The Fountain Page #3

Repeat the procedure.

Get a confirmation.

Confirmation the tumor is unaffected?

She'll be dead by then.

Tommy.

She had a seizure.

I'm so sorry.

-How's she doing?

-She's stable.

Who's with her?

-She's alone?

-She needs to rest.

Tommy, no one invents

new drugs overnight. No one.

You're not being rational.

You can't fix everything--

-Don't tell me what I can and can't do.

-Your wife needs you. Why are you here?

Why the f*** do you think I'm here?

Oh, sh*t.

-Thank you.

-You're welcome.

-Is that Tommy?

-Yeah. I'll go get him.

I'll leave you two alone.

Lillian, I'm sorry about before.

She's amazing.

Oh, and could...?

Could you have Henry

rescan the animals?

-Okay.

-Thanks.

-Hey.

-Hey.

Brought your manuscript,

in case you wanna work.

How you feeling?

Good.

Sorry.

What about?

There's been progress at work.

My conquistador.

-Always conquering.

-No, no.

-Something amazing. We tested--

-That's for you.

It's for me? What is it?

Open it.

Pen and ink. For writing.

It's all done except the last chapter.

-I want you to help me.

-How?

Finish it.

-Finish it.

-The--?

-I don't know how it ends.

-You do.

You will.

Stop it.

-Remember Moses Morales?

-Who?

The Mayan guide I told you about.

-From your trip?

-Yeah.

The last night I was with him,

he told me about his father, who had died.

But Moses wouldn't believe it.

-Izzi.

-No. No. Listen.

Listen. He said...

...if they dug his father's body up,

he would be gone.

They planted a seed over his grave.

The seed became a tree.

Moses said his father

became part of that tree.

He grew into the wood...

...into the bloom.

And when a sparrow ate the tree's fruit...

...his father flew with the birds.

He said...

...death was his father's road to awe.

That's what he called it.

"The road to awe."

Now, I've been trying

to write the last chapter...

...and I haven't been able

to get that out of my head.

Why are you telling me this?

I'm not afraid anymore, Tommy.

I asked Lilly...

...if I could be buried at her farm.

Oh, stop it!

I want you to be with me.

I am with you. Look.

I'll always be with you.

I promise.

Will you stay with me tonight?

Yeah, I'll stay.

I'll stay.

Don't worry.

We're almost there.

Through that last dark cloud

is a dying star.

And soon enough, Shibalba will die.

And when it explodes, you will be reborn.

You will bloom.

And I will live.

Don't worry. We're almost there.

Thank you, Lord. We are here!

Circles.

He leads us in circles.

Only we are left.

All of your countrymen are dead.

He killed them all, with this blind quest.

It's time.

Time to stop him.

Captain. We are lost.

The Franciscan and his tales are false.

There is no hope for us here.

There's only death.

-I've mapped a course back to the ships.

-Coward.

Damn the maps.

No!

We are close, and I will find it.

Captain!

Captain! Captain.

Father. What is it, Franciscan?

In the jungle.

-Yes, Father.

-The markings on the hilt.

-On the dagger?

-It is the same.

-The same?

-The same as on the stone.

Your choice. Die now,

or by my side, fight to live.

You fool.

-Captain.

-Father.

Take it.

We are here.

-Where?

-The temple is there.

Sorry, Father.

For you, there is only death.

But our destiny is life.

You shall wear it when you find Eden.

And when you return...

...I shall be your Eve.

Iz? Iz!

Jesus Christ.

Oh, come on, come on, come on.

Oh, don't. Please. Please.

Step aside.

-She's in defib. Pulse thready.

-I'm bagging.

-Sir.

-What's the rhythm?

-Get the family out. Get him out!

-Sir, please!

-Give me the pads.

-Charging.

Pulse thready.

What's the pressure?

Oh, God.

Tommy?

I know. I know.

I've never seen anything like it.

-Antonio didn't reach you?

-What?

It's Donovan. The growth is shrinking.

It's like the disease is cured.

Izzi.

Izzi!

Izzi.

-No, no, no, no!

-Sir. Please, sir.

Sir. Sir, it's too late.

I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.

Sir. It's too late!

-Stop him. Let him go.

-Get off!

No.

No.

No! No, no, no!

Don't die. Don't die.

Don't die. Don't die. No! No!

No!

Don't die.

It seems to me that we...

...struggle all our lives to become whole.

Complete enough when we die...

...to achieve a measure of grace.

Few of us ever do.

Most of us end up going out the way

we came in, kicking and screaming.

But somehow, Izzi, young as she was...

...she achieved that grace.

In her last days, she became whole.

She saw her...

Tommy?

-Tommy.

-Just stop it!

Death is a disease.

It's like any other.

And there's a cure.

A cure. And I will find it.

No!

All these years...

...all these memories...

...there's been you.

You pulled me through time.

Dr. Creo.

Dr. Creo, we heard you were back.

Update me on everything we know

about that tree. Every detail.

I'm okay.

Everything's fine.

The Donovan breakthrough's our

starting point. It's just a starting point.

All right? Let's build on it.

Stop aging. Stop dying.

Stop dying. That's our goal.

Scans, cultures, charts.

Let's get to work.

Come on, let's get to work.

Shibalba.

We're here.

We almost made it.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Finish it.

Stop it.

Stop it!

What do you want?

Leave me alone!

Please, please. I'm afraid.

Will you deliver Spain from bondage?

I don't know.

I'm trying. I don't know how.

You do.

You will.

You do.

You will.

I'm not afraid anymore, Tommy.

I'm going to die.

I'm going to die.

Together, we will live forever.

Forever.

Forever.

Forever.

We will live forever.

Finish it.

Okay.

-What are you doing here?

-Take a walk with me.

I have too much work.

- It's the first snow. We always--

-They're waiting on me.

-Come on, Tommy.

-Please, Izzi.

I'm sorry.

I am.

I'll see you tonight, okay?

Izzi.

Hey! Dr. Creo. Antonio's on his way back.

Donovan's open and ready.

His vitals are steady.

Come on. Let's go.

Dr. Creo, where are you going?

Izzi? Izzi.

No!

Finish it.

Behold.

Oh, God!

My queen.

Now and forever.

We shall be togeth--

Bye, Iz.

-I finished it.

-Is everything all right?

Yes. Everything's all right.

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