Lines by Sebastien 2
[In flashbacks to the mid-1700s, Sebastien Valet writes a letter to his sister while hiding under a tree in the rain]
Sebastien
[voiceover] Dear Marie-Jeanne, I wish I had better news to report. But, even with the support of our Indian allies, we are losing this war to the British. We have heard news that Montreal has fallen. Marcel and I have both suffered injuries. All that keeps us alive is the hope of seeing our home again, and of seeing you, my sister.
Sebastien
[to Scott] You're strong, there's no doubt in that. But neither of you fight with a killer instinct. Let me show you how to go for the throat.
Scenes with Sebastien 11
[Sebastien and Marcel have just taken cover inside of a small cabin with candles in the window, where they are confronted by a woman]
CColette
You can't be here. You don't understand-- you've come to the wrong place to hide.
CColette
There's something out there. Something other than the British soldiers.
Sebastien
What do you mean, "other?"
CColette
A creature of the night.
MMarcel
Don't listen to her.
CColette
A shapeshifter. A demon.
Sebastien
What kind?
Sebastien
What kind of demon?
CColette
[fearfully] A Demon Wolf.
[In flashback, Monsieur Tolbert and other members of the Gévaudan community are discussing the Beast]
BBernard
Her name was Agnes. She was eleven years old. Eleven. Torn limb from limb. There wasn't enough of her left for a proper burial.
TTolbert
I am well aware. I'm also aware that every new report conflicts with the last! Some say it is part-hyena, part-wolf. It has red fur, black fur, cloven hooves, a stripe down its back!
BBernard
We know it kills at night. It targets the head and neck. This, we know for sure. It won't stop. Where the wolf finds a lamb, there he seeks another. But it never eats its victims. It kills for sport.
TTolbert
[scoffs] No animal kills for sport!
BBernard
This is no animal.
TTolbert
Tell that to the King. I have word he may send a contingent of his own professional hunters. Until then, we can use volunteers for a hunting party, especially someone to lead it.
[Just then, Sebastien and Marcel appear in the doorway of the tavern]
Sebastien
Why ask for a volunteer? We all know who the best hunter is in Gévaudan-- Marie-Jeanne, my sister.
[Marie-Jeanne, Henri, Marcel, and Sebastien are preparing the hunting party to search the woods for the Beast]
[to Sebastien] You believe it? I never knew you were so superstitious.
Sebastien
I don't need to believe something I saw with my own eyes.
And I've been through every inch of these woods and hunted just about every creature under the sun.
HHenri
But not the moon...
Are you trying to frighten me?
Sebastien
I'm trying to warn you. You're going to need more than ordinary steal to stop the Beast.
[Marie-Jeanne has just confronted Sebastien after learning that he is the Beast, and that Marcel has been covering for him]
You have killed children.
Sebastien
[shrugs] I kill whatever dares to cross my path.
Sebastien
It's what I am. What I've become. You've heard the old story of what happens when you drink rainwater from the pawprint of a wolf. You become the Demon Wolf.
[Marie-Jeanne looks around the room, debating whether or not to expose him]
Sebastien
Go. Go ahead. Tell them it's me. Then, watch me tear them apart in a matter of moments. Every last soul in this place.
Sebastien
Beast, Marie-Jeanne. The Beast. You won't catch me. And you won't kill me. We're family, Marie-Jeanne. We're family.
[voiceover] Marie-Jeanne hunted Sebastien for three years until she finally cornered him in 1767.
[Marie-Jeanne runs toward a snow bank in the woods, grabs a large wooden pike with the steel blade forged in the shape of a fleur-de-lis, which impales Sebastien/the Beast through the chest and forces him to shift back into human]
Sebastien
You think this minor injury will stop me? I'm the famous and feared Beast of Gévaudan! And when I'm done killing, everyone will know. I will have done such horrors that all of history will remember my name!
Sebastien
[horrified] Damnatio memoriae? You would have them take my name? Our name?
[He starts to cough up black blood]
Sebastien
What? What is this?
No ordinary steel. Wolfsbane and mountain ash, forged with our blood under the light of a full moon. History might remember you, Sebastien... but only as a Beast.
[The Beast has just transformed back into human form, only now it is Sebastien Valet instead of Mason. Gerard, Argent, Scott, and Liam watch in horror and confusion]
La Bête du Gévaudan! I know your name. Do you remember mine?
Sebastien
[sneers] Argent.
[Sebastian has taken off The Surgeon's mask to reveal it's Marcel underneath, who is dying as he coughs up blood]
Sebastien
Marcel... If this is what immortality looks like, I think you might have been misled.
MMarcel
For you. All for you.
[Seastien has just showed up at the Sheriff's station, looking for Gerard and Argent]
Sebastien
You seem to know who I am. That means you know what I'm capable of.
[Sheriff puts his sidearm on the table]
I've got some experience.
Sebastien
Your weapons may be more sophisticated than the arrows and the bullets of my time, but they still won't kill me.
I'm pretty sure a 9mm Beretta will do more damage than an 18th century musket.
Sebastien
Are you certain? I can walk out of this place with my hands clean... Or, I can walk out with them drenched in blood. Your choice.
[Theo has just incapacitated Scott and Liam with his new powers as the Beast approaches them]
You hear that? That's the sound of real power.
Sebastien
Another arrogant youth. A contender to steal my name? You think you can take it from me?
Sebastien
That belongs to me. It's a family heirloom. I'd like it back, please.
It's all yours. Just give us Mason.
Sebastien
Unfortunately, I would not know where to begin. And, while I've benefited from his memories, I don't have much use for an alter-ego.
[Liam and Scott wolf-out and snarl at him]
You want it? Come and get it.
[Sebastien has Scott in a choke-hold, and Liam has just picked up the pike to kill him]
Liam, wait! We can still save Mason.
Sebastien
[confused] What kind of werewolves are you?