(in the white room, the Beast stands over the prone Little Girl)

FRED: Oh no!

GUNN: It was waitin' for us all along.

ANGEL: No, I don't think so. He wanted this. The girl—whatever she is—it came for her.

WESLEY: Is there a way out of here?

LITTLE GIRL: The answer is among you.

(The Beast sucks a black smoke out of the girl into his hand, then advances on the gang. But the girl does a spell, and they're transported away before he reaches them. They reappear in the hotel lobby. Lorne takes a double-take and wonders if his drink is to blame.)

ANGEL: (happy) Home. She sent us. (sees Cordelia, darkens) Oh.

CONNOR: Dad?

(Cordelia gets up and walks out from behind the front desk. Angel ignores Connor and walks to his office, props his sword in the corner and starts to go in.)

CORDELIA: (to Connor) You're safe.

(Angel turns around to see Cordelia's talking to Connor, hugging him. Angel turns and goes into his office.)

FRED: (looking at Gunn's arm) Does it hurt?

GUNN: It's OK.

LORNE: Well, hail the conquering heroes, and how the hell did you just do that?

FRED: That was awful what it did to that little girl.

LORNE: Oh, i-it killed a girl?

WESLEY: Not really a girl. Something ancient and evil dressed like a girl.

GUNN: So, what's it say about the Big Bad Wolf if he can just stride right in and suck the energy out of Evil Red Riding Hood?

WESLEY: I don't know, other than it's gonna take a force far smarter and stronger than us to defeat it.

LORNE: Oh, like there's a lot of that just lying around.

• The Beast, the Beast's Master, Jasmine, etc

written by: Jeffrey Bell; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited and formatted for this site by me.. Full transcript at:
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