02x06 - The Tree

[bunniefuu]

- [STATIC CRACKLING]
- [DISTORTED SPEECH]

[HAUNTING MUSIC]

♪ The door that finally opens ♪

♪ With light flooding in ♪

♪ Spilling out on the floor ♪

♪ ♪

♪ The core that never was ♪

♪ Now it will be the bones ♪

♪ Of what was there before ♪

♪ Every step, every b*at ♪

♪ Every thought, every breath ♪

♪ Everything is longing ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Pulling you from the sky ♪

♪ Just like love will do ♪

♪ Pulling you from the ground ♪

♪ Just like love will do ♪

♪ ♪

[STATIC CRACKLING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[EERIE WHISPERING]

♪ ♪

- Plant the seeds.
- [GASPS]

♪ ♪

[DEVICE CHIMES]

Hello.

Good evening, colonist.

I am doing touch work.

Light distracts my sensors.

Would you be so kind as
to turn out the lights?

Will do.

I just came to drop off
some relics for you.

Ah.

What a productive day
this is proving to be.

No one's brought me any new pieces

since the Trust was shut down.

So glad I could brighten your day.

There's some really
great pieces in there.

Bye, now.

- [DEVICE BEEPS]
- [POWER WHIRS DOWN]

[EERIE WHISPERING]

♪ ♪

[EERIE WHISPERING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

- Plant the seed.
- [INHALES SHARPLY]

[t*nk RUMBLING]

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

We'll be home soon.

Scan the prisoner.

Want to be sure he's not
rigged with any body bombs

- before bringing him in.
- Copy.

Can't believe you're taking
orders from a robot.

We are the last Mithraic.

You and me, Lucius.

Don't let them turn
us against each other.

You're not Mithraic.

There's nothing pure about you.

You're just a con man that
started some f*cked-up cult.

It ain't got nothing to do

- with my religion.
- Oh.

It is your religion.

You just don't recognize it
when it's not all dressed up

in that self-righteous bullshit.

Sol's laws, they protect
us from ourselves.

Whatever you're in contact with,

it's not protecting you, Marcus.

It's conning you.

Just like you conned my fellow Mithraic.

Justice is coming for you, Marcus.

And yours will be a punishment
this planet won't soon forget.

I thought you were more
civilized than that, Lucius.

I am.

Simply k*lling you would satisfy me.

But as I said,

we must follow Sol's laws.

And Sol's law says a false
prophet must suffer.

And suffer, Marcus, you will.

[DEVICE BEEPS]

I found something.

What is it?

[METALLIC CLATTER]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

It's just a relic.

♪ ♪

You keep that safe for me, okay?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

You need to give people some free time

to think and live without
the burden of a task

that must be completed.

This is something I'm not sure
my brother fully understood.

Human beings only flourish

when they're allowed to be human beings.

What you're saying isn't very different

from what Marcus was preaching.

Then I'm sure you're misunderstanding
at least one of us.

I understand you, Mother.

Good. Now go and introduce yourself.

I want you here every morning.

They need to see you.

You need to imprint on them
as something they can rely on.

I don't think it's the same
as raising children.

It's not so different.

Now go.

Come on.

T-today...

we will not do work.

W-would you like to hear a joke?

What does a skeleton say
when it s-serves food?

"B-bone appétit."

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]

♪ ♪

What are you doing?

It's mine now.

Wow.

Moving up in the world, huh?

What do you need an android for?

In case I wanna set up somewhere else.

Move out on my own.

Can't be kids forever.

Tempest?

You ready?

♪ ♪

[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]

♪ The sun is sunk ♪

♪ The shadowy night ♪

♪ Is reigning in your room ♪

Vita.

We're trying to hear
the baby's heartbeat.

It seems to have changed.

Yeah, you're correct. It has changed.

[HEARTBEAT THUMPING]

But... in a good way.

Tempest, the growth
has really accelerated,

which means the baby's gonna be coming

- a lot sooner than we thought.
- No.

- It's looking like the day after tomorrow.
- No, no, no, no.

Okay, the contractions are gonna start

- around hours.
- No, no, no. I'm meant to have weeks.

- I'm meant to have weeks.
- I know.

You need to slow it down
or something, please.

- I can't, sweetheart, no.
- I'm not ready.

I don't even know who's
gonna care for it. I...

Father and I will care
for it in the meantime.

I don't want you to care for it.

I don't even wanna look at it.

It's only gonna make me think of Otho.

I know it is.

- Tempest...
- It's okay.

I promise you, once you see it,

once you hold it in your arms,

you will love it.

Lamia, we just received a
transmission from your partner.

He has your daughter and
will be arriving soon.

He also managed to
capture the t*rror1st.

Thank you.

♪ ♪

Holly!

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

You're all right.

You okay?

- Eyes up!
- Don't move!

[SOLDIERS SHOUTING]

♪ ♪

- [GRUNTS]
- Hey, buddy.

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

Hey.

Hey.

I knew Sol would save you.

Sue saved him.

♪ ♪

So... what next, hmm?

You gonna hand me over to the Trust?

No. I hold the baton now.

Hmm.

[INHALES DEEPLY]

Surprise, surprise.

Whatever power this man
possessed came from my eyes.

He is just a man.

Renounce Sol before these children.

Tell them it is fantasy,

and I will set you free.

She's right.

I don't have any power.

Hmm.

And as you say, I am... just a man.

But you don't have to have power...

to be worthy of Sol's love, children.

You only need faith.

And that is one thing that this robot...

can never take away from us.

Put him in the brig
until he renounces Sol.

Copy.

Let's go.

- Come on.
- See you, Paul.

If and when Captain Drusus is freed,

you may pursue him.

I shall make no effort to stop you.

That's not what your
partner and I agreed on.

No.

Is that what a promise is
worth in atheist town?

- Huh?
- You have your freedom.

Be thankful for that.

We will revisit this.

Sure.

[SPITS]

Wanna tell us what happened?

Is Vrille okay?

Yeah.

Yeah, I think so.

Everybody just leave her alone.

She obviously doesn't
wanna talk about it.

- I'm gonna go get my stuff.
- Okay.

Are you upset with me

for putting Captain Drusus in the brig?

No, he's dangerous.
He belongs in the brig.

But he'll never denounce Sol.

- I could make him.
- No.

Paul just got better. He'll
lose it if you hurt Marcus.

Hmm.

But you understand that
I have to do what's best

for all of my children, not just Paul.

Marcus is a bad influence on Campion,

and he's definitely brought
out the worst in Holly.

You're just gonna make
a martyr out of him.

Perhaps.

But it would serve to prove
that there's no holy power

protecting the lives of believers.

Not even their prophet.

Hmm.

He was with me when
the bio b*mb went off.

He didn't get sick.

He wears the armor of Mithras.

He is the prophet.

I thought you were a believer,

that you saw the light.

I did. Literally.

Sol saved my life.

Then you have to help me.

Big things are happening.

I can't tell you what yet,
but we need Marcus.

I'll try, but... you know Mother.

She's not very convincible.

She wants you to be the leader, right?

Don't remind me.

Well, tell her if she wants
you to be their leader,

she's gonna have to learn
to trust your decisions.

[DEVICE BEEPS]

_

Good morning.

- Good morning.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- Good morning.
- Morning.

I've been thinking about Marcus.

You should be thinking about
the welfare of the collective,

not criminals.

Keeping him locked up is upsetting Paul.

Upsetting Paul or upsetting you?

I'm just trying to be logical

like you and Father taught me.

If you want me to be a leader,

then you have to let me start
making decisions of my own.

Tell me how releasing Marcus
will benefit the collective.

- It will make us look stronger.
- Mm.

If we keep him locked up, it makes
it seem like we're afraid of him.

But if you let him go...

I like the way you're thinking, Campion,

but releasing him will
also cause more conflict,

more casualties...

things we can no longer
afford to endure.

But, Mother...

He needs to renounce Sol, Campion.

The choice is his.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Campion.

Father, there's something I need to ask.

Is that your work project?

[DOOR CLICKS SHUT]

- Yes.
- Does it work?

Well, it activated itself once,

but not since.

Very impressive, Father.

You said you needed to ask me something.

Oh.

Yes.

It's Marcus.

You need to convince
Mother to let him out.

You can't keep him locked up

just because of what he believes.

He committed m*rder.

Not to mention he assaulted me.

And lest you forget,

he tried to k*ll Mother on
more than one occasion.

He's a thr*at.

What is she doing?

I'm... not sure.

Do you think she wants to shake hands?

- Best not to touch.
- It's all right.

♪ ♪

Kal forla... seecaw...

forla...

forla seecaw... forla...

kal forla... seecaw.

That's ancient Mithraic.

I think you activated her somehow.

[ENERGY BUZZES]

This is what I saw.

It wasn't Sol.

[ETHEREAL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Campion?

It's incredible.

Do you think there are others?

Perhaps.

What is this?

What is happening?

It's all right, Mother.

Is she functioning?

Mother, no! She's a good android.

She's the light I saw.

She's the one that saved me, not Sol.

She must have gotten out
without my knowledge.

Father says she's very old.

So I named her Grandmother.

She seems to like Campion very much.

She activated as soon
as he touched her hand.

- Watch.
- No!

She's not dangerous, Mother.

You said the same of me once.

[ENERGY BUZZING]

Close your eyes, Campion.

No!

[ENERGY BUZZING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[STATIC CRACKLING]

Mother, stop! You're hurting her!

♪ ♪

You're both far too trusting.

She has a dark photon processor
housed in her skull,

just like me.

How did you build this?

I grew it.

Farmed it.

It regenerated on its own.

I've taken to calling it "botanitech,"

as it grows very similarly
to organic plants.

Imagine what we could do with it.

We could grow anything.

Cities, ships, giant androids.

This is something real

that could give the colony hope, Mother.

Inspire them.

Capture their imagination
in ways other things,

more troublesome things, cannot.

Can we have a moment, please, Campion?

Is Grandmother going to be all right?

I think so.

Go on.

Nice work, Father.

I thought giving him more responsibility

would pull him away from faith,

but it seems like you
have found something

far closer to his heart.

Are her memories intact?

I'm not sure.

She spoke ancient Mithraic.

Perhaps you can translate.

Kal forla... seecaw.

Ah.

She's asking why you
aren't wearing your veil.

Fascinating.

Perhaps she can shed some light

on the ancient civilization.

Their connection to Earth.

The signal.

The signal that impregnated
you with number seven?

I don't believe that she is associated

with whatever that is, Mother.

She is good.

We'll see.

[DOOR WHOOSHES]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Nice costume. Kinky.

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

[SIGHS]

I know that punch.

♪ ♪

Long time, no see.

Mother's coming back to the ship soon.

I can only talk for a minute.

I didn't think you were
interested in talking to me.

Yeah, well, a lot has changed
since we last saw each other.

He spoke to me.

Sol?

Paul was gonna die, and...

I got so desperate
that I started praying.

And then he answered me.

And he told me how to cure Paul.

I know Sol is real now.

Okay, he's a signal.

He's a transmission only
certain people can hear,

and it's coming from
somewhere on this planet.

This is where the scriptures
must have been written.

Back on Earth, Sol was just a story.

But here on b, he is real.

I'm sorry I didn't believe you.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Tomorrow, Paul and I
are gonna grow the tree.

And then getting you out of here

is gonna be a piece of cake.

- Praise Sol.
- Praise Sol.

[DEVICE WHIRRING]

She saved Campion.

Seems an odd way to repay her.

You didn't show such concern

when number seven was
banished into a dark cave.

She's a stranger, Father.

We need to get to know her

before any sort of trust can be applied.

I don't wish harm on
any creature, Mother.

But the comparison isn't a very apt one.

Your initial conclusions were accurate.

Her hardware's designed
identically to yours.

She's a complex being.

Number seven is also a complex being.

Fine.

I don't want to argue.

We need to stay on task.

Yes.

There's thousands of
years of data reforming.

Compared to her, Mother...

we're mere babies.

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

And look.

Instead of a weapons system...

which makes up most of your anatomy...

something else installed in her.

I don't recognize its function.

Nor do I.

Before we determine what it is,

it's best to keep the
children away from her.

♪ ♪

[DEVICE BEEPS]

[ENERGY BUZZING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[GROWLING]

[SNARLS]

[DISTANT SCREECHING]

♪ ♪

[SCREECHING CONTINUES]

Did you forget to feed
that thing or something?

- No.
- Where's Mother?

She can make it stop.

Mother and Father are working.

I'll go check on it.

[DISTANT SCREECH]

[ENERGY BUZZING]

It's almost there.

Come on.

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

[GROWLS]

[EARTH RUMBLING]

Stop it! You're going to hurt yourself!

[SCREECHES]

[GROWLS]

It's okay. Calm down.

[HISSING]

[BODY THUDS]

[ALARM BEEPING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Number seven's gate has been disturbed.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[BUZZING INTENSIFIES]

[GROWLING]

[HIGH-PITCHED TONE]

[SPARKS CRACKLE]

[GROWLING]

[ENERGY WHIRS]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

I'm okay.

I think something was upsetting it.

Get away! You stupid beast!

You could have k*lled him! You're
times larger than he is!

[GROWLS SOFTLY]

[WHINES]

I'm sorry.

Please don't cry.

[SERPENT WHINES]

I'm not gonna hurt you.

[SERPENT GROWLS]

Shh.

It's all right.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[DEVICE WHIRS SOFTLY]

Piece of crap.

Not a scratch.

What if we can't open it?

Is it a test? Can we fail?

What if it has to be all
three of us to open it?

I was thinking just that, buddy.

You know what? Tempest's
baby is due tomorrow.

That's probably the most distracted
Mother's ever gonna get.

And that's when we're
gonna get Marcus out.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

What are you doing?

I've been replaying my memories
of our time together.

You've come such a long way, Tempest.

So responsible and... grown up now.

Hmm.

Are you gonna follow me around all day

staring at me until the baby comes?

No.

Though chances are small,
should it come early,

I want you to key this alert.

It emits a sound only I can hear.

Comms are too unreliable inside the EMF.

Otherwise...

I'll see you in /
hours at the Tarantula.

Your siblings have been tasked
with making sure you get there

on time.

If I've come such a long way,

why do they have to make
sure I'm there on time?

Sometimes, Tempest, when
under extreme pressure,

human beings grow to meet their demands,

and sometimes they regress
in order to escape them.

Don't worry, Mother.

I know there's no escape.

♪ ♪

[ENERGY BUZZING]

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

[HARMONIC BEEPING]

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Hello.

Hello.

Why are you using this language?

It's the only language
I'm able to speak.

You've removed your veil.

I'm afraid I've never been
equipped with such a thing.

I'm sorry for the treatment
you've been receiving.

Mother is very distrustful of strangers.

Actually... all things considered...

- it could have been much worse.
- Who is Mother?

Mother is the android who
forced you into sleep mode.

You mean the w*apon?

She's my partner.

We share a mission to restart
an atheistic civilization

with humans here on b.

But I am your partner.

Uh...

no, no.

You've... you've been mistaken.

We've only recently met.

You are not my partner?

No.

No.

I am curious to meet such an entity.

I'm experiencing confusion.

Please, tell me how many
humans are on this planet.

A few hundred.

And there's a new one on the way.

[ELECTRONIC WHIRRING]

[WHIRRING INTENSIFIES]

♪ ♪

Hello?

[STATIC BUZZES]

[INSECT CHIRPING]

It's Marcus the prophet.

Cool.

How's Tempest?

She's inside.

I'll go check on her.

Tempest?

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[WIND GUSTING]

♪ ♪

This is bad.

This is really bad.

[WHISTLES]

Marcus.

Marcus.

Time to go.

- [KEYPAD BEEPING]
- [GATE BUZZES, CLICKS]

Come on. More, the merrier.

No.

I'm going back to Earth.

What happened to him?

The Trust did a real number on him.

When the tree grows, eat from it,

and I promise you your
mind will be healed.

[GATE CLATTERS]

[INSECTS BUZZING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[t*nk RUMBLING]

♪ ♪

[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]

[PANTING]

Hey, cocoon boy.

Come here.

[WARM MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[WAVES LAPPING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[GROANING]

[BREATHING SHARPLY]

[GROANING]

[PANTING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[SOMBER MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[WHIMPERS]

[SHOUTS]

[INHALES SHARPLY]

[MOANS]

[WAVES CRASHING]

♪ ♪

[BREATHING SHALLOWLY]

[GROANING]

I don't wanna see you.

I can't f*cking see you.
[INHALES SHARPLY]

I can't.

I'm sorry, I f*cking can't.

I'm sorry.

[BREATHING SHARPLY]

I'm sorry I can't.

[MOANING]

[WAVES CRASHING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[PANTING]

[MOANS]

[GRUNTING]

[PANTING]

♪ ♪

[BABY CRYING]

[CRYING CONTINUES]

[SOMBER MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[BABY BABBLES, WHINES]

♪ ♪

[BABY CRYING]

[BREATHES SHAKILY]

[BABY CRYING]

♪ ♪

[SOBBING]

♪ ♪

[BABY CRYING]

- [WATER BUBBLING]
- [MUFFLED CRYING]

♪ ♪

[CRYING CONTINUES]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[CRYING CONTINUES]

[WATER SPLASHING]

[ACID HISSING]

♪ ♪

[GROWLS]

No!

Get away!

[SCREECHES]

He's mine!

[SCREECHES]

No!

- [ACID HISSES]
- No!

[BABY CRYING]

[SCREAMS]

No! No! No!

No!

No!

[SNARLS]

♪ ♪

- No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- No!

No. No. It's okay. It's okay.

- You're all right.
- [SOBBING] No!

♪ ♪

[SOBS]

It's okay.

[BREATHES SHARPLY]

♪ ♪

We failed to protect a new life.

The most important
aspect of our mission...

and we failed.

Perhaps you were right when you
said we were becoming too human.

Too distracted by our own development

to effectively monitor theirs.

[TEMPEST SOBS]

What do you think happened
to Sue and Paul?

[TEMPEST CRYING]

[SOBBING CONTINUES]

[SOBBING CONTINUES]

[SOBBING CONTINUES]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[BAG RUSTLES]

[DEVICE WHIRS]

Where... is she?

Restricted.

Override.

[DEVICE BEEPS]

♪ ♪

No.

- [DEVICE CLATTERS]
- Not you too!

[ENERGY WHIRRING]

[SIGHS]

Do you know where they are?

What do you mean?

Do you know where they are?

Don't tell me you lost them already.

He left with Sue and Paul.

They took a relic from the Tarantula.

A pentagonal box.

They seem to be sharing
the same kind of delusion.

Do you know anything about this box?

There is something on
here you should see.

If it was just Marcus,
I wouldn't bother showing you,

but I'd hate for Paul or even Sue...

to suffer the same fate.

What fate?

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Scan.

The card is a warning.

[HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING]

[WHISTLING]

[GRUNTS]

Sorry. Sorry.

Excuse me.

Here, kiddo.

Thanks.

Well, would you look at that?

It's a wishbone.

- Come on.
- Okay.

Pull on three.

BOTH: One, two, three.

Oh, you're lucky.

You win. You got the big piece.

Well, what does she win?

Well, if you get the big
piece in a wishbone,

your prayers come true.

Really?

Hmm.

Well, I think...

we're all praying for the same thing.

You know what I think?

I think tomorrow is gonna
be an amazing day.

- You wanna know why?
- Why?

Because...

I think we are gonna work out...

how to open this thing, hmm?

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

- Is it morning yet?
- No, no, no.

No, look, it's still nighttime.

- Did you open the box?
- No. No.

No, it's okay.

It's okay. It's still nighttime.

Everything is all right.

Go back to sleep.

Can you sing me a lullaby?

Like you used to on Earth?

Paul, that wasn't me.

Okay, let me see if I can remember.

[HUMMING]

♪ The sun has sunk ♪

♪ The shadowy night ♪

♪ Is reigning in the room ♪

- [HIGH-PITCHED TONE]
- ♪ We pray ♪

♪ We pray to Sol ♪

[HIGH-PITCHED TONE]

♪ His saving light ♪

♪ To guide us through the gloom ♪

♪ ♪

[SEED CRACKLING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[GASPS]

♪ ♪

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[GASPS]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[GRUNTING]

[HEARTBEAT THUMPING]

♪ ♪

Ahh!

[EMBERS CRACKLING]

♪ ♪

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Dad, wake up.

Dad.

- Mm.
- Look.

- What?
- Look.

♪ ♪

It's the tree.

♪ ♪

She must have opened it
while we were asleep.

[INSECTS CHIRPING]

♪ ♪

Mom!

Mom!

Mom, you did it!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Mom!

[FAINT RUMBLING]

Mom!

♪ ♪

Mom!

[HEARTBEAT THUMPING]

[GASPS]

Mom!

Mom!

[THUMPING CONTINUES]

Mom!

♪ ♪

[DRAMATIC VOCAL MUSIC]

♪ ♪