Alone in the Dark Page #2

who grew up in my orphanage...

disappeared last night.

His name's John Dillon.

Can you try to dig up

some information?

They'll kill me if they

find out, but let me check.

All right. I have to take a trip

down memory lane.

I'll meet you at 3:00

at our old hangout. OK?

-Please take care, Edward.

-I'll see you then.

One, two, three.

Bluebells, cockle shells...

eevie, ivy, over.

I like coffee, I like...

Welcome home, Edward.

Should I make some tea?

Yes. Thank you, Sophie.

Let me look at you.

You've been getting

enough sleep?

Sister, John disappeared

last night, and...

something happened

to me as well.

It's happening again.

I need your help.

I want to find the others.

I'll get their files.

Come on.

It's good to see you, Edward.

You should visit more often.

Yeah, that is very strange, huh?

He just disappeared?

I understand

you must be very concerned.

I'II let you know

as soon as I hear something.

OK, thank you.

I was recruited into Bureau 713

when I was 20.

I learned everything I could

about the paranormal.

I was a good agent...

but it didn't get me

any closer to the truth.

Every time I uncovered

a new Abkani artifact...

it immediately got classified.

I realized I'd never get

the answers I was looking for...

with 713 calling the shots.

Why did I agree to this?

Come on, Fisch.

It's a beautiful day.

I ordered your favorite.

It's pecan, right?

You have a good memory, Carnby.

It's all in the details, right?

I tracked down the three

you asked me about.

They all disappeared last night.

Same story-

no suitcase, no car...

just up and walked out

into the night.

So that means

all nineteen are missing.

I did a full

cross-reference, too.

Nothing much in common...

except they all grew up

in the same orphanage...

your orphanage.

What's going on, Carnby?

That's what I'm trying

to figure out here.

Thanks, Fisch.

I'll see you around.

It's good to know I've still

got friends at the 713.

Miss Cedrac,

there's someone here to see you.

-Edward!

-Oh, God, I missed you.

I thought you were dead,

you a**hole.

God.

Just give me five minutes,

all right?

I can explain everything.

In private, Rob.

Oh, I should-

yeah, I'm gonna go.

Give me one reason why I should

ever even speak to you again.

Look at this.

I was in the Amazon

for six weeks...

tracking poachers

across their transport lines.

Then I fell in with a group

of ex-Chilean military...

who were selling artifacts

on the black market.

That was found

on the southern tip of Chile...

in a gold mine.

It's Abkani.

You know,

you could have called...

or even written...

just to let me know

that you were alive.

Do the inscriptions

make any sense to you?

I'm not sure.

The thing is...

they're all from

different locations-

Venezuela,

Newfoundland, Alaska...

and now this one from Chile.

that would have been...

like burying them

at the ends of the earth.

Yeah. But why? If you want

someone to build a puzzle...

why would you hide the pieces

so far apart?

Now what?

Is Rob trying to create a mood

or something?

Give me that.

Hello?

Hello?

Miss Cedrac?

Mr. Carnby?

What the hell's with the lights?

How come every time you show up,

my life gets complicated?

I could ask you the same thing.

What is it?

Nothing. The hair on the back

of my neck just stood up.

Hello?

Did you hear that?

Rob!

Come on! Go! Go!

What the hell was that?

Get down! Come on!

Lock the door!

Get the key in there!

It's our only way

out of here!

Aline!

-You all right?

-Yeah.

Yeah, I'm OK.

I want a full security

sweep of the area.

-Miles.

-Sir?

Call Fischer and tell him

to get his boys down here now.

Let's go!

Move! Move! Move!

Scanners clear?

Scanners clear.

What the hell

are you doing here, Carnby?

Hey, Burke.

Good to see you, too.

You shouldn't be here.

This is my unit now.

You must be very proud.

You used to be able to take care

of yourself there, Carnby.

Got a little soft

since you left 713?

You should take her to the medic

and check that arm.

This way.

I'll catch up.

Why are you still here?

Why am I still here?

I just got my ass chased...

around this goddamn museum

by something I couldn't see.

I want to know

what the hell they are...

what they're doing

in the goddamn city!

I want to know

what 713 knows about it!

You're not 713 anymore, OK?

That information is classified.

That means it's none of

your f***ing business!

We've got this under control.

Thank you.

I don't need your help.

Get him out of here, Marko.

I asked very nicely.

Real tough, huh?

All right!

You're right, Burke.

Maybe I have gotten soft.

You just keep walking.

Come on, Miles.

F***ing prick.

Thank you very much, Burke.

-Hey.

-Hi.

-You OK?

-Yeah, I'm fine.

I need to study

those artifacts.

All right.

I'm gonna go and figure out...

what's going on with John

and the others.

We'll hook up later, OK?

Later.

You shouldn't be here, Carnby.

I'm not.

Commander Burke is.

Your curiosity

have anything to do...

with the fingerprint of yours

I found on this corpse?

Fisch, the list of people

I trust is short.

I'm not making it shorter.

Have you I.D.'d him yet?

We got his dentals.

Agent James Pinkerton.

He's ex-713.

What?

You telling me he was an agent?

When?

Went M.I.A. twenty years ago.

His records are so classified,

they're practically invisible.

Why the hell

was he trying to kill me?

This might have something

to do with it.

Fused to the spinal cord.

There's another piece in here.

It's been severed.

Never seen this kind of

symbiosis before.

This must be why his entire

nervous system was compromised.

Scanner's still

giving a reading.

What?

The Abkani never cease

to amaze me.

Such a complex society at a time

when most of humanity...

was hunting and gathering

and huddling around fires.

Dr. Hudgens,

when did you get back?

A few hours ago.

I heard you had some excitement.

Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

A little shaken up, but I'm OK.

Look, I must apologize

for snapping at you earlier.

But why are you still here,

after all you've been through?

-Where'd you get that image?

-Edward.

That's a major find.

I'll have to analyze that.

Actually, I'll do that myself.

It's not a request.

Where is the artifact?

-Everything OK in here?

-Who are you?

Miss Cedrac's security detail.

My dear,

have you any idea who I am?

Dr. Lionel Hudgens...

former agent,

Science-spy division...

currently 713 advisor status.

I know exactly who you are.

Well, I'll have to hold off

my curiosity till the morning.

Dr. Hudgens.

I meant to ask...

did you finally find the Arabis?

Just an empty shipwreck.

Like you said...

another wild-goose chase.

You've got one inside you, too.

But symbiosis is incomplete.

I was electrocuted

when I was a kid.

That must have killed it.

Can you remove it?

Well, I could try...

but it could paralyze you.

So these organisms

are somehow connected...

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