Angel descends into the sewer system. Shining his flashlight around, he discovers a grate on the floor has been pulled up, and under it there appears to be a body encased in cement, with only the face and bloody hand-stumps visible. Then he's attacked by the Howlers, who are in fact blue, not ultra-white. They also wail like a car alarm at random intervals. They fight for a bit, and Angel pins one of them against a wall and demands to know where Jack MacNamera is. The Howler says, "We sold him," and Angel asks who the buyer was. Suddenly, Angel is watching a snazzy sports car pull up to the valet parking in front of a building. While the bouncer checks everyone's tickets, Angel ambles over and starts tugging on the bars over one of the building's windows.
Inside, people are stepping up to the bar. A woman toys with her glass of red wine and, in picking it up, manages to knock a piece of paper off the table. Angel grabs the paper out of the air with the same "swish" noise that his axes and swords emit when he moves them. The paper reads "Amount: $5000; To win: Cribb." The woman takes it back and thanks Angel. He moves on, and enters a large room where people are yelling and cheering. The camera pulls back to reveal a sunken pit in the room's center, where two demons are fighting while everyone watches. While the green demon pummels the orange demon, the crowd chants, "Killing blow! Killing blow!" A guard tosses the green demon a dagger, and he slits the orange demon's throat. The emcee steps into the arena and announces that the winner is Tom Cribb -- demons have first names? He goes on to introduce the next fighter as Val Trepkos, "The menace of Venice." Angel starts looking over his photos of Jack again, and looks up to see the man himself walking away through some curtains. Angel follows and enters a dark hallway. Suddenly a spotlight blinds him, Jack steps out to say, "You made it. Most don't." Darin, his bruises gone, steps up and warns Jack to be careful. "You set me up," Angel notes. Jack steps closer and asks if he can have a look at Angel's teeth, saying "Teeth tell a lot about the bones." Angel tosses Jack aside, and then some other men step in with cattle prods or something and Angel falls to the ground, unconscious. Jack says that Angel will be "a crowd-pleaser." At least till he wakes up and starts talking again.













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