Moonlight

[Mick is at home, pulling vampire-hunting weapons from hidden cubbies behind his books.]

Josef:
[Appears behind Mick and startles him] What are you doing?

Mick:
Don't do that!

Josef:
What? Use my crafty vampire abilities to sneak up on you?

Mick:
Why are you here?

Josef:
Guillermo called me. Said you were about to do something extremely stupid. I said, "Wait, that can't be the Mick that I know.”

Mick:
You should come, you love a challenge.

Josef:
No, see, I'm a lover, not a fighter. No, besides, I'd just get dead trying to protect you; the human liability.

Mick:
I can take care of myself.

Josef:
[snarls, attacks, pinning Mick against the wall] Is this how you're gonna fight them? This is how you want it to end!?!

Mick:
Get off me! Get off me! [Josef suddenly focuses on Mick's throat, leaning closer, before tearing himself away]

Josef:
Well, I hope I've made my point.

Mick:
Yeah, you did.

Josef:
What?

Mick:
You were right. I can't save Beth as a human. But I can save her as a vampire. You have to turn me back.

Josef:
Whoa, uh-uh. You hold on. This is not-

Mick:
You have to turn me back, right now.

Josef:
Mick, you’re human again. After all you went through to get the cure, you're gonna give it up this easy?

Mick:
You think this is easy for me? This is not easy, okay? I don't have a choice.

Josef:
What you're asking me to do-

Mick:
Listen to me, all right? He has Beth. He has my Beth. So please. Please, brother.

Josef:
Mick, forgive me. [Mick nods and offers his neck. Josef bites him, drains him, and lays him gently on the table. Then takes off his own jacket, bites his own wrist, then holds it in the air, above Mick’s mouth and squeezes out drops of blood that land on Mick’s lips. Mick then starts to lick the blood off his lips.] Come on, Mick. Rise and shine. [Mick’s head raises to Josef’s wrist, which he takes hold of and drinks. Mick then rests his head back on the table and releases Josef’s wrist, then all his wounds start to heal, he sits up slowly, and roars]