02x09 - Ball of Magic Fire

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Previously, on From...

There's darkness in the forest,

nightmares you can't
even begin to imagine.

Anghkooey. Anghkooey.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Don't touch me. Don't
touch me! Don't, don't!

Anghkooey.

Hey, hey! You okay?

- Did you see them?
- See what? See who?

Eloise said that's
where my mother went that night,

the night the bad things happened.

She went to save the
children locked in the tower.

- This mean a lot to you?
- Don't. Please.

Yeah? f*ck you!

You ever come near my mom again,

I will drag your f*cking psycho ass
into that Box myself.

We, uh, pulled something
out of that thing.

Only problem is we gotta
figure out how to get this

inside another one of those things

without getting ourselves k*lled.

So make some silver b*ll*ts.

Well, you think this place
is one big experiment, right?

And it never occurred to you

that some of the people
here might be in on it?

I mean, they'd have to be.

How else do you keep
the experiment on track?

Randall, what the f*ck?

New plan.

Elgin had a dream that he was drowning

and he started spitting up water,

and you had cicadas
in your dreams, and...

When the music box started playing,

one of them jumped out
and it b*rned my arm.

Are you honestly saying
that our f*cking dreams

can hurt us now?

Do you hear that?

Help me!

Please. Please. I need help!

She said, um...

She said she was gonna take a nap.

I was downstairs.

And I heard her screaming.

I-I came in and I...

I started shaking her, and...

trying to wake her
up, and, um, she kept...

She was talking in her sleep,

saying something over and over.

And then she, uh...

Something cracked inside her,

and her body and her face...

Oh, God. Jesus.

What did she say?

What?

You said she was
talking. What did she say?

I don't...

- Hey, hey, Reggie.
- I can't. No.

Reggie, Reggie. Hey. Listen, Reggie.

I need you...

I need you to tell me what she said.

It was, um...

"They touch. They break...

They steal...

No one here is free."

And then she just...

Her face just f*cking...

And was she still asleep?

Are you sure she was asleep?

Yes, I'm f*cking sure!

Okay, okay.

All right. Okay.

We need to, um...

Yeah. Um, okay.

Okay. Okay.

No.

Is everything all right?

Oh, yeah, little man.
Everything's great.

Hey, do me a favor.

Do you mind heading home for me, okay?

And do you mind if your
sister stays here for a bit?

- Thanks, bud.
- Yeah.

Go on home. I'll be right behind you.

Okay.

We go. You come help make dinner.

All right.

Kenny.

Listen, we gotta...

We gotta tell the people door to door.

Okay? We got minutes
left of daylight.

You and Julie cover the
town. I'll go to Colony House.

Reggie will come with me.

We can't leave anyone alone.

What about Sara?

Boyd, what's going on?

What happened in there?

Something k*lled Paula.

But it's not dark yet. I don't...

There's something else
here now. Something new.

It's not safe for anyone
to go to sleep tonight.

Okay?

My dad.

He's out at the RV.

- Okay.
- Randall...

- what the f*ck?
- It's a new plan.

I'm gonna f*cking k*ll you.

Oh, yeah?

What are you... What are you doing?

Donna, I'm so sorry.

Don't apologize to her. We were right.

She's f*cking part of this.

Part of what?

I saw you, up at the clinic.

Yeah, that's right. I followed you.

They were carrying one of their
monsters out of the clinic.

Well, what are they,
some kind of animatronic?

You got a faulty model, huh?

- That was a body, you dumb sh*t.
- Okay.

Boyd k*lled one of them.

- He what?
- He k*lled one of the monsters.

So, now they can f*cking die?

It's funny how suddenly
the rules f*cking change

once someone catches out your bullshit.

Are you f*cking kidding me?

I thought you'd be more...

This was your idea.

No. This?

This is f*cking crazy.

This was not part of the plan.

She's part of the
reason we're still here!

- f*ck her!
- We are not doing this.

You know what I'm
starting to think, Jim?

That maybe you just
put this sh*t in my head

to see what I would do.

How do I know that you're
not part of this, huh?

'Cause my house collapsed on top of me.

What the f*ck is wrong with you?

Here. This one.

- assh*le!
- Oof.

Jim?

You wanna dance, Jim?

Drop the f*cking Kn*fe.

You gonna sh**t me?

Okay.

Now, stand over there.

- You all right, Jim?
- Yeah. I'm so sorry.

This wasn't supposed to happen.

- Get her.
- Just get me off this f*cking tree.

We got about five minutes to get
in that van and get back to town.

Who's got the key?

- I don't know.
- Jim?

Oh, you mean, uh, these keys?

Hey, don't!

Oh, f*ck.

Are you outta your g*dd*mn mind?

Guess we're gonna have to stay
the night and see what happens, huh?

Julie, come back inside, honey.

I shouldn't have let him go.
I should've stopped him.

- He's gonna be okay.
- Hey.

What the hell's going on?
Victor says we can't go to sleep.

Julie, come inside, honey. Come on.

We can't just leave him out there.

Can't we go get him?

No, no.

Mom's right.

Dad's gonna be fine.

We just...

- We need to stay inside.
- Yeah.

I wanna get Dad.

Hey.

Boyd isn't gonna let anything
happen to your father.

The best thing we can do for Dad is...

is to be safe.

Thank you for doing this.

I know you don't want to be here.

I'm not doing it for you.

Things here feel different now.

They feel wrong.

It felt that way out in the forest.

Did Boyd ever tell you
what happened out there?

Further we went out,
the more it felt like...

Boyd said it was like this
place feeds on our pain.

But what if it does more than that?

What do you mean?

Nathan was always terrified of cicadas.

When we were kids, our
stepfather would take us

on these week-long camping trips.

And all night long,

the cicadas would buzz outside our tent.

Nathan would cry the whole night.

He thought they were monsters.

What if the people who die here...

What if their fears
become part of the forest?

What if that really is
Nathan's nightmare out there?

- He's in here.
- Just tell me what happened.

She, uh... she went to sleep, and...

something...

broke her.

Where's Donna?

I'm supposed to talk to Donna.

Donna's not here right now.

She left the clinic hours ago.

Did she say where she was going?

Yeah, she said she was coming here.

We're all gonna f*cking die.

No. Hey, Reggie, look at me. Listen.

You need to tell me
exactly what Boyd said.

We can't go to sleep.
No one goes to sleep.

Okay. Okay, great.

Then that's what we focus on, yeah?

Wherever Donna is,
she and Boyd are gonna figure this out.

So, how about right now we just focus

on doing our part, yeah?

How about you and I go get you
a change of clothes, and, uh...

Everybody partner up. Make
sure nobody falls asleep.

- Yeah?
- Yeah. For how long?

We'll figure that out
when we get to it, yeah?

Mm-hmm.

Hey, Elgin, partner up.

Come on, guys. Let's go.

You guys doing okay?

Is there maybe a room we could use?

- Yeah, yeah.
- Thanks.

- Hey. Come on.
- Come on.

- You okay?
- We'll get you upstairs.

What do you mean we can't go to sleep?

Jim, why the hell do
you think I'm out here?

Your daughter is terrified.

Huh? Just put that over there for me.

Please.

Are you f*cking kidding me?

Pick a lane, Jim.
Don't you see what this is?

- Not now.
- We come out here,

we actually have them by the balls,
and Sheriff f*cking DoReady

comes out here with a new
story and you're just, like...

No wonder your family's a f*cking mess.

- Son of a...
- Hey, hey, hey!

- What?
- Jim!

Hey, hey, hey. What the...

f*ck!

Hold on. Hold on. Now,
hold on. Yeah, yeah.

I am only gonna say this one time, okay?

Whatever stupid f*cking
ideas you got locked in

that rock-hard head of yours,
they are gonna get you k*lled.

Or worse off, they're
gonna get one of us k*lled,

and I'm not planning
on dying here tonight.

Shut the f*ck up and sit down.

Yes, sir.

And you.

After all the sh*t you've
been through here, huh?

You still think this is a f*cking game?

- I was trying to...
- Argh!

It wasn't supposed to happen this way.

So, you led a pig to sh*t,
and now you're surprised he made a mess?

Hey. f*ck you.

f*ck you.

I've gotta get back to my family.

- Jim?
- These old vans,

they've got a pretty
basic ignition system.

Even without the keys,
I think I can probably...

Hey, I'm not gonna lose another
person to "probably," you got me?

We are barely making
it through right now.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

Hey! I said sit down.

I'm not listening to this
sh*t all f*cking night, okay?

Sit down.

All right. I don't
know what your deal is,

whether you're part of this or
you're just f*cking dumber than you...

I lost my wife here.

My friend bled to death in my arms

and you still think I'm lying?

You want proof?

What if I tie your ass up to
one of those trees out there,

let you find out for yourself?

This the freaky sex room?

First night's rough for some people.

They can get unpredictable.

I'm, uh, I'm gonna go
grab a few supplies, okay?

You gonna be okay for a minute?

Give me a hand?

Yeah.

She looks pretty rough.

Yeah. Tonight's gonna be the hardest.

I'm gonna need a pot, a washcloth

and probably some extra linens.

Yeah, yeah. Of course.

All right. Look, um,

I don't really know how to ask this,

but this whole thing about not sleeping,

I mean, do we need to be worried?

Like, they... about the baby.

I mean, they sleep in there, right?

I mean, if she were further
along, then, yeah, maybe,

but she's six, maybe
seven weeks at most.

Okay.

Look, of all the things we
need to worry about tonight,

I promise you that's not one of them.

I mean, yeah. You know,
it's just... it's just weird.

You know, it's like, uh...

I just... there's a... there's a person

growing inside of my fiancée,

and anywhere else in the world,
I mean, that would be great.

You know? I would be
thrilled, which I am.

But here, you know, I just...

I just keep expecting
that at any second,

he's gonna come bursting
out of her with, like,

with fangs and claws.

If it's any consolation, I mean,

pregnancy is weird, no
matter where you are.

I mean, it's beautiful,
but it's f*cking weird.

We're just used to it
because we see it every day.

It's like the magic ball of fire.

The what?

It's this thing from med school.

The whole world,

even the parts that
we think we understand,

it's all really just one big mystery,

floating through space around a...

giant ball of magic
fire that keeps us warm

from a million miles away.
I mean, it's f*cking insane.

We're just used to it, that's all.

Pregnancy's weird.

I can't believe he had a sister.

How do you... How do you
forget something like that?

I don't know, but you
should've seen his face

when we opened the trunk.

It was awful.

Here. Look at this.

You see this one?

- Yeah.
- Now, you see the color of those uniforms?

These are Civil w*r soldiers.

And why the f*ck would a
little girl draw pictures...

Wait. No, no, no.

The pictures came from the stories

his mother used to tell.

All right, then. Why the
f*ck am I having visions

of a story some dead
woman told years ago?

Do you wanna see something really weird?

Look at this.

So, Victor said his mother

wanted to rescue the children
that were locked in the tower,

that it was the only
way to get everyone home.

Since I got here, I've had dreams

about walking up the steps
of a tower just like this.

I mean, all this time,

I thought the children were
trying to scare me, but...

what if they're just asking for my help?

Okay. Everyone come.

Sit.

Hey, Ethan.

Away from the window.

What are we doing?

We play. Feel better.

Yeah. I mean, can't go to sleep.

Might as well have some fun.

Right?

Is my dad gonna die?

What? No.

No, Dad is gonna be fine.

Are we gonna die?

No. No one is gonna die.

When Victor was little, everyone d*ed.

All at the same time.

It won't happen like that again.

How do you know?

Look, I know things are
really scary right now...

but remember what the
Cromenockle would do

- when she got scared? She would say...
- It doesn't matter!

She's not real.

It doesn't matter what she did.

It's just a stupid story.

My mother used to say

that everything is a story,

and we're the ones who
get to decide how it ends.

What about her story?

Did it end the way she wanted?

Ethan!

- Be good.
- I don't wanna play any games.

I'm so sorry.

So, whatever was in your
blood that k*lled the creature,

- that creature's blood is...
- Bile.

- The what?
- It...

It doesn't matter.

Point is, if it works,

we're all walking back to town.

And if it doesn't?

What do you care, huh?

None of it's real, right?

Why don't you let him do it?

What?

He's not afraid to go
outside, so give him your g*n.

See if these monster
K*llers really work.

One way or another, we
get rid of a problem.

But make up your mind. They're coming.

How many are there?

Oh, I can see a few.

- Are they close?
- They're getting a lot f*cking closer.

All right.

Show time.

Hey, wait.

You're not gonna let
him do this, are you?

He's a big boy. He can choose.

They're over here, too.

Boyd?

Gotta be now.

You going or not?

All right.

You have any second thoughts,

you better get your ass right back here.

- What the f*ck?
- Hold on. What's going on?

- They've stopped.
- They've stopped here, too.

- What?
- Something's wrong.

They don't just do that.

- Do what?
- They don't just stop like that.

For f*ck's sake! You
people are just crazy.

Hey, do...

Do you...

What's...

Get the f*ck away from me!

No. Marielle! No, no,
no. What are you doing?

- We have to get out of here!
- Stop, stop.

- We have to go right now.
- Stop, stop, stop.

No. You don't understand!
There's something in here.

- There's something in the room.
- It's just me and you, okay?

- No, no.
- There's nothing in here.

It was a...

You told me once that when
you first went through this,

you saw a lot of things
that weren't there.

No, the guy downstairs,
he said that we...

He said that we can't go
to sleep, and that's all.

We know what the
monsters look like here,

and they're all outside.

As long as you're in
here and you're awake,

you're safe, okay? Now, come sit down.

- Don't touch me.
- Mari...

- Don't f*cking touch me!
- Mari. Okay. I'm sorry.

You're sorry?

Yeah. This is your fault.

You f*cking... You disappeared.

I couldn't eat.

I couldn't sleep.

I mean,

you f*cking did this to me!

You f*cking...

I'm...

I'm...

I'm sorry.

- I didn't... I'm sorry.
- It's okay. I'm fine.

- We're okay.
- No.

No, we are not fine. We are not okay.

Just... f*ck.

I don't wanna be like this.

- I don't wanna be like this.
- Hey.

Shh.

Come here. Hey.

Shh.

I'm right here, okay?

- I'm right here.
- I'm sorry.

You're doing great, okay?

Come on.

We should put these on.

Uh, I don't think you have to do that.

Yes, I do.

Guess that one is mine.

Which one is yours?

Your mom once told me
how grateful she was

that you were all together when you...

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that.

I, uh...

I never really had the chance to, um...

I just want you to know that I'm sorry.

And I know...

I know it doesn't mean anything...

but if I could go back and
change what happened, I would.

Stop.

I know...

it's painful for you.

Seeing me every day.

For you.

For your mom.

I told Boyd I wanted to
go back out in the forest.

That way, maybe I could still help,

and you wouldn't have to...

I don't care.

All right? I don't... I don't care.

I don't give a sh*t what
you want, what you feel.

You don't get to sit here

and have a pity party,

because you're a m*rder*r.

You're a m*rder*r, and you
should've gone in the Box

the second that Boyd
found out what you did.

I know what I've done.

I can never...

I'll never be able to take it back.

I've ruined people's lives.

- What I did to you...
- Yeah.

- Yeah, you did.
- To your mom.

You guys were like family to me.

- And your dad...
- Shut the f*ck up!

Shut the f*ck up.

Don't f*cking talk about my dad!

No.

- Excuse me?
- I said, no.

I didn't ask for any of this.

You think you're the only
one who lost something?

I've lost everything.

Everything I was

and everything I could
have been is gone.

This place destroyed the only
person I ever get to be, and I'm tired.

I'm tired of being afraid,

and I am tired of being ashamed.

I don't want to be here anymore.

I don't... I don't want
to be your monster anymore.

I just want it to be over.

Okay.

Okay. You want out?

Boyd keeps a spare g*n in
the top left-hand drawer.

Do what the f*ck you wanna do.

Wake up! Wake up!

You can't go to sleep.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

Are you listening to me?

The talisman will not protect you.

There is nowhere that you are safe!

Reggie, stop. You're scaring everyone.

They should be scared. You didn't see!

- You don't understand what happens.
- Just take a second.

Whoa. Whoa.

- Hey! Get off of me.
- Calm down!

- Get off of me. Let me go!
- Hey, Reggie. Look at me. Stop.

- Breathe, breathe.
- She was...

- She was my...
- It's okay.

I know. It's okay.

We're gonna die.

Tonight, tomorrow!

- Every one of you is going to...
- Get him upstairs.

- Get him outta here, now!
- ... f*cking die!

Go!

- Hey, calm down.
- You don't understand!

- Stop! Let go of me, please.
- It's okay.

Stop!

This sh*t is... is in f*cking pieces.

How is it...

What are they waiting for?

- What are you doing?
- I gotta go outside

- and see if this thing works.
- No, Boyd.

- You can't go.
- Listen to me.

I've heard this music before, Donna,

and every time it
plays, bad sh*t follows.

We gotta get the f*ck out of here, okay?

Okay. I just...

I need to...

Oh, sh*t.

- Jesus. What the f*ck?
- What the f*ck?

f*ck this, man.

There's no way. There's
no space under here.

Hey, Jim, Jim.

- Hey, come here. Come, come.
- What, what, what?

Come here.

- Come. Come here!
- What?

Shh.

Whatever happens, be ready to run, okay?

Oh, f*ck this.

f*ck this. f*ck this.

- Hey, hey!
- Hey!

Donna, move. Move.

Okay, Donna.

Hey, if you wanna see your family again,

- you get that f*cking van going.
- I got it. I got it.

Okay?

Go, go!

Boyd?

Boyd.

Come back to me.

Boyd, come on!

Let's go. Go!

Jesus Christ.

What the f*ck?

Help me! Help me! Ah!

Put that away.

Why?

It's what everyone wants...

isn't it?

You were the one who said
I belonged in the Box.

That's different.

How?

Put the f*cking g*n away.

If I was in the Box...

it would be out of your hands.

It wouldn't be...

you k*lling me.

It would be this place.

I don't want to cause you any more pain.

So, we'll pretend that we're in the Box.

And we'll let this place decide.

What the f*ck are you talking about?

How many should we use?

One?

Sara...

Two?

Hey. All right.

- Okay. Hey, knock it off.
- Okay.

- Just two.
- Hey, that's enough.

Okay. Hey, hey, hey.

No.

You don't get to decide.

Sara, it's okay.

Hey, Sara, stop!

Hey!

What the f*ck is wrong with you?

Yeah. So, this is where you pull.

- Okay.
- And you can tell

'cause they're all taut.

- They're tight there, right?
- Uh-huh.

So, you take it...

- Oh.
- See? It's right there.

- Oh. Yeah.
- Hey, how are you guys doing?

Oh, he's teaching me how to crochet.

- You are?
- Yeah.

- Good. You're up?
- Mm-hmm.

You're doing a great job, you know?

The way you handled everything tonight.

You're gonna be a great mom.

You're pregnant?

Uh...

yeah.

- How did you know?
- Oh, sweetie.

I've had four kids and
seven grandchildren.

I know an expecting
mother when I see one.

Hey.

Hey, what's wrong?

I just remembered my dream.

Donna's back.

- Stop.
- It'll help.

I'm thirsty.

I'll go get you some juice, okay?

Don't go.

I'll be right back, okay?

No.

No. No, no, no.

No, no, no!

- Marielle!
- Get them off!

They're all over me! They're everywhere.

- Help! I can't.
- There's nothing on you.

I don't see anything.

Just breathe, baby. Just breathe, baby.

Baby, just breathe. Just breathe.

I know, everybody.
Listen, I understand. I...

How long do we have to stay awake?

- If I... Hey.
- Why is this happening?

Everybody just calm down, all right?

Just calm down. We know you're scared,

and we are trying to figure this out.

But the best thing you can do right now

is just hang tight
and do what Boyd says.

Get out of my way, okay?

- Oh, f*ck.
- Hey, Jim!

- I gotta get back to my family.
- Listen to me.

Every time that door opens,
it puts everybody here at risk.

When the f*ck are we not at risk?

Hey! Stand down.

- Stand down.
- I need help up here!

f*ck. That f*cking
door stays closed. f*ck.

- Mari!
- Calm down.

f*ck.

He goes f*cking nowhere.
Get back. Come on.

We've got to figure this out.

Mari. Hey, hey, hey.

Hey, baby. Hey, hey, hey.

Marielle. Marielle!

- Marielle. Marielle.
- Hey, what happened?

I just left for a second.

What the f*ck is wrong
with her eyeballs?

Look.

- Marielle?
- Boyd, what the f*ck is going on?

- Okay, okay.
- Just do something.

Do something, Boyd. Do something!

Boyd, do something.

No. Come with me.

Hey, Kristi. No, no.
No, no. Buddy, buddy.

Look at me. Hey, hey. look at me.

Look at me. Look at me.

She doesn't need a fiancée right now.

She needs a doctor, okay?

So, calm down, right,
and do your job, okay?

How? There's nothing
medically I can do for that.

- I don't know how to help her.
- I know. Hey.

I don't know how to help her.

You can help her.

- Just f*ck off, please!
- Okay. Hey. Everybody clear out, please.

- Get the f*ck outta here!
- Let's go. Give them space.

Listen to me. Hey, hey.

You help her by holding on.

Do you understand?
She's still breathing.

She's still here.

- You gotta calm down get your sh*t together...
- Dad?

... and hold on.

- Dad?
- Not now.

Look. I think you need to hear this.

Hey.

I got this. Go.

You gotta hold on.

This whole time, I felt like
there was something that I...

Like there was a reason why
I had that dream on the bus.

Like there was something
I was supposed to remember.

And I don't know, but when
Fatima said she was pregnant,

- it all...
- Hmm.

All right.

I'm sorry.

- I...
- No, no. It's okay.

Uh, about the dream.

About the dream.

There was this boy...

all dressed in white, and...

he kept repeating the
same phrase over and over.

"Here they come. They come for three,

unless you stop the melody."

Wait. I know that one.

It's an old nursery rhyme.

My grandmother used to sing it to me.

"They come... " No.

"They touch. They break. They steal.

No one here is free.

Here they come. They come for three,

unless you stop the melody."

You realize what you're saying
sounds completely bat-f*ck crazy?

Well, you were the one that said
that everything's connected.

This? This is a connection.

What if Victor's mom is right?

What if saving those children
is how we all go home?

No! No, no, no!

Get them off me, please!

- Mom!
- No, no, no.

Julie! Julie, wait. Stop!

Julie, no. Julie, stop that.

- Oh, my God.
- Julie!

- Julie!
- What happened?

- Mom!
- Julie, talk to me, sweetie.

- Please.
- Get them off me!

I can't! I can't.

Julie! Julie.