- [HUGHUCHAGAKK is written on a blackboard]
- Xander Harris: Okay, guessing this doesn't say, "Surrender, Dorothy". Now I've gotta figure out what it *does* say.
- Willow Rosenberg: [after defeating alternate reality Tara] I can't believe I went through all that, and this is the prize. Urgh, I can't wait to wash my hands
- Spike: Night all. Next time you're having a party like this one, leave me off the invite list, yeah.
- Sid the Dummy: [Buffy is helping Sid into a vent] Hey, hey, easy on the merchandise, sister. I bruise easy, y'know.
- Xander Harris: Whoa, hang on. You promised not to beat Ethan to a pulp until I got here.
- Buffy: And now you're here. Let the beating commence.
- [first lines]
- Buffy: A surprise party? Whose idea was this? I'll kill ya. Not that I appreciate the thought, but who invited the vampires?
- Xander Harris: Don't look at me. I wanted Anya to jump out of the cake. Wait, that was for *my* birthday.
- Buffy: And much as we'd like to hear *that* story.
- [everybody arrives in front of a fortress]
- Ethan Rayne: It's here. The First. I can taste its power in the air.
- Cassandra Rayne: You... I sense something about you, some kinship. Who are you?
- Ethan Rayne: Ethan Rayne, madam. Decidedly *not* at your services.
- Willow Rosenberg: He's your great, great... something. A descendant.
- Cassandra Rayne: I can sense the dark magic in you, the chaos in your soul. I was a soldier of light, and this is what my bloodline has come to? You repulse me.
- Ethan Rayne: The feeling is entirely mutual. This isn't fair, you know. Technically I've won. The power I bargained for should be mine. But if you destroy the First...
- Cassandra Rayne: Silence dog. I would silence you myself if I were able.
- Spike: Here, let me get that for you.
- [Spike punches out Ethan]
- Cassandra Rayne: My thanks, kind sir.
- [Cassandra then glares at the fortress]
- Cassandra Rayne: I... I know this place. This is where I... this is where I died. But who are all of you?
- Buffy: We're trying to finish what you started, Cassandra. Trying to destroy the First. I'm Buffy Summers. The Slayer.
- Cassandra Rayne: A Slayer. This is good fortune. I am but a lost soul, and can no longer wield Hope's Dagger. But you are worthy Slayer. It shall be you.
- Willow Rosenberg: That... that's great and all, so, thanks. But where does Buffy find Hope's Dagger?
- Cassandra Rayne: Inside the fortress. It will still be there. Only one who is worthy may wield it.
- Faith: You don't gotta be virgin or anything, right? Cuz that could be a problem.
- Cassandra Rayne: No. Only one can go, and it should be a Champion of the Powers. There are no Champions present, but a Slayer will more than suffice. Buffy must go alone.
- Faith: Sucks to be you.
- Buffy: At times. Now, for instance.
- [Ethan's unconscience body disappears in a flash of light]
- Willow Rosenberg: Ethan! What happened to him? He just went poof.
- Cassandra Rayne: Perhaps the First has plans for my traitorous descendant after all.
- Buffy: Only one way to find out.
- Xander Harris: Wait a minute. We're all here for a reason. Well, the rest of us are here because Ethan picked us. And Sid want to get away from the First. But what about Ethan? Maybe this is why he's here.
- Ethan Rayne: Don't look at me. You're trying to keep me from getting the power I've worked all these years for, and you want me to help? You're all daft.
- Buffy: No. I think Xander's right. She's *your* ancestor, Ethan. You've got to take the eyes.
- [Ethan takes the eye and a portal appears in midair]
- Faith: Now we're cooking with gas.
- [the First appears]
- The First: [to Buffy] You are a fool, Slayer. Did you truly think that you could do such a thing, in *this place*, without me knowing your every move?
- Sid the Dummy: You know, for a being that likes a good wager, you seem awful eager to disrupt the contest before it's over.
- The First: Little matchstick man. Do not try my patience. You are not even a part of this contest. The only reason I do not destroy you is that I am savoring the nurturing of hope in your heart, just as I will enjoy bearing witness to the destruction of that hope. Now, Slayer, it is time for the final contest to begin.
- Buffy: [to everyone] Ready?
- Xander Harris: Can I go home now?
- Buffy: Let's go.
- [picking up a wooden stake]
- Buffy: Just what I was looking for, a nice long shaft. Wait, that didn't come out right.
- Faith: All right. Just gotta hope the rising water'll lift these barrels, pushing the elevator up with me in it. Man my brain hurts.
- Sid the Dummy: Jeez! Took your sweet time. Demons are trying to whittle me down to a toothpick and you five are gallavanting around on your little scavenger hunt.
- Buffy: I'm not sure being eaten by zombie penguins counts as gallavanting.
- Faith: Actually, I'm having a blast. Beats prison hands down. Girl can't get this exercise in stir.
- Spike: Right, look, can we just put the sodding flesh puzzle together and be done with it?
- [They put the body parts together, the body assembles and Cassandra comes back to life]
- Ethan Rayne: It's true. I can't believe it... my own ancestor, a warrior for the Powers.
- Cassandra Rayne: Cold. Why am I so cold?
- [after Buffy defeats Ethan Rayne/The First]
- Cassandra Rayne: It is over, Slayer. You accomplished what I could not.
- Buffy: Is it dead?
- Cassandra Rayne: The First cannot die. It is an integral part of the universe. But you have dispersed it's evil across all realities and dimensions. It will be centuries before it can coalesce again.
- Buffy: What about Ethan? I... it was the only way. But I just can't let him die.
- Cassandra Rayne: Nor can I. Despite my revulsion at his cruel nature, I know that he was but a pawn here. I will share my essence with his, my spirit with his. I have touched the purest light in creation. Perhaps *my* touch will illuminate some shard of decency in him.
- Faith: You did it, B. Thanks for the ringside seat.
- Xander Harris: So what now? How do we get back?
- Willow Rosenberg: It will happen on its own. I can... I can feel this place unraveling.
- Buffy: What about you, Sid? What happens now?
- Sid the Dummy: Now? Now I get to rest, at last. I've heard it said Heaven's different for everyone. For me it's gonna involve cards, babes and whiskey. Maybe I'll try to look up that doll Cassandra when I get there. Fella like me could show a girl like that a real good time.
- [Sid leaves in a flash of light]
- Buffy: I bet you could, Sid. I bet you could.
- Faith: Comes down to this.
- Kakistos: As I hoped it would. I want your blood for myself, Faith, thick and hot and full of spice.
- Faith: You been eatin' too much Cajun.
- Kakistos: Come, Faith. It is time.
- Faith: Look into my eyes, Leatherface. You took the one person who'd offereded a hand to me - my Watcher - and you tore her throat out right in front of me. Now I get to take back a little piece of what you stole.
- [upon arriving at Sunnydale Zoo, Buffy sees penguins eating a dead zebra]
- Buffy: Penguins. It had to be penguins. I hate the zoo.
- [Buffy runs into alternate reality Giles at Sunnydale Zoo's aquarium]
- Buffy: Giles?
- Rupert Giles: Please.
- [laughs]
- Rupert Giles: Make it Ripper.
- Buffy: Crap.
- Rupert Giles: Ooh, yes? You're shocked, are you? Look at you. Useless little tart, all the gifts of power the Slayer offers the best you can do is the hurt little puppy dog eyes?
- Buffy: No. This isn't you. This is alternate reality Giles.
- Rupert Giles: Right, well, your Giles is a prat, always talking like he's got an apple up his arse.
- Buffy: All right, Ripper. Bring it on!
- [after defeating alternate reality Giles]
- Buffy: Good night, Ripper. My Giles might have an apple up his ass, but at least he ain't pushing up daisies.
- Buffy: [tries opening a door] My mom always said my natural charisma would open doors... just, not this one