Original subtitles

[people chattering in Chinese]

Hey, Sherry.

This is Jensen.

Miller and I are going down out of radio range

to check out the source of that Chinatown leak.

Personally, I think the guys around here

are probably doing a couple too many loads of laundry.

-[laughs] -[Sherry] Ten-four, Jensen.

Sherry's got a thing for me, you know.

[scoffs] Oh, yeah.

That must be why she avoids you

like the plague, huh?

Let's go.

Come on.

[Jensen] Wanna get tickets for Monday's game?

[Miller] No, I think I'll pass.

[Jensen] Hey. What is it with you?

You never wanna have any fun.

[Miller] I'm a busy guy. Does that bother you?

Hey, what's that?

Look at this. We've got a crack in the casement here, huh?

Uh, it's pretty small.

It's probably just auxiliary pressure

off the main breach.

Let's give it a whack, anyway. What the hell.

Hey. Check it out.

What the hell is that stuff?

Bet you this junk sunk down here

after that big one in 1906.

The latest tremors must have shaken it around a little.

Oh, mama!

I think I've found me gold.

[Miller scoffs] Gold?

Looks like brass to me.

Oh, come on, this could be worth something.

[Miller] It's just ashes. No big deal.

Just dump them right here.

[Jensen] Goodbye.

I'm gonna come back here tomorrow,

when I've got more time.

See what other stuff is down here.

Knock yourself out.

Come on. Let's go.

[Jensen] Still no sign of the break.

[Miller] It's gotta be down here somewhere.

[Jensen] I told you, we should have taken that last turnoff.

[Miller] Shut up.

Let's, uh,

split up here at this branch, okay?

I'll meet you back here in ten minutes.

Hey, Miller! There's a woman running around down here!

[Miller] What?

A Chinese--

[Miller] Jensen! Where are you?

[Jensen] Still looking!

Come on, baby.

Where did you go?

[thunder crashes]

[screeching, screaming]

[Jensen screams]

[Jensen's screams echoing]

[thunder crashing]

[narrator]Since the beginning of time mankind has existed between

the world of light and the world of darkness.

Our secret society has been here forever,

protecting others from the creatures

who inhabit the shadows and the night.

Known only to the initiated by our true name:

The Legacy.

Ah. There is a nice lady.

Let me give her a kiss.

[Derek laughs]

Come here with your finger and your hand.

And, mwah.

Ah! [laughs]

[Rachel] Bravo. Bravo.

Well, you certainly got him under control, huh?

You better hope so, or you'll be missing a couple of fingers.

[mumbles gibberish]

[everyone laughs]

No, don't worry.

Our little friend is quite harmless now.

The toy maker's spell is finally broken.

[telephone rings]

Good morning.

Luna Foundation.

One moment, please.

Dr. Rayne, it's for you.

Ah. Can you put it on the speakerphone, Dominick?

-Derek Rayne. -[man] Derek, old friend.

I trust your morning meeting

has concluded with satisfaction.

Lee Tzin-Soong.

Yes, in fact we just finished.

As if you didn't already know.

To what do I owe this honor?

[Lee Tzin-Soong] There's an article in today's paper

I'd like to discuss with you.

Well, maybe you could be a little bit more specific?

[Lee Tzin-Soong] Ah!

Alex. So good to hear your voice.

Perhaps you may have overlooked

the mysterious disappearance

of a city maintenance man in Chinatown.

No, I did not, actually. I read in the Chronicle

that the police were pursuing a couple leads, but...

it's not really up our alley.

[Lee Tzin-Soong chuckles] Oh, wait. Foolish me.

I must assume, then, that you are not aware

of the story coverage in our local Chinese paper?

No. I'm afraid we missed that.

[Lee Tzin-Soong] Well,

I urge you to look at it.

Then perhaps you'll come in and visit me

at the Cultural Center.

Bring up the Chinese edition.

Okay, translating.

Scanning for key phrases.

Hey, look at this.

"The mysterious Chinese woman

alluded to by the missing worker

may very well have been a ghost."

A ghost?

Well, this does call for a visit to the Chinese Cultural Center.

[Rachel] Wait a minute.

One reporter's speculation that somebody may

have seen a ghost, and you're gonna go running out the door?

Well, Rachel, ordinarily this wouldn't be

a reasonable course of action,

but then you haven't met

Lee Tzin-Soong yet.

[Rachel] Hm. I've never been here before.

It's beautiful.

[Derek] Lee Tzin-Soong.

It's a pleasure to see you again.

[Lee Tzin-Soong] Oh, Derek.

Life is treating you well, I see.

Yes, fine.

I'd like you to meet my colleague.

Dr. Rachel Corrigan.

-Hi. -[laughs]

An honor finally to meet you.

And delighted that we're both working in Legacy.

The honor is mine.

Yes. Well...

[laughing]

So, let's see.

Mmm. In good health.

But working far, far too hard, like your father.

Let's see this...

-Ah! -[laughs]

Have you been drinking my tea?

Well, on and off.

Let me see your eye.

Ah, more off than on.

I have to make a new batch of tea for you.

And you...

Lee Tzin-Soong.

[Lee Tzin-Soong] Dr. Corrigan.

Ah...

In excellent health.

[speaks Chinese]

Huh?

Fiery dragon-horse energy.

Ah, thank you.

Well, last night, as I was meditating

I sensed that the feng shui of Chinatown

was, uh, seriously disrupted by an unknown source.

The feng shui? The-- The spirit of place?

[Lee Tzin-Soong] Yes.

The energy of an entire area.

[footsteps approaching]

Oh.

Derek, this is my granddaughter, Mei-Ling.

She's grown up, huh?

Mei-Ling?

Hello, Dr. Rayne.

[clears throat]

Oh, Dr. Rachel Corrigan.

Thank you.

I guess it's been quite a while.

[Mei-Ling] It sure has.

The last time I was home from college,

you and grandfather were so tied up in your men's business,

I don't think you even remembered my presence in the room.

Oh, no. I remember that day quite well.

You were wearing a rose-print dress

and a gardenia in your hair.

[Lee Tzin-Soong laughs]

That's quite a remarkable memory.

Well, Mei-Ling has consented to take you to the tunnel site,

where you will begin your investigation.

-Thank you. -Yeah, no problem.

Miller, Jensen's partner, drew this map of the tunnels

for the reporter, Mo Quan.

The bottom of this ladder puts you here.

The two of them split up around here.

And Jensen disappeared about here.

Great.

Good luck, Dr. Rayne.

Hm. It's Derek.

Do you need a ride back?

No, thanks. I'll walk.

It was great seeing you again... Derek.

I look forward to hearing how this turns out.

-Dr. Corrigan. -Oh, hey. Thanks a lot.

So, not quite the little girl you remember.

It's amazing.

She's turned out to be, uh, quite a young woman.

Well, yeah.

These things happen, you know.

And a young woman with a crush on you, I'd wager.

[whispers] Oh. Look at this place.

Yeah. Let's look at the map.

Jensen and Miller must have split up over there.

Right.

[Derek] The junction is 100 yards ahead.

-[Rachel] Down there? -Yeah.

[Rachel] Oh, I don't like this place.

Hey, what's this?

[Derek] Ah, it's a crack in--

No, no, Derek, wait. Look.

Look at this.

These are fresh pick marks.

Oh, you're right.

It's loose.

Can you get this out?

I'll try.

Derek, there's stuff in there.

[grunting]

Oh, my God. Look at that.

Ugh. Come on.

What have we got here?

Look at this.

[Derek] What are they, pieces of wood?

-Chinese writing. -Look at that.

What's this?

[man] Hurry up, come on. Let's go.

I told you to stay down behind the counter!

Don't you know how to count to 100?

Piece of cake. These people are pushovers.

Three stores in three days.

Beats the hell out of working for a living.

Yo, I think you're lucky that old man didn't know kung fu.

I'll give you kung fu! Ah!

If he tries that with me,

he gets two of these behind the ear.

[laughs]

[yelling in Chinese]

The funny thing about robbing that Chinese guy.

A couple minutes after, I'm hungry.

-[laughs] -What do you say we go get some--

[thunder crashes]

What the hell?

[shrieking]

[screaming]

[men screaming]

Kuei.

[Lee Tzin-Soong] These are funeral artifacts

from the inner sanctum

of the Temple of Azure Clouds.

This is the insignia of the temple,

the chop, on a name tag.

[Mei-Ling] How come I've never

heard of the Temple of Azure Clouds?

Well, it no longer exists.

In 1906, the earthquake completely destroyed it.

Its location was lost to antiquity.

But this is from 1895.

-Bad time for us. -[Rachel] Yeah.

Chinese immigrants and railroad workers

flocking to the city looking for work.

They were treated with extreme prejudice.

You're very knowledgeable.

Where have you been keeping her from me?

Last night,

I was in my men's club,

and a fellow member came up to me, Zhou Zhan.

He said he was robbed by two persons.

Today, he was interrogated by police,

who said they found the robbers' car

soaked with blood.

How does that connect?

Well, Zhou Zhan

did not talk to the police very much, but confided in me.

He said he saw

the two men murdered,

and carried away by a female kuei.

A kuei?

A Chinese fox spirit.

A ghost that kills.

Yes, and if not stopped

will kill... again and again.

Okay. This is where you found the funeral artifacts.

And now for the city map.

And we put them both together.

That should give us the exact location

of the inner sanctum's vault.

You're looking at

the 500 block of Mason,

and the intersection of Clay.

Excellent. One thing about ghosts, Chinese or otherwise,

they like revisiting their resting places.

So you wanna go have a look?

Let's go.

[keyboard clacking]

[Rachel] Hey, Alex.

So now that we've got a time frame,

have you found anything?

Alex?

Oh, God.

This stuff is just so depressing.

[sighs]

"An overwhelming outbreak of racial oppression."

"Claim jumping and massacres in the gold fields."

"Building the transcontinental railroad

on the back of the coolie for slave wages."

And finally, "A total ban on Chinese immigrants

and massive deportations."

I had an uncle who was hanged in the South

around the same time.

My... great-grandmother told me about it.

I couldn't have been more than six or seven, maybe.

She literally took me on her knee.

She wanted me to know

so that I would never forget.

She told me of...

how they beat him.

And the things that they did to him.

I can never get over

how horrible it must have been for her.

They made her watch

her son being hanged,

and she was powerless to do anything about it.

It just makes me feel like nothing has changed.

[sighs]

[tires screech]

[Derek] Now, the temple will be spread out

over this entire area.

And according to this overlay,

the inner sanctum is this way.

[Nick] So, the inner sanctum,

is it like a mausoleum of sorts?

[Derek] More like a holy place.

Chinese Buddhism, uh,

has very elaborate burial procedures

to prepare for the transition into the next lifetime.

[Nick] You know, I wish I believed in reincarnation.

I'd like to know if I was gonna

get another shot at this life.

[Derek] Yeah. Who wouldn't?

[police sirens wailing in background]

[Nick] Have a look at this.

[Derek] It looks like some kind of

religious offering.

[thunder crashes]

[screaming]

[people speaking in Chinese]

[shrieks]

[clamoring]

[Lee Tzin-Soong] The fox spirit

has killed three times.

Extremely vengeful, dangerous kuei.

Mr. Lee, there must be

something meaningful that we can do

to stop her.

I think the urn is the key.

But the Chinese characters are so small

and damaged in the weather,

I can't make them out.

Well, perhaps we can.

-[speaks in Chinese] -Oh.

[Nick] The microlaser was able to pick up what we needed.

These pictograms were on the urn.

This is from the Temple of Azure Clouds.

"Gao Ziyan,

her immortal soul

has been clouded with evil and revenge.

And her ashes have been ritually sealed

to prevent her from

returning to this world."

Isn't it strange that this urn was left behind?

The fox spirit could have easily snatched it up

if she didn't want to be found.

[Lee Tzin-Soong] Oh, I agree.

Don't forget, the three corpses,

they were hung in such a precise manner.

Could there be a connection between the victims?

Your friends were terrorized by two of them.

And the third one is obviously Jensen,

that worker who disappeared.

Yeah, but Jensen could have been killed by the kuei

for desecrating the vault and stealing this urn.

Yeah, and the other two

robbed and brutalized a local merchant.

[screaming]

So the kuei,whose soul is clouded by evil and revenge,

is taking out her anger

on people who prey on the Chinese.

[Rachel] Okay.

So if it's a revenge motive,

then, uh, I think the answer has to lay in history.

Well, Alex,

cross-index, uh, murders in Chinatown

with the name of Gao Ziyan,

starting in 1800 till 1899.

Well, that's pretty broad.

It's gonna take some time.

It's getting late. I have to go too.

Just keep me up to date, please.

Uh, Mei-Ling... [speaks in Chinese]

Maybe I ought to stay here, yeye.

They may need my help.

For more translations.

Mm.

[chuckles]

[Rachel] That's very kind.

Why don't we start from here?

[knock on door]

May I come in?

Of course.

-Are you comfortable? -Absolutely.

For an old house, it sure has cozy rooms.

Yeah.

Well, um...

Alex, uh, called it a night, as well.

And, uh, she'll get back to work in the morning.

So that just leaves the two of us.

Yeah.

What shall we do?

I was wondering about the fox spirit.

Oh. Business.

[chuckles]

The bedding and food Nick and I found in the alley

really struck me as unusual for a ghost.

Not for a Chinese ghost.

Chinese ghosts, having had

a far different cultural life

than their Western counterparts,

have a far different afterlife as well.

I see.

Chinese family relationships in life

are extremely close.

Is that so?

That... closeness

continues after death.

They've even been known to...

[whispers] make love.

Really?

Oh, yes.

Even if the ghost

is obviously somewhat older.

For the Chinese

age is respected.

It goes without saying that

the old can teach the young many things.

[Derek] He said we would never

meet him again.

Uh, so, Derek.

How are things with you and Mei-Ling?

Oh, come on. It doesn't take a psychic to figure out

what went on with you two last night.

There was enough afterglow at the breakfast table

to light up the whole damn house.

Well, I guess you could say

things between us are... very good.

Huh.

Very good.

[Alex] Here it is.

An anti-Chinese riot ended with the lynching of three men

on the same street, just over 100 years ago.

The whole thing makes me sick.

Oh, and keeping with the sentiment of the time,

no names were given.

The victims were simply

referred to as "three China men."

Any subsequent stories?

One brief follow-up.

No suspects arrested.

[scoffs]

Three men killed, and before the blood was dry,

it was yesterday's news.

[Nick] Well, one thing's for certain.

Racially motivated killings, hangings in the same street.

That's why Gao Ziyan's ghost is out to kill.

Well, think about it.

This-- This woman, this fox spirit we're after...

She must have lost what?

A father, a brother,

a husband to a lynch mob?

Back then, she was helpless to do anything about it.

Now, she's anything but.

Well, it still doesn't make what she's doing right.

I'm not saying it's right, Derek, by no means.

But I know in Gao Ziyan's mind,

it feels right to her.

Alex.

Well-spoken.

You made a great case in there.

Thanks.

Feels good, huh?

It does, actually.

And I think

you even convinced Derek.

-Oh, really? -Yeah.

Judging by his silence.

I mean, he's not anybody

who's gonna back down from a fight,

especially if he thinks he's right.

Ugh. Well, that's certainly true of the Derek I know.

Anger.

[sighs]

It's a good tool, great.

It cuts through a lot of stuff. But...

Alex, you gotta be careful. It's a double-edged sword.

You use it aimlessly, you're gonna cut yourself.

Mm. I hear you.

But it sure felt good.

Yeah.

Hey.

Copies of the...

Sai Gai Yat Po, newspapers, journals, diaries.

I put out the word, and this is the response.

Oh.

I, uh--

I'll examine these to leave the two of you alone.

[giggles]

He knows about last night, doesn't he?

You know it's next to impossible to keep a secret

from my grandfather.

[sighs]

He could read my face when I got home.

So I told him we spent some time together.

Oh. That's one way of putting it.

[chuckles] The proper Confucian way.

He understood.

About what happened last night--

Derek.

No explanations are called for.

In fact,

nothing's called for.

But I-I feel I should...

at least--

To make anything more of it

would be like,

as Grandfather would say,

"putting legs on a snake."

Legs on a snake?

Too complicated. Not necessary.

Oh, I see.

If I didn't mention it before, Derek,

you were wonderful

for an old ghost.

Wait!

I've found what we're looking for.

Look!

We must move quickly, set the trap tonight.

Because from what I've been reading,

I'm certain the fox spirit will kill again.

[Lee Tzin-Soong] These two men were cremated and buried

with proper Buddhist ceremony.

This man, Tang Hua, was not.

He was buried in the pauper's cemetery.

And his young wife-to-be

was Gao Ziyan.

The fox spirit?

[Rachel] Without a doubt.

Her family was opposed to her upcoming marriage

and disowned her, just prior to the murders.

According to this journal, the night after her fiance was killed,

Gao Ziyan swore that she wouldn't rest

until Tang Hua had a proper burial

and "the blood of her killers flowed red in the streets."

[Lee Tzin-Soong] Ultimately helpless,

with nowhere to turn for justice or comfort,

she committed suicide.

My God.

So the fox spirit wants Tang Hua also buried

with a proper ceremony, but she can't do it all alone.

Until her fiance's body is put to rest,

she will continue her angry, vengeful killing streak.

So we need a Buddhist priest from 100 years back?

No. Traditions last for centuries.

I can perform the ceremony.

So, first we have to find out where Tang Hua's buried,

and then someone has to invite the kueito the ceremony.

She appeared above the temple ruins the other night.

And she will return there.

She will kill again, unless we do something.

Yes. So we've got to move fast on two fronts.

Now, the old pauper's cemetery

is over here.

So we split into two teams.

Rachel, Mei-Ling with me, to deal with the fox spirit.

Alex, Nick and Mr. Lee to the cemetery

to locate Tang Hua's corpse.

What do we do when we find it?

Cremate it.

[speaking in Chinese]

[speaking in Chinese]

What is he saying?

Okay. He says that she was here and that she was very angry.

And, um, she went over there, down into a culvert or a manhole,

and the ground was trembling very loudly.

We have to get into the tunnels.

[tires squeal]

[gate screeches]

[Lee Tzin-Soong] No.

No.

No.

[Nick] We've got our work cut out for us.

There's a whole mess of markers here.

[Lee Tzin-Soong] Here.

Point your light on this.

This is Tang Hua's name in Chinese.

You look for this.

I'm gonna go on ahead. You look around here.

[Nick] All right.

[Derek] Must have been some kind of

seismic disturbances down here.

[Rachel] The street vendor did say

he heard some rumbling.

Wait a minute.

There's light here.

Derek, can you see in there?

Looks like candlelight.

[birds cawing]

[Alex] That's it. Right here. Look.

[Nick] Looks like it to me.

[Alex] We found it!

Lee Tzin-Soong!

Lee Tzin-Soong!

Can I get some light down here?

Shouldn't I go get him?

No. He'll, uh--

He'll show up here sooner or later.

We don't need him yet.

With two of us working, we'll get done a little quicker.

Got it.

[creaking]

[Derek] It's some sort of altar.

-Oh! -Oh!

-You all right? -Yeah.

Man, this place is really fragile.

My God. Look at this.

The temple must have slipped down

into this fissure in the earthquake.

Oh. You all right, Mei-Ling?

[water dripping]

[Rachel whispers] Easy does it.

You go right, we go left.

Okay.

[man groaning echoes]

[woman chanting echoes]

[metal clanks]

[screeches]

Aah!

[yells in Chinese]

Tell her we're here to help!

[speaks in Chinese]

Tell her we understand what happened to her!

It's a terrible thing that happened to Tang Hua!

[screeching]

[screaming]

[shrieks]

[yells in Chinese]

[woman's voice softly echoing]

[whispers] What did you tell her?

I told her that we know

that she wants a ceremony performed

so that her and Tang Hua can be reunited,

and Grandfather was at the cemetery performing it.

The ceremony will stop the killing.

If she trusts us.

[Mei-Ling] Oh, no!

She's going to the cemetery!

She wants to see for herself!

[lid creaks open]

[cell phone rings]

Yeah?

Derek?

You must have Lee Tzin-Soong perform the ceremony now.

Go find Mr. Lee.

He's not here. We separated.

We were looking for the grave.

Without Lee Tzin-Soong, she won't trust you.

You have to leave now.

She's coming.

She's already here!

Ugh!

-[shrieking] -[screaming]

No!

No.

[pants heavily]

Be cool, Alex.

She doesn't know if she can trust us.

She's looking for Lee Tzin-Soong.

Just take the light off of her, really slowly.

You can trust me.

I'm here to help you.

Easy, Alex.

Nick, she knows I understand about her.

She knows how I feel about this.

I swear.

We will give Tang Hua

a proper burial.

You have to let go.

[Lee Tzin-soong chanting]

[speaks in Chinese]

[chanting]

May the spirit of Tang Hua

re-enter in another life

unburdened by the pains

and sorrow of this world.

May the ghost of Gao Ziyan

be finally laid to rest.

May the punishment she suffers for her deeds

in another incarnation

be followed by peace

and reunion with the light.

[chanting]

[speaking Chinese]

[chanting in Chinese]