Angel, Season 5

[Incorporeal Spike walks through a gray wall to follow Angel.]

Spike:
Running away again.

Angel turns around and keeps walking, Spike not too far behind.

Spike:
Nice new M.O. I can see why heros like you get rewarded with the shiny new glass and chrome. Why didn't I think of that?

Angel:
[Still walking] I'm not responsible for what happened to you.

Harmony:
Angel it's almost 3:00 you have a meeting...

Angel:
[interrupting with a hand out and still walking] Not now, Harmony.

Spike:
And here you've even managed to get my ex-tumble, the littlest vampire, fetching coffee for you. Nice perks for the sell-out.

Angel:
[Stops walking but still not facing Spike] A little tip, Spike. Try not to talk about things you don't understand.

Spike:
[walks in front of Angel] I'm not the prat here. I know you Angel. What do you think you're doing? Made some devil's bargain to take over this company. Thought you'd use it to fight the evil of the world from inside the belly of the beast. Trouble is you're too busy fighting to see you and yours are getting digested.

Angel:
Not gonna happen. [Moves to walk away again]

Spike:
What? You think you're in control here? Guess again, mate. You're no more in control than I am. Except I'm not going to bloody stand for it while you're just a blind...Groxlar Beast.

Angel:
What?

[Spikes stares behind Angel. Angel sees the Groxlar walking out of the elevator. He fights it. During the fight Spike punches the Groxlar's head but his arm goes through it.]

Spike:
Oh, brilliant.

[The fight continues and Angel kills the beast.]

Angel:
[sighs] Okay. Somebody want to tell me how a Groxlar Beast got past security? I don't have time for this.

Spike:
'Course not. Man's gotta stay focused on profit margins and power lunches.

Harmony:
Angel...

Angel:
Yeah, Spike. I got a business to run. That means responsibilities, appointments to keep.

Harmony:
[Pointing at the fallen Groxlar] That was your 3:00

Angel:
That...

[Spike laughs.]

Angel:
I'm meeting with Groxlars? They eat babies!

Harmony:
Just their heads. You were supposed to open negotations with this clan.

Angel:
Negotations for what?

Gunn:
[Walking in wearing a suit and briefcase in hand] Get them to stop eating baby heads.

Angel:
Oh, so that's good. [looking down at the Groxlar] So this...this is bad.

Gunn:
No, actually the Groxlar Clan respects someone who takes a strong opening position. Wolfram and Hart didn't just jack me up with the human laws, also demons laws from every demension. Probably should have briefed you about the Groxlar, but [looks at Spike] we got a little... sidetracked.