LILAH: (to phone) Listen, Frank, I don't care if you have to lojack the damn thing.

GAVIN: (whispers to Lilah, holding up a sugar packet) Sugar?

LILAH: (glares at Gavin, then to phone) Find that beast, or I swear to God, I will...

GAVIN: (whispers to Lilah) Boil you alive.

LILAH: (whispers to Gavin) Shut up! (to phone, slowly) Boil you alive. (hangs up, sighs, then to Gavin) How hard can it be to find a giant horned thing. (drinks the coffee, makes a face) Or a decent cup of coffee. Why are you still here?

GAVIN: Intel confirms that it was the creature that triggered the pyrotechnics last night. They're just not sure why he did it.

LILAH: I'll tell you why. Because he can. It's the 800 pound gorilla?it can do whatever the hell it wants. I get that. But other than charbroiling everything in sight, I don't think it has an agenda. And that makes our job tricky.

GAVIN: What job?

LILAH: The senior partners want us to try and cut a deal with it.

GAVIN: You can't be serious.

LILAH: Why? It wants the same things we do. An apocalypse, end of the world, yadda yadda yadda. Partners feel it might speed things along and save a few bucks.

GAVIN: But what if it's not interested?

LILAH: I'll change it's mind. I'm not losing this one.

(Gavin swallows, then nods and walks out the door. Moments later, he walks in backwards, with Connor staring him in the face.)

CONNOR: I have questions.

LILAH: Connor. Huh. If the last few hours haven't brought enough surprises. You really threw us for a loop here, kiddo, sneaking in the building. You really are like your old man, aren't you?

CONNOR: It's time to find out.

LILAH: Are you saying what I think you're saying?

CONNOR: I want to know why I'm here, what I am.

LILAH: Timeless question, and one we're more than happy to help answer. (leans back on her desk, and secretly presses a silent alarm button) We have an in-house lab. We'll do a few easy work-ups: psychological, physiological, neurological. And focus on exactly who or what you are. (security men enter behind Connor, Lilah stands and grins) And we'll slice you open and start poking around.

(Connor punches out the guards and grabs Lilah by the throat, pinning her against the wall.)

CONNOR: I have a different idea.

LILAH: (choking) I'm open to any suggestions.

CONNOR: That demon you're seeking, I think I'm connected to it. I wanna find out how.

LILAH: Sure, no problem. Gavin, why don't you get our young friend a copy of your report, and we'll sit down and have a nice, non-violent conversation.

(The lights dim and the building starts shaking. Connor releases Lilah and looks around.)

CONNOR: It's here.

(... commercial ...)

CONNOR: It's here. The beast.

LILAH: It's probably just an after-shock. They sometimes make the power go out. (picks up the phone, presses buttons, hangs up. to Gavin) Try a walkie.

GAVIN: (to walkie-talkie) This is Gavin Park to the front desk. Over. Come in front desk.

WALKIE-TALKIE: Ah, this is the front desk Mr. Park, we're kinda? Oh, no! Oh, my God!

LILAH: Tell him to stop whining and make a report.

WALKIE-TALKIE: Send backup! Oh, God! Somebody please?No!

CONNOR: Told you.

LILAH: (to Gavin) Go downstairs, and check it out. (stands, shakes his head no) Gavin, ask yourself this question: what are you more afraid of, a giant murderous demon or me?

GAVIN: Be right back.

LILAH: (to Connor) Have any idea what this thing wants?

CONNOR: Everybody dead.

(Lilah follows Connor down halls of W&H; panicky lawyers abound)

LILAH: What exactly is this thing?

CONNOR: I don't know, but I think it's following me around.

LILAH: And you're gonna kill it?

CONNOR: Gonna try.

LILAH: And we're heading towards it right now... (stops in her tracks, and waves to Connor has he continues walking) Best of luck.

• Lilah & Gavin
• The Beast, the Beast's Master, Jasmine, etc
• Wolfram & Hart

written by: Jeffrey Bell; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited and formatted for this site by me.. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season4/transcripts/74_tran.php