Everyone ready to rescue the guys and get the demons?

Valerie: I want my poor Peter back. :(

Daphne: Ready!

Lauren: I am, too.

(We open with the girls on the steps going downstairs.)

Valerie: We've searched the whole upstairs area and haven't seen hide nor hair of the demons, the boys, or that witch!

Emma: Just some of those weird wrinkled mutant thingies.

Daphne: Which are really gross looking.

Emma: No kidding. They looked like someone literally sucked the juice out of them.

Valerie: Is there anywhere in this freak show we haven't checked yet?

Emma: Well, we haven't gone outside...

Lauren: It'll be interesting to see what we find out there.

Valerie: As long as it doesn't eat us. Remember the Hotel California?

Emma: We'll just have to take that chance. There really isn't anywhere else we can go.

Valerie: (As they troop into the living room and find a pair of French doors that lead into greenery) I guess we don't have much of a choice... (She tries to open the doors...but can't) Hey, they're locked!

Emma: Who gets the honor of breaking them down?

Daphne: I'll do it! *Slams both hands into the handle of the door, breaking it off completely. The doors swing open.*

Valerie: (Mouth drops open) God....

Emma: (As they walk outside) Thank you, Daphne.

Daphne: Anytime.

Emma: (Pulls out her hockey stick) Ok ladies, be on your guard. We don't know what might attack us. The demons and Peter are still out there.

(The backyard is, despite the March chills, a dense forest of huge trees, lush palms, blooming tropical flowers, thick green grass, and thick Spanish moss draped over craggy rocks. Emma pushes aside the greenery as they follow a cobblestone path that winds around the garden.)

Valerie: Some garden! Did we end up back on that island?

Lauren: This is insane.

Emma: (Frowns - looks up) Hey, what's that?

Valerie: I hear screaming!

Emma: (Eyes widen) It's Mike!

Valerie: We found the guys. They must be doing something to them!

(The girls run - at least as well as Valerie can - down the path. Cut to a clearing in the center of the garden. Mike, Davy, and Micky are bound tightly with vines. They're being held over a pit filled with bushes with long, sharp thorns and flowers with distinct mouths and teeth.)

Mike: Man... (He tries to concentrate, but there's no light) How do we get into these situations?

Micky: We're US, that's how.

Mike: (Growls as Belavarg and Stella appear in the clearing) You! Let us down NOW!

(Mike struggles and kicks, but the vines only wrap more tightly around the boys, now covering their legs.)

Belavarg: Not a chance.

Stella: (Smirks) Oh dear. I wouldn't struggle, Puppy. The more all of you move, the more the vines will wrap around you.

Mike: (Roars loudly) I AIN'T A PUPPY!!!!

Stella: Oh, but you are. You're still my pet.

Mike: No, I'm not. Where's Peter?

Belavarg: He's elsewhere for now.

Mike: Probably thinkin' of other ways to turn us into animals.

Stella: We won't let him do that. Not until the ladies arrive, anyway.

Mike: What?

(Suddenly, we hear voices. Emma, Lauren, and Daphne burst into the clearing, weapons raised. Valerie follows, a bit more timidly.)

Emma: (Looks up; eyes widen) Shit. MIKE!

Mike: Darlin'! (The vines start to snake around his head)

Emma: (Growls and turns to the demons) Oooh, let them go, you two!

Belavarg: Not a chance!

Emma: You let them go, or I'll turn you both into puppies, since you seem to like it so much!

Mike: Emmm...

(Emma launches herself at Belavarg before Lauren can grab her, but he manages to get aside. She winds up on the ground.)

Stella: (Smirks) Nice work, dear.

Emma: (Lauren and Daphne help her sit up) You bastard.

Stella: (Turns to Belavarg) Why don't you show them your weapons?

Emma: (Growls) Bring it on.

Stella: (She moves away and gestures to Belavarg) After you, dear.

*Belavarg smirks and extends the very long claws on the tips of his fingers.*

Emma: Those toothpicks of yours don't scare me. (Puts out her field hockey stick)

Stella: Why don't we bring in some help?

Belavarg: Let’s.

(Stella whistles. Within minutes, the girls are surrounded by the strange, wrinkled mutant creatures, now wielding staffs or daggers.)

Emma: (Makes a face and lifts her hockey stick) What ARE these guys?

Stella: Our servants. They're voiceless, mindless...and totally loyal to their master and mistress.

Emma: Swell. Sounds like a fun bunch.

Lauren: Yuck.

Stella: (She makes what she thinks looks like an effective battle stance) Ok, boys. Take them on.

("Pleasant Valley Sunday" begins as the mutants fan out around the girls. Emma takes on Belavarg and his knife-like nails first, running straight at him with a loud battle cry.)

(Stella gets in front of Lauren, trying to look tough.)

*Lauren easily trips up Stella.*

(Valerie moves back, closer to the shadows...)

(Stella falls flat on her face. She takes one look at her pink leather cat suit and whines. Look, you got it all dirty!)

(Emma and Belavarg are deadlocked. Neither will move an inch.)

(The mutants close in around Daphne.)

(Stella jumps up to try to kick Lauren in the legs and knock HER over and dirty HER nice trousers! :p )

(Emma finally moves the hockey stick and gets a good whack in Belavarg's gut.)

(Emma ducks away as he takes one bare swipe at her with his claws. She lunges for his legs.)

(Daphne lunges at one with her spear. The moment it pierces his skin, he turns into dust!)

*Lauren starts whacking away at mutants, a rather sadistic grin on her face.*

(Stella is knocked over in the process. Several mutants land on her, piling on top of her. We finally see her drumming her fingers on the bottom of a pile of mutants, not looking terribly happy.)

(Daphne runs three mutants through. They all turn to dust the moment the spear goes through them.)

(Emma gives Belavarg a good whack in the rear.)

(Daphne jumps over a very surprised Mutant, landing in back of him before running him through.)

(Stella emerges from the pile of Mutants and goes after Lauren again, trying to kick her rear.)

Emma: (Over the music) Ready for more, Bela boy?

Belavarg: You were lucky.

Emma: No, I'm skilled.

Peter: (As the music ends, we hear his voice) Enough, you two.

Emma: Peter! (She whirls around) Where are you?

Peter: I'm very close to you, Scholar.

Valerie: (Screams) PETER!

(Peter emerges from the shadows. He wears all black, from his simple shirt to his boots. He smirks and waves his hand. The vines continue to encircle the other three boys.)

Peter: Hello, Guardians.

Emma: Peter, let them go!

Peter: Oh, I'll eventually let the Lord of the Manor and the Savage go. (Narrows his eyes) The so-called Knight can stay there forever, for all I care.

Lauren: We want ALL of you, Peter.

Peter: No. The Knight's caused too much trouble. He should have stayed a dog.

Emma: But Peter, he's a MAN...and he's my husband!

Peter: Emma, he's hurting us! Tells us what to do when he barely knows what to do himself!

Emma: Peter, he's trying to help.

Mike: (As the vines close in) Pete, you've gotta listen!

Peter: NO! (He puts out both hands) If you won't go with me...I'll destroy you ALL!

Valerie: (Screams at the top of her lungs) PETER!

("Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over Again?" begins as vines start to circle the girls, Belavarg, and Stella.)

(Emma whacks at the vines with her field hockey stick.)

*Lauren makes her dagger appear and uses that to hack at the vines.*

(Peter waves his hand again. The flowers on the thorny bush where the now fully-wrapped Monkees hang opens it's petals to reveal that the center of the flowers have teeth...and they're hungry!)

Emma: Guys!

(Mike nods - we can only see the guys' eyes and noses now.)

Emma: Lauren, you and I will go after the flower. Daph, hold off the vines!

Daphne: You got it!

Stella: (She tries to grab Lauren's arm) Oh no, you don't!

Belavarg: *Tries to grab Emma's arm* Not so fast!

Emma: (Peter raises his hands...and the flowers grow a foot and get closer to the guys) Oh no! Mike! (She tries to whack at Belavarg's arm) Let go of me!

(Stella makes another try to do a judo kick at Lauren.)

*A kick which Lauren easily deflects, spinning Stella around.*

Stella: Eeeiieeee! (She spins right into the thorny vines! The vines wrap around her, obscuring her almost instantly.)

Emma: (Smirks) How'd you like to join your girlfriend, ugly?

*Belavarg moves to attack Emma.*

(The two duel as Lauren attacks the man-eating flowers and Daphne attacks the Mutants. When the last Mutant is gone, Daphne runs to help Lauren.)

Emma: Belavarg, let Peter go.

Belavarg: I've worked too hard to just let him go.

Emma: Belavarg, Peter is the Golden Bard. He's a Guardian, and one of us. He wasn't meant to be a demon. (Frowns) What did you do to him? I thought Mike fixed him last summer?

Belavarg: He was mostly fixed, but I won't divulge how I did it.

Emma: Blast it, Belavarg, he's a good man! He's not like this! (She slams into him with the stick as hard as she can)

Belavarg: That matters not to me!

Emma: Did you corrupt his soul, the way the Devils did?

Belavarg: Not in the same manner, no.

Emma: (She makes one final lunge for him) Belavarg, we are the Guardian Warriors of the Light. We will NOT back down to you or any of your kind. We've defeated the Devils on more than one occasion. We'll defeat YOU, too.

Belavarg: That's what you think.

Peter: Master! (He waves his hands again - the vines wrap around Emma's waist, hoisting her into the air) She always was stubborn.

Emma: Peter, let me down!

Valerie: Peter! (She runs to him) Peter, honey, stop this!

Peter: (Frowns) Val?

Valerie: Peter, yes, it's me. I know we've had some trouble lately...

Peter: (Snorts) You hate me. You wanted to divorce me, remember?

Valerie: But I didn't. I couldn't. (Softly) I love you too much.

Peter: Then why can't you stay home from work? Why did you give me the cold shoulder after I came back from jail? Why haven't you been more supportive in the last few months?

Valerie: Because you've been a layabout! You aren't teaching nearly as much as you used to, you aren't playing music...

Peter: Val...I don't think I CAN anymore.

Valerie: Yes, you can. We'll prove it to you, if you'll just release the other guys.

Peter: (Sighs) I hate it when her eyes get huge like that. (He waves his hand - the monster flowers return to their bud states)

(Peter waves his hand again. The vines unwrap from the guys and drops them. Mike lands in the bushes. Davy and Micky land on Daphne and Lauren.)

(The vines also release Stella, who runs to Belavarg's side.)

*The girls groan as the guys scramble the best they can off of them.*

Emma: Mike! (She runs to her husband and helps him out of the bushes) Are you ok?

Mike: Yeah. I always fall into thorny bushes like that.

Emma: Are you guys up to play?

Mike: Yeah...wha?

Stella: Play?

Micky: Huh?

Emma: You're going to prove that you can still play as a group. (Turns to Belavarg) If they can still play as a group, you have to release us. All of us.

Belavarg: *Folds his arms* Fine.

Valerie: (Concentrates - the guys' instruments and a piano appear) I'll play the piano for you. Daphne, there's a guitar for you, and Lauren, your tambourine is with Davy's.

Peter: But Val...

Valerie: Peter, you're a good musician.

Mike: (Nods) Come on, buddy, Remember when you played the harp for Zero? You could play then, and you can play now. (He touches his heart) It's still inside of you, man, no matter what Bela's done to you.

Stella: (Impatiently) We're WAITING!

Mike: (Takes Black Beauty) Pete, why don't you count off? (He smiles) We'll do "For Pete's Sake."

Peter: (Grins) Ok! (Looks up at Micky) Ready, man?

Micky: Always.

Peter: (Nods) Ok. (He takes a deep breath) A one, and a two, and... (We launch into "For Pete's Sake. Peter is a little stiff at first, looking at his guitar and not much else. Mike and Valerie both look directly at Peter, keeping an eye on him. Emma concentrates on singing alone.)

(Emma draws Peter out to the middle of the clearing and tries to dance with him. He moves along with her a little, getting into it. Valerie beams as she watches the slow smile spread across his face.)

(Peter then dances a bit with Davy, still playing as he moves. He's really smiling now. :) )

(Emma grins and dances around Mike. He makes a face and just moves a little. Dancing still isn't his thing.)

*Daphne and Davy bump into each other's shoulders, grinning.*

(Emma dances a bit with Lauren, noticing Micky missing beats as they move.)

(Stella actually appears to dance along for a few moments before she sees Belavarg glaring at her. She stops and shrugs. Hey, it's catchy music!)

(Peter finishes the song off with a flourish. Valerie runs to him, smiling.)

Valerie: Oh Peter, you feel...more like you.

Peter: (Nods) I do feel more like me. Val...

Valerie: (Shakes her head) You don't have to say anything. (She hugs Peter) Just play for me. You're the only man for me, Peter Thorkleson.

Peter: Oh god, Val...

(Valerie reaches up and kisses him tenderly. There's a blast of yellow-green light. When it subsides, Peter now wears his green eight-button shirt, Valerie wears her yellow one - which is now maternity-sized - and they have their weapons.)

Peter: (Smiles - touches his crossbow to Valerie's short sword) I love you, Val.

Valerie: I love you too, honey. (There's another blast of yellow-green. When it subsides, Valerie's short sword is now a bit longer and has a different handle with a large topaz sphere on the end.)

Peter: (He turns to Belavarg) Well, Belavarg, are you satisfied? We're the Guardian Warriors of the Light. (Small smile) All of us.

Belavarg: Yes, I see that you can work together. It doesn't mean that I'm going to let you go.

Peter: (Gasps) WHAT?!

Mike: You BASTARD! You said...

Stella: (She stomps her foot) I want my puppy back!

Mike: Well, he ain't comin' back. I ain't a dog, witch. I'm a man, and I intend to stay that way.

Emma: (Mutters) Until the next time you get mad. (Mike elbows her.)

Peter: Belavarg, if you don't let us go... (He lifts his hand again)

*Suddenly, there’s a small explosion, coupled with a bright blast of light. When everything returns to normal, the Monkees and the ladies are gone.*

Stella: Nooo! That's not fair! How did they do that? (Turns to Belavarg) I want my puppy back (points at the grass stains on her jumpsuit) and I want that little girl to pay for getting my new suit dirty! Do you know how hard it is to clean leather?

Belavarg: *sighs* Yes, my dear, I do know how hard it is.

Stella: I want them back! The curly-haired one has lots of energy! You go get them back for me!

Belavarg: In due time, Stella dear. In due time.

Stella: (Grins) Are you working on a plan?

Belavarg: Yes, I am.

Stella: Oooh goody! Tell me all about it!

(We fade out on Belavarg putting his arm around Stella as the two walk out of the garden...ignoring the writhing vines, moving leaves, and other odd flora that eventually move into the clearing, obscuring our final view of the demon and the witch...)