Vampires Page #3

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You look different than your picture.

Im an archivist.

I`vve studied the team extensively.

Whats this bruise on her jaw?

I had to hit her.

She was trying to kill herself.

I had to pull her off the fire escape.

Then I fell through the window.

Thats all?

Yeah.

- Whyd you slug her?

- I cut my arm on broken glass.

I was pissed. I dont know.

I f***ing slugged her. Who cares?

This is our new padre.

Weve been ordered back to Monterey.

Rebuild the team. Start over.

- Were going back to Monterey?

- No.

Callahans whole team is gone.

Slaughtered.

- Its just us now.

- That`ss right.

- Who is she?

- Some hooker. Bitten by Valek.

Vampires are psychically linked

to each other.

As soon as she hooks into Valek...

we go looking for him.

- We have orders to follow.

- F*** you, Padre.

Language! If youre not going to follow

orders, I`lll call Cardinal Alba.

Excuse me. Language.

Lets have a chat about language.

See if this syntax works for you.

You dont make a phone call,

you don`tt blow your nose...

you dont wipe your ass

unless I tell you, okay?

Show me.

Here we go.

Katrina, can you hear me?

- What is it?

- Theres someone else now.

Someone youre connected to in your

mind. You know who I`mm talking about?

What are you seeing?

I cant.

Yes, you can.

Youre here with us and you`rre safe.

Where is he?

What are you seeing?

Its dark.

Keep trying.

Its a map.

A circle on the map.

- We need a location.

- Im working on it.

- Before she loses him!

- You want to switch places?

Just come on.

Katrina, listen carefully.

I need to know exactly where you are.

What youre seeing right now.

Details.

He killed the priest!

- All right, youre safe.

- A priest? What priest?

Moving now.

Stay with it.

Theres a sign.

On the highway.

It says San MigueI.

San Miguel? Come on, keep trying.

You have to.

I cant.

- Goddamn it!

- The links broken.

What priest is she talking about?

Goddamn it!

I can get a list of the churches in

San Miguel if you let me use the phone.

Call every church.

Find one where an old padres missing.

Road trip, Montoya. Your job

is to watch this girl. Goddamn it!

Whats wrong with you?

Im just tired, that`ss all.

Is there something

you want to tell me?

Nothing youd want to listen to.

I got the fax this morning

from the cardinals office in Santa Fe.

Youre an investigator

working for the Catholic Church?

Right. We looking into a pattern

of anti-Catholic hate crimes.

- May I?

- Its pretty damn savage.

What about the old priest?

Any of this blood his?

- His name is Father Molina.

- Sorry.

You get something on this case,

youll share it with me, right?

Thats right.

- I better not find out different.

- You wont.

So far it looks like all of this blood

is from Mrs. Fisher.

We wont know for sure until we get

a sample through pathology.

Was anything stolen?

- Just Father Molina.

- We found him.

Lord!

I dont gef this!

Why come to North Podunk and attack

some old priest and a cleaning lady?

Does that make sense?

Valek didnt feed on them.

Father Molina was a well-known scholar

of early Catholic history in the U.S.

- Who gives a sh*t?

- I dont know?

I dont know why Valek killed him.

- Whats this symbol?

- The church doesn`tt know.

You and the cardinal

are Iying sacks of sh*t.

Help me.

The hours getting late.

Its a medieval astronomical sign...

for the sun.

There are seven more with him now.

- Powerful!

- Are they masters?

Yes.

Padre...

Im beginning to like you,

so don`tt make me hurt you, okay?

Tell me what you know.

Ill buy you a beer and get you laid.

You dont tell me,

I`lll have to start cutting on you.

No, you wont.

You`rre a righteous man.

Besides, I serve a higher master

than you.

Any secrets I keep are kept to protect

the church and its followers.

- Open your mouth.

- What?

Open your mouth.

Give me your hand.

Listen to me, you f***!

My father kept a secret once.

He had been bitten by a vampire.

He kept it a secret

from me and my mother.

By the fifth day, he was turning.

That night he attacked my mother.

And then he came after me.

I killed my own father, Padre.

I got no trouble killing you.

Last chance.

Now open your motherfucking mouth.

Open your f***ing mouth!

What? You ready?

Excuse me. What?

Valek is looking for an ancient relic:

the Cross of Berziers.

After his trial, fhe church declared

Valek was possessed by demons.

He was taken to a small town

in France called Berziers.

Exorcism was performed...

using an ancient, forbidden form

of the ceremony.

It was long, and very brutal.

And then something went wrong.

A wooden gate is opening.

The accounts are confused,

but they refer to an inverse exorcism.

The body is destroyed,

but the possessed soul remains.

The exorcism transformed Valek

into a creature...

whose body is dead,

but who lives on.

- A vampire.

- Yeah, a vampire.

Its a cross.

The stories you heard

abouf the black cross are true.

If was used in Valeks exorcism,

then taken back to Rome.

Its known as the Berziers Cross.

The cross was shipped

to the New World.

It was moved from one

Spanish mission to another.

Its exact location was kept secret

even from the Vatican.

For hundreds of years it was lost.

Then Cardinal Alba discovered the name

of the only living priest...

who knew the location

of the cross.

Father Joseph Molina.

Cardinal Alba and I came to the

United States to find Father Molina...

to reclaim the Berziers Cross,

and that is all I know.

Youre a good man.

Welcome to the team.

God forgive me.

He found it.

Lets hit it.

Wait! Wait, stop the car.

That way.

It was here.

Damn!

You picking up anything?

Hes gone.

- You dont look so good.

- She hasn`tt turned. She can`tt eat.

Maybe she wants human blood.

- I said she hasnt-

- I heard.

- Why dont you back off?

- What`ss with you?

Whats with me? What`ss with you?

You`rre being a f***ing a**hole!

What the f*** is your problem?

Youre not falling

for this half-dead-

- Nice shot. Want to try again?

- Stop it!

- Get the f*** outta here!

- What are you doing?

- Were about to have a good fight.

- No!

Do you know why Valek wants

the Berziers Cross? Think about it.

He wants to finish his transformation.

The exorcism was never completed.

Valek was left vulnerable,

able to survive only at night.

So if he completes the ritual-

I think the balance shifts.

For 600 years, Valek has wanted

to find a way to live in the daylight.

Oh, f*** me.

Now with the Berziers Cross, he will.

A master vampire, able to walk

in the sun, unstoppable...

unless we stop him.

Well have to finish this

some other time.

- Yeah.

- Eight hours of sun left. Come on.

Come on, baby.

Thats where he is.

Santiago.

The place looks empty.

Hes near.

Hello?

What do you figure

the population is? 20?

Id say 30, maybe more.

Now the question is,

how many of them are goons?

Worst-case scenario, half:

If he took the town, Valek would

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