"[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]" "[PANTING]" "[SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE]" "I thought we might talk over a midnight snack." "Where is it, Lacroix?" "Is that any kind of hello?" "So long... and I moved here especially for you." "I guess it could be a little more appetizing." "You look pale." "You sure you're not hungry?" "All I want is the cup." "I don't think you know what you want." "You never have." "Immortality, wasn't that your big wish?" "To live forever?" "To never have to wind up like this?" "I gave that to you." "What did I get in return?" "Desertion... hatred... contempt." "I couldn't kill anymore." "Hmph." "Who needs to kill?" "You do." "The guard, yes." "But not those pathetic others." "You're lying, Lacroix." "Why would I lie?" "Give me a reason." "I've never been ashamed of killing." "They were my friends." "And what are we?" "We need to trust each other." "We should trust each other." "How long is the longest friendship?" "I want the cup." "Then come and get it." "Feeling a little weak, are we?" "[HISSING]" "Is this what you want to be?" "A pathetic mortal cowering on the ground?" "Taste the blood on your face." "Taste it." "You can't deny what you are." "You're never gonna get this cup." "You don't have the courage." "No guts, no glory, man." "What's it gonna take to get a rise out of you?" "[HISSES]" "[SCREAMS]" "Alyce, get out of here." "Is this someone I should meet?" "Run!" "[SNARLING]" "Maybe this is a good way to find out just how much you want to be mortal." "It's a simple choice, a classic." "Which do you want to save?" "The cup or the girl?" "Nick!" "[HISSING]" "Either way, I won." "Oh, Nick." "Get out of here!" "[GRUNTS]" "[DOOR SLAMMING]" "You're weak." "You need blood." "You want mortality?" "I'll give you mortality." "With fire, a stake through the heart, the sun." "All of these will do it, my friend, and one more... decapitation." "[SNARLING]" "[CLEAVER CLANGING]" "[¶]" "I want to go back." "It's much too late for that now." "You've made me a murderer." "I made you a god." "I made you eternal." "I made you my brother." "You need never fear anything again." "I fear what's inside me now." "Man is a predator, Nicholas, and we are the ultimate." "You will live longer than in your wildest dreams." "You will see life begin and end, and begin anew." "I taught Nero the tune, and together, we watched Rome burn." "I rode with Charlemagne, and taught Genghis Khan the lessons of war." "All of these opportunities I have given you." "A life never threatened by age or disease." "You are a blessed man, Nicholas." "The crusades you have endured will be but as a heartbeat in your lifetime." "I shall repay you." "[BELL TOLLS AND DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE]" "[¶]" "[GROWLING]" "[SIZZLING]" "[GASPING]" "[TELEPHONE RINGS]" "Desk." "Yes." "Has Detective Knight come in?" "Knight?" "No, ma'am, he hasn't checked in." "If he does, will you tell him Alyce called?" "Sure thing." "Are you telling me that you haven't seen him or heard from him since he stopped off?" "I was asleep, sir." "I'm on the day shift, remember?" "He was pretty upset when he left." "He knew the victim." "He was blaming himself." "Uh, but I think he was working on a lead." "Well, I hope I can make that sound all very rosy to the mayor." "Got a blood type?" "O." "I'm telling you, that's the key:" "The O, the homeless, the bloodmobiles." "What about the guard?" "Captain, line three." "Thank you." "Stonetree." "Yeah." "Where?" "Yeah, we've got some keys." "We'll get someone down there, thank you." "They just found his car parked in an alley illegally." "They're towing it in." "I don't know why nobody's listening to me." "We all know that Knight's a hotshot, but... he's got no experience." "Sure, he looks good in leather." "He's got the blonde hair and everything, but between you, me, and the lamppost, he's in the dark about a few things." "Here." "Here." "All right." "Feel that cushion of air." "[HEAD THUMPS]" "This car takes me back, you know." "Yeah... 1976, Madison, Wisconsin... a wild bicentennial summer." "I was with my buddy, Dino Armeris, a really great guy." "That's before he became a lawyer." "He had a Coupe de Ville just like this." "Just like it." "[CHUCKLING]" "Look at that." "A classic." "Oh, feel that door slam." "Yeah, we'd drive down to Milwaukee, down to Chicago, up to De Kalb." "A different set of girls for every leg of the journey." "A wild summer." "Is that it, Mr. Memory?" "Yeah." "Yeah, that's it." "That's it." "[ENGINE TURNS OVER, STARTS]" "Ooh, nice." "Dispatch, this is 81-Kilo." "I think I'm going to tool around in Knight's Caddy for a while." "Just let me know when he turns up, okay?" "Thanks." "18, say 10." "[RADIO CLICKS OFF]" "[¶]" "Hey, you're early this morning." "I don't think the test lab's ready for it, but I'll start the cataloging." "[TELEPHONE RINGS]" "Blood bank." "The police?" "Well..." "You can send them up, but I have to check with Dr. Kipper before I release any information." "Okay." "[CLOSES TRUNK]" "It's a little bit cramped, but you can't beat the rent." "Look, could you get this Kipper guy on the phone?" "We are this close to nailing the suspect." "[BABY CRYING]" "SCHANKE:" "I am a cop." "You can't give me access to the computers?" "NURSE:" "Not without Dr. Kipper's approval." "[TRIES DOOR]" "[LOCK SNAPS]" "[GASPS]" "Listen, I'm just trying to make a few connections here." "Could you at least tell me if the victims all donated blood?" "Dr. Kipper will be back at 6:00." "Back at 6:00, back at 6:00." "Fenner, my man." "Good to see you." "Listen, could you tell this lady I'm a good guy?" "That I, uh, donated a pint of A-negative blood the other day?" "He's a loyal donor." "See?" "There." "The information is confidential." "Sorry." "Hey, uh..." "those old Cadillac keys?" "Yep." "A '62 ragtop." "A classic." "Who told him he could drive my car?" "Stonetree." "There was nothing I could do." "Of course, Schanke was supposed to bring it back here." "Look, where are you?" "The hospital, checking out blood donors." "Schanke was right on that." "Homeless type O's, that's the link." "What about Lacroix?" "Only the guard at the museum." "The guy who did the other killings is still on the street." "Hey, look, I think my ride's leaving." "I've got to go." "Wait a minute, you sound weak." "Can you eat something?" "Are you crazy?" "Hospital food?" "Listen, they were all blood donors." "This is it." "I'll call you when I get up tonight." "Did you know that the '62 Caddy has more trunk space than any other car made in the last 30 years?" "Yeah, how's the mileage?" "With a ride like that, who's counting?" "Okay." "You're not gonna help me, are you?" "[FOOTSTEPS, KEYS JANGLING]" "[RATTLING]" "[KEYS JANGLING]" "[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]" "You know, there is a word for a woman like you, and it isn't "nurse."" "I'll be back with a warrant." "[ENGINE STARTS]" "[TURNS ON RADIO]" "[CHANGING RADIO STATIONS]" "[POLKA MUSIC PLAYING]" "[MUSIC REVERBERATES]" "God, Schanke, I'm gonna kill you." "[MUSIC CONTINUES]" "[¶]" "¶ The "I Love Perogies" polka ¶" "¶ The "I love Perogies" polka ¶" "Oh, no." "Oh, no." "[TIRES SQUEALING]" "Oh, no!" "He's gonna kill me!" "Out of the way!" "Oh..." "Oh, no!" "No!" "[CLOCK ALARM BEEPING]" "[SIGHS]" "[STOPS ALARM]" "Yes, Detective Knight, please." "No." "No, I'll call back." "[TELEPHONE RINGS, ANSWERING MACHINE PICKS UP]" "KNIGHT'S VOICE:" "Yeah, I'm either in bed or incommunicado, so if you want to leave your name and number, go ahead." "ALYCE:" "The first four digits match his alarm code." "Man, oh, man, oh, man, oh, man." "I feel sick." "Why don't you just shoot it and put it out of its misery?" "You can fix it, right?" "I mean, tell me you can fix it." "Fix it?" "Are you crazy, man?" "This is a sculpture." "People look at this and say," ""What the hell is this?" "Because it sure don't look like no automobile."" "Look at that bumper." "That's the Ferrari I took out." "Never seen a grown man get so angry." "And that fender?" "Bread truck." "Door?" "Lincoln Towne Car." "Rear fender and bumper?" "It totally escapes me why somebody would leave a 30-foot cabin cruiser on a front lawn." "[CHUCKLES]" "Look at that trunk, flat as a pancake." "You're gonna have to use a torch just to open it." "Come on, I think you're exa" "[GRUNTS]" "See?" "Yeah, I see." "Look, man, find me a Caddy from some junkyard, and then, maybe I can do something." "Otherwise, you've got two tons of scrap metal." "Oh, man, oh, man, oh, man." "He is gonna kill me." "Worse still, he's gonna make me pay for it." "Schanke!" "[SIGHS]" "I'm a dead man." "¶ The "I Love Perogies" polka ¶" "Schanke." "Honest to god, Nick." "I was only going to drive it to the station, but the hospital was on its way, and I said, "Why not?"" "This kills me." "This kills me more than it kills you." "The brakes failed." "Absolutely." "I was on that big hill on Dearborn Parkway, and I go to put on the brakes, and nothing, nada, niente!" "So I yank it over to the right, right?" "And try to jam it against the curb, but, no, this baby jumps over the sidewalk, so I yank it over to the left, and I almost hit this kid on a bike." "Is that when you hit the fire hydrant?" "Creamed it, water all over the place." "I'm slipping and sliding like Gretzky in a bad dream." "Wait, wait." "How'd you know about the fire hydrant?" "The brake line's cut." "You see?" "I had nothing to do with it." "It was cut." "By who?" "By the guy we're looking for." "You were right, Schanke." "I knew I was right." "The murderer in the museum was a different killer." "He was?" "Type O and homeless, they were the keys all along." "I knew that." "I know." "So..." "So you're not mad about the car?" "I could kill you about the car, but I owe you an apology about the case." "I accept it." "Good." "[SIGHS]" "Hey, are you okay?" "You look like death warmed over." "Yeah, I'm just a bit hungry." "Hey, why don't I take you for a souvlaki?" "My treat." "Nah, I think I'll wait until I can sink my teeth into something." "Oh, come on." "We've got to get back to the hospital." "[DOOR UNLOCKS]" "[DOOR CREAKS]" "[DOOR CREAKING]" "I'm telling you, you're not gonna get anywhere without a warrant." "We won't need one." "All the victims were regular blood donors, and all used the roving bloodmobiles." "Who told you that?" "Dr. Kipper." "Hm." "That's where he was." "You found Jeannie?" "Nothing yet." "Hey, what were you doing in the warehouse district last night?" "Anybody report anything unusual from up there this morning?" "No." "Why?" "[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]" "Alyce and I had a lead on the museum's Mayan cup." "Alyce?" "You were with Alyce last night?" "[CHUCKLES]" "RADIO DJ:" "Z, Z, Z..." "This is the Beamer sitting in for Night Crawler tonight." "Crawler, are you listening, man?" "Call in." "Say what." "We're worried about you." "[TURNS OFF RADIO]" "Is there something going on between you and her?" "Dr. Hunter and I?" "No, no, no." "I mean, Alyce and you." "You're the detective." "What do you think?" "I think you are suppressing evidence." "Nick?" "[CLATTERING]" "Nick?" "[CLATTERING]" "[ELEVATOR WHIRRING]" "If you're trying to scare me, you're doing a pretty good job." "[GASPS]" "[GROANING WEAKLY]" "Where is he?" "All we need from you is some answers to a few questions." "Like?" "Like, who has access to the donor records?" "The blood bank's staff, the physicians, hospital administrators." "Oh, that narrows the field." "Anyone come in and out of here this afternoon while Detective Schanke was around?" "Well, there were several nurses." "Dr. Edelman popped through." "Are you all right?" "Oh, he's just hungry." "I'll be fine." "I think the person we're looking for is more like an orderly or a lab technician." "Someone who wears his keys on his belt." "It's 101 Gateway, it's a warehouse." "Have him ring the buzzer." "Yes." "Please hurry." "I don't think he's ever used this before." "[BREATHING LABORIOUSLY]" "The ambulance will be here any minute." "No!" "No hospitals." "You need help." "No, he'll be there." "Who?" "He works there." "Who will be there?" "Yeah, yeah, he was asking a lot of questions about the Caddy, but how'd you know about the keys?" "Here." "Don Fenner." "He's a wonderful man." "Yeah, Knight, he's just a regular guy." "Come on." "Anything happen to him this year?" "Maybe something that could've pushed him over the edge?" "Well, he lost his mother." "How?" "A car accident." "Well, not really." "See, she lost a lot of blood." "What killed her, I guess, was the hepatitis that she contracted through the transfusion." "10 to one, she was type O." "NURSE:" "What does that have to do with anything?" "Type O is a universal donor, but can receive only type O blood." "Wait, wait, wait." "So if you knew that some of the blood used came from street people, maybe you'd blame them." "Maybe you'd see to it that they couldn't ever donate again." "Yeah, this is Knight." "We need to put out an APB." "Yeah, Donald Fenner." "Oh, God." "[DOOR BUZZING]" "No!" "No." "Easy, easy, it's okay." "I won't leave you." "I'm gonna stay with you." "Okay." "Ambulance?" "Yeah." "Take the elevator up." "We're on the second floor." "All right." "[DOOR UNLATCHES]" "Okay, we know he only works days." "Do you know any of his friends or acquaintances?" "NURSE:" "He's a very private person." "Be outside in a sec." "Just let me check my machine." "They're coming right up." "No..." "No, no, no, don't try to stand." "[TELEPHONE RINGS, ANSWERING MACHINE PICKS UP]" "KNIGHT'S VOICE:" "Yeah, Nick Knight." "I'm either in bed or incommuni" "[RAPID BEEPING]" "[BEEP]" "Hi, it's Nat." "Where are you?" "Please check in with me?" "I'm getting nervous." "Nick?" "Alyce?" "What are you doing there?" "Looking for you." "Where are you?" "Are you okay?" "How'd you get in?" "The Mayan numbers on the stela." "Very clever." "Someone named Jeannie is here." "She's alive?" "Barely." "The guy who beat her left her for dead." "She knows who's doing the murders, Nick." "Have you called for an ambulance?" "They're on their way up right now." "If the paramedic says she's stable, don't move her." "[ELEVATOR WHIRRING]" "Hang on." "The guy's here now." "Wait a minute." "Where's your stuff?" "Don't you have a medic bag?" "ALYCE:" "Who are you?" "[SCREAMS]" "Nick!" "He's at my place!" "Put out a call and meet me there!" "Hey." "Hey!" "Hey, Knight!" "Want to tell me how you're gonna get there?" "No, please!" "[JEANNIE ECHOING] Get away." "Stay away." "Get back!" "Stay back." "I mean it." "Get back!" "Stay away!" "Stay back." "I mean it." "[JEANNIE GASPS]" "No..." "Please?" "[GASPS]" "[HISSES]" "Where's Alyce?" "Over there." "We've got to get out of here." "Can you make it to the stairs?" "Run." "Nick!" "Can you walk?" "I'm not sure." "Come on." "[GLASS SHATTERING AND SCREAMING]" "[GROWLING]" "I believe he got what was coming to him." "Now it's your turn." "[SIRENS]" "SCHANKE:" "I'm on my way there now." "Meet up at his warehouse." "That's all I got, then he flew out of here." "MAN ON RADIO:" "Ten-four." "Steel spikes can't kill a vampire, Nick, but fire can." "Isn't it about time you came out?" "Stay here." "He won't come through the flames." "Nick..." "When I get to the other side, try to make it to the stairs." "You look weak." "When did you last feed?" "You need blood to fight, Nicholas." "You need blood to live." "Nick..." "Take me." "Yes... it's a wonderful offer." "Take her." "Make her one of us." "Mortals die." "Does it really matter how?" "Or when?" "Take her." "Take me." "It's the only way you can fight him." "It will kill you, Alyce." "Or make me immortal." "LACROIX:" "It beats...the blood." "Can you smell the blood?" "I'm so hungry." "Then take her." "Take me." "Don't you see?" "I'm a scientist." "I want to." "JEANETTE:" "The life." "Then take her." "You don't know what you're saying." "I do." "Alyce..." "A chance to live through entire civilizations." "Yes!" "To watch the world change, evolve." "Listen to her." "Take me." "You must." "Yield to your thirst." "JEANETTE:" "Drink, my love." "Drink out her goodness." "Take her." "Take me." "Take her!" "Nick..." "Do it!" "No!" "[GRABS PIECE OF WOOD]" "You really think you can beat me as a mortal?" "Go to hell." "[CHUCKLES]" "Not before you do." "[YELLS]" "That hurt." "[SCREAMS]" "Nick!" "[GROWLS]" "[ALYCE SCREAMS]" "[SPEAKING FRENCH]" "Damn you." "Burn in hell." "Va au diable." "[SIRENS APPROACHING IN DISTANCE]" "She wanted to live forever." "So did you." "It's very seductive, isn't it?" "The idea of never dying." "Yeah..." "And never being able to be in love." "Is that seductive?" "She had no idea." "No, Alyce and Lacroix, they're the lucky ones." "Oh, come on, you don't mean that." "If you hadn't given me the transfusion..." "You would have starved to death." "Or is that why you wanted to become mortal again?" "To die?" "Or is it to live and love like a human being?" "I was that close." "Are there any more like it?" "Aw, nobody really knows." "I guess I'll just have to keep looking." "And eating." "Do you think you can really bring me back over?" "Well, all we can do is keep trying." "Uh, you guys ready?" "I got to get home for some shut-eye." "You really owe me on this one, Knight." "Let's count up what I did." "I put together the hospital leads, the blood bank info." "What else did I do?" "What about the car?" "Oh, yeah, I remember, Knight." "Do you realize you got a pint of grade-A Schanke running through you?" "What?" "The transfusion?" "Nat, you didn't." "Sorry, he was the only available donor." "So, I guess from now on you won't be able to walk past a souvlaki stand without feeling the urge." "[LAUGHING]" "There's one thing I don't get, Nat, though." "What's that?" "Well, I understand this whole story about Jeannie, that she's B-negative, so the guy thinks he kills her, but doesn't drain her blood, I got that, but what about Fenner himself?" "What about him?" "Well, if he was taking the blood, why was his body missing two pints when we found him?" "Evaporation." "Oh, come on, no." "Absolutely." "The heat from the fire sucked up, as it were, the blood from his body." "He'll buy it." "Yeah." "Yeah, I knew that." "Yeah, sure, right." "Evaporation makes perfect sense." "Fastest way to a coffin." "One of them, anyway." "You guys are starting to sound like my wife." "I am trying to quit, all right?" "I am trying" "Will you stop looking at me like that?" "You guys have no idea what it's like to live with an addiction." "[SIGHS]" "I'll make an effort." "I really will." "[HISSING]"