WESLEY: All right. Shall we start from the beginning?

ANGELUS: Why not?

WESLEY: The year.

ANGELUS: 1789.

WESLEY: So, you were in Prussia.

ANGELUS: You have been doing your homework. (smiles) Hmm... those Prussian girls. Must be the pastries. Worth the trip—all that sweetness gets into their blood.

WESLEY: Very interesting. At some point, the Beast would appear?

ANGELUS: Patience, Wes. I was taking a shortcut on my way to Vienna. Started feeling like someone was watching me. There were troops around. I'd run into them now and then. Not as sweet as the girls, by the way. But, the little massacre I ran into—seriously lacking in military precision. Bodies, bodies everywhere, and not a drop to drink. So, I followed the trail, and there was your friend. The one you so cleverly call The Beast. We had a lot in common, but he already knew that. He'd been watching me. He staged the carnage to impress me.

WESLEY: So, he sought you out. Why?

ANGELUS: Girl trouble. Thought I might be able to help him with a situation.

WESLEY: How?

ANGELUS: You've heard of the Svea Priestesses? Very powerful, big into banishing.

(cut to the gang watching on monitor)

LORNE: Vanishing?

FRED: Banishing.

(back downstairs)

ANGELUS: The Beast was next on their list. He couldn't touch them—some kind of mojo—but a vampire could.

WESLEY: So, he wanted you to kill them?

ANGELUS: We had it all worked out. I'd scratch his priestesses, and he'd scratch my back somewhere down the line. A limited partnership.

(flashback)

BEAST: You need not be my enemy. Join with me, Angelus.

(back in present)

WESLEY: And?

ANGELUS: I declined. And he didn't ask twice. I probably could have been more diplomatic with my refusal, but I'm not big with teamwork. I thought that was going to be the end of me. But, like I said—girl trouble— (priestesses attack the Beast before he can finish Angelus off) So, they just started up the whammy, and there you have it.

WESLEY: The Beast was banished. How?

ANGELUS: Don't know. I was busy with the passing out.

• The Beast, the Beast's Master, Jasmine, etc
• the life & times of Angelus

written by: Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited and formatted for this site by me.. Full transcript at:
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