity again." "I'm not saying that your methods are without merit." "You're spending too much time and energy." "It should simply be plunge and move on." "Plunge and..." "Hello." "Oh." "That's great." "I kill 'em." "You fence their stuff." "What is it?" "I don't know." "But it bothers you?" "Yes." "I thought this vampire was just on a random kill, but it may be something else." "Something big?" "Yes." "I best consult my books." ""And there will be a time of crisis," ""of worlds hanging in the balance." ""And in this time shall come..." ""the anointed," ""the master's great warrior." ""And the slayer will not know him," ""will not stop him, and he will lead her into hell."" "As it is written, so shall it be." "" Five will die," ""and from their ashes," ""the anointed shall rise." ""The brethren of Aurelius..." ""shall greet him and usher him... to his immortal destiny."" "As it is written, so shall it be." ""And one of the brethren..." ""shall go out hunting the night before..." ""and get himself killed... because he couldn't wait to finish his job before he ate. "" "Oh, wait." "That's not written anywhere." "The anointed will be my greatest weapon against the slayer." "If you fail to bring him to me, if you allow that girl to stop you..." "Here endeth the lesson." "That symbol on the ring..." "I believe it's the rune for fidelity, but, um... that doesn't connect with any of the sects... that I've studied." "What about this?" "On the inside, it's a sun and three stars." "Haven't we seen that somewhere?" "Let me see." "I don't think this represents any..." "It's right here." "Sun and three stars." "Yecch." "Check these guys out." "I told you it looked familiar." "Oh, the Order of Aurelius." "Ooh, two points for the slayer, while the watcher has yet to score." "Oh." "Owen." "Hi." "What do you want?" "A book." " Oh." " See, this is a school, and we have students, and they check out books, and then they learn things." "I was beginning to suspect that was a myth." "I lost my Emily..." "Dickinson." "It's dumb, but I like her around, kind of a security blanket." "Oh, I have something like that." "It's an actual blanket, and I don't really carry it around any... more." "So, Emily Dickens, huh?" "She's great." " Dickinson." " She's good also." "Poetry." "I didn't think I'd find you here." "W-Why not?" "I..." "I didn't mean..." "I mean..." "I think you can read." "Thanks." "But you don't seem bookwormy, the type of person to lock themselves in a dark room... with a lot of musty old books." "Oh." "And I've offended you." "No." "No, I'm... just surprised you gave any thought to what I'm like." "You shouldn't be." "Oh, well, I love books." "I mean, I really love books." "What's this?" " Ooh, not this one." " This one she doesn't love." "Oh, Emily Dickinson." " We're both fans." " Yes, she's quite a good poet." "I mean, for a..." " A girl?" "I'll, uh, see you in math, if I open my eyes at some point." "Cool." "The Order of Aurelius is a very old and venerated sect." "If they're here, it's for a good reason." " That was Owen." " Yes, I remember." "Do you have any more copies of Emily Dickinson?" "I need one." "Buffy, while the mere fact of you wanting to check out a book... would be grounds for a national holiday," "I think we should focus on the problem at hand." "Right." "I'm sorry." "You're right." "Vampires." "Ooh, does this outfit make me look fat?" "Owen Thurman was talking to you?" "It's all true." "Wow." "He hardly talks to anyone." "He's solitary, mysterious." "He can brood for 40 minutes straight." "I've clocked him." "He was so nice, it was eerie." "What did you guys have to talk about?" "Emily Dickinson." "He reads Emily Dickinson?" "He's sensitive, yet manly." "But wait." "You've never even read her." "You vixen." "Has anybody given any thought to what this green stuff is?" "Mmm." "I'm avoiding the subject." "I think it's kale or possibly string cheese." "So, Buffy, how'd the slaying go last night?" " Xander!" " I mean, how'd the laying go?" " No, I don't mean that, either." " It went fine." "Thank you." " There's some new hoity-toity vampire sect in town." " That's bad." "Hey, they bring in the much-needed tourist dollars." "Ooh, look at Mr. Excitement." "Owen." "He's all alone." "Maybe somebody should sit with him." "Just to be polite." "Good luck." "Okay, what just happened?" "Look, an empty seat." "Ooh." " Oh." " Let me get that." "Thanks." " Boy, Cordelia's hips are wider than I thought." "At least you don't have to eat your soylent green." "Owen, a bunch of us are loitering at the Bronze tonight." "You there?" " Who all's going?" " Well, um, I'm going to be there." " Who else?" " You mean, besides me?" " Buffy, what about you?" " What?" "No, no, no." "She, uh..." "She doesn't like fun." "How about we meet there at 8:00?" "Yeah. 8:00." "There." "It's not that big a deal." "It's just a bunch of people getting together." " It's a very big deal." " It's not." "It is." "Tell her." " I'm afraid it's very big." " Thank you." "Wait..." "What are you talking about?" " What are you talking about?" " Boys!" "I'm talking about trouble." "A violent and disturbing prophecy..." " Is about to be fulfilled." " The Order of Aurelius." "You were spot on about the connection." "I've looked at the writings of Aurelius himself, and he prophesied that the brethren of his order... would come to the master and bring him the anointed." " Who's that?" " I don't know exactly... a warrior." "But it says he will rise from the ashes of the five... on the evening of the thousandth day after the Advent of Septus..." "Well, we'll be ready, whenever it is." "Which is tonight." "Tonight, okay." "Not okay." "It can't be tonight." "My calculations are precise." "They're bad calculations." "Bad." " Buffy has a really important date." " Owen!" "All right." "I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the 12th century... and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophecy... for a few days while you take in a dinner and a show." "Okay, at this point, you're abusing sarcasm." "Buffy, this is no ordinary vampire, but we have to stop him before he reaches the master." "But... cute guy." "Teenager." "Post-pubescent fantasies." "Those will just have to be put on hold." "The dark forces are aligning against us, and we have a chance to beat them back." "Tonight, we go into battle." "Perhaps I miscalculated." "I'm thinking yes." "Well, you know what they say... 90% of the vampire slaying game is... is waiting." "You couldn't have told me that 90% ago?" "Well, we've certainly waited here long enough." "Besides, there aren't any fresh graves." "Who's going to rise?" "Apparently no one tonight." "Then I can bail?" "I can go to the Bronze and find Owen?" "Very well, then." "Follow your hormones, if you want." "But I assume I don't have to warn you about the hazards... of becoming personally involved with someone... who's unaware of your unique condition?" "Yeah, I read the back of the box." "If your identity as a slayer is revealed, it could put you and all those around you in grave danger." "Well, in that case, I won't wear my button... that says, "I'm a slayer." "Ask me how."" "Good night." "" Five shall die, and from their ashes, the anointed shall rise." "I was sure it was tonight." " I went on an airplane." " A pale horse emerged with death as its rider." "You will be judged." "You will be judged." ""It's real "" "" Then you wake up shouting some familiar "" ""Name, it's not the same "" "" You're just a girl "" ""Just a girl who knows no shame "" "" Whose desperate pace has lost its taste "" ""And never-ending darkness weighs "" ""I can't avoid I can't complain "" ""I know exactly who's to blame "" "" The girl who shares my..."" "That day's going to bring fire." "Fire coming down." "Judgment." "Don't think you're ready, ready to look upon Him." "If there's sin in there, there's sin all around." "It's a liquid." "On that day, there won't be anybody telling us what to do... or why we're doing it." "You can't prepare." "On that day..." "Hey, you got to sit down, okay?" "Are you willing to stand with the righteous?" "Is everyone okay?" "Are you all right?" " Can you move?" "So you just went home?" "What was I supposed to do?" "Say to Owen, "Sorry I was late." ""I was sitting in a cemetery with the librarian..." ""waiting for a vampire to rise so I could prevent..." " An evil prophesy from coming to pass"?" " Or flat tire?" "I can't take this anymore." "I feel like everyone is staring at me, the big, hideous, dateless monster." "What?" "Yeah, that's right." "I have no life." "Come on, nothing to see here, pal." "Move it along." "You're acting a little overly, aren't you?" "I mean, you could have any guy in school." "He's not any guy." "He's more Oweny." "Sure, he's got a certain Owenosity, but that's not hard to find." "I mean, a lot of guys read." "I can read." " Hey, Buffy." " Owen." "Oh, look, it's Owen." "Buffy and Owen and Xander." "That'd be me." " Where were you last night?" " Oh..." "Well, um, my watch broke, and we don't have any clocks in our house... and so I didn't know what time it was or even what day it was." "I thought I was the only one that happened to." "How about we try it again for tonight?" "I'll even lend you my watch." "Tonight?" "You and me?" "Well, we could invite the chess club, but... they drink, and they start fights." "Oh, no." "It's just..." "Well, I sort of heard... that you and Cordelia were somewhat... all over each other, a little." "I danced with her a couple of times." "She's kind of grabby." "Well, let's see." "If I rearrange that, and I push that to..." "Sure!" "Tonight'll work." " Great." "I'll pick you up at 7:00?" " Um..." " 7:00." " That's when the little hand's there." "Oh, between the six and the eight." "Um, I'll see you then." "Tonight." "Isn't that so..." " What?" " Me and Owen." "Yeah, so it is." "It sure is so." " Hey, how's it going?" "That's great." " All right." "I see we're still working on that anointed one problem." "That'll probably take a few days, right?" "I mean, that's one obscure prophesy." "Yes, well, there are quite a few interpretations." "So, tonight's looking pretty slow, right?" "Probably best to relax and regroup." "No big disasters coming." "That is so good." "I will see you tomorrow, then." "Bye!" "She is the strangest girl." "You have done well." "Everything is in place." "When this night's work is done," "I will have a mighty ally." "I'll be one step closer to freeing myself from this... mystical prison." "I've been trapped down here so long," "I've nearly forgotten what it's like on the surface." "Oh." "There'll be time enough to remember... when I rule it." "If she tries to stop you, kill her." "Give your own lives, but do not fail to bring the anointed." "I know you won't disappoint me." "Bug." "Pick." "Okay, do I want to appear shy, coy, and naive... or unrestrained, insatiable, and aggressive?" "You know, Owen is a little homespun." "He probably doesn't like that overly assertive look." "Oh, hey, here's something." "And a ski cap." "The earflaps will bring out your eyes." "Maybe I should mix and match." "Okay, guy's opinion." "Which one do you think Owen will like better... the red or the peach?" "Oh, you mean for kissing you... and then telling all his friends how easy you are... so the whole school loses respect for you and then talks behind your back." " The red's fine." " Thanks." "I'll go with the peach." "Here, put this on." "You're not bothering me." " So where is he taking you?" " Oh, I don't know." "Where do you suppose young kids go on dates these days?" "I read somewhere once that sometimes they go to movies." "Movies?" "Interesting." "And I saw on TV once... a bunch of people our age went to a party." "Wow." "Never knew being a teenager... was so full of possibilities." "That's Owen." " That's Giles." "Buffy's not home." " We need to talk." "My calculations may not have been as far off as I thought." "" Five die in van accident"?" ""Out of the ashes of five, shall rise the one."" "That's the prophecy." "Five people have died." "In a car crash." "I know it doesn't quite follow, but it's worth investigating." "Look!" ""Among the dead was Andrew Borba, whom the police sought for questioning in a double murder."" "He may be the anointed one." "The bodies have been taken to Sunnydale Funeral Home." " We can..." " Giles, why do you want to hurt me?" " I beg your pardon?" " Hey." " Uh, hi." " You have a date." "Yes, but I will return those overdue books by tomorrow." "No, you're not getting off that easily." "Man, you really care about your work." " Uh, Owen." " Yeah, a couple of things about tonight." "Another date?" "Don't you ever do anything else?" "This is the first date." "There's never been a date." "This is my maiden voyage." "What, she doesn't like to dance?" "Well, it's a little too late to do anything about that." "Uh, you should probably know that Buffy doesn't like to be kissed." "Actually, she doesn't even like to be touched." " Xander!" " As a matter of fact, don't even look at her." " We don't even know if this is anything." " No, we don't." " And I haven't had a day off for a while." " True." "And a cranky slayer is a careless slayer." "Buffy, maintaining a normal social life as a slayer... is problematic at best." "This is the '90s, the 1990s, in point of fact, and I can do both." "Clark Kent has a job." "I just want to go on a date." "Well, I suppose it was a fairly slim lead." "Thank you, thank you, thank you." "And I won't go far, okay?" "If the apocalypse comes, beep me." " Is everything cool?" " All set." "Yes, and you'll face a pretty hefty fine in the morning." "Well, bye." "Don't wait up." " Is something going on?" " Oh, well, probably not, no." "I, uh, I suppose I'll just, uh... go to the funeral home in case..." "just see if anything comes up." " This is bad." " I wish it was just bad." "We should... go along." "Yeah, you're right." "I don't trust that Owen guy." "It's the eyes." "Crazy." "Xander, we should go with Giles." " He could get in trouble." " Oh, he's gone." "He's going to be all right." "He's like Superlibrarian." "Everyone forgets, Willow, that knowledge is the ultimate weapon." ""I'll be right along "" "" 'Cause, baby, you're so strong "" "The thing about Emily Dickinson I love... is that's she's just so incredibly morbid..." "A lot of loss, a lot of death..." "It gets me." "A lot about bees for some reason." "It gets me." "A lot about bees for some reason." "Did she have a tragic and romantic life with a lot of bees?" "Quiet, kind of sequestered and uneventful, which I can really relate to." " I don't get out much." " I don't get that." "It's... my fault." "I just find most girls pretty frivolous." "There's a lot more important things in life than dating, you know?" "Oh... did I say something wrong?" "Uh, no." "Come on." "" Baby, baby, I know "" "" It's always been so..."" "" So make me fall for you "" " It's weird." " What is?" "You." "One minute, you're right there." "I got you figured." "The next..." "It's like you're two people." "Really?" "Which one do you like better?" "I'll let you know." "" So strong "" "" Baby "" "" I'm lost "" "" You know "" ""Because you're so strong "" " " So "" " Aren't there laws against this sort of thing?" "Owen..." "Look at you here, all alone." " Cordelia, I'm here with Buffy." " Oh, okay." "You want to dance?" "No." "I'm still here with Buffy." "You are so good to help the needy." "Cordelia, Owen and I would like to be alone right now, and for that to happen, you would have to go somewhere that's away." "Well, when you're ready for the big leagues, let me know." "Damn." "" I have a window in my mind "" ""I can tell it to look right through you "" " Are you, uh, having fun?" " Yeah." "I almost feel like a girl." " Giles, it's us." " What are you doing here?" "We saw two guys go in there after you." "Are they..." "They are." "Listen, you should get to safety." " Can you get out this window?" " I'm afraid not." "Look, I hate to state the obvious, but this looks like a job for Buffy." "Uh, she has a-a..." "a beeping thing." " No phone, of course." " Look, we'll get her." "Just hang in there." "Do hurry." " Do you want something to eat?" " Sure." "Just make it something fattening." "What a disgusting display." "Is that really appropriate behavior... in a public forum?" "I mean, I've never seen a girl... throw herself at a guy like that." "Ohh." "Ooh..." "Hello, salty goodness!" "Pick up the phone." "Call 911." "That boy is going to need some serious oxygen... after I'm through with him." " Buffy." " Angel." "Why is this happening to me?" " I was hoping I'd find you here." " You were?" "Some serious stuff happening tonight." "You need to be out there." " No." "Not you, too." " What do you know?" "Prophecy, anointed one, yadda, yadda, yadda." " So you know." "Fine." "I just thought I'd warn you." " Warn me?" "You see that guy over there at the bar?" "He came here to be with me." " You're here on a date?" " Yes." "Why is it such a shock to everyone?" " Here you go." " Uh..." "Um, Owen, this is Angel." "Angel, this is Owen, who is my date." " Hey." " Hey." "So, where do you know Buffy from?" " Work." " Do you work?" " Buffy!" " Look at this." "You show up everywhere." " Interesting." " You don't know the half of it." " What's he doing here?" " My guess is, the same thing you're doing here." "Uh, excuse me, what are any of you doing here?" " Look, we got to get to..." "We thought it'd be fun if we made this a double date." "I didn't know you guys were seeing each other." "Oh, yeah, well, we knew it would happen eventually, so we figured, hey, why fight it?" " And you guys were thinking double?" " 'Cause of... the fun!" "And you're here because of work?" "Hey, maybe we should all go somewhere together." "Gee, that's so nice of you to ask, but Owen and I were, sort of..." " Owen and I." " You know what would be cool?" " The Sunnydale Funeral Home." " I've always wanted to go there." " The funeral home." " Actually, that sounds kind of cool." " You think we could all sneak in?" " Saw some guys in there before." " They seemed to be having fun." " Bite me!" " I thought we were going to the funeral home?" " No, you can't!" "I'll tell you what, I'll be back in a little while." "Buffy..." " So what's the deal?" "Do you want to bail on me..." " No!" "No, no." "Uh..." "You remember when you said I was like two different people?" "Well, one of them has to go, but the other one is having... a really, really good time and will come back." "I promise." ""I'm in love "" ""It's okay, girl "" ""And it's okay, girl "" "" To be in love with me "" "She's the strangest girl." " Which way?" " The room's around back." "Damn it." "This is so cool." "Owen, you can't be here." "Oh, and I suppose you guys are allowed?" "What are we doing here, huh?" " Are we gonna see a dead body?" " Possibly several." " Guys, watch him." " Is she mad?" "Oh, she just wants to make sure there are no guards... so we don't get in trouble." " Good thinking." " Good thinking." "Giles?" " Giles!" " It is you." "Oh, good." " What happened?" " Two more of the brethren came in here." "They came after me." " But I was more than a match for them." " Meaning?" "I hid." "But this chap was good enough to bunk with me until they went away." "Well, were they here after you, or was it that prophecy thing?" "That's what we have to find out." "I don't know what these brethren mean to do exactly, find the anointed or give him something perhaps?" "It's all very vague, and the anointed may be long gone." " But he may not be." " We must find out." "Okay, I just need to get Owen and the others out of harm's way first." "Owen?" "You brought a date?" "I didn't bring him." "He came." "Buffy, when I said you could slay vampires and have a social life," " I didn't mean at the same time." " I know, I'll get rid of him." "You can't make him go out there alone." "We don't know where the brethren are." " I'll just tell..." " No!" "No, Giles." "If he sees you, he's going to have more questions than he already does right now." "I'll take care of it." " Is everything okay?" " It is." " And we'll be leaving?" " We're not done looking around yet." "No." "He's right." "So let's find a nice safe, fun room to look around in." "We tried the office here, but it's locked." " I don't think we'll find much in here." " That's the plan." "Okay." " What?" " I have to go now..." "Um, to the bathroom." "I have to go to the bathroom." "If you hear anything, like a security guard or something, just be really quiet..." "and barricade the door." "Keep looking." "He must be here somewhere." " What are you guys doing?" " Uh, just in case." "Oh, my." " Nothing." " The anointed must be gone." " I mean, this is where they keep all the dead bodies, right?" " Uh-huh." "I read a lot about death, but I've never really seen a dead body before." "Do they... usually move?" "I have been judged." "What's... going on?" "Oh, no." "He fills my head with song." "Pork and beans." "Pork and beans." " Give me that." " I can smell you." "You're the chaff, unblessed." "I'll suck the blood from your hearts." "He says I may." " He's in there." " Uh, go!" "Get out!" "" The beautiful The beautiful river "" "Oh, god!" "This is too much!" " What have you got?" " What?" " What did you bring?" "Do you have a stake?" " Oh, um..." " Thank you." " W-what should I do?" "Go outside and make sure the others are okay." "Ah-aah!" " Buffy?" " Somebody's got to help Buffy." "Owen!" "They told me about you while I was sleeping." " Oh-aah!" " Buffy!" " Uhh!" "Uhh." "No!" "Uhh!" "Did you see that?" "He tried to bite me." "What a sissy." " No!" " Dead." "He was found wanting." "Ooh!" "Uhh!" "You killed my date!" " Hyah!" "Buffy, Owen's..." "Just give her a sec." "Ooh!" "Hyah!" "Hyah!" "You killed my date!" "Your turn." "Rah!" "Does anyone have an aspirin?" "Or 60?" "Owen." "What happened to that guy?" "Oh." "We scared him away." " Oh, good, 'cause, you know, I woulda..." " I know." "Here." "I'm sure this isn't exactly what you had in mind... for our first date." "Yeah." "I was hoping maybe we'd finish up at Ben and Jerry's." "We still could." "No." "I-I think I'll just walk home." "Uh... which way is home?" "I'll get you there." "No." "I'll..." "I'll go it alone." "I'll make sure he gets home safely..." " Buffy, if I might..." " Don't..." "Did Owen say anything about me on the way home?" "Well, you mean specifically about you?" "Or generally... in the area... in the ballpark..." "any sort of indication?" " Well, in that case, no." " But he was pretty incoherent," " So we might have missed it." " You think?" " No." " Anyway, I totally blew it last night." "No." "See, what you need is a guy... who already knows your deepest, darkest secrets... and still says, " Hey, I like that girl."" " Someone like..." " Owen." "Huh?" "Well..." " Hi." " Hi." "This is going well." "I don't really know how to say this, but..." " About last night..." " You don't even have to..." " I'm sure you were pretty freaked out." " Totally." "And I was wondering when I could see you again." "Um, that was my hopeful ear." " Could you repeat that?" " I think you're the coolest." " Really?" " Last night was incredible." "I never thought that nearly getting killed..." " Would make me feel so alive." " So that's why you want to be with me." "Oh, absolutely." "When can we do something like that again?" " Something like?" " Like walk downtown at 3:00 in the morning... and pick a fight in a bar..." "how about tonight?" "Tonight would... be..." "not a workable thing." " Did I just say that?" " Tomorrow, then." "I'm free any night this week." "I'm not." "Please don't take this personally." "It's not you." "It's me." "Right." "It's you." "And I was kind of hoping that maybe you and I could still be..." "I-I get it." "You just want to be friends." " That'd be nice." " Friends." "Yeah." "Great." "Yeah." "Great." "I was 10 years old when my father told me..." "I was destined to be a watcher." "He was one and his mother before him, and I was to be next." "Were you thrilled beyond all measure?" "No." "I had very definite plans about my future." "I was going to be a fighter pilot... or possibly a grocer, but my father gave me a very tiresome speech... about responsibility and sacrifice." "Sacrifice, huh?" " He seems like a nice lad." " Yeah." "But he wants to be Dangerman." " Hmm." " You, Xander, Willow, you guys..." "You guys know the score." "You're careful." "Two days in my world, and Owen really would get himself killed, or I'd get him killed." " Or someone else." " I went to the funeral home of my own free will." " And I should have been there." " Buffy..." " I blew it." " I have volumes of lore, of prophecies... of predictions... but I don't have an instruction manual." "We feel our way as we go along, and, I must say, as a slayer, you're-you're doing..." "pretty well." "Well, at least I did stop that prophecy thing from coming true." "You did." "Handily." "No more anointed one." "And I would imagine the master, wherever he is, is having a fairly bad day himself." ""And in this time will come..." ""the anointed," ""and the slayer will not know him." ""She will not stop him." ""And he will lead her... into hell."" "Welcome, my friend." "Grr!" "Argh!"