And this, bloody hell, wasn't mine. I'm not you. I don't give a piss about atonement or destiny. Just because I've got me a soul doesn't mean I'm gonna let myself be led around by...
WesleyDid - Did you just say - Spike has a soul? You never said.
Didn't seem worth mentioning, you know.
Seems to be a lot of that.
Or maybe Captain Forehead was feeling a little less special. Didn't like me crashing his exclusive club. Another vampire with a soul in the world.
You're not *in* the world, Casper.
[slurring, as a demon bumps into her.] Hey, you want a piece of me, buddy? That's right, keep walking. You walk alone! You walk alone!
Wesley
Careful, that thing's loaded.
So am I. I mean, wow. Wes. Wesley, [puts her arms around Wesley's neck] I am totally drunk-faced!
Wesley
Because you can't hold your.. What are you drinking?
Wesley
You can't hold that.
Oh, yeah? Lightweight? How much have you had?
Wesley
[holds up a beer bottle] Including this, I've had... about 1/3 of a half of this beer.
Wesley
Yes, I think so. I think that's weird.
There's Gunn. Let's go ask him if that's weird.
[Fred and Wesley walk up to Gunn, who's facing away from them.]
Wesley
Hey. Hey, Gunn. Is something weird going on? [Gunn turns toward Wesley without moving his hands, which are together just below his waist] Charles, you just peed on my shoes.
[looks down, confused] I'll be damned. [zips his zipper] That's weird.
Still not sure why Blondie Ghost tagged along.
Not much choice really, is there? Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.
Wesley
Yeah, remind me again how you ended up in the front seat.
Wesley
Oh. [pulls up a shotgun] I thought we were doing a weapons check.
Nothing wrong with that. [pulls up an axe] We may need these bad boys if we're going up against some Mexican Day of the Dead heart-sucking monster.
Wesley
Angel, the church we're looking for is about half a mile... [Angel suddenly spins the car around in a 180]
Always was a bit of a drama queen.
Wesley Wyndam-Price, you should be ashamed. I didn't know you had a younger brother.
Wesley
Lorne. Yes. This is my father, Roger Wyndam-Price.
A father? Well, I don't believe it. Well, OK, I do believe it, but only 'cause I heard you were in the building. Ha ha ha. Well, look at you. It's like Winston Churchill and a young Richard Harris had a beautiful love child, which, according to my sources, may not be as ridiculous as it sounds.
Wesley
Hello, father.
RRoger
Walk away from this, Wesley. You'll never understand what we're trying to do here.
Wesley
You're using the Staff of Devosynn to take Angel's will, make him your slave. Your cyborgs panic a bit too easily.
RRoger
That creature's more dangerous to mankind than you realize.
Wesley
You're wrong about him. He's not what you think.
RRoger
He's a puppet. He always has been. To the Powers That Be, to Wolfram & Hart. Now he's ours.
Wesley
You went to a lot of trouble to get this staff. [Flash to Wesley's father pulling a gun out of the cyborg's body in the lab.] You had us attacked, you smuggled in a weapon...you brought in an army so you could escape. I don't know why you're doing all this, but did you ever once consider there might be another way? Did you ever once consider talking to me about it?
RRoger
No. You've failed me enough for one lifetime.
Wesley
Fred, get out of here!
What the hell is going on?
RRoger
You know what that vampire is and what he's done, and you follow him anyway?
Wesley
Maybe I know what I'm doing. Why can't you trust that?
RRoger
You disgrace yourself with the council, you join forces with him, and you have the nerve to ask me why I can't trust you?
Wesley
I've done everything you ever asked, and I've done it well.
RRoger
I asked for this, hmm? I wanted to be humiliated?
Wesley
No, I suppose I don't know what you really wanted. You never had any use for me as a child, and you can't bear the thought of me as an adult. Tell me, father, what is it that galls you so? That I was never as good at the job as you... or that I just might be better?
RRoger
Oh, yes, this is Los Angeles. We have to talk about our feelings. Then maybe we'll hug.
Wesley
It's doubtful.
[In the background, there's the sound of helicopters approaching.]
RRoger
Hand me that staff.
Wesley
No.
RRoger
Now, don't make me shoot you.
Wesley
[Holding the staff over the edge of the roof.] Go ahead.
RRoger
Do you know how powerful that thing is?
Wesley
I don't care.
RRoger
I will kill you for it. Please believe me.
[The helicopter is hovering over the roof, shining bright white lights on it.]
Wesley
Oh, I believe you. I was raised by you, after all. But I drop this, the crystal shatters, and Angel is restored. So I reckon whether I live or die, your plan has failed.
RRoger
I see. Well, then... maybe if it's someone you care about...
[Roger turns his gun towards Fred, but Wesley shoots him without restraint. Wesley walks up to his father's fallen body and stares, upset. Fred looks at him, then at Angel. Wesley stumbles away, dropping his gun as he goes, and bends over behind a roof vent to vomit. Fred looks after him, concerned. When Wesley stands, he hears the buzzing of electronics behind him. He turns to look and sees his father's body fade into the body of a cyborg, shimmering with electricity. Wesley stares at it in disbelief.]
Don't know if you know this, but, uh, I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to, uh...
[Spike makes a staking motion with his hand but Wesley interrupts.]
Wesley
Thank you! I'm... very comforted. Right.
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