Angel, Season 2

[Flashback:
Virginia Colony, 1609. The sun is shining on Darla as she is lying in bed. There are two veiled sisters standing at the foot of her bed watching as a doctor takes a leech from her arm.]

Darla:
Someone close the shutters. [One of the sisters does so.] Seems wrong that I should die while the sun is still so bright.

[A hooded priest enters the room.]

Priest:
You'll not see it again. Before it sets, you will have left this life.

Darla:
I didn't ask for a priest. Who invited him here?

Priest:
You did. You cried out for me last night in your delirium.

Darla:
I don't remember. Do you even know what I am?

Priest:
A woman of some property. No husband, no inheritance. Yes. I know what you are.

Darla:
I'm a whore.

Priest:
Well, yes, that too. You should have asked for a priest long ago, child. Your life may have been the better for it.

Darla:
And you should have paid me a visit before today, father. Your life may have been more interesting because of it.

Priest:
Are you prepared now to renounce Satan and beg God his forgiveness?

Darla:
God never did anything for me.

Priest:
[to the others] Leave us.

[The two sisters leave.]

Priest:
[To the doctor still sitting at her bedside] You can't save her life - perhaps I can still save her soul.

[The doctor gets up and leaves.]

Darla:
My soul is well past saving. Let the devil take me if he'll have me. It doesn't matter. Either way, I die.

Priest:
No... [The priest steps closer and pulls his hood back to reveal - The Master] ...you will not die. [Darla looks up at his inhuman face without flinching.] You will be reborn.

Darla:
I know you.

[The Master leans down and takes one of Darla's hands in his.]

Master:
I came to you last night. I sang to you from that window.

Darla:
Hmm, I remember now. You're death?

Master:
No.

Darla:
What then?

Master:
I'm your savior. God never did anything for you - but I will.

[With that he leans down and sinks his fangs into her neck.]