The year is 2003. Buffy, with the help of a goddess, two champions and a couple dozen slayers, has just stopped The First Evil's plan to unleash hell on Earth. Nineteen days later, in Los Angeles, Angel, having just taken over Wolfram & Hart, receives a yellow envelope from which Spike, presumed dead after sacrificing himself to aid Buffy and the Scooby Gang, appears out of.
Buffy, who received word that Spike might be alive, enters the office to discover Spike not a minute after his return. Angel begins to wonder if Spike is simply a form of The First, his friends and employees are very unsure what is going on, and Scoobies and old foes alike are migrating to Los Angeles from all across the globe. Something evil is brewing, they can all feel it. Does it have anything to do with Spike's return? They are certain to find out.
As to who, exactly, is behind it all, only time will tell... It could be The First or maybe even the mysterious Senior Partners that have been nothing but a bother to Angel throughout his years in Los Angeles. Or maybe it's simply a tiny Texan out for revenge. Then again, who's to say all of the above aren't working together in some sinister plot to make their next apocalpyse attempt stick -- for good.