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Angel 6.05 "Lazarus"
Written by Lente
TEASER
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS - NIGHT
CAMERA ON: a bottom to top view of the building, with the
brown sign reading "ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS"
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL'S PENTHOUSE - NIGHT
Angel is lying down in bed. The camera goes up to his face,
he is obviously having a bad dream because he is tossing and
turning.
BLUR TO:
INT. CIRCLE OF THE BLACK THORN LAIR - NIGHT
Angel hopping over the flames in 5.21 to enter the Black
Thorn. Angel jumps in front of a man down on the floor
covered with a cloth bag over his face, being beaten severely
with sticks by people dressed in robes and masks. As soon as
Angel enters the assaulters stop their attack and look at
him, motionless. The bag is pulled off and a bald, defeated
Drogyn, the keeper of the deeper well, is shown. Drogyn looks
up and sees Angel walking to him, very confidently.
DROGYN
(Softly.)
Thank you, thank you.
Angel moves in closer, vamps out, bites him, and proceeds to
drain the life out of the man. Angel then lifts his head,
mouth dripping with blood, and smiles as he snaps the neck of
Drogyn, and his lifeless body falls to the ground.
BLUR TO:
INT. ANGEL'S PENTHOUSE - NIGHT
Angel shoots right up in bed, breathing heavily. He looks
disoriented, and even a little scared. He looks to his left,
and sees Nina lying there next to him, now awake and sitting
up with him.
NINA
(Tiredly.)
Hey, are you alright?
ANGEL
(Panting.)
Yeah, yeah I'm okay. Just a bad
dream.
NINA
Well it was only a dream; you're
here now, with me.
Angel looks at Nina with a blank stare. She knows exactly
what he means.
NINA
Oh, it was one of those dreams.
Well that was a different time, you
where a different person back then.
ANGEL
No, no. I wasn't Angelus, I had a
soul.
CUT TO:
EXT. BUSY HIGHWAY - NIGHT
CAMERA ON: sky view of a fast forwarded LA highway.
CUT TO:
INT. LUXURY CAR - NIGHT
A cell phone is unfolded, a speed dial button is pushed and
the phone starts to ring.
MAN
Hello, this is Remy... yes... I
have everything... Warehouse on
23rd...right, I'll be there in a
few hours... He will be taken care
of... yes, cash.........
CAMERA ON: Passenger side of car. Surveillance pictures of
Angel and the Angel Investigation office are spread across
it. A black duffel bag is shown with a crossbow and a 9mm
pistol sticking out on the floor
REMY (O.S.)
I've done a lot worse.
CUT TO:
INT. DIMMLY LIGHTED ROOM "“ NIGHT
We see the profile outline of a MAN sitting in the shadows
alone. The building seems to be a warehouse type of place.
The only light showing is over a long steel table, and on the
table is a phone. The phone cord is off into the shadows.
A hand with some sort of tattoo is show hanging up the phone,
back onto its port.
DROGYN
Vengeance....
CAMERA ON: The exact same pictures of Angel and the Angel
Investigations office is thrown onto the table. The MAN then
leans forward, coming out of shadows. Drogyn's profile is
shown.
DROGYN
'Tis a bitch.
FADE TO BLACK.
OPENING CREDITS (click to watch)
David Boreanaz
J. August Richards
Julia Lee
Adam Baldwin
Jenny Mollen
and James Marsters
Guest Starring: Zhizi Zhang, Alec Newman
FADE TO:
ACT I
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS "“ DAY
CAMERA ON: Angel walking to his office inside Angel
Investigations with Spike.
ANGEL
We've got a problem Spike
SPIKE
If it's about those heads, I
apologized once; I'm not going to
again
ANGEL
It's about Drogyn you moron.
SPIKE
What about him?
ANGEL
Someone had to have raised him. But
why? And why him?
SPIKE
I'll tell you why him you bloody
moron. You killed the guy. Even
after he tried to helped us with
the big blue situation nonetheless.
He trusted you; you betrayed him
and killed him.
ANGEL
I don't like what I did, but it had
to be done. But we need answers
now. I'm sending out a team to
start to investigate. I want you to
go to your sources and see what you
can dig up on him. Anything you can
find on this guy
Angel holds up a folder with Xavier's picture on it
ANGEL
....name, places, allies, anything
at all. We think this guys
connected
Spike gets up from his seat and walks to the door. He then
turns around and looks back to Angel.
SPIKE
Alright mate, but keep in mind this
someone wants you dead, and they're
willing to use some pretty nasty
magic to make it happen
ANGEL
Yeah, but a lot of people in this
town want me dead.
CUT TO:
EXT. OLD, DILAPIDATED WAREHOUSE - DAY
Remy steps out of his luxury car, and walks up to a door and
knocks on it. He is mid 30s, completely bald, white, medium
frame, and wearing a very expensive black suit, a white dress
shirt and solid red neck tie.
DROGYN (O.S.)
Who are you?
REMY
Remy
DROGYN (O.S)
Enter.
CUT TO:
INT. OLD, DILAPIDATED WAREHOUSE - DAY
Remy walks down a few flights of stairs into a big open room
with a steel table in the middle. Drogyn sits on the far end
of the table. He seems like he hasn't moved all night. The
phone and the pictures are still on the table.
DROGYN
Welcome, Assassin. Take your seat.
You call yourself Remy?
Remy sits down across from Drogyn
REMY
It's just a codename, but it's what
you'll call me. What's your name?
DROGYN
It is not of importance, Remy.
Let's talk business.
REMY
Alright, you're the boss.
DROGYN
You ask for one hundred thousand
dollars for this job.
REMY
Yes. It's a fair price for this
kind of job.
DROGYN
I'm not as sure as you.
REMY
When your job to kill a very
powerful man you need to be sure
it's worth it. This Angel character
controls a big chunk of city from
what I gather, with that power
comes some very tight security that
I'll need to bypass. Plus he looks
like he can handle himself in case
something happens. A man needs to
be prepared.
DROGYN
This is true. I'll give you the
money; it's of no importance, just
as long...
Remy cuts him off in the middle of his sentence.
REMY
Hold on a second my friend. Of no
importance? Money is what makes
this miserable world go 'round.
DROGYN
Hate is what makes this world turn.
Hatred keeps men alive.
It is this hate that causes
creatures of all races to keep
surviving when all hope seems lost.
Hate is what causes everything to
exist. Hate, assassin, is what
causes the world to spin, and the
other heavenly bodies to spin
around her.
Drogyn stares into the darkness for a few moments before
turning back to seemingly confused Remy
DROGYN (CONT'D)
Half the money is yours now, after
killing Angel, the other half will
be yours. Pardon my lack of faith,
but I'm still a little, reluctant,
when it comes to matters like
these. This killing-for-hire is a
little too impersonal for my
liking; I was never fond of
assassins. I've had some bad
experiences with them over the
years.
REMY
Well, I'm not gonna lie to you man,
it's pricier to go though me then
to just off him yourself. But, no
offence, you don't look like you
know the difference between a
pointy end, and the butt end of an
arrow, let alone know how to deal
with, otherworldly, creatures. And
well I can take out anyone,
anytime.
DROGYN
I don't appreciate insolence from
hired men, Remy. Watch yourself;
you may just get yourself perished.
REMY
Never. I'm too good to die.
DROGYN
We shall see about that.
Drogyn motions to a black suitcase lying on the floor in the
middle of the table.
DROGYN
Inside is your money and some sort
of number. Apparently you can reach
me by dialing that into your phone.
Remy gets up, fixes his jacket, grabs the suit case and
starts to walk to steps to leave the room.
DROGYN
Oh, and don't think you can cross
me either. That would be a very,
unwise, mistake.
REMY
Oh I wouldn't dream of it. Mon ami.
Remy gets up and walks out.
DROGYN
(to himself)
He'll give Angel another good
scare... but he doesn't stand a
chance.
CUT TO:
INT. FLYOD'S DEMON BAR - NIGHT
CUT TO: Spike is thrown onto a pool table. A burly looking
VAMPIRE stabs him with a broken pool stick in the shoulder.
Spike rolls off, onto the floor. He then gets up and proceeds
to vamp out.
SPIKE
(In pain.)
Bloody hell! That hurt! How do you
like being stabbed you bloody goon?
Spike snaps his wrists back, with the propelled wrist stakes
coming out from under the sleeves of the jacket. He then
lunges his wrist into the VAMPIRE's heart, dusting him. He
then looks at the stakes.
SPIKE
Oh I bloody well love these things.
Spike locks the Spikes back into the holder and turns to a
much smaller DEMON hiding in a corner. He pulls out the stick
lodged in his shoulder and throws it on the floor. He then
proceeds to pick him up and pin him on the pool table.
SPIKE
OK bud, I just killed your big bad
friend over there. Now he put up
some sort of fight, he even bloody
well stabbed me, but by the looks
of you, a strong gust of wind could
kick your lily ass. So tell me what
I want to know, or I'll send you
into a world of pain that you very
likely will not survive from.
DEMON
Alright, Alright. What do you want?
I'll tell you whatever, just don't
kill me!
SPIKE
That's better now. What do you know
about a guy named Drogyn? Real old,
used to be dead, but now he isn't.
Um. Oh yeah. Used to be a guardian
for something called the Deeper
Well?
DEMON
I don't know anything. Honestly
man! My bet is that this guy is
very smart and keeps a low profile.
And man if I don't know about him,
you know that many others don't
know anything either.
SPIKE
For some reason, I don't believe
you. Maybe it's because you're a
lying little bugger. Maybe it's
because I don't like you. Or maybe
because I have the sudden urge to
break something.
Spike looks down and picks up the other end of the broken
pool stick, and flips it so the sharp end is facing the
DEMON.
SPIKE
I'm going to go with the last one.
Spike starts to bring down the pool stick full force which
would puncture him in the neck.
DEMON
Wait!
Spike stops the pool stick within an inch of the DEMON's
throat.
SPIKE
Yes?
DEMON
(Whimpering.)
I honestly know nothing about this
guy! No one does. If this guy is
back, he's good. Man, I don't wanna
die!
SPIKE
I'm sure you don't. But you're
going to have to do better than
that to get out of this fine dining
establishment alive.
The DEMON then starts sobbing uncontrollably.
SPIKE
Bloody brilliant you pansy. Get out
of here. I don't want to see your
ass 'round here no more.
DEMON hops up and leaves as fast as he can. Spike sits down
on one of the chairs and motions to the bar tender.
SPIKE
Barkeep, get me some Jack.
Spike looks down at his wounded shoulder and winces in pain.
SPIKE
Lots of it.
FADE TO BLACK.
ACT II
FADE TO:
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS - DAY
Angel and Spike are in Angel's office drinking out of coffee
mugs.
SPIKE
So what is this crap we're drinking
here anyway?
ANGEL
Otter blood.
SPIKE
It's disgusting
Spike then proceeds to take a big sip of the blood.
SPIKE
But I guess we can get hooked on
the real stuff now can we?
ANGEL
No I guess not.
Angel and Spike take another sip, look at each other
disapprovingly and put the mugs on a tray on Angel's desk.
ANGEL
Yeah this stuff is pretty god damn
disgusting. So what did you get out
you're your visit to the bar last
night?
SPIKE
A dead vamp, a crying demon, and a
pool stick though the shoulder.
ANGEL
No leads or anything?
SPIKE
(Sarcastically.)
Thanks for the concern boss, I
should be fine.
ANGEL
I'll take that as no.
SPIKE
The little weasel didn't have any
information. This guy knows what
he's doing Angel. If the little rat
last night doesn't know anything,
not many do.
ANGEL
Yeah, that's the impression that
I'm starting to get too. The other
teams I sent out got jack as well.
He knows what he's doing, I don't
know how he knows, living in a tree
for a couple centuries.
SPIKE
I thought he lived in a cave?
ANGEL
You know what I mean.
SPIKE
Yeah, yeah I get what you're
saying.
Spike goes to reach for the mug of blood on the desk, when he
pulls back his arm.
SPIKE
Bloody hell that hurts.
ANGEL
You may want to go get that checked
out by Chyou.
SPIKE
Yeah mate, that sounds like a good
idea.
ANGEL
Nina's coming here tonight too, so
if you need me I'll be here.
SPIKE
Yeah, like you'll be bloody
reachable.
ANGEL
Go home Spike.
Spike gets up and walks out the door. Angel looks down at his
papers again, reading though a document. Spike then sticks
his head in the door.
SPIKE
Oh, one more thing.
ANGEL
(Looking up.)
What do you want?
SPIKE
(Smiling.)
Don't be going and getting a happy,
'cause I'll have to kick your ass.
Spike then pulls his head out of the door, only to put it
back in a moment later.
SPIKE
Again.
Spike then pulls away for a second time.
ANGEL
Will you leave already, or do I
have to carry you out in a dustpan?
SPIKE (O.S.)
I'm gone.
ANGEL
(To himself.)
Should have left him in that tree.
CUT TO:
INT. SCIENCE LAB "“ DAY
CAMERA ON: Spike is sitting on the table. His jacket and
shirt are off, lying next to him. Chyou is checking his
shoulder.
CHYOU
Nice looking wound here Spike.
SPIKE
You should see the other guy, or at
least the pile of dust that's left.
Chyou grabs a bottle full of clear liquid.
CHYOU
Ok this will hurt a little.
She then pours it on the wound.
SPIKE
(In pain.)
Bloody hell! I thought you said
that would hurt a little!?
CHYOU
I lied. Relax, it was only some
alcohol. Would you rather have a
little pain, or not have an arm?
SPIKE
Point made. So where is the lovely
Miss Chyou off to tonight?
CHYOU
Actually I have a date with the
artifact that Angel gave to me. I
need to run some tests on it
tonight.
SPIKE
Oh doesn't that sound like a bloody
eventful evening?
CHYOU
Oh and I suppose you have a hot
date tonight?
SPIKE
I wouldn't call it a date; however,
I'm going over to Laura's house
tonight.
CHYOU
Laura?
SPIKE
Yeah, the woman whose husband and
kid were killed.
CHYOU
Oh yes, the 'wrong time, wrong
place' family.
SPIKE
I guess you can say that. I called
her up, 'cause I mean I feel so
bloody torn up inside.
Chyou wraps Spikes shoulder in some bandage and tapes it
together. Spike then puts this shirt and jacket back on.
CHYOU
It wasn't your fault.
SPIKE
I know, but I still feel like I
gotta go over and talk to her.
CHYOU
Hmm, the new soul is working just
fine, isn't it?
SPIKE
Sod off.
FADE TO:
EXT. QUAYE RESIDENCE - DUSK
CAMERA ON: A stone house with baby blue shudders is shown
from across the street. A black muscle car pulls up in front
and parks. Spike walks out, and goes up and knocks on the
door, and is let in by a WOMAN.
CUT TO:
INT. QUAYE RESIDENCE - DUSK
CAMERA ON: Spike walking thought the hallway into the living
room. The house is decorated contemporary with pictures of
family all along the walls and some art. Spike walks into a
living room and is seated.
SPIKE
Hey, Laura, thanks again for seeing
me.
LAURA
It's OK, I'm glad you came. It's
been getting kind of lonely lately.
SPIKE
Yeah I know how that goes.
LAURA
Yeah, losing your family must have
been just as hard as this is for
me.
SPIKE
You wouldn't believe me if I told
you. How's Robin doing?
LAURA
The doctors say that he is getting
better each day. They still don't
know when he's going to pull out of
the coma, but they seem very
optimistic.
SPIKE
Good, that's good to hear. And how
about you, how are you doing?
LAURA
Honestly, I've been a lot better,
but I guess each day I'm getting
over it. I mean, I still have all
of his cloths up in his closet. It
all just seems like a really bad
dream, and I can't wake up.
SPIKE
Gotta keep fighting that good fight
Laura, it's what he would have
wanted.
LAURA
(Tearing up.)
Yeah, I guess it is.
A pause
LAURA
(Still tearing, but
smiling.)
Look at me. I'm a mess. I'm sorry,
I don't mean to"¦"¦"¦
Spike interrupts.
SPIKE
No, everything's gonna be ok, I
promise, you'll get though this.
Keep fighting, if not for you then
for Robin and Joe. Speaking of Joe,
where is she?
LAURA
She's over at her friend's house. I
sent her over there because I
didn't want to her to see me with
another man so soon.
SPIKE
Oh. Well, this is kinda awkward,
but I didn't come over here for a
date or anything. I came here to
help you thought this, cause trust
me, I know what's its like to lose
someone very close to you.
LAURA
(Embarrased)
Oh, God, I know that.
It's just that I don't think that
Joe would understand me seeing
another man, let alone you, so
soon.
SPIKE
Oh well, that was bloody
embarrassing.
LAURA
(Laughing)
Yeah, I guess it was. Where are my
mAnners? Would you like a drink?
SPIKE
Oh God yes.
LAURA
What do you want?
SPIKE
Something very strong.
FADE TO BLACK.
ACT III
FADE TO:
INT. ANGEL'S PENTHOUSE - NIGHT
CAMERA ON: Angel and Nina are lying in Angel's bed. Nina is
lying on top of the bare chest Angel. It is very obvious that
they had sex.
NINA
Are you evil?
ANGEL
No. Is this some sort of tradition
now that after every time we have
sex you're gonna ask if I'm evil?
NINA
(With a smirk.)
Maybe, I mean from what I hear,
evil Angel isn't fun.
ANGEL
You have no idea.
Nina looks over Angel and at the clock. It's 2:21 AM.
NINA
Oh wow, it's late. I need to get up
early tomorrow for class too.
ANGEL
(Disappointed.)
Oh, can't you just skip it?
NINA
You're a bad influence, you know
that?
ANGEL
I do what I can.
Nina smiles and then lies back onto the other side of the
bed. Angel looks at her, then pushes her hair back, out of
her face, smiles and lies on his side of the bed. We see them
for a few seconds, before the camera goes back onto the
clock, and its 3:35AM
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS HALLWAY - NIGHT
Remy dressed in all black, walking though the hallways at a
brisk pass. He pulls out a small flashlight and looks at a
blueprint of the Angel Investigations office. He then puts
the flash light away as well at the map and pulls a sniper
rifle over his shoulder. He then starts to walk down the hall
again, and enters a stairwell.
CAMERA ON: At the end of a hallway we see Remy come up the
opposite side. He walks to the middle of the hallway and
stops.
REMY
(To himself.)
Game time Remy. Take aim, take out
target, and take off. Alright, here
we go.
Remy then slowly opens the door handle and walks in. He
slowly looks around the corner and sees Angel's side of the
bed. He then walks back and loads a bullet out of a special
case. We now see the rooms though the view of the scope of
the rifle. The scope then is raised to Angel's heart.
REMY
See you in hell, Mon ami.
FADE TO BLACK.
ACT IV
FADE TO:
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS HALLWAY - NIGHT
CAMERA ON: We see the area through the scope again. The cross
hairs are aimed at Angel's heart. Remy then takes a side step
as the whole bed becomes visible. Nina then rolls on top of
Angel. The camera returns to Remy lowering the gun. He then
walks out of the room and flips open a cell phone. He a speed
dial button and sits down on some steps across the hallway.
REMY
(Whispering.)
Come on, answer the damn phone man.
CUT TO:
INT. OLD, DILAPIDATED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
The warehouse, we see that Drogyn is sleeping in his chair.
Suddenly we hear a faint ringing that's steadily growing
louder. Drogyn then opens his eyes and starts to look around.
DROGYN
What in the hell is that's god
forsaken noise?
Drogyn gets up and starts searching the empty warehouse. He
stumbles upon a bag underneath the long steel table. He pulls
it out and opens it and the ringing stops.
DROGYN
Thank the gods that's over.
Drogyn starts walking back to this chair when the ringing
then starts up again. Drogyn looks into the bag and sees a
flashing green light. He pulls out the folded cell phone and
starts examining it.
DROGYN
So this is the producer of the
infernal noise?
He plays with the ringing phone some more and finally
accidentally flips the phone up, connecting it.
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS HALLWAY - NIGHT
Remy on the steps calling.
REMY
Hello, is anyone there?
CUT TO:
INT. OLD, DILAPITATED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
Drogyn is startled by the voice of Remy coming though the
phone.
DROGYN
Remy? What is this machine, how can
I talk to you in one place and then
walk to another and still be able
to talk to you without the long
black cords?
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS HALLWAY - NIGHT
Remy now pacing up and down the hallway.
REMY
I'll explain the cell phones power
later, now we have a problem.
Angel's babe is in bed with him.
You paid me to take out him, and
him alone. I can't take out just
him, it's either the two or nothing
at all.
CUT TO:
INT. OLD, DILAPITATED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
Drogyn is now seated back in his chair.
DROGYN
You assassins are all alike. God
forbid something goes wrong in your
precious plan. The money I'm giving
you should be enough to take out
both of them. If you were really
good, you would be able to take him
out and not need to kill his women.
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS HALLWAY - NIGHT
Remy is now standing still at the end of the hallway
REMY
Watch it man, I could just walk
away from this it really wouldn't
be that hard, and then you'd be
shit outta luck.
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL'S PENTHOUSE - NIGHT
Angel's room. We see Angel and Nina sleeping while Nina lies
across his body. Angel then is stirred by something and wakes
up.
NINA
(Sleepy)
What's the matter, another dream?
ANGEL
No, I hear something.
NINA
I don't hear anything.
ANGEL
Vampire ears. Shh, someone's on the
phone at the end of a hallway.
Angel reaches under the pillow and pulls out a stake.
ANGEL
Take this, just in case.
NINA
What about you, don't you need
anything?
ANGEL
I can handle myself.
Angel gets up and walks to the wall across the room and
stands with his back to it.
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS HALLWAY - NIGHT
Remy still talking on the phone at the end of the hallway.
REMY
Alright, I'll take them both out,
but I at least want some more
money. Good. I'll see you tomorrow.
Remy then grabs the sniper rifle off his shoulder and walks
to the apartment door. He slowly walks in and raises the
scope. The tip of the rifle goes past the wall where Angel is
standing. Angel sees the gun and kicks the tip of it in the
air causing it to fly out of the hands of Remy. Remy then
kicks Angel is the gut causing him to take a step back. Remy
goes for the gun, but Angel is too fast and kicks it away.
Remy then pulls out a big knife from his leg. Angel steps
back, but it's too late as Remy cuts him on his upper torso.
Remy tires to stab Angel again but Angel grab the wrist of
Remy and force him to drop the knife. Remy then kicks out
Angel's legs and tries to stomp on his face, but Angel moves
out of the way. Angel kicks up and throws a punch at the
assassin but Remy blocks it, and gets one of his own in
instead. Angel response with his own left and the assassin
takes a few steps back. Angel tries to lunge for the man, but
Remy grabs a vase and shatters it on Angel's head instead.
Angel then gets up and vamps out. He throws one punch that's
blocked, but gets another in Remy's gut. Remy steps back, and
is about 10 feet from the window. Remy runs at Angel, but
Angel kick him in the chest and send him though the window.
Angel then looks down the building though the broken glass.
NINA
Are you alright?
ANGEL
Yeah I'm fine.
A black cable with a steel Spike shots though the window and
hits Angel in the upper leg. He looks down and then back up
and is pulled out though the broken window.
CAMERA ON: the bottom of the building, where Remy hits the
ground followed by a cord falling, and finally Angel landing
right on top of the would-be assassin.
CUT TO:
INT. SCIENCE LAB - NIGHT
CAMERA ON: Chyou is running in to the science lab with Angel
on a stretcher with Nina by his side and a medical staff in
tow. Angel is bleeding all over and unconscious.
NINA
Is he going to be alright?
CHYOU
Just be glad he isn't human. Now me
and my team have got to get to
work, please wait outside and let
us do our jobs.
NINA
Yeah, yeah ok.
CUT TO:
INT. SCIENCE LAB WAITING ROOM "“ DAY
CAMERA ON: Nina is waiting in a chair, still in her pajamas.
Spike then comes though the doors, and sees Nina there.
SPIKE
How's he doing?
NINA
I'm not sure; they haven't told me
anything for a couple of hours now.
Speaking of which, what time is it?
SPIKE
I got your message around 7-ish;
I'm a heavy sleeper, so it's
probably around 8.
NINA
Alright, well it looks like I'm not
going to my class today.
The lab doors open and Chyou walks into the holding room with
some medical papers in her hand, and a mask still on.
CHYOU
(Muffled words)
Chyou takes the mask off.
(Normal tone of voice.)
Sorry about that. He's going to be
fine. He got lucky that he landed
on that man. A few broken bones, a
lot of cuts, but nothing that would
kill a vampire. He should be back
to normal in a few days.
NINA
Can I see him?
CHYOU
He's still out of it, some back in
a couple of hours and he should be
fine
NINA
Alright, thanks a lot Chyou.
CHYOU
It's what I do.
Nina gets up and walks out the door to get back to the
apartment.
SPIKE
So what in the bloody hell happened
to the guy?
CHYOU
I'm not really sure, when I got
there, there was a broken window, a
rappel gun, a dead John Doe, and a
seriously messed up Angel.
SPIKE
Have we figured out who the guy
was?
CHYOU
I'm about to go do that now. I
guess now with Angel being
temporarily incapacitated you're in
charge.
A wide grin comes across Spike's face
SPIKE
Yeah I guess I am. Find out what
you can about this gooey mess of a
man. I'll be in Angel's... My
office.
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL'S OFFICE - NIGHT
CAMERA ON: Spike is sitting in Angel's chair and spinning
around in it when the phone rings.
SPIKE
(On the phone.)
Hello, Spike's office...Chyou,
how's it going... He's
awake?......... Damn, can you knock
him out for a little while longer?
... I want to stay in his office...
Thanks a lot you twit... I'll be
down soon.
Spike hangs up the phone, leans back in Angel's chair, and
spins again.
SPIKE
(To himself.)
I'm so stealing this chair.
CUT TO:
INT. RECOVERY ROOM. "“ DAY
CAMERA ON: Angel sitting up in bed, covered in bandages and
Chyou wrapping another one around his arm. Spike is standing
by the end of the bed, while Nina is standing on the side
opposite Chyou.
SPIKE
You look like a bloody rag doll.
ANGEL
Thanks Spike. How you doing?
SPIKE
Well I'm alright I guess, could
have used some more sleep.
ANGEL
I wasn't talking to you moron.
Nina moves to Angel's arm and picks up his hand and holds it.
NINA
I'm OK, better now that you're
awake. Have found out who the guy
was?
CHYOU
I found a drivers license on him,
our John Doe is called Remy Goshen,
28 years old, from New Orleans.
ANGEL
We need to find out who this guy
was and"¦"¦.
Angel winces in pain
SPIKE
By the looks of it mate, there's no
we involved here. I'll head out to
the streets tonight and see if I
can find anything on this Goshen
guy.
ANGEL
Fine. Nina, go home get some sleep,
it's been a really rough day.
Nina opens her mouth as to decline Angel's command
ANGEL
Please don't try and argue with me,
I'm too tired.
NINA (SMALL SMILE)
Yeah, I guess I could use some
sleep. I'll talk to you tomorrow.
Nina leans over and kisses Angel on the forehead.
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS "“ NIGHT
CAMERA ON: Angel is walking very slowly towards the end of
hall. Dressed in black sweatpants and a t-shirt, he walks
kind of limply to the elevator. He walks in and we see the
white button appear over the other floor keys. Angel then
proceeds to push the button and we see the doors closing from
the outside.
CUT TO:
THE WHITE ROOM - NIGHT
CAMERA ON: Angel standing in the seemingly endless room of
all white. The camera pans around the never-ending whiteness
from Angel's point of view. Then we go back to see Hamilton
standing behind him.
HAMILTON
Damn, you look like crap.
Angel jumps a little
ANGEL
Don't do that Hamilton.
HAMILTON
Someone's rather angry this
evening.
ANGEL
Yeah we'll you'd be pissed too if
you got pulled out a 7 story
window.
Hamilton lets out a big smile.
HAMILTON
Oh that had to hurt. Wish I could
have seen that, would have made my
day. Tell me, who's trying to kill
you now?
ANGEL
I'm starting to think that it was
Drogyn.
Hamilton's face drops very fast and his joking tone quickly
turns dead serious.
HAMILTON
Drogyn tried to kill you?
ANGEL
Not him personally, but I think he
hired the assassin I wasted to do
it for him.
HAMILTON
That's very uncharacteristic of
him.
ANGEL
Why?
Hamilton starts to pace around the room a little.
HAMILTON
It's too impersonal. He always made
a big deal about giving the enemy
the chance to fight back. Me I
would just go for the kill, not
much thought about honor and all
that crap.
ANGEL
Yeah, you and the lack of honor
doesn't really surprise me.
HAMILTON
We did our roles, and we did them
damn well.
ANGEL
Roles?
HAMILTON
We where Champions
CUT TO:
INT. SCIENCE LAB "“ NIGHT
CAMERA ON: Chyou is working on what appears to be some
damaged electronic stuff. She connects a wire to another one,
and looks up at the screen. A telephone number appears.
CHYOU
(To herself.)
Got it. Now lets see if we can
triangle late this.
She picks up the phone and quickly dials a number. A dial
tone is head and Spike picks up.
CHYOU
Spike, its Chyou. I've got the
recent calls off the hit man's
phone.... Yeah, I know I'm good....
Come in and I'll triangle late it
for you guys.... I wanna say the
docks, but I'm not sure... See you
soon.
CUT TO:
INT. WHITE ROOM "“ NIGHT
ANGEL
(Shocked.)
You and Drogyn where champions?
HAMILTON
Yep, fighting the good fight in
which ever way we could. What? You
thought I was created strictly to
be the Partners henchman?
ANGEL
Well yeah, I did.
HAMILTON
Me and Drogyn fought all sorts of
evil. And we where damn good too.
ANGEL
What the hell happened?
HAMILTON
There was a woman
ANGEL
Always the case, isn't it?
HAMILTON
You know it as well as me. But this
woman, Abby, was the vision of
beauty. She had long brown hair,
brown eyes, and the face of a Greek
goddess. Problem was, we both loved
her. I knew it, Drogyn knew it, but
we never let it get in the way of
our work. But one day, Abby was
killed. Barakran demons got into
the town and killed her and her
family as well as a handful of
other. The news of her death
stunned us. Drogyn was upset, but I
was completely distraught. My
beloved Abby was taken from me
unjustly. I searched the land for a
few days trying to find a way to
revive her. Finally I stumbled
across a warlock who claimed that
he could bring her back. He needed
only one thing in return, my soul.
And I gave it too him. I fled back
to the town as fast as I could to
see my beautiful girl, expecting
her to jump into my arms and be
mine forever. God was I was wrong.
I got into the town and she was
there, with Drogyn. She knew what
had happened and told me that she
could never love a soulless, evil
creature. She also salted the wound
and told me that she has always
loved Drogyn.
ANGEL
Ouch, so that's when you went evil?
HAMILTON
Sort of. I roamed the land for a
few years. Along the way whatever I
wanted to needed to took, and who
ever got in my way was just
unfortunate. Until one day a poorly
armed mob tried to arrest me. No
one in that mob made it out alive.
I guess the powers saw that I was
too much of an annoyance so they
commanded Drogyn to come after me.
We finally met in England. We
battled for 4 hours. Finally Drogyn
pulled out some sort of weapon and
bested me. Thing was, he couldn't
kill me. He let me go, and went
back and told the powers that I was
dead. That's how the no lies thing
came about. They also stuck him in
that cemetery to guard forever.
ANGEL
And then the Partners contracted
you to be their little errand boy.
HAMILTON
More or less.
A beeping starts to come from Angel.
ANGEL
Well it looks like we've found out
where your old friend is.
CUT TO:
INT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE "“ NIGHT
CAMERA ON: Angel and Spike are walking up to the door. When
they hear something moving on the roof. Angel and Spike jump
from the lower roof on to the top and are about 30 yards away
from Drogyn.
DROGYN
It seems as if the assassin failed.
ANGEL
Yeah, he's a big pile of mush.
Points for effort though.
DROGYN
You really think that I expected
him to succeed?
ANGEL
He was just a test?
DROGYN
Indeed. When I want you to be a
pile of ash, I'll do it myself. And
that goes for all of those that are
associated with him as well.
SPIKE
Hey mate, I was your friend. You've
got no bloody reason to be angry at
me.
DROGYN
Don't I? You should have killed
this traitor the minute you knew
that he killed me.
ANGEL
I know what I did was wrong. But
your death gave us the chance to
take out the Black Torn. We helped
beat back the power with your
death.
DROGYN
That's still not a reason to kill
and innocent man. Enough talking,
after I kill you, I'll find that
bastard Hamilton and kill him as
well.
SPIKE
Can you do that first? We'll wait
here.
Drogyn then rushes to Angel and Spike. Spike tries to jump on
him, but Drogyn gives him a kick to the chest that sends him
flying 10 feet back. Angel and Drogyn stare at each other
when Angel moves in and gives him a punch on his left cheek.
Drogyn steps back and gives Angel a flying kick that knocks
him down. Spike gets up and tackles Drogyn and hits few a few
times before Drogyn kicks Spike in the back of the head.
Spike falls forward, and Drogyn kicks himself up, but is met
with a hard punch from Angel. Angel then hits him a few more
times, and then gives him a powerful kick as Drogyn wearily
steps back to the edge of the roof. He looks down and lets
out an eerie smile. Blood is dripping from his mouth where
Angel first punched him. He touches the blood with his
fingers and looks at his hand, and then stares back at Angel.
DROGYN
I was too rash in dealing with you.
But don't fret, I've learned from
this mistake
Drogyn then falls backward off of the roof. Spike stands up
and he and Angel walk over to the edge of the building and
look down. There is no sign of Drogyn or anything that he may
have dropped. A small piece of paper is blown across the
empty alleyway.
ANGEL
I hate it when they do that.
FADE TO BLACK.
Next week, Angel 6.06 ... with a special guest appearance!!
Angel 6.05 "Lazarus"
Written by Lente
TEASER
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS - NIGHT
CAMERA ON: a bottom to top view of the building, with the
brown sign reading "ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS"
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL'S PENTHOUSE - NIGHT
Angel is lying down in bed. The camera goes up to his face,
he is obviously having a bad dream because he is tossing and
turning.
BLUR TO:
INT. CIRCLE OF THE BLACK THORN LAIR - NIGHT
Angel hopping over the flames in 5.21 to enter the Black
Thorn. Angel jumps in front of a man down on the floor
covered with a cloth bag over his face, being beaten severely
with sticks by people dressed in robes and masks. As soon as
Angel enters the assaulters stop their attack and look at
him, motionless. The bag is pulled off and a bald, defeated
Drogyn, the keeper of the deeper well, is shown. Drogyn looks
up and sees Angel walking to him, very confidently.
DROGYN
(Softly.)
Thank you, thank you.
Angel moves in closer, vamps out, bites him, and proceeds to
drain the life out of the man. Angel then lifts his head,
mouth dripping with blood, and smiles as he snaps the neck of
Drogyn, and his lifeless body falls to the ground.
BLUR TO:
INT. ANGEL'S PENTHOUSE - NIGHT
Angel shoots right up in bed, breathing heavily. He looks
disoriented, and even a little scared. He looks to his left,
and sees Nina lying there next to him, now awake and sitting
up with him.
NINA
(Tiredly.)
Hey, are you alright?
ANGEL
(Panting.)
Yeah, yeah I'm okay. Just a bad
dream.
NINA
Well it was only a dream; you're
here now, with me.
Angel looks at Nina with a blank stare. She knows exactly
what he means.
NINA
Oh, it was one of those dreams.
Well that was a different time, you
where a different person back then.
ANGEL
No, no. I wasn't Angelus, I had a
soul.
CUT TO:
EXT. BUSY HIGHWAY - NIGHT
CAMERA ON: sky view of a fast forwarded LA highway.
CUT TO:
INT. LUXURY CAR - NIGHT
A cell phone is unfolded, a speed dial button is pushed and
the phone starts to ring.
MAN
Hello, this is Remy... yes... I
have everything... Warehouse on
23rd...right, I'll be there in a
few hours... He will be taken care
of... yes, cash.........
CAMERA ON: Passenger side of car. Surveillance pictures of
Angel and the Angel Investigation office are spread across
it. A black duffel bag is shown with a crossbow and a 9mm
pistol sticking out on the floor
REMY (O.S.)
I've done a lot worse.
CUT TO:
INT. DIMMLY LIGHTED ROOM "“ NIGHT
We see the profile outline of a MAN sitting in the shadows
alone. The building seems to be a warehouse type of place.
The only light showing is over a long steel table, and on the
table is a phone. The phone cord is off into the shadows.
A hand with some sort of tattoo is show hanging up the phone,
back onto its port.
DROGYN
Vengeance....
CAMERA ON: The exact same pictures of Angel and the Angel
Investigations office is thrown onto the table. The MAN then
leans forward, coming out of shadows. Drogyn's profile is
shown.
DROGYN
'Tis a bitch.
FADE TO BLACK.
OPENING CREDITS (click to watch)
David Boreanaz
J. August Richards
Julia Lee
Adam Baldwin
Jenny Mollen
and James Marsters
Guest Starring: Zhizi Zhang, Alec Newman
FADE TO:
ACT I
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS "“ DAY
CAMERA ON: Angel walking to his office inside Angel
Investigations with Spike.
ANGEL
We've got a problem Spike
SPIKE
If it's about those heads, I
apologized once; I'm not going to
again
ANGEL
It's about Drogyn you moron.
SPIKE
What about him?
ANGEL
Someone had to have raised him. But
why? And why him?
SPIKE
I'll tell you why him you bloody
moron. You killed the guy. Even
after he tried to helped us with
the big blue situation nonetheless.
He trusted you; you betrayed him
and killed him.
ANGEL
I don't like what I did, but it had
to be done. But we need answers
now. I'm sending out a team to
start to investigate. I want you to
go to your sources and see what you
can dig up on him. Anything you can
find on this guy
Angel holds up a folder with Xavier's picture on it
ANGEL
....name, places, allies, anything
at all. We think this guys
connected
Spike gets up from his seat and walks to the door. He then
turns around and looks back to Angel.
SPIKE
Alright mate, but keep in mind this
someone wants you dead, and they're
willing to use some pretty nasty
magic to make it happen
ANGEL
Yeah, but a lot of people in this
town want me dead.
CUT TO:
EXT. OLD, DILAPIDATED WAREHOUSE - DAY
Remy steps out of his luxury car, and walks up to a door and
knocks on it. He is mid 30s, completely bald, white, medium
frame, and wearing a very expensive black suit, a white dress
shirt and solid red neck tie.
DROGYN (O.S.)
Who are you?
REMY
Remy
DROGYN (O.S)
Enter.
CUT TO:
INT. OLD, DILAPIDATED WAREHOUSE - DAY
Remy walks down a few flights of stairs into a big open room
with a steel table in the middle. Drogyn sits on the far end
of the table. He seems like he hasn't moved all night. The
phone and the pictures are still on the table.
DROGYN
Welcome, Assassin. Take your seat.
You call yourself Remy?
Remy sits down across from Drogyn
REMY
It's just a codename, but it's what
you'll call me. What's your name?
DROGYN
It is not of importance, Remy.
Let's talk business.
REMY
Alright, you're the boss.
DROGYN
You ask for one hundred thousand
dollars for this job.
REMY
Yes. It's a fair price for this
kind of job.
DROGYN
I'm not as sure as you.
REMY
When your job to kill a very
powerful man you need to be sure
it's worth it. This Angel character
controls a big chunk of city from
what I gather, with that power
comes some very tight security that
I'll need to bypass. Plus he looks
like he can handle himself in case
something happens. A man needs to
be prepared.
DROGYN
This is true. I'll give you the
money; it's of no importance, just
as long...
Remy cuts him off in the middle of his sentence.
REMY
Hold on a second my friend. Of no
importance? Money is what makes
this miserable world go 'round.
DROGYN
Hate is what makes this world turn.
Hatred keeps men alive.
It is this hate that causes
creatures of all races to keep
surviving when all hope seems lost.
Hate is what causes everything to
exist. Hate, assassin, is what
causes the world to spin, and the
other heavenly bodies to spin
around her.
Drogyn stares into the darkness for a few moments before
turning back to seemingly confused Remy
DROGYN (CONT'D)
Half the money is yours now, after
killing Angel, the other half will
be yours. Pardon my lack of faith,
but I'm still a little, reluctant,
when it comes to matters like
these. This killing-for-hire is a
little too impersonal for my
liking; I was never fond of
assassins. I've had some bad
experiences with them over the
years.
REMY
Well, I'm not gonna lie to you man,
it's pricier to go though me then
to just off him yourself. But, no
offence, you don't look like you
know the difference between a
pointy end, and the butt end of an
arrow, let alone know how to deal
with, otherworldly, creatures. And
well I can take out anyone,
anytime.
DROGYN
I don't appreciate insolence from
hired men, Remy. Watch yourself;
you may just get yourself perished.
REMY
Never. I'm too good to die.
DROGYN
We shall see about that.
Drogyn motions to a black suitcase lying on the floor in the
middle of the table.
DROGYN
Inside is your money and some sort
of number. Apparently you can reach
me by dialing that into your phone.
Remy gets up, fixes his jacket, grabs the suit case and
starts to walk to steps to leave the room.
DROGYN
Oh, and don't think you can cross
me either. That would be a very,
unwise, mistake.
REMY
Oh I wouldn't dream of it. Mon ami.
Remy gets up and walks out.
DROGYN
(to himself)
He'll give Angel another good
scare... but he doesn't stand a
chance.
CUT TO:
INT. FLYOD'S DEMON BAR - NIGHT
CUT TO: Spike is thrown onto a pool table. A burly looking
VAMPIRE stabs him with a broken pool stick in the shoulder.
Spike rolls off, onto the floor. He then gets up and proceeds
to vamp out.
SPIKE
(In pain.)
Bloody hell! That hurt! How do you
like being stabbed you bloody goon?
Spike snaps his wrists back, with the propelled wrist stakes
coming out from under the sleeves of the jacket. He then
lunges his wrist into the VAMPIRE's heart, dusting him. He
then looks at the stakes.
SPIKE
Oh I bloody well love these things.
Spike locks the Spikes back into the holder and turns to a
much smaller DEMON hiding in a corner. He pulls out the stick
lodged in his shoulder and throws it on the floor. He then
proceeds to pick him up and pin him on the pool table.
SPIKE
OK bud, I just killed your big bad
friend over there. Now he put up
some sort of fight, he even bloody
well stabbed me, but by the looks
of you, a strong gust of wind could
kick your lily ass. So tell me what
I want to know, or I'll send you
into a world of pain that you very
likely will not survive from.
DEMON
Alright, Alright. What do you want?
I'll tell you whatever, just don't
kill me!
SPIKE
That's better now. What do you know
about a guy named Drogyn? Real old,
used to be dead, but now he isn't.
Um. Oh yeah. Used to be a guardian
for something called the Deeper
Well?
DEMON
I don't know anything. Honestly
man! My bet is that this guy is
very smart and keeps a low profile.
And man if I don't know about him,
you know that many others don't
know anything either.
SPIKE
For some reason, I don't believe
you. Maybe it's because you're a
lying little bugger. Maybe it's
because I don't like you. Or maybe
because I have the sudden urge to
break something.
Spike looks down and picks up the other end of the broken
pool stick, and flips it so the sharp end is facing the
DEMON.
SPIKE
I'm going to go with the last one.
Spike starts to bring down the pool stick full force which
would puncture him in the neck.
DEMON
Wait!
Spike stops the pool stick within an inch of the DEMON's
throat.
SPIKE
Yes?
DEMON
(Whimpering.)
I honestly know nothing about this
guy! No one does. If this guy is
back, he's good. Man, I don't wanna
die!
SPIKE
I'm sure you don't. But you're
going to have to do better than
that to get out of this fine dining
establishment alive.
The DEMON then starts sobbing uncontrollably.
SPIKE
Bloody brilliant you pansy. Get out
of here. I don't want to see your
ass 'round here no more.
DEMON hops up and leaves as fast as he can. Spike sits down
on one of the chairs and motions to the bar tender.
SPIKE
Barkeep, get me some Jack.
Spike looks down at his wounded shoulder and winces in pain.
SPIKE
Lots of it.
FADE TO BLACK.
ACT II
FADE TO:
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS - DAY
Angel and Spike are in Angel's office drinking out of coffee
mugs.
SPIKE
So what is this crap we're drinking
here anyway?
ANGEL
Otter blood.
SPIKE
It's disgusting
Spike then proceeds to take a big sip of the blood.
SPIKE
But I guess we can get hooked on
the real stuff now can we?
ANGEL
No I guess not.
Angel and Spike take another sip, look at each other
disapprovingly and put the mugs on a tray on Angel's desk.
ANGEL
Yeah this stuff is pretty god damn
disgusting. So what did you get out
you're your visit to the bar last
night?
SPIKE
A dead vamp, a crying demon, and a
pool stick though the shoulder.
ANGEL
No leads or anything?
SPIKE
(Sarcastically.)
Thanks for the concern boss, I
should be fine.
ANGEL
I'll take that as no.
SPIKE
The little weasel didn't have any
information. This guy knows what
he's doing Angel. If the little rat
last night doesn't know anything,
not many do.
ANGEL
Yeah, that's the impression that
I'm starting to get too. The other
teams I sent out got jack as well.
He knows what he's doing, I don't
know how he knows, living in a tree
for a couple centuries.
SPIKE
I thought he lived in a cave?
ANGEL
You know what I mean.
SPIKE
Yeah, yeah I get what you're
saying.
Spike goes to reach for the mug of blood on the desk, when he
pulls back his arm.
SPIKE
Bloody hell that hurts.
ANGEL
You may want to go get that checked
out by Chyou.
SPIKE
Yeah mate, that sounds like a good
idea.
ANGEL
Nina's coming here tonight too, so
if you need me I'll be here.
SPIKE
Yeah, like you'll be bloody
reachable.
ANGEL
Go home Spike.
Spike gets up and walks out the door. Angel looks down at his
papers again, reading though a document. Spike then sticks
his head in the door.
SPIKE
Oh, one more thing.
ANGEL
(Looking up.)
What do you want?
SPIKE
(Smiling.)
Don't be going and getting a happy,
'cause I'll have to kick your ass.
Spike then pulls his head out of the door, only to put it
back in a moment later.
SPIKE
Again.
Spike then pulls away for a second time.
ANGEL
Will you leave already, or do I
have to carry you out in a dustpan?
SPIKE (O.S.)
I'm gone.
ANGEL
(To himself.)
Should have left him in that tree.
CUT TO:
INT. SCIENCE LAB "“ DAY
CAMERA ON: Spike is sitting on the table. His jacket and
shirt are off, lying next to him. Chyou is checking his
shoulder.
CHYOU
Nice looking wound here Spike.
SPIKE
You should see the other guy, or at
least the pile of dust that's left.
Chyou grabs a bottle full of clear liquid.
CHYOU
Ok this will hurt a little.
She then pours it on the wound.
SPIKE
(In pain.)
Bloody hell! I thought you said
that would hurt a little!?
CHYOU
I lied. Relax, it was only some
alcohol. Would you rather have a
little pain, or not have an arm?
SPIKE
Point made. So where is the lovely
Miss Chyou off to tonight?
CHYOU
Actually I have a date with the
artifact that Angel gave to me. I
need to run some tests on it
tonight.
SPIKE
Oh doesn't that sound like a bloody
eventful evening?
CHYOU
Oh and I suppose you have a hot
date tonight?
SPIKE
I wouldn't call it a date; however,
I'm going over to Laura's house
tonight.
CHYOU
Laura?
SPIKE
Yeah, the woman whose husband and
kid were killed.
CHYOU
Oh yes, the 'wrong time, wrong
place' family.
SPIKE
I guess you can say that. I called
her up, 'cause I mean I feel so
bloody torn up inside.
Chyou wraps Spikes shoulder in some bandage and tapes it
together. Spike then puts this shirt and jacket back on.
CHYOU
It wasn't your fault.
SPIKE
I know, but I still feel like I
gotta go over and talk to her.
CHYOU
Hmm, the new soul is working just
fine, isn't it?
SPIKE
Sod off.
FADE TO:
EXT. QUAYE RESIDENCE - DUSK
CAMERA ON: A stone house with baby blue shudders is shown
from across the street. A black muscle car pulls up in front
and parks. Spike walks out, and goes up and knocks on the
door, and is let in by a WOMAN.
CUT TO:
INT. QUAYE RESIDENCE - DUSK
CAMERA ON: Spike walking thought the hallway into the living
room. The house is decorated contemporary with pictures of
family all along the walls and some art. Spike walks into a
living room and is seated.
SPIKE
Hey, Laura, thanks again for seeing
me.
LAURA
It's OK, I'm glad you came. It's
been getting kind of lonely lately.
SPIKE
Yeah I know how that goes.
LAURA
Yeah, losing your family must have
been just as hard as this is for
me.
SPIKE
You wouldn't believe me if I told
you. How's Robin doing?
LAURA
The doctors say that he is getting
better each day. They still don't
know when he's going to pull out of
the coma, but they seem very
optimistic.
SPIKE
Good, that's good to hear. And how
about you, how are you doing?
LAURA
Honestly, I've been a lot better,
but I guess each day I'm getting
over it. I mean, I still have all
of his cloths up in his closet. It
all just seems like a really bad
dream, and I can't wake up.
SPIKE
Gotta keep fighting that good fight
Laura, it's what he would have
wanted.
LAURA
(Tearing up.)
Yeah, I guess it is.
A pause
LAURA
(Still tearing, but
smiling.)
Look at me. I'm a mess. I'm sorry,
I don't mean to"¦"¦"¦
Spike interrupts.
SPIKE
No, everything's gonna be ok, I
promise, you'll get though this.
Keep fighting, if not for you then
for Robin and Joe. Speaking of Joe,
where is she?
LAURA
She's over at her friend's house. I
sent her over there because I
didn't want to her to see me with
another man so soon.
SPIKE
Oh. Well, this is kinda awkward,
but I didn't come over here for a
date or anything. I came here to
help you thought this, cause trust
me, I know what's its like to lose
someone very close to you.
LAURA
(Embarrased)
Oh, God, I know that.
It's just that I don't think that
Joe would understand me seeing
another man, let alone you, so
soon.
SPIKE
Oh well, that was bloody
embarrassing.
LAURA
(Laughing)
Yeah, I guess it was. Where are my
mAnners? Would you like a drink?
SPIKE
Oh God yes.
LAURA
What do you want?
SPIKE
Something very strong.
FADE TO BLACK.
ACT III
FADE TO:
INT. ANGEL'S PENTHOUSE - NIGHT
CAMERA ON: Angel and Nina are lying in Angel's bed. Nina is
lying on top of the bare chest Angel. It is very obvious that
they had sex.
NINA
Are you evil?
ANGEL
No. Is this some sort of tradition
now that after every time we have
sex you're gonna ask if I'm evil?
NINA
(With a smirk.)
Maybe, I mean from what I hear,
evil Angel isn't fun.
ANGEL
You have no idea.
Nina looks over Angel and at the clock. It's 2:21 AM.
NINA
Oh wow, it's late. I need to get up
early tomorrow for class too.
ANGEL
(Disappointed.)
Oh, can't you just skip it?
NINA
You're a bad influence, you know
that?
ANGEL
I do what I can.
Nina smiles and then lies back onto the other side of the
bed. Angel looks at her, then pushes her hair back, out of
her face, smiles and lies on his side of the bed. We see them
for a few seconds, before the camera goes back onto the
clock, and its 3:35AM
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS HALLWAY - NIGHT
Remy dressed in all black, walking though the hallways at a
brisk pass. He pulls out a small flashlight and looks at a
blueprint of the Angel Investigations office. He then puts
the flash light away as well at the map and pulls a sniper
rifle over his shoulder. He then starts to walk down the hall
again, and enters a stairwell.
CAMERA ON: At the end of a hallway we see Remy come up the
opposite side. He walks to the middle of the hallway and
stops.
REMY
(To himself.)
Game time Remy. Take aim, take out
target, and take off. Alright, here
we go.
Remy then slowly opens the door handle and walks in. He
slowly looks around the corner and sees Angel's side of the
bed. He then walks back and loads a bullet out of a special
case. We now see the rooms though the view of the scope of
the rifle. The scope then is raised to Angel's heart.
REMY
See you in hell, Mon ami.
FADE TO BLACK.
ACT IV
FADE TO:
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS HALLWAY - NIGHT
CAMERA ON: We see the area through the scope again. The cross
hairs are aimed at Angel's heart. Remy then takes a side step
as the whole bed becomes visible. Nina then rolls on top of
Angel. The camera returns to Remy lowering the gun. He then
walks out of the room and flips open a cell phone. He a speed
dial button and sits down on some steps across the hallway.
REMY
(Whispering.)
Come on, answer the damn phone man.
CUT TO:
INT. OLD, DILAPIDATED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
The warehouse, we see that Drogyn is sleeping in his chair.
Suddenly we hear a faint ringing that's steadily growing
louder. Drogyn then opens his eyes and starts to look around.
DROGYN
What in the hell is that's god
forsaken noise?
Drogyn gets up and starts searching the empty warehouse. He
stumbles upon a bag underneath the long steel table. He pulls
it out and opens it and the ringing stops.
DROGYN
Thank the gods that's over.
Drogyn starts walking back to this chair when the ringing
then starts up again. Drogyn looks into the bag and sees a
flashing green light. He pulls out the folded cell phone and
starts examining it.
DROGYN
So this is the producer of the
infernal noise?
He plays with the ringing phone some more and finally
accidentally flips the phone up, connecting it.
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS HALLWAY - NIGHT
Remy on the steps calling.
REMY
Hello, is anyone there?
CUT TO:
INT. OLD, DILAPITATED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
Drogyn is startled by the voice of Remy coming though the
phone.
DROGYN
Remy? What is this machine, how can
I talk to you in one place and then
walk to another and still be able
to talk to you without the long
black cords?
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS HALLWAY - NIGHT
Remy now pacing up and down the hallway.
REMY
I'll explain the cell phones power
later, now we have a problem.
Angel's babe is in bed with him.
You paid me to take out him, and
him alone. I can't take out just
him, it's either the two or nothing
at all.
CUT TO:
INT. OLD, DILAPITATED WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
Drogyn is now seated back in his chair.
DROGYN
You assassins are all alike. God
forbid something goes wrong in your
precious plan. The money I'm giving
you should be enough to take out
both of them. If you were really
good, you would be able to take him
out and not need to kill his women.
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS HALLWAY - NIGHT
Remy is now standing still at the end of the hallway
REMY
Watch it man, I could just walk
away from this it really wouldn't
be that hard, and then you'd be
shit outta luck.
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL'S PENTHOUSE - NIGHT
Angel's room. We see Angel and Nina sleeping while Nina lies
across his body. Angel then is stirred by something and wakes
up.
NINA
(Sleepy)
What's the matter, another dream?
ANGEL
No, I hear something.
NINA
I don't hear anything.
ANGEL
Vampire ears. Shh, someone's on the
phone at the end of a hallway.
Angel reaches under the pillow and pulls out a stake.
ANGEL
Take this, just in case.
NINA
What about you, don't you need
anything?
ANGEL
I can handle myself.
Angel gets up and walks to the wall across the room and
stands with his back to it.
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS HALLWAY - NIGHT
Remy still talking on the phone at the end of the hallway.
REMY
Alright, I'll take them both out,
but I at least want some more
money. Good. I'll see you tomorrow.
Remy then grabs the sniper rifle off his shoulder and walks
to the apartment door. He slowly walks in and raises the
scope. The tip of the rifle goes past the wall where Angel is
standing. Angel sees the gun and kicks the tip of it in the
air causing it to fly out of the hands of Remy. Remy then
kicks Angel is the gut causing him to take a step back. Remy
goes for the gun, but Angel is too fast and kicks it away.
Remy then pulls out a big knife from his leg. Angel steps
back, but it's too late as Remy cuts him on his upper torso.
Remy tires to stab Angel again but Angel grab the wrist of
Remy and force him to drop the knife. Remy then kicks out
Angel's legs and tries to stomp on his face, but Angel moves
out of the way. Angel kicks up and throws a punch at the
assassin but Remy blocks it, and gets one of his own in
instead. Angel response with his own left and the assassin
takes a few steps back. Angel tries to lunge for the man, but
Remy grabs a vase and shatters it on Angel's head instead.
Angel then gets up and vamps out. He throws one punch that's
blocked, but gets another in Remy's gut. Remy steps back, and
is about 10 feet from the window. Remy runs at Angel, but
Angel kick him in the chest and send him though the window.
Angel then looks down the building though the broken glass.
NINA
Are you alright?
ANGEL
Yeah I'm fine.
A black cable with a steel Spike shots though the window and
hits Angel in the upper leg. He looks down and then back up
and is pulled out though the broken window.
CAMERA ON: the bottom of the building, where Remy hits the
ground followed by a cord falling, and finally Angel landing
right on top of the would-be assassin.
CUT TO:
INT. SCIENCE LAB - NIGHT
CAMERA ON: Chyou is running in to the science lab with Angel
on a stretcher with Nina by his side and a medical staff in
tow. Angel is bleeding all over and unconscious.
NINA
Is he going to be alright?
CHYOU
Just be glad he isn't human. Now me
and my team have got to get to
work, please wait outside and let
us do our jobs.
NINA
Yeah, yeah ok.
CUT TO:
INT. SCIENCE LAB WAITING ROOM "“ DAY
CAMERA ON: Nina is waiting in a chair, still in her pajamas.
Spike then comes though the doors, and sees Nina there.
SPIKE
How's he doing?
NINA
I'm not sure; they haven't told me
anything for a couple of hours now.
Speaking of which, what time is it?
SPIKE
I got your message around 7-ish;
I'm a heavy sleeper, so it's
probably around 8.
NINA
Alright, well it looks like I'm not
going to my class today.
The lab doors open and Chyou walks into the holding room with
some medical papers in her hand, and a mask still on.
CHYOU
(Muffled words)
Chyou takes the mask off.
(Normal tone of voice.)
Sorry about that. He's going to be
fine. He got lucky that he landed
on that man. A few broken bones, a
lot of cuts, but nothing that would
kill a vampire. He should be back
to normal in a few days.
NINA
Can I see him?
CHYOU
He's still out of it, some back in
a couple of hours and he should be
fine
NINA
Alright, thanks a lot Chyou.
CHYOU
It's what I do.
Nina gets up and walks out the door to get back to the
apartment.
SPIKE
So what in the bloody hell happened
to the guy?
CHYOU
I'm not really sure, when I got
there, there was a broken window, a
rappel gun, a dead John Doe, and a
seriously messed up Angel.
SPIKE
Have we figured out who the guy
was?
CHYOU
I'm about to go do that now. I
guess now with Angel being
temporarily incapacitated you're in
charge.
A wide grin comes across Spike's face
SPIKE
Yeah I guess I am. Find out what
you can about this gooey mess of a
man. I'll be in Angel's... My
office.
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL'S OFFICE - NIGHT
CAMERA ON: Spike is sitting in Angel's chair and spinning
around in it when the phone rings.
SPIKE
(On the phone.)
Hello, Spike's office...Chyou,
how's it going... He's
awake?......... Damn, can you knock
him out for a little while longer?
... I want to stay in his office...
Thanks a lot you twit... I'll be
down soon.
Spike hangs up the phone, leans back in Angel's chair, and
spins again.
SPIKE
(To himself.)
I'm so stealing this chair.
CUT TO:
INT. RECOVERY ROOM. "“ DAY
CAMERA ON: Angel sitting up in bed, covered in bandages and
Chyou wrapping another one around his arm. Spike is standing
by the end of the bed, while Nina is standing on the side
opposite Chyou.
SPIKE
You look like a bloody rag doll.
ANGEL
Thanks Spike. How you doing?
SPIKE
Well I'm alright I guess, could
have used some more sleep.
ANGEL
I wasn't talking to you moron.
Nina moves to Angel's arm and picks up his hand and holds it.
NINA
I'm OK, better now that you're
awake. Have found out who the guy
was?
CHYOU
I found a drivers license on him,
our John Doe is called Remy Goshen,
28 years old, from New Orleans.
ANGEL
We need to find out who this guy
was and"¦"¦.
Angel winces in pain
SPIKE
By the looks of it mate, there's no
we involved here. I'll head out to
the streets tonight and see if I
can find anything on this Goshen
guy.
ANGEL
Fine. Nina, go home get some sleep,
it's been a really rough day.
Nina opens her mouth as to decline Angel's command
ANGEL
Please don't try and argue with me,
I'm too tired.
NINA (SMALL SMILE)
Yeah, I guess I could use some
sleep. I'll talk to you tomorrow.
Nina leans over and kisses Angel on the forehead.
CUT TO:
INT. ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS "“ NIGHT
CAMERA ON: Angel is walking very slowly towards the end of
hall. Dressed in black sweatpants and a t-shirt, he walks
kind of limply to the elevator. He walks in and we see the
white button appear over the other floor keys. Angel then
proceeds to push the button and we see the doors closing from
the outside.
CUT TO:
THE WHITE ROOM - NIGHT
CAMERA ON: Angel standing in the seemingly endless room of
all white. The camera pans around the never-ending whiteness
from Angel's point of view. Then we go back to see Hamilton
standing behind him.
HAMILTON
Damn, you look like crap.
Angel jumps a little
ANGEL
Don't do that Hamilton.
HAMILTON
Someone's rather angry this
evening.
ANGEL
Yeah we'll you'd be pissed too if
you got pulled out a 7 story
window.
Hamilton lets out a big smile.
HAMILTON
Oh that had to hurt. Wish I could
have seen that, would have made my
day. Tell me, who's trying to kill
you now?
ANGEL
I'm starting to think that it was
Drogyn.
Hamilton's face drops very fast and his joking tone quickly
turns dead serious.
HAMILTON
Drogyn tried to kill you?
ANGEL
Not him personally, but I think he
hired the assassin I wasted to do
it for him.
HAMILTON
That's very uncharacteristic of
him.
ANGEL
Why?
Hamilton starts to pace around the room a little.
HAMILTON
It's too impersonal. He always made
a big deal about giving the enemy
the chance to fight back. Me I
would just go for the kill, not
much thought about honor and all
that crap.
ANGEL
Yeah, you and the lack of honor
doesn't really surprise me.
HAMILTON
We did our roles, and we did them
damn well.
ANGEL
Roles?
HAMILTON
We where Champions
CUT TO:
INT. SCIENCE LAB "“ NIGHT
CAMERA ON: Chyou is working on what appears to be some
damaged electronic stuff. She connects a wire to another one,
and looks up at the screen. A telephone number appears.
CHYOU
(To herself.)
Got it. Now lets see if we can
triangle late this.
She picks up the phone and quickly dials a number. A dial
tone is head and Spike picks up.
CHYOU
Spike, its Chyou. I've got the
recent calls off the hit man's
phone.... Yeah, I know I'm good....
Come in and I'll triangle late it
for you guys.... I wanna say the
docks, but I'm not sure... See you
soon.
CUT TO:
INT. WHITE ROOM "“ NIGHT
ANGEL
(Shocked.)
You and Drogyn where champions?
HAMILTON
Yep, fighting the good fight in
which ever way we could. What? You
thought I was created strictly to
be the Partners henchman?
ANGEL
Well yeah, I did.
HAMILTON
Me and Drogyn fought all sorts of
evil. And we where damn good too.
ANGEL
What the hell happened?
HAMILTON
There was a woman
ANGEL
Always the case, isn't it?
HAMILTON
You know it as well as me. But this
woman, Abby, was the vision of
beauty. She had long brown hair,
brown eyes, and the face of a Greek
goddess. Problem was, we both loved
her. I knew it, Drogyn knew it, but
we never let it get in the way of
our work. But one day, Abby was
killed. Barakran demons got into
the town and killed her and her
family as well as a handful of
other. The news of her death
stunned us. Drogyn was upset, but I
was completely distraught. My
beloved Abby was taken from me
unjustly. I searched the land for a
few days trying to find a way to
revive her. Finally I stumbled
across a warlock who claimed that
he could bring her back. He needed
only one thing in return, my soul.
And I gave it too him. I fled back
to the town as fast as I could to
see my beautiful girl, expecting
her to jump into my arms and be
mine forever. God was I was wrong.
I got into the town and she was
there, with Drogyn. She knew what
had happened and told me that she
could never love a soulless, evil
creature. She also salted the wound
and told me that she has always
loved Drogyn.
ANGEL
Ouch, so that's when you went evil?
HAMILTON
Sort of. I roamed the land for a
few years. Along the way whatever I
wanted to needed to took, and who
ever got in my way was just
unfortunate. Until one day a poorly
armed mob tried to arrest me. No
one in that mob made it out alive.
I guess the powers saw that I was
too much of an annoyance so they
commanded Drogyn to come after me.
We finally met in England. We
battled for 4 hours. Finally Drogyn
pulled out some sort of weapon and
bested me. Thing was, he couldn't
kill me. He let me go, and went
back and told the powers that I was
dead. That's how the no lies thing
came about. They also stuck him in
that cemetery to guard forever.
ANGEL
And then the Partners contracted
you to be their little errand boy.
HAMILTON
More or less.
A beeping starts to come from Angel.
ANGEL
Well it looks like we've found out
where your old friend is.
CUT TO:
INT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE "“ NIGHT
CAMERA ON: Angel and Spike are walking up to the door. When
they hear something moving on the roof. Angel and Spike jump
from the lower roof on to the top and are about 30 yards away
from Drogyn.
DROGYN
It seems as if the assassin failed.
ANGEL
Yeah, he's a big pile of mush.
Points for effort though.
DROGYN
You really think that I expected
him to succeed?
ANGEL
He was just a test?
DROGYN
Indeed. When I want you to be a
pile of ash, I'll do it myself. And
that goes for all of those that are
associated with him as well.
SPIKE
Hey mate, I was your friend. You've
got no bloody reason to be angry at
me.
DROGYN
Don't I? You should have killed
this traitor the minute you knew
that he killed me.
ANGEL
I know what I did was wrong. But
your death gave us the chance to
take out the Black Torn. We helped
beat back the power with your
death.
DROGYN
That's still not a reason to kill
and innocent man. Enough talking,
after I kill you, I'll find that
bastard Hamilton and kill him as
well.
SPIKE
Can you do that first? We'll wait
here.
Drogyn then rushes to Angel and Spike. Spike tries to jump on
him, but Drogyn gives him a kick to the chest that sends him
flying 10 feet back. Angel and Drogyn stare at each other
when Angel moves in and gives him a punch on his left cheek.
Drogyn steps back and gives Angel a flying kick that knocks
him down. Spike gets up and tackles Drogyn and hits few a few
times before Drogyn kicks Spike in the back of the head.
Spike falls forward, and Drogyn kicks himself up, but is met
with a hard punch from Angel. Angel then hits him a few more
times, and then gives him a powerful kick as Drogyn wearily
steps back to the edge of the roof. He looks down and lets
out an eerie smile. Blood is dripping from his mouth where
Angel first punched him. He touches the blood with his
fingers and looks at his hand, and then stares back at Angel.
DROGYN
I was too rash in dealing with you.
But don't fret, I've learned from
this mistake
Drogyn then falls backward off of the roof. Spike stands up
and he and Angel walk over to the edge of the building and
look down. There is no sign of Drogyn or anything that he may
have dropped. A small piece of paper is blown across the
empty alleyway.
ANGEL
I hate it when they do that.
FADE TO BLACK.
Next week, Angel 6.06 ... with a special guest appearance!!