"(dramatic orchestral music)" "There." "That's better." "Well, my friends, how are you?" "Oh don't answer that question, I can see." "Young and healthy, cool, calm, and collected." "And contented." "And so you should be contented." "You all lead custody lives." "You're carried from adventure to adventure in your warm, comfortable trunk." "And who carries you?" "I do." "A frail, fragile old man." "Do I need (mumble)?" "Next time I cut off your feet, and I'll put you up on wheels, and you can all pull me along in the trunk." "Oh don't look so worried, it may never happen." "Well we'll rest here tonight, and tomorrow we'll be safe in Switzerland." "Now let's see if I can find something for us to eat." "(dramatic cello music)" "Well I found this tin of sardines." "All I need now is a tin opener." "What is it?" "What have you found?" "Well..." "Well." "Cyclops." "Cyclops." "He was one of the first of the family." "It all began, I suppose..." "One day with old Afzel in Cairo long ago." "(music intensifies)" "(speaking foreign language)" "Those who steal the secrets of the Gods must die!" "Those who steal the secrets of the Gods must die!" "Feel the power of Sutekh!" "Feel the power of Sutekh!" "(otherworldly sounds) (groaning)" "(sigh of relief)" "No so powerful as once he was, this god of yours." "One day he will be just like his temples." "Die, sorcerer!" "Die, sorcerer!" "Yes." "I will die." "But not today." "(speaking foreign language)" "No, Sutekh, not today." "[Sutekh] Rise, slaves of Sutekh!" "Rise from the sands!" "Rise from the dead!" "Awaken!" "Breathe!" "Live!" "Who am I?" "You are Sutekh, our lord." "Most holy and terrible." "Sutekh, most holy and terrible." "Sutekh, most holy and terrible." "[Sutekh] Who are you?" "Your slave." "Your slave." "Your slave." "[Sutekh] You know my will, slaves." "A sorcerer has stolen my great secret, the secret of life." "He flees now to (mumble) with the infidels." "Disguise yourselves and follow him." "Destroy him and all to whom knows my secret." "Hear my command!" "All who learn the secret of life must die!" "Go, slaves!" "Come." "[Sutekh] And do not fail me." "The world was younger then." "And so indeed was I." "(whimsical orchestral music)" "Let's begin." "(triumphant orchestral music)" "[Margarette] Ilsa, Ilsa please just wait!" "Wait a moment." "Where are you going?" "Where am I going?" "Margarette, we're in Paris." "Don't you want to see it?" "We see it every day." "Shopping, the proper places with chaperones, that's not Paris." "Do you know Paris doesn't even wake up until after midnight." "There's excitement out there, magic." "I want to find it." "If your father finds out you're sneaking off in the middle of the night, you'll find yourself being shipped back home to Geneva." "Being cooped up in here and trotted off to dance with old men at embassy balls, we might as well be back in Geneva." "Besides, he won't do anything if he doesn't find out." "Okay, but please be careful and don't go into any opium dens." "(uplifting orchestral music)" "Mademoiselle, am I not a pathetic sight?" "Did you ever imagine the depths to which a boy could sink?" "I... (coughs) Come, a few coins." "Ease your conscience." "I can use the money and I'm sure it'll make you feel so much better." "I..." "All right." "There." "I sure you feel so much better." "Good crowd tonight." "Wonderful." "Come, positions, everyone!" "Hey, where's Vigo?" "Last minute repairs." "Ah, it's two minutes before curtain time." "He's not a professional." "Please, positions." "Monsieur Vigo, at your convenience, we would like to begin." "Yeah, I'm almost ready, Andre." "Almost ready." "There, perfection." "I'm happy for you both." "Please, take your place." "You worry too much, Andre." "It is fashionable to be late." "Fashionable for the audience, not the production." "Hurry, let's go!" "All in position?" "Good." "(dramatic violin music)" "(drum rolling)" "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome you to the real world." "A world of magic, of gods, and of monsters." "Here, all familiar illusion will be swept away." "Here, all things become one..." "Of terror and wonder." "Heaven and Hell." "Fear and desire." "I give you The Theatre Magique, where all things are possible." "(classical piano music)" "[Latour] With this one eye of mine," "I can see better than any other two." "[Duval] If one is better than two, then perhaps none would be better than one." "[Andre] What strange and frightening place is this?" "[Vigo] Don't you know, my friend?" "[Valentin] Smell the sulfur, feel the heat of the flames." "[Andre] We could be nowhere else but Hell." "[Latour] Everywhere is Hell, for we are the damned." "(eerie violin music)" "(horses clomping)" "He's left the nest." "Go, quickly, follow him." "Follow him." "Follow him." "Approach him from behind." "Do not let him suspect." "Then kill him." "Afterwards, there will be more money." "Don't you worry, sir." "You can depend on us." "Do not fail!" "Do not fail." "Do not fail." "We won't." "We won't." "[Andre] Why do we stay here?" "Let us escape." "[Vigo] There is no escape from fate." "[Valetin] We all are puppets dancing on a string." "[Latour] Free will is an illusion." "[Valentin] We can only act at the whim of the puppeteer." "[Andre] Then our path is clear." "Into the fire with you all, and with me as well, and thus the comedy ends." "(gasps)" "(clapping)" "[Second Servant] Why do we not attack?" "Why use them?" "[First Servant] Why?" "He senses us." "He knows when we approach." "And he has power." "Do you think they can kill him?" "Yeah, can they kill him?" "He is mortal." "If he is caught unaware." "And if not, no loss." "(dramatic orchestral music)" "(clapping)" "(suspenseful violin music)" "(clapping)" "(groaning)" "Help, help!" "Police, police!" "Let's get outta here, let's go!" "Police!" "Oh dear, oh no." "Help!" "Help!" "Open the door!" "Open the door please!" "Please help, a man's been attacked!" "(conversing in French)" "What did they say, what are they going to do?" "To do?" "Well since there's neither a bribe nor a loose morale mademoiselle attached to the complaint, I suspect they'll do nothing." "I'm afraid he's right, these sort of things are rather common." "I wanted to thank you for helping." "It was my pleasure." "The old man." "Well?" "If he wakes in the next hour, he should recover." "If he doesn't, he probably won't." "But why would they want to kill him?" "Some men don't need a reason." "Mademoiselle, can we escort you home?" "Oh, no, no, no thank you." "Valentin, get her a carriage." "I live to serve." "I saw you in the theatre." "And I saw you." "That is, of course I saw you." "Have you been doing this for long?" "The puppets, I mean." "All my life." "Really?" "Well it was very nice to meet you." "Obviously, the circumstances..." "The circumstances could've been better, yes." "Yes, you have to forgive me, this sort of thing doesn't happen to me very often." "Well never, in fact." "With the men in the alley." "You did very well for your first time." "Her majesty's carriage awaits." "Yes, I really should, my father..." "That is, I should be going." "Goodnight." "Good evening." "Did you enjoy the show?" "Oh, it was interesting." "Now there's a diplomatic answer." "I liked it very much." "Then come again, please." "I'll, I'll try." "Good evening, monsieur." "Andre." "Andre." "Goodnight." "Goodnight." "Oh Andre!" "Shut it." "(laughing)" "[First Servant] Afzel still lives." "[Second Servant] He still lives." "[First Servant] I sense him, he is weaker at least." "Weaker, but now what?" "Now what?" "It will be harder now." "He has known of us from the beginning." "He senses us." "He waits for us." "But we must choose the time and the place to strike." "We cannot fall no more." "(mumble)." "(dramatic bass music)" "You should try to attract a more working class (mumble), Andre." "They're always more generous to poor, helpless unfortunates like me." "These rich bastards, squeezing a sous out of them is like real work." "I'll see what I can do for you." "Make some girl puppets, naked ones." "Maybe a sort of puppet (mumble)." "(laughing)" "(coughing)" "I thought you just coughed for your customers." "Is it real now?" "To tell you the truth, I'm not sure myself." "You're both a gentleman and a scholar, Andre." "I'm neither." "Goodnight." "I suppose you'll have to do." "Oh, you're awake." "How are you feeling, you were attacked by some..." "I know what happened to me." "Is there anybody you'd like me to send for?" "Family, friends?" "I've had no living relatives for almost 2,900 years." "Oh, I see." "Put that thing down and come over here." "Sit." "Listen carefully and do not interrupt." "My name is Afzel, I am a sorcerer." "Born in Egypt some 3,000 years ago, but now I'm being pursued by the servants of an elder god named Sutekh." "They pursue me because I stole the secret of life." "The power to place the soul of a man inside a dead thing..." "And make it live." "But now I am dying." "I cannot be saved, but the secret must be saved." "The elder gods bide their time." "When they rise 100 years from now, a thousand, nothing but the secret of life may save humankind, I will teach it to you, do you understand?" "Yeah, I see, I understand." "You're a 3,000 year old sorcerer from Egypt and you want to teach me the secret of life?" "But I think you should rest." "There will be plenty of time for that tomorrow, don't you think," "I mean after 3,000 years, what (speaking foreign language) would one more night matter?" "Is the old man mad?" "Or is the young man a fool?" "Look over there, young man." "(dramatic sting)" "This is the secret of life?" "They do not live, I use them as you do, as puppets." "Now they are mere shells." "The will that drives them is mine." "The secret of life is very different." "Far more precious." "We can make your puppets truly live as men live, with souls and wills." "What are they doing?" "Carving signs of protection for your doors." "It will make it harder for my enemies..." "To find me." "(owl hooting)" "Sometimes I think I must be going mad." "What?" "What, I give you an opening like that and you don't take advantage of it?" "Bring him inside." "He's..." "Dead, yes I know, it's fortunate for us." "Bodies are easier to find in the streets of Cairo than in the streets of Paris." "What are you talking about?" "Did you think it was enough merely to teach you theory?" "To be a master, you must practice what you have learned." "Think of it as a gift, sir, a rebirth if that makes it easier for you, but in the name of everything holy, please get him inside before somebody walks by, quickly!" "(dramatic flute music)" "Take it." "Tool of the art, I give it to you." "Careful." "(magical chime)" "The ring does not matter." "It has no special power." "It is merely a tool, the same is true with the fluid." "For our magic, it serves merely as a bridge for the lifeforce." "Your soul." "Now..." "Now the words." "(speaking foreign language)" "(dramatic bass music)" "There, see?" "See?" "It cannot speak, of course." "But it lives." "It lives?" "Do you know me?" "Do you know what I have done?" "Have I harmed you?" "I need a little rest." "Afzel!" "What?" "Are you all right?" "No, I'm dying, I told you that before." "But not right this moment." "But soon." "One day." "No more." "Is there anything I can do?" "Yes." "The gift I have given you is the most precious in the world." "Down through the centuries, armies have fought and died for it." "Do not waste it." "(dramatic flute music)" "Where are you?" "Where have you gone?" "Please come back, please!" "Can you hear me?" "Where are you hiding?" "I don't mean to hurt you." "Please, stop it." "Come back." "Please come back!" "(knocking)" "(whispers in French)" "Oh, it's..." "Ilsa." "I hope I, well I can see I didn't wake you." "Oh no, no." "May I come in?" "Oh please, (mumble)." "I hope you don't mind my coming, I wanted to..." "Well I would have come to the performance, but sometimes it's rather difficult for me to get away from home." "No, of course, I'm glad you came, but you see..." "How is he?" "How is..." "I'm sorry?" "That poor old man, is he any better?" "Oh, he's fine." "Oh that's good, I was rather worried." "He is, like I said, asleep now of course." "I, I have a confession to make." "What, a confession?" "Yes." "I didn't come only to ask about the old man," "I came to see you." "(mumble) me?" "Yes, I'm sure that's rather shocking, a young girl coming out in the middle of the night to meet with a virtual stranger." "Or perhaps not." "After all, you are in the theatre." "I won't find it shocking at all," "I'm very glad you came." "But I'm afraid you'll have to go." "I'm sorry?" "Yes, it's late you see, and I'm very busy." "I see." "I must seem like a bit of a fool to you." "Please, it's not that, it's..." "The old man is asleep." "Yes, I seem like a bit of a fool myself." "You don't understand." "No really, there's nothing to understand, you certainly owe me no explanation, we really don't know each other at all, really, I'm sure a man such as yourself, you have many willing women and" "I can hardly compare with their expertise." "Please listen to me." "I can't explain, but I am very glad you came." "(glass shattering)" "[Ilsa] No, don't!" "No, no, don't!" "Keep your hands off me!" "Oh, you." "You have no right to do this!" "Please, mademoiselle, no scenes." "You'll pay for this." "Oh mademoiselle, I have already been paid." "Keep your hands off her!" "You are not going to put up a struggle are you, mademoiselle?" "Please take the mademoiselle." "[Ilsa] I hope you don't expect an apology." "I am not sorry!" "I'm not a child anymore and you had no right to send this, this watchdog of yours!" "Oh, mademoiselle." "Please, leave us." "Yes sir." "Ilsa, I'm extremely disappointed in you." "If you do not wish to be treated like a child, you shouldn't behave like one." "Clearly you still have some growing up to do and I'm afraid Paris is not the place to do it." "At the end of the week I'm going to return you to Geneva." "Father..." "In the meantime, of course, you will not be permitted to leave the embassy." "Father, I swear to you..." "I'm sorry, Ilsa, my mind is made up." "Good evening." "Father!" "Good evening." "(door slams)" "(bell rings)" "Who are you?" "Why are you doing this?" "Excuse me, young man, but I'm rather tired." "It is past my bedtime." "I bid you goodnight and good lesson, clown." "(dramatic sting)" "[First Servant] I feel him." "[Second Servant] Feel him!" "He is weak." "And he is close." "It is time to act." "Time to kill." "To kill." "To kill." "Come." "(dramatic violin music)" "Oh, Valentin, is the door repaired?" "Yes, my skills were able to encompass this heroic enterprise." "(glass shatters)" "(dramatic sting)" "(slow motion) Hey, what the devil do you think you are doing?" "(otherworldly sounds)" "(groaning)" "(grunting)" "(dramatic music)" "(otherworldly sounds)" "(gunshots)" "(otherworldly sounds)" "At last, the rats have come for the (mumble)." "You are weak now, thief." "Your powers cannot match ours." "You must die, thief." "You must die, thief." "Yes." "I will die." "But not at your hands." "Sutekh will not lay claim to my death." "(otherworldly sounds)" "I think he's dead." "All praise to Sutekh!" "All praise to Sutekh!" "All praise to Sutekh!" "(horses clomping)" "(dramatic bass music)" "Oh my God." "(music intensifies)" "I'm sorry, my friends." "I'm sorry I failed you." "And I'm sorry that I need your help." "Vengeance may not be the most noble reason for living, but for now, it is all I have." "(train bell ringing)" "[Second Servant] It is he." "[Third Servant] It is he." "No, it is another." "That thief Afzel has given the secret of life to another." "Then another must die." "Another must die." "Come." "(dramatic horn music)" "(speaking foreign language)" "Oh, my friend." "You've returned." "You're not frightened anymore?" "I wish I wasn't." "Afzel?" "Oh, I see." "Not Afzel." "Six Shooter then." "And Blade." "Drill Sergeant." "Doctor Death." "Cyclops." "And no longer my master?" "Will you follow me?" "Then we shall be avengers." "We shall be destroyers of evil." "It is no longer safe and there will be too many questions I cannot answer." "But I cannot come face to face with your killers without protection." "Ah!" "When Blade here is finished, we will leave." "These devils can't fly, and if they're returning to Egypt, there aren't too many ways for them to go." "We will find them, I promise you." "Finished?" "Lacking in amenities, I fear." "But by far the least conspicuous means of transportation." "You've come looking for me." "Die!" "(otherworldly sounds) (groaning)" "Not so easy to kill me." "Die on your knees, thief!" "Bow down before the god you mock!" "I bow down to nothing evil!" "(groaning)" "Not so easy to kill." "Kill!" "(suspenseful music)" "(groaning)" "(gunshots)" "I think we will leave Paris, my friends." "There's nothing more for us here now." "Nothing more." "[Sutekh] Rise, obey!" "Live again!" "That one is useless, he cannot be brought back again." "Mighty one, the thief Afzel is dead." "[Sutekh] Not (mumble) the secret of life." "Make no excuses, you have failed me." "We have failed." "Oh most holy and terrible one, Sutekh, whose heart is the very blackness of time." "I beg you." "Give us the power to do your will." "To kill this thief." "[Sutekh] Take this power, but do not use it too much." "All praise to Sutekh!" "[Second Servant] All praise to Sutekh!" "(dramatic violin music)" "One he loves." "[Ilsa] Dear Monsieur Toulon, please accept my most profound apologies for any inconvenience and..." "Inconvenience, are you mad?" "Dear Andre." "Dearest Andre." "My dear phantom whom I shall never see again." "Mademoiselle, may I be of some service?" "No, no thank you." "Mademoiselle should be pleased to know that when I retire, one of my most able assistants will take my place." "I see." "So in the event that mademoiselle requires any assistance, someone would be available at all times." "You are so kind." "Hardly kind, mademoiselle." "Merely efficient." "Good evening." "Yes, good evening." "(dramatic bass music)" "(horses clomping)" "She is here?" "You have a message for the ambassador's daughter?" "A message, yes." "Where is she?" "Where is she?" "Asleep in her room in the West Wing, I presume." "Leave it here." "Leave it?" "You said you had a message." "Yes." "Well what is it?" "Die." "(otherworldly sounds) (groaning)" "Who are you?" "What do you want here?" "Sleep." "(otherworldly sounds)" "Take her." "(music intensifies)" "You, stay!" "Die." "(otherworldly sounds)" "Of what use is she to us if he does not know?" "He will know." "I will send him the dream and he will know." "But how can you send him a dream if we do not know where he is?" "By the power of Sutekh, all who sleep and dream in the city tonight will have the same nightmare." "But one will know that it is more than a nightmare." "And he will come to us." "Your life for hers, (mumble)." "Come to us all." "I have a ticket on the morning train to Calais." "Yes?" "Is there any other train leaving tonight?" "Well not to the..." "Anywhere, please!" "Well there's the night train to Marseille." "The 2:05, but you're going to have to hurry to catch it." "A ticket please, quickly." "Why the change in plans?" "Give me the blasted ticket!" "Okay?" "(whistle blowing)" "(train horn blowing)" "[Conductor] Bonsoir, welcome aboard, monsieur." "Any seat that you would like, these here, any seat in the first two cars?" "Yes, thank you." "Can you please tell me have you seen two strange men and a young dark haired woman?" "[Conductor] I'm afraid I didn't see them, monsieur." "Perhaps you were misinformed?" "Yes, perhaps, thank you." "(train horn blowing)" "(dramatic violin music)" "(suspenseful bass music)" "(suspenseful violin music)" "(door lock clicking)" "It was I who sent the dream." "Let her go!" "Come forward." "Come forward." "Let her go!" "You have seen what this hand can do." "Come forward." "Is this what you want?" "Afzel's secrets?" "Afzel has no secrets." "It is a possession of Sutekh." "Born in the black fire at the beginning of time." "His secrets." "How do you know that this is the only copy?" "You've not had time to make another." "If you have, I'll have (mumble) comfort you in Hell." "In Hell!" "Live to see her die." "Puppet master." "(laughing)" "(groaning)" "(music intensifies)" "(glass shatters)" "(crunching sounds)" "My friends, mission accomplished." "Are you all right?" "I'm not quite sure." "You don't need to be afraid of them." "I'm afraid I've been rude, I haven't made the proper introductions." "Ilsa, this is Cyclops, Blade, Drill Sargent," "Doctor Death, Pinhead, and Six Shooter." "They are my very dear friends." "I'm very pleased to meet you all." "Very pleased." "(train horn blowing)" "Very pleased." "What?" "You want to know what happened to Cyclops?" "And the others?" "Well my friends, that is another story which I will tell you at another time." "I see it's morning, and the rain has stopped." "We should be in Switzerland by lunch time." "Safe at last." "(dramatic orchestral music)" "(triumphant orchestral music)"