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[clock ticking]

[gunshot]

[man] Do your dance.

[voice whispering indistinctly]

Recognize this?

I believe she was sending it to you.

If you hurt her, I swear.

She is my property.

Not anymore.

[man] Would you like to wager on that?

[gun cocking]

Do your dance.

On your grave.

[man] Monsieur Rimbau...

call the cadence.

Then, on my count.

One.

Two.

-Three. -[exhales]

Four.

Five.

Six.

Seven.

Eight.

Nine.

Ten.

[grunting]

Yes!

[screaming]

[Nick] Alex, you were sleepwalking.

Tell us about the men. Did you get a look at them?

They were arguing over a silver chain.

On your grave.

No, a locket.

And they have guns.

What kind? Rifle? Pistols?

Revolvers that are very old.

They're fighting a duel.

Duel? Over what?

Me.

[theme music playing]

[Nick] You have any idea what's happening with her?

I mean, maybe, it's some sort of story she read somewhere, or a movie.

No. Whatever it is, it's buried in her subconscious.

Deep enough to cause her to sleepwalk?

Somnambulism is caused by dreams so vivid you're compelled to act them out.

Caused by what?

Give her a sense of deja vu, I'd guess. Past-life connection.

You're saying reincarnation?

You think Alex is in real danger here?

Possibly.

We have to watch her more closely.

[phone ringing]

Hello?

[Rose] Alex, is that you?

Grandma Rose. It's so nice to hear from you.

How are you, Alex?

Why must I always be the one to call?

Uh, I know, I'm sorry. I've been meaning to. It's just that...

One thing leads to another.

Troubles? I can feel it.

The voices speak to me, whisper your name.

What are you saying, Grandma?

You have been dreamwalking?

Yes! I don't know why, but this morning,

I found myself in the middle of a field where...

two men were about to fight a duel over me.

Not so good, child.

Tell me what you see.

No, you must come here.

Grandma, I don't know, I...

No time to argue. Time to come today, you understand?

Yes, I understand. Um...

I'll be there as soon as I can, okay? I...

Grandma, I love you. Thank you for calling.

[Nick] Outlawed in most states by 1851,

dueling persisted until well after the Civil War,

primarily in the South and Western frontiers.

Dueling?

We're trying to narrow down the source of what you've been experiencing.

How are you feeling?

I'm better. As long as I don't sleep.

I'm sorry Rachel's not here.

When she returns from Washington, I think you should sit down with her.

Listen, um...

My grandmother just called.

How's Rose doing?

Well, she wants me to come down and see her for a few days.

Even with your sleepwalking business, you sure you want to travel?

I was hoping, maybe, one of you could come with me?

Well, actually, Rose might be just the person to talk to.

Unfortunately, I have this London report to finish, so...

Well, I don't. I could use some of Rose's cooking.

[Derek] Is that right?

What, a guy could starve to death around here.

[car horn honking]

Grandma?

It's so late, children! You have worried these old bones.

Let me look at you.

Grandma, you remember Nick.

-Hi, Rose. -Aha!

Hope I'm not imposing.

Nonsense!

You're a comfort to my eyes.

Well, it's nice to see you, too.

So where shall I put these bags?

The guest room is the last door on the left.

Alex will be in her old room, just across the hall, all right?

Sure.

-Thanks, Nick. -Yeah.

You look wonderful, Grandma.

It's not nice to lie to your Grandma.

My worry lines got worry lines.

No.

How long since you've had a good night's sleep?

It's been a bad week.

But, I'm all right, I'm here now.

Of course, child.

Man plans, but God decides.

Right now, God has decided it's time to sleep.

But, Grandma, I was hoping we would be able to talk a little bit.

We will, but not tonight.

You sleep.

Tomorrow we'll have time enough.

[Rimbau] Nine.

Ten.

[woman] A lock of your hair

entwined with mineand placed in a silver locket.

Only Marie can set us free.

[man] So we can die together.

[heavy breathing]

Did you think you'd escape me?

[low growl]

[gunshot]

...and then, I just woke up.

There was no man,

no locket, nothing.

I just don't know what to think.

Tell me about the locket.

It was silver,

hand wrought, very old,

and when I opened it up there was a lock of hair

with an inscription inside.

[speaking French]

That's right.

"The beautiful lady without mercy."

How did you know?

Same voices, speak your name, whisper hers.

She was the reason I called you to come back.

She?

A former slave named La Belle.

Said her beauty made men a little ramollissement,

soft in the head.

I just don't get what this has to do with me.

La Belle was half-sister to my great-grandmother, Marie.

That makes you related by blood.

Mama Marie had beaucoup powers.

Saw the future, saw the past.

Well, what happened to La Belle?

She died after her lover was killed in a duel by a man named Wakefield.

Duel with pistols.

The gravestone.

[Rimbau]Then, on my count. One.

[gunshot]

What was her lover's name?

Where was he buried?

I don't know his name,

but just one place he could be buried.

Out west of town along the bayou,

take Post Road, maybe 5, 6 miles.

Don't you go visiting no grave now.

I saw it.

It had to be the one.

You be careful.

Spirits are talking to you.

Bad business.

Don't worry.

I'm gonna take Nick with me.

So, six miles down the Post Road.

It's gotta be it.

What exactly are we looking for?

The grave of La Belle's lover.

Last night when I held the locket,

I remember seeing a gravestone, or at least I think I did,

and if I could just find it,

then I'll know I'm not going completely crazy.

Humor me.

So what does it look like?

Well, I think it has a piece broken off the top.

Is there a name?

That, I haven't got a clue.

Well, I'll look around here.

If I see anything with a broken top, I'll shout.

All right.

[soft thudding]

Hello?

Anyone here?

[voices whisper indistinctly]

[bird screeching]

Alex?

Alex?

[voices whisper indistinctly]

[Wakefield] See?

Knew you couldn't keep away.

You.

I've been waiting for you.

Who are you?

What do you want?

What else could I want?

You.

I don't think so.

I wasn't asking you, I was telling you.

See, I own you.

Like hell, you do.

[Alex grunts]

Forget your manners?

You forget I can do to you anything I want?

Leave me alone!

I'll give you a toss.

Son of a bitch!

[Wakefield exclaiming angrily]

[grunts in pain]

Run away!

You'll never escape me.

[Alex screams]

Hey! Wait a minute. Wait.

-Oh, Nick. Oh, God! -What's going on?

[panting] There's a man... The same man as last night.

He's in that house.

What house?

Where is it? It was right there.

There was a house there.

-It was just there. -Where?

It was there. It was right there.

He tore my blouse. He attacked me.

It's okay. I believe you.

Come on.

His face and hands, he was real.

But the house wasn't.

But I was there.

It was wooden, one-story, very old,

and had a fire place and strong mats on the floor.

Slaves quarters.

I don't understand.

Right before the Civil War, this whole area

was part of a large plantation called Wakefield Manor.

Wakefield?

Same man who killed La Belle's lover?

[Rose] Mm-hmm.

Our family's time in America began there.

As a girl, I remember...

them saying how the slave quarters and the cemetery stood side by side.

What happened to it?

Burned to the ground the night Grant took Vicksburg.

Some say, it was the slaves who started the fire.

Was La Belle a slave there?

That's right.

So was Mama Marie.

Drink that. It'll help you sleep tonight.

What is it?

Mirabella tea.

Put your dreams to rest.

All the same, why don't I pull up a chair outside your room tonight, just in case?

Thank you, Nick.

Sure. Good night, Rose.

Did I ever show you Mama Marie's gun?

Gun?

No.

She left it to me when she died.

Said it had beaucoup power.

It'll protect you from the demons of the night.

[Rimbau] Eight.

Nine.

Ten.

[gunshot]

[La Belle screams]

Save your tears.

You're mine now.

Never.

-No! -[gunshot]

[Rose] I got you.

You're safe now.

What did you see?

La Belle, she killed herself with this.

Why?

I don't know.

But it is clear La Belle has chosen you.

You're the only one who can know the truth.

Tonight, you sleep.

[phone ringing]

-[Alex] Hello? -[Derek]Good morning.

Derek? Where are you?

I'm on my way down.

I should be in Baton Rouge by late this afternoon.

It looks like I found something on Wakefield.

Okay, give me the address.

6623 Third Street.

Okay, great. I'll go check it out.

Okay, see you soon.

Derek ran the names in the computer,

Aaron Wakefield died in 1868 leaving a wife and child.

His grandson is still alive.

He must be in his 80s at least.

Well, supposedly, he's at the L'acadia Retirement Home.

Where you off to?

As soon as Nick gets out of the shower tell him I went to go check it out

and I'll be back in time to pick Derek up at the airport.

[tram bell dinging]

Excuse me? I'm looking for a man.

A Seth Wakefield. I was told he might be a resident here.

He might be.

-What's he to you? -Oh, no relation.

I can see that.

So what is it you want with him?

I'd like to ask him a few questions.

This ain't about the Klan, is it?

"The Klan"?

'Cause if you're one of those states attorney's like that other fellow,

I could save you whole lot of trouble.

That's all right, I'm not an attorney.

On the other hand,

Mr. Seth don't put a lot of stock into talking to coloreds, neither.

Right. Well, he probably feels the same way I do

about talking to fat people.

You trying to say something?

I think I just did.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'll go find Mr. Wakefield.

[engine sputtering]

Told you.

It won't start!

It's a temporary condition.

I can't believe Alex took off without me.

She said she'll be back in time to pick Derek up from the airport.

Maybe you should wait.

No offense, Rose, but I didn't come here to wait.

Tell you the truth,

this car don't like me.

Yeah? When was the last time you drove it?

Last week. Maybe, two weeks.

Yeah, your battery's fine.

Do you mind hopping in the car and trying to start it, Rose?

Sure.

[engine sputtering]

I told you, this car hates me!

[knocking on door]

Mr. Wakefield?

[Seth] Ain't hungry.

Leave it over here, beside the bed.

That is you, isn't it? Seth Wakefield?

Hey, baby.

You're a new one. I haven't seen you before.

What do you want with this Seth Wakefield?

Well, first of all, I'm not your baby.

And second, I'd like to talk to you about your grandfather, Aaron.

And what would a little brown sugar like you want with my granddaddy?

Are you always this offensive, or did I just come at a bad time?

You're not afraid of me.

I like that.

Most of these nurses let me get away with murder.

Are you... You got a cigarette?

Smoking will kill you.

You sound just like my doctor.

Son of a bitch wants to keep me around like peach preserves.

Tell me about your grandfather.

Never knew him.

Well, he died before I was ever born.

I know, and he killed a man in a duel over a former slave named La Belle.

You do know about him.

Or damn, do you know him?

Tell me what happened.

The story goes...

she was a nigger whore.

And the man, he killed deserved killing, simple as that.

I think you're lying.

Like hell, I am!

The graveyard's right outside the town.

You go see for yourself. Take the Post Road.

I did and there is no grave there.

Of course not, he was a gambler.

You don't bury gamblers and whores besides these folks.

I used to look outside the old cemetery gates,

you'll see it's still there.

That's him, isn't it?

That's right.

Belonged to my daddy.

He passed it down to me.

Wakefields always served with distinction.

Tomorrow. You will come at sunup.

King's Cross. You'll be mine.

-You all right? -Yeah.

You took Grandma's car?

You shouldn't have left without me.

I'm sorry.

You okay?

Seth Wakefield has a picture of his grandfather.

It was the same man who attacked me outside the cemetery.

When I went to go pick up the picture, he grabbed my arm,

and when I turned around, it was him, Aaron Wakefield.

Am I going completely crazy?

No more than the rest of us.

Did he say anything to you?

Yeah, he said to meet him at King's Cross tomorrow at sunup.

That I'll be his.

That doesn't leave us much time.

The old man also said that the reason

why we couldn't find the gravestone we were looking for yesterday

is because it's outside the cemetery.

Well, Derek's gonna show up in about an hour.

Why don't we go pick him up and then have a look?

Well, your car or mine?

-You better follow me, just in case. -Right.

So, this is the graveyard...

-Where do we look? -Well, according to the grandson,

the man that Wakefield killed

wasn't good enough to be buried inside the gates,

so they buried him outside.

-A very Christian thing to do. -Well...

[Alex] Hey, look.

Look, over here.

This must be what the old man was talking about.

I thought you said the tombstone had an odd shape to it.

Yeah, it had a piece knocked off the top of it.

-You sure? -Yeah.

It's one of the few things I am sure of.

Oh! Here you are.

Ah, yes!

[grunting]

It's a double stone.

Of course!

They died together, so they were buried together.

[Nick] Thirteen decades.

Tomorrow's the anniversary, 130 years to the date.

And La Belle was the same age I am now when she died.

[Derek] It's called psychic convergence.

A portal through which a soul can be reborn in the body of another.

La Belle's found such a portal in you.

That would explain your dreams.

But if you're right,

what's to stop La Belle from taking Alex over completely?

Well, I don't know, there must be something else, something missing.

We need to talk to your grandmother.

[Rose] You found the gravestone?

They were buried together.

A final embrace.

Mama Marie always said she loved him.

So much she wants to return through Alex in order to find him.

Great, except that Chevalier's dead.

And Wakefield's spirit isn't.

What happened between them?

And why?

Difficult questions.

And, unfortunately, ones only your great-grandmother could answer.

The pot, child.

Fill it and bring it to a boil.

[Rose chanting] ♪Root of the mandrake Boiled and tossed♪

♪ Loosen tongues Of spirits lost♪

Are you sure you want to go through with this, Grandma?

There's no other way.

Somebody want to tell me what's going on?

The mandrake is aligned with the soul of man.

When it's brought to a boil,

it gives off vapors that will induce a trance.

Its brews can channel the spirit of Great-Grandmother.

We might learn what we need to know.

Check the windows and doors.

Once in trance, she must not be disturbed.

Okay.

[shutting windows]

[voices whispering indistinctly]

Roots of Nightshade, roots of toil.

Hear me, Mama Marie.

Truth to tell. You speak through me.

[speaking French]

Come into me.

[speaking French]

Who's here?

[distorted voice] Marie Delarue.

Why do you disturb my sleep?

[Derek] Unfinished business

between a young woman named La Belle and a man named Chevalier.

La Belle did come to me...

asked me to make a Juju pact.

Made to escape another's lust.

Tell us about the pact.

A silver locket,

two locks of hair.

One, La Belle's, and the other, Chevalier.

Two? I only saw one.

La Belle alone did make the pact.

So Chevalier never made the pact?

He fought a duel instead.

[Rimbau]Then, on my count. One!

[Rose in distorted voice] To die and be reborn...

[Rimbau] Ten!

Red sun dawning at King's Cross Road.

Enough!

[speaking French]

[Rose grunts]

Grandma.

Okay. Grandma?

Are you all right?

You're okay.

Are you all right?

Yes.

Just give me a moment.

[voices whispering indistinctly]

[Derek] It's La Belle's spirit. Fight her, Alex. Fight her.

[Nick] It's okay. She just fainted.

[Rose] It's passed.

La Belle's spirit gone for now.

How is she?

In danger.

La Belle's spirit is very close.

I know La Belle needs to be reborn, but why choose Alex?

[Derek] They're kindred spirits. She has no other choice.

[Nick] And Wakefield is laying in wait.

Now, if La Belle needs Alex's body to return,

then how is it that Wakefield can appear and disappear at will?

There's only one explanation.

He made a bargain with the Dark Side.

So, if La Belle succeeds,

then Wakefield will try and kill her.

Unless we stop him.

[heavy breathing]

La Belle.

[speaking French]

Believe in me.

In us. We can do this.

You leave him to me.

He'll never let me go.

The war is over.

Wakefield doesn't own you anymore.

As long as he can find me, I can never sleep.

Only Marie can set us free.

Marie.

You don't actually believe in this pact of hers?

Yes, I do.

And you must, too.

A lock of your hair entwined with mine

and placed in a silver locket.

So we can die together?

No, mon amour. To be reborn again.

This is crazy.

If anybody's gonna die, it's Wakefield.

I love you.

Not as much as I love you.

Just do as I say.

Leave the rest to me.

[Wakefield] You're mine now.

[La Belle] Never.

No!

-[Alex gasps] -[gunshots]

It's all right.

Is everything okay?

Alex, what did you see?

Oh, my God!

She killed Chevalier.

Who?

La Belle.

That's why she's so upset.

She's ready to be reborn but he's not here.

Wakefield didn't kill him in the duel,

she did.

Right before she shot herself.

La Belle made the pact with Marie...

but Chevalier didn't.

So, only she can be reborn.

But without her lover she doesn't want to.

What does she want?

She wants us to save her from Wakefield.

Unless we stop him, she can never be free.

When Marie spoke through you,

she mentioned a red sun rising at King's Cross today.

Red dawning...

Devil's warning.

And King's Cross?

[Rose] It's not far.

Our old parish road on the left-hand side.

You'll see a marker in the shape of a cross.

Alex, you stay here with Rose.

-But Derek-- -Wakefield needs to relive the moment

to reach La Belle through you. That's why he hasn't taken you with him.

He expects La Belle to return to the spot she died.

He's right.

That's the only way he could have her.

Well, I guess we better meet them instead.

Let's go.

[Nick] Without Alex, La Belle won't be here.

[Derek] But he doesn't know that.

The only way to stop him is to meet him face to face

and finish what Chevalier started.

What are you gonna do? Challenge him to a duel?

Yes, whatever it takes to stop him.

Once dawn is come and gone, the window will be shut forever.

[La Belle] Just do as I say

and leave the rest to me.

You're up.

I thought you would rest.

Is there a window open?

It's chilly in here.

I'm getting a bad feeling down to my very bones.

You want a cup of tea?

Alex?

[screen door closes]

You think he's gonna show?

Well, he has to. He has no choice.

[Wakefield] And who are you?

Her new lover?

Come to claim his just reward?

Let her go.

You have no power over her.

Don't I?

Who will stop me?

[La Belle] No!

Do your dance.

No, wait!

See?

Here she comes now. My love.

Just as I knew she would.

Wait. Take me.

Waiting for you.

La Belle.

[speaking French]

Let her go.

You heard him.

You must be joking.

Don't you understand?

She's why I've come.

To kill her.

To make her mine.

[speaking French]

Why, mon cher,the way it was,

the way it will always be.

-Don't do it. -Enough!

You don't know how much I thought about you.

Or how I feel.

How I regret what I did that day.

I knew you'd come around.

Alex, step away!

He's using you.

You really are mine.

[gun cocking]

[gunshot]

Like I said, you're the one who deserved to die.

La Belle...

[Wakefield screaming in pain]

[keening wail]

[Alex gasps]

[Alex]Some see slavery as physical bondage.

Others pretend not to see it at all.

But I believe we're more shackled by our own fears of fighting back,

than by all the chains ever forged by man.

And, in a small way, perhaps by helping La Belle set her spirit free,

I've also freed some part of my own.

[theme music playing]