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-F... This

3:01

is from the rough the rough

3:03

of the of the Isabelle together

3:05

from what little historical information

3:08

the family sent along with

3:10

the statue. the We intend to

3:12

put it all on a

3:14

We will be set out

3:16

next to the exhibit. a placard that

3:18

the plans for the to

3:20

are finalized, of course. plans for the

3:22

museum are finalized, of what we have

3:24

so far. far. Gil

3:27

possesses only a left

3:29

arm, the the

3:31

of of sinister intentions,

3:33

as the left side

3:36

has been historically associated

3:38

with with ill omens the unconventional.

3:41

This singular arm is

3:43

often depicted clutching a

3:45

crooked a crooked an inverted

3:47

scale, representing imbalance

3:49

and injustice. injustice. His wings

3:51

are also inverted, pointing

3:53

downward instead of

3:55

upward. this This unusual fee

3:57

signifies the fall

3:59

from grace and a

4:01

rebellion against the

4:03

natural order. against the natural was

4:05

regarded as something akin to

4:08

a patron saint. to

4:10

a patron saint of the

4:12

those who willingly chose

4:14

who willingly chose the left-hand guiding

4:16

them hell, along their

4:19

route to eternal

4:21

damnation. route to eternal this

4:24

eerie this found reverence

4:26

in only one

4:28

known place. place. A a

4:30

remote and unassuming colonial

4:32

settlement called Isabelle. Geelikeness is fashioned

4:34

from fashioned from a

4:37

grotesque amalgamation of

4:39

human and animal parts,

4:41

interspersed with stone

4:43

and wood. wood. Its

4:45

overall form a simple of times

4:48

both barbaric and

4:50

ruthlessly spiritual. You

4:52

said some some family that traces

4:54

its roots all the way

4:56

back to East to Israel donated the

4:59

historical materials? historical materials?

5:01

but but I can't give you the

5:03

name. While the family gave no

5:05

instructions as to when and how

5:07

the statue could be made public,

5:09

how the they were very specific on

5:11

one point, on that their name

5:13

not be associated with the statue

5:15

or any of its history. of its history.

5:18

The impression I got was that

5:20

they were were... to see the statue

5:22

removed from their ownership. We

5:25

We completely understand, Miss Talfa, and we

5:27

greatly appreciate you helping us out

5:29

as much as you have. out as

5:31

You're quite welcome, welcome, Miss It's the

5:33

least I can do. I After all,

5:35

you three did a real service

5:38

to the country by ridding it

5:40

of that monstrous cult. it of that

5:42

monstrous cult. if no no one I'm not

5:44

feeling very well. very well. I'm gonna go

5:46

head out to the car head out to the car.

5:48

Oh, by all means, I I

5:50

do hope you feel better,

5:53

better, Mr. come out with you. come out

5:55

with you. Actually, I

5:58

think I think we should all... Probably

6:00

get going, but we

6:02

really appreciate all your

6:04

help and it's Tell

6:06

her Yes, tell her

6:08

and thanks again You're

6:10

very welcome Don't

6:13

hesitate to call or

6:15

visit again. We're always happy

6:17

to help You

7:00

Leon are you sure you're all right? Yeah,

7:04

I'll be okay. Just Didn't

7:07

expect anything to happen while we

7:09

were away from the place, you

7:12

know So what happened? Same thing.

7:14

It's been doing rubbing my nose

7:16

in the shit that went down

7:18

at the pinnacle It just took

7:20

things farther than before it trapped

7:22

me the The kids from the

7:24

pinnacle God damn this thing Just

7:26

how much shit can it throw

7:28

at us for fucked sake when

7:30

no one near cold sparrow Perhaps

7:32

not but some of its legendary

7:34

is and it's not at all

7:36

uncommon for the paranormal to attach

7:38

itself to someone Follow them after

7:40

their involvement. It's called the hitchhiker

7:43

effect. Yeah Well, there's more legends

7:45

in there than you think I

7:47

checked out their restricted collections room

7:49

And there's a shit and a

7:51

dirt on Isabelle I wasn't supposed

7:53

to but I scanned a lot

7:55

of the stuff into my phone

7:57

And then of course, there was

7:59

the statue Which, I assume was

8:01

what you saw in the tunnels.

8:03

Yeah. It was. Uh,

8:05

anyway, what did Prist have to

8:07

say? Got a few

8:09

things, but I'm guessing Fel might have

8:11

heard than he was actually saying Sigh...

8:16

Edward was in on whatever occurred

8:18

in Cold Sparrow. Before he died,

8:20

he did something to that tape. Cursed

8:22

it, maybe? I'm not sure. He

8:25

left Prist peculiar instructions on how

8:27

to handle and deliver it. Another thing,

8:29

at some point, Prist heard something

8:31

awful. Screams layered upon screams, as

8:33

if blaring through a loudspeaker or

8:35

some kind of radio transmission. The last

8:37

bit I got regarded something that

8:39

frightened him while he was driving

8:41

through a storm, though I couldn't make

8:44

out what it was. you Love

8:46

guys. Sounds like we might

8:48

have to pay old Charlie another visit

8:51

Quite possibly. You

8:53

sure you're okay Leon? you don't

8:55

look so good. It

8:57

was it was just a lot went

8:59

on and on I I Think I

9:02

just need to get out and get

9:04

some air. You think there's a place

9:06

around here We could just uh, out

9:08

and maybe walk around a bit grab

9:10

something to drink Of course we can

9:12

there must be a park or something

9:15

around here Yeah, I think

9:17

we could all use some fresh

9:19

air. I think we passed park or

9:21

some kind on the way over

9:23

to Prist's. Just a little ways over

9:25

there. Thanks. I just... uh, need

9:27

a breather. We completely understand.

9:29

Take however long you

9:31

need. Yep,

9:58

I think this was a good night. Out

10:00

here in the sun, walking around in

10:02

the woods, woods, this shit and cold barely

10:05

feels real. real. If only it wasn't

10:07

real. I really I really hope Hughes

10:09

comes through with some help. some We

10:11

We are way over our our heads with

10:13

this shit. shit. Yeah, Yeah, reminds me. me.

10:15

We gotta stop by the by

10:17

office, see if any of that

10:19

equipment came in. came afraid none

10:21

of it will do us a bit

10:24

of good a bit of thing This thing clever to

10:26

be caught off its guard off even if

10:28

it isn't it seems powerful enough to destroy

10:30

to destroy whatever footage we might catch of it.

10:32

You the whole the whole

10:34

limitations thing thing? Not at Not at

10:36

all. I'm merely acknowledging

10:38

the limitations of whatever technology Hugh

10:40

sends us. We've already seen

10:42

some of this phenomenon's potential

10:44

weaknesses. potential have have. I think

10:46

I might have been absent

10:48

that day that day, Beach. Can't explain? So I've

10:51

managed to out managed to out -sleuth the

10:53

professional sleuths, have I? about it. This

10:55

think about it. to This entity seems

10:57

to require assistance. all If it

10:59

were genuinely all wouldn't or even close,

11:01

do it wouldn't need people to

11:03

do its dirty work, nor would

11:05

it require its dirty little audio

11:07

tapes to be handled so delicately.

11:09

The fact that it has needs

11:11

at all was revealing. In many

11:13

of the paranormal cases I've encountered,

11:15

or even just read about, these

11:17

forces feed on something, often human

11:19

emotions. Once those sources are cleansed on a on a

11:21

spiritual level, the dark energy usually

11:23

diminishes if not disappears entirely. The The

11:26

trouble here, I would think,

11:28

is one of scale. This This particular

11:30

seems enormous. To counter it, counter it, we'll

11:32

need something equally formidable. I'm I'm hoping

11:34

whoever Hughes Hughes sends will have an

11:36

answer for that. that. Well, if we we can't

11:38

photograph it, prove it in some

11:40

way we we can't get out of

11:42

its range. I'm not sure what not sure what

11:44

you've got coming out of this

11:46

thing with anything but but PTSD. If we out of

11:48

this thing, you get out of this thing

11:50

you mean? out of it all we'll get

11:52

out of here, alright. to I'm not

11:54

about to get my ticket punched by

11:56

some frickin' paranormal force, no matter

11:58

how powerful it is. it is. the hundreds of

12:00

people in Cold Sparrow thought the

12:03

same thing. And more than likely,

12:05

so did the God knows how

12:07

many in Isabel. What you mean?

12:09

Turns out, Whitlock in the town

12:11

didn't survive much longer than the

12:14

sparrows. Three days after Hester dropped

12:16

edge from trying to dig a

12:18

hole to hell, there was a

12:20

rain of dead birds. Sparrows. And

12:22

three days after that, some kind

12:25

of plague hit the city. I'm

12:27

not sure if it was during

12:29

the plague or after everyone died,

12:31

or after everyone died from it.

12:34

Whatever this thing is, Cold Sparrow

12:36

was in its first rodeo. A

12:38

rain of dead brains? I'm assuming

12:40

that's where Cold Sparrow got its

12:42

name, because all the birds were

12:45

covered in frost. It seems we

12:47

figured out where Elias got the

12:49

name. I'll look to the rest

12:51

of the book to see if

12:53

he exposed in more detail. I'm

12:56

also starting to wonder if the

12:58

opening section, a portion taken from

13:00

Whitlock's confession, was left unfinished. After

13:02

all... It's strange that Whitlock never

13:04

mentioned the city coming under any

13:07

sort of curse after the sparrows

13:09

were murdered. Might not have been

13:11

the sort of thing you'd want

13:13

to admit, but the devil to

13:15

make a comeback after having to

13:18

stop lay his sack. You just

13:20

might be right. Uh, Phil. Yes.

13:22

Did you say something recently about

13:24

evil not being able to touch

13:26

the innocent? Or words to that

13:29

effect? Well, yes, I believe I

13:31

did. It was late and I

13:33

thought you were asleep. Mason, I

13:35

were discussing the... Well, we were

13:38

talking about recent events. Why do

13:40

you ask? I didn't hear you,

13:42

but something else apparently did. The

13:44

kids wanted me to give you

13:46

a message. That they weren't someplace

13:49

nice. That evil could take anyone

13:51

it wanted just like it took

13:53

the three of us I

14:24

can't help but feel like we're we're

14:26

to our prison prison cells. Ah no, you don't have

14:28

any don't have any faith in the

14:30

tech we picked up from Hughes, but some of

14:32

of it does look pretty cut an edge. Who

14:34

knows? Who knows? Maybe some of

14:36

those boxes just might work. I noticed that noticed

14:39

that some of the stuff was actually

14:41

made for ghost which have have

14:43

to admit it wasn't something I

14:45

knew existed. I I mean,

14:47

I knew there were recorders and EMF

14:49

detectors and whatnot, stuff that was all

14:51

either just repurposed or some

14:53

kind of of modification, but

14:55

some of it was designed to detect was

14:57

designed to whatever the more

14:59

technical term might be or

15:02

certainly not above home, but

15:04

I'm certainly not above hope, but... I know,

15:06

it's a lot, especially especially after

15:08

everything we've learned we learned, and... Look!

15:10

The mansion's up! lit up! I

15:19

suppose it goes without saying that none of

15:21

us left all those lights none of us left all

15:23

even think there's enough I in the

15:25

house to light it up that bright enough

15:29

bulbs in the house to

15:31

light it up that bright. So,

15:33

what what do we want

15:35

to do? Turn around, around, look

15:37

back. never look back. I

15:40

Me on the obvious, Well, I

15:42

think he meant. treat this we can't

15:44

treat this like some regular haunting,

15:46

can we? can we? We can't just

15:48

gather our gear and rush out

15:50

to take photographs. photographs. be people, people, or

15:53

whatever they might be in there. in

15:55

there. The Lord knows why they'd be so

15:57

brazen about it about it. Are you

15:59

getting any sense? And there go the lights. go

16:01

the lights ones we even the

16:03

ones we left on possibly be

16:05

the Could it possibly be the

16:07

but seems a little too so, but it seems

16:09

a little too coincidental. a few Lights going

16:11

off only a few seconds after we

16:14

see the place lit up like a

16:16

birthday cake. cake? Mace, give me a

16:18

hand. I want to attach those

16:20

spotlights give me a hand. I want to

16:22

attach those spotlights to the van. we That way when

16:24

we drive up there we can light up the

16:26

house and everything around it. it. Just to be

16:28

on the safe side, I think safe side, I think now would

16:30

way ahead of of you, Mr. Rhodes.

16:32

what I like to hear, I

16:34

Ms. Chambers. hear, Miss Chambers. That's

16:58

the screen banging around in the wind.

17:00

in the wind. The screen screen door I

17:03

locked out. Not our way out. in

17:05

the anything in the windows

17:07

Before around the house. Yes, I'm

17:09

either of you In Yes, I'm coming

17:11

along. In fact, you can just

17:13

stop asking that question from now on. I

17:16

suppose we could do this do this like

17:18

we would if we were entering the non-hearted

17:20

structure. Who are you kidding? In a

17:22

situation like this, we'd wait for

17:24

backup and have eyes all over

17:26

this place before setting a toe

17:28

in there. setting a toe in there. Yeah, there's

17:30

that too. Well, those antennae of yours

17:32

antennas of yours beyond the Nothing

17:34

beyond the background I I always

17:36

get the very second we turn

17:39

onto. we turn onto We've got the big

17:41

guns back there. the I say we back

17:43

there. in case. load for Bayer I agree. Yeah,

17:45

I agree. Those mothers will even odds even if

17:47

they got a dozen people in there.

17:49

in there. I'll stick to my my handgun. I already

17:51

look odd enough with it. it. I I

17:53

can't imagine how ridiculous I'd look... with

17:55

an look rifle. All

17:58

right then, then, let's get at it. I'll

18:19

take point. Better to to have you

18:21

behind me. me. You're shot. shot. Only

18:24

now does the truth come out.

18:26

you, you, I'm quite I'm quite comfortable

18:28

taking up the rear. the rear. Both

18:51

doors are unlocked. You

18:53

ready? Whenever you are. are

18:58

unlocked.

19:01

You

19:03

ready?

19:06

Whenever

19:08

you

19:10

are.

19:21

Good lord.

19:24

Places filled with balloons,

19:27

streamers, confetti. like there

19:29

was some kind

19:31

of party going

19:33

on. going on. everywhere.

19:35

everywhere. Let's head to the security

19:37

hub. Most of the cameras

19:39

head to the

19:41

security hub. Most of

19:43

the cameras are battery powered. Might have picked

19:45

something up. up. Gotcha. Gonna

19:58

to the the computers. but up. Now

20:00

they've got

20:03

juice. Every single

20:05

camera on the

20:08

network's been stripped.

20:11

Pulling up the

20:14

footage. Every single

20:16

camera on single

20:19

camera the network's been been

20:22

Pulling up the footage, Pulling up

20:24

the footage. There's no video,

20:26

just audio. But here it is. It's

20:35

the the elevator coming up

20:37

from the basement. basement. That fucking thing!

20:39

all the tripped all the sensors

20:41

on that side of the

20:43

house. house. There's no video, just

20:45

audio. audio. Oh

21:06

God's name. Looks like we

21:08

like we got some video on

21:10

camera 3. on camera Here it

21:13

is. it is. I I can hear

21:15

the crowds, clouds, but rooms. The rooms completely

21:17

empty. What about

21:19

the What about the infrared cameras?

21:21

Not just the audio

21:24

and video from the

21:26

standard cameras. Wait a

21:28

minute. What's wrong? All

21:30

the battery What battery levels

21:33

are dropping? On the cameras,

21:35

the computers? the down

21:37

the numbers, 50%,

21:39

25, the numbers,

21:41

50%, 25, 10, 1.

22:06

What the That they came

22:08

from upstairs, just

22:10

above our heads. just above

22:13

our heads. I can feel

22:15

it, it. they're

22:17

everywhere. It's okay

22:19

Phil, you gotta keep it together, it'll

22:22

be okay, You

22:24

it'll be

22:26

okay. it together. It'll be

22:28

can't be

22:30

real, be okay. This be

22:33

fucking real. They're

23:08

all in the elevator,

23:10

going down. Descending

23:13

straight into

23:15

hell. down.

23:23

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23:28

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