628 - November 19, 1968

[bunniefuu]

- A storm rages over Collinwood as the terrifying events

of this night occur.

But there are earthly confrontations

beyond the sight of the stormy sky,

that have yet to take place.

Now, in a secret place, a young woman

begins a strange, forbidden ritual,

a ritual that will lead her to the strangest and most

terrifying journey of all.

[eerie music]

- If I succeed tonight, Nicholas will be returned to darkness,

and perhaps the master will lift this curse of night from me.

Prince of fire, I call upon the flame to summon you.

I call out all the dark creatures of nature

to summon you here to me.

Prince of fire, rise.

Hear me as I call to you.

Rise from the curling flames.

I summon you in the name of the seven plagues,

in the name of the charred and blackened stars that

reigned at my beginnings, to rise out

of the darkness of the earth.

I call you forth from the mouth of the dragon,

and of the beast, and of the false prophet.

I call you forth from the subterranean rivers of blood,

from the smoke of torment which rises forever and ever.

In the name of every evil spirit,

evil and obedient only to you.

I evoke you.

Come here to me.

Now.

Now.

No!

No, don't destroy me!

I must reach you!

No, you can't destroy me!

No!

[screaming]

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[screaming]

- No!

No, don't destroy me!

Please don't destroy me.

- You have summoned me.

- I...

Yes.

- Why?

- Because I must speak with you.

- You will descend to me.

- No!

No!

- You will descend to me.

[screaming]

- No!

No!

- Approach me.

What is so important that you have called upon me?

- It's about one...

One of us.

The one called Nicholas.

- Ah, yes.

- He has failed you.

- In what way has he failed me?

- Well, you know he was sent to save me

when I had been exorcised by a man called Trask.

- Yes, and you were to be punished for your ineptitude.

- I was.

But after that, Nicholas became vindictive, unreasonable.

Instead of helping me, he continued to punish me,

to torment me.

- From what I know, you deserved it.

You broke your pact with him.

You followed your own selfish will.

- I have repented.

And Nicholas--

- I don't want to hear anymore.

He serves me well.

His plan for creating a super-race which will

follow only me is excellent.

- But that's what I came to tell you about.

He is failing in that plan.

Failing miserably.

- Failing?

- Yes, because of his stupidity.

One of the beings chosen for the plan has destroyed the other.

- How could he let that happen?

- Because of a weakness.

A human weakness.

- Say it!

- Love.

Human love.

- Love?

How could one of my followers love?

- He has learned.

There is woman in the town of Collinsport.

He thinks only of her.

He spends all of his time with her.

A human.

He was away with her when the merge occurred.

- He left his two people alone?

- Yes.

The experiment is no longer important to him.

- Well, it's important to me.

I will not be defeated by love, the most carnal of sins.

- He should be returned to this world.

Will you give me the power to handle that?

- Why?

- Because I would love to outwit him,

to pay him back for what he has done to me.

- Outwit him?

Are you able? - Let me try.

I implore you.

It would be interesting to find out.

If I let you do it, what will you want in return?

I would ask that you lift my curse.

I would continue to serve you well.

- I am tempted.

I am tempted.

But first, Nicholas.

[thunder]

- Good evening, Adam.

Why so quiet?

- I don't feel like talking.

- Where's Eve?

- Out.

- Out where?

- You know she doesn't tell me where she goes.

- Now, you two haven't had a quarrel, have you?

- No.

- I hope not.

She loves you a great deal, Adam.

- Does she?

- Of course she does.

Hasn't she shown you how much she loves you?

- Yes, she has.

- You should be very happy man.

- I am happy.

- You don't sound as though you mean it.

- I mean it, Nicholas.

I am happy.

[thunder]

- Where were you tonight?

With Maggie Evans again?

- Yes.

Why?

- No reason.

- You're acting very strangely tonight, Adam.

- Am I? - Yes, and I'd like to know why.

- Maybe it's because I'm lonely, waiting for Eve.

- Well, I will tell Eve not to leave you alone so often.

- Thanks.

You do that.

[knocking at the door]

- You'd better go.

[eerie music]

- Oh, Dr. Hoffman.

- I must see Adam.

- What makes you think he's here?

- Because he always stays here, he's never anywhere else.

He must be here.

- Well, unfortunately he isn't.

- I don't believe you're telling me the truth.

- Where is he? - He's out.

I'm sorry that you don't believe me,

but I'm afraid there's nothing I can do for you.

Good night, Dr. Hoffman.

- Wait.

I have something to tell you that affects you,

as well as Adam.

- And what is that?

- It's about Eve.

- What about her?

- She's dead.

[eerie music]

- Dead.

- Yes, she's dead.

She was m*rder*d.

- m*rder*d?

- That's right.

- I can't believe it.

How did it happen?

- Jeff Clark found her in his room.

Several hours ago she'd been strangled.

- Jeff Clark's room.

- Yes, Jeff and Vicky found her.

The police are holding Jeff on suspicion of m*rder.

- Clark.

- Yes.

They are convinced that he k*lled Eve but we both know he

didn't.

We both know that only one person

could have k*lled Eve: Adam.

- And how do you know that, doctor?

- I knew you were here.

- You better let her in, Nicholas.

- Yes.

- Now, why did you k*ll her?

- I didn't.

- You're lying.

- Am I?

- Yes.

If I weren't certain that you knew before I came here,

I would be certain now.

- Why?

- Because of your reaction.

You knew that Eve was dead before I arrived here.

If not, you would've had a different reaction.

You'd be surprised, at least.

- I am surprised.

- You don't seem to be.

- Maybe I don't care that Eve is dead.

- You don't care?

- No, I don't care, Nicholas.

She never loved me, no matter what you said.

That's why I don't care if she's dead.

I didn't k*ll her.

- I don't believe you.

Jeff Clark wouldn't have k*lled her.

He is not a m*rder*r.

There's only one person that could have

k*lled Eve and that is you.

- That's a very interesting theory, doctor.

Now, what do you propose to do about it?

Go to the police?

- No, you know I can't do that.

If anything happens to Adam--

- Barnabas is danger, is that it?

- Yes.

- What do you propose to do about it?

- Nothing.

There's nothing I can do except warn you

that there probably will be an investigation

and they may suspect Adam.

You probably should take him out of town.

- Yes, that might be advisable.

- Would you let me talk Adam alone?

- What for?

- There's something I want to say to him.

- Anything you have to say to Adam,

you can say in front of me.

- Let her talk to me alone, Nicholas.

- Adam- - Let her talk to me.

[thunder]

- What is it you want to say, doctor?

- First of all, I'd like to say that I'm not unhappy

that Eve is dead.

- You're not?

- No, whatever it was that caused you to k*ll her--

- I didn't k*ll her.

- Eve was an evil, vicious woman, and I'm glad she's dead.

Do you believe me?

- Yes.

Is that all you have to say?

- No.

No, Adam, I need your help.

- My help?

- Yes.

There are three people who are-- who are in trouble.

And I have to help them and I don't know how I can.

- What are you trying to say?

- Jeff Clark is innocent.

You know that.

- I don't.

- He is innocent, Adam.

You cannot let an innocent man die for something that you did.

- Why do you waste time talking to me about this, doctor?

You know I'm not going to do anything to help Jeff Clark?

- Because Professor Stokes taught you decency.

And I believe there still some spark of decency left in you.

- What do you want me to do, go to the police and tell them

that I k*lled Eve when I didn't?

- No.

No, I don't want that.

- Then what is it you are asking me to do?

- I don't know.

I-- I don't know.

I only know that the three of you are in--

are in trouble, and I want to help you,

and I don't know how I can without harming

one or the other.

- Three?

- Yes.

Jeff, Barnabas, and you.

- You don't care about me.

- Curiously enough, I do.

- You are lying.

- In spite of everything, I don't want anything

to happen to you, Adam.

- Why should you care about me?

- I don't know.

Perhaps it's because I created you.

I feel some sense of responsibility.

I don't know.

It is probably some protective instinct, I don't know why.

- You talk as if you're my friend but you're not.

I have no friends.

- Yes, you have, Adam.

Carolyn's your friend and so is Professor Stokes.

- Don't you talk about them!

- Why not?

Because it makes you feel guilty to hear about them?

- No.

- Guilty because of what you've done?

- I have done nothing.

- Your conscience is beginning to bother you, isn't it?

- No.

- It is.

I can tell.

- Get out of here!

- Adam.

- Get out, doctor, I'm through talking to you.

Now, get out.

- All right.

- She almost made me like her and I can't like anyone ever

again.

Ever again.

[eerie music]

- Now, you're lying.

You know you're lying.

You might as well admit it. - All right, Nicholas.

- What do you mean, "all right"?

- What if I told you that I did k*ll Eve?

- Are you admitting it?

- No.

- Then what are you talking about?

- What I am talking about is what if I did

admit that I k*lled Eve?

What are you going to do about it?

Can't you answer that?

- I don't know what I'm going to do about it, Adam.

- That's just what I thought.

[knocking at the door]

- That could be the police.

[thunder]

- Maggie!

- Nicholas.

What a pleasant surprise.

Come in.

Here, let me take your things. - Thank you.

Now, to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?

- What did you say?

- I said, I'm always very pleased to see you, Maggie.

Is there some reason why you came by this evening?

- No.

- Well, you don't need a reason.

I'm always happy to see you.

- Nicholas.

- Yes?

- I...

I don't know why I'm here.

- What do you mean?

- I was getting ready for bed and suddenly I

thought I should come here.

I don't know why.

- Perhaps you wanted to ask me something.

- No.

- Perhaps you wanted to see me.

- Maybe.

- I hope that's it.

- Nicholas. - Yes?

- I feel so strange.

- In what way?

- I don't know.

- What is it, Maggie?

- Ack--

- Maggie.

- I can't-- I can't breathe.

- Maggie.

Maggie.

- It's getting dark.

I can't see.

Help.

- Maggie!

Maggie!

Maggie!

- [gasping]

- What's happening?

What's happening?

- Nicholas.

- Master, you are speaking to me through Maggie.

Why?

- Prepare for your judgement.

- Judgement?

- Tomorrow you will appear before me.

Be prepared.

[eerie music]

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