"When God created man, a jealous Lucifer mounted a great rebellion in heaven." "His army of angels was defeated and forever banished from paradise." "These angels, the fallen, abandoned Lucifer, choosing to live on earth among the pleasures of humans." "They took mortal wives and fathered abominations, children called Nephilim:" "by the power of angels with the souls of man." "Angry, the Creator flooded the earth, killing the Nephilim and driving the fallen into hiding." "He sent the Powers, fierce warrior angels, to hunt those who survived the flood." "but there was hope for the fallenn a prophecy." "A Nephilim would be born who would redeem them and return them to paradise." "So the fallen watched..." "and waited." "Tom?" "Lori?" "Tom?" "Lori?" "Come, Nephilim!" "Meet your death!" "Huh." "Oh, man, that was wicked." "Oh..." "Hey, buddy." "Oh, hey, hey, stop, come on." "All right, come on, come on." "Hey, a little lighter on the noise, okay?" "I got a killer headache." "Surprise." "Hey, Happy Birthday!" "Happy Birthday!" "Don't let it go out." "I got it." "Okay." "We got it." "Here it is." "There you go." "Make a wish." "Yay." "Nice." "Thank you, Lori." "Thanks, Tom." "Wow." "Um, you guys didn't have to do this." "Didn't have to?" "It's your 18th birthday." "It's like the start of a whole new life." "Yeah." "And we'll have a party tonight, but we just wanted to, uh, to-- how happy we are that you were born, that last three years you've been with us have been just wonderful." "Yeah." "Thank you." "I mean, yeah." "Thanks a lot." "Now, you know the Corbett tradition." "Birthday boy gets to pick dinner, so what'll it be?" "Um, well, if it's not too much trouble, maybe Tom can make his spaghetti sauce?" "Yeah." "Yeah?" "Of course not." "It's no trouble." "I'll make it extra-special." "It already is, hon." "Okay." "All right." "Well, um, I got to get to work, so... we'll see you, and save your appetite." "Maybe after the party, we can work on the Caddy." "Cool." "All right." "That was very nice of you, and brave." "I can talk him out of it." "I'll tell him we're out of the ingredients." "No, no, I'm actually, uh..." "I'm beginning to like Tom's sauce." "Or at least get used to it." "How'd you get to be such a good kid, huh?" "I got to get Stevie up." "So enjoy your breakfast, and happy birthday." "How's it taste?" "this just arrived he said it wa urgent" "it's late You may go now" "But you have another meeting it's no t neccessary for you to be here" "I'll see you tomorrow what was that just the wind we're on the eighty-first floor" "Hello, Fallen." "Verchiel." "You look like you were expecting someone." "Who was coming to visit you, Samchial?" "No one, Your Worship." "Look we find you, lying to us." "What's that in your hair?" "Is it gray?" "I think you've been hanging around these monkeys for too long." "Did you really think that you could hide yourself behind all this magic?" "I mean, what good are runes when you show yourself by your actions?" "It's very sloppy." "Maybe you're sick of this realm." "Or maybe you actually feel remorse for your actions, and you've decided to turn yourself in." "I have paid for my transgressions." "You've paid?" "Being exiled to this planet is far from payment for what you did, my friend." "Your kind has yet to be punished." "By whom?" "You and your fanatic followers?" "You're not enacting the will of the Creator." "You're on your own crusade to destroy those whom you know were loved more by the Creator." "Silence!" "Prepare yourself for your judgment, Fallen." "Yaah!" "Only the Creator can judge." "Wait!" "Oh!" "You fool!" "He was hiding something, and you destroyed it!" "Mom, let it go." "There are plenty of kids out there who call their parents by their first names." "Besides, Dr. Jonas says that it's common for older adopted children, and it doesn't mean that Aaron's not bonding with us." "No, Mom, Tom and I don't need a second opinion." "We're happy working with Dr. Jonas." "Besides, Aaron trusts him." "Oh!" "It's okay, Stevie." "Sorry." "I" " No, it's okay." "I just touched Stevie without telling him." "And I think you're wrong about forcing Aaron to call us Mom and Dad." "You know, he's been through more than you or I could ever understand." "Oh, here he is now, Mom." "Yeah." "She wants to wish you a Happy Birthday." "Hey, Marge" "Grandma." "A white button-down shirt, slacks, and loafers." "Yeah." "Mm-hmm." "Okay." "I will." "Okay." "Thanks." "Bye." "She wanted to make sure I was dressed right to meet the school recruiters." "Oh, well, I officially apologize for my mother again." "It's no big deal." "Don't sweat it." "So, you're legal now." "Are you sure you don't want to play hooky today?" "We could go and vote, enlist in the Army, or--ooh--you could see an "R"-rated movie." "No, thanks anyway." "I got a big test in math, and I got to practice for the meet on Saturday." "Oh." "Headache." "You're not doing any dumb jock stuff like starving yourself for the wrestling meet?" "Uh, with my metabolism, I don't have to." "Lucky dog." "Hey, bro." "How's it going?" "Hey." "You're the only one that-  he does that with." " He does that with." "Well, Stevie and I have an understanding." "Right, bro?" "Oh, hey, Stevie, leave Aaron's ring alone." "That's okay." "He can play with it." "Hey, Stevie, I got to get going." "I'm gonna hand you over now, okay?" "Hey, Stevie, Mama's gonna take you from Aaron, okay?" "Oh, no." "It's okay." "We got to let Aaron get to school, right?" "Yeah, we're gonna have some fun today, aren't we?" "Hmm?" "Hey, no, it's a good thing that he responds so well to you, right, kiddo?" "Yeah." "You go to school." "We're fine." "I told you." "I don't know what you're talking about we know youre master was part of a system that protects the fallen angels and their offspring where are the records?" "She knows nothing." "Dispose of her." "wait wait sometimes I woould see hime he would stand in front of the markings. on the wall show me where" "here" "He has hidden them behind the runes." "You have done well." "We have no more need of you." "Very clever, Samchial." "The abominations--we can track them down and des" "What's that?" "It's North America." "It looks like Massachusetts." "Damn him!" "He rigged it." "You think?" "Samchial's not alone in this." "He was expecting someone else." "Find out who it is, and let me know before the others do." "Corbett-hole." "Lay off, Lockhart." "I got a headache." "You weren't at weigh-in this morning." "Yeah, I got in late." "I was 162." "What, are you losing weight?" "Better bulk up if you want to compete in the 166 class." "No, I'm good." "I'm shooting for your level." "I mean, I'm good at 166, but I'm gonna be great at 157, so you watch your butt, "Corbutt,"" "'cause I'm coming for you." "I'll eat you alive." "Someone screw with your locker, Brady?" "Yeah, real funny." "You think they'd get tired of the same joke." "Here." "For a jock, you're almost human." "And for a geek, you're almost, uh..." "Ah, you're just a geek." "Why do you put up with that nose wipe?" "Ah, leave him alone, Peter." "Just trying to help you out." "It's bad enough you're a foster kid, but hanging out with losers like that, it's bad for your rep." "Catch my drift, Corbett?" "Corbot." "Don't even think it." "That is way out of your league." "Hey." "Hi." "Ouch." "That had to hurt, huh?" "I got to get to class." "Wrestling is the art of strategy." "Do not think about your first move." "Think about how you're gonna get to your fifth move." "Okay, mat time." "Situational drills." "Pinning combinations." "Partner up." "Wrestling is the art of leaders." "Genghis Khan chose his generals by their wrestling skill." "And at the regionals, we're gonna show everybody what kind of leaders we are." "Uh, Corbett, partner up with Lockhart." "You're gunning for state champ." "Gotta give you a challenge." "Got what it takes, Corbett-hole?" "How's the headache?" "Still there." "Good." "Make it easier to take you down." "Thanks for the love." "Couldn't hold the half nelson." "Weak, Corbett, weak." "You're gonna have to do much better on Saturday." "Mat work." "Pinning combinations." "Partner up." "Hey, Brady." "Saw you in the shower today, buddy." "Doesn't look good." "Yeah, shouldn't you be in the girls' locker room?" "Come on, Peter, let me go." ""Come on, Peter, let me go."" ""Peter, oh, please, don't hurt me."" "Can we be intelligent about this?" "Whoa!" "You're saying Peter's not intelligent?" "Aren't you guys tired of kicking the crap out of me?" "Not yet." "Lay off, Lockhart." "Whoa, it's the orphan boy." "Yeah, poster boy here for birth control." "You challenging Lockhart after he trounced you today?" "Didn't you learn your lesson in gym today," "Corbett-hole." "I guess not." "Aaron, what are you doing?" "Lay off, Corbett!" "You're choking him!" "He's choking him." "Let him loose, Corbett!" "You're choking him!" "Lay off him!" "Aaron, come on, let him go." "He's just a jerk." "Man, lay off!" "You're choking him!" "Come on, let him go." "Lay off him!" "It's your birthday?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "I heard what you did for David Brady in the gym." "I think it's cool." "It was stupid." "I, uh, I lost control." "I could have hurt him." "Well, it's just I promised Tom and Lori that I wouldn't fight anymore." "Who?" "Oh, they're my parents." "Oh!" "I'm sorry." "They're" " Yeah." "They're my parents." "They're" " Actually, they're my adoptive parents." "Yeah." "I heard you're adopted." "So am I." "You are?" "Yeah." "My mom died when I was born, and my aunt raised me." "And when she died, I moved up here to live with my other aunt." "Wow." "That's-- That's so cool." "What?" "No, no, no." "Not that you're an orphan." "That's not what I meant." "I'm an orphan too." "I didn't mean it." "I'm sorry." "I didn't mean it that way." "It's okay." "It's just, uh, you, uh" "You know your biological family." "You don't?" "No." "I was, uh, placed in foster care when I was born." "Sorry." "What are you gonna do for your birthday?" "You having a big party?" "No, I'll probably just, uh, hang out with Tom and Lori, and Stevie." "He's their son." "That probably sounds really, uh, dorky, spending my 18th birthday with my family." "No." "It sounds really wonderful." "Vilma, come here." "I got to go." "Happy birthday." "So, water conservation." "Three basic goals:" "Increase the amount of groundwater, keep the unpolluted waters clean and clean up the polluted waters, and decrease our own personal use." "Americans use 60 gallons of water each per day." "That's five times more than any European." "Now, when you're brushing your teeth, do you let the water run, or do you turn the shower on before you get into it, let it run, getting warm, or run the water for a while" "before you get a glass of water, wash just a few things in the laundry machine?" "Okay, this material will be on next week's test." "Homework tonight, Chapter 3, and answer the questions in the back." "Mr. Corbett, before you go," "I know you have a-- a lot of offers from colleges, based upon your wrestling, but I don't want you to neglect your academic achievements." "I have a friend who's recruiting for Cornell." "He's looked at your records." "He's impressed, and he wants to meet with you." "Now, I know it may be as much money as a sports scholarship, but I think you should listen to his offer." "Okay." "I will." "Thank you, Mrs. Baker." "Aaron, you're a smart boy." "You're talented." "Kids like you, they're destined for a fate greater than being an ex-wrestling champ." "Make something of yourself." "Can I help you?" "The boy, the one who just left." "Aaron Corbett?" "Yes." "Thank you." "Is there a problem?" "Not anymore." "He's really mean." "He's nice to me." "Yeah, like a spider, and you're the fly." "Maybe I'm the spider, and he's the fly." "I think he's cute." "Come on, class." "Take your seats." "Open up your textbooks to Chapter 5." "Run." "Disappear." "Run!" "They come!" "Run!" "Run!" "Danger." "Leave this place." "Run." "Danger." "Run." "Run!" "Run!" "Run!" "Danger!" "Get home... get some sleep... and everything will be okay." "Ah, kids today." "Drink, drugs." "Shouldn't be driving." "Angels?" "Nephilim." "Come on, come on, come on." "Hey." "Hey, you." "Hold, it, hold it." "Stop, stop, stop!" "Hold it!" "Now wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute!" "Oh, my." "He's come." "The Punisher." "what shall we do?" "They've come to kill us don't worry my beloved" "I'll proctect you." "They won't find you" "But the signs show..." "You must come with me" "Father, no." "What are you doing?" "No please." "You have your Nephilim." "I've kept my part of the bargain." "Please, father." "No." "How could you do this?" "Then you will live, Grigori." "For now." "Papa?" "Papa!" "Lori?" "Aaron!" "Stevie?" "Aaron, Aaron, Aaron." "Love you, love you, love you." "Okay, play now with Gabriel?" "Aaron scared?" "Aaron okay?" "I swear, if I hear one more word from you," "I'm gonna scream." "Aaron?" "Hey, you're home early." "Everything all right?" "Yeah, are you okay?" "Yeah, yeah, I think I'm just, uh..." "I think I'm coming down with something." "Oh, you're pale." "Oh, and you're feverish." "Yeah, I just, uh..." "I just need to rest." "Are you sure?" "Can I make you something?" "No, no." "I'm fine." "I'm just gonna, um, go upstairs." "Okay." "Hey, wait for Gabriel!" "Gabe is not talking to me." "Gabe is not talking to me" "Aaron angry at Gabriel?" "Gabe is not talking to me" "Gabriel did something wrong?" "Shut up." "Please, just shut up." "I'm losing it." "This can't be happening." "Aaron angry." "Gabriel knows why." "It's a...dream." "It's...hallucinations from a fever." "Maybe I...hit my head too hard in gym class." "Gabriel took, chewed up couldn't stop." "Gabriel sorry." "Aaron, please forgive." "Please." "Gabe will never chew socks." "It's not about the damn sock." "I know, but I promise I will never chew socks." "Please be quiet for a second." "Is everything okay up there?" "Gabriel fine." "Aaron act funny." "We're good-- I mean, I'm good." "Okay." "Inside." "Yeah, but I thought maybe a quick game of fetch." "Animals and people aren't supposed to talk to each other." "Dogs are dogs, and humans are humans." "Aaron talk to Gabe all the time." "Gabe talk to Aaron all the time." "I know that, but there's a difference between talking to and understanding, Gabe." "I'm--I'm arguing with a dog." "This is crazy." "I'm--I'm crazy." "They're, uh..." "They're gonna lock me away, Gabe." "Aaron scared Gabriel talk?" "Gabriel no talk." "No talk?" "No talk." "Okay." "Okay." "I'm gonna sleep this off." "When I wake up, everything's gonna be fine." "Yeah, and we'll celebrate your birthday tomorrow." "Okay." "Can't wait." "We're gonna have cake and ice cream." "It's gonna be a lot of fun." "Stop talking." "there is no mercy for abominations!" "There is no mercy for Nephilim!" "Aah!" "Hello." "No more talking?" "Okay." "Good boy." "All right, buddy, let's get you some food." "Good." "Love, love, love food." "Oops." "Gabriel talked." "I think I'm going crazy." "Have you told Tom and Lori?" "No." "No." "Um..." "You know, they've been so nice to me, and, uh... now I've got to tell them that they've adopted a schizo." "There are a lot of other things besides schizophrenia that would explain these symptoms." "You and I have been meeting for seven years." "We've gone through some pretty tough situations in foster care, so I--I think we can get through this one all right, okay?" "Good." "All right, then." "Reality check." "Out of the Heavens rained down, who angrily were saying:" ""Who is this..." "that without death goes through the Kingdom of the people, dead"" "So what did I just say?" "It's from Dante's Inferno." "We read it last year in Language Arts." "The fallen angels are angry because Dante's in hell but he's not dead." "Did you, um, read this book in Italian?" "No." "Non conosco I'italiano." "But you're speaking it now." "No." "Ora non sto parl-- parlando." "Holy crap." "D-Do you see what I mean?" "Amazing." "Wait a minute." "..."whose fire in his eyes" ""reaches further than her heart." ""Will the flame of the heart die in the flames of the fire?"" "The woman thinks of the living, whose fire in his eyes reaches further than her heart." "Will the flame of the heart die in the flames of the fire?" "Or something like that." "Hey, you live like an onion, with your head in the ground." "An onion?" "What does that mean?" "Um...it means..." "It means holy crap." "What?" "I--I don't know, Aaron." "I don't know." "I've heard of people who have suffered a head trauma." "Others get brain lesions." "Well, I did have a bad headache." "And suddenly, they--they understand other languages." "I always just thought it was urban myth." "Repeat this string of numbers to me backwards:" "11, 5, 8, 12, 14." "14, 12, 8, 5, 11." "Adds up to 50." "That's right." "And you understand animals as well." "So, is Gabe saying anything?" "Gabe?" "A lady poodle peed right here." "Um..." "A poodle peed on your carpet." "Well, now, that's impossible." "The label said the odor will be gone in a week, and absolutely no one" "Gabe told you that?" "Damn." "Aaron, are you... having any other symptoms?" "I mean, are you experiencing nausea, vomiting?" "No." "I'm fine." "Just...weird." "Weird." "Yeah, well, that" "That is the word for it." "I'm gonna get you in to see my friend at Stanford Medical Center." "I'm gonna clear my book tomorrow." "Can you be here around 10 A.M.?" "I want you to use the emergency line if you need anything, or you feel sick, all right?" "And take notes." "Take notes, Aaron." "I want to know everything that's going on." "And tell your folks." "I mean, that's what parents are for." "Maybe I had a stroke or something." "Or maybe it's genetic." "My father was a..." "genius, or my mother was part of a medical experiment, and died while giving birth." "It's hard not knowing who your parents are." "You're kind of an orphan too, huh?" "Aaron Gabriel's family." "What the" "Something's coming." "Ah." "Hello young Nephilim" "Do you understand the tongue of the message" "The Messenger?" "What you are is obvious." "You are in danger..." "Nephilim." "Aaron?" "Aaron!" "Wait for Gabriel!" "Oh, this is not good." "This is not good." "Play now?" "Oh." "Oh, good, yeah." "Play now?" "No play." "Must work." "No play." "All work, no play, makes Aaron talk to himself." "How are you?" "You speak Portuguese?" "I didn't know." "No...no..." "I don't speak Portuguese." "Well, kind of." "Not really." "Just a little bit." "But your accent is perfect." "Yeah, I've" " I've been studying it some." "It's a pretty language." "You weren't in class today." "No, no, I, uh" "Some say you didn't want to go to wrestling, that you're chicken." "Would that "some" be Peter Lockhart?" "Yeah." "He's a loser." "I thought you were sick, but here you are, talking to yourself." "Oh, I was, uh, I was talking to Gabe." "Oh, hi, poochie." "Not Poochie, Gabriel." "What a pretty dog." "Yeah, Gabriel very pretty." "Uh..." "Oh, uh, I'm doing research for, uh, for school." "It's a book report." "I love angels." "Uh..." "See?" "Um, I have all kinds of books on them." "Do you know about, um, Nephilim?" "Sure, yeah." "There's all kinds of angels." "There's the Cherubim, the Seraphim, the Nephilim, who were the children of an angel and a human." "You see, they had the powers of angels, but the souls of man." "Here, let me show you a site." ""From the root 'nephel,'" ""meaning 'unnaturally begotten men,' or 'bastards.'" ""They are the biblical half-breeds:" "half-human, half-angel."" "Isn't this site great?" "Yeah, yeah, this is-- This is really cool." "I think angels are here, all around us." "What, you mean, like, you can see 'em?" "Well, not see 'em, but... don't you ever feel like you're in the presence of something special?" "Yeah." "I--I know what you mean." "When's your book report due?" "Maybe I can help with research." "Wow." "Yeah." "That would be" "That would be fantastic, yeah." "Um, I got to get the bus." "Uh, we both have study hall second period tomorrow." "You want to meet at the library?" "Sure, I'd love to." "Yeah." ""Nephilim had the gift of tongues," ""understanding all languages, including that of the animals and the plants."" "We got to find that bum." "He's right over there." "Hey!" "Hey!" "Ohh..." "Hey, you, come here, come here, come here." "Listen to me." "Why did you call me that name?" "I don't want to hurt you." "I'm not gonna let go of you until you tell me what's going on, okay?" "Okay." "Go easy with the threads." "Huh?" "It's my best outfit." "Why did you call me Nephilim?" "'Cause that's what you are." "You're half-angel, half-human." "You some sort of cult person, is that it?" "I'm an angel." "Name is Ezekiel, Zeke for short." "Okay, okay, I got it." "I'm talking to a nut case." "Well, ha ha" "You're crazier than me." "Have it your way." "Come on, Gabe." "Well, Happy 18th Birthday to you, nonetheless." "Yep." "How did you know it was my birthday?" "Nephilim come of age when they're 18, and you can smell 'em a mile away when they're turning." "Ahh..." "And boy, you do smell of angel." "This is a bunch of bull." "Well, you're taking it a lot better than most." "What do you mean?" "Well, angel nature and human nature don't live well together." "Nephilim, when they experience both, they, hmmm, they go wackadoodle, and you, you're just a little wonka-wonka." "Huh, wonka-wonka--hoo." "Wonka-wonka." "Wonka." "I have done your bidding." "I have sought out the abominations and destroyed them." "But it has been a long time since I have heard your words, a sign that my work is pleasing in your sight." "I know it is not for me to ask, but...a sign." "if you could just show me" "Your lordship." "What?" "Your lordship, I thought you might want these:" "the remains of Samshial." "What would I want with his ashes?" "Do you think I'm like these humans, needing their remains to make themselves feel better?" "Huh!" "Wait!" "A sign." "Thank you." "You have done well." "For this, you may have the next kill." "Thank you, my lord." "We must send Kolazonta to Massachusetts to find someone named Corbett." "If you're an angel, show me your wings." "I'm a Grigori, one of the highest orders of angels." "I, uh, hate to break it to you, bud, but, uh, those aren't wings." "Uh, yeah, I had 'em clipped in the fall." "Oh, yeah?" "So they'll grow back in the spring?" "Uh, that's fall, not as in autumn, uh, as in fallen." "I'm a fallen angel, so they clipped my wings." "Those scars you got, they could be from anything:" "an accident, surgery." "Yeah, well, believe it or not," "I am an angel." "Heh heh heh." "You are Nephilim, which means that, uh--ha ha" "I want to be out of here when they come looking for you." "Who's "they"?" "The Powers." "They, uh, their gig is to get rid of creatures they're not pleased with, and, uh, usually, they find 'em within two days after their 18th birthday." "Now, you've got, maybe, a day, something like that, I think, yeah." "So you're telling me that because I'm a Nephilim," "God has sent killer angels after me." "Is that what you're trying to tell me?" "God, God is such a limiting term." "The Creator is so much more:" "Allah, Shiva, the Tao, Jehovah" "Can you please stick to the point?" "The point." "Oh, yes, well, uh, humans and angels are not supposed to, uh, canoodle, uh, fraternize, socialize, that sort of thing." "Well, anyway... the result of our dalliances... are beings like you, Nephilim." "That's it, here we go." "Aha!" "My prize, yes." "Ha ha ha ha!" "Ah, here we go." "Play ball!" "Yes!" "Play ball!" "No, no, no, no, no, no." "This is not to play with." "This is mine." "I caught this is straightaway center field from Babe Ruth, and it's signed by him." "Wait, wait, wait, wait." "You can hear my dog?" "Oh, yes, I can hear your dog, absolutely." "That's what talking in tongues is." "It's an angel thing." "And we're really good dancers too--woo-hoo!" "Uh, the Powers think that they are the Creator's personal storm troopers, and their whole goal is to get rid of Nephilim, and they absolutely hate the Fallen." "Why?" "Why do they hate the Fallen?" "The important thing is that Camael, leader of the Powers, is here, and he's probably looking for you." "What is that?" "Wait a minute." "That's my name." "This is just a bruise." "That ain't no bruise." "That's a mark." "That's ancient writing." "This is getting weird!" "I wanna get" "That--That's, uh-- That's ancient writing." "That's, uh-- I'm out of here." "Wait, wait!" "Whoa-ho-ho!" "Wait a minute!" "Wait a minute!" "So you tell me some Camel guy's looking for me?" "Whoa!" "Hold it!" "Gabe!" "Ball!" "Gabe!" "No!" "Ball!" "Oh, yeah!" "Play ball!" "Gabe." "He came out of nowhere." "I didn't even" "Just get help, quick." "Gabe, you okay?" "Gabriel hurt bad." "Gabe, no." "Gabe, no, no, no, no, no." "Please, please, Gabe, Gabe, Gabe, Gabe." "Gabe." "Aaron?" "All right, all right." "Move aside, move aside." "Let me show you how a real angel heals." "Come on, move aside." "All right." "Easy, boy." "Easy, big fella." "I'm gonna take you for a little ride." "There you are." "It...hurts." "What is that?" "What's happening?" "Did you see that?" "That's his soul leaving the body." "Whoo." "That means I lost my touch." "Sorry, kid." "You know what they say:" "use it or lose it." "No." "No, no, no, no, no, no, no." "There's got to be something." "No." "No, no, no, no, no." "Please." "That's something you're not supposed to be able to do, unless" "Now, look here, now, if you are what I think you are, then we can--we can still save this dog." "Please, you've done enough damage." "Look, you either believe me, and he lives, or you don't, and he dies." "Now, it's your choice." "You put your hands on him." "Animal Control's on their way." "Now." "This is crazy." "You got to tap into your angel nature." "It's like everything's speeding up inside ya." "See it in the darkness." "Look hard." "You see it?" "You see it." "I see something." "Hear it." "Call to it." "Let it fill you." "What is it?" "No, no, no." "You got to control it." "You got to control it." "You got to" "If you're gonna save this dog, you've got to accept your angel nature." "You've got to open yourself to it." "You've got to let it fill you." "You've got to accept it as part of you, and if you doubt it, if you question it, it'll destroy you, or you will destroy it." "You understand?" "Okay." "This is a part of me." "This is a part of who I am." "Aaron?" "Where's the ball?" "Gabe." "Hey, hey, hey, hey." "Oh, I'm free at last." "Where's the ball?" "Where'd the ball go?" "I'm free at last!" "This is impossible." "I'm not half an angel." "Oh, sorry to tell you, kid, but you're probably more than that." "Ah!" "He bears the names of the Fallen, he has the touch of the angels." "No more exile." "Gabe, stay away from the birds." "Don't worry, Aaron." "Gabriel won't hurtrt." "Honing hunting skills." "Honing?" "Who uses words like "honing"?" "I don't even words like "honing."" "So, if you are what I think you are, we've got some business to tend to." "No, we don't." "We have no business to attend to, okay?" "My dog almost died." "There you are." "And I just brought him back to life." "Exact-- That's crazy." "That's insane." "I got to talk to Jonas." "No, no, no, no, no, no." "Go easy with this." "You're quite a find." "No, I'm not." "Yes, you are." "Whatever just happened's never gonna happen again." "Great!" "I can help you!" "I can make it all go away." "Yes, I can." "There's just one little thing you have to do for me:" "Redeem me." "What?" "You can restore me to an angel and send me home." "Then I can call off the Powers, and you can be a normal boy again." "Okay, I'm-- I'm out of here." "Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no." "Listen." "Listen to me." "Just stay here." "Just listen to me, please." "Just listen for a moment." "Now, there is a chance that you can redeem me, and clear me of my transgressions." "How can I redeem you?" "I don't know what that means." "I don't know if you're real." "You know I'm real." "Come over here." "Let me give you something here." "Babe Ruth signed this." "It's yours." "Here." "It's not about the payment." "Do you understand?" "This is just--This is-- This is too weird." "All right, all right, all right." "The prophesy said you would come, and here you are, so all I'm asking you to do is to redeem me." "Just, uh, touch me, to wave your hands over me, have redeeming thoughts." "I don't even know" "Please, just do it, do it, and I won't ask you anything more." "Just--I promise." "All right, fine." "You're--You're saved." "You're redeemed." "Whatever." "That's it?" "No." "See?" "You got the wrong guy." "Oh, no, no, no." "Please, try again." "Try like you did with the dog." "Look what you did with the dog." "Huh?" "Come on." "Are you satisfied?" "All right, go on, go on, damn it." "Just go on." "Don't redeem me." "Let me give you a little advice, Mister!" "You better get your butt out of here because if the Powers find you, your ass is grass, you understand that?" "I'm getting out of here." "I've had enough of you." "Super sauce comin' at ya." "Hey!" "Happy Birthday!" "Hey, Happy Belated Birthday!" "Ready for some of that special spaghetti sauce?" "Aaron?" "It's okay." "Hey, is everything okay?" "What's wrong?" "Aaron?" "What's wrong?" "You can tell us." "Um, I just, um..." "Thank you." "Thank you for-- for everything." "I just want you guys to know that I can never repay you." "Repay us?" "Buddy, we're family." "We don't repay." "Hey, we love you." "I love you too, Mom and Dad." "Please don't forget that." "Um, don't worry." "We won't." "Come on, let's eat." "Oh, my God." "Look what he's doing." "Stevie, did you do that, sweetie?" "Angel." "Oh, my God, you're speaking!" "Stevie, you're talking!" "Hey!" "Hey, hi, Stevie!" "Hi, sweetheart." "Where's the video camera?" "Uh..." "We got to get this on tape." "Go, go, go, go." "Baby, it's me, Mommy." "Hey, can you say "Mommy"?" "Aaron." "He's-- Stevie's speaking." "Hey, can you say something for me?" "Aaron." "Angels." "Angels come." "He knows who you are, Aaron." "This is amazing." "He knows who you are." "I think I'll call in sick tomorrow and come with you and Stevie to the clinic." "What if he's getting better?" "What if this is all a mistake?" "Take it easy." "One step at a time." "Yeah." "You missed weigh-in this morning." "Hmm?" "Coach Chaney called." "Tell her what Dr. Jonas said." "I, uh, was doing a report for school." "Dr. Jonas said that you should tell Tom and" "Oh, cake!" "That's good." "Can't make it on brawn alone." "I got to get this one to bed." "I'm gonna, uh, go get some fresh air." "Oh, there we go." "You're a big boy." "The Studebaker parts finally came." "Water's stuck in the pit again." "Oh, yeah." "We're gonna have to get that fixed one of these days." "Here you go." "Quite a day, huh?" "I mean, with, uh, Stevie, and plus it being your birthday." "Yeah." "You know, Stevie talking..." "We've been hoping for something like that for...years." "Yeah, I know." "Well, Lori and I, uh-- your mom and I" "Look, I remember turning 18." "I was still in foster care, and I waited my whole life for that birthday so I could get out on my own and stop bouncing from place to place." "Look, just because you've turned 18, and legally you're an adult, that doesn't mean we're not family." "Tom" "Uh, Dad, there's stuff going on." "I'm really scared." "I think there's something wrong with me." "I mean, um..." "I'm afraid my parents weren't normal." "Aaron, you and I have talked about how I was at your age." "You know, I stole, and I lied, and I got kicked out of every foster home within a few months." "I know, but" "Wait, wait." "It's because I thought my biological parents were bad people." "And I thought I was bad, you know, like I didn't have a choice." "I was--I was a victim of my own fear." "You understand what I'm saying?" "Yeah, but" "But then I started to see that I was taking the easy way:" "you know, blaming others for how my life was going." "But the only person in charge of my life was me, and I had a choice." "You know, I could be angry and resentful, or I could work, and create a life that I could be proud of." "But I think there's something wrong with me." "Aaron, there's nothing wrong with you." "You're human, like all of us." "You're a good kid." "I mean, you're a good man." "You have refused to let what happened to you define who you are." "I'm proud to have you as my son." "Come here." "Hello." "I was wondering if you could help me." "I'm looking for someone." "Well, I'm the only one here." "How did you get in here?" "A boy." "Just turned 18." "An orphan." "He has...abilities." "I think you'd better leave." "There's no one here." "It's the damnedest thing." "I haven't seen anything like it, not in my entire life." "You know, I never believed in spontaneous human combustion before, but there's no other explanation." "The guy was completely incinerated." "Just him and the phone." "Fire doesn't work that way." "It's the damnedest thing." "Excuse me." "The doctor who works here, is he okay?" "You family?" "He's my friend." "I'm sorry, kid." "I can't say anything officially." "We see Dr. Jonas?" "No." "We don't." "This is so screwed up." "Who's gonna believe me, huh?" "All right, I'll be right back, okay?" "Brady, have you seen Vilma Rodriguez?" "You mean the girl you've been pining over all year?" "If you see her, tell her I can't make study hall." "Here, let me." "Geez, Corbett, you ripped the whole door off." "What's with you?" "Hey, Corbett-hole, surprised to see you at school." "You been hiding or what?" "Not now, Lockhart." "Find Vilma, and tell her I'll talk to her later." "Don't turn your back on me." "I'm just gonna get the vice-principal." "No." "Brady, you intervene, and you're next." "Peter, don't do this, okay?" "You're dead." "You're a freak, Corbett." "How did you do that?" "Honestly, I" "I have no clue, man." "Things are really screwed up." "I can't even... begin to explain." "Aaron." "There you are." "Hi." "Hi." "Um, listen, I got to cancel our study date." "I know." "I figured you were already in there." "What?" "In where?" "In the counselor's office." "They were looking for you." "There's a guy here from Cornell." "Oh, no, no, no." "Now is not a good time." "Don't be silly." "You'll be fine." "Just be yourself." "New York, can you imagine?" "That is so cool." "I want to hear what happens with the interview." "I'm gonna be by the cafe around 4 P.M." "You can tell me all about it." "Tree." "Bird." ""Significant improvement."" "That's what he said." "I'll get out of work and go with you." "I'd like to check out this new doctor." "Aaron!" "Help Aaron!" "Oh!" "Hey, Stevie, you're okay." "If you're gonna kill me... just do it." "What are you waiting for?" "Just do it." "Kill me." "Kill you?" "I've been looking for you for centuries." "I'm here to protect you." "There was a great battle." "A mighty angel convinced many followers to rebel against the teachings of the Creator." "Although these rebels were strong, they did not win their fight." "They were banished to the Earth." "Their wings were clipped." "The Fallen." "You killed them." "In the past." "I thought it was my holy mission to eradicate the Fallen and their offspring." "You've eradicated others like me?" "Yes, I have." "Then why are you so set on saving me?" "I mean, aren't I one of your abominations?" "A prophet once said that a Nephilim would be born who could forgive the Fallen of their sins so that they may return to the Source." "I saw that the Creator had a plan much greater than I could comprehend." "After that, I could no longer be a part of the killing, and I realized that I had to save those the Powers wished to destroy." "This is ridiculous." "What are you, like, part of the Angelic Witness Protection Agency or something?" "I don't understand." "So basically, I'm screwed." "I either go into hiding, or I'm killed by fanatic angels." "That's--That's great." "There is another thing." "I don't want to hear it." "We have studied the signs foretold by the prophet." "A child would be born when the Sun was in Virgo." "The footprint of the father would mark his birthplace and he would be called as a Messenger." "Get toto the point." "These signs have led us to you." "It is possible that you are the one that I have been searching for." "Okay, well, I hate to break your bubble, but I'm not, okay?" "Zeke fed me that whole redeeming line too, and" "You've met Ezekiel?" "Yeah." "I tried the whole redeeming thing on him, and it didn't work." "I'm not your guy." "So why don't you leave me alone, okay?" "Ezekiel is not to be trusted." "According to Zeke, neither are you." "If Ezekiel knows that you're here, he will tell the Powers." "Whether you are the Redeemer or not, your life is in grave danger." "I can protect you." "I can hide you." "There's no way." "They've killed your friend Dr. Jonas." "Stop it." "They have killed my friend Samchial." "They will kill your family." "They will kill you." "Stop it." "Look, I've been kicked around since I was a baby, one foster home to another." "and all I ever wanted was a normal life." "And now I'm graduating high school, and colleges are interested in me, and I have a family that loves me, and, you know, there's this girl I just met" "And all this angel stuff, I--I just" "I can't take it." "I don't want any part of it." "You have no choice." "I have no choice?" "Screw you." "I have a choice, and I'm choosing to be rid of you and all this angel crap, so why don't you go back to Heaven and leave me the hell alone?" "As you wish." "Ezekiel, my old friend, and always as-- fragrant as ever." "I thought I'd stop by and say "hi,"" "talk over old times." "Oh, by the way, have you seen any Nephilim in these parts?" "Oh-ho-ho..." "They must have passed right on by." "Sorry." "Come on, Ezekiel." "We have always had such a good arrangement." "Mutually beneficial, wouldn't you say?" "You tell us where the Nephilim are, and we let you live." "Ohh..." "I...know nothing." "Oh, that's funny, because his scent is all over the place." "And I find it very interesting that you gave up your own child, but this one you protect." "I haven't seen him." "Hmm..." "I haven't seen him." "Hmm." "I..." "Non, s'il vous plaît!" "Nephilim." "Papa!" "Papa!" "Aaah!" "It's him, or it's you." "Ohh..." "I'll tell Tom and Lori." "They'll think I'm crazy, but I have to." "Aaron, look out!" "Oh-ho-ho." "Whoa!" "What's wrong with you?" "Uh, look, I'm, uh" "Stupid idiot!" "Yeah, well, nevertheless, uh, the Powers are looking for you, and I had to, uh, well, tell 'em where you live, so" "You sent killer angels to my house?" "What about my family?" "That's a good point, That's a good point." "Now, if you're lucky," "Verchiel will spend time questioning and... killing 'em-- nicely, I'm sure-- and then you'll have time to escape." "What?" "Yes." "Well, they're not your family anyway." "I love them." "Oh, that's sweet." "I'm sure they appreciate it, but you better run right now." "I'm not gonna run." "I'm not a coward like you." "Courage is vastly overrated." "Why are you doing this?" "I am not your precious Redeemer." "I'm doing this to help you out." "Now just run." "You disgust me." "I'd rather love and die than live and hate myself." "Oh, that's beautiful." "If it's me they want, it's me they'll get." "I'm not gonna let them hurt my family." "come on ?" "Wait a minute." "Wait!" "Hey, hold on just a second." "Now, what about" "What about me?" "Lori?" "Tom?" "Aaron, we get out of here." "Lori!" "Tom!" "Aaron, what's going on?" "What is this slamming?" "What is going on?" "Listen!" "Go back into the basement!" "Angels!" "Angels!" "Angels!" "Lock the door!" "Don't come out, no matter what you hear." "But, Aaron" "Just do this for me, please." "okay okay" "Wait." "Just go." "Just go, please." "Okay." "Protect them." "Don't let them get hurt." "Come, Nephilim!" "Gabriel protect." "Aaron's fine." "It's okay." "Come, Nephilim!" "Meet your death!" "Kid, go back!" "Run for it!" "Go now!" "You want a piece of me?" "You got it!" "Grrr!" "Aah!" "Kushiel, kill Ezekiel!" "Leave him alone." "It's me you want." "Yes, it is!" "Look, I don't want anything to do with angels or prophesies." "So just leave me and my family alone, and we won't bother you." "I promise." "Oh, you promise!" "Ha ha ha!" "The abomination bargains!" "How amusing!" "He's yours." "Must save Aaron." "Raah!" "Traitor!" "You deserve to die!" "He is the Redeemer." "The Redeemer?" "You can't be serious!" "Ha!" "Ha!" "Haah!" "Aah!" "Peniel!" "Raah!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "Aahr!" "Go." "Go get a weapon." "How?" "See it in your mind." "Your turn." "Raah!" "Ha!" "Ha!" "Aah!" "Aahhh..." "Ooohh..." "Aaarh!" "Aarh!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "Aargh!" "Raah!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "Mama's gonna touch you, baby." "There we go." "Ha ha!" "Ha ha!" "Aah!" "Stop!" "You can't kill the Redeemer!" "He's part of the Creator's divine plan!" "Him?" "You're not just a traitor, you're also a fool." "Look at him!" "Has anyone ever fought back before?" "Can't you feel his presence?" "Tell me this isn't different." "You almost had me." "No!" "Oh!" "Oh, my God!" "Aaron!" "Aaron!" "Angel!" "Aaron!" "Angel!" "Aaron!" "Aaron!" "Angel!" "Aaron!" "Aaron!" "So much for your prophesy." "What have you done?" "Aaron!" "Angel!" "Aaron!" "Aaron!" "Trapped!" "Open up!" "Aaron!" "Aaron!" "We're trapped!" "Aaron!" "Uh..." "Thank you." "I misjudged you." "I was waiting for a sign." "I--I understand now." "Fine." "You go ahead, and you get rid of me, but that is not gonna solve your problem." "The Powers will never let you roam this planet." "They will hunt you down." "And you will have to leave." "Your family will never be safe with you here." "Aaron!" "Aaron, look out!" "Agrrr!" "He stood you up." "Something could have happened." "I'll give him ten more minutes." "It's almost 5." "I'll wait for him a little longer." "Zeke." "You came back." "You surprised me." "Yeah..." "I surprised myself." "Oh, no." "Don't touch me." "If you use your powers, it's like a beacon." "They may send someone back to look for you." "It is true." "But don't they already know?" "If you forsake your powers, you can save the life you have here." "If not, you will become what you were born to be:" "the Redeemer." "Zeke." "I want the truth." "Do you regret letting others die so you could live?" "Yes." "So would I." "Hey." "Open up!" "Aaron!" "Come back!" "I'm going away now." "No." "But I'll always be with you, okay?" "Aaron." "Aaron!" "Angel." "Aaron!" "Here." "Aaron." "Angel." "Aaron!" "The longer you stay, the greater the danger." "I'll come back." "I promise." "Gabe?" "Gabe?" "Can you hear me?" "Come here, boy." "Tell Mom and Dad that I love them, okay?" "Lori!" "Lori." "Hey, hey, it's Aaron." "There's something horrible that's happening." "What is going on?" "Where's Aaron?" "I don't know" "Stevie!" "Stevie!" "Stevie!" "Aaron!" "Hey." "It has been said they walk among us... that they guide us." "It could be the banker... the girl next door... or the cop on the beat." "But I know now that some tempt us." "They even destroy what we believe in." "My future is not my own." "My destiny has been re-written." "Previously on Fallen..." "When God created man, a jealous Lucifer mounted a great rebellion in Heaven." "His army of angels was defeated and forever banished from paradise." "These angels, the Fallen, abandoned Lucifer, choosing to live on Earth among the pleasures of humans." "They took mortal wives and fathered abominations, children called Nephilim." "They have the powers of angels but the souls of men." "Angry, the Creator flooded the Earth, killing the Nephilim and driving the Fallen into hiding." "He sent the Powers, fierce warrior angels, to hunt those that survived the flood." "But there was hope for the Fallen in a prophecy." "A Nephilim would be born who would redeem them and return them to paradise." "So the Fallen watched..." "and waited." "Sometimes I... wonder what it would be like if Lucifer had won|the war." "I mean, it's not like he got us on his side with promises of an evil empire and eternal suffering." "All that came later..." "after the Fall." "I've tried my best to make up for what I've done." "To help the humans defend themselves against what I helped to create." "But..." "I mean, there's just as much hate in the world, just as much suffering." "More, even." "So have I atoned for what I have done?" "I don't know." "I just know I wanna go home." "Then that's where you'll go." "It's been one year since I found out that I have the power to send Fallen angels back to Heaven." "But the Powers can sense every redemption." "And we always risk the possibility of an attack." "So we never stop running." "So many Fallen... yet to be redeemed." "Be patient." "Stay here." "I'm fighting with you this time." "No, you're not." "I'm not gonna just sit here." "Aaron!" "Most Nephilim don't put up a fight." "Well, I'm not like most Nephilim." "You'll die like them,|though." "I don't know what just happened to me." "I told you to stay in the car." "It's like I almost wasn't even there." "I remember fighting, but it's like remembering a dream." "I felt like I could take on the Powers all by myself." " I almost felt like I was invincible." " You are far from it." "When you lose control like that, you are losing the very thing that gives you the advantage over your opponent." "You are as powerful as any angel there is,|" "Aaron." "But your humanity makes you stronger." "In time, you will learn to master this duality, but until then you will focus on returning the Fallen|to Heaven, and you will leave the fighting to me." "If I hadn't fought, you'd be dead right now,|" "Camael." "Your journey..." "has just begun." "You must be patient." "You all right?" "I could heal you." "He did heal me,|" "Camael." "A wound..." "caused by angelfire is much different." "You cannot heal it." "What are we gonna do, then?" "Find someone who can." "She's gone, Ariel." "Get the paddles, Clarence." "Get the paddles." "Nobody dies on my watch." "Welcome back." "Drop me off here." "This may take some time." "Camael." "Could we check out|the school?" "Fine." "But stay close." "And that's the long history of division, as nation after nation suffered the effects..." "Aaron, this is bigger than your old school." "Well, this is college." "It's different." "...and every freethinking individual is a lost prophet." "And every poetic prophecy is a conscious conspiracy to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery." "And we will get free or die." "Because the numbers don't lie." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I wasn't even watching where I was going." "No, I wasn't watching where I was going." "Hi." "Paradise Lost." "I know, it, uh..." "Yawn." "So, uh, what's your major?" "Oh, no, no, no, I don't, uh..." "I don't..." "I don't go to school here." "Uh, just..." "just visiting." "Yeah." "Right." "Looks pretty cool,|though." "Yeah, it's okay." " I'm Chloe." " Aaron." " Nice to meet you." " Yeah." "Excuse me, is there something I can help you with?" "Hey, you're not supposed|to be in here." "He's right... you're notsupposed to be here." " Ariel." " Punisher." "Punisher?" "Yeah, that's what we called him in high school." "Linebacker." "Wow." "This is great." "What's it like, going to college?" "I don't know." "It's pretty fun,|" "I guess." " Yeah?" " Yeah." "I mean, it's true what they say, you know." "Being away from your parents in a different environment, you really do learn a lot about yourself." "What have you learned?" "that I like partying almost as much as I hate hangovers." "Uh, how come you don't go?" "I..." "I want to.|" "I do." "I guess I just..." "I got a lot going on|in my..." "in my life right now." "Well, if you're interested, you can come to class with me." "Help me stay awake." "You can do that?" "Well, they won't let any random person come in off the street, but if you're accompanied by an actual student..." "I suppose I could vouch for you." "Thanks." "Well, I'd love to i'd do something like that." "I would, um..." "I just, uh..." "I don't know|if I can." "Why not?" "You need Gabe's permission or something?" "I like her, Aaron." "Come on, 9:00 tomorrow in that building right over there." "I'm gonna meet you|out front." "I'll see you there." "Hello?" "Who's there?" "Don't tell me it's judgment day already." "I was just getting comfortable." "No, Azazel." "Not yet." "But soon." "Before you know it," "Gabriel's horn will sound, and you will be cast into the fires of Hell for all eternity." "I doubt you'll find that environment any more hospitable." "Well, at least it will be a change of scenery." "What... is this language we're speaking?" "It's called English." "It's been very popular|on Earth for quite some time." "How long have I been here?" "5,000 years." "Give or take a century." "I'm curious." "Did you think more time had passed, or less?" "What do you want?" "To give you..." "what you desire most." "You'd give me my freedom?" "If you agree to help me." "It is the time of the Redeemer, Azazel." "As the prophecy has foretold, a Nephilim has been born with the power to return fallen angels to Heaven." "And I need you..." "to help him fulfill his destiny." "So... do we have an agreement?" "We most certainly do." "How are you, Gadreel?" "How did you get out?" "Don't concern yourself with such things." "You know, you got to learn how to blend in." "That's how I stayed alive for so long." "Fine, but there's something I should rather do first." "I'll bet there is." "But you waited 5,000 years." "You can wait a few more hours." "Can you?" "Thousands have taken to the streets in protests of the arrests of anti-Russian activists this morning." "Cars were set on fire and storefronts smashed, as an angry mob stormed the Russian embassy in the capital of Rome." "So who is this woman, anyway?" "Over in the Middle East oil fires were still burning..." "Ariel took over the underground after the death of Samchial last year." "She's the one who has been giving me the locations of those you have redeemed." "She's in charge of the Fallen?" "Yes." "Aaron." "It is so good to finally meet you." "God, I feel like I already know you." "Camael's told me so much about you." "He did not tell me how good-looking you were, though." "You didn't tell me how cute he was." "I'm not exactly his type." "What?" "It's just..." "Usually when I'm around the Fallen, I get this... weird feeling." "Um, it's how I know they need redemption." "I don't feel that need from you." "You're picking up on their desire|for forgiveness, their beliefs that they're ready." "You know, and whether they're worthy of redemption or not is a whole other story." "But you're not picking it up from me, because it's not my time yet." "I'll be the last Fallen you'll redeem, Aaron." "Comes with the gig." "Welcome." "There's a bedroom for you upstairs." "Come on, Gabe," "The Nephilim has escaped us again." "You have disgraced us with your incompetence." "You're the mightiest angels on Heaven and Earth." "And you can't dispose of one simple half-breed." "The Nephilim we could handle." "It's Camael that's the problem." "Mazarin, the energy signature that drew us here, there's something different about it." "What if the traitor is right?" "What is this Nephilim he's been dragging all over the country really is the Redeemer?" "There is no Reedemer,|" "Sachael." "It is the Powers' mission to eradicate all of the Nephilim." "This one is no different from the rest." "Now, when we catch up with the little bastard, and we will, the prophecy will become a dead issue." "You've been killing a lot of your old friends lately." "I take no pleasure in it." "Yeah, that's what you used to say when you used to kill us Fallen." "It was true then, as well." "So how's he doing?" "He's struggling." "His angelic and human desires are at constant odds." "Yeah, well..." "all Nephilim are like that the first few years." "It'll get better." "It's getting worse." "Maybe you're just working him too hard." "You're new here,|ain'tcha?" "Er..." "Yeah." "Then he went out back with Gina for, like, 15 minutes." "Gina?" "The barmaid." "He doesn't even know her name." "Damn, man." "You're all right." "What's with the threads,|though?" "Threads?" "Oh, you mean my clothes." "I like the way you talk." " The way I what?" " The way I what?" "So, you're a gambling man, huh?" "You up for a game?" "So how does one play this game?" "Hold your horses, chief." "We only play for money." "I have neither money nor horses." " But I'll wager you a night with Gina..." " We could do that." "for your mode of transportation." "My bike?" "Okay, here." "I smell a fight." "You better come through once you lose." "Teach him some manners, buddy!" "It's goin' down." "Wait, wait, wait, wait." "Wait, wait." "Wait a minute now!" "You don't mean my bike, man!" "We had a deal, didn't we... man?" "You want my bike?" "Come take it." "Bad dreams again?" "You ever have nightmares?" "Sometimes." "You know how to stop them?" "All you have to do is wake up." "Morning." "Good morning." "I've never seen him sleep before." "He's not sleeping." "He's healing." "Angelfire wounds can be bad news." "In time, even a little nick would have killed him." "Don't worry." "By tonight, he'll be good as new." "Mmm, I love waffles." "Thanks." "I haven't had a..." "real breakfast in what seems like forever." "You miss your parents, huh?" "I just haven't seen them in a really long time." "I wish there was a way I could... get a hold of them|and just tell them that I'm okay, you know?" "I know." "But it's safer for them this way." "Do you know who my real father and mother are?" "The Fallen don't exactly advertise it when one of them becomes a daddy." "It's a good way to get the Powers all over your ass." "Yeah." "Camael pretty much said the same thing." "Yeah." "Hey, um..." "Do you think it would be all right if I... went by the, uh,|college and, uh, just checked out a couple of the classes?" "Well, you're a big boy." "You don't need my permission." "It's just that Camael never lets me go anywhere or do anything." "You're in Ariel's house now." "And I say you can do whatever you want." "Just no angel stuff." "Angels." "Warring amongst themselves because of mankind." "Lucifer's ambition sprang from envy that angels were no longer God's favorite creation." "At the beginning of Milton's epic, he has suffered a crushing defeat." "Lucifer and his followers had been banished from Heaven forever." "We see him struggling with self-doubt." "We see he has hopes|and fears, just like us." "We identify with him." "Yes?" "So, the devil..." "he's a good guy?" "Well..." "he's certainly sympathetic." "Lucifer sees himself|as a victim." "And it's fair to question whether the Rebellion was his design, or pre-ordained destiny." "Wait a second." "Are you saying that Lucifer was created to rebel?" "Is that so hard to believe?" "What is good without evil?" "Does doing the right thing have any meaning" "if there is no alternative?" "But that doesn't make any sense." "Even if Lucifer was destined to become the epitome of evil, he made the choice to follow that path." "o/~ It's never gonna be o/~ o/~ Normal o/~ o/~ You and me o/~ o/~ What you're signing up for is a storm at sea o/~" "You have no idea how much I miss you,|" "Azazel." "I'm so glad you got back." "I know." "Well, gotta go." "What do you mean, you gotta go?" " You just got here." " Yep." "I've got something I need to take care of." "What things?" "The Redeemer's arrived." "Ariel contacted me a few months ago." "Really?" "Where is she?" "Where is she?" "She lives in this college town 200 miles from here." "Good, then that's where I'm going." "You know, your speech has improved, but your clothes suck." "You need real ones." "Angelic robes aren't as stylish as they used to be." "I'm sure I'll find you something that fits." "Whose are these?" "I don't know." "An old boyfriend." "Or a husband, maybe." "You've been locked up for 5,000 years." "I have my needs." "It's not like fidelity was ever your strong suit." "Oh, wow, okay." "Thanks for letting me sit in, though." "That was really cool." "It's not a problem." " I don't know, I just kind of thought you might like to sit in on it." " |" "Hey, um..." "I don't mean to be rude." "Can I just..." "Can I catch up with you in, like, one second?" " Of course.|" " Sorry." "Excuse me." "I just wanted to apologize for talking out of turn back there." "Not at all." "I admire your passion on the subject, Mr. Corbett." " Correct?" " Yes." "Yes." "Um, and thank you for letting me sit in on your class, Dr. Grasic." "So..." "are you a religious zealot, or just a die-hard Milton fan?" "Uh, neither." "Um, I've actually" " never read Paradise Lost." " Shame on you." "Anyway, I was thinking about what you said about Lucifer and his destiny, and it goes against..." "I'm sorry." "I'm afraid I have no time." "But I spend most of my evenings at the library." "If you'd like to come by, I'd be happy to continue our discussion." "Hi." "Come here." " How was work?" " It was great." "I didn't even have to use my healing magic on anyone today." "You use your healing magic on the job?" " Aren't you worried about the Powers?" " Oh, I'm always worried about the Powers." "But if I have a chance at saving a life, to me it's worth it." "Besides, I got a few tricks up my sleeve." "It's a protective rune." "It's not strong enough to mask a redemption but it's good for a little interference." "You know, in a pinch." "Keep it." "I've got dozens of them." "Thanks." "Do you think I'm doing the right thing?" "What do you mean?" "By redeeming the Fallen?" "I don't know." "What do you think?" "I don't know." "Camael's always drilled it|into my head that it's my destiny." "But just because I'm meant to do something, does that make it the right thing to do?" "What if the Earth..." "I don't know, needs angels?" "And I'm just..." "taking them away?" "Aaron... this is your mission." "Now, whether it's right or wrong is for you to decide." "And I think, until you know, you should keep your gift to yourself." "Because what you're doing is far too important." "You have to believe|in it." "That's my two cents." "See your I.D.?" " Can you hold these?" " Yeah." "There you go." " You got that?" " Yeah." " You're 21?" " No, but my sister is." "One for you." "Yep." "There you go.|" "Okay." "You guys ready?" "Yeah!" "Okay, let's do this!" "|" "Woo!" "Yep!" "Cheers." "Cheers." "Yo, aren't you drinking?" "I'm not really much of a drinker." "He's the designated driver." "Didn't you guys|walk here?" "Yeah." "Don't you guys have classes in the morning?" "Does that make any difference?" "Class?" "|" "Class?" "You guys..." "Take one drink!" "It's right there!" "|" "Come on!" "One shot won't hurt you.|" "Man up." "You can't waste|alcohol, man." "Man up." "Drink it." "Do it!" "Woo!" "Leave it." "Yeah!" "Just one shot!" "He's got it|right there." "One shot." "One shot." "Ooh, you're not gonna puke, are you?" "Okay, we're gonna grab some air." "Ten bucks says we don't see either one of them again tonight." "So, how was your first day of college?" "It was great." "Thanks." " Chloe." " What is it?" "Just..." "You don't want to get involved with me." "Why not?" "What's wrong with you?" " Nothing." " Then is something wrong with me?" "'Cause I've been practically throwing myself at you all day." "Aaron!" "No!" "Wait, dude." "Chill." "We were just messing around." "Chloe." "o/~ Help o/~ o/~ I have done it o/~ o/~ Again o/~" "o/~ I have been here o/~ o/~ Many times before o/~ o/~ Hurt myself again o/~ o/~ Today o/~" "o/~ And the worst part is o/~ o/~ There's no one else|to blame o/ o/~ Be my friend o/~" "o/~ Hold me o/~ o/~ Wrap me up o/~" "o/~ Unfold me o/~ o/~ I am small o/~ o/~ And needy o/~ o/~ Warm me up o/~" "Oh, Mr. Corbett." " I wasn't sure you'd still be here." " The library doesn't close until midnight." "The staff always has to chase me out." "Yeah." "What can you tell me about the Nephilim?" "It's widely accepted that the Nephilim were killed in the Great Flood." "They were powerful beings, very often portrayed as giants." "Monsters." "Have you ever..." "heard of a Nephilim called the Redeemer?" "I have." "I'm surprised that you know of him, though." "It's quite an obscure prophecy." "Very controversial." "The Redeemer was a vehicle for forgiveness." "He or she has the power to pardon anyone of any sin, no matter how great." "But there are clues to something else in the prophecy, hints that he may serve another, darker purpose." "What purpose?" "We don't know." "All we know is that for every claim that praises his arrival, there is another that speaks of it in terror." "We are not even sure if he is a force of good... or evil." "Aaron." "Ariel." "How you feeling?" "Much better." "Thank you." "I'm glad you're up." "I got called in to work, and somebody's gotta walk Gabriel." "Oh, and I promised him some ice cream." "Where's Aaron?" "He's hanging with his friends from college." "His friends?" "Mm-hmm." "How long have I been out?" "Don't worry." "He's fine." "You can't protect him all the time, you know?" "Yes, I can." "I must." " He's an irresponsible child." "And that temper will get someone..." " He's 19, he's a good kid, and he needs some normalcy in his life." "You gotta remember, he's human." "Half human." "That's more than you are." "Who are you to talk?" "The Nephilim are monsters." "Why?" "What did they do?" "What is that?" "It's nothing." "Where did you get it?" "My friend gave it to me." "What are you doing?" "I know what this is." "Protective rune used to hide yourself." "To hide yourself?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "You hide yourself|from angels." "Yes." "It all makes sense now." "I don't know what you're talking about." "Of course you don't." "You never know who might be listening." "But I know what you are." "And I'm just like you." "We are brothers, Aaron." "Brothers in the Order." "The Order?" "Yeah." "I know why you're here." "You do?" "|" "Yes." "We both know that the angels are real." "We know that they walk among us." "Tell me..." "would you like to see one?" "Yes?" "All this on a teacher's salary?" "My family has a long history of dealing in ancient artifacts." "What I'm about|to show you, you can never breathe a word about, for your own safety." "You have nothing to fear from me." "But as I'm sure|you know, some of our members are overly cautious." "Do I have your word?" "Come." "There she is." "Come." "Child?" "We have a guest." "Show us your wings." "Your beautiful wings." "Breathtaking...isn't it?" "Now turn around." "Show us your pretty face." "Isn't she beautiful?" "Vilma!" "How do you know her name?" "That's impossible... what is she doing here?" "She's quite comfortable here." "I've taken excellent care." "She's a prisoner." "She's the only living Nephilim." "Would you rather her be strapped to a table in a laboratory somewhere?" "I'm taking her out of here." "No." "You'll do no such thing" "It's time for you to leave my house." "Right now." "Lukas..." "God!" "Those markings." "Wipe away those runes." "I don't want to." "Do it." "Do it now!" "You are... the Redeemer." "Wipe away those runes." "Do it!" "Vilma." "It's me." "Vilma, it's Aaron." "We're going to get out of here." "It's okay." "You're safe now." "I promise." "You all right?" "Yeah." "Vilma, say something, please." "You're like me." "How is that possible?" "I don't know." "I don't know what the hell's going on." "Aaron!" "Camael." "It's okay." "This is Camael." "He's my friend." "Hey!" "I rember you." "This girl is Nephilim." "Where did she come from?" "It's a long story." "You lost control." "The Powers are coming." "You must leave now." "No." "I'm going to stay, and I'm going to fight." "If you don't leave now, they will kill all of us." "And if I do, they'll kill you?" "I have pledged to lay down my life for you." "That is what I intend to do." "What is going on?" "Aaron, you must protect this child, as you once need my help." "Run!" "Take care of the traitor." "I'm going after the Nephilim." "Well, I'll be damned." "Two for the price of one." "It must be my lucky day." "I got to admit, kid." "You gave us a run for our money." "But this is how it ends." "Leave the children alone, Nathaniel." "Azazel." "Don't you have some puppies to go kick or something?" "This can't be you." "This isn't real." "Oh, it's real." "What could I possibly do to convince you?" "Oh." "Aren't I?" "You guys all right?" "What, are you scared of me?" "I just saved your asses." "Who are you?" "I'm Azazel." "Glad to meet you." "Are you one of the Fallen?" "I'm Azazel." "You never heard of me?" "Yeah, I'm one of the Fallen." "I'm the Fallen." "Your girl looks a little freaked out, man." "Yeah, well, it's been a rough night." "Yeah, well you know what?" "It's only going to get worse." "We need to get off these streets, go underground." "Let's go." "Let's go!" "They can smell you." "They can feel you." "Come on." "We got to go." "Aaron." "He just killed that man." "Vilma, I know what you're going through right now." "But he's one of the Fallen." "He's on our side." "On our side?" "Whose side are we on?" "Are we the good guys or the bad guys?" "If we survive this night, I promise you I will tell you everything I know." "But right now, we've got to go." "Okay?" " Yeah." " Okay." "Hey, could I ask you something?" "How did you end up in that nutjob's attic?" "Well, it all started on my 18th birthday." "Strange things started happening to me." "I was getting these headaches, and I was hearing voices." "And then..." "And the angels came." "They're so majestic at first, you know." "So beautiful." "Real angels from Heaven." "Then they attacked." "They killed my aunt." "Burned down the house." "Somehow, I got away." "The angels who did that to you, they're calledthe Powers." "They are the same angels that are chasing us right now." "I just ran." "Hid in the woods." "I thought I was dead, for sure." "I stopped this man in the woods and asked him for help, but... he pulled out a gun and shot me with a tranquilizer." "Lukas didn't hurt me or anything, though, he, uh..." "He was kind." "You probably won't understand." "It's not like I had anywhere else to go." "Until you came." "So, thanks for coming to my rescue." "Maybe you can tell me now why angels are trying to kill us?" "What did we do?" "It's because we were born Nephilim." "They're on a mission from the Creator to cleanse the Earth of... our kind." "We're abominations." "Abominations." "Yeah, you're freaks." "It sucks." "Can we all stop feeling sorry for ourselves now?" "We're alive, which is more than can be said for Nathaniel." "Hey, listen." "Um..." "I want to thank you for what you did back there." "If you hadn't shown up, we might have been..." "Hey." "You're the Redeemer." "What kind of Fallen would I be if I didn't look out for you?" "Hey, we got to find out what happened to Camael." "Camael?" "Ah, I wouldn't worry about him." "What do you mean?" "Camael's dead." "I can't believe Camael's dead." "What is the big deal?" "So Camael's troops finally turned on him." "That's a good thing." "He wasn't with the Powers anymore." "He..." "He's been protecting me, ever since I turned." "He was my friend." "Your friend?" "We are talking about the same Camael, right?" "Tall, bald, no sense of humor?" "This is all my fault." "No, Aaron, you were trying to help me." "That's what Camael would've wanted." "I didn't have to do it like that." "I lost control." "And I don't know what we're going to do now." "Look, I've got an idea." "Why don't we get out of town?" "Lay low for a while." "Somewhere where the Powers won't find us." "Where is that?" "Has anyone ever told you about the Light Bringer?" "It's about time you met him." "Hey!" "Don't move!" "Stay right there!" "Don't move!" "Get back here!" "Come back here and get down on your knees!" "Give me your wallet." "Your wallet!" "All right." "Hurry up!" "All right!" "And your watch." "Your watch, too!" "Hurry!" "Come on!" "It's not nice to steal from people." "Hey." "What is wrong with you?" "It's kinda harsh, isn't it?" "I'm not a guardian angel." "I'm an avenging angel." "This is who I am." "The world needs both." "Got us a car." "Wanna drive?" "We're not seriously going off with this guy, are we?" "He can protect us." "We need him." "We need somebody." "Any day now." "Just hold on." "What is the Light Bringer?" "Not what." "Who." "He's a fallen angel, just like me." "And his name is the Light Bringer?" "Is your name the Redeemer?" "Don't be an idiot." "He doesn't have a name in a traditional sense." "We call him "the Light Bringer" because that's what he does." "He brings us light." "He's an oracle." "He's a seer." "Are you sure that he can help us?" "He can't help me, but he can help you." "Remember that prophecy about you?" "The one that foretold your coming?" "He wrote it." "You'll find that quite impossible, traitor." "Aaron?" "I suspect we'll have him or his remains within the hour." "He can't last long without your protection." "Mazarin." "Aaron Corbett is the Redeemer." "The prophecy is real." "No, Camael." "It's a lie." "I do hope Nathaniel brings the boy back alive." "I'd love to make you watch while I slit his throat so that when you die, you'll know for certain that your sacrifice was for nothing." "Mazarin." "This is not what the Powers stand for." "You dare tell me the Powers' mission?" "Are you under the misconception that you're still one of us?" "You turned your back on us, Camael." "You turned your back on the Creator." "And you'll pay for your sins, traitor." "What I want to know is... what in the hell were you thinking showing her to anyone?" "But he was Nephilim." "You didn't know that when you brought him up here, did you?" "I thought he was one of us." "Oh, right." "Of course." "Because the Order is just teeming with teenage members, isn't it?" "Please, put that down." "It's 4th century." "Really?" "It's exquisite." "Oh, I'm sorry." "Was that precious to you?" "What about this?" "Haven't I lost enough tonight?" "It's not about what you've lost, Dr. Grasic." "You've lost nothing." "We let you keep her." "She was never yours.He's the Redeemer!" "What?" "Yes." "The boy who freed her... he has the markings of the Redeemer." "Start from the beginning." "Is that look in your eye meant to intimidate me?" "Now, I admit there was a time when it might have, but those days are over, old friend." "Mazarin." "What is it, Sachael?" "It's Nathaniel." "He's not coming back." "He's dead." "That half-breed killed Nathaniel?" "Somebody did." "Where is he now, Camael?" "Tell me." "You know, over the millennia we served together, many of the Fallen said they would never give up their children." "But they always did, thanks to us." "No, thanks to you." "Where is the Nephilim?" "So who is this Jesus character anyway?" "Seriously, I've been seeing his name everywhere." "Well, um, a lot of people think that he was the son of God." "What's so funny?" "The Creator had a kid." "Well, do as I say, not as I do, eh?" "Did you seriously not know that?" "Been out of the picture for a while." "How so?" "Well, you probably heard about what happened in the old days." "About how the Creator flooded the planet because we contaminated his precious Earth with half-breeds like you." "A bit of an overreaction, if you ask me." "But, hey, mysterious ways and all that." "Wait." "You mean, like, Noah's Ark?" "That flood?" "Yeah, that's right." "Noah." "That guy could really throw it down, let me tell you." "Anyways." "Afterwards, your buddy Camael and a few other half-wits from the Powers decided they were going to come down and tell us things had to change." "I guess to prove a point, they decided to make an example of someone." "I fought." "Killed one of them." "Slashed this son of a bitch Mazarin across the face." "It was beautiful." "But in the end, they got me." "Took me deep underground, chained me up, and left me for 5,000 years." "So you've been a prisoner, too." "Like me." "Yeah." "Six months in a luxury suite... just like being chained to a stone slab for five millennia." "Just like it." "Don't talk to her like that." "Or what?" "I'm just messin' with you, kid." "I'm sorry, sweetheart." "I'm sure it must've been very difficult for you." "I smell food." "What about food?" "Who wants to eat?" "Want to stop for a bite?" "Well, we're kind of on the run right now." "You gotta eat." "I'm hungry." "Who's hungry?" "Let's vote." "Me!" "I'm hungry!" "Me, too." "I'm starving." "Looks like you lose, chief." "All right, order up." "Oh... my..." "God." "What are these things called again?" "What?" "French fries?" "French fries." "I gotta remember that." "Here, try 'em with ketchup." "This is the best food I've ever had in the history of ever!" "Hey, we get it." "You like French fries." "This is the first meal I've had in a long time." "So if you don't mind, I'm gonna enjoy it." "All right?" "And lighten up..." "Redeemer." "Why does he keep calling you that?" "Redeemer?" "'Cause that's what he is." "He sends us Fallen back to Heaven." "Show her your arms." "Show her your arms." "The names of the Redeemed." "These are all angels?" "And you send them back to Heaven?" "How?" "I don't know." "Um..." "When I'm around them, I get this, um... this weird feeling." "It's hard to explain, really." "Um..." "I kinda... open myself up to them." "And then I usually..." "take their hand and, uh... this weird energy passes between us." "And then they're gone." "Wow." "Um..." "Do it to him." "What?" "No, you keep that voodoo to yourself." "Don't you want to go to Heaven?" "Hell, no." "If I liked it, I wouldn't have rebelled in the first place, would I?" "Yeah, well, I'm not really doing it anymore." "Not right now." "Why not?" "There's just a lot I..." "I still don't understand about it." "Plus, I'm not even sure if I'm doing the right thing." "Aaron, how can sending angels back to Heaven be wrong?" "I don't know." "But I've been having these... these weird dreams lately" "about the end of the world... and I'm the cause of it." "Damn, kid, you're a mess, ain't you?" "Look at me." "Look at me." "When we get to the Light Bringer," "I promise you'll understand yourself and your destiny a hell of a lot better." "More coffee?" "Hello, sweetheart." "What's your name?" "Suzie." "Suzie." "That's such a pretty name." "Saw you looking at me earlier, Suzie." "No, no." "Don't be embarrassed." "Sometimes I can't stop looking at me." "Let me ask you a question, Suzie." "Is there anywhere near here where you and I could go, um... talk?" "I'm going on a break." "Yeah, all right." "Catch you losers later." "I've told you everything I know." "Hawkins." "No." "No teams." "I hunt alone." "What do you want me to do about the girl?" "Understood." "Are you going to get my Vilma back?" "Go on." "I don't care." "I don't want to live without her anyway." "Do you believe that things happen for a reason?" "You mean, like fate?" "There's really no other explanation for all this, is there?" "You and me?" "I'm just..." "happy to see you again." "Everything makes so much sense now." "The day you left, people said you'd gone crazy" " and burned your house down." " People said that?" "About me?" "You ever think about going home?" "Yeah." "All the time." "It's been a year now and I just..." "I feel like I keep getting further and further away." "You know?" "At least you have a family to go back to." "Someday." "I wonder if this Light Bringer knows anything about me." "You know, maybe..." "maybe I have a prophecy, too." "Don't jinx yourself." "Still got it." "It's almost too easy, isn't it?" "Mortal wenches." "God bless 'em." "You know, you really shouldn't say that stuff." "Why?" "Because it's derogatory towards women." "No, but I'm saying that I like that they're easy." "Weird." "You kids ready to go?" "Come on, Gabe." "I'm riding in back with Azazel." "What is it?" "Nothing to worry your pretty little head over." "Let's go." "The aerospace manufacturer pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the Federal Clean Water Act, admitting dumping industrial discharge into the river." "In addition to being placed on probation for five years, the company agreed to pay $1 million in fines and to contribute another $11 million for environmental improvement projects." "Good God, what is happening to this place?" "Human beings used to care about the Earth, you know?" "They used to appreciate just how good they had it." "Guess a lot has changed in 5,000 years." "Will this Light Bringer know who my father is?" "You sure that's something you want to find out?" "Most Nephilim don't want anything to do with their fathers." "Human women can't survive the births." "At first, we were like, whoops, you know?" "But it didn't take us long to figure out that, you know, getting one pregnant was like handing down a death sentence." "So they all die?" "All our mothers?" "Every one of 'em." "Your old man still sound like someone you wanna go fishing with?" "Play catch?" "I just want to know who he is." "We're being followed." "What?" "By who?" "I don't know." "Pull over." "Let me deal with it." "It's time, traitor." "Time for you to say good-bye to something you hold dear." "Perhaps your eyes." "No." "There's a certain nobility in blindness." "I could cut out your tongue, but then once you're broken, you wouldn't be able to tell me what I want to know." "Sachael." "I want to see his wings." "Mazarin, no." "You can't..." "That wasn't a request." "Just do it." "Mazarin." "You are lost." "You do not serve the Creator." "Mazarin." "Mazarin." "You are the one who's lost." "And as for the Creator... what I do now, I do in his name." "And now, you take your true place amongst the Fallen." "Looking for something?" "Anane." "I picked up your scent just outside of town, and I've been following you ever since." "How did you escape?" "I am so sick of everybody asking me that question." "Maybe I didn't escape." "Maybe the Creator decided I was such a perfect specimen he'd set me free." "Did he?" "That's not the point." "What do you want?" "I want to know if I'm worthy of redemption." "I can tell that you want it really bad." "But I'm sorry, I'm not doing that right now." "I see." "It's nothing personal, okay?" "I just..." "I don't know how much time I have left." "Nathaniel did this to me." "He was looking for you." "It's too late for me to be healed." "The wound is too old, too deep." "It's killing me." "You know what happens to angels when they die without redemption?" "We don't have souls." "Not like you do." "There's..." "There's no Heaven for us." "No Hell." "Just..." "Just nothingness." "Forever." "And that scares me more than anything." "Yeah, well, tough luck, Anane." "Welcome to the yawning abyss of oblivion." "Aaron." "You have to help him." "Please?" "I want to." "I really do." "It's just that..." "Ariel told me not to until I know it's the right thing." "He wants to go back to Heaven and you can do that for him." "How can you refuse?" "Look in your heart." "You know it's right." "Wait a second." "You're not actually considering this, are you?" "With that amount of energy, you're just going to call the Powers right to us." "I know that." "But Vilma's right." "I can't just... let him die." "Aaron, don't." "You ready?" "Yeah." "Stay with the traitor." "Sachael." "You." "I need your help." "Fantastic!" "You are a genius of epic proportions, my friend." "That was great." "Yeah." "'Cause, uh... we got away and it was plain sailing the whole time." "But now it's brilliant because they know exactly where we are." "I'm really proud of you." "Well done." "Look, just shut up, all right?" "Hey, I'm trying to look out for you." "Trying to keep you alive." "The rest of the Fallen will be plenty pissed with me if you died on my watch." "I'm just saying..." "I'm not afraid of the Powers." "You?" "I'm not afraid of anything." "Well, that's good." "Because here they come." "I'm gonna put an end to this." "I'm not running from them anymore." "Previously on Fallen..." "When God created Man, a jealous Lucifer mounted a great rebellion|in Heaven." "His army of angels was defeated, and forever banished from Paradise." "These angels, the Fallen, abandoned Lucifer, choosing to live on Earth among the pleasures of humans." "They took mortal wives, and fathered abominations... children called Nephilim." "They have the powers|of angels, but the souls of men." "Angry, the Creator flooded the Earth, killing the Nephilim and driving the Fallen into hiding." "He sent the Powers, fierce warrior angels, to hunt those that survived the Flood." "But there was hope for the Fallen in a prophecy:" "A Nephilim would be born, who would redeem them" "So the fallen watched... and waited." "I'm not afraid of the Powers.You?" "I'm not afraid of anything." "I'm going to put an end to this." "I'm not running from them anymore." "Nephilim..." "you face warriors of Heaven." "We fought in the greatest war in the history of creation..." "and won." "Do you really think you stand a chance against us?" "Hello, Mazarin." "So, who wants to die first?" "This can't be." "That's exactly what Nathaniel said, moments before I was dusting him off my boots." "Your, uh, scar's healing up." "Looks good... ish." "It is our mission to cleanse the Earth of your kind, and those that spawned you." "We will not abandon it." "We don't have to fight." "Just turn around and leave." " If you do that, no one has to die." " Oh, come on." "Someone always has to die." "That's part of the fun." "Kill him." "Kill him!" "I yield." "Duly noted." "What the hell did you just do?" " He yielded." " And?" "There's a line that I'm not going to cross." "And as long as you're with me, you're not going to cross it either." "I'm not with you." "You're with me." "Listen to me." "This Light Bringer, he better be everything that you promised, because I am running out of reasons to hang around you." "Let go of me." "Come on." "The Light Bringer knows everything about you, Aaron." "Who you are, where you came from." "You can learn it all." "We just have to get to him first and I'm just trying to do everything I can to make sure you do." "You're free now." "Hurry, someone's coming." "Still out, Camael?" "How did I make fire come out of me like that?" " It just happened." "I wasn't even trying." " You don't need to, sweet cheeks." "It's instinct." "You don't have to be taught how to use your powers." "The angel side of you already knows." "But your feeble, little human mind gets in the way." "You just got to let go, let the angel side take over." "You can't just let it take over." "That's like freeing a wild animal that has no sense of.." "good or evil, right or wrong." "You are so dramatic." "Well what about you, huh?" "You just do whatever you feel like?" "You don't care about what you say who you hurt?" "It's just how the good Lord made me." "I'm being true to my nature." "You should try it sometime." "What is that noise?" "Is something wrong?" "I think the car is about done." "What'd you do to it?" "Human-made piece of crap!" "Well, never mind, we're going to have to foot now, anyway." "Where are we going?" "Yeah, see those mountains over there?" "That is where we're going to find the Light Bringer." "This is turning out to be a really bad day." "Leave me." "I need to speak to the Creator." "Nothing in the year since I've taken over the Powers is what I've accomplished." "Under my command, we've remained faithful." "We've continued and will continue to pursue the abominations, until they stain your planet no longer." "Is that what you perceive your mission to be, Mazarin?" "Michael." "Camael?" "Oh, God." "What have they done to you?" " Hold still, Camael." " No." "Yes, you have to take the healing, you have to." " What?" " Aaron..." "We must find Aaron." "What?" "It would be a whole lot easier if we could just fly there." "But I don't have any wings, genius." "I don't know how to fly." "Hey, guys, can I help you with anything?" "You bet you can." "We wanted to see if we could get some camping gear." "You headed up to the mountains?" "You seem like an outdoorsy kind of a gal." "Do you ever play any... indoor sports?" "Sorry, he doesn't get out much." "You might need something warmer than that." "Come on." "Listen, I don't how we're going to pay for this stuff." "I'm running out of cash." " Where did you get that?" " Remember that waitress from the diner?" "Yeah." "Remember that line you told me not to cross?" " Yeah." " I crossed it." "But, in my defense, it was before you told me not to." "Is that your boyfriend?" "Not the guy with the French fries, the other one." "Why?" "No reason." "He's cute." "Yeah." "I know." "So, is he your boyfriend or not?" "I'm not sure." "Lesbian." "Had to be." "Will you get over it?" "Everybody gets rejected sometimes." "Not me." "Nobody rejects me, ever." "Well, I know you think you're God's gift to women, but," "I just don't see it." "Sorry." "Oh, you don't, do you?" "If I turned it on, sweetheart, you wouldn't know what to do with yourself." "The only reason I haven't is because the Redeemer's sweet on you." " Ignore him." " You can't ignore me." "It's impossible." "They lose a little something when they get cold, don't they?" "Hey guys, come on, let's go." "How much further?" "We won't get there till tomorrow morning." "Ariel..." "I'm dying." " Don't say that." "I can..." " You can give me a little more time." "More strength." "That is all." "Perhaps this is what I deserve." "I clipped many an angel's wings when I led the Powers." "I clipped yours." "At least you didn't use angelfire." "Not on you, Ariel." "Sorry, I haven't seen her." "Are you sure?" "Take another look, she's probably traveling with a boy around her age." "Are you sure you haven't seen her?" "Look, if she was in here, I don't remember her, all right?" "Sorry I couldn't have been more help." "Hey, Scott, it's Deborah." "Would you mind coming by the store for a little while?" "There's this guy..." "This is the last time I'm going to ask you nicely." "When was the girl here and where did she go?" "Lord Michael, mightiest of angels, he who cast the rebels from Heaven." "That'll be enough of that, Mazarin." "On your feet." "Let's speak as equals." "The Powers need guidance, Michael." "Aren't you meant to guide them?" "Isn't that your charge?" "I'm not sure I'm worthy." "The Powers were instrumental in squashing Lucifer's rebellion." "You and your clan killed more rebels than the rest of the clans combined." "That was not a compliment." "The rebellion tested us all." "For the first time, we were given free will, the ability to chose not only who we fought for, but how we fought." "Do you understand what I'm saying?" "I'm trying to tell you that the Powers earned an exile as well." "Not so different from the Fallen." "Exile?" "But..." "But we remained faithful." "Which is why you were given a noble mission... to protect Earth against threats to the Divine Plan." "And are we wrong?" "Are we not meant to destroy the Nephilim?" "Is this boy really who Camael says he is?" "That's for you to decide." "There's at least one threat to the planet of which you are certain." "Azazel." "To defeat him... you may very well need the help of the boy you've been trying so hard to kill." "You know, Azazel, you're not doing that right." "Yes, I know I'm not doing it right, Gabe." "You sure that doesn't go over there?" "Gabe, I've just realized what I'm supposed to do with this, and you're not going to like it." "Can't we just play with these sticks instead?" "Why am I doing this?" "I don't even sleep." "You're no fun." "Try it." " I don't know how." " You did it earlier." "Look, the angel inside of you already knows how to do it." "The trick is to tap into that knowledge without letting it take over." " Go on, give it a shot." " No." "Come on, just try it." "Picture it in your mind, okay?" " I can't." " Yes, you can." "Hey..." "Focus." "Okay." "Okay, great." "Now just picture the flame jumping from your hand into the fire." "All it takes is just a little nudge." " I did it." " Told you." "So you really don't want to be redeemed?" "Ever?" "Heaven's just not for me." "That's all." "It's not all sitting around on clouds, playing harps and all that crap, you know?" "So how much further to this Day Lighter, or whatever you call him?" "Light Bringer." "I don't know how much further, sweetheart." "I didn't get the most precise directions." " So you don't even know where we're going." " We're in the right general area." "And from what I understand, it's damn near impossible to miss the place." "Why were you imprisoned?" "None of the other Fallen were, right?" "Just you." "I'm not just any other Fallen, sweetheart." " I used to lead them." " You led them?" "Almost straight to Hell." "It was my idea to come to Earth, you know?" "We made a decent team," "Lucifer and me, but it was a temporary alliance from the start." "I never wanted to take over Heaven like he did." "I was fighting for the right to leave it." " Where are you going?" " To take a leak." "To take a leak?" " I thought angels didn't take leaks." " I'll figure something out." "Aaron, are you sure we can trust him?" "Azazel?" "Yeah." " I mean, he saved our lives twice." " Yeah, but..." "Yeah." "But it doesn't seem like he's fighting to protect us, as much as he just likes to fight." "Well, at least he's on our side." "You sure about that?" "Yeah." "I just hope you're not looking for answers so hard, you can't see anything else." "waffles, whipped cream, syrup." " He's dreaming." " Yeah, I know." "Sounds like his dreams are a lot better than mine." "What are they like, your dreams?" "It's the same one... over and over again." "I'm fighting some kind of war, except I don't even know... whose side I'm on." "I'm just kind of walking around, and cutting down everyone in front of me." "It's like I'm some kind of monster or something." "You're not a monster." " It's just a dream." " What if it's not a dream?" "What if that's the real me?" "That's all of this, that's the dream." "Funny, I've been afraid that I'm the one who's dreaming." "Like, I'm going to wake up any minute and find myself back in Lukas' attic." "You know," "I thought about you all the time." "I still can't even believe that you're here" "Right next to me." "I'm sorry." "No, you're beautiful." "Vanity is a sin, Azazel." "If the Creator hadn't wanted me to admire myself, he wouldn't have made me so pretty." " How are we progressing?" " You'll have him tomorrow." "Good." "I knew if anyone could come through for me, it would be you." "I'm the only one who would and the only one who could." "Which brings us to your part of the bargain." "When this is over, I want my freedom." " I'm never going back to that pit again." " I see." "You're concerned that I'm going to renege on my agreement and imprison you again." "You should learn to be more trusting, Azazel." " It's good for the soul." " Too bad I don't have one." "Azazel, is that you?" "Gabe, come on, wake up, boy." " Oh, thank God I found you." " Found me?" "I'm lost, I walked off the trail two days ago." "I have no idea where I am." " Are you all right?" " Yeah." "Yeah, I am now." "Hey, look, I haven't eaten in a long time, you got any extra food?" "Yeah, we have plenty of food." "Thanks." "I can't tell you how much I appreciate this." "Nephilim may have the powers of angels, but your biology is mostly human, unfortunately for you." "Ariel, this is the site of Anane's redemption." " I was wondering when you'd show up." " Azazel is free." "And he's with your Nephilim." "You're not taking me back there." "Grasic's dead." "It's the Redeemer I want." "Naughty." "You're okay." " Who is that guy?" " That's the man who kidnapped me." "Look at all this stuff." "These are pretty cool." "You know, if I hadn't have come galloping to your rescue, both your heads would be mounted on a wall somewhere by now." "No." "He said he wanted Aaron alive." "He knows that you're the Redeemer." "Wake up." "Who are you?" "You with the Order, huh?" "Answer me!" "Aaron, stop it!" "What do you people want from me?" "What do you think we want?" "We want redemption." "Did you really think your powers can only be used on the Fallen?" "His power wasn't meant for you." "It was meant for us." "That's not true." "You can send anyone you want to Heaven, whether they deserve it or not." "Yeah." "Yeah, whether they worship graven images or not, whether they covet their neighbor's wife, if they repent or not." "I would never use my powers like that." "The stench of death is all over you, my friend." "You don't have long left, do you?" "I have a brain tumor, that's why I need you." "I've done a lot of bad things in my life, things that can never be forgiven, but you can pardon me," "you can keep me from going to Hell." "You can wash me clean of my sins." "Please, please." "Sorry." " I can't do that." " No." "No." "You're going to have to pay for what you've done." "You just killed him." " Why would you do that?" " He was dying anyway." "He kidnapped your girlfriend, sold her, he was trying to use you to get a bunch of sinners into Heaven." "Leave him." "He's nothing to us." "Aaron..." " this is wrong." " I know." "I don't know why Azazel is free, or what he's doing with the Redeemer." "I served under Azazel." "Locking him up was the only good thing you Powers ever did." "Mazarin, take to the sky." "Scout ahead." "Look for any traces of angel activity." "Sachael, come with us." "We don't take orders from you anymore, Camael." "You will." "That is the only way we're going to do this." "Is it always going to be like this?" "I don't know if I can do this, Aaron, all this running and fighting and killing." "I don't like it either." "Part of you must." "I've seen it... when you fight." "Sometimes it looks like you're enjoying it." "Just like Azazel." "I'm nothing like Azazel." "Why are we doing this anyway?" "What is it you want to learn from this Light Bringer?" "Maybe he can tell me more about where I come from." "Why I have all these visions and all these dreams, and why I have all this anger inside of me, and just what it means to be the Redeemer." "Maybe he can tell me who I am." "Aaron, no one can tell you that." "You need to decide for yourself who you are." "Then you should try to ve up to that." " There it is." " This is it?" "Yeah, that's where |you're going." " You sure this is the place?" " Have I ever lied to you?" " This isn't for you." " Why can't you come?" "This isn't about us, Aaron." "Aaron, this doesn't feel right." "Don't go in there." "I have to." "Hello?" "Anybody here?" "You'll have to forgive me." "I wasn't expecting you so soon." "I've waited a long time to meet you." " Are you the Light Bringer?" " I am." " And you're Aaron Corbett, the Redeemer." " How do you know|my name?" "This meeting, like your birth, was foretold to me long ago." "So it is true." "You did write the prophecy about me." "Yes." "You've come here looking for answers, to learn where you come from, so that you can better understand where you're going." "I have so much to tell you, Aaron." "I can help you learn the truth, if you're strong enough to face it." "Are you?" "Yes..." "I am." "How are you doing back there?" "I would not have had your wings removed, Camael." "That was Mazarin's doing, not mine." "I remember, Sachael." "He's a good soldier, you know that, but your desertion broke his heart." "Might want to get comfortable, love." "This might take a while." "What is this place?" "It's a monastery, or rather, it was." "It hasn't been used in decades." "In fact, you're the first living soul I've seen here in years." "People don't often find their way here." "Not unless they're seeking me out." "Now you must be very tired." "Maybe you'd like to sit down?" "So do you really know everything about me?" "Hardly." "But I am very curious to hear what you know about yourself, or what you believe you know." "Well, I know that my father is an angel." "And my mother is dead." "Does that disturb you, knowing that your father allowed your mother to die?" "He didn't allow|her to die." "He killed her." "Is that how you view your conception?" "As murder?" "Isn't that what it is?" "The Fallen know that a human can't survive a Nephilim's birth." "Our mothers die the second we're born, and we're left alone, to spend the rest of our lives running from the Powers." "It's selfish and it's cruel, and the truth is," "I don't know if any of the Fallen are truly worthy of redemption." "We should have left him behind." "He's a liability." "The Nephilim won't trust us without Ariel and Camael." "We need them." "I don't blame you for being angry, but the way you look at your mother's death," "it does her a great disservice." "What do you mean?" "You paint her as a... a victim instead of the martyr she truly was." "I loved her very much." "You..." "You loved her?" "Yes, Aaron." "I'm your father." "I know how you must be feeling." "There were times when I really need a father." "Where were you?" "I was here, waiting for you." "I couldn't have raised you, Aaron." "For your own protection you need to remain hidden until you came of age." "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you." "You have no idea how sorry." "I just hope that you can find it in your heart to forgive me." "To forgive you?" "I can feel it when a Fallen wants redemption, and I have never felt it as strongly" "as I do right now." "Is that what you want?" "From me to send you back to Heaven?" "You are the Redeemer." "And when the time is right, when you are absolutely certain that I have atoned for my sins," "yes, perhaps you will return me to Paradise." "And that is when you will have fulfilled your destiny." "So that's what all of this is about?" "That's why I have all this power?" "Just so I can redeem you?" "All the Fallen must return to Heaven, Aaron." "That's the prophecy." "But if I don't return to Heaven myself, then... then it was... all for nothing." "From the moment I took up arms against the Creator to the day that I had my vision that foretold your coming..." "Oh, I denied it at first, but after I thought about it, it made perfect sense... that this Redeemer would come from a Fallen that needed forgiveness most." "The one who started it all." "Who are you?" "Who am I?" "I am nothing but what you see before you, Aaron." "A fallen angel, the Bringer of Light..." "Your father." "I want to know your name." "I have so many names." "More than I can even remember myself." "But the one the Creator gave me... is Lucifer." "No." "Yes, Aaron." "I am Lucifer Morningstar, first of the Fallen, and you are my son." "I don't believe you." "Yes, you do." "You know it's true." "You can feel it." " My blood has been crying out to you." " Get away from me!" "Stay away!" "Aaron." "Don't come any closer." "I am not the son of the Devil." "And I am not what you believe me to be." "Please, let me make you understand." "I do understand." "I finally understand what all of these dreams have been trying to tell me." "Dreams?" "I see myself as evil." "I see myself as a monster, like you." "Whatever you think I am, please give me the chance to convince you otherwise." "Or strike me down now." "I shall make no move to stop you." "My fate is entirely in your hands." "I knew you would make the right decision." "You always do." "Ariel." "Azazel did this." "I can smell him." "Azazel is a force of nature." "He will never change." "But realigning with Lucifer?" "After all it's cost us?" "Lucifer?" "Lucifer is involved in this?" "He wants the Redeemer." "He used Azazel to get him." "Can Lucifer use this boy to return to Heaven?" "Why do you think I've been trying so very hard to protect him?" "I've been trying to prevent this very thing from happening." "Azazel got to Aaron because of you." "He's in Lucifer's hands now because of you." "The world as we know it may be about to end... because of you." "Do you know why I rebelled, Aaron?" "It's because you wanted to take over Heaven, steal it from the Creator." "As they say, history is written by the winners." "You know, the truth is..." "I only wanted the freedom to choose my own destiny." "But it is not better to reign in Hell than it is to serve in Heaven." "I didn't construct Hell to be a haven for the Creator's rejects." "But when more of them started to come to me instead of Heaven..." "You assumed the Creator gave up on them." "Yes." "Humans love to disobey." "None of it's true, then?" "All of the horrible things you're supposed to be responsible for?" "They're all lies?" "No." "No, I'm not saying I'm perfect." "But your arrival tells me that I have atoned." "More than that, I know it in my heart." "When all the angels have reunited in Heaven, then we can restore the Earth to the reflection of Paradise it was meant to be." "You could bring us all back together." "And what if I don't?" "Well, you've seen the signs... war, famine, pestilence, death." "It's all around us." "These are the End Times, Aaron." "The Day of Judgment is coming." "And only you can stop it." "How long is he going to be in there for?" "As long as it takes." "As long as what takes?" "For him to accept the truth." "What truth?" "Is he going to be all right?" "The truth hurts." "Sometimes it hurts more than others." "I'm going in there." "I wouldn't do that if I were you, sweetheart." "No, of course you wouldn't." "You wouldn't do anything unless there's something in it for you." "Is this Light Bringer the one who freed you?" "Is this why you brought Aaron over here?" "You've got me all figured out, don't you, sweetcheeks?" "Yeah, I made a deal with him." "And deals with him don't come cheap." "What are you talking about?" "You can speak every conceivable language." "You don't even understand what you know." "What is "Light Bringer" in Latin?" "Lucifer." "Right." "Aaron put his faith in you." "He's a fool." "I'm coming, too." "I can smell him, Vilma." "Hello?" "Aaron?" "Aaron?" "Who's that?" "Lucifer." "So you're telling me that in order to save Earth" "I have to send the Devil back to Heaven?" "I told you, I haven't been the Devil in ages." "It was my vision of you that inspired me to leave Hell and serve my penance on Earth." "Just like any of the Fallen." "Just like the ones you've already redeemed." "Their sin was the same as mine and you found them worthy." "Aaron... we all deserve forgiveness" "if we truly want it." "You can't deny what your body is telling you." "Ok." "Ok?" "I'll do it." "Oh, thank you, son." "Thank you." "Give me your hand." "I saw you." "I saw the things you've done." "I saw what you really are." "No." "No, you..." "you saw me as I was." "I want to trust you." "I do." "But I can't." "Please, Aaron." "I'm your father." "I came here... looking for answers." "Like you were just going to say some magic words and all of a sudden, my life would just make sense." "But I don't care what the prophecy says." "I don't care what anybody tells me to do." "I know what feels right and I know what doesn't." "And this feels wrong." "I can't redeem you." "I won't." "Il gran rifiuto." "I'm going home now." "No, Aaron." "You're not going anywhere." "Where are we?" "No!" "No!" "No!" "Just finished." "You're safe now." "This was my punishment... an eternity without you." "But you came back to me, thank God." "No!" "No!" "Lukas, you can't do this to me." "Maybe this is Heaven after all." "Where are we?" "The monastery is where I broke through, Aaron." "My portal to Earth." "I'm not able to leave its grounds, but..." "I am allowed certain comforts of home here." "To enter these walls is to enter Hell itself." "This is Hell?" "Yes." "This is my dominion." "And you, like these poor souls," "are now a prisoner here." "But I am offering you something that the rest of my guests would do anything to have." "A way out." "Send me home, son, to Paradise." "So you can take over?" "Is that what you want?" "No." "I won't let you." "And if I have to spend an eternity in Hell to make sure that you never get there," "that's a sacrifice that I'm willing to make." "How noble of you." "But... what of the lovely Ms. Rodriguez?" "She entered the monastery looking for you." "But she found... something else." "Where is she?" "She's in my care." "And she will remain there until you do what you were born to do." "I don't believe you." "This is another one of your lies." "Is it?" "Look down there." "I knew, Vilma." "Vilma!" "I always knew that we'd end up together." "It's not the Redeemer you belong with." "It's me, Vilma." "There were times when you were happy with me." "Do you rember?" "You'll be happy again." "She can't hear or see you, Aaron." "Just look at her." "An eternity as a prisoner of that twisted old man." "It's one thing to sacrifice yourself, Aaron." "But are you willing to damn the woman you love?" "Wipe these runes away." "If I brush away those markings, then I'll condemn myself" "to eternal torment." "If I don't..." "I'll condemn you." "Go." "Thank you." "Just go." "Well... the esteemed Dr. Grasic just earned himself an upgrade in his damnation." "You couldn't keep her here." "You can't keep anyone here." "You don't have that kind of power." "Hell is a choice that we make." "The only real prisoner here is you." "You're so smart." "I tried to be nice," "I tried intimidation, and now" "I have to resort to force." "Then go ahead." "Kill me." "I'm not afraid." "I didn't expect to see you again." "Did you find what you were looking for?" "You sent Aaron to his doom." "You knew!" "He trusted you." "You can help him." "You have to, Azazel." "I know you can." "Why would I?" "You know what it's like to be held against your will." "This is your chance to make up for everything that you've done wrong." "Take it." "Please, Azazel.|" "Please." "Do it!" "Do it or what?" "Or I'll kill you." "I was thinking about it!" "I was on the fence!" "But then you had to go and ask me so politely." "I think I have some time to kill." "You're right, Aaron, I can't keep you here in Hell." "But I can persuade you to be reasonable." "And this time, don't expect Azazel to come to your rescue." "Azazel knew what you wanted." "He was in on this." "Of course he was." "So, it comes down to this." "If you stand against me, you stand alone." "I am the most powerful angel that was ever created." "Do you really believe that you can beat me?" "The angel in me is just as powerful as you are." "But my humanity makes me stronger." "Really?" "You've been defeated before." "And once is enough." "Not bad for a girl." "You know, I hate hurting pretty girls!" "But something about you really pisses me off." "Run!" "Camael." "I thought you were dead." "Let's see if we can fix that." "This is where it ends." "Azazel, no!" "Azazel." "Mazarin!" "5,000 years ago, I put you in chains." "Will you return willingly?" "Never!" "Then you leave me no choice but to fight you to the death." "Now you're speaking my language!" "Let's do this!" "Man to man!" "You are my son!" "You were born to help me destroy the Creator, and by God you are going to live up to that!" "Surrender, my son." "The prophecy." "I don't care about the prophecy." "I care about my destiny!" "This is my life!" "I'm taking control of it." "I'm sorry, son." "I never meant for it to end like this." "Go ahead!" "Say it!" "Go to Hell!" "Aaron!" "Gabe." "Let's get out of here." "Go ahead." "Kill me." "Kill me!" "Give me a warrior's death." "You know you want to." "No, Azazel." "I follow the Creator's orders." "Not yours." "Ariel." "Long time no see." "Don't do it." "No, you're going back." "Then how about a kiss good-night?" "I'm so glad you're all right." "Camael!" "You're alive?" "What happened to you?" "Did you..." "Did you see him?" "Aaron... did you meet..." "Lucifer?" "I sent him back to Hell... where he belongs." "It's too late for me." "I'm not going to let you die." "I'd never considered... that your powers would apply to me." "I've taken so many lives, Aaron." "I've killed so many." "I..." "I have not earned my redemption." "If anyone's earned their redemption, Camael, it's you." "And I'm going to send you home now." "Good-bye, Camael." "Good-bye... my friend." "I'll be watching you..." "Nephilim." "Forgive me." "You are indeed the Redeemer of the prophecy." "It's over." "All of it." "You're going to stop killing the Fallen, the Nephilim." "Find yourself a new mission." "Noooo!" "No!" "Your sentence was to remain here until Judgment Day, Azazel." "But the Redeemer has defeated Lucifer." "So that day may never come." "Well, I'm nothing if not patient, Mazarin!" "We'll just have to wait and see, won't we?" "So what happens now?" "Well, Aaron, that's really up to you." "There are still a lot of Fallen who need redemption, right?" "Yes, but everything's different now." "They can come out of hiding." "You no longer have to risk your life trying to track them down." "They can come to you." "So you can do whatever you want." "So... what do you want to do?" "Yeah, what's next?" "I want to go home." "Will you come with me?" "Anywhere."