Two detectives talk to a man in an interrogation room about a murder and an attempted murder. It's Wesley and he tells them it shouldn't have happened, but everything just went very, very wrong.

Without revealing the vampire's name, Wesley explains that Angel wasn't supposed to be there, but since he's so stubborn, he was there anyway.

In the Past, Wesley stopped by the Hyperion and talked with Cordelia. She's cut her hair, (it's now very short and very nice) - and he's noticing it for the first time (because he's aman and their not that attentive). Since Angel is busy working on a case with Gunn, Cordelia and Wesley decide to go to a movie premiere.

Angel and Gunn meet up with Gunn's cousin, Lester and he asks for their help. Lester is supposed to be the getaway driver for a demonic robbery but he wants nothing to do with it.

A vampire Angel knows by reputation, Jay-Don, is being brought in to help. Much to Gunn's dismay, Angel throws his weight around and takes charge of the case. Angel returns to the hotel and finds Kate in his room. She wants information on Darla and is defending herself with the judicious use of a cross. Angel's not threatened by her though and warns her to back off before she is killed.

Wesley and exspecially Cordelia are overly happy that Angel is back into the game and not so worried about Darla. Or so they think.

Angel meets Jay-Don at the bus station and dusts him, taking over the un-life of the very exuberant vampire. A demon named Menlow meets with the vampire he thinks is Jay-Don and takes him to the others.Another demon, Vyasa, a human security guard, Bob, and Gunn pretending to be his cousin complete the team.

Cordelia researches museums to find which one may be the location of the robbery. They find information about the Shroud of Rahmon, that they believe to be the target.

Wesley and Cordelia continue their research on the shroud and find that it causes people around it to act differently, and possibly insane. Which is worrying at the best of times, but even worse when a slightly unhinged Angel is involved

After blowing through the lock on the vault, the only one who can pass the thermal scan, Angel, breaks inside and finds the shroud within a tomb that belongs to the demon Rahmon.

Being near the shroud causes Angel to lose control and his vampire side takes over, causing his face to shift and his meaner side to come to the fore.

Wesley and Cordelia enter the building and are immediately hit by an invisible wave from the shroud that alters their behavior. The demons, humans and vampires slowly carry the tomb on a path out of the building.

The shroud begins to affect them all, causing Gunn and Angel to attack each other. Vyasa kills Bob by ripping of his head. Cordelia talks to a mannequin and takes the jewelry decorating the plastic human. Wesley encounters Kate at the building and has trouble keeping focused on his mission to help Angel. Wesley confronts Angel and tries in vain to warn him about the shroud.

Kate finds Angel and the others and pulls a gun on them. Angel confronts her, knocking her gun out of the way and biting into her neck. A police team arrives and finds Wesley leaning over Kate's body. not the best of situations to be found in.

The tomb is carried to another building and shroud's effect on the demons, Angel and Gunn leads them all to fight over it. Gunn and Angel play tug of war with the shroud until Angel convinces Gunn to let go. After dousing the shroud in alcohol, Angel sets it aflame.

Again in the interrogation room, the detectives are convinced that Wesley is the killer. Just as they're about to arrest him, Kate shows up and tells them to let him go.

She remembers that Angel did bite her briefly, but told her to stay down or be killed.

Wesley worries that Angel's bloodlust has been reawakened by the taste of human blood.

They seem to be right as Angel sits in his room, his thoughts focused on biting Kate.