MitchellI'm not a victim.
So you're what? What? "Misunderstood"?
Mitchell
I'm an animal! I don't deserve mercy or forgiveness! I'm a murderer! I couldn't help myself; I loved it. The sensation, the power... I was dead but I never felt so alive. I wasn't human anymore. I lost my conscience, I was free, and that's what I was addicted to. I hacked my way through the world... I left a trail of blood, a thousand miles long... and I loved it. I'm a disease. I'm a plague. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
You can have Annie back. But there's a price.
Mitchell
I'll stay. I want you to take me to all my victims. I want to feel it. I want to suffer. I don't want to hide anymore. I just want her back.
It's not that simple. The time and cause of your death have already been set. But there are things that need to happen first. You see, you're the final piece in someone else's story. And they need to complete their journey and in order to do that... they have to kill you.
Mitchell
What?
You're gonna be killed by a werewolf. A wolf-shaped bullet. Bang!
Mitchell
Who?
Tell her how much you enjoy the work.
Mitchell
Oh, this is... ah...
That you were inspired by Florence Nightingale to bring cleanliness to the wards.
Mitchell
Oh, god—
Don't say God, she might be religious.
Mitchell
Shit!
Mitchell
It isn't a complicated job! I've done it before, I can do it again. What more is there to say?! Oh.
Nita Mawulawde (who cannot hear or see Annie): I don't think there's anything more to say.
Mitchell
So what do we call you?
SSasha
Anything you like, sweetheart. [Annie yanks her hair with the straighteners]
Oh! Oh, sorry. Look, you got caught there. Caught a bit of your hair, sorry.
SSasha
Don't worry, babe. I can tell you're not used to a beauty regime.
Mitchell
I don't think it was just Sasha. There's four subject sheets here. All came back to life, all at the same time. I think they were testing them. Trying to find out what they were, how they worked, if it could spread. I think they were scared.
[staring in horror at footage on a digital camera of a conscious, screaming zombie being dissected by surgeons] I know the feeling. Did it say anything about anaesthetic in there?
Mitchell
Yeah. "Anaesthetic ineffective." How did you know?
They did it anyway. What did they do with them afterwards?
Mitchell
[slowly realising the extent of the situation] Incinerated them...as a health hazard.
Were they still alive, when they burned them?
Mitchell
We owe her, George.
We owe her? Why do we owe her?
Mitchell
She came back to life two weeks ago. All of them did, when I was on the other side.
So. Hang on, what are we saying? That Death's Door was engaged?
Her spirit couldn't pass over because of me.
Mitchell
We made her. We owe her, all of us do.
You know the Old Ones, they kill at will. But they don't recruit lightly. In fact, most of them only do it once. They choose a protège. It's an eternal bond.
Mitchell
I don't need a protège.
It isn't always about you. Why do you think some of us live forever and others are like...fireflies?
Mitchell
Because some of us are smart and some of us are stupid.
If you choose an heir, they inherit all your secrets. They become a dark angel. Your protector. Your saviour.
Mitchell
Saviour from what?
Oh. Perhaps a fate we've been led to belief there is no salvation from.
Mitchell
So...if something happens to you...
Mitchell
And that's possible?
Mitchell
So you want me to be your heir?
Mitchell
Annie, can we just forget about it?
Forget about it? Someone is trying to link you to the murder of twenty innocent people, Mitchell.
Mitchell
You heard what she said. It's probably nothing.
And I might believe that, if you weren't so shaken by it.
Mitchell: What? No I'm not.
WWyndham
This is what is going to happen. Mitchell, you're coming with me. I think you're going to come in useful one day so this... martyrdom isn't an option.
Mitchell [almost sobbing in despair]: No. No, please, I don't want that. This, this has to be the end.
WWyndam
Sorry. You're going to dance for me. You are going to kill and rampage. [to Mitchell] You are going to be my attack dog. And the day that you say no is the day that I crucify George and Nina. In Regent's Park. [grins] What about the rest of you? What about...Annie? Now, I think you're more powerful than you imagine so I'm going to keep you around. Besides, [whispers to Annie] There are going to be a lot more ghosts soon. [to George and Nina] And then there are the history makers. A werewolf impregnated by another werewolf. We've never seen the like. The others want you culled. I'm the curious type. I want to see exactly what it is that's going to pop out. But there's something I want you to do in return. I want you to pass on a message. To every werewolf, every ghost, every vampire that you meet. You tell them this: the world is under new management now. It is year dot. You tell them this. The age of the vampires has begun.
[George picks up the dropped stake from earlier and aims it at Wyndham]
WWyndham
Oh, George... [raises eyebrow] Really?
[George draws back his hand... then spins round rapidly and rams the stake into Mitchell]
[to Mitchell] I'm doing this because I love you.
Mitchell
I know.
[Mitchell smiles peacefully, then slowly turns to dust and crumbles apart. George, Nina and Annie cluster together and turn to face Wyndham.]
[to Wyndham] I think you've got a fight on your hands.
[Mitchell haggles with an estate agent who's showing them around the house]
Mitchell
I don't know, you see my friend, he's very picky. He took a lot of convincing to agree to this.
[Excited] You can actually see the top of the hospital from the window and it's a dinky little kitchen you could fit a table in there… maybe. Otherwise, if we have people over we can just sit in here. And the little garden is just... gorgeous. We can grow vegetables!
Mitchell
Like I said, he's a very difficult customer.
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