Chapter 3.………..

Los Angeles, California……………. Wesley's Apartment…….. 12/27/02

Wesley is gathering books and other stuff of his, for the move back to the Hyperion Hotel. He was jolted, out of what he was doing when the front door suddenly slammed open and in ran Lilah. She then quickly slammed the door. And then stood in front of it, panting for breath.

Wesley looked at her and noticed that she had a bleeding wound in her side. He then asked, "What the hell are you doing here?"

Lilah looked at him fearfully. She then said, "It was the Beast, he came into the Wolfram & Hart building, yesterday. He then proceeded to kill everyone in the building. After he was done with everyone else, he came after me. I don't understand why he left me alive but he did stab me in the side. I have tried to stop the bleeding, but it will not stop. I heard this morning, that everyone that was not at work was also killed. No matter who they were."

Wesley looked at her and asked, "Why did he do it?"

She shook her head, and said, "I don't know. But apparently it wants it own little apocalypse, to be the main one."

Wesley shook his head and then picked up his bags. He then said, "You stay here. I'm going to the hotel." He then walked out the door. But he then popped his head back in and then said, "Oh yeah, I probably won't be back for a while." He then left.

Three hours later……… Wesley's Apartment…………

Lilah is in the shower when she hears a thud in the living room. Thinking that it might be Wesley coming back, Lilah gets out of the shower buck naked and then, without a towel, she walks into the living room. What she sees is not Wesley. She sees Angelus.

Also Lilah can see a Dark Shadow standing in the room also. She then asks, "What are you doing here?"

The First/Angelus, smirked. He then said, "Lilah, you've been a bad little girl. You have been going against my orders, which came from my Master," The First/Angelus, indicated the shadow behind him. "And nether of us are happy. Well I would do something but being incorporeal, I can't. But My Master has decided to do the dead himself. Fare well. See you in Hell." The First then disappeared.

The Dark Shadow stepped forward. Lilah looked at it and asked, "Who are you?"

The Shadow smiled and said, "I am The Dark One, the one mentioned in the Dark Prophecies. But before that, I was called Prince Shelenk Grey Wolf. Now I am not sorry. But you die now."

Lilah's eyes grow large as it clicked in her mind. This very super evil being, was the Hero's, Katel Grey Wolf, brother. Then all of a sudden a dark shadow blade snapped out and Lilah's head separated from her body.

Shelenk shook his head. He then said to himself, "Boy is the hero going to get a kick out of me." He then spun and disappeared in a shadow.

After he disappeared, a piece of paper fell, fluttering to land on the body of Lilah. The name on the card read, 'Jason Doyle Serrafin. Death Watcher.'

12/28/02.……………….Hyperion Hotel……..

Angel, Wesley, Fred, Cordy, Lorne, Gunn, and Conner are sitting around the hotel lobby, researching the Beast.

Angel stopped reading the book he was reading, and thought for a moment. He then looked over at Cordelia, and then he asked, "Hey Cordy, something has been bothering me for a while now."

Cordy looked up from the book she was skimming. She asked, "What has been bothering you, Angel?"

Now everyone was waiting to see what he would ask. He asked, "I was wondering, why exactly where you sent back here, from the higher plane, that you were in?"

She laughed and said, "Simple. It was Matt." At Angel's confused look, she said, "Well I had been there for three months, when all of a sudden Matt appeared up on the higher plane. He was arguing, well more like he was yelling, at the Powers that Be. I'm not sure what it was about, but soon after that I was visited by Skip. He apologized, on the behalf of the PTB. And that they were sending me back down here. So it was all because of Matt that I am back."

Angel nodded and said, "Oh. Okay."

Later…………Hyperion Hotel

Wesley was sitting in the office when Angel walked in. Wesley hung up the phone. At Angel questioning look, Wesley said, "I was trying to call my apartment, to see how Lilah was. But I got no answer. So I am going to go check on her."

Angel nodded and said, "I'm going with you."

Wesley nodded. They then left.

Shortly…….. Wesley's Apartment…….

As Angel and Wesley drew near the room, Angel stopped and said, "I smell death."

Wesley looked at Angel and then quickly went to the apartment. He opened the door and Angel went in first. So it was he who first saw the body.

Wesley then came into the room. He looked down and saw the body. He knelt by and only then saw the piece of paper. He picked it up and read it. After he did he looked up and then gave it to Angel.

Angel looked at the piece of paper and read it. He then said, "This is impossible. Jason died, several years ago."

Wesley stood up and said, "Maybe its someone pretending to be him."

Angel shook his head. He then said, "No. Because nobody, but Me, Matt, him, and his parents, knew what his middle name was." Wesley looked a question at him. Angel said, "Doyle was my father's middle name."

Wesley said, "Ok. We need to get out of here."

They then left to go back to the hotel.

Everywhere…….nowhere……. Prophet of Time's Cell………

The Prophet sat in his chair listening as Shelenk, paced around the room. The Prophet said, "Shelenk, you know that they will soon find out that you have came from a shadow realm. That you don't belong here."

Shelenk stopped and said, "Devnor, how many times do I have to tell you, my name is Jason. And if they do find out it won't help them. They all are going to die. I have not lived this long by allowing, the forces of this light realm to stop me."

TBC……………….Soon darkness will descend…………