I, Frankenstein

(ENCHANTING MUSIC PLAYING)

(PANTING)

MONSTER:
I was cast into

being in the winter of 1795.

A living corpse without a soul,

- stitched, jolted...

- (SCREAMS)

bludgeoned back to

life by a madman.

Horrified by his creation,

he tried to destroy me.

But I survived and found

my way back to him.

(ELIZABETH SCREAMS)

Elizabeth!

MONSTER:
A life for a life,

that's what I wanted.

I took that of his

beloved new bride.

(GASPS)

He pursued me to the far north.

(WHIMPERS)

I was immune to the cold.

He was not.

(GRUNTS)

(PANTING)

I buried him in his

family cemetery.

It was more than he deserved.

I thought it was the end,

but it was actually

just the beginning.

(SCRAPING)

(GASPS)

- (GRUNTS)

- (SNARLS)

We have been waiting for you.

You will come with us.

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(GROANS)

(SNARLING)

(STRAINING)

(GROWLS)

(GROWLS)

(GRUNTS)

Stop! Naberius wanted

it brought back alive!

That was the last of them.

What do you suppose it was?

OPHIR:
I don't know.

Never seen a human

kill a demon before,

and with such strength.

It's been a long time

since I've seen demons

this far north.

There must have been

something special about it,

something Naberius wanted.

"Victor Frankenstein."

The rumors are true.

- (GRUNTS)

- (GASPS)

H's alive.

- It's alive!

- (GASPS)

- (PANTING)

- (OPHIR SHUSHES)

Your Majesty!

No more than a wild

beast, Your Majesty.

Destroy it and be done with this.

So, you understand reason.

Where am I? How did I get here?

The creatures that attacked

you, what did they want?

- I don't know!

- We heard them speak of Naberius.

Seems he wants this thing alive.

If Naberius wants it alive,

all the more reason to destroy it.

No!

Gideon.

(GASPS)

"Him," not "it."

My name is Leonore, High

Queen of the Gargoyle Order.

This is Gideon,

my most trusted warrior.

You were attacked by four demons

under the command of a dark

prince called Naberius.

Fortunately, Ophir and

Keziah were on watch nearby.

They realized who you were

and brought you here,

to our home.

The Gargoyle Order was

commanded into being

by the great Archangel Michael.

It is our sacred duty to wage

war against the demon horde.

666 legions of

hell-spawned creatures

unleashed by Satan after

his fall from heaven.

Humans think of us

as mere decoration.

They do not know, nor could they

conceive of the brutal, unseen war

being fought around them every day.

A war that may one day

determine the very fate

of all mankind.

You have now been

drawn into this war.

(SCOFFS)

I care not for the world of man.

Yes, we've heard the

stories of you.

Shunned by your human

creator, lost and alone.

You would be welcome here.

Until we learn why

Naberius wants you,

I ask that you stay with us,

safe within these hallowed walls.

I go my own way.

Your Majesty, this thing murdered

Victor Frankenstein's wife.

All in the heat of passion,

driven by emotions he was

never taught to control.

He may be more human

than he realizes.

I understand Frankenstein

never offered you a name.

I should like to call you

Adam.

I promise you this, Adam.

Each of us has a higher purpose.

Yours has simply yet

to reveal itself.

These are but some of the scapulars

of our fallen brothers and sisters.

We have always been

outnumbered in battle.

Now, after many

hard-fought victories,

our ranks have thinned.

OPHIR:

Demons, however, remain strong.

To help you survive against them,

the Queen has asked us to

provide you with weapons.

Demons can only be

descended by sacramentals,

blessed objects such as the

crucifix or holy water.

Any object can be made

sacramental by marking them

with the blessed symbol

of the Gargoyle Order.

Descended?

When a demon is killed

its spirit descends to hell,

where it remains trapped

for all eternity.

How do you descend a gargoyle?

We are sacramental beings of

light and good. We ascend.

And only at the hands of godless

creatures that have no souls.

(METALLIC CLUNKING)

You do not want those.

They are blunt and crude,

and far too heavy to wield.

Adam, you have strength

and speed and stamina

far beyond that of any human.

You would use those gifts.

Take sides in a war that

you are already a part of.

(SCOFFS)

I do not care how many

demons it descended.

You should've let me destroy it.

I am not blind to the risks.

The fact is, Adam is alive,

and all life is sacred.

- It is not human born.

- Neither are we, Gideon.

Here.

Lock this in the vault.

It must never fall

into Naberius' hands.

It is but a book, Your Majesty.

It is written proof that God is now

no longer the sole creator of man.

Adam.

If ever you should

change your mind,

you will always find refuge here.

(EXHALES)

ADAM:
Trusting others is a

mistake you only make once.

And so I resolved to seek out

the farthest corners of the earth

where no human,

demon or gargoyle

would ever find me.

So many years passed,

I lost track of time,

yet I did not grow old

and die, as humans do.

Victor Frankenstein's final curse.

I thought Naberius'

demons had forgotten me.

But I was wrong.

(THUNDER BOOMING)

And I unleashed all

my rage upon them.

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

- (SNARLS)

- (GRUNTS)

I had hidden long enough.

Now I would hunt those

who were hunting me.

I returned to the place

I had left so long ago.

The human world had changed

in the time I had been gone.

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYING)

But some things had not changed.

If the demons could find

me in the wilderness,

it was only a matter of time

before they found me here.

Which is why I had

to find them first.

(CAR HORNS HONKING IN DISTANCE)

(SNARLS)

Naberius, where is he?

Police!

Put down your weapon!

- (GROWLS)

- (CRACKING)

(PANTING)

Good evening, Mr. Wessex.

Where does life begin

and where does it end?

Tonight's experiment represents the

culmination of three years of work...

Time is fleeting, Dr. Wade.

I'd ask that you not waste mine.

Commencing reanimation sequence.

CARL:
(OVER INTERCOM)

Patch clamp amplifier set.

Pulse generators calibrated.

ICD wiring in right ventricle.

TERRA:

Energy output set to three joules.

For the record, subject's

heart is currently dormant.

Firing current in three, two, one.

Clear and shock.

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)

CARL:
Muscle spasms in the

upper torso and legs.

Looks good.

Detecting intracellular electrical

activity in both atria.

We are in the ventricles.

We have an atrial flutter.

Watch out for ectopics.

Irregular ectopic beats

have begun on schedule.

(ALARM BEEPING)

Ventricular fibrillation. Subject's

going into cardiac arrest.

TERRA:
Up the current to 50 joules.

Current raised to 50.

The heart rate's spiking.

There's no defibrillation.

- Double it.

- Current set to 100.

Pulse is fading! Terra!

Double it again!

- No, I can't!

- I said double it!

That'll kill it!

It's already dead!

CARL:
200 joules.

Come on.

Live.

(CRACKLING)

(FLATLINING)

(SIGHS)

(MONITOR BEEPING)

There's a heartbeat.

Switch to life support.

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