“Darla” · Season 2
In this episode: Darla (12), Puppet Angel (7), Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (2), Cordelia Chase (2), Spike (2), Angelus (2), Lindsey McDonald (2), Drusilla (2)
Lindsey. You never talk about yourself, Lindsey. You have a girlfriend? Boyfriend? Someone special?
There's no one.
You can be with someone for 150 years - think you know them. Still - doesn't work out. Angelus - why, you should have seen us together.
He was a different person then.
And so was I. Now do you know what we've become?
Enemies?
Oh no. Much worse. Now we're soulmates. [laughs as Lindsey stares]
[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.]
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.]
You'll not see it again. Before it sets, you will have left this life.
I didn't ask for a priest. Who invited him here?
You did. You cried out for me last night in your delirium.
I don't remember. Do you even know what I am?
A woman of some property. No husband, no inheritance. Yes. I know what you are.
I'm a whore.
Well, yes, that too. You should have asked for a priest long ago, child. Your life may have been the better for it.
And you should have paid me a visit before today, father. Your life may have been more interesting because of it.
Are you prepared now to renounce Satan and beg God his forgiveness?
God never did anything for me.
[to the others] Leave us.
[The two sisters leave.]
[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.]
My soul is well past saving. Let the devil take me if he'll have me. It doesn't matter. Either way, I die.
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.
I know you.
[The Master leans down and takes one of Darla's hands in his.]
I came to you last night. I sang to you from that window.
Hmm, I remember now. You're death?
No.
What then?
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.]
Cordelia has a point.
Finally!
The last time Darla emerged she wanted to be found. Now she is out there among six million other people.
She could be sitting on top of anybody.
Come on, guys! We're a detective agency. We investigate things! That's what we're good at!
That's what we suck at. Let's face it - unless there's a website called www.Oh-By-the-way-we-have-Darla-stashed-here.com, we're pretty much out of luck.
Darla?
Say that again?
I just uh... I said, your name... Darla.
It sounds so odd, doesn't it?
I don't know what you mean-.
It wasn't my name when I was human. First time I was human, I mean.
What was your name?
[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.
Yes...
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.
Why haven't you kissed me? You've been dying for it, haven't you?
I didn't know if you wanted me to...
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.]
Mmm, that's how humans get what they want. I remember that much.
[Lindsey kisses her again.]
Do you like it?
It's nice. - But it's not me you want to screw.
[Lindsey pulls back to look at her.]
What?
It's him. You all think you can use me to get to Angel.
Maybe.
[He kisses her hard, pushing her up against the table.]
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.]
Now do you care?
No.
That's how vampires get what they want. What am I?
Darla...
Is that it? Am I Darla?
Yes.
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.]
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!
[talking about Angelus] Angelus? The Latinate for "Angel". It's marvelous!
His name would already be a legend in his home village - had he left anyone alive there to tell the tale.
[caressing Darla's hand] Ah, you had a nice trip. I'm so glad.
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.
The Master. He commands our order."
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.]
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?
Huh?
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?
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?.
We fed very recently. The blood is still hot in his veins.
You noticed that, did you?
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?
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.]
The Master has grown past the curse of human features.
I'm not gonna get a bat-nose like that, huh? Am I?
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.]
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.
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?
You idiot. I made her.
[To the Master's shock, Darla goes to Angelus and helps her lover to his feet.]
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.]
No. Let them go. He won't last. I give it a century, tops.
[reads from a book] Darla, Anglo-Saxon derivation, meaning 'dear one'. Huh, didn't come into common usage until more than a 100 years after she was born. [Closes the book] He must have given it to her. I didn't even know her real name.
[looking at a dead body] So beautiful. Not a blemish, not a freckle. Perhaps we should have preserved that beauty for eternity?
Still, he won't now age.
No, but he'll rot. Seems a pity.
When I bit into him, I could hear the ocean.
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.
All you have to do is ask.
No. His head's too full of you, Grandmother.
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!
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.]
I found you.
[Darla is standing in front of an elder of the gypsies.]
You took him from me! You stole him away! You gave him a soul!
He must suffer, as all his victims have suffered.
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!
Angelus is gone on away. Where is he?
[grabs a hold of the Gypsy's neck] Drusilla, the camp - go on - kill things!
He shall be very cross if he finds we had a lovely mass slaughter without him.
[closes her eyes for a moment] He'll join us soon. Now do as you're told.
[licks one of her fingers and nods] Okay.
[Walks off.]
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.]
What?
[Darla closes her eyes, turns back to the gypsy and snaps his neck.]
[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.
Show none.
Angel...
Cordy, just take a message. [To Wesley] So you think this is a setup?
We mustn't rule it out.
Angel!
Cordy, please, I'm talking.
Hi Darla. He can't talk right now. He'll call you back once he's found you. (Angel runs over to Cordelia reaching for the phone) Yeah, bye-bye.
[Angel grabs the phone before she can hang it up.]
Darla?
My boy. My darling boy...
Where are you?
Better question: Where was I? I don't remember anything. It's a great big nothing. Could it be there's no hell?
There's a hell. A few of them. I've been to one.
It's been four centuries since I've had to be afraid of anything. And now I'm sick with it.
[A filthy Angel grabs the sides of her face from behind.]
You're so warm. You just fed.
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.
Maybe I wanted to be found.
Spike and Dru?
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.]
I should kill you right now.
Go ahead.
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?
If you'd like.
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.]
What do you want?
A second chance.
What?
I want things to be like they were. You and me together Darla. - I miss the view.
That's impossible.
It's not impossible.
You still have a soul.
I'm still a vampire.
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.
Not anymore.
I can be again. Just give me a chance to prove it to you.
You almost made me believe you.
Believe it. We can have the whirlwind back.
We can do this.
Yes, we can.
We can do anything.
Anything we like.
[They kiss.]
So, where have you two been?
Can I tell?
No need to be humble.
My little Spike just killed himself a Slayer.
[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.]
Hmm, I smell fear.
This whole place reeks of it.
[Spike wraps his arms around Drusilla from behind.]
It's intoxicating.
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.]
Where have you been?
Darla.
Answer me!
Just out. Why?
Feeding?
Yeah.
On vermin?
No.
Don't lie to me.
Look I've killed men. You've seen it!
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.
And I will.
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.]
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.
I didn't mean...
While Spike - Spike - was out killing a Slayer you were saving missionaries! From me!
I'm sorry...
No. No more words. [She takes a step back and Angel looks down at the baby] Act!
[Darla shakes her hair back and tilts her head, exposing her throat.]
Do it! Now!
What?
Make me what I was again!
Darla...
You said you'd help me!
[Angel backs away but she won't let go of him.]
I will! I want to but not like this.
Then turn me back! My God! I can't bear this pounding in my chest for another instant!
It's a gift... to feel that heartbeat. To know, really and for once, that you're alive. You're human again, Darla. Do you know what that means?
Of course I do. It means pain, and suffering and disease and death! Look, I released you from this world once. I gave you eternal life. Now it's time for you to return the favor.
[Angel backs away and looks at her incredulously.]
Favor? Is that what you think? You think you did me a favor? You damned me!
[beat] Fine. Fine then, if it's such a punishment, take out your revenge, pay me back! [Angel just looks at her] Please.
[Angel swallows and shakes his head ever so slightly]
I can't.
[Darla closes her eyes.]
[China - 1900]
[Angel is looking down at the baby in the basket.]
What do you mean you can't? You won't!
I can't seem to be able to uhm, I'm sorry.
You disgust me.
[Angel grabs a hold of the baby and runs out on Darla, crashing through some glass doors.]
[Hyperion - Present Day]
Darla, wait!
[Darla stops in front of the doors and spins around to face him.]
No! Don't look for me again.
[She turns and rushes out the door and a he makes no move to stop her.]
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