The Slayer hunts vampires, Buffy is a slayer, don't tell anyone.The HarvestGiles: This world is older than any of you know. Contrary to popular mythology, it did not begin as a paradise. For untold aeons, demons walked the Earth. They made it their home, their... their Hell. But in time they lost their purchase on this reality. The way was made for mortal animals, for man. All that remains of the old ones are vestiges, certain magics, certain creatures... Buffy: And vampires. Xander: Okay, this is where I have a problem. See, because we're talking about vampires. We're having a talk with vampires in it. Willow: Isn't that what we saw last night? Buffy: No. No, those weren't vampires, those were just guys in thundering need of a facial. Or maybe they had rabies. It could have been rabies. And that guy turning to dust? Just a trick of light. That's exactly what I said the first time I saw a vampire. Well, after I was done with the screaming part. Willow: Oh, I, I need to sit down. Buffy: You are sitting down. Willow: Oh. Good for me. Luke: An offering, Master.
Master: I have waited. For three score years I have waited. While you come and go I am stuck here, here in this house of... worship! My ascension is almost at hand. Pray that when it comes... I'm in a better mood. Giles: For as long as there have been vampires, there's been the
Slayer. One girl in all the world, a Chosen One.
Willow: Uh, this may be the dumb question, but shouldn't we call the police? Giles: You have no idea where they took Jesse?
Master: If she is a Slayer, and this boy lives, she'll try to save him.
Giles: So, all the city plans are just, uh, open to the public?
Xander: So, what's the plan? We saddle up, right?
Giles: Well, then help me. I've been researching this Harvest affair. It seems to be some sort of preordained massacre. Rivers of blood, Hell on Earth, quite charmless. I'm a bit fuzzy, however, on the details. It may be that you can wrest some information from that dread machine. (At the others' stares) That was a bit, um, British, wasn't it? Xander: And I, in the meantime, will help by standing around like an idiot.
Xander: This is just too much. I mean, yesterday my life's like, "Uh oh, pop quiz." Today it's "rain of toads." Buffy: I've got a friend down there. Or at least a potential friend. Do you know what it's like to have a friend? ... That wasn't supposed to be a stumper. Buffy: Xander, what are you doing here?!
Xander: So, what else?
Cordelia to Willow: Excuse me? Who gave you permission to exist? Do I horn in on your private discussions? No. Why? Because you're boring. Jesse: They knew you were gonna come. They said that I... I was the bait.
Jesse, now a vampire: I feel good, Xander! I feel strong! I'm connected, man,
to everything! I, I can hear the worms in the earth!
Xander: I don't like vampires. I'm gonna take a stand and say they're not good.
Giles: Yes. The Spanish who first settled here called it "Boca del Infierno." Roughly translated, "Hellmouth." It's a sort of, um, portal
between this reality and the next. This vampire hopes to open it.
Buffy: Mom, I promise, it is not gonna be like before. But I have to go.
Cordelia: Senior boys are the only way to go. Guys from our grade, forget about it, they're children. Y'know? Like Jesse. Did you see him last night, following me around like a little puppy dog. You just wanna put him to sleep. But senior boys, hmm, they have mystery. They have... What's the word I'm searching for? Cars! I just am not the type to settle. Y'know? It's like when I go shopping. I have to have the most expensive thing. Not because it's expensive, but because it costs more. Luke: Ladies and Gentlemen! There is no cause for alarm. Actually, there is cause for alarm. It just won't do any good. Buffy, finding Luke about to feed on Cordelia: Oh, I'm sorry, were you in the middle of something? Xander: Jesse! I know there's still a part of you in there.
Willow: Did we win?
Giles: We've prevented the Master from freeing himself and opening the mouth of Hell. That's not to say he's going to stop trying. I'd say the fun is just beginning.
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