The Order Page #4

I want Mara.

Then you're a man...

and not a priest.

And if Mara's what you want,

then you should go and get her.

-

- Shh. You'll wake her.

She might be dreaming.

How we run

from the things we need.

He's dying.

That's why I'm here.

Rembrandt did some

remarkable things.

This isn't one of them.

It's a de Gelder.

But only I'll know that.

Put it in the car.

- Your services don't come cheap.

- No, they don't.

What did Dominic give you?

I mean he, uh-

he had nothing.

That's not true. He gave me friendship

once, and I returned it.

What do you think

you can do for him that I haven't?

I am the conductor

of the night train.

The answer to your question

is infinite.

- Science, medicine.

-

You give people

nothing to hold...

except words they can't pronounce.

Cancers that act capriciously.

You measure life with a ruler...

and a bathroom scale.

You take away...

you kill the mystery

that makes life mean something.

And you pretend

to understand it all...

when you understand nothing,

when you are nothing...

when your dust has

more value than you do.

Christ on the cross...

he gave forgiveness to a thief

being crucified alongside him.

The church would not

have allowed it.

- But Christ did.

- I know this man.

That's Marcus Burnham.

I read about him.

A lost sheep.

A man full of regret and fear.

Such fear.

They say he got away with murder.

That remains to be seen.

"Blood in."

"Blood out."

From Jerusalem- my brother said

it held a splinter from the true cross.

But the world is rotten with lies.

Bread for the host.

And salt for the blood.

Are you ready to make

your confession?

Uh-huh.

Forgiveness for the unforgivable.

Breathtaking.

- I forgive you.

-

I'm- I'm free.

My cross. Alex,

give me my cross, please.

So, what do you think

of what I do?

It's not immortality, Alex.

You will grow weary.

But 500 years? 1,000?

Imagine what you could accomplish

given that time.

Imagine the knowledge that waits.

What are you saying?

I'm used up.

My time is done.

But I believe in

the legacy of it all.

I should not be

the last of my kind.

There... should be another other.

But why me?

In the end, Alex,

like recognizes like.

- I'm not like you.

-

Alex, you buried an excommunicated

priest in consecrated ground...

after the church

had forbidden it.

You went around

their authority, Alex...

the same as I do.

You're exactly like me.

I hope you like sunflowers.

I love sunflowers.

You know that.

Why?

Why do you love sunflowers?

Because I always thought that...

when God was making

beautiful things...

he messed up with sunflowers.

How?

Well, 'cause they look like-

I don't know.

They look like crooked teeth around

a mouth that's too big, kind of.

Yeah.

But...just when he was

about to start over...

he realized that's what

made them beautiful.

They were a brilliant mistake.

Like you and me.

Where did you go?

- William Eden...

-

offered me the world last night.

When I saw these, I knew.

Knew what?

That all I want is you.

Tell me what it is.

It's you and me.

It's you and me till the wheels

fall off.

Yeah. That's right.

I hadn't expected you so soon.

How are you feeling?

Formal. The pain has passed.

All that remains

is the knowledge gained.

I brought you this, because

I believe it's yours.

And I have an answer for you.

Haste. That doesn't bode well.

My answer to your offer is no.

I don't want to be your successor.

Was I that wrong about you?

We have a lot in common.

I'll give you that.

Can I ask you a question?

Of course. Go ahead.

Yesterday you said

you once loved.

Were you ever married?

I've had many wives

over the years.

But my love,

that was centuries ago.

They grow old, and they die.

And I remain.

Maybe you'll understand, then.

Mara- I love her.

Well, that's fine.

Have it all- Mara too. There's no need

to choose. You're not a priest anymore.

Don't you see? I-

I don't want Mara

to grow old without me.

Alex, the greatest truth

of all is that love cannot last.

You'll grow tired of it. Bored.

I'll still be here.

And so will my offer.

Yeah.

Good-bye, William Eden.

If I've learned one thing, Alex...

it's that only in death

do we ever really say good-bye.

You want to know what I think?

Do I have a choice?

I think he's evil. I don't think you

should have given him the dagger.

And mostly, SpaghettiO, I don't think

he's gonna take no for an answer.

It's the only answer I've got.

Dominic trained us for what?

- I'm not a priest anymore, Thomas-

- For what?

- To dispatch ghosts, demons and all manner of undead.

- That's right.

- You said so yourself- Eden's a living man.

- Well, I was wrong.

And as soon as I can move,

I go back underground...

see if Chirac knows where

we can find the rest of this.

It's time to walk away.

Let it go.

No walking away, Alex.

Take Mara and run.

Get as far away from here as you can.

Lose yourselves somewhere-

- Thomas. Thomas, please.

-

Please, get some sleep.

Eat someJell- O. Do something.

I'm- I'm gonna go visit Mara.

- I'll be back here later.

- Alex, I'm serious.

Yeah, and I'm starting to laugh.

Just like you told me to.

Get some sleep.

Is it dark where you go, Mara?

Is your pain shapeless...

or does it take form?

What are you doing here?

I came to see you.

I thought we should finally meet.

I've heard many confessions.

I never made one.

Did you know Alex's

mother killed herself?

Has he ever told you that?

How do you know

about his mom?

I was there.

His father died

in a car accident.

I was there then too.

Like me, Alex was defined...

by specific events in his youth.

In his case, they were too important

to be left to fate.

You killed them?

-

- And Dominic helped me mold him.

Dominic gave me Alex.

That was his sin.

You still haven't answered

my question, Mara.

Is it dark where you go, Mara?

When the nightingales sing?

Hmm?

I brought them to you.

I placed you in Alex's path.

Your love is my creation...

manufactured like an automobile.

You don't need to worry.

Alex will be fine.

I'll see to it.

I'm sorry, girl...

but this world

is too much with me.

I'll take you to a place

where it isn't dark anymore...

where the sun

shines all the time.

I'm sorry.

Mara?

Oh!

Ohh! Ohh! Ahh!

No! No! Oh, no.

Mara. Mara.

Mara, baby. Baby.

Baby, I-

Baby. Oh!

In nomine Patris, et Fili-

Oh, God.

I'm sorry. I can't.

I can't.

I'm not a priest anymore.

I can take you there if I-

Baby, oh, hang on, okay?

Hold on, okay, please?

No. I-

Baby. Now-

Buon giorno, Mr. Alex.

Eden!

He's not here.

Where is he?

- We thought you would know, Mr. Alex.

- Eden!

He said to say good-bye.

He told me to tell you

that everything's in order.

Everything that once was his

is now yours.

What's going on here?

What's going on here?

"Barath-mae, barath-sec. "

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

And watch your language.

It's a set-up.

Now...

kiss the ring...

and I'll spare your life.

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