PART TWO
Wolfram & Hart, Angel's Office – Day
Wesley stands completely still, not knowing what to do or think. He begins to crumble the document in his hand as he looks out of the window.
HARMONY: (O.S.) Wes, there you are.
Wesley, startled, turns around to face Harmony.
HARMONY: (cont'd) There is a problem in the lab. I think they need you.
Wolfram & Hart, Science Lab – Day
Angel hits the wall hard and falls to the ground. Knox jumps in front of Fred as the demon approaches them.
Gunshots ring out. Bullets begin ricocheting off of the demon. Wesley standing at the door, holding two automatic handguns. He continues shooting at the demon. The bullets don't seem to have any affect on the demon. The demon turns its attention away from Knox and Fred and begins walking towards Wesley. Angel gets up from his spot on the floor and rushes the demon. The demon throws a punch at Angel, which he dodges. Angel then punches the demon in the stomach.
ANGEL: Ow!
KNOX: Oh, yeah. His shell is very hard.
ANGEL: Thanks for the information.
The demon grabs Angel, lifting him off of the ground. Wesley pulls out a crossbow and fires. The arrow hits the demon in the eye. The demon screams and drops Angel to the floor. Wesley runs towards Angel in order to get him out of the way, but the demon swats Wesley through the door and out of the room. It pulls the arrow out of its eye and looks down at Angel.
It grabs Angel and begins beating on him. Angel tries to counterattack, but has no luck. It raises Angel up smashes him to the floor. It then kicks Angel into the wall once again. It begins walking towards Angel, not completely finished with him.
Fred runs up behind the demon and hits it over the head with a fire extinguisher. The turns around and throws her into Knox. They both fall to the ground. Angel gets up and rushes the demon, trying to hit it again, but receives the same results as before.
Wesley, not giving up, once again enters the lab shooting his guns. The bullets continue to ricochet off of the demon. A bullet flies by Fred's head as she is getting up.
FRED: Wes, stop it!
Wesley puts the guns away. All of a sudden the demon lets out an unearthly scream and puts its hands on its head. Everyone begins looking at each other, each one of them holding a confused expression on their faces.
KNOX: What's going on?
Gunn walks into the lab holding an antique whistle. He looks as if he is actually playing a song, as he walks towards the demon. As Gunn plays the unheard tune on the whistle, Wesley goes over to Angel and picks him up, while Knox grabs Fred and walks over next to Wesley. The demon continues to scream. Gunn takes his lips from the whistle.
GUNN: And for the encore.
He blows hard into the whistle. One last scream escapes the demon's mouth before its head explodes. Everyone jumps back as demon brains scatter everywhere. Fred looks down at her lab coat which is covered in them.
FRED: Disgusting! I'll never get this out.
Wolfram & Hart, Angel's Office – Day
Angel, Wesley, Gunn, and Fred all stand in Angel's office. No one is looking pleased.
WESLEY: You risked all of our lives by bringing that demon here. What were you thinking?
GUNN: It was a mistake, okay. And besides, I fixed it, didn't I. No one was hurt.
He quickly glances over at Angel who is a bloody mess.
GUNN: (cont'd) Well, not too badly anyway.
ANGEL: That's not the point, Gunn. I've noticed you making tiny mistakes here and there. What's going on with you?
GUNN: Nothing's wrong anymore. Everything's taken care of.
FRED: What do you mean, Charles?
GUNN: It's nothing, okay? Can we just drop it? We've got other things to be thinking about.
WESLEY: No, Gunn, we're not going to "just drop it." What's been taken care of?
GUNN: Just trust me, okay. There won't be anymore mistakes.
He looks at the three of them, then turns and leaves the office.
A Bar - Night
Spike is sitting at a table sipping on a drink. Another drink is placed in front of him. He looks up to see Lorne standing there. He is holding a drink of his own and smiles down at Spike. Spike throws him an agitated look.
LORNE: Hey, now! Don't be like that, top cat. I wasn't expecting to see you here tonight.
SPIKE: I could say the same.
LORNE: But since we're both here --
He pulls out a chair and sits down.
LORNE: (cont'd) -- we might as well make the best out of it.
SPIKE: Bollocks! Can a guy have a drink to himself without being bothered?
LORNE: What's troubling you, Magoo? You can tell me.
SPIKE: It's nothing.
LORNE: I've learned that nothing always turns out to be a big something. Spill!
He looks at Lorne for a moment, then shrugs his shoulders.
SPIKE: Well, if you must know --
He takes a huge swallow of his drink.
SPIKE: (cont'd) -- I've been thinking of a certain Slayer.
LORNE: Rhymes with muffy?
SPIKE :I want to see her, but I don't know how she'll react in seeing me, you know. The last time she's seen me, I was burning in the Hellmouth. I don't know if I could face her now.
LORNE: That's the worst load of horse dooey I've ever heard.
SPIKE: Dooey?
LORNE: You really want to see this girl, then you need to get off of your high horse and see her.
SPIKE: But I...
LORNE: No buts, sport. If you really wanted to see her, you would have been on a plane and long gone by now.
SPIKE: I guess you're right.
Spike finishes his drink and looks at Lorne.
LORNE: So, what are you doing to do, sunshine?
SPIKE: I'm gonna get my ass on a plane and go see my girl.
LORNE: Great!
Spike stands up and begins walking away from the table, then suddenly turns around.
SPIKE: By the way, if you ever call me sunshine again, I'll tear out your larynx and wear it as a necklace.
LORNE: See! (nervous laughter) Bonding over alcohol.
Lorne finishes his drink as Spike walks out of the bar.
Wolfram & Hart, Wesley's Office – Night
Wesley sits at his desk looking over the document. After a moment of reading, he leans back in his seat and sighs deeply. He then leans forward and looks down at his pad. On it reads, "The father will kill the son." Wesley looks forward, concentrating very hard.
Flashback (5.06 "The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco"): Wolfram & Hart, Angel's Office – Night
Angel and Wesley are talking.
ANGEL: The prophecies are nonsense. You know that. Oh, come on, Wes, after everything we've seen in the past couple of years? "The father will kill the son?"
Present: Wolfram & Hart, Wesley's Office – Night
Wesley looks back down at the pad again.
WESLEY: (whispering) The father will kill the son? Connor? Angel killed Connor?
He looks over at the document.
WESLEY (cont'd) No. Connor's alive, we just don't remember him. Connor? Connor?
He tries to remember him, but he can't. He looks from the document then to the pad. He reaches over and picks up the phone.
Wolfram & Hart, Gunn's Office – Night
Gunn is looking over a file. Fred walks in. Gunn looks up and frowns.
GUNN: If you're here to get on my case, then you can leave.
Fred gives him a weak smile. She approaches his desk and stands in front of it.
FRED: I'm not here to get on your case, Charles. I just want to talk. We haven't actually been able to talk, with all that's been going on.
Gunn closes his file and gives Fred is undivided attention.
FRED: (cont'd) So how've you been?
GUNN: Fred, I'm too busy to be doing this now. If you want to talk to me about something, then talk, if not...
FRED: What's happened to you?
GUNN: The same thing that's happening to all of us.
FRED: What are you talking about?
GUNN: Look, all's I'm saying is that we're all changing, and it's for the best.
FRED: The best? Look at you, Charles. You think that just because you're this hot shot lawyer you're better than who you used to be. Where's the Charles Gunn I used to know...I used to love?
GUNN: That Gunn is dead. This is me now, like it or not.
FRED: And I don't like it. This isn't you, and you know it.
GUNN: And that was? Before coming here, what did I have to offer to the team?
He looks at her waiting on an answer.
FRED: You were a fighter. You were...
GUNN: Nothing! I was nothing. And now that I've finally got a lot to offer, there has to be something wrong with me.
FRED: No, Charles, it's not that. I'm just --
GUNN: Just what?
FRED: I'm worried about you, that's all.
GUNN: There's no need to be. I'm fine now.
FRED: Yes, now! But you were forgetting things...it was like you were losing your knowledge of –
She realizes.
FRED: (cont'd) You were...and now you have it back. It was temporary...the brain boost. It was temporary.
GUNN: I don't know what you're talking about, Fred.
He stands up and walks towards her.
GUNN: (cont'd) But I'm very busy at the moment. We can talk later.
FRED (stern) No, Charles! We're going to talk now.
Gunn is temporarily taken aback by Fred's sudden boldness, but he quickly regains his composure.
GUNN: I was never losing anything. What they put in my brain is permanent. Like I said before, we've been working so many long hours, that I've been exhausted.
FRED: Don't give me that. It's not just me. We've all noticed it. You said that everything was taken care of. What did you do?
GUNN: Why? So you can run and tell Angel?
He gets into her face.
GUNN: (cont'd) Nothing happened. Now please leave. I have work to do.
They stand there for a moment looking directly in each other's eyes. Both are pissed. It is intense.
FRED: Okay. I'll go.
GUNN: Thank you.
He walks away from Fred and takes a seat back at his desk and opens up the file, pretending to be looking over it. Fred walks towards the door, then turns.
FRED: You know, Charles. I thought you were stronger than this. I guess I've been wrong about you all along.
Gunn doesn't look up, but her words have hit him hard. Fred walks out of the office.
Private Airport – Night
A pilot walks out of a plane, carrying luggage. He places the luggage on the ground.
PILOT: May I help you, miss?
Harmony stands in front of him, smiling. She is carrying her own luggage.
HARMONY: Yes, you can. I really need to get to Africa.
PILOT: Okay, hold on. I have to see if I can find it.
HARMONY: Find what?
PILOT: The list.
HARMONY: Um...what list?
PILOT: The list that has the names of the people who have scheduled a flight. I don't remember where I put it.
He begins to look around.
PILOT: (cont'd) Oh, wait! I think I might've left it on the plane.
HARMONY: Great!
He once again boards the plane. As Harmony waits, she impatiently taps her foot on the ground.
HARMONY: (cont'd) Any minute now!
The pilot comes out of the plane, waving the list.
PILOT: I found it. I'm so forgetful sometimes. I tell ya, if my head wasn't screwed on, I'd lose that too.
HARMONY: Hmm...great. Now check to see if my name's on that list.
PILOT: Right!
He begins to check the list, then stops. He looks at Harmony unsure.
PILOT: (cont'd) What was your name again?
HARMONY: You don't know who I am?
The pilot stares at her blankly and shakes his head
HARMONY: Angel's secretary.
The blank stare continues.
HARMONY: It's Harmony.
The pilot starts looking down the list.
PILOT: Harmony! Harmony!
He looks up at Harmony again.
PILOT: Harmony what?
HARMONY: (annoyed) Harmony Kendall, okay. Harmony Kendall!
The pilot looks down the list once more. He looks up at her and shakes his head.
PILOT: I'm sorry, Miss Kendall, but you're not on my list.
HARMONY: I kinda figured that since I never got a chance to schedule anything. But I figure since I'm Angel's secretary, you'd give me a break and take me to Africa.
PILOT: I'm sorry, Miss Kendall, but if you're not on the list, then I can't take you anywhere. Angel's orders.
HARMONY: But I'm his secretary. I have some power, you know.
PILOT: Apparently not enough. I'll see you again once you schedule a flight.
HARMONY: Ugh! That's no fair.
PILOT: Well, that's life.
Harmony vamps out and grabs the pilot by the throat, lifting him off the ground. The pilot looks frightened.
HARMONY: Well, that's okay since I don't have a life.
PILOT: (pleading) Okay, okay, I'll take you. Just don't kill me.
HARMONY: I thought you'd see things my way.
SPIKE: (O.S.) Harmony, what are you doing?
Harmony looks back and sees Spike approaching her.
HARMONY: Spike, blondie bear. (she giggles) It's not what you think.
She puts the pilot down and morphs back into her human face.
SPIKE: Looks like you were trying to kill him.
HARMONY: I'm good, remember. I don't kill humans.
Spike looks at her suspiciously. Then, like a flash of lightening, she grabs him and rams his head into the side of the airplane. He falls to the ground unconscious.
HARMONY: (cont'd) But I have no problems killing vampires.
She turns to the pilot.
HARMONY: (cont'd) Let's go. Nothing is going to stop me from getting my soul.
END OF PART TWO