aired on: May 9, 2000

written by: David Straiton

directed by: Garry Campbell

It's generally not safe to walk alone at night in Los Angeles, let alone in the warehouse district, far from the bright lights. Alana knows this first hand, as she's chased down by a pack of vampires. But her friends have her back - and they're a gang of amateur vampire slayers, who arrive on the scene in a slayer-fitted pickup truck, complete with stake harpoon. They slay a few vampires and scare the others off, but not without a casualty of their own.

Meanwhile, Cordelia is in heaven, as she, Angel and Wesley make an appearance at a trendy Hollywood party. Billionaire software tycoon David Nabbit has invited them there to talk about his case. Back in high school, David and his friends were big Dungeons and Dragons nerds. Some of them got really into it, and found their way to Madam Dorian's, a Bel Air demon brothel. David went 12 times, and now a guy named Lenny is threatening to blackmail him. He doesn't want his stockholders to find out about this.

So Angel pays a visit to Madam Dorian's - just to investigate, of course. There he finds information on Lenny's whereabouts, and tracks him down for a conversation. Lenny's not so cooperative at first, but when Angel shows his vamp face, Lenny suddenly becomes a bit more talkative. While Angel helps Lenny understand things, a couple of the amateur slayers look on. To them, Angel is just another vampire - the enemy.

The next night, Lenny returns to deliver the photographs, and brings a little something extra - a demon. Angel handles the demon easily, but once he's through, the rogue slayer squad appears. They fire a stake through Angel's back, and the chase begins. Angel runs into a booby-trapped warehouse, where even more slayers await. As they close in on him, Angel grabs Alana by the neck, holding her hostage and keeping the others at bay. Angel asks who they are, and who they think they're after. Gunn, leader of the gang and Alana's brother, says he knows what Angel is, and that if he ever comes back there, he'll kill him. But Angel lets Alana go, and the slayers let him go.

Back at the office, Cordelia patches up Angel, and they all discuss this band of rogue slayers. Angel suspects they're all homeless, living together somewhere, and that they've been doing this for some time - they were very prepared. He also figures that if these kids are hunting vampires, there must be a vampire nest in the area, and he plans to find it before they do. Wesley heads out to find where the kids live, and Angel heads out to find the nest.

At their nest, the vampires talk. They ruled the neighborhood for 70 years, but they've gotten lazy, and let the "human street trash" become powerful. But they won't stand for that any longer. They're going to go after them, but not one by one like they have been - they're going to concentrate on the heart, and when they take the heart, the rest will fall.

Back at their hideout, Gunn, Alana and the others try to make sense of Angel. While they talk, smoke bombs rain in from the window. Thinking the vampires are coming in, Gunn sends everybody upstairs out into the daylight. But that's exactly what the vampires wanted - they're waiting outside in a van, covered from head to toe for sunlight protection, and they kidnap Alana. Gunn jumps on the back of the van to try to stop them. He can see Alana inside, about to become a victim, but one of the vampires punches through the van window, knocking him off.

After Wesley and Cordelia find the slayer hideout, Angel pays them a visit. He offers to help them, but they don't want help - not from him. Later that night, they go vampire hunting. Gunn runs ahead, checking out a warehouse. There he finds Alana, but she's not herself - she's a vampire, and she wants Gunn to join her. She makes a persuasive argument, but just when she thinks she has him convinced, Gunn slays her.

As her dust falls to the floor, Angel steps from the shadows. Then the other slayers arrive, ready to attack Angel. And then the vampires show up, to make it a real party.

But the fighting never really begins. Angel tells the vampires that if they leave now, and he never sees them again, he'll let them live. Their leader steps to him, trying to be menacing. But Angel menaces back - with a stake to the heart, making it clear that he means business. Some of the slayers still want a fight, but Gunn, the leader, understands. He leads his gang away, and the other vampires, now leaderless, turn to go as well.