1 00:00:00,980 --> 00:00:03,563 Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. 2 00:00:03,563 --> 00:00:05,855 Dawn, what happened here? I saw Mom. 3 00:00:05,855 --> 00:00:09,646 It's the big bad, Dawn. The one we knew was coming. 4 00:00:09,646 --> 00:00:11,646 I believe in you, Spike. 5 00:00:13,646 --> 00:00:17,271 [ Buffy ] They were after Spike all along. We know what we're up against: The First. 6 00:00:17,271 --> 00:00:20,604 [ First/Buffy ] Now, Spike, you want to see what a real vampire looks like? 7 00:00:20,604 --> 00:00:24,312 [ Giles ] As Neanderthals are to human beings, the Turok-Han are to vampires. 8 00:00:24,312 --> 00:00:27,479 Ferociously powerful killing machines, as single-minded as animals. 9 00:00:27,479 --> 00:00:29,813 They are the vampires that vampires fear. 10 00:00:29,813 --> 00:00:32,104 Nice place. Bit of a mess. 11 00:00:32,104 --> 00:00:33,312 [ Dawn ] They're all Slayers? 12 00:00:33,312 --> 00:00:36,646 [ Giles ] Potential Slayers, waiting for one to be called. 13 00:00:36,646 --> 00:00:39,563 There were many more like them all over the world, but, um, 14 00:00:39,563 --> 00:00:42,688 now there's just a handful, and they're all on their way to Sunnydale. 15 00:00:42,688 --> 00:00:44,646 [ Kennedy ] How many girls arriving today? 16 00:00:44,646 --> 00:00:46,980 [ Willow ] Just one. 17 00:00:46,980 --> 00:00:49,813 But since Giles has the coven searching for other Slayers-in-waiting, 18 00:00:49,813 --> 00:00:53,021 I bet we'll be seeing a lot more soon enough. 19 00:00:53,021 --> 00:00:55,771 - Rona, right? - You're her. 20 00:00:55,771 --> 00:00:59,938 Another potential arrived in town the day before yesterday. 21 00:00:59,938 --> 00:01:02,354 She's cold. Been dead for days. 22 00:01:02,354 --> 00:01:05,354 [ Xander ] Poor kid. She made it all the way to Sunnydale just to get herself killed. 23 00:01:05,354 --> 00:01:08,855 - [ Buffy ] Eve. - [ Xander ] Eve, who's in our house? 24 00:01:08,855 --> 00:01:11,813 - Get away from them. - Buffy, what did Eve do? - That's not Eve. 25 00:01:11,813 --> 00:01:15,354 One more down. Oh, well. Can't save them all, can you, Buffy? 26 00:01:16,104 --> 00:01:17,855 Bye. 27 00:01:23,771 --> 00:01:25,563 [ Buffy ] I don't know what's coming next. 28 00:01:25,563 --> 00:01:28,062 But I do know it's gonna be just like this. 29 00:01:28,062 --> 00:01:29,813 Hard. 30 00:01:29,813 --> 00:01:31,187 Painful. 31 00:01:31,187 --> 00:01:34,813 Believe it. We'll be the ones left standing. 32 00:01:36,729 --> 00:01:37,604 [ Sighs ] 33 00:01:37,604 --> 00:01:39,563 Ohh. 34 00:02:06,855 --> 00:02:09,438 [ Twig Snapping ] 35 00:02:13,146 --> 00:02:15,938 [ Growling ] 36 00:02:15,938 --> 00:02:17,563 [ Screams ] 37 00:02:19,312 --> 00:02:21,980 [ Whimpers ] Okay. 38 00:02:21,980 --> 00:02:24,688 These two are dead. Why? 39 00:02:24,688 --> 00:02:27,187 'Cause the black chick always gets it first? 40 00:02:27,187 --> 00:02:29,479 - Ow. - [ Buffy ] What was that, Rona? 41 00:02:29,479 --> 00:02:32,229 I'm dead because he's a vampire. 42 00:02:32,229 --> 00:02:34,604 I don't have Slayer strength, Slayer speed. 43 00:02:34,604 --> 00:02:37,104 - It wasn't a fair fight. - [ Spike ] Vi. 44 00:02:37,104 --> 00:02:41,396 Do you think I care if it's a fair fight? No. No. No, sir. 45 00:02:41,396 --> 00:02:44,146 You don't play by the rules, 46 00:02:44,146 --> 00:02:47,187 and I have learned a valuable lesson of some sort. 47 00:02:47,187 --> 00:02:49,438 - Ow. - Okay, Spike. 48 00:02:50,855 --> 00:02:53,021 You're right. 49 00:02:53,021 --> 00:02:56,354 You don't have Slayer strength, 50 00:02:56,354 --> 00:02:58,771 but that doesn't mean that you're not strong. 51 00:02:58,771 --> 00:03:02,021 - You have inherent abilities that others do not have. - Not like you do. 52 00:03:02,021 --> 00:03:05,729 No, not yet, but it's there. 53 00:03:07,104 --> 00:03:10,021 You have the potential. 54 00:03:10,021 --> 00:03:12,146 You have strength, speed, instinct. 55 00:03:12,146 --> 00:03:15,021 You just have to learn to trust yourself. Rona. 56 00:03:15,021 --> 00:03:18,646 What did your instincts tell you to do just then? 57 00:03:18,646 --> 00:03:21,980 Block his attack, keep him off balance, 58 00:03:21,980 --> 00:03:23,729 gain the advantage. 59 00:03:23,729 --> 00:03:27,146 - No, they didn't. - They told me to run. 60 00:03:27,146 --> 00:03:31,187 - Vi? - They told me to run. 61 00:03:31,187 --> 00:03:34,271 They're still sort of telling me to run. 62 00:03:34,271 --> 00:03:37,896 Don't fight on his terms. Your gut's telling you to run, run. 63 00:03:37,896 --> 00:03:41,813 Regain the higher ground. Make the fight your own. 64 00:03:41,813 --> 00:03:45,021 Spike, what did your instincts tell you to do just then? 65 00:03:45,021 --> 00:03:48,146 Hunt. Kill. 66 00:03:48,146 --> 00:03:51,729 Come at me, full speed. 67 00:03:53,271 --> 00:03:55,396 He needs to kill to live. 68 00:03:55,396 --> 00:03:58,104 - That tells you everything you need to know. - [ Growling ] 69 00:04:00,938 --> 00:04:05,688 Instinct. Understand his, but trust yours. 70 00:04:05,688 --> 00:04:09,354 - You were chosen for a reason. - [ Grunts, Gulps ] 71 00:04:09,354 --> 00:04:11,771 - A-Are you okay? - Fine. 72 00:04:11,771 --> 00:04:14,896 Couple of ribs ain't quite set right since-- I'm fine. 73 00:04:14,896 --> 00:04:16,521 Let me see. Spike. No. 74 00:04:16,521 --> 00:04:20,271 Buffy. I'm okay. 75 00:04:20,271 --> 00:04:23,230 I'm gonna be okay. 76 00:04:23,230 --> 00:04:24,855 That's hot. 77 00:04:24,855 --> 00:04:29,229 So we're supposed to, like, make out with him or something? 78 00:04:29,229 --> 00:04:31,271 Careful, Buffy. 79 00:04:31,271 --> 00:04:35,104 Just when you think it's part of the lesson, he'll... hurt your arm. 80 00:04:41,604 --> 00:04:45,479 Molly, Kennedy, let's go. You're up. Next lesson. 81 00:05:50,146 --> 00:05:52,855 [ Potentials Chattering ] [ Rona ] One-armed push-ups are bull. 82 00:05:52,855 --> 00:05:55,021 [ Kennedy ] I can do 'em. [ Vi ] Bananas. 83 00:05:55,021 --> 00:05:59,021 [ Rona ] I'm more of a chin-up kind of girl. I can do chin-ups till the cows come home. 84 00:05:59,021 --> 00:06:02,604 I can do the kind where you clap between. [ Laughing ] 85 00:06:04,688 --> 00:06:08,479 You're all gonna die, but you knew that already. 86 00:06:08,479 --> 00:06:11,312 'Cause that's the cool reward for being human. 87 00:06:11,312 --> 00:06:14,021 The big dessert at the end of the meal. 88 00:06:15,646 --> 00:06:17,646 Don't kid yourselves, you guys. 89 00:06:17,646 --> 00:06:20,688 This whole thing is all about death. 90 00:06:20,688 --> 00:06:23,604 You think you're different 'cause you might be the next Slayer? 91 00:06:24,729 --> 00:06:26,896 Death is what a Slayer breathes, 92 00:06:26,896 --> 00:06:29,646 what a Slayer dreams about when she sleeps. 93 00:06:29,646 --> 00:06:32,646 Death is what a Slayer lives. 94 00:06:32,646 --> 00:06:36,271 My death could make you the next Slayer. 95 00:06:36,271 --> 00:06:38,688 Oh, goody. Rapt attention. 96 00:06:38,688 --> 00:06:41,021 I love that so much. 97 00:06:43,688 --> 00:06:45,729 Now, where was I? 98 00:06:45,729 --> 00:06:48,062 Ah. [ Clattering ] 99 00:06:48,062 --> 00:06:51,354 If we go with what Anya's resources are telling us, 100 00:06:51,354 --> 00:06:55,396 then the First is in remission for a while, which we think means advantage us. 101 00:06:55,396 --> 00:06:58,396 What does that mean, about the First? 102 00:06:58,396 --> 00:07:00,438 Best we can tell, 103 00:07:00,438 --> 00:07:03,312 he, or more precisely, it... 104 00:07:03,312 --> 00:07:07,813 was putting a lot of stock in that ubervamp thing, the Chaka Khan. 105 00:07:07,813 --> 00:07:10,104 Turok-Han? 106 00:07:10,104 --> 00:07:14,396 So when I kicked its ass, the whole Firsty circus decided to back off for a while. 107 00:07:14,396 --> 00:07:16,479 Good news? 108 00:07:16,479 --> 00:07:19,896 It means you probably don't have to worry about it pulling Spike's strings for a while. 109 00:07:21,438 --> 00:07:24,354 Here's the half empty. 110 00:07:24,354 --> 00:07:27,771 Time away means time to regroup, 111 00:07:27,771 --> 00:07:31,312 and part of that regrouping is coming back stronger than ever. 112 00:07:31,312 --> 00:07:33,729 The odds are against us. 113 00:07:33,729 --> 00:07:37,230 Time is against us. 114 00:07:37,230 --> 00:07:40,771 And some of us will die in this battle. 115 00:07:40,771 --> 00:07:43,563 Decide now that it's not going to be you. 116 00:07:46,813 --> 00:07:49,438 I know you're all tired, 117 00:07:49,438 --> 00:07:51,938 far away from home, anxious. 118 00:07:53,354 --> 00:07:55,146 But you're all special. 119 00:07:57,271 --> 00:08:00,187 Most people in this world have no idea why they're here... 120 00:08:00,187 --> 00:08:02,729 or what they want to do. 121 00:08:04,021 --> 00:08:06,396 You do. 122 00:08:06,396 --> 00:08:08,896 You have a mission, 123 00:08:08,896 --> 00:08:11,646 a reason for being here. 124 00:08:14,396 --> 00:08:16,438 You're not here by chance. 125 00:08:16,438 --> 00:08:20,896 You're here because you are the Chosen Ones. 126 00:08:24,187 --> 00:08:27,938 Dawn, you'd better hurry up and eat something so you're not late for school. 127 00:08:29,438 --> 00:08:32,104 [ Bell Ringing ] 128 00:08:32,104 --> 00:08:35,896 Xander, I know. I'm sorry. 129 00:08:35,896 --> 00:08:39,229 If you're gonna take a shower at my house, lock the door. 130 00:08:39,229 --> 00:08:41,646 Of course they're curious. 131 00:08:45,563 --> 00:08:46,855 [ No Dialogue ] 132 00:08:46,855 --> 00:08:50,146 Hey, I gotta go. Uh, has Giles checked in yet? 133 00:08:50,146 --> 00:08:54,771 I thought he was picking up that Chao-Ahn girl in Shanghai yesterday. 134 00:08:54,771 --> 00:08:58,771 Okay. Well, let me know if he does. Bye. 135 00:08:58,771 --> 00:09:01,230 [ Sighs ] Amanda, right? 136 00:09:01,230 --> 00:09:04,688 I'm all yours. Do people ever think you're weird? 137 00:09:04,688 --> 00:09:07,479 Uh, I guess. 138 00:09:07,479 --> 00:09:13,229 Sure, in a charming, endearing, lovable-- 139 00:09:13,229 --> 00:09:14,646 Yeah. 140 00:09:14,646 --> 00:09:17,230 I feel like people think I'm weird. 141 00:09:17,230 --> 00:09:21,188 So they pick on me. But I might be. Weird. 142 00:09:21,188 --> 00:09:23,521 Amanda, why do you think that you're weird? 143 00:09:23,521 --> 00:09:27,312 Well, one of the boys who picks on me, 144 00:09:27,312 --> 00:09:29,521 I kind of-- 145 00:09:29,521 --> 00:09:32,896 See, if a guy picks on you, 146 00:09:32,896 --> 00:09:35,646 is it weird to think he's cute? 147 00:09:35,646 --> 00:09:37,771 Oh. [ Chuckles ] 148 00:09:37,771 --> 00:09:40,604 It's just the last few times I've seen him, 149 00:09:40,604 --> 00:09:42,855 I've wanted to, you know, 150 00:09:42,855 --> 00:09:46,187 pick on him extra, more. 151 00:09:46,187 --> 00:09:48,855 Uh-huh. 152 00:09:48,855 --> 00:09:51,187 The thing is, I can't tell. 153 00:09:51,187 --> 00:09:54,896 My mom says when a guy teases you, it means he likes you. 154 00:09:54,896 --> 00:09:58,354 Sometimes that's true. Is it weird? 155 00:09:58,354 --> 00:10:02,187 We're mean to each other, and we like each other. 156 00:10:02,187 --> 00:10:05,771 Well, it depends. 157 00:10:05,771 --> 00:10:09,438 Sometimes that's how people relate-- 158 00:10:09,438 --> 00:10:11,312 being mean to each other. 159 00:10:11,312 --> 00:10:13,938 Even mortal enemies. 160 00:10:15,104 --> 00:10:18,855 Then with the-- And that leads to no good. 161 00:10:18,855 --> 00:10:22,396 Absolutely no good. And much confusion. 162 00:10:22,396 --> 00:10:26,062 And then it's over, absolutely, seriously, definitely over. 163 00:10:26,062 --> 00:10:29,229 That's confusing too, the over part. 164 00:10:29,229 --> 00:10:31,855 Which it is-- over. 165 00:10:33,354 --> 00:10:35,813 So... maybe. 166 00:10:40,062 --> 00:10:42,146 [ Loud Arguing ] 167 00:10:44,521 --> 00:10:47,312 There might be a more appropriate place to do that, 168 00:10:47,312 --> 00:10:50,021 like maybe outside, in a different state. 169 00:10:50,021 --> 00:10:52,563 Why do we always have to yell? 170 00:10:52,563 --> 00:10:57,021 I was only gone a couple of hours. 171 00:10:57,021 --> 00:11:00,646 Buffy. Hey, everybody, look. It's Willow. 172 00:11:00,646 --> 00:11:03,104 Perhaps with a blunt weapon of some sort. 173 00:11:03,104 --> 00:11:05,813 Buffy, we just got news. 174 00:11:07,563 --> 00:11:11,396 And she's sure? Positive. 175 00:11:11,396 --> 00:11:14,813 Althenea said the seers located another potential Slayer here in Sunnydale, 176 00:11:14,813 --> 00:11:16,646 someone that already lives here. 177 00:11:16,646 --> 00:11:18,771 [ Sighs ] Oh, God. 178 00:11:18,771 --> 00:11:21,855 These girls flocking to town, and this one's already here right under our noses. 179 00:11:21,855 --> 00:11:26,187 Wait. The seers couldn't find out her name or, like, her address or anything? 180 00:11:26,187 --> 00:11:29,354 Am I getting the definition of "seer" wrong? 181 00:11:29,354 --> 00:11:32,187 I was going to take the girls out tonight for a little show and tell, 182 00:11:32,187 --> 00:11:34,312 but maybe now I shouldn't. 183 00:11:34,312 --> 00:11:37,688 They were so excited. You're gonna break their little hearts. 184 00:11:37,688 --> 00:11:40,187 This town is lousy with Bringers. 185 00:11:40,187 --> 00:11:42,729 I don't want to risk that they find this new girl first. 186 00:11:42,729 --> 00:11:46,688 No, you should go. I can do a spell to find her tonight. 187 00:11:46,688 --> 00:11:49,062 I just have to get together a few ingredients. 188 00:11:49,062 --> 00:11:51,729 But you shouldn't skip your training. It's too important. 189 00:11:51,729 --> 00:11:53,729 You think you can handle it? 190 00:11:53,729 --> 00:11:57,729 - No problemo. - Yeah, you guys have more important things to do. 191 00:11:57,729 --> 00:12:00,229 Okay. I'll take 'em. 192 00:12:00,229 --> 00:12:02,855 Yes! 193 00:12:02,855 --> 00:12:05,479 Andrew, you're not going. 194 00:12:07,062 --> 00:12:09,104 Ooh, crossbow. Gotta love it. 195 00:12:09,104 --> 00:12:11,563 Feels like I'm storming a castle. 196 00:12:11,563 --> 00:12:15,479 You do a lot of that? I might if I had a beauty like this. 197 00:12:15,479 --> 00:12:17,855 Halt! 198 00:12:17,855 --> 00:12:21,855 - See, that's why we don't point the weapons in the kitchen. - It's not loaded. 199 00:12:21,855 --> 00:12:26,062 That's always the lead quote under the headline, "Household Crossbow Accident Claims Teen." 200 00:12:26,062 --> 00:12:29,980 - Oh, a mace. - Yeah, that's better. 201 00:12:29,980 --> 00:12:32,938 Gotta go with the stake. It's classic. 202 00:12:32,938 --> 00:12:35,896 I like the feel of wood in my hand. Lost me there. 203 00:12:35,896 --> 00:12:38,229 Hey, are we gearing up already? 204 00:12:38,229 --> 00:12:41,729 Oh, right. You guys are going on your little group patrol. 205 00:12:41,729 --> 00:12:44,021 It's more than that. It's an outing. 206 00:12:44,021 --> 00:12:47,604 I'm thinking tonight we might actually get to kill things. 207 00:12:47,604 --> 00:12:50,396 - I've killed things sometimes. - I'm not begging. 208 00:12:50,396 --> 00:12:53,771 You're like a small dog dancing for Snausages. 209 00:12:53,771 --> 00:12:57,521 - You don't want me coming along 'cause you think I'm evil. - He doesn't seem evil, exactly. 210 00:12:57,521 --> 00:13:00,187 He's not evil, but when he gets close to it, 211 00:13:00,187 --> 00:13:03,104 he picks up its flavor like a mushroom or something. 212 00:13:03,104 --> 00:13:05,271 But I'm reformed. I'm like Vegeta on Dragon Ball Z. 213 00:13:05,271 --> 00:13:09,521 I used to be a pure Saiyan, and now I fight on the side of Goku. 214 00:13:09,521 --> 00:13:11,187 Still not coming. 215 00:13:11,187 --> 00:13:15,229 It's not fair. Spike has killed people, and he gets to go. 216 00:13:15,229 --> 00:13:18,563 Spike didn't have free will. You did. 217 00:13:18,563 --> 00:13:21,771 [ Sighs ] I hate my free will. 218 00:13:21,771 --> 00:13:25,438 - This where you're all hiding. We ready to go or what? - Hey, Spike! 219 00:13:25,438 --> 00:13:27,604 Let's go, girls. Grab your weapons. 220 00:13:29,604 --> 00:13:32,146 [ Rona ] All right, let's do it. [ Kennedy ] Okay. 221 00:13:32,146 --> 00:13:35,479 [ Rona ] I don't know about you guys, but I'm ready to kick some serious-- 222 00:13:35,479 --> 00:13:39,271 You want to play Dragon Ball Z? 223 00:13:39,271 --> 00:13:42,980 Okay, I got my tumbleweed, my eggs. 224 00:13:42,980 --> 00:13:46,396 Got my chrysalises. 225 00:13:46,396 --> 00:13:48,021 Chrysali? 226 00:13:48,021 --> 00:13:51,271 My butterfly transformer pods. 227 00:13:51,271 --> 00:13:53,855 Hey, where is my snakeskin? 228 00:13:53,855 --> 00:13:56,729 At your s-s-service, Miss Rosenberg, 229 00:13:56,729 --> 00:13:59,688 s-s-s-sir. 230 00:14:03,771 --> 00:14:07,521 Can you imagine if every once in a while, people wriggled out of their skin... 231 00:14:07,521 --> 00:14:10,563 and left it behind them, like, on the sidewalk? 232 00:14:10,563 --> 00:14:12,396 Talk about embarrassing. 233 00:14:12,396 --> 00:14:17,021 Hey, do you think this girl, uh, this Potential, goes to Sunnydale? 234 00:14:17,021 --> 00:14:19,896 Hmm. Well, I guess probably, huh? 235 00:14:19,896 --> 00:14:22,229 I mean, she's gotta be about that age. 236 00:14:22,229 --> 00:14:26,230 Could be anybody. Could be that glamazon in gym class. 237 00:14:26,230 --> 00:14:28,479 What's her name? 238 00:14:28,479 --> 00:14:31,104 Oh, my lab partner, Margo, the freak. 239 00:14:31,104 --> 00:14:34,729 I hope not, because she totally fainted right in the middle of our fetal pig dissection. 240 00:14:34,729 --> 00:14:38,271 Somehow I just don't think she's cut out for the slayage biz. 241 00:14:38,271 --> 00:14:42,104 Killing pigs is just so wrong. And also hard. 242 00:14:42,104 --> 00:14:44,855 Well, we'll know soon enough who the next Potential is. 243 00:14:44,855 --> 00:14:47,563 Somebody's life is about to change. 244 00:14:47,563 --> 00:14:51,354 How long will it take? Will you find out who it is right away? 245 00:14:51,354 --> 00:14:54,813 Pretty much. The spell will conjure up this brilliant light. 246 00:14:54,813 --> 00:14:57,354 And the light will find the Potential, 247 00:14:57,354 --> 00:14:59,980 and it will illuminate her with a glowing aura. 248 00:14:59,980 --> 00:15:03,104 - Cool. - I've enchanted this map... 249 00:15:03,104 --> 00:15:05,438 so that we can track her basic location. 250 00:15:05,438 --> 00:15:08,438 We'll have to hotfoot it, but I'm betting we find her tonight. 251 00:15:08,438 --> 00:15:10,771 You know, if it is Margo, 252 00:15:10,771 --> 00:15:13,230 she's so gonna faint. 253 00:15:13,230 --> 00:15:18,104 To light the aura of the new, skin of snake and chrysalis too. 254 00:15:18,104 --> 00:15:21,229 To indicate the fresh reborn, 255 00:15:21,229 --> 00:15:24,855 tumbleweed and rosebush thorn. 256 00:15:24,855 --> 00:15:27,896 An egg that means the life to come. 257 00:15:27,896 --> 00:15:30,521 Take this, oh spirits, and my spell is done. 258 00:15:30,521 --> 00:15:32,938 [ Coughing ] 259 00:15:32,938 --> 00:15:35,479 Oh, good God! What is that smell? 260 00:15:35,479 --> 00:15:38,604 Fairly sure that's the smell of a hard-boiled egg being thrown into a fire. 261 00:15:38,604 --> 00:15:41,312 - Uh-huh. - The smell will lead us to the Potential. 262 00:15:41,312 --> 00:15:43,729 Or some poor soul who ate too many chimichangas. 263 00:15:43,729 --> 00:15:47,229 She'll also be lit with a-- a brilliant aura. 264 00:15:47,229 --> 00:15:50,187 Is it supposed to be shimmying all over like that? 265 00:15:50,187 --> 00:15:53,563 I don't know. I don't think so. 266 00:15:53,563 --> 00:15:56,563 [ Anya ] So you messed up a spell again. 267 00:15:56,563 --> 00:15:59,229 At least it smells otherworldly. 268 00:15:59,229 --> 00:16:01,688 No, look. Pretty. 269 00:16:01,688 --> 00:16:05,062 [ Sighs ] I suck. 270 00:16:05,062 --> 00:16:07,354 I'm sorry, you guys. 271 00:16:07,354 --> 00:16:10,855 Maybe we could figure something out on the computer. 272 00:16:10,855 --> 00:16:14,438 Good call. I'm gonna open the door and let this place air out. 273 00:16:14,438 --> 00:16:17,312 Don't worry, Wil. It's really no big. 274 00:16:17,312 --> 00:16:20,771 I just-- I was sure that it was gonna work. 275 00:16:20,771 --> 00:16:23,604 - [ Whooshing Sound ] - [ Willow ] Dawn! 276 00:16:24,813 --> 00:16:27,104 [ Grunting ] 277 00:16:33,646 --> 00:16:35,771 I think it worked. 278 00:16:44,187 --> 00:16:46,354 [ Xander ] Dawn! 279 00:16:46,354 --> 00:16:49,729 Dawn, are you okay? 280 00:16:50,980 --> 00:16:53,771 Maybe y-you did it wrong? 281 00:16:53,771 --> 00:16:56,062 Was it ambiguous in any way? 282 00:16:56,062 --> 00:16:59,729 Did you maybe say "potential sailors"? 'Cause I do like the water. 283 00:16:59,729 --> 00:17:03,855 I did it right. Wow. She-- You're a Potential. 284 00:17:03,855 --> 00:17:06,438 You could be the next Slayer. 285 00:17:06,438 --> 00:17:08,604 Oh. Wow. 286 00:17:08,604 --> 00:17:13,396 It's like one second you were this klutzy teenager with fake memories... 287 00:17:13,396 --> 00:17:15,229 and a history of kleptomania. 288 00:17:15,229 --> 00:17:18,729 Then suddenly you're a hero, a hero with a much abbreviated life-span. 289 00:17:18,729 --> 00:17:21,396 This is huge! We have to think about this. 290 00:17:21,396 --> 00:17:24,271 I can't think about this. It doesn't fit in my head. 291 00:17:24,271 --> 00:17:27,646 A Slayer. Makes sense, I guess. 292 00:17:27,646 --> 00:17:31,146 Remember that thing about they share the same blood or whatever? 293 00:17:31,146 --> 00:17:33,646 Yeah, I never got that. 294 00:17:33,646 --> 00:17:35,771 She has to die. 295 00:17:37,479 --> 00:17:41,062 I mean, if I was ever the Slayer, it would mean she died. 296 00:17:41,062 --> 00:17:45,187 Well, it's a lot like being the pope in that way, 297 00:17:45,187 --> 00:17:47,771 except you don't have to be some old Catholic. 298 00:17:47,771 --> 00:17:50,604 We've gotta call Buffy. She's gonna be so excited. 299 00:17:50,604 --> 00:17:53,062 No, we can't. She didn't bring her cell phone. 300 00:17:53,062 --> 00:17:55,479 Well, sure, 'cause all the important people are with her. 301 00:17:55,479 --> 00:17:59,729 - You're important now. - Wh-What happens now? 302 00:17:59,729 --> 00:18:03,438 Well, you could start by maybe sitting still for a sec. 303 00:18:03,438 --> 00:18:07,230 [ Sighs ] I can't. I need to know what happens to my life. 304 00:18:07,230 --> 00:18:09,646 - I guess Buffy trains you. - Right. 305 00:18:09,646 --> 00:18:12,229 I train with the Potentials, o-other Potentials, 306 00:18:12,229 --> 00:18:14,563 learn to do the stuff they're learning. 307 00:18:14,563 --> 00:18:17,396 We also have to protect you from the, uh, eyeless guys, 308 00:18:17,396 --> 00:18:20,229 the ones with the sharp, sharp knives. 309 00:18:20,229 --> 00:18:22,604 - Bringers. - It's okay. We'll protect you. 310 00:18:22,604 --> 00:18:25,229 - What if they saw the spell? - Saw the spell? 311 00:18:25,229 --> 00:18:28,688 Dawn, they can't see flash cards. Big ones. 312 00:18:28,688 --> 00:18:30,896 We did a big, orange, powerful spell. 313 00:18:30,896 --> 00:18:33,813 What if they sensed it? What if they're on their way? 314 00:18:33,813 --> 00:18:38,771 Are we gonna replace the microwave? I was thinking Orville Redenbacher with butter. 315 00:18:40,396 --> 00:18:44,312 - What's going on? - Dawn's gonna be a Slayer. 316 00:18:44,312 --> 00:18:47,563 Holy crap! Excuse me. 317 00:18:47,563 --> 00:18:51,271 Plucked from an ordinary life, handed a destiny? 318 00:18:51,271 --> 00:18:55,146 - Say "Skywalker," and I smack you. - Does Buffy know? 319 00:18:55,146 --> 00:18:57,187 She didn't take her phone. 320 00:18:57,187 --> 00:18:59,771 - Incommunicado. - Well, we'll tell her as soon as she gets back. 321 00:18:59,771 --> 00:19:02,563 - Let's not. - What? Dawn, she has to know. 322 00:19:02,563 --> 00:19:07,229 I-I know. Just not right away. 323 00:19:07,229 --> 00:19:10,771 Guys, when Mom appeared to me, she said-- 324 00:19:10,771 --> 00:19:12,729 - Dawnie. - No. Please. 325 00:19:14,896 --> 00:19:17,729 She said something about Buffy, and I'm thinking... 326 00:19:19,688 --> 00:19:22,312 I'm just not so sure Buffy will be happy for me. 327 00:19:22,312 --> 00:19:24,354 - Of course she will. - Will she? 328 00:19:24,354 --> 00:19:29,187 I'm not even sure I'm happy for me. Everything's different for me now. 329 00:19:29,187 --> 00:19:32,104 That's because you're a part of something larger, like being swallowed... 330 00:19:32,104 --> 00:19:35,146 by something larger. 331 00:19:35,146 --> 00:19:37,855 This-- This is too much for my head again. 332 00:19:37,855 --> 00:19:40,771 I-I can't-- I need to be-- 333 00:19:42,896 --> 00:19:45,896 Nice job with the getting-swallowed analogy. 334 00:19:45,896 --> 00:19:47,813 It is a mixed bag, you know. 335 00:19:47,813 --> 00:19:50,646 If she gets to be the Slayer, then her life is short and brutal. 336 00:19:50,646 --> 00:19:54,312 And if she doesn't, then it smells of unfulfilled potential. 337 00:19:54,312 --> 00:19:57,813 - My swallowed analogy looks pretty sweet right now. - It's not like that. 338 00:19:57,813 --> 00:20:02,479 It's like she's part of this huge power. 339 00:20:02,479 --> 00:20:05,354 I know what that feels like. It feels wonderful. 340 00:20:05,354 --> 00:20:08,104 Yes, Willow so captured it. It's like-- 341 00:20:08,104 --> 00:20:12,146 Well, it's almost like this metaphor for womanhood, isn't it? 342 00:20:12,146 --> 00:20:15,229 The sort of flowering that happens when a girl realizes... 343 00:20:15,229 --> 00:20:19,938 that she's part of a fertile heritage stretching back to Eve and-- 344 00:20:19,938 --> 00:20:22,021 I'll pay you to talk about Star Wars again. 345 00:20:22,021 --> 00:20:23,521 This isn't about womanly power. 346 00:20:23,521 --> 00:20:26,855 This is about the fact that Dawn might have bought herself an early death. 347 00:20:26,855 --> 00:20:31,396 We don't know that. Right. All we know is that everything just changed. 348 00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:34,563 [ Willow ] Why don't you go find Buffy? I still think she needs to know. 349 00:20:34,563 --> 00:20:36,479 [ Xander ] What if she doesn't like it? 350 00:20:36,479 --> 00:20:39,021 [ Willow ] Are you worried about what Dawn said, about the ghost? 351 00:20:39,021 --> 00:20:43,104 We don't even know if that really was Joyce. We don't know what she meant about Buffy. 352 00:20:43,104 --> 00:20:47,146 I'm not talking about that. What do you think Buffy's gonna do with this information? 353 00:20:47,146 --> 00:20:50,771 Jump up and down, teach Dawn the secret handshake? She knows what this means. 354 00:20:50,771 --> 00:20:54,438 Short, brutal life. Sharp, sharp knives. I covered this. 355 00:20:54,438 --> 00:20:57,187 Right. You think Buffy really wants that for Dawn? 356 00:20:57,187 --> 00:21:00,563 And besides, Dawn doesn't want any of us telling her yet. 357 00:21:00,563 --> 00:21:04,354 [ Willow ] Dawn's freaking out. Her input--not worth that much right now. 358 00:21:04,354 --> 00:21:06,855 [ Anya ] She's a child. Of course she can't handle this. 359 00:21:06,855 --> 00:21:10,563 [ Xander ] Something out there said she could handle this and a hell of a lot more. 360 00:21:10,563 --> 00:21:12,771 Something out there chose her. I'm chosen. 361 00:21:12,771 --> 00:21:16,271 [ Willow ] She can handle it. Is that why she's hiding in her room right now? 362 00:21:16,271 --> 00:21:19,187 [ Xander ] She's just getting used to it. Let it happen. 363 00:21:19,187 --> 00:21:21,438 She doesn't have to rush. [ Anya ] He's right. 364 00:21:21,438 --> 00:21:23,813 We shouldn't rush her. 365 00:21:23,813 --> 00:21:26,604 Rushing's only gonna get her killed. 366 00:21:39,104 --> 00:21:41,271 [ Male Voice Laughing ] Take that! 367 00:21:41,271 --> 00:21:45,646 [ Rona ] This is a bar. Best damn field trip I ever took. 368 00:21:45,646 --> 00:21:48,521 Look, they're all-- they're demons. 369 00:21:48,521 --> 00:21:51,271 It's a demon bar. 370 00:21:51,271 --> 00:21:55,980 It's like a gay bar, only with demons. Spike! 371 00:21:57,187 --> 00:21:59,354 Long time. 372 00:21:59,354 --> 00:22:01,438 Nice of you to bring snacks. 373 00:22:01,438 --> 00:22:03,771 Touch them and lose your privates. 374 00:22:06,438 --> 00:22:10,688 - I didn't like him. - Nice job of blending in, girls. 375 00:22:10,688 --> 00:22:14,729 We're 15-year-olds in a demon bar. How much blending did you think we were gonna do? 376 00:22:14,729 --> 00:22:18,688 Look, it's okay. Usually, you come to a place like this, you want to be seen. 377 00:22:18,688 --> 00:22:21,521 You want to scare someone or make contact. 378 00:22:21,521 --> 00:22:24,354 - Or have a strong drink? - Not usually that. 379 00:22:24,354 --> 00:22:26,604 You don't drink? Sure, I do. 380 00:22:26,604 --> 00:22:29,312 I mean, no. It would be wrong. 381 00:22:29,312 --> 00:22:32,980 - Do they card? - Nope. Go ahead. 382 00:22:32,980 --> 00:22:36,855 Down all the yak urine shots or pig's butt spritzers you like. 383 00:22:38,688 --> 00:22:41,104 - Gross. - Got that right. 384 00:22:41,104 --> 00:22:44,521 The prices they charge, you could get human blood straight from the body. 385 00:22:45,688 --> 00:22:49,229 - Vampire. - Look, if I come here, 386 00:22:49,229 --> 00:22:53,604 it's because I gotta wring information out of something large, scary, drunk, 387 00:22:53,604 --> 00:22:56,563 with a room full of friends who don't care very much for the Slayer. 388 00:22:56,563 --> 00:23:00,312 Remember that. Not a being in here that wouldn't gladly rip your throat out. 389 00:23:00,312 --> 00:23:03,354 Buffy? Girl, how you been? 390 00:23:03,354 --> 00:23:05,938 Clem! You look great, so toned. 391 00:23:07,521 --> 00:23:10,855 - He's ripping out her throat right now. - It is so good to see you. 392 00:23:10,855 --> 00:23:14,271 I saw this great show on the History Channel the other night that I knew you would love. 393 00:23:14,271 --> 00:23:17,855 Then something went all flooey with my TiVo. Can I talk to you? 394 00:23:17,855 --> 00:23:20,688 - Yeah. - You think she dated him too? 395 00:23:23,896 --> 00:23:27,312 Okay, everyone. This is the girls. Howdy. 396 00:23:29,062 --> 00:23:32,729 So, you girls are gonna deal with demons, huh? 397 00:23:32,729 --> 00:23:35,604 Just let me tell you this. 398 00:23:36,521 --> 00:23:39,062 [ All Screaming ] 399 00:23:39,062 --> 00:23:42,104 I could use a shot of that yak urine right about now. 400 00:23:53,438 --> 00:23:55,688 Hey. 401 00:23:55,688 --> 00:23:58,604 Hey, Dawn. What you doin'? 402 00:23:58,604 --> 00:24:02,729 Uh, just walking. You? 403 00:24:02,729 --> 00:24:05,813 Um, yeah. Just walkin' too. 404 00:24:05,813 --> 00:24:09,896 Okay. Well, have a good walk. 405 00:24:09,896 --> 00:24:13,604 I guess I'll see you Monday morning? Yeah. 406 00:24:15,229 --> 00:24:17,396 You all right? 407 00:24:17,396 --> 00:24:21,271 Sure. Just walking, you know? 408 00:24:24,896 --> 00:24:28,688 A-Are you all right? You've got a thing. 409 00:24:34,771 --> 00:24:38,646 I guess I-- I had a bit of a-- 410 00:24:38,646 --> 00:24:41,479 It's been a bizarre night. 411 00:24:41,479 --> 00:24:44,688 What happened? Who did that to you? 412 00:24:44,688 --> 00:24:49,062 Uh... nobody, exactly. 413 00:24:49,062 --> 00:24:52,396 I don't think you'd exactly believe me. Try me. 414 00:24:52,396 --> 00:24:56,855 I was at school late because of, you know, Swing Choir. 415 00:24:56,855 --> 00:25:00,855 And I tore my sweater, the striped ones we wear. 416 00:25:00,855 --> 00:25:03,855 So I went to Home Sciences to sew it up. Uh-huh. 417 00:25:03,855 --> 00:25:07,855 And by the time I was finished, the place was empty, 418 00:25:07,855 --> 00:25:12,354 so it was all echoey and lonely and-- 419 00:25:12,354 --> 00:25:15,229 Then there was this guy, or thing, 420 00:25:15,229 --> 00:25:18,062 and it was-- it scratched me, 421 00:25:18,062 --> 00:25:21,187 and I kind of dodged it, and it kind of hit its head. 422 00:25:21,187 --> 00:25:23,396 What kind of thing? 423 00:25:23,396 --> 00:25:25,479 I don't know. 424 00:25:25,479 --> 00:25:27,604 It was messed up. 425 00:25:27,604 --> 00:25:30,146 In the face, around hereabouts. 426 00:25:30,146 --> 00:25:33,813 And when it scratched at you, did it-- 427 00:25:34,813 --> 00:25:38,229 was it scratching with its teeth? 428 00:25:38,229 --> 00:25:41,229 Is it real? 429 00:25:41,229 --> 00:25:44,312 Was it really a vampire? 430 00:25:45,646 --> 00:25:48,604 I bet you think I'm crazy. 431 00:25:48,604 --> 00:25:51,187 I believe you. 432 00:25:52,479 --> 00:25:54,396 Well, cool. 433 00:25:54,396 --> 00:25:58,771 The thing is, after it hit its head, I kind of freaked out. 434 00:25:58,771 --> 00:26:02,646 I trapped it in a room, and it's still there. I don't know what to do. 435 00:26:02,646 --> 00:26:06,146 It's okay. This is totally dealable. Don't worry. 436 00:26:06,146 --> 00:26:08,354 I was thinking of getting your sister. 437 00:26:08,354 --> 00:26:11,354 You know something about my sister? 438 00:26:11,354 --> 00:26:13,646 Well, I've heard people talking. 439 00:26:13,646 --> 00:26:18,229 A lot of 'em think she's some kind of high-functioning schizophrenic, 440 00:26:18,229 --> 00:26:22,771 but I also heard that maybe-- like maybe she could help with this kind of thing. 441 00:26:22,771 --> 00:26:25,604 Do you think we should go get her? 442 00:26:25,604 --> 00:26:28,479 She's out. 443 00:26:28,479 --> 00:26:30,521 I'll take this one. 444 00:26:30,521 --> 00:26:34,104 [ Gasping, Groans ] Whew! 445 00:26:34,104 --> 00:26:36,271 I think I strained something. 446 00:26:36,271 --> 00:26:40,396 Maybe something I'll need later in life. Come on. 447 00:26:40,396 --> 00:26:44,062 The vampire's upstairs. 448 00:26:44,062 --> 00:26:47,021 Are you spooked out? No. 449 00:26:47,021 --> 00:26:50,104 I'm all right. I can do this. 450 00:26:50,104 --> 00:26:52,980 It's mostly instinct, I think. 451 00:26:52,980 --> 00:26:55,396 [ Slams ] [ Screams ] 452 00:26:55,396 --> 00:26:58,354 [ Giggling ] 453 00:26:58,354 --> 00:27:03,230 So, if he scratched me with a tooth, am I-- 454 00:27:04,021 --> 00:27:06,688 I'm not gonna turn into one, am I? 455 00:27:06,688 --> 00:27:10,813 Only if he slashed open one of his own veins and led you to drink deep of his blood. 456 00:27:10,813 --> 00:27:14,021 Nope. [ Sighs ] 457 00:27:14,021 --> 00:27:17,396 Good. You're lucky he didn't hurt you way more than that. 458 00:27:17,396 --> 00:27:20,271 Right. He can do that. 459 00:27:20,271 --> 00:27:23,062 So, I was thinking, 460 00:27:23,062 --> 00:27:25,563 we don't have to kill the vampire, do we? 461 00:27:25,563 --> 00:27:27,312 What? 462 00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:30,271 Uh, just suppose he got out and was maybe, like, 463 00:27:30,271 --> 00:27:33,354 encouraged toward the gym while the marching band was playing. 464 00:27:33,354 --> 00:27:38,146 Because the way they look down on the Swing Choir, it might be, you know, funny. 465 00:27:39,396 --> 00:27:41,438 I'm just sayin'. 466 00:27:52,813 --> 00:27:56,688 Well, he didn't break down the door anyway. 467 00:27:56,688 --> 00:27:59,813 Yeah. Can they do that? 468 00:28:01,312 --> 00:28:04,187 They're very strong, and although they feel pain, 469 00:28:04,187 --> 00:28:07,104 they don't hold back because of it. 470 00:28:07,104 --> 00:28:10,354 I guess you're some kind of monster expert too. 471 00:28:12,062 --> 00:28:15,188 Let's just say it runs in the family. 472 00:28:20,229 --> 00:28:22,187 [ Sighs ] 473 00:28:29,771 --> 00:28:32,688 [ Dawn ] I thought you said it was locked. 474 00:28:32,688 --> 00:28:35,187 It was. 475 00:28:35,187 --> 00:28:37,312 It was here. 476 00:28:37,312 --> 00:28:39,271 Amanda? 477 00:28:41,729 --> 00:28:44,230 It got out. 478 00:29:02,146 --> 00:29:04,062 Where'd it go? 479 00:29:04,062 --> 00:29:09,062 I don't know, but we have to get out of here. 480 00:29:11,312 --> 00:29:13,688 [ Screaming ] 481 00:29:13,688 --> 00:29:16,104 [ Screams ] 482 00:29:31,479 --> 00:29:33,104 - What are you doing? - I can never remember. 483 00:29:33,104 --> 00:29:36,563 Does it have to be right side up or upside down to work? Which is it? 484 00:29:41,896 --> 00:29:44,187 [ Screams ] 485 00:29:48,813 --> 00:29:50,813 [ Buffy ] A vampire is an animal. 486 00:29:50,813 --> 00:29:53,396 Sometimes they run in packs, 487 00:29:53,396 --> 00:29:56,229 sometimes alone. 488 00:29:56,229 --> 00:30:00,021 - Who can tell us where we are? - It's a nest. 489 00:30:00,021 --> 00:30:03,187 - How can you tell? - Only a vamp could live like this. 490 00:30:03,187 --> 00:30:06,354 Some, yeah. As a group, we're not known for our tasteful decor, 491 00:30:06,354 --> 00:30:11,354 but in all fairness to the race, this place is seriously lacking in style. 492 00:30:11,354 --> 00:30:14,438 Thank you, Spike. Merely saying. 493 00:30:14,438 --> 00:30:16,312 He has a point. 494 00:30:17,438 --> 00:30:21,146 Vampires can live anywhere, any way they want. 495 00:30:21,146 --> 00:30:24,479 Tastes, fashions, living conditions-- they can vary. 496 00:30:24,479 --> 00:30:27,646 The animal inside? Always the same. 497 00:30:27,646 --> 00:30:29,855 Where'd you live? 498 00:30:29,855 --> 00:30:32,021 What, you mean before? 499 00:30:32,021 --> 00:30:35,396 A crypt, actually, but nicer. 500 00:30:35,396 --> 00:30:37,521 A bit more-- 501 00:30:37,521 --> 00:30:41,062 I don't know if "posh" is the right word, but it was more like-- 502 00:30:41,062 --> 00:30:43,021 - Comfy. - Excuse me? 503 00:30:43,021 --> 00:30:46,312 When did you find it comfy? 504 00:30:46,312 --> 00:30:48,729 Moving on. 505 00:30:48,729 --> 00:30:50,855 You want to stay alive? 506 00:30:50,855 --> 00:30:55,354 You have to spot and identify a nest on sight. Look around, all of you. 507 00:30:55,354 --> 00:31:00,062 Look for signs that last night maybe two dozen vampires were right where we're standing. 508 00:31:01,771 --> 00:31:03,521 Go ahead. 509 00:31:11,855 --> 00:31:15,813 Work, work, work. This little excursion was just in danger of being interesting. 510 00:31:15,813 --> 00:31:18,021 You know something, Spike? 511 00:31:21,312 --> 00:31:23,521 Interesting is not a problem. 512 00:31:23,521 --> 00:31:26,146 Buffy, I think we found something. 513 00:31:27,521 --> 00:31:30,021 It's a body. 514 00:31:36,021 --> 00:31:39,104 It's not a body. It's leftovers. 515 00:31:39,104 --> 00:31:42,187 [ Growling ] 516 00:31:48,604 --> 00:31:51,187 In here! 517 00:31:54,438 --> 00:31:57,688 Help. We need to barricade this. 518 00:31:58,688 --> 00:32:01,646 Too small. Oh! 519 00:32:01,646 --> 00:32:05,229 - [ Grunting ] - Too big. 520 00:32:12,813 --> 00:32:15,521 Stay down. 521 00:32:15,521 --> 00:32:19,604 - You think we're safe? - [ Growling ] 522 00:32:19,604 --> 00:32:24,688 No one's safe. Not here, not ever. 523 00:32:24,688 --> 00:32:27,396 - You see this guy? - He was dead a minute ago. 524 00:32:27,396 --> 00:32:30,146 That was a minute ago. Now-- 525 00:32:31,771 --> 00:32:33,813 - Hey! - He's the enemy. 526 00:32:34,938 --> 00:32:37,396 - Amanda? - Yes? - Listen. 527 00:32:37,396 --> 00:32:39,521 I'm listening. We're gonna get out of this. 528 00:32:39,521 --> 00:32:42,021 Both of us. Alive. [ Screams ] 529 00:32:42,021 --> 00:32:45,479 - Do you believe me? - I believe you. 530 00:32:47,062 --> 00:32:49,146 Good, 'cause I got a plan. 531 00:32:49,146 --> 00:32:51,479 [ Buffy ] You can't think too much. 532 00:32:52,729 --> 00:32:54,813 Reacting's better. 533 00:32:54,813 --> 00:32:58,229 It could be the difference between staying alive and that other thing. 534 00:33:04,271 --> 00:33:07,187 This plan of mine? I'm not guaranteeing it'll work. 535 00:33:07,187 --> 00:33:09,938 Better than mine about him eating the marching band. 536 00:33:09,938 --> 00:33:13,104 Besides, your plan will work. 537 00:33:13,104 --> 00:33:16,104 [ Screams ] In case you haven't noticed, I don't know what I'm doing. 538 00:33:16,104 --> 00:33:18,229 You're getting it done. 539 00:33:27,354 --> 00:33:30,062 The question is never, what do you think? 540 00:33:30,062 --> 00:33:31,896 It's always... what do you know? 541 00:33:31,896 --> 00:33:35,312 You gotta know, 'cause if you don't, if you make one mistake-- 542 00:33:36,688 --> 00:33:39,146 [ Growls ] It takes just one vampire to kill you. 543 00:33:39,146 --> 00:33:41,646 So you've gotta know you can take him. Know your environment. 544 00:33:41,646 --> 00:33:44,813 Know what's around you and know how to use it. 545 00:33:51,688 --> 00:33:56,729 In the hands of a Slayer, everything is a weapon, if you know how to see it. 546 00:33:56,729 --> 00:34:00,438 When you're fighting, you have to know yourself-- your brain, your body. 547 00:34:00,438 --> 00:34:03,521 Know how to stay calm, centered. 548 00:34:03,521 --> 00:34:06,479 Every move is important. Every blow's gotta be part of your plan. 549 00:34:06,479 --> 00:34:09,771 If you make that one mistake, then it's over. 550 00:34:09,771 --> 00:34:11,813 [ Screaming ] You're not the Slayer. 551 00:34:11,813 --> 00:34:13,813 You're not a Potential. 552 00:34:15,479 --> 00:34:17,771 You're dead. So what do you know? 553 00:34:17,771 --> 00:34:22,479 See now, the only thing you know for sure? 554 00:34:22,479 --> 00:34:24,354 You got me. 555 00:34:24,354 --> 00:34:28,187 [ Stake Clattering ] 556 00:34:38,062 --> 00:34:40,229 Come on, sweetie. Open up. 557 00:34:40,229 --> 00:34:42,062 Want me to kick down the door? Anya. 558 00:34:42,062 --> 00:34:44,604 What? It'd be funny. 559 00:34:44,604 --> 00:34:48,187 Besides, she's been sulking in there forever. 560 00:34:48,187 --> 00:34:50,312 Ah. 561 00:34:52,604 --> 00:34:55,438 [ Anya ] Crap. 562 00:34:57,062 --> 00:34:59,729 Double crap. Gone. 563 00:34:59,729 --> 00:35:03,646 We gotta find her before the Bringers do. 564 00:35:03,646 --> 00:35:06,396 I can do a locator spell, but we've gotta hurry. And find Buffy. 565 00:35:06,396 --> 00:35:09,521 - Amanda, help me! - I can't. 566 00:35:09,521 --> 00:35:12,230 Amanda! [ Screaming ] 567 00:35:18,146 --> 00:35:21,855 No! You don't want her! 568 00:35:21,855 --> 00:35:24,479 You want me. 569 00:35:41,104 --> 00:35:43,729 Amanda! 570 00:35:52,813 --> 00:35:56,104 What were those? Amanda, listen to me. 571 00:35:56,104 --> 00:36:00,021 You remember when you said I was special? Well, I'm not. 572 00:36:00,021 --> 00:36:02,729 You're-- But the thing is, you are. 573 00:36:02,729 --> 00:36:06,104 This is your battle, Amanda. No. I can't! 574 00:36:06,104 --> 00:36:08,229 You can! You've got to. 575 00:36:08,229 --> 00:36:12,438 Look, I've got your back, but this is something you have to do. 576 00:36:12,438 --> 00:36:15,230 It's something you were born to do. 577 00:36:17,062 --> 00:36:19,688 Here. This belongs to you. 578 00:36:23,271 --> 00:36:26,729 Buffy, up here. 579 00:36:39,271 --> 00:36:41,855 - Here! - [ Screams ] 580 00:36:52,688 --> 00:36:57,021 Okay, one minute I'm in Swing Choir, 581 00:36:57,021 --> 00:36:59,354 and the next-- 582 00:36:59,354 --> 00:37:01,438 What the hell is going on? 583 00:37:01,438 --> 00:37:03,771 You tell me to come to you with problems. 584 00:37:03,771 --> 00:37:07,021 Turns out a vampire attacked me. Problem. 585 00:37:07,021 --> 00:37:11,188 So I go to your house, only when I get there, this orange cloud hits me. 586 00:37:11,188 --> 00:37:13,187 She was at the doorway. 587 00:37:13,187 --> 00:37:17,021 I don't know if you're into drugs, but that's not my deal, all right? 588 00:37:17,021 --> 00:37:21,688 That cloud hit me, and I got a little dizzy and discombobulated. 589 00:37:21,688 --> 00:37:26,604 It was Willow's spell. She's the potential Slayer. 590 00:37:31,104 --> 00:37:34,896 I'm sure the vampire thought we were, like, what? Four helpless girls. 591 00:37:34,896 --> 00:37:39,271 [ Laughing ] Then Vi actually yells, "We're four helpless girls." 592 00:37:39,271 --> 00:37:41,688 That was part of my plan. 593 00:37:41,688 --> 00:37:44,521 When it started going down, we knew what we were doing, for real. 594 00:37:44,521 --> 00:37:47,896 Yeah, like when you dodged that first attack and then cracked him across the jaw. 595 00:37:47,896 --> 00:37:50,604 No, no. See, I wouldn't have been able to do that if you hadn't took his legs out. 596 00:37:50,604 --> 00:37:54,688 I hurt his arm. Yup. And an arm can be as lethal as a mouth. 597 00:37:54,688 --> 00:37:57,312 When you staked him, seriously, the rush was like-- 598 00:37:57,312 --> 00:37:59,771 So, you took one out solo. 599 00:37:59,771 --> 00:38:02,855 Yeah. What was that like? 600 00:38:04,229 --> 00:38:06,479 I don't know. 601 00:38:06,479 --> 00:38:10,187 I mean, when I saw the vampire-- 602 00:38:10,187 --> 00:38:13,896 Vamp? Vampire is good too. 603 00:38:13,896 --> 00:38:15,896 Cool. 604 00:38:15,896 --> 00:38:20,271 Yeah, when that vampire attacked me, I felt this... kind of charge. 605 00:38:20,271 --> 00:38:22,188 You know? 606 00:38:22,188 --> 00:38:24,688 [ Kennedy ] Like you realize in one instant... 607 00:38:24,688 --> 00:38:27,729 that your whole life is different. 608 00:38:27,729 --> 00:38:29,688 [ Amanda ] Exactly. 609 00:38:29,688 --> 00:38:33,396 It's that rush you're talking about. 610 00:38:35,230 --> 00:38:37,563 Hey. 611 00:38:37,563 --> 00:38:40,479 You okay? Yeah. 612 00:38:40,479 --> 00:38:44,229 I was thinking of hitting the books, do some research on the First. 613 00:38:44,229 --> 00:38:47,646 It's in retreat mode now, but you're still gonna need to know how to fight it. 614 00:38:47,646 --> 00:38:51,354 Great. Sounds good. Hey, you guys? 615 00:38:51,354 --> 00:38:54,062 You want to head downstairs, get our newest arrival up to speed? 616 00:38:54,062 --> 00:38:56,521 Come on. 617 00:39:15,396 --> 00:39:18,229 What's up? 618 00:39:18,229 --> 00:39:20,813 I'm just thinking about the girls. 619 00:39:20,813 --> 00:39:23,771 It's a harsh gig being a Potential. 620 00:39:23,771 --> 00:39:26,312 Just being picked out of a crowd. 621 00:39:26,312 --> 00:39:30,646 Danger, destiny. Plus, if you act now, death. 622 00:39:30,646 --> 00:39:32,479 They can handle it. 623 00:39:32,479 --> 00:39:34,729 Yeah. 624 00:39:34,729 --> 00:39:37,896 They're special, no doubt. 625 00:39:37,896 --> 00:39:41,688 And the amazing thing is, not one of them will ever know. 626 00:39:41,688 --> 00:39:46,021 Not even Buffy. Know what? 627 00:39:47,563 --> 00:39:50,479 How much harder it is for the rest of us. 628 00:39:50,479 --> 00:39:53,646 - No way. They've got the-- - Seven years, Dawn. 629 00:39:53,646 --> 00:39:55,729 Working with the Slayer, 630 00:39:55,729 --> 00:39:59,354 seeing my friends get more and more powerful. 631 00:39:59,354 --> 00:40:01,813 A witch, a demon. 632 00:40:01,813 --> 00:40:04,521 Hell, I could fit Oz in my shaving kit, 633 00:40:04,521 --> 00:40:08,896 but come a full moon, he had a wolfy mojo not to be messed with. 634 00:40:10,354 --> 00:40:13,980 Powerful. All of them. 635 00:40:13,980 --> 00:40:17,187 And I'm the guy who fixes the windows. 636 00:40:20,021 --> 00:40:23,062 Well, you had that sexy army training for a while, 637 00:40:23,062 --> 00:40:26,229 and-- and the windows really did need fixing. 638 00:40:26,229 --> 00:40:28,312 I saw what you did last night. 639 00:40:28,312 --> 00:40:30,896 Yeah. I-- 640 00:40:30,896 --> 00:40:33,896 I guess I kind of lost my head when I thought I was the Slayer. 641 00:40:33,896 --> 00:40:36,396 You thought you were all special. 642 00:40:36,396 --> 00:40:38,438 Miss Sunnydale 2003. 643 00:40:38,438 --> 00:40:41,896 And the minute you found out you weren't, 644 00:40:41,896 --> 00:40:44,938 you handed the crown to Amanda without a moment's pause. 645 00:40:46,062 --> 00:40:48,855 You gave her your power. 646 00:40:48,855 --> 00:40:51,062 The power wasn't mine. 647 00:40:52,646 --> 00:40:56,521 They'll never know how tough it is, Dawnie, 648 00:40:56,521 --> 00:40:59,229 to be the one who isn't chosen, 649 00:40:59,229 --> 00:41:02,062 to live so near to the spotlight and never step in it. 650 00:41:02,062 --> 00:41:05,229 But I know. 651 00:41:05,229 --> 00:41:09,229 I see more than anybody realizes because nobody's watching me. 652 00:41:11,604 --> 00:41:14,521 I saw you last night. 653 00:41:14,521 --> 00:41:16,855 I see you working here today. 654 00:41:18,438 --> 00:41:21,563 You're not special. 655 00:41:21,563 --> 00:41:24,229 You're extraordinary. 656 00:41:32,896 --> 00:41:35,021 Maybe that's your power. 657 00:41:36,146 --> 00:41:37,813 What? 658 00:41:37,813 --> 00:41:41,229 Seeing. Knowing. 659 00:41:41,229 --> 00:41:44,438 [ Chuckles ] Maybe it is. 660 00:41:44,438 --> 00:41:47,104 Maybe I should get a cape. 661 00:41:47,104 --> 00:41:49,521 A cape is good. 662 00:41:49,521 --> 00:41:52,021 Yeah. 663 00:42:40,354 --> 00:42:42,187 Grr! Arrgh!