01x06 - Element 6

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Huh?

Han! Han! Han! Han!

- Han! Han! Han! Han!

- Han! Han! Han! Han!

Han!

I ask again, Meiyin,

where is the girl hiding?

My life is already forfeit.

You have nothing left

with which to threaten me.

And I don't wish to.

You see, I've never understood

why we are enemies.

Do you remember, Meiyin,

when you first arrived here?

When I pulled you,

shivering, from the waters,

and showed you the ways

of this savage land?

Together, we were the strongest,

the fiercest, the most powerful!

The consul

you could have been in Rome

and what

we could have built there.

We could have eaten

this place down to the marrow,

and returned home with an army,

fit to make the gods themselves

tremble in fear.

Your appetite

is not to my taste, Nerva,

- and your home is not my home.

- You told me of your past.

You fought a bloody w*r

to overthrow

your corrupt emperor,

as did I,

as I am still doing now.

When you first, as you put it,

"pulled" me

from the waters, Nerva,

I did not know you as I do now.

I did not see, for a time,

what you really were,

much like a mantis masquerading

as a grasshopper,

your true nature

soon revealed itself.

I will never forget

what you did that day.

I would rather die

than walk in stride

with a slaver and a m*rder*r.

And that is all

you will ever be.

You

You will die

before you see another sunrise.

Uh.

You two.

So popular I am tonight.

Why do you make it

so much worse for yourself? Hmm?

Should I betray my friends

as you did, Rockwell?

You should simply tell him

what he wants to hear.

That's what I do.

Don't you understand, Meiyin?

No one is coming for you.

I don't want them to.

Always so eager to die.

After all, in the Alliance,

it was you who insisted

on that suicidal as*ault

against Nerva

when you had no hope of victory!

We could have won

if you'd stayed loyal.

This new world

is far too valuable

to be left

to your petty squabbles.

This place contains more wonders

than you can dream of,

secrets that only I can unlock,

secrets meant for me alone.

I could not risk

leaving the ARK's fate

to your absurd "Alliance"!

So, I put my thumb on the scales

of life and death itself.

All it took

was a simple manipulation

of that buffoon, Kor,

to keep him away from battle,

and your "Grand Alliance"

crumbled from within.

A little concentrated narcotic

of my own design,

placed within his creatures'

feeding troughs,

and soon, they all passed

silently into oblivion.

He never even knew

what befell his many friends,

the mad fool.

Yes, you should be thanking me

for sparing your life.

I'm sorry we couldn't come

to an understanding, Meiyin.

But then you never could accept

the true order of the world,

could you?

That plan

won't work either, Henry.

Hmm.

Nerva's stronghold

is the most heavily

fortified position

on the entire island.

Its stone walls are too high

to rappel over

and too strong to batter down.

We have to find a way.

We can't abandon our friends,

especially Meiyin!

She would do the same for us.

I don't know why or how

we have all come to be here,

but I do know

that if we don't protect

and defend each other,

we will not be here

for very long.

In the short time

that I've known her,

Meiyin has made me

a different person.

She helped me find a strength

that I didn't know I had.

She's done the same

for so many of the people here,

lifting us up when we fall.

She believes in us.

That belief is why

she founded the Alliance,

and she is the best chance

anyone has of defeating Nerva.

I agree, Helena.

What Meiyin tried to tell me

is clear now.

We will never truly be

safe or free

while Nerva controls the island,

and we will need her strength

and her vision

to bring him down.

Henry, if it's still possible

to make this right,

no matter the cost,

we must find a way.

Then we will, old friend.

If we can't knock down

the walls,

perhaps we can blow them up.

I've been experimenting

with a new expl*sive compound.

- That sounds promising.

- Promising, but volatile.

We'll still need to first

get inside the stronghold

to place this spark powder

where the walls are vulnerable.

So, unless you can climb

a 200-foot vertical incline,

we'll have to find

some other way

- to get up and over.

- Hey!

Who's been stealing my savoroot?

I think we have our answer.

Alasie, how much of that stew

can you make?

Are you kidding me?

I can feed the whole island

if I need to.

Ready yourselves.

We leave at first light.

Here you go!

There. All set for tomorrow.

I know I've said this before,

but I will say it again.

I am proud of the person

you have become, Alasie.

Thanks, Dad.

I know how scary everything is

and how bad it might get,

but, Dad,

I can't help but be grateful

that we're doing what's right.

We're going to rescue Meiyin,

reunite the Alliance,

and

and then we're gonna free

the whole island.

I have something for you,

later

after all this is settled.

Oh. Is it a new bow?

No, daughter.

Something that has

already been yours

for a long time.

Now, rest.

Tomorrow will be difficult.

Tomorrow.

You have become

quite the archer.

I wish that was any comfort.

- Hmm. Nervous?

- Terribly.

Hmm. Good.

Understanding fear

can keep you alive.

Courage is simply

the recognition

that there are things

more important than fear.

Meiyin

has experienced

so much pain in her life.

She warned me

we couldn't rest, and I

There is darkness in this world.

But here, we have a chance

to write a new story.

And your story,

yours and Meiyin's together,

it's not done yet.

I'm so scared for her,

for you, for all of us.

Don't you feel the same?

How can I fear death, Helena?

I have already died.

As have we all.

These are not my stars.

And this is no afterlife.

If it were,

I would see my wife again.

I would hold my son in my arms.

But this place

has given Alasie a new life.

And for that alone,

it must be something sacred

and surely

has a purpose of its own.

Here, she will get to become

who she has always meant to be.

- It's time to go, Helena.

- Not tomorrow?

I'm sorry, Scary.

You can't come

with us this time.

Huh?

Find Meiyin.

I'll get into position.

You have the spark powders?

Place them

near something flammable.

Nerva's oil stores should do.

And take this.

Fire it into the sky

so I know you are safe.

You!

Huh?

Helena?

Meiyin, I'm here.

Hold on, Meiyin.

Just a moment more.

I've got you.

You

you came for me.

As I hoped you would.

It was it was a trap.

You let your own soldiers die

just to capture me.

And you told me you were clever.

Oh, don't fear for Meiyin.

She'll stay alive

as long as you cooperate.

And now, you still have

something of mine, puella.

- Surrender, Nerva.

- What was that?

Surrender now, General Nerva.

No one else needs to die.

And why would I

surrender to you?

Because I'm the only person

who will let you

surrender at all.

Nerva!

- John!

- Not today.

Today, you answer

to Wakíya Natá U!

Get to Meiyin!

John!

Helena, go! Go now!

Come on!

Hurry!

Hmm.

Nerva!

Stand and face me, coward!

Huh?

"My daughter, Alasie

there will never be

enough time."

"There will never be

enough words."

"These days we were given

were a gift

because of you."

"And what I can give you now

is your life

to make of it

whatsoever you will."

"Your life, and a Lakota name

that has always been

yours to claim."

"My daughter

Ojinjintka

more than there are stars

in the sky,

more than there is salt

in the sea

this is how much

I have loved you."

Helena

this,

this is how it has to be!

Smiling?

Why are you smiling?

The Beast Queen

may have escaped,

but you are mine.

Hunt them down!

And you

you will feast.

Huh?

Prophet, I bring ill tidings.

Thunder Comes Charging

has been slain by Nerva.

And Meiyin?

There is no word as to her fate.

Can you feel it?

The balance of nature

has been altered.

Such movements are ominous.

Soon, the very pillars

of the Earth will be alight,

and everything that we know

will be destroyed!

We have a new home here now.

I would like to recognize

one of the newest

of our number, Helena.

Scary, I have something for you!

Leave me alone!

You don't know what it's like!

I do.

I know how much it

it hurts to have

someone you love taken from you.

I don't deny your estimable

intelligence, Helena,

but leadership

and individual aptitude

are two very different species.

Huh?

"There are more things

in Heaven and Earth, Horatio,

than are dreamt of

in your philosophy."

- Water. I need water.

- That voice.

Miss, do you have any water?

I'm so thirsty.

But you made the choice

that I could not.

You chose to save me.

Welcome, Helena, to our home.

Alasie, how you've changed

since I last saw you.

Monkey and I

have missed hearing your laugh.

They like this ship.

It's the fastest one

they've ever seen.

Did they tell you that?

We still need to finish

our match.

I was so lost, and you found me.

Oh

Now!

An island haunted

by serpents and ghosts.

You should have

stayed away, Prophet!

She cries out to me,

and she will be avenged!

Yes, I understand it now,

what this all means.

You know,

I once thought you mad.

I must admit,

I am impressed, Rockwell.

For what are the laws of nature

before the genius of man?

I did the impossible!

I did it! I alone!

Charlotte?

And for you,

I will remake the world.

Justice

will be served.

Only the gods may judge me.

Give it to me!

Some target practice

is gonna feel so good right now.

Indeed, Alasie.

Charge!

Let's do this.

We had the funeral reception

for my mom there today.

Everything's still

covered up in black.

There's no one left.

It's just me now.

Well, that's not exactly true,

is it? You're here

and I'm here.

I'm Victoria.

Uh.

Helena. Helena Walker.