Angel- 2000 and Beyond
As Angel entered his fourth century, Angel Investigations had developed into a well-oiled demon-slaying machine. To further broaden their scope, they found a new accomplice when Angel saved the sister of a young independent demon-hunter named Charles Gunn. Although his methods were unorthodox, Gunn was a battle-hardened veteran and became an essential ally to Angel Investigations. It turned out Angel would need all the help he could get when Wolfram & Hart summoned a demon named Vocah, who stole the Scroll of Aberjian and performed a ritual that resurrected Darla. Angel's sire and first true love was returned as a mortal rather than a vampire, and with her return dormant feelings within Angel were awakened. Rather than attempting to kill Darla once again, Angel tried to return her to good and help her find salvation for her deviant past. He turned out to be unsuccessful, and she was re-sired by Drusilla when Wolfram & Hart reunited the two ex-cronies. But as these dark forces were stacking up against Angel, he found yet another ally in the form of a flashy karaoke bar owner. Lorne is the anagogic green-skinned demon who runs The Caritas, which is a safe haven for demons. His ability to tell the future has helped Angel out of more than a few jams, and he soon became an integral part of the crew. Lorne accompanied the gang on a mission to save Cordelia in Pylea, his home world in another dimension. The gang not only rescued Cordelia and saved a kingdom, but also located a student physicist named Winifred who had been trapped there for five years. Angel and "Fred" connected instantly and she returned to Los Angeles with him to try to rebuild her life. Wolfram and Hart had resurrected Darla from the dead, and brought her back to try and get Angel to turn to evil. And it did. Angel fired all his co-workers. And it took a while for him to pull it togethor. There was a prophecy a while back about the vampire with a soul. It mentioned a Shan-shu. Which said that Angel (being the vampire with a soul) would be alive again. But now the path to his shan-shu is not so clear, having taken many detours on the way to redemption. But Angel is working hard on it, and with the help of friends he has been set on the path again, and with help he might just make it. Angel ended up sleeping with Angel and the impossible accured, she became pregnet. She ended up staking herself to save her baby. The child's name is Connor. Holtz had shown up the same night. Holtz worked towards getting revenge on Angel. He ended up taking Angel’s son to another dimension. Later, Connor returned as a teenager- along with Holtz. Holtz tricked Angel by telling him he would leave and let Angel reconnect with his son. After meeting Angel, he had Justine poke him in the neck with a BBQ fork to make it appear as Angel killed him. She then told Connor the false story that Angel killed Holtz. Connor ended up deceiving Angel by tricking him and locking him in a box, the dumping him in the ocean. Angel was saved from his watery grave by an unlikely hero, Wesley. Angel then went on to look for Cordy and she appeared all of a sudden back from her trip as a higher being. Angel then spent some of his time trying to bring Cordy's memory back, which she had lost. A spell was done, and it did bring Cordy's memory back but she found she couldn't stay with Angel and so stayed with his son Conner. To Angel's disbelief Conner & Cordy had a child together, but in truth it was a demon. Angel helped kill the demon but Cordy was still in a coma. To save her and his son, he made a deal with Wolfram & Hart, to have their LA offices. So that's where they are now, however without Conner.