02x09 - Don't Touch

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Monika, no!

I can't believe you're standing

there and it's actually you.

I missed you.

Something came out of it,
it can change how it looks!

Glen, you and I need to talk.

This has been going on for years.

You've all been connected
since you were kids.

You're not part of this,
you're not one of us.

That's me, Louis.

Looks like they're not
a player down any more.

TOUR VOICE: The castle itself

finished construction
in the late 1300s.

The ruins to your left show
a village existed on the site,

with a population estimated
to be over 100.

How many people's ears do you think
these things have been in?

Get off!

Says there's this creepy grave
around here some place!

Really? Let me see.

Shouldn't we stay with the others?

Hey, can you slow down!

I swear, if I face-plant it,
Isabel, it is your fault.

FAINT RINGING ECHO

Do you think that's it?

That's an odd gravestone.

It's been engineered.

What do you think it's made of?

RINGING ECHO

Do you hear that?

Today's challenge will be
in Ctrl-Alt's Alternate.

It will decide which group goes on

to face the final challenge.

Last one to touch
the Artefact goes home.

It's not what you think in there.

They mess with our heads, it's never
just touching the Artefact.

I'll be fine.

Hey, she wants to do this,
that's her problem

but you helping her doesn't help us.

Don't think I want you here either.

We could do this without you.

Thanks.

You ready?

I always hate this bit.

If you're with us, come on!

We're on a bus.
Are we going somewhere?

There's no driver. Where are we?

They're going for it! Move, move!

Glen, come on! Sorry!

What happened here? Run!

It was right here.

You didn't really think it
would be that easy, did you?

Come on.

The marks on the bus
and on the ground,

were they always in your Alternate?

Isabel?

We're playing against each other.

I can't help you.

For what it's worth,
I think those marks are new.

What did you say to Bea to make
her hate you so much?

That she shouldn't be here
if she's not one of us.

Hmm, that'll do it.

Shall we follow them?

They don't know where it is
any more than we do.

I mean, the challenges are based
on location, right?

And the fairground was the rides

and the beach was finding a pebble

but what would a castle ruins be?

Catacombs are like
underground mazes, right?

If you really wanted
to mess with us,

wouldn't you hide it in a maze?

We never went in here before.

Don't blame you.

Why have we come down here?

The markings,
this is where they lead.

And we're not wondering
what those are?

I'm trying not to.

If you're going to do it...
do it right.

Ignore Isabel,
she just misses Monika.

They've been, like,
tight since pre-school.

We're good friends but...

..it's always been them and then us.

Dragonfly are your friends.

You manage to find them and then

the first thing you do
is compete against them.

Why would you do that?

It was always them - and then me.

RUMBLING

Do you hear that? It's the Artefact.

No, that's deeper, lower.

And you'd know?

Yes, I would.

RUMBLING

The walls - they just...
make it sound different.

At least try and say it
like you believe it.

Someone should go look.

It's just trying to scare us.

GROWLING

GROWLING

SHREIKING SNARL

What was that?

They're in trouble! Louis, wait!

"Make of this what you will."

Come on!

What happened? Where's Luka?

He's gone.

We found the Artefact.

What do you mean, "He's gone"?

He was just standing there.

He... He had his eyes on it and then
there was this sudden gust and roar

of wind and he disappeared.

There's something down there.

We should find another way
to get to it. Come on, let's go.

No! No?

How do we know
they're telling the truth?

How do we know Luka's
not down there,

working on the challenge,
about to win it?

Because he's not!

We're trying to help, we're not Jay.

Ten minutes ago, she said
she can't help us.

Now they're suddenly all friendly?

How many times does someone have to

do this to us before we learn?

I'm not losing to them.

You really think they'd
try to trick us?

I mean, even Bea?

Who knows what's going on with her.

She picked a weird way
to get back at Louis.

Louis, the alien from the Artefact,

it turned into Sarah - my mermaid.

Do you think it's dangerous,
locking it up like that?

What do you think it wants?

Maybe we should talk to it,
ask it what they did to us.

Didn't Charlotte already try that?

She did.

GROWLING

Do you hear that?

Luka?

Luka, you there?

I see the Artefact, nothing else.

I'll be careful.

Luka?

Luka, you there?

CRACKLING

GROWLING

Weird.

LOUIS: Glen?

The wall's moving.

That's not a wall!

Glen!

Glen, get out of there!

It got you, too?

Yeah.

It's not going to let you back in.

We're out.

It's up to the others now.

Now do you believe us?

Glen disappeared just like Luka.

I'm sure they're fine.

How do you get over there?

These catacombs,
whichever way we go,

we always end up
back at this corridor.

Because this is the challenge.

Getting to the end
of the corridor...

Without annoying the dragon.

Have any of us
said that word out loud yet?

We've beat monsters
and we didn't have Meg then.

I didn't create it,
I can't control it.

But we can change it, turn it

into a fluffy kitten or something.

Maybe.

It doesn't work, already tried it.

Hey, there.

Are you ready to talk now?

Why are you doing this?

To teach me a lesson, or something?

How arrogant can you get?

That thing called to me
when I was a little girl,

before you even knew it existed.

But why do this?

Touch the Artefact, play against us?

If you win...

..I forget you.

You forgot me when
you left me for this place.

No, I didn't.

No, I didn't.

Thinking about you was the one thing
that got me through this.

SNORING

Is it asleep?

Did it get bored of us and nod off?

My dad does that every time
I try and explain coding.

We can't be sure...

..not really.

We have to do something.

You coming?

After all you've been through,

you really want me to be the one
who touches it?

It should be Isabel. No.

It's fine.

One of us has to go, too.

I'll go. No...

..Kaz should. What?

You're off the Christmas list.

Nice plan.

Go back if you want.

You need to slow them down.

Wait, I have an idea.

SPLATTER

DRAGON GROWLS

Really?

Ah, stuff it.

She's making a run for it.

It's protecting it like it's an egg.

We're in its nest.

Get down!

I had to.

Where's Glen?

Why do you look like my mermaid?

I mean - Sarah.

If I look like someone
you care about,

you're more likely to trust me.

This is really complicated.

And I don't trust you.

You changed us.

What did you do to us?

We didn't do anything to you, Glen,

you were always like that.

Like what?

Different, important.

She's going to need your help, Glen.

She doesn't realise
how dangerous she is.

Who? Who's dangerous?

Everyone all right?

Not really, we lost Faye.

We're OK.

So now what?

I don't think it's going back to
sleepy-byes.

We'll figure this out.

The challenge is just testing us.

Why did you make Kaz go?

You think I'd put Bea over us?

I would never do that.

I saw a sign on the wall,

one of those shield things.

It had "make of this what you will"
written on it.

Look, I thought it meant
change the dragon but...

..when I try,
it's like I can't see it,

like it's part of the Alternate.

What if it meant change
the Alternate...

..and that's the test?

Meg, turning a snake
into a garden hose

is one thing,
but a whole new Alternate?

That's, like, thousands of elements

to focus on - and it's just us two.

I'm not asking for
your permission, Louis.

We're going to try this.

I just need your help.

They're planning something.

And?

And I'm stuck with you.

I don't know why you're doing this
but I don't want to lose.

And right now, your "friends"

are planning on something
to take us out.

Be

ready. There's a place,
a little park

where my sister and me would go
sometimes to escape my mum.

We'd sit on the grass on a blanket,

eat snacks and just hang out.

I'd always thought that when this
was all over we'd all go there.

Describe it.

The grass is flat and...

..there's a stone bridge across a
river with stepping stones in.

Grace would never let me cross cos
she was worried I'd fall in.

And a big tree at the back...

..that you could sit
under when it rained.

And the four of us...

..we'd have fun
and be best friends.

Be happy and normal.

Do you see it?

Really try.

I see it.

I understand now.

We don't need to imagine
every little detail.

We just have to really want it.

Go, you're faster than me!

Louis, run!

No!

Bea!

Louis!

Louis!

We've won!