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Allycat
Guest
First episode this season of Angel that I didn't write. Souljah, the writer, is bloody brilliant when it comes to sharp dialogue, so I hope you'll enjoy that:
Angel 6.04 "Hooked"
Written by Souljah
TEASER
EXT. RED LIGHT DISTRICT STREET - NIGHT
We see various people, mostly slackers walking on the street
and going into one of the hookers chambers, we hear various
people talking, pimps negotiating and some screaming and
moaning.
DOLLY IN
We move past each hooker room, some with a red carpet before
the window, others with open windows and barely dressed
hookers in front of them. The talking and moaning continues
while the camera passes. Then we hear, under all this noise,
distinctive screaming, that of other than pleasure. The
camera quickly moves behind the street into one of the
hookers rooms. We see a dead hooker, covered in blood and a
'fellow-hooker' lying on her knees next to her crying over
her loss. We then move to a few blocks away (and a few
minutes away) and we see Spike and Angel walking.
SPIKE
I'm telling ya, mate, The Fonze
carried that show.
ANGEL
I knew you were retarded, Spike,
now I have proof. C'mon, The Fonze?
He was weak, and what was up with
that hair-gel?
SPIKE
Oh man, you know I'm right, I mean,
who did you like the most from
Happy Days then?
ANGEL
Well, er, you know, Ritchie, he was
nice and"¦
SPIKE
(Shocked, laughing and
amazed)
Ritchie? Haha, are you like, well I
don't know, GAY?
ANGEL
(annoyed)
Hey, if there's one thing I'm not
it's a eunuch or gay, got it? And I
don't like"¦
(interrupted;
they hear the screaming
from the red-light
district.)
"¦screaming..?
SPIKE
Screaming, I thought you loved
that?! Well, I do anyway.
Spike and Angel are rushing to the crime scene and walk into
the hooker's room. Angel seems a bit shocked seeing the dead
body there, Spike however, is cheery as always.
SPIKE (CONT'D)
Guess she over-charged hey?
ANGEL
Shut up, Spike.
SPIKE
No, I'm just saying..
ANGEL
Shut up!! How many times do I have
to tell you to"¦
SPIKE
No, look there, at the body!
DOLLY IN ON THE BODY
There's something carved inside her skin.
ANGEL
What the hell?..
The camera moves closer up on the body and we see a cross
turned upside down carved in her skin, with the letters LD
next to them.
FADE TO:
OPENING CREDITS
David Boreanaz
J. August Richards
Julia Lee
Adam Baldwin
Jenny Mollen
and James Marsters
Guest Starring: Alec Newman, Snoop Dogg
ACT I
FADE TO:
EXT. RED LIGHT DISTRICT STREET - NIGHT
We're outside where Angel is talking with the fellow-Hooker,
Isabelle, asking about the victim.
ANGEL
So, did she have any enemies or"¦
ISABELLE
No, not that I know of, then again,
in this business, it's hard to
tell. You look at the guy in one
wrong away and that's it, they
snap. Either they're reminded of
their mother who was too bossy or
their dad who was never there or
smacked them around. That, or
they're just in the mood to kill.
Sadly, this line of profession
doesn't really attract all the nice
guys and all.
ANGEL
I know what you mean, no really I
do"¦ Spike!!
And Angel rushes off to a few meters away where Spike is
negotiating a price with a hooker.
SPIKE
What? 50 dollars? I can get a
foursome one block away from here
for that money, you gotta go lower
than 50 and"¦
ANGEL
What did I tell you? Investigate!
Not arranging yourself a foursome!
SPIKE
Foursome? No, I was just saying
that, I mean, C'mon, 4 is just a
little bit too much. A threesome,
that's cool, as long as it's boy
girl-girl and"¦
ANGEL
I don't wanna know about your
little perverted fantasies, I just
want to find out who killed this
girl.
DEUCE
Well, that makes two of us. Hi
there, I'm Deuce. The former boss
of the former hooker, well let's
say former living person.
ANGEL
(confused)
What?
DEUCE
Well, I'm the local pimp here you
could say. Although I prefer the
title P.I.M.P.
ANGEL
Isn't that the same?
SPIKE
Well actually, P.I.M.P stands for-"¦
ANGEL
Shut up, Spike!
DEUCE
Anyway, I've been providing for
these girls you could say. But
lately business is going bad,
really bad.
ANGEL
Yeah, well, I don't care, I got a
murder to solve.
DEUCE
Oh, and who are you? Magnum P.I.?
ANGEL
What?!? No, I"¦
SPIKE
I think you'd look adorable with a
hat on your head you know. Might
even solve that whole hair issue
you have.
ANGEL
I don't have a hair issue"¦ argh
Spike, remember what I said about
shutting up?
SPIKE
Yeah, so?
ANGEL
Well, do it!
DEUCE
(to Spike)
He's really bossing you around,
hey?
SPIKE
Yeah, he is that way, child issues,
you know.
ANGEL
That's it, I'm outta here
DEUCE
Hey, we were talking.
ANGEL
Yeah, well like I said, I really
don't care about your business.
DEUCE
She ain't the only one who's dead
ANGEL
What?
DEUCE
There were others, many others, I'd
say it's the 20th one in two months
now. Seems like some guy is on a
killing spree.
CUT TO:
INT. A.I. OFFICES - ANGEL'S OFFICE - DAY
The three men are sitting around and are talking again.
ANGEL
So, let me get this straight, this
started about two months ago?
DEUCE
Yeah, that's about right. It was
Madeline who was the first one and
then soon others followed.
ANGEL
Do you remember anything odd
happening days before the murder?
DEUCE
Well not really, to be honest I
didn't really think of it until now
but there was this one thing.
ANGEL
And what's that?
DEUCE
The first girl, Madeline, she told
me she felt like she was being
watched.
I dismissed it quickly, explaining
to her that with her profession she
was bound to be watched by
everyone. This was about a week
before she was murdered. Then, one
or two days prior to the murder,
she comes running up to me, she was
terrified.
ANGEL
What happened?
DEUCE
She said she saw something, a
creature of some-kind. No, that was
not it, she said a demon. Ha, can
you believe that?
ANGEL
So what'd you say?
DEUCE
I told her she was a nutcase off
course and that she'd have to act
normal if she still wanted to keep
her job. So basically, I..
ANGEL
Was an ass.
DEUCE
Hey, I'm mean. C'mon, demons? Yeah
right. I've been in this business
for a long time, well err 6 months
now, but I've seen a lot of strange
things, but no demons walking
around on this world.
ANGEL
I see, all right, here's what we're
gonna do. Is there anyone of your
girls who's pretty stable,
emotionally I mean, who can handle
it a bit should things get rough?
DEUCE
You mean like SM and kinky stuff?
ANGEL
(Annoyed)
No, off course not. I wanna bait
this bastard, but I can't do that
with a girl who's too afraid.
DEUCE
Ah, like that, ok, well in that
case you'd have to take Francis.
She's tough.
ANGEL
All right.
FADE TO:
EXT. L.A. STREETS - NIGHT
We see Gunn and Anne walking, they're carrying groceries and
talking while walking back to A.I.
ANNE
So, here I was, completely
terrified who it could be and I
take the first object that I can
find and I open the door and it's
this kid of about 8 years old from
one block away asking me why I'm
carrying a banana in my hand like
I'm going to hit someone with it.
They laugh.
GUNN
A banana?
ANNE
Hey it was the first thing I could
find, all right?
GUNN
Well you could have..
(interrupted)
A group of demons comes out of nowhere walking to them. One
of them, seeming to be their leader, steps forward.
GROG
My master wants you dead, so you
die.
GUNN
Oh yeah, why don't you just die
trying?
GUNN (CONT'D)
Anne, get out of here.
ANNE
I'm not leaving you behind. I wanna
help.
GUNN
Anne, get away now, I can't fight
and protect you at the same time
and..
Gunn gets attacked by the leader of the demons. They seem to
be like the other demon clans the gang has encountered over
the last weeks: organized, not chaotic at all and in for some
killing. Gunn takes on the leader, he tries to hit him in the
stomach, but GROG blocks it. GROG then hits Gunn in the face,
Gunn falls back, but gets his balance back and kicks GROG
away. He then takes a wooden stake out of his pocket and
breaks it in half. He pushes both stakes into the faces of
the demons respectively. They die instantly.
GUNN (CONT'D)
Not turning you into dust, but
still good for killing.
Gunn manages to fight them off. After a few minutes Gunn has
killed off most of them and he's fighting with of what he
thinks is the last one of the group. And he seems to enjoy
fighting it.
GUNN (CONT'D)
(While fighting)
You're not tough guy now eh? Guess
you ain't getting what you want
now.
GROG
(Looks behind Gunn)
Oh but we do, we do, mister Gunn.
Gunn turns around and sees that there was one more demon he
didn't account for and that demon tries to slice Anne's
throat. While GROG is laughing and running away, Gunn runs up
to Anne and the other demon and he kills it off. Then he
turns to Anne, holding her in his arms.
GUNN
Oh, Anne, what did I do. Please
don't die on me.
ANNE
Charles, I"¦
GUNN
(Screaming)
Anne.
FADE TO:
A.I. OFFICES - ANGEL'S OFFICE - NIGHT
Angel is in his office, sitting at his desk, with a woman
across from him.
ANGEL
Hi, I'm Angel.
FRANCIS
Hi, Angel who?
ANGEL
Just Angel.
FRANCIS
Ok..
ANGEL
First of all, let me just say how
much I, and my office appreciate it
you getting here and being willing
to help in baiting the murderer.
FRANCIS
Oh that's ok. I can't work there
anymore now without feeling unsafe.
So the sooner this is over, we'll
all be better.
ANGEL
Well, thanks and let me just say
that you will be save from now on.
We're a very professional firm here
with only very highly capable
employees who are doing everything
they can to secure that..(gets
interrupted)
Spike comes marching in.
SPIKE
Angel, you gotta check this out. I
killed off this demon and I was
holding his head, like I do now.
And no blood was coming out of it.
So I fought I'd play a little with
it. I kept kicking it around like a
soccer ball and look, still no
blood.
We see Spike holding the head of a very ugly and smelly
demon. Then the head falls out of Spike's hand and splashes
on the ground and the blood is now everywhere and Spike is
now covered with it.
ANGEL
Spike!
SPIKE
Well, it wasn't me, it just slipped
out of my hand. I now do know where
the blood is.
ANGEL
Damnit Spike, get out of here!
FRANCIS
This guy actually works for you?
ANGEL
Not exactly, he's..
SPIKE
Me? Working for this guy? You must
be retarded. I'm only here because
I wanna be and.. (gets interrupted)
Nina comes running in.
NINA
Angel, you gotta come right away.
Oh my god, what happened here?
ANGEL
Spike was toying with a Waterblood
Demon's head. Who's head will
spontaneously burst into tiny
pieces one hour after decapitation.
Which he would know if he'd just..
SPIKE
Just what? I'm not you. While you
were reading the demonclyclopedia,
I was out there, living the life.
Well, not exactly living but"¦
NINA
Shut up, all of you. We need to get
to the Infirmary now. Anne's hurt.
FADE TO BLACK.
ACT II
FADE TO:
INT. A.I. OFFICES - INFIRMARY - NIGHT
We see Anne laying on a bed, very badly hurt, Chyou is
working on her while Gunn is sitting next to her with his
head bend down. Angel, Spike, Nina and Francis are just
entering through the door.
ANGEL
We just heard, how is she?
CHYOU
We don't know. At this moment, it
could go either way. She's badly
hurt. Someone tried to slice open
her throat. If Gunn hadn't come in
time, she'd be gone for sure.
GUNN
If I paid attention, it wouldn't
have happened in the first place. I
was sure I only saw one more and
then I "¦
ANGEL
Slow down, what happened?
GUNN
We were attacked.
ANGEL
By who?
GUNN
The usual, demons. Again one of
those demon clans. With the
partners gone, this place isn't
exactly safer. They attacked, and
knew our names, seems they were
after Anne all along. I killed most
of them, but their leader escaped.
ANGEL
Anything else?
GUNN
No, not really.
FRANCIS
Demons? What? That can't be, how
can..
SPIKE
I think it's best if you stepped
out, love.
The gang leaves the infirmary.
CUT TO:
INT. A.I. OFFICES - CENTRAL LOBBY - NIGHT
In the central lobby they halt and gather up.
ANGEL
Here's what we're gonna do. Gunn,
you take a group of our best and
start looking for more of those
demon clans, I wanna know who's
responsible and if there are more.
Spike and I will go with Francis
and set up a trap for the hooker
murderer. We'll meet back here
tomorrow morning.
FADE TO:
INT. L.A. RED LIGHT DISTRICT - FRANCIS' ROOM - NIGHT
Angel, Spike, and Francis are in her room going over the
plan.
ANGEL
All right, so you know the drill?
FRANCIS
Yeah, yeah. I'll go outside, walk
across these streets like there's
no tomorrow and hopefully he'll
show up and you can nail the guy.
SPIKE
Don't worry, love, that'll happen.
The bloke will never know what hit
him.
ANGEL
We still gotta see if it is indeed
a man. Spike, do you know any demon
who would do this?
SPIKE
Not really, well actually, pretty
much any demon would attack her.
I'd probably still be doing it if I
wasn't so self-redeeming.
ANGEL
Yeah, you're a prince.
SPIKE
I like to see myself that way,
yeah.
ANGEL
Hehe
SPIKE
What? I asked for my soul, I
actually took effort, You were just
struck by it, looking with your
puppy face and talking like a baby
boy. "Oh no, I was"¦bad"
ANGEL
Damnit Spike, not this again, I "¦
(get's a call)
Yes? Ah, I see, ok, I'll talk with
him, k, bye.
ANGEL (CONT'D)
That was Chyou. No luck with the
letters so far but she did match
the symbol to a lot of odd murders
in the past, all were meant to mock
woman and hookers in particular.
FRANCIS
That's nice.
ANGEL
That's not all, It seems our friend
Hamilton used to kill this way too.
SPIKE
Seems like our reformed liaison was
a cross nailing son of a bitch back
in the day.
ANGEL
Yeah, so let's ask him who's
covering his old killing ways.
FRANCIS
What about me? Should I still get
out there or?
ANGEL
No, you stay here and wait, we'll
come back later.
SPIKE
Why don't I stay here and watch
over her?
ANGEL
I'd bed you'd like that. But it's
ok. I'll be talking to Hamilton and
if you need me ..
SPIKE
Like that will ever happen.
ANGEL
(Sighs and pauses)
..If you need me, you can reach me
at my cell.
SPIKE
I know, I'll dial 555 - 00 Angel
ANGEL
Whatever, I'll be going now.
SPIKE
You do that.
(turns over to Francis)
Now why don't you tell me your
favorite adult movie and..
Angel sighs and leaves.
FADE TO:
INT. A.I. OFFICES - THE WHITE ROOM - NIGHT
We see the White Room, suddenly out of nothing, a blinding
flash appears on screen and we see Angel standing in the
White Room.
ANGEL
I never get used to that.
DOLLY IN
We zoom in and see Angel walking
around in the White Room and
looking around.
ANGEL
Hello? Anyone home?
Angel turns around and is startled by Hamilton who stands
behind him.
HAMILTON
Looking for me?
ANGEL
Yes, we've got a problem.
HAMILTON
We? Already in the team-spirit, I
like that. I've always known we
were always destined to be allies.
Well, actually not really, but ..
ANGEL
Like I said, we've got a problem.
There's a serial murderer on the
streets killing hookers and ..
HAMILTON
So, what's so supernatural about
that?
ANGEL
If you'd let me finish, you'd know
that all the hookers were killed in
the form of a ritual.
HAMILTON
(His face is glowing.)
Ah, rituals, always love those.
ANGEL
Yeah, I figured as much. Since the
guy is copying your style.
HAMILTON
My style? And what would that be?
ANGEL
Well, lemme see, a cross turned
upside down perhaps?
HAMILTON
(Laughing)
Ha, yeah well, any nutcase can do
that!
ANGEL
Yeah, that's what I was afraid of.
I was hoping you could shine some
light on this ritual.
HAMILTON
Well if you don't mind, I'm not
really into the sharing mood right
now.
ANGEL
You were installed here to help us,
remember?
HAMILTON
I can't lie, I'm frickin' Pinocchio
for that matter. But I'm not
obliged to help you if that's what
you think.
ANGEL
You will help us, one way or the
other.
HAMILTON
Is that so?
ANGEL
Yes, otherwise I think I'll need to
put in a call to your bosses, the
Powers. I'm sure that they can
'alter' your comforts...
HAMILTON
Really?
ANGEL
(Smiling)
Yes.
HAMILTON
(Grumpy)
I see. All right. So what have you
got besides the cross?
ANGEL
Nothing much, just two letters. The
letters 'LD' were carved in the
skin as well, that's all, although
I ..
HAMILTON
(Surprised and scared)
LD? Are you sure?
ANGEL
Yeah, why?
HAMILTON
Because that's impossible.
ANGEL
How so?
HAMILTON
Because you killed the man you're
describing.
ANGEL
What the hell do you mean?
HAMILTON
Have you ever heard of fallen
Angels?
ANGEL
I've heard of the fallen Angel,
yeah.
HAMILTON
The devil, I presume? Ghehe, I'm
afraid he doesn't exist, oh well,
he might, but there are lots of
them, fallen Angels I mean. In the
middle-ages people used to describe
champions as Angels, as divine
beings. Ha, as if they were so
Angelic. Anyway, hundreds of demons
who were once champions but have
fallen into patterns of hate,
retribution, anger and fear are now
in hell dimensions.
Once a champion chooses for the
dark path, a path of hatred, he is
consumed by that hatred which then
transforms his physiology into that
of a demon and his name is altered
too.
ANGEL
That's all great Tolkien stuff, but
what does that have to do with me,
or these murders?
HAMILTON
That's just it, the new names the
fallen champions, it's more an
addition to their name than a
complete new name. The name Lucifer
gets added. And sadly, Angel, the
letters you were searching, LD,
stands for Lucifer Drogyn.
ANGEL
(Surprised)
Drogyn? But I killed him, apart
from the fact that he'd never turn
evil.
HAMILTON
Yes, you killed him, and then you
tossed him into the Fire of
Oblivion in order to secure your
place within the Circle of the
Black Thorn. What you didn't know,
or could know, is that the Fire of
Oblivion sends the creature
straight to hell for eternal
suffering. The only way a creature
can escape there, is when his
hatred is greater than anything
else. And I fear, that with Drogyn,
this was the case.
ANGEL
I can't believe this.
HAMILTON
You better should, because
apparently he's on a killing spree
and the cross turned upside down
means he has definitely left his
old good ways and is now on a path
of destruction and hatred. Which
means, he'll come after you too,
Angel.
ANGEL
I don't know what to say or
"¦(interrupted)
SPIKE
(to himself)
God, I need to crap.
(looks up)
Oh hi, mate
The camera moves to the back and we see Spike standing in the
White Room as well.
ANGEL
Spike, what is this, what are you
doing here?
SPIKE
Sorry to bother, well actually, not
really, but you need to come down.
Anne's awake.
ANGEL
(To Hamilton)
We'll finish this later.
HAMILTON
I won't be going anywhere.
We see a blinding flash again as we
CUT TO:
INT. A.I OFFICES - INFIRMARY - MORNING
ANGEL
How are you feeling?
ANNE
Been better, thank you, but I'm all
right. If it weren't for Gunn I'd
be "¦
GUNN
If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't
be in this bed, but alive and a
whole lot better.
ANNE (SMILING)
I am not alive now?
GUNN
Yes you are, but it was my fault
that you almost died. I should have
paid more attention.
ANNE
No, you were great, you saved me.
GUNN
But almost too late.
CHYOU
You're right about that though, if
she was brought in here, let's say,
10 minutes later, she'd be died.
She's very lucky with you, Gunn.
Gunn shake his head and sits down on a chair, looking
exhausted.
ANGEL
Gunn, were the patrols productive
at all?
GUNN
Yeah, as a matter fact they were.
I'm sorry for not bringing it up
earlier but I'm just so tired.
ANGEL
That's ok, so what did you find?
GUNN
We tracked some of the other demons
to a warehouse, some sort of
stronghold. We attacked one of the
demons and took him with us for
questioning. He's in holding now.
ANGEL
Who's interrogating him?
GUNN
I thought you knew. Spike's there,
he said you were ok with it.
ANGEL (FROWNS)
Great.
Ok, I'll be away for now. I'll check in later. You get some
rest, Gunn.
CUT TO:
A.I. OFFICES - INTERROGATION ROOM - AFTERNOON
SPIKE
U bastard! Just tell me all right?
DEMON
I'm telling you nothing, half
breed!
SPIKE
Half-breed? I was around long
before you were created.
I've seen 4 wars while you were
hanging around in your little pit
going like:
(speaks with a heavy
voice)
"Hey, I'm bad, I'm gonna do hurt"
DEMON
Whatever, you crossed over, so you
might as well be human.
SPIKE (ANNOYED)
I'd rip your head of your spine if
it weren't so loose. Now you just "¦
ANGEL
Any luck?
SPIKE
No, not really.
ANGEL
Did I tell you that you could
interrogate?
SPIKE
You wanna play corporate pouncy or
find out what he knows?
ANGEL
What do you know then?
SPIKE
That's just it, I think he knows,
but he can't tell me for some
reason. Like a spell is attached to
his tongue. So the last half-hour
we were basically swearing around.
(Spike turns to the demon
again and hit him hard.
The demon makes a hard
growling noise. )
Yeah, that hurt's, 'innit?
(turns back to Angel)
Know anyone powerful enough for
this kind of spell?
ANGEL
No, I don't, but Chyou might.
FADE TO BLACK.
ACT III
FADE IN:
A.I. OFFICES - INTEROGATION ROOM - AFTERNOON
Chyou, Gunn, Spike and Angel are present in the room next to
the room where the demon is hold.
CHYOU
(inspecting some test
results)
Mmm, there's a spell involved all
right. I'm thinking a warlock, with
some serious juice.
SPIKE
What kind of juice?
GUNN
That's a metaphor.
SPIKE
I knew that.
ANGEL
Yeah, off course. Anyway, there's
something you should know. I talked
to Hamilton and "¦
GUNN
Was he useful?
ANGEL
Yeah, besides the usual bitching,
he did explain something very
important.
GUNN
And what's that?
ANGEL
Our killer. He knows who it is.
Drogyn.
SPIKE
Drogyn? That cocky "Oh I can't lie"
son of a bitch that broke my
controller? Besides that you offed
him, how could it possibly be him?
GUNN
Drogyn? As in, the keeper of the
Deeper Well?
ANGEL
That's him all right. According to
Hamilton, when I killed him and
threw him into the fire, he was
apparently tortured and tussled
around in a hell dimension for
ages, in his perception that is.
Now his hatred has consumed him so
much, he broke out and is back with
a vengeance.
CHYOU
That's not possible. Yes, hatred is
a strong feeding force that might
get him half way back, but not
fully. A spell would be needed too,
a resurrection spell to be precise.
And I'm willing to bet that whoever
used that spell on Drogyn is the
same one who silenced our little
demon friend here too.
GUNN
That could be it.
ANGEL
As I figured.
SPIKE
So, what now?
ANGEL
Chyou, is there any way to break
this spell?
CHYOU
Yes, probably, but I have no idea
how long that'll take.
ANGEL
'Right, make this your priority and
get back to me when you've got
something. Gunn, Spike and I will
be going to the place where Gunn
found the demon and let's take
Gunn's team with us.
SPIKE
Finally some action.
We see the gang moving out of A.I. offices and walking over
the streets of L.A.
CUT TO:
EXT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
We see a warehouse, somewhere in a deserted section of L.A.
Some demons are present and resemble the ones that attacked
Anne and Gunn. They seems to be taking shifts, sweeping and
patrolling the building for any trespassers.
DOLLY IN
The camera moves up to one of the demons who is walking alone
form the group.
DEMON
What's that smell?
SPIKE
It's your mates head.
Spike smacks the demon around with the head of another demon.
It seems that these are all Waterblood demons.
ANGEL
Spike! Perhaps you could do this
without a mess this time?
SPIKE
You just take all the fun out of
it, don't ya?
ANGEL
Let's just move and go inside.
The gang takes out most of the demons quite stealthy until
their path is cleared to a ramp where they can enter the
warehouse itself.
CUT TO:
INT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
Inside the warehouse we move over the shoulders of the gang
and we see what they see. Dozens of demons marching and
taking orders.
GUNN
That looks more like a legion.
SPIKE
Yeah, some clan all right.
ANGEL
Look there's Drogyn.
In the background we can now see Drogyn, he's commanding some
of the demon clan troops. They're performing various
exercises; they're being trained by their lieutenants.
GUNN
(Surprised)
He's training them?
SPIKE
Bloke's gotta do something for a
living.
ANGEL
That's just it, he's not supposed
to live.
SPIKE
I say we move.
GUNN
Wait! Someone's coming. Let's go
closer.
The gang goes closer and closely observes what is happening.
Out of the shadows a man appears. It's Xavier.
XAVIER
Well, Drogyn. What do you think of
my troops, impressive eh?
DROGYN
They're a right bunch of nitwits
all right.
XAVIER
Don't insult my people. It took
great powers of me to forge these
demon troops, not to mention it's
time consuming as well.
DROGYN
So?
XAVIER
So? Need I remind you that it's
because of me you're here?
DROGYN
Yeah, don't remind me. I'll do what
you want, kill Angel, but only
because I want it too. You got
that? That traitor killed me and he
will pay for that.
XAVIER
I'm glad to hear you feel that way,
but don't forget our arrangement;
you're not to kill him yet. Keep
him busy for the moment.
DROGYN
Don't worry, my plan is in full
effect. Before killing Angel
himself I want to hurt him, real
bad. I wanna take everything away
from him. But first I'll need his
attention, he needs to know it is
me who did this. He claims to
protect all of humanity. So I
thought I'd kill some of that low
life scum that sell their selves.
Those hookers deserve to die. Let
him puzzle on it. Tonight I'll look
for one more perverted soul to kill
and then, I'll turn to his friends.
XAVIER
Sounds delightful.
The camera moves away from Xavier and Drogyn and moves up to
Angel, who's clearly shocked by what he heard.
SPIKE
So what do we do now, I say we take
them on, .. now!
GUNN
Are you nuts? With those odds,
we'll never make it.
ANGEL
Gunn's right. We walk, we go back.
SPIKE
But what about Drogyn? He can't go
unpunished. You heard him, he's
gonna kill another girl tonight.
ANGEL
And that's where we'll catch him.
We'll continue the plan to bait
him, get him alone. Let's go back
to Francis.
CUT TO:
EXT. L.A. RIGHT LIGHT DISTRICT - NIGHT
The camera moves over the ground, we see woman shoes, we go
higher and see it's Francis walking across the streets. We go
a bit higher and see Spike and Angel sitting on a rooftop,
looking at Francis.
SPIKE
Oh bullocks, I need to crap again.
ANGEL
You do that a lot eh?
SPIKE
Hey, it's healthy you know.
ANGEL
Yeah right.
SPIKE
Off course it is, well ... how
often do you..?
ANGEL
How often do I? You mean?
SPIKE
Yeah, tell me. I wanna know.
ANGEL
You wanna know how much I crap?
SPIKE
Yes. Is it that hard to tell me?
ANGEL
No, off course not!
SPIKE
Then tell me!
ANGEL
Well you know, just once a week.
I'm a vampire I don't really need
to ...
SPIKE
But you eat stuff, right?
ANGEL
Yeah, so?
SPIKE
So, it's gotta come out someday and
..
ANGEL
Why are we talking about this? Just
shut up Spike.
SPIKE
You know, personally. I like to do
it in the bathroom, more space you
know?
Gunn arrives and walks to them.
GUNN
What on earth are you talking
about?
ANGEL
Nothing.
GUNN
Really?
ANGEL
Let's just stay focused, all right?
The camera moves back from the three to Francis again and we
see her moving to an alley apart from the normal L.A.
streets.
ANGEL (CONT'D)
Damnit! I told her to stay on the
surface streets, that way we can
watch her, now we're gonna loose
her.
SPIKE
C'mon, we gotta go, she went that
way.
We see Angel jumping from the rooftop as well as Spike and
they're walking to the alley.
CUT TO:
EXT. BACKSIDE ALLEY - L.A. STREETS - NIGHT
DOLLY IN
Francis is walking into the alley looking really scared.
FRANCIS
(To herself)
Now why did I need to do that, the
surface streets were all right. But
no, I needed to play hero and try
an alley because no action happened
so far and "¦
DROGYN
Action? Did I hear that correctly?
You want action? I'll give you
action if you want it. But you need
to say please.
FRANCIS
(Scared)
Oh no, thank you. I'm fine, I'll
just go and leave you alone.
DROGYN
But I don't want to be alone. I
like company, and isn't that what
you sell? Company?
FRANCIS
Well, I "¦
DROGYN
You sell that worthless body of
yours to the most filthy for just
some simple coins. You actually
think you have a right to live,
well I'm here to tell you that it's
an illusion. An illusion I'm more
than happy to take away for you.
FRANCIS
No, please, don't hurt me, just let
me go and..
DROGYN
Shut up, you're nothing but scum
hold together by a bit of flesh and
..
Francis tries to walk away.
DROGYN (CONT'D)
Stay!
Francis runs again. Drogyn runs up to her and holds her by
her hair.
DROGYN (CONT'D)
I said stay.
Then he tosses her to a wall. Then he walks to her and pushes
his nail into her cheek and tries to carve something in it as
Angel rushes to them.
ANGEL
That's enough Drogyn.
DROGYN
Angel, what an expected delight. I
might have known it was you who was
tracking her. She must be with you,
I suppose. I've watched her
wandering around for hours.
Angel walks up to Drogyn, followed by Spike.
ANGEL
Let her go, this is between you and
me.
SPIKE
And me.
GUNN
Don't forget me. Sorry I'm late,
but I thought walking down the
stairs was a better idea than
jumping of the rooftop.
DROGYN
Silence! I will have no more of
this. You Angel, will die, but not
before your friends are all dead.
I'll make sure of it.
ANGEL
This ain't gonna fly, Drogyn. Leave
her alone and we can talk about it.
SPIKE
Or fight over it.
DROGYN
Talk? I don't think so, my old
friend. We're past that now.
Drogyn then grabs Francis again and holds his nail to her
neck.
DROGYN (CONT'D)
Sorry, but you can't save everyone.
Then he slices her (Francis) throat open with his nail and he
runs away. Angel runs toward Francis and holds her in his
arms.
ANGEL
Please, Francis, hold on. You're
gonna be ok. It's all right.
FRANCIS
Angel, I.. I..
Francis dies.
ANGEL
No, please don't. No, why can't you
..
SPIKE
She's dead, mate. You gotta let go.
We see Gunn running up to them.
GUNN
I tried to follow him, but he was
too fast. I lost him.
How's Francis?
ANGEL
We lost her too.
GUNN
Oh my god. What do we do now?
ANGEL
What we always do, we move on.
FADE TO BLACK.
ACT IV
FADE IN:
INT. A.I. OFFICES - THE WHITE ROOM - NIGHT
Angel and Hamilton are in the white room again.
ANGEL
I wanna know how to beat him, now!
HAMILTON
Angel, friend, relax now. Why are
you so agitated?
ANGEL
Because Drogyn killed again. And
this is the last one I'm gonna
lose.
HAMILTON
Easier said than done. Besides, you
can't save everyone.
ANGEL
That's what he said.
HAMILTON
Well, he was right, you know.
ANGEL
What? I don't need this from you.
HAMILTON
What do you need then? A crossbow?
A stake, a cannon? You're not just
simply gonna kill a demon who's
just been brought back with massive
resurrection powers.
ANGEL
I never told you that, how did you
know? You only spoke of hatred.
HAMILTON
Although this shape I'm in isn't
exactly ... great. It does have
certain advantages.
ANGEL
Such as?
HAMILTON
Well, for starters, infinite
knowledge. That is, what the Powers
want me to know.
ANGEL
(Getting mad)
You knew that Drogyn would kill
Francis and you didn't say?!
HAMILTON
Hold on, Angel. My part is to
elaborate and to observe, but not
to meddle.
ANGEL
Meddle? A person is dead! And as
for elaborating, you're not doing
much of that either.
HAMILTON
The Powers want you to find things
out for your own. It's their way of
helping you redeem yourself, I
suppose.
ANGEL
Yeah, well I don't care. You ain't
doing much and they're just sitting
there above looking down, toying
with us like pawns. They're not so
different from the Senior Partners,
now that I think of it.
HAMILTON
You know Angel, in a way you're
right. But what's the difference?
ANGEL
The difference is, I decide how I
work. If the Powers wanna help me
with that, fine. But if they just
wanna observe, they might as well
leave me.
HAMILTON
You still don't get it, do you. You
think the Powers are here for you.
Don't you think that's just a
little self-absorbing? The Powers
are here to guide you on your path,
to help you, if necessary. But
they're not just simply one of your
sources.
ANGEL
All right, I get it. So, have you
got any more info on Drogyn?
HAMILTON
Not at the moment ...
ANGEL
Fine, I've got a funeral to attend.
CUT TO:
EXT. L.A. A GRAVEYARD - NIGHT
We see, Angel, Spike, and Gunn are squatting around the grave
and we see Nina and Anne (on crutches) standing in the back.
SPIKE
What a waste.
ANGEL
She didn't have to die. We should
have been more careful. If only
we'd ..
GUNN
Do what? We did everything we
could. Sometimes, we lose. I don't
like it. But I accept it.
SPIKE
Guess that's all we can do.
ANGEL
No, we won't. I won't, I won't
accept it. Drogyn thinks he can
just kill our people and he's
right.
Spike makes a frown.
ANGEL (CONT'D)
Because we're letting him. Look at
us, one of our own is dead and what
do we do? We simply go mourn in a
corner. I say we fight it. So what
if the Powers won't help us. We do
what we're good at. We help.
SPIKE
Never thought the day would come
that I'd say this but, you're
right.
NINA
So, what do you wanna do? We can't
just simply attack that stronghold?
We're vastly outnumbered.
GUNN
She's right about that.
ANGEL
Doesn't matter. In the end, we'll
shine through. We'll just take them
on, piece by piece, clan by clan.
No matter who tries to stop us,
we'll stop them. Because we're
champions and ...
SPIKE
Speak for yourself.
ANGEL
Hey, I was having a semantic moment
here?
SPIKE
Oh sorry mate, continue.
ANGEL
We're champions, and they'll pay
for what they've done.
FADE TO BLACK.
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Angel 6.04 "Hooked"
Written by Souljah
TEASER
EXT. RED LIGHT DISTRICT STREET - NIGHT
We see various people, mostly slackers walking on the street
and going into one of the hookers chambers, we hear various
people talking, pimps negotiating and some screaming and
moaning.
DOLLY IN
We move past each hooker room, some with a red carpet before
the window, others with open windows and barely dressed
hookers in front of them. The talking and moaning continues
while the camera passes. Then we hear, under all this noise,
distinctive screaming, that of other than pleasure. The
camera quickly moves behind the street into one of the
hookers rooms. We see a dead hooker, covered in blood and a
'fellow-hooker' lying on her knees next to her crying over
her loss. We then move to a few blocks away (and a few
minutes away) and we see Spike and Angel walking.
SPIKE
I'm telling ya, mate, The Fonze
carried that show.
ANGEL
I knew you were retarded, Spike,
now I have proof. C'mon, The Fonze?
He was weak, and what was up with
that hair-gel?
SPIKE
Oh man, you know I'm right, I mean,
who did you like the most from
Happy Days then?
ANGEL
Well, er, you know, Ritchie, he was
nice and"¦
SPIKE
(Shocked, laughing and
amazed)
Ritchie? Haha, are you like, well I
don't know, GAY?
ANGEL
(annoyed)
Hey, if there's one thing I'm not
it's a eunuch or gay, got it? And I
don't like"¦
(interrupted;
they hear the screaming
from the red-light
district.)
"¦screaming..?
SPIKE
Screaming, I thought you loved
that?! Well, I do anyway.
Spike and Angel are rushing to the crime scene and walk into
the hooker's room. Angel seems a bit shocked seeing the dead
body there, Spike however, is cheery as always.
SPIKE (CONT'D)
Guess she over-charged hey?
ANGEL
Shut up, Spike.
SPIKE
No, I'm just saying..
ANGEL
Shut up!! How many times do I have
to tell you to"¦
SPIKE
No, look there, at the body!
DOLLY IN ON THE BODY
There's something carved inside her skin.
ANGEL
What the hell?..
The camera moves closer up on the body and we see a cross
turned upside down carved in her skin, with the letters LD
next to them.
FADE TO:
OPENING CREDITS
David Boreanaz
J. August Richards
Julia Lee
Adam Baldwin
Jenny Mollen
and James Marsters
Guest Starring: Alec Newman, Snoop Dogg
ACT I
FADE TO:
EXT. RED LIGHT DISTRICT STREET - NIGHT
We're outside where Angel is talking with the fellow-Hooker,
Isabelle, asking about the victim.
ANGEL
So, did she have any enemies or"¦
ISABELLE
No, not that I know of, then again,
in this business, it's hard to
tell. You look at the guy in one
wrong away and that's it, they
snap. Either they're reminded of
their mother who was too bossy or
their dad who was never there or
smacked them around. That, or
they're just in the mood to kill.
Sadly, this line of profession
doesn't really attract all the nice
guys and all.
ANGEL
I know what you mean, no really I
do"¦ Spike!!
And Angel rushes off to a few meters away where Spike is
negotiating a price with a hooker.
SPIKE
What? 50 dollars? I can get a
foursome one block away from here
for that money, you gotta go lower
than 50 and"¦
ANGEL
What did I tell you? Investigate!
Not arranging yourself a foursome!
SPIKE
Foursome? No, I was just saying
that, I mean, C'mon, 4 is just a
little bit too much. A threesome,
that's cool, as long as it's boy
girl-girl and"¦
ANGEL
I don't wanna know about your
little perverted fantasies, I just
want to find out who killed this
girl.
DEUCE
Well, that makes two of us. Hi
there, I'm Deuce. The former boss
of the former hooker, well let's
say former living person.
ANGEL
(confused)
What?
DEUCE
Well, I'm the local pimp here you
could say. Although I prefer the
title P.I.M.P.
ANGEL
Isn't that the same?
SPIKE
Well actually, P.I.M.P stands for-"¦
ANGEL
Shut up, Spike!
DEUCE
Anyway, I've been providing for
these girls you could say. But
lately business is going bad,
really bad.
ANGEL
Yeah, well, I don't care, I got a
murder to solve.
DEUCE
Oh, and who are you? Magnum P.I.?
ANGEL
What?!? No, I"¦
SPIKE
I think you'd look adorable with a
hat on your head you know. Might
even solve that whole hair issue
you have.
ANGEL
I don't have a hair issue"¦ argh
Spike, remember what I said about
shutting up?
SPIKE
Yeah, so?
ANGEL
Well, do it!
DEUCE
(to Spike)
He's really bossing you around,
hey?
SPIKE
Yeah, he is that way, child issues,
you know.
ANGEL
That's it, I'm outta here
DEUCE
Hey, we were talking.
ANGEL
Yeah, well like I said, I really
don't care about your business.
DEUCE
She ain't the only one who's dead
ANGEL
What?
DEUCE
There were others, many others, I'd
say it's the 20th one in two months
now. Seems like some guy is on a
killing spree.
CUT TO:
INT. A.I. OFFICES - ANGEL'S OFFICE - DAY
The three men are sitting around and are talking again.
ANGEL
So, let me get this straight, this
started about two months ago?
DEUCE
Yeah, that's about right. It was
Madeline who was the first one and
then soon others followed.
ANGEL
Do you remember anything odd
happening days before the murder?
DEUCE
Well not really, to be honest I
didn't really think of it until now
but there was this one thing.
ANGEL
And what's that?
DEUCE
The first girl, Madeline, she told
me she felt like she was being
watched.
I dismissed it quickly, explaining
to her that with her profession she
was bound to be watched by
everyone. This was about a week
before she was murdered. Then, one
or two days prior to the murder,
she comes running up to me, she was
terrified.
ANGEL
What happened?
DEUCE
She said she saw something, a
creature of some-kind. No, that was
not it, she said a demon. Ha, can
you believe that?
ANGEL
So what'd you say?
DEUCE
I told her she was a nutcase off
course and that she'd have to act
normal if she still wanted to keep
her job. So basically, I..
ANGEL
Was an ass.
DEUCE
Hey, I'm mean. C'mon, demons? Yeah
right. I've been in this business
for a long time, well err 6 months
now, but I've seen a lot of strange
things, but no demons walking
around on this world.
ANGEL
I see, all right, here's what we're
gonna do. Is there anyone of your
girls who's pretty stable,
emotionally I mean, who can handle
it a bit should things get rough?
DEUCE
You mean like SM and kinky stuff?
ANGEL
(Annoyed)
No, off course not. I wanna bait
this bastard, but I can't do that
with a girl who's too afraid.
DEUCE
Ah, like that, ok, well in that
case you'd have to take Francis.
She's tough.
ANGEL
All right.
FADE TO:
EXT. L.A. STREETS - NIGHT
We see Gunn and Anne walking, they're carrying groceries and
talking while walking back to A.I.
ANNE
So, here I was, completely
terrified who it could be and I
take the first object that I can
find and I open the door and it's
this kid of about 8 years old from
one block away asking me why I'm
carrying a banana in my hand like
I'm going to hit someone with it.
They laugh.
GUNN
A banana?
ANNE
Hey it was the first thing I could
find, all right?
GUNN
Well you could have..
(interrupted)
A group of demons comes out of nowhere walking to them. One
of them, seeming to be their leader, steps forward.
GROG
My master wants you dead, so you
die.
GUNN
Oh yeah, why don't you just die
trying?
GUNN (CONT'D)
Anne, get out of here.
ANNE
I'm not leaving you behind. I wanna
help.
GUNN
Anne, get away now, I can't fight
and protect you at the same time
and..
Gunn gets attacked by the leader of the demons. They seem to
be like the other demon clans the gang has encountered over
the last weeks: organized, not chaotic at all and in for some
killing. Gunn takes on the leader, he tries to hit him in the
stomach, but GROG blocks it. GROG then hits Gunn in the face,
Gunn falls back, but gets his balance back and kicks GROG
away. He then takes a wooden stake out of his pocket and
breaks it in half. He pushes both stakes into the faces of
the demons respectively. They die instantly.
GUNN (CONT'D)
Not turning you into dust, but
still good for killing.
Gunn manages to fight them off. After a few minutes Gunn has
killed off most of them and he's fighting with of what he
thinks is the last one of the group. And he seems to enjoy
fighting it.
GUNN (CONT'D)
(While fighting)
You're not tough guy now eh? Guess
you ain't getting what you want
now.
GROG
(Looks behind Gunn)
Oh but we do, we do, mister Gunn.
Gunn turns around and sees that there was one more demon he
didn't account for and that demon tries to slice Anne's
throat. While GROG is laughing and running away, Gunn runs up
to Anne and the other demon and he kills it off. Then he
turns to Anne, holding her in his arms.
GUNN
Oh, Anne, what did I do. Please
don't die on me.
ANNE
Charles, I"¦
GUNN
(Screaming)
Anne.
FADE TO:
A.I. OFFICES - ANGEL'S OFFICE - NIGHT
Angel is in his office, sitting at his desk, with a woman
across from him.
ANGEL
Hi, I'm Angel.
FRANCIS
Hi, Angel who?
ANGEL
Just Angel.
FRANCIS
Ok..
ANGEL
First of all, let me just say how
much I, and my office appreciate it
you getting here and being willing
to help in baiting the murderer.
FRANCIS
Oh that's ok. I can't work there
anymore now without feeling unsafe.
So the sooner this is over, we'll
all be better.
ANGEL
Well, thanks and let me just say
that you will be save from now on.
We're a very professional firm here
with only very highly capable
employees who are doing everything
they can to secure that..(gets
interrupted)
Spike comes marching in.
SPIKE
Angel, you gotta check this out. I
killed off this demon and I was
holding his head, like I do now.
And no blood was coming out of it.
So I fought I'd play a little with
it. I kept kicking it around like a
soccer ball and look, still no
blood.
We see Spike holding the head of a very ugly and smelly
demon. Then the head falls out of Spike's hand and splashes
on the ground and the blood is now everywhere and Spike is
now covered with it.
ANGEL
Spike!
SPIKE
Well, it wasn't me, it just slipped
out of my hand. I now do know where
the blood is.
ANGEL
Damnit Spike, get out of here!
FRANCIS
This guy actually works for you?
ANGEL
Not exactly, he's..
SPIKE
Me? Working for this guy? You must
be retarded. I'm only here because
I wanna be and.. (gets interrupted)
Nina comes running in.
NINA
Angel, you gotta come right away.
Oh my god, what happened here?
ANGEL
Spike was toying with a Waterblood
Demon's head. Who's head will
spontaneously burst into tiny
pieces one hour after decapitation.
Which he would know if he'd just..
SPIKE
Just what? I'm not you. While you
were reading the demonclyclopedia,
I was out there, living the life.
Well, not exactly living but"¦
NINA
Shut up, all of you. We need to get
to the Infirmary now. Anne's hurt.
FADE TO BLACK.
ACT II
FADE TO:
INT. A.I. OFFICES - INFIRMARY - NIGHT
We see Anne laying on a bed, very badly hurt, Chyou is
working on her while Gunn is sitting next to her with his
head bend down. Angel, Spike, Nina and Francis are just
entering through the door.
ANGEL
We just heard, how is she?
CHYOU
We don't know. At this moment, it
could go either way. She's badly
hurt. Someone tried to slice open
her throat. If Gunn hadn't come in
time, she'd be gone for sure.
GUNN
If I paid attention, it wouldn't
have happened in the first place. I
was sure I only saw one more and
then I "¦
ANGEL
Slow down, what happened?
GUNN
We were attacked.
ANGEL
By who?
GUNN
The usual, demons. Again one of
those demon clans. With the
partners gone, this place isn't
exactly safer. They attacked, and
knew our names, seems they were
after Anne all along. I killed most
of them, but their leader escaped.
ANGEL
Anything else?
GUNN
No, not really.
FRANCIS
Demons? What? That can't be, how
can..
SPIKE
I think it's best if you stepped
out, love.
The gang leaves the infirmary.
CUT TO:
INT. A.I. OFFICES - CENTRAL LOBBY - NIGHT
In the central lobby they halt and gather up.
ANGEL
Here's what we're gonna do. Gunn,
you take a group of our best and
start looking for more of those
demon clans, I wanna know who's
responsible and if there are more.
Spike and I will go with Francis
and set up a trap for the hooker
murderer. We'll meet back here
tomorrow morning.
FADE TO:
INT. L.A. RED LIGHT DISTRICT - FRANCIS' ROOM - NIGHT
Angel, Spike, and Francis are in her room going over the
plan.
ANGEL
All right, so you know the drill?
FRANCIS
Yeah, yeah. I'll go outside, walk
across these streets like there's
no tomorrow and hopefully he'll
show up and you can nail the guy.
SPIKE
Don't worry, love, that'll happen.
The bloke will never know what hit
him.
ANGEL
We still gotta see if it is indeed
a man. Spike, do you know any demon
who would do this?
SPIKE
Not really, well actually, pretty
much any demon would attack her.
I'd probably still be doing it if I
wasn't so self-redeeming.
ANGEL
Yeah, you're a prince.
SPIKE
I like to see myself that way,
yeah.
ANGEL
Hehe
SPIKE
What? I asked for my soul, I
actually took effort, You were just
struck by it, looking with your
puppy face and talking like a baby
boy. "Oh no, I was"¦bad"
ANGEL
Damnit Spike, not this again, I "¦
(get's a call)
Yes? Ah, I see, ok, I'll talk with
him, k, bye.
ANGEL (CONT'D)
That was Chyou. No luck with the
letters so far but she did match
the symbol to a lot of odd murders
in the past, all were meant to mock
woman and hookers in particular.
FRANCIS
That's nice.
ANGEL
That's not all, It seems our friend
Hamilton used to kill this way too.
SPIKE
Seems like our reformed liaison was
a cross nailing son of a bitch back
in the day.
ANGEL
Yeah, so let's ask him who's
covering his old killing ways.
FRANCIS
What about me? Should I still get
out there or?
ANGEL
No, you stay here and wait, we'll
come back later.
SPIKE
Why don't I stay here and watch
over her?
ANGEL
I'd bed you'd like that. But it's
ok. I'll be talking to Hamilton and
if you need me ..
SPIKE
Like that will ever happen.
ANGEL
(Sighs and pauses)
..If you need me, you can reach me
at my cell.
SPIKE
I know, I'll dial 555 - 00 Angel
ANGEL
Whatever, I'll be going now.
SPIKE
You do that.
(turns over to Francis)
Now why don't you tell me your
favorite adult movie and..
Angel sighs and leaves.
FADE TO:
INT. A.I. OFFICES - THE WHITE ROOM - NIGHT
We see the White Room, suddenly out of nothing, a blinding
flash appears on screen and we see Angel standing in the
White Room.
ANGEL
I never get used to that.
DOLLY IN
We zoom in and see Angel walking
around in the White Room and
looking around.
ANGEL
Hello? Anyone home?
Angel turns around and is startled by Hamilton who stands
behind him.
HAMILTON
Looking for me?
ANGEL
Yes, we've got a problem.
HAMILTON
We? Already in the team-spirit, I
like that. I've always known we
were always destined to be allies.
Well, actually not really, but ..
ANGEL
Like I said, we've got a problem.
There's a serial murderer on the
streets killing hookers and ..
HAMILTON
So, what's so supernatural about
that?
ANGEL
If you'd let me finish, you'd know
that all the hookers were killed in
the form of a ritual.
HAMILTON
(His face is glowing.)
Ah, rituals, always love those.
ANGEL
Yeah, I figured as much. Since the
guy is copying your style.
HAMILTON
My style? And what would that be?
ANGEL
Well, lemme see, a cross turned
upside down perhaps?
HAMILTON
(Laughing)
Ha, yeah well, any nutcase can do
that!
ANGEL
Yeah, that's what I was afraid of.
I was hoping you could shine some
light on this ritual.
HAMILTON
Well if you don't mind, I'm not
really into the sharing mood right
now.
ANGEL
You were installed here to help us,
remember?
HAMILTON
I can't lie, I'm frickin' Pinocchio
for that matter. But I'm not
obliged to help you if that's what
you think.
ANGEL
You will help us, one way or the
other.
HAMILTON
Is that so?
ANGEL
Yes, otherwise I think I'll need to
put in a call to your bosses, the
Powers. I'm sure that they can
'alter' your comforts...
HAMILTON
Really?
ANGEL
(Smiling)
Yes.
HAMILTON
(Grumpy)
I see. All right. So what have you
got besides the cross?
ANGEL
Nothing much, just two letters. The
letters 'LD' were carved in the
skin as well, that's all, although
I ..
HAMILTON
(Surprised and scared)
LD? Are you sure?
ANGEL
Yeah, why?
HAMILTON
Because that's impossible.
ANGEL
How so?
HAMILTON
Because you killed the man you're
describing.
ANGEL
What the hell do you mean?
HAMILTON
Have you ever heard of fallen
Angels?
ANGEL
I've heard of the fallen Angel,
yeah.
HAMILTON
The devil, I presume? Ghehe, I'm
afraid he doesn't exist, oh well,
he might, but there are lots of
them, fallen Angels I mean. In the
middle-ages people used to describe
champions as Angels, as divine
beings. Ha, as if they were so
Angelic. Anyway, hundreds of demons
who were once champions but have
fallen into patterns of hate,
retribution, anger and fear are now
in hell dimensions.
Once a champion chooses for the
dark path, a path of hatred, he is
consumed by that hatred which then
transforms his physiology into that
of a demon and his name is altered
too.
ANGEL
That's all great Tolkien stuff, but
what does that have to do with me,
or these murders?
HAMILTON
That's just it, the new names the
fallen champions, it's more an
addition to their name than a
complete new name. The name Lucifer
gets added. And sadly, Angel, the
letters you were searching, LD,
stands for Lucifer Drogyn.
ANGEL
(Surprised)
Drogyn? But I killed him, apart
from the fact that he'd never turn
evil.
HAMILTON
Yes, you killed him, and then you
tossed him into the Fire of
Oblivion in order to secure your
place within the Circle of the
Black Thorn. What you didn't know,
or could know, is that the Fire of
Oblivion sends the creature
straight to hell for eternal
suffering. The only way a creature
can escape there, is when his
hatred is greater than anything
else. And I fear, that with Drogyn,
this was the case.
ANGEL
I can't believe this.
HAMILTON
You better should, because
apparently he's on a killing spree
and the cross turned upside down
means he has definitely left his
old good ways and is now on a path
of destruction and hatred. Which
means, he'll come after you too,
Angel.
ANGEL
I don't know what to say or
"¦(interrupted)
SPIKE
(to himself)
God, I need to crap.
(looks up)
Oh hi, mate
The camera moves to the back and we see Spike standing in the
White Room as well.
ANGEL
Spike, what is this, what are you
doing here?
SPIKE
Sorry to bother, well actually, not
really, but you need to come down.
Anne's awake.
ANGEL
(To Hamilton)
We'll finish this later.
HAMILTON
I won't be going anywhere.
We see a blinding flash again as we
CUT TO:
INT. A.I OFFICES - INFIRMARY - MORNING
ANGEL
How are you feeling?
ANNE
Been better, thank you, but I'm all
right. If it weren't for Gunn I'd
be "¦
GUNN
If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't
be in this bed, but alive and a
whole lot better.
ANNE (SMILING)
I am not alive now?
GUNN
Yes you are, but it was my fault
that you almost died. I should have
paid more attention.
ANNE
No, you were great, you saved me.
GUNN
But almost too late.
CHYOU
You're right about that though, if
she was brought in here, let's say,
10 minutes later, she'd be died.
She's very lucky with you, Gunn.
Gunn shake his head and sits down on a chair, looking
exhausted.
ANGEL
Gunn, were the patrols productive
at all?
GUNN
Yeah, as a matter fact they were.
I'm sorry for not bringing it up
earlier but I'm just so tired.
ANGEL
That's ok, so what did you find?
GUNN
We tracked some of the other demons
to a warehouse, some sort of
stronghold. We attacked one of the
demons and took him with us for
questioning. He's in holding now.
ANGEL
Who's interrogating him?
GUNN
I thought you knew. Spike's there,
he said you were ok with it.
ANGEL (FROWNS)
Great.
Ok, I'll be away for now. I'll check in later. You get some
rest, Gunn.
CUT TO:
A.I. OFFICES - INTERROGATION ROOM - AFTERNOON
SPIKE
U bastard! Just tell me all right?
DEMON
I'm telling you nothing, half
breed!
SPIKE
Half-breed? I was around long
before you were created.
I've seen 4 wars while you were
hanging around in your little pit
going like:
(speaks with a heavy
voice)
"Hey, I'm bad, I'm gonna do hurt"
DEMON
Whatever, you crossed over, so you
might as well be human.
SPIKE (ANNOYED)
I'd rip your head of your spine if
it weren't so loose. Now you just "¦
ANGEL
Any luck?
SPIKE
No, not really.
ANGEL
Did I tell you that you could
interrogate?
SPIKE
You wanna play corporate pouncy or
find out what he knows?
ANGEL
What do you know then?
SPIKE
That's just it, I think he knows,
but he can't tell me for some
reason. Like a spell is attached to
his tongue. So the last half-hour
we were basically swearing around.
(Spike turns to the demon
again and hit him hard.
The demon makes a hard
growling noise. )
Yeah, that hurt's, 'innit?
(turns back to Angel)
Know anyone powerful enough for
this kind of spell?
ANGEL
No, I don't, but Chyou might.
FADE TO BLACK.
ACT III
FADE IN:
A.I. OFFICES - INTEROGATION ROOM - AFTERNOON
Chyou, Gunn, Spike and Angel are present in the room next to
the room where the demon is hold.
CHYOU
(inspecting some test
results)
Mmm, there's a spell involved all
right. I'm thinking a warlock, with
some serious juice.
SPIKE
What kind of juice?
GUNN
That's a metaphor.
SPIKE
I knew that.
ANGEL
Yeah, off course. Anyway, there's
something you should know. I talked
to Hamilton and "¦
GUNN
Was he useful?
ANGEL
Yeah, besides the usual bitching,
he did explain something very
important.
GUNN
And what's that?
ANGEL
Our killer. He knows who it is.
Drogyn.
SPIKE
Drogyn? That cocky "Oh I can't lie"
son of a bitch that broke my
controller? Besides that you offed
him, how could it possibly be him?
GUNN
Drogyn? As in, the keeper of the
Deeper Well?
ANGEL
That's him all right. According to
Hamilton, when I killed him and
threw him into the fire, he was
apparently tortured and tussled
around in a hell dimension for
ages, in his perception that is.
Now his hatred has consumed him so
much, he broke out and is back with
a vengeance.
CHYOU
That's not possible. Yes, hatred is
a strong feeding force that might
get him half way back, but not
fully. A spell would be needed too,
a resurrection spell to be precise.
And I'm willing to bet that whoever
used that spell on Drogyn is the
same one who silenced our little
demon friend here too.
GUNN
That could be it.
ANGEL
As I figured.
SPIKE
So, what now?
ANGEL
Chyou, is there any way to break
this spell?
CHYOU
Yes, probably, but I have no idea
how long that'll take.
ANGEL
'Right, make this your priority and
get back to me when you've got
something. Gunn, Spike and I will
be going to the place where Gunn
found the demon and let's take
Gunn's team with us.
SPIKE
Finally some action.
We see the gang moving out of A.I. offices and walking over
the streets of L.A.
CUT TO:
EXT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
We see a warehouse, somewhere in a deserted section of L.A.
Some demons are present and resemble the ones that attacked
Anne and Gunn. They seems to be taking shifts, sweeping and
patrolling the building for any trespassers.
DOLLY IN
The camera moves up to one of the demons who is walking alone
form the group.
DEMON
What's that smell?
SPIKE
It's your mates head.
Spike smacks the demon around with the head of another demon.
It seems that these are all Waterblood demons.
ANGEL
Spike! Perhaps you could do this
without a mess this time?
SPIKE
You just take all the fun out of
it, don't ya?
ANGEL
Let's just move and go inside.
The gang takes out most of the demons quite stealthy until
their path is cleared to a ramp where they can enter the
warehouse itself.
CUT TO:
INT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
Inside the warehouse we move over the shoulders of the gang
and we see what they see. Dozens of demons marching and
taking orders.
GUNN
That looks more like a legion.
SPIKE
Yeah, some clan all right.
ANGEL
Look there's Drogyn.
In the background we can now see Drogyn, he's commanding some
of the demon clan troops. They're performing various
exercises; they're being trained by their lieutenants.
GUNN
(Surprised)
He's training them?
SPIKE
Bloke's gotta do something for a
living.
ANGEL
That's just it, he's not supposed
to live.
SPIKE
I say we move.
GUNN
Wait! Someone's coming. Let's go
closer.
The gang goes closer and closely observes what is happening.
Out of the shadows a man appears. It's Xavier.
XAVIER
Well, Drogyn. What do you think of
my troops, impressive eh?
DROGYN
They're a right bunch of nitwits
all right.
XAVIER
Don't insult my people. It took
great powers of me to forge these
demon troops, not to mention it's
time consuming as well.
DROGYN
So?
XAVIER
So? Need I remind you that it's
because of me you're here?
DROGYN
Yeah, don't remind me. I'll do what
you want, kill Angel, but only
because I want it too. You got
that? That traitor killed me and he
will pay for that.
XAVIER
I'm glad to hear you feel that way,
but don't forget our arrangement;
you're not to kill him yet. Keep
him busy for the moment.
DROGYN
Don't worry, my plan is in full
effect. Before killing Angel
himself I want to hurt him, real
bad. I wanna take everything away
from him. But first I'll need his
attention, he needs to know it is
me who did this. He claims to
protect all of humanity. So I
thought I'd kill some of that low
life scum that sell their selves.
Those hookers deserve to die. Let
him puzzle on it. Tonight I'll look
for one more perverted soul to kill
and then, I'll turn to his friends.
XAVIER
Sounds delightful.
The camera moves away from Xavier and Drogyn and moves up to
Angel, who's clearly shocked by what he heard.
SPIKE
So what do we do now, I say we take
them on, .. now!
GUNN
Are you nuts? With those odds,
we'll never make it.
ANGEL
Gunn's right. We walk, we go back.
SPIKE
But what about Drogyn? He can't go
unpunished. You heard him, he's
gonna kill another girl tonight.
ANGEL
And that's where we'll catch him.
We'll continue the plan to bait
him, get him alone. Let's go back
to Francis.
CUT TO:
EXT. L.A. RIGHT LIGHT DISTRICT - NIGHT
The camera moves over the ground, we see woman shoes, we go
higher and see it's Francis walking across the streets. We go
a bit higher and see Spike and Angel sitting on a rooftop,
looking at Francis.
SPIKE
Oh bullocks, I need to crap again.
ANGEL
You do that a lot eh?
SPIKE
Hey, it's healthy you know.
ANGEL
Yeah right.
SPIKE
Off course it is, well ... how
often do you..?
ANGEL
How often do I? You mean?
SPIKE
Yeah, tell me. I wanna know.
ANGEL
You wanna know how much I crap?
SPIKE
Yes. Is it that hard to tell me?
ANGEL
No, off course not!
SPIKE
Then tell me!
ANGEL
Well you know, just once a week.
I'm a vampire I don't really need
to ...
SPIKE
But you eat stuff, right?
ANGEL
Yeah, so?
SPIKE
So, it's gotta come out someday and
..
ANGEL
Why are we talking about this? Just
shut up Spike.
SPIKE
You know, personally. I like to do
it in the bathroom, more space you
know?
Gunn arrives and walks to them.
GUNN
What on earth are you talking
about?
ANGEL
Nothing.
GUNN
Really?
ANGEL
Let's just stay focused, all right?
The camera moves back from the three to Francis again and we
see her moving to an alley apart from the normal L.A.
streets.
ANGEL (CONT'D)
Damnit! I told her to stay on the
surface streets, that way we can
watch her, now we're gonna loose
her.
SPIKE
C'mon, we gotta go, she went that
way.
We see Angel jumping from the rooftop as well as Spike and
they're walking to the alley.
CUT TO:
EXT. BACKSIDE ALLEY - L.A. STREETS - NIGHT
DOLLY IN
Francis is walking into the alley looking really scared.
FRANCIS
(To herself)
Now why did I need to do that, the
surface streets were all right. But
no, I needed to play hero and try
an alley because no action happened
so far and "¦
DROGYN
Action? Did I hear that correctly?
You want action? I'll give you
action if you want it. But you need
to say please.
FRANCIS
(Scared)
Oh no, thank you. I'm fine, I'll
just go and leave you alone.
DROGYN
But I don't want to be alone. I
like company, and isn't that what
you sell? Company?
FRANCIS
Well, I "¦
DROGYN
You sell that worthless body of
yours to the most filthy for just
some simple coins. You actually
think you have a right to live,
well I'm here to tell you that it's
an illusion. An illusion I'm more
than happy to take away for you.
FRANCIS
No, please, don't hurt me, just let
me go and..
DROGYN
Shut up, you're nothing but scum
hold together by a bit of flesh and
..
Francis tries to walk away.
DROGYN (CONT'D)
Stay!
Francis runs again. Drogyn runs up to her and holds her by
her hair.
DROGYN (CONT'D)
I said stay.
Then he tosses her to a wall. Then he walks to her and pushes
his nail into her cheek and tries to carve something in it as
Angel rushes to them.
ANGEL
That's enough Drogyn.
DROGYN
Angel, what an expected delight. I
might have known it was you who was
tracking her. She must be with you,
I suppose. I've watched her
wandering around for hours.
Angel walks up to Drogyn, followed by Spike.
ANGEL
Let her go, this is between you and
me.
SPIKE
And me.
GUNN
Don't forget me. Sorry I'm late,
but I thought walking down the
stairs was a better idea than
jumping of the rooftop.
DROGYN
Silence! I will have no more of
this. You Angel, will die, but not
before your friends are all dead.
I'll make sure of it.
ANGEL
This ain't gonna fly, Drogyn. Leave
her alone and we can talk about it.
SPIKE
Or fight over it.
DROGYN
Talk? I don't think so, my old
friend. We're past that now.
Drogyn then grabs Francis again and holds his nail to her
neck.
DROGYN (CONT'D)
Sorry, but you can't save everyone.
Then he slices her (Francis) throat open with his nail and he
runs away. Angel runs toward Francis and holds her in his
arms.
ANGEL
Please, Francis, hold on. You're
gonna be ok. It's all right.
FRANCIS
Angel, I.. I..
Francis dies.
ANGEL
No, please don't. No, why can't you
..
SPIKE
She's dead, mate. You gotta let go.
We see Gunn running up to them.
GUNN
I tried to follow him, but he was
too fast. I lost him.
How's Francis?
ANGEL
We lost her too.
GUNN
Oh my god. What do we do now?
ANGEL
What we always do, we move on.
FADE TO BLACK.
ACT IV
FADE IN:
INT. A.I. OFFICES - THE WHITE ROOM - NIGHT
Angel and Hamilton are in the white room again.
ANGEL
I wanna know how to beat him, now!
HAMILTON
Angel, friend, relax now. Why are
you so agitated?
ANGEL
Because Drogyn killed again. And
this is the last one I'm gonna
lose.
HAMILTON
Easier said than done. Besides, you
can't save everyone.
ANGEL
That's what he said.
HAMILTON
Well, he was right, you know.
ANGEL
What? I don't need this from you.
HAMILTON
What do you need then? A crossbow?
A stake, a cannon? You're not just
simply gonna kill a demon who's
just been brought back with massive
resurrection powers.
ANGEL
I never told you that, how did you
know? You only spoke of hatred.
HAMILTON
Although this shape I'm in isn't
exactly ... great. It does have
certain advantages.
ANGEL
Such as?
HAMILTON
Well, for starters, infinite
knowledge. That is, what the Powers
want me to know.
ANGEL
(Getting mad)
You knew that Drogyn would kill
Francis and you didn't say?!
HAMILTON
Hold on, Angel. My part is to
elaborate and to observe, but not
to meddle.
ANGEL
Meddle? A person is dead! And as
for elaborating, you're not doing
much of that either.
HAMILTON
The Powers want you to find things
out for your own. It's their way of
helping you redeem yourself, I
suppose.
ANGEL
Yeah, well I don't care. You ain't
doing much and they're just sitting
there above looking down, toying
with us like pawns. They're not so
different from the Senior Partners,
now that I think of it.
HAMILTON
You know Angel, in a way you're
right. But what's the difference?
ANGEL
The difference is, I decide how I
work. If the Powers wanna help me
with that, fine. But if they just
wanna observe, they might as well
leave me.
HAMILTON
You still don't get it, do you. You
think the Powers are here for you.
Don't you think that's just a
little self-absorbing? The Powers
are here to guide you on your path,
to help you, if necessary. But
they're not just simply one of your
sources.
ANGEL
All right, I get it. So, have you
got any more info on Drogyn?
HAMILTON
Not at the moment ...
ANGEL
Fine, I've got a funeral to attend.
CUT TO:
EXT. L.A. A GRAVEYARD - NIGHT
We see, Angel, Spike, and Gunn are squatting around the grave
and we see Nina and Anne (on crutches) standing in the back.
SPIKE
What a waste.
ANGEL
She didn't have to die. We should
have been more careful. If only
we'd ..
GUNN
Do what? We did everything we
could. Sometimes, we lose. I don't
like it. But I accept it.
SPIKE
Guess that's all we can do.
ANGEL
No, we won't. I won't, I won't
accept it. Drogyn thinks he can
just kill our people and he's
right.
Spike makes a frown.
ANGEL (CONT'D)
Because we're letting him. Look at
us, one of our own is dead and what
do we do? We simply go mourn in a
corner. I say we fight it. So what
if the Powers won't help us. We do
what we're good at. We help.
SPIKE
Never thought the day would come
that I'd say this but, you're
right.
NINA
So, what do you wanna do? We can't
just simply attack that stronghold?
We're vastly outnumbered.
GUNN
She's right about that.
ANGEL
Doesn't matter. In the end, we'll
shine through. We'll just take them
on, piece by piece, clan by clan.
No matter who tries to stop us,
we'll stop them. Because we're
champions and ...
SPIKE
Speak for yourself.
ANGEL
Hey, I was having a semantic moment
here?
SPIKE
Oh sorry mate, continue.
ANGEL
We're champions, and they'll pay
for what they've done.
FADE TO BLACK.
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