Faith is on the roof, catching some of what passes for fresh air in Los Angeles, as Buffy tells her that she can't run. Faith asks, "You gonna throw me off the roof? Again?" Buffy asks if there's any reason why she shouldn't. Faith says she can't make it right. They argue, let's just leave it at that. Finally Faith says, "Angel said there was no way you were gonna give me a chance." Buffy snarls, "I tried so hard to help you, and you spat on me." First "bosom," now "spat." Buffy's been hanging around Giles too much. And when exactly was she trying to help Faith, exactly? Anyway, Buffy goes on, "Anything that you could take from me, you took. I've lost battles before, but nobody else ever made me a victim." Er, not even Angelus? Faith, finally fed up with all this, says, "And you can't stand that. You're all about control. You have no idea what it's like on the other side, when nothing's in control, nothing makes sense. There's just pain and hate, and nothing you do means anything, you can't even --" "Shut up!" Buffy says. That's telling her. Faith asks Buffy to tell her how to "make it better," which is when Hellblazer #1 appears and decides that his gun should be blazing right along with him. Buffy pulls Faith out of the line of fire.
Angel hears the gunfire and tells Wesley, "That's coming from the roof." But not anymore; now it's coming from Hellblazer #3, who storms into the apartment with his own machine gun. He sees Angel, cowering behind a pillar, and smiles as he raises his crossbow. Buffy and Faith decide to hop over to the neighboring building, where there are fewer people shooting at them. They start racing across the rooftop, but pull up at the edge as a helicopter suddenly blocks their way. They run, bullets fly all over, and they end up taking cover behind a skylight. Wesley calls Hellblazer #3 "Weatherby," which isn't all that much easier to type, and asks him to listen to reason. Weatherby declares that a Watcher working for a vampire is "perversion." Buffy tells Faith to stay put while she takes care of Hellblazer #1. Then she leaps over the skylight and starts fighting. Wesley tells Weatherby, "I swore to protect the innocent," and then tells Angel to get to the roof before suddenly running toward the kitchen, distracting Weatherby, who isn't very bright. Buffy and Hellblazer #1 fight. Wesley pulls out the syringe, aims, and tosses it directly into Weatherby's neck. "One hundred and eighty," Wesley says, as Weatherby wobbles. Then he strolls up and gives Weatherby a punch before he falls down on his own, adding, "That's for calling me a ponce." Well, punching a guy who's drugged senseless isn't earning you any macho points, Wesley.













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