[Lilah sneaks into Lindsey's dark office at Wolfram & Hart and starts to look through the papers on his desk.]
DarlaExciting, isn't it?
[Lilah jumps and drops the papers she was holding.]
Darla
Going through their things, all the little pieces of themselves locked away, given you a naughty little thrill of control.
I just like to keep abreast of his latest project. He's probably in my office right now trying to find out about mine. That's just how it works at our firm.
[Darla sits on the edge of Lindsey's desk and pours some dark blue powder into the palm of her left hand.]
Darla
Hmm, all you busy little worker bees, plotting your little schemes.
Calynthia powder? Is that how you keep Angel sleeping when he's with you?
Darla
There is nothing so lovely as dreams. Everything is in them, everything hidden. Open those chambers and you can truly understand someone and control them.
And what's hidden in Angel's secret chambers?
Darla
Horrors.
Black sky. It wants a little wormy me.
[Angelus and Darla break apart and look over at a sobbing Dru.]
Darla
What is she doing here? I thought you killed her.
[He pushes Darla down on the floor and rolls on top of her.]
Eyes like arrows - like-like needles.
This one's special. I have big plans for her.
[He leans down to kiss Darla.]
Snake in the woodshed. Snake in the woodshed. Snake in the woodshed! Snake in the woodshed!
[Darla rolls them over so she's now on top.]
Darla
So are we going to kill her during, or after?
Neither. We turn her into one of us. - Killing is so merciful at the end, isn't it? The pain has ended.
Darla
But to make her one of us? She's a lunatic.
Eternal torment. [Grabs a hold of Darla's arms and rolls them so he is back on top with her under him on the floor.] Am I learning?
[Angelus starts to kiss Darla while Dru first laughs then cries.]
[Angel manhandles Darla down the long stairwell and a good ways into the giant empty water tank.]
So you're what Wolfram and Hart brought back in that box. And they brought you back as a human. They think I won't kill one. You want to know what I think? I think they don't know me that well.
[Darla tries to make a run for it, but Angel cuts her off and she stops.]
You feel what this place was before they excavated it? The convent you remember how much I like convents.
[She looks at him, makes the sign of the cross..]
Come on Darla, you and I are too old to play games. I need to talk to the real you.
[He morphs into vamp face and charges her, pushes her up against a pillar.]
It's been a long time since I said this to anyone [He rips her jacket off her shoulder and bares her neck.] but you can scream all you want."
[Angel lowers his mouth to her bared shoulder and scrapes his teeth up along her neck, scratching it.]
[As he begins to nuzzle her neck Darla begins to smile.]
Darla
Oh. Oh I'm not gonna scream.
[She turns her face against his neck. He pulls back and kisses her and she responds. After a moment they break apart and Darla smiles at him.]
Darla
There's my boy.
[She puts a hand around his neck and they kiss again, harder.]
[Flashback: Virginia Colony, 1609. The sun is shining on Darla as she is lying in bed. There are two veiled sisters standing at the foot of her bed watching as a doctor takes a leech from her arm.]
Darla
Someone close the shutters. [One of the sisters does so.] Seems wrong that I should die while the sun is still so bright.
[A hooded priest enters the room.]
PPriest
You'll not see it again. Before it sets, you will have left this life.
Darla
I didn't ask for a priest. Who invited him here?
PPriest
You did. You cried out for me last night in your delirium.
Darla
I don't remember. Do you even know what I am?
PPriest
A woman of some property. No husband, no inheritance. Yes. I know what you are.
Darla
I'm a whore.
PPriest
Well, yes, that too. You should have asked for a priest long ago, child. Your life may have been the better for it.
Darla
And you should have paid me a visit before today, father. Your life may have been more interesting because of it.
PPriest
Are you prepared now to renounce Satan and beg God his forgiveness?
Darla
God never did anything for me.
PPriest
[to the others] Leave us.
[The two sisters leave.]
PPriest
[To the doctor still sitting at her bedside] You can't save her life - perhaps I can still save her soul.
[The doctor gets up and leaves.]
Darla
My soul is well past saving. Let the devil take me if he'll have me. It doesn't matter. Either way, I die.
PPriest
No... [The priest steps closer and pulls his hood back to reveal - The Master] ...you will not die. [Darla looks up at his inhuman face without flinching.] You will be reborn.
Darla
I know you.
[The Master leans down and takes one of Darla's hands in his.]
MMaster
I came to you last night. I sang to you from that window.
Darla
Hmm, I remember now. You're death?
Darla
What then?
MMaster
I'm your savior. God never did anything for you - but I will.
[With that he leans down and sinks his fangs into her neck.]
Darla
Say that again?
I just uh... I said, your name... Darla.
Darla
It sounds so odd, doesn't it?
I don't know what you mean-.
Darla
It wasn't my name when I was human. First time I was human, I mean.
Darla
[without sentiment] I don't remember. I'm not her, whoever she was. I was Darla for so long. And then... I wasn't. I wasn't anything. I just... stopped. He killed me, and I was done. But then you brought me back.
Darla
What did you bring back, Lindsey? What am I? Did you bring back that girl, whose name I can't remember?... Or did you bring back something else? The other thing?
Both. Neither. You're just you... whatever that is.
Darla
Why haven't you kissed me? You've been dying for it, haven't you?
I didn't know if you wanted me to...
Darla
Why should that matter? Do you think I ever hesitated when I wanted something? Life's too short. Believe me. I know. Four hundred years, and still too short.
[Lindsey steps forward and kisses her softly.]
Darla
Mmm, that's how humans get what they want. I remember that much.
[Lindsey kisses her again.]
Darla
It's nice. - But it's not me you want to screw.
[Lindsey pulls back to look at her.]
Darla
It's him. You all think you can use me to get to Angel.
[He kisses her hard, pushing her up against the table.]
Darla
What am I?
I don't know and I don't care.
[They kiss and suddenly Darla bites the side of Lindsey's neck, hard and he pulls away. They break apart.]
Darla
Now do you care?
Darla
That's how vampires get what they want. What am I?
Darla
Is that it? Am I Darla?
Darla
Careful. Darla would snap you in half. - Is that who I am?
[She pushes away from him and leans her head against the window. Lindsey reaches one hand up to cover the side of his neck.]
I understand what you're going through.
[Darla shakes her head and pushes away from the glass.]
Darla
No. Nobody understands. Nobody can understand. I can feel this body dying, Lindsey. I can feel it decaying moment by moment. It's being eaten away by this thing inside of it. It's a cancer, this soul!
MThe Master
[talking about Angelus] Angelus? The Latinate for "Angel". It's marvelous!
Darla
His name would already be a legend in his home village - had he left anyone alive there to tell the tale.
MThe Master
[caressing Darla's hand] Ah, you had a nice trip. I'm so glad.
Darla
On the way back we cut a bloody swath through South Wales and northern England. He was magnificent.
Hmm, Yorkshire men - tough as leather. [The Master and Angelus both laugh at that remark] So, Darla here tells me you're some sort of Master.
Darla
The Master. He commands our order."
MThe Master
The order of Aurelius. We are the select - the elite.
[Angelus folds his arms and surveys their surroundings.]
And you live in the sewers, do you?
[The Master gives Darla's hand a pat and stands up.]
MThe Master
We live below, giving tribute to the old ones. Awaiting that promised day when we will arise -A rise! - and lay waste to the world above us.
[The Master laughs.]
Why'd you want to do that?
Well, I mean, have you been above lately? It's quite nice. Me - I could never live in a rat infested stink hole - like this, if you'll pardon me for saying so. I got to have meself a proper bed or I'm a terror. [To Darla] Isn't that right love?
Darla
He's young.
And this one, down in the goose feathers, and the finest silks and linens and a view... [Angelus comes around to Darla] ...she's always got to have the view... [leans in close to her] ...don't you, my lamb?.
Darla
We fed very recently. The blood is still hot in his veins.
You noticed that, did you?
MThe Master
We stalk the surface to feed and grow our ranks. We do not live amongst the human pestilence!
I'll be honest, you really couldn't with that face, now could you?
Darla
Angelus!
[Angelus laughs and drops into the Masters chair, left leg dangling over one of the armrests and takes a bit of snuff.]
It's not stuck like that now is it?
[The Master leans in on him with a growl.]
Darla
The Master has grown past the curse of human features.
I'm not gonna get a bat-nose like that, huh? Am I?
MThe Master
Very few vampires are cunning enough to have lived as long as I have - which you've now... [The Master grabs Angelus by the front of his coat and throws him across the room) ...demonstrated.
[Darla flinches as Angelus slides down the wall. Laughing, he gets back up, and keeps talking to Darla as if the Master wasn't even there.]
Naples, you and me Darla. What do you say?
[The Master hits him with a hard right throwing him back against the wall.]
Darla
Angelus...
[Angelus just pushes himself off the wall and goes on as if nothing had happened]
This is no place for you - bound to the likes of him.
MThe Master
You should show... [Master hits Angelus over the head, dropping him to the ground] ...the proper respect.
[Angelus, now on all fours and breathing hard, still ignores the Master and talks only to Darla.]
You belong by my side, out in the world, feeding as we like,taking what we need. I'll give you that view you crave, darling. I'll give you everything.
[The Master knocks Angelus over onto his back. Angelus coughs, then laughs again. Lifts his head to look at Darla.]
[to Darla] Tell the truth - whose face do you want to look at for eternity? His, or mine?
MThe Master
You idiot. I made her.
[To the Master's shock, Darla goes to Angelus and helps her lover to his feet.]
MThe Master
You're leaving with the stallion, aren't you?
[One of the Master's minions tries to block their path, but the Master waves them off and lets the couple leave the hall.]
MThe Master
No. Let them go. He won't last. I give it a century, tops.
Darla
[looking at a dead body] So beautiful. Not a blemish, not a freckle. Perhaps we should have preserved that beauty for eternity?
Darla
No, but he'll rot. Seems a pity.
When I bit into him, I could hear the ocean.
Darla
Of course you could.
I'm full and warm, yet all alone.
That's not true, precious. You've got us.
Not in the least. You won't even hurt me just a little bit.
Darla
All you have to do is ask.
No. His head's too full of you, Grandmother.
Darla
Stop calling me that.
Don't be cross. I could be your mummy...
Well, if you're lonely, Dru, why don't you make yourself a playmate?
I could! I could pick the wisest and bravest knight in all the land and make him mine forever with a kiss.
[walking past] Bloody... watch where you're going!
Darla
Or you could just take the first drooling idiot that comes along.
You think she'll find a good one?
[They walk on but Dru keeps looking after William.]
Darla
I found you.
[Darla is standing in front of an elder of the gypsies.]
Darla
You took him from me! You stole him away! You gave him a soul!
GMGypsy Man
He must suffer, as all his victims have suffered.
Darla
That is no justice! Whatever pain he caused to your daughter was momentary, over in an instant... or an hour. But what you've done to him will force him to suffer for the rest of eternity! Remove that filthy soul so my boy might return to me!
DDru
Angelus is gone on away. Where is he?
Darla
[grabs a hold of the Gypsy's neck] Drusilla, the camp - go on - kill things!
DDru
He shall be very cross if he finds we had a lovely mass slaughter without him.
Darla
[closes her eyes for a moment] He'll join us soon. Now do as you're told.
DDru
[licks one of her fingers and nods] Okay.
[Walks off.]
Darla
In that wagon is your family. Your wife and daughters will die tonight without my protection. [Strokes the man's cheek] But if you'll do as I say, your family can live.
[Spike, in vamp face, blood on his chin, steps out of the wagon and burps. Darla looks at him.]
[Darla closes her eyes, turns back to the gypsy and snaps his neck.]
DDru
[swaying by the fire] Pretty music, pretty, pretty music. [Spike comes up to her and she pulls him into her dance] They cry out for mercy. They cry out for mercy.
Darla
Show none.
[A filthy Angel grabs the sides of her face from behind.]
You're so warm. You just fed.
Darla
You found me.
You can never resist a religious war and you always talked about China. I just followed the bodies. You never used to be so careless.
Darla
Maybe I wanted to be found.
Darla
They're here. Probably out in the riots. Maybe starting a new one.
[Angel lets go of her and she spins around, pushes him up against the wall, holding a knife against his throat.]
Darla
I should kill you right now.
Darla
Is that why you've come all this way? Too much of a coward to end your own existence, you want me to do it for you? Release that filthy soul?
Darla
I can still smell it, you know. And that's not all. You reek of vermin! Is that what you've been living off of?
[grabs her hand] Come on, huh? This should be nothing for you. Go ahead, Darla. Make sure you cut clear to the bone. Put the blade in the wall. Hmm?
[Darla stares at him for a moment then pulls away from him. She turns away.]
Darla
What do you want?
Darla
What?
I want things to be like they were. You and me together Darla. - I miss the view.
Darla
That's impossible.
Darla
You still have a soul.
Darla
You're not. Look at you. I don't know what you are anymore.
You know what I am. You made me. Darla. I'm Angelus.
Darla
Not anymore.
I can be again. Just give me a chance to prove it to you.
Darla
You almost made me believe you.
Believe it. We can have the whirlwind back.
Darla
We can do this.
Darla
We can do anything.
[They kiss.]
Darla
So, where have you two been?
My little Spike just killed himself a Slayer.
Darla
[to Angel] Did you hear that?
[to Spike] Congratulations. I guess that makes you one of us.
Don't be so glum, eh? The way you tell it, one Slayer snuffs another one rises. I figure, there is a new chosen one getting all chosen even as we speak. I tell you what, when and if this new bird shows up, I'll give you first crack at it!
[Drusilla steps past Angel in the direction of the alley.]
This whole place reeks of it.
[Spike wraps his arms around Drusilla from behind.]
Let's get out of here. This rebellion is starting to bore me.
[Darla watches as Angel walks past Drusilla, giggling in Spike's arms, then follows him. Nice, slow motion shot of the four of them walking down the street with the burning buildings and riot all around. Spike steps on a bundle in his path and leaps high into the air. Angel is walking down the street, grim-faced leading the way, with Darla just a step behind him. Spike is carrying Dru in his arms, kissing her. Darla is watching Angel.]
Darla
Where have you been?
Darla
Answer me!
Darla
Feeding?
Darla
On vermin?
Darla
Don't lie to me.
Look I've killed men. You've seen it!
Darla
Rapists and murderers, thieves and scoundrels. Did you think I wouldn't notice? Only evildoers, that's all you hunt now. You swore to me. You said, if I took you back you'd prove yourself.
Darla
Good. [Pulls the blanket of a basket sitting between them, revealing the missionaries' baby] Now is your chance.
[Angel looks down at the baby, shifts restlessly.]
Darla
I went back before dawn. They were still cowering there. Praying to their god for a salvation. They didn't know that their only savior was at the waterfront dining on rats. I won't be made a fool, Angelus. Not by you. Not by anyone.
Darla
While Spike - Spike - was out killing a Slayer you were saving missionaries! From me!
Darla
No. No more words. [She takes a step back and Angel looks down at the baby] Act!
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