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- I don't understand. - I had a life before I had to go and bring Mother home from Ceylon.
I studied biochemistry at Cambridge.
Be careful with that. It's rather fragile.
Stand aside!
- (SHRIEKS) - Let's get to work, shall we?
- Everything OK? - She's been hit. (ROARS)
The heart of Lord Trash.
- How did you get past the defences? - The Soviets did it for us.
They killed the monks who were guarding the heart and destroyed the monastery.
We simply walked in and rescued the Calyx from the ruins.
But we can't ever open it.
Hyde has been found.
- Where? - Hidden away in Ceylon.
Hyde has the power to open the Calyx.
If he's like his father, he will take some persuading.
I am sending you to deal with this.
We can at last start his heart beating again and wake Lord Trash.
Hyde has the power to open the jar, but he also has the power to destroy us.
Use this to persuade him.
He must join us.
Monocane.
And if he won't?
The black monocane is strong enough to turn him to dust.
Find Hyde. Do what you have to do.
It will be my pleasure.
We will be gods once more.
We are the flood and we will drown our enemies.
Always sneaking about, Olalla, like a ghost.
Daddy has to go away.
Don't worry, I'll be home before you know it.
And I'll bring you... a very special present.
Soon we will have Hyde and it will all be over, my darling.
No. It's only just beginning.
When you came to my door...
.. just for a heartbeat I... I thought you were him...
.. my boy Louis come home.
When did you last see my father?
I know so little about him.
You say that I'm like him.
Maggie? Maggie!
- Maggie! - No, no, no, she's gone again.
- You really shouldn't tire her. - There's still so much that I need to find out.
The men that shot her are the same ones that tried to kill you.
So maybe somebody doesn't want you to find out about your past.
Maggie has the answers. And that's why we need to talk to her.
Well, she's out for the count. You'll have to wait.
No, it's not that simple.
The wound's infected. Sepsis.
- Sepsis? - Blood poisoning. She should be in hospital.
What can they do for her that I can't? They don't have a cure.
But I won't sit here and watch her die.
Good.
This is twice you've failed me, Silas.
If I didn't need the manpower I would feed every one of you to my Vetala.
- (Growls) - There's no need for that.
It was the Cutter's fault. He's done this.
Hell's teeth.
It's a long time since I've set eyes on you, Bulstrode.
I assume that since you've roused yourself from your lair you think it's important.
- Very important, Home Secretary. - I shall be the judge of that.
It concerns the case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Not here.
The walls have ears.
Ears, eyes, noses...
.. and daggers with which to stab you in the back.
- And rather ghastly wallpaper. - Dammit, Bulstrode.
I thought we were done with the Jekylls.
Her blood's already teeming with bacteria.
We're fighting monsters too small even to be seen.
If someone could find a way to kill it safely, they would change the world.
- (Scoffs) - The drug that cures all.
The magic bullet.
Yeah, but where do we start?
And Maggie's fading fast.
What kind of a useless doctor am I?
I can heal myself. Why can't I heal anyone else?
You!
What is it in you that allows you to heal yourself?
Maybe it's in your blood, boy,
whatever it is we need to make your magic bullet.
Garson, I could kiss you!
They need to work faster, Silas.
We can't bring Hyde in until the circle is complete.
So, er... so you're not going to punish me?
- I need someone to look after my pet for me. - Your pet?
Is it all right? It looks a bit deformed.
It's called a Seeing Toad.
Some people lick them to gain mystical knowledge and second sight.
Well, I'm certainly not gonna lick it.
The thing of it is, Silas, is that you're not really one of us, are you?
A monster.
Well, I wouldn't never go as far as to describe you as a monster, Captain Dance, sir.
What then?
I don't know the word I'd use.
Perhaps this will give you some insight.
Hold still.
Damn it all, Bulstrode, why are you only coming to me now?
I should have been told the moment Jekyll set foot in the country.
- And what would your orders have been, sir? - To kill him, of course.
That is precisely why we didn't tell you.
Jekyll has been very useful to us. We've been using him as bait.
Tenebrae are here.
- The devil, you say? - The devil indeed.
Captain Dance himself, lured by the scent of Jekyll.
We can deal a hammer blow to Tenebrae if we kill their man.
But Dance is not a man.
So, just how do you intend to kill him?
- Nice shot, Mr Sackler. - Thank you, Mr Hannigan.
But with Captain Dance you'll have to aim for the heart.
Stop his heart and you'll put him down for good.
"Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head?"
A sniper's bullet won't put Dance down.
Which is why we've made some special bullets,
tipped with an amalgam of wormwood, silver, mercury...
You know as well as I do, you might as well tip them with fairy dust if you don't have monocane.
Aha.
I really don't like that "aha" face, Bulstrode.
Who'd have thought it? Your blood looks like everyone else's.
Yes, but what if it works, Garson?
What if we can save not just Maggie, but millions more?
Yeah, well, we'll save the world later, boy.
There's a long way to go and I'm no expert on bacteria.
No, but I know someone who is.
- You're not going to see Lily? - I'll be prepared.
No.
- What? - That stuff is poison, right?
- It's making you sick. - Maybe.
But it's the one thing that keeps Hyde away, so... cheers.
No more monsters!
It will take some time for the two of you to work as one.
- Keep the shutters down for now. - (Grunts)
Good to have you on our side properly, Silas.
- Gooba gobble. We accept you. - One of us.
Right.
Now... we make our next move.
Oh!
Thanks. Luckily it's nothing fragile.
Like my heart. Ha-ha!
- Must look where I'm going in future. - Not at all.
It was entirely my fault.
Actually, I'd been meaning to make an introduction, albeit a less clumsy one.
- We've recently moved in opposite. - Ah.
I hope it's not been too noisy, with all our... alterations.
Oh, I don't mind a bit of noise. It's nice to have neighbours.
That warehouse has been empty for too long.
We used to use it to store old paperwork, but that was eons ago.
- (She giggles) - Well...
I'm sure I shall see you again.
- Good day. - Good day.
Robert!
We have to drop everything we've been working on.
My problems are not important right now.
When you were studying biochemistry at Cambridge...
- What about Cambridge? - You must have learnt about antibacterials,
- blood poisoning? - We'll talk about this another time.
- You can't just burst in here like this. - There's no time, Lily. No time at all.
Don't go in there.
Oh.
- Hello. - Hello.
This is a friend of mine. Harry Ballantyne.
Harry, this is Robert Jekyll who I was telling you about.
Hello, Jekyll. Pleased to meet you.
Harry was just leaving, weren't you, Harry?
Yes. Yes, I was.
Well, goodbye, Miss Clarke.
Sweet mother of mischief!
Are you all right, boss?
- Argh! What was that for? - I was just checking you was real.
Right, I need you to go down the slaughterhouse, pick up some more bones.
If I'd wanted to be a butcher's boy, I wouldn't have got into a life of crime. Argh!
- I'm real, boss, OK? - That one was for moaning.
And don't... get... recognised. Come on.
Brannigan here has managed to extract monocane
from some pills we, er... borrowed from Jekyll.
Good afternoon, sir. We have just enough for two of those.
Well, if Sackler's as good as he looks, two will be plenty.
Do you want them to be explosive as well, sir? They're very effective.
We don't want a mess! This will suffice.
- Is it ready for use? - Very nearly.
I must say, it is all rather exciting, isn't it, sir?
You know I take a personal interest in this business.
Sir?
Edward Hyde murdered my father, Sir Danvers Carew.
Harry's father owns a company that makes medical equipment.
- It's useful to keep him sweet. - (Scoffs)
- So why didn't you tell me about him before? - Because I didn't want you making a scene.
I'm...
I am not making a scene.
Oh, yes.
You're hoping your mother will ring the bell and save you from any unpleasantness.
Robert, you are behaving like an ass.
I mean, how does she do it?
You know, I sometimes think you don't have a mother at all.
It's just a trick of yours.
Maybe it's Harry you go to upstairs.
Do you have a good laugh about me behind my back?
Robert Yokel fresh off the boat from Ceylon.
Right on cue.
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