Sanctuary · Season 1
This is fun, isn’t it? Just like old times, back in London? When was that, forty-two? Forty-three?
I prefer not to think about it.
Come on, Helen. Every major spy agency in the world was looking for me. I needed your help. And besides, what’s a faked death among friends?
Whose hare-brained notion was it to supply every allied government with plans for your death ray weapon?
Well, I thought they’d all share and that peace would break out. I did. I had my Nobel speech all memorized.
Well, I did die a lonely, impoverished, pitiful old man. Thanks for the funeral, by the way. I heard it was quite nice.
I faked your death to save your life, so that your work could continue. I think I’m owed an explanation as to your whereabouts since then.
Hey, perfecting the use of electricity and radio waves? Hard acts to follow, okay?
Why would the Cabal see you as a threat?
I’m a vampire. Some people are threatened by that.
The Ancient Ones...They were intelligent, gifted, powerful...until a bunch of church folk decided that our race was impure, evil. And not only did they hunt them down, killed them off, but they turned our species into a cultural joke.
When vampires ruled the earth, it was a golden age. Science, art, architecture, all advanced. And after they killed them off what happened?
The Dark Ages.
And now everybody thinks that we're allergic to garlic and we can turn into bats at will. It's beyond insulting.
Irony is, I once owned the patent to that weapon. I never should have sold it to Edison, cheapskate that he was.
You’ve always been like this, haven’t you? Selfish and arrogant, putting your own desires before everyone else’s.
I brought you here for two reasons: Because only you can help me finish what I’m working on and because I love you.
Yes, so you keep... what?
Back at Oxford, the others used the Source for power and for greed, but you… You altered yourself out of a pure desire for knowledge. You’re the only scientist, perhaps the only person I’ve ever really admired.
We were part of something, something we called The Five. A small group dedicated to expanding our knowledge of the physical world by the most unconventional means.
How can you be old like her?
Unlike what you’ve been told, your mother was not born with a genetic abnormality. No, she chose to become something different. We all did. We were so curious to know what humans could become. Evolve into, given the chance.
Who were the others?
Besides your mother and myself was Nigel Griffin, Sir James Watson, and Nikola Tesla.
As in... the...?
Yes, the same. Though I still say he leeched off Edison and cheated Marconi. But I digress.
After each of us was injected, we received unique... gifts as a result.
Yeah, seen yours in action, thanks.
Griffin’s molecules became photosensitive, Watson’s mind grew to new heights, and Tesla’s reaction was the most dramatic. His genetic disposition brought forth vampiric traits which had lain dormant in his genes. But your mother? Well, her gift was the most simple and elegant.
We’re going to have to fight our way out of here. No killing.
Said the woman with the gun to the vampire.
Baldy, you invaded our house. You fed me to a giant iguana. If that’s not enough to make you my enemy, then what the hell is?
Guess I can tell you that, at Oxford? No one liked you.
Aw. Was it because I was a genius?
No. Because you were an obnoxious ass.
Well, look who's still standing.
[about Druitt] He’s my father, isn’t he?
[quietly] Yes. He is.
[Ashley nods and blinks back her tears as she turns to look out over the city. Helen regards her silently for a moment before turning toward the view.]
Never shown you Rome, have I?
There was never time.
I have a lot to make up for. [holds her hand out to her daughter] Shall we?
[Ashley takes her mother's hand and they look out over Rome]
I'm reminded of Hieronymus Bosch. His paintings were rife with abnormals.
Was Bosch a friend of yours; high school sweetheart or something?
There is such a thing as "before my time."
Really?
Cheeky monkey.
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