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Belonging Part 1 February 28, 2001 (Yellow) Written by: Shawn Ryan |
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Teaser |
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INT. TRENDY RESTAURANT - NIGHT A platter of trendy appetizers FILLS FRAME as it moves past CAMERA. We FIND COR, WES and GUNN sitting at a table in an upscale restaurant. There is one empty seat. At all four places, remnants of appetizers. They're eating, talking over one another a little. WESLEY CORDELIA GUNN Cor cranes her neck, looking around. WESLEY CORDELIA ANGEL (O.S.) They all look to the empty chair - AS CAMERA PANS from what we now realize is them all reflected in a mirror to them (including Angel in the formerly empty seat) at the table. Angel looks around, a little uncomfortably. ANGEL Angel eyes a MIDDLE AGED WOMAN moving past, draped in a long unusual shawl. GUNN ANGEL CORDELIA WESLEY Wesley hold up a wine glass. Angel and Gunn follow suit. CORDELIA GUNN ANGEL Guys drink. Cordy smiles. CORDELIA Beat. She takes a bite of her appetizer. CORDELIA ANGEL CORDELIA ANGEL CORDELIA WESLEY GUNN ANGEL GUNN WESLEY CORDELIA ANGEL GUNN WESLEY ANGEL GUNN WESLEY GUNN Beat. Angel sees that older woman in the shawl heading past them in the opposite direction now. Something suspicious there... WESLEY Angel leaps from the table -- and in that Angel way is suddenly TEN FEET AWAY, grabbing the woman by the shawl. WOMAN WESLEY ANGEL WOMAN ANGEL CORDELIA Cor pulls Angel back to the table -- everyone in the place is staring at them. GUNN ANGEL WESLEY Cor suddenly doubles over in pain. CORDELIA All three guys leap up, rush to her side. GUNN She looks up at them, in a great deal of pain. CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA She lurches out of her chair, pulling the table cloth and dishes with her, making a terrible crash, shoving Wes out of the way and not getting terribly far before she falls to her knees in the middle of the restaurant. ANGLE - THE GUYS Standing and watching as we hear terrible retching sounds. The TABLEAU: Cor on her knees, people horrified, our guys big as life in the middle of it all -- chaos as waiters and busboys grab mops, run to Cor. ANGEL Hold for a long, uncomfortable beat, then OUT. END OF TEASER |
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Act One |
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ACT ONE INT. ANGEL'S HOTEL - COR'S DESK - DAY Wesley, by himself, on the phone. WESLEY Wesley hangs up the phone, deeply wounded. Gunn enters the room chewing on a snack. GUNN Wesley hides his pain. WESLEY GUNN WESLEY GUNN WESLEY EXT. HOLLYWOOD STUDIO - DAY Stock shot. Establishing. INT. SOUNDSTAGE - DAY The hustle and bustle of CREW MEMBERS preparing for a shoot. Angel steps into frame, taking it all in. A couple of CREW MEMBERS, carrying stage lights, try to squeeze past Angel. He realizes he's in their way. As he steps aside-- ANGEL They move past, and now Angel sees-- A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN in a bikini, standing on a set doubling as a BEACH -- Palm trees, sand, and bright lights creating a SUNNY DAY look. Fascinated, Angel walks towards the woman. She sees him coming, smiles, is about to say "hello", when-- Angel brushes right past her, and steps on to the fake sand. Angel, looks up, basks in the glow of the "sunshine", takes in the day at the beach, a smile on his face. CORDELIA (O.S.) Angel looks down, sees Cordy, in a bathrobe. Angel smiles. ANGEL CORDELIA ANGEL Cordy reacts as she sees someone approaching. CORDELIA SETH, 30's, new Hollywood young Turk, approaches them. At his side a non-speaking MALE ASSISTANT. CORDELIA SETH CORDELIA SETH CORDELIA And Cordy removes her bathrobe to reveal a STRING BIKINI made out of SEASHELLS. We see Angel react. Seth checks her out. SETH Cordy turns around. She's facing Angel now, a little embarrassed as Seth (but not CAMERA) checks out her derriere. SETH She turns back around. He checks her out some more. SETH CORDELIA SETH CORDELIA SETH Angel's heard enough of this. He approaches Seth, pissed off. ANGEL SETH Angel advances, gets in his face. ANGEL SETH Billy heads off. CORDELIA ANGEL SETH She grabs Angel by the arm and pulls him to the side. CORDELIA SETH And with that, Seth walks away. Cordy returns to Angel, devastated. ANGEL CORDELIA ANGEL CORDELIA ANGEL CORDELIA ANGEL A beat. CORDELIA INT. ANGEL'S HOTEL - LOBBY - DAY Gunn sits comfortably on the ottoman, watches Wesley pace, deep in thought. As Wesley makes yet another turn-- GUNN WESLEY GUNN Wesley stops pacing, in his element now. WESLEY GUNN WESLEY GUNN WESLEY Gunn nods, satisfied, as the front doors to the hotel open and RONDELL and GEORGE (both from Episode #14) enter. Gunn sees them, approaches. GUNN RONDELL GUNN WESLEY Wes shakes their hands. WESLEY RONDELL GEORGE WESLEY GUNN GEORGE RONDELL GUNN RONDELL GUNN RONDELL GUNN RONDELL GUNN GEORGE Gunn's a bit thrown off for a beat. GUNN RONDELL GUNN GEORGE Gunn looks between them and Wesley, a choice to be made. GUNN WESLEY GUNN Angel enters from the back, not in the best of moods. As he strides towards the back office-- ANGEL WESLEY Angel enters what is now Wesley's office, Wesley follows him inside. A strained beat, a moment of decision between Gunn and his guys. Finally: GUNN Rondell and George share a private look. George finally nods. GEORGE Rondell and George exit. Gunn watches them for a beat, then heads for-- INT. ANGEL'S HOTEL - WESLEY'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS Where Angel is rifling through the weapons cabinet, pulling out various weapons. Wesley senses Angel's bad mood. WESLEY Angel stops rooting through the cabinet, rises and faces Wes and Gunn, who has just entered. ANGEL WESLEY GUNN WESLEY ANGEL WESLEY ANGEL GUNN ANGEL A LONG PAUSE: as they exchange guilty looks all around. Finally-- WESLEY GUNN ANGEL They all nod, chastised and in agreement. Angel having gotten it all out. A beat. GUNN WESLEY ANGEL They each grab a couple of the gnarliest looking weapons and STRIDE OUT together into the-- HOTEL LOBBY And we're into one of our patented, kick-ass power shots. ANGEL SMASH CUT: INT. CARITAS - DAY Where The Host is in the middle of singing "Superstition" in front of a packed, appreciative crowd. He's belting his little green heart out, when a GLIMMERING PORTAL begins to form behind him. Blissfully unaware, the Host keeps singing. AUDIENCE MEMBERS take note of the growing portal, figure it's part of some elaborate stage show and begin to APPLAUD. The Host acknowledges his adoring fans and hits the big crescendo of the song. Mid-note, the portal, fully formed now, emits an UNHOLY NOISE. The Host is confused by the interruption, turns around as he continues crooning. The Host sees the portal and unleashes a loud SHRIEK, ruining the big finish to his song. The Host frantically scrambles backwards off the stage just as-- A CREATURE comes flying through the portal, landing hard on the stage. The creature raises its head, confused. This thing is a snarling, pissed off, scary-ass half-orc, half-ogre kind of thing, with claws and razor sharp teeth. Oh, yeah... this thing ain't good. BLACK OUT: END OF ACT ONE |
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Act Two |
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INT. CARITAS - DAY Pretty much where we left off. The Host is backing off stage as far away from this thing as he can get. It scares the shit out of him. BACK ON STAGE This creature, which we will learn is called a DROKKEN (RHYMES with Rockin'), leaps off the stage, BASHES through the crowd, sending a demon flying, uprooting tables and chairs. Despite its impressive size, this thing moves quite fast. Patrons scramble out of its way, as it darts around the bar, trying desperately to find an exit. The Drokken eventually finds its way to the stairway, and it's up the stairs and out the door. An eerie silence comes over the place. The calm after the storm. The Host steps forward from his hiding place, to allay everyone's fears. HOST So why does the Host look so worried? Looking out after the beast, he says quietly... HOST INT. SOUNDSTAGE - DAY CLOSE ON CORDY With some drastic make-up on (dark lip-liner and beige lipstick, big sultry glam eye shadow), as she purrs at us seductively. CORDELIA We POP WIDE to reveal Cordy, in her bikini, kneeling on the sand beside the tanned back of an ACTOR-HUNK lying on a towel -- the other beautiful woman in a bikini on his other side. Cordy's rubbing suntan lotion on his skin, talking to the camera. CORDELIA The Actor Hunk lifts his head and grins, gives the camera a big thumbs-up. SETH Seth approaches Cor, impatient. SETH CORDELIA SETH CORDELIA SETH CORDELIA SETH It's everything Cordy can do not to burst into tears. All the CREW MEMBERS are staring at her. CORDELIA INT. ANGEL'S HOTEL - LOBBY - NIGHT Angel and Wes enter from the back stairwell, carrying their weapons, not in the best of spirits. Wes, without his glasses, dabs a bloodied cloth above one of his eyes. There's a small cut. WESLEY ANGEL Angel's spotted something else. Wesley follows his gaze to see -- Cordy sitting on the ottoman, pensive. She's not crying now, but by her looks, she was not too long ago. WESLEY ANGEL She doesn't say anything. Angel can only assume that she's pissed at him. He goes to her. ANGEL CORDELIA ANGEL CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY ANGEL CORDELIA ANGEL CORDELIA WESLEY ANGEL Cordy shakes her head, defeated. CORDELIA The three of them contemplate this for a second, can't disagree. Suddenly, the front door BURSTS open and the Host enters -- not quite his usual confident self. HOST WESLEY As he heads for his books, the Host interrupts him. HOST Wesley stops. HOST ANGEL HOST ANGEL HOST EXT. STREET - NIGHT A darkened entryway in the downtowny part of town. The Camera pushes in closer to reveal the Drokken, cloaked in shadows (Think Orson Welles in "The Third Man" here.) A DOOR down the street opens-- RAVE MUSIC, BRIGHT LIGHTS emanates from the pace. A few CLUBBERS enters. Now TWO CLUBBERS, 20's, exit the underground club, start walking along the sidewalk, towards the Drokken. The Drokken slips back into the shadows. As the clubbers pass by the Drokken's hiding place, the DROKKEN POUNCES! BAM!!!! The Drokken is on top of them in a furious display of savagery (most of which takes place below camera). The two men SCREAM, but the noise quickly dies out. The Drokken rises into frame, violently chewing what we can only imagine is human flesh. The Drokken goes down for another bite, rises up into frame again, satiating his hunger. A CAR ALARM is heard. The Drokken slows his chewing, remains still for a second. Then his head turns towards the corner, just as-- AN ATTRACTIVE WOMAN heading for the club, walks around the corner, her head down, as she adjusts her tight dress, unaware she's walking straight towards the Drokken. When she finally looks up, she sees the Drokken. She stops dead, terrified. The Drokken looks at her, intrigued, its SHARP TEETH glimmering red. ANGEL (V.O.) INT. ANGEL'S HOTEL - LOBBY - NIGHT Angel, Wes and Cordy opposite the host. ANGEL WESLEY HOST ANGEL The Host is thrown by this, gets increasingly nervous. HOST Angel and Wesley stare at him unflinchingly. HOST ANGEL HOST ANGEL CORDELIA ANGEL Cordy nods towards Wesley, like "isn't he the one calling the shots now?" ANGEL WESLEY CORDELIA HOST WESLEY Wesley thinks about this for a moment, then-- WESLEY HOST Cordy still sitting on the otto, doubles over, moans. HOST WESLEY ANGEL Cordy jerks backwards now, clearly in the throes of a vision. As Wes and Angel go to support her-- ANGEL The CAMERA ROCKETS in on Cordy's face and we go into-- INT. PUBLIC LIBRARY - NIGHT CORDY'S VISION. Our usual jump cutty thing. There's a young woman. Her name, we will learn, is FRED (short for Winifred.) She wears glasses. She pushes a cart loaded with books through the library. We see a CHAIN around her neck with a locket in the shape of an APPLE. We see A LARGE BLACK BOOK in the middle of a row of books. A HAND grabs the book and pulls it out. Now we see Fred reading from the book. We don't hear what she's saying, but her lips are moving. Suddenly a PORTAL starts developing behind her. She seems oblivious to it, keeps reading. INT. ANGEL'S HOTEL - LOBBY - NIGHT - CONTINUING Cordy comes back from her vision, still feeling the pain. ANGEL CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA HOST CORDELIA WESLEY HOST WESLEY HOST WESLEY As they all prepare to go, grab coats, weapons, etc.., HOST As the other three have started to leave, Angel sees the Host still standing in place. ANGEL HOST As soon as Angel turns, the Host's face falls. He's dreading something. As he follows them out-- INT. HOMEBASE - ROOM #1 - NIGHT Gunn enters, sees a TEENAGE HISPANIC KID standing against the wall. GUNN The kid simply nods towards a door at the other end of the room. Something's clearly bothering him. Gunn senses it. GUNN Junior doesn't answer, he just looks to the floor. Gunn picks up his pace now, makes his way to-- INT. HOMEBASE - ROOM #2 - NIGHT A group of Gunn's crew are clogging up the room, their backs to him. Gunn walks in. Hearing him, people turn around and look at him as he wades into the room, snakes through the crowd. Gunn exchanges a few looks with people who stare right back, but say nothing. As he continues making his way through the congestion, the final people peel away, revealing-- GEORGE lying dead on the floor, Rondell kneeling over his body. Gunn rushes the remaining few yards to George and kneels down next to him, opposite Rondell. Gunn takes this in for a moment, stunned. GUNN Rondell simply swivels George's head, revealing the TWO VAMPIRE BITE MARKS on George's neck. GUNN RONDELL This hits Gunn like a body blow. Because he knows what they have to do next. Off Gunn, looking at George-- INT. PUBLIC LIBRARY - NIGHT The place is practically empty, due to the late hour. Angel, Wes, Cordy and the Host walk through the library. HOST ANGEL HOST ANGEL HOST A librarian, CLAIRE, emerges from around a corner, carrying a few books. She's early 30's, pleasant. She comes fact to face with the Host. The shock of seeing a demon up close causes her to freeze. Busted, the Host initially freezes as well, then turns on the charm. HOST CLAIRE HOST CLAIRE HOST CLAIRE HOST CLAIRE HOST CLAIRE HOST The Host heads off in that direction. Claire turns to the other three. CLAIRE CORDELIA CLAIRE CORDELIA CLAIRE CORDELIA CLAIRE ANGEL CLAIRE ANGEL Claire pauses, unsure of what to say. She merely moves off to the-- CHECKOUT DESK She goes behind the desk as Angel, Wes and Cordy approach the front, curious. Clair opens a drawer, digs through some papers, pulls out an OLD FLYER. CLAIRE INSERT: The flyer. It's of the "Have you seen me?" variety with all the particulars, including a PHOTO of Fred. CORDELIA CLAIRE Angel pulls out one of their business cards, hands it to her. ANGEL WESLEY CLAIRE WESLEY CLAIRE Off their looks-- INT. PUBLIC LIBRARY - FOREGIN LANGUAGE SECTION - NIGHT We see a SIGN that reads "Foreign Language Books" as Angel, Wesley and Cordelia enter the section. WESLEY CORDELIA The Host approaches them. HOST ANGEL HOST CORDELIA Cordy points towards a LARGE BLACK BOOK in the stacks. She pulls it out, looks at the cover. CORDELIA Wesley looks over her shoulder as she opens the book to the first page. In big letters it reads "Shrsqwrn". WESLEY Cordy pulls out the checkout card from the inside cover. CORDELIA ANGEL Cordy opens up the book to a random page, reads aloud. CORDELIA We see-- A PORTAL is opening up right behind her. As it makes that same UNHOLY NOISE-- HOST BLACK OUT END OF ACT TWO Continue on to Part
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Belonging Part 2 February 28, 2001 (Yellow) Written by: Shawn Ryan |
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Act Three |
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INT. PUBLIC LIBRARY - FOREGIN LANGUAGE SECTION - NIGHT Angel pulls Cordy out of the way of the portal, just as a CREATURE is thrown out of it, onto the library floor, where she was just standing. (Note: The portal goes away now.) We will learn the creature's name is LANDOK. We don't get a good look at him at first. What we do see is wild, long hair and a SCIMITAR in its hand. Angel advances on Landok. Landok raises his head, sees Angel coming at him. He swings his scimitar at Angel. Angel avoids the blow, gets in a couple powerful kicks. Landok comes back with the scimitar, Angel knocks it out of his hand, delivers two punches to Landok's face, driving him back into a stack of books. And now we get our first real look at Landok. He looks remarkably like the Host, with a few crucial differences. He has wild, long hair and a fu Manchu over his oversized chin. He wears the armor of a fierce warrior. HOST Landok looks at the Host, stunned. Angel stops his assault on Landok, looks back at the Host. ANGEL HOST LANDOK HOST But Angel doesn't attack him. Instead, he looks at the Host, who sheepishly averts his gaze. ANGEL CORDELIA The Host is more than a little embarrassed by these revelations. HOST ANGEL HOST CORDELIA ANGEL Landok takes in his surroundings. LANDOK HOST LANDOK He raises his scimitar to smite them. HOST LANDOK CORDELIA HOST ANGEL LANDOK HOST LANDOK HOST LANDOK The Host realizes he's not going to be able to weasel out of this conversation so easily. HOST LANDOK HOST LANDOK HOST LANDOK HOST LANDOK HOST LANDOK HOST CORDELIA WESLEY HOST LANDOK HOST WESLEY LANDOK HOST LANDOK ANGEL WESLEY ANGEL CORDELIA LANDOK ANGEL LANDOK WESLEY LANDOK WESLEY LANDOK HOST LANDOK WESLEY They all start to leave, except for the Host. HOST EXT. EMPTY LOT - NIGHT Gunn's truck pulls up. Rondell is waiting nearby. Gunn gets out of his truck, goes to the back, opens the hatch. The back of his truck is filled with branches, chair legs, and other pieces of wood. Rondell approaches. Gunn looks at him, pissed. GUNN RONDELL Rondell picks up some wood from the truck, starts walking away with it. Gunn picks up some wood, follows him. They reach what is the beginnings of a FUNERAL PYRE. They both drop their wood on top of it. As Gunn looks at the funeral pyre, not much else to say-- EXT. STREET - NIGHT Landok kneels next to the remains of the two clubbers. Angel and the Host stand a little behind him. Cordy and Wesley stand next to Angel's car, which is parked nearby. Landok touches the clothing on one of the corpses. LANDOK Landok rises. He looks off in the distance, almost as if in a trance. He waves his hand, slowly, rhythmically, a foot in front of his face, as if hypnotizing someone. Angel looks on at this ritual curiously. ANGEL HOST ANGEL HOST ANGEL CORDY AND WES BY THE CAR Wes is getting off his cell phone as Cordy looks at the Black Book she brought from the library. WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA As Wesley ponders this, Landok emerges from his trance-like state, looks at Angel and the Host. LANDOK HOST LANDOK HOST LANDOK HOST LANDOK HOST Landok turns his attention back to his tracking. After a moment-- LANDOK CORDELIA EXT. THE CITY - NIGHT Flashy, transition cuts, taking us to-- EXT. PALLET YARDS - NIGHT Angel's car pulls up to this dark, deserted, creepy place. Angel is driving. Wesley rides shotgun. Cordy, the Host and Landok in the back. ANGEL'S CAR They sit there for a moment, nothing happing. ANGEL Suddenly the Drokken darts between pallets, dragging the dazed, moaning WOMAN behind him. LANDOK ANGEL WESLEY ANGEL WESLEY Wesley reaches into the well of the car, pulls out an emergency kit, opens it. WESLEY As Landok jumps out of the car-- LANDOK And Landok goes sprinting towards the Drokken, scimitar in hand. HOST Angel jumps out of the car, grabs a sword from the back and starts to follow. WESLEY Angel is gone though. WESLEY THE DROKKEN Behind a pallet, sees Landok approaching. The Drokken pushes the woman to the ground, goes to meet Landok. Landok swings his scimitar. The Drokken PARRIES the weapon. Landok and the Drokken exchange blows. Landok lunges with his scimitar. The Drokken ducks the blow, grabs Landok's arm and takes a BIG BITE out of Landok's shoulder. Landok drops his weapon, falls to the ground in great pain. Angel arrives and now he and the Drokken go at it. The Woman rises, scared out of her mind, takes her only available exit, running into the MAZE of pallets. Angels swings furiously with the sword, but the Drokken is faster than most things he's faced. The Drokken parries his blows, SMASHES Angel in the face. BACK WITH LANDOK Wesley and the Host arrive, find him on the ground. Wesley carries a lit FLARE. LANDOK HOST LANDOK HOST LANDOK WESLEY HOST WESLEY HOST BACK ON ANGEL as he's being driven back by the Drokken. Angel takes a couple big blows, gets knocked to the ground. The Drokken darts after the woman into the MAZE of pallets, disappears. Wesley approaches Angel as he struggles to his feet. Wesley helps him. WESLEY ANGEL Angel moves into the maze. Wesley, debates, then decides to follow. CUT TO: IN THE MAZE Angel and Wesley creep along, Wesley's flare illuminating the way. Schmuck the bait, big-time here. They come to a fork in the pallets. ANGEL Wesley nods. As they split up-- BACK ON THE HOST AND LANDOK LANDOK HOST ANGEL IN THE MAZE Creeping along. Schmuck the bait. ANGEL WESELY IN THE MAZE. Did I mention we're schmucking the bait? Wesley turns the corner, his flare illuminates the WOMAN, RUNNING between pallets. Wesley chases after her. Wesley turns a corner, sees-- The Woman, pressed against one of the pallets, trembling. Wesley approaches her. WESLEY The woman's shaking only gets worse. She's petrified. WESLEY The woman SCREAMS! Wesley spins around, sees the DROKKEN LEAPING right at him. Before Wesley can react, the Drokken has knocked him to the ground and has gotten on top of him. As the Drokken OPENS HIS MOUTH and ROARS, poised for the kill-- BLACK OUT: END OF ACT THREE |
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Act Four |
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EXT. PALLET YARDS - NIGHT Where we left off. Wesley about to get chomped. As the Woman runs frantically away, out of frame, and out of our lives forever-- Wesley takes his flare, shoves it into the Drokken's mouth. The Drokken merely swallows the flare whole, roars again. The Drokken LUNGES at Wesley just as-- ANGEL flies into frame, knocking the beast off of Wesley and on to the ground. The Drokken leaps right up, attacks Angel, knocking his sword out of his hand. Angel drives the Drokken back with a combination of kicks and punches, finally delivering a roundhouse to the chest that sends the Drokken flying. As the Drokken scrambles to get up, Angel picks his sword up from off the ground. The Drokken CHARGES him. Angel THROWS his sword through the air. WE TRAVEL WITH THE SWORD as it hurtles towards the Drokken. BAM! The sword impales the Drokken right through the neck. WESLEY watches as-- The Drokken wobbles, then falls down dead. Off ANGEL, tired, sore, but most definitely in his element. CUT TO: BACK AT ANGEL'S CAR The Host walks back towards the car with the injured Landok, Angel and Wesley flanking them. Cordy waits, with her book, by the car. LANDOK HOST LANDOK HOST LANDOK HOST LANDOK The Host is clearly uncomfortable with this idea. They have all reached the car now. WESLEY CORDELIA ANGEL CORDELIA As the Host helps Landok into the back of the car-- WESLEY CORDELIA ANGEL CORDELIA WESLEY CORDELIA Angel and Wesley exchange a look, Angel deferring to Wesley on this one. WESLEY As the three of them get into the car-- LANDOK The Host eyes him nervously. HOST CUT TO: EXT. EMPTY LOT - NIGHT Where GEORGE'S DEAD BODY lies on top of the FUNERAL PYRE. A bunch of KIDS from the crew surround it. Over MUSIC, we see, but don't hear Rondell say a few words. HIS HANDS light a MATCH. He drops the match onto the KINDLING. After few seconds, the fire ROARS to life. A few seconds later and the fire RISES UP, ENGULFS George's body. RONDELL looks on somberly. The camera PANS through the flames, off of Rondell, across a group of mourning KIDS, then on to-- GUNN, who stands by himself, watching the blaze. The fire reaches full force now, swallowing the body. CLOSE ON GUNN, as he continues to watch, conflicted, in pain-- INT. CARITAS - NIGHT Angel, Wesley, Cordy, the Host and Landok enter. ANGEL HOST Angel leads Landok up onto the stage. ANGEL Cordy tosses Angel the BOOK. Angel hands it to Landok. ANGEL Angel looks to Cordy, she nods, now only moderately sure. ANGEL Landok stops Angel from getting off the stage. LANDOK ANGEL LANDOK Angel looks over to the Host, realizes this has to be pretty uncomfortable for him to hear. Angel simply nods. Landok clasps Angel's hand and shakes it -- in a way that would befit two macho warrior types. Angel steps down form the stage. Landok opens the book, prepares to read, just as-- HOST LANDOK HOST A beat. LANDOK HOST Landok opens the book. LANDOK After a moment, a PORTAL starts developing behind Landok. REVERSE On (from left to right) the Host, Angel, Wesley and Cordy watching the portal growing larger. RESUME On Landok, as that UNHOLY NOISE starts wheezing. A FLASH OF INTENSE LIGHT And Landok is gone. BACK ON ANGEL AND THE HOST A moment of silence between the two of them. Then-- HOST ANGEL The camera pans over to Wesley. WESLEY The camera pans over with Wesley's look to where Cordy should be. But she's gone. WESLEY And now we pop WIDE to reveal the Host, Angel and Wesley standing by themselves. Cordy's nowhere to be seen. As the three of them look around-- WESLEY EXT. FOREIGN WORLD - DAY Cordy picks herself off the ground, shakes her head, tries to get her bearings. She looks up into the sky, sees-- CORDY'S POV-- A BLUE SUN against a green sky. On CORDY, as she realizes -- "Oh, shit." Cordy turns around, takes in her surroundings, increasingly freaked out. VERY, VERY, VERY WIDE SHOT of-- THIS LAND, THIS STRANGE WORLD. It's a C.G.I. FOREST, with odd looking trees and rock formations, Cordy a little dot in the background. BIZARRE LOOKING Birds and bugs zip by in the distance. As one particularly nasty-looking BIRD wipes frame, we-- BLACKOUT: THE END
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