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Angel Episode 6.1 111. Purgatory
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters on Angel. They belong to Fox Studios and Joss Whedon. This work is fictional and is only for my and others entertainment. Therefore no infringement is intended. I do not intend to make a profit from this work. However I own all characters that have not previously appeared/been mentioned on Angel, so I can do whatever I like with them. Therefore any unauthorised usage of these characters is not permitted.
Angel VO: Previously on Angel.
Open on everyone at the Hyperion.
Fred: But there is no Los Angeles office of Wolfram & Hart. The Beast destroyed it.
Lilah: Oh, it's back, restaffed and zombie-free. We're bigger, better, and shinier than ever, and we want to give it to you.
Cut to Angel and Lilah in Angel's soon-to-be office.
Cut to Angel, Fred, Wesley, Gunn and Lorne walking into the Wolfram and Hart lobby. Cut to Angel on the phone in his office.
Wesley VO: You took the deal?
Angel VO: Executive decision.
Cut to Angel with Cordy.
Cordelia: Angel, do you realize what's happening? You've made a deal with the devil.
Cut to Spike appearing in Angel's office.
Spike: What have you done to me? What is this place?! What the bloody hell is happening?!
Cut to Fred in Wesley's arms. Illyria takes over her.
Wesley VO: It's called Illyria, a great monarch and warrior of the demon age.
Illyria punches Spike.
Cut to Angel surrounded by the Black Thorn members.
Lindsey VO: To be a Black Thorn is to the senior partner's instrument on Earth.
Cut to Angel breaking Drogyn's neck. He smiles. Cut to Angel with the others.
Angel: As far as anyone outside this room is concerned, we're still at each other's throats. I'm talking about killing every single member of the Black Thorn.
Cut to Gunn killing Senator Brucker. Cut to Spike fighting the Fell Brethren. Cut to Sebassis convulsing. Cut to Lindsey killing the Sahrvins. Cut to Illyria walking away from Izzy's smoking and battered car. Cut to Illyria smashing Cyvus Vail's skull. Cut to Angel snapping Hamilton's neck.
Cut to Angel with Connor in a coffee shop.
Connor: I know you're my father. You know... I'm grateful. For what you did. That's as far as I want to take it...ok?
Cut to Angel and Connor in the Wolfram and Hart lobby.
Angel: Go home. This is my fight.
Connor: They'll destroy you.
Angel: As long as you're ok they can't.
Cut to Illyria with Wesley in Vail's mansion. Wesley is dying.
Illyria: This wound is mortal. You'll be dead within moments.
Wesley: I know.
Illyria: Would you like me to lie to you now?
Wesley: Thank you yes.
Illyria morphs into Fred's form.
Wesley: I've missed you.
Fred: It's gonna be ok.
Wesley: I, I love you.
Fred: I love you. My love.
Wesley dies. Illyria as Fred cries. Cut to Lindsey with Lorne.
Lorne: This was Angel's plan.
He takes out a gun and shoots Lindsey twice. Lindsey looks confused.
Lorne: You're not part of the solution Lindsey. You never will be.
Lindsay dies.
Lorne: Good night, folks.
Cut to the walls of Wolfram and Hart crumbling with Eve and Angel in the lobby.
Angel: Looks like we're getting kicked out of the garden Eve.
Eve: Where's Lindsey? You-
Angel: Time to go.
Eve: Go where?
Cut to Angel, Spike and Gunn in the rain. Illyria joins them.
Illyria: Wesley is dead.
The others look sad.
Illyria: I am feeling grief for him. I can't seem to control it. I wish to do more violence.
She looks at Gunn who is wounded badly.
Illyria: You're fading. You'll last 10 minutes.
Gunn: Then let's make ?em memorable.
Cut to all the demons approaching and the dragon.
Spike: In terms of a plan?
Angel: We fight.
Spike: Bit more specific.
Angel: Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon. Let's go to work.
START OF EPISODE
ACT I
Open on Spike and Angel sitting in the lobby on the sofa. They are both looking away from each other.
Spike and Angel: So-
They look uncomfortable.
Spike: You first.
Angel: I think I was gonna say the same thing as you.
Spike: Right. Damn tough choice.
Angel: Yeah.
Spike: Look. The way I see it ? neither of us are gonna take this Shanshu thing cos we both know how much the other'd hate us for it. And we're not gonna give it to the other one cos that'd just a stupid. So?
Angel: We give it to Harmony?
Spike: Oh come on. As a vampire she's bad, as a human?I dread to think.
Angel smiles.
Angel: Well?someone's gonna take it. We can't just waste it?
Spike: Why not?
Angel: Because this is what I've been fighting for. To be human.
Spike: You and me both mate. Guess this means that one of us has completed the trials. World's a better place now or something.
Angel: It'll never be perfect.
Spike: Guess whoever doesn't take that thing gets to carry on fighting the good fight. That's the bloody consolation prize isn't it?
Angel stares at Spike seriously. Spike sighs. They look away from each other. The front doors open and Wesley walks through with Gunn. Angel and Spike look up.
Angel: Any news?
Gunn: Whole loada' nothing. No one knows why the hell Wolfram and Hart's taken a trip to the demolition factory.
Angel: No one?
Wesley: There are, uh, some who think that it's to do with inter-dimensional forces. Something happening somewhere else that's affecting things here.
Spike: Oh great. You mean a portal?
Wesley: Maybe. Or a simple fold in the walls of this dimension.
Spike: Bloody hell. Every time there's something with other dimensions someone ends up dead.
Angel: Well we'll just have to make sure no one does. No one that matters.
Gunn: So what, we're gonna ask around more?
Angel: We've tried that. Didn't work. Gonna have to head to the source.
Wesley: What source? Angel the whole building is gone. There's no source to reach. Everything they had is lost and there's no way of finding anything of use in that mess.
Angel: That building isn't the source. It's just an entrance. There are other entrances. And we'll find them. We need to find other branches. I think there's one in Rome.
Spike: Not there again-
Woman's Voice OS: Stop!
The others look up. The camera moves over to show a very human looking Fred on the stairs.
Wesley: Fred?
Fred runs down the stairs up to the others.
Fred: You'll die.
Angel: You had a vision?
Fred: Yeah.
Gunn: What happened? Apart from us dying.
Fred: You were fighting. In the rain. Near here. There were hundreds of demons attacking. It, it felt so real!
Wesley holds Fred close to him.
Wesley: It wasn't. We're fine.
Fred: You won't be. Not if you try and fight them.
Spike: Then what? We stay here and talk more about Shanshu, Shanshu who gets the bloody Shanshu?
Fred opens her mouth to speak but then frowns.
Angel: Fred?
Fred: I'm having another one.
Quick shots Angel, Gunn, Spike and Illyria can be seen standing in the rain. The camera focuses on Illyria. Cut back to Fred. She looks at Wesley worriedly.
Wesley: What?
The camera zooms in on Fred's forehead. The camera fades to white. Angel opens his eyes. He, Spike, Gunn and Illyria are stood in the alley still. The rain has stopped and the army has disappeared. They look around confused. There is a pause.
Spike: What the hell happened?
Illyria looks around.
Illyria: We should be dead.
Gunn looks down at his torso. There is no wound.
Gunn: Maybe we are.
Angel: No. No we're not.
Spike: Well that's a relief. But hey, how do you know?
Angel: Cos I was the one that got us here.
Gunn: What?
Illyria: You do not possess the power to stop an army.
Angel: No. But The Powers That Be do. It'll take a while to explain.
Cut to Angel, Gunn, Spike and Illyria standing in the rain. The demons approach. Angel rushes forward about to attack the first demon. It hits him in the face. Gunn swings his axe to hit a demon but gets pushed back in the wall. Illyria jumps to dodge a demon's sword. She decapitates it. The dragon swoops down and smashes her with its wing. She flies back. Angel looks around. Spike punches a demon. Another throws him to the ground. Another demon moves to stab Gunn in the face. The demon with Spike grabs a stake. The dragon prepares to crush Illyria. The demon drives the stake into Spike's heart. Angel closes his eyes. Everything is suddenly silent. Angel opens his eyes. Angel looks confused. He looks around him. Everything seems to have stopped in time. A figure is behind him.
Whistler: Still not too bright I see.
Angel looks shocked.
Opening credits.
Starring:
DAVID BOREANAZ - Angel
JAMES MARSTERS - Spike
AMY ACKER - Winnifred Burkle/Illyria
J. AUGUST RICHARDS - Charles Gunn
ALEXA DAVALOS - Gwen Raiden
VINCENT KARTHEISER - Connor
Special Guest Stars:
ALEXIS DENISOF - Wesley Wyndham Pryce
Guest Starring:
MAX PERLICH - Whistler
SARAH THOMPSON - Eve
RANDY OGLESBY - Professor Seidel
SIMON TEMPLEMAN - Pavayne
Angel stands back.
Angel: Whistler?
Whistler: Yeah, it's me. And you. Long time no higher intervention.
Angel: What are you doing here?
Whistler: Nice welcome. I save your ass from an army of demons and it's straight to the questions. Would a little thanks be too much?
Angel: Well?thanks, but what is this?
Whistler: Look Angel ? you know this isn't your time. There's a whole world of evil here that needs you to fight it. All of you.
Whistler looks past Angel to Spike. He kneels down next to him.
Whistler: That really aint good. He's gonna need some work.
Whistler looks up.
Whistler: They all are.
Angel: You can help them?
Whistler: No Angel. But you can. We can, however, help with the current situation. The Powers That Be can't be losing their best guy like this. So, yeah we'll deal with these guys for ya.
Angel: Just like that?
Whistler: You're getting the hang of being clever. Yeah well there is a small condition attached. If The Powers wrap this up?then you're gonna have to wrap up something else.
Angel: There's something worse?
Whistler: There always is. The Senior Partners at Wolfram and Hart aint happy as you can imagine. Their LA branch was one of the biggest around. Now that's pretty much as good as gone, they're limited to their other five branches on Earth; but none of them can even approach what the LA branch has. Nope, Wolfram and Hart are moving out. And this time not just out of LA. I mean out of this dimension.
Angel: They're gonna try and destroy it.
Whistler: Yeah. And in style too. You and you friends are gonna have to stop them. And if you do?you gotta be prepared for the onslaught that'll follow. Can you handle it?
Angel: I've fought worse.
Whistler: You might think that?but there are worse things that the Circle of the Black Thorn. Maybe even worse than The Senior Partners. By the end of this?you'll have seen it all.
Angel pauses.
Angel: So what happens now? You kill all these guys?
Whistler: Something like that. But first you have to say it yourself. That you're gonna stay with this fight. Even if you don't have any Shanshu prophecy as a big reward at the end of it. We need to know that you can carry on even without the hope. Time to make the choice Neo.
Angel: I do. I'll do it.
Whistler: You're sure? This might seem like a simple offer Angel but-
Angel: I said I'll do it. You need me to sign anything or-
Whistler: We're not Wolfram and Hart Angel. Your word is enough. But you can never go back on it. Just be prepared.
Whistler fades away. Angel breathes heavily. Time suddenly starts again suddenly. Spike gasps. Gunn gets impaled. The dragon crushes Illyria. A demon drives a stake into Angel's heart. Suddenly the screen fades to white.
Cut to Angel standing with the others.
Angel: So here we are.
Gunn: Wow. Thanks for that.
Spike: Yeah, glad to not have to die trying to kill that lot.
Illyria: As am I. But did you not think that perhaps the forces The Powers That Be wish you to fight may in fact be unstoppable?
Angel: They wouldn't set me against something if they didn't think I could beat it.
Gunn: So we just have to stop an apocalypse?
Angel: Yeah.
Gunn: Not like we aint done that before.
Spike: Yeah well I've seen a few apocalypses in my time. Not all of them were as easy as smashing a few heads in. You know maybe this is the apocalypse. This one seems to have finished an act too early, so I'm guessing that this next one is gonna be it. With the winning and the glory and the eternal humanity for Angel.
Angel: No.
Spike: Oh come on, you're the last person to say I deserve-
Angel: I can't. I can't fulfil the prophecy.
Spike frowns.
Spike: What?
Angel: When I was with the Black Thorn members. I had to sign away my right to Shanshu.
Gunn: Just like that?
Angel: It was the only way. We'd all be dead if I hadn't.
Spike: Angel there must have been something-
Angel: No Spike, there wasn't. It's done ok? I can't get it. Never. Maybe you can.
Spike looks serious.
Illyria: But then you have no reason to carry on fighting. No reason to live.
Angel: Look to be human?it would've been nice but that's not why I'm fighting.
Spike: Angel don't give me the big speech about how you're fighting to make the world a better place cos I've pretty much heard it. As much as it pains me to admit it, you and me are pretty much alike in the way we think. And I know what being human means to me. So don't try to say for a second that it doesn't mean the same to you.
Angel looks at Spike seriously.
Angel: Doesn't matter now. It's done.
Spike sighs.
Angel: And we've got work to do.
Illyria: How are we to stop an apocalypse when we have nowhere to work, no information and no weapons of any kind? Wolfram and Hart has fallen?where are we to go now?
Angel looks at her.
Angel: Got just the place.
Cut to Angel and co. walking into the Hyperion. There are sheets covering most of the furniture and everything is quite dark.
Gunn: Feels weird being back.
Illyria: This is where you used to inhabit? It is indeed primitive compared to the Wolfram and Hart offices.
Gunn: Yeah well it was good enough for what we used to do. Helping the helpless.
Angel looks uncomfortable.
Spike: Guess your little mission went out the window a bit.
Angel doesn't answer.
Illyria: Helping the helpless? That seems futile when you cannot even help yourselves.
Angel: Yeah well things were different then.
He looks around.
Angel: This is gonna need some redecorating but it should do for now.
Gunn: What about weapons? We got nothing.
Angel: You were pretty intuitive in that department last time. I'm sure you can improvise a little.
Gunn nods.
Illyria: We still have no knowledge of how or when the apocalypse will begin.
Angel: Yes thank you for the update Illyria. You and Spike head out and ask around. I'm sure you can find something useful.
Illyria: I cannot see how any being on this plane would know. It seems no one does other than you.
Spike: She's got a point Angel. And besides, social skills aside, do you really think we can be of any use out there?
Angel: It'll be better than just sitting around here doing nothing. You all know what you're doing. So get started.
Illyria: And what will you do?
Angel pauses.
Angel: I need to check a few things.
Angel walks out of the front door. Spike, Gunn and Illyria look around.
Spike: And I guess that's that.
Illyria: He does not know what he's getting himself into. Nor us.
Spike: Always the way.
Gunn: Guess we'll find out.
Illyria: It may be too late by then.
Spike: Look Illyria if you're that concerned why don't you do one of your little back to future tricks and find out?
Illyria: You know I can't. Ever since Wesley-
Illyria stops herself. Everyone looks sad.
Gunn: Ok guys just chill. We should get to work. I'll get us some power from the basement. You two head off.
Gunn walks off in the direction of the basement. Spike looks at Illyria.
Spike: I-
Illyria: We must go.
She walks out. Spike sighs and follows.
Cut to Angel walking down an alley. A vampire appears behind him. Angel stops and turns around.
Angel: Look I really don't have time for this right now, so why don't we just-
The vampire suddenly dusts. Angel looks confused. As the dust falls, Connor is revealed to be behind where the vampire was with a stake.
Angel: ?Not do this.
Connor smiles at Angel.
Connor: Hi dad.
Angel Episode 6.1 111. Purgatory
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters on Angel. They belong to Fox Studios and Joss Whedon. This work is fictional and is only for my and others entertainment. Therefore no infringement is intended. I do not intend to make a profit from this work. However I own all characters that have not previously appeared/been mentioned on Angel, so I can do whatever I like with them. Therefore any unauthorised usage of these characters is not permitted.
Angel VO: Previously on Angel.
Open on everyone at the Hyperion.
Fred: But there is no Los Angeles office of Wolfram & Hart. The Beast destroyed it.
Lilah: Oh, it's back, restaffed and zombie-free. We're bigger, better, and shinier than ever, and we want to give it to you.
Cut to Angel and Lilah in Angel's soon-to-be office.
Cut to Angel, Fred, Wesley, Gunn and Lorne walking into the Wolfram and Hart lobby. Cut to Angel on the phone in his office.
Wesley VO: You took the deal?
Angel VO: Executive decision.
Cut to Angel with Cordy.
Cordelia: Angel, do you realize what's happening? You've made a deal with the devil.
Cut to Spike appearing in Angel's office.
Spike: What have you done to me? What is this place?! What the bloody hell is happening?!
Cut to Fred in Wesley's arms. Illyria takes over her.
Wesley VO: It's called Illyria, a great monarch and warrior of the demon age.
Illyria punches Spike.
Cut to Angel surrounded by the Black Thorn members.
Lindsey VO: To be a Black Thorn is to the senior partner's instrument on Earth.
Cut to Angel breaking Drogyn's neck. He smiles. Cut to Angel with the others.
Angel: As far as anyone outside this room is concerned, we're still at each other's throats. I'm talking about killing every single member of the Black Thorn.
Cut to Gunn killing Senator Brucker. Cut to Spike fighting the Fell Brethren. Cut to Sebassis convulsing. Cut to Lindsey killing the Sahrvins. Cut to Illyria walking away from Izzy's smoking and battered car. Cut to Illyria smashing Cyvus Vail's skull. Cut to Angel snapping Hamilton's neck.
Cut to Angel with Connor in a coffee shop.
Connor: I know you're my father. You know... I'm grateful. For what you did. That's as far as I want to take it...ok?
Cut to Angel and Connor in the Wolfram and Hart lobby.
Angel: Go home. This is my fight.
Connor: They'll destroy you.
Angel: As long as you're ok they can't.
Cut to Illyria with Wesley in Vail's mansion. Wesley is dying.
Illyria: This wound is mortal. You'll be dead within moments.
Wesley: I know.
Illyria: Would you like me to lie to you now?
Wesley: Thank you yes.
Illyria morphs into Fred's form.
Wesley: I've missed you.
Fred: It's gonna be ok.
Wesley: I, I love you.
Fred: I love you. My love.
Wesley dies. Illyria as Fred cries. Cut to Lindsey with Lorne.
Lorne: This was Angel's plan.
He takes out a gun and shoots Lindsey twice. Lindsey looks confused.
Lorne: You're not part of the solution Lindsey. You never will be.
Lindsay dies.
Lorne: Good night, folks.
Cut to the walls of Wolfram and Hart crumbling with Eve and Angel in the lobby.
Angel: Looks like we're getting kicked out of the garden Eve.
Eve: Where's Lindsey? You-
Angel: Time to go.
Eve: Go where?
Cut to Angel, Spike and Gunn in the rain. Illyria joins them.
Illyria: Wesley is dead.
The others look sad.
Illyria: I am feeling grief for him. I can't seem to control it. I wish to do more violence.
She looks at Gunn who is wounded badly.
Illyria: You're fading. You'll last 10 minutes.
Gunn: Then let's make ?em memorable.
Cut to all the demons approaching and the dragon.
Spike: In terms of a plan?
Angel: We fight.
Spike: Bit more specific.
Angel: Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon. Let's go to work.
START OF EPISODE
ACT I
Open on Spike and Angel sitting in the lobby on the sofa. They are both looking away from each other.
Spike and Angel: So-
They look uncomfortable.
Spike: You first.
Angel: I think I was gonna say the same thing as you.
Spike: Right. Damn tough choice.
Angel: Yeah.
Spike: Look. The way I see it ? neither of us are gonna take this Shanshu thing cos we both know how much the other'd hate us for it. And we're not gonna give it to the other one cos that'd just a stupid. So?
Angel: We give it to Harmony?
Spike: Oh come on. As a vampire she's bad, as a human?I dread to think.
Angel smiles.
Angel: Well?someone's gonna take it. We can't just waste it?
Spike: Why not?
Angel: Because this is what I've been fighting for. To be human.
Spike: You and me both mate. Guess this means that one of us has completed the trials. World's a better place now or something.
Angel: It'll never be perfect.
Spike: Guess whoever doesn't take that thing gets to carry on fighting the good fight. That's the bloody consolation prize isn't it?
Angel stares at Spike seriously. Spike sighs. They look away from each other. The front doors open and Wesley walks through with Gunn. Angel and Spike look up.
Angel: Any news?
Gunn: Whole loada' nothing. No one knows why the hell Wolfram and Hart's taken a trip to the demolition factory.
Angel: No one?
Wesley: There are, uh, some who think that it's to do with inter-dimensional forces. Something happening somewhere else that's affecting things here.
Spike: Oh great. You mean a portal?
Wesley: Maybe. Or a simple fold in the walls of this dimension.
Spike: Bloody hell. Every time there's something with other dimensions someone ends up dead.
Angel: Well we'll just have to make sure no one does. No one that matters.
Gunn: So what, we're gonna ask around more?
Angel: We've tried that. Didn't work. Gonna have to head to the source.
Wesley: What source? Angel the whole building is gone. There's no source to reach. Everything they had is lost and there's no way of finding anything of use in that mess.
Angel: That building isn't the source. It's just an entrance. There are other entrances. And we'll find them. We need to find other branches. I think there's one in Rome.
Spike: Not there again-
Woman's Voice OS: Stop!
The others look up. The camera moves over to show a very human looking Fred on the stairs.
Wesley: Fred?
Fred runs down the stairs up to the others.
Fred: You'll die.
Angel: You had a vision?
Fred: Yeah.
Gunn: What happened? Apart from us dying.
Fred: You were fighting. In the rain. Near here. There were hundreds of demons attacking. It, it felt so real!
Wesley holds Fred close to him.
Wesley: It wasn't. We're fine.
Fred: You won't be. Not if you try and fight them.
Spike: Then what? We stay here and talk more about Shanshu, Shanshu who gets the bloody Shanshu?
Fred opens her mouth to speak but then frowns.
Angel: Fred?
Fred: I'm having another one.
Quick shots Angel, Gunn, Spike and Illyria can be seen standing in the rain. The camera focuses on Illyria. Cut back to Fred. She looks at Wesley worriedly.
Wesley: What?
The camera zooms in on Fred's forehead. The camera fades to white. Angel opens his eyes. He, Spike, Gunn and Illyria are stood in the alley still. The rain has stopped and the army has disappeared. They look around confused. There is a pause.
Spike: What the hell happened?
Illyria looks around.
Illyria: We should be dead.
Gunn looks down at his torso. There is no wound.
Gunn: Maybe we are.
Angel: No. No we're not.
Spike: Well that's a relief. But hey, how do you know?
Angel: Cos I was the one that got us here.
Gunn: What?
Illyria: You do not possess the power to stop an army.
Angel: No. But The Powers That Be do. It'll take a while to explain.
Cut to Angel, Gunn, Spike and Illyria standing in the rain. The demons approach. Angel rushes forward about to attack the first demon. It hits him in the face. Gunn swings his axe to hit a demon but gets pushed back in the wall. Illyria jumps to dodge a demon's sword. She decapitates it. The dragon swoops down and smashes her with its wing. She flies back. Angel looks around. Spike punches a demon. Another throws him to the ground. Another demon moves to stab Gunn in the face. The demon with Spike grabs a stake. The dragon prepares to crush Illyria. The demon drives the stake into Spike's heart. Angel closes his eyes. Everything is suddenly silent. Angel opens his eyes. Angel looks confused. He looks around him. Everything seems to have stopped in time. A figure is behind him.
Whistler: Still not too bright I see.
Angel looks shocked.
Opening credits.
Starring:
DAVID BOREANAZ - Angel
JAMES MARSTERS - Spike
AMY ACKER - Winnifred Burkle/Illyria
J. AUGUST RICHARDS - Charles Gunn
ALEXA DAVALOS - Gwen Raiden
VINCENT KARTHEISER - Connor
Special Guest Stars:
ALEXIS DENISOF - Wesley Wyndham Pryce
Guest Starring:
MAX PERLICH - Whistler
SARAH THOMPSON - Eve
RANDY OGLESBY - Professor Seidel
SIMON TEMPLEMAN - Pavayne
Angel stands back.
Angel: Whistler?
Whistler: Yeah, it's me. And you. Long time no higher intervention.
Angel: What are you doing here?
Whistler: Nice welcome. I save your ass from an army of demons and it's straight to the questions. Would a little thanks be too much?
Angel: Well?thanks, but what is this?
Whistler: Look Angel ? you know this isn't your time. There's a whole world of evil here that needs you to fight it. All of you.
Whistler looks past Angel to Spike. He kneels down next to him.
Whistler: That really aint good. He's gonna need some work.
Whistler looks up.
Whistler: They all are.
Angel: You can help them?
Whistler: No Angel. But you can. We can, however, help with the current situation. The Powers That Be can't be losing their best guy like this. So, yeah we'll deal with these guys for ya.
Angel: Just like that?
Whistler: You're getting the hang of being clever. Yeah well there is a small condition attached. If The Powers wrap this up?then you're gonna have to wrap up something else.
Angel: There's something worse?
Whistler: There always is. The Senior Partners at Wolfram and Hart aint happy as you can imagine. Their LA branch was one of the biggest around. Now that's pretty much as good as gone, they're limited to their other five branches on Earth; but none of them can even approach what the LA branch has. Nope, Wolfram and Hart are moving out. And this time not just out of LA. I mean out of this dimension.
Angel: They're gonna try and destroy it.
Whistler: Yeah. And in style too. You and you friends are gonna have to stop them. And if you do?you gotta be prepared for the onslaught that'll follow. Can you handle it?
Angel: I've fought worse.
Whistler: You might think that?but there are worse things that the Circle of the Black Thorn. Maybe even worse than The Senior Partners. By the end of this?you'll have seen it all.
Angel pauses.
Angel: So what happens now? You kill all these guys?
Whistler: Something like that. But first you have to say it yourself. That you're gonna stay with this fight. Even if you don't have any Shanshu prophecy as a big reward at the end of it. We need to know that you can carry on even without the hope. Time to make the choice Neo.
Angel: I do. I'll do it.
Whistler: You're sure? This might seem like a simple offer Angel but-
Angel: I said I'll do it. You need me to sign anything or-
Whistler: We're not Wolfram and Hart Angel. Your word is enough. But you can never go back on it. Just be prepared.
Whistler fades away. Angel breathes heavily. Time suddenly starts again suddenly. Spike gasps. Gunn gets impaled. The dragon crushes Illyria. A demon drives a stake into Angel's heart. Suddenly the screen fades to white.
Cut to Angel standing with the others.
Angel: So here we are.
Gunn: Wow. Thanks for that.
Spike: Yeah, glad to not have to die trying to kill that lot.
Illyria: As am I. But did you not think that perhaps the forces The Powers That Be wish you to fight may in fact be unstoppable?
Angel: They wouldn't set me against something if they didn't think I could beat it.
Gunn: So we just have to stop an apocalypse?
Angel: Yeah.
Gunn: Not like we aint done that before.
Spike: Yeah well I've seen a few apocalypses in my time. Not all of them were as easy as smashing a few heads in. You know maybe this is the apocalypse. This one seems to have finished an act too early, so I'm guessing that this next one is gonna be it. With the winning and the glory and the eternal humanity for Angel.
Angel: No.
Spike: Oh come on, you're the last person to say I deserve-
Angel: I can't. I can't fulfil the prophecy.
Spike frowns.
Spike: What?
Angel: When I was with the Black Thorn members. I had to sign away my right to Shanshu.
Gunn: Just like that?
Angel: It was the only way. We'd all be dead if I hadn't.
Spike: Angel there must have been something-
Angel: No Spike, there wasn't. It's done ok? I can't get it. Never. Maybe you can.
Spike looks serious.
Illyria: But then you have no reason to carry on fighting. No reason to live.
Angel: Look to be human?it would've been nice but that's not why I'm fighting.
Spike: Angel don't give me the big speech about how you're fighting to make the world a better place cos I've pretty much heard it. As much as it pains me to admit it, you and me are pretty much alike in the way we think. And I know what being human means to me. So don't try to say for a second that it doesn't mean the same to you.
Angel looks at Spike seriously.
Angel: Doesn't matter now. It's done.
Spike sighs.
Angel: And we've got work to do.
Illyria: How are we to stop an apocalypse when we have nowhere to work, no information and no weapons of any kind? Wolfram and Hart has fallen?where are we to go now?
Angel looks at her.
Angel: Got just the place.
Cut to Angel and co. walking into the Hyperion. There are sheets covering most of the furniture and everything is quite dark.
Gunn: Feels weird being back.
Illyria: This is where you used to inhabit? It is indeed primitive compared to the Wolfram and Hart offices.
Gunn: Yeah well it was good enough for what we used to do. Helping the helpless.
Angel looks uncomfortable.
Spike: Guess your little mission went out the window a bit.
Angel doesn't answer.
Illyria: Helping the helpless? That seems futile when you cannot even help yourselves.
Angel: Yeah well things were different then.
He looks around.
Angel: This is gonna need some redecorating but it should do for now.
Gunn: What about weapons? We got nothing.
Angel: You were pretty intuitive in that department last time. I'm sure you can improvise a little.
Gunn nods.
Illyria: We still have no knowledge of how or when the apocalypse will begin.
Angel: Yes thank you for the update Illyria. You and Spike head out and ask around. I'm sure you can find something useful.
Illyria: I cannot see how any being on this plane would know. It seems no one does other than you.
Spike: She's got a point Angel. And besides, social skills aside, do you really think we can be of any use out there?
Angel: It'll be better than just sitting around here doing nothing. You all know what you're doing. So get started.
Illyria: And what will you do?
Angel pauses.
Angel: I need to check a few things.
Angel walks out of the front door. Spike, Gunn and Illyria look around.
Spike: And I guess that's that.
Illyria: He does not know what he's getting himself into. Nor us.
Spike: Always the way.
Gunn: Guess we'll find out.
Illyria: It may be too late by then.
Spike: Look Illyria if you're that concerned why don't you do one of your little back to future tricks and find out?
Illyria: You know I can't. Ever since Wesley-
Illyria stops herself. Everyone looks sad.
Gunn: Ok guys just chill. We should get to work. I'll get us some power from the basement. You two head off.
Gunn walks off in the direction of the basement. Spike looks at Illyria.
Spike: I-
Illyria: We must go.
She walks out. Spike sighs and follows.
Cut to Angel walking down an alley. A vampire appears behind him. Angel stops and turns around.
Angel: Look I really don't have time for this right now, so why don't we just-
The vampire suddenly dusts. Angel looks confused. As the dust falls, Connor is revealed to be behind where the vampire was with a stake.
Angel: ?Not do this.
Connor smiles at Angel.
Connor: Hi dad.
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