(Spike speeds along a desolate desert highway in Angel's red viper, rocking out)

SPIKE: (cell phone rings) Yello.

ANGEL: You took my Viper.

SPIKE: (grins) My Viper now, mate. Possession's 9/10s. Oughta know that, running a law firm and such.

ANGEL: You think this is a game? People are dying.

SPIKE: And one of us is going to stop it. Hey, what do you know? I vote for me.

ANGEL: There's no voting. It's a prophecy. And the Shanshu's not about you, Spike.

SPIKE: Still can't accept it, can you? Sad, really. All these years believing you're the signified monkey, only to find out you're just a big hunk of nobody cares.

ANGEL: I really wished you stayed a ghost.

SPIKE: But I didn't, did I? Burned up saving the world, and now I'm back for real. Wonder why that is? Oh, wait. 'Cause I'm the one, you git!

ANGEL: Spike, I don't have time to—

SPIKE: (imitates static) What that? I'm losing you. You're— (static) What do they call it? (static) Oh, right. Breaking up. You're breaking up.

ANGEL: Spike, don't—

SPIKE: (hangs up) Ponce.

ANGEL: (hangs up) Idiot.

• Angel & Spike
• The Shanshu prophecy/scroll of Aberjian

written by: David Fury & Steven S. DeKnight; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited & formatted by me.. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season5/transcripts/5x08_tran.php