[flashback]
Me mum says I'm cursed. My seeing things is an affront to the Lord. That only He's supposed to see anything before it happens. But I don't mean to, Father, I swear. I swear. I try to be pure in His sight. I don't want to be an evil thing.
Oh, hush, child. The Lord has a plan for all creatures. Even a devil child like you.
Yes, you're a spawn of Satan, all the Hail Mary's in the world aren't going to help. The Lord will use you and smite you down. He's like that.
Fulfill His plan, child. Be evil. Just give in.
No! I want to be good. I want to be pure.
We all do, at first. World doesn't work that way.
Father, I beg you. Please... please, help me.
Very well. Ten 'Our Fathers' and an act of contrition. Does that sound good?
Yes. Yes, Father, thank you.
The pleasure was mine. Oh, and my child?
[Angelus, Drusilla and some vampires bring the sarcophagus back to show Spike]
It's a big rock. Can't wait to tell my friends, they all don't have a rock this big.
Spike, boy you never did learn your history.
Let's have a lesson then.
Acathla, the demon, came forth to swallow the world. He was killed by a virtuous knight who pierced the demon's heart before he could draw a breath to perform the act. Acathla turned to stone, as demons sometimes do, and was buried where neither man nor :demon would want to look. Unless of course they're puttin' up low-rent housing. [to other vampires] Boys.
[two vampires open the sarcophagus]
He fills my head. I can't hear anything else.
Let me guess, someone pulls out the sword...
...The demon wakes up and wackiness ensues.
He will swallow the world.
And every creature living on this planet will go to hell. My friends, we're about to make history... end.
I've been on the phone with the museum, the artifact in question is missing and the curator has been murdered vampires.
And you're sure this is the tomb of alfalfa.
Acathla, and yes the information provided by Kendra's Watcher seems conclusive.
Okay somebody explain the whole he will suck the world into hell thing because that's the part I'm not loving.
Well the demon universe exists in a dimension separate from our own, and one breath of Acathla will create a vortex a kind of whirlpool that will pull everything on earth into that dimension where any non-demon life will suffer horrible and eternal torment.
So that would be the literal kind of sucked into hell. Neat. Willow I think you should try the curse.
I tend to stand with your friend Xander on this one. Angel should be eliminated.
Oh I'll fight him. I'll kill him if I have to, but if I Don't get there in time or I lose then Willow might be our only hope.
[nervously] But I don't want to be our only hope, I crumble under pressure, lets have another hope.
We have. [pulls out a sword] Blessed by the knight who first slew the demon if all else fails this might stop it. [hesitantly] I think.
Oh ooh may I. [Kendra hands Giles the sword] Thank you. [examining sword] Well its only if all else fails. [to Willow] Uh uh-mm how close are you to figuring out the ritual to the curse.
Oh I need about a day, and an Orb of Thessulah, whatever that is.
Spirit vault for the undead, I've got one. I've been using it as a paperweight.
This means I can't help you study for tomorrow's final.
Oh, I'll wing it. Of course, if we go to Hell by then, I won't have to take 'em... Or maybe I'll be taking them forever.
WWhistler
Bottom line is, even if you see them coming, you're not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So, what are we, helpless? Puppets? Nah. The big moments are gonna come, you can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that count. That's when you find out who you are.
I want to save the world.
You do remember that you're a vampire, right?
We like to talk big. Vampires do. "I'm going to destroy the world." That's just tough guy talk. Strutting around with your friends over a pint of blood. The truth is, I like this world. You've got... dog racing, Manchester United. And you've got people, billions of people walking around like Happy Meals with legs. It's all right here. But then someone comes along with a vision, with a real... passion for destruction. Angel could pull it off. Goodbye, Piccadilly. Farewell, Leicester bloody Square. You know what I'm saying?
Okay, fine, you're not down with Angel. Why would you ever come to me?
I want Dru back, I want it like it was before he came back. The way she acts around him.....
You're pathetic, I lost a friend tonight!
I wasn't in on that raiding party.
And I may lose more. The whole earth may be sucked into Hell and you want my help because your girlfriend's a big ho? Well, let me take this opportunity to not care!
I can't fight them both alone and neither can you.
[Knocked out cop groans]
[Casually] I just need to kill this guy.
Open your eyes, Mom. What do you think has been going on for the past two years? The fights, the weird occurrences. How many times have you washed blood out of my clothing, and you still haven't figured it out?
No, it doesn't stop. It never stops. Do-do you think I chose to be like this? Do you have any idea how lonely it is? How dangerous? I would love to be upstairs watching TV or gossiping about boys or, god, even studying! But I have to save the world. Again.
[A vampire breaks out of a grave and someone is seen standing over it]
That's right, big boy. Come and get it.
...
[after the vampire has escaped]
First of all, what was with the acrobatics? How did that happen?
Wasn't Andy Hoelich on the gymnastics team?
That's right, he was! [yells at Andy] Cheater! [turns back] Okay, and the, uh, second problem I'm having -- "Come and get it, Big Boy"?
Well, w-w-well, the Slayer always says a pun, or-or a witty play on words, and, I think it throws the vampires off! And, and it makes them frightened, because I'm wisecracking. Okay, I didn't really have a chance to work on that one, but you try it every time!
Uh, if I may suggest, "This time it's personal." I mean, there's a reason why it's a classic.
I mean, I appreciate your efforts to keep the vampire population down until Buffy returns, but if anything should happen to you, or you... should be killed, I should take it somewhat amiss.
Well, we try not to get killed. That's part of our whole mission statement: "Don't get killed."
You know, I just woke up and I looked in the mirror and thought, 'Hey, what's with all the sin.' I need to change. I'm dirty, I'm bad with the sex, and the envy and the loud music that us kids listen to nowadays... oh, I just suck at undercover.
