"- And it was definitely Connor ? You're sure ?" Lorne asked .

Spike nodded . " Yeah , he even called him dad and everything . It had to be Connor ."

"So...He's dead ?" Gunn asked .

"No . He's alive and well in New Mexico . It's his twin that's dead ." Spike said , sarcastically ," Yes he's dead! Weren't you listening to what I said you Berk ?"

"Did he just call me a 'Berk' ?" Gunn asked .

"Poor Angel," Guun said , " It must be hard on him ...Losing his son for the second time .."

"It would only be the first if Wesley hadn't interveined ." Lorne pointed out ," And this may never have happened ."

"Are you blaming Wes for Connors death ?" Gunn said flaring up.

"No , I'm just saying that -"

"Enough," Illyria cut in . " This is not the point of the subject . The point is , Connor is the one behind all these deaths , and I rather doubt that Angel will do much to stop him . After all , Connor is his son ."

"Correction , Connor was his son . That's not Connor now ," Gunn said , " It may have his memory's , his looks , but he's not Connor . That is a hell raising demon . None of them deserve to live , whether they were his son or not!"

"Hey!" Spike shouted .

"You know what I meant . You and Angel are different . You don't go around massacring humans ...Anymore ."

Spike raised an eyebrow and leaned back in the chair , his hands behind his head .

"So ..What do we do ?"

"What can we do ?" Lorne asked .

"Slay him ?" Spike replied .

"Okay first of all , never answer a question with a question , second , don't you think that may be a little hasty and Angel would...I don't know ...Kill us ?" Guun retorted .

"So what do you prepose we do ?" Illyria questioned

"We should talk to Angel , see what he thinks . And we can try and convince him that it's not Connor he's slaying . It's the demon who took his son away from him ."

"But technically , it is his son , and not the demon who's taken his son away from him ." Spike said .

"What do you mean ?" Illyria asked .

"Well, call me crazy , but last time I checked , the vampire who sired Connor was the demon who took his son . And also , that's Connors body , his memory's, partly his thoughts too and his personality . You didn't think it just disappeared did you ? It's not possession we're talking about here , it's being turned . And Angel knows all this , through experience, so it'd be a waste of time trying to convince him otherwise."

"Captain poroxides right for once," Gunn said ,

"Thank y- Hey!"

"So what do we do ?" Lorne said disheartened

"We still talk to him , try to convince him ." Gunn replied .

Spike laughed .

"You're wasting your time."

"Hey , I'm a lawyer . I know what I'm doing !"

"If you say so ,"

Gunn entered the room after knocking , Angel didn't seem to notice. Too busy turning the room upside down .

"Angel I heard about -"

"Don't!" Angel snapped , "Don't say it !"

Gunn looked at his feet for a moment.

"Angel , it's happened whether you like it or not , but that's not Connor-"

"Who is it then ? Tell me Guun . Who is that ? 'Cause it sure as hell looks like Connor to me !"

"Well...It is Connor..In body . But not in mind , or soul . "

Angel glared at Gunn

"I know what you're going through Angel "

"Do you really ?"

Gunn nodded solemnly .

"My sister .." His voice trailed .

Angel stopped wrecking havoc on the room for a moment .

"What ?"

"My sister . I joined you to fight , and my sister was turned into a vampire. I had to kill her ...So I do know what you're going through . And I know it's hard . But you have to do it Angel , and I also know , that you know it too , even if you don't like it . And I think that's why you're hiding from it ."

"I'm hideing from nothing ," Angel spat .

"Really ? So what do you call shutting yourself away , refusing to speak about it , about anything for that matter . What do you call that Angel ? Cause I call it hiding ."

Gunn stopped and waited to see his reaction . Angel had become still , looking at his feet , in (what Gunn presumed) was deep thought.

"I...I can't ..He's my son ..my only remaining family member ..I can't kill him ."

"Angel , your son , and remaining family member , is dead ! He died when the vampire who sired him sunk his teeth into him! That's what I'm trying to say . That's what I had to learn about Allona the hard way .."

Angel sighed , he knew Gunn was right .

"Okay...I'll do it .."

"Well ?" Spike asked , as Gunn exited Angels room .

"He'll do it ."

"Bloody hell! How did you do that ?"

"As I said before , I'm a lawyer ."

Lorne looked from Spike to Gunn .

"That's all fine him saying he'll do it , but how do we know he'll actually slay Connor ? Spike says he froze up last time . What if it happens again ?"

"One of you go with him ," Illyria said as though it was the simplest thing in the world .

"And if he doesn't let anyone accompany him ?" Lorne debated .

"Follow him ."

Spike thought for a moment .

"Could we pull that off ?"

"Maybe you couldn't but one of us could probably ," Gunn said .

Lorne chuckled as Spike glared at Gunn .

"I'll have you know , I have the stealth of a jungle cat !"

"You walked into a door !" Gunn said , " Now I don't know about anyone else , but I don't think that's very jungle cat like ."

Spike muttered something unaudioable .

"Back to the main point ," Gunn said , " Illyria's right . We either go with , or follow him . We can't allow Connor to continue these massacres .The whole of L.A's population would be gone before long ."

The group nodded .

"So , who will go with him ?" Lorne asked , " Cause it can't be me , I don't kill ."

"You killed Lindsey ," Spike pointed out .

Lorne opened his mouth as though to say something , before falling silent.

"Well I can't " Gunn said ,

"Why not ?" Spike asked ,

"Well, if he said no , and he caught me , what am I supposed to do ?"

"How about Illyria ?" Spike said , hopefully .

"How about no." She shot him down .

"Oh bloody hell! Fine then ! I'll go!"

"Thought you might say that" Gunn said , smirking .

"I don't have a bloody choice do I ?"

"No not really ."

Spike shook his head in disbelief, before walking out.

"Lawyers" He muttered " Bloody buggers the lot of them ."