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Johnny Domino was one of San Francisco's hottest young jazz musicians.

But fate and a cosmic event were about to change his life forever.

What the doctors told him seemed impossible.

John, your brain has managed to acquire the capacity to pick up certain

frequencies like a radio.

But Doc, I'm only hearing bad stuff.

Yes, exactly.

You're tuned to the frequency of evil.

Hold it now. I'm on your side.

A whole new line of super tools developed for super policemen. A belt

which enables him to overcome grapples.

Fabrics which are virtually bulletproof.

A stealth mode which makes him seem to disappear.

A holographic display which makes him appear to be where he is.

Sir, replace the pheromone detectors all around the perimeter of the park, or we

kill the other one.

When it shows up, you'll have your new toy to play with.

An extra-dimensional life form as intelligent as we are is not a toy.

It is the scientific discovery of the millennium. And I'll be the discoverer.

Prepare the van. Tonight we catch the beast.

You know you want this as much as I do.

Come on, please don't do that.

Come on, you're spoiling everything, don't.

Jimmy!

Jimmy!

Stop it!

You didn't have to do that.

Always playing games.

No, Sam, something's here, something's here. Come on, let's get out of here.

Just relax, okay?

Jason, this is 2-12.

Hello, you called?

Yeah, a cop called into Code 12 at the park. Said something weird was going on.

I knew you were headed that way to pick up Andrea, so... What, what, you decided

to make me late again?

I'll cruise by.

This better be good.

We got him.

Park entrance.

I won't hurt you.

No!

You'll be safe now.

That woman did it.

Just got away. You saw the beast?

Yeah. Huge thing with a big red eye and cape.

Officer Mullen, you found the body. What else did you see?

I'm not supposed to discuss it.

This girl needs a doctor.

Now! Put her on the gurney.

It was tall, over six feet, and had a patch or a...

I don't know. It was foggy.

You're doing fine.

What else can you tell us?

Charlie?

Don't make a long day any longer, Frank. Hey, Charlie, now you know I can't let

this one slide.

Keep what's left of your dignity and walk away. Can you do that? No, I can't.

Not from this way.

Now, with or without our bags, Charlie, you're stuck with me on this.

And you know why.

I wish I could get you to take up shuffleboard.

It had a cape. A cape?

And one of its eyes was sort of glowing red, and it looked right through me.

Thank you very much, officer.

That'll be all.

I think you know the rules.

Everyone behind the lines.

The citizens of this city have a right to know what's going on.

An attack took place.

A death occurred.

The attacker got away.

Ferris, would you please mind escorting this lady behind the tape, please?

Behind the tape, please.

Did you get it?

Hey,

take a look at this.

I'll take that, miss.

Let's go.

it strange that a civilian research group like the Beckford Foundation seems

to be on equal footing with the police department?

Don't you think, Jake?

Jake?

Jake? I found this over there.

It looks like it's most likely from one of our victims, but I want that cloth

analyzed. I've never seen anything like it before.

There's no sign of her.

The girl just disappeared.

The clock is ticking on our project, gentlemen.

Find her.

I find the beast.

Yeah, Raleigh.

So what happened?

Looked terrible.

Wait till you see the suit.

No. No, not my suit.

Look at my beautiful suit.

How could anything fly through armor drill?

The cable into the eyepiece was severed.

Holy.

It is cut clean through, man.

Yeah. Are you all right?

Yeah.

You thought?

I thought.

You know what it is?

I don't know what it is.

Yeah, well, whatever it is.

Maybe on the memory of the scanner.

I'll fix the cable.

We may have something in the memory.

The camera on the bill is pretty sturdy.

I'm not so sure I want to see that thing again.

Shortly after midnight, one of the city's worst murders took place only a

few feet from where I'm standing.

Police officials have deferred all inquiries to the Beckford Foundation,

who have been asked to serve as consultants in this investigation due to

their startling claim the death of Sammy Farnsworth may have been caused by an

escaped research animal.

However, one witness described the attacker as a man standing nearly seven

feet tall, possibly wearing a cape and some sort of mask.

Was this a vicious attack by a crazed animal or by a man dressed to kill?

This is Elaine Barnes, Channel 6.

That we didn't need.

You don't need this either.

What was that?

See?

It isn't a human.

But it isn't an animal either.

I felt something in between.

I kept getting conflicting emotions.

Like raw evil with a desperate need. Yeah, like for a nice tall meal?

No. No.

It didn't want me. It wanted something.

And it's not going to stop until it finds it.

Heard it knocking?

You let him have the body again, didn't you?

And all the evidence of one neat little package. Not now, Frank. You can't keep

this covered up forever.

Charlie, how many people have to die here?

Have you forgotten David Kelshaw?

That was a long time ago, Frank. There's nothing I can do about it. I can't bring

back the dead.

No, but what about this girl? You're just going to let her die like the

others? That's way out of line, Frank.

Does she have any idea what's going to happen to her next?

Has anybody told her what kind of pain she's going to endure on her way to her

last breath in three days?

Look, I don't like it any better than you do, but I got an order. Do you hear

me? An order.

Let the Beckford boys handle this.

Oh, the Beckford boys.

I see.

Well, it's starting all over again, isn't it, Charlie?

First it was the Army.

Now it's the Beckford Foundation.

Well, the names have changed, but the powerful people behind them haven't.

Charlie, can't you see what's happening here? The military would never turn

research this secret over to a civilian group.

The Beckford Foundation is a cover. It's a way to move costs from the public

defense budget to the secret intelligence budget. Can't you see that?

You're probably right, Frank, but what am I going to do?

I got more to lose than you do.

Well, that's too bad, Charlie.

Then the whole thing's just going to end up the same way, huh?

Only this time, maybe there'll be more than one of those things on the loose.

And maybe this time, they won't be able to stop them.

You think about that, Charlie.

Yeah.

Tell me about it, Johnny.

Tell you about what, Dad?

The park. You were there. Tell me about it.

How did you know that?

Son, it's all over the scanner.

He found some girl in the park and he took her to county general. Now, Johnny,

did you come in contact with her?

Of course. I carried her in. Did you touch any of her slash wounds?

How'd you know about the slash wounds?

The ailment was exactly the same as a series of attacks that Charlie Dan and I

investigated in the city eight years ago.

Some kid named David Kelchow was mauled by some animal in that same park.

What happened?

He died.

Sad thing was, he didn't know, none of us knew, that he was hurt that bad.

What did the autopsy say?

Never saw one.

No, the department shut the investigation down. Or that is, I should

say, they decided to let the army take over the investigation due to some

sensitive issues of national security or some such BS.

Johnny, you gotta promise me something.

You won't get any more involved in this thing than what happened last night.

Yeah, yeah, Dad. I promise.

You saw a man with a cape?

Uh-huh.

You get a good look at him.

Uh-huh.

He was wearing a red song bikini.

Right.

Damn it.

I'm getting nowhere on this thing. Oh, Robin, where's that number on the guy

who brought the girl to the hospital? Farley said he's some kind of musician.

Who are you?

Some kind of musician.

Johnny Domino?

Sit right down in the chair and talk to me. I have been hearing all about your

heroics. Just so I don't misquote.

I just got off work, and I took a ride with my mountain bike around the park.

I have this thing with insomnia.

The girl, John.

We'll slip into your bio later. What about the girl?

I heard her scream.

Found her. Took her to the hospital.

Average, huh?

Oh, and I didn't see a guy with a cape or a glowing red eye.

I saw your spot on the news.

What were you wearing?

Beg your pardon?

In the park. What were you wearing?

Okay, fine.

Never mind. You obviously came here to make a point.

Go.

I've been listening to the calls you've been getting.

I think that you're on the wrong track.

Ah, and you're here to set me straight.

Where were you eight years ago?

In a training bra.

My dad was a cop, and he told me a story you might like to hear.

July 1st, 1990.

My God, there it is on the front page.

Fort Pershingard saves fourth victim from serious injury during heroic

capture of an escaped research animal.

Army medics dismiss various reports alluding to sightings of a mysterious

beast. Head of research project Dr.

Louis Borloff. Could not be reached for comment, but Dr. Jared Parker.

Parker? He was the one I talked to in the park.

That means the projects have got to be related. Parker led the team to

recapture the animal.

Three days later from official.

We have the analysis of the material found in the park.

It shouldn't have been there, sir.

We cross-referenced with the DOD, found it was from a killed project.

Who brought it into the park?

We're still running the DNA test.

So far, all we've eliminated is the dead boy.

But we're checking the blood of a young woman who was admitted in the county

general last night with flash wounds.

You've kept her away from the press?

Yes, sir.

Besides, she's unconscious.

Yes, well, when the end comes, it won't be pretty. She's isolated.

Oh, and Gonzales.

The clock is ticking on the end of our project.

Find the beast.

Okay, Johnny, now what's this all about?

I didn't level with you the first time you called.

What are you talking about?

I got pretty close to that thing that attacked the girl. Oh, Johnny.

We gotta talk to this guy, Borloff.

How do you know about Borloff? Dad, saving this girl's life depends on us

getting his help.

What's your relationship with him?

To tell you the truth, Johnny, I wasn't his favorite person.

Maybe you'd better let me do the talking.

Yes?

Want to talk to you about what happened in the park last night?

Go away.

He's still a sweetheart.

Here, let me give it a try. He may remember me. I want to chat for old

time's sake.

Dr. Baroff?

Go away.

She's warming up.

Nostalgia gets me every time. Dr. Baroff, this is Officer Dominus.

You may remember me from Fort Pershing eight years ago.

I had nothing to say then. I have nothing to say now.

Yeah, well, I'm the one that found David Kelshaw in the park.

Now we have one boy dead and a girl who's going to die in a few days if you

don't help us.

Doctor, do you want more blood on your hands?

I remember you.

Come in.

What is it that you want?

We want to know what's out there killing people.

Why should I know?

Because the same thing happened eight years ago. You were a civilian employee

working for the army doing secret research. And what kind of medical

experiments were you doing, doctor?

I'm a physicist.

I don't do medical experimentation.

Did you ever see any of the victims? David Kelshaw, any of the others?

No. No?

That is, I think I remember reading something about them.

What do you know about the recent attack?

It's none of my business anymore, so I'm no longer interested.

So I'm no longer interested.

No longer interested.

Well, I'm interested.

I remember it like it was yesterday.

I remember the way David looked when I found him.

He had nothing but scratches on his arm.

You know what he looked like 72 hours later?

You didn't even look human, doctor.

One big viral infection covered his entire body. Tell us about the animal.

Look, I can't relive ugly memories anymore. Not even to save a life?

Please.

Come on, Johnny.

It's true what people say.

It's the new out there.

What the hell was that all about?

I got another one of those flashes, didn't you? I could tell by the look on

your face.

Any of those old attacks ever happen at the zoo?

Yeah, why?

Our friend's going hunting tonight.

Dan here. Hey, Charlie. It's Frank. I'm at the zoo. What are you doing at the

zoo this time of night? Even the animals sleep.

I'm doing what you should be doing.

Sunday the 11th, 10.30 p.m.

The pheromone detectors I placed around the perimeter have been tripped in

several locations.

The discrepancy in the concentration between the pheromones in this creature

and the first confirms my worst fears.

This one's male.

Charlie, there's something else here too.

Frank, get out of there now. That's an order.

You can't give me orders.

Charlie, you get down here. Now.

Where's the smell?

It smells like something died.

The gods!

100 yards in closing time. Don't have one chance to bring him down.

No. I gotta get you to the hospital.

First, I need some answers.

What was that thing?

A grave mistake.

But who are you? What are you? How did you come down out of the sky?

Your secrets first.

Why not?

Who does it matter?

Without an antiviral vaccine, I'll be dead within 72 hours.

Is there one?

There was, but it was destroyed right after the first beast was destroyed.

Can we get some more?

We need blood from the new beast.

This isn't the same one that appeared eight years ago.

Oh, no.

That one was female.

Which can only mean they probably started the project up again.

And it's too late to stop them from letting more of them come through.

Come through what?

A gate.

A gate the armies open between dimensions.

Hey!

Stop aside, Doc. Give me a clear shot at him.

No. No, you mustn't. Go on, back away. I can take him out from here.

Move! Get back. You might get hit.

I'm probably dead already. Get back!

I can't see!

I can't see!

I had him dead.

Yeah, we don't got him dead or alive right now.

So you saw him? Oh, I saw him hit, whatever it was.

It was a freaky thing with a big red eye.

I've never seen anything like it before.

Where did he go?

He went into the woods.

Look, we'll find him. Don't worry about it. We'll find him.

We'll take him.

At this time, you don't.

Excuse me, Lieutenant? What exactly did Johnny Stan?

I got a guy who looks like Swiss cheese, a bunch of dead animal carcasses, and a

really big gun that says I'm keeping this guy and what's happened to him is

evidence for what you guys have been up to.

Take him to the hospital.

You got a problem with that?

This is gonna cost you your badge, Lieutenant.

File it with somebody who cares.

Take him to the hospital.

You're gonna be okay.

Where are you, Charlie?

Yeah, right. Right. You just want another cop out of work so you can have

somebody to hang around with.

So what exactly did you see?

Charlie, you're not going to believe this.

The first one ran faster than a damn cheetah. And the second one, I swear,

flew out of here like a big bird.

Flew out of here? Yeah. Now you're telling me that there were two of them?

Yeah. Come on, Frank. I don't want to hear this. But I do.

I'd be interested in both of them.

What? You're Frank Dominus, aren't you?

I forget.

Hey, I'll catch up with you later, okay?

Mr. Dominus, there was a struggle here tonight and some people got hurt again.

One of them, I believe, for the second time. Second time?

Well, whoever belongs to this unusual piece of fabric was in the park last

night and again tonight.

And he or she, it, took a beating and got cut up.

From what I can tell from the girl in the hospital, two encounters with a

beast will translate to one very sick puppy.

Any idea who the condemned party might be?

You know, I've had a really bad night.

And I haven't got a clue as to what you're talking about, honey, but I can

tell you this. They're looking for one beast, and as far as I'm concerned,

that's plenty. Don't you think so?

Excuse me.

Hey, you just get it?

Yeah. I reported it.

Slow news night.

Actually, it was pretty busy.

So, did you do another set?

Three's enough for one night.

I guess that means I'm batting zero.

I don't get my man at the zoo.

And a theory of mine got blown out of the water.

What theory is that?

That you might know more about what you're saying about the man who was

running around the zoo in a cape and wetsuit.

Why would I know something about it?

Well, for one thing, you mentioned your father having worked on the case eight

years ago, right?

Well... I ran his name and found out about a dismissal. You know, cops aren't

immune to doing odd things to get back into the limelight.

So you thought it might be my father in the cape.

Or you.

Trying to do things on his behalf.

You know, and then there was your finding the girl, getting her out to the

hospital without anybody else in the park seeing you.

And if you were biking, what did you get her in the hospital in? Maybe I used my

cape and flew.

Okay. All right. Maybe it was a little far-fetched.

But, you know, a dream story, you have to admit.

Right up until the time your father showed up in the park in his civvies,

and you were right here.

That night in the park?

What? That night they took a swipe at me.

Oh, my God.

Ready. And you didn't tell anyone?

Why?

Oh, another stupid guy thing.

You've got to get to a hospital.

They can't do anything.

No, I don't mean the public hospital. I mean the hospital where they sent

Borloff to. My dad, the police sent Borloff to County General.

No, the ambulance was redirected to Fort Pershing.

That means the only man who can stop this is in their control.

Maybe if you'll go on the airways. Get this thing out into the open.

We'll never let it happen.

Wait, where are you going?

Visit a sick friend.

Excuse me, nurse.

Hi. Mr. Domino, hi.

How's Gloria doing?

Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Domino. I'm really not permitted to... Did I hear the nurse

say Mr.

Domino?

Are you the man who brought my little girl in?

Yes.

They wouldn't let me or my husband see her today.

We could see her as much as we wanted to yesterday. Then the new doctor showed

up. They won't let her own mother in.

Do you think there's something they aren't telling us? She is going to be

all right, isn't she?

I'm sure everyone's doing everything they can.

She isn't going to die.

I can't let that happen.

She's all we have in this world.

You just couldn't leave well enough alone, could you?

Well, you're going to make one more contribution to our project.

You're going to help us capture the beast once and for all?

I'll never help you.

You brought this on yourself.

The gate should never have been reopened.

That may be, but the fact remains, it isn't after me.

It's after you.

And you're going to be our bait.

Raleigh. Hey, man, where the hell you been?

I'm listening.

You're kidding.

You're not kidding.

Sir? We've placed the pheromone detectors all around the perimeter of

the base.

If that thing comes anywhere near this place, we'll know about it.

We just had a possible sighting on the east side of the base, but it's

disappeared. Something that size?

How?

Doesn't matter.

We know where it's going.

Hello.

It's you again.

Can we get you out of here? No, leave me.

You'll die here.

You'll find me one way or another.

It's searching for you?

I killed the first creature.

I was trying to draw blood to make a vaccine for the virus.

The drugs we gave it made it go berserk.

You ordered it shot?

Only with tranquilizer darts.

But there were too many men.

Too many darts.

I watched it die.

It was an accident.

Yes, but...

It let out a shriek that could be heard in hell.

Probably was.

That's why the other one came.

When they reopened the gate, the male came looking for the female.

It was its mate.

Very perceptive.

Parker carried out the order.

Tell me about the vaccine.

You need...

The antibody is in its blood.

What about the gate that the creature came through?

It's in a secret underground bunker below the main building.

If I got you there, will the creature follow?

Yes.

We could send it home.

What the hell?

He didn't get out of here by himself.

Well, don't just stand there.

Have him steal all the exits.

Check every vehicle.

Security, come in.

The last thing he said to me was that we should send the creature back.

The gate.

Come on. Let's go. Let's go!

I'll enter the startup card.

I must caution you.

When the sequence is completed and I trip the veil control to open the gate,

the beast will know it and he will come.

That's what I'm afraid of.

Yes. Well, however dangerous.

Getting the blood from the creature is the only chance we have of saving your

friend, Mr. Domino, as well as the young one.

That's the last of the cards.

Now for the veil control. I wouldn't do that if I were you.

Shame, shame.

Someone trying to steal my pride and joy, my immortality.

Let it go back, Parker. It doesn't belong here.

What have we here?

You must be the thorn in my side.

I've been looking forward to meeting you.

Your tranquilizer gun doesn't scare me. Anyway, well, how about this one?

Fifteen rounds of hollow points, that's frightening.

Power has a way of deranging people.

You want to know what power is?

Power is illusion. It comes and it goes. But science, the expansion of the mind,

of human potential, that's lasting.

Oh, Captain, my Captain.

Your mistake was not realizing the full potential of your discovery.

But I will. Even if it means the discovery's destruction?

You were always so melodramatic.

Well, now, it's time to say goodbye, Doctor.

No more letter.

Oh, you got the guts.

stretch. No, you're not going to try to stick that in him. He's a wild animal.

He'll kill you.

You know Borla didn't kill your mate. Get away from him. He thinks that you're

trying to stop him from going home.

Just like I know you didn't mean to heart that girl in the park. Because of

you, the girl will die.

There's something in your blood that kills us.

We need your blood.

I told you it's no use. Now stay away from her or he's going to kill you.

If you wanted to kill me, I'd be dead.

He took the syringe.

No, you mustn't follow him.

He's gone.

Tell me.

He's gone.

But he gave us what we needed.

Oh, looking good, sounding good.

Apparently no side effect.

How about you?

I'm fine.

Grateful to be alive.

I do keep on having this one really strange nightmare, though.

About what?

Well, this angel, it's carrying me high above the city, and I feel totally calm

and peaceful, but then when I look at its face, it's got this enormous red

glowing eye.

You had that dream, too? I thought I was the only one.

Fascinating. Both of you having the same nightmare.

Not anymore.

I got rid of mine.

Hypnosis? No.

I stopped eating pepperoni pizza after midnight.

Enjoying yourself?

Yeah, I'm having a great time.

I want to thank you again for everything, Mr. Domino.

Johnny, don't thank me. Thank the doctor that found the antidote to the virus.

Borlaug, who isn't returning any of my phone calls. In fact, no one is. I've

been on the great story of my career and no one wants to talk about it. I guess

we'll never know.

Are you sure you don't know anything about those large circular metal pieces

the military took from Fort Pershing's main building?

None.

Sorry.

But stay and enjoy yourself.

Drinks are on the house.

So, about this angel.

Did this angel have a red eye sort of in the middle of its forehead like a flying

cyclops?

What a shot.

More fog.

So is Barnes still trying to pump you for information?

Yep.

She only knew the half of it, huh?

Like that point the other night when the beast seemed to be on the same

wavelength as you.

I don't suppose that thing you do works from one dimension to the next.

Oh, come on.

That would be unbelievable.