INT. SCHOOL LIBRARY - NIGHT
WILLOW sits at the computer while BUFFY, XANDER, and GILES stand around her, leaning in, oozing TENSION. Willow is TYPING FURIOUSLY.
WILLOW sits at the computer while BUFFY, XANDER, and GILES stand around her, leaning in, oozing TENSION. Willow is TYPING FURIOUSLY.
WILLOW
He’s corrupted our bytes!
BUFFY
No! Without those bytes, our program of web files is mega-crashed!
XANDER
Can you stop him, Will?
GILES
(stepping back to examine a book)
I think I have the solution -
WILLOW
(typing furiously)
I’ll show you the data, Moloch! I have bytes you don’t even know about.
BUFFY
Secret bytes?
XANDER
Go Willow!
GILES
It’s a simple banishing spell -
WILLOW
Shh! I’m jacked in!
GILES
It’s right here in this book.
XANDER
(to Willow)
Can you web a hard drive on his cybernet tech?
WILLOW
Yes.
He’s corrupted our bytes!
BUFFY
No! Without those bytes, our program of web files is mega-crashed!
XANDER
Can you stop him, Will?
GILES
(stepping back to examine a book)
I think I have the solution -
WILLOW
(typing furiously)
I’ll show you the data, Moloch! I have bytes you don’t even know about.
BUFFY
Secret bytes?
XANDER
Go Willow!
GILES
It’s a simple banishing spell -
WILLOW
Shh! I’m jacked in!
GILES
It’s right here in this book.
XANDER
(to Willow)
Can you web a hard drive on his cybernet tech?
WILLOW
Yes.
INT. BANK - DAY
XANDER is talking to a TELLER.
XANDER is talking to a TELLER.
TELLER
I’m sorry. It says that all of your funds have been withdrawn.
XANDER
But I had thirty dollars! I’ve been saving since I was ten!
TELLER
Well, you must have decided to spend it, Mr...
(looks at screen)
Moloch.
XANDER
(aghast)
He’s in the bank!
I’m sorry. It says that all of your funds have been withdrawn.
XANDER
But I had thirty dollars! I’ve been saving since I was ten!
TELLER
Well, you must have decided to spend it, Mr...
(looks at screen)
Moloch.
XANDER
(aghast)
He’s in the bank!
INT. COMPUTER LAB - NIGHT
WILLOW is alone. She’s JACKED IN.
WILLOW is alone. She’s JACKED IN.
WILLOW
(typing furiously)
Delete. Search, user, Moloch. Delete. Hack. Bad command or...sheesh! This is too binary.
VOICE (O.S.)
Try this.
(typing furiously)
Delete. Search, user, Moloch. Delete. Hack. Bad command or...sheesh! This is too binary.
VOICE (O.S.)
Try this.
ANGLE: TO REVEAL
ANGEL, holding an all-important DISC. Willow startles, temporarily pausing in her FURIOUS TYPING.
ANGEL, holding an all-important DISC. Willow startles, temporarily pausing in her FURIOUS TYPING.
WILLOW
Angel!
(looks at disc)
You have computer skills?
ANGEL
(shrugs)
It comes and goes.
Angel!
(looks at disc)
You have computer skills?
ANGEL
(shrugs)
It comes and goes.
INT. ARCADE - DAY
XANDER is playing a Mario derivative at one of the consoles. His score is at 2600.
XANDER is playing a Mario derivative at one of the consoles. His score is at 2600.
XANDER
(pounding buttons furiously)
Come on high score, come on...yes!
(pounding buttons furiously)
Come on high score, come on...yes!
Xander raises both FISTS in the air, proclaiming his TRIUMPH.
Suddenly the SCREEN blacks out, taking Xander’s HIGH SCORE with it. An 8-bit version of MOLOCH appears.
Suddenly the SCREEN blacks out, taking Xander’s HIGH SCORE with it. An 8-bit version of MOLOCH appears.
MOLOCH (speech bubble)
GAME OVER!
XANDER
(aghast)
He’s in the arcade!
GAME OVER!
XANDER
(aghast)
He’s in the arcade!
INT. COMPUTER LAB - NIGHT
WILLOW is JACKED IN.
WILLOW is JACKED IN.
WILLOW
(typing furiously)
How did you delete that? I just saved it!
(beat)
I can’t believe it! He just deleted my -
(beat)
Ack! What’s he gonna delete next?!
(typing furiously)
How did you delete that? I just saved it!
(beat)
I can’t believe it! He just deleted my -
(beat)
Ack! What’s he gonna delete next?!
Willow’s KEYBOARD vanishes from beneath her HANDS, interrupting her FURIOUS TYPING.
WILLOW
Oh, he is good.
Oh, he is good.
INT. XANDER’S HOUSE - DAY
Xander’s DIGITAL WATCH beeps.
Xander’s DIGITAL WATCH beeps.
XANDER
Awwwww yeah! Time for SeaQuest, the deep sea vessel of awesome!
Awwwww yeah! Time for SeaQuest, the deep sea vessel of awesome!
Xander turns on the TELEVISION. He’s AGHAST at what he sees.
XANDER
It’s fifteen minutes into the episode? But I set an alarm!
It’s fifteen minutes into the episode? But I set an alarm!
ANGLE: XANDER’S WATCH
Instead of a number display, the face simply reads, “LOL”.
Instead of a number display, the face simply reads, “LOL”.
XANDER
(really utterly aghast)
He’s in my...man. Cyberspace is deadly.
(really utterly aghast)
He’s in my...man. Cyberspace is deadly.
INT. COMPUTER LAB - NIGHT
WILLOW is sitting at a COMPUTER while BUFFY, XANDER, and GILES crowd around her. Willow is VAGUELY GESTURING at the space where her keyboard used to be.
WILLOW is sitting at a COMPUTER while BUFFY, XANDER, and GILES crowd around her. Willow is VAGUELY GESTURING at the space where her keyboard used to be.
WILLOW
I’ve been trying to modem the wire with a disconnect net number, but the virtual backup is too leet for the digital hackosphere of this coding wipe.
I’ve been trying to modem the wire with a disconnect net number, but the virtual backup is too leet for the digital hackosphere of this coding wipe.
ANGLE: MONITOR
The screen BLACKS OUT. Text begins to appear. All GASP in unison.
The screen BLACKS OUT. Text begins to appear. All GASP in unison.
MOLOCH (text)
How are you gentlemen.
BUFFY
You’ll never get away with this, Moloch!
MOLOCH (text)
You have no chance to -
How are you gentlemen.
BUFFY
You’ll never get away with this, Moloch!
MOLOCH (text)
You have no chance to -
The screen goes BLACK once more. All GASP.
WILLOW
What happened?
GILES
I cast a banishing spell.
WILLOW
…
BUFFY
…
XANDER
…
GILES
It’s right here in this book.
THE END.
What happened?
GILES
I cast a banishing spell.
WILLOW
…
BUFFY
…
XANDER
…
GILES
It’s right here in this book.
THE END.
