Dad?
Mark. Everything will be okay.
Thomas?
Thanks for your help yesterday.
Did Thomas leave without me?
ORACLE RECORDS
Thomas?
Thomas is here.
- Here is Thomas. - Thomas is here.
Thomas is here.
Look for Thomas.
- Thomas is here. - In the Black Tower. Here.
In the Black Tower.
Get Thomas. Fight the Gryphon.
Fight the...
WORLD OF SOUND
We are here today at the lunch program.
A very special guest...
- Where is the money? - I don't know, Dad.
Where is my money?
- I put it there. - I don't know.
It was here on the cupboard.
It fell down.
It fell.
Okay.
Hey.
Look over here.
What's the matter?
Ben, what's going on?
I have to get out, just out of here.
The party's my last chance...
Look. Maybe this will help...
BEN SCHRÖDER PRESENTS THE ULTIMATE MONSTER PARTY
Better than DJ Neb, right?
Thank you, Maya.
Now we just need a cool location.
And then we party!
Right!
I'll ask Sara! Gotta pick her up anyway.
Cool.
- You said "anytime." - Sure, come in.
Everything all right?
I feel like a car is racing towards me...
I can't see it but I know it's there.
Take a deep breath, calmly in and out.
Steady.
- Yes. - No, this won't work.
Sit. I'll get you some water.
Did you have hallucinations again?
This is happening for real. Thomas is gone.
Gone how?
He was in trouble and wanted help. But he went off on his own.
- And you are worried. - Of course.
But it's not my job, right?
- You tell me. - Why should I look for him?
I have been taking care of him, my mom and the shop. I am 16, goddammit.
I need therapy again.
- I can't go on like this. - Mark...
I can't tell you what to do or not to do.
I can tell you that psychologically speaking
you are beyond treatment.
What does that mean?
It means that if you want to stop feeling like you're being chased
don't hide behind therapy.
Face your problems.
Look for Thomas, talk.
Okay?
I promise, you'll feel better.
Sure. Thanks a lot.
Goddammit, it's not my job.
Hey!
- Hey. - How are you?
Great. Why?
You weren't at school.
Because you came here for therapy?
What? No.
I'm not in therapy.
No need to be embarrassed.
I am not in therapy.
It's normal for me. I grew up with it. Dr. Peters is my Dad.
I have to go and open the store.
Mark, wait.
- Will you pick me up later? - Sure.
And please don't be late.
I thought you were asking.
- What are you doing? - I have to ask you for a favor.
My parents can see you.
I'll be quick.
Remember the gig?
The legendary Big John?
He is a star.
When he sees that I've got it,
organizing the party, handling sound, he'll take me on tour.
I just need a gig.
So, I thought about Schlosspark Cinema.
The perfect place for a party.
I mean, it's owned by your parents.
We go there all the time.
My parents will kill me. And then you.
It's my only chance out of here.
I am 18 and still in 10th grade.
I can't get a job in a bank or work for my parents.
This is my chance.
But I want you here
with me and not on some tour with Big John.
Please help me.
I need to get out of here.
I said no.
Hi, I brought you some food.
You spoke to Mark Zimmermann?
Yes.
Stay away from him.
Excuse me?
He is my patient
and I don't know how stable he is. You stay away from him.
Why?
You want to read his file?
Thanks for the food.
Okay.
Gate at the church.
What church?
Where did you go?
Through the desert?
Way to Marten's Court.
Over the stairs to the sky...
Fork at the tree. Go left.
Page 288.
Tree, left.
288...
INSECTS
Lives in trees.
Caution. Poisonous sting. Oh, shit.
Okay.
Stay calm. Stay calm.
This is not a dream.
I'm really here.
Thomas!
Shit.
Go left at the tree.
Thomas, where are you?
THE GRYPHON
Hello? Thomas?
Stay here tonight
- Thanks for the ride. - My pleasure.
White star of Alcunar You...
- You work the late shift tomorrow? - Yes.
And the day after, too.
And the rest of the week, like you.
I mean, it could be, that you...
Just ask me.
Ask what?
I can see how you look at me at work.
Okay.
So...
Petra, I'd love to sleep with you.
I meant going out for dinner.
- Shit, this is embarrassing. - No.
- Oh, God. - I am really out of practice with this.
No...
So, would going out for dinner be okay?
Absolutely.
Good. Then...
I'll freshen up.
Oh, God.
Dude, it's Memo.
I go to the store, the door is open, Thomas isn't here. Where is he?
I can't find him, I'm really worried. There's a weird old book
with strange drawings. Call me.
To the police. It's about my son.
We had agreed that it needs to be 1.5 grams, right?
SCHLOSSPARK CINEMA
- Bye, I am leaving. - Just a second, sweetie.
That's the status from the day before yesterday.
Yes, I'll be careful.
We have to talk more about this...
No worries, I won't take drugs.
Okay, sweetie. Bye.
- As an option... - Let's just...
- Hi. - To what do I owe this honor?
- I have questions. - What questions?
About Mark.
Why is he a psycho?
He is just weird.
No friends, doesn't want any. Keeps his distance.
That's not a psycho.
Something happened with his dad a few years ago,
but nobody in Krefelden talks about it.
In other words, you don't know.
I can find out, if the price is right.
Math twice a week,
chemistry twice, and biology once for a month.
Thomas!
How old was your son again?
He is, not was, 25.
So he is of age.
I told you, her son is an adult.
When did he go missing?
Since midday. There is no reason to report him missing.
"Since midday."
Where was he seen last?
- I am not sure. - Because she wanted to come here.
You have two options now.
One, you leave the room, have a seat outside and wait for me.
The other option is
you stay here and no other words come out of your mouth.
What do you prefer?
He is right.
No basis for an investigation.
Do you know who I am?
LIBRARY
Karl Zimmermann was my husband.
FIRE AT STONEMASON'S STUDIO - TRAGIC SUICIDE?
"Fire tragedy at the Krefelden graveyard."
...WITH TWO PETROL CANS ...LOCKED THE BUILDING...
FIRE AT STONEMASON'S STUDIO
Karl Zimmermann kidnapped both his sons?
Don't move, this is the police.
April 2nd, 1984.
Mark's birthday.
Mark watched his dad...
If you know what Karl did to himself back then,
then you know what Thomas might do.
I'll send out a search.
We will find him.
Mark?
Why are you here?
Dude! My pants!
Mark, you are finally here.
- Hungry? - No.
All right.
Here is the top level,
the sky level.
Nobody knows what's there. Nobody's been.
And that's us. At the lowest level. In the mines.
No moon at night.
No stars.
Just darkness.
There are nicer places at Black Tower.
But this is the only way up.
To Marten's Court, here. Over the staircase to the sky.
One world per level.
What is the Black Tower anyways?
A different planet?
It's all in the Chronicle. Read it. Learn it.
I don't want to. I want to go home.
You know I won't go back.
You want to kill the Gryphon?
What if he kills you?
Then I fulfilled my destiny.
And Mom?
She'll get over it.
And me?
Who do I have if you die?
Mark...
I don't plan on dying.
So you'll come back when you defeat him?
When I kill the Gryphon, they'll treat me like a king at Marten's Court.
No more canned food. Only good, fresh food.
What is Marten's Court?
Where old warriors live.
Who know how to kill the Gryphon.
And I'll learn it.
But we are in Krefelden.
- Our shop is there. - There I'm a psycho
who was committed. Here, I am a warrior.
And so are you.
Don't you feel it?
- Don't you feel it? - No.
I don't want to.
I want to open the store tomorrow. Together. Nothing else.
Then get lost.
Go to the portal at the church. Your decision.
A portal at the church?
Where you came from?
I didn't use a portal.
Then how?
I wanted to find you so I looked in the book
and all of sudden I was here.
You wished yourself here.
No idea, I just wanted to find you.
You focus on a place,
wish you were there and then suddenly you are there?
Sort of.
Doesn't always work.
You're the Traveler between Worlds.
I'm what?
What did you just say?
We'll talk tomorrow.
No, wait. What did you say?
- Who am I? - Tomorrow.
We are going to Oracle, to drop Becky off with Mark.
Sara, I told you I'm meeting Big John.
That's like a job interview.
Not now.
Oracle is more important now.
I don't have to do what you say. You don't help me either...
You don't have to do anything.
We don't have to hang out.
You don't have to join us at Schlosspark.
Nor use the tools I bought you or eat the pizza I buy every day.
You don't need to.
I'll walk, okay? Thank you.
Becky.
I said I'll give you a ride.
You don't even know how you act.
How you treat Ben is unacceptable.
- Excuse me? - Friendship is based on respect.
The only person you respect is you.
If you are not careful, you'll end up alone.
And who asked you?
I gotta go to Mark.
Yes, piss off...
Go to Mark. You suit each other.
Fucking losers.
Mark?
- Hi, I am Becky. Is Mark here? - He should be. It's his shift.
But for reasons not known to me, he's not. So no.
Can I leave him a message?
Shoot.
It's private.
You can leave a note.
Office is in the back. The desk with the crappy music on it.
Shit. Not again.
Stay calm.
Look very slowly to the right.
Do you see them? These are slave hunters.
When I say run,
you run.
Run!
Mark!
Mark, run! Run away.
Run away! Save yourself!
Move it, Mark.
Go!
Mark! Go!
Please God! I don't want to die.
I want to go back.
I want to go back!
What happened?
Thomas is...
Yes, what about Thomas?
Nothing at all.
But that's his handwriting. What kind of book is this?
Whose is it?
Me!
You'll feel better, if you tell us what happened.
How the hell did you get in here? I was here the whole time.
You know that we're here for you, right?
- Right? - Sure, totally.
Okay.
But this will sound crazy.
My master, Fendia.
My master?
I hope your rush
means there's good news.
Yes, my master. We caught him.
The brother of the Traveler between Worlds.
It is time for the throne then.
And put the brother in the slave trail.
Yes, my master.
My master?
Does that mean Father will come back?
Soon, very soon!
Father!
Horned creatures, stone angels...
- It's true. - Then magic yourself there! I want to see.
I don't know how. Sometimes it just works.
You are a total dumbass, Zimmermann!
Get some help, honestly.
It's the truth.
I believe you.
Thank you.
I'm sorry about your eye.
I have proof. I have proof!
Come on.
- What now? - He has proof.
Okay, I'm in.
My dad said the Gryphon can animate stone.
And this thing attacked us.
And he protected us.
And if you want proof,
we have to go there.
- That's pretty high. - It's freakishly high.
You don't have to go if you don't want. You wanted proof, not me.
But if it's too high because of your leg, then...
Use the left side. The right has a loose screw.
We'll see whose screw is loose.
Very funny.
Okay, so much for that.
Great proof, Zimmermann.
This can't be.
It was huge, unnaturally huge.
Becky!
The room was there.
Like the elves and unicorns who kidnapped Thomas.
Fuck off, Memo.
We believe you saw the room.
Why "we"?
You're on his side?
- It's not about taking sides. - But?
That I am a psycho?
Nobody said psycho!
I know you're in therapy with my father.
Maybe you should talk to him about all this.
Sure.
"Trust me, Mark."
"We are there for you."
Just think. Think about Memo!
This stunt was dangerous. We could've fallen.
You wanted to see the fucking Chronicle, not me.
You wanted to know where Thomas is. I did not want to talk about it.
And it's not my fault that Thomas is missing.
He wanted to leave.
I have nothing to do with this shit.
And I won't be treated like a fucking psycho.
You are not a psycho.
You act as if I'm a psycho.
Hey, Mark...
You're a psycho.
Don't touch me.
What?
What is it?
Becky!
Look!
It's beginning.
SCHLOSSPARK CINEMA CLOSED DUE TO RECONSTRUCTION.
That's mega cool.
Yeah, but this is a hundred times bigger.
- We'll make the money with admission. - Admission?
What about the swimming pool?
Okay, guys.
If it's that important to you, then do the party here.
That's awesome!
...were closed after the accident.
In the USA, the anti-smoking campaign is being stepped up
by the government and Congress.
- Hey. - Hey.
...force tobacco manufacturers to hold public hearings.
What's wrong?
I just wanted to say that I will look for new friends.
I'll stay away from Mark.
That's good. Thank you.
The survey clearly showed nicotine leads to addiction.
In the US Congress, the fight against smoking is intensifying.
Mark, can you come here?
I know I'm late, but let's not fight.
What happened?
There...
There is a girl that I like, very much, and...
I think I messed up.
So you have fun while your brother is missing?
Memo left a voicemail...
Thomas is ordering stock at Wolfi's.
- Ordering stock? - Yes.
The whole day. Twice a month. As always.
- I just forgot to tell Memo. - Are you sure?
If you don't believe me
then I can leave right now and ask Thomas to call you.
It's only 8:30 p.m. Want me to?
Yes.
That's a good idea.
- You want me to bike there now? - I can drive you.
ANGEL'S REST CEMETERY
All right.
Okay, man.
I need your help. I have to find Thomas.
I can't fight against all those monsters in the Black Tower.
It'd be suicide.
So please...
Help me.
Hey, there is nobody here. So don't pretend to be a monument.
I'm 16. Goddammit.
You are made of stone, have a sword and can fight.
Move.
God damn it.
That's not my job!
I just stone...
You his brother.
Sick.
TAEKWONDO GRANDMASTER SAIM GÜNES OPENS MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL IN KREFELDEN
MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL GÜNES
Memo! Memo! Memo!
Stupid leg.
Hey, dad.
What's up? I didn't know you were training.
Well, I need more practice.
Don't worry about it, okay?
Let it go, taekwondo isn't for you.
Okay?
Play the guitar, play chess...
You're not built for this.
Clean up before you come upstairs. All right?
What is it?
I know how we can find Thomas.
You are psycho, Zimmermann.
I know, that's why I'm here.
I can't rescue Thomas alone.
I'm too scared.
But if you help me, we have a chance to find him.
Together.
- Why are you asking me? - Thomas said you were loyal...
A true friend.
And because Thomas trusts you.
So, I trust you, too.
Memo, please help me.
OUT WITH MARK
Thomas always talked about a portal at a church.
Marten's Church.
Never heard of it. Is that in Krefelden?
We'll find out.
Marten's Church...
MARTEN'S CHURCH
Steinweg 8.
Wow.
I think this is it.
Come on.
The gate...
It's exactly like in the book.
INSTRUCTIONS TO OPEN THE PORTAL: PRESS PLANETS ON THE WALL IN THIS ORDER
"Push the planets...
Mars.
Earth.
Mercury.
Jupiter.
Moon."
Hey, Memo.
Wait a second, Memo! Memo!
What happened?
My leg.
Shit.
How's that possible?
- What's going on? - Dude, my leg!
It works.
My leg. It works, dude.
Shit!
Shit, what do we do?
I don't know.
You've been here. How'd you get back?
I closed my eyes,
I wished I was back home,
and then I was simply...
Mark?
Dude, that's not funny.
Mark!