The texaswookie yelps a bit as an energy ball sails over his head. The writer turns around to see the red and black demon laughing in amusement as it releases yet another blast. The writer dodges off to the side only to rise up and find the demon had shimmered to right in front of him. "Oh boy." The texaswookie says nervously. "I take it your kind of mad right now huh?" The writer questions nervously watching as another energy ball begins to form in the demons hand.
"You might say that." The demon growls as he glares angrily at the writer. "Now, you can either say the disclaimer or not I could care less. Personally I wouldn't mind you not saying it though as it would me an excuse to destroy you."
"Hey, your the one that went evil." The texaswookie points out to the demon who glares and starts to growl in response. "Um, shutting up on that subject now." The writer says hurriedly before the demon get any more annoyed.
"How about you be a good little human and say the disclaimer now before I turn you into ash?" The demon snarled out in anger.
"Sure no problemo. I the texaswookie do hereby lay down no claim whatsoever to any of the characters. Joss owns the Angel ones and Cole Turner and his other half belong to whoever has the rights to Charmed. There now can you please put that out?" The writer questions nodding towards the energy ball. THe demon snarls as he curls his hand into a fist and knocks the ball out. The demon gives one more glare before shimmering out of sight.
"So, who's our next lucky contestant?" Lorne asked curiously making sure that he wasn't the one to grab the folder this time.
Fred smiled at the demon as she reached over and grabbed the folder. "Well according to this one his name is Cole Turner. He's actually already a lawyer." She said as she pulled out the bio of the newest potential client. "In fact he was actually trained in our offices." She informed them as she examined the file. The others shared worried looks at it wouldn't do to have a Wolfram & Hart Lawyer out there.
"If he's already a lawyer, then why does he need us to represent him?" Wesley questioned something about the whole matter didn't make since.
"According to this he wants access to the resources that we have more than anything else." Fred said as she continued to read. "He thinks he can do the job fine, but the resources of Wolfram & Hart would make everything a whole lot smoother for him."
"Well, what do we know about him? " Angel asked the group.
"He's a half demon according to this," Gunn told them, "even has his own special demon name. And let me tell you Angel he has one ugly face when he's a demon." The young man joked as he eyeballed the photo. "Let's just hope that he decides to keep the human face on. Because that is level of ugly I could do without."
"So he's a shifter then like Doyle was?" Wesley asked with interest. "A half demon able to shift between a human and nonhuman form is extremely rare. Why it's even rarer to meet two such individuals though. The only thing rarer is two of the same type o demon hybrids in a lifetime. You said he had a name for his demonic side? What type of name was he going by? He may have made a bit of a name for himself and it could help us determine certain things about him."
"Right, he went by the name Belthazor. Does that name ring any bells with you guys?" Gunn asked looking at the others curiously." Guys?" he questioned at the dead silence that greeted him after he gave the name out. He was surprised to see Wesley with eyes as big as saucers, a frozen Lorne had gone pale, and Angel was staring at him in disbelief. The vampire and Watcher both reached forward to examine the file that was before them.
The vampire reached the file first and examined it. "He's right it's him." Angel said as he handed the picture in the folder to Wesley who examined the photo unable to believe what it was that he was looking at. Angel slumped in his chair and looked at the others speculatively as if trying to figure out how to explain something to the two members that were unaware what they were dealing with.
"You want to explain this to us Angel?" Gunn asked, as he looked at the three that seemed more worried than they should be over something as simple as a half demon wanting them to allow him access to their legal records.
"You don't understand Gunn, this is Belthazor that we're talking about here. As in the Belthazor, in all his dark and terrible glory. That's like saying that a fully armed Slayer is coming to visit us and you hope that she wants to play nice." Lorne told the young man in exasperation. "We're talking about the numbero uno killer of the demonic world." The demon tried to explain to the two humans.
"Yes, Belthazor is the number one assassin of the Source. For a demon that is only a hundred years old that is something nearly unheard of. He would have to be extremely powerful to manage something like that." Wesley informed the group. "However somehow Belthazor managed it and is now at our front door."
"Well, what's the worst that he can do?" Fred questioned them curiously. "I mean we should be safe here right?"
"That's as long as we don't annoy him Fredikins." Lorne returned to the young woman. "I mean after that you only have to worry about him throwing energy balls, reading your mind, fire balls, the usual super strength guys like him have, telekinetic mumbo jumbo and whatever other tricks he might have learned over the years. He used to be the top assassin to the Source for a reason kiddo." He informed her as she became shocked.
"Who or what's this Source?" Gunn asked the three in bewilderment. "The way you're talking about him it's obvious that you guys think that he's some type of big deal."
"That's because he is a really big deal to the supernatural community. We're talking about the Source of Evil." Wesley explained to the other two humans. "It's an extremely powerful demonic entity that is trying to bring the world of demons to power. Its possibly one of the most powerful champions of the dark that has ever lived. It lives near the mystical nexus in San Francisco."
"And who watches this thing?"
"A family of witches is pledged to be the guardians of that particular dimensional rip. Much like the Slayer used to watch after the hellmouth." Wesley explained to them.
"I see, so what are his crimes?" Angel questioned them.
Gunn looked at the file shook his head before he began to read the charges off. "He's being charged with murder for hire, attempted genocide of the human race, murder to the third degree, and brawling. According to this he attempted to reform for a while and allow his human side to be in control however that didn't work and in the end the demonic side of him ended up taking over both sides of the guy."
"Who's in control now though?" Angel asked a look of sympathy stretched across his face.
"The demon is from what we've read." Gunn answered.
Angel nodded his head in acceptance at this. "Show him in, we'll see if its Cole Turner or Belthazor that is in control before we make our final decision." He clicked the intercom on then. "Harmony, show Mr. Turner in now." He ordered coolly.
"Yeah, sure thing boss man." The girl said as the doors clicked open and a well dressed dark haired man stepped through.
"Not too bad for being over a hundred years old." Gunn noted as the man walked up to them.
Cole smiled charmingly at them as he set down his briefcase, he then regarded each of them with a interest before he began speaking. "Hello, my name is Cole Turner, and I think that you'll find my requests are actually very small. I know I didn't exactly leave on the best of terms, but I think that I can say without hesitation that I can more than pay for the use of your resources. I do happen to have the support of the Triad and the Source in this matter as well. I am also willing to assists you in legal matters that you may have for me to look over I know that it can be somewhat difficult at times to keep everything running smoothly in a law firm."
"I just have one question for you right now Mr. Turner," Angel said as he leaned over his desk to stare the hybrid in the eyes. "Are you evil?"
The demon chuckled a bit at that. "I assume that you are referring to my year of allowing my human half try and live out the simple life of fighting the good fight and all that Angelus. I understand that you've had something of a similar problem a while back. You can rest assured though that that this is not a trick. I am completely dedicated to the Source once again." He assured the group.
"Well guys, you heard him what do you think?" Angel asked with a smile he was so going to enjoy this.
"As he is currently involved with the Source in direct conflict to end the world he is in opposition with the new company policy that has been set up. It is therefore my recommendation that he be given the boot." Gunn informed the vampire with a smile of his own.
"Wes?"
The British man smiled up at the demon. "Gunn is right, he is not going to work with the new look that we're trying to go for. I therefore must agree with my colleague and deny Mr. Cole access into our resources."
"Well Lorne?" Angel questioned just in case the demon hybrid had only been lying to get his foot in the door.
"Oh he's telling you the truth." Lorne said from where he was observing the demon carefully. "Every last word he said is true. This guy is no longer on the side of the white hats. I'm going to have to say deny as well."
"Alright, Fred?"
"Deny." The woman said without hesitation.
"And I happen to agree with them on this one. Mr. Turner you are denied access to our resources." The vampire informed him with a smirk.
Cole Turner glared at the group angrily. His body wavered for a moment and then he changed into a giant red and black demon dressed in all black. "You will regret this vampire. He growled at them flashing his teeth at the group before he snatched his briefcase off the table and wavered again and disappeared.
"What was that?" Fred asked in surprise as she looked where the demon had just been.
"It's called shimmering." Wesley said casually from where he was sitting. "It's a way that some types of demons teleport themselves from place to place. It's also how they enter the underworld as well."
Gunn looked at the others with a grin. "Hey, I don't know about the rest of you but damn did that feel good." He said with a grin as he leaned back in his seat and stretched out in contentment. "Almost made having to defend some of those other dirt bags worth it." He noted to them. The others laughed in agreement at that.
