He's sending his angels to punish us, just as he did to aaron's sons,
and so many others over the centuries.
That's not for you to decide, Cooke.
Perhaps not.
But other things do fall under my control.
For example, the penalty for treason at one time was death.
The traitor was considered an enemy of the state,
more dangerous even than the actual enemy.
Sometimes, the enemy isn't who you think it is.
Take care, Fallon.
I mean that.
Wait. What's going on? Why is he leaving?
I cut him loose.
What?
You heard me, andrews.
Well, what about the charges?
No charges will be filed at this time.
Fallon resisted arrest. He fired at federal agents.
A halon gas cartridge for extinguishing fires.
Nonlethal, no lasting effects.
Look...
He and Relm will be followed, full surveillance.
And when the time comes to bring them both in,
you will be the field agent in charge, and I'll be back home in D.C.
What did he mean by Los Alamos?
The man's unstable. Very inventive, though.
Look, I think I could conduct this investigation
more effectively if you would just let me...
You'll know when I decide to let you know.
I spoke to the coroner.
One of the victims was cut in half, seared in two by a high-intensity flame.
And equally as strange is Heather Allman...
Her body was burnt but only internally, and her skin... not a mark.
Keep me posted.
Catch.
Control, this is car 131.
I've got a vehicle on fire.
Man down, appears to be conscious.
Request fire department and ambulance. Over.
- Hey, buddy... You okay? - Yeah.
- What happened? - Yeah, I'm fine.
Just put out the fire.
- You're sure? - Positive.
All right.
Hey, are you okay?
Shots fired, officer down,
I'm traveling, uh...
about half a mile north on the 6 and 97 interchange.
I need immediate assistance. I repeat, I need immediate assistance.
We have a situation.
The creature is neutralized for now,
but you'll need to get some sanitation assets down here on the double.
We need a secure morgue.
Take it easy, Andrew.
Understood? I'll dispatch the team.
It's been called alien fire.
As in space aliens?
As in Old Testament.
"Now Aaron's sons, Nadav and Avihu,
"each took their fire pan and put fire in it
"and laid incense on it,
"and offered the Lord alien fire
"which he had not commanded.
"A fire came forth from them
"and, before the Lord, consumed them.
Thus they died before the Lord."
Aaron's sons were consumed by fire from within.
Their bodies looked untouched, but they were scorched inside.
Fire was coming from their eyes.
Throughout history, human beings have been
confronted with strange, unexplained things
and they call them gods and demons and even angels.
I believe that Aaron's sons
weren't taking fire into the tent as an offering.
One of these things came down to earth, starving.
It was desperate to find fuel, food.
And it entered their bodies and took them over.
These things... Where do they come from?
They're thrown off by solar flares.
Some just drift off into space, others come to earth.
And there's another one right here, right now.
And Jake, it's alive. It's intelligent.
And the worst part?
Our government knows all about it.
The last one arrived 3 years ago.
The government caught it, took it to Los Alamos.
Wait... How do you know all this stuff?
Because I was there.
I helped them catch it.
But it didn't stay caught for long.
Warning, containment failure.
I warned you, Cooke.
I warned you.
What are you doing?
Come on, Cooke, open it up. People are dying in there.
It's suicide, Dutch.
- Use the gun, it works. - You don't know that!
I know that! It works.
Be my guest.
It's burning through the conduit wires.
The fool.
Remember me, you son of a bitch?
I've spent my entire life studying these things,
figuring out a way to contain 'em, kill 'em.
Cooke was working with the NSA at the time.
He found out about my research and approached me.
He said the government knew all about 'em.
He was trying to find a way to destroy them.
But that was a lie.
He wasn't trying to destroy them.
He wanted to harness their power and use it as a weapon.
And I hadn't realized that until I had spent over 5 years
In Los Alamos studying it.
But I got to know it. I got to know it real well.
There you are.
"Neither their silver nor their gold
"will be able to save them on the day of the Lord's wrath.
"In the fire of his jealousy the whole world will be consumed.
For he will make a sudden end Of all those who live in the earth."
Now that we have the beast contained,
I'll make transportation arrangements for Los Alamos.
- I'm not going to Los Alamos. - What?
Neither are you.
So, what you're describing can't be true.
Nothing like that can stay a secret.
Well, that's the thing, Jake.
For some people, it's not a secret.
That's where it all started, where I first saw one of those things.
We had one more year of school, then we were gonna get married.
I'm sorry, man.
Yeah, me too.
It was years before I saw another one.
Alabama, 1976.
Nuclear reactor fire.
The authorities covered it up, of course.
A nuclear reactor fire.
You know what they said caused it?
A candle.
But that's when I began to see a pattern, Jake.
It was going after power stations and oil deposits.
So the creature seeks out fuel?
Yeah.
The pumping stations. A strategic fuel reserve.
What are you doing, Andrews?
I just wanted to get some papers from my desk.
Sure. Be my guest.
I suppose my being here has been somewhat of an inconvenience.
Not at all.
I'm heading for Washington for a few days.
You have my contact numbers. I'll be available.
You heard about Relm?
I heard there was an accident.
Yeah, it seems like somebody
accidentally threw a grenade in his truck.
Relations between criminals often sour,
ending in violence of one kind or another.
Now, if you don't mind, I have a plane to catch.
Just one more thing, sir.
The officer that was killed on the scene,
his body was moved to an undisclosed location
for national security reasons.
You know what's impressed me the most about you thus far, Andrews?
It's that you seem to ask only the right questions.
Don't start asking the wrong ones.
Well, if it isn't the lady with all the questions.
- Where's Dutch? - See, there she goes again.
He'll be right back.
I've got a question for you.
Who tried to kill me?
I don't know.
Really?
I have a good idea but the implications are pretty frightening.
You know, I'll tell you what's frightening,
the fact that you guys are still looking for an arsonist
when there is something out there the likes of which I have never seen before.
Oh, come on, Jake.
Look at all the evidence, huh?
The odd burning patterns,
the victims being burned on the inside but not the out.
This is more than ordinary fire we're dealing with.
This is a living creature, Chris.
Dutch was right.
I saw it with my own eyes.
Fire isn't alive, Jake.
The pumping station.
Oh, my god.
What?
I've seen this exact map, this exact diagram on Cooke's computer.
Do you think it's possible that they could be working together?
There is no way that would happen, darling.
I've worked with the man before.
I see you found your way here.
Sounds like you've got some issues with your boss.
Don't you think it's a little strange
that you both have the same map of the pumping station?
Not really.
It's a great fuel source for the creature.
I know that and he knows that.
Can we stop talking about creatures and fires that are alive?
I'm trying to find a rational explanation here.
Good luck.
Cooke just let you go without so much as a warning.
Why?
Believe me, he's not finished with me yet.
You said you saw that photo in Cooke's office?
Did you see anything else unusual?
Talking about a big case, about this big by this big?
Yeah. he did. He took it with him to Washington.
Well, that's it.
They've got the creature.
And him and Kohler will probably take it to los alamos right after.
Sorry, it's done.
Well, done or not, Kohler isn't going anywhere.
He's dead.
Look, I need to understand.
What is the significance of this pumping station to you?
And I want the truth, because it isn't what you think it is.
I know what it is.
It's the regional strategic petroleum reserve.
"As smoke is driven away, so drive them away.
"As wax melteth before the fire,
"so let the wicked perish at the presence of god."
Babylon. That's what he meant.
That's what who meant?
"The broad walls of babylon will be utterly overthrown
"and its high gate burned by fire,
"and the flames that engulf the city will go up forever and ever."
He's not on a plane. He didn't go anywhere.
He's after the reserve.
"Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain
and washed my hands in innocency."
Get on the phone and call whoever you know at domestic security.
Oh, and tell them what?
One of their senior agents is going to blow up a city?
They're gonna lock us up, not him.
Look, he could be on his way to the pumping station right now.
And at his clearance level, he could just walk right in.
I don't know whether we're gonna be able to stop him in time.
Yeah, but would he actually go straight there?
Cooke's an arsonist, right?
What do arsonists love to do more than anything else in the world?
- Watch his fire burn. - Exactly.
So he's going to find someplace with the best view,
and I know just the spot.
It's an abandoned glass factory.
We used to run fire drills there, so I know it pretty well.
It's got a feeder pipe that leads right to the pumping station.
I'll try and find the shut-off valve.
You guys go after Cooke.
You got it.
Don't move, Cooke.
Hands in the air.
Do you really think you can stand in their way?
The angels of the apocalypse are with us.
The one that's here now is gonna reach the oil reservoir.
That's when the cleansing fire will begin.
The world will be born anew.
Back away from the case.
Now!
No one stands in the way of angels.
They're not angels, Cooke.
Set your weapon down.
Nice and slow.
Especially not sinners like you.
Dutch, are you all right?
Don't worry about me. Go after him.
Dutch.
Can you believe this?
The bastard shot me.
Where's Chris?
She went after him.
Look, Dutch, you're gonna be okay, right?
- We're going to get some help. - No.
I've been waiting for this day for a long time.
Long time.
I so wanted to be the one to send this thing to hell,
but you're gonna have to do it for me.
Look, I don't know what you know about how to kill these things.
Then you're gonna have to learn real fast, aren't you?
You can do it.
I got faith in you. I got...
Dutch?
Hey.
Let's get out of here.
Get down.
Huh?
Now do you believe me?
The halon gun is on the catwalk.
I know a short cut. Follow me.
I can help you!
I know where a major fuel source is!
I can take you there!
If that thing's in the pipe, it can be in the pumping station in minutes.
We'd better warn them. We'll need this.
Stay where you are. Hands in the air.
National Fire Agency. The station's at risk.
All right, come forward. Just you.
The fuel feeder pipe from the factory, where is it?
Excuse me. Number one, I'm talking to her.
Number two, that's restricted information.
You need to take us there right now.
Ma'am, this is a u.S. Military facility. You have no jurisdiction here.
The fire doesn't care about jurisdiction, lieutenant.
You're sitting on ten million barrels of crude
that's gonna blow up in 5 minutes.
I gotta bump this up to my captain.
When the fire hits the reservoir, they're gonna hear it in alaska.
Why don't you bump that up to your captain?
Are you telling me the fire is gonna spread from there to here through a pipe?
What the hell kind of fire travel through a pipe?
I think maybe you've been breathing in the wrong kind of smoke.
The two of you need to turn around and go home.
We got fire suppression capability sufficient to cope
with any eventuality that could possibly...
Happen.
Fire suppression team, on the double!
Let's get this thing under control.
- What the hell happened? - I don't know.
It just freaking blew.
What the heck?
Holy...
Shoot the tires.
Soldier, what happened to that fire truck?
I wouldn't worry about the fire truck, sir...
I'd worry about that!
What the hell is that thing?
That thing is gonna burn down the whole complex to get to the reserve.
I'd get them the hell out of here right now.
What am I supposed to do about that thing?
Let us worry about that.
We're equipped to deal with it.
You've gotta put out that fire.
My men and I will do our part. Code red! Code red!
Good luck.
What the hell are we gonna do?
That thing's just getting stronger and stronger.
I've got a fireproof suit...
If I can get close enough to access the fuel,
we'll blow the tank,
The creature gets caught in a fireball.
We detonate the second tank by blowing up an oil well.
The second detonation will cut off all contact with the first fireball in the ground.
Starve the son of a bitch.
- This is crazy. - I know.
I'll open the valve and lure the beast to the first tank.
What if it attacks?
Well, hopefully between the suit and the halon shells, I'll be ok.
Once I get this drain valve open, get ready to shoot the second tank.
Look, whatever happens... Don't miss.
Can you hear me, Jake?
Yes. I'm opening the valve.
Be careful, Jake.
It's seen you.
Jake, are you all right?
Yeah, I'm okay.
Did we get it?
I don't know.
I have a faint reading.
It's really faint... But nearby.
I don't know where it's coming from.
Where the hell is it?
The second valve's open.
Shoot as soon as I'm clear.