03x08 - Vae Victis

[bunniefuu]

VERAN: We will see if
the Gods chose right.

HEMPLE: The Veran
got his witch back.

CYRUS: This is for you.

HEMPLE: Then there's my girl.

If she keeps it up...
[GRUNTS] ...We're in.

The Chosen One.

Veran doesn't think
she's got this.

DIVIS: Our prophecies
are made for this.

They're coming in ways we
cannot see. They've got us.

LUCIUS: You want
that spear so badly,

it makes you do
diabolical things.

She won't take you again.

I'm not just yours...

CYRUS: I belong to
her now. [SCREAMING]

CAIT: If we fail,
that's the end.

[GRUNTING]

What?

It's a trap.

Get her!

Come on. I've got you.

[CROWS CAWING]

[GASPS]

ANIA: Surrender to Lokka.

You haven't got a chance...

Ania.

Oh, no.

♪ "Children of the
Revolution" T Rex ♪

♪ Yeah!

♪ Well, you can bump and grind

♪ It is good for your mind

♪ Well, you can twist and shout

♪ Let it all hang out

♪ But you won't fool

♪ The children of the revolution

♪ No, you won't fool

♪ The children of the revolution

♪ No, you won't fool

♪ The children of the revolution

♪ No, you won't fool

♪ The children of the revolution

♪ No way

♪ Yeah

♪ Wow! ♪

[GASPS]

[SIZZLING]

I saw him.

Lucius?

The General?

You've got blood in your hair.

[INDISTINCT HUMMING]

I know who you saw.

[LUCIUS PANTING]

MAN 1: Follow the coaches.

MAN 2: Open the gates.

Legionaries!

MAN 2: Halt!

Perfect.

[GROANING]

[CROWS CAWING]

RAYNE: You went
against the plan!

Deny it. All along you've
had your own agenda.

I gave you my bow! To save her! You
tried to k*ll their general instead!

Oh, bullshit.
Yeah. This is them.

This is the Regni all over.
You f*cking saw nothing.

You were too busy falling
off a f*cking wagon.

We've had three centuries
of this. And I did save her.

Oh, really? Anyone
else see that?

Dad, I forgive you
for everything!

At least now we know
why you're here.

You have no idea why I'm here,
you zealous little shitbag.

Your pathetic plan and
your piss-poor prophecy.

I'm bored now. I
don't need this.

You can shove your spear
up your shitter. Sideways.

I'm out.

Out of my way. Nipple!

Where's she going?

What happened? Let her
go. She had no faith!

So where's the girl?

She was here just after dawn.

[SNIFFS]

You're certain? It's her.

What's up with you?
I can't see it.

I should be able to see the
signs and find the signs...

Who's she with?

Ania.

Well, you better tell him.

Yep. Yep, OK. There's, there's

something I should
probably have mentioned.

Oh, I don't like this. Uh,
I know Ania pretty well...

Actually, I don't, but I did.

To be fair, even then I
didn't know her that well.

I knew she was a
f*cking basket-case.

Stick to the point, Kwunt. Yeah.

I've looked into her eyes a lot.

We had a baby together.
So I know her pretty well.

But when I looked into
her eyes last night,

it was like... she wasn't there.

What do you mean?
Something else was.

Something else was what? In her.

In her? Like... controlling her.

And you didn't think
you'd mention that?

You didn't think that,
on this mission, this,

the most sacred of sacred tasks
in recorded time, you'd...

- Yeah.
- Thanks for bringing that one to the team.

Thanks for sharing that absolutely
f*cking crucial input.[HE YELPS]

But, as usual, my dim, ginger
penance-for-I-know-not-what,

I'm way ahead of you.

Ania's a rat. She's the traitor.

Drella's dead.

Oh. She fell off
the viaduct, splat.

Awful.

[GROANS] This way?

CENTURION: For four moons
the Cimbri pinned us down.

We toiled day and night to
dig a tunnel to the treeline.

Two hundred passed through it, to
rise unseen behind their siege line.

The Cimbri charged.

Dozens on both sides were slain.
By dawn, but 20 were standing.

We captured their
Chieftain. Igborn the Dread.

It's Ogborn, you c**t!

Well, it sounds like,
um, quite a dust up.

The, er, Cimbri will be back,
but with reinforcements...

Can I stop you there?

On behalf of the Emperor, I
command your valiant efforts.

But this is what's
gonna happen, OK?

You're gonna tell... Ogborn?

You're gonna tell
our friend there,

that if he accepts a truce,
pulls back, cools off his boots,

then, by the next New Moon,
this entire valley will be his.

What? WHISPERING: What the f*ck?

You fought like lions!

But the battle, my friends

is not the w*r.

[SOLDIERS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

[EXHALES]

Hold that thought.

[MAN SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

It's not what I'm used to,
but I suppose it'll do.

My apologies, General.

It's an honour to cede my quarters
to General Aulus Plautius...

Yes. Well, that will be
all for now. Thank you.

And Centurion... Aye, General.

Tell them to keep a lid on it out
there, will you, that's a good man.

Aye, General.

So, what's the plan, Father?

I think we're beyond
that now, don't you?

What do you mean? Why
do you call me Father?

I'm not your father.

My boy is dead, and I watched
him die. So come on...

Who are you?

When did you guess?

I'm right, aren't I?

Well, you always
were a clever one.

At the heart of the
madness, he comes...

Mighty Lokka.

My Master.

[CROWS CAWING]

If you ask me, it
just doesn't add up.

Ania's devout. She's the
best novice I've ever met.

No offence. None taken.

I know it's her. How?

Because she tried
to hex me. When?

A few days back. Ania
tried to hex you?

Alright, I tried to hex her.
But it didn't work and then

she hexed me. Oh!

I was tired! I had
a lot on my mind.

The fact remains, she hexed
me and she took Big Pebble.

f*ck! You lost Big
Pebble? Yes, I...

If I had Big Pebble, we
wouldn't be in this mess.

Cait's my responsibility.
From the beginning.

I found her. I schooled her
on the path to righteousness.

Nobody acknowledges that.
Nobody comes up to me and says,

"Hey, Divis! Hey... Arrow..."

Now she's gone.

And right when I need
Big Pebble the most.

I could ask Danu, Aarogh,

Morrigan.

I could move the
f*cking stars around.

She was stronger. Ania.

She was stronger
than Big Pebble.

She was stronger than you.

WHISPERS: f*ck.

Where are we going?

No idea. [LAUGHING]

Oh! [BOTH LAUGHING]

Oh!

[BOTH LAUGHING]

[LAUGHTER STOPS SUDDENLY]

How's that?

Feels good being here.

With you.

Same here.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

Hello. What's this?

RAYNE: Where's the road?

I guess this is as far
as the Romans have got.

Who's that?

[MAN SIGHS]

Afternoon.

Who are you?

I asked first. We're Druids.

We're Druids. He's...

None of you are Druids!

This road slays the trees,

cleaves the fields,
murders the meadow flowers

no true Druid would walk
the Path of The Demons.

Well, he's got a point there.

It's quite handy though.
Straightest line between two points.

Stay here. I'll look for tracks.

Why are you tied to that chair?

I have been chosen.

To be sacrificed to Cernunnos,

The Hornèd One.

I shall drink from
the Cup of Light,

be split from neck to naval,

my offal strewn to the wind,

whereupon Cernunnos shall
descend from the heavens,

rip up the Demon Path, gather up
the stones, and drive the invaders

back, back, back into the sea.

Sounds unmissable. To
be chosen for sacrifice

is the highest honour
in my tribe. Mm.

My three wives each
get a goat. [CHUCKLES]

Couldn't be happier for you.

Look, you don't wanna do this.

No, no, don't, don't untie me!

They're gonna spilt you from
your neck to your waist!

Do not untie me! Do
not untie me! No. No!

Hey, hey, hey.
[SACRIFICE ROARING]

[ROARING] Shut up.
Calm down. Calm down.

Calm down. You can't stay here.

[ROARING ALL AROUND] What is it?

Let's get out of here. [ROARING]

[DIVIS GASPS]
[ROARING CONTINUES]

[TRIBESMEN ROARING AND BARKING]

[ROARING STOPS]

We told you 10 f*cking
times. We're Druids!

They were on the
Path of the Demons!

We were looking for
someone. We're in a hurry.

The straightest line between
two... If you are a Druid...

What is this?

That's easy... Not you.

Him.

Oh shit.

Sorry, guys. We're
on a sacred mission!

Look. We know who built
the road. We hate the road.

If you hate the
road, then prove it.

As a Druid, you will know how.

Oh no. [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

[SCREAMING]

Wooo!

[ROARING]

[MUFFLED ROARING]

Woooo!

[ROARING]

Oh, Daddy!

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah!

How are we doing?

I can't feel my legs.

I can't feel anything
south of my tits.

Oh, Daddy!

It's, uh, pretty strong.

Call yourself a Druid?

Obviously it's strong!

The secret is to control it.

Get up on top of it.

[THEY GIGGLE] And pause it!

Boss the stone. Boss
the stone. Oh, Daddy!

Ignore the giant bats.

This is why I'm here.

This is my calling.

You know what, chum?

It probably is.

[PANTING]

No.

No.

No. No.

No.

KENRICK: Stop the road!

Stop the road!

Stop the road!
ALL: Stop the road!

ALL: Stop the road!
[KENRICK YELPS]

PHELAN: Yay!

Me next. It's me next.

Oh! Yes, please.

Oh, this is it. This is it.

This is it!

Your blood shall be the road!

Where it flows, the Gods walk!

[ARROWS SWISHING]

[GRUNTING]

Which way did the Romans go?

There's a valley.
Ten miles west.

It's Cimbri land.

There's a Roman fort. It's...

[INDISTINCT SCREAMING]

Leave me for the crows, eh?

ANIA: Hang on.

I know who this is.
[LAUGHS] Who is it?

"My name's Veran."

"You are the Chosen One."

[LAUGHING] "You
will do as I say!"

[SHE LAUGHS]

"I want your child."

You want my only child? Here.

Take him!

[WAILING]

I've given him my whole life.

My soul.

WHISPERS: It's
alright. It's alright.

But this journey has
made me feel like...

I'm wrong again.

There's another power.

Power much stronger.

Fiercer.

More wholly,

wholly pure.

Do you love me? Oh,
to the moon and back.

Will you never leave me?
Never. Come. Dance with me.

[AULUS LAUGHS] Whoo!

[LAUGHING] Yes!

[LAUGHING CONTINUES]

LAUGHING: Yeah.

Everybody. Everybody, come on.

Come on. Come on! [LAUGHING]

Come on. One, two,
three. [LAUGHS]

Die! [HE LAUGHS]

Well, die. Die -
lie down. [LAUGHS]

Come on. [LAUGHING]

Aah! Yes. Ha ha!

Come on. Let's go.

Oh, yeah. [LAUGHS] Let's go.

Come on.

[LAUGHING]

[LAUGHING]

The time has come. [LAUGHING]

[HE STOPS LAUGHING]

HEMPLE: You see,
that's how it works.

We take your fear
and, and your loss,

and we turn it up until
it's pure madness.

Pushes you and pushes you

until you lose yourself,

and eventually you go pop.

And there

in the clear, pure pop
of insanity, you find it.

Then you're ready.

Sacrifice.

It's the gift that
keeps on giving.

Hem, what was your sacrifice?

Who says I've made one yet?

He's downstairs.

[HEMPLE SIGHS] Hmm.

Hmm.

Oh, oh, oh, oh!

PAINED: Oh!

There!

Hmm.

Shall we?

[LAUGHING, INDISTINCT
CHATTERING]

Here! Up the hill!

f*ck off.

[SHIVERING]

Perhaps I should've asked.

Where's the spear?

Hmm?

So...

Lucius Validus.

Lucius the Strong.

Lucius the Worthy.

When do the ghosts come for you?

The baby you speared in its cot.

The mother who begged you to
r*pe her to spare her daughter.

The boys you tore limb from limb

so their father would
know the might of Rome.

So much blood,

so much horror,

so much to try and forget.

Who wouldn't crave a
way out from under?

And you found it, didn't you?

You saw your chance
and you took it.

All that horror
wasn't your fault.

It was your divine destiny.

Had to be.

You're a saved soul.

And the ghost thing,
they disappear.

Stop!

Please.

You're right.

I'm a coward. A monster.

I escaped by k*lling a man.

Like hundreds before him.

Except

he wasn't a man.

And when he came to me again.

He had a promise in his eyes.

A light.

Something I wanted so badly.

Something you

will never understand.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Forgiveness.

ISLENE: Being a girl is the
best thing in the world.

[CAIT LAUGHING] Woo!

Don't be scared.

You have wings.

CYRUS, WHISPERING: One
of them will betray you.

[GASPS]

Are you there, Lokka?

Mighty Lokka!

Are you there?

I am here. [CAIT GASPS]

Your journey is complete.

ECHOING: I am within
you. [CAIT SCREAMS]

Let go now. Peace awaits.

[CAIT SCREAMING]

[SCREAMS]

[CAIT SCREAMING]

[GRUNTING AND SCREAMING]

CAIT: No!

[CAIT SCREAMS]

No, no, no!

[CHOKING AND CRYING]

ISLENE: You are strong, sister.

The legions of the
dead are behind you.

They are chanting your name.

VERAN: Your move, Cait.

[GASPING]

[CAIT SCREAMS]

[CAIT SCREAMING,
MONSTER GROWLING]

[SCREAMING]

No!

[COUGHING]

Nooo!

Nooo! [FLIES BUZZING]

[SCREAMING]

[GASPING FOR BREATH]

- Where you going?
- To see an old friend, chop off his head.

Oh, no, you don't.
Oh, yes, I do. Look,

she doesn't win, we don't
win. So let's call it a draw.

You really don't get this, do you?
This is exactly what he wants.

This is his sacrifice.
Just like his master.

WHISPERS: She
thinks she's got us.

Oh!

Let her come. [CHUCKLES EVILLY]

One of them will betray you.

Oh, my master. [SNIGGERS]

My master.

Wait for me.

It is the Gods' will.

[SIGHS]

MAN 1: What now?
What happens next?

MAN 2: The girl must die.

So the world can live.

MAN 3: The prophecy... VERAN:
The Chosen One is returned!

MAN 4: I see...
MAN 5: It is her.

MAN 6: I took his
spear. The prophecy...

[OVERLAPPING.
INDISTINCT MURMURING]

WOMAN: You are
the one. It's you.

[SOLDIERS MURMURING,
DRAWING SWORDS]

Welcome.

Take her!

[ECHOING THUD]

Epona. [ECHOING THUD]

Taranais. [ECHOING THUD]

Sulis. [ECHOING THUD]

Morrigan. [ECHOING
THUD] Maddoch.

In the name of all the
Gods who stand behind me

I command you to kneel.

Beautiful. Enough!

Take her now!

SHOUTING: Kneel!

[SOLDIERS SCREAMING]

SOLDIER: Fire! Oof!

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

AULUS: Fire!

Get to the ramparts!

Find her!

SOLDIER: Wait! Step back!

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

Return fire! Return...

Wait!

MAN: My queen. [ARROWS SWISHING]

[PANTING]

[SOLDIERS SHOUTING]

[GRUNTING IN PAIN]

Are you sure that
you want to know?

[SWORDS CLANKING / GRUNTING]

Find it. It's yours.

Carry it forward. Go.

Now.

HEMPLE: Turn
around, little bird.

Go!

Aah.

The power you carry
will light the world.

[CROSSBOW FIRES] [HE GRUNTS
AND THUDS TO THE GROUND]

LAUGHING: Oh, come, come!

Don't be shy. Don't be afraid.

[GASPS] [CROSSBOW FIRES]

[HEMPLE GROANS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY] Come.

SOLDIER: Find the girl!

AMENA: Come on!

Aah!

[BOTH GRUNTING WITH EFFORT]

[WHACK]

[CAIT WHIMPERING]

[PAINFUL SOBBING]

This way. Hurry.

[PEOPLE SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

[CAIT BREATHING HEAVILY]

CENTURION: The counter-attack
was final. The enemy are routed.

They're fleeing, sir.

General.

MAN: Whoa, there.

It's too late.

[HEMPLE LAUGHS, COUGHS]

It's too late.

One of them will betray you.

My victory.

♪ "WILD MOUNTAIN THYME" ♪

♪ Oh, the summer time is coming

♪ And the trees... ♪

My victory. [LAUGHS EVILLY]

♪ And the wild mountain thyme ♪
[HEMPLE CONTINUES LAUGHING]

♪ Grows around the
blooming heather

♪ Will ye go, lassie, go?

♪ And we'll all go together

♪ To pull wild mountain thyme

♪ All around the
blooming heather

♪ Will ye go, lassie... ♪

Where is he? ♪ Lassie go

♪ I will build... ♪

Where are they?
♪ My love a bower

♪ By yon pure crystal fountain

♪ And on it... ♪

Stand aside.

♪ All the flowers
of the mountain

♪ Will ye go, lassie, go?

♪ And we'll all go together ♪

Let 'em pass.

♪ To pull wild
mountain thyme... ♪

Lokka be praised.

♪ All around the
blooming heather

♪ Will ye go, lassie, go?

♪ And we'll all go together ♪
[WAVES CRASHING]

♪ To pull wild mountain thyme

♪ All around the
blooming heather

♪ Will ye go, lassie, go? ♪

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

♪ "Oh Happy Day"

CHORUS: ♪ Oh, happy day

♪ Oh, happy day

CHORUS: ♪ Oh, happy day

♪ When Jesus washed

CHORUS: ♪ When Jesus washed

♪ When Jesus washed

CHORUS: ♪ When Jesus washed

♪ Oh, when he washed

CHORUS: ♪ When Jesus washed

♪ He washed my sins away

CHORUS: ♪ Oh, happy day

♪ Such a happy day... ♪

Are we ready? CHORUS:
Oh, happy day... ♪

CHORUS: ♪ He taught me how... ♪

[SONG CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

♪ Oh, happy day

CHORUS: ♪ Oh, happy day

♪ Oh, happy day

CHORUS: ♪ Oh, happy day

♪ When Jesus washed

CHORUS: ♪ When Jesus washed

♪ Oh, when Jesus washed

CHORUS: ♪ When Jesus washed

♪ Oh, when he washed

CHORUS: ♪ When Jesus washed

♪ He washed my sins away ♪