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You're so strong,

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we ever stand? You're

4:19

so stand?

5:18

I

5:21

gotcha,

5:23

just

5:25

take

5:28

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5:33

Come

5:35

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5:38

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5:40

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5:44

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5:46

It

5:48

might be here, but...

5:50

Where the fuck is

5:52

everyone else? This place

5:55

is completely empty. We're

5:57

far from alone, no.

5:59

Look! There's mist everywhere!

6:01

I've never seen the

6:03

resonator reveal this much

6:05

activity. The whole hospital

6:07

seems engulfed. We gotta

6:10

get the fill in Leon. The

6:12

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only providing minimal juice. And

6:16

from all the flickering, it

6:18

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6:20

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6:22

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6:24

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6:26

the mansion. If that's the

6:28

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6:31

through to Leon on

6:33

his cell. Swear the

6:35

try. Hey, Mace, what's

6:37

up? Leon, what? Are

6:39

you okay? Why wouldn't

6:43

I be okay? Hey,

6:45

are you coming to

6:47

Phil's room? We're waiting

6:49

for you. Is that

6:51

Mace? Oh, you have...

6:54

Mary Mason, I've been

6:56

given a clean bill

6:58

of health, and I'd

7:00

like to be out

7:02

of here as soon

7:04

as humanly possible. This,

7:06

Huan, Leon, where is

7:09

he? Where's Leon, infill?

7:11

Where are they? May,

7:13

can you imagine, forever?

7:15

Back in. Only one

7:18

loss to the void

7:20

can conjure it properly.

7:23

Men's life favor

7:25

dreams, drowning and

7:28

thickest, blackest time,

7:30

die in ways

7:33

yet never date,

7:35

for no soul

7:38

can be suffered

7:40

to waste. This

7:43

you will know

7:45

well, and so know.

7:54

Mays? What's

7:57

wrong? It

8:00

wasn't Leon. Who was

8:02

it then? I don't

8:04

know. Huh, maybe. You

8:06

mean? Yeah. The witch.

8:08

What do I do?

8:10

It's not like we

8:12

have anywhere to run.

8:15

The mist is

8:17

everywhere. I gotta

8:19

find Phil and

8:21

Leon. Period. Okay.

8:23

I'm gonna ramp the

8:25

field. It'll guzzle the

8:27

battery, but it could

8:29

be worth the forewarning.

8:32

Just stay back and

8:34

keep the lights down.

8:36

Anything jumps out. I'll

8:38

handle it. Where the

8:40

hell did she get that?

8:42

Like I said, hospitals got

8:45

lousy security. Now come on.

8:47

Critical care wings this way.

8:57

I know this place

8:59

wasn't exactly packed, but

9:02

there's no way we're

9:04

the only ones here tonight.

9:06

I got no idea. I

9:08

just know we gotta keep

9:11

going. We came through the

9:13

jar so fair, but they're

9:16

close now. There is

9:18

mist coming from under

9:20

the door, but no

9:22

more than anywhere else. Get

9:24

back. I'm gonna open it.

9:26

Are you smart

9:29

of that? Smoke.

9:31

Over there. It's

9:33

coming from

9:35

the chapel.

9:37

Grab that

9:39

fire extinguers

9:41

out the wall.

9:43

Come in behind

9:45

me. If there's

9:47

a fire in

9:50

there, we gotta

9:52

put it out. Whole

9:54

place could go

9:56

up. Stay long.

10:01

Okay.

10:11

Let's

10:23

go.

10:30

I've got it! I've

10:33

got it! I've got

10:36

his legs. Untie his

10:38

arms. Hold on, pal.

10:41

We've got to get

10:43

you down. Just hang

10:45

in there. Okay. I

10:47

got him. Just hang

10:50

in there. Okay. I

10:52

got him. Just got

10:54

him down right here.

10:59

Is he breathing?

11:01

Yeah, come on, pal. Wake

11:03

up. I need you to

11:06

wake up. You hear me?

11:08

Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, shit.

11:10

Oh, we gotta get

11:12

to Phil. That fucking

11:15

thing. Take it easy,

11:17

pal. We're gonna

11:19

get Phil. Don't

11:22

worry. What happened?

11:24

Oh, she's not

11:26

fucking human, Mace.

11:29

She's no woman in a

11:31

point he had either. She's

11:33

she's like eight feet tall

11:35

What about Phyllis? Where's Phil

11:37

Leon? I don't know. I

11:39

was outside her room in the

11:41

hall when when I saw the witch

11:44

But she said she only came for

11:46

one of us I got the feeling

11:48

she met Phil after that.

11:51

I don't remember anything else.

11:53

You don't remember being tied

11:55

to the cross? No, nothing Are

11:57

you hurt anywhere? Can you stand?

12:00

Yeah, I think so. So, what's

12:02

the situation? Those fucking freight

12:04

pirates smashed into our room.

12:07

Looks like they're swarming all

12:09

around the hospital. And according

12:11

to the resonator, we are

12:13

knee-deep in some serious supernatural

12:15

bullshit. We were trying to

12:18

find you and fell when

12:20

we saw smoke coming out

12:22

of the chapel. That's when

12:24

we found you. And up

12:26

on the cross. And for

12:29

extra fun, this place looks

12:31

fucking deserted. And we've got to

12:33

get a move on if we want to

12:35

find her before the resonator runs dry. The

12:37

higher settings are eating up a shit ton

12:40

of battery. Okay, let's get going. Our

13:34

meeting has come

13:36

at last, finished,

13:38

and changed. Fear

14:18

not for I can

14:21

hear you We could

14:23

have been sisters

14:26

Phyllis chambers, seer

14:28

of the unseen,

14:30

joined in the

14:33

blowing ashes of

14:35

the wicked the

14:37

burned. But would

14:39

you have bent

14:41

low to his

14:44

black keys? I

14:46

wonder You,

14:48

you're one of

14:51

them, the sparrows.

14:53

It is true. I

14:55

am one of them.

14:58

What do you want

15:00

from me? To see

15:02

you well again, and

15:05

to share, lift

15:07

your eyes to

15:09

the sky. Look

15:11

where they wisps

15:13

of smogly lift

15:15

from the earth.

15:18

See you now,

15:20

your fire, barely

15:22

bright for the

15:24

shadows heaped upon it.

15:26

I see it, yes.

15:28

Get thee to it.

15:46

I see five people standing.

15:49

They have, oh my God,

15:51

they have people tied and

15:54

gagged, laid across altars made

15:56

from broken branches. What

15:58

is going on? Open

16:02

thy eyes and ears,

16:04

and witness the cost

16:07

of those who have

16:09

gone below. Mark,

16:12

dear children, and

16:14

mark my words

16:17

well. Our father

16:20

famode'll cherish thy

16:22

dark offerings, yet

16:25

his hunger remain

16:28

ever unappeased. Upon

16:31

this able night

16:33

we shall present

16:35

unto him further

16:37

obligations. I implore

16:40

thee, my cherished

16:42

sons and daughters,

16:44

render thy sacrifices

16:46

without delay. I

16:49

have beguil sparrow

16:51

to hear by

16:53

covenant with thee.

16:56

Pledging this faith,

16:58

the Christian soul,

17:00

in exchange for

17:02

the commission of

17:05

plunder. I, Barnaby's

17:08

sparrow, do hereby

17:11

covenant with thee,

17:13

pledging this filthy

17:16

Christian soul in

17:19

exchange for the

17:21

commission of plunder.

17:24

pledging this filthy

17:27

Christian soul in

17:30

exchange for the

17:33

commission of plunder.

17:35

I, Elijah Spara,

17:38

do here by

17:40

covenant with thee,

17:43

pledging this filthy

17:45

Christian soul in

17:48

exchange for the

17:51

commission of plunder.

17:54

May the blood we

17:56

still be the ink

17:58

on the park. Richmond

18:00

of our glorious

18:03

combat. And may

18:06

all the blood

18:09

has yet to

18:12

be spilt prepare

18:15

for us a

18:17

high place other

18:20

than the offices

18:23

of the righteous

18:26

and the less.

18:34

But you know

18:36

nothing of the

18:38

fall. Now he

18:40

shall. and

19:09

yawning silence, we

19:12

plunged, and plunged,

19:14

and plunged. And

19:40

why thou mayest in

19:42

car, do I choose

19:44

to impart these words?

19:46

Tis only to furnish

19:48

thee, but with a

19:51

taste of hell, that

19:53

thou mayest remember it,

19:55

when it rises to

19:57

meet you again. But

20:01

until that time,

20:03

Phyllis Chambers, I

20:06

shall see your

20:09

restart, your ale

20:11

in heart, plucked

20:14

out, and renewed

20:16

in blood and

20:19

vigor. There's

20:32

no way this whole waste went

20:35

on this far. We wandered in

20:37

a circle. You know, old is

20:39

mist. No, I remember the

20:41

way. This, this is unnatural.

20:43

The amount of mist the

20:45

resonators kicked up proves as much.

20:47

What the hell is happening then?

20:50

Take it easy. There's got to

20:52

be something we can do. Right?

20:54

At him now, the paranormal

20:56

always seemed like an intrusion

20:58

of some alien order into

21:00

our own. But now, I

21:02

believe it's the other way

21:04

around. We're the ones who

21:06

intruded into an alien order.

21:09

Is there anything we can

21:11

do to, I don't know,

21:13

put things back to normal?

21:15

I just don't know.

21:17

I mean, generally, paranormal

21:20

manifestations are transient. Just

21:22

a few moments in

21:25

duration. Nothing like this.

21:27

Okay, but if I

21:29

understand how the resonator

21:31

works, isn't it? Sounds like

21:33

every elevator in the hospital

21:36

is coming up. And

21:38

they're not empty. We

21:40

need to get out of here.

22:00

We need

22:03

to move

22:06

now! That's

22:08

where? It's

22:11

where for

22:14

me to

22:17

stay in

22:20

this? No,

22:22

go! Be

22:30

kidding me! The hallway ends at

22:32

an elevator! There's

23:11

nowhere to go.

23:14

Get back you

23:16

walk like son

23:18

of a bitch!

23:20

Behind us those

23:22

things are coming.

23:24

Turn the resonator

23:27

off. What? Turn

23:29

the resonator off.

23:31

What? Turn the

23:33

fucking resonator off.

23:44

It worked. They're

23:47

gone. Holy shit,

23:49

it worked. worked. What the fuck just

23:51

happened? The resonator consolidates

23:54

our collective focus, allowing

23:56

the paranormal to become

23:59

more visible. Maybe even more

24:01

capable of physically affecting us.

24:03

I just figured if we

24:05

shut it off, it might

24:08

have the reverse effect. I

24:10

think you're right about his

24:12

strengthening effect. There's so much

24:14

activity in this place. The

24:16

resonator actually worked to enable

24:19

it. Yeah, but just turning

24:21

it off doesn't mean we're

24:23

out of the woods. This

24:25

place is still under the

24:27

influence of whatever followed us

24:30

out a cold sparrow. It's

24:32

just that the resonator isn't

24:35

helping it out anymore. Then we need

24:37

to hurry up and get to Phil.

24:39

What can I do for her if

24:41

we can get to her? This thing,

24:43

it just does whatever it pleases. That

24:45

I'll carry her the fuck out of

24:47

you. And she doesn't make it so

24:49

bad. I'm not leaving her to some

24:51

fucking witch. Look, I know you two

24:53

didn't sign on for anything like

24:55

this. It might be best if

24:57

you took the reprieve and headed

24:59

out. I think this thing just

25:01

wants us. But we can't leave

25:03

Phil behind. If she's right about

25:05

it killing Whittle, then I think

25:07

there's a good chance we're all

25:10

in this thing together now. What

25:12

are you talking about? I thought

25:14

Whittle killed himself. A conversation for

25:16

another time. I'm sorry. I didn't

25:19

mean to sound so grim, I

25:21

just... Anyway,

25:24

I think that's right. We

25:26

don't have any choice but

25:29

to stay together. Okay.

25:31

How that's all settled?

25:33

Let's head out. We're right behind

25:35

you. Those

25:53

fucking birds are all over the

25:55

place. Phil's

26:00

room. Phil's room's

26:03

right up there.

26:05

I saw, I

26:07

saw the, whatever

26:10

she is, over

26:12

there. Look, there's

26:15

blood all over

26:17

her door. Phil.

26:19

Come on! Oh,

26:33

gosh. The blood.

26:35

It's everywhere. No.

26:38

Phil. What the

26:40

fuck? What did

26:42

you do to

26:44

it? What did

26:46

you do to

26:48

it? What the

26:50

fuck did you

26:53

do to it?

26:55

What the fuck

26:57

did you do to

26:59

it? Wake

27:03

note for your

27:06

different children! She's

27:08

behind us! Jesus!

27:11

Everyone get back! Good

27:13

Lord! I choice in

27:15

a knowledge that she,

27:17

like y'all, have come

27:19

ever closer to the

27:21

end of the spiral,

27:23

and that soon you

27:25

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27:28

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27:30

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