20.13: Purgatory Page #7

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and destroy the cannon.

I know it's a difficult task

but it's not impossible.

VCC, can you take the bazooka

over there, with me?

Of course I can, Sir, of course.

Let's go.

As soon as we find it,

I'll send over a big "plum"

and that's the last we'll hear of it.

I'll go too...

No. I don't think you should go.

You still have a mission to fulfill.

And I'd like you to complete it before

the secret police arrive, tomorrow.

Couceiro is the ideal choice,

he knows how to get us over there.

In my absence,

Lieutenant Gaio will be in charge...

In that case, Viegas should go.

Maciel. Help him.

Montemor?

Doctor Venncio

is looking after him, but...

- Have they already left?

- Yes, Couceiro will take them there.

In any case,

when our Captain gets back

he'll have to give us an explanation.

God help them.

VCC is a hell of a shooter

with the bazooka!

Pedro left this for you...

Leonor, would you mind

coming over here, please?

Pedro's wife!

No. Our objective is the cannon.

Give me the bazooka... I'll go!

- I'll go with you, Sir.

- You go back.

Are you sure, Captain?

That's not a suggestion,

it's an order. Go!

I don't expect to return

from the mission.

Hey Maciel...

so I want to make sure

that you know the truth.

Get me a light.

Because nobody else should suffer

the consequences of my errors.

I'm the one responsible

for the death of Private Vicente,

who did nothing to deserve his fate.

And I was the one

who attacked the prisoner

in order to make sure

he wouldn't testify against me.

Nobody helped me.

They were deliberate crimes motivated

by pure egoism,

to protect my reputation...

to avoid shame...

to hide a dirty little secret.

A secret

that you probably already guessed.

I'm fully aware

of the gravity of my acts.

I was always proud

of being a man of honor,

but I abandoned those principles,

when I committed these heinous

crimes, to maintain appearances,

and I'm well aware

of the punishment that I deserve.

Sir... Sir...

It's us...

Don't shoot, don't shoot!

Give us cover...

- Everything okay?

- Everything's okay...

Where's the Captain?

He wanted to remain alone, Sir,

he ordered us to return.

- There was nothing we could do, Sir.

- He even looked like he wanted to die.

Looks like the Captain

destroyed the cannon.

Badagaio's dead.

That makes seven.

This time he won't be the one

to shoot in the Felinos' shield.

Not this time.

Now we just need to know

what happened to the Captain.

- Everything still calm, right?

- So it seems, Sergeant.

Sergeant, take command. Viegas!

Forget it, don't bother.

It's my fault. She's only guilty...

She's only guilty of having loved me...

We can't stand round here waiting,

Lieutenant.

Let's go...

Serving loyally, without faith,

must be tough... right, Gaio?

He didn't make it!

He lost too much blood.

Too bad!

I still had some questions

to ask him.

Let's go!

They have to take him now!

It has to be!

Let's go!

Our Colonel is waiting

for you in the Captain's office.

So this is what

you found in locker 2013...

The knife and this photo.

But there's lots of things

in this story that don't make sense.

- Lots of contradictions.

- The hell there are.

Captain Costa died

while serving his country.

He sacrificed himself to save

his company.

He deserves the highest Medal.

Private Vicente died during an attack

and unfortunately the prisoner

didn't resist the wounds

he suffered during his capture.

Understood, Lieutenant Gaio?

And the truth, Sir...

Doesn't that count for anything?

Think carefully.

Would you like to see Captain Costa's

name in the gutter?

Would you like to remember

Private Vicente as a poof?

This letter never existed.

There are no gays in the Army,

and officers don't kill soldiers.

As you know,

starting today, you will be

the new commander of this company.

And you deserve a medal

for the heroism demonstrated

when attempting to save our captain.

Are you a real soldier, now?

May I have permission to leave?

Darling? They're waiting for you!

Take this...

I don't think I'll need it anymore.

Do you think it was her arrival

that led the Captain to kill Vicente?

I don't know!

Looks like the Captain

was protecting someone!

But I'm dead sure

he wasn't the one who killed Vicente.

Merry Christmas...

Merry Christmas to you too!

I've got to do something!

I'll be right back!

He also deserves it.

In the name of the Father,

the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Blessed be the name of the Lord,

Jesus Christ.

And in the name of the

Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God.

So my child, what are your sins?

Lord...

Because you are infinitely good,

I love you with all my heart,

forgive me.

Forgive me for having betrayed you,

for another...

I was so distraught that I thought...

I thought that I loved someone

more than you.

I was so desperate

that I killed for love...

But you made me

find the path of light

and follow your word.

It was only then that I realized...

that my heart belongs to you.

Forever.

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