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                                   GABRIELLA (V.O.)
                         Previously on Connor...

               INT. PIKE'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

               An unconscious CONNOR is laying in Pike's bed. GABRIELLA is
               standing over to him, pressing the bright glowing EYE OF
               ANUBIS into Connor's chest.

                                   KAIA (V.O.)
                         Connor's body is rejecting his
                         soul.

               EXT. G&C'S CONDO - PATIO - NIGHT

               Connor SCREAMS and doubles over in pain. He gets up to his
               knees and throws his arms out as a SECOND CONNOR, this one a
               pale, transparent blue rips away from him.

                                   GABRIELLA (V.O.)
                         And if we want to save him-

               FADE TO a few moments later. Connor is laying face first on
               the ground. His blue alter ego ripples and fades away.

                                   GABRIELLA (V.O.)
                         -we have to remove it.

               INT. GABRIELLA'S BATHROOM - NEXT

               Kaia is sitting slumped over on the toilet, holding up a
               pregnancy test. Gabriella's standing in the doorway.

                                   KAIA
                             (downtrodden)
                         Pink.

               JUMP CUT TO a few seconds later.

                                   KAIA
                         What am I gonna do? I can't deal
                         with a baby right now.

                                   GABRIELLA
                         Well, you can start by telling
                         Pike.

               INT. LARGE ESTATE - FOYER - NEXT

               CLOSE UP ON Gabriella, as she screams to no avail.

               BACK OUT, as the future version of PATRICK MYERS pushes his
               hands into her back, and a SIZZLING sound is heard.

                                   GABRIELLA (V.O.)
                         The Mark of Saa.

               INT. G&C'S CONDO - GABRIELLA'S ROOM

               Gabriella, with her back to Connor, lifts her shirt up,
               exposing her back and the plainly visible MARK OF SAA.

                                   GABRIELLA (V.O.)
                         It's a legendary binding spell.
                         Supposedly unbreakable.

               INT. GYM - SWIMMING POOL AREA - RESUME

               A large werewolf LUNGES at Connor, but quickly changes
               direction and BACKHANDS Pike across the chest, sending him
               flying into the pool.

                                   KAIA (V.O.)
                         You know that werewolf that
                         attacked Connor?

               EXT. ALLEYWAY - NIGHT

               Kaia kneels down and tugs Hunter's pants a couple of inches
               down his waist, revealing a small BIRTHMARK on his hip bone.

                                   KAIA
                             (shocked)
                         Colby?

               EXT. PARK - DAY

               Gabriella and Kaia are sitting on a bench.

                                   GABRIELLA
                             (disbelieving)
                         You're telling me that your brother
                         came back from the future and tried
                         to kill Connor?

               EXT. SINCAID FAMILY HOME - NEXT

               Pike jumps straight back, sailing over the porch banister
               while firing both guns and hitting WOLF KAIA in her stomach
               multiple times!

               INT. HOSPITAL - KAIA'S ROOM

               CLOSE UP ON Kaia turned on her side with blankets drawn tight
               over her. Pike's standing behind her with a look of shame.

                                   KAIA
                             (tears welling up)
                         You killed our babies, Oli.

               INT. PALACE - FOYER 

               FUTURE CONNOR turns and shoots FUTURE PIKE through the chest!

                                   GABRIELLA (V.O.)
                         It's Connor. He's not supposed to
                         be...

               FLASH CUT TO Future Connor grabbing Kaia's right arm with his
               free hand and RIPS it clean off her body! Kaia screams at the
               top of her lungs.

                                   PIKE (V.O.)
                         What? Evil?

               JUMP CUT TO Gabriella shooting Future Connor with the same
               gun he shot Pike with. He drops to his knees, dying.

                                   CONNOR
                             (icily)
                         I hate y...y-

               Connor falls face first to the ground.

               EXT. G&C'S CONDO - PATIO - NEXT

               Gabriella and Pike are sitting in chairs facing one another.
               Gabriella is idly stroking LESI's head.

                                   GABRIELLA
                         If I can't stop it, then I'll have
                         to stop him.

               EXT. CITY STREET - TUNNEL - DAY

               A powerful, blinding BURST OF LIGHT explodes out of a
               screaming BRIDGET REILLY, blowing away everything in sight.

                                   COLLEEN (V.O.)
                         We were hired by Wolfram and Hart
                         as part of a special program that
                         started a few years ago.

                                   LAURENCE (V.O.)
                         Project Prodigy. We're basically
                         brought in to act as parents to any
                         special children that Wolfram and
                         Hart want under their control.

               PUSH IN on a dumbfounded Connor looking on from his car, with
               LAURENCE and COLLEEN REILLY in the seats behind him.

                                   CONNOR (V.O.)
                         Like Bridge?

                                   LAURENCE (V.O.)
                         And you.

               INT. PROFESSOR MARRUS'S HOME - OFFICE - NEXT

               Connor has PROFESSOR MICHELLE MARRUS pressed up against a
               wall by her throat.

                                   CONNOR
                         What about Project Prodigy?

                                   PROF. MARRUS
                             (strained)
                         I... created it!

               EXT. PROFESSOR MARRUS'S HOME - BACKYARD - NIGHT

               Prof. Marrus yanks a red hot poker out of her fire pit and
               STABS EVE in the heart with it! Eve gasps and stumbles back,
               eventually falling to her back. 

                                   CONNOR (V.O.)
                             (furious)
                         You work for Wolfram and Hart?

               EXT. FIELD - DAY

               Bridget kicks a soccer ball past a diving Connor into a net.
               As she jumps up and down in celebration.

                                   PROF. MARRUS (V.O.)
                         Subject Bridget has been implanted
                         with a neurological trigger as
                         planned. 

               INT. MEDICAL LAB - COMPUTER LAB - NEXT

               Prof. Marrus sits at a computer speaking into a tape
               recorder.

                                   PROF. MARRUS
                         When activated, subject's powers
                         will manifest beyond subject's
                         control.

               INT. CABIN - ENTRANCE

               Connor is mounted over a prone Eric Marrus. He pulls Eric's
               head up and SNAPS his neck! His voice echoes and elongates
               when he screams:

                                   CONNOR
                         Die!

                                   PROF. MARRUS (V.O.)
                         The desired result has been
                         attained.

               INT. G&C'S CONDO - LIVING ROOM

               A furious Gabriella faces off with a downtrodden, blood
               soaked Connor.

                                   GABRIELLA
                         You murdered him!

               JUMP CUT TO Connor's eyes FLASHING.

               Gabriella is knocked into the air from an energy blast from
               Connor. She crashes through the coffee table.

                                   PROF. MARRUS (V.O.)
                         He's killed.

               She throws her arms out and CLAPS her hands together. The air
               in front of her PULSES out, smacking Connor in the chest and
               knocking him through the patio door.

                                   PROF. MARRUS (V.O.)
                         He's alone.

               INT. PROFESSOR MARRUS'S HOME - GUEST BEDROOM

               Prof. Marrus flicks the light switch and holds the door open
               for Connor to walk in. 

                                   PROF. MARRUS (V.O.)
                         He's ours.

               FADE TO Connor in bed curled up in a ball, the blankets
               pulled tight around him. The lights are off now.

                                                         FADE TO BLACK.
                                       TEASER

               FADE IN.

               INT. HOSPITAL - PSYCHIATRIC WARD - NIGHT

               ON a set of closed doubled doors. There a BUZZ off screen and
               the door opens. A burly ORDERLY dressed in scrubs lets CONNOR
               enter ahead of him. They start walking down the hall.

                                   CONNOR
                             (to the orderly)
                         Has he been here long? 

                                   ORDERLY
                         Never even got to county lock up.
                         He went into this weird pseudo-coma
                         while he was in a holding cell. I
                         dunno. Docs can tell you more than
                         I can.

               The orderly stops in front of one door and swipes a mag card
               through it. A green light blinks and he opens the door, which
               swings towards the frame, blocking the contents from view.

               Connor peers in and frowns.

                                   ORDERLY
                         You know you're his first visitor?

                                   CONNOR
                         Really? What about his parents? The
                         rest of his family?

                                   ORDERLY
                         His folks were here when he checked
                         in, but they wouldn't be in the
                         same room with him. And you're the
                         only person that's asked to see him
                         since then.

                                   CONNOR
                         Does he ever... talk?

                                   ORDERLY
                             (grim)
                         Just occasional "I'm sorry." 'Sides
                         that, he just stares out the window
                         all day. Don't stay too long.

               Connor nods and the orderly walks away. Connor steps into:

               INT. HOSPITAL - UNKNOWN PATIENT'S ROOM - CONTINUOUS

               There's a chair with a tall back facing away from us. The top
               of a head of black hair is barely visible over the top. 

               Connor walks around to the side and sits on a foot stool next
               to the chair.

               ARC AROUND to see he's sitting next to TYLER DUGGAN, the
               Angelus copycat from episode 2x01. 

               He looks almost catatonic. His skin is pale and he's
               noticeably much thinner than we last saw him. His eyes stare
               out the window into a serene looking garden, never blinking.

               Connor opens his mouth to say something, but no words come
               out. He briefly bows his head before looking up again. 

               He tries to talk again with no success. He takes a deep
               breath and sighs.

                                   CONNOR
                         I don't know why I came here,
                         Tyler. I guess I...
                             (beat; shakes his head)
                         I told you that you didn't know
                         what it felt like to take a life.
                             (beat)
                         And I guess I didn't either.

                                   TYLER
                             (stoically)
                         I'm sorry.

               Connor nervously rubs his legs, struggling to find the words.

                                   CONNOR
                         I pushed you to killing-
                             (pauses; thinks)
                         - whatever her name was and hadn't
                         thought about it until now. Now
                         that I've killed someone too.
                             (beat)
                         I thought it was right.
                             (gulps)
                         Part of me still does, but what's
                         scarier is even now, knowing Bridge
                         is alive, it still feels... good.
                             (beat; shaky)
                         I don't know what that means.

               Tyler doesn't look like he realizes Connor's there. He just
               continues looking out the window as if he were alone in the
               room.

                                   TYLER
                         I'm... sorry.

                                   CONNOR
                         I told you it takes a real monster
                         to kill. That you never come back
                         from that.

               Connor stands up.

                                   CONNOR
                         I've never wanted to be more wrong.

               Tyler slowly turns his head and looks up, directly in
               Connor's eyes, though it seems he's looking through Connor
               rather than at him.

               Connor slightly flinches in shock.

                                   TYLER
                             (solemn)
                         I'm sorry.

                                   CONNOR
                             (low)
                         So am I.

               Connor turns and pats Tyler on his shoulder as he leaves.

               INT. G&C'S CONDO - LIVING ROOM - MORNING

               GABRIELLA walks out of her room, wrapped up in a bathrobe and
               drying her soaking wet hair with a towel.

                                   GABRIELLA
                             (calling out)
                         Lesi!

               LESI comes bounding out of the kitchen, stopping just at the
               entry to it. She excitedly wags her tail and dashes back into
               the kitchen.

               Gabriella frowns.

                                   GABRIELLA
                             (crossing the room)
                         What're you so excited about?

               She walks past the makeshift patio door composed of a thick
               sheet of plastic taped to a wooden frame and into:

               INT. G&C'S CONDO - KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS

               ON the entryway as Gabriella takes about one step into it
               before she FREEZES and her jaw drops.

               CLOSE UP on Lesi having her head scratched by a pair of
               slender delicate hands. 

               TILT UP to reveal ALESSIA SAKARA, Gabriella's (dead) cousin
               from Connor I, grinning back at Gabriella.

                                   ALESSIA
                         I don't know why you're so
                         suprised.

               Alessia stands up. For someone who had her throat slit by
               Drusilla two years ago, she's looking pretty damn good.

                                   ALESSIA
                         I always had a way with animals,
                         remember?

               Gabriella blinks. Then she blinks again.

                                   GABRIELLA
                         A... Alessia?

               Alessia walks over to the stove with a flabbergasted
               Gabriella watching her every move. Alessia picks up a skillet
               and bends it down to show Gabriella the perfectly folder
               omelette inside it.

                                   ALESSIA
                         Breakfast? I hope you still like
                         your spinach and cheese.

               Gabriella blinks. Again.

                                   GABRIELLA
                             (shrugs)
                         Huh?

                                                             BLACK OUT.



                                    END OF TEASER
                                       ACT ONE

               FADE IN.

               INT. G&C'S CONDO - KITCHEN - MORNING

               Alessia whistles to herself as the toaster pops up two
               freshly toasted pieces of bread. 

               Gabriella is still watching her cousin in awe as she
               nonchalantly continues preparing the meal. She reaches out
               and pats the wall next to her, finding and picking up a
               cordless phone from its mounted base.

               She dials a number, still keeping her eyes squarely on
               Alessia. 

               Alessia sets two plates at the table and spatulas the
               omelette she was making onto the plate closest to Gabriella.

                                   GABRIELLA
                             (into phone)
                         Hey, Kaia? I, uh-
                             (laughs softly)
                         - think I'm going
                         insane. Can you get Alicia to close
                         for me tonight?

               INTERCUT WITH:

               INT. KAIA'S CAR - SAME TIME

               Kaia's driving with her phone pressed to her ear. She rolls
               her eyes.

                                   KAIA
                         Okay, Gab? This might be
                         insensitive of me, but it's been a
                         a few days since the blow up with
                         Connor. "I'm not feeling well"
                         isn't cutting it anymore.

               Alessia's pouring two glasses of orange juice now.
               Gabriella's still watching her closely as she has her
               conversation.

                                   GABRIELLA
                         It's not an excuse! I legitimately
                         think sometime between when I went
                         to bed last night and now, I lost
                         my damn mind. I'll explain later.

               Kaia sighs.

                                   KAIA
                         Okay, fine. Classes are over for
                         the semester anyway. Need to keep
                         her ass occupied. Get some rest.

               Kaia hangs up and we END INTERCUT staying with her.

                                   KAIA
                             (mumbling; bitter)
                         It's fine. It's cool. I only got
                         almost got killed not too long ago
                         and I'm back up and about.
                             (scoffs)
                         Wuss.

               She yanks her steering wheel. Another car's horn BLARES in
               the background. Kaia looks out her window and flips a bird.

                                   KAIA
                         Screw you too!

               END INTERCUT

               Gabriella knocks the phone against the wall until she finds
               the base, her eyes never leaving Alessia, who is sitting in
               front of a plate of toast and scrambled eggs.

                                   ALESSIA
                         You wanna say grace or should I?

               An exasperated Gabriella throws up a "time-out" signal.

                                   GABRIELLA
                         Okay, I'm officially past
                         dumbfounded now. Who are you?
                         Really?

                                   ALESSIA
                         You know it's me. Now sit down and
                         eat. You look a little thin. Have
                         you eating well lately?

               Alessia takes a spoonful of eggs into her mouth.

                                   GABRIELLA
                         Alessia!
                             (beat)
                         No, you're not-

               Alessia cuts her off by dropping her fork and letting it
               clang off the plate. She swallows the food in her mouth.

                                   ALESSIA
                         I don't have much time here, Gab.
                         I'm assuming that whole time you
                         were staring at me, you were
                         checking my aura, right?

               Gabriella doesn't answer, but like Connor earlier, she opens
               her mouth and tries to.

                                   ALESSIA
                             (nods)
                         Thought so. I don't know how long I
                         get to stay. They didn't specify.

                                   GABRIELLA
                         They?

               Gabriella finally sits down across the table from Alessia.

                                   GABRIELLA
                         They who?

               Alessia snickers to herself.

                                   GABRIELLA
                             (irritated)
                         What?

                                   ALESSIA
                         They said to only use pronouns at
                         first to get under your skin.
                         Something about you getting annoyed
                         by the "it" thing? That make any
                         sense to you?

               Realization dawns on Gabriella's face.

                                   GABRIELLA
                         The Powers sent you?

                                   ALESSIA
                             (nods)
                         Mm hmm. Only on the condition that
                         they let me cook you breakfast
                         before we got to serious stuff.

                                   GABRIELLA
                         What serious stuff?

               Alessia picks up her fork and wags it like a disapproving
               parent.

                                   ALESSIA
                         Nuh uh. Food first, stuff later.

               Gabriella looks down at the omelette. Sighing, she picks up
               her fork and breaks off a piece.

               Alessia smirks and takes a bite of her toast.

               INT. COUNTY JAIL - VISITING ROOM

               PIKE, in an orange prison suit, is lead into the room by an
               armed prison guard. His eyes show the same sense of defeat
               he's been carrying since he was arrested. His wrists shackled
               together.

               The guard lead him around a metal table in the center of the
               room with a curved handrail on one side of it. Pike takes a
               seat as the guard unlock the shackle from his left wrist and
               locks it around the handrail, bounding him to the table.

                                   PIKE
                             (looking up)
                         So who's here to see me?

                                   GUARD
                             (not looking at Pike)
                         Your lawyer.

                                   PIKE
                             (sneers)
                         I didn't hire a lawyer.

                                   GUARD
                             (cold)
                         Public defender.

               Without another word, the guard exits, loudly slamming the
               door behind him.

               Pike sighs and buries his face in his hands. We stay on him
               as the door opens and shuts again, out of frame.

                                   MAN (O.S.)
                         Attorney-client please.

               Pike ever so slowly looks up from his hands, not bothering to
               pick his jaw from the floor.

               ON a small black camera in the upper right corner of the wall
               opposite Pike. A small red light turns off.

               TILT DOWN as a scraggly, unshaven man about Pike's age,
               dressed in a suit way too good for him, turns away from the
               camera to look at Pike with a wry grin.

               Pike looks positively stunned, his mouth and eyes randomly
               opening and closing.

                                   PIKE
                         B... Benny?

               BENNY, the namesake of Pike's preferred gun, winks at Pike.

                                   BENNY
                         Orange ain't your color, bro.

                                   PIKE
                             (squints; shocked)
                         Wh... what?

                                   BENNY
                             (scoffs)
                         All the crap you've seen since high
                         school and this gives you a stroke?

               Benny calmly sits down and swings a leather briefcase up on
               the table.

                                   BENNY
                             (giggling)
                         So wow, dude, it's been years. I
                         guess since-

               In a flash, Pike grabs Benny by the collar with his free hand
               and YANKS him over the table so they're face to face.

                                   PIKE
                             (through clenched teeth)
                         Since I staked you on prom night?

               Benny, not dropping that smug expression, simply laughs.

                                   BENNY
                             (grinning)
                         Come on, bro. I look like a vamp to
                         you?

               He EXHALES deeply, blowing a breath of hot air into Pike's
               face. Pike frowns, then looks off to the side, getting it. He
               releases Benny, who slides back into his chair.

                                   PIKE
                         You're... not a vampire.
                             (beat)
                         You're alive?

                                   BENNY
                         Oh hell no, bro, I'm still dead.
                         This is something of a reprieve.

               Pike leans back in his chair, now more curious than anything.

                                   PIKE
                         What're you talking about?

               Benny opens his briefcase and starts to remove a few file
               folders. He speaks casually as he works.

                                   BENNY
                         Got a chance to visit an old friend
                         and drop some knowledge. They
                         wanted to ask your Pops, but I
                         convinced them I'd get more than
                         two words in before-

                                   PIKE
                             (holding his hand up)
                         Whoa, whoa, whoa! Back up.

                                   BENNY
                         Back up? Pike, I haven't even
                         started yet.

               EXT. GABRIELLA'S SHOP - MORNING

               Kaia is leaning against her car, holding her phone to her ear
               and looking quite agitated.

                                   KAIA
                         No, Alicia, I can't work the whole
                         day. I need you here by 2 o'clock.
                             (beat)
                         Well, gosh I'm sorry, but I have to
                         go to the police station again to
                         go over my statement since somebody
                         went behind my back and turned Oli
                         in to the cops.

               She starts walking towards the store while continuing her
               conversation.

                                   KAIA
                         Sitting on my ass? Excuse the hell
                         out of me for wanting to recover
                         from miscarriages and near fatal
                         gunshot wounds first!

               She flips through the mass of keys on her keychain, getting
               to the one that opens the door to the shop.

                                   KAIA
                             (frowns)
                         Hey, who's the damn Alpha here? I'm
                         not asking you anything. Be here at
                         two on the dot.

               She slams her phone shut and opens the door, letting herself
               into:

               INT. GABRIELLA'S SHOP - MAIN SALES FLOOR - CONTINUOUS

               Kaia punches a code into the beeping alarm box to deactivate
               it and flips on the light switch.

               She turns and GASPS when she sees a redhead teenage girl
               sitting on the counter and swinging her legs back and forth.

               Kaia doesn't know who it is, but readers of episode 2x06
               would instantly recognize her as TAYLOR SINCAID.

                                   TAYLOR
                         Right on time. You always were
                         pretty punctual.

                                   KAIA
                             (icily)
                         You have three seconds to tell me
                         who you are or you'll replace for
                         that cereal I skipped this morning.

               CASEY SINCAID walks out from the back room and leans forward
               on the counter. Kaia looks even more on edge now.

                                   CASEY
                         Christ, Mom. You've used that
                         threat all this time? I figured you
                         were cool at some point.

                                   KAIA
                             (blinks)
                         Mom?
                             (beat)
                         Okay...

               Kaia's eyes flash BLACK and she growls. Very low, yet
               incredibly menacing.

               PEYTON SINCAID steps out from the aisles to the right of the
               counter. Kaia's face jerks between all three of the girls.

                                   PEYTON
                             (snickering)
                         You're sizing us up, aren't you?

               Kaia's eyes go back to her normal color just before she
               SNIFFS the air. The anger (and color) drains from her face.

                                   KAIA
                         You smell like... who are you?

                                   TAYLOR
                         Think of us as what could have
                         been? Or... what would've been
                         until what? A month ago now?

               Kaia's eyes flick between the three girls again. 

                                   KAIA
                             (disbelieving)
                         No.

               Taylor slides off the counter and throws her hands up.

                                   TAYLOR
                         You picked up the clan pheromones.
                         We know exactly when you lost us.
                         And our timing might be off, but
                         Gabriella already jumped through
                         time, right?

               Kaia is silently stammering, just like Pike did earlier.

                                   PEYTON
                         And if all the crazy stories you
                         told us about are true, and by the
                         way I still don't believe the whole
                         chair hopping in mid air thing,
                         then you've seen stranger things.

               Kaia steps down from the landing in front of the doorway and
               takes a seat on it.

                                   KAIA
                         How?

                                   CASEY
                         Well, the only thing that sucks
                         more than dying is getting your
                         whole timeline erased so you were
                         never born in the first place. 

                                   PEYTON
                         So we're all chilling, hanging out
                         waiting for the final judgment,
                         when oops, stuff changed! You three
                         technically don't exist anymore. So
                         you get to hang out in limbo for
                         the rest of eternity.
                             (pumps her fist)
                         Awesome!

                                   TAYLOR
                         So when they asked if we wanted a
                         missionary job, who are we to say
                         no? Beats playing Rock, Paper,
                         Scissors.

               Kaia's reeling from all this, if her shaky, uncomfortable
               body language is anything to go by.

                                   KAIA
                         So... I actually had you three?

                                   CASEY
                         Yeah, but Mom, we're on borrowed
                         time here and need to get past
                         this. 

               Kaia runs her hands through her hair, then cups them together
               over her mouth. Information overload.

                                   KAIA
                         Okay, let's say I believe you. You
                         said the timeline changed.
                         Obviously, because you're all...

               She stops herself, not wanting to say it.

                                   CASEY
                             (waves her on)
                         Dead. It's okay, you can say it.

                                   KAIA
                             (beat; to herself)
                         Dead.
                             (out loud)
                         This missionary job, it's from the
                         Powers that Be, right?

               All three of Kaia's (woulda-coulda-shoulda been) daughters
               nod. 

                                   KAIA
                         But what do they care about me?
                             (beat; blinks)
                         This is about Connor, isn't it?

                                   PEYTON
                         Always knew it wasn't Daddy we got
                         the intelligence from.

               Kaia stands up and crosses her arms, looking between her
               "daughters" with noticeably less skepticism.

                                   KAIA
                         Okay... girls.
                             (squints)
                         So... what are your names?

                                                          FLASH CUT TO:
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