Nothing.
"Wow. And to think I stayed up to see a whole bunch of nothing," quipped Spike, pulling a newly acquired smoke from his pocket and putting it in his mouth. "Everyone's gonna be real pissed they missed this. And here I was thinking jewels, gold, some evil mojo jobby for the destruction of all life..." he continued.
However, Angel wasn't listening to Spike's ongoing litany. Instead his attention was focussed on the small raised section on the back of the picture board. He tried, with no success, to remove the paper backing. Deciding to take a different course of action, he grasped the picture in his hand and brought it down hard against the edge of the table, destroying the frame.
This broke Spike out of his engrossed rambling, pacing and emphatic hand waving. "Bloody Hell! What did art ever do to you?"
Once again ignoring Spike, Angel bent down to pick up the small square that now lay amid the debris on the floor. After unfolding the...whatever it was ...Angel pocketed his latest find and walked past a stunned Spike and out of the office.
"Wh-" said Spike, doing a rapid double take as Angel rushed past him. "What now?"
"We've got what we came for," said an ever laconic Angel.
"Oh, that's nice," said Spike sarcastically, "but what is it?"
Angel said nothing as he walked, with Spike keeping pace behind him, back across the empty factory floor.
Almost empty factory floor.
"Angel, what did you find?" Spike stopped in his tracks as Angel suddenly turned to face him with an expression of barely suppressed frustration.
"Spike," hissed Angel. "Remember the little talk about the angry snake demon?"
"Yeah," said Spike, his attention drawn to over Angel's right shoulder.
"Well, hows about keeping the noise down then?"
"Honestly, mate, I don't think that's going to be an issue," he said, wide eyed.
Angel, realising Spike's attention was elsewhere, turned to have his view completely filled by a very big and very pissed off Xelic demon. It blinked it's huge amber eyes and stared down intently at the two intruders.
"You bring any weapons?" asked Spike, keeping his sights firmly on the demon.
"Well I wasn't really planning on fighting," said Angel, trying to vent his anger through sarcasm towards his unwanted companion.
"This should be interestin' then," said Spike, suddenly running full speed towards the Xelic.
The demon reared it's head back, prepared to strike and just as its huge jaws descended on the vampire, Spike ducked and rolled behind Xelic at the last moment, disappearing out of sight.
Now only having one object to focus on, the serpent began to move towards Angel with a slow, confident malice immediately recognisable by any small, furry animal as 'Immediate death scenario'.
Angel stood his ground, transforming into his demon visage. Just as the Xelic came into striking distance, Angel rolled to the side, throwing the snake off balance.
He searched the factory for something he could use as a weapon. The only available object was a metal pole a few feet away. Grabbing it and gracefully guiding the staff in a swift arc, Angel hit the demon hard across the head. The Xelic was not deterred, as it continued to move towards the vampire.
After several ineffectual blows to the Xelic's head and body, Angel found himself backed towards the warehouse wall. Out of options he brought the pipe straight up and through the creature's eye. A visceral cry came from the demon as a thick, yellow fluid spewed from its eye socket.
Xelic threw back its head in pain. Angel thought he caught a glimpse of black jump unnoticed onto the serpents back.
With the pole still protruding, the Xelic restarted its crawl towards Angel, its mouth open and emitting a terrible hissing sound.
Searching for another weapon, Angel saw from the corner of his eye, Spike, stood on top of the demon's head. He quickly reached down and pulled the pipe out of Xelic, which again screeched in pain. Before he could be thrown, Spike forced the pipe straight down through the demon's brain with a sickening, wet thud.
After swaying, pendulum like from side to side, the snake collapsed into a heap on the floor, like a discarded hose pipe.
The motion caused Spike to be thrown from the Xelic's back and onto the ground. He rolled and managed to stand directly in front of Angel.
Brushing himself down and smiling gleefully, Spike glanced up at Angel. "Well, that was fun. What do we kill next?"
Covered in demon slime and not in the best of moods, Angel merely glared at the mystifyingly slime-free Spike and turned to leave the factory.