"Previously on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"." "I've been trapped here so long, I've forgotten what it's like on the surface." " Who's that?" " That must be Angel." "A vampire in love with the Slayer." "It's rather poetic." ""And in this time shall come the Anointed."" ""And in this time shall come the Anointed."" ""And the Slayer will not know him and he will lead her into Hell."" " The Pergamum Codex." " Codex?" "It contained the most complete prophecies about the Slayer." "I can get it." "You know how I feel about you." "It's pretty obvious, isn't it?" "There's never been anyone else for me but you." "And we're good friends and it's time to take the next step." "Would you date me?" "Oh, that's good: "Date me."" "It's terrible, right?" "Oh, no." "Well, yes. "Date me" is silly." "What I should do is just start with talking about the dance." "You know, Buffy, Spring Fling just isn't any dance." "It's a time for students to choose a mate, and then we can observe their mating rituals and tag them before they migrate." " Just kill me!" " You're doing fine." "Why is it so hard?" "I should just say "I like you." "Let's go to the dance."" " Direct and to the point." " I'm ready." "I wanna do it now." "I gotta do it now." "Buffy's not here." "You can practise on me some more." "I can't wait till tomorrow." "I'll think about it too much." "Why didn't Buffy show up tonight?" " What's she doing?" " You know." "The usual." " What was that?" " What was what?" "Someone's out there." "That's silly." "Who would be out there?" "Three in one night." "Giles would be so proud." ""The Master shall rise."" "Yes, this is it!" ""The Master shall rise and the Slayer..."" "My God!" "The stairs." "Under the stairs!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Shake, Earth!" "This is a sign!" "We are in the final days!" "My time is come!" "Glory!" "Glory!" "What do you think?" "Five point one?" "Morning." "Wow." "The damage looks fairly structural." "Are we safe in here?" "Buffy!" "What?" "Do I have something on my face?" "No... and yes, we're safe." "Probably best not to go up there." "How're you doin', Giles?" "Get much sleep last night?" "I've been working." "Me too." "I went hunting last night and it is awfully sweet of you to ask." "It's getting hairy out there, Giles." "I killed three vampires last night." "One was practically on school grounds." " They're increasing." " And getting cockier." "I'm not loving it." "Last night was a pretty close call." "Yes." "Giles, care?" "I'm putting my life on the line, battling the undead." "I broke a nail, OK?" "I'm wearing a press-on." "The least you could do is exhibit some casual interest." "You could go "Hm."" "Oh, sorry..." "I'm very glad that you're all right." "I need to verify..." " I just can't really talk right now." " Fine." "That's OK." "I can't put it off any longer." " I have to meet my terrible fate." " What?" "Biology." " Wow, that was boring." " I don't feel that "boring" covers it." "No. "Boring" falls short." "Even I was bored." "And I'm a science nerd." " Don't say that." " I'm not ashamed." "It's the computer age." "Nerds are in." " They're still in, right?" " Willow, don't you have a thing?" "A thing?" "The thing... that I have... which is a thing..." "that I have to go to!" "See you later." " What on earth is her deal?" " She's Willow." "So..." "Buffy, I wanted to..." "There's this thing I wanted to ask you, to talk to you about." " OK." "What's up?" " Let's go over here and sit." " Now you're making me nervous." " There's no need to be nervous." "It's silly." "Hey!" "Leave." "Thanks." "Well?" "You know, Spring Fling is a time for students to gather and..." "Oh, God." "I want you to go to the dance with me." "You and me, on a date." "I don't know what to say." "Well, you're not laughing, so that's a good start." "Buffy, I like you a lot." "And I know we're friends and we've had experiences." "We've fought some bloodsucking fiends, and that's all been a good time." "But I want more." "I wanna dance with you." "Xander, you're one of my best friends." "You and Willow." "Willow's not looking to date you." "Or if she is, she's playing it pretty close to the chest." " I don't wanna spoil our friendship." " I don't wanna spoil it either." "But that's not the point, is it?" "You either feel a thing, or you don't." "I don't." "Xander, I'm sorry." "I just don't think of you that way." "Well, try." "I'll wait." " Xander..." " No." "Forget it." "I'm not him." "I guess a guy's gotta be undead to make time with you." "That's really harsh." "Look, I'm sorry." "I don't handle rejection well." "Funny... considering all the practice I've had, huh?" "Xander, I'm sorry." "I never..." "You know what?" "Let's just not." "Hello." "This is Giles." "Rupert Giles." "I need to see you." "No." "I realise that." "Come after sundown." "Good." "I'll see you then." "That outfit looks just like the one you wore yesterday - only wrinklier." "Were you here all night?" "Sorry, I'm not really up to socialising just now." "Something's going on, Rupert." "I'm guessing you know what it is." "What do you know?" "I have been surfing the Net looking for unexplained incidents." "People are always sending stuff my way." "They know the occult's my turf." "Here is the latest." ""A cat last week gave birth to a litter of snakes."" ""A family was swimming in Whisper Lake when the lake began to boil."" "And "Mercy Hospital last night, a boy was born with his eyes facing inward."" "I'm not stupid." "This is apocalypse stuff." "Throw in the earthquake and I'd say we've got a problem." " I would say the end is nigh." " I don't know if I can trust you." "I helped cast that demon from the Internet." "That merits trust." "Look, I'm scared, OK?" "Plus I've got this crazy monk e-mailing me from Cortona about some Anointed One." "The Anointed One?" "He's dead." " Someone's dead?" " Who is this monk?" "Brother Luca something." "Keeps sending out global mailings about a prophecy." " Talk to him." "Find out everything he knows." " You haven't told me jack, so why the order?" "Just do it!" "I'll explain later." "You'd better." "I'll get everything tonight." "The guys'll help." "It's all in the AV room." "The sound system and decorations." " Aura needs help moving the coolers." " Don't sweat it!" "Bring everything to the Bronze and I'll meet you there in the morning." " Done." " You're so sweet." " Why are you so sweet?" " I don't know." "I'm usually mean as a snake." "Willow!" "I'll see you in the morning." " I really like your outfit!" " No, you don't." " No, I really don't." "But I need a favour." " What kind?" "The Bronze won't let us use their sound system." "You know how to hook one up." "If you could show up tomorrow morning, I'd be really grateful." "I mean, I'd talk to you at the dance and everything." " Sure." " Great." "Tomorrow at ten?" "Sure." " Hey." " Hey." " How'd it go?" " On a scale of one to ten?" "It sucked." "Well, I guess it could be worse." "I could have gangrene on my face." " What did she say?" " Apart from "no", does it really matter?" "She's still jonesing for Angel." "Couldn't care less about me." " At least now you know." " Yeah, the deal's done." "The polls are in and it's time for my concession speech." "I know what we'll do." "We can go." "Be my date." "We'll have a great time." "We'll dance, we'll go wild." "What do you say?" " No." " Good." " What?" " There's no way." "Come on." "You think I wanna go to the dance with you and watch you wish you were with her?" "Do you think that's my idea of high jinks?" "You should know better." " I didn't think." " I'm sorry it didn't work out for you." "I'll see you on Monday." "That's OK." "I don't wanna go." "I'm just gonna go home, lie down, and listen to country music." "The music of pain." "Giles, you are not gonna believe this." "It's clear." "It's what's gonna happen." "It's happening now." "Angel?" "You've gotta be wrong." " I've checked all my volumes." "It's real." " There's gotta be some way round it." "Some prophecies are a bit dodgy." "They're mutable." "Buffy has thwarted them time and time again." "But the Codex has nothing in it that does not come to pass." " Then you're reading it wrong." " I wish to God I were!" "But it's very plain." "Tomorrow night, Buffy will face the Master and she will die." "Well, have you verified the text?" "So that's it, huh?" "I remember the drill." "One Slayer dies, the next one's called." "I wonder who she is." "Will you train her?" "Or will they send someone else?" " Buffy..." " Does it say how he's gonna kill me?" "Do you think it'll hurt?" "Don't touch me!" "Were you even gonna tell me?" "I was hoping that I wouldn't have to, that there was some way around it." "I've got a way around it." "I quit." " It's not that simple." " I'm making it that simple." "I quit!" "I resign!" "I'm fired!" "Find someone else to stop the Master from taking over." "I'm not sure that anyone else can." "All the signs indicate..." "Signs?" "Read me the signs!" "Tell me my fortune!" "You're so useful, sitting here with all your books!" "You're really a lot of help!" "No, I don't suppose I am." " I know this is hard." " What do you know about this?" "You're never gonna die." "Do you think I want anything to happen to you?" "We just gotta figure out a way..." "I already did." "I quit, remember?" "Pay attention!" "Buffy, if the Master rises..." "I don't care!" "I don't care." "Giles, I'm 16 years old." "I don't wanna die." "Hi, honey." "You all right?" "Sure." "You're probably just full from that bite of dinner you nearly had." "Feel like telling me what's on your mind?" " Mom, let's go away!" " What?" " Anywhere." "Just for a while." "A weekend." " Honey!" "A mother-daughter thing." "We can talk about the embarrassing things you love to bring up." " You know the gallery's open on weekends." " Mom, please." "Isn't the prom tomorrow night?" "Or Spring Fling, whatever they're calling it?" " I guess." " Nobody asked you?" " Someone." " But not the right someone." "See, sometimes I do know what you're thinking." "Well, then..." "This probably isn't the best time for this but..." "..I saw you eyeing it at the store." "I figured..." "Mom, we can't afford this." "The way you've been eating, we can afford it." "It's beautiful." "I think you should wear it to the dance." "No." "I can't go to the dance." "Says who?" "Is it written somewhere?" "You should do what you want." "Homecoming, my freshman year of college." "I didn't have a date, so I got dressed up and I went anyway." " Was it awful?" " It was awful." "For about an hour." " Then what happened?" " I met your father." "He didn't have a date either?" "He did." "That's a much funnier story that you will not get to hear." "Oh, but it was a beautiful night." "And you had your whole life ahead of you." "Must be nice." "Kevin said he'd bring everything to the Bronze last night." "He promised!" "We'll never get everything ready in time!" "He probably forgot." "It's not that big a deal." "You don't understand!" "I'm not mad." "He totally flaked on me." "On me!" "And I don't even care." "God help me, I think it's cute." "There they are!" "They're watching cartoons." "That's so cu..." "That's not cute." "That's annoying." "I'm annoyed." "Right." "I'm furious." " Men!" "I don't know why we put up with them." " I hear ya." "Obviously, Kevin has underestimated the power of my icy stare." "Oh, my God!" "Kevin!" "Kevin!" "Buffy!" "There's something on the news." "Willow." "I've seen so much." "I thought I could take anything." "But, Buffy..." "This..." "This was different." "It'll be all right." "I'm trying to think how to say it, to explain it so you understand." "It doesn't matter as long as you're OK." "I'm not OK." "I knew those guys." "I go to that room every day." "And when I walked in there, it wasn't our world any more." "They made it theirs." "And they had fun." " What are we gonna do?" " What we have to." "Promise me you'll stay in tonight, OK?" "Buffy." "I like your dress." "Take care." "Soon!" "Soon!" "OK." "So this Master guy tried to open the Hellmouth, but he got stuck in it." "Now all the signs are reading that he's gonna get out, which opens the Hellmouth, which brings the demons, which ends the world." "Yes." "That about sums it up, yes." "The part that gets me, though, is where Buffy is the Vampire Slayer." " She's so little." " Did you get in touch with this Brother Luca?" "As far as I can tell, no one can." "He's disappeared." "Did send out one last global, though." " A short one." " What did it say?" "Isaiah 11:6." "Which I dutifully looked up." ""The wolf shall live with the lamb." "The leopard shall lie down with the kid."" ""The calf, the lion and the fatling together, and the little child shall lead them."" " It's warm and fuzzy for a message of doom." " It all depends where he's leading them to." "Aurelius wrote of the Anointed One," ""The Slayer will not know him, and he will lead her into Hell."" "So Luca thinks the Anointed is a kid." "If the vampire that Buffy killed is in fact not the Anointed, then it may well be." " Well, then we need to warn her." " I don't intend involving her at all." "What do you mean?" "Buffy's not going to face the Master." "I am." "No, you're not." "So I'm looking for a kid, huh?" "And he'll lead me to the Master?" "I'm not going to send you out there to die." "I've waded about in these books for so long," "I've forgotten what the real world is like." "It's time I found out." " You're not facing the Master." " I've made up my mind." " So have I." " I made up mine first." "I'm older and wiser than you and..." "Just do what you're told for once!" "All right?" "That's not how it goes." "I'm the Slayer." "I don't care what the books say." "I defy prophecy and I'm going." "Nothing you can say will change my mind." "I know." "When he wakes up, tell him..." "I dunno." "Think of something cool." "Tell him I said it." "You fight the Master and you'll die." "Maybe." "Maybe I'll take him with me." "Help me." "It's OK." "I know who you are." " She what?" " I told you something was going on with her." "She knew about this prophecy of yours?" " Oh, man." "What do we do?" " We stay calm." "First thing." " Calm?" " I think he's right." "Calm may work for Locutus of the Borg here, but I'm staying freaked out!" " Xander..." " How could you let her go?" "As my soon-to-be purple jaw will attest, I did not "let her go"." " How can we help her?" " Sorry to bring this up," " but we also have an apocalypse." " Do you mind?" "How come she's in the club?" "Once the Master gets free, the Hellmouth opens and everybody dies." "I don't care." "I'm sorry." "I don't." " Right now, I gotta help Buffy." " We don't even know where she's gone." "No." "But I can find out." "Well, look who's here." "Mind if I come in?" " Make yourself at home." " She's gone." " What?" " Buffy's gone to fight the Master." " He'll kill her." " Rumour has it." "Only we're not gonna let it happen." "What do you propose we do about it?" "Look, I know you can find this Master guy." "He's underground, right?" "Take me to him." "You're way out of your league, kid." "The Master'll kill you before you can even breathe, if you're lucky." "How can I say this clearly?" "I don't like you." "At the end of the day, I pretty much think you're a vampire." "But Buffy's got this big old yen for you." "She thinks you're a real person." "And right now, I need you to prove her right." "You're in love with her." "Aren't you?" "The Master is as old as any vampire on record." "We don't know how powerful he'll be if he reaches the surface." "OK." "Here's my question." "The Hellmouth opens." "Yes." "Where?" "If he's underground and it's right where he is, where's it gonna open?" "Good point." "Look, you have a look through the "Black Chronicles"." "Willow." "Could you check the local histories for any common denominators?" "Locations of incidents and such." "Right." "OK." "Welcome." "Thanks for having me." "You should talk to your contractor." " Looks like you got some water damage." " Oh, good." "The "feeble banter" portion of the fight." "Why don't we just cut to the..." "Nice shot." "This way." "What?" " You're looking at my neck." " What?" " You checked out my neck." " No." "Keep your distance." " I wasn't looking at your neck!" " I told you to eat before we left." "You're not going to kill me with that thing." " Don't be so sure." " You still don't understand your part in this?" "You are not the hunter." "You are the lamb." "Now let's think about this." "The vampires have been gathering." "They know he's coming." "They will be his army." " They'll be at the Hellmouth?" " The Master last tried to rise at the Harvest." "He sent some vampires to get him fresh blood." " Where did that go down?" " The Bronze." " The prom!" " We have to warn them." "No, we'll go." "You have to concentrate on demon killing." " My car's in the lot." " Stay close together." "And be careful." "We will." "For someone who's all-powerful, you sure do like to hide." "I'm waiting for you." "I want this moment to last." "Well, I don't." "I understand." "What if they get to the Bronze before we do?" " We don't need to worry about that." " Why not?" "Cos they're not going to the Bronze." "You tried." "It was noble of you." "You heard the prophecy that I was about to break free and you came to stop me." "But prophecies are tricky creatures." "They don't tell you everything." "You're the one that sets me free." "If you hadn't come, I couldn't go." "Think about that." "Oh, God!" "The power!" "By the way," "I like your dress." " What was that?" " It's too late." "He's gone up." "She's dead." " No." "She's not dead." " She's not breathing." "But if she drowned, there's a shot." "CPR." "You have to do it." "I have no breath." "Come on." "Come on!" " Why are they coming here?" " Not caring." "Get in!" "Come on." "Breathe." "Breathe!" "Come on." "Buffy?" "Buffy?" "Xander?" "Welcome back." "I was sitting where Kevin and I used to park and suddenly these things came at me!" " What do we do now?" " We've gotta get to the library." "Great." "Of course, we generally walk there." "What the...?" " What's happening?" " Guess!" "Why are they coming here?" "My world." "My beautiful world!" "Easy." "Easy." " The Master?" " He's gone up." "No." "You're still weak." "No." "No, I feel strong." "I feel different." "Let's go." "They're coming in through the stacks." "The bookshelves!" "My office." "Somebody help!" "How do you know where the Master's going?" "I know." "Oh, look." "A bad guy." "You two wait here." "Keep the other vampires off me." " Angel, better put on your game face." " I'm ready." "One way or another, this won't take long." "See how you like it!" "This won't keep 'em out for long!" "Giles!" "The Hellmouth." "Yes!" "Come forth, my child." "Come into my world." "I don't think it's yours just yet." "You're dead." "I may be dead, but I'm still pretty." "Which is more than I can say for you." "You were destined to die." "It was written." "What can I say?" "I flunked the written." "Come here." "Giles!" "Did you really think you could best me here when you couldn't below?" " You have fruit-punch mouth." " What?" "Save the hypnosis crap for the tourists." "Where are yourjibes now?" " Will you laugh when my Hell is on Earth?" " You're that amped about Hell, go there." " The vampires?" " Gone." " The Master?" " Dead." "The Hellmouth is closed." "Buffy?" "Buffy?" "Oh, sorry." " It's just been a really weird day." " Yeah." "Buffy died and everything." " Wow." "Harsh." " I should have known that wouldn't stop you." " Well, what do we do now?" " I'd like to get out of this place." "I don't like the library much now." "Hey, I hear there's a dance at the Bronze." "Could be fun." " Buffy?" " Sure." "We saved the world." "I say we party." "I mean..." "I got all pretty." "What about him?" "He's not going anywhere." "Loser." " I'm not dancing, though." " We'll see." "So what's the story with the car?" "I'm really, really hungry." " By the way, I really like your dress." " Yeah, yeah." "A big hit with everyone."