Angel’s room

Angel is leaning on Connor's crib, looking down at his son. Lorne comes up beside him. Angel talks about the Groosalugg with Lorne. Lorne picks up on Angel’s jealousy and tries to persuade him to pursue Cordy, but Angel tries to be content with a life of solitude. The camera frames Angel and Lorne from inside the closet as Angel hangs up the jacket.

Lorne: "Fine, Ms. Garbo. Have it your way. Be alone."

The closet door closes, and the screen goes dark - only to show us Angel again as he opens the door again a moment later. Angel reaches in, takes out the jacket on its hanger and sniffs at it for just a moment before hanging it back up and closing the door as he turns away. The camera looks out of another closet, this time at Cordy changing out of her evening dress.

Cordy’s apartment

Cordy comes out of her bedroom, wearing a red sweater and jeans. Groo explains how he was dethroned in Pylea. Groo: "I welcomed the overthrow. The tedium of government was too much to bear after a life on the battlefield." Cordy, running a finger down the side of Groo's face: "Your heart wasn't really in it." Groo: "No. That left when you did."

Groo slowly leans forward and they kiss. The camera circles around them and as we come back to see the Groosalug's face he has suddenly turned into an ugly, spiny, black monster. Cordy pulls back, staring at him. Groo's voice coming from the monster: "Princess?" Cordy takes a step back. Groo, looking like himself again: "Is something wrong?"

Intro

Angel comes down the stairs into the lobby, carrying Connor. Wesley is moving about behind the reception counter. Angel goes to put Connor down in a bassinet in Wes' office. Wes follows him. They talk about investigating prophecies about Connor.

Angel: "Well, we both know where those prophecies went. Maybe it's time to make another assault on Wolfram and Hart."
Wes: "That might not be necessary. Not yet, anyway. There should be other sources. Ancient works accumulate scholarship, commentary over the years."
Angel: "Huh. You think somebody else has already done the work for us."
Wes: "That's my hope. I've been looking into it. I just... I felt you should know."
Angel: "I wanna be involved, completely."
Cordy: "Involved with who?"

Angel spins around to see Cordy put some stuff down on the reception counter, and walks out of Wes' office. Cordy arrived with Groo and Angel get irritated when Groo begins to play with Angel’s swords.

Cordy: "Oh, relax. If there's one thing Groo knows, it's how to handle a weapon. - Poor guy. Looks like that's about all he's gonna be handling."
Angel: "You mean, ah, you two didn't..."
Cordy: "I got him home last night and we started... you know. - But then - I couldn't go through with it."
Angel: "You couldn't?"

Cordy informs them about the demon from her vision and that it will be surfacing later that day.

When the topic returns to Cordy’s lack of a sex life, she tell her friends about her worry of losing her vision to Groo if they did the deed.

Cordy: "I could lose my 'visionity.'"
Wes: "If you wanna play it that way."

Cordy: "*Vision*-ity! The visions. When that one hit my last night, it hit me. In Pylea the visions were supposed to pass to Groo if we ever did the royal com-shuck. How do I know that won't happen here?"

Angel: "Good point. You really don't."
Wes: "But your recent transformation could have changed all that. It might be possible to..."
Angel kicks the side of Wes' desk as he moves his foot.
Angel: "Still, you know, better safe than sorry. (To Cordy) You're doing the right thing."
Cordy: "I know. I know. I can't risk it. It's just - I'm so... (Looks out of the office to where Groo is still swinging that sword) And he's such a... Rrrr.. (Turns to smile at Wes and Angel) Don’t you think?"

Angel and Wes both look down.

Meanwhile Gunn is sitting across from Fred in a diner, watching her eat. They talk about last night. As they get lost in each other's eyes, the waitress drops the tab on the table. They both reach for it without losing eye contact, and their hands touch, they lean across the table to kiss when their beepers go off. They both fumble for them and look at the number.

Both: "Wesley."



Back at the Hyperion

Wes: "We've identified the demon from Cordelia's vision as a Senih'd. (Hands Gunn an open book) We believe it will rise in the mid-city area sometime before nightfall." Gunn looks at the illustration, then hands the book over to Fred, sitting beside him. Wes notices their smiles as their hands linger during the hand-off. While the picture of the demon is passed around, Wes explains the plan Angel comes to look at the book as Groo is holding it. He glances at Groo. Lifts up on his toes for a moment, then drops back down.

Much to Angel’s displeasure, he and Groo are assigned to the sewers to hunt the demon. Everyone starts to leave as Angel stares at Wes, turns to look after Groo, then turns back to Wesley.

Angel: "I don't think that's such a good idea, me and him. You know, I'm more of a loner. Plus, he's so - bulky. He could really slow me down!"
Wes: "He's an experienced warrior. He should be a great asset."

Angel looks over to where the others arm up in front of the weapons cabinet. Sees Cordy hand Groo a sword.

Angel: "That's my favorite broadsword!"
Wes: "You'll be fine, Angel."

Wes pats Angel on the shoulder and walks past him. Angel turns the ax in his hand, looking at the small head on it. Looks at Cordy, only to see her kiss Groo's cheek.

Angel, turning away: "Lets go."
Angel and Groo walk off together.

Groo: "I shall present this beast's head to my princess as a token."
Angel: "Right. 'cause she'll love that."

Angel and Groo are walking along some dark sewer tunnels, Groo raises the subject of Cordy’s obvious sadness. Angel explains Cordelia’s fear of loosing something if she gets too close to Groo. We hear a low growling sound. Angel holds up a hand to stop Groo, then takes a couple steps forward and crouches down. Angel touches some liquid spots on the ground, then rubs his fingers together, looking at them.

Groo: "It is wounded. It bleeds."
Angel: "It's better than bread crumbs. Lets go."

Angel and Groo enter what looks like the water treatment plant Wes was talking about. The Senih'd drops off of some pipes behind them. Angel and Groo turn and attack the demon together. The Senih'd manages to disarm both of them fairly early into the fight, but neither Angel nor Groo let that slow them down. Angel is taking a bit more of a beating than Groo, but other than that they're doing about the same against the monster. Until it lets out a scream and breaks through the wall to escape into the sunny park outside. Angel scrambles back out of the sunlight streaming in through the opening. Groo picks up his dropped sword, then holds out a hand to help Angel up. Angel just looks at Groo, not moving. Screams sound from outside, and Groo turns to run after the Senih'd.

Angel slowly gets up and watches as Groo goes to rescue the young woman the Senih'd has grabbed. The demon tries to use the woman as a shield against Groo's sword, but Groo manages to knock them apart. Cordy, Wes, Gunn, and Fred come running over a rise in the park, just in time to see Groo catch the woman in one arm, while knocking the Senih'd down and stabbing it deep into the back of its neck. The demon dissolves into an oily black puddle that seeps away into the ground.

Angel watches the rescued woman cling to Groo. Cordelia and the others arrive just in time to congratulate him and Angel can only look on from the tunnel. Angel watches as Cordy throws her arms around Groo, a big smile on her face. The people in the park gather around them, applauding. Wes reaches out to pat Groo on the shoulder.

Wes turns and looks towards the hole in the side of the building. He sees Angel standing in the shadows of it, watching them.

Back at the Hyperion

Angel talks with a Ms. Frakes about investigating a witch who is supposedly seducing her fiancée. Ms. Frakes voice over: "You think you know someone. You think your place is secure and that there's a future there." Angel is sitting across from Ms Frakes behind Wes' desk, watching Groo as he reenacts his fight with the demon for Cordy, Gunn and Fred. Ms. Frakes: "And then something happens. No, strike that. Some *one* happens! (Angel watches Groo drop down beside Cordy, catching her in a hug) They insinuate themselves, pushing you out, taking your place." Wes is talking on the phone, while also watching the group out in the lobby.

Wes: "I'm looking for the original Greek if it's at all possible." Watching as Fred is laughing at Groo's antics, Wes slowly moves backward until the wall beside him hides Gunn, sitting beside Fred, from his view - leaving only Fred and Cordy in his sights. Wesley assigns the job to Gunn, but Fred tags along too, much to Wesley’s dismay.

Angel and Wes go to a bookstore for a supposedly rare text of commentaries on the scrolls about Connor.
Angel rants about Cordelia having sex with Groo and Weslmey picks up on Angel’s true feelings for Cordy.

Angel: "You saw what happened this afternoon. If Groo hadn't been there..."

Wes: "Then the rest of us would have. - Angel, - you're the reason we've all come together. It's your mission which animates us. We each contribute, it's true, but you - you're unique. (Indicates the shelves) You're like one of these rare volumes. One of a kind."

Angel smiles ever so slightly.
The proprietor walks through in between them, carrying three old books.
Proprietor: "I've got three of them."
Angel blinks, smile gone as his brows draw down for a moment.


Back at the Hyperion

Groo is sitting in a chair in Wes' office with Cordy leaning down for a kiss. Groo agrees to let Cordy give him a complete makeover, thing that it will make her love him more.

Cordy: "Groo, it's a haircut. It's not gonna make me like you any better."
Groo: "Oh. - I understand."

After a beat Cordy puts the scissors down, takes a deep breath and crouches down in front of Groo.


Outside at night

The camera shows a tree with a lot of roots visible around the bottom of the trunk. A car pulls up at the curb across the street from it. A man gets out and walks over to stand beneath the tree. Gunn's truck pulls up. Fred is with him. They tailed Jerry, the fiancée. They get the camera and videotape the man as he waits beside the tree.

Fred : "Do you really think he's possessed or under some kind of spell?"
Gunn: "Well, it's hard to say. There's all different kinds of magic. You've got demony love spells, mojo sex chants, voodoo bootie rituals..."
Fred: "Voodoo bootie rituals?"

Gunn gives her serious nod, then they both start laughing.

Fred, leaning towards him: "You made that up."
The two start kissing and when distracted, they miss it when Jerry disappears.



Wesley and Angel return to the hotel

Angel: "Well, ah, Wesley - thanks - for what you said before. You put things into perspective for me."
Wes: "Glad I could. While I do believe having another warrior for good may be an asset in the coming days, Truth is, you and the Groosalug are two totally different - people..."

Wes trails off as they enter the lobby and find that Groo has been made over and he looks just like Angel, his hair cut short, dressed in a set of Angel's clothes.

Angel under his breath: "He's wearing my clothes."
Groo smiles up at them. Angel returns the smile.
Cordy gets up from Wes' chair as Angel walks into the office, a set smile on his face.
Angel: "He's wearing my clothes."
Cordy: "What? Oh, yeah. I-I didn't think you'd mind. Turns out you guys are about the same size. I think he's a little taller. Looks great though, doesn't he? Angel, I need your help."
Angel: "What happened? - You had a vision?"
Cordy: "What? Oh, no. No, it's nothing like that. Uhm. This is - personal."
Angel: "What is it?"

Angel puts his hands on Cordy's arms and leads her over to a chair before sitting down on the edge of the desk in front of her. Cordy lets out a deep breath: "You've done so much for me already and... Well, this is just one more thing for the list, I guess." Angel: "There is no list. You know that. Just - just tell me what I can do." Cordelia asks Angel for the favour of escorting Groo to a demon brothel where a magic potion is held and will allow her to have sex with Groo and not lose her visions.

Angel slowly turns his head to look out into the lobby where Groo is standing talking to Wesley. Cordy grins at Groo behind Angel's back and waves. Groo waves and smiles back. Angel lifts a hand, wiggles his fingers a little and raises his eyebrows, while trying to smile back. Cordy hands Angel a paper with a scribbled address.


Back to Fred and Gunn walking around the tree where they last saw Jerry. They get the idea to look at the video tape for evidence of what happened to Jerry. Fred flips the side screen of the camera open and rewinds the tape to where Jerry was still standing under the tree.

Fred: "There he is." On the screen we see some roots come up out of the ground, wrap around Jerry and pull him straight down into the ground.

Fred: "Well, that can't be good." Roots shoot up out of the ground, wrap around Gunn and Fred and they vanish into the ground as well.



At the demon brothel

We get an outside shot of a lit mansion. Then see a dorky looking guy walk down a hallway on the arm of a 'lady' with an oversized smile and three boobs. Another lady comes around a corner of the hallway, followed by Angel and Groo. Angel is looking through an open door into a reddish room, watching a couple having a pillow fight. The lady takes a hold of Groo and leads him down the corridor, after a moment Angel turns away from the room to follow. Anita leads Groo into a big bedroom. A man wearing dress pants and shirt is manacled to one of the walls. Groo rushed over and tries to pry the shackles open.

Man: "Hey! Get off!"

Angel comes in, takes one look, and hurries over and grabs a hold of Groo's shoulders.

Angel: "Groo! Groo, I think he's happy there."

Angel pulls Groo away.

Angel: "Come on. (To man) Sorry. (To Anita) If you'll just give us the potion, we'll be..."

The cash is exchanged for the potion. The lady questions Angel’s presence there, and he gets a phone call from Gunn and Fred who are bound by tree roots underground. They explain their location with the living flesh tree that has an Internet connection to lures victims and then suck the life out of them. We get a shot of a gnarly face in the main trunk and hear it growl.

Angel: "What... have you called Wesley yet?"

Naturally , they avoid contacting Wesley and instead request Groo. Angel listens to his phone.

Angel: "Oh. Ah-huh. (Angel turns and holds the phone out to Groo) Uhm. It's for you."

Groo is leading the way through the sewers.

Groo strides forward: "Something Evil."

Angel grabs a hold of Groo again: "Whoa, easy. Slow down, Champ! We have to be very careful here."

Groo: "You're right. (Groo pulls out the bottle the lady gave him) Will you keep this safe?"

Angel looks from Groo to the bottle. After a moment he takes it and puts it in his pocket.

Angel: "Fine. But we just got to be, you know, a little bit more..."

Groo charges forward with a loud battle cry.

Angel: "...patient."

Groo slashes away at the roots as he runs into the cave. Groo rushes into battle, despite Angel’s suggestions. The tree quickly sticks one of it’s fleshy roots deep into Groo’s chest. The tree gets stronger as it feeds on Groo .

Fred: "What are we gonna do now?"

Angel makes his way into the cave between some of the hanging roots.

Angel: "That's my shirt!"
Angel: "This thing is not actually made out of wood, is it?"
Fred: "No, it's flesh."
Angel: "Good. (Picks up the sword Groo dropped) Flesh I can deal with. Flesh I can kill."

Angel looks from the root-demons snarling face to Groo, who is groaning and straining against the root buried in his chest. Angel questions the tree.

Angel: "What do you think? - Honestly. Does he seem really 'better' than other men?"
Demon: "He's magnificent."

As Angel pounds Groo into unconsciousness the demon roars, withdraws its tap-root from Groo and buries it in Angel's chest instead. Angel drops to his knees, catching himself on his left hand, while his right wraps around the taproot.

Angel: "Okay. Oh, jeez. Well, it's okay. You know, no one is using my heart at the moment anyway."
Demon: "Kill you."
Angel: "Sorry. Already dead."

Suddenly the tree begins to die as if feeds off of Angel’s dead heart. The others break free and Gunn buries the sword in the root-demon's face. A yellowish green liquid pours out. Fred goes to check on Groo, while Gunn checks on Angel.



Back at the Hyperion

Wes it talking on the phone in his office. Gunn and Fred are sitting in chairs in front of his desk. Wes confirms that Jerry survived. Fred goes to get cleaned up whil Gunn stays to talk with Wesley. Wesley expresses his concern for Fred and her feelings and although it takes a few moments, Gunn realizes the real reson for Wesley’s worry. Wes picks up his pen and goes back to working on translating the open book in front of him. Gunn watches him for a moment then turns to go. Halfway to the door he turns back and opens his mouth, but closes it again without speaking and leaves. Wes looks up. We hear a ripping sound and see Angel scrunch up his face, then hear buttons rain to the floor.

Cordy: "Sorry."
Angel, as he watches her dab at Groo's bared chest: "It's, ah - it's okay. It, ah, was already ruined."

Cordy: "Well, if it's any consolation, I planned to rip it off him later anyway. (Her head whips around to looks at Angel) You did get the potion, didn't you?"
Angel holds up the slightly dented flask.
Angel: "Yeah. We - we got it."
Cordy goes back to doctoring Groo.
Groo: "Princess, I - I have a confession to make."
Angel: "Groo."

Groo looks over at Angel, who silently shakes his head 'no' at him. Cordy pulls his face back around to look at her. Groo confesses to his reckless behavior earlier that evening, but Cordy’s only turned on more by his honesty. Cordy: "How many guys would just give away the credit like that? That is just *so* noble. (Holds out her hand) The potion." Angel puts the flask into her outstretched hand. Cordy takes it then grabs Groo by his shirt and pulls him up off the settee. Cordy: "Let's get our of here! See ya!"

Cordy hurries Groo towards the exit doors of the Hyperion. Angel: "Cordelia." Cordy stops and looks back at Angel. Cordy: "What?" When Angel only stands there, Cordy holds up a finger to Groo then walks back to Angel. Cordy, quietly: "What is it?" Angel takes one of her hands and puts a roll off dollar bills tied with a string into it. Cordy: "What's this?"

Angel: "Just some money I saved up."
Cordy: "Why? What for?"

Angel: "I did something for you tonight. Now I want you to do something for me. - Don't come in tomorrow. In fact, don't come in for a couple of weeks. Take Groo some place - nice. Somewhere where there is - sun. - He'd like that."

Cordy: "Angel..."
Angel: "Promise me."

Cordy shakes her head a little as she looks down at the money, hitches one shoulder a little.

Cordy: "Okay."

Cordy turns to leave, then turns back and touches the hole in Angel's T-shirt where the tentacle went into his heart.

Cordy: "You sure you don't need some patching up yourself?"
Angel looks down at his chest: "No, I - I'm good. Didn't hurt a bit."

Cordy looks at him for a moment, then turns and walks out with Groo. As the door closes Wes comes out of his office. Angel looks at him then turns towards the stairs.



At Angel’s room Lorne lays Connor down for bed and as soon as Angel arrives, leaves him to be alone with his son.

Angel: "Thanks for looking after him."
Lorne: "Yeah. Sure. (Gives Angel a look) You okay?"
Angel looks down at Connor, a slight smile spreading over his face.
Angel: "Yeah."
Lorne leaves as Angel keeps watching Connor.



Downstairs

We see Wesley writing 'the son.' The camera pulls back to show us Wes staring down at his notepad. Angel walks in, carrying Connor.
Angel: "Working late?"
Wes watches as Angel kisses Connor's cheek and walks back out of the office.
As the two leave, Wes looks down on his notepad where he has translated, “THE FATHER WILL KILL THE SON.”