Lana, Vala, Angelus, Dru and Tina stand in a line facing Wes, Fred, Gunn and Lindsey, who are twenty feet in front of them. For the exhausted, weaponless (no swords, axes or crossbows) and badly wounded humans, things have never been bleaker. The arrival of the mighty Angelus leaves them outnumbered and hopelessly outclassed. At the exact same moment, all five vampires turn bumpy and roar in unison as they go on the attack. The humans know this is no longer a fight, but a hunt. They flinch and step back as Angelus strides towards them. His calm, unhurried walk is terrifying, and gives them a couple seconds to imagine what he's about to do to them. It is also smart. If Angelus leaped at them, he could end up with a chest full of cross burns. The women follow their leader, and the five vampires advance in a delta-shape, Angelus front and center, Dru and Vala in back and on the right and left wings, respectively. Gunn and Wes stay put, covering Fred's left and right flanks, both of them prepared to die for her. Angelus doesn't want to give them the chance to help her. He walks straight at Gunn, who holds out a cross in his right hand. Fred holds one in her left. When he is six feet in front of Charles, Angelus suddenly veers to his left. Tina, behind and to the right of Angelus, also veers left. She takes a quick step towards Gunn and hits the left side of his face with a right cross. Charles, who was focused on Angelus, never saw it coming. He falls on his back, but holds his cross up to keep Tina from leaping on top of him. She growls and rips it out of his right hand with her left hand, tossing it behind her. Gunn pushes her away with both feet and stands up. Before he can even think of helping Fred, Tina knocks him into the back wall with a flying right kick.
When he veers left, Angelus reaches with his left hand for the cross Fred holds in her left hand. When his left hand is inches from the crucifix, causing Fred to focus on it, Angelus grabs her left triceps with his right hand and quickly yanks her forward. She falls down 15 feet in front of where she was standing. This gets her away from Wes and Gunn, her two erstwhile protectors. But they have problems of their own. The vampire's leftward movement outflanked Wesley. Vala comes at him from the front while Lana dashes along the wall to Wesley's right and ends up behind him. He turns towards the wall and tries watching Vala with his left eyeball and Lana with his right. But when Vala charges Wesley and sends her right foot towards his head, he has no choice but to face her and hope Lana goes away.
Fortunately for Wesley, she does. Getting behind him was just meant to keep Wes from coming to Fred's aide if he managed to quickly knock down Vala. The Sirens knew almost instinctively what Angelus and Dru would want them to do. Wes blocks Vala's right kick with both hands. She nails him in the stomach with her left foot. Because of his crossbow wound, blows to the abdomen are especially painful for Wesley. He grunts and manages to hit her in the face with a right hook. When she grabs his throat with her right hand and winds up to punch his ribs with her left fist, Wes shoves the cross he holds in his left hand into her abdomen. The steam has just begun to rise off her flesh when Vala grabs the cross with her left hand and hurls it into the wall to her left. She moans in pain, but also in pleasure, as Wes can tell from the smile on her face. "Just my luck. I get the masochist," Wes thinks to himself. Vala grabs the hair on the back of Wesley's head with her right hand, yanks his head backwards and upwards, then leans in to bite the right side of his neck. Wes remains still, as if no longer resisting. He quickly but discreetly tries to stab her heart with the stake in his right hand. Now that she has leaned in, Vala's chest was only a foot from his. On a normal vampire, this would work. But Vala is not a normal vampire, having been sired and trained by Angelus. She quickly shoots her left hand upwards and grabs the stake when its point is two inches from her chest. Wesley is surprised that she stopped it so soon. He pulls his left hand in and tries to force the stake home with both hands. Vala grabs his right hand with her left hand and pulls it out wide. Meanwhile, with her right hand, she pulls on Wesley's hair even harder. Considering how short Wesley's hair is, it's a testament to Vala's strength that she can grab it at all, let alone pull it hard enough to cause Wes extreme pain. His head tilts back until he's looking at the ceiling.
VALA: You are one tough son of a bitch.
When Vala is about to bite him, Wesley reaches his left arm up and grabs her hair. Once he starts pulling on her long straight black locks, Vala's fangs back away from his flesh. Val puts her right foot on his chest and pushes him into the back wall.
VALA: Oww!! Hair pulling's for girls. You fight dirty.
Exhausted and fighting with a wound that should have sent him to the hospital, Wesley leans up against the back wall, gasps for breath, and tries flirting in order to get as many seconds of rest as possible. He puts on the best come hither look he can manage at this point.
WES: Doesn't that turn you on?
VALA: Well, yeah.
Vala smiles and licks her upper lip as she walks towards him.
VALA: Maybe I will take one prisoner. Daddy knows we need to replenish our ranks.
Wesley's too tired to think through the implications of Vala wanting to make Angelus his grand sire – meaning Wes would be taking Spike's old place in the family. He sighs in resignation. The two of them have been fighting for what seems like forever. But despite all the punishment he's given Val, she's no different from when they started. Meanwhile, he's taken the thrashing of a lifetime and is amazed that he's still able to stand on his own two feet.
The one vampire who didn't veer left was Drusilla. While Gunn, Wes and Fred were being set upon, she drifted right, moving along the wall to Lindsey's left. He had no choice but to turn and face her. After Vala attacked Wes, Lana, who was behind him, ran to her left, behind Fred and Gunn. With Lindsey turned to face Dru, he could not see Lana when she ambushed him from behind. Dru sees Alanna leaping through the air and starts walking to her left, towards the center of the room and away from Lindsey. Right when he turns his head rightward to watch Dru, Lana lands on his back. Lindsey falls forward, breaking the fall with his hands, which hold his stake and cross, but are pointed in the wrong direction.
Fred tries to get up. Angelus grabs her right leg and drags her towards him. She sweeps his right leg with her left foot. Angelus falls down. Fred stands up, but from a sitting position Angelus leaps up off the ground. While he's in midair, Angelus grabs Fred and pushes her on her back. In the blink of an eye, Fred goes from escaping one trap to being trapped again. And this time, Angelus is not in the mood for foreplay. The back of Fred's head hasn't even hit the ground when he plunges his fangs deep into the left side of her neck. The speed of the maneuver leaves Fred powerless to stop it. Angelus immediately begins quenching his parched and scorched tongue. Fred screams, but is quickly weakened by the rush of blood leaving her body.
Not as badly wounded as Wesley, Gunn still has a little fight left in him. Tina plans to take care of that very quickly. After knocking Gunn into the center of the back wall, she kicks him in head with a left hook kick, then punches his heart with a powerful right jab that causes him to groan and pull his arms inward. Tina lands a left uppercut to his diaphragm, then a right hook to his left shoulder, the one she stuck the stake into. This causes Charles extra pain. She hits him in the mouth with a left jab. But then he hears Fred scream. Gunn nails Tina's jaw with the hardest right hook he can muster. The blow knocks her back half-a-step. He kicks her in the chin with his right foot. She staggers six feet backwards. Gunn steps forward, ready to run to the rescue.
Rather than double-up on one of the humans, Drusilla decided to hang back and stay in reserve. That way, if one of the Sirens got into trouble and was about to be staked, she could rush to the rescue. Tina seemed to be in a little bit of trouble. Dru walks forward to help her as Angelus bites Fred. But no sooner does she arrive by Tina's right side than Tina hits Gunn in the forehead with a leaping right roundhouse kick. After being knocked back a step, Charles continues coming forward. He blocks Tina's left hook with his right hand and sends a straight left kick for her chin. She grabs his right calf with both hands, plants her left foot on the floor and kicks Gunn in the groin with her right foot. When he groans and doubles over, she knocks him back into the wall with a left uppercut to the chin. Tina follows this up with two right hooks to the face. Now she has taken the fight out of him.
When Wesley hears Fred's scream, his back is literally against the wall. Vala has just landed two right hooks to his ribcage and a left uppercut to this stomach. As much as these blows hurt and sapped his fighting ability, Fred's cry for help makes him resolve to dig down deep and use whatever life he has left in his body to come to her rescue. Val hits his face with a left cross. Rather than collapse in a heap, as his body is telling him to, Wesley hits Vala in the face with a left cross of his own. Vala grabs Wes and pulls him towards her so she can bite him. He head-butts her in the nose and runs towards his damsel. Wes bounds forward with his left foot, and his right foot is about to hit the ground when Vala grabs Wes by the back of his t-shirt and hurls him ten feet backwards, into the corner. She turns around and closes with Wes before he can escape or offer up a defense. Now he is trapped. Six feet to his left, on the back wall, is a large blood spot from where the wounded portion of his back hit the wall.
Face down, with a vampire on top of him and about to bite him, Lindsey does not have many options. He could try to push himself up with his arms and then roll over or pull her off of him, but he doesn't think he's strong enough. He holds a cross in his right hand, but can't reach far enough back to touch Alanna's skin. Then it comes to him. Lindsey tosses the cross straight up in the air. If his aim is halfway decent, this might work. If not, he's a dead man. The cross lands on the middle of Lana's back as she leans forward and opens her mouth to bite and drain Lindsey. She stands up and screams. Lindsey gets up, turns around and hits her face with a quick left hook. Right then, he hears Fred's scream. Lindsey looks in front and to his left, and sees Angelus on top of her. During the few seconds while Alanna is still smarting from the cross burn, Lindsey sprints towards Angelus, who gleefully gulps away. Lindsey drives the stake in his right hand deep into Angelus's back. Then, when the point is about to come out through Angelus's chest, Lindsey rips the cross back out.
Angelus is shocked beyond reckoning. He takes his teeth out of Fred's neck and arches his back. He looks positively flabbergasted. After all, he is the one they are trying to save. Who could possibly want to stake him? While Angelus is on his knees, still straddling Fred, Lindsey kicks him in the mouth with his left foot. Angelus falls back, and Fred, though still in shock, rises to her feet. Barely able to stand, she glances to her right and sees this most unlikely instrument of her salvation. Lindsey looks down at Angelus, who feels sick to his stomach when he looks up and sees who's holding the stake.
LINDSEY: Staked you just a little bit too high. [smiles] Guess that means you owe me your life. Hurts, doesn't it?
He means both the physical pain of getting a stake stuck into his body and the humiliation of having it done by Lindsey. By this time, Tina is in control against Gunn, so Dru turns around to see how the others are doing. The first thing she sees is a hole in Angelus's back. The next thing she sees is Lindsey looking at Angelus and gripping a stake. As Angelus stands up, Alanna comes running up and hits Lindsey in the right ear with a leaping left hook kick, knocking him towards the opposite wall. This denies Angelus the chance to kill him. Dru shrieks as she runs forward and to her right. When Lindsey stands up, she gets in front of Lana and shoves Lindsey's back into the wall with her right hand. She clobbers his face with two left hooks, then a right jab to the nose. Still furious, Dru puts her left hand to his forehead and pounds the back of Lindsey's head into the wall three times. The third time, his head goes through both the drywall and and wooden two-by-four right behind it. She steps back and looks at the wounded and dazed lawyer. For whatever reason, she kicks him in the groin with her right foot. Lindsey moans in pain. Dru adds a left uppercut to his diaphragm and a right hook to his face, the last blow practically knocking him out.
After Lana kicked Lindsey, Angelus and Fred were left all alone. She was pale from the loss of blood. He stood there for a moment, watching her struggle to keep her wobbly legs from collapsing while her big, frightened doe eyes looked around for someone, or something, to help her. This brought the fun back into his work. She dashes forward and to her right, towards the wall and the rear exit. Angelus calmy follows and cuts her off 15 feet in front of the door. He pins her wrists to the wall. With Dru getting Lindsey, Alanna walks towards the back wall. To her left, she sees that Wes has been cornered by Vala. To her right, along the back wall, Tina is just about finished breaking Gunn's resistance. She decides to join in. At this moment, Lindsey, Fred, Wes and Gunn have all been beaten into submission. Everyone is propped up against a wall, about to be eaten. Faith is locked in another room and near death herself. Connor has no idea what he's walking into. He just knows Dru's going to be there. Connor enters the ballroom through the hole in the door created by Faith. He sees what looks like a massacre-in-progress. But he's neither worried nor alarmed.
CONNOR: Wonder what mom would think of you biting Lindsey.
Drusilla turns to her left and sees Connor. She smiles.
CONNOR: Hello sister.
Further down, and along to opposite wall, Angelus turns his head to the right upon hearing the sound of his son's voice. He pulls Fred's body away from the wall and then slams her back into it. Fred falls to the ground. Angelus also smiles at Connor. Tina was about to bite the left side of Gunn's neck, and Lana the right side, when Connor entered. They turn around. Alanna, knowing what's next, walks over to Lindsey. Gunn takes his stake in his right hand and tries to get Tina in the back. She hits his face with the back of her right hand, turns around and knocks Gunn down with a left hook. Vala holds Wesley against the corner with her right hand and looks over her left shoulder to catch a glimpse of Connor. Wes, Lindsey, Gunn and Fred can all see him, and are relieved beyond measure. The vampires are calm and confident. But so is Connor. The way Angelus sees it, Lana takes Lindsey, Dru takes Connor, and that's the end of the story, barring the reappearance of Faith. Connor's scared of Dru. He's always lost to her. And all she has to do this time is keep him occupied for 15 seconds while the four other vampires finish off the four other humans.
CONNOR: Sorry I'm late. You guys can leave. I'll handle the rest. It's a family thing.
Lindsey, Wes, Gunn and Fred aren't quite sure if their concussions are making them hear things. After all, Connor just said he was comfortable single-handedly fighting five vampires at once, including Angelus and Drusilla. Perhaps he still hasn't recovered from when Dru cut off the blood to his brain. Speaking of which, Connor looks at Drusilla, who is ten feet in front of him.
CONNOR: You should have killed me when you had the chance.
Connor and Dru step towards each other. Connor throws a left hook. Dru blocks it. Connor reaches around, puts his right hand on her back and pushes Dru face-first into the wall 15 feet to his left. Connor kicks Dru in the spine with his right foot, then uses his hands to box both her ears. Dru falls to the ground. Alanna abandons Lindsey and comes at Connor from his right while he's still facing the wall. Connor spins and knocks Lana on her back with a left roundhouse kick. The other vampires ditch their meals to deal with the family's Black Sheep. To get an innocent bystander out of harm's way, Connor grabs Lindsey and chucks him 30 feet through the air. He crashes into Wes in the back left corner. Fred crawls along the wall toward the right corner. Gunn puts his left hand on the back wall and stumbles to the back right corner as well.
Angelus bounds confidently across the room, eager to give his boy some fatherly discipline. Connor walks forward and meets Angelus in the center of the room. Vala is behind Angelus and to his right, while Tina is behind him and to his left. Angelus leads with a right cross. Connor blocks the blow with his left arm and hits Angelus twice in the nose with right jabs. Angelus lands a left jab to Connor's nose. Alanna comes at him from behind and to Connor's left. Connor knocks her down with a left back kick to the face. When Angelus charges, Connor swings his left foot forward and hits Angelus in the stomach. Connor tries a right hook kick, but Angelus blocks this. Angelus throws a straight right kick for Connor's chin, but he does a back flip to get out of the way. Dru comes at him, but he reaches his left arm out. She goes down after running into the back of his left hand.
CONNOR: Thanks for the rest, big sis.
Angelus hits Connor in the face with left and right hooks. Connor holds his ground, and quickly grabs Angelus by his shirt, pulls him inward, and knocks him back with a head butt to the nose. Connor follows this up with a leaping straight right kick to the chin. Angelus staggers back to the center of the room. Connor swaggers towards him. He seems to have stolen Angelus's scornful smirk.
CONNOR: How did I ever let you kick my ass in the first place?
Connor laughs. He blocks a left jab and ducks under a right cross. He lands a right uppercut to Angelus's stomach and a left hook to his ribcage. Connor quickly nails Angelus in the head with a right hook kick, followed immediately by a left roundhouse. Angelus falls on his back. Connor leaps over top of him towards Vala and Tina. Angelus slowly gets up and shakes his head. Dru doesn't understand it either. Their mistake was deciding to knock Connor out with a sleeper hold. The move did buy them more-than-enough time to finish off Wes, Gunn, Fred and Lindsey. But Connor had never lost consciousness before. When he passed out, he thought he had died. When he realized he hadn't, for the next few minutes he felt invincible, much like Buffy had when she was revived after the Master actually did kill her.
Vala and Tina charge at Connor. Vala is to Connor's left and Tina is to his right. Connor duck Tina's straight left kick for his head and simultaneously sweeps Vala's legs with his left foot. He blocks Tina's right roundhouse kick with his right hand and blocks Vala's right hook with his left arm. However, Vala hits Connor's face with a left jab. Connor grabs Vala with both hands and pushes her away. Tina kicks him in the spine with her right foot, then sends a left kick for Connor's head. But Connor spins around and grabs her left foot with both hands. Tina does a back flip to break free. When they attack again, Connor leaps in the air and does a flying split kick, hitting Vala's head with his left foot and Tina's with his right. They both fall down. Connor spins around to face the front of the room. Lana flies at him, trying a leaping left kick. Connor sends a straight right kick towards her. The sole of his right shoe hits the soul of her left shoe, knocking Lana off-course. She spins to Connor's right and tumbles to the floor. Connor turns to his left and gives Tina a right kick in the face as she tries to get up. Connor turns around and gives Vala left kick to the chest as she approaches him. Vala grabs his left foot. Connor leaps forward, kicks Vala in the face with his right foot, does a backflip and lands directly in front of Tina. Dru is about to go after Connor, but Angelus puts out his right hand and holds her back. He wants to see how his three girls handle the situation.
Tina grabs Connor from behind and puts him in a full Nelson. Connor drives her into the wall five feet behind them. He bashes her nose with the back of his head. Tina lets go when Lana and Vala are six feet away and closing. Connor hits Lana with a right hook kick and Val with a left roundhouse. The kicks knock each of them 15 feet backwards and to the ground. When Connor turns around, Tina hits his face with a right hook and a left cross. She blocks Connor's right cross, but he kicks her in the chin with his left foot. Connor blocks Tina's right hook kick, ducks her left jab, then blocks her right uppercut with his left hand while he lands a right uppercut of his own. Connor hits her face with quick left and right crosses. He blocks her right cross, hits Tina with two quick right jabs, then nearly knocks her down with a powerful left hook. Before she can put her arms up to defend her heart, Connor takes his stake in his right hand and finishes her off.
Connor turns around. His back's against the wall. Lana throws a left hook. Before the punch reaches him, Connor knocks her down with a quick left jab. Vala rushes straight at him. Connor leaps in the air, sails over her head and lands in the middle of the room near Drusilla. Connor makes a back-handed move to stake her. When Dru grabs his right arm, Connor knocks her down with a left hook. Alanna throws a right kick for his face. Almost without looking, Connor grabs her right foot with both hands when it is three inches in front of his left eye. Connor spins her foot and lets go. Lana spirals in the air several times before tumbling to the floor. Connor turns to his left and is hit in the mouth by Vala's left jab. She then throws a right hook. Connor grabs her right wrist with his left hand, puts his right hand against her left biceps and pushes her back into the rear wall. Connor tumbles towards her and hits Vala's face with a right cartwheel kick. When his feet hit the ground, Connor peppers her with a lightning quick left jab-right cross combination. Sensing the attack, Connor turns around and sends a straight left kick for Alanna's head. At the same time, he drives the stake in his right hand backwards. Alanna grabs Connor's foot. But Vala turns to dust. Lana can see the dust fall down the back wall. She lets go of Connor's foot and retreats towards Angelus and Dru. Connor spins the stake in his right hand like a six-shooter. Wes, Gunn, Fred and Lindsey sit against the wall in the back corner next to the door, watching Connor in disbelief.
CONNOR: Who's next?
Faith sits on the floor, facing the door. Ronan stands behind her. He puts his right hand under her chin and his left hand on top of her head. When he tries to snap her neck, his arms won't budge. Faith had grabbed his right wrist and forearm with both hands. When he pulled and arm to her right, she pulled it to the left. Realizing this method won't work, Ronan decides to do the job one-handed. He cups his left hand and clamps his large fingers down on her skull. All he has to do is twist and it's over. Faith quickly sinks to the ground until her head is almost touching the concrete. With her back flat on the floor, Faith shoots her legs up and hits Ronan in the face, knocking him away. She vaults to her feet, turns and kicks him in the chest with a right roundhouse. Ronan's back is against the back wall. Faith hits him with a right hook, but Ronan answers with a crushing right cross. He blocks her left hook kick and her right jab. Ronan grabs Faith and throws her to his left. She crashes into the side wall. Ronan nails her in the stomach with a right hook kick, but Faith blocks his left cross and ducks under his right jab. As Ronan's right fist dents the metal wall, Faith knocks him back with a quick right uppercut and a left jab, then steps forward and adds a quick left jab-right hook combination. Ronan launches a right roundhouse kick for her chest. This blow had never failed to work against Faith. But this time, she grabs his right foot with both hands and throws him to her right, giving Ronan a taste of his own medicine. His back slams into the rear wall. Faith kicks him in the stomach with a straight left kick. He lands a left jab. Faith connect with a quick left jab-right cross combination. Ronan knocks her away with a right cross. Faith comes in again and tries another left jab. Ronan beats her to the punch and knocks Faith on her back with a left cross. He confidently looks down at her. She smiles back. Then Ronan realizes something doesn't feel quite right. While she threw the left punch, Faith reached into her pocket, grabbed the stake with her right hand and quickly sent it for Ronan's heart with an efficient backhand stab. He looks down and sees the wood stuck in his chest. Naturally, Ronan appears both confused and horrified, with a "How'd THAT get there?" look on his face.
FAITH: Didn't I say you'd be disappointed?
Ronan disintegrates. The stake falls on top of the dust pile. Faith slowly gets to her feet. This was the most punishing fight she'd ever had with an unarmed opponent. Faith picks up her stake and walks to the door. There's no handle on the inside. She kicks the door with her left foot. It bends a little. She kicks it again. It bends some more. After her third kick, the latch comes loose and the door opens. Faith enters the hallway, turns right and limps back towards the ballroom.
Connor walks out from the back wall towards Alanna. She backs up. Angelus is to Connor's left. Dru is to his right. As he pursues the retreating Alanna, Connor walks into a trap. He's surrounded by his three opponents. Connor shakes his head with bemusement. Angelus attacks. Connor leaps in the air and does a back flip. The 18 foot ceilings allow him to exploit his leaping ability. Connor lands behind Angelus, between him and the other people. Connor folds his arms across his chest.
CONNOR: Are you even trying?
Angelus leaps at Connor and drives him into the side wall. Connor throws Angelus to his left. Angelus hits him with a right hook to the face and a left uppercut to the stomach. Connor throws a right hook. Angelus blocks it with his left arm. Connor steps to his right and grabs Angelus's left arm with his left arm. He pulls Angelus's arm behind his back, puts his right hand behind Angelus's head, shoves him head-first into the wall, then tosses him away from the side wall and towards the front of the room. This puts him in the path of Drusilla, who was coming in to double-team Connor. Angelus collides with her and they both fall down. Lana races towards the four other humans while Connor is busy fighting Angelus and Dru. He takes care of both of them just in time, leaping at Alanna and tackling her from behind when she is five feet from Lindsey. Connor stands up, grabs her again and tosses Lana away from the back corner where the people are. She snarls.
CONNOR: Any last words, lil' sis?
Alanna is older than Connor and just as tall, so he only means little in the sense that she was sired after he was born. Lana growls and comes at Connor with a left hook kick and a right roundhouse kick. Connor blocks the hook kick and moves to his right to avoid the roundhouse. Alanna is now between Connor and the people. She looks at them, baring her fangs menacingly. Connor pulls his stake out of his pocket. Lana glances back and sees this. She realizes if she went for the kill she would be able to take out one human at most before Connor staked her in the back. Dru and Angelus stay out of the way. Angelus has decided to let Connor tire himself out killing Alanna. She was the best of the three Sirens, as well as the freshest, since she had yet to engage in any drawn-out one-on-one fights. Angelus figured that when Connor was done with her, he should be far more manageable.
Alanna realizes daddy's making her prove her worth. She shuffles towards Connor and throws a right kick, which he blocks. She retreats as Connor attacks, blocking a left kick for her head. Lana goes back on the offensive, catching Connor with a leaping right kick to the mouth. He staggers back ten feet but stays upright. Connor blocks her left hook kick and tries to use his left foot to sweep her right leg. Lana hops up above the attack and tries to hit Connor in the face with a right kick while still in mid-air. He quickly backs up, and her foot misses his chin by an inch. Connor steps forward and sends a right kick for her head. Lana does a backwards hand spring to get out of the way. Angelus and Dru are grinning, especially Angelus, who is proud of how well BOTH his progeny are handling themselves. Connor ducks under her right roundhouse kick and throws a right cross for her face. Vala blocks this. Connor blocks her left jab. Each of them try two more quick punches. Both fighters are quick enough to block all of the blows. Connor tries a head butt. Lana moves her head back out of the way. She pushes Connor back. He circles left. So does she. Now Connor faces the front of the room, and Angelus and Dru stand 15 feet behind Lana. (The two of them decline to attack the four injured humans right now because it would be too risky. Connor could easily intercept them, and if Dru were caught between Connor on one side and Wes, Gunn, Fred and Lindsey on the other, she would probably get staked.)
Connor steps forward and throws a left jab. Alanna backs out of the way and sends a quick left hook kick for his right ear. He blocks it with his right hand, but she lands a straight left kick to his nose. Lana follows this up with a left cross. The balletic, non-violent preliminaries are over. Lana hits Connor in the chin with a backflip kick. When she leaps at him, Connor does a forward flip, jumping over top of her. His feet his the ground, and Connor turns and tries a quick right roundhouse kick. She jumps backwards, plants her feet against the wall three feet above the floor, pushes off with her left foot and kicks Connor in the head with a right hook kick. She attacks while he's staggering backwards, but Connor gets his right arm under her right shoulder and flips Alanna on her back. When she gets up, he gives her a right roundhouse kick to the chest. Connor ducks under a right kick to his head and gets in close with Alanna. He clobbers her with a left jab, right cross and left cross. She responds by landing a left uppercut, but Connor blocks her right hook and lands two of his own. He follows this up with a left kick to the stomach and a right hook to the face. Connor dodges her right cross, peppers Lana with left and right crosses, then blocks Lana's right kick. When she spins while attempting a left roundhouse kick, Connor nails Lana in the head with a quick left hook kick. She spins through the air and hits the ground to Connor's left. He immediately leaps on top of Alanna in order to stake her. She grabs the stake with both hands, but Connor overpowers her and finishes Alanna off. He stands up and looks at Drusilla.
CONNOR: Sorry bout the girls. But I liked it better when I was an only child.
After making this thinly-veiled threat, Connor walks towards Dru. Angelus has had enough of Connor the Invincible. While Connor looks straight ahead at Dru, Angelus blind-sides his son from the right side and nails him with a left hook. Connor spins and hits Angelus with a left roundhouse. Angelus kicks Connor in the mouth with a straight right kick. He takes Connor's left jab, blocks his right hook and knocks Connor backwards and rightwards with a right hook of his own. Connor steadies himself and tries a right kick. Angelus blocks this and hits Connor's ribcage with a right hook kick. Connor and Angelus trade left crosses. Connor lands a left jab. Angelus blocks his son's right hook and pounds Connor's face with a right hook and a left cross. Connor staggers backwards towards the rear wall.
ANGELUS: Fantasy time's over, Wonder Boy. Back to reality.
Angelus approaches Connor from the front, while Drusilla comes at him from his left. To Connor's far left, Faith rips open the emergency exit and enters the ballroom.
NEXT: Faith and Connor team up to kill Drusilla while Willow finally gives Angel his soul back. But neither Dru nor Angelus will go quietly, and they make Willow, Connor and Faith pay dearly for trying to bring Angel back.
