Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 10 Years Later

10 Years Ago

http://www.buffyworld.com/buffy/scripts/144_scri.html

Above is what I copied the exact script from

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Every single person ever is in the house, packed like th' little fishes. There is just enough room for Buffy to pace a little, inspirational-sergeant-style, as she speaks. The newbies await Buffy's latest proclamation with initial distrust.

BUFFY
I hate being here. I hate that you
have to be here. I hate that there's
evil, that it's growing, and I hate
that I was chosen to fight it.
I wish, a whole lot of the time, that
I hadn't been.
(smiling wryly)
I know a lot of you wish I hadn't
been either.

KENNEDY and VI smile a bit, others look embarrassed.

BUFFY (cont'd)
But this isn't about wishes. This is
about choices. I never had one. I
was chosen. And I accept that. I'm
not asking you to accept anything.
I'm asking you to make your own
choice. I believe we can beat this
evil -- not when it comes, not after
its army is ready, but now. Tomorrow
morning I'm opening the Seal. I'm
going down into the Hellmouth and I'm
going to finish it once and for all.

We see the gang as Buffy continues:

BUFFY (cont'd)
I've got strong allies: warriors,
charms, sorcerers, and I'll need them
all. But I'll also need you. Every
single one of you. So now you're
asking yourself, "What makes this
different? What makes us anything more
than a bunch of girls getting picked
off one by one?" It's true none
of you has the power Faith and
I have. I think both of us would
have to die for a new Slayer to be
called, and we can't even be sure
that girl is in this room. That's
the rule. So here's the part where
you make a choice.

INT. SUNNYDALE HIGH SCHOOL - BASEMENT - DAY

Faith and WOOD finish moving something big and metal in front of a grate. Sweaty work.

WOOD
It's a hell of a risky idea.

FAITH
Buffy's wacky that way.

WOOD
There's one more vent right by the
stairs.
(they head for it)
We block that, they got no sewer
access, should drive them up into the
school proper.

FAITH
That's assuming they get past us.

WOOD
Which, no offense, I am.

FAITH
Come on, you gotta have a little
faith.

WOOD
(sardonic)
Think I've had my share, thanks.

FAITH
Well I trundled right into that,
didn't I. Look, I'm sorry if it
seemed like I was blowing you off the
other day. I was just trying to, you
know... blow you off.

They start covering the vent by the stairs with stuff.

WOOD
I figured that out all by myself.

FAITH
It's nothing personal, it's just...
after I get bouncy with a guy,
there's not a whole lot more I need
to know about him.

WOOD
That's bleak.

FAITH
Way of the world.

WOOD
Good to know. For a second there, I
was mistaking it for more defensive,
isolationist Slayer crap.

FAITH
And he comes out swingin'...

WOOD
There is a whole world you don't even
know about, and a lot of the men in
it are pretty decent guys. They'd
surprise you.

FAITH
Guy looks at me, let's just say his
priorities shift.

WOOD
'Cause you're so hot?