EVE: Come on, Angel. You know what's causing all this.

ANGEL: No, Eve. I don't.

EVE: This is just the beginning. The fabric of reality is starting to unravel. For my money, it all comes down to you and—

(Spike walks out of the office he and Harmony were using)

ANGEL: Spike.

SPIKE: I don't know what you're putting in the water coolers around here, but your secretary just started crying blood and tried to rip me a few new ones.

ANGEL: Harmony?

SPIKE: Had to put her porch lights out. For the best. I'm sure you understand.

ANGEL: Oh, yeah. You're a real hero.

EVE: And that's our problem in a nutshell.

SPIKE: Our problem?

ANGEL: Eve's got this theory.

EVE: Fact, Jack. There's only supposed to be one candidate for the vampire with the soul hero part in the big show. Two of you, and the wheel of destiny starts to spin off its axis. That's why everything and everyone is going mad.

SPIKE: Hold on a tick. You're blaming this on us?

ANGEL: No, she's blaming it on you.

EVE: This town might not be big enough for the both of you.

SPIKE: (walks off) Well, screw this town, then. Screw this devil's funhouse, Angel. (turns, points at Angel) And screw you for good measure. I think I'll take the new flesh and bones across the pond back to Europe.

EVE: Spike, by town, I mean this entire plane of existence. You won't solve this disequilibrium by leaving. You might even make it worse.

(Gunn steps off the elevator, loosening his tie)

GUNN: Let's not make it worse. We don't want worse. I just went to the white room to see what the big cat had to say.

ANGEL: And?

GUNN: Cat's gone.

EVE: Gone?

GUNN: The white room, too. Elevator just opened up into a howling abyss. You ever heard a howling abyss? Terrible sound.

EVE: Cat's gone means the conduit's gone means we're alone in this. No contact with the senior partners. Just us and a big, gaping tear in the balance of the universe.

(Spike's standing at the elevator, about to go)

ANGEL: (reluctantly) Spike... stay. Please. Europe'll still be there after we've worked this out.

GUNN: Maybe.

ANGEL: Probably.

SPIKE: How exactly are you gonna work this out, boss man? You tell me we're making a tear in the galaxy or whatnot? You think you're just gonna sew that back up?

EVE: If there was just some way to determine which one of you the prophecy's really about, maybe—

ANGEL: I just read the Shanshu prophecy, and I'm telling you, there was nothing in it—

SPIKE: Hold on. You read the prophecy? The one you don't believe in? Uh, load of rubbish, you said? Well, isn't that bloody interesting.

ANGEL: (exasperated) Spike!

• Angel & Spike
• The Shanshu prophecy/scroll of Aberjian

written by: David Fury & Steven S. DeKnight; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited & formatted by me.. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season5/transcripts/5x08_tran.php