Part 2
As with Angel, Spike also joins with the slayer to fight evil. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles Angel continues to work for the Powers That Be, and is confronted by one of his past sins, Penn. Penn was sired before Drusilla and was considered for a time as heir, but this idea was later abandoned. Penn was never really involved with the order and showed no interest to be. Angel eventually fights Penn where Penn is dusted by Kate, a police officer for the L.A.P.D. In aligning themselves with Wolfram & Hart the order learns that Wolfram & Hart are planning on bringing back Darla to break Angel. The order sees this as a win-win situation. If Darla could break Angel then they would have Angelus back as their leader, and if that didn't work they could have Darla take the thrown.
As promised Wolfram & Hart bring Darla back, but the order is dismayed to find out that she is human and that there is a prophecy that foretells that the vampire with a soul will become human once his destiny is fulfilled. With Wolfram & Hart's reassurances the order watches as Darla starts to rattle Angel. The order soon finds out that Darla is dying and that Wolfram & Hart knew of this. Wolfram & Hart's timetable is sped up so they wouldn't miss the opportunity to awaken Angelus. Lindsey McDonald, a lawyer at Wolfram & Hart, finds a way to rectify there mistake by finding Drusilla who sires Darla. It is because of this incident that Angel plummets and hits rock bottom. The order is intrigued as they witness Angel give Darla and Drusilla free reign over the Wolfram & Hart lawyers by locking them in with the two deadly vampires. It was discussed at a early time that Lilah Morgan or Lindsey McDonald be suitable replacements for taking the thrown, but it was against Wolfram & hart policy and they were declined. Also the order still had hope that Angelus would return and the order was well aware of the lawyers' hatred of him.
The order was preparing for the return of Angelus as news came of his attempt at losing his soul, and were crushed when he still woke up with a soul. Darla leaves LA frustrated while Dru heads to Sunnydale where she tries to bring Spike back to her and fails. It is then revealed that Spike, like Angel, has feelings for Buffy and is helping her overt the apocalypse. When Buffy dies Spike stays to guard Dawn, Buffy's sister, while Angel, after receiving the news, flees to Sri Lanka.
TBC
This story will lead into my next story called Dark Horizons. Please read and review. more to come soon.