Hellbinders Page #3

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Dangerous place nowadays.

Always has been.

And you've been around for

a lot of it haven't you?

You're more perceptive

than your friend.

I wouldn't call us friends.

Oil I heard that!

But we are allies

at the moment,

and I hope to say

the same of you.

Usually when people are

immune to possession

it's because they're

already under the sway

of a greater power.

Usually but not always.

My clan was descended

from warrior priests,

we're trained for more

than one kind of battle.

And him?

I got no soul.

You have no soul?

Nope, lost it when I was dead.

Along with a chunk of spleen

and my left pinkie toe.

What about you?

Unburied knowledge.

The death sentence of my order.

Order?

The Knights of the

Temple of Solomon.

Oh, Knights Templar, figures.

Don't look so surprised.

I just didn't think

someone with your...

Stunning good looks?

Care free nature, would

be a student of history.

It's a common misconception,

understanding the

mistakes of the past

will prevent them in the

future.

I'm living proof that

understanding doesn't

help one God damned bit.

At least your honest.

So the three of us,

each for our own reasons

are immune to

Legion's domination.

Legion?

That's what they

call themselves.

They're a collective

of demonic souls,

several thousands of them.

You've faced them before?

I thought I'd

destroyed them

in an empty wasteland

centuries ago.

Centuries, wow. Who's

your plastic surgeon?

And now that they've made

their home here in the middle

of the city, I'm not so sure

they can be destroyed.

If not they'll

over run the world.

A couple thousand of 'em?

The priest who told me to find

you said this was

-...only the beginning.

-He's right.

They plan on drawing one of

the kingdoms of hell

to their banner and bringing it

into the world.

How big is a kingdom?

Millions.

The question is, how

will they bring it here?

Absolutely the most

f***ed up day...

Worse than that

Mexican prison...

When I was a child, there were

tales of ancient sages

who could open the

gates of the abyss.

We have our own tales, but

those sages have been dead

and gone for thousands of

years.

Ours too.

Maybe one of them

wrote it all down,

how to open them...

you know, in a book

or something.

One of them did, King Solomon,

but in his wisdom he

had it buried with him.

He should have burned it.

Maybe, but even

if it still exists

I doubt it'd ever be found.

Probably not...

But if it was, it wouldn't

happen to be, you know,

about this big,

and covered with the same stuff

tattooed on you?

You've seen it?

I gave it to 'em, this morning.

How the hell was I

supposed to know?

You have no idea

what you've done!

Stop! Killing each other

won't solve anything!

If they possess the book,

and an entire city to keep

us from stopping them,

I'm not sure there's

anything left to solve.

Wait until sunrise. The

priest will know what to do.

Fine, but you guys

aren't crashing here,

I got a couple of

girls coming over.

This way.

I see you've gathered your

army.

Army?

It will do.

I believe it will.

But do what?

I mean, besides dropping a

nuke on the city... wait,

that won't work

either, cockroaches.

Unfortunately he

has a point.

How do we destroy them

without destroying the city?

With a soul cage.

What?

They have no rightful

place in this world,

and only cling to it

by taking another's.

This is the weakness you

can exploit to trap them.

It's a false soul,

a host they're drawn to

but cannot escape.

So what's the catch?

It has to be created

in a living vessel,

one that has no

soul of it's own.

Yeah, figured there was a

catch.

When the hosts die they

will be drawn into you,

and stuck there until they

can be properly exorcised.

Do all the hosts have to die?

I doubt the demons possessing

them will go willingly.

What about my friends?

Max, this is about

the fate of the world.

Which you need me to save.

Because you damned it.

By mistake, but

If m sure as hell

not going to damn my

friends on purpose.

If they can be brought

here they can be exorcised.

Then we'11 bring 'em here.

You're asking for trouble.

It is his nature.

This will take some time.

Good. I still have

obligations to fulfill.

Only because you still

choose to fulfill them.

Life is not that simple.

It is. That is the lesson

you've yet to learn.

Ask your friend.

You are an example to him.

Then I'm a bad one.

I've lived too long

and made too many mistakes.

But still you try.

Sorry...

You're not gonna like molest

me or anything are you?

If we don't succeed

it's the beginning of

the end, for everyone.

Time to quit playing the fool.

Can I ask you a question?

What's gonna happen to

me when I die... Again?

The part of you that can

go on already has gone on.

So...

Nothing.

Then what's the point?

I mean, what's the point of me

doing anything?

You might be gone,

but the world around you,

this world, continues on,

and is better or worse

for what you have done

while you are still here.

At least that's something.

More than you

might imagine.

Sit.

Clear your mind, focus on

the emptiness within you.

Good.

What was that about

...with the priest?

The life I'm currently living.

-He doesn't approve.

-And I doubt you would either.

You may not want to

join me for this.

For what?

I'm not like you.

I didn't come to this city

to stop the Legion.

But you are some sort of

priest.

Not exactly.

When I told you my clan was

descended from warrior priests,

what I didn't tell you

is that we're assassins.

You came to kill people, and

found out they were possessed.

I came to kill a

lot of people,

and found out some of

'em were possessed.

I still don't know

about the others,

but either way

they're gonna die.

These people you came to kill,

I would guess they are not

the most noble, or innocent.

Criminals, like me.

The Templar dealt with

assassins during the crusades.

Mostly we tried to kill

each other, but sometimes,

when our goals were

similar, we made peace,

even learned to work together.

And die together...

If we remember our

history correctly.

Only what was written by

people who weren't there.

Guess this answers my

question about the others.

Spicy, yes, lightly sweetened.

Don't bother. You'll

never catch him.

Fine. We'll just go

straight to the source.

Brilliant, lets rush in

and get ourselves killed

now that we got

a good chance

of actually stopping this

thing.

What choice do we have?

We're running out of time.

No, we're not out of time. If

we were running out of time,

they wouldn't have

bothered coming after us.

The only reason they're

trying to take any of us out

is because there's

still time to stop them.

What do you suggest?

Guerilla warfare. Hound 'em a

little. Chip away at the edges,

make sure the ones we don't get

are isolated and afraid of us.

It's easier to defeat an enemy

that already thinks

it can't win.

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