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This episode and the 2 after I wanted to do for a long time, even when I was writing 'A Devil in the City of Angels', and now here we are at last, have fun.

Chapter 12- End of night

Wesley, Lorne, Fred and Gunn rushed inside to discover Groo injured with Lilah over him as Cordelia lay in a corner, moaning in pain too.

"Check on Connor!" Wesley ordered Lorne and Fred and they ran off to do as ordered.

"Come on", Gunn said as he helped Groo up and helped him to his room, while Wesley looked down on Lilah.

"You all right?" Wesley inquired.

"Yeah", Lilah said with a nod.

"I'm glad", Wesley told her.

"Really?" Lilah asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Really."

Matt had come into the hotel from a window to prevent Lilah from seeing him and changed into normal clothes.

Now he helped Gunn as the two settled Groo on his bed as he groaned. "I'm sorry...Angelus, he..."

"We know." Matt told him before assuring. "It's not your fault, Groo."

"You did everything you can and then some. All that overtime has got you beat, literally in this case." Gunn gave an add on.

Lorne and Fred then walked in with Connor in her arms, rocking him to calm him down.

With Connor asleep, Cordelia recovering and Groo also on bed, the rest gathered as Lorne made his suggestion. "Birth of a notion, kids. We use the sanctuary spell. That anti-demon violence charm I used down at Caritas. It won't keep Angelus from making a house call but it should keep carnage down to a minimum."

Gunn inquired. "That takes some doing, doesn't it?"

Lorne shrugged. "Well, I could put a call in to the Furies. Maybe they could tech-support me through a quickie version."

"You have anymore of that diluted Mohra blood you used to help me out when I was first in this city?" Matt inquired to Lorne.

"Sorry, my lovely Rocky, hate to disappoint you, the stuff is costly, and I don't have the funds I had back at Caritas", Lorne told Matt. "And the supplier was Ma'at."

"Got it", Matt said with a nod.

"So, what now? What do the forces of good have up their brain banks?" Lilah inquired with a smirk.

"We need a breather right now", Matt said as Wesley walked in.

"Matthew is right", Wesley nodded in agreement. "First we establish the safety of our hotel, then we make our move."

"It's my fault, I let Angelus out", Cordelia said sadly.

"It's nobody's fault", Fred assured.

"It's all of your fault, falling for an act, I wouldn't fall for it", Lilah simply shrugged.

"Good going Lilah, we appreciate your experience", Wesley simply said as she chuckled. "Let us go to work."

Matt stood over the recovering Groo, then got an idea as he turned to Fred, gently taking Connor from her. "I'll put him down and take care of him as the rest prepare the spell. Wouldn't be much help with the spell anyway."

"Thanks", Fred said with a smile. "I'll watch over Groo."

With that, Matt walked off.

The bar was taken over by demons and vampires and was one of the few places Matt or Groo hadn't come to yet.

The screams of humans could be heard in the background as the Vampires fed on their prey.

Angelus entered, shouldering his way past a burly demon and whispered in the ear of a vampire. Across the room, 2 Vampires called Paco and Karl looked up from their game of pool.

Karl said to Paco. "Hey, isn't that…?"

"Yeah."

The Vampire by the door pointed to the bar and Angelus strode to the center of the room. Everyone stopped what they were doing at the sight of him.

"That's right, brothers and sisters. The rumors are true. Angel has left the building and I am back. And I shall deal with Daredevil. Also, I beat the crap out of the strong muscle warrior who is hunting us."

The demons and other creatures clapped and cheered and welcomed him back into the fold.

"But hey, I'm no different than the next guy. I put my victim's skin on one leg at a time."

He headed for the bar but was intercepted by Rosaria, a blonde vampire, who ran up to him with a leering smile.

"Angelus! Remember me?"

"Not really."

"Oh, come on! A little town outside Tuscany— 1845, give or take? Rosaria!" She tried to remind him.

Angelus was just annoyed. "Rosaria, right."

"Yeah! Flew in with some of my friends when we heard about the permanent midnight. Though Daredevil and muscle man are making it hard to enjoy."

Angelus surreptitiously grabbed a pool cue from someone behind him and snapped it in two.

"Hey, a bunch of us are gonna raid a pre-school later. Want to join us? Have a little kiddie cockt—"

Angelus jammed the pool cue through her heart and she died with a lingering scream. "Everybody wants a piece of you." He dropped the cue and headed for the bar, standing next to a massive horned Demon with wavy jowls.

"I'm looking for the Beast. Guy over there told me you might know where he hangs his horns."

The Demon was awed to meet him. "Whoa! You're him. Talking to me. Not usually impressed by Vampires but this is such an honor. Hey! Could sign a little something for my hellspawn? Make it out to Ashley. She's a beautiful little—"

Angelus took the offered pen and impaled the demon's hand with it, then seized him by the throat. "Maybe some other time, huh? Where is the Beast?"

The Demon moaned. "I don't know. I swear!"

"I've seen him", Paco spoke up. "The Beast. Seen him a couple times. Down by the buildings by the wash."

Angelus released the demon and walked over to Paco and Karl.

"Show me."

Lilah was sitting in a room, and saw Wesley looking at her from the doorway.

"Why so glum? Because I'm not out of the picture? It would make your life simpler, wouldn't it? Cleaner?" Lilah asked with a smile, trying to get a rise.

"I do not want that", Wesley confessed.

Lilah shrugged and got up, limping slightly. "Come on, what are you worried about, Wesley? You hated yourself for being with me. Or maybe, you just hated yourself for loving being with me. Hey, semantics. In any case, we both know sooner or later it would come to a messy end. Didn't happen now, but it will one day."

She walked around behind him. "So ease up on that furrowed brow. You're free now. No longer encumbered with the secret shame of our relationship, because it was finished."

"It wasn't a relationship", Wesley told her sadly.

Lilah pointed out. "There's a signed dollar bill in your wallet I think proves different." A beat. "You knew how I felt."

"You don't feel."

"The only true thing I ever—"

He turned away.

"You didn't love me!" Wesley turned back to look at Lilah. "You couldn't."

For a second, she looked…hurt? But then she schooled her expression.

"Well, we'll never know, will we?" Lilah asked, stroking Wesley's face a little, as they were inches apart now, and the pent-up feelings they had came to the surface again, as they crashed their lips into each other, with Wesley lifting up Lilah and putting her on the bed.

"Ouch!" Lilah winced in pain due to her wound.

"I'm sorry", Wesley apologized.

"Oh no", Lilah rose up and bit his ear. "Carry on."

With that, they carried on.

Angelus walked beneath a highway overpass with the other two vampires.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is the place", Paco asked Karl. "This is the place, right?"

Karl reminded. "Hey, man, you saw the thing. I didn't."

Angelus just asked. "Where was the Beast headed?"

"I can't remember, man."

Angelus seized Paco by the shirt and yanked him close. "Try remembering harder, Paco."

"Okay! I was just trying to steer clear of the mammoth, all right. You know what I'm saying."

"Listen to what I'm saying. I don't have time to—" Angelus suddenly stopped as he heard a voice in his head.

"I am here, come to me."

Angelus released Paco and walked off into the night.

Paco inquired. "Hey, man, you want we should come with?" No answer. "All right, we'll just stay here." He turned to Karl. "Man, you made him nervous!"

"Me?"

"Damn!"

Fred and Gunn entered, their arms full of spice jars, while Lorne talked on the phone with the Furies and took notes. "Yeah, okay. All right, not so fast, girls. One at a time. Okay, "violence restrained"… uh-huh. Go on."

Fred told him. "That's everything we could find."

Lorne said. "They say we need bloodroot."

Gunn was a bit annoyed. "Bloodroot? Man, we just raided the spice rack in the kitchen. Ain't no bloodroot in there."

Lorne said into the phone. "Eighty-six on the bloodroot, ladies. Anything else we can— well, yeah. I have paprika, ginger, all-spice, cloves. Cloves? That'll work? Got it. Beautiful. Hey, as soon as FTD's delivering in the city again, expect a big thanks-a-bunch bouquet from me, girls. Ciao. He hangs up the phone."

Cordelia walked to them and said. "Sounds like we got our home security spell."

"Right you are, missy. As soon as we sprinkle burnt clove dust around the perimeter, light a few candles, incant a few choice phrases, we'll be all good", Lorne said happily.

Matt arrived, putting baby Connor on the counter as Lorne wondered. "Would it work on you too, Devillicious?"

Matt turned to him as Lorne explained. "Probably because of the growing unity between you and Abad-Adam, I mean. Pretty soon, the two of you will be so close, you'll be like Zack and Cody, can't tell which is which."

Matt simply nodded and said. "May take awhile. I'm trying to find the right middle ground to become Adam."

That was when Wesley came down, having finished dressing up, but Matt sniffed Lilah over him and shook his head in amusement. These two had genuine feelings for each other, which had been reignited due to Lilah almost dying at Angelus' hands, Matt could tell.

And these two would act on those feelings too, but would never be able to stay together forever in a healthy relationship because of their different morals and the fact that at day's end, they were on different sides.

Matt just wished the best for both of them, yes, even Lilah.

"We have to stop Angelus, but not kill him, and before that, we need to find his soul", Wesley said, talking strategy with all of them as he turned to Matt. "I believe your Hell-Mark can stop him long enough."

"It can", Matt confirmed. "And, I called backup."

"Who?" Wesley inquired with narrowed eyes.

"You'll see", Matt said with a smirk.

Angelus moved among the stacks of barrels and crates, searching. He whistled, calling out into the darkness. "Is this how you treat an old friend? Lure me here with a voice in my head?"

He came across the Beast's dagger, resting on top of a crate.

"We were never friends, Angelus."

The Beast stepped out of the shadows and towered over Angelus. He was not intimidated in the least, however.

"I know. But calling you a "big dumb hunk of rock" seemed a little on the nose. Come on, man! I'm teasing. It's been what? A couple of hundred years? You still want to kick my ass?"

The Beast revealed to him. "It's true I long to crush your skull but I didn't bring you here to fight. That wasn't my instruction."

"Your instruction?" Angelus knew he was right about the Beast having a master.

"My master has requested you."

"Your master?" Angelus inquired before commenting on the dagger. "Nice workmanship. Did you make this in shop for daddy?"

He reached out for it but the Beast stopped him. "Don't touch that."

Angelus laughed. "Sorry. I can see you put a lot of yourself into it. So… the attack on Angel Investigations, rain of fire, blotting out the sun—"

"Stealing your soul. All designed by my master to bring forth and keep Angelus."

Angelus had to agree that the plan was something, he was proud of it, even if he hated it. "Well, hell of a plan. Real big-picture thinking. So when can I meet the big brain behind my liberation?"

"In time. For now you will take your orders through me."

That's where Angelus drew the line.

"Or here's a better idea. No. I won't. Tell your boss I'm grateful for the attention but I don't take grocery lists from the messenger boy."

The Beast was furious now. "I will teach your respect!"

"Look, you may have played those suckers at Angel Inc. but I don't like having my strings yanked. And I don't like being kept in the dark! Figuratively, anyway. And if your boss was half as smart as he thinks he is, he knows I won't take orders from a lackey."

The Beast glared at him, barely restrained. Angelus taunted.

"What? You don't like lackey? Well, how about toadie? Or lickspittle? Lickspittle's nice. Oh, wait. I've got it. Flunky. That's it. You're just a big, stupid, butt-ugly—"

The Beast lunged at Angelus, throwing a punch but Angelus ducked and backed up, "slow-moving flunky!"

Angelus deflected another blow and dodged two more. "Come on, rocky, if that's all you've got, you better throw in the towel and call it a night."

Angelus dodged two more blows, then leapt high up into the rafters, landing on a catwalk far above.

"When the Beastmaster is ready to peek out from behind your skirt, have him give me a call."

Angelus ducked out through a panel in the roof, leaving the Beast fuming.

"Well, you handled that brilliantly."

Cordelia stepped out from behind a stack of crates and walked over to the Beast.

"He is not to be trusted", the Beast then gestured to two figures above. "Neither are they."

Cordelia slapped him in the chest. "What about you? Letting him bait you into a fight like that. I haven't spent all this time and energy so you can mess it all up with your petty jealousies. You know Angelus is crucial to my plan."

"My apologies, my master", the Beast apologized.

"You need patience. He'll come around… when he sees what I have to offer. And if he doesn't, you can pull off his head and tear him to bits", Cordelia said with a smirk.

Up above, one of the two figures, a male, lost patience and walked off. "This is worthless!"

But the other figure, woman grabbed his arm. "Do not be stupid! If you want to kill Daredevil, this is the way!"

"She is right, you know? Why are all the guys other than Angelus so dumb around here?" Cordelia asked with a groan as the male fumed.

A gang of demons marched down the street, like they owned the place, and then they saw a couple trying to run across the street.

"Lets have ourselves a dance." The lead Demon said lecherously as he eyed the girl.

"HEY!"

They turned around as a figure stood in the dark, and only when he stepped into the light of a street lamp, did they see the Skull Vest on him.

"I'll dance with you."

Then Frank Castle unveiled his assault rifles and unleashed a storm of lead into the demons as he roared.

Faith Lehane drove to Los Angeles in a car, looking around at the city. Due to the efforts of Matt and Groo, it wasn't as bad as it could be, but still bad enough.

"Looks like a Vampire/Demon free for all", Faith commented as she stopped the car for a bit due to some debris in the way, and knew she had to drive around it.

A Vampire suddenly yanked her out the window by her hair and dropped her onto the pavement. Faith freed herself and decked the Vamp.

Another one then came to attack her, and she fought them both like Hell's own fury.

Faith ducked the Vamp's blow and decked him before taking out a pair of stakes, holding one in each hand. And then she slammed them home, killing both Vampires instantly. She watched the dust cloud settle as she caught her breath.

A third Vampire had tried to attack her but seeing the way she fought, knew she was a Slayer and had run off.

"Just like riding the Devil."

With that, Faith got back into her car and drove around the debris towards the hotel.

At Hyperion, the spell was done as Lorne said. "Oh, relax, boys, the spell is working."

Gunn, who was pacing nervously said. "Yeah, maybe so but if Angelus shows up, I want to be ready."

"Well, now we are."

They all turned as Faith walked inside, looking at all of them approvingly.

She then walked to Matt and they shared a kiss on the lips as she said. "I missed you."

"I missed you too, I needed you here", Matt told her.

"Now you have me", Faith said with a smile.

"These two bunnies just make me feel all gooey inside", Lorne said with a smile. The reading he got from them, the love they had, just made him happy.

Faith then saw Connor and picked him up, shaking him. "Hey there my favorite little guy. Remember fun aunt Faith?"

Connor looked at her as she told him. "We'll have some more fun after this is done."

"He can crawl now", Fred informed as Faith smiled.

"Awww, you are so growing up, aren't you?" Faith shook him again while doing a childish voice, then put him back down.

She then turned to them all and said. "Time for work."

"You sure you can handle this, Faith?" Cordelia inquired, looking at Faith a bit disapprovingly. "It's pretty bad."

"After Magus, stuff doesn't seem as bad", Faith shrugged as they chuckled.

"She's not wrong", Matt agreed.

"Good to have you here, Faith", Wesley said genuinely as she nodded.

Faith looked around and took stock of the situation. "Okay, let's get down to it. We're gonna keep this hunting party tight. Gunn?

"Yeah", Gunn walked to her.

"You're with me, Wes and my Devil Knight in shining armor", Faith told him as chuckles went around at Matt's nickname.

She then said to Gunn. "Arm yourself how you like but I want you to carry the trank gun. If I can't take him down, I want you to be ready to take the shot, yeah?"

Gunn nodded, liking her style, like always.

"In case anyone has any other ideas, this is a salvage mission, not search and destroy. Okay?"

"We get it", Matt assured her. "Besides, with my new power I think we can get him."

"Sure can", Faith said with a smirk, then her eyes narrowed. "And one more thing-"

She grasped Matt's hand and walked up with him. "Come on."

"Right", Matt realized, but then Faith noticed Lilah in her room and her eyes narrowed.

"Why is she here?" Faith asked.

"Beast killed everyone at Wolfram and Hart but she survived, so now we keep her here, she had some info that helped", Matt informed Faith.

She loved and trusted her guy, but not the bitch from Wolfram and Hart.

Lilah saw Faith and paled as the Slayer marched to her.

"Okay look, we can talk about th-"

Lilah was cut off as Faith pushed her against the wall and lifted her up by the throat.

Wesley and Lorne had arrived there too, and Wesley was concerned for Lilah right now.

Wesley then whispered to Matt. "She wouldn't kill her, would she?"

Matt hesitated before answering, then shook his head. "No, she wouldn't." Then a pause again. "I think."

Faith told Lilah with a sneer. "I've changed a lot from the last time we met, have my life on track, with a great boyfriend over there", she gestured to Matt, "I study literature on an online college course, and I have a job as a self-defense instructor. But one thing is still the same."

Faith now glared daggers into Lilah.

"I'm still the same bad bitch when I want to be. Ever come near my boyfriend again, and I'll show you how bad I can be."

Lilah nodded fearfully as Faith let her go.

Lorne then commented to Matt. "Got yourself a winner there, Casanova."

"Don't I know it."

Then Faith grabbed Matt and very publicly kissed him, so much so that the others had to look away, but it sent the message to Lilah for sure.

After the kiss was done, Matt said breathlessly. "Never knew you were so jealous."

"I protect what's mine."

"So I should avoid mentioning the girl at Starbucks."

"What girl?"

"Never mind." Matt then laughed, showing he was just joking, and Faith glared before chuckling with him.

A terrified young woman raced down the street, pursued by two Vampires. As they gained on her, she ran right into the arms of Angelus.

"Help me!"

Angelus assured her. "It's all right now. I've got you. Shh…"

When the two vampires saw Angelus, they stopped and started to back away, keeping their distance.

"I don't know how to thank you."

"I do."

Angelus' face shifted and his fangs descended.

"Scream for me."

She looked up into his terrifying visage and did just that. He was about to bite her when he heard the other vampires talking.

"The Slayer and the Punisher? Are you sure?"

"Just got word. Both are in town separately. Man, first the Devil and muscle man, now these two, we can't even enjoy eternal night in peace."

Angelus released the woman as a smile played across his face. He didn't care much about the Punisher, though it would be fun to meet him, but he'd love to meet the Slayer, no matter which one it was.

At a phone booth, Angelus picked up the receiver and dialled a number from memory. "Hi, Dawn. Yeah, it's me. Is your sister home?" A beat. "She is?"

He hung up the phone and sighed, but was going to have some fun either way.

"It's the other one."

Matt, Faith, Wesley and Gunn had taken a little detour to stake some Vamps, and Matt and Faith staked the final ones each, and then Matt heard a very familiar roar nearby, smirking.

"What you smiling about?" Gunn asked.

Matt, still smirking, told them all. "Backup."

Then they left.

Matt, Faith, Wesley, and Gunn made their way through the shadowy back streets, searching for Angelus. They carried weapons. Faith had a loaded and modified crossbow held at the ready.

"I know he's here nearby", Matt said, having tracked Angelus here due to the hair product.

They moved slowly through the darkness aware that Angelus could be hiding anywhere. Faith ordered. "Eyes and ears peeled. Watch the periph."

A Vampire leapt out in front of Matt and he instantly staked it. "I knew it wasn't Angelus."

"I know", Faith shrugged.

Matt then titled his head and listened, getting multiple uneven breath patterns along with cold, dead bodies.

Vampires!

There was the Beast too, he could sense it, and a human heartbeat- the woman who had fought him and Danny and then Faith.

"Remember that woman who came after us and fought you at the dojo?" Matt asked Faith.

"Yeah?"

"She's here with them too", Matt said, confusing Faith whose eyes widened.

"Honestly, I thought she worked for the First", Faith said, now in disbelief.

"There are Vampires around the perimeter, Gunn, can you take them?" Matt asked Gunn.

"Sure", Gunn said as he de-cocked his rifle and handed it to Wesley, then walked off to take on Vampires.

"Come on." Wesley, Matt and Faith emerged onto the roof of a gloomy warehouse, looking around carefully with each step.

Wesley asked. "Do you know where we're going?"

Matt told him. "Yes I do."

They rounded the corner to find a huge banner hanging from the far wall emblazoned with 'WELCOME FAITH'

Wesley groaned. "So much for the element of surprise."

He then suggested. "We'll have to come at them from two sides."

Faith's voice was distant. "You take low." Wesley looked around to find Matt and Faith had run the length of the roof in the blink of an eye.

As he watched, they leapt from one ledge to another, an amazing display of their agility. Matt responded as they went off. "We'll hit them high."

Wesley watched them until they disappeared in the darkness then continued on. A fist suddenly flew out of nowhere, connecting with his chin. He went down and the rifle skittered away.

It was Paco who leered at Wesley as he got to his feet. "Pretty ballsy, mister, creeping around my buddy Angelus. Come on, pretty boy!"

Wesley extended his arm and a collapsible sword popped out. Wesley slashed the blade at Paco's chest and he staggered backward with a cry of pain.

Then a boot slammed down on his sword, pinning Wesley. He looked up at Karl.

"Our buddy."

Matt and Faith dropped down from the rafters and took in their surroundings, senses on high alert, Matt's included.

Angelus called to Faith, his voice echoing throughout the vast building. "Hey, Faith. Nice to see you again. You're looking choice as ever, especially with your Devil boyfriend there. Oh, that's right. We've never really met, have we?"

Faith challenged. "So what are you waiting for? Come out and give me a kiss." She then added. "After you take on my boyfriend."

"Yeah, you wanna come out? Come out", Matt told Angelus.

"No, no, no. You two come to me. That's it… getting warmer."

Matt and Faith came to a metal ladder and descended into the lower level of the warehouse. Now Angelus' voice was a lot closer.

"Warmer… warmer… you're smokin' hot Faith, and your guy is just dripping fire and smoke with his hotness." Angelus stepped out from behind a large crate and smiled. "But then again, you two probably knew that."

Angelus called out. "Honey, I brought a guest home for dinner."

Matt and Faith turned around as the Beast appeared on the opposite side of the room. Angelus grinned at Matt and Faith and chuckled. "Let's eat."

The Beast looked at Faith, perplexed. "What is this, Angelus?"

Angelus replied. "This is a Slayer. Say hi to the nice Beast, Faith."

The Beast asked. "You dare to bring a Slayer here? I handled Daredevil, but this is a Slayer."

Angelus pointed out. "Hey, doing you a favor, Stonehenge. She's here to seriously mess up you and your boss's plans. So the question is, what do you do, hotshot? What do you do?"

Matt stepped up to fight when all of a sudden, Ikari rammed into him, sending them both rolling away. He had managed to hide his heartbeat and scent till the last moment.

Matt got back up, perplexed, and he asked Ikari with a glare. "You're working with Demons now? You were the head Demon Hunter for the Hand."

"Anything to kill you Akuma-san", Ikari said with a sneer. "I do not want to do this, but this is the only way now."

"Besides, some love shall be spread this way too", Maki added as she stepped up besides Ikari. "All of us just want the world to love each other forever."

Ikari then charged Matt with a kick and punch that he avoided but was kicked back by Maki as Ikari kicked his chin and Maki got behind him, punching twice and then Ikari jumped and punched his face as Maki punched it too, turning it the other way.

The Beast stalked towards Faith. She raised her crossbow and fired but the bolt glanced harmlessly off the Beast's rock-like chest. She kicked it, then punched it, to little effect.

The Beast seized Faith by the throat and lifted her off the ground. Angelus quipped. "Smile, Faith. I thought you'd enjoy a threesome." "Sure…" She elbowed him back and broke free of the Beast, putting some distance between herself and her opponents.

"…let's get it on." Faith attacked the Beast with a roundhouse kick followed by a flurry of punches to its chest followed by the face. The Beast staggered back a step but the blows didn't hurt it at all. Angelus taunted. "Whoo-ee! Watch yourself, big guy. The girl's on fire."

He then noticed the other fight and said. "This place is gonna be burnt down with this much fire."

Matt blocked both of their blows at the same time, then blocked a punch from Maki before kneeing her and pushing his foot back, kicked Ikari back too.

He then ducked to avoid a punch from Maki and punched her gut before punching her face and leaping up, kicked her face twice, sending her to the ground.

Ikari then charged and gave a flip kick which Matt ducked to avoid, and then Ikari tried to sweep his feet from under him which he backed to avoid too.

Ikari tried to kick again which Matt avoided and kicked him back. Ikari then spin kicked but Matt blocked, and he blocked some more punches and kicks before grabbing Ikari's foot and elbowing his face in a spin motion, and then threw him down. He then decked Ikari's face hard.

Faith gave 2 more punches to the Beast's face, then spun and punched again. The Beast sent her flying into some crates with a punch, covering her in debris.

Angelus winced. "Oh… that's gonna sting in the morning."

The Beast stalked forward and hauled Faith out of the crate's wreckage. Faith ducked a punch, then punched back and kicked its face with a flip before kicking it again, staggering him back.

Angelus quipped. "Nice!"

The Beast blocked her punch, then took her down, then swung her into a stack of steel conduit with tremendous force as Angelus laughed.

Wesley swept Karl's feet from under him before trying to punch Paco who ducked and decked him. Wesley now picked up a dustbin lid and blocked their blows, smashing it into their faces as they were sent back. Paco then attacked with a chain as Wesley blocked and managed to get Paco on his other side.

Maki leapt and managed to kick Matt back. She charged again as Matt avoided and she jumped up the wall before decking his face hard. She tried to kick again but Matt dodged and as she tried to kick again, Matt grabbed her foot and decked her, and then blocked some blows before getting two punches.

He then ducked to avoid a spin kick but got kicked back, only to avoid another spin kick, and he punched Maki's face again before spin kicking her gut as she was sent to the ground.

He then turned just as Ikari flipped and kicked his face, staggering him back. They exchanged some blows as Matt got a punch, and then Ikari got one, and he punched Ikari multiple times before spinning and kicking Maki back down.

He then grabbed Ikari's arm and kicked away the charging Maki again before flipping Ikari to the ground, but he flipped in the air to stay on his feet, and tried to spin kick Matt who ducked to avoid and punched him.

Ikari managed to kick him back and tried to spin kick Matt's head which he avoided but got hit on the chest and was sent back.

Matt then blocked some blows and gave Ikari an uppercut before elbowing his face while grabbing his arm and lifting him up, slammed him to the ground.

Maki then jumped with a flip and kicked Matt's back, staggering him forwards.

Matt growled and charged as Maki blocked and decked him twice, and kicked him back before spin kicking his face. He blocked the next blow and avoided a kick before punching her face twice and then decked her abdomen thrice before giving her a hard left hook that made her spit out blood.

Matt then spun in the air and kicked Maki's face, sending her crashing to the ground.

Ikari then came back up and kicked Matt's face twice before trying to spin kick as Matt avoided and punched his back, his chest and kicked his knee before spin kicking his face, sending him falling to the ground.

Faith was on her knees now. The Beast pounded her, one massive blow to the head after another. Her face was bruised, bleeding. The Beast brought one its cloven hooves down on her back, crushing her.

Angelus taunted. "Come on, Faithy! You're not even trying."

Maki got back up and wrapping her legs around Matt's feet, flipped him to the ground and elbowed him twice, but Matt freed himself at the last moment and managed to kick her off of him.

As he stood up, Ikari charged but was punched in the gut, and Matt punched his face before spin kicking him down, and then flipped in the air just as Maki charged, kicking her face and sending her down too.

Ikari came back up with a kick as Matt dodged and punched his gut and face, then spinning, kicked the charging Maki away.

Ikari tried to hit again but Matt grabbed his hand and flipped him to the ground, and leaping, kicked Maki away hard while falling on Ikari's back, slamming his face to the ground as he grunted.

Ikari and Maki were both out.

The Beast yanked Faith to her feet and she spat blood into its face. Enraged, it lifted her above its head and slammed her down on the floor with bone-crunching force, then kicked her across the room.

Matt heard Faith in pain, and it awoke a fire within him as he turned to the scene. Angelus shook his head in mock sympathy and told Matt. "Ouch! You know, if someone did that to my girl-"

Angelus couldn't finish before Matt started growling and his eye lenses glowed red, then he punched the Vampire away without looking.

Unstrapping the helmet, Matt tossed it aside and stood protectively in front of Faith.

In a tornado of hellfire, Matt's body was surrounded in flames as he felt the change.

Angelus, Faith, and the Beast had to shield their eyes from the shining pillar of fire, until a wave of power spread around it.

Faith and Angelus were thrown back along with the unconscious Ikari and Maki, but the Beast was forced backwards, landing on it's back.

The tornado died to down to unveil the creature within.

There, in all his hellish, red skinned glory, monstrous wings spread him back, black and razor sharp claws for nails, blazing red eyes, and a glowing Hell-Mark upon his chest, was Adam Murdock, better known as the Spawn of Mephisto, the Heir to Hell, the Destroyer, Abaddon.

Faith crawled to the center of the room, her face contorted in pain as she watched, and so did the now terrified (yes, terrified) Angelus from the corner.

Adam and Beast glared at each other, then charged as Beast grabbed Adam and spun him around, pushing him against the wall, and delivered punch after punch, turning Adam's head the other way the first few times.

But each punch was less effective than the last one, and then one punch simply just bounced off Adam's skin. The Beast now backed away, his eyes widening in horror.

Adam then spread his wings and hovered above the Beast before dropping down onto him, driving him into the ground, and then he threw the Beast across the warehouse, through boxes and walls as they all shattered.

The Beast staggered up, only for Adam to breathe hellfire on him, and the Beast screamed in agony as he felt his rocky skin melt from the hellfire, which was too much for him.

Adam walked closer to the Beast, stopping the hellfire, and punched his face, staggering him back. With that, Adam continued wailing on the Beast's face with punches, each punch breaking off some rock.

Then one hard punch even broke off a horn, making the Beast scream in pure agony.

Adam then slowly pushed the Beast back, forcing his hands and claws into the Beast's chest, and his chest began to glow from the inside as hellfire entered his body, the Beast even coughing some out.

Adam slowly forced the Beast on his knees, and punched his abdomen hard, doubling him over. Adam then kicked his feet out from under him, making the Beast kneel.

He then pulled back his head, and breathed hellfire down the Beast's face and throat, causing a huge explosion of light and shockwave, as the light became a coherent beam and shot out into the sky,

Wesley knocked his opponents back as the beam slammed into the mysterious cloud obscuring the sun and annihilated it.

Sunlight instantly blazed forth, bathing the city in a golden glow. Wesley shielded his eyes as the sunlight poured down onto the roof of the building.

Paco and Karl looked at each other for a brief moment, horrified, before they both exploded into flames and disintegrated.

"Matt, Faith…" Wesley ran off to find them.

Gunn had staked a Vamp when the next one exploded into flames as disintegrated as the sun came up, and Gunn looked up with a smile. "Good going there, guys."

Frank looked up and saw the sun too, and putting away his guns, nodded in respect. "Good job, Red."

Frank then walked away, his long coat flowing behind him.

Angelus looked up at the sky in disgust. "Aw, crap! You mean killing the Beast really does bring back the sun? I thought that was Angel's retarded fantasy. Good thing I didn't do it like I planned to, then. Oh, well… what are you gonna do?"

He fled as Ikari and Maki got up and seeing the sun, and then Adam, bolted away in fear too.

Adam knelt next to Faith and cradled her body to him.

"Faith." He said gently, which was surprising given his appearance.

Faith looked up at him and smiled. "Hey, big guy."

She then cupped his cheek and he receded, the wings and hellfire all slowly fading away as Matt was back, and he cradled the wounded Faith in his arms.

Lorne and Fred stood in the courtyard looking up at the blue sunlit sky, the latter holding Connor.

Lorne said happily. "Well, ding-dong, the Beast is dead!"

Seeing the sun after thinking she might never see it again, Fred found it even more beautiful than usual. "I've never seen anything so beautiful in all my life. The others would see it too."

Connor actually let out a smile and laugh as Fred said with joy. "Yes Connor, the sun is back."

Groo's eyes opened as he saw the sun in the sky and whispered. "Our efforts were not in vain."

Lilah saw the sun and quipped. "Guess the good guys are not good for nothing, huh? Still pathetic."

In her room, Cordelia watched the sun, looking enraged as she clutched her fists hard. This was going downhill.

Ikari and Maki would still help her, even if the former was a bit out of control, and Angelus needed to be put in line.

The end at last, and thanks a lot to Brainstorm Sorcerer for his help again.

I cut the stupid scene with "Cordelia" kissing the Beast along with the line 'give mama some sugar'.

That line was just cringeworthy and OOC for both Cordelia AND Jasmine! Not even Buffy Season 1 Cordelia would say something like this.

In other news, the Devil has destroyed the Beast and brought back the sun, YAY!

As for Wesley/Lilah, it shall continue for a bit and be slightly healthier than canon, but I admit it can't work out at day's end. But I feel Lilah as well as Wesley/Lilah weren't used to their fullest potential in the show, so I'll try to do them justice in my version of Angel Season 5. How? No idea yet, but I will figure it out when I do that Season.

Also, Matt called up Faith after he took Connor from Fred and she decided to watch over Groo, the scene happened in last chapter as a bit of a flashforward really.

Hope all enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter.