(Demon Casino)

(Jenoff is up on his balcony his face twisted with pleasure. He has his index and middle fingers in the eyesockets of a Man, sucking his soul.)

JENOFF: Ahhh...

(Gunn enters, comes face to face with Repo Man))

GUNN: (to Repo Man) I'm here to pay my bill.

JENOFF: (Stepping up) Charles Gunn. I'm impressed. Not a lot of guys walk through that door of their own free will -- not the second time, anyway. She must be pretty special, this girl you were gettin' ready to give my merchandise to.

GUNN: I'm here to make good on my debt. You don't even talk about her. Once we're square, you don't even think about her.

JENOFF: She was never part of the deal.(to Repo Man) Hold him.

GUNN: I'm not gonna run. (to Repo Man) But touch me and you'd better. Let's just get this over with.

(Jenoff raises his hand as the A-Team breaks down the door. they fight they bouncers.)

ANGEL: Gunn!

FRED: (seeing Gunn) Charles!

GUNN: Fred...

REPO MAN: (grabbing Gunn) Hey!

(The A-Team continue to fight but are out-numbered)

CORDELIA: Angel...

ANGEL: I know.

GROO: We are surrounded.

ANGEL: I know.

FRED: We have to save Charles!

ANGEL: I know!

(Angel grabs a Demon Bouncer in a headlock.)

ANGEL: Who's a guy gotta kill to talk to the boss around here?

JENOFF: I'm the boss. Mind telling me why you're disrupting my business?

ANGEL: Actually, it's you who's disrupting my business: you're about to deprive me of a very valuable employee. Charles Gunn there, he works for me.

JENOFF: A good business man always looks into the background of potential employees. Had you done that, you might've learned he's strictly short-term material.

ANGEL: I'll make a deal with you...

(Jenoff raises an eyebrow.)

ANGEL: You release him, forget what he owes you: I'll let you live.

JENOFF: Thank you. (to his guys) Kill 'em.

(He starts to walk away.)

ANGEL: Double or nothing!

JENOFF: You offerin' me your soul?

ANGEL: A chance to win it, anyway.

JENOFF: How stupid do I look to you? You're a vampire. I can smell it from here.

ANGEL: Take a bigger whiff. I'm a vampire with a soul.

JENOFF: Oh. You're that vampire.

ANGEL: I choose the game. I win, we walk outta here. Gunn's debt disappears. You win, you get us both.

(Jenoff laughs. cut to commercial and fade back to the Demon Casino. Angel is shuffling cards.)

CORDELIA: (Leaning close) Brilliant stall tactic, bought us some time. Now what's the plan?

ANGEL: This is the plan.

CORDELIA: Really?

ANGEL: Really. We're gonna win Gunn's soul back.

FRED: This is so wrong in so many ways. I mean, it's not money or a stuffed bunny Angel's playing for. It's my boyfriend.

ANGEL: Fred, I understand you're nervous. But don't be. I've been around a long time. Played a lot of cards, won a lot of bets.

FRED: See, that's where we're different. I tend to get lost and lose things. And I can't lose Charles.

ANGEL: I'm not gonna lose.

(Across room.)

REPO MAN: You worried about this?

JENOFF: Like taking candy from a baby.

(Back across room.)

GROO: Angel, if we must rely on luck, I prefer the odds of my sword. We should fight our way out.

ANGEL: I gotta disagree, Groo. Fighting puts all of us at risk. My way's safer.

FRED: If you win! But if you lose your soul, won't you go evil and start killin' everybody including us? (To Cordelia) Am I wrong...?

CORDELIA: Ah, not wrong in theory, but I gotta go with Ace on this one. Sorry.

ANGEL: I'm gonna win. (Reaches under jacket hands stake Cordelia.) But if I lose... You know what to do. Make it quick.

CORDELIA: You know I will.

REPO MAN: (To Gunn) Jenoff lets me have the bodies when he's done with 'em.

JENOFF:(to Angel) One hand of cards. You win, this man walks free. I win, I keep his soul, and I get yours. Name your game. Omaha, Texas Hold 'Em, Seven Card Stud...?

ANGEL: How about a simple cut of the deck? High card wins.

JENOFF: Vampire's not only got soul, he's got guts.

(Jenoff nods to Dealer.)

JENOFF: Feeling lucky?

ANGEL: After you.

(Jenoff cuts, scores the nine of clubs. Angel cuts and scores the three of hearts.)

ANGEL: (in disbelief) A three?

GUNN: A three...?

JENOFF: A three! You lose.

(Cordelia stakes Jenoff's hand to the table.)

CORDELIA: (to Angel) That quick enough?

ANGEL: Works for me.

(Angel grabs axe, lops off Jenoff's head.)

(Stands and hits Repo Man in the face)

FRED: (hugging him) Charles!

GUNN: Angel...

ANGEL: It's over. No need to say thanks.

GUNN: You're right. If killing him was that easy, I would've done it myself.

(Angel looks over to see Jenoff's head grow back.)

GROO: Now we fight...

ANGEL: (To roomful of Demons) Anybody else in here owe this guy?

(En masse the Demons attack and destroy Jenoff.)

• Gunn & Fred

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