Nightworld

(slow soft music)

(birds softly chirping)

- Hey, buddy, what's up?

Okay.

What do you say we turn

that frown upside down?

- It's a little early

for that, isn't it?

- Are you kidding me?

Out here it's never too

early for a cold one.

(beer can pops)

All right, let's go for a walk.

Might do you some good.

Come on.

(birds chirping)

You look like sh*t.

- (laughs) Thanks.

- You're welcome.

Get enough sleep?

- Rough night.

- Nightmares back again?

- Never left.

This one was a little different,

but they always end

the same with her in...

Look man, we don't have

to keep doing this.

- Yes, we do, it's why I'm here.

Man, you've got to do something

about those dreams of yours.

- Tried.

They're just getting

harder and harder to shake.

- Then move on.

(slow soft music)

- I can't do that,

Alex, you know that.

The tree over there is where

I met Anna for the first time.

Down here by the water is

where we had our first kiss.

This is her home, our home.

I tried to leave, but I can't.

It's just,

I can't.

(birds chirping)

(slow soft music)

- [Brett] You always

did love the sunsets.

- Every sunset is beautiful.

- [Brett] Remember that

day down by the lake?

It was a lot of fun, good times.

- Of course I do.

Simpler time, when

we were happy.

- What do you mean?

We're happy now, aren't we?

(slow soft music)

I had a dream about

you last night.

Been dreaming about

you a lot lately.

What do you suppose that means?

You were out in the lake

by yourself, rowing.

I was calling and

calling for you,

but you wouldn't answer.

I don't know, maybe

you couldn't hear me

all the way out there.

I mean it was a

dream, after all.

And then you turned

to me and you waved.

And like that (snaps)

you were gone.

It's hard to believe

just how quickly

the darkness creeps in

all the way out here.

- [Anna] The night will fall.

- What did you say?

Anna.

No, no!

(frantic panting)

(soft piano music)

(phone ringing)

- Hey, buddy, everything okay?

- I, um, sorry for

calling so late.

- It's okay man,

I'm still working.

What's up?

Brett, you there?

- I'm here.

You were right.

I need to get away

from this place.

- You want me to

make the call or not?

- You really think I

should go to Sofia?

- I do.

It's an amazing city

and with your background

you're a perfect

fit for the gig.

Go try it for a few weeks.

If you don't like

it, come back here

and we'll get back

to drinking beer,

figure something else out.

Thanks.

Well?

- Who's the client?

- Let's make the

call and find out.

(birds trilling)

- Make the call.

- [Alex] You ready?

- I'm ready, I'll call

you when I get there.

- Ya sure, and remember,

you don't like it,

we go to plan B.

- What's plan B?

- There is no plan B, now

get the f*** out of here.

- Take care of her

for me, all right?

- Yeah.

(engine starts)

(intense dramatic music)

(plane engine roaring)

(plane tires screeching)

(speaks foreign language)

- Ah, American?

- Yeah, Los Angeles.

- I, I speak American.

I mean, I speak English,

but you know what I mean.

Where do you learn

to speak Bulgarian?

- My wife.

I've lived in Varna for

the last three years.

A little rusty though.

Haven't, don't really

speak it much anymore.

(slow intense music)

(speaks foreign language)

(soft eerie music)

(doors creaking)

- It survived the bombing.

- Excuse me?

- The building.

You were wondering why

it looks so out of place

in a street like this.

- Okay.

- It was the only

one that survived.

- The rogue missile

back in '99 hit here?

- Oh, no, that was further out.

Closer to the Serbian

border, in fact.

This building is

much older than that.

- Sorry.

Who are ya?

- I'm sorry.

Please, forgive my manners.

I'm Martin Barker and this here

is my associate,

Goran Stoichkov.

We've been expecting

you, Mr. Anderson.

Or may I call you Brett?

- Brett's good.

So you two own this place?

- No, well, Martin runs

it and I assist him,

but the property actually

belongs to a firm in the US.

- Let's go inside.

Do the interview in my

office, I can show you around.

(soft piano music)

- [Brett] Wow.

Impressive.

- Yes.

It's really something

else, isn't it?

Come on inside.

- Tell me, Brett.

How many years have you been

at the Los Angeles

Police Department?

- 15, retired four.

- How many years have

you been living in Varna?

- Uh, three years

and some change.

- (laughs) If you don't

mind me asking, why Varna?

I mean, it's a strange

choice for an American.

- Went there on

vacation and never left.

- [Goran] Varna is where

you met your wife, correct?

- My wife?

Yeah, I met her at a lake there.

What does that have to

do with the interview?

- I must apologize, Brett, but

I'm sure you can understand

given the position on offer,

it's important for us to know

as much as we possibly can

about any potential candidate.

- Maybe I missed something

on the job description,

but what does my

dead wife have to do

with me being hired or not?

- I'm sorry, Brett.

I,

we didn't mean to offend.

It's just that the

company we work for

is a little bit particular

about who they employ as

security here at the Zahari.

Please.

Forgive me.

And I am sorry about your wife.

- Thank you.

- Do you have any

plans to return to the

U.S., Mr. Anderson?

- Call me Brett.

And no, I consider

Varna my home now.

- Coffee?

- No, thank you.

- You don't speak any

Bulgarian, do you?

- Ah, a little.

Enough to make myself

understood, you know.

- In any case,

language isn't really

an essential

requirement for the job.

But, I think that's

good to know.

- So what is an

essential requirement?

- (sighs) Well,

whilst there's nothing

particularly demanding

about your position,

Goran and I, and more

importantly the management,

expect a certain

type of discretion.

- I see.

So, what kind of business do

you guys run out of this place

other than four apartments

in a three story building?

Sorry for the questions, you

know, old habits die hard.

- It's perfectly okay.

We store our own products in

the basement of the building

and we run a property

real estate company

out of the office.

You know, it generates a

little bit extra money,

income throughout the year.

- What sort of products?

- Come.

Let me show you something.

This elevator is nearly as

old as the building itself.

- [Brett] Judging by

that key I can tell.

- It's old, but it

definitely works.

- [Brett] Maybe we

should take the stairs?

- I want to show

you the basement.

And the only way to the

basement is with this elevator.

- What if there

is a power outage?

- It automatically switches

to a hydraulic system.

There is a panic button

that is wired directly

to our office, as well

as our cell phones.

In any case, that's

never happened.

(elevator beeping)

- [Brett] Hope it

stays that way.

(lock clanks)

- Fascinating.

- Certainly is.

- What's on the top floor?

- The penthouse.

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