what the hell are you?
fire. in the rain.
"my kitten walks on velvet feet, and makes no sound at all. and in the doorway nightly sits to watch the darkness fall. i think he loves the lady night" am i alive? am i dead? something else? something in between?
thanks for sharing that.
all right.
gotcha.
thanks.
where're we going next -- the sewer?
are we finished yet?
"draven, eric."
no! don't look! no! no!
stop it.
we have company.
shelly?
yes.
goddammit.
leave me alone -- !
i guess i'm not ready to leave.  just yet.
the last time we saw each other, i didn't do so well. huh, gabriel?
i bet you need some cat food.  right?
another satisfied customer?
hello, tin-tin.
murderer.
try harder. try again.
a year ago. halloween. a man and a woman. in a loft. you helped to murder them.
you cut her. you raped her. you watched!
i want you to tell me a story, tin-tin.
victims. aren't we all.
halloween is coming. the day of the dead.
bugger off to the graveyard, skull- face, i'm busy.
forget this.
she always red red was her color.
all right, bad guys.
here i commme -- !
"suddenly i heard a tapping, as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door." you heard me rapping, right?
i'm looking for something in an engagement ring. gold.
i repeat: a gold engagement ring. it was pawned here, a year ago, by another gentleman whose name, i believe was.  "t-bird"?
cute nickname, don't you think?
wrong answer.
no.  no.  no.  no.
tin-tin confided in me, before he ran out of breath. you have one chance to live.
who would waste time killing you.  besides me?
another jolly nickname?
t-bird?
a whole club of pirates, with pirate names.
you feed off the living.
one chance to live. take it.
i thought the police always said "freeze:.
and i say i'm dead.  and i move.
then shoot, if you will.
you must listen carefully: the fire department will be here soon. there is an injured man in the alley who needs assistance. as shelly webster once needed your assistance, and as you are shortly going to need my assistance.
listen: top dollar. he "owns the street here." he will "erase my ass."
i know top dollar has turned your streets into his hell.
the others are called skank, t- bird. street names. funboy. watch me, office albrecht.
sometimes.
i dabble. may i?
who?
mister funboy lives there?
i can pick out a tune now and again.
does she have a name?
no.
i have to go.
it's a raymond chandler evening and the pavements are all wet, and i'm lurking in the shadows, for it hasn't happened .
 yet.
here funboy.
take your shot funboy. you got me, dead bang.
bull's eye. good shot.
stay.
morphine is bad for you.
magic.
neither.
does it hurt?
i have some pain killer right here.
your pain ends now.
go away.
shut up.
your daughter is out there, on the street, waiting for you.
go. now.
freeze.
i saw it, too.
walk with me.
i need you to tell me what you remember. what happened to us?
the venom of bad memories. you were there; you saw her. i saw you seeing her.
my name.
thirty hours. a day of life, plus change.
halloween is coming, soon. you will have top dollar if you watch for me at the showtime, tomorrow night.
thank you. for giving a damn.
don't smoke these.
i'm your passenger. you drive. and stop talking.
faster, t-bird. faster. you're a hell of a wheelman; you know you can drive faster.
that's good. we're going someplace you've never been before.
you caught one. drive faster.
i want you to stop talking. and drive. drive faster.
you're very popular. thought you could handle this thing.
naturally.
time for your reward, t. payback with interest earned.
a little restrictive? good. you held her down and raped her. you were the first. she burned while you were inside of her. what's the lag on this? about twenty seconds, would you say?
i've comrades in hell, t-bird. give them my best.
all gone.
that's better.
it's almost time.
you have to be skank. one moment.
thank of a snappy comeback for me on your way down.
top dollar, you're the only one here still wasting good air.
do you know what you destroyed?
a year ago. a very nice lady circulated a petition. she died. last halloween. answer yes or no.
it's yesterday! do you know what you destroyed?
you don't even remember.
rowdy. let me fill in some gaps for you.
you're a detail man, top -- you need to see more.
all of her pain, top. thirty hours. all at once.
all for you.
i didn't think you could handle it either.
it's done.
funboy had to leave this mortal coil.
it's only a flesh wound.
you shouldn't smoke these.
i'm finished.
i mean, i've done what i came to do. it shouldn't hurt this much. but it will pass.
they couldn't do anything for me.
no. i have one more thing to do.
i have to prepare for an anniversary. this coming night.
a remembrance. a closure.
better now. i feel good. how are you, elly, my friend?
what is it?
you brought flowers. as long as you don't forget her, elly, she lives.
elly.
sometimes the people we care about are gone, for no reason. sometimes that's really tough. i cry. but if the people we love are gone, we keep them --
-- right here. it's a big responsibility. and that makes it okay to mourn. i know that if you weren't here, i'd be very sad.
somebody here wants to meet you. gabriel?
i think he's yours, now.
i have something else for you.
shelly would've wanted you to have it. this way, you'll think of her every time you see it.
tell me i'll get hurt. that i might die. i've already done that. i don't need anyone's help. yours included.
fine with me.
i'm already alone.
don't waste my time.
but why are you still here?
i can see her.
i want the girl. unharmed. now.
you're too late. there was a guy outside - on the stairs - you really need to talk to. but he turned to dust and blew away. i don't have any power for you to take.
this isn't your place. this isn't your fight. and i don't need your help.
leave here. don't do this. i don't want you here.
don't interfere.
here i am.
and how many lives have you destroyed?
you're right, i'm not an avenger. not any more.
time for a sacrifice.
can you fly?
in a better place. i hope.
i don't know if i can. but you have this.  and you know where to come.
for you, i'll try. promise.
leave me now.