Give up, Cain. Your order has been dissolved,
your temples' sacked, your brothers burned at the stake.
You're less welcome in this world than I.
Then we'll burn in hell together.
Go ahead, destroy this body.
I'll find a thousand more to hunt you down.
We're in the emptiest of wastelands...
No one around to possess.
And I'm not feeling merciful.
Rest in peace.
Well ?
- So what's in the case ? - A book.
- What kind of book ? - An old one.
- How old ? - How the hell should I know ?
- Look, do we have a deal or not ?
- That's only half the money
- You get the other half when you finish the job
- How do I know this is not a setup?
- If this was a setup, we wouldn't have told you we were cops
before we hired you to kill somebody.
- Maybe you guys are just being tricky
Once I take the cash you could whip out your cuffs and say
"hey, we told you we were cops, dumb ass."
It doesn't work that way.
Why not?
Because ... Because no one would be stupid enough
to fall for something like that.
Okay, look. I'm sure you've already hacked our database...
Perish the thought...
... so you know we've lost thirty undercover officers to this... cult?
More like a crime syndicate.
Whatever, the point is thirty cops, thirty !
And at least half of them have switched sides.
Fucking switched sides!
It's...
it's beyond embarrassing.
It's totally fucked up.
Totally.
Totally...
We can't afford to lose any more cops.
But you can afford to pay my rate.
So last week's big drug bust wasn't quite as big as we first reported.
This is LA, skimming money is practically
standard operating procedure.
So how do I get inside?
Their boss, someone named Samael.
Samael?
What in the hell kinda name is that?
I don't know, Middle Eastern?
Sounds like a queer.
Don't know that either, and don't want to.
You know that could be the reason Rodriguez jumped ship.
Point is he paid a shitload of money
to have this shipped over from Jerusalem.
Girls are a lot hotter in Tel Aviv. - Half a shitload.
The other half upon delivery.
My half?
- That's between you and a pile of bodies.
We've got there a courier locked up so goddamn tight...
... even immigration doesn't know he's in country.
So all you've got to do is walk in with the case
and start shooting.
- Hmm... Simple.
I like it.
So who do you want me to kill besides the queer?
All of 'em. Everybody.
Even your own guys?
They're not our guys anymore.
Fine. Deal.
Kill 'em all, that's, my motto anyway.
One question ...
Considering how many of your own people you've lost...
...how do you know I won't betray you too?
Because you're a god damned mercenary,
all you care about is money.
All about the money, yeah... that's my other motto.
So what's the deal?
Usual. They pay us a lot of money, we kill a lot of people.
Typical, same damn thing even when we're
workin' for the good guys.
They're cops, who said they were good guys?
Better than us.
It's all about living the good life,
everything else is a waste of time.
Jesus, Max, you never change.
Thank God for small blessings.
Alright. So how many people's a lot?
Call George. Tell him to bring everything.
Fine, but I have a bad feeling about this.
You get a bad feeling about every job I take.
Yeah, but I have a REALLY bad feeling about this one.
Carmen, relax. It's gonna be a cake walk.
Alright, but I hope you at least got an advance this time.
You wound me.
This is madness, Hiroshi. Your own family
Means nothing to me anymore.
After a life time?
You have no idea what a life time really is, boy.
I know what it isn't , and so do the assassins
they've probably already sent.
Good, they can take this wretched body home in a box.
Is that why you've betrayed us so late in life,
a chance to die on your feet?
You don't have to kill me for that.
Kill you?
Not when you've got so many years of suffering ahead.
Relax Tetsuro!
It will be easier for you.
Much better.
That thing was half dead before I took it.
Now I know why he betrayed his own organization...
along with the rest of you.
Then you know too much.
You only make us stronger, Ryu.
Good, then maybe you'll be able to put up a real FIGHT !.
No good can come of this, cooperating with the beast.
It might release him from his suffering.
Death would release him.
And release it in to the world. No, better to wait for Cain.
So that it has an ally? This is madness.
No, not an ally. They hate him as much as you do.
Only because he's free to walk the earth and they are not.
Otherwise he's more like one of them than one of us.
You don't know that. - Don't I ?!
Ordinary men age and die.
I never said he was ordinary.
Cain?
I thank you for...
For heeding our summons.
Hellfire.
Afraid of me, little brother?
Only the taint of your sin.
Don't worry, it's no worse than your own.
We...we tried to help, but it's powerful, it refutes us.
Does it have a name?
Beelzebub.
The lord of the flies?
You know him?
I know of him.
And he knows of you.
He asked for you by name.
Then let's not keep him waiting.
Cain. Finally. I was growing tired of these simpering monks
and their useless prayers.
You know me?
Through the wayward minions you have returned to my domain
and all the dark souls you've sent to join them.
What do you want?
To strike a bargain.
I don't bargain with your kind.
You will when it spares your own.
Besides, you owe me a boon.
For what?
Filling your kingdom with the weak and the worthless?
For threatening to empty it through your own foolish pride.
What game are you trying to play?
Not me, Legion.
So they plan on carving out their own little kingdom in hell
by taking yours.
Taking mine, yes, but the kingdom they carve
is not in hell.
And so we have a bargain, you and I.
How did they escape?
Escape? No need. They had nothing to escape from.
I slew the last of their hosts in the emptiest of wastelands.
No one around to possess.
Not around or above, but you forgot to look below.
You marched off in victory
while the worms beneath your feet laughed at every step.
Worms. ..
From swine to fish to man again,
and back to worms when you left them nowhere else to go.
They've trod the Earth since the Fall,
did you really think banishing them would be so easy?
No, my kingdom is at stake and so is your world,
because of what you have left undone.
You speak the truth.
More of them than you know.
So you see the bargain is simple.
I help myself by helping you.
Where are they?
Where else would a host of the fallen roost?
The city of angels.
If you're lying...
You'll know where to find me.
Oh God . . .
Please... please help me.
About time you two got here.
Traffic.
Whatever.
It'll wrinkle the jacket.
Remember what happened last time you turned down a vest.
That was bad luck.
Bad luck?! It's a God damned miracle they brought you back.
Not really , we were raiding a hospital.
Yeah, but twenty minutes?
Nobody stays dead for twenty minutes.
Quit worrying.
Besides it's a lot easier this time.
No innocent bystanders to avoid killing.
So why don't we just blow up the whole Godd...
The whole fucking building.
Because he's offering a lot of money for a book.
A lot of money.
You want to blow up a lot of money?
How much money?
Enough to retire.
You know you say that every time.
On the moon.
Oh.
Finally come to repent, Ryu?
Have we met?
Not in this life.
Was I a beggar or a king?
Neither, but you were a better person.
Perhaps, but then again I doubt you pray
for the people I've killed.
Only that they find themselves closer to enlightenment.
You see, I'm just helping them along the way.
With the price of your own bloodstained soul ?
I didn't come here for a lecture, priest.
Then why did you come?
To warn you.
There are darker things than me lurking this city when the sun sets.
The Oni.
You already know?
How could I not?
So many in one place.
The world cries out in protest.
Well, I found all four of them last night.
What's so funny?
Four?
Yes.
And I've fought stronger, but...
Try four thousand.
Four thousand ...
And that will only be the beginning if they are not stopped.
Then you'd better find a way to stop them.
It already found me.
What makes you think I'd even try?
The man I once knew...
...sacrificed everything for the sake of the innocent.
Then he was a fool.
But a noble one.
Four thousand. How would I stop an army?
By raising your own.
I doubt the rest of the clan...
- ...Would make it in time to be of any help?
Then I guess you'll have to find someone else.
Or, you will. Others who won't bend to them.
Even if I wanted to, which I don't, but even if I did,
I wouldn't know where to start.
The Oni will show you. Their enemies are your allies.
I have obligations.
As pressing as the world?
Maybe I'll find the others, priest... maybe.
but that's it, nothing more.
Ryu. Patience is one of the heavenly virtues.
I know.
But, please, hurry.
Hang loose. Anyone you don't know comes out running...
...they're not even gonna make to the starting line.
Good man. Okay, by the numbers.
I'm telling you, I've got a really bad feeling about this.
Take a pill already.
What do you want?
I've got a delivery.
What?
A book.
-You're armed. -To the teeth.
You'll have to leave your weapons... Right where they are.
I'm not walking into your place with that much money on the line
and no insurance I'll walk out again.
There's something wrong here.
Of course there's something wrong.
It's an opium den in a crack house neighborhood.
Totally inappropriate.
You're not the courier.
No, but I've got the book.
Where is he?
Jail. Cops hired me to take his place.
To sell a book?
To kill you.
Confident.
So much for by the numbers.
I like that. You must be good.
The best, and most expensive.
We don't negotiate.
Negotiate? What's there to negotiate? You get the book,
I get the cash, and the cops get to think
they're really clever and everyone likes to
think they're clever...
so win-win-win situation.
All we got to do it make the trade.
Max!
Be cool, Carmen.
Pleasure doing business with you.
Believe me when I say the pleasure... is ours.
Whatever. Hope it's a good read.
Oh, wait...
I almost forgot.
What?
My reputation.
You gotta be kidding.
Should worn your vest.
It slows me down.
You too ?!
If I'd wanted you dead
you never would've known I was here.
Who the fuck are you?
My name is Ryu.
What the fuck do you want?
Your help.
Yeah, well I'm not feeling too helpful right now.
Because your friends tried to kill you?
Apparently they're not my friends anymore.
It wasn't them,
it was the Oni who were pulling the triggers.
Sure what as fuck looked like them.
-And what the fuck is an Oni? -A demon.
So it had nothing to do with all this money.
The devil made 'em do it.
Demons, and yes, they were possessed.
Well how the hell did that happen?
You releaseded them when you killed the people they had already taken,
so they found new souls to twist to their will.
Yeah? So how come they haven't twisted me?
That's what I'm still trying to figure out,
and also why I need your help.
So something makes me different...
Let me ask you something...
What happens to someone when they die?
Your friends aren't dead.
Only because I couldn't bring myself to kill 'em.
Look, I'm humoring you, so humor me back a minute okay?
Every religion has its own answer...
...but generally you could say that a soul
moves towards or away from enlightenment
depending on the life that led to its freedom.
But either way the soul definitely moves on.
Definitely...
You have no soul!
I'm having a very bad day.
We don't want to fight with you, Cain.
You don't have a choice.
Ah, but we do...
See for yourself.
Still walking the Earth after all this time, huh, Cain?
Still places I haven't found.
Then you should hurry up and find them.
Time is short.
Are you threatening me or are you threatening the world?
Doesn't matter, we'll destroy you both.
You won't get the chance.
Go ahead, tear this body to pieces. . .
Tear them all to pieces,
as many as you can get your hands on.
We're surrounded by innocent souls in this place,
enough to drown you in fresh blood and broken bones
and still keep coming.
Ahhh... Now you see the truth of it.
A truth we learned from you.
What have I taught you besides how to die?
The danger of dying in the emptiness.
You taught us the folly of avoiding the world of man.
Now we're unstoppable.
Not unstoppable.
Un-Stoppable.
But like we said, go ahead and try.
In time.
Destroy him.
There's 4 million innocent people in this city.
It's a fight we don't want to win, even if we could.
Easy big boy, I just bought this thing.
It's okay ! He's not one of them !
Get in.
Relax, enemy of your enemies and all that...
We've got our own problems with the uni.
Oni.
Oni, right.
What is an uni?
A sea urchin.
Whatever, them too.
It means demon. We're all fighting the same battle.
You're immune to possession, the both of you.
Same with you, so it seems.
You kick the bucket too?
How much longer?
Two more days at least.
Anything less than perfection will be wasted effort.
I don't know if we have it.
Cain found us. I doubt it's coincidence.
Our numbers have grown since the wasteland.
He doesn't matter anymore.
He has allies.
When the ritual is completed they won't matter either.
If the entire world stands against us it won't matter.
But until that moment we are vulnerable.
Then destroy him.
Okay, first things first.
Who fancies a beer?
Do you have water?
Nothing for me.
How am I supposed to trust someone
I can't have a drink with?
Where are you from?
Here and there. I spend most of my time in the Holy Land.
Dangerous place nowadays.
Always has been.
And you've been around for a lot of it, haven't you?
You're more perceptive than your friend.
I wouldn't call us friends.
Oil I heard that!
But we are allies at the moment,
and I hope to say the same of you.
Usually when people are immune to possession
it's because they're already under the sway of a greater power.
Usually but not always.
My clan was descended from warrior priests,
we're trained for more than one kind of battle.
And him?
I got no soul.
You have no soul?
Nope, lost it when I was dead.
Along with a chunk of spleen and my left pinkie toe.
What about you?
Unburied knowledge.
The death sentence of my order.
Order?
The Knights of the Temple of Solomon.
Oh, Knights Templar, figures.
Don't look so surprised.
I just didn't think someone of your...
- Stunning good looks? - Care free nature...
...would be a student of history.
It's a common misconception,
understanding the mistakes of the past
will prevent them in the future.
I'm living proof that understanding doesn't help
one God damned bit.
At least your honest.
So the three of us, each for our own reasons
are immune to Legion's domination.
Legion?
That's what they call themselves.
They're a collective of demonic souls,
several thousands of them.
You've faced them before?
I thought I'd destroyed them in an empty wasteland
centuries ago.
Centuries, wow. Who's your plastic surgeon?
And now that they've made their home here in the middle
of the city, I'm not so sure they can be destroyed.
If not they'll over run the world.
A couple thousand of 'em?
The priest who told me to find you said this was only the beginning
-He's right.
They plan on drawing one of the kingdoms of hell to their banner
and bringing it into the world.
How big is a kingdom?
Millions.
The question is, how will they bring it here?
Absolutely the most fucked up day...
Worse than that Mexican prison...
When I was a child, there were tales of ancient sages
who could open the gates of the abyss.
We have our own tales, but those sages have been dead
and gone for thousands of years.
Ours too.
Maybe one of them wrote it all down,
how to open them...
you know, in a book or something.
One of them did, King Solomon,
but in his wisdom he had it buried with him.
He should have burned it.
Maybe, but even if it still exists
I doubt it'd ever be found.
Probably not...
But if it was, it wouldn't happen to be, you know,
about this big,
and covered with the same stuff tattooed on you?
You've seen it?
I gave it to 'em, this morning.
How the hell was I supposed to know?
You have no idea what you've done!
Stop! Killing each other won't solve anything!
If they possess the book,
and an entire city to keep us from stopping them,
I'm not sure there's anything left to solve.
Wait until sunrise. The priest will know what to do.
Fine, but you guys aren't crashing here,
I got a couple of girls coming over.
This way.
I see you've gathered your army.
Army?
It will do.
I believe it will.
But do what?
I mean, besides dropping a nuke on the city... wait,
that won't work either, cockroaches.
Unfortunately he has a point.
How do we destroy them without destroying the city?
With a soul cage.
What?
They have no rightful place in this world,
and only cling to it by taking another's.
This is the weakness you can exploit to trap them.
It's a false soul, a host they're drawn to
but cannot escape.
So what's the catch?
It has to be created in a living vessel,
one that has no soul of it's own.
Yeah, figured there was a catch.
When the hosts die they will be drawn into you,
and stuck there until they can be properly exorcised.
Do all the hosts have to die?
I doubt the demons possessing them will go willingly.
What about my friends?
This is about the fate of the world, Max
Which you need me to save.
Because you damned it.
By mistake, but If m sure as hell
not going to damn my friends on purpose.
If they can be brought here they can be exorcised.
Then we'11 bring 'em here.
You're asking for trouble.
It's in his nature.
This will take some time.
Good. I still have obligations to fulfill.
Only because you still choose to fulfill them.
Life is not that simple.
It is. That is the lesson you've yet to learn.
Ask your friend.
You are an example to him.
Then I'm a bad one.
I've lived too long
and made too many mistakes.
But still you try.
Sorry...
You're not gonna like molest me or anything are you?
If we don't succeed
it's the beginning of the end, for everyone.
Time to quit playing the fool.
Can I ask you a question?
What's gonna happen to me when I die... Again?
The part of you that can go on already has gone on.
So...
Nothing.
Then what's the point?
I mean, what's the point of me doing anything?
You might be gone, but the world around you,
this world, continues on, and is better or worse
for what you have done while you are still here.
At least that's something.
More than you might imagine.
Sit.
Clear your mind, focus on the emptiness within you.
Good.
What was that about ...with the priest?
The life I'm currently living.
-He doesn't approve. -And I doubt you would either.
You may not want to join me for this.
For what?
I'm not like you. I didn't come to this city
to stop the Legion.
But you are some sort of priest.
Not exactly.
When I told you my clan was descended from warrior priests,
what I didn't tell you is that we're assassins.
You came to kill people, and found out they were possessed.
I came to kill a lot of people,
and found out some of 'em were possessed.
I still don't know about the others,
but either way they're gonna die.
These people you came to kill,
I'd guess they are not the most noble, or innocent.
Criminals, like me.
The Templar dealt with assassins during the crusades.
Mostly we tried to kill each other, but sometimes,
when our goals were similar, we made peace,
even learned to work together.
And die together...
If we remember our history correctly.
Only what was written by people who weren't there.
Guess this answers my question about the others.
Spicy, yes, lightly sweetened.
Don't bother. You'll never catch him.
Fine. We'll just go straight to the source.
Brilliant, lets rush in and get ourselves killed
now that we got a good chance of stopping this thing.
What choice do we have? We're running out of time.
No, we're not out of time. If we were running out of time,
they wouldn't have bothered coming after us.
The only reason they're trying to take any of us out
is because there's still time to stop them.
What do you suggest?
Guerilla warfare. Hound 'em a little. Chip away at the edges,
make sure the ones we don't get are isolated and afraid of us.
It's easier to defeat an enemy
that already thinks it can't win.
Okay.
Good, let's blow this popsicle stand.
You comin'?
Give me a few hours.
I have something to take care of.
-We're diminished. -How?
The soul torn, he's found a way to bind us.
Half of the hosts die, then we hunt them in groups.
Sacrifice everything to keep them away from this place.
So the prodigy finally returns.
The traitors have been silenced.
They lived longer than expected,
considering your talents.
There were... complications.
Excuses?
I expected you...
...to be above such things.
I will endeavor to live up to your expectations, master.
See that you do.
There has been bloodshed in Tokyo,
the Iga threaten open warfare.
Ryu?
There is... another matter.
The only matter that concerns you is the one I've spoken of.
An army of Oni.
That will overrun the people of this city and burn it.
Enough!
Unless they are stopped.
The fate of this city is not your concern.
This city will only be the first to fall.
Hold out your left hand.
Your left hand!
Obedience to the will of the clan must be absolute.
There is room for nothing more.
Let this be a small reminder of the price of insolence.
I am your master.
You were my master...
And now you've set me free.
What?
How did you learn about my order?
Spent six months in Ireland looking
for a lost shipment of Templar gold.
Most of it in history books searching for clues.
It's not in Ireland.
You know where it is?
I'm the one that buried it.
Well look, if you haven't bothered
for the last eight hundred years...
You have too much already.
Money? You can never too much.
If you know anything about Templar history,
then you should know that you can.
Having too much is what destroyed us.
King Philip himself was envious of our wealth.
And you let him arrest you and seize your lands,
even though you had the resources
to raise an army and fight back.
Too many innocent people would have died.
Innocent people did die, and they were your friends.
I know, I watched it happen.
Why? I mean...even if you didn't want to start a war,
why didn't you just leave, all of you?
That's the one thing I never could figure out.
The charges against us were not completely false.
We never made any packs with the fallen ones,
They were wrong about that,
but we did learn things from our enemies who had,
it was the only way to fight them.
Then why not live, and keep on fighting them?
Oh... that's why you're still here.
We all gathered before the end to make a choice...
I was cursed to live while my brothers died.
They didn't all have to die.
You don't understand. Back then the Church was everything,
the whole world, and the truth of what we had become
would have torn it apart...
Sometimes you have to sacrifice everything, to save the world.
Sometimes you wonder if it's worth saving at all.
They're looking for us.
Well, let's not be rude.
See you in a sec.
Figures they'd end up back here.
You know this place?
Sort of.
Just give me a moment.
So much for the element of surprise.
Cain!
You okay?
Thick skin.
No kidding.
Where the hell is Ryu?
Don't know.
I'm trying to save you, bitch!
Why bother when you can join us instead?
Would if I could, but I can't, so I won't.
We could find a way we can get you
a demonic soul to replace the one which you lost.
I think I have to pass.
Why? What's the difference? We all want the same thing, Max.
A chance to live the good life.
Everything else is just a waste of time, remember?
We're a lot more like you
than the people you're trying to help.
Max?
I don't want to shoot 'em.
Don't worry. Just get their attention.
Could have done that earlier.
I had to get in here first.
I don't really walk through walls, you know.
Had me fooled.
You okay?
Fine.
Thick skin.
Good... Because I'm not carrying them.
Their souls are entwined with the oni that enslave them.
This will take some time.
But it can be done?
Yes.
Then that's all that matters.
We should let him work in peace.
More obligations to fulfill, Ryu?
Only one, to save the world.
The most noble and least possible of them all.
But I have to try.
You always try for salvation,
even when it's just out of reach.
I will return by midday.
Where are you going?
To wash the blood from my hands.
Unlike you two, I seek forgiveness for my sins.
I think we've just been insulted.
Or scolded.
Hungry?
Starved. - Me too.
Any suggestions?
Pancakes.
Pancakes? Really? I didn't know you guys ate pancakes.
I love pancakes.
We need more blood for our palette.
Then tell someone to collect it for you.
Plenty of our own was spilled last night.
Plenty?
The bodies in here house the last of us.
In one night?
We should run for the wastelands.
We've survived there for thousands of years.
Survived, nothing more. What is the point of escaping
the abyss if life itself is a living hell?
Besides, the gates will be open tonight,
and everything changes.
We won't make it through the night.
One of us will, and that's all that matters.
Where's Samael?
Trying to ensure our survival,
and he asks that you do the same.
What does he want?
Friends... among our enemies.
-Anything else? -No thanks, luv.
So what changed your mind about joining me the other night ?
You mean helping my fellow man isn't enough?
Not when there's no money in it.
Am I that transparent?
You just don't bother hiding it that's all.
Mostly because of my friends.
We may not be that close but...
there's no one really I can relate to,
and when I find'em, we usually try to kill each other.
I know what you mean.
What about you? Why did you throw your life away
to save a city full of strangers?
What makes you think I threw my life away?
The price of redemption.
I'm not sure I really have an answer to that...
I guess somehow that priest reminds me of someone...
The father you never had?
The son I never was...
I think I'm here now because I've been here before,
in a strange city fighting against impossible odds...
But I think I keep failing somehow...
...and coming back to try again.
You didn't actually think they'd open their doors for you,
did you, Cain ?
I hope you haven' t come to beg.
I'm still not feeling merciful.
Parley would be a better word.
There are still innocent lives to be lost
or saved in our little war.
We've come to call a truce.
You mean buy time until you can bring Beelzebub's
legions into the world.
We had heard he fled the abyss for a moment or two,
now we know why.
Even your own kind have turned against you.
I guess you could say we're the same then aren't we, Templar?
You could say, but it would just be another lie.
Really? If your cause is so noble
then why did you have to bargain
with the lord of flies to further it?
I have no bargain.
You both benefit.
And what about your allies, an assassin and soulless killer?
Are they after salvation or is it just
an excuse to spill more blood.
As long as they stand against you it doesn't matter.
Why, Cain? The holy land is a thousand years behind us.
Look around you. My kin and I are among
the lesser evils this city has to offer.
You won't be among anything much longer.
It's always the same with you Crusaders,
unwilling to bend until you break.
Fortunately, you don't have the strength to break me.
Maybe we don't.
Maybe we lose this final battle between us
and end up back in the pit after all this time.
You only make Beelzebub that much stronger.
I don't have to deal with him.
You will when he comes to collect,
and he will come to collect,
whether you think you have a bargain with him or not.
If you're going to choose between two evils,
you should really choose the lesser.
Isn't that why you're still here, after all this time?
George...
He's gone, Max.
Are you. . . you?
What happened?
At first I thought I was just hearing voices...
And then.. then this endless nightmare I couldn't wake up from until...
You were right about the bad feeling. You were right about the voices,
You were right about everything.
I'm sorry I got you into this.
Into what Max? What the hell is going on?
It's complicated.
No, not complicated, just really fucked up.
There's a demon, a bunch of 'em, named Legion.
He...they are trying to open up the gates of hell,
take over the world or at least the city.
Me and that guy and a monk...
well sort, of... are trying to stop them...
and I'm fucked either way...
...because I've got no soul.
Told you it was fucked up.
I should have been here.
You didn't know.
Part of me did !
This is what I keep missing...
it's the same every time.
Every time what?
He dies so I can find redemption.
And I keep repeating it, this life !
I keep coming back to save him ...
And I failed again.
What happened?
Tetsuro!
We should offer 'em both a proper burial.
Then get ready for tonight.
What happens tonight?
Everything. It all ends, one way or another.
Count me in.
- Carmen... - Don't Carmen me !
George is dead, I have been violated,
in some way I can't even begin to imagine,
and there's no where to run to if you fail anyway.
We're going right back to the opium den.
Like I said, count me in.
Fine.
One thing. . .
Leave Tetsuro to me.
I got no problem with that.
Doesn't matter who kills who anyway. Tonight...
...they all burn.
Our enemies approach.
Then hold them off.
How much longer?
As long as it takes you to complete the ceremony ...
But you still need a sacrifice.
It's been arranged.
Go!
Give me thirty seconds.
Okay, 15... 14... 13... Ah bullocks, go!
I said thirty seconds!
I count fast.
Where's Tetsuro?
The gates are opening!
Max, hurry !
Go! Max, just go !
You're too late, Cain.
You still have to be alive to complete the ceremony.
I know.
Max...
No!
Die like you've lived, a fool.
[DEMONIC NOISES] [SCREAMS]
I've grown a thousand fold since we last fought.
And I have help this time.
[DEMONIC CHANTING]
We can't win.
We don't have to.
We just need a sacrifice to open up the gates.
What?!
If that body falls into hell
the demons possessing it will be trapped there forever...
besides, I've lived long enough.
It's the only way.
Ryu, now!
Pity, dying a final death in this miserable place.
Yeah... Sucks.
And after you've done so much for me.
Little late for payback.
Maybe there is one small favor...
Never can stay out of trouble.
That's why you're one of my favorites.
Something's coming out!
Wait!...
Max?
Just give me a sec...
You okay?
Got my soul back.
Figures that's where it would be.
Look whose talking.
Besides there's plenty of time for redemption.
And plenty of opportunity.
Your friend is gone and so is the book.
She was still possessed, the whole time.
And able to hide it from me.
What's left of Legion in the world is still dangerous.
Including Tetsuro, he never showed.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
The whole world is gonna end any minute now.
That tune's getting a little old.
Try listening to it for eight hundred years.
I'd open the gates of hell myself before that happens.
I've considered it.
Is that humor?
The world must be about to end.
One question, in all of them endless plains of the abyss...
How did you find your own soul?
Some old geezer brought it to me.
Some old geezer?
Yeah. Said his name was...
Bella something.
Beelzebub.
Yeah, you know him?
I can already see how this is gonna to go.
[MUSIC]