02x09 - Chapter XV: Nightingale Sings No More

[bunniefuu]

Hello.

How you doing in there?

Sorry we had to trunk you,

you almost clawed one of my
abbot's eyes out about there.

No hard feelings, I hope.

You're a vicious little thing,
aren't you?

Doesn't usually take three
of us to get the job done,

but you were jumping about
like a flea with an itchy ass.

Ooh.

Look at that. Adorable.
Does it come with a blade?

Well, well, well.

Very impressive, little Flea.

Have you quite finished?

Very nice.

We good?

Hmm?

Huh. Well, well, well.

You are full of surprises.

Huh.

Where did you get this book?

You can trust me.

Father. He gave it to me
before he disappeared.

Can you read it?

Father only taught me one word...

Azra.

Azra.

Well, that's a good start.

This book...

This stays between us, okay?

I'm Bajie. What's your name?

- Minerva.
- Well, Minerva,

it seems that dear Mother Fate
has brought us together for a reason.

You've been busy.

Well, the system's been
broken far too long.

I'm making strides to change things.

Strides like getting into
bed with men like Quinn?

Aligning with Quinn was
a necessary evil,

but that's over now.

Against him, you're gonna
need all the help you can get.

That mean you're coming with me?

Oh, he's a danger to everyone,
your family included.

I'm gonna need you to protect M.K.

Of course. He'll be safe here.

Just so you know,
his powers are gone now.

When he's cut,
he bleeds like the rest of us.

Yeah, just in case
you guys were wondering.

Well, the Gift
is a heavy burden, it's, uh,

it's probably for the best.

You're welcome as a guest in my home.

Tilda, would you show
M.K. to his quarters?

Yes, Mother.

Would you see that Sunny's provided with

a change of clothes?
We don't want our troops

mistaking him
for one of Chau's Clippers.

I'm coming, Minerva.

Ah.

Praise be the gods.

Who are you?

Isn't it obvious?

I'm a bloody Cog,

and I've come to seek sanctuary...

In the, in the Sanctuary.

A little too well-fed for a Cog.
Who was your Baron?

Uh, Baron Chau.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Easy.

Um...

We used to call her Baron Bitch-Face.

I escaped her sl*ve pens
by the skin of my teeth,

and now I am here to swear
allegiance to The Widow.

Whoa. Oh...

Fine. It'll be like that.

It is better to die
at the gates of freedom

than to rot in the shackles
of servitude.

Get on with it then.

Come on...

Ah.

May the gods bless you and yours.

May the gods bless you and yours.

Hi.

So, you're really
free from it, your power?

Uh, yeah, it seems like it.

Do you think it'll come back?

I hope not.

I've spent so much of my life
trying to control it...

Now that it's gone,

I feel free.

Now I can just focus on Azra.

It's the city on my pendant.

- It's real?
- Yeah.

Yeah. And I'm gonna find it.

Tilda.

You could come with me.

It...

It sounds like a dream, but...

things have changed.

I've met someone.

A friend.

She makes me happy.

You deserve to be happy.

Tilda.

Mother would like to speak to you.

This is Odessa, the friend
I was telling you about?

Odessa.

Any friend of Tilda's
is a friend of mine.

Did I say something wrong?

No.

Odessa. Odessa? Odessa!

What's the matter with you?

You have to stay away from him.

That wasn't what it looked like.

You think I'm jealous?

I'm trying to protect you.

He's not what you think he is.

He has a dark side.

How do you know about M.K.'s power?

Because I've seen it.

I was part of a Cog shipment,
being traded up river.

So was your friend...

He slaughtered every single
person on that ship,

as easy as a child stands on an anthill.

That's not...

That's not him anymore.

Tell that to the Cogs he m*rder*d.

When it happens,
he, he doesn't remember.

Well, I remember.

And you know what I saw
in those black eyes?

He liked it.

I don't care what he says,

something like that never goes away.

Promise me, please,

that you will stay away from him.

What is it?

Just taste it.

Mmm. Mmm!

Congratulations, Gabriel.

You're now part of a very
select, very rarefied society.

One of only two men in this entire army

to have ever tasted ice cream.

Hmm.

And that's not all that

separates us from the rest of them.

I've always sensed a fire in your blood,

burning for purpose.

Hmm.

Am I wrong?

No, Baron.

When I was your age,

I wanted to do more than
collect little black lines on my skin.

I wanted to carve my name
in the world's flesh,

like a scar.

And I sense that same need in you.

Yes, Baron.

Not with a whimper...

But a bang.

Why did you call for me?

A man needs no reason to
spend time with his family.

Hmm? Yeah.

You've been awfully quiet since
the news of Sunny's resurrection.

Why waste my breath on a dead man?

Is that what you want?

For Henry to see the only
father he has known

m*rder*d by a stranger?

Sunny's not a stranger.

He can't k*ll me, hmm?

Not even with The Widow on his side.

He failed once, he'll fail again.

I'm your husband now.

Now and forever.

Give me...

Oh, don't you look so surprised.

You've always
been drawn to men of v*olence.

Everything all right?

Just a lover's tiff.

We'll let her cool
off in the ventilation room.

No. No!

Give me my baby!

- Quinn, give me my baby!
- Embrace me as family, Veil.

Just as Henry has.

I'd hate for you to grow up
without your mama.

Hush, little baby...

Don't you cry...

Papa'll sing you a lullaby.

Same old Sunny.

Just back from the dead,
already found a new way to die.

Let me guess,

you think this plan's crazy.

Among other things.

Well, I guess that means
neither of us has changed.

Unless, of course,
you count changing sides.

Feel free to judge me,

but being adaptable
is what's kept me alive.

When's the last time you
fought for yourself

instead of for someone else?

Whoever I fight for, I fight smart.

You might try that yourself sometime.

That isn't a plan,

that's a one-way
ticket to an early grave.

My family doesn't have any other choice.

If I taught you anything,

it's to leave your
emotions outside the equation.

My emotions are what's kept me alive.

All right, let's say you do
make it through the tunnels,

come face-to-face with Quinn.

The man who took you in,
made you Regent,

trained you to obey every word he says.

You think you're gonna be able
to deliver the death stroke?

You've been there before.

Last time I faced Quinn,
I didn't have an army.

Yeah, The Widow, and her Clippers.

Just don't you forget your training,

keep an eye on your flank.

Something you wanna tell me?

Why, whatever do you mean?

I'm not blind.

Just because The Widow
and I want the same thing,

doesn't mean I trust her one bit.

Where are you off to now?

The Armory.

You'll have to pass the Fort
to get to Quinn's bunker.

So why don't you stop in
at my old Clipper shed.

You'll find everything you need inside.

Consider it a farewell gift.

So long, Sunshine.

Goodbye, Waldo.

Now I remember why I married you first.

What is it?

I just always thought
you'd die on horseback,

under a big sky,

wind and blood in your hair.

Not in this rat hole.

You probably wish you were
miles away from here, hmm?

Away from me.

"Through sun and through shadow,

"I walk by your side."

Isn't that what we swore to each other?

Indeed, it is.

Veil swore the same words.

At least she don't mock me
by pretending to believe them.

I know your games, Lydia.

Sweet words, trying to placate the beast

just long enough for Sunny
to come save you both.

That's not true.

You think I don't know you
and Veil whisper together,

conspiring to slit my throat?

Baron.

The tunnels are sealed.

Good. I want complete lockdown,

no one goes in or out
until this is over.

Jenkins.

Proceed with the final step.

What's going on?

You can pray for my death all you wish,

just remember that as my wife,
our two fates are bound.

If I go down, you go down.

Tighter!

She'll make a fine Baron someday.

You know, she missed you.

Your return has been a welcome surprise,

for all of us.

I hope that you can find it
in your heart

to forgive my behavior
during your last visit.

My intentions were pure.

Were they?

I tried to help you.

Haven't you been listening to Sunny?

My Gift, it's... It's gone.

What if I told you there are ways to...

Reactivate your power?

Where did you get this?

It was taken from me, but you knew that.

Fortunately, it found its way
back to us.

We can heal each other,
reclaim what's been lost.

With our Gifts restored
we can end misery...

No, no, I don't want my Gift back.

I've hurt too many people.

But if you learn to control it...

I don't want to control it.

I'm free now.

And what do you plan to do
with your newfound freedom,

search for Azra? What
do you expect to find there?

Peace.

Think of Tilda, think of all the lives
we could save.

Don't they deserve peace, too?

Anyway, you're free to do as you wish,

all I ask is you consider my proposition

before your long journey.

What's going on?

New arrivals, refugees
from the other territories.

I'm ready.

We should reach
Quinn's bunker by sunset.

And when the fight's over
and Quinn's dead?

What then?

You embrace your family,
and we go our separate ways.

Simple enough, wouldn't you say? Hmm?

Somehow, I don't think
anything's ever simple with you.

I've just as much to lose as you.

What more do you need to be convinced
I'm acting in good faith?

Widow!

Where is The Widow?
I demand to see The Widow!

Widow!

I bring a message
from the Armadillo's nest.

Let her go.

As you wish, Baron.

I hope that this message
was worth your life.

It's not for you, Baron.

It's for him.

From Veil.

Quinn's just trying
to get inside of your head.

- k*ll him now.
- Let him speak.

Is she all right?

She's the Baron's new wife.

What?

Veil wants to let you know

that her son, Henry, recognizes
Quinn as his true father.

That's not possible.

The Widow is not your ally.

If you march with her on Quinn,

with her forces beside you,
you march to your own death.

He's lying. Quinn's afraid,
he's just trying to turn you against me.

Says the woman who traded Veil to Quinn.

- Is that true?
- Enough!

Somebody put this
filth out of his misery.

- The alliance is over.
- Take cover!

Sunny!

I am getting tired of saving you.

Thanks.

A bookmark! That's your big
idea to help save me, is it?

Well, you escaped, didn't you?

Yeah, no thanks to you.

Is that how you got all banged up?

This? No, no, no, no,
this is self-inflicted.

I was portraying the part
of a runaway Cog.

The gatekeepers
totally bought it, I was...

Listen, I need you
to find M.K. I gotta go, okay?

Yes, yes, but where you going?

Quinn. He has my family.

Just meet me at the Fort,
M.K. knows how to get there.

- Sunny...
- Just get M.K., okay?

Yes, I promise. But, hey...

Be careful.

Hold it there.

Just try to hold still.

- Hey.
- Bajie?

Let's go.

Bajie, what are you doing here?

No time to explain, Sunny sent me.

Where's Sunny?

Sunny is headed for Quinn, all right?
All hell is breaking loose.

- Oh, my God.
- Wait, wait, where you going?

- To help him?
- No, no, no, he needs you to stay alive.

Okay then, then what's our plan?

All right, we have to meet at the Fort.
He said you'd know the way.

- Yeah, I can get us there.
- Okay.

Is there anything else?

Sunny wants us to snatch
the Azra book from The Widow.

Bajie...

Now, this is gonna be
no easy task, my friend,

but if we ever see Azra...

Bajie, I, I know where the book is.

Huh. No sh*t.

You should've just chipped in earlier.

It's in the Conservatory.

The Widow's planning to
use it to get our powers back.

Same old Flea.

Wait, The Widow is Flea?

Yeah.

You trained The Widow?

Uh, yeah. Listen,

with that book in her possession,
no one's safe.

Well, she doesn't know how to read it.

Besides, with the compass
back at the Monastery,

the book doesn't do us any good.

Hmm. Yeah, um, about that...

The compass could
be closer than you think.

You've had that this whole time?

Yeah, sorry. Trust issues,
shitty father.

Can Sunny depend on you to help me?

M.K., my friend, it seems
that dear Mother Fate

has brought us together for a reason.

Let's do it.

Shh, come on baby, come on. Shh.

Shh... Henry.

You can hear that baby from
the other end of the bunker.

He needs his mother.

Veil must learn her lesson. Shh.

Then find some other way to teach her.

Don't punish Henry, too.

Quinn, he's hungry.

Yeah.

One of my men will escort you to Veil.

Hmm? Do not leave his side.

Oh.

Afterwards, you'll bring
Henry straight back to me.

Yeah? Yeah. It's all right, Henry.
It's all right!

Hmm. Yeah.

I thought you said
you knew where it was.

It was here.

Is this what you're looking for?

Don't look so surprised,
I have eyes everywhere.

Hello, Bajie.

My little Flea.

My, how you've blossomed.

I wish I could say the same for you.

You're cheeky as ever.

I had a good teacher.

At least something stuck.

I give you shelter and
this is how you repay me?

All you care about is
what I can do for you.

Oh, and you think Bajie's
intentions are genuine?

He'll abandon you
the first chance he gets,

just like he abandoned me.

We're not leaving
without the book, Minerva.

Come and get it.

I remember, when I was a little girl,

you vowed to help me decipher
this book's secrets.

It's time you delivered on your promise.

I haven't been through here before.

Isn't the other way faster?

Tunnel's closed off. Baron's orders.

- Henry! Oh...
- Here you go.

Hey. My poor, poor baby.

Hey.

Thank you.

You were right,
I shouldn't have provoked him.

We just have to keep
our heads down a little longer.

That's not gonna work anymore.

Quinn has rigged
this entire place to explode.

He will k*ll every last one of us

before he'll let anyone take that child.

We can't wait for Sunny any longer,

we're gonna have to
find our own way out of here.

I searched the woods
from here to the river,

I couldn't find Sunny.

Could not, or would not?

I don't know what you mean, Mother.

"Baron."

I need to know
that I can trust my Regent.

Perhaps Quinn's paranoia
is rubbing off on you.

Don't you play games with me.

You've been acting differently
ever since Veil was here.

All right, you wanna talk about trust?
Then where's M.K.?

He wasn't in his room, so
what have you done with him?

He's safe.

Don't lie to me.

Do you really think I'd hurt him?
I'm trying to protect him.

What kind of person do you think I am?

I don't know anymore.

Power's changed you. Now you're...

willing to sacrifice innocent
lives for your own interests.

I'd choose your next
words very carefully.

You're no better than any other Baron.

Swindling people
with declarations of goodwill,

only to s*ab them in the back.

What did I do to deserve such contempt?

- I gave you the world.
- Bullshit.

You've got everyone fooled.

Minerva.

Everyone, but me.

Maybe Veil was right.

I should have poisoned
you when I had the chance.

Now let's see how strong you really are.

Don't start what you can't finish.

Had enough?

I gave you everything.

You brought this on yourself.

Do it.

Don't start what you can't finish.

k*ll me!