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There was nothing you could do. It was too late.

They were still alive.

They breathe.

The heart beats.

But their brains burn out.

- But why? - Because we need the adrenaline.

To live.

You need it, too.

But there are other ways.

We don't have to attack people.

The Communion helps us with that.

The Communion? The ones who wanted to kill me?

They thought you killed a child.

What? Never had a beer before?

Do you know who these people are?

No.

- It was their child that was found murdered - burned out.

Kids can't handle the strain.

I know it wasn't you.

Not the Outriders, either.

Kids don't have much adrenaline.

- Do you know who Ninni Ek is? - No.

- She's the child's grandmother. - I have nothing to do with the child!

- But someone's trying to frame you. - Who?

- I was hoping you could tell me. - I don't know anything! All I have is this.

"Bifröst."

This was implanted in my head when I was two. It's the same symbol.

I think they're doing human medical experiments.

Gunnar...

Do you know him?

These aren't humans. They're experimenting on us Hidden.

"Chinese apple." "Naranga" is the oldest known word for it.

From India.

"Naranga" is Sanskrit. In Arabic, it's "naranj."

It spread through Europe as "auranja," which is Old Provençal,

and became the English word "orange."

But we Northerners went down a different route.

"Apple China - apelsin."

"Apple from China."

Ignorant or independent?

- Maybe both. - Maybe. But you're neither.

- I don't understand... - You're neither ignorant nor independent.

I serve The Communion.

Ninni Ek.

That's her.

Everything leads to her.

The child, Bifröst, Gunnar, you...

I've never seen her before.

Well, she knows who you are.

You'll die if you go down there.

What do you suggest we do?

There must have been...

One of them had the sight, and a pure bloodline.

Must have, since they got through.

- Do you have the sight? - Yeah...apparently.

- What are you saying? - Maybe you should talk to...

My son has the sight, but he would never betray me.

Considering how few sighted there are, the thief should be easy to find.

Start digging. Now. Do a thorough inventory before we move everything.

I need to know what we've lost.

- What did you see in there? - A shimmering door.

That you could open?

What does it mean?

The thing you saw is called a "weave."

There are those who can manipulate matter.

Weave disguises and rooms out of pure energy.

To hide something, or to change it.

No one knows how many weavers there are. But there aren't many.

Then there are those who can see and penetrate the weave.

Not too many of them, either.

It would appear you're one of them.

Come on.

There are laws and justice in our world, too.

We have our own system, our own punishment. But no death penalty.

You don't kill a Hidden. Especially not a child.

No matter who you are.

- Cozy... - Yeah.

What are you doing here?

"I'm fine, thanks. And you?"

- How's it going? - How's what going?

Did you talk to Kjellberg?

Seriously, Schiller.

- She's missing. - Missing? What do you mean?

We're working on it.

- What does Abrahamsson say? - You'll have to talk to her.

Come on.

She put out an APB right away. No arguments. That's all I can say.

If you want to know more, you have to talk to Abrahamsson.

- It's not your investigation. - No...

To be honest, you should be damn grateful you still have a job.

I just wanted to say hi.

Yes, hello. This is Detective Schiller...

POLICE Identification

Eldh, Viveca Detective Inspector

Hey!

She blew right past me. Didn't even say hello.

Hello.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Lukacs. We'll have to stop there.

- And the application? - Book a new meeting with Karl-Åke.

- You have one minute. - I need five.

I think they're Evasives.

Gunnar from Unnsjömyren. He was one of mine.

This proves nothing.

I think Ninni Ek is behind the murder of her own grandchild.

And she's trying to frame Hellemyr for it.

I don't take orders from her. I take orders from The Council.

He's been experimented on, too. That's your connection.

What makes you so sure? Did he tell you that?

Do you know where he is?

If you want to bring down a council member...

- ...circumstantial evidence isn't enough. - That's from her basement.

- Protected, hidden away. - How will you prove it?

There's more. She's emptying her house.

- You're out of your mind. - Talk to The Council. Search her house before everything is gone.

As you wish...

- Yes? - It's Borg. Eldh is here.

Hurry up if you want to catch her.

Elias...

Everything you taught me, everything we did together...

Does that mean nothing to you?

Your time is past.

Run.

What did he say?

We don't need him, we need evidence.

I thought this was evidence.

Ninni has enemies on The Council, but it's not enough.

We need to find a witness.

What about Gunnar?

Is he alive?

He breathes, his heart beats.

Gunnar?

Gunnar? I need your help.

I don't know what happened, or what you've been through.

But I know you've suffered.

I want to nail whoever did this to you.

I know there were several like you, Gunnar. There were several.

Do you remember?

You don't remember...

It's all gone.

Forgive me.

Forgive me.

Eldh.

Can you hear me, Gunnar?

What is it? Is it your hat?

Is it something in here? Help me!

"Hotel Smeden."

Hotel Smeden

Signs. Symbols.

- What's this? - A warning.

Unnsjömyren.

- This iron stamp is from Gunnar's village - Unnsjömyren.

All of them came from his village.

And they were all experimented on.

Why?

What's so special about Unnsjömyren?

I don't know.

Are they...?

Dead.

Or burned out. Like Gunnar.

Wennerbom. We have to find him.

- He burned himself out. - Josef was no junkie.

Wait there.

- Have you seen Wennerbom? - No.

Hi.

Hi.

- How are you? - Good. I think.

Good.

You're doing a good job.

- Thanks. - Keep it up.

- Demir! Demir, wait! - What is it?

Look at this.

Here.

This is Rebecka Kjellberg's. She was working with this the night...

Wait, wait!

- Where did you get this? - Come on.

I just got it from her boyfriend. We've seen this symbol before - at Valls's.

On the letter Tage showed us. Remember?

- The one about Hellemyr. - That's right. The Bifröst Foundation.

This is their logo. It's all connected.

- You might be on to something. - I need to see the letter again.

Where's Rebecka Kjellberg?

First you tell me to watch her. Then you tell me to let her go.

- And now she's missing. - What difference does it make?

I'm done.

- Understand? I can't take it anymore. - Sure you can.

How do you suggest I handle this?

Like a regular disappearance. No more, no less.

People disappear all the time. No one is safe these days.

Borg.

Borg!

I have to answer to my colleagues!

Is that it?

It should be plenty.

I gave you one task: Find Hellemyr and hold him.

Why did you let him go?

He wasn't ready...yet. We couldn't stop him.

Do you want us to follow him?

No.

You're used to this.

To what?

Surveillance.

I'm not a cop, if that's what you think. Not since...

...the 70s.

We Hidden live twice as long as humans.

Some of us much longer than that.

So you're in your prime?

Fine. If you're not a cop, what are you?

My job is to keep the Hidden hidden.

To keep the Outriders out of the city.

To make sure the Evasives behave themselves.

And to take care of will-o'-the-wisps like you, before you reveal us all.

"Take care of"?

- Don't you mean "burn out"? - No, just the opposite.

Integrate you into our world.

Teach you about your abilities, how it all works, how we stay hidden.

Why?

I don't understand why we have to hide, if we're so much stronger than humans.

Because we're not stronger.

We're a deviant human species.

With special talents.

But we're loners. Humans run in packs.

That's how they've managed to eradicate all other human species.

Except for those that remain hidden.

Like our little enclave, which survived up here in the North.

We've lived among humans for millennia.

Helped them build their world with our talents.

Our scientists, our artists, our workers and leaders...

...made the North rich.

- And in turn, we've lived off humans - like parasites.

- Taken their adrenaline - which is vital for us.

Borg, come along.

If they knew who we were, they'd exterminate us without hesitation.

- You said we didn't need... - To attack humans.

There are other ways. Once a year, on Candlemas...

...we get a dose to sustain us.

From The Communion...

We are The Communion.

It's our way of trying to keep it together. To survive.

You're probably wondering why I called a council meeting in this unorthodox manner.

The Communion is under attack.

Outriders broke into my private vault tonight.

Child-murderer Hellemyr was one of them.

We must use extreme caution.

Borg can confirm it. - Can't you, Elias?

Yes.

The Communion needs clear leadership.

I move for an immediate vote. Borg can officiate.

Objections?

Borg?

Who are the candidates?

The Lilja family proposes Ehrencrantz.

Ehrencrantz thanks you but...

...chooses to abstain in favor of Ek.

Ek thanks you and is at your disposal.

Ek has been nominated. There are no other candidates.

All in favor...?

The Council has made its decision.

The Communion has a new leader.

As my first act, I order that Wittsätra passes from...

...Lilja to Ehrencrantz, and that Lilja is given administrative duties.

- You can't...! - The Council gave you two tasks:

To burn out the child killer, and to protect the archives.

You failed at both.

My father will never stand for this!

The Communion is not a dictatorship!

Let's vote.

All in favor...?

Moving on to a much more serious matter:

Candlemas.

I order new registration of The Communion's citizens,

so we can determine who may attend Candlemas.

Is that really necessary?

That's a huge undertaking.

Therefore I suggest that Borg begin the task immediately.

We must identify our enemies. Identify who is with us...

...and who is against us.

I knew Wennerbom and Gunnar were in the same volunteer corps during WWI.

But not that they were from the same village.

He must know something. Otherwise, why stay away?

His dealers are here. He's banned from the companies.

And if he doesn't show?

He can sleep anywhere, but not without booze in his body.

And while we're waiting, Ninni Ek can burn all the evidence.

You may not break into Ek's place.

Not again.

Besides which, it's illegal.

Illegal?

I'm not sure I believe in your laws.

Just don't scare him.

What the...!

- What do you want? Let go! - Shit!

Let go!

No!

Now, let's see here...

Hello.

Is this the list from Valls's?

Yes, it is.

A-37.

- It's a letter. - Okay...

Here it is.

Let's see...

A letter.

But...

What's all this?

No, wait a second.

Hey, it's Tage.

Do you know if something was taken out of Valls's evidence box?

No. Nothing's been signed out.

- Well? - The letter was missing. But that's all.

- Abrahamsson. - Calm down. Let's stick to what we know.

I checked into the Bifröst Foundation. There wasn't much.

A privately funded healthcare program with a focus on endocrinology.

That's the study of the body's hormones.

- Bifröst? What kind of a name is that? - "The shimmering path."

The path between earth and heaven in Norse mythology.

The bridge between Midgard and Asgard.

The bridge was tricolored, and was usually depicted as a rainbow.

The bridge between the human and the divine.

Dr. Magnus Valls The Neurosurgical Department

Let's go.

They're fucking morons!

They know it was us.

- And what the hell does that mean? - Ninni Ek isn't stupid.

So, what do we do now?

We lie low.

No!

No!

No! Not here!

Please!

No!

No not here!

No!

Help!

No!

Help!