Chapter 2.……

Las Angeles, California……… 12/17/02.….. Hyperion Hotel…..

Angel walked into the hotel's lobby, while reading a book. When he realized it was quiet he stopped reading and looked around. Cordelia was reading a book at the desk. Wesley was sitting in the office pouring over several books. And Angel noticed that no one else was in lobby.

He shook his head, then walked over to the front door and started looking out. When he saw what was happening outside. He quickly stumbled back, and exclaimed, "Dear Lord."

When he said this, Wesley stepped out of the office and Cordelia looked up from the book she was reading. They then noticed that birds were running into the windows, leaving bloody smears.

Just then the front door flew open and Gunn, Fred, and Connor came running inside. After they were inside, Gunn spun and slammed the door shut. He then turned, and said to Angel, "The birds just started to go nuts out there. And plus I heard on the radio, that one of the parks had been overrun by frogs."

Wesley heard this then he quickly turned and went back into the office. He picked up the book he had been reading. He then quickly scanned the page and after finding what he sought, he turned and walked back into the lobby.

Wesley then cleared his throat. When everyone turned and was looking at him, he said, "I believe that it has started."

Fred looked at him and then asked, a little scared, "What has started?"

Wesley looked over at her in concern. He then started to look each of them in the eye and said simply, "The Apocalypse."

Just then Lorne walked down the steps. He then asked, "Did someone say apocalypse?"

Wesley looked at him and shook his head yes. Lorne nodded then turned and indicated for someone to come down the stairs. That person then walked down the stairs. The person was a young women. She looked like she was about sixteen or so years old. Lorne looked at her then said, "Guys, this young lady is named, Eve. She arrived at the hotel late last night, when you guys were out fighting that demon nest." Lorne put his hand on her arm and then led her to Angel.

Lorne then said, "She told me that her watcher sent her to Sunnydale."

Wesley stepped forward and then asked, "Eve Marsters?"

Eve looked at him and said, "Yes that is my name. Why?"

Wesley shook his head and then said, "I knew your watcher. And I also know that you are a potential slayer."

Eve shook her head and then said, "Yes, my watcher told me that. Then two days later, he told me to head to a place called Sunnydale, apparently where one of the slayers lives. And what is bad is that as the bus that I was on started to pull away, I saw two robed figure come up behind him and then they killed him."

Lorne cleared his throat and then said, "Well Eve decided to sing for me earlier and I saw something very bad. Something is coming and it wants everyone dead."

Angel looked at Lorne then looked at Eve. He then said, "Okay. Its not a really good idea for anyone to go anywhere right now. Eve, you can stay a couple of days until this," Angel waves his hand towards the front doors, "clears up. The rest of us can do the research thing."

Five days later…………12/22/02.…. Hyperion Hotel…….

The lobby is once again quiet. Cordelia looked up from the book she was reading. She then saw Angel saying goodbye to Eve. When Eve looked over at her and Cordelia waved her hand goodbye.

Eve then left after saying goodbye to Angel. She then started walking down the street. What she did not know was, that as soon as she left the hotel, she was followed.

Several hours later……….. Hyperion Hotel……..

Angel, Wesley, Lorne, Conner, Gunn, Fred, and Cordelia was sitting around the lobby. When all of a sudden Cordy has a vision.

Alley way. Night. A young girl walking alone. Moving shadows. A hole in the ground. A large dark demon. The girl screaming. The demon's fist through the girl's chest. Several figures in robes and holding wicked looking knives. The body of the girl on the ground. And standing over the body was the same girl. A building. Bodies everywhere. Angel standing up to the Beast.

Cordy's eyes cleared and she shook her head. Angel looked at her questionly. She looked at him and then said, "It was Eve, she is in trouble. Plus the demon that I saw in my last vision was also in this one."

Angel looked at her and asked, "Where is she supposed to be at, in the vision?"

Cordy shook her head then said, "I think it was near where Conner was born."

Angel's eyes got big then he turned and ran out of the hotel.

Meanwhile………..Alley Way, (where Conner was born.)……

Eve is walking down the alley. She was kind of scared because she got lost on her way to the bus station. Now it was dark and she had no idea where she was. Plus she thought that she was being followed.

Then all of a sudden the ground shook. Then the ground right in front of Eve cracked. Then a fist smashed through the ground. Eve started to back up. She then turned and then stopped.

Standing right behind her stood four bringers. Eve then screamed.

Out of the ground emerged the Beast. It then stood on the solid ground and then looked around. When it saw the bringers, it smiled a wicked, evil grin. It then turned its attention to Eve.

Eve slowly turned around and then started to look up at the almost eight foot demon. Eve then blanched. The Beast raised his hand and showed it to Eve.

The Beast then said to her, "You are about to die."

Then its fist shot forward and smashed through Eve's chest. It then pulled the fist out of Eve's corpse, and in its fist was her heart. It then squeezed it.

Then it started to laugh. It then turned to a figure standing next to it. It was the First Evil. And the First was now wearing the guise of Eve. It smiled. Then it disappeared.

The Beast then leaped straight up and made its way across the roof tops.

Few minutes later………

Angel, Wesley, Conner, Gunn, and Cordelia, came running up to the spot. They saw a huge hole in the ground and then they saw Eve's body. Wesley turned the body over and then noticed that her heart had been removed.

Angel looked from the body then looked at Cordy. He then asked, "What else happened next in the vision?"

Cordy looked at him and said, "There was some kind of building. Wait follow me."

They then ran.

Shortly…………. The biggest tower in L.A.

The Beast looked around at the many bodies littering the top of the building. Then it turned when Angel and the others came out of the elevator. The Beast then laughed. It then said, "So you came to greet me, Angelus."

As they heard this they looked at Angel. All he did was shrug his shoulders. Angel then attacked the beast. So did the others.

The Beast just swatted them away like flies. It then got a hold on Angel and jammed a stake, that Angel was holding, into Angel's throat. Then The Beast picked Angel up and threw him off of the top of the building.

When Cordy saw this she was about to run that direction, right passed the Beast, but Wesley and Gunn grabbed her. They then watched as the Beast stood in a square of bodies.

It then slammed its fist down and fire shot out of its hand going into the corners of the square. Then a column of fire shot up around the Beast, then it shot towards the sky.

Then The Beast leaped up into the sky.

Cordy and the others went to the edge of the roof. Cordy looked down and the others looked up. When they gasped she then looked up also.

All four of them were in complete shock as they watched as the clouds in the sky burned and then it started to rain fire.

Meanwhile……….. Hyperion Hotel…….

Lorne and Fred walked over to the door as they heard strange sounds from outside. They were also shocked when they saw that it was Raining fire.

Lorne shook his head and then said to Fred. "Its begin and now its all going to Hell."

Other side of L.A.

A young girl is sitting on a window in a girls bedroom, watching as it rained fire. As she sat watching she was also crying. She then turned and looked at the stuffed animals on her bed. She then said, "Its happened. The Apocalypse has started. Everything is now going to go to Hell. First the beast has risen. Then the Rain of Fire starts. Next is darkness. Then the souled one becomes evil once more. The potentials are dying and The First is trying to kill the Slayer. The old ones will return along with the rider less Dragons. And in the end the King will sacrifice his very life." The girl shook her head and then walked out of the room.

The girl walked down the stairs and then walked into the living room. She then looked around at the bodies in the living room. She shook her head. Then she walked over to the front door. She walked outside and then looked up. She then said, "I am truly saddened by the pain the mortals of this world will have to go through. But the champions of this world are preparing to fight. My blessing go out to them."

The girl then stood still has a pair of pure white wings grew from her back. She then said, "I am ready to return home." Then unknown and unseen by a mortal eyes, a light shown down on the angel, Gaberelle. She then spread her wings and flew upwards into the light.

All over the world, angels are leaving. The only angels that will remain are the Whitelighters, for they are still needed to guide their charges. But all other angels are leaving, for they know what is coming, and they know that if they stay they can die. They are leaving because they have been recalled home.

TBC……………………..