"You have to learn to stop the senseless killings!" "The people I kill deserve to die." "Oh, sweet Jesus." "I'm gonna kill that fucker for what he did here, to my partner." "Burke, wait for backup!" "Hey, buddy..." "I shot the bastard point-blank, Wynn." "Not even the doctors have figured out how he pulled through." "I don't remember, I feel shattered." "I'm looking for a man..." "he wears a red shroud." "Who is it that seeks the shroud?" "Jade." "You were the only hellspawn to escape me." "You look a little spooked." "She hunted me as well." "Heaven has sent their bounty hunter, and now she wants your head." "Let her come." "No!" "The world has been plagued by demons from across the centuries." "Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun..." "Hitler." "And when the great battle of Armageddon comes, who does God send to protect us?" "And what must those angels be like?" "Willing to battle with the same savageness as those they've sworn to kill?" "And what are we left with then?" "Monsters killing monsters?" "Who's good and who's evil?" "Maybe it's just a matter of what side you're sitting on." "When the full moon came, the Hellspawn stared at it for a long time." "Is it expecting to discover some truth in its cold stillness?" "Clarity, maybe?" "A measure of peacefulness?" "Things he hadn't known for a long time." "But the moon only brought into his world..." "Get your fucking hands off me." "...more savageness." "You see, this is business, Lakeesha." "If you're not working for me I lose money." "Why you turn tricks for those fuckin' Russians?" "I treated you like my queen." "I'm not stupid, I see through you." "You think those nice clothes and fancy college talk makes you better than me?" "You're more whore than I am." "You're nothing but a coward!" "Is this what you do?" "You kill people with these things?" "You're not a hero, you're a coward." "Get out of my house!" "Wanda, I..." "I don't even know who you are anymore." "So, Charles, what do you want us to do with her?" "She just retired." "Cut her up." "See you around, Lakeesha." "Hey, lady, you okay?" "Officers requesting medical assistance..." "I remember this one." "We busted her a couple of months ago." "Is that you, Lakeesha?" "I know who did this." "It was Charles, wasn't it?" "Not for nothing, you don't have to let him beat on you like that." "Come on, Lakeesha, want to make a statement this time?" "Lakeesha, help us put his black ass in jail, where it belongs." "Are you gonna bring flowers to my grave?" "Leave me alone." "Announcing the arrival of Red Traveler 164, from Des Moines, Iowa, Gate 53." "She's so innocent, fresh." "The homecoming queen who came to New York to be a star." " Jesus, you know the drill." " Sure." "Oh, tricks are gonna tear into her." "Where you going, sweetheart?" "The subway." "Hey!" "Beat it!" "Or I'll gut you like a fish!" "You have to be careful, miss," "This is New York." "You just don't talk to sleazoids like him." "I was hoping to get some directions." "I'm really hungry, and I need a place to stay." "Hey, are you guys security?" "Yeah, what's the problem?" "Listen, would you guys show this girl where the YWCA is?" "And here, buy her some dinner, will you?" "Sure." "These guys will take care of you." "Good luck, miss." "If you need any help, just call me." "You're really nice." "And they told me that New Yorkers might try to take advantage of a girl." "You're a long way from the sticks." " What's your name?" " Lilly." "Lilly, like in lily-white ass?" "The doctor filled me in." "Told me he's not sure what the real damage is until the swelling goes down." "Hey, Twitch is fine." "He'll be on the streets in no time." "Hey, that's for me to decide, Detective." "According to the doctor, your partner is experiencing memory loss." "That's bullshit!" "What he needs is rest, not visitors." "How are you, Detective?" "You're probably getting tired of people asking you that." "Thank you for coming, Chief." "Detective Williams," "I know this Medal of Bravery is not much compared to what you've been through and what you've sacrificed for this city, but please accept it as a token our gratitude." "You've done well, officer." "The department is proud of you." "Well, I guess I'll be going." "He needs his rest." "You okay, Twitch?" "Look at that shit, man." "Move." "Move." "Out of the way!" "Move!" "Jesus." "Jason Wynn said he would call you." "Yes, we spoke." "He's very concerned about your officer." "I'm going to handle his care personally." "In a situation like this, epinephrine is very effective." "You got to be careful." "A large dose can cause the heart to beat so fast it tears itself apart." "Another shot?" "What is it?" "Something to help you sleep." "You've had some restless nights, officer." "I've been having nightmares." "This is gonna make your heart race a little at first, but that's normal." "Wait, I don't want the shot." "Can't you give this man some peace?" "You wake him up in the middle of the night to see if he's sleeping?" "And stop poking him all the time, he's not a damn pin cushion!" "This is Burke." "Two?" "When?" "Didn't I tell you?" "Anything in the alleys, you call me first." "And no one touches a fucking thing until I get there." "They found two more dead bodies in the alley." "Leg-breakers for a pimp downtown." "Their throats ripped out." "Near where you were popped." "It's not enough the bastard shoots you, now he's rubbing my face in it." "I have to see it." "Maybe I'll remember something." "Whoa, hold on." "Get your scrawny ass back in bed." "You still got half a bullet in your brain." "They're not gonna just let you go." "You have to sign something." "Let them off the hook." "I don't remember how to sign my name." "That's fucking great." "Okay, but when we get to the crime scene, let me do the talking." "Something happened." "What have you done?" "Wanda..." "All I wanted was to touch her again." "She saw you for what you are?" "No." "Terry is her husband." "She thinks she slept with him." "You come back from hell to reclaim your wife, this woman who means everything to you, and you make love to her in the body of another man?" " She never has to know." " You know." "Where is your honor?" "Honor?" "What do you know about honor?" "I've read the inscription on your tomb." "The black knight provided a feast of souls for Malebolgia." "He killed for the pleasure of it." "Yes, I killed women and children." "I showed no mercy." "I have had 800 years to change my heart, and still that's not enough to wash away what I've done." "You think you can save me?" "If I can bring one hellspawn back to humanity," "I can rest." "Win your points on someone else." "I'm finished here." "Let him take me back to hell." "I have nothing left to give, except to you." "Everything has been taken from me." "Everything I have ever loved and cherished is dead, gone a long time ago." "Hundreds of years ago, lost in the past." "Why do you go on?" "I want my honor back!" "Let Malebolgia take my soul," "I can't die without my honor!" "Have you ever seen anything like this?" "It's a slaughterhouse." " These two work for Charles." " Maybe it's a mob thing." "Charles took this turf from the Russians." "Nah, this ain't mob." "Hey, here comes Burke and Williams." "What's everybody standing around for?" "Get these looky-Ioo's out of here!" "Let's move it!" "You got it, Detective." "You heard the man, let's move." "Which way is the coroner gonna go with this guy?" "Cause of death, wild dogs." "But you don't believe that." "In a logical world, that would be a reasonable call." "They were both clawed, torn open." "And there are fang marks on the scalp, neck, shoulders, and chest." "No damn dog is this powerful." "These guys were tossed around like rag dolls." "It's him." "Who's him, Twitch?" "Beat it, will you?" "Get back there behind the tape with the other vultures." "Hey, where the hell are the forensic guys?" "I don't want to be out here all night!" "I'm a little surprised to see you back to work," "Officer Williams." "I heard you got hit pretty hard." "The last time we spoke was in the cop bar, right?" "You were looking in the alleys for a guy in a red cape." "If you play with matches, you can get burned." "I heard he's the prime suspect in your shooting." "You think he did this?" "Officer Williams?" "No statements until the autopsies are done, okay?" "Whatever you say, Sam." "Were these guys killed here, or just dumped?" "Can you at least throw me a bone?" "The first one was killed right here." "He fired twice as they struggled." "It's weird how their necks have been torn open but there's no blood on the snow." "No blood on the bodies." "They were licked clean." "Well, we don't really know that." "So you don't spill a drop of ink about this." "I don't want this headline showing up in my dog's mouth in the morning." "What are those patterns in the snow around the body?" "I remember when I was kid, in winter we'd throw hot caramel on the snow." "It hardened into a thin sheet and we ate it like candy." "That's what happened with the blood." "When his aorta was severed the blood that spattered froze when it hit the snow and the killer scooped it up in handfuls." "You remember stuff from when you were a kid, but you can't remember who shot you?" "The second one..." "Ran." "Yeah, that's right." "He only got about 30 feet." "The attacker brought him down with such force that the neck was severed, and the body drained of blood." "But how would you know that, Detective?" "Hey, Twitch." "I think you need to go warm up in the car." "I'm worried about Twitch." "How long has he been having these visions?" "What are you talking about, visions?" "The guy's the best cop on the force." "Look, some freak in a red cape shot my partner and he's probably responsible for these two heaps of ground rounds." "I don't think he did this." "You were right." "The bodies were licked clean and drained of blood." "Jesus, that's not even human." "The killer wasn't human." "Hey, knock off the horror movie stuff, will you?" "The coroner cites tears on the chest and neck as claw marks so deep they tore out one man's rib cage." "Their blood was consumed where they were killed." "Sounds like a big cat or a wolf." "Maybe an animal got loose." "We'll check the zoos." "It's not a wolf, sir." "I keep seeing him in my mind." "He had green eyes." "I remember his claws." "You didn't use to talk weird like this!" "You were the most straight-arrow cop I ever met." "I don't blame you, sir, if you can't believe me." "Go home, Twitch." "You need to get a little rest." "Yes, sir." "Ooh, baby." "Get away from him." "Your kind has always disgusted me." "I know who you are." "I heard all about you." "You're Jade." "The other hunters, they told me to watch out for you." "If you've gone too far and the boy is dead," "I'm sanctioned to take you." "He'll be okay." "He looks like a sweet boy." "But he's like the rest, he just wanted sex." "Those two thugs in the alley... you led them there and then you ripped them open." "I was hungry, and those pigs tried to turn me out like a cheap whore." "The cops will think it's the Hellspawn." "I want him to know I'm coming for him next." "You have no license to hunt him." "Only bounty hunters have that right." "Yeah?" "Well, the masters were gonna kick me out, but when they saw that you hadn't taken out the new hellspawn, they offered me a deal." "One last chance to prove myself." "Oh... they didn't tell you that." "You're a vicious little bitch." "No wonder the masters threw you out." "I didn't ask for this." "I was raped and torn open by a hellspawn." "So don't preach to me." "There is a way to track a hellspawn." "You act foolishly, he will finish you." "I can take care of myself." "If heaven won't take me back, there's always hell." "A pretty girl like you shouldn't be out here in these mean streets." "Come over here." "I'm not gonna bite you." "Come on, baby, it's cold out here." "I like it cold." "I saw what was left of the two guys you were with." "I want you to tell me who killed them." "I think you were there." "I was there." "I heard the fucking little pigs squeal when they were ripped open." "Did you think you were gonna be safe from me hiding in this shit-hole church?" "No one's gonna want you now." "There's only one thing you're good for." "I'm gonna put your ass on the street, bitch." "With a cut face I probably won't get as much money for you." "But you're mine!" "I own you!" "What are you?" "Tell me who you are." "Do you sleep in here with these bones?" "How long have you been like this?" "Years." "I don't like to think about that time." "I wear these clothes so I can remember what I was before I had the hunger." "I must look so ugly." "You're beautiful." "I'm just like you." "They made me into a monster too." " Who?" " One like you." "Sent from Malebolgia." "How do you know about me?" "I will take my revenge, Hellspawn." "Starting with you." "You were sent by them?" "Heaven sent a girl to kill me?" "Is this the best they can do?" "What kind of heaven sends a creature like you?" "All the rules have changed, Hellspawn." "Heaven wants to win." "You're not like the others." "This is your chance, bounty hunter." "I'm a soldier, like you." "We have our duty." "If you think you can take my head the way you took the others come and take me." "I want you to be strong... when I come back for you." "For this Hellspawn, the creatures of the dark have nourished him." "Evil has strengthened him and restored his power."