Angels and Demons Page #5

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You're condemning sick people to die.

Man is not God.

There, another obelisk.

Check the crowd. It's almost 9:00.

He's gotta be here already.

There must be 100 statues up there.

None of them are angels.

Those are all saints.

How in God's name would anyone

create a sculpture about air?

Bas-relief. Of course. It's still a sculpture.

Check the ground. Look at the carvings.

Look for another having something

to do with air.

"West Ponente. " West wind.

Vittoria!

Here it is.

West wind.

An angel blowing out five streaks of air.

This is it.

Get the police!

Call an ambulance!

He's still alive.

His chest. They punctured his lungs.

Clear the square.

"...from within your walls

to squeeze the life from the Bishop of Rome."

I mean, he's actually claiming responsibility

for the death of His Holiness.

That's ridiculous. He died of a stroke.

It implies the Illuminati murdered him

with his own medication.

What?

Down here.

"With man's solution we stilled his heart.

"With his own needle

did we pierce his unholy veil."

Did the Holy Father take any kind

of medication by injection?

Tinzaparin.

He had thrombophlebitis.

He took an injection every day.

But no one knew that.

Someone knew.

Well, he had health concerns

and seizures as well.

But he took steps to make sure

he was watched, for safety.

He didn't want it made public,

so we have no reason to discuss it.

Tinzaparin is lethal in the wrong dosage.

An overdose could cause

massive internal bleeding

and brain hemorrhages.

t might look like a stroke at first, but in

a few days, his body would show signs.

This could easily be examined.

Miss Vetra, in case you're not aware of it,

papal autopsy is prohibited by Vatican law.

We're not going to defile His Holiness's body

just because his enemies claim...

- But why would they send this letter now?

- Well, to cause panic.

"The sun will blind at midnight

"and neither police nor professors

can stop it."

He knows I'm here.

Obviously they were hoping

this letter would become public.

We might be wise to preempt

their next attempt

by making an announcement of our own

to refute this absurd claim.

That's out of the question.

Cardinal Strauss has insisted

this entire matter be kept internal.

He shouldn't even be aware of it.

He's locked in conclave.

His final instructions before sealing

the doors were very clear.

Cardinal Strauss does not dictate

Vatican protocols.

As you say, yet, technically,

now that conclave has begun,

it's his privilege and duty

to control public announcements.

I've drafted a press release

about the incident in the piazza,

but any other statements

are specifically prohibited.

For that, Cardinal has asked me

to remind you we have a chimney.

Commander Richter,

the search for the device?

Well, we've turned the power on and

off to about 20% of Vatican City.

- Nothing on the video yet.

- We're running out of options.

How long would you need

to evacuate everyone?

f I pull all my men from the search

for the bomb, 30 minutes.

Mr. Langdon. You have been right

so far about the path. It's now 9:15.

How quickly can you find the next church?

The lines of breath

on the carving pointed due east,

directly away from Vatican City.

But there were five of them,

so there's room for error.

About 20 churches intersect those lines.

None of them have names that invoke fire.

So a Bernini sculpture must be inside

one of them that does.

We'll need to get back

into the archives to find it.

- Would you escort Mr. Langdon?

- Yes, Father.

Silvano's journals.

The killer's name could be in here.

May I stay?

Please. Fine, of course.

Professor.

Would it surprise you to find

those clothes suit you?

it would surprise the hell out of me.

The Vatican is expressing sympathy

for the mugging victim,

a Dusseldorf tourist, now confirmed dead...

The Vatican police have a suspect

in custody...

The Vatican will allow the crowd back into

St. Peter's Square,

where security will be doubled...

The Vatican did admit that where there

are crowds, so often follows crime.

We're trying now to get the name

of the tourist who was...

- Oh, wait.

- Pan to the right. Keep panning.

We're getting word now of smoke.

Smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney.

Apparently there's been another vote.

The smoke is black.

Once again, the cardinals have failed

to reach consensus

and the Catholic Church

remains without a leader.

What are you looking for now?

Church assets.

I beg your pardon?

Artwork. It's valuable.

Corporations tend to keep track

of their holdings.

The Catholic Church is not a corporation,

it's a beacon.

A source of inspiration for one billion

lost and frightened souls.

Sure, I get that. It's also a bank.

Commander Olivetti said

I was not to leave your side this time.

It wasn't me, it was her.

Power is now cut to zone 73.

No light reaction on the monitor.

Restore power and move on to 74.

What sort of signs?

I'm sorry?

f the Holy Father was given

an overdose of Tinzaparin,

what signs would his body bear?

Bleeding of the oral mucosa.

His tongue.

Postmortem, the blood congeals and

turns the inside of the mouth black.

Even after 14 days?

It wouldn't show up

until at least a week after his death.

He was very important to me.

Yeah, I understand.

Will you come with me, please?

Signore, would you organize a security team

to escort Miss Vetra and myself

down to the crypt?

- Yes, sir.

- We'll be leaving straightaway.

Do you smoke?

A little bit.

Then you better sit down

before you keel over.

And what's all that right there?

What does this say in Italian right here

next to the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa?

Right there.

"Moved at suggestion of the artist."

"Moved"? To another church.

At the suggestion of Bernini?

I don't know.

Here. Translate all of this for me,

and I'll buy you a pack of smokes.

I'm looking for a reference to fire.

Fires.

- "Seraphim," meaning "the fiery one."

- Right.

"His great,

golden spear, a point of fire."

Then "woman left completely afire."

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa.

Saint Teresa on fire.

So this sculpture was moved to this church?

Why did they shut down the system?

They know we're down here.

if there's no power,

there's no oxygen.

Can we get out?

The door is electronic.

Oh, God.

Well, that's disappointing.

Where are we going?

To see my father.

I don't understand.

I was orphaned when

I was 9 years of age. A bombing in Ulster.

The UVF protesting the visit

of a Catholic archbishop.

The archbishop felt responsible,

and he adopted me the following day.

I was raised by him and by the Church.

He was the wisest man I ever met.

Even when I was young and stubborn,

I wanted to be ordained.

But I was brought up in Italy,

so I also wanted to do my military service.

I wanted to fight.

He told me, "Learn to fly."

So I joined the Aeronautica Militare,

flew helicopters,

bringing the wounded back to hospital.

He was a great man.

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