01x12 - Golem

[bunniefuu]

[Leo] Hand over the Esfera.

[Alebrije] Come on, be a good witch now.

Good, evil, sad, little mortal concepts.

I am Witchkind,
and I won't abide any master.

[laughing]

I have the power now.

Enough to remake the world.

I declare a new age where witches rule
as they were always meant to.

[speaking in foreign language]

Foolish boy.

Leo, no!

[screaming]

Teodora!

No. Why? Why?

I don't understand.

Teodora's a ghost.

You saw it in China.

A spell this big?

It requires a sacrifice.

[grunts]

Idiot.

[Marcella crying]

What?

It should've worked already.

Oh. I didn't see that coming.

Of course.

The girl wasn't a ghost.

That is dark.

A Gallows spell, then.

A little gift for Teodora,
wherever she is.

And as for you...

[grunts]

[Alebrije shouting]

Wait.

What did she mean
about Teodora not being a ghost?

I'll explain later.

- Right now, we have to find the portal.
- What portal?

[all grunting]

The doorway to the nexus.
It's around here somewhere.

I know where the portal is.

[sniffing]

- It's this way.
- Wait a minute.

- You can smell magical spaces?
- You can't?

Hmm.

What did Baba Yaga do?

[Marcella] That was a Gallows curse.

It follows its targets through the ages,
in all places at all times.

How will the nexus help?

The nexus is the world tree of myth.

Its roots touch everywhere
and every time simultaneously.

So, where...?

When are we going?

Where Teodora really is.

[Alebrije] Guys?

- Ta-da!
- Good job, Alebrije.

- How did you know?
- Well, the space-time continuum

- is ruled by very simple...
- Yes, Alebrije. Let's go.

[all shouting]

Oh, my.

What a heavenly song
from this lovely creature.

Great. We didn't even have to go
through Fenrir's cave.

Yeah, good thing, too. Who wants to talk
to that dog-faced dingus?

- I see you, tiny morsel.
- [shouts]

I have not forgotten our last encounter.

Know that you owe me a debt.

Were I not chained to this tree,
I would devour you whole.

Yeah? You can't even devour us half.
You're stuck on your side.

And you have my hammer, vile beast.

Yeah.

Wait, what?

[growls]

[shouts]

Lovely creature?

[all shout]

We don't have time for this.

Look.

Teodora.

Let's go.

[all shout then grunt]

[ekg beeping]

Look. It's drawing mountains.

Man, what is this place?

[Leo] Whoa.

Huh.

[Andres]
Leo, you might want to prepare yourself.

How did she get like this?

She didn't. Her body's been here
the whole time we've known her.

We've only seen her astral form.

- I'm just glad that we're not too late.
- Can she hear us?

I don't think so, my boy.

She's not long for this world.

Not if I'm reading this right.

I know these things.

After all, I was a barber.

How did this happen?

Leo, there's no time for that.

Baba Yaga sent something
back here for her.

[Leo] Marcella, she's my friend.

I really need to know.

All right.

Imagine a girl.

She wasn't a bad person,

but she wasn't always as present
as she could've been.

[truck horn honking]

[ekg flatlining]

When she woke up, everything had changed.

Saw her mom cry. She heard the doctors.

They said that the girl
would never wake up again.

But they didn't know she was there.

And then the lady appeared.
She said she was a friend.

The lady taught her
how to step outside her own body.

For the first time in months,
the girl was free.

She could move, she could sing.
But there was a catch.

The lady told her
she could stay with her loved ones,

but the whole world would be forfeit.

But she explained,
there was a boy in the past

who needed her help to save it all.

The girl said goodbye.

And pushed her spirit through time
all the way back to you, Leo.

She gave up everything she had
to come to you.

How do you know all this?

Teodora and I merged
when she saved me in China.

I saw her whole life.

I would've told you sooner, Leo.

But I gave my word.

Why Teodora?

Who was the woman?

I don't have those answers.

I only know what she knew.

It's unbelievable.

The girl I knew, the girl I traveled with.

And the whole time she was here,
trapped inside her own body.

We have to be strong...

for her.

You're right.

If Teodora goes, Baba Yaga's spell works,
and we all live on Witch Planet.

Teodora wouldn't want that.

[growling]

Whatever Baba Yaga sent
could be here at any moment.

[all shouting]

Ah. Candles, no candles.
Candles, no candles. Candles.

[laughing]

Remarkable.

[Alebrije] No candles.

Candles, no candles.

- Candles, no candles.
- Look.

It's like Teodora's magic box,
but it's real.

[Alebrije] Candles.

No candles, candles.

No candles.

Candles.

No candles, candles.

If Teodora were...

She'd tell us all to chill.

So do that while Alebrije and I see
if we can spot whatever Baba Yaga sent.

I wish you could have seen him.

You would be so proud.

What's going on?

Who are you?

Well, um...

- [woman screams]
- Whoa!

- Whoa.
- Whoa.

This is like Baba Yaga's crying pool.

Scrying Pool.

But yes. I think this is all stuff
that's happening right now.

Amazing.

[Alebrije] What is that thing?

[humming]

[chuckles]

Freeze. [shouts]

What are you doing here?

Allow me to tell you
what I am... doing in here.

I am... Teodora's best friend.

Yes. And we are here because...

- We?
- I.

I am here... That's it.

...In this room...

because I thought Teodora
might need a blanket.

Because of the season, you see? And...

- Anyway, I'm boring you and...
- What are you talking about?

I'm gonna call security, young lady.

- Where are your parents?
- [Marcella] Right. Yeah.

- My parents?
- Ha, ha!

There's two of them.

[Andres] Here are your parents.

I am they.

I am her father, Don Andres,
the most outstanding mind of any age.

I've never heard of you.

I keep my brilliance
a closely guarded secret.

Well, sorry,
but you aren't listed as an attending.

Ah, the noble nurse,
the life's blood of every hospital.

Oh, you work so much harder
than we doctors do.

Oh, well, I've never heard a doctor
admit that before.

Oh, you'll find me full of surprises
once you get to know me, my lady.

Accompany me for tea?

Sure.

Oh!

Ew.

So, what are a boy
and his weird cat doing...?

Moi... I mean... [meows]

...In my security station at this hour?

My guess? Crime.

That's not true.

You're a soldier, right?
We need your help.

You know, I am kind of a soldier.

I wanted to enlist for real,
but I've got this hip thing.

And...

Wait. Are you trying to butter me up?

No. [chuckles]

Mm, butter.

Something big and mean is coming.

Everyone is in danger.

[rumbling then all shout, siren wailing]

Just... There.

- Look behind you. It's right there.
- Holy shawarma.

Chief, need some help here, pronto.
We got some kind of lunatic in the lobby.

Hold on, soldier. I'm on my way.

- Hey.
- Stay here.

Don't move.

No. God, please, no.

No. [shouting]

[thud]

Freeze?

[screaming]

Oh, no. He's heading to Teodora's room.

We have to do something.

Mm.

Are you gonna eat yours?

[growling]

[shouts]

No.

- Teodora, no!
- It's over.

- Huh?
- Shh.

- [both] Ah.
- Quickly. Over here.

Just a wild guess, but that might've been
the something that Baba Yaga sent.

A Golem. Clay given life
by a Hebrew sigil on the forehead.

Remember I said Gallows spells
follow victims anywhere?

It doesn't eat.

It doesn't sleep.

It keeps coming until you... are history.

[gulps]

Then let's keep quiet and think of a plan.

Great news, everyone.

I'm getting married.

- Isn't that wonderful?
- [Alebrije] Really? Congratulations.

[Andres] You can be my best man, Alebrije.

[both cheering]

Shh.

[Andres] Oh, yes.

[gasps]

[all shouting]

[screams]

- I'll save you.
- Don Andres, what are you doing?

I am rescuing my beloved one.

- Hon?
- Yes?

What? But you, uh...

How?

What...?

What is that thing? Wait.

- Are you a ghost?
- Indeed, my darling.

But you're still a doctor, right?

Well, technically, I'm a barber.

Uh, okay.

You know what?
I don't think this is gonna work.

But my love...

Thanks for saving me anyway.

Don Andres, let's go.

Wait for me!

[all panting then shouting]

- Come on.
- In here.

We're trapped.

Oh, fish bones.

We're safe.

[all shouting]

- No. What did you do?
- No.

Close, close, close.

[elevator music playing over speakers]

At least we bought some time.

[all shouting]

No, no, no.

- Not enough.
- [screams]

- Keep running.
- We're gonna die.

Yes.

[grunts]

We are so doomed.

Not yet.

Come on.

Come at me, rock.

[gasps]

[groaning]

Another job well done, Mr. Soap.

[CHUCKLES]

[sighs] Now we're safe.

[rumbling]

[Andres] So, you were saying?

[shouting]

[Leo] Oh, no.

No, no.

[computer voice] What can I help you with?

You can't, Box Lady.

- Unless you know the Hebrew sigil for off.
- Please wait.

Loading.

I heard Hebrew symbol for off.
Does this help?

Huh?

It stopped.

He was just a weenie after all. [shouts]

[sighs]

Thanks, Teodora.

I don't wanna take her back in there.

Will she ever wake up?

She's alive, but her spirit is weak.

[sirens wailing nearby]

I don't know if she will ever be able
to come back to us.

That's her mom. We better get out of here.

What are we waiting for? Let's go.

Wait, Alebrije. She belongs here.

We can't just leave her here.
She's our friend, our Teodora.

She's right, Alebrije.

I don't wanna leave her either,
but we have to.

We've gotta go.

And we have to go now.

Teodora.

Here you are, my dear.

[Alebrije meowing]

My princess.

- Finally, now we're totally safe.
- [all shout]

Never send a big pile of clay
to do a witch's job.

[laughing]

You still don't get it, do you?

[continues laughing]

You can't fight me.

You can't win.

I am the most powerful witch
in the world, lion.

I have ruled over your kind for millennia.

Grovel before me
that I might grant you a fast death.

I am gonna rip
your little girlfriend apart,

and there's nothing you can do but watch.

[continues laughing]

Happy endings don't just fall
from the sky.

[Andres] My hammer.

Well, that was a freebie.

Get her.

[Alebrije] I have an idea.

I'm gonna get you brats and you...

[growling]

[shouting]

No!

[Fenrir] Consider your debt forgiven,
my little lion.

But beware.

The ley lines are activated now.

[all shouting]

We made it.

The portal closed.

That's the spirit.
There's always time for a victory dance.

I'm not dancing.

This thing's got a life of its own.

Let me back in!

[horns blowing]

Guys?