Sixtus: We are still under the threat
of an assassin.
Prove yourself the master
and I shall pledge my support.
Laura: But we have a mutual enemy.
Our very existence is on the line.
Is it true you intend to stand against the crusade?
We will not trade one invasion for another.
The page. She will find the page.
- Who? - The daughter.
Lucrezia.
There was a page in the book of leaves.
Do you have it?
- ( Gasping ) - You should not have come.
Your weapons were designed by Da Vinci.
If he were to build similar for the crusade...
Captain dragonetti?
( Gasps )
Leonardo: He's here.
( Panting )
( Panting continues )
( Gasps )
( Muttering ) We are the horns of the increate.
We shall not fear the speaker of lies.
We shall not be deceived.
We are one. We shall not.
( Panting )
( Screaming )
- ( Growls ) - Why have I been forsaken?
You are the monster of Italy.
Everyone is hunting for you.
Why?
They want to kill you.
But I...
I want...
( Screaming )
But I want to cure you.
( Theme music playing )
( Gasps )
Have you lost your mind?
That's the first lucid thing you've said for hours.
Yet it is strangely comforting
to know my old rival's still in there.
Somewhere.
Was I drugged?
Sedated.
You left me no choice.
You were poisoned, as was I, by the labyrinth.
But I'm working on an antidote.
Release me immediately.
No. I can't do that.
It's for your own safety.
And the safety of Florence.
I am no longer your enemy.
How many times must I prove it to you?
You are at one with the labyrinth.
Leonardo, what are you speaking of?
I speak of your lies.
I'm speaking of your labyrinth.
Of the damned sons of mithras.
I'm speaking of the Turks,
of the so-called pope sixtus,
of any and all who demand blind allegiance
whilst at the same time claiming the name of god
as license to destroy...
A god that I'm not even sure exists.
But if he does...
He would be horrified
at what's being perpetrated in his image.
I feel your loss, signorina.
I know captain dragonetti
was a wise and powerful ally of yours.
But the Turks will continue to spread terror
unless we fight back.
We must be united.
Florence is honoring our obligation to host a festival,
but that is the extent of our commitment.
We live dangerous lives in dangerous times.
To survive, you need allies.
Isolation will ensure only Florence's destruction.
You are in a position of power, signorina.
I suggest you use it.
No amount of money or power can guarantee one's safety.
In fact, the more I have, the less safe I feel.
All I want is for giulio to have a happy, peaceful life.
There can be no peace while others endure such pain.
As a mother, your life is no longer your own.
It belongs to your child.
But you are also the new mother of Florence.
Do not ignore your people.
Let us take the fight to the Turks
and drive them from our happy home.
Now tell me, while I have you,
do you believe in free will?
Playing god, are we now, Da Vinci?
Or a lesser god, maybe.
But if I created something as diabolical as a human being,
the last thing I'd do is give it the power
to choose between good and evil.
Ah!
Now, that is the genius of our lord.
Unlike the bird in the sky and the beast in the field,
we must make a choice... Saint or sinner.
Ah! So you're saying that we are capable
of both great deeds and terrible acts.
Mm-hmm.
And you clearly believe I've made the darker choice.
Again I ask, what do you accuse me of?
Well, my current theory is that you have become
the physical manifestation of man's eternal inner struggle
between good and evil.
You see, one part of you seeks piety.
The other's a killer.
( Laughs )
(Mmmm) I'm the physical...
Mmm. And, um...
Who do you claim I've killed?
Well, in Rome, cardinal Rodrigo...
And the poor bathhouse proprietor...
And Clarice orsini.
And in Florence, captain dragonetti
of the officers of the night.
I'm not... I didn't... I...
You are the killer I described.
- The pious man... - I couldn't...
Who kills with regret
and then exhibits his victims
as works of religious art.
Oh. Oh.
Oh, my god.
What...
Why?
Why have I done this?
I... for the glory of the labyrinth, I assume.
No, no, no. I have never killed at their behest.
No, no. The labyrinth seeks to make all men pious,
to be of one mind before god.
You see?
Faith...
Somehow...
It's made you a sinner.
The architect said resistance can take many forms.
Do you know, when I... When I was under their influence...
I made touch with an...
An another world, another reality...
Born of my resistance.
But yours?
Yours was different.
And it caused you to act out.
To kill.
I have doubted their instruction.
I have questioned their motives.
I... I've...
I am not one.
I never was.
My heart must be so black.
My soul so riven with cruelty.
I cannot be saved.
Well, you saved me, didn't you?
After all we've been through, I...
I could not watch you die.
Well...
Then the riario I know is still in there.
There's still time.
I can heal you.
Body and soul.
We can eliminate the sinner.
( Growls, laughs )
I will not be so easy to dispatch,
you sick son of a whore!
I don't want to harm you. I want to help you.
( Laughs )
Your help is to blame for all this.
You infected him with your enlightened ideas,
introduced him to guilt, shame, remorse...
Riddled him with confusion.
I refuse to suffer his pathetic whimpering any longer.
I will crush this worm inside me,
then wring the sacred life out of your damn throat,
Leonardo da Vinci!
( Growls )
- ( Whimpering ) - Sophia: Yes.
I understand. I promise.
Yes, I'll tell her.
Sophia.
Oh, I'm sorry I woke you.
No, it's fine.
Who are you talking to?
I was talking to my mother.
It may sound a bit mad, but...
Sometimes she appears to me.
Doesn't sound mad.
- When did she... - Oh, she's not dead.
She's...
I'm not entirely sure.
I can't actually see her.
She speaks to me in my mind.
Here.
Come here.
Get some sleep.
You don't believe me.
I do believe you. What does she say?
She had a message...
For you.
She said you must take me to him...
To Leonardo da Vinci.
( Muttering )
Yes.
Poison arrow frog venom.
Oh, that's nasty stuff.
If I add that to the charcoal suspension,
that should speed the process.
Girolamo: He admires you, you know?
The worm inside me.
He envies your conviction,
the ease with which you make your choices.
But I see through you, Da Vinci.
I know your conviction is hollow.
Your passion hides your fear...
Your fear that you have already lost your struggle.
Shall I elaborate?
Please.
I think you'd appreciate a righteous kill...
Enjoy the sight
of a gutted soul still alive,
heart beating...
Lungs inflating...
And deflating.
Then as the blood spills,
the rhythm eases...
Death rattles.
And for their last living act on earth,
the sinners...
They shit their pants.
( Laughs )
( Blows raspberry )
Even your beloved Clarice orsini.
I released her with a sweet cut of my blade.
( Imitates blade swishing )
That was lovely.
Girolamo: Mm-hmm.
Sadly, you'll be gone soon enough.
The worm, as you call him, will survive.
Uh... oh! I hear doubt in your voice.
You know I'm too strong to be erased by alchemy.
I will die when the worm does
in a pool of our own shit.
Leonardo: It's an aberration of the mind.
You know? You're nothing more.
You're a product of some twisted chemistry.
Are you afraid of the truth, Da Vinci?
- Am I too much? - No.
The dark mirror to your own war within?
I never fear the truth,
even from the mouths of the liars.
Oh, let's get to the truth.
What did you learn from otranto?
I designed defensive weapons to protect Florence.
Shh, shh, shh.
Truth, Da Vinci.
Leonardo.
Can I call you Leo?
Did you, um...
Did you secretly relish the sight of your creations
doing what you designed them for?
Killing? Slaughtering? Maiming?
A bombard has no morality, no motive.
It is simply a tool designed for a purpose.
My weapons were stolen.
Your designs, nevertheless.
Tell me, what...
What manner of man can dream up
such efficient devices of mass murder?
Remember, it was the worm
who first recognized your genius for destruction.
Men like us,
our inspiration comes not from heaven.
We do the devil's work.
( Laughs )
- We are hardly the same. - You said we were.
- When? - You... you said
you saw in my work the soul of an artist.
A kindred spirit like you,
only, uh, I am a mere apprentice.
I kill only the few.
You... you are the master, Da Vinci.
You kill the many.
You are the true
monster of Italy,
and I know what drew you to otranto.
The hunt for Carlo de medici,
the bastard who slew your beloved mentor verrocchio
right here before your very eyes.
- I sought justice. - Oh, I...
( Knocking on door)
- What? - So you've heard, then?
Heard what?
The monster of Italy has come to Florence.
Everyone's locking their doors.
- Yes. Yeah. - Uh, hello?
I thought we were going to wallachia
to find answers about the armor.
No. I don't need you today.
Girolamo: Is that your lover?
Has he come for his morning knob slob?
Shlurp shlurp!
( Laughs )
Who the fuck is that?
( Laughs )
( Continues laughing )
Oh, tell him. Tell him, Da Vinci.
Tell your mongrel bitch of my artistry.
Then he can claim the bounty that is undoubtedly on my head
and have the wherewithal... ( Laughing )
Tell him, Da Vinci.
Unlike you, I can face the truth.
Leo, what the hell are you doing?
Tell him, artista. Tell them all.
( Wheezing )
( Continues wheezing )
Riario's the monster of Italy.
He killed Clarice and dragonetti.
But it's not his fault. He's ill.
I'm curing him.
- ( Crowd shouting ) - Man: Kill him!
Kill the foreign scum!
Kill! Kill the monster!
He killed our captain!
It's chaos.
You demanded the captain's killer dead or alive.
- What did you expect, signorina? - I expected justice.
And you would have had it if not for your beloved artista.
He let the killer escape his grasp.
The crusade festival is soon upon us.
Dignitaries from around Italy will not stay long
in a city rife with turmoil.
It would be an embarrassment to Florence,
one not soon forgotten.
I appreciate your concern for our reputation, signora cereta.
The officers of the night want revenge, not justice.
Their captain was murdered,
and they won't stop until they find the killer.
And what do you suggest?
They need a new captain.
Let's give them one.
I suggest our new councilwoman
nominates one of her associates.
Singh: If the Turks can get to dragonetti,
they can get to anyone.
You and guilio must be protected.
My men can ensure your family and city that protection.
This treatment should, in time,
revert him back to the old riario.
Zoroaster: I say we excise both of them.
(Gasping )
I had terrifying nightmares.
But waking up to face this reality
is far, far worse.
How could I do such terrible things?
You really don't remember.
But when Leonardo told me, I...
I knew in my heart that he was correct.
Sorry. I'm struggling.
When he... when he told you you were a monster
who wasn't a monster
because you didn't know you were a monster...
No, 20, he's not responsible.
It was a consequence of the labyrinth conditioning.
His mind couldn't handle it, broke in two,
I think because he was already compromised.
Com promised?
When you were in the new world,
you spoke of your first kill.
Your mother.
Strangled in her own home, orchestrated by your father.
Perhaps you rejected the labyrinth's conditioning
because your psyche was already fractured.
Then there is no hope for me.
Your cure will not work.
No, I can... I can flush the toxins
and heal your body.
I just... well, we may need to find
another solution for the mind
to release you from this internal struggle.
To wake you up...
As I had to in my alternate reality.
Zoroaster: Hmm. That's great.
Fascinating, really.
May I remind you that everyone in Florence
is hunting this man right now.
They want him dead.
Well, we can't let that happen.
I need him.
The crusade needs him.
Girolamo: We don't have much time.
His holiness is coming to Florence.
Pope sixtus?
In Florence?
To secure the allegiance of the city-states.
To launch his crusade.
- When? - At the pageant of arms
to see the demonstration of your weapon.
When his holiness learns that the Vatican killer
- is here in Florence... - Leonardo: He will retreat.
His crusade will fall apart
and the Turks will overrun Italy.
( Chains rattling )
You know what you must do.
Tell the truth. Deliver me to the council.
And collect the bounty. Sounds like a good plan to me.
No. Riario is the face of the crusade.
It would never survive the revelation.
Please, Leonardo.
Let me pay for my sins.
Let my death serve Italy.
No. No, that won't be necessary.
I have a plan, but...
- We will need help. - Help?
We can't give them riario,
but we can deliver a monster to the people of Florence.
And Nico's going to catch him.
Hey, little one. It's okay.
What's happening?
My men have cornered the killer outside the palace
and your little prince is leading the charge.
- Nico? - ( Men shouting )
( Shouting continues )
There he is.
( Shouting continues )
( Shouting )
Man: Knock him off!
(Grunts)
( Groans )
( Panting )
(Thud)
( Crowd shouting )
Oh, shit, that was close.
( Cheers and applause )
How long was I asleep?
The day has come and gone.
Night has fallen. He's coming.
No. Wait. Listen to me.
Look at me. Look at me. Look at me.
I need you to listen to me for a minute.
What you told me last night that your mother said...
The message.
- I know him. - What?
Da Vinci. I know him.
I'm not sure what it means,
but I think the person that Lupo is looking for,
I think it might be you.
- ( Footsteps overhead ) - He's going to take you,
but I swear to god, I won't let him hurt you.
- I swear. - ( Dog barks )
You've got to trust me. Can you do that?
( Dog barks )
I have a way of getting us out of here.
I have a plan. I have a plan.
Lupo: You know how this works.
Not you!
( Dog barks )
( Sophia whimpering )
( Praying in Latin )
Tell me this is your good side.
Good.
The serum appears to be holding.
You are due another dose.
What I still fail to grasp is my true motive.
Cardinal Rodrigo was a man of the cloth.
I had no quarrel with him.
Well, perhaps you did.
When you returned to the Vatican,
you found cardinal Rodrigo in place
at the pope's right hand.
I confess, I... I felt somewhat threatened
by their alliance, yes.
Clarice was hunting Carlo.
That was a threat to your newfound faith.
And captain dragonetti was vehemently
against your crusade.
Your Saint was threatened,
retreated into a nightmare world,
and let your sinner reign free.
Are you ready?
( Gasps )
I have no desire to hurt you.
- He, on the other hand... - ( Growls )
The page showed me your convent.
Showed me you.
(Whimpering )
But I cannot decipher it.
I'm certain that one of you can.
And you're the only one left.
Tell me its secrets...
And no harm will come to you.
If I'd known, I'd never have agreed to host the presentation.
That's exactly why we were kept in the dark.
( Door closes, footsteps approach )
( Clears throat )
Your holiness, may I introduce...
Signorina moschella.
I expected count riario among my welcomers.
He sent word. Did you not receive it?
He's back in Rome gathering troops
for the condottieri legion.
A legion which still does not include florentines.
It's a pity how shortsighted a city could be
after so recently suffering excommunication,
cut off from the rest of the country,
no assurance of safety.
Well, try as you might to threaten us,
I assure you, there is nothing Rome can provide
that we cannot provide ourselves.
Hmm.
( Clears throat )
I hear your men captured a brutal killer today.
- Yes, we... - One man...
Captured with great difficulty.
Imagine when a horde of thousands
of these same ungodly heathens attack...
All at once!
The holy fist of a unified Italy
will crush our enemies.
But if you do not join us,
there will be no protection.
My dear, would you rather your son grew up
to be ruler amongst the dead
or amongst the living?
Mm-hmm.
Tell me what it says.
I don't know.
I'm sorry.
( Whimpers ) Wait!
Tell me what it says!
Wait!
( Ghostly whispers )
Wait.
- I think... - ( Distant clunk)
- What? - ( Barking )
( Continues barking )
( Sighs )
If you run, he will find you.
( Barking )
( Barking continues )
Why did you have to come here,
lucrezia donati?
Lucrezia: Lupo.
( Dog whimpers and growls )
( Sophia whimpers )
Is he...?
You're safe now.
Right. We're setting up overlooking the arno.
And I just wanted you to unfurl the sketches
and just hang them...
Oh, no! Careful! Careful! Careful!
Just"
( men chattering )
( Chatter continues )
We... we will give you
quite the spectacle tonight, signora.
I think you will be very pleased.
All the spectacle in the world is moot
if the crusade lacks leadership.
I am at my wits' end.
Where could count riario be? I fear the worst.
The monster has been vanquished,
so the count's in no danger.
Every time an officer appears,
I expect to hear they found girolamo's body crucified.
Riario is a warrior at heart.
It would take more than an ottoman assassin to stop him.
Would you excuse me?
Of course.
Leonardo: No, no. What are you doing? That's upside down.
( Explosions )
( Explosions continue )
Man: Open up!
- Come on! Oi! - Shit.
Man: Open up in there!
On the orders of the doge of venice,
we are looking for count riario!
- Shh. - ( Knock on door)
Men: Open up!
Open up!
Get up! Open the door now!
Quiet.
- Open the door! - Don't...
Even think about it.
- ( Screams ) - Damn it.
- Up here! Follow me! - Riario: Help! Help!
- They're going to murder me! - Zoroaster: No, no, no, no.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Release me from this bondage.
- Don't. - ( Locks click )
( Roars )
- ( Bones crack ) - ( Groans )
( Zoroaster groans )
(Groaning )
Jesus.
Oh, fuck.
( Explosions )
Leonardo: Gentlemen, this is a Cannon
that I will be demonstrating at tonight's pageant of arms.
Now, this is just a prototype.
The model we take into battle will be of a still larger caliber.
What lies in this chamber?
It's an acidic substance.
It's designed to weaken the ottoman armor.
On impact, the second chamber explodes,
penetrating further into the metal.
It will leave only shrapnel
and vanquished enemies in its wake.
The wrath of god in a single, neat package.
Indeed.
We've heard of hellish Turkish weapons...
Exotic devices that spit fire and are invincible.
Girolamo.
Yet you claim this weapon will thwart them?
- Da Vinci! - I apologize...
Look who has been returned to us by the grace of god.
Yes.
Uh, where has the count been?
As I was telling the signora,
I was gravely ill,
being tended to by a dear friend.
I appear to have missed all the fun.
Seems to have affected his eyes.
Perhaps Da Vinci has encountered such a phenomenon before.
Yes. Come...
Come back with me to my studio.
I may have a salve or a solution
that can help ease your pain.
And miss your triumph, Da Vinci?
( Clucks tongue )
Oh. Oh, thank god. I feared the worst.
What happened?
He's left your studio in quite a mess.
Let's put it this way. There's a lot of blood.
He can't do much damage here, not with all these people around.
I wouldn't be so sure.
The monster is acting out on anyone who threatens riario.
- Vanessa. - Mmm.
Look, take her somewhere safe and just keep her close.
Yeah, keep your sword closer.
Man: Signor Da Vinci!
- ( Sighs ) - Your demonstration!
Showtime.
The army of the ottoman empire
is the greatest and most powerful
this world has ever seen.
Their engineering is far advanced,
and their weapons are second to none.
Until now.
(Crowd murmuring )
Load the warhead!
Man: Stand back.
Please, ladies and gentlemen, stand back.
- Please. Stand back, please. - Man #2: Clear the way.
Loaded.
Shame it doesn't really work.
It's all about the show.
In the distance...
An ottoman warship approaches.
Light the fuse.
( Crowd gasps )
( Crowd cheers )
Zoroaster: Leo...
Leo...
Leo, hey!
I can't see him.
Riario's gone.
Take the south. I'll head north.
Riario!
- A fellow artist... - ( Woman choking )
Come to critique my work.
( Gasps )
Leonardo: No, no, no, no!
Wait, wait. Look.
I have come to tell you the truth.
( Choking )
I am like you.
I, too, struggle with myself more than any enemy.
( Choking continues )
Let me tell you of otranto.
( Choking continues )
As I walked through the carnage,
through the smoke, the...
Blood, the death...
For one ugly, dark moment,
I reveled...
In awe of my machines of death,
the glorious bloodshed that my creations had wrought.
I hate that part of myself so much
that I sometimes wish that I could open up my veins
and drain the evil from my soul.
A very sad state,
yet not like me at all.
I wish only to express myself
through my chosen medium.
No. No, no, riario. Don't. Don't.
Now let me open her up for you,
show you her beating heart.
Leonardo: No, no, no!
That's not why you want her to bleed.
- ( Grunts) - Is it?
She's tempting you, isn't she?
Her obvious affections,
they're stirring up feelings inside you,
feelings you have forbade yourself to feel.
She loves you...
As your own mother did.
That's a love you cannot allow yourself to return.
And that's why she must die,
because she reminds you of the origins
of your broken soul,
of what started it all.
But you are too much of a coward to face it.
So, go on, finish it.
Finish it.
Close the circle.
But don't use a blade. Use your hands.
Strangle the life out of her
like you did your own flesh and blood.
You can choose.
It's free will, girolamo.
You can choose to hide
in your nightmares as I did...
Or you can choose to wake up.
Wake up.
It is the only way to defeat the sinner.
Wake up.
Wake up!
( Blade clatters )
Sophia: Lucrezia?
Yes?
Oh, we should get going.
It's a two-day ride to Florence.
What's in Florence?
Leonardo da Vinci.
- ( Horse whinnies) - ( Hoofbeats approaching )
Go. Get in the house.
Do you know them? Who are they?
Uh, okay. Listen.
I don't have much time to explain,
- but I need you to be brave. - Why? Why?
Here.
Take this and hide.
Look at me. Look at me.
Pick your moment and run.
Bring this to Florence.
I swear to you, Leo will be there
and he'll help you.
Go. Go!
Out.
Now.
( Spits )
( Horse whinnying )
Not surprised to see me?
"The daughter will find the page."
Our soothsayer rarely misses the Mark.
Well, she did this time.
Find it.
Start here.
- Where is Lupo mercuri? - He's here.
Well, the parts of him that his vile dog couldn't stomach.
I know you came for the page.
And I can only assume you intend to use it against me.
- Look everywhere. - You're right.
I would have,
but the page isn't here.
It drove Lupo insane
and he destroyed it in front of my eyes.
( Clanking )
Nothing.
( Panting )
Francesco: We will find the page.
With or without your help.
( Music playing )