"2x08 - "Mousetrap"" "What's gonna happen to me?" "I don't know and I don't care." "Contract's complete." "Let go, pig!" "I'll gouge your eyes out!" "Good, god!" "Nurse, sedate her immediately!" "Hold her steady!" "Be careful." "Hold her down!" "Don't, please!" "We're doing this for your own good!" "Hold her tightly, the trimoxyl-barbate should take affect shortly." "Please..." "the baby..." " She won't resist any further." " See that she doesn't..." "She's caused this family enough grief as it is." "I was a secret agent, betrayed by my own people." "Robbed of my face, my memories, my history." "Hidden in my past is a secret that threatens all humanity." "I search for answers with nothing to hold onto but the tattoo that has become my name." "I am Thirteen." "Published by Dargaud Adapted from "XIII" by William Vance  Jean Van Hamme" "LONDON" "Betty..." "you're awake." "Why don't you put down the knife?" "You..." "Who are you?" "Don't you recognize your own father?" "You're finally home." "Why are you searching your own room?" "You know damn well what I'm looking for." "I know everything you know." "The Tesla Letters." "You won't find them." "And you won't find Betty." "Get out of my head!" "You know I can't do that." "You've not been entirely clear lately." "Implanted programming does that to a mind." "Fogs things." "Did you really kill me?" "Or did I want you to think that?" "Oh, I killed you." "And it felt good." "And I wasn't hallucinating." "Oh, really?" "Then what are you doing now?" "You can't kill your own programming, XIII." "It makes us see and do things..." "It makes us believe." "I found it." "You found something, at least." "What the hell is this?" "!" "Is this you?" "Victor Gong?" "It is you, isn't it?" "!" "You've got to be kidding me." "Oh!" "Not so talkative now, are we?" "!" "You don't even know where you are." "What's real and what isn't." "Yeah, well if you're so real then you tell me where the hell on this freighter the last Tesla letter is?" "Uhm?" "!" "Come on!" "If you are real then you tell me!" "Hey!" "Did you see that?" "!" "There was a woman!" " What's he got?" " Outside on deck." " There was a woman out there!" " Why's he here?" "He's unhinged, according to the Captain." "Poor idiot." "She must have been washed overboard!" "Will you do something!" "Yeah..." "There was a woman..." "Why did you kidnap me?" "I didn't kidnap you, Betty." "I brought you home, for your own good." "My own good?" "You've been through a terrible trauma." "Now I'm here for you." "And I've brought in one of the very best to help you with your recovery." "Hello, Betty." "I'm Dr. Carver." "I don't need a doctor, I'm not sick." "Well, not sick in the physical sense... and I'm not that kind of doctor anyhow." "I'm a clinical psychologist, specializing in regressive drug treatment therapy." "One of the very best indeed." "No drugs." "I can't." "Not in my condition." "I'm here to help you with your addiction issues." "I'm not addicted to anything." "I don't do drugs." "I've never done drugs." "You know that's not the case." "You know nothing about me." "You never did." "You packed me away and cast me off." "Me and Frederick... both." "Sweetheart..." "There were drugs." "And I did not cast you off." "Denial is the first stage of recovery." " I'm not in denial." " You're denying right now." "But I'm not..." "Doctor." "Leave me alone!" "Don't touch me!" "It's the baby." "I'm..." " She keeps talking about this baby..." " That's denial." "Victor." "Come here." "Oh, I'm just going back to my cabin." "No, Victor." "We take many trips together." "Come on." "Sit." "You don't get a storm like this one very often." "You do now." "More storms now?" "Yes." "Sea much angrier." "Maybe it's not the sea." "Maybe it's the lights in the sky that follow the boats around." "The people who make those lights." "You're a joker." "But the weather like this..." "Even Captain don't go on deck." "Don't mess with chaos." "Uhm, I know those who disagree." "Are you okay?" "Yeah, yeah." "Why?" "You haven't been acting the same." "A little different." "How many times is this?" "You and me." "Making this crossing together?" "Seven, maybe?" "Next one, lucky." "Uhm." "You want some?" "You recognize your favorite, don't you?" "This is rare." "Made from Rhinoceros Beetle powder." "Only the best Beetle Snuff for Victor." "Go on." "You love beetle snuff." "No thanks." "I don't do "beetle" snuff anymore." "I guess if you weren't Victor, and trying to fool me, you would have tried it, eh?" "Uhm..." "Only I know you quit a long time ago." "Yeah..." "Hey, where's that thing I gave you?" "You know what I'm talking about." "The..." "something to keep safe?" "I wonder when you ask." "You make such a big deal." "You don't mind, we pass it around." "Share it?" "It's better that than the beetle snuff, I guess." "Feeling better?" "Tired, uhm?" "Well then sleep then." " Daddy..." " Yes, darling?" "I thought I heard something..." " Waves... a storm." " Ah... waves?" "Well..." "we're in the center of London." "There are no waves on the Thames, as for the weather, it's been clear all week." "No storms." " I'm angry with you." " Yes, I know." "You took me." "No." "No, it's not like that." "I have to be careful..." "No..." "No drugs." "It's bad..." "Shhh." "Sleep." "We'll talk when you wake up." "Come on." "Moz." "We're sorry." "Service to the town you are dialing is temporarily disrupted." "Please contact the International Operator for..." "A strong swell is underway and an agitated sea" "Other forecasts?" "Hello?" "Hello...?" " Hello?" " Hello?" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Anybody there?" "Betty?" "Betty is that you?" "I'm sorry." "I can't hear what you're saying." " Hello?" " The signal is breaking up." "I'm going to hang up now." "What are you doing down here?" " I just needed to stretch my legs." " Stretch legs?" "I saw..." "I saw something out there." "You at sea long enough, you see what you want to see." "Mind will play tricks." "I see lights in sky one time." "Follow the ship two hours, then..." "It's probably a weather balloon." "That's the excuse they use when they want to hide the truth." "You funny, Victor." "But... different." "Different how?" "Different than you used to be." "Somethings not right." "You know what I mean?" "No, I don't." " Hey, what's in the hold?" " Nothing for you to see." "Why is the door locked, then?" "Valuable cargo." "You just a passenger." "We take you to Shanghai, no problem." "Like many time before." "But you stay in cabin." "Understand?" "Yeah..." "I understand." " What have you done to me?" " We haven't done anything, Betty." " You've poisoned me!" " Sweetheart, don't be absurd." " Then what's happening to me?" " You're simply undergoing paranoid...{*}" "I've never done heroin." "Then why'd you be having drug symptomes?" "It will pass, Betty." "No no no." "No!" "I don't want it!" " Here we are." " It's not as bad as all that." " But why so much pain?" " Then it won't helped. {*}" "I should never have let her go live with her mother in Paris." "Come on." "Sweetheart?" "What's happening here?" "This is what happens when you don't take the medication." "You're hallucinating." "No, I'm not." "This is real." "It's just an anti-hallucinogen, to bring you back." "Betty, I know you can hear me." "I just want you to get better." "Uhm?" "You've done horrible damage to yourself, irreversible damage to this family." "We just want you to cooperate and get better." "Now... when your brother passed away..." "I thought I'd lost both of you." "But, we were able to find you, bring you home." "And I don't want you to think as this is a kidnapping." "I want you to think of it as..." "as an intervention." "He didn't just pass away." " Frederick was murdered." " No." "By you, I bet." "These things you say... you put on me, they're so hurtful." "But..." "you've been through a lot." "We've all been through a lot." "I know we can get through this if we just pull together..." "XIII." "Moz." "The Tesla Letters." " Xu." " What are you saying?" "HEARPE." "Vargas." "XIII." "Moz." "The Tesla Letters." "Xu." "HEARPE." "Vargas." " I have a scar." " This things aren't real, Nightmares." "Products of a fevered mind." "Please let them go, please." "Let us help you." "Now, you go to sleep." "It'll all make sense in the morning." "XIII." "Moz." "HEARPE." "What makes you think I hid the letters in a cargo hold?" "Because I searched the whole ship... and this is the only hold that's locked." "You might not like what you find." "Hey!" "Hey, big guy." "I was just trying to find the toilette." "But I guess this isn't it." "Oh look, I don't want any trouble." "Maybe you should search him." "He might have the letters." "Shut up." "Betty!" "Betty!" " What are you doing?" " Where did you get these?" "!" " At auction..." " These are the Tesla Letters." "Yes." "All three sets." "And they're very expensive." "Now here give it to me." "You've cut yourself..." " Why did you do that?" " You're part of them..." "Somehow ... you're part of them." "What?" "Who?" "No one should have them..." "They're too dangerous." "And, the white phantom said: "Your sister?"" ""I believe that it was your aunt"" " Hey, greenhorn!" " Yeah?" "Our first mate Guang is missing." "You see him?" " No." " No?" " I said "no."" " Funny." "I sent him to find you." "Now he gone." "What do you think about that, Victor?" "I don't think anything about it." "I see." "More of that funny..." "I told you he goes crazy." "Supervise him." "Is there'something you want to tell me?" "Gweilo, you used to be more fun when you cross with us." " But what about you and the fight?" " What?" "They see you last night." "Banged up." " Who you fight?" " I fell." "There's some slippery corridors on this barge." "I tell you to stay in cabin." "I hope Guang shows up." "For your sake." "Could you, please, reconsider it and come with us?" " There is a dress room in the closet." " No." "I told you." "I'm not going." " I don't wanna be any part of it." " It's a shareholder's meeting." " At night?" " It's a dinner meeting." "Nurse... you have my mobile, should anything... pop up." "Very good doctor." " I just want you at my side." " What about what I want?" "Well..." "that we'll have to work on." "Ah, Damien." "The car's ready." "Don't force her." "Let her come to you." " Why don't I help you back to bed?" " I can go myself." "That girl is so spoiled." "She gets everything she wants and yet she isn't ever satisfied." "You'd think that she'd be grateful for all she has." "It's true." "It happened." "Liars..." "All of them..." "liars." " You aren't Victor!" " No, but he sends his regards." "...I am the book of law." "I am new world order." "Our Kingdom come..." "The Illuminati unities." "By the book of law." "By new world order." "Our Kingdom come..." "The Illuminati unities." "By the book of law." "By new world order." "Our Kingdom come..." "Then it is decided, the war in Palestine will continue for another year, the famine in Somalia indefinitely." "What's happening here?" "Sweetheart, why aren't you sleeping?" "What are you all doing?" "Keeping the order of things." "No..." "You're dead!" "So good of you to come..." "Your father has such high hopes for you." "Why are you doing this?" "You were an unruly child, undisciplined, completely out of control." "Your association with this Veil group..." "we thought it was a hobby." "And like a good father, he wanted to support you." "And keep you safe." "But..." "Synequanon..." "Xu..." "The HEARPE device!" "All under our control." "You see, through eternal chaos we maintain eternal order." "You're behind everything!" "The side of evil!" " There is no good." " No evil." " Only the illusion of conflict." " Why?" "Through deception, war is made." "The proletariat needs a defined evil, even as an illusion." "Two sides, locked in conflict." "Through conflict and chaos, order is maintained." "You lied to me..." "my whole life." "To protect you." "You're my daughter." "My only remaining seed." "One day you'll be heir to this empire." "I don't want anything of yours!" " Want has nothing to do with it." " It's simply how things are." " What about XIII?" " A pawn." "But he's being replaced." "He was too much of an individual." "He'll stop you." "You are your father's daughter." "Like the prodigal, you will return." "With enough therapy, you will come back into the fold." "What do you think you're gonna find?" "The letters?" "I have news for you..." "they're not even on the ship." "I'm not listening to you anymore." "You're not gonna find them behind that door." "Oh!" "I think I will." "Don't go in there." "The papers are already with Xu." "They've had them all along." "You're wasting your time." "Stop!" "Don't open that door!" "What are you gonna do to me?" "It is just a bit of ambulance, not to worry. {*}" " You just need one more dose." " No I don´t!" "This shot makes you more implied." "No!" "Who do you think financed the Veil?" "Kept you safe?" "Managed your life from a far." "I love you, I would do anything for you... even indulge your anarchist dreams." "But now I need you back, I want my daughter at my side..." "We have much to do." "Everyone... back off!" "You are interfering with family business." " Like I care." " You!" " We have to jump!" " Jump?" "!" "We can't jump!" "You're crazy!" "It's ten stories down!" "No, no..." "you've been drugged, Betty." "Come on!" "You have to trust me." " Where are we?" "!" " Come on!" "Let's go..." "Come on!" "So... it's real!" "I knew it!" " You, the Tesla Letters, The Veil..." " Everything." " Where are we?" " We're just outside of Shanghai." "Shanghai?" "I thought I was in London..." "They had you thinking many things." "How did I get here?" "You're..." "not him." "You came for me." "Why?" "I wouldn't leave you behind, Betty..." "After all, you're pregnant with my child." "You're not supposed to be here!" "Where are we going?" "You've been through a lot." "You need some rest." "I don't need to rest." "Where's XIII?" "Why are you doing this?" "Why do you care?" "He's a number that hasn't brought you luck." " I need to know." " He's in Shanghai." "He works for Xu now." "He betrayed you Betty..." "Believe it or not, I'm the closest thing you have to an ally..." "My father..." "You know him?" "I know who he is." "He said I'm crazy." "That I'm imagining things." "Maybe we all are." "It doesn't matter now, does it?" "This is our reality." "Tomorrow we have to prepare for battle." " Is that true, what you said?" " What?" "That you're the father of my baby?" "Well..." "You must know, right?" "I want to keep it." "If you do..." "you'll want it to be safe." "And for that, you're gonna have to fight." "Who are you, really?" "Let's just say for now, we're in the same boat." "You have no one to turn to." "Neither do I." "And we have a lot of scores to settle." "I don't even know your name." "I'm Victor." "If that wasn't our man in the adjacent simulation," " then who was it?" "!" " The other one." "But you told me he was dead or in the wind?" "Now you tell me Victor Gong just waltzed in" " and grabbed my daughter?" " We will find her..." " Who's Victor working with?" " We haven't sassed that out yet, sir." " Is that... ?" " No." "What the hell is going on?" "Son, this isn't gonna be easy to hear." "But you and the other one are mere tools in a tool box." "We chose when to take you out and when to put you back in." "Now if I have to create a doppelganger, or a freighter, or a goddamned village to bend you to my will, then I shall." "Get him out of here." "It was a long shot thinking that he would look somewhere we hadn't." "The letter was not on board the real SEA WOLF." " The failure's mine, sir." " Failure?" "Absolutely not." "He and Victor think so much alike now they're like two pigs reaching for the same truffle." "Put him on board the ship." "Let him walk around in Victor's shoes for awhile..." "Let him think that it's his idea." "He'll locate the Tesla letters... and he'll deliver them to us." " It's just a matter of time." " Understood." " What about Betty?" " I know my daughter." "The tumblers have fallen." "The vault door is open." "There's no going back for her." "Please." "No..." "No!" "You know it's quite remarkable." "You really can't tell them apart." "No!" "Let me go!" "Please!" "Let me go!" "This isn't real..." "This isn't real!" "It is as we say it is."