Baron Blood Page #4

Taxi!

Oh!

Open! Open the door!

The door! The door, please!

Open the door!

Eva, what is it?

- The monster! My God!

- What's wrong? What happened?

It was the monster! The baron!

It was the baron! The baron!

I know it was.

No, no! He's still out there!

- Eva, you must get a hold of yourself.

- It was the monster!

It was!

- No, don't, Eva. Don't.

- Easy, easy.

- May we?

- Oh, come in, come in.

- How are you?

- Fine. Finishing a few assignments.

- If you're busy, we can...

- No, I'm almost finished.

As you know, part of my work

here at the university...

involves research

in extrasensory perception.

Each card

shows either a circle...

a line...

or a rectangle.

My average score

is one out of three...

and that's exactly

what chance predicts, and...

Do these equations have anything to do

with your calling about, er...

about what happened last night?

Just my way

of leading up to the subject.

The fact is, I haven't been thinking

of anything else.

Then you do believe

that I saw someone or something

in my room and on the streets?

I'm convinced that you did.

- Do you believe it was the baron?

- I believe that it could have been.

Do you realise what that means?

A human spirit brought back to life

after centuries.

It makes the greatest discovery

look triviaI by comparison.

Try to remember - what did he look like?

Oh, it was just horrible.

I really don't want to talk about it, Peter,

if you don't mind.

I don't blame you.

You really had a terrifying experience.

If it was the baron, then both your lives

are in danger. He'll try again.

- But why?

- Because he fears you'll send him back.

But we can't!

The parchment with Elisabeth Hlle's

curse burned. It is gone.

There may be still another way.

You know of one?

About a year ago,

we were interviewing subjects for ESP

right here in this classroom.

For the most part, we came up

with results that were about average...

but with one very notable exception.

A woman named Christina Hoffmann.

- A former teacher.

- Did you test her with these, Uncle?

Yes.

And by many other methods.

Her results were astounding.

Far surpassing random

or chance probabilities.

But what makes you think

that she can help us?

Because Christina Hoffmann claims,

and I believe her...

that she is not only clairvoyant...

but a medium

between the living and the dead.

Why did you come here?

I feeI... I feeI something.

No, I don't want to talk to you.

Christina, you're the only one

who may be able to help us.

No.

No.

It may be too late...

...for all of us.

So, you've come to talk to me...

...about the baron.

Remarkable!

It was a foolish thing you did.

And a dangerous thing.

He will destroy you, if he can.

But why?

Only those present

the day the spell was invoked...

have the power to eliminate it.

You mean, Eva and I...

Thus the baron

has only you two to fear.

Christina, can you help us?

No, I cannot.

I must not.

But the parchment with Elisabeth Hlle's

invocation burned...

and with it the order to send him back.

Please.

Please, you're the only one

who can help us. Please.

I told you I can do nothing.

Elisabeth Hlle invoked the curse.

Only she can tell you its secret.

But she's dead!

Oh, mortals are such fools!

Once you killed innocent witches...

and now you bring murderers

back to life.

It was my ancestor

who burned her at the stake.

I can make amends, with your help.

This once belonged to Elisabeth Hlle.

Tonight, we'll go to the place

where she was burned at the stake.

Peter. Eva.

Elisabeth...

these two who brought back

your murderer would speak with you.

The will of thy tortured spirit has been

placed in these unknowing hands.

Come, speak to us, Elisabeth.

Come before the rock that shall

forever mark the place of thy death.

Come, Elisabeth.

You lost the parchment.

Fools!

The curse shall stand...

...forever.

And the baron...

...shall suffer forever!

The baron can be destroyed...

...only by those

he has himself destroyed.

Now because of you

I have made him suffer again.

And for that, I'm in your debt.

I will tell you this...

You have the power to destroy him...

to make him suffer again...

...the agonies of hell!

Use it!

Before it's too late!

Death awaits.

Death.

You knew he sees Elisabeth Hlle.

You cannot escape him, Christina.

You cannot escape him.

I appreciate your coming here today...

and I promise I will not keep you long.

But Frulein Arnold...

Can't you tell me something more...

about the man you saw

in your room the other night?

No, Inspector, I cannot!

I hardly saw his face.

I only saw his hands, and they were

crushed and burned and bloodied!

It was a nightmare, Inspector.

Inspector, is it really necessary

to make Eva go through this again?

I'm afraid so.

You see, the murderer of Dortmundt

is still at large.

- And Fritz?

- My men are still looking for him.

Inspector, what if we told you

that we had another theory...

as to what happened to Herr Dortmundt

and possibly Fritz as well?

I'd be most interested.

You see, Inspector,

it involves a curse...

a curse put on Baron von Kleist

300 years ago.

- Von Kleist? Baron Blood?

- Exactly!

300 years ago!

Yes, and we believe the curse

has brought him back to life.

And that he killed Dortmundt

and attacked Eva in the castle.

- And then he tried to kill her.

- Yes, I'm certain of it.

Frulein, we are well aware of

your interest in historicaI archives.

Mr Kleist, we're aware also...

of your emotionaI involvement

in this particular castle.

You're both young, impressionable...

But you, Herr Professor...

You said yourself there have been

other disappearances...

a fisherman,

a villager on his way home...

and then that peddler,

all gone without a trace.

Yes, and of course

all in the vicinity of the castle.

I'm afraid your theories

are not of much use to me.

- Is that all, Inspector?

- For the moment, yes.

- Thank you.

- Thank you for your assistance.

I just don't understand

that inspector.

Four people disappear,

and he doesn't care.

- And all in the vicinity of the castle.

- I don't get it.

My God, I never stopped

to think that...

She passes by there every day,

on her way from schooI!

- Who?

- Gretchen!

How stupid of me

not to think of it. Hurry!

Gretchen!

Gretchen!

- Are you all right?

- I fell off my bike.

Oh look, she's bleeding.

Do you have a handkerchief?

It doesn't hurt much.

- Thank God it's only a scratch.

- What happened, Gretchen?

I stopped to look at the castle,

and I hurt myself when I...

I tried to jump on my bike.

Well, thank goodness that's all!

I saw the bushes move

because a ghost was there.

Look, Doctor.

Mr Becker is there all by himself.

Don't you think

we should warn him of this?

I appreciate your concern,

Doctor HummeI.

I respect your opinion,

though I do think it's a bit far-fetched.

I'm afraid

Eva can't consider it far-fetched.

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