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Langdon returns to the archives, this time escorted by a Vatican agent who tells him that he is there to keep watch on him to keep him from “borrowing” any more of the Vatican’s documents.  They enter the vault looking for any account of Bernini’s work having to do with fire.

Meanwhile, the Camerlengo has become concerned about the safety of the rest of the cardinals in Conclave and he breaks the seals, shocking the cardinals with his interruption.  He gives an impassioned speech about how they should fight the Illuminati’s lies with the truth, but he is told that they will not break Conclave.  Frustrated he leaves and finds Vittoria who he asks to accompany him.

In the archives, Langdon finds the reference in Bernini’s work to fire, but as he and the agent try to leave, the power cuts out, leaving them trapped in the airtight room.  As the air runs out, they make more and more desperate attempts to escape before Langdon, as he begins to pass out, uses the agent’s gun to weaken the glass of the vault wall before knocking over a heavy shelf to smash their way out.  They set off for the third marker.

They arrive at the church where they see the light of flames inside.  They rush in and are horrified to discover the third cardinal suspended over a large fire by chains.  As the men rush to free him, the assassin emerges from the shadows and systematically kills the entire contingent from the Vatican as Langdon struggles to get away.

The third cardinal is dead and Langdon, after being rescued by firefighters and the sole survivor left by the assassin,  examines a map of Rome, trying to find the fourth marker.  As he plots the previous three markers he realizes that the phrase that the markers are laid “cross Rome” is literal as they form a cross.  Using this he plots the location of the fourth marker, a fountain.  As he rushes out of the church he is confronted by two Rome policemen who tell him they’ve been ordered to return him to the Vatican.  He convinces them to help him try and save the fourth cardinal and they set off for the final marker.

Back at the Vatican the Camerlengo is leading Vittoria and members of the Vatican security to the crypt of the Pope as Vittoria informs him that an overdose of his medicine would cause the blood to pool in the mouth a week after death causing it to turn black.  The Camerlengo prays for forgiveness then opens the coffin exposing the body of the Pope who does have a blackened mouth, confirming the Illuminati’s claims.

Langdon arrives at the fountains and he and the officers see a van pull up next to the fountain.  The cops tell him to stay back as they approach to investigate.  The assassin watches and then proceeds to kill both officers, hiding them in the back of the van.  As the bells begin to chime the hour Langdon watches in horror as Cardinal Baggia, the favorite to become Pope is shoved into the water with the brand on his chest.  He leaps into the water, but cannot lift the weighted frame the cardinal is strapped to.  Langdon surfaces and calls for help, then frantically dives back down to see the cardinal begin to drown, Langdon pulls out one of the air lines from the fountain, giving it to the cardinal to help him breath when finally others leap into the fountain to help him lift the cardinal out of the fountain.  Baggia is still alive and Langdon asks him where the assassin was hiding him, the cardinal tells him he was being kept in the Castle of Angels, which is ironic as it is right next to the Vatican.

Before leaving the Vatican, Vittoria is furious to discover that while she was with the Camerlengo examining the Pope’s body, Richter has confiscated Silvano’s journals and refuses to return them.  She angrily accuses him of having something to hide and he asks her if she has anything to hide herself.

She joins Langdon at the Castle, which is being stormed by the Vatican forces.  They follow the soldiers in, finding the van used by the assassin.  Langdon is shocked when the soldiers hastily declare that there is nothing to be found and withdraw leaving him and Vittoria alone.  Langdon begins to examine the walls looking for, and finding a secret passage. 

They find the chamber with the cages that held the cardinals and the tunnel, which leads to the Vatican that the assassin used to gain access.  As they continue in, they stumble across the assassin who is receiving his final instructions from his unseen employer.  The assassin tells Langdon not to follow as the assassin has let him live twice since he was not paid to eliminate Langdon, but if he persists in pursuing him, he will kill them both.

After the assassin leaves, Langdon finds the box with the Illuminati brands and realizes that there is still one left that depicts two crossed keys which was meant to be used on the Pope, or in this case, the Camerlengo.  Determined to save him, they set off through the secret passage to the Vatican, pausing only to stare as the assassin is killed when he is betrayed by the Illuminati and killed by a car bomb.

Back at the Vatican Richter has arranged a meeting alone with the Camerlengo, where he locks himself in.  The Camerlengo calmly asks him if Richter has come to make him a martyr.  Outside, members of the Swiss Guard are discussing their orders to bar anyone from entering when one hears Langdon and Vittoria banging on the hidden door to the passageway.  As they begin to warn the agents they hear a scream of pain from the Camerlengo’s quarters.

The agents burst in to find the Camerlengo sprawled on the floor with the fifth brand on his chest and Richter standing over him with a gun.  The guards shoot Richter who, before dying, hands Langdon a key.  Time is running out on the antimatter canister, and Langdon notices that the brand on the Camerlengo’s chest is reversed, which refers to St. Peter being crucified upside down and makes them realize that the antimatter is under the Vatican where St. Peter is buried.

They hurry down, lead by the Camerlengo and find the canister as it counts down it’s final moments.  Vittoria hurries to switch in a new battery which will give them another 24 hours to return the canister to CERN, but she realizes that the cold temperatures in the tomb have caused the battery to run down quicker then they thought and if she removes the batter the containment will fail instantly.

The Camerlengo shouts, “No” and grabs the canister away from Vittoria and runs out of the Vatican where he commandeers the Vatican helicopter that is arriving to aid in the evacuation of the cardinals.  As Langdon and Vittoria run out they watch as the Camerlengo pilots the helicopter straight up away from the Vatican as the huge crowd in St. Peter’s Square watches on.

The containment fails and the antimatter hits the bottom of the canister causing it to annihilate which results in a gigantic explosion, which knocks the entire crowd off of their feet and causes minor damage to the Vatican.  In the light of the explosion we see the Camerlengo parachuting to safety.   As the crowd watches in awe, the Camerlengo comes in for a rough landing and as he is helped back into the Vatican the crowd begins to cheer.

In the Conclave the other cardinals are excitedly talking about the Camerlengo’s actions and how they believe that God wants them to make the Camerlengo Pope.  They send the Swiss Guard to fetch him from the infirmary.

In Richter’s office Langdon and Vittoria are talking when she remembers the journals.  She finds the compartment in Richter’s desk that holds them and when she removes them, a video screen pops out.  Langdon realizes that Richter installed cameras in the Pope’s quarters to monitor his health and they recorded the entire confrontation between Richter and the Camerlengo.

Richter had discovered that Silvano, concerned over the implications of his and Vittoria’s work had contacted the Pope for guidance.  The Pope was intrigued by the “God Particle” and encouraged him to keep working much to the disgust of the Camerlengo who finds the concept blasphemous.  So he contrived the entire scenario to grant himself the opportunity to become the next Pope.  As Richter watches stunned, the Camerlengo removes the fifth brand from the fire and applies it to his own chest, throwing it at Richter’s feet and implying Richter was the attacker.

Langdon and Vittoria show the film to the other cardinals.  When the Camerlengo enters the Conclave, expecting to become the next Pope he is instead confronted by Vatican security forces that pursue him through the Vatican.  Desperate the Camerlengo grabs a camera and a container of oil; he douses himself, then lights himself on fire, killing himself.

Later, we find out that the Conclave has elected the surviving Preferiti cardinal and his new Camerlengo has summoned Langdon and Vittoria. We also find out that the Church has covered up the plot, saying that the previous Camerlengo had died from his injuries sustained saving the church. As a sign of gratitude for saving his life the new Pope has gifted Langdon with the Galileo book, asking only that upon his death Langdon will it back to the church.  Langdon and Vittoria watch as the new Pope dons his vestments and walks out to greet the thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square. 

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