Angel opened his eyes to reveal nothing but the darkness. Then he saw a single flame, that flame lit a cigarette and also illuminated a face. The face was familiar but the light from the flame was not strong enough for him to see completely. Angel tried to move and found that he was chained up by his hands.
"Don't bother trying to escape it won't happen. You have a lot of bloody guts coming back here." The stranger said in a British accent.
Angel knew then it was Spike. His voice sounded different though and his smell was too.
"Spike, what's going on here? Where am I?" Angel asked hoping to get an answer.
"Where do you think you are?"
"The hotel but everything is different. What happened?" Angel asked.
"You left us, that's what happened you ponce. After the fight you left. YOU SODDIN LEFT US!!! You lost the bleeding mission and walked away. I was the only one left."
"I don't know what you are talking about Spike. What I remember was that I was in the lab trying to destroy the sphere. There was this big flash of light then I woke up here" Angel said.
"The Sphere? Of Dagnos. I remember that." Spike said as he went to unfasten the chains around Angel's wrists.
Angel got a better look at Spike. He looked noticeably older with bits of white in his hair.
"There's something you should know. I'm........" Spike said as Angel cut him off.
"You're human, you're alive." Angel said with disbelief.
"Well thanks for ruining the bloody surprise mate." Spike yelled.
"How? Why?" Angel asked.
"The vampire with a soul after he fulfills his destiny will become human. I shanshued."
"Great." Angel said sarcastically. "Anything else I should know about."
"Daddy, Daddy!!!" A little girl said while running up to Spike.
"There's one more thing."