The One and Only Angel Season 5 Thread

[Guest Brian]

Episode 5, by RavishingRickRudo

 

*Scene 1*

 

Connor (Narration over clips from the show and Angel): "The year is 2004 and L.A. is no more. The city was quickly taken over and ravaged - there was little we could do to stop it. We don’t know why there hasn’t been help from the outside, all we know is that we’re alone in this fight. What caused all this? My father, Angel - a vampire with a soul. He was tired being fates puppet and decided to hold his destiny in his own hands. The result incurred the full wrath of Wolfram and Hart and now what's left of L.A. is left to powerful demons and helpless humans. Well, I'm not helpless. I lived in the most evil of hell dimensions -and though my memories are clouded- I know that I am powerful, and its time to take the city back..."

 

*flashes to present day*

 

*Eliana is running through a back-alley being chased by 2 vamps*

 

*She trips and turns to see them surrounding her*

 

Eliana: No... Please...I’m just a scared, helpless, girl...

 

Vampire #1: (laughing) We can see that, sugar.

 

Vampire #2: Now... let’s see if you’re sweet.

 

*Both Vamps close in for the kill*

 

*Connor drops down from above and cuts the heads of both vamps with one swing of his sword*

 

Connor (to Eliana): Didn’t want to give em a toothache... You ok?

 

Eliana: Yeah (holding her knee). Being bait isn’t what it’s cracked up to be.

 

*Connor extends his hand and helps her up*

 

Connor: Hey, you’ve been doing really well the past few days in your training. When the time comes, you’ll be the hunter... or the Fisherman... (thinks for a sec) “Bait” isn’t that great of a metaphor either.

 

Eliana: No, I think we need to get a new term.

 

Connor: Lure? Jig? Hook?

 

Eliana: Oooh “Hook”, we could do something with Pirates!

 

Connor: You like Pirates?

 

Eliana: Oh yeah, there’s something about a pegleg that just makes a girl flush...

 

Connor: You just like guys who say “Arr”

 

Eliana: What can I say, I’m an old fashion gal who longs to be on the high seas plunderin booty... (thinks for a sec) That didn’t come out the way it sounded in my head.

 

Connor: Let’s stick with “bait“, for now. I’m sorta uncomfortable and have this strange desire for an eye patch.

 

Eliana: I actually knew a guy with an eye patch.

 

Connor: Interesting, what was his name?

 

*Just when she is about to say the name, a scream is heard from inside the building next to them*

 

*They rush over to find a Reptilian demon about to attack a family of 4*

 

*Connor takes his sword and throws it at the demon, striking it in its neck and killing it*

 

Connor: Are you guys ok?

 

Father (trying to collect himself): Yes. Thank you.

 

Mother (flustered): Quick, we’re late. We have to get there soon!

 

*They turn and run out of the building*

 

Connor (Yelling to them as they exit): Where are you going?

 

*The family is gone, and Connor and Eliana are left alone*

 

Eliana: Do you ever wonder where the people go after being saved?

 

Connor (getting his sword out of the demons neck): Well, they were in a rush and they weren’t the first family I’ve seen around here heading somewhere in particular. So yeah, now I’m definitely wonderin. Where _are_ they going?

 

*Flashes to the Family in a warehouse as they enter an office*

 

Mother (to Father, whispering): We‘re here on time, right? Are we here on time?

 

Father (calmly): Yes, yes. The card said to be here at 9 pm with $1000 for each of us. Don’t worry. We’ll be ok now. Once they get us out of the area, we’ll be safe. It’ll be like it once was. That’s what they do here. They get us free.

 

*Another door in the office opens and we see the feet of two men entering. One of the men sits down at a desk while the other asks them for their money *

 

(Over-the-shoulder shot from the perspective of the guy in the chair)

 

Man #2: They’ve got it all. They’re good to go.

 

*The man sitting downs hand makes an “ok” sign and points toward the door they entered from with his thumb*

 

Mother: Oh thank god.

 

Father: See? We’re finally going to wake up from this nightmare.

 

*As they enter the room they see butchered bodies and blood-spattered walls along with half-a-dozen demons smiling at them*

 

*The family screams as they are pushed in and the door closes*

 

*Man #2 vamps*

 

Man #2: Here’s your 4 grand along with another 4 that we‘re paying you. That brings you to around a hundred thousand already. You’re making quite a bit of money, selling-out your own kind. I like that.

 

*The vamp goes back into the room, now silent*

 

*The hand picks up a card that says “Free from Chaos” and various information listed

 

*Elsewhere, Kent (alone - same perspective) picks up a card that says the same thing. He looks at it and wonders*

 

Kent: Hmm...

 

*opening credits*

 

*Scene 2*

 

*Back at home, Connor and Eliana are sharpening weapons and talking about what they did in their “old lives”.*

 

Eliana: ...And there was milk and cookies all over the place! (both laugh)

 

Connor: Oh man, your parents must have been pretty mad!

 

Eliana: Oh they went crazy! (laughs) We were grounded for a month, I swear. (laughs a little less) (silent pause)... I’ll never see them again.. will I? They’re gone. Forever. (A tear falls)

 

Connor: You will. You will. You can’t give up hope. Never. Death is just another beginning.

 

Eliana: You really think there’s a higher power looking out over us? You really think there’s a heaven? An afterlife? In a world like this???

 

Connor: I know there’s hope. I know things get bad, really bad. But they’ll get good again. I know there are things beyond this, I just don’t know what. I know that death isn’t the end. You will see them again. And until then, live with them in your memories. They will never take that away from you... (Connor thinks to himself)

 

*Kent enters*

 

Kent: You both look like the world is ending... well... moreso than it already is...

 

Eliana: What do you know about death, Kent?

 

Kent: I know that I don’t want to die, young lady. And that’s enough for me to keep-on living.

 

Connor: What did you do before all this?

 

Kent: Me? Oh, nothing in particular.

 

Connor: Any family?

 

Kent: I have a few. But that’s not why I’m here. Well, it is. Just not mine. I found _this_ on a family of 6.

 

*hands Connor a card*

 

Connor: What is this?

 

Kent: You ever wondered where people go after you save them?

 

*Connor looks at Eliana*

 

Kent: Hows about we make a trip?

 

Eliana: You mean we can get out of here?

 

Kent: Well, not us. We belong here. But you? Let’s hope so...

 

Connor: If this is true, then maybe we should stop off for some supplies. It might be a long trip...

 

*Scene 3*

 

*All 3 enter a General Store-esque shop. It is the only building still in-tact and is surrounded by the remains of its neighbours.*

 

Kent (with wonderment): I can’t believe that this place is still standing. And in perfect condition at that. This is absolutely amazing. When did you find out about this?

 

Connor: A few weeks ago. I chased down a Madi Demon and ended up in front of here. I figured another powerful demon must be running it since it was untouched, but it ended up being this sweet old man.

 

*RON GLASS comes through from the back of the shop*

 

Glass: I take issue with that, young man.

 

Connor: I’m sorry... I didn’t mean you were sweet.

 

*Glass looks at him with this “Oh you!” look*

 

Kent: So you’re the proprietor of this establishment?

 

Glass: Yes. They call me the shopkeeper.

 

Kent: Who are “they“?

 

The Shopkeeper: Those whom seek tools, food, garments, and 12 varieties of pickles.

 

Connor: I like the Yum-Yums.

 

Eliana: Dill for me.

 

*Connor looks at Eliana and Eliana makes a “what?” gesture*

 

Kent: I mean, are they human customers... _or Demons_?

 

*The Shopkeeper has a puzzled look on his face*

 

Connor: I’m sorry Shopkeeper, it’s just that Kent doesn’t understand how this can be the only store in the entire city not effected by what’s going on outside.

 

The Shopkeeper: What _is_ going on outside?

 

Kent (shocked): You mean you can’t see it! It’s hell out there. Demons have taken over and humans have fallen to the bottom of the foodchain. Every building on this street has been reduced to rubble and you haven’t even noticed?

 

The Shopkeeper: Can’t say that I have. I guess I’ve been... lucky. That’s all.

 

Kent: Lucky? Lucky? Luck is finding a penny on the road. Luck is having an umbrella when it rains on a sunny day. Luck is _not_ being untouched by hells fury when all those around you perish - that’s something else. The fact of the matter is, this store shouldn’t exist.

 

The Shopkeeper: But it does. (small pause) So if you’re here to buy something, please do. If not, then I’m afraid you cannot loiter *points to a sign that says “No Loitering“*

 

*Kent has this baffled and angered look on his face like nothing he said was heard*

 

*The Shopkeeper points, referencing the sign again*

 

*Kents jaw drops*

 

Connor (interjecting): We need some supplies, do you have any?

 

The Shopkeeper: Of course, look around you. What do you need?

 

Connor: We’re going to be taking a trip. Well, she is. *points to Eliana*

 

Eliana: We don’t know how long it’s going to be, or to where.

 

The Shopkeeper: You sound like you’re preparing to be lost. Are you sure that’s the best course of action? Why don’t you just stay here in Los Angeles?

 

Kent: Haven’t you been listening to a word I said? It’s chaos out there! It’s.. (Connor cuts him off)

 

Connor: Shopkeeper, it would be best if she left.

 

The Shopkeeper: I see. Well, I may have a few things in the back that could help you out.

 

*The Shopkeeper goes to the back with Eliana while Connor turns to Kent*

 

Connor (lowered voice): Listen. The Shopkeeper is a good guy. Very weird. But a good guy. If he was dangerous, do you think I’d bring her here?

 

Kent: Do you know anything about him? Huh? This is completely reckless behaviour Connor, even for you. To associate with someone who clearly has an involvement in all this; it is very dangerous. He could be back there contacting some of his chums to come over and kill us where we stand!

 

Connor (louder): He wouldn’t do that.

 

Kent: How do you know? How do you know?

 

Connor (lowered): Because he saved me.

 

Kent: What?

 

Connor: That night with the Madi Demon. It was about to kill me, and he stopped it.

 

Kent: How?

 

Connor: I don’t know. One moment it was on top of me, the next it was dead beside me with him standing over it. I said thank you and he asked me if I wanted something to eat. We talked... for a while. I told him everything; about me, my father, this war.

 

Kent: So he knows? Then why..

 

Connor: ...He forgets things. There must be some sort of force protecting him - keeping the evil away; both from the store, and from his memories. I know that every time I show up he remembers my name, Eliana, and the happy little things about our lives. But everything else... it’s always new to him.

 

Kent: That’s a very interesting story, son. But I can’t imagine any force having the power to keep all this away.

 

Connor: I don’t care. I know that when I’m in here, I feel a part of me is home. That we’re away from the fighting, even for a moment. He is like a grandfather. So stop accusing him of being something he’s not.

 

Kent: Connor,

 

Connor: Stop. This conversation ends. You will treat him with respect and stop bringing up the hell that is outside. He doesn’t need that. _We_ don’t need that.

 

*The Shopkeeper Returns with Eliana - she has a bag of items*

 

The Shopkeeper: There, that should suffice for a trip of ambiguous nature.

 

Kent: How much do we owe you?

 

The Shopkeeper: For what?

 

Kent: Those items.

 

The Shopkeeper (laughing): Oh, consider it compliments of the house.

 

Connor: Thank you.

 

The Shopkeeper: You’re welcome, Connor. Don’t be afraid to come back again soon. I want to hear more about your family.

 

Connor: I will, don’t worry.

 

*They leave with Kent peering at The Shopkeeper as the door closes*

 

 

*Scene 4*

 

*The 3 are in front of the warehouse; Kent with the card in-hand, Eliana with the bag of items, and Connor with his sword.*

 

Kent: Well, this should be interesting.

 

Eliana: Where will I go once they get me out of here?

 

Connor: Do you have any relatives outside the state?

 

*Eliana shakes her head*

 

Connor: An Aunt? An Uncle? Maybe Eye-patch guy?

 

*Kent raises an eyebrow with a questioning look on his face*

 

Eliana: A cousin... in Rhode Island.

 

Kent: Well, they probably have safe houses - the government will surely take care of you. Social Services, perhaps. It may be tough but, it’ll be better than here, I assure you.

 

*They walk into the warehouse*

 

Eliana: What did the time say on the card?

 

Kent: 6pm.

 

Eliana: What time is it now?

 

Kent: 5... we’re early.

 

Connor: I smell something... This doesn’t feel right.

 

Kent: I’m sure there were plenty of unclean people walking through these doors - perhaps wounded. Freedom tends to be messy.

 

Connor: Maybe..

 

Eliana: It’s cold in here. But it’s so hot outside.

 

Kent: I think this used to be a slaughter house... for Cows, pigs, chickens. That’s probably what you smell.

 

Connor: No, this is human... and demon.

 

Kent: What?

 

*A “crash” sound*

 

Eliana: What was that?

 

*A “creek” sound*

 

Kent: This is definitely getting very interesting.

 

Connor: Well, something -or someone- is watching us.

 

*creepy music starts to play*

 

Kent: Yes, I have that feeling too.

 

*creepy music builds*

 

*camera looks around the abandoned warehouse*

 

Eliana: Is it bad?

 

*footsteps are heard*

 

*camera shows feet in wingtips walking down stairs into the open part of the warehouse*

 

*camera moves up to show Ethan Rayne*

 

*music peaks*

 

Rayne: Bad? Little girl, bad left a long time ago. Now you've got hell raining down and there's no shelter from what's coming... (smug) Oh, hello Kent...

 

*Typically, the show quicks-to-black in these instances... not here*

 

Kent: Um... Do I know you?

 

*Ethan looks dejected*

 

Rayne: Oh come on!

 

*quick to black*

 

*Scene 5*

 

Connor: Who are you?

 

Rayne: Ethan Rayne

 

Kent: What is this place?

 

Rayne: Your first stop to freedom.

 

Eliana: You can get me out of here?

 

Rayne: Of course I can, little girl. I can get all of you out of here.

 

Connor: We don’t want to go.

 

Rayne: Everyone wants to go, young boy.

 

Kent: Then why do you stay?

 

Rayne: To help out my fellow man, of course.

 

Eliana: Where will you take me?

 

Rayne: Far, far away from here. I assure you.

 

Connor: How can we trust you?

 

Rayne: How can I trust _you_?

 

Kent: That’s not an answer.

 

Rayne: Then I suppose none shall suffice.

 

Eliana: What will happen to me?

 

Rayne: You’ll be driven away from here, in a truck. With all the others.

 

Connor: Others?

 

Rayne: Oh yes, there are dozens of others right behind that door *points to a door*, if you come with me, I can take you there so we can go. Freedom is only a few steps away.

 

Kent: OH DROP THE CHARADE ETHAN!

 

Rayne: Oh, so you _do_ remember me, Kent.

 

Kent: Hard to forget someone who once turned a small town into an elaborate sideshow. I would have guessed someone like you would capitalize on something like this.

 

Rayne: Someone like me? Someone like _me_? Kent, I’m hurt. Hurt, I tell you, at such an accusation. I have changed, really I have.

 

Kent: Yes, I suppose you have.

 

*Raynes indignant face turns into one of smug satisfaction*

 

Kent: Instead of resorting to cheap parlour tricks you’ve sunk even lower than I would have imagined. Capitalizing on the fear and hopes of an entire city. How much do you charge them, huh? A hundred? A thousand? And where do you drop them off at, eh? At the edge of town? Completely helpless?

 

Rayne: Oh come now, Kent. Now I’m starting to think you really don’t know me. Why profit off of one group, when you can profit off two?

 

Kent: What?

 

*Vamps and Demons come out from the door*

 

Rayne: You want to know where I send them? From the frying pan and into the fire. Now it’s time to turn up the heat for all of...

 

*Eliana punches him in the nose, breaking it*

 

Rayne: OW! That... that hurt! Oh, you’ll pay for that one you wench!

 

*Kent punches him in the stomach*

 

Rayne (wheezing): You... you two. I’ll get you.. too...

 

*Connor finishes it off punching him on the chin, knocking him down*

 

Connor: You’re worse than any of them. It’s their nature to be evil. You had a choice. You will pay for..

 

*Just when it looks like Connor will finish Rayne off, a demon attack him*

 

*A big fight ensues. Eliana runs for cover. Kent battles 3 demons, while Connor takes on another 3. Ethan, slowly, crawls away, back into his office.*

 

Kent: Connor! They’re too much for us! We must leave, quickly!

 

Connor: NO! We have to shut this place down now! Before anyone else is hurt!

 

*Connor takes out his 3 demons with 3 shots from his stakeshooter*

 

Kent (still fighting): We must go!

 

Connor (stabbing one of the demons in the back): You go if you want. (kills another) But I’m staying.

 

*Connor holds the last one as Kent shoots it with a crossbow*

 

Kent: Again, very reckless.

 

Connor: I can’t believe you.

 

Kent: What did you say?

 

Connor: You wanted me to leave this place; to let it continue to run. This, the most horrible place I can imagine.

 

Kent: Come now, you’ve seen worse.

 

Connor: No, I haven’t. Not like this. This wasn’t just a slaughter house; this was a place that built up hope just to destroy it. That’s all we have left, Kent. Hope. And this place, this man, used it and manipulated it, and profited off of it. And you wanted to let it continue.

 

Kent: Connor, we would have closed it down soon enough. We just needed to know -

 

Connor: To know what? How many more people would have died -who would have suffered- how many more _families_ would have been lost because YOU are too scared to fight!

 

Kent: I am not scared, I am smart. I know when to pick my battles. And this one..

 

Connor: This one we won. I was right. We stayed, it stops, and now we deal with Ethan Rayne and make him pay.

 

Kent: What are you going to do to him? Kill him? He’s not a demon, Connor. He’s human. And he suffers from something that is very human - greed.

 

Connor: He gave up being human as soon as he made those damn cards.

 

*Connor sniffs the air*

 

Connor: Hmm... come to think of it... maybe _I_ won’t have to do anything at all.

 

*Connor walks over to get Eliana and leaves the building. Kent follows*

 

*Ethan, bloodied with a black eye, looks out from his office door and breathes a sigh of relief*

 

Rayne: Oh, thank god... they’re gone.

 

*Man #2 comes out from the room adjacent to the office*

 

Man #2: Mr. Rayne. I do not have my humans, yet.

 

Rayne: There was... complications.

 

Man #2: I know. You’re clients are dead.

 

Rayne: Yes.. well.. there will be more.

 

Man #2: ... and I’m still hungry.

 

*Man #2 vamps as Rayne has a look of shock and horror on his face The camera shoots outside of the office as the door closes*

 

*Final Scene*

 

* A shot of the General Store*

 

*The Shopkeeper is sweeping up as the door to the store opens and a bell rings signifying someone has entered*

 

*The Shopkeeper comes out from the aisle and sees Rudy standing there with 2 Monster bodyguards with him*

 

Rudy: Nice store you have here... Shopkeeper.

 

The Shopkeeper: Yes, well, I like to keep it tidy.

 

Rudy (laughing to himself): Yeah, I suppose it gets pretty messy in here.

 

The Shopkeeper: Do I know you?

 

Rudy: Drop the forgetfulness act, Shoppy. You know exactly who I am.

 

The Shopkeeper: Well, if you know what I know... then I suppose you know who I am.

 

Rudy: I know some things about you.

 

The Shopkeeper: Oh?

 

Rudy: Yeah, I know you’ve been hangin around with a kid. Connor. The son born of two vampires. Had his mind all messed up and his memories changed.

 

The Shopkeeper: He is a very nice boy.

 

Rudy: A very dangerous boy, too. Very important. I suppose you know that.

 

The Shopkeeper: Indeed I do.

 

Rudy: So why is someone like you hanging out with someone like him?

 

The Shopkeeper: Isn’t it obvious?

 

Rudy: I guess it is. But why now?

 

The Shopkeeper: Have you taken a look outside?

 

Rudy: Yeah, it’s beautiful. Chaos and Destruction. It chills my heart.

 

The Shopkeeper: Are you planning on buying anything, because...

 

Rudy: Yeah yeah yeah, no loitering. You’re all alike, you know that?

 

The Shopkeeper: Know what?

 

Rudy: Very funny, you keep forgettin. But remember this, you can’t stay here forever, old man.

 

*Rudy turns around to leave, knocking over a shelf of dry goods*

 

*The Shopkeeper starts to sweep it all up as he looks outside the window at a destroyed Los Angeles*

 

*Executive Producer: Joss Wrudon*

[Guest Brian]

Scene 1:

 

<Dust kicks up and then passes by, revealing a terribly dry landscape. No trees are in sight, only scattered stumps. The soil is red like clay, and very rocky. Pan around from above, then close in on a fire. A young boy of twelve years is fighting against a hairy, four-legged demon, with fangs, and claws on each foot. The young boy dangles a hook and rope from one-hand while yielding a wooden spear, He block two swipes with the spear. The camera cuts across to show Holtz also in the heat of battle with two large, upright, red-skinned demons. Holtz fends them off, but suddenly they merge together and hit him with a sweeping uppercut.>

 

Young boy: Father!

 

<The young boy turns his head and gets hits with a right. He spins, stops, then uses the tail end of his spear to deliver two blows to the face of the demon, sending it to its stomach. He winds up with the rope then throws it, hooking the demon by the cheek and tearing off a good chunk of skin. As he pulls back the rope, the young boy gets tripped up and mounted by the demon.>

 

Young Boy: Help! Help!

 

<He struggles as the demon gets a grip on his head. Camera view from the boy’s perspective shows the demon opening its mouth getting ready to bite.>

 

<Cut quickly to Connor, who awakens from his sleep on a cot. He clutches the bed tightly, a cold, heavy sweat running down his forehead. He wipes his forehead dry, then cups his hands around his face, staring at them with wide open eyes, as the camera fades to intro.>

 

Scene 2:

 

<Kent is opening up a can of beans. He dumps it into a pot, then lights a fire over a gas stove. He moves to a drawer, opens it, and grabs a spoon. He stirs the beans in the pot, then walks past a sitting Eliana to peak behind a curtain. He looks in side as Connor is sitting in bed, staring at his hands.>

 

Kent: What’s wrong with you?

 

Connor: I had a dream.

 

<Connor gets up and washes his face. He looks in the mirror, which shows Kent in the background.>

 

Kent: What was your dream about?

 

Connor: It wasn’t a dream. It was a nightmare.

 

Kent: These dreams you’ve been getting, what are they about. Every time they seem to shake you up more and more.

 

Connor: I can’t always tell. Hell. Death. Pain. Those are the only things that exist in my dreams. But they’re not just dreams. Some of them are memories, and I don’t know about all of them. It’s clouded, and I can’t tell the difference between fact and fiction. My life is a lot of blur, and I can’t distinguish anything. But all these dreams I have, they’re all nightmares.

 

<Connor walks past Kent into the main room. Eliana is serving the beans into bowls. Kent follows behind Connor. Connor brushes by the table, and grabs a bag and his broad sword. Kent grabs his arm.>

 

Kent: Whatever you saw Connor, there’s no need to go out there and get yourself killed over something in your mind.

 

Eliana: Kent! Connor! Food is ready. Time for you guys to eat. No need to fight on empty stomach.

 

Connor: I didn’t just see it. I lived it. And I have to stop it before it happens again, out here. Because it’s slowly eating away at this city, killing and invading, until it looks like the exact same place I grew up in.

 

<Connor walks out through the tunnel. Kent heads over to the table with Eliana, who is staring at him. He sits down and picks up his spoon.>

 

Eliana: You don’t have to worry about him.

 

<Kent looks up from his bowl.>

 

Kent: What he has in his mind is dangerous. And he might not be able to handle it. He can fight, there’s no doubt about that. But he’s also rash and irresponsible. He’s got something in his head, it’s a ticking time bomb, and it will bring him down if they don’t. Those monsters may be eating away at the city, but these his and memories are eating away at him, slowly deteriorating him. And when it comes to a few thousand odd monsters and demons and fighters, and he can’t even take care of himself. That’s not a good combination.

 

<Cut to Connor out on the street. He fighting, aggressively, against two blue skinned, tall monsters. He lands a stake in the throat of one, but gets tossed aside by the other. He quickly gets up and runs right back into the fight. He blocks a right, then puts the sword right in its gut and pulls it right back out. The monster tries one final punch, and Connor grabs his arm and throws a hip toss over the shoulder. He continues to pound on the monster after it had died away. Suddenly, Connor is thrown back, clutching his head with both hands. He begins to scream.>

 

<Cut to the three robed figures, standing in a circle around a skull in the middle of a triangle. One throws dust over the skull and they begin a chant.>

 

Scene 3:

 

<Connor is on the street, clutching his head. He screams again, then spasms. Kent runs over, and kneels by Connor.>

 

Kent: Connor, can you hear me.

 

<Connor is still grabbing his head. Kent picks him up and carries him over to the manhole cover. He carries him down the manhole, and out of sight.>

 

<Camera fades from the open manhole to the rooftop, where Rudy is talking to a large monster with a fin in his head.>

 

Rudy: Can you get the job done? Can you finish the boy off?

 

Assassin: The child will be no trouble. I will squeeze the life out of him with my own two hands.

 

Rudy: Settle down there, mister. Don’t want to get your hopes set too high.

 

Assassin: What of the man, does he possess any skills? Will he pose any problems? Is there anything I should look out for?

 

Rudy: No, just the kill. The rest should be taken care of for you. You shouldn’t be worrying about anything.

 

<Collage of images, with Connor in the street and the three robed figures, ending with a shot of the assassin’s face, smirking.>

 

<Cut back to the sewer scene, with Kent carrying Connor into their home. Eliana is frantic. Kent carries Connor through the curtain and puts him down on the cot. Eliana kneels on the other side, stroking his hair away from his forehead and calling out to him, almost hysterically.>

 

Kent: Grab a wet towel.

 

Eliana: What’s happening to him?

 

Kent <raising his voice>: Just do as I say!

 

<Eliana runs to the sink.>

 

Kent: Hurry. He’s convulsing. We need to figure out what’s going wrong with him. What’s in his head is poisoning him.

 

<Eliana brings over a damp towel. Kent gets up from his seat and Eliana takes his place. Eliana dabs his forehead and face, then places the folded towel on his forehead.>

 

Eliana: What’s doing this to him?

 

<Kent heads over to his desk. He pulls out his book, lays it on the desk.>

 

Kent: I don’t know. <He flips through the pages.> Connor’s life is shrouded in mystery, but it’s also a story of hate, death, and pain. And we don’t know where it all came from. <Kent continues searching through the pages.> Something very powerful is tapping him right now, trying to kill him from the inside, like a Trojan horse. These assassins that they’ve sent after him, it’s all part of one big, powerful connection. <Kent closes the book.> And I’m not going to be able to find it here. You need to take care of him while I’m gone.

 

Eliana: Gone where?

 

<Kent heads over to the weapons bag, grabbing the whole thing. He hands the katana to Eliana. He pulls the spear from its holder, gazing at the head. Zoom in on a shot of Connor in the cot.>

 

<Cut to a shot of Connor, as young man, in a rugged landscape with hazy skies. His face is now dirty; his clothes are made of the hide of animals. Connor if fighting a beast, in hand-to-hand combat, that is nearly twice his size. Connor blocks a big, clubbing right hand with his left, outfitted with a spiked strap-on. It fails to do any damage to the monster, and the beast lunges at him again. Connor tosses him away and shoots a stake, which brushes by and misses. The beast charges at Connor, who does a front-flip landing several feet behind the beast. Connor turns and is caught by the beast’s claws across the face. Holtz rushes over but gets knocked down rather easily. Connor blocks two more clubbing blows, but gets a headbutt that knocks him down. The beast’s claws grow a few inches longer as he leans over the fallen Connor.>

 

<Camera cuts away to a struggling Connor in present day, with Eliana sitting down next to him on the cot. She strokes his hair, whispering for him to calm down, as Connor mumbles and squirms.>

 

<Cut to Kent in front of the ruins of the Wolfram and Hart building. He looks around, then begins to sort through the rubble of the Wolfram and Hart building.>

 

v.o.: You’re not going to find what you’re looking for over there, sweetie pir.

 

<Kent raises his sword, turning around to reveal Krevlorne Swath of the Deathwok Clan.>

 

Scene 4:

 

<Kent and Lorne are sitting in the rubble of the old building, both staring at the city. Lorne sighs, then turns to Kent.>

 

Lorne: So…

 

Kent: So…

 

<Lorne bends down and picks up some rubble, then drops it.>

 

Lorne: They actually destroyed their own building. You think they would have left this thing standing, after all that time and effort. I wonder what they did to all those other offices.

 

Kent: Probably closed them all up. They don’t live in the buildings anymore, they live right out here.

 

Lorne: Angel always liked to end things on a high note. He couldn’t stand being a tool of Wolfram and Hart’s, of the senior partners, anymore. He learned that you couldn’t change things from the inside, but that you got absorbed into the system. They tried to corrupt him, and he had to break away from that. And here they are, no longer contempt with running things from behind the curtains.

 

Kent: Didn’t you go out fighting with the rest of them? Shouldn’t you be dead?

 

Lorne: I should probably be dead a hundred times over by now. I was never a fighter, and it wasn’t my fight. When we left the hotel, when we got swallowed up into the belly of the beast, things changed. And I wasn’t really a part of it anymore.

 

Kent: And you’re here now, in the middle of hell. Why did you come back here after you left?

 

Lorne: You’re a little lost, the boy’s a lot lost, and you both need some direction. The TV out there, they’re sweating bullets over this place. I could see there was something going on out here. And now I’m here to set you both on your path. And all you have to do is sing me a little song, whatever you like.

 

Kent: Are you kidding me?

 

Lorne: Nope. I just need to hear a few notes.

 

<Cut back to the three robed figures. Two are still in the circle. One is preparing a powder with a pestle and mortar.>

 

<Cut to Connor in the cot. Eliana is wringing out the towel, while Connor is still squirming in his bed.>

 

<Cut back to Lorne and Kent. Kent is standing up in front of the rubble, coat folded over his arm. He inhales once.>

 

Kent: “Hello darkness, my old friend;

I've come to talk with you again;

Because a vision softly creeping;

Left its seeds while I was sleeping;

And the vision that was planted in my brain;

Still remains;

Within the sound of silence.”

Shall I continue?

 

Lorne: Now that wasn’t so bad was it? In fact, it was quite the touching little rendition. You’ve done Art and Paulie proud.

 

Kent: And I presume you’re supposed to put me on my path right now.

 

Lorne: You’ve got a lot of weight in one song there. And you’ve got quite the past yourself. Something big is on its way. You think this place is bad right now, it’s about to get a lot worse. What you guys are going to face, it’ll make these demons shake in their little booties. As for right now, you’re searching for the Order of Soraska. Powerful group of guys. They just happen to be shacked up just a few blocks from here, you can see the power emanating right out of their lair. You’ll find them, as they don’t make much of a deal about concealing themselves. But it’s not going to be a simple fight for you.

 

Kent: Thank you.

 

Lorne: Don’t thank me. I figure this place is as much my fault as it is anyone else’s. Just make sure Connor doesn’t take things so hard.

 

<Kent begins to take off, hustling down the block and looking for their lair. Lorne turns away, and begins to hum.>

 

Lorne: “In restless dreams I walked alone;

Narrow streets of cobblestone;

'Neath the halo of a street lamp;

I turn my collar to the cold and damp;

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light;

That split the night;

And touched the sound of silence.”

 

<Intertwine Lorne’s singing with images of Connor struggling in his cot, with Eliana looking on. End with Lorne taking one longing look at Los Angeles, then finally walking away.>

 

<Cut to a shot of an empty sewer, as the new assassin creeps into the picture. He pauses and takes a whiff of the air, then continues forward.>

 

Scene 5:

 

<Eliana is holding Connor’s hand, crouching on the cot next to him. Connor is still sweating and struggling.>

 

Eliana: Come on Connor. You pulled me out of that hell. You can save yourself. You can beat this thing.

 

<Cut to Connor crouched with Holtz around a fire. Connor has a spear stuck next to him in the ground.>

 

Holtz: You’re going to make it out of here, Steven.

 

Connor: You will too, father.

 

Holtz: No, I won’t, my son. My time has come and gone, I should probably be dead a hundred times over by now. But your time is still ahead of you. I am proud of what you’ve done here. These demons fear you, their eye lit with fear for every step that you take.

 

Connor: I’m not leaving here without you.

 

Holtz: But you will. Steven, I should have died a hundred times over by now, and I am only here to pay for my transgressions. But you, you are a pure soul right now. All I ask is you remember what I’ve told you, and continue my work.

 

Connor: I will kill Angelus for you. I will kill anything that stands in my way. I will avenge his murders.

 

Holtz: Angelus is a different beast then anything out here. He’s smart and charming, but also ruthless; bloodthirsty like any other vampire. He murdered across Europe, without any discretion. His tricks cannot be trusted. He’s fathered vampires that were among the worst of the worst. There is no vampire around that was like him, even Darla. And he’s your birth father.

 

Connor: But you’re my real father.

 

<Cut to Kent kicking down the doors of a warehouse, and enters, sword in hand. The three members of the order fail to look up, and continue to chant.>

 

<Cut back to Connor and Eliana. Suddenly, the door of the lair flies open. In walks the new assassin.>

 

<Cut back to Kent. He grips his sword and runs straight at the Order of Soraska. One of the robed figures blocks Kent’s hand on the downswing, then twists it down. Kent is in pain. The other’s figures continue to chant.>

 

<Cut to the lair. Eliana rushes up and grabs the sword. She tries to stab, then brings the blade back and blocks. She tries to spin and swipe but misses and gets back-handed away. The assassin begins to move towards Connor.>

 

<Cut back to Kent, who is still struggling with his arm being twisted, face to face with the robed figure.>

 

Robed Figure: You’re attempts to save the boy are futile. The one that is baptized in fire shall die in fire. There is nothing you can do. Our master is coming, and then there is nothing any of you can do.

 

Kent: Maybe there is.

 

<Kent’s mini-crossbow falls out of his sleeve and is caught in arm. He shoots at the foot of the robed figure and deposits the arrow on his target. He spins, kicking up the sword and grabbing it in mid-air, and swipes towards one of the robed figures still in the circle. All he gets is air, as there is nothing to hit. He looks around, but sees there is nothing around him. He drops his sword, as the camera fades out.>

 

<Cut back to Connor in Quor’toth. He’s battling against a big, spiny demon. It’s backing down to Connor, who only has his stake shooter strapped on and a metal guard on the other arm. Connor punches it, and it falls back a few steps. Suddenly, it sees a sparkle and rip like a tiny lightning bolt. It jumps over Connor, who misses with a stake in the sand. It jumps through the portal. Connor follows quickly, jumping through the same hole.>

 

<Cut to the lobby of the Hyperion. Connor lands through the portal, crouching. He gets up, then notices that Angel is standing right in front of him.>

 

Connor: Hi Dad.

 

<Connor raises his stake shooter.>

 

<Cut to the present. The assassin is over Connor. Connor raises his stake shooter and drops three stakes in the assassin’s chest. The demon staggers and falls back. Eliana gets up, then rushes over to Connor, who is slowly beginning to sit up. She hugs him.>

 

Scene 6:

 

<Rudy is pacing, talking to one of the members of the Order of Soraska.>

 

Rudy: He shot you in the foot. And that was it.

 

Robed figure: Your assassin failed me.

 

Rudy: He needed more time and you didn’t give him that.

 

Robed figure: The human was much more than we expected.

 

Rudy: They tend to be that way, don’t they?

 

Robed figure: But your failures have been too much.

 

Rudy: I’ll get the job done. But if you tell me that you’re going to do something for me, I need it done. My guy needed that time.

 

Robed figure: And you’re time is running low.

 

Rudy: So is his.

 

<The Robed figure walks away. Rudy turns and punches a pillar, smashing it right down the middle.>

 

<Cut to Eliana practicing her kata as Kent counts in Japanese. Kent heads over to Connor and sits by him on the cot.>

 

Kent: How was your nap?

 

Connor: It hurt. A lot.

 

Kent: Reliving your past, it must be horrible.

 

Connor: You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.

 

Kent: I am here, in the middle of the apocalypse, aren’t I?

 

Connor: The nightmare has just begun.

 

Kent: So…how did you wake up?

 

<Connor pauses for a moment.>

 

Connor: It was Eliana. I heard her voice, and I knew what I had to do. I was obligated to come back. She pulled me through.

 

<Connor gets up and grabs his sword, leaving through the front door.>

[AnonymousBroccoli 0]

Buffy's 7th season is coming out November 16th.

 

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2099

 

[Youth N Asia 0]

I just saw that myself. Glad they loaded up with commentaries. And they got Nick Brendon, James Marsters, Tom Lenk, and TV Superstar Danny Strong for some.

[Ravenbomb 0]

Oh, glad to see they put the First on the cover

[Mole 0]

I like that color, but that picture of SMG is ugh. She looks all doped up or something.

[Anya 0]

The color is exactly what I wanted. Spike being with Buffy is good too. The pic of Buffy is awful though. She really does look out of it.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Well, she did look her best in seasons 2-3. It's just how it is, don't get me wrong, she's still great to look at.

[AnonymousBroccoli 0]

From the same site, some clips of bonus features from Angel's 4th season, which comes out September 7th:

 

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2106

[Youth N Asia 0]

Freakin Sept 7th...

 

Angel season 4

Dawn of the Dead set

Clerks 10 year anniversary

 

that day's gonna kill my pocket

[BlackFlagg 0]

Freakin Sept 7th...

 

Angel season 4

Dawn of the Dead set

Clerks 10 year anniversary

 

that day's gonna kill my pocket

Same here, got all three of em on pre-order at DDD, heh

[Youth N Asia 0]

I was just at IMDB...Spike turns 42 today. There is just no way James should be that old.

[Mole 0]

Another reason he'll never get any good roles, because of his age. Too bad, he is a good actor. All he'll ever see is just Whedon projects, most likely.

[Guest Brian]

He'll always have theater.

[Ravenbomb 0]

and his scene-stealing role in House on Haunted Hill

[Tawren 0]

Oh, glad to see they put the First on the cover

Why did this joke get no sold?

 

I'm looking forward to owning all 144 episodes of Buffy on DVD, even though I really don't like season 7. Can anyone else say "incredibly long marathon of all episodes"? I can.

[Youth N Asia 0]

I have all the eps taped (even the unaired pilot with fat Willow). And I have 1-6 on DVD. But I think I'm still a couple years away from a massive marathon.

[Mole 0]

I have every single episode on DVD already.

 

Thanks to eBay.

[Youth N Asia 0]

I could go international and pick up DVDs, but I figure since I have them on tape and am in no dire need to see the episodes right away I can wait for the official release.

[Mole 0]

Did you get to watch all of season 5 Youth?

 

I still think it really blows that you don't get the WB. Why's that again?

 

EDIT: This is my 1000th post in this thread. Damn, I can't believe it is that many.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Yeah, I borrowed seasons 4 and 5 off of a buddy to watch after they aired. I was all caught up before season 6.

[Mole 0]

Actually I meant season 5 of Angel.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Oh, yeah yeah.

 

I ended up getting all of season 4 and 5 from buffy.nu a couple of days after they aired. But when my computer went screwy a buddy in Ohio sent me the last few I hadn't been able to download

[Mole 0]

Oh okay, that's good.

 

If you didn't, I was going to offer you my Angel VCDs that I got off of eBay.

[Jericholic82 0]

maybe once i get a job and can buy all the dvds, yea ill try a long marathon and see how long i can last without falling asleep or getting bored with a lame ep (which we know do sadly exist in the buffyverse)

 

 

anyone had a buffy/angel relatedream lately (and once again I don't mean any perverted ones lmao)

 

since I was watching fx buffy reruns lately and regularyposting inthis topic, the other night I had a dream in which I was at dinner with the origianl scoobies. but sadly, I appeared to be the screech of the gang (even with willow there) and they kinda were mean to me (man my poor self esteem is once again manifesting in my dreams- Freud would have a field day lol)

 

 

does this make me weird?

 

 

sorry if this is lame, but i wanted to start a new topic of discussion besides dvd art

[Jericholic82 0]

and btw anyanka, I did once have a dream where i defended poor anya when she was getting ragged on by the scoobs

 

we verbally tore them a new one

[Mole 0]

I've had some Buffy/Angel dreams before. I don't remember, but it had something to do with my slaying vampires with Spike.

[Anya 0]

I dream about Buffy all the time, especially the last few months. I ALWAYS daydream about it too. Like when I am bored I will like space out and just think and imagine about it. I also sing from OMFW.

[Ravenbomb 0]

only Whedonverse dream I ever had was when I had a dream I got Angel season 4 and 5 bootleg, but I was scared to go to the menus for some reason

[The Dames 0]

My guess is to part of the reason why this thread hasn't been closed yet is partially because I still haven't seen everything yet.

 

I bought Firefly, loved it.

 

Have all the Buffy's, know it as much as you guys do.

 

I missed the last half of Season 3 of Angel when it ran on TV and didn't get back into it until Faith came back on Angel Season 4.

 

I got Angel Season 3 for my birthday, which I LOVED...and I FINALLY got to see everything with Holtz and Connor and Wesley...Which I NEVER SAW...

 

And I can't wait to see the beginning of 4 now even though I know how it all turns out. Can't wait til the DVD arrives.

 

Dames