Post by The Powers That Be on Sept 29, 2009 23:21:43 GMT
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Los Angeles: the city of angels. It's a world of bright lights, glamour and mystical happenings. Millions of people flock there every year - humans, vampires and demons alike - but what would happen if, once they were inside the city limits, they couldn't leave? What would happen if all these creatures became trapped?
There seems to be no logical explanation for what is happening in LA - and only in LA. This barrier that has materialised doesn't distinguish between the different races of creatures who come to the city; it simply holds people inside. Nobody can work out what it is, not even with Wolfram and Hart's exhaustive resources. Wesley's books have showed no demon that has nearly enough power to create a barrier strong enough to encompass a whole city; there is no scientific explanation that Fred can find; Eve swears that the Senior Partners have nothing to do with it and even Willow, called in specially and now stuck there with the rest of them, can find no spell that will break it. Whatever's causing it, the barrier has something immensely strong behind it.
Finding how to break the barrier isn't the only thing that Angel and his team have to worry about, though. They're still finding their feet at Wolfram and Hart, working out which clients should be kept and how best to deal with the ones that would probably kill them if they were let go. They still have to finalise their plan to take down Wolfram and Hart from the inside, as well as find out who recorporealised Spike and which of their employees they can actually trust. They're all feeling trapped by corporate life - admittedly some more than others - and the barrier isn't helping anyone's stress levels.
The city is fast becoming overpopulated, and vampires especially are beginning to take over. There have been more deaths in the last month and more people rising from the grave than Angel has seen in the last two years. There's only so much he can do, even with the help of Faith, Andrew and a few new Slayers, all sent from the new Slayers' academy in Scotland to try and stop the vamps killing everyone in LA before Wolfram and Hart can break the barrier. They're barely taking the edge off, though; the vampires have strength in numbers, and a city full of panicking humans is a perfect feeding ground for them.
Nobody knows what's happening, but something has to be done fast; if they leave it much longer, there's not going to be much of Los Angeles left. It's a case of escape, or STAY TRAPPED forever.