Chapter 20: Escape second part.



Hyperion - Angel is sat on Connor's bed's edge. He touches Connor's forehead and then his cheek. Connor wakes up.



ANGEL:

How do you feel?

CONNOR:

Don't know.



He tries to get up.



ANGEL: (pulling him down)

You need to stay immobile. You gonna sleep, I go make a call.



Angel goes out closing the door. He goes downstairs, arrives at the counter and takes up the phone.



ANGEL: (in the phone)

I just wanted to know if you were ok.....thanks for your help....bye.... - he hangs up the phone and makes another number - Wesley? Wesley pick up! .......



At this moment Gunn and Wesley come in the hotel arm in arm. Wesley has a bottle of scotch in his hand.



WESLEY:

OH!! Look, buddy, Angel's here!!!!!!!!!!!



GUNN:

I love Angel!!



ANGEL:

You.. are drunk?! Where is Cordelia?!



WESLEY:

Cordelia.....don't know.....we were with her and "pfoott"! we were not anymore - laughing.



ANGEL:

Where's Fred?! And Lorne?!



Fred goes out of the office follows by Lorne. They hold their heads.



ANGEL:

What happened?



LORNE:

Well, I rejoined Fred in the office, and then there's had a light and we had been blasted against the wall.



FRED: (looking at Gunn and Wesley)



And you? You have been blasted in..... a pub?!



WESLEY:

We were with her and 'pffoott"? we were not anymore.



GUNN: (going toward Fred)

Oh! You're hurt baby!



ANGEL:

Damn! Where is ......



Suddenly two guys enter in the hotel, they take two submachine guns under their coat.....



ANGEL:

Everybody down!!



....... and fill a target. Gunn throws him on Fred and they fall on the floor. Lorne hides behind the counter. Angel rushes on Wesley who is laughing taking the bullets at his place and falling down. The men go outside.



ANGEL: (getting up painfully)

Everybody's ok?



Everybody get up, except Wesley who stays on the floor sleeping.



GUNN:

Well, I DON'T like them.



ANGEL:

Connor! - he rushes in the stairs.



He enters in the bedroom, the window is broken and the bed is empty.



CUT TO: A place apparently a living very luxurious - Cordelia is face to face with Skip.



CORDELIA:

It's that, hum? I'm dead?



SKIP:

Why, every time you see me you think you're dead? I don't look like the Grim reaper.



CORDELIA:

Yeah, but you don't look like a committee that says "welcome in the life" either.



SKIP:

Where I came from I'm consider one of the more beautiful male.



CORDELIA:

Oh! Please! Don't say me it's for that Im here.



SKIP:

Angel has his son back.



CORDELIA:

That's great!



SKIP:

Yeah, but anybody protect you.



CORDELIA:

I can take care of myself.



SKIP:



If I didn't recover you you'd be dead at this time.



CORDELIA:

Ok, so maybe not so much... What happened?



SKIP:

They have the kid.



CORDELIA:

Wolfram and Hart?



SKIP:

No. There is just you who can stop it.



CORDELIA:

Stop who? How?



SKIP:

The master.



CORDELIA:

The master? Like the vampire?



SKIP:

No, in fact if some demons are called like that it's 'cause their real names are ridiculous, I knew a big demon who were called the Master and I heard that his real name was Gunther, Oh! It's so ridiculous! - laughing.



CORDELIA:

Yeah, because "Skip" it's really terrifying. So how?



SKIP:

You'll know. It's why you came back.



CORDELIA:

OH! Great, you gonna say me nothing because it's like that it's always! Mysterious!



Skip says good bye with his hand and a blue light close in on Cordelia who disappears.



SKIP:

No, it's because it's too hard. - sadly.