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| Methos: The Methuselah Stone. You almost had it, Luther. The thought of you becoming all-powerful scares the hell out of me even now. But is it really possible that the possession of all the pieces could make an ordinary human Immortal? There's only one way to find out. |
| * * * |
Methos: (To assistant 1) Is this all there is?
Stern: Looking for something specific?
Methos: Just doing some research.
Stern: Oh, for whom?
Methos: For me.
Stern: And you are?
Methos: Adam Pierson.
Assistant 2: Research.
Stern: Ah, yes. You're supposed to be working on the Methos Chronicle.
Methos: And you are?
Stern: Your boss, Nathan Stern. What do you want with Luther's file, hm?
Methos: I was just doing some checking. I thought, uh, he might have crossed paths with Methos.
Stern: He didn't.
Methos: As you used to be his Watcher, I guess you should know.
Stern: So you'll be finished with this.
Methos: Uh, there is just one thing. The crystals Luther had, I thought we kept them?
Stern: They're in the Director's Gallery.
Methos: Really? Can I see them?
Stern: Of course. Follow me. It's this way. |
| * * * |
Stern: Beautiful, isn't it? Almost complete. Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if Luther had found them all.
Methos: Nothing would've happen, probably.
Stern: I've seen legends in the records going back before Luther, before Rebecca. Some say that the crystal will protect its wearer from death.
Methos: Myth and superstition.
Stern: But possible, all the same. Imagine what it would be like to find the last piece, to become like them, Immortal.
Methos: There's a thought. |
| * * * |
Methos: Amanda?
Amanda: You bastard. You can't trust anyone.
Methos: I don't know what you're talking about.
Amanda: You tried to have me killed, you son of a bitch.
Methos: Don't be ridiculous. I just want this crystal.
Amanda: No, they're mine!
Amanda: (An alarm goes off.) This isn't over. (They run away.) |
| * * * |
Duncan: You're late.
Methos: I'm here. What's so important.
Duncan: A crystal.
Methos: News travels fast.
Duncan: Don't tell me you're buying that stuff about invincibility and magical powers?
Methos: Do you know anything about the Methuselah stone, MacLeod? There have been stories about its power since before I was born. Whoever has it lives forever.
Duncan: Yeah, but our immortality doesn't work like that, you know that.
Methos: No, our immortality doesn't. Do you know anything of its history? It belonged to Methuselah. He lived to be over nine hundred years old.
Duncan: Says who?
Methos: Before Methuselah died he gave it to his grandson, Noah. Now, Noah survived the great flood.
Duncan: Why are you doing this? You've lived this long without it. Why do you need it now.
Methos: Alexa. She's in a hospital in Geneva. She doesn't have long.
Duncan: You knew it had to be this way.
Methos: Yeah, from the first moment I saw her. Is that supposed to make it easier; is that suppose to make it okay? If there is one chance that I can save her, then I have to try.
Duncan: But how much is the stone worth?
Methos: My life.
Duncan: And anybody else's?
Methos: Amanda attacked me last night.
Duncan: Yeah, somebody tried to take her head a few nights ago.
Methos: Well, it wasn't me.
Duncan: Yeah, they were mortals, I know. She thinks that you sent them to get the last piece of the crystal.
Methos: I think I'd better go. |
| * * * |
Methos: What are you doing?
Amanda: I came to talk and you set me up again.
Methos: What?!
Amanda: Even if you kill me, Methos, you're not gonna get my crystal.
Methos: Amanda, I need the crystal.
Amanda: Not a chance! (They begin fighting)
Methos: Don't do this!
Amanda: Shut up and fight. (Methos disarms Amanda.)
Methos: You fool!
Amanda: At least I don't betray my friends. Who's it gonna be next? MacLeod? Huh? You gonna kill him next? Just go ahead and kill me if she means so much to you.
Methos: You understand nothing. Three weeks ago we were standing on a beach on Santorini watching the sun rise on the Mediterranean. Now she is lying in a hospital in Switzerland breathing through a tube! You think it takes courage to do what we do? Face another Immortal with a sword knowing only one of you will live. You try being her! You try living one year knowing that your time is running out, knowing that when it comes to the final fight however much you train whatever tricks you have you still lose! That's the way it for them. So little time for them to see anything or do anything.
Amanda: Methos?
Methos: What?!
Amanda: I'm sorry... I'm sorry. |
| * * * |
Methos: Okay, we have six minutes while they change over shifts. I haven't seen a vault this tough since I rode with Butch and Sundance.
Amanda: Laser sensors, titanium bars...this isn't going to be easy.
Methos: Try impossible.
Amanda: Have a little faith. (A cat meows.)
Methos: I'll -- |
Methos/Amanda: -- get the cat.
Methos: *Not the carpet...n-no, nice kitty, nice kitty. Please kitty, don't step there, kitty. No, not the alarm!* (methus1.aif - 657K)
Amanda: What are you doing?
Methos: I'm trying to get the cat! (The bars open. Methos returns holding a cat.) Okay, let's get it.
Amanda: Ah, get rid of the cat. |
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Stern: (Watching Amanda video monitor) Well, well, What have we here? (Stern enters the room.) One move, I shoot.
Amanda: Aren't you the bright boy? (Dan Geiger runs in.) If it isn't the idiot. You know, I'd like to stay and chat with you boys, but I really must go.
Stern: I can't let you leave with the crystal.
Amanda: Then shoot me. (Methos arrives)
Geiger: Stern! (Methos drops the cat on Stern's shoulder.)
Methos: Get out of here. (Methos gets shot.) Go, go! |
| * * * |
Geiger: I searched the grounds. She's gone. Bloody hell, he's immortal.
Stern: All this time, hm? Making believe you were one of us. Using us, laughing at us.
Methos: No one was laughing.
Stern: Why?
Methos: It was a way to keep track of the others, to stay clear of them. I was playing a charade, but it wasn't to betray you. I respect you. You have a sense of purpose, a dedication to history.
Geiger: Well then, that's why you and Amanda stole the crystals, because you admired our dedication to history.
Methos: No, I wanted the crystals because someone I love is dying.
Stern: Oh, stop lying, Adam, or whatever the hell your name is.
Methos: I'm not.
Stern: Do you realize what you've done? I've dedicated my whole life to being a Watcher. We trusted you and you destroyed us.
Methos: Why would I want to destroy you?! I have been with you for 10 years! I am not about to go telling anyone now!
Stern: How can I believe a man whose whole life has been a lie? An Immortal among us, who knows us. It's our worst fear. There's only one way I can be sure of you. Get me a sword. Now!
Geiger: You're not really going to do this.
Stern: If you haven't the stomach for it, get out. I take no pleasure in this.
Methos: Cut clean.
Geiger: Wait!
Stern: What now?
Geiger: The crystal.
Stern: What about it?
Geiger: If Luther was right, then it's a far greater danger than he is.
Stern: Because of us Amanda will become invulnerable. We'll have changed the game forever by our interferance. We've got to get it back.
Geiger: She'll never give it to us.
Stern: (Looking at Methos) Maybe there's something she wants. |
| * * * |
Stern: Do you have it?
Amanda: You first. (Methos steps out of car.)
Man 1: Yes.
Stern: Now you. (Geiger shoots Stern.)
Geiger: Never really liked him anyway. I believe we have a transaction to finish.
Methos: You planned all this?
Geiger: Why d'you think I became a Watcher? It sure as hell wasn't to spend the rest of my life looking through bloody keyholes at you. It was to be you, an Immortal, to figure out how you do it.
Methos: We don't use the crystal.
Geiger: Yeah, that's why you were trying to steal it.
Methos: How many lives is it worth, Daniel?
Geiger: As many as it takes. And don't give me that holier than thou crap. How many people have you killed to stay alive?
Methos: It's not the same.
Geiger: It's never the same, is it? It's always the same with you people though. You and your kind kill each other every day, and you glorify that you're in some game. Well, this time I'm in that game too. And this is my prize. And yours?
Amanda: You know what; I forgot it. I want that crystal now or he dies. Amanda, I may be young, but I fooled a lot of you. And I really am not an idiot. MacLeod now or he dies! (MacLeod steps out.) I'm disappointed, MacLeod.
Duncan: Are you?
Geiger: After all I've read about you, I thought you might come up with something better.
Duncan: Well, I'll have to try a little harder next time. (Duncan holds up the crystal.) Is this what you're looking for? (Duncan throws it to Geiger.)
Geiger: Kill them. |
| * * * |
Methos: My flight back to Geneva leaves at ten. She'll never know how close I came.
Duncan: She'll know how much you love her.
Methos: As much as I can for as long as she lives.
Amanda: Methos, I know this doesn't have the magic, but, um, I don't know, I was thinking maybe you'll take it for good luck? (Amanda gives Methos her crystal.)
Methos: You keep it. (Methos gives the crystal back.) Think of us.
Amanda: I will. Courage, courage.
Duncan: Godspeed, my friend. Godspeed. |
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