Vincent: This is where the wealthy and the powerful rule.
It is her world,
a world apart from mine.
Her name... is Catherine.
From the moment I saw her, she captured my heart.
With her beauty,
her warmth and her courage.
I knew then, as I know now,
she would change my life...
Forever.
Catherine: He comes from a secret place, far below the city streets,
hiding his face from strangers,
safe from hate and harm.
He brought me there to save my life.
And now, wherever I go, he is with me in spirit.
For we have a bond stronger than friendship or love.
And although we cannot be together,
we will never, ever be apart.
Vincent: Our world is in mourning now.
And, though it is painful,
each of US must try to find meaning
in what has come to pass,
some hope in this time of great sorrow and sacrifice.
Vincent: We must never forget what has happened or why
so that the story will live always.
So that, one day, you can tell your own children.
Tell US, Vincent.
Vincent: It began a long time ago when our world was very young.
There was a man, who, with father, helped to plant
the very seeds of our civilization.
But even then, his evil side began to grow
until it overshadowed all that was good.
He was banished,
yet we were never truly free of him.
Then, one night, his evil visited the world above.
(Heavy breathing)
(Answering machine clicks and beeps)
Man on answer machine: Hey, Radcliffe, it's me.
I hate to ask you, but I need you to do a skip trace
before you come in tomorrow on a guy named Danny Burke.
It's b-u-r-k-e.
You can start by checking the secured tax rolling records.
But if nothing turns up there,
he's also a member of the pipe fitters union.
So, maybe they have a roster you can use or something.
All right, I'll talk to you tomorrow.
Thanks. Bye. (Machine beeps)
Vincent!
(Gasps)
♪ ♪
Catherine?
Paracelsus: Found as a baby outside St. Vincent's hospital.
Did you really believe that all of these years?
Paracelsus (voice echoing: Did you really believe that all of these years?
(Screams with pain)
(Growling)
(Explosion)
(Glass shattering)
My gold.
Paracelsus!
My gold...!
Father: Paracelsus? Alive?
But how? I thought you said he was...
He's alive, father.
And he's taken Catherine.
Catherine?
Do you know where?
No.
Our connection has been broken somehow.
I know paracelsus.
As twisted as his mind may be,
it's still very complex, full of designs and structures.
Know, Vincent, I assure you,
if he intended to kill Catherine,
he would have done so already.
He's luring you.
Calling you away from this place of safety.
I have no choice but to try and find her.
I know.
Why is he doing this, father? Why?
Because in his mind, you are the one person
that prevents his return to this world.
A world which he still considers to be his own.
Know the consequences of this action
may stretch far beyond Catherine.
The whole future of what we built here
is in balance.
Vincent, you must be careful.
Expect anything.
Remember, paracelsus has misled you before.
I haven't forgotten.
Whatever he tells you,
remember this,
there is a truth beyond knowledge.
(Sighs)
I'll remember, father.
(Distant, rhythmic tapping on pipes)
(Pipes tapping rhythmically and incessantly)
(Tapping pipes intermittently)
(Pipes tapping rhythmically in response)
Where's it coming from? I don't know.
Too faint to tell. I thought this was a dead pipe.
(Tapping stops)
Well, it can't just stop here. It doesn't.
Let me listen.
Let me listen!
I don't recognize the code. Here. Here.
I'm trying to remember.
Yes.
Repeat sequence.
One word.
V
I
N
C
E
n...
Vincent.
It says Vincent.
Has it stopped?
No.
Like a machine.
Is it Catherine?
Tell me Pascal, where does this pipe lead to?
Down, down below the chamber of the winds.
After that, it's been silent ever since I can remember.
How far away is the tapping? Hard to tell.
These old pipes twist and turn in the bedrock.
But judging by the faintness,
I'd say... three days' travel;
two at least.
Code? Archaic.
One of the very first
my father taught me-- Morris derivative.
You remember, Vincent, before we shorthanded the system.
So, paracelsus would know of this code?
He probably invented it.
Pascal, do you think you could take me there?
To the source?
I don't know... I could try.
Would you? Pascal: Of course.
Prepare your things. We're leaving. Why?
Vincent?
I'm going, too.
Winslow...
(Sighs)
Thank you,
but the danger's already too great.
If paracelsus has Catherine,
then we're all in danger.
Yes, but we should try to limit our risk. Vincent,
I have my reasons.
Besides, Pascal says the journey
could take many days.
You'll have to sleep sometime.
Somebody has to stand watch.
And three shifts are safer than two.
You're my friends.
I accept your help.
But the way's uncertain.
You must both promise you'll turn back
the first sign of trouble.
I promise.
Then we go.
The three of US...
Together.
♪ ♪
Paracelsus?
♪ ♪
(Subway train passing in distance)
This is for luck.
Thank you, Mary.
And all of you.
Safe journey, Vincent.
I should be going with you.
But you will be with US, father.
Wait!
What do you want?
I want to go with you.
Catherine's my friend, too.
Jaime, where we're going is too far and way too dangerous.
Too dangerous for who? For you.
I can take care of myself. I always have.
She's got a point. She's crazy.
Winslow. But I'm right, ain't I?
Girl's got no business coming along, we all know that.
I'm sorry, Jaime.
It's for the best.
Best for who?
I only said it because I care.
Drink, or you'll dehydrate.
Drink.
You're certainly no use to me dead.
Why?
Why have you brought me here?
Must there be a reason?
Yes.
I was exiled from my home...
From the world I created
by the man you call father.
Even then, he wouldn't allow me to live in peace.
I know the story.
50 people died because of you.
I killed no one.
They died because they were fools.
They were weak; There's a difference.
Ah... but you are not weak,
are you Catherine?
You're strong...
Intrepid.
What do you want with me?
Once a person has been visited by violence,
everything changes.
Isn't that so?
Nietzsche said...
"That which does not kill me...
Makes me stronger."
Well, I am stronger now.
You still haven't answered my question.
Vincent is the answer to your question.
He's all that stands between father and me
in more ways than one.
And this.. Is why I must
destroy him. I am not afraid.
You will be.
You see, Vincent is also coming here to watch you die.
Go early, and make certain
that Vincent continues his journey...
Alone.
(Pipes tapping intermittently)
The tapping stopped.
Are you sure this is the same pipe?
Positive.
The tone's identical.
What do we do now? (Sighs)
The only thing we can.
We continue.
(Light tapping on stone)
Welcome, children!
Narcissa.
Vincent!
Enter, please.
Bring your friends.
And why have you come traveling so far?
We're in search of Catherine.
And why do you seek for her?
She was taken from her home.
We are... following the ghost of a message along the pipes.
And who do you say has taken her?
Paracelsus.
(Gasps)
What is it Narcissa?
You have knowledge.
You must share it with US.
It could help US in our journey.
Turn back, Vincent.
Journey no more.
She is my life.
I am bound by my heart to go on.
It is death. I see it.
I must continue.
Then my first duty is served.
I have warned you.
I hear your warning.
Vincent, that man whom you know as paracelsus,
he is not alone.
There are those down here who follow him,
protect him.
How many?
They are the simple ones, the lost ones.
The way is dangerous before you.
♪ ♪
(Wind whistling)
♪ ♪
Where does this take US?
Down.
How do we know this is the right way?
Because it's the only way.
I'll go first, then Pascal.
And winslow, you follow him.
Um... What is it?
I don't think I can make this jump.
I can't hear you.
I said, I don't think I can make this jump, okay?
You're afraid, aren't you?
I'm not afraid. I'm just not...
Specially fond of heights.
Okay...
How about if I count to three?
If your butt's not off of here by then, I'll push you.
One...
Two...
Three!
(Yells)
Winslow!
Yeah, yeah, I'm coming.
(Groans)
I should have gone on a diet.
It's too late now.
(Fire crackling)
I studied everything he ever wrote.
The early manuals were brilliant.
Codes, schematics...
(Takes deep breath)
(Exhales)
It's hard to believe he's the same man.
Paracelsus is not the same man.
What he's done proves that.
Oh, I know that.
It still makes me sad.
All that intellect and energy just...
(Sighs)
You've got a heart like a soft-boiled egg.
You know that?
(Chuckles)
Well, I'm going to bed.
Wake me up when it's my turn for the watch.
Good night.
So, what's on your mind?
You've been awfully quiet ever since we left this morning.
Just... thinking...
Wondering.
About Catherine?
If she's really in danger, why can't I feel her fear?
We'll get her back, don't worry.
(Sighs)
I remember paracelsus from when I was a kid.
Times were bad...
Resources were scarce, people were scared.
Paracelsus took advantage.
(Scoffs)
He was convincing... smart.
People started to follow him.
My father...
He was the one that saved US.
He reminded US that we were family...
That we had to stand by each other.
Oh, you would have been proud of him, his strength...
His conviction.
Without him...
Paracelsus might have prevailed.
But he was never the same after that.
Why?
Because once they were friends.
You should go to bed; It's been a long day.
Yeah, I guess you're right.
Besides, there's always tomorrow.
Good night, winslow.
Vincent...
I want you to know
that I'm not just doing this because of paracelsus.
It's for Catherine, too.
She's a good woman.
I've always said that.
What's between you two...
Is something I've never felt myself.
But seeing it...
I know it's real.
I believe in it.
♪ ♪
Here.
It ends here.
Where the hell are we?
(Screaming)
(Growling)
(Growls)
(Roars)
(Growling)
Jaime.
(Roars)
(Growls)
He's dead.
I'm remembering when we were kids.
We used to tease winslow.
He used to try so hard not to lose his temper,
but you could always see everything in his face.
Do you remember Vincent?
The common meeting
when father named him to the counsel?
You could see it then in his eyes...
That he finally knew how much we all cared
and respected him.
That's a good memory to have.
Winslow loved all of US fiercely.
Vincent: We were his family.
Nothing could ever change that for him.
Not conflict, nor anger...
Not even death.
Vincent: Winslow will always be a part of US, in our hearts.
Let US remember him
for his strength
(sighs): And his courage.
(Crying)
He'll continue to live.
Through US, through our memory of him.
Allow yourself the time to mourn.
And the pain will soften, I promise.
(Crying)
We have to go on.
I must go alone.
Please, Vincent...
No.
I'm sorry, but...
I'm responsible for this.
We came of our own choice.
All of US.
I am still responsible.
I can no longer share that burden, even with my friends.
You must go back.
Tell father and the others...
(Sighs): What happened here.
Vincent is close.
I know.
You're really not afraid to die, are you?
No.
Not even as you watch the stage being built?
Don't you feel anything?
Sadness. About dying?
About you.
And the world you helped create.
Vincent has told me.
Your vision, your ideals...
All wasted.
Taken from me.
Still wasted.
Now, all you want to do is destroy something.
Someone you don't even know.
Then you'll perceive my life to be... contradictory.
No.
Tragic.
Don't you see?
It doesn't end with your death, or Vincent's.
This is only the beginning.
The beginning... of what?
Reclaiming what is mine.
After all these years...
I've decided to go home.
♪ ♪
Paracelsus: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Hey, Vincent.
Paracelsus.
Wilton, actually.
Where's Catherine?
Oh, she's, uh... well
and alive for the time being.
I'm warning you...
Your threats, Vincent, hold no power here.
This is my place.
It is I who brought you to where you're standing.
Twice we have been lenient with you
and twice, you have taken advantage.
What would you know to that?
I know you have killed.
And who are you, of all people, to judge?
I speak for many.
Come in any nearer and the woman is dead.
Now it's your turn to listen.
To know my pain, my grief in seeing the only things
I've ever loved torn away.
But it wasn't just me.
There were others.
You.
You were betrayed, Vincent.
You call him father,
but it was I who found you,
wrapped in rags, starving.
It was I who named you Vincent.
And it was I who cared for you all those months.
Even father didn't think you'll live, but I..
I fed you and bathed you.
And you did live.
Don't you see, Vincent?
He wouldn't let me take you.
When I was exiled, he made me leave you behind.
I loved you.
You were mine.
You don't believe me?
What would you have me believe?
That you loved, and then now capable of this?
Now is the time for retribution.
Then... you never really knew love.
Where's Catherine?
Directly below you.
(Growling)
(Roars)
(Groans)
Vincent!
(Screaming)
Vincent!
(Catherine coughs)
(Coughing)
Breathe.
Breathe deeply.
Paracelsus.
♪ ♪
I found this
on my way to you.
Oh, I thought it was gone forever.
Catherine...
On the journey, I felt for the first time
as if somehow you were lost to me.
I knew you were in danger
and yet, I could sense no fear.
I was afraid, Vincent.
But I couldn't allow myself to feel the fear.
You didn't want to draw me.
I couldn't.
You've sacrificed so much.
I would sacrifice everything for you.
What paracelsus said... About your past...
Before I left,
father told me something
that I am just now beginning
to understand.
He said that there is a truth
beyond knowledge, beyond...
Everything that I ever hoped to know.
Yes.
And that truth... is love.
Vincent: So, you see, winslow knew the truth all along.
He valued love enough to die for it.
There's something worh protecting at any cos.
He knew it as the fore that binds US togethe.
And, in the end, his death allowed our love to live.