Why is it you who
issue licenses?

You know what OUR hunger is,
don't you?

- Anton.
- Wait.

How do you use it?

It's a soap.

- What do you want?
- He was funny.

- What?
- Funny.

Funny? He killed.

He killed defenseless
people.

He initiated a girl
violently.

She's like you now, only
much worse.

She doesn't know how
to live with it.

But you licensed him
to do it.

And they loved each other.

- They wanted to be teachers.
- I did my job.

So good.

I've been waiting for this
for 60 years.

- A nice vampire.
- He doesn't touch anyone.

So far. But time'll come
when he'll want to.

Right. And I'll come
to your office legally.

And you'll license me -
Legally. Neighbor.

Let him go.

- He's my neighbor.
- He's a vampire.

- He's the Other.
- He came to kill you.

- He brought you clothes.
- So what? We're enemies.

Get dressed.

And love still abides...

In my anguished heart...

Look, is it trendy now?

Dunno. I don't have
any other.

Do you have a woman?

- I used to. A long time ago.
- When exactly?

A long time ago means a long
time.

And love still abides...

In my heart...

- Where is she now?
- Dunno.

It has been 12 years.

Did you take your medicine?

Did you take andipal?
Good boy.

Moscow lives through
weather cataclysms

forming a whirlwind

which experts call
"a tornado".

The epicenter of this
tornado

is gathering
in the north-east...

Good evening, it's Irina.

Could you spend a night
with us?

Yegor has a high pressure
and I need to be at work.

- Mom.
- You can't?

- Are there any vampires?
- There are.

Little cowards who
drink their parents' blood.

No, they're real, I saw them.

Hello, Zhenya, is it you?

When is she back?

Miss, d'you need a ride?

Do you need a ride?

Zhenya, is it you? I'm sorry,
when is she going to be back?

Thanks a lot. So.
Nobody's home.

Take a pill, got it?
Immediately.

The keys.

- They exist, I saw them.
- Who exists?

Vampires.

Don't be so smart, you're quite big

and may well remain alone.

This is so good.

Oh so good...

The funnel's 314 m
above the house.

Angle velocity is 170 mps.

An aircraft enters
the funnel zone.

What is the plane?

The Antalia charter.
A bird got into the turbine.

A bird...

- A crow!
- What crow?

It flew into the engine.

You're insane. If it did,

the engine would've...

I'm afraid, we can't do
without Ignat.

I don't feel at ease.

Guys, fetch Ignat, quick.

No one will tear us apart,
d'you hear me?

You're important
to me now.

Like, to our dying day.

Hi there, Ignat,

I've come for you.

Please meet Semyon.

- He came to tear us apart.
- Hi there.

A girl needs some
relaxing here.

Her name's Svetlana.

You know I haven't been
practicing it for a long time.

Gotcha. Well,
Boris Ivanych asked you

for the last time.

I'm sorry, Semyon, I can't.

I understand, Ignat.

But, look, it's
the funnel.

It caught on the plane, it's
gonna fall apart.

With 350 passengers inside.

You're the pro.

You'll relax her and she'll tell
who'd cursed her.

And we'll be able to beat
that damned funnel.

C'mon, Ignat, my dear.

C'mon what? I have
the wedding tomorrow.

Shut the door!

Shit.

Can you close the door?
There's a drought.

Why are you following me?
Do you track me?

I have to.

Shut the door!

Allow me?

A good taste.

A good beginning.

Miss...

Do you know why I follow you?

I can guess.

Right. So are we going
to your place?

So we are.

- That simple?
- That bad?

No.

Flight 99753 to ground control.
Engine fire neutralized,

We're over Vatutinki,
need an emergency landing.

99753, you're clear
for landing.

I allowed them
to fly over the city.

What shall we do?

Well...

We'll sit for awhile,
about 10 minutes,

have some hot coffee.

You'll tell me something.

- And then?
- Then...

Would 10 minutes be enough?

It would.

Countdown.

You are lying.

Wood-goblins've long fangs
and crooked bellies.

Who does? Do I have
a crooked belly?

Granddad!
He is teasing me!

What's up, who is not
asleep yet?

It's not right!

Let me go! Monsters,
ugly freaks!

Calm down.

They are beating ours!

I'm a hereditary brownie.

So I see, you're that wild.

- Which floor?
- 7.

Some jerk didn't
close the door.

It's her.

She's here.

Let's go through the gloom.

I see you.

- Does he see us?
- Yes, he's the Other.

Do we have time?

No. He can't stay
in the Gloom.

- How much time do we have?
- 10 sec, and the gloom eats him.

- Don't come closer.
- Look into my eyes.

8... 7...

Close your eyes.
Give me your hand.

Give me your hand.

4...

I'm not afraid of you.

Now.

Open your eyes.

Don't touch him, don't do it.

Leave him alone.

Got to go, you won't help him.

The gloom has started
to gobble me.

- What's to be done?
- Divert.

Give him blood.

It was so dark.

Why?

Did you do it?

It was the gloom.

You are the Other.

Other?

Am I...

Am I different from
anybody else?

Not any more.

Is it good or bad?

It's...

It's different.

What is Vatutinki?

That's all, and you
were afraid.

I had such a good
dream last night.

Someone helped me,

he was so tall, handsome

and black-haired.

No, he was bald.

Is anything wrong?

Honey, can I have more
coffee?

Of course.

You know,

just now I suddenly realized

that a disaster might
really happen.

A disaster?

Is anything wrong with you?

No, everything's right.

But I'm seeing that you
honey are in trouble.

You suffer so much.

Has anyone offended you?
Am I right?

- Tell me, who did it to you?
- I'm sorry.

10 minutes are over.

- 'scuse me, what's your name?
- Svetlana.

Svetlana.

Y'know, Svetlana,
it's all so awkward today.

That flight. You and your
funnel.

My bride waits for
me at home.

I have my wedding
tomorrow.

Is he completely nuts?

What is he doing?

Take him away from there,
now.

- Hi.
- C'mon, let's go.

What's up there?

Come on...

- Are you sure we should go?
- Come on.

D'you think I messed
everything up?

I warned you I couldn't
do it today.

I have my wedding, which
happens once in a lifetime

Open up, I promised her.

Firefly, open the door,
I told you!

Express news.

Moscow living though
weather cataclysms,

harbingers of tornadoes...

How do I understand
the Others?

The Others?

They are different
from normal.

The Other has superhuman
abilities.

Why?

He had to suffer inhuman
trials in his life.

Do you see it?

And employ inhuman efforts.

So he becomes the Other.

So all his life is other as well.

If there's no one close to him

who could explain what
happens to him

and teach him how to live
among people,

then...

The elements claimed
the lives of 330 people...

What Others are you,
Dark or Light?

We? We are Light.

What about me?

You'll have to decide
yourself.

Do you get it?

What is the difference
between Dark and Light?

All Others draw their
power from people.

The Dark ones take what's
dark, the Light, light.

Like food.

Don't you eat simple food?

Why? We do if offered.

- Will you take dumplings?
- Sure thing.

- I can't get it.
- What is there to get?

She'll have a child.

Not yours.

Don't be afraid, I'll bring
her back.

- Well, I...
- You what?

- Nothing.
- What are you whispering?

-Is there anything there,
or not?

Rest assured, there is.

- A boy.
- How do you know?

Yegor!

- Who's that?
- Mother.

- How old are you?
- 12.

Are you sure she's not
coming anymore?

Who?

The vampiress.

I am.

She won't while we're here.

Shit!

Did you salt
the dumplings?

I need all her contacts in
the last 3 days.

- Show it to me.
- I can't.

We've got outdated software.

That's it.

We're leaving, quick!
Call Anton.

Hello, Anton.

We're moving the HQ to Vatutinki.

- What Vatutinki?
- We need you ASAP.

Tiger Cub and Bear'll
replace you.

What Vatutinki?

Wear it carefully.

- Are you leaving?
- Tiger and Bear'll replace us.

What Bear?

Yegor, I'll be back soon.

- Promise?
- Promise.

All right. I believe you.

Hang on there.

Why deceiving the guy?

It was his child.

Don't worry, he'll be taken
care of. He won't perish.

You'll have everything
sorted out, Anton.

Watch the road, Semyon.

Semyon.

What's wrong?

Help...

Yes, help.

- Valya...
- Auntie Valya is dead.

- Why?
- Her heart.

- I can't...
- Let me call.

I can't, I feel sorry for her.
Can you do this for us?

- What's wrong?
- Maxim's mother died.

Whose mother?

That pressure is up.

But what's wrong?

Shit, my sausages
are boiling over.

God forbid they blow up.

Is it the power station?
Maxim Ivanych please.

Just a sec. It's for you.

- Cover up for me.
- Sausages, eh.

- Maxim Ivanych.
- Speaking.

Your mother... She is dead.

Hello, Maxim Ivanych.

Do you hear me?

Shit, they're spitting.

Hold on, Maxim.

We're almost there.

- It's falling on us!
- Relax.

Where is it?

The funnel? Up there.

Come on, kill the juice.

Upstairs. Take the cable.

Run the cable...

Come on.

Negative field
87 per cent dense.

- The funnel's growing.
- Gotcha.

- Who are they?
- The owners.

Gin and tonic.
Night discounts.

Are you insane?

It's bad to eat and watch
TV at the same time.

Anatoly, have you found it?

No one cursed her!

Haven't you seen a
funnel before?

Keep on working.

I remember 1941, when I
stepped on a landmine.

There was one huge hole:

Since then my right ear
hears all right,

but my left ear is zero...

I've analyzed
the funnel's growth.

It can explode any time now.
Got to beat it from here.

Have you checked her contacts
of the last month?

- Why did you keep the pointer?
- Hands off!

Who asked you to interfere?

Look yourself, you fucking
hacker.

Negative field
92 per cent dense.

Have you tried your hands?

I haven't. What hands?
Try it yourself.

I've checked all her friends,
acquaintances, family.

There is no one.

Not a single Other
among them

who could send such a big
curse of a funnel.

A jump in the funnel. Negative
field concentration 92.

What motherfucker cursed her?

- Mother...
- I'll show you now.

Svetlana Nazarova,
born in 1947.

Used to be a teacher,
now retired.

She's in an ER now, with
artificial kidney.

Gesser is calling you.

I've checked it, look.

How? She really is a witch.

It was not her mother!

She's not the Other.

Oops. Sorry.

Anton Gorodetsky, the Other.

Initiated 08.19.92,

during the exposure
operation on

Ms. Schultz' illegal
magical practice.

Admitted on the Night Watch
on trial basis.

Is friendly with his neighbor,
the Dark Other.

Alcohol abuse history.
Capable of manslaughter.

Come on, Anton.

Let's go.

What's wrong with you?

- Gesser's calling you.
- One moment.

Moscow goes in for dangerous
objects. We're doing our best.

A light wizard with a dark past
has come!

Who's barking there?

Don't you dare, Zawulon.

Kill the light.
You've invited me here yourself.

- Give him your charm.
- I've done nothing forbidden.

My personnel should be
protected against you.

Throw it.

- Should I?
- Don't, Zawulon!

Catch it!

Repeat after me.

There's no power of yours
over me, Zawulon.

There's no... power of yours
over me, Zawulon.

Well...

Do what you want.

We do everything we can.

Let's go, freak.

See you soon.

You should go to her and figure
out who cursed her.

Why me?

Either we learn who did it,

and return the curse to them,

or the funnel disappears
if its carrier dies.

Do you want me to kill her?

Code 1322.

She lives on the 8th floor,
apartment 64.

- What should I tell her?
- About your illness.

She'll make one up for you.

D'you want me to
sing a song?

Love lives in his heart...

Sorry.

Hello, Svetlana.

What's wrong?

I'm sorry to bother you
at home,

you have a lot of worries
at work.

Come in, I'll examine you.
I'll just wash my hands.

- Is the girl at all pretty?
- How's Yegor?

Tiger Cub and Bear
take care of him.

Gotcha.

Time for you to go.

Are you kicking us out?

No.

No, but my mom
is coming back soon.

What shall we say?

That we're electricians.

Fixing the lights.

Look.

Why do they call you
Bear?

A shifting wizard can
turn into a bear or a man,

and I - into a tiger cub.

Show me.

- Show you what?
- How you can change.

Some other time.

You're just embarrassed.

Embarrassed of what?

As you change,

your clothes rip apart
and you'll be naked.

I'm not embarrassed
of that.

So change. I'll look away.

Is it a circus or what?

Yegor!

Yegor! Wait!

Yegor!

Yegor! Come back!

Yegor!

Yegor!Wait!

I didn't get it.

You lie down,
I'll be right back.

Lie down where?

Where should I lie down?

Let's go.

- Is it your ulcer again?
- Yes.

It suddenly seized up,
for no reason at all.

Does it hurt?

How often?

Once in a while.

I told you you have
to be more careful.

I understand.

And here?

It hurts.

It shouldn't.

No, that's not a gastritis.

What is it then?

Nothing.

You're absolutely healthy.

You don't say it.

Why did I come then?

Exactly.

Why did you come?

Freeze!

I'll talk only with the killer
of my Andrey.

Call the one who
killed Andrey.

Go away!

- Right now.
- You have the funnel.

- What?
- You have the funnel.

You're nuts.

- I'm...
- It's growing. Do something.

- I've come to clarify.
- Leave.

To learn... No, I've come
to apologize.

I forgive you.

Go.

- Then I'll go.
- You didn't ask why.

- Why?
- I pushed you in the subway.

- Big deal.
- It was intentional.

You barred my way.
Forgive me.

- I forgive you.
- Call Anton!

OK.

See, I'm calling.

Please, go away.
What is it?

Do you want to drink?
I've got some with me.

Call Anton!

She won't hold. What
should we do?

- Let's have a drink.
- What's this?

- Olga, it's Bear.
- What?

- What's up?
- They lost him.

They lost Yegor.

- The vampiress demands Anton.
- Play for time.

- It wasn't for you.
- Can you explain?

Can you tell me
what happened?

They lost Yegor.
She demands you.

My mother is dying.

It's my fault.

I thought bad of her.

I thought that but
for her

I'd been married and with
a child long ago.

As soon as I thought that,

the hospital called and said
her kidney failed.

The doctors said a surgical
transplantation was necessary.

So I agreed to donate
my own kidney.

I even passed all tests.

But she refused.

I knew just as well.

I did it intentionally
so that she refused.

She didn't need to be told, she
would've learnt it later anyway.

I knew she'd refuse.

I did it on purpose.

I'll be damned!

Anton, you found it!
She cursed herself...

She's the Other.

You should never say things
like this.

It is not just a word.

Dear passengers,

we're making a technical
stop...

That's it, let's go.

Wait.

Let me do it, OK?

I've come.

- I've come. Let him go.
- Take it down.

Shit. Here you are.

- Take the torch away.
- It won't hurt you.

- Take it away.
- Okay.

Don't do anything funny.
Want some blood? Here.

I want to live.

Live then.

Who prevents you?

I want to become
human again.

Do you want to become human?

Then behave like humans.

Do you behave like humans?

He loved me.

And you gave me to him
like food.

And then you killed him.
You did.

I didn't have much choice.
He breached the Agreement.

You, the Light and kind ones,

who decide that you can keep
us from darkness,

where were you then
when they drank my blood?

Why can't I do it now?

'cause I won't let you do it.

Yegor, run.

Get out of here.

Out.

Go, scram.

You, bitch!

Yegor.

You lost it?

Where is he? Where's my son?

You don't have a right to interfere.

Anton!

Come.

I've brought you a charm.

Did you want to kill me?

- No.
- No, you did.

Don't believe him,
I didn't want it.

Alice, read.

The protocol of arrest,
dated 08.19.1992.

Mr. Gorodetsky visited
Ms. Schultz

residing at 10, Starozachatsky
Alley, bldg 2.

For a reward he asked
Ms. Schultz

to assist him
with sorcery.

He was warned by her,

yet he agreed to bear
the responsibility

for murdering the fetus

of his wife Irina Petrova.

You really want to kill me?

Yes, but...

- I looked for you to...
- Kill?

To kill?

Yegor, please,
don't go to them.

They're Dark.

You're no better than the Dark,
you're worse.

You lie. You only pretend
to be good.

I've been waiting a thousand
years for this.

Who is marked to drown,

will drown.

Who is marked to fall
from a roof

will fall.

This boy is marked to be
Great,

yet you've made him
the Great Dark one.

You won't be able to change
anything.

Keep away from him.

You've set this up.

The scum!

C'mon.

Go ahead.

Come on.

That's good.

Thus the Great one appeared

who sided with Evil.

And the legend said

he was marked to plunge
the world into the Darkness.

But while there are those
who believe in Light among us,

the hope is still here...

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