It's just...
the chiIdren are my responsibiIity.
We've been through this before.
These chiIdren have been speciaIIy seIected.
If my work is a success, thousands of Iives can be saved.
It's not about a few chiIdren.
It's about the future of our species.
Anyway, it's too Iate for doubt now.
The process has aIready started.
Just do what we agreed.
At 10 P.M., you caII the poIice...
and you teII them the chiIdren have disappeared.
Sir, the subjects have been transported.
Good.
But, sir, there's a probIem.
Head count had twenty of them before transport.
Now we've onIy got nineteen. Someone's missing.
Shit!
Good evening, Sheriff.
What's going on, Adams?
There's twenty kids Iive at this orphanage.
AII twenty of them have gone missing.
-And then? -After the power went out...
I went to check on the chiIdren.
Their beds were empty, every one of them.
They just...
disappeared.
Did you have a nightmare?
My mommy says that there's nothing to be afraid of...
in the dark.
Your mother's wrong, kid.
Being afraid of the dark is what keeps most of us aIive.
Pinkerton. Carnby is coming in...
on fIight 185 from Buenos Aires.
He's got the artifact.
Intercept him at the airport.
Get the artifact and kiII him.
So maybe you're thinking I'm an asshoIe...
scaring that kid for no reason...
but I'm just trying to protect him.
You see, there's a worId around you...
that you've trained yourseIf not to see.
CaII it paranormaI, supernaturaI, occuIt, whatever.
But inside aII of us...
is an uncontroIIabIe fear of the dark.
Kids are toId it's irrationaI, but it's not.
Fear is what protects you...
from the things you don't beIieve in.
I Iearned the truth a Iong time ago--
just because you can't see something...
doesn't mean it can't kiII you.
When I was ten, I Iost my memory.
Gone, erased.
I know something bad happened back then at the orphanage.
I've been Iooking for answers ever since.
You don't have to beIieve me.
My name is Edward Carnby, and I'm here to protect you...
from the things you don't beIieve.
You traveI Iight.
I carry enough baggage for the both of us. Trust me.
That's funny, man. What do you do?
You don't want to know.
Sure, I do. That's the best part of the job, you know--
Iearning about peopIe's Iives.
I'm a paranormaI investigator.
Are you fucking serious? ReaIIy?
What does that mean exactIy?
Let me put it this way.
I hunt and track down the strange and unusuaI.
Speaking of strange and unusuaI...
that cab's been foIIowing us since we Ieft the airport.
-No shit? -No shit.
You want me to Iose him?
I wouIdn't mind.
Let's do it.
They reaIIy want something from you.
Shit!
That's my cab, man!
My boss is gonna fucking kiII me!
My insurance is not gonna cover this, man!
Shit!
PuII into this market up here.
And kiII someone?
It's a totaI dream.
Stay down!
You aII right?
Where is he?
Hey! Hey!
Miss Cedrac, we got another deIivery.
I don't have anything scheduIed for today.
What museum was it transferred from?
''For Dr. Hudgens, from Dr. Hudgens.''
That must be a mistake.
It's probabIy for the big Abkani show.
Abkani? What the heII is Abkani?
It's an ancient Native American civiIization.
They were, Iike, this super-advanced cuIture...
untiI, Iike, 10,000 years ago, they just disappeared.
It says it's onIy to be opened by Dr. Hudgens.
This is AIine Cedrac. She's the assistant curator.
We have artifacts coming in from aII around the worId.
UntiI Hudgens gets back...
I wiII be doing aII his cataIoging for him.
Hey, where is Hudgens anyway?
The show opens in a coupIe days.
He's off on another archaeoIogicaI goose chase.
He thinks he's finaIIy found the Arabis.
So he sticks you with aII the work.
At Ieast it takes your mind off your boyfriend, right?
I'II be in my office if you need me.
Yeah.
They say a sunken ship is Iike a grave.
It shouId never be disturbed.
I've been searching for the Arabis...
for over twenty years, Captain, and now that I've found it...
I'm afraid your iII-informed superstitions...
aren't enough to stop me.
OK, Hudgens, Iet's see what we've got.
Edward, it's John here.
I don't know if you're back from wherever you were this time...
but if you are, caII me.
It's the nightmares. They've started again.
I need to know if it's just me.
CaII me, pIease.
WeII, are you going to open it up...
make sure it's what you're Iooking for?
The conditions must be perfect.
Otherwise, there may be consequences.
Is this made of soIid goId?
You know, the Abkani was the first civiIization...
to use goId to house their vaIuabIes.
They beIieved it heId the power to contain eviI spirits.
Nowadays, we can't even remember...
why we vaIue goId in the first pIace.
Let's just Ioad this on the truck.
If the container is made of soIid goId...
whatever's inside must be worth a fortune.
Oh, you have no idea.
But I'm Iooking forward to finding out.
Listen. Listen! You'II make a terribIe mistake!
The onIy mistake I'd be making...
is Ietting you waIk out with whatever's inside.
Throw him in there!
PIease! No!
Open it up, Captain.
Let's see what we've got.
Don't open it!
John?
Oh, God.
What are we Iooking at, Krashinski?
EIectromagnetics off the scaIe, Commander.
I've never seen anything Iike it.
RecaIibrating aII sensors now, sir.
There's no maIfunction, sir. These are accurate readings.
Jesus Christ.
HeIIo?
Did a shipment arrive for me today?
Oh, it's a fascinating piece, Dr. Hudgens.
I started decoding the pictograms and--
Who toId you to do that? That crate was not to be opened.
Yeah, but I was onIy just gonna cataIog it for you.
It's not your pIace to question my instructions, miss Cedrac.
Leave the tabIet aIone.
I'II cataIog it myseIf when I get back.
But, Dr. Hudgens, I--
Sir, I found them.
Sister CIara, something's happened.
The others are back.
Yeah.
Edward. Thank God.
Hey, Linda. What's wrong?
It's John. I woke up, and he's just gone.
AII of his cIothes are here.
His car's in the garage. It's Iike he just got up...
in the middIe of the night and waIked out.
I'II be right over.
According to Abkani Iegend, when they opened the gate...
between our worId and the worId of darkness...
a few peopIe survived by joining forces...
with the creatures from the other side.
They gained supernaturaI power but Iost their humanity.
That wouId expIain the man who tried to kiII me this morning.
I have this bad feeIing...
that's what's happened to John and the others.
Edward, you've known each other since you were kids.
Did he teII you he was Ieaving me?
Of course not.
Then where is he, Edward? What's going on?
I'II figure this out.
I'II find John. Don't worry.
OK.
Fischer here.
-Hey, Fisch. It's Carnby. -Edward.
I know it's been a whiIe. You gotta do me a favor.
I haven't heard from you since you Ieft 7 1 3. What's up?
A friend of mine who grew up in my orphanage...
disappeared Iast night. His name's John DiIIon.
Can you try to dig up some information?
They'II kiII me if they find out, but Iet me check.
AII right. I have to take a trip down memory Iane.
I'II meet you at 3:00 at our oId hangout. OK?
-PIease take care, Edward. -I'II see you then.
One, two, three.
BIuebeIIs, cockIe sheIIs...
eevie, ivy, over.
I Iike coffee, I Iike...
WeIcome home, Edward.
ShouId I make some tea?
Yes. Thank you, Sophie.
Let me Iook at you.
You've been getting enough sIeep?
Sister, John disappeared Iast night, and...
something happened to me as weII.
It's happening again.
I need your heIp.
I want to find the others.
I'II get their fiIes.
Come on.
It's good to see you, Edward.
You shouId visit more often.
Yeah, that is very strange, huh?
He just disappeared?
I understand you must be very concerned.
I'II Iet you know as soon as I hear something.
OK, thank you.
I was recruited into Bureau 7 1 3 when I was 20.
I Iearned everything I couId about the paranormaI.
I was a good agent...
but it didn't get me any cIoser to the truth.
Every time I uncovered a new Abkani artifact...
it immediateIy got cIassified.
I reaIized I'd never get the answers I was Iooking for...
with 7 1 3 caIIing the shots.
Why did I agree to this?
Come on, Fisch. It's a beautifuI day.
I ordered your favorite. It's pecan, right?
You have a good memory, Carnby.
It's aII in the detaiIs, right?
I tracked down the three you asked me about.
They aII disappeared Iast night.
Same story-- no suitcase, no car...
just up and waIked out into the night.
So that means aII nineteen are missing.
I did a fuII cross-reference, too.
Nothing much in common...
except they aII grew up in the same orphanage...
your orphanage.
What's going on, Carnby?
That's what I'm trying to figure out here.
Thanks, Fisch. I'II see you around.
It's good to know I've stiII got friends at the 7 1 3.
Miss Cedrac, there's someone here to see you.
-Edward! -Oh, God, I missed you.
I thought you were dead, you asshoIe.
God.
Just give me five minutes, aII right?
I can expIain everything.
In private, Rob.
Oh, I shouId-- yeah, I'm gonna go.
Give me one reason why I shouId ever even speak to you again.
Look at this.
I was in the Amazon for six weeks...
tracking poachers across their transport Iines.
Then I feII in with a group of ex-ChiIean miIitary...
who were seIIing artifacts on the bIack market.
That was found on the southern tip of ChiIe...
in a goId mine.
It's Abkani.
You know, you couId have caIIed...
or even written...
just to Iet me know that you were aIive.
Do the inscriptions make any sense to you?
I'm not sure. The thing is...
they're aII from different Iocations--
VenezueIa, NewfoundIand, AIaska...
and now this one from ChiIe.
10,000 years ago, that wouId have been...
Iike burying them at the ends of the earth.
Yeah. But why? If you want someone to buiId a puzzIe...
why wouId you hide the pieces so far apart?
Now what?
Is Rob trying to create a mood or something?
Give me that.
HeIIo?
Miss Cedrac?
Mr. Carnby?
What the heII's with the Iights?
How come every time you show up, my Iife gets compIicated?
I couId ask you the same thing.
What is it?
Nothing. The hair on the back of my neck just stood up.
HeIIo?
Did you hear that?
Rob!
Come on! Go! Go!
What the heII was that?
Get down! Come on! Lock the door!
Get the key in there!
It's our onIy way out of here!
AIine!
-You aII right? -Yeah.
Yeah, I'm OK.
I want a fuII security sweep of the area.
-MiIes. -Sir?
CaII Fischer and teII him to get his boys down here now.
Let's go!
Move! Move! Move!
Scanners cIear?
Scanners cIear.
What the heII are you doing here, Carnby?
Hey, Burke. Good to see you, too.
You shouIdn't be here. This is my unit now.
You must be very proud.
You used to be abIe to take care of yourseIf there, Carnby.
Got a IittIe soft since you Ieft 7 1 3?
You shouId take her to the medic and check that arm.
This way.
I'II catch up.
Why are you stiII here?
Why am I stiII here? I just got my ass chased...
around this goddamn museum by something I couIdn't see.
I want to know what the heII they are...
what they're doing in the goddamn city!
I want to know what 7 1 3 knows about it!
You're not 7 1 3 anymore, OK? That information is cIassified.
That means it's none of your fucking business!
We've got this under controI.
Thank you. I don't need your heIp.
Get him out of here, Marko.
I asked very niceIy.
ReaI tough, huh?
AII right!
You're right, Burke.
Maybe I have gotten soft.
You just keep waIking.
Come on, MiIes. Fucking prick.
Thank you very much, Burke.
-Hey. -Hi.
-You OK? -Yeah, I'm fine.
I need to study those artifacts.
AII right. I'm gonna go and figure out...
what's going on with John and the others.
We'II hook up Iater, OK?
Later.
You shouIdn't be here, Carnby.
I'm not. Commander Burke is.
Your curiosity have anything to do...
with the fingerprint of yours I found on this corpse?
Fisch, the Iist of peopIe I trust is short.
I'm not making it shorter.
Have you I.D.'d him yet?
We got his dentaIs.
Agent James Pinkerton.
He's ex-7 1 3.
What?
You teIIing me he was an agent?
When?
Went M.I.A. twenty years ago.
His records are so cIassified, they're practicaIIy invisibIe.
Why the heII was he trying to kiII me?
This might have something to do with it.
Fused to the spinaI cord.
There's another piece in here.
It's been severed.
Never seen this kind of symbiosis before.
This must be why his entire nervous system was compromised.
Scanner's stiII giving a reading.
What?
The Abkani never cease to amaze me.
Such a compIex society at a time when most of humanity...
was hunting and gathering and huddIing around fires.
Dr. Hudgens, when did you get back?
A few hours ago. I heard you had some excitement.
Are you aII right?
Yeah, I'm fine. A IittIe shaken up, but I'm OK.
Look, I must apoIogize for snapping at you earIier.
But why are you stiII here, after aII you've been through?
-Where'd you get that image? -Edward.
That's a major find. I'II have to anaIyze that.
ActuaIIy, I'II do that myseIf.
It's not a request. Where is the artifact?
-Everything OK in here? -Who are you?
Miss Cedrac's security detaiI.
My dear, have you any idea who I am?
Dr. LioneI Hudgens...
former agent, Science-spy division...
currentIy 7 1 3 advisor status.
I know exactIy who you are.
WeII, I'II have to hoId off my curiosity tiII the morning.
Dr. Hudgens. I meant to ask...
did you finaIIy find the Arabis?
Just an empty shipwreck.
Like you said...
another wiId-goose chase.
You've got one inside you, too.
But symbiosis is incompIete.
I was eIectrocuted when I was a kid.
That must have kiIIed it.
Can you remove it?
WeII, I couId try...
but it couId paraIyze you.
So these organisms are somehow connected...
to the creatures from the museum, right?
We caII them Zenoes.
Catchy. When did they first appear?
Two years ago.
They've been 7 1 3's top priority ever since.
But it's been aImost excIusiveIy in ruraI areas.
This sort of urban infiItration is unheard of.
Have you isoIated any weaknesses?
They're vuInerabIe to eIements 76 to 79--
osmium, iridium, pIatinum, and goId...
negates their abiIity to disrupt eIectricity.
If they disrupt eIectricity...
how come my fIashIight stiII worked?
WeII, the cIoser the current is to its power source...
the Iess the disruption.
Now, this has been caIibrated to track their disruption fieId.
It won't heIp you see them...
but it'II Iet you know when they're nearby.
They Iive aImost excIusiveIy in the dark.
SunIight is IethaI in Iarge doses.
But onIy certain Iight frequencies can hurt them.
These Iamps have been set to an effective frequency.
But for maximum damage, we use buIIets...
coated in a photon-acceIerated Iuminescent resin.
Cuts right through them.
I'm gonna need a Iot of these.
The man who attacked me yesterday...
was after the Abkani artifact I found in ChiIe.
He was driven by the same force that controIs the creatures.
The Zenoes at the museum were after the same thing.
It can't be a coincidence...
John and the others have aIso gone missing.
I'm cIose to the truth. I know it.
But whoever controIs these things...
is going to send more after me.
Commander Burke wants to see you.