She's impure? She-she's not a virgin? [Starts towards Wesley] You...
Woah! That's what "impure" meant?
You were supposed to be Angel. This wouldn't have happened. That's why I hired him. He's a eunuch.
AngelA eunuch?
Things happen. Two young people, danger...
What are you talking about?
She was a virgin before you got here.
I could have told you she was no virgin.
Angel
Not a eunuch.
One day as Angel! One day, and he's getting some.
What? How could you. I kept you away from all men!
Angel
The curse isn't even all that clear.
Daddy, you remember that chauffeur from when I was 16? And the one at 18? I haven't been a virgin for a very long time. I even dated Rick.
[Bryce turns to look at one of the robed guards, who hurriedly and quietly makes his way from the room.]
Ginny, don't do this! Don't make me angry!
Right. Because then you might do something bad. You were going to kill me! [She punches Bryce, knocking him to the ground.] You are not my father anymore.
Angel
Not a eunuch.
The last time Darla emerged she wanted to be found. Now she is out there among six million other people.
She could be sitting on top of anybody.
Angel
Come on, guys! We're a detective agency. We investigate things! That's what we're good at!
That's what we suck at. Let's face it - unless there's a website called www.Oh-By-the-way-we-have-Darla-stashed-here.com, we're pretty much out of luck.
Angel
Cordy, just take a message. [To Wesley] So you think this is a setup?
Angel
Cordy, please, I'm talking.
Hi Darla. He can't talk right now. He'll call you back once he's found you. (Angel runs over to Cordelia reaching for the phone) Yeah, bye-bye.
[Angel grabs the phone before she can hang it up.]
Angel
Darla?
My boy. My darling boy...
Angel
Where are you?
Better question: Where was I? I don't remember anything. It's a great big nothing. Could it be there's no hell?
Angel
There's a hell. A few of them. I've been to one.
[A filthy Angel grabs the sides of her face from behind.]
Angel
You're so warm. You just fed.
Angel
You can never resist a religious war and you always talked about China. I just followed the bodies. You never used to be so careless.
Maybe I wanted to be found.
Angel
Spike and Dru?
They're here. Probably out in the riots. Maybe starting a new one.
[Angel lets go of her and she spins around, pushes him up against the wall, holding a knife against his throat.]
I should kill you right now.
Angel
Go ahead.
Is that why you've come all this way? Too much of a coward to end your own existence, you want me to do it for you? Release that filthy soul?
Angel
If you'd like.
I can still smell it, you know. And that's not all. You reek of vermin! Is that what you've been living off of?
Angel
[grabs her hand] Come on, huh? This should be nothing for you. Go ahead, Darla. Make sure you cut clear to the bone. Put the blade in the wall. Hmm?
[Darla stares at him for a moment then pulls away from him. She turns away.]
Angel
A second chance.
Angel
I want things to be like they were. You and me together Darla. - I miss the view.
Angel
It's not impossible.
Angel
I'm still a vampire.
You're not. Look at you. I don't know what you are anymore.
Angel
You know what I am. You made me. Darla. I'm Angelus.
Angel
I can be again. Just give me a chance to prove it to you.
You almost made me believe you.
Angel
Believe it. We can have the whirlwind back.
Angel
Yes, we can.
Angel
Anything we like.
[They kiss.]
So, where have you two been?
My little Spike just killed himself a Slayer.
[to Angel] Did you hear that?
Angel
[to Spike] Congratulations. I guess that makes you one of us.
Don't be so glum, eh? The way you tell it, one Slayer snuffs another one rises. I figure, there is a new chosen one getting all chosen even as we speak. I tell you what, when and if this new bird shows up, I'll give you first crack at it!
[Drusilla steps past Angel in the direction of the alley.]
Angel
This whole place reeks of it.
[Spike wraps his arms around Drusilla from behind.]
Angel
Let's get out of here. This rebellion is starting to bore me.
[Darla watches as Angel walks past Drusilla, giggling in Spike's arms, then follows him. Nice, slow motion shot of the four of them walking down the street with the burning buildings and riot all around. Spike steps on a bundle in his path and leaps high into the air. Angel is walking down the street, grim-faced leading the way, with Darla just a step behind him. Spike is carrying Dru in his arms, kissing her. Darla is watching Angel.]
Angel
Darla.
Angel
Just out. Why?
Angel
Yeah.
Angel
No.
Angel
Look I've killed men. You've seen it!
Rapists and murderers, thieves and scoundrels. Did you think I wouldn't notice? Only evildoers, that's all you hunt now. You swore to me. You said, if I took you back you'd prove yourself.
Angel
And I will.
Good. [Pulls the blanket of a basket sitting between them, revealing the missionaries' baby] Now is your chance.
[Angel looks down at the baby, shifts restlessly.]
I went back before dawn. They were still cowering there. Praying to their god for a salvation. They didn't know that their only savior was at the waterfront dining on rats. I won't be made a fool, Angelus. Not by you. Not by anyone.
Angel
I didn't mean...
While Spike - Spike - was out killing a Slayer you were saving missionaries! From me!
Angel
I'm sorry...
No. No more words. [She takes a step back and Angel looks down at the baby] Act!
[Darla shakes her hair back and tilts her head, exposing her throat.]
Angel
What?
Make me what I was again!
Angel
Darla...
[Angel backs away but she won't let go of him.]
Angel
I will! I want to but not like this.
Then turn me back! My God! I can't bear this pounding in my chest for another instant!
Angel
It's a gift... to feel that heartbeat. To know, really and for once, that you're alive. You're human again, Darla. Do you know what that means?
Of course I do. It means pain, and suffering and disease and death! Look, I released you from this world once. I gave you eternal life. Now it's time for you to return the favor.
[Angel backs away and looks at her incredulously.]
Angel
Favor? Is that what you think? You think you did me a favor? You damned me!
[beat] Fine. Fine then, if it's such a punishment, take out your revenge, pay me back! [Angel just looks at her] Please.
[Angel swallows and shakes his head ever so slightly]
Angel
I can't.
[Darla closes her eyes.]
[China - 1900]
[Angel is looking down at the baby in the basket.]
What do you mean you can't? You won't!
Angel
I can't seem to be able to uhm, I'm sorry.
[Angel grabs a hold of the baby and runs out on Darla, crashing through some glass doors.]
[Hyperion - Present Day]
Angel
Darla, wait!
[Darla stops in front of the doors and spins around to face him.]
No! Don't look for me again.
[She turns and rushes out the door and a he makes no move to stop her.]
[Cordelia returns to the hotel with a large red stain on her blouse.]
Angel
Cordelia. What happened?
It's not blood, it's cocktail sauce. Courtesy of Mr. Star Shmoozer here.
Angel
I mean your head. Your hair. It looks.. great. When did this happen?
Ten days ago. Pay attention.
What the hell do you think you're doing?
Angel
Saving you.
I wasn't in any danger, Angelus. Believe me, I picked a stupid one. I always pick the stupid ones, didn't you know that? I can take care of myself.
Angel
I didn't mean from him. I was saving you from yourself.
Angel
This isn't the answer.
You don't even know what the question is. Why can't you leave me alone?
[She tries to walk past him but he stops her, leaning close into her face.]
Angel
You do this thing and I won't be able to leave you alone, don't you get that? I'll never be able to leave you alone. [Holds up the stake] Next time it'll be you on the end of this stake. I'm sorry, but I don't want that, not again.
Don't worry. I wouldn't let it happen twice.
Angel
Where are you going?
Not back in there, everyone saw me leave with the Mullet. Try something on the westside, I guess.
Angel
Another dive, another loser?
Angel
This isn't you, Darla.
You know, just because we had a thing for 150 years, don't presume you know me!
[Angel can't understand why Darla wants so badly to become a vampire again.]
Angel
So, you really want to be made by some creep in a filthy alley.
Angel
That'll never happen.
So I do what I have to do. Anyway, you were made in an alley, if I recall.
Angel
That's not the point.
Yeah, what is the point, Angelus?
Angel
The point is, you were undead for four hundred years. You've only been human again for a few months. Why not give it some time?
Angel
You do. You've been given a second chance. Don't throw that away before you have the opportunity ...
Angel
... ... What?
Yeah. And not 'sometime.' Not 'later.' Now. Right now. They showed me the medical files. All the tests say the same thing. I've got about two months, three at the most, so if you'll excuse me, I'm in sort of a hurry.
Angel's back. And he has Darla with him!
[Wesley gets up and he and Cordelia walk around the counter to confront Angel and Darla.]
Hi. You're planning on sleeping over?
So just for the one night then.
Angel
Wolfram and Hart showed her some medical files supposedly proving that she's only got a few months left to live.
So maybe more than the one night.
And you believe it's some kind of trick.
Angel
We're talking about Wolfram and Hart! Of course it's a trick. They're trying to play some kind of mind game.
Angel
I don't know, but we're not gonna take the bait.
No, you just don't wanna believe it, that's all.
Angel
I don't wanna believe anything from them.
It's true. They can't really be trusted.
I don't trust them. But I know a thing or two about mind games. [To Angel] So do you. We've played them together for over a century.
Yes, but you were just soulless, blood-sucking demons. They're lawyers.
Angel
[to Darla] She's right. We were amateurs.
[Darla has just told Angel that she is dying and he has kicked open Lindsey's door to confront him about this.]
Angel
I may not be able to come in, Lindsey, but...
Angel
What?
Wipe your feet. You can come in. Jeez, I invited you in already.
Angel
[About Darla] Do you love her, Lindsey? [Lindsey looks down] Is that what this is? Heh! Look at you. A few short months with her and you go all schoolboy. I was with her for 150 years.
Angel
I wasn't capable of it and neither are you.
Maybe not. But I'd save her if I could. And you can. And you won't. So you got a choice pal: waste the last two months of her life searching for a cure that doesn't exist, watch her wither away and die...or you can use the only real power you got. You can make this disease go away today if you wanted to.
Angel
By killing her again.
By giving her life! Eternal life.
Angel
And then what, Lindsey? You and her can be together? If I were to do it if I turned her, how long do think it would be before she hunted you down and had you for breakfast? I've got to say, I mean, that thought alone almost makes it worth it. But there is another way, and I'll find it.
[Angel throws the medical files at Lindsey and walks out.]
Angel
We'll find a cure. We'll do something.
You'll do something! Now, I've been around long enough to know when something is a lost cause. Unless...
Angel
That's exactly what they want us to do, Darla. We'd be playing right into their hands.
I don't care. I don't wanna die.
Angel
I can't give you what you want.
Angel
No, it's not what you need, Darla. Really it's not. I don't know what you need. I wish I did.
Angel
No. You do. You're the only one that could. You just can't see it that's all. You need a little help.
[singing] You're only misleading the sunshine I'm needing. Ain't that a shame? It's so hard to keep up with troubles that creep up from out of nowhere when love...
Angel
Aren't you supposed to be reading her?
I'm a channel surfer. Look, you're a big hunk of hero sandwich. You wanna save the girl. I can see why. But you're missing the crucial point here. Things fall apart. Not everything can be put back together, no matter how much you want it.
Angel
She's not gonna die.
Why do you care so much? She had more than most of us, already 400 plus years.
Angel
As a vampire. Before that she was... She... She never had a chance.
[Darla finishes her song to big applause.]
Someone get my heart. That girl's ripped it right out.
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