[Connor kneels down to untie the bound hands of the virgin girl he's holding captive. Darla stands nearby.]
You're all right now. Everything's going to be all right.
CordeliaWhat are you doing?
[frozen] Nothing. I, uh...
Cordelia
It's time. Take her in the other room.
[to Cordelia] She didn't do anything. We should let her go.
Cordelia
No we shouldn't. We need her, Connor. Our baby...
Shouldn't be anointed with innocent blood.
Cordelia
Anointed? Who's been filling your head with big, confusing words?
Just been thinking about it.
Cordelia
Or, maybe... a little birdie's been pecking at you behind my back.
[to Connor] She'll lie to you.
Cordelia
You know how much they love to use the magic, Connor. A spell for this, a spell for that.
Cordelia
Whatever you're hearing, whatever you think you're seeing...it's a trick.
Cordelia
It's Angel.
Cordelia
Trying to turn you against me with a cheap vision of... [looks to where Darla's standing] ...Darla?
[to Cordelia] You can see her?
Cordelia
I see the lies.
Cordelia
It's not her.
Cordelia
It's your father. This is how much he hates you.
Cordelia
Torturing you with this sad imitation of your dead mother.
[crying] Don't let her do this.
Cordelia
Are you going to let them do this to us? Are you going to let them kill our baby?
[desperate] Connor, listen to me...
[yelling, crying] You are not my mother!
[Darla looks on horrified as Connor grabs the virgin girl by her bound hands and drags her into the other room.]
[Connor puts virgin girl on the ground in the center of the circle where Cordelia was chanting before. The girl looks up to see Cordelia swinging a huge butcher's knife at her head. When the girl looks up at Connor, she has Darla's face now.]
Please, don't do this Connor. Don't--
[Connor just stands there, watching Cordelia murder this girl, listening to the sounds of blood spattering as Cordelia makes the killing blow. The girl collapses in the middle of the circle.]
Cordelia
There. That wasn't so hard, was it?
We've got a problem, Eve.
Damn right, you do. When I tell the partners you assaulted me--
[pacing] A couple weeks ago, a man approached Spike. Told him that the Powers That Be have some missions for him. Spike, brain trust that he is, went along with it.
[standing in front of Eve now] He's the one who told Spike to save me from the parasite. The parasite you put on me in the first place.
[Eve starts to stand but Cordy steps in front of her.]
Cordelia
Get out of that chair and I will feed you those Manolo Blahniks. [looks at Eve's shoes] Which are stunning, by the way. [smirks]
Seems to me like you and this guy are working together.
[sits] Look, I don't know what you're talking about, but you--you can't keep me here. I have to leave.
But the thing that really, really pisses me off is that this guy seems to be going by the name of Doyle.
Cordelia
It does to me. [yelling in Eve's face] Rings a big fricking gong, and I wanna know who has the nerve to be using that name.
I'm gonna give you one chance to tell me where he is.
Cordelia
Angel, torture her.
Cordelia
You heard me. Building's clearing out, means we don't have a lot of time. Have at it.
I can't just torture her.
He's right, Cordy. If we sink to their level...
[Harmony races past them and starts attacking Eve]
Is this okay? I mean, I am evil, technically. I don't mind torturing her for the team.
[Harmony punches Eve in the face]
Come on, you hussy! [backhands Eve across the face] Spill it!
Had to be someone else. Someone with the ability to slip past Wolfram & Hart security systems.
Like our magically tattooed faux Doyle.
Spike, I don't wanna go in blind. Anything else you know about this guy?
Not much. Average size. Dressed like an urban cowboy. Got his hand chopped off once.
[Angel, Cordy, Wes, and Gunn realize who is impersonating Doyle.]
Lock the building down, make sure he can't get out. Don't trust security systems. He won't show up because of those tattoos of his.
There could be a way to fix that. I'll need some help.
[to Angel] Who is Lindsey?
Cordelia
A lawyer. Wolfram & Hart's former golden boy, till he ran off to go find himself.
Yeah, he should've stayed lost. Harmony, guard Eve. She moves, eat her.
[grins widely] Really? Thanks.
[looking at the tank] Bye-bye, Angel.
[looks up to see Angel and Cordelia blocking the exit]
[grins] And the hero arrives right on schedule. And with a date.
Cordelia
Yeah. Dinner and a show... and you're both.
[Angel walks slowly toward Lindsey with his arms crossed.]
Is this the part where I get all weak in the knees? Promise I'll never do it again?
Little late for that, Doyle.
There's always time for redemption. Isn't that your whole thing?
You had your chance. I guess some people, they just never change.
[Angel starts to backhand Lindsey, but Lindsey catches his hand mid-thrust and punches Angel in the ribs before throwing him hard across the room. Angel rollls across the floor into the opposite wall.]
[Angel puts on his jacket. Cordelia walks into his office. Angel sighs.]
Cordelia
So, you feel good?
[Angel turns toward Cordelia]
Yeah, I do. I just... I kinda feel bad about it.
Cordelia
My God, you are a piece of work.
I just [laughs]...I just don't feel I deserve... I mean all I did was beat up a tiny Texan. [Angel sits down] Not like I helped anyone.
Cordelia
Sure you did.
Cordelia
Boy, I really do fall for dumb ones. You know how you're always trying to save, oh, every single person in the world? Did it ever occur to you: you are one of them?
Cordelia
Well, you made the list, gorgeous. And you needed some help.
And you were the one that...helped me.
Cordelia
Did my part. [Cordelia sits next to Angel]
[chuckles] Lindsey wasted a lot of energy trying to make me doubt myself. I know it's not even close to over. I do feel like... I can do this. Wolfram and Hart, whatever's coming, I feel like we can beat it.
Cordelia
I know.
Cordelia
I always did. I... I just needed you to know it too.
So, all that stuff about the deals with the devil...
Cordelia
Is God's honest truth. But you're bigger than that. You'll win this in the end. [she gets up] I, uh, I just wish I could be there to see it. [sighs]
[he gets up] What do you mean? You're not...?
Cordelia
I can't stay. This isn't me anymore. You can say goodbye to the gang for me, explain everything, once you understand.
That's gonna be never. I... I need you here.
Cordelia
Don't make this hard, Angel. I'm just on a different road, and this is my off ramp. The Powers That Be owed me one and I didn't waste it. I got my guy back on track.
Cordelia
[she puts her hand on Angel's cheek] We take what we can get, champ, and we do our best with it. [tearing up] I'll be seeing you. [she turns and starts to walk away] Oh, what the hell... One for the road?
[she rushes to Angel and the two embrace and kiss]
[the phone rings]
You know, um, [whispers] I don't... I don't need to get that.
Cordelia
That... you have to get.
[Angel walks towards the phone]
Cordelia
Oh, and you're welcome.
[Angel picks up the phone]
Hello? Yes, I know, she's... But that's impossible, she's standing right... [Angel turns around to see Cordelia gone; he puts the phone back to his ear] I'm sorry. [chokes up] Yeah. Did, um, so when did she die? Did, she, um... She never did wake up? I see. [he hangs up the phone and speaks softly] Thank you.
They're messages I get... you know, from the higher powers, whoever they may be. You know ... it's my gift!
Cordelia
If that was my gift, I'd return it. I mean, you get those headaches, and you do this 'bleh' thing with your face.
[grimacing] What thing with my face?
Cordelia
Plus, your visions are kind of lame. A bar? That's nice and vague. I mean, they should send you one of those self-destructing tapes, you know? That comes with a dossier?
Cordelia
I'm an actress, a student of the human animal. I don't need to talk to people to know their story. [scans and points] Jazz-hands over there? Mama's boy. Peter Pan complex. [points again] Self-absorbed closet-deb, with a big 'the world owes me' chip on her shoulder. [points at Sharon leading Kevin up the stairs] And check out 'Sarah, Plain and Tall.' Has, or comes from, big money.
How do you know all that?
Cordelia
Well, you've got to be rich to snag the Calvin Klein model she's leaving with.
Yeah, well, they're all riveting insights and such, but we need to find someone that's in trouble?
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