Episode 7: Lineage

When Wes and Fred bring a new weapon to a customer at a warehouse, they’re attacked by a black-clad, Ninja-like warrior with no eyes in its black mask. The assailant kills the customers, but then Angel flies in and snaps its neck, revealing that it’s really some sort of android. Later, back at Wolfram and Hart, Angel scolds Wesley for bringing Fred (who was badly cut in the attack) into such a dangerous situation, but a bit later Fred tells Wesley that she can take care of herself. Then, as they talk, Wesley’s father Roger arrives. Wes asks what he’s doing there, and Roger says he and the remaining Watchers have decided to reform the Watchers’ Council and that he’s come to evaluate Wesley for a possible return to their ranks. Roger notes, however, that it doesn’t look good for Wesley to be working for Wolfram and Hart (“the haven of evil”), but Wesley insists it’s different now. Still he’s a bit flustered as he introduces Roger to Lorne and Gunn. A bit later, in the lab, Fred and Angel watch as Knox technicians analyze the Ninja cyborg. Wesley and Roger join them, and Fred shows Wes some odd symbols they found on some of the cyborg’s parts. As Wes runs his fingers over the symbols, there’s an ominous click, followed by a red light and the alarming hum of a bomb being activated.

Everyone starts to panic and Wesley tells them to run while he tries to defuse the bomb. Then the humming stops and they see Roger holding a piece of the circuitry. Roger explains that Wes misinterpreted the symbols, which really explain how to disarm the cyborg… which embarrasses Wesley. A bit later, as Lorne entertains Roger, Wes confesses to Angel that his father’s visit has rattled him. A few minutes later Wesley asks for Roger’s help in continuing the research on the android. They go to Wesley’s library, and when Roger sees the sacred texts there, he notes the lack of security. Wes assures him that the firm’s most valuable items are kept in a nearby vault. Meanwhile six more black-clad cyborgs land on the roof, and then a security alarm blares as both the power and security systems are disabled. Angel asks Gunn if it’s a false alarm, but then four cyborgs surround them. At the same time, another cyborg attacks Wes and Roger in the library and heads for the valuable books. Wes eventually stabs the cyborg with a sword. Then, on Roger’s advice, he opens the vault to secure the books. After he places them in a locker, Roger pulls out a gun and clubs Wes with it, knocking him unconscious. Then Roger grabs the master key from Wes, scans the lockers, opens the one containing the Staff of Devosynn, and reports into a mic/earpiece he wears that “phase one” is complete.

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