Everyone knows that Angel ended its series with a cliff hanger (the beginning of an epic battle). And that's where the comics come into play. This is a story of what could have happened if that entire episode turned out different. Wesley didn't die, Lorne didn't leave, etc.

Flashback (3 years ago)

"Don't do it. You don't have to do it."

"It's my destiny. It's the only way I can have my redemption…"

"It's NOT destiny! It's you giving p on your mission!"

"Connor," Angel said as he looks at his friends desperately fighting a demon horde, "Take care of them." Angel willingly jumps into the abyssal portal. A blinding light appears and everyone is stunned by the fact that the entire horde just disappeared…

Current Day

In the newly rebuilt Hyperion Hotel, Spike was having his routine training exercise with Illyria. "Bloody hell, did you have to hit me there?!" Spike said as he falls to the ground in agony.

"He's a real masochist isn't he?" Connor asked.

"Seems like Illyria is just a sadist" Gunn replied.

"They make the perfect pair" Connor said as he walks away. Since Angel's enormous sacrifice as one last act of heroism, Connor has been leading Angel Investigations. He has little experience in dealing with others which complicated things in a large scale battle. Eventually he learned to cooperate with them, especially Spike who sees Connor as "What Angel could have been."

Aside from running Angel Investigations, the team decided it would be best to open up the hotel as a source of extra funds. One of their customers, Alyza, has been staying at the hotel for 9 months now. She describes it as her means of "getting away from the family." Eventually, this family of hers aroused Connor's suspicion on her family. One day, Connor asked her why her family issues haven't been resolved after all this time. "It's complicated." Alyza said. Connor decided to tell her about Angel Investigations which, to his surprise, she never heard off. Upon hearing the details, Alyza decided to hire their services.

"My family isn't like others." Alyza said.

"They're not human?" Gunn asked

"They were, until that thing came. My father thought it was an Angel sent to help us in our time of crisis." Alyza replied

"Thing…?"Connor asked

"It was this man. Good looking one too. We were in a desperate time back then; we were losing all we had, our home, our money, everything. Because of this, my father believed when the man said he was a generous benefactor willing to help them. He invited him in. After that, his face…"

"Distorted into a demonic figure?" Wesley asked.

"Yes, how did you…" Alyza attempts to ask but is interrupted again by Wesley who tells her "It's what we do."

"Anyway, go on." Connor said.

"Well, yeah. His face turned more… demonic. He had fangs and bit my father, then later my mother and sister. I was saved by this blonde lady. She was unimaginably strong. I couldn't believe it when she carried me on her back and jumped from the third floor down."

As Alyza clarifies more details on what happened, Wesley begins to suspect that her blonde savior is actually Buffy. He leaves the room immediately and decides to gather his spell books as if preparing for a battle. Connor was about to tell Alyza that they were willing to take the case until she told them, "I couldn't believe he was a demon. His face was so… Angel-like." As she said these words, the entire team was stunned.

"Did you say, Angel?" Gunn asked

"Yes. Is there something wrong?" Alyza replied.

"We'll take the job. Do you know where your family could be hiding?" Connor asked

"At our house, I'll show you the way." Alyza answered.

"You mean they never left after all this time?" Connor asked

"The blonde girl mentioned something about her friend putting a spell on the house so they could never leave it." Alyza answered.

Upon hearing this, Wesley was convinced that her savior was Buffy and, most likely, Willow. As Connor agrees to do the job, Gunn points out that the demon who attacked them could be Angel. Connor refuses to believe it and claims that "many vampires have an angelic face."

As they stand outside the girl's house, they can see her vicious family staring outside the window. Connor rushes inside and grabs one of them by the throat.

"WHO SIRED YOU?!" Connor asked violently. There was no reply and Connor dusts the vampire. He grabs another one and asks same thing. The only answer that they could give was "He had such angelic features". Connor, out of rage, kills the remaining vampires. He then tells Wesley to remove the magic barrier around the house. As they leave, Connor separates from the rest of the group. He is found by Gunn at a local church a few miles from the hotel.

"How'd you find me?" Connor asked.

"It wasn't that hard. I just asked myself, 'Where would a troubled soul with no one to turn to go when his inner demons are acting up?'" Gunn replies.

"It's not about my demons. It's about his."

"You really think he did this? We all saw what happened back then. He went out a hero."

"WE didn't see anything but a blinding light. And there's a reason they called him Angelus."