The Devil Rides Out

Duc de Richleau:
[fearfully] Do you realise what today's date is Rex?

Rex Van Ryn:
April the, er, 29th, why?

Duc de Richleau:
Mocata isn't going to miss the chance of giving Simon his Devil's baptism at the Grand Sabbat of the year!

Rex Van Ryn:
[puzzled] What are you talking about?

Duc de Richleau:
Tomorrow night! It's the eve of May Day. Within 24 hours, Simon could be lost to us forever.

Rex Van Ryn:
What can we do?

Duc de Richleau:
[referring to Tanith] We find the girl!

Marie Eaton:
[to her servant about Mocata] Show him out!

Mocata:
I'm leaving. [walks towards door and stands behind Marie] *I* shall not be back... but something will. [pauses menacingly] Tonight! Something will come for Simon and the girl! [leaves]

Rex Van Ryn:
[sadly walks in carrying the body of Tanith] She's dead!

Duc de Richleau:
[apologetically] I know Rex. The Angel of Death was summoned. He cannot return empty-handed.

Marie Eaton:
[watching Mocata prepare to sacrifice her daughter, Peggy] Those words you said before, say them again.

Duc de Richleau:
[helplessly] I cannot!

Marie Eaton:
[urgently] You must! My baby is going to die if you don't. You must speak those words again.

Mocata:
[carrying on with the ritual] The bride of chaos. [coven repeats] The rider upon the beast. [coven repeats] With this knife, do I draw out the blood, which is thy life.

Marie Eaton:
[possessed by the spirit of Tanith] Only they who love without desire, shall have power granted them in their darkest hour!

Marie Eaton:
[moves to the altar with Peggy lying on it] Peggy, get up. Repeat after me, the words of the Susama Ritual. Oriel Seraphim.

Peggy Eaton:
Oriel Seraphim

Marie Eaton:
Eo Potesta

Peggy Eaton:
Eo Potesta

Marie Eaton:
Zati, Zata

Peggy Eaton:
Zati, Zata

Marie Eaton:
Galatim, Galatah

Peggy Eaton:
Galatim, Galatah! [lightning strikes the altar and it explodes]

Duc de Richleau:
[watching as Rex and Tanith, now restored to life, walk toward the house] Come in my friends.

Marie Eaton:
[rushes into the room with husband Richard carrying Peggy] She's alright!

[Sees Tanith standing there]

Marie Eaton:
Tanith!

Duc de Richleau:
Time itself has been reversed for us. Tanith's death; Peggy's abduction; the ride to Chilbury; the ritual in the cellar... all these things happened. But now, they have not happened. We're back. We are all safe again.

Simon Aron:
And is Mocata also safe?

Duc de Richleau:
You will also remember, Simon, what I said to you about the Angel of Death once being summoned...

Simon Aron:
...cannot return empty handed!

Duc de Richleau:
Exactly. Tanith has been restored to us. But the age old law demands a life for a life, a soul for a soul. And there is only one man in all this world who could replace her life, her soul. The man who invoked the Angel of Death. Mocata *is* dead.

Simon Aron:
Thank God!

Duc de Richleau:
Yes Simon. He is the one we must thank.

[fades]

Duc de Richleau:
[after Duc hands Rex some vials] Salt & Mercury. Effective against the dark forces. They will protect you and Simon... If we can save him.

Rex Van Ryn:
And you?

Duc de Richleau:
I have other protection. [cut to young women dancing wildly]