"As long as humanity has existed, there have been Others among us." "They're human, yet they have abilities beyond those of ordinary men." "Witches, sorcerers, shape-shifters the Others are as varied as stars in the sky." "The Others are soldiers in the eternal war:" "The struggle between Dark and Light." "Light Others protected mankind from the Dark Others who plagued and tortured humans." "Legend tells of a day when the two armies met on a bridge." "Geser, lord of the Light and Zavulon, general of the Darkness, faced each other." "And neither one would give way." "And so began a great battle bloody and merciless." "Zavulon gloried in the slaughter." "But Lord Geser wept." "As the screams of the dying reached heaven Geser realized the armies were equally matched and he knew that unless the fighting stopped every last soul would perish." "So he stopped the battle." "Thus, the forces of Light and Darkness forged a truce." "Geser spoke for the Light and Zavulon spoke for the Darkness." "And these things were agreed:" "No one could be forced to good or evil without choosing freely." "The soldiers of Light would be called Night Watch making sure Dark Others obeyed the truce." "And the soldiers of Darkness would be called Day Watch, to do the same." "And so the balance would be kept for centuries to come." "But one day, an Other would come more powerful than any before him." "Like all Others, he would have to choose between Light and Dark." "And his choice would change the balance forever." "Hi." "I'm here about your ad." "Did you bring a picture?" "Yeah." "Just a second." " Here." " Let me see it." "Come on in." "It's messy in here, so go into the kitchen." "Have a seat, son." "Don't worry about a thing." "You don't mind if I call you son, do you?" "You're all like sons to me." " Look, the reason I came" " I already know the reason you're here Anton." "You loved her and you took care of her and a few days ago, she just packs her bags then leaves you." "I take after my grandmother and my mother." "The women in my family have a gift." " I'll take care of everything." " Yes, but what I don't get" "What is it you don't get?" "She's going to have a baby." "It's not yours." "Don't worry." "I'II get her back for you, no problem but the baby will pull her away from you, toward the other man." "But to kill an innocent child..." " ... is a great sin." " Yeah?" "Yeah." "So you're saying to get my wife back we need to kill an unborn child" "Why are you so afraid, Anton?" "I clap my hands like this and he dies, she just has a miscarriage." "But you must take the sin on yourself." " You know, the thing is" " Do you?" "Take it?" " The sin?" " The sin." " Sure." " We have a deal?" "We have a deal." "Don't worry." "I'll take care of it." "Okay, almost there." "We just mix it up a little." " With lemonade?" " Again with the questions." "Here, drink this." "Everything is sterilized." "Drink." "Are you kidding?" "This is" "What's more important to you?" "The ingredients?" "Or the effect?" " The effect." " Then drink it." "Come on." "What is it?" "I can't be with you." "See?" "Was that so awful?" "That's that." "And now for the next stage." "We will take care of the brat." "Red water, stranger's living walls." "The unwanted rotten seed." "Cease the time of evil growth." "That is what you need." "That is what is needed." " Oh, no." " Let it break the stranger's hold." "Unwanted seed, it cannot grow." "Let it break the stranger's hold." "Unwanted seed, it cannot grow." "Let it break the stranger's hold." "Unwanted seed, it cannot grow." "The roots are stopping." "It shall not be broken." "Don't!" " Can you give me a little help here?" " Let go of me." " Stop it!" " Hey, knock it off!" "Leave me alone." "Hold her hands!" "Hold them!" "Leave me alone!" " Hold her hands!" " Damn it, I'm trying!" "Hold her tight!" "Come on!" "Don't let go of her hands!" "Help me, Mashenka!" "Don't let go of her hands!" "Hurry, stupid doll!" "Damn, she's strong." "What does she eat?" " Hold on!" " Come, Mashenka." "Now!" "Get away!" "Get away from me, little creep!" " Don't come any closer." " Don't let her clap!" "That little bastard is coming after me." "Tiger Cub!" "Help us!" "Help!" "Help, somebody!" "You stinking cops." "Using live bait on me." " Let's just do the report." " I'm not guilty." "Yeah, whatever." "You can tell your story to the judge." "Daria Leonidovna you stand accused of violating the truce, Article 13." "The charges are conspiracy and premeditated attempt to assassinate by using witchcraft." "What's your occupation?" "I'm a gardener." " Oh, yeah?" "You got a license?" " Sure, I do." "How in the world did you get a license for that?" " Who would give you one?" " Who are you people?" "This guy sees us?" "He sure can." "He's an Other." "Come to me." "I'm waiting for you." "Do you think he's one of us?" "You're sure he's an Other?" "Yeah, he's a seer." "A seer?" "Just what we need." "Another asshole having visions of the future." "Visions?" "What do you mean, "the future"?" "Don't get any ideas." "You're not playing the lotto or anything." "You can't choose what you see." "Why is it so dark?" "That's the Gloom." "Only Others can go there." "I don't understand." " It's all different." " Don't worry." "The world hasn't changed." "Only you." "Anton Gorodetsky." "We'll show you the proper techniques for using live bait such as minnows and night crawlers." "Planning is important if you want to land that big fish." "We'll be back with The Fishing Lifestyle in just a moment, but first the weather." "The forecast says we can expect warm, sunny days..." " Yeah?" " We've tracked him down." "Oh, yeah?" "There isn't much time, it's almost dark." "It's going to be cold tonight, so dress warm." "They're using the Call to bring the victim in." "We've traced it to the orange line of the metro, but that's as far as we got." "You'll have to track them on foot from there." "We need you to be on exactly the same frequency as the victim." "Hear what he hears, and feel the Call, just like he does." "Feel it yet?" "Anything at all?" " No." " You will soon." "When he hears the Call, his blood pressure will rise and he could bleed." "He goes into a fugue, a sort of walking trance." "He looks normal, but doesn't think about where he's going." "He just knows he has to get there." "He thinks the signs he sees along the way are instructions." "He obeys without question." "Go on, get away from here." "Anything he's told, he takes as an order." "What do you want?" "Go away." "Where do I go?" "Don't let him out of your sight." "Understand?" "Please, I know." "Don't forget your weapon." "I got it." "Just make sure you use the right light bulb this time." "When you hear the Call just as clear as the victim is hearing it you'll know you've found him." "If you're not feeling it yet try another swig of that red stuff." "I just ran out of the shit." "Need me to get more?" "No, I'II handle it." "Hey." "Anton." "Why are you awake?" "Just let me get dressed." "Wait." "Hello there, neighbor." " Hey, Pop." " I told you not to bring anyone here." "He's cool." "This blood is still hot." "Is it swine?" "Look, this kind of stuff is nearly like what a human has." "And pigs are even being used for organ transplants these days, it's so close." "Who'd that be?" "Humans." "We like you a lot, Anton." " Who's that?" " Our family." "Kostya and me." "Why did you bring him here?" "Because he's one of us now, eh?" "No, Kostya." "He's a Light Other." "There's only one time they ever drink blood on the Night Watch:" "When they're out hunting us vampires." "Hey, Bear!" " Bear!" " What?" "He still hasn't called in!" "Try him again!" "I don't think he's answering." "How do you know?" " Fine." "I'Il call again." " All right." "Where the hell is he anyway?" " Probably the metro." " Yeah." "Yeah." "Come to me now." "I'm waiting." "Come to me." "Come now." "You don't look good." "You feel like shit, don't you?" "I feel like chewing off your ear, asshole." "Don't shove!" " What is your problem?" " Quit shoving, you jerk!" "Stop it." "Wearing sunglasses, even in the middle of the night, screaming like a lunatic." "Get a job." "Sorry." "Come." "I'm waiting." "You." "Let's have a look at your ID." "Anton Gorodetsky, huh?" "Let's see your eyes." "Been doing some drinking?" "Only blood." " Just blood." " Yeah." "Yeah." "You're drunk, all right." "No doubt of that." "Drunk and disorderly, too, to boot." "Freeze." "Hey, freeze!" "Grab him!" "Grab him!" "Oh, man." "What the fuck you been drinking?" "Blood." "Get out of here." "Come to me." "Approximate location, Anton." "Which building you in?" "Anton?" "Hey, is something wrong?" "Don't turn off the phone." "We'll use it to find you." "Let's move out." "I need to diet." "Let's go." "You're with them." "Now drink him." "I can't." "Wait." "Will you just come back here?" "Just do it." "All right, boy." "Where are you?" "This is the Night Watch." "Step out of the Gloom now." " Go through the center, it's faster." " You wanna drive?" "Simeon, the light is red!" "Run, boy!" "Now!" "So you're using live bait now, is that it, pig?" "No." "Just me." "Andrei!" " My teeth!" "You broke my teeth!" " I got bad news." "Hello?" "Anton?" "Did you get an address for us?" "Twelve." " What was that?" " Number 12." " No, I think it was 10." "Ask him again!" " It was 12." "Andrei!" "Stop it!" "Let him go!" "Andrei!" "No!" "Simeon!" "What are you doing?" "Look out!" "Look out!" "It's Zavulon!" "Andrei, you've got to stop!" "Let him go!" "Where are you?" "I don't want to hurt you." "Come out of the Gloom." "I told you it was number 12, but you wouldn't listen to me." "Here, make him come to me." "The Day Watch is here." "Your colleague is charged with causing the unlawful death of an Other." " What did he say?" " I don't know." "I can't hear anything over this engine." "We've gotta go." "We have an emergency." "Oh, yeah, and you might want to move that pretty car out of the area here." "We wouldn't want to run over it accidentally." "See you around." "City Light Company." "This is Geser." "It kind of went bad, sir." " Bad?" " He killed one of them." " But the female got away." " Is he all right?" "Well, it's like this:" "You have any idea how many number 12's there are on that street?" "Yes, yes, how is he?" "What happened?" "Bring him to me right now." "CITY LIGHT COMPANY" "On my desk now!" "Faster!" "All right, everyone out right now." "Move." "Every Night Watch officer must be proficient in combat." "From the cooks to the laundry workers." "Chiropractors." "Programmers." "You should have gone into the Gloom, entered the Dark place and just arrested the vampire, instead of smashing him to bits." "But lately, everybody's breaking the rules." "Dark or Light, well, it's like there is something in the air." "I saw" "Yes, yes." "Go ahead." "Tell me." "A woman." "Yeah." "On the train." "From the Light?" "Was she young?" "That's not her." "Say it." "I saw the vortex." "Damnation." "The vortex." "I saw it." "I saw it right over her head." "Please don't." "Listen carefully, Anton." "Don't." "You have to take me there." "Take me there." "Let's go." "It was on the train." "What is your problem, you lug savage?" "There was a girl with a vortex over her head." "I thought she was a vampire so I used the flashlight." "But she was something even worse." "That's it." "Come back, Anton." "Come back now." "Come on back." "Did you see her?" "Oh, I saw her." "Remarkable." "Analytical department." "Call a meeting." "Anton found a vortex of damnation." "I need to know what the weather looks like in the city for the next 24 hours." "I'm on it now." "Tornado warning for Moscow." "LEGENDS OF BYZANTIUM" "The Virgin, that's who you saw." "Long ago, when the world was young there was a virgin in Byzantium." "She was a good woman, pure and kind but someone put a curse on her." "Wherever she went, misfortune was sure to follow." "Whenever she held a candle, it would go out." "If she were to pet a puppy, it would die." "If a bird ate from her hand, it would drop to the ground." "Children died in the houses she visited." "The power of the curse opened a vortex of damnation and the first forces of Darkness were born." "But the warriors of Light rose up to fight them so began the great battle between Light and Dark." "All because a human was cursed by a human." "The legend says the Virgin will appear again and be cursed again." "She will herald another battle the Final Battle between good and evil and the balance will be broken forever." "The Great Other will appear." "If he takes the side of Light, Light will triumph." "But wise men say he will choose the Darkness." "Because it's easier for a man to destroy the Light inside himself than to defeat the Darkness all around him." "The prophecy is coming true." "It's begun." "Zavulon?" "Put Alice on." "Here, it's Zavulon." "Sounds serious." "It's a busy occasion now." " Then you don't know what happened." " No, what?" "They killed Andrei." "Smashed his skull against a sink." "You know what I want you to do, so don't delay." "Get on it." "Right away." "We need to find Andrei's girlfriend." "That little idiot with the burned face." "How long since she turned?" "Couple days." "The Night Watch gave Andrei a license to bite." "She was so in love with him she didn't even run." "Stupid little twit." "Young, beautiful, reckless, I think you know the type." "Anyway, Andrei took her like a midnight snack." "Now he's dead and she's starving." "Then this won't be hard." " Mine!" " You want it bad, don't you?" "Mine!" "Andrei taught you how to use the Call." "What if he did?" "Give it to me." "The boy came when you called." "Call him again." "Then when you've got him in your hands one more time tell him you want the guy who killed your Andrei." "My Andrei." "Come on, give it to me." "Give it to me!" "I need it now!" "You want revenge, don't you?" " Give it to me." " You don't have to torture her." "Give it to me!" " She'll sure as hell find that brat now." " Yeah, and how's that gonna work?" "Like a starving dog." "She'Il sniff him out." "Where are you?" "Come to me." "Where are you going?" "I have to go out and find him." "Find who?" "The boy." "What are you going to do?" "You're barely alive." "Your glimpses of the future won't help fieldwork." "Drinking blood, hunting vampires you're not fit for it." "Not the point of this." "What is?" "We are giving licenses to Dark Others." " Your point?" " We use innocent humans as live bait to see if they're breaking the truce." "Is that right?" "Who says so?" "I do." "I'm the one." "It's true, so I'm saying it." "You don't know what goes on out there." "You sit in here you don't understand." "A little boy, that's all he is." "Just a child." "But to the vampire girl, he's a glass of water in the desert taken away before she could drink." "If I don't find him before her then she'll have that drink." "Hold on." "I'II give you a partner." "You killed a Dark Other, Anton." "Zavulon won't forgive you for that." "You need protection." "What's that?" "It's Olga." "She'Il back you up." "This a joke?" "All right, then." "Suit yourself." "The hunting owl is one of nature's most ruthless and efficient killing machines." "You have to make a choice between Light and Dark." "Which will it be?" "Which will it be?" "Who's there?" "I'm not a killer." "I didn't want anyone to die!" "I didn't want to kill you!" "Get the team going." "Find out where she lives and works anyone she saw in the last three days." "We've got to find who put this damned curse on her." "Every minute matters." "If we can lift this curse we might be able to stop the Final Battle before it starts." "A lot less messy, but we need to move." "We don't have a lot of time left." "Is that her?" "Yes." "Svetlana Nazarova, 29 years old." "Works at medical clinic 17." "The Night Watch has never heard a thing about her." "She lives with her mother in Vatutinki." "That's over near the airport." "Some interesting incidents which could indicate a curse:" "Her mother is hospitalized." "Kidney failure, needs a transplant." "A friend's kid got sick right after she visited them." "And here's another one:" "Her neighbor, who she refers to as "Auntie Valya" 78 years old, a pretty tough old bird but last night she had to call an ambulance." "Seems like all it takes is for Svetlana to look at you and something terrible happens." " Valya." "Hello there." " Good evening." "What a cute little puppy." "Yes." "Maxim found her at his job." "But we can't keep her, she has to go to the pound." "Mom, we can do it, really." "Let her live." " Take care of yourself, okay?" " Thank you, Svetlana, dear." "So, Olga" "You're hungry?" "The feathered wonder." "Well, say something." "Talk to me, huh?" "Don't turn around!" "Don't!" "Don't look!" " Are you...?" " Don't look at me!" "You afraid?" "Shower there." "Why did they do this?" "It was a punishment." "How do I work this?" "For hot, you push it up and to the left, right for cold." "Yep" " Yeah, right." "I never heard of a punishment like that one." "You've never heard of crimes like these either." "Do you have any clothes I can wear?" "Wait." "Hold on." "You got any...?" "You have some women's clothes?" "Are you kidding?" "Never mind." "Excuse me." "Here." "These belonged to my mom." "Thank you." "Thanks a lot." "Something wrong?" "No." "Come on in." "You know, Anton there aren't too many now so when a Dark Other is taken away we all feel the impact." "That's how it is, neighbor." "There is a truce in place." " And we all know how it should work." " How does it work?" "Your guys and our guys worked out some deal that lets us do anything, as long as we take turns?" "There is one thing I really don't get." "Why do you get to give us licenses, and not the other way around?" "You know what it's like, you've felt our hunger." "Anton?" " That's true." " Anton?" "Wait." "What's this for?" "It's soap." "Look, what do you want me to say?" "He was a cool guy." " What?" " He was a cool guy!" ""cool guy," huh?" "He was a killer." "He killed people who had no way to defend themselves." "He made a vampire from an innocent girl." "She's like you now, only worse." "She doesn't know how to live with it." "You issued the license for him to turn her." "They loved each other, Anton." " Wanted to be immortal together." " All I did was my job." "Boy, that was good." "I've been waiting 60 years for this." "Nice vampire you've got there." "He doesn't drink the living." "Maybe not now, but we know that the time will come, won't it?" "Yes!" "And then I'II come to you legally with the proper forms all filled out, and you'll give me a fucking license won't you, neighbor?" "Later." "Let him go." " He's my neighbor." " He's a vampire." " He's an Other." " He wanted to kill you." " He brought you clothes." " We're still enemies." "Get dressed." "Are these clothes still in style?" "I don't know." "But they're all we've got." "Don't you have a girlfriend?" "I did once." "And when was that?" "A long time ago." "And now where is she?" "Don't know." "Been 12 years." "Did you take your medicine?" "Did you take your Andipal?" "Good boy." "Weather history is being rewritten." "Experts say that the winds building outside Moscow are the strongest ever recorded." "Meteorologists are completely baffled." "Hello?" "Hello, it's Irina, and I was hoping you might be available tonight." "Yegor's blood pressure is high again." "Could you keep an eye on him?" "There's an emergency at work and I have to" "Mom." "You really can't?" " Are vampires real?" " Yes, Yegor." "They're little boys who have been known to suck all the life out of their parents." " Who else?" " I'm serious." "They're real, I saw some." "Hello?" "Hello, Zhenya?" "Zhenya?" "Is that you?" "Oh, I'm sorry." "When do you expect her back?" "Hey, honey, wanna go for a ride?" "I said, wanna go for a ride?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Zhenya." "Well, I'm really trying to find her." "Have you seen her tonight?" "You haven't." "Okay, thanks a lot." "Oh, great." "So nobody's home tonight." "Here's your medicine." "You're going to take this right now, you hear?" "Here are my keys." "I saw them." "They're real." " Yeah?" "Who is real?" " Vampires." "This game, it's enough now." "You're a big boy, you're old enough to stay home alone." "Who are you?" "I apologize." "I assumed you knew." "I am Dracula." "Get out!" "The vortex is 300 meters high angular velocity 170 diameter is" " Wait a minute." "A plane entering the red zone." "What the hell?" "What airplane?" "Charter from Antalya." "Bird in the turbine." "A bird, huh?" "A crow." "Which floor is it?" " Seventh floor." " What?" "!" " Seventh!" " Fuck." "Who left this thing open?" "It's her." "She's here." "She could be anywhere." "It's safer if we go through the Gloom." "I've seen you." "Can he really see us?" " He must be an Other." " How much time do we have?" "Not much." "He can't survive very long." "He hasn't been trained." "How much time have we really got?" "Ten seconds before the Gloom takes him." " I saw both of you!" " Look at me." "Look directly at me." "Eight seconds." " Seven." " Don't close your eyes." " Six." " Give me your hand." " Five." " Give me your hand." "Four." "I'm not afraid of you." "Now." "Open your eyes." "Don't touch him now." "We're just too late." "Leave him alone." "If we stay, the Gloom could take us too." "The Gloom is taking me over now." "We have to save the boy." "If we can distract the Gloom, we might be able to slip him out." "Give it blood." "It was dark." "Very dark." "Why was that?" "Did you do that?" "It's the Gloom." "Because you're an Other you see it." "An Other?" "Are you saying I'm not ordinary?" "No, not now." "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" "It's just different." "Breaking news." "We have an emergency alert from the National Weather Bureau:" "Due to abnormally severe weather conditions, a tornado watch is in effect." "What are "the Others"?" "Well, let's see." "Scoot over." "Some people are just born special." "But most of the time, they don't even know what's going on." "How do they find out?" "Well, usually it's when they're forced to do something out of the ordinary like lift a car to rescue someone who's trapped inside or defend against a vampire attack something awakens in them." "Afterward, life is never the same." "If there's no one who cares enough to explain what's happening to you the things you need to watch out for and train you on how to use your new gifts, you could die." "Every Other has a different gift." "Soon you'Il discover yours." "You'Il have to choose between Light and Dark." "What type of Others are you?" "Light or Dark?" "We're Light." "And me?" "That'II be up to you." "Understand?" "What's the difference between Light Others and Dark Others?" "We live on what's inside people." "Dark ones on darkness, Light ones on light." "Understand?" "Like food." "Then you don't eat regular food?" "What a question." "We do, when it's offered." "Sorry." "Do you like dumplings?" " Dumplings?" "I love dumplings." " Dumplings!" "Yes, but what I don't get" "What is it you don't get?" "She's going to have a baby." "It's not yours." "Don't worry, I'II get her back for you, no problem." "The thing is, I'm not sure about that information." "I'm willing to give it to you." "So, what are you muttering about?" "What do you mean, you're not sure?" "Well, all I'm saying is that there's no way of knowing if this is true." "You must trust me on this, Anton." " A boy, for sure." " And how do you know?" "Yegor?" "Who's this?" "My mom." "And how old are you?" "I'm 12." "Are you sure she's not coming back?" "Who?" "The vampire girl." "No." "Not as long as we're here." "Did you salt the dumplings?" "Hello, Zavulon." "The vortex is almost open and he's still with the kid." "What do we do?" "Just be patient." "Everything will be coming together soon." "In fact, the time is now." "753 heading to control." "Request clearance for emergency landing." "Negative, 753, ground systems are down." "Maintain your altitude and stand by." "I said, give me all her contacts for the last three days." " Where are they?" " I can't do it." " The software is totally outdated" " Enough!" "Let's go!" "Right now!" "Call Anton." "We need him with Svetlana." "Hello?" "Anton, you there?" " Yes." " We're moving headquarters." " Going to Vatutinki." " What's going on?" "Svetlana's place is ground zero for the vortex." "We need you." "Tiger Cub and Bear will take over with the boy." " What the hell for?" " Hurry." "Here you go." "Careful next time." " You're going?" " Tiger Cub and Bear are coming." "You're leaving me with a bear?" "Yegor." "I'II be back soon." " You sure?" " I'm sure." "All right." "I trust you." "Be good." "Don't worry." "They're going to take good care of him." "He'll be fine." "She's right." "It'll all work out, Anton." "Watch the road, okay?" "Keep your eye on the road, Simeon." "Simeon?" "What's the matter?" "Please help." "It's awful." "What happened?" " We must call him." "Please, would you?" " Valya." "Valya." "Valya is dead." "Maxim found the dog at work." "Please, Mom, let her stay." " So, what's wrong?" " She's dead." "Maxim's mother died." " Who is-?" " Who the hell is Maxim?" "The pressure's up, holding steady." "Where's the problem this time?" "We have to call Valya's son." "You go, please." "We can't." "It's all right." "I'll call him." "I just can't believe it." "Shit!" "I left my sausages on the stove." "They're boiling over." "They're going to explode." "Hello." "Generating station?" "Could I talk to Maxim Ivanovich, please?" "It's for you." "Cover for me, will you?" "Yeah, your sausages are exploding." "Hello?" " Maxim Ivanovich?" " Speaking." "I'm sorry to tell you, your mother has died." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Maxim?" "Can you hear me?" "Hello?" "The pressure is rising!" "Isn't anyone watching the equipment in there?" "Maxim Ivanovich, what's going on?" "All of you, where the hell are you?" "Shit." "They're ready to blow." "Hang on, Maxim Ivanovich." "Damn it, we're too late!" " Simeon, it's going to falI on us!" " Just relax." "Oh, my God, this is bad." "Where is it?" "Where?" "The vortex?" "Right there." "Come on, move your ass!" "kill the juice!" "Get that cable up here!" " Here it is." " Run it!" "Run it!" " That's enough!" " We need more!" " It's getting there!" " Come on!" "Come on!" "Here it is, don't drop it!" "I checked Svetlana's apartment." "It is ground zero." " pubs for instance." "Shut down all pubs, rock concerts, football matches..." "Negative field density is 87 percent." "The vortex is expanding." "Finally!" "I got it!" " Who are these people?" " Oh, they live here." "Are you totally insane?" "Shouldn't have been watching TV while eating." "Bad for the eyes." "Found out who cursed her yet?" "No one cursed her." "No one." "You act like you've never heard of the Apocalypse before." "Or the end of the world." "You'Il be okay." "Keep working." "I remember back in 1941, the day I stepped on a landmine." "Now, that was earthshaking." "After that little bang, I hear okay out of the right ear, nothing wrong with that." " Excuse me." " The other one..." "Anton, I've analyzed the growth rate and we have to get out of here." "This thing's going to blow up soon." "What's this pointy little arrow do?" "What are you doing?" "!" "Get away from that!" "Did I ask you for your help?" "Looks like you could use it, fucking hacker." "Field density, 92 percent and rising." "You tried every contact?" "Everyone?" "Fine, see what you can do." " All right." " I've checked all her friends checked her acquaintances, checked her family, everyone." "And absolutely nothing." "There's not a single Other among them." "There is no one who could have cursed her." "No one who could create a curse this big." "Then what motherfucker did it?" "Mother, let's try that." "I did it already." "Nazarova, Sergeyevna, born 1947, after the war." "Former schoolteacher, retired after a full career." "Currently in the hospital, diagnosed with a failure of both kidneys." "Anton, Geser is waiting for you." "I've checked her and checked her a thousand times, and nothing!" "She's not an Other." "Oh, shit." "So sorry." ""Anton Gorodetsky, revealed as an Other on August 19th, 1992." "Turned to Night Watch, serving a probationary period." "Friendly with his neighbor, who is a Dark Other." "History of heavy drinking and alcohol abuse." "Considered capable of killing." "First discovered by Night Watch during the arrest of Mrs. Schultz for illegal practice of dark magic under false pretenses. "" "False pretenses?" "Why did you lie to him, Daria Leonidovna?" "You knew it was his child." " Come on, Anton." "Let's go." " Yeah." "Come on, let's go." "Anton, come on." "Hey, listen, what's the matter?" " Come on." " What?" " We're seeing Geser, remember?" " Oh, yeah." " where it's dangerous." " We're doing everything we can." " The Light Other with the dark past." "I've been looking for you." "Who's making that noise?" "In the dark?" "Knock it off, Zavulon." "I think the lights can be dispensed with." "I am your guest, after all." " Give him the amulet." " I'm not going against the truce." "I wouldn't do a thing like that." "He needs to be protected against you, so give it to him, will you?" " Throw it." " Throw it?" "Behave, Zavulon." "Here, catch." "Repeat after me now:" "You have no power over me, Zavulon." "You have no power over me, Zavulon!" "Oh, well, I'll leave you two to do the best you can." "We're already doing the best we can." "Let's go, Mutt." "See you around soon." "Go to her apartment and find out who put the curse on her." "Why me?" "There are two ways to stop the vortex:" "Find out who cursed her and make them take it off again or she'II have to die so others can live." "It's that simple." "Are you saying you want me to kill her?" "One life against thousands." "Maybe millions." "The door code is 1322." "What if she recognizes me from the metro?" "Tell her you're one of her patients, feeling sick." "She sees hundreds like you in the clinic, she'll think you're another one of them." "Anton, would you like me to sing you something?" "Sorry." "Hello there, Dr. Nazarova." "Can I help you?" "I'm sorry to bother you at home like this." "You have enough to do at work." " It's all right, come in." "I'll take a look." " Thank you." "Just let me wash my hands." " Pretty as you remember?" " How's Yegor?" "Don't worry, Tiger Cub and Bear are taking care of him." "Good." "Come to me." "I think it's time for you to go." "Are you kicking us out?" "Well, no." "But my mom's going to be coming home soon." "What do I tell her?" "We're electricians." "Fixing the lights." "Watch this." "How is it you got a name like "Bear"?" "Because he's a shape-shifter." "He can become a bear, and I turn into a tiger." "Well, then show me." "Show you what?" "How you turn into a bear." "Maybe some other time, Yegor." "I think you're embarrassed." "Why would you say that?" "If you change like that, your clothes will get all ripped up and torn and then they'd all fall off." "And then you'd be naked." "That doesn't embarrass me." "Why should it?" "Then go ahead and change." "There won't be anyone looking at you." "Come to me." "Now." "What is this, the circus?" "Hurry." "Come to me." "Yegor!" "Hurry." "Yegor!" "Wait!" "Yegor!" "Yegor!" "Come back!" "Come to me now." "Yegor!" "Yegor, wait!" "I don't have the name yet." "Lie down, I'll be right in." "Lie down where?" "Right in here." "All right, do you have pain?" "Yes, I do." "It's in my stomach." "I think I may have an ulcer." "All right." "Is there pain?" "How often?" "Well, every day, I think." "Have you been under a lot of stress lately?" "Well, you know, the usual." "Does this hurt?" "Yes." "It shouldn't." "This is not an ulcer." "Then, what?" "Nothing." "You're completely healthy." "You're totally sure?" "Then why would I be here?" "Exactly." "Why are you here?" " Back!" " Okay, okay." "I'II only talk to the one who killed my Andrei." " You mean Anton?" " Bring my Andrei's killer!" "Now!" "Get out!" "Right now!" " You have been cursed." " What?" "Someone cursed you." "You're insane." "Yeah?" "The vortex is expanding, you've got to do something, now!" " Listen to me" " You get out." " No, listen." "I'm trying to find out..." " Find out what?" "No, no." "Really, I've come to apologize." "Fine." "No, I forgive you, totally." "You can go now." " Then I'll go." " You haven't asked me why." " Why what?" " I..." "Down in the metro, I pushed you." "That's okay." "It's not a big deal." "On purpose." "You were standing right in front, and I pushed you." "I don't blame you." "It's all right." " You bring me Anton!" "Now!" " Okay." "Okay, okay." "Okay." "I'm calling him." "Please, just go away." "Why are you doing this?" "Have a drink with me." "It really won't take long." " Hello?" " Hello." "Bring me Anton!" "She won't wait anymore." "What should we do?" "Just one, that's all I want." " You're crazy." " Just one little drink." " What?" " What do we do?" "Olga, I've got Bear checking in." " What?" "What is it?" " They say they lost him." " Who?" " Yegor!" " What?" " They lost Yegor!" " And the vampire wants Anton!" " Try to buy some time!" " What's that?" " That wasn't for you, Anton." "tell me what the hell just happened!" "Somebody better tell me what's going on, and I mean now." "Anton, the vampire has Yegor, but she wants you." "My mama's dying." "And it's my fault." "What I wanted was her to be gone." "I believed that if it weren't for her I'd have been married and had a child by now." "And as soon as I had that thought, not even speaking it aloud they called from the hospital." "They said her kidneys had failed." "And that she needed to have a transplant performed." "The best chance she had." "And so I said I'd donate one of my own." "I got through the tests then she said no." "I knew she would." "I did it deliberately." "Believe me, I knew what I was doing." "If I'd just kept my mouth shut, the transplant would have been performed so I told her I was the donor, knowing she wouldn't take my kidney." "It's all my fault, damn me to hell!" "That's it!" "Anton, you got it." "She cursed herself." "She's an Other." "That was her power." "She took it back." "The curse is lifted." "The vortex is diminishing." "Ladies and gentlemen, the weather has cleared and we have now landed safely." "Welcome to Moscow." "You should be careful of what you say." ""Damned" is more than just a word." "That's it." "Let's go." "Wait!" "Hold on." "I'II do it." "Okay." "I'm here now." "Here I am, let him go." "Take off the charm." "Shit." "All yours." "And the flashlight." " I can't hurt you" " Do it!" "Okay, okay, fine!" "Just don't do anything stupid." "You want some blood?" "My life is what I want." "Well, then live." "Live!" "Who's stopping you?" "I just want to be human again." "You really want to be human?" "Then behave like a human should." "Do you behave like human beings should?" "I loved Andrei and you gave me to him like a plate of food." "And then you took his life, like an animal." "He really didn't give me any choice." "He had already broken the truce." "You, the Light ones, the good ones the ones who say you protect the world from the Dark." "Where were you when he drank my blood?" "Why shouldn't I be able to drink this boy's now?" "The reason is I won't let you do it." "Yegor, run!" "Get lost." "Get lost." "Get away from me!" "Get away from me!" "Don't touch me!" "Yegor?" "Lost it?" "Where is he?" "Where's my son?" " Yegor!" " You have no right to interfere." "Anton!" "Hush, hush, easy." "Easy, now." "It's all right." "I brought the charm to you." "Did you want to kill me?" "Well?" " No" " Yes, you did." "No." "Don't believe that, I didn't." "Alice, read it." ""Night Watch Arrest Report, dated report, August 19th, 1992." "Mr. Gorodetsky visited Mrs. Daria Leonidovna Schultz residing at number 10, Starozachatsky Alley." "While there, Mr. Gorodetsky paid a fee to Mrs. Schultz for a service involving dark magic." "Having been warned by Mrs. Schultz, Mr. Gorodetsky still agreed to take on the responsibility for committing murder on the unborn child of his wife, Irina Petrova. "" "So you really did want to kill me." "Yes." "No." " I was looking for you to" " Kill me?" "You wanted that?" "Yegor!" "I beg you!" "Don't go with them!" "They're Dark!" "You are every bit as bad as anyone over here." "In fact, you're worse." "You only pretend to be good." "I have waited centuries for this." "Everyone who's destined to drown will all drown." "Everyone destined to fall from a roof will fall." "It was always the destiny of this boy to be great." "But it was you who made him choose the Dark." "And now it's done, and you can't change it." "Stay away from him, understand?" "I'II take care of him now." "You." "You planned all this." "You bastard." "Go ahead." "Do it." "Again, come on." "Again." "That's it." "Good." "Yes." "Do it." "Do it." "Good." "Go." "Again." "And so it came to pass the Great Other came into the world and chose the side of evil." "Legend says he will plunge the world into darkness." "But so long as there are those among us who believe in Light there will be hope."