01x01 - Psalms 46:5

[bunniefuu]

[CHOIR SINGING LITURGICAL MUSIC]

[GIRL] My whole life, I've

dreamt about being dead.

I leave my body, and I

see myself from above.

A normal girl, just normal.

I stare at her perfect

normality until I wake up

and realize that I'm still the

freak I've been my whole life.

One thing I've learned since then

life has a really f*cked-up way

of making your dreams come true.

[MAN] Tragic.

Such a young and pleasant face.

The Devil may present a pleasing visage.

The better to seduce and

influence the weak-minded.

I see. So she was

She will burn like those

who spawned her.

[MONK] You assume she is in Hell?

It wouldn't matter.

She was in Hell already.

Well, name,

age, cause of death for the book.

Ava Silva, 19.

- Leave the cause of death blank.

- I'm not supposed to

I said leave it blank.

[SIGHS] As you wish.

[PHONE BEEPS, BUZZES]

[SIGHS]

Forgive me, Sister, but I

have to ask you to leave now

so I can attend to some urgent matters.

But please remember, she cannot

ask for forgiveness anymore,

so it's up to us to forgive her.

For God knows all and sees all

and will be thy judge.

I'll take my chances.

[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]

[CLATTERING ECHOES]

[DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE]

[SLAMS LOUDLY]

[WOMAN 1] Monk!

I need somewhere to put her down.

[MONK] Sister Shannon. Over here.

[GRUNTING]

[SWORD CLATTERS]

[WOMAN 2 PANTING] Mary.

[MARY] Easy.

We're here.

[WOMAN 3] I've got the surgeon.

Divinium shrapnel.

You gotta get it all

out before it kills her.

[SCREAMS]

- How bad is it?

- Let her work, Lilith.

You're strong, girl.

You're gonna pull through.

Get the pieces out so she can heal.

Your organs are pierced.

Liver, spleen.

Several of these shards are

keeping you from bleeding out.

If I remove them, it could k*ll her.

Can you give her something for the pain?

[WOMAN 2 COUGHING]

We've seen worse, haven't we?

Mary.

Don't say it, Lilith. Don't

even think about it.

You think I want this?

It's not up to us.

There's a protocol.

[LOUD BANG]

[DISTANT a*t*matic g*nf*re]

Sounds like the fight followed us here.

Six targets incoming.

- The other Sisters will hold them off.

- Not for long.

[a*t*matic g*nf*re RATTLING]

Mary. You know what needs to happen.

Beatrice, get her out of

here before I sh**t her.

She's right.

This is Shannon.

She is our leader. She's our friend.

We are not gonna give up on her.

Mary, I'm not gonna make it.

Take it out.

- [g*n CLICKS]

- No!

- [GRUNTS]

- [CHAIN SNAPS]

[SHANNON] Take it.

Mary.

[SIGHS]

[WHIMPERING]

In this life or the next.

[LOUD SLAMMING]

They've broken through.

- [LILITH] I'll buy us time.

- You're needed here.

[MEN SHOUTING IN DISTANCE]

[BEATRICE] I'll miss you, Sister.

[a*t*matic g*nf*re RATTLING]

[DOOR OPENS]

I'm sorry, Shannon.

You're ready.

We both know it.

[WOMAN] We need to turn her over.

[SHANNON MOANING]

[MARY] Shh, shh, shh.

Keep it safe,

or all will be lost.

Mary?

Yes?

Mary.

Yeah.

Don't

trust

Who?

[CLACKING]

[SHANNON GRUNTS]

Who?

anyone.

[CRACKLING]

[CLACKING, SIZZLING]

[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

Oh, it is beautiful, Shannon.

It's beautiful.

Are you the next Bearer?

No.

- Lilith

- [EXPLODING]

[WOMEN GRUNTING, SCREAMING]

[DEBRIS CLATTERING]

[MEN SHOUTING IN DISTANCE]

[g*n CLICKS]

[MEN SHOUTING IN SPANISH]

[a*t*matic g*nf*re RATTLING]

[WOMEN SCREAMING, GRUNTING]

[CLATTERING]

- [HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]

- [SIZZLING]

[MAN SCREAMING]

Forgive me, child.

[SIZZLING]

[a*t*matic g*nf*re RATTLING IN DISTANCE]

[BOTH GRUNT]

[THUDS]

- [WOMAN SCREAMING]

- [MAN GRUNTING]

- [SHRIEKS]

- [GRUNTS]

[THUDS]

[GRUNTING]

[a*t*matic g*nf*re CONTINUES]

[POUNDING]

[GASPING, SCREAMING]

- [DISTANT SINISTER LAUGHTER]

- [INDISTINCT VOICES CHATTERING]

[ECHOING] All right, child,

it's time for your walk.

- [AVA GIGGLES] That tickles, Sister.

- You think that's funny?

[WOMAN] See? He's dying over there.

[NUN] She will burn like

those who spawned her.

[MONK] You assume she's in Hell.

[NUN] It doesn't matter.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[WOMAN LAUGHING]

[VOICES GRUNTING, CHATTERING]

[NUN] She was in Hell already.

[LAUGHING]

[VOICES GRUNTING, CHATTERING]

[NUN'S VOICE] Could you at least

try to be anything but a burden

on everyone around you?

- [ECHOING] The poor child has left us.

- [CHILD LAUGHING]

The poor child has left us.

[SHRIEKS]

[GASPING, SCREAMING]

[MAN GRUNTS, THUDS]

[PANTING]

[WOMAN GRUNTING IN DISTANCE]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

[WOMAN GRUNTING, STRUGGLING]

[MAN GRUNTS]

[WOMAN CONTINUES GRUNTING]

[MOANING]

[a*t*matic g*nf*re RATTLING]

[PANTING]

[GRUNTING]

- [MAN GRUNTS]

- [BLOW THUDS]

[MAN GRUNTS]

[PANTING, MOANING]

[GRUNTING]

[CREATURE ROARS]

[AIR HISSING]

The f*ck?

[AVA PANTING]

[CREATURE MOANING, SCREECHING]

[GRUNTS] No!

[CREATURE CONTINUES MOANING, SCREECHING]

[SCREAMS]

[GROWLING, SCREECHING]

- [GASPS]

- [a*t*matic g*nf*re RATTLING]

[CLATTERING]

[PANTING]

- [RAPID g*nf*re]

- [MOANING]

[a*t*matic g*nf*re CONTINUES]

This is not a dream.

[PANTING]

[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]

[GONG SOUNDS]

[PANTING]

[AVA'S VOICE] Are we gonna talk

about what happened back there?

No.

That sh*t was a bad trip,

and it can't be real.

That's just you coming down

from some powerful dr*gs.

Gotta be.

Better be.

["ILOMILO" BY BILLIE EILISH PLAYING]

Told you not to worry ♪

But maybe that's a lie ♪

Honey, what's your hurry? ♪

[AVA'S VOICE] Maybe

I'm dead, and this is Hell.

Won't you stay inside ♪

The nuns at the orphanage always

said I was a good candidate.

At least here my legs work,

so f*ck those old crows.

If this is Hell, then

I'm gonna do it right.

Like ours ♪

Where did you go? I should

know, but it's cold ♪

[MUSIC FADES]

[DISTANT SIREN BLARING]

[AVA'S VOICE] Maybe this

is what going crazy feels like.

I'm probably back in my

bed at the orphanage,

and all of this is just

happening in my imagination.

And I have completely lost my

mental sh*t so bad, I have no idea.

And my brain is protecting me by making

all of this seem really f*cking real

to distract me from the fact

that I'm a complete basket case.

[LAUGHING]

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

[CONTINUES LAUGHING] What? What? What?

Ooh. Nice outfit!

You drunk?

No, but I might be dead.

[GRUNTS] What is this?

What?

I I don't feel so

[GAGGING, RETCHING]

[MAN] Yo, what the

[AVA] Oh, my God. I'm

so sorry. That's so gro

[AVA GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

[LOUD THUD]

[AVA GRUNTING, PANTING]

- [HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]

- f*ck.

[GRUNTS]

[AVA'S VOICE] g*dd*mn.

[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING CONTINUES]

[AVA'S VOICE] Okay, this isn't a dream.

This is hardcore real life.

[WHIMPERS]

[GASPING]

With superpowers?

Something has definitely changed.

What are you up to, God?

[GRUNTS]

[PANTING]

Oh, I really hope this

team doesn't suck.

The nuns used to talk about miracles.

Well, they were full of sh*t.

But what if they weren't?

I'm not sure I'm ready to handle that.

I don't look any different.

At least I don't think I do.

To be honest, I've never really

spent any time looking at myself.

Never had the chance.

[CHUCKLES]

Hi, Ava.

[KISSES]

[LAUGHING]

I know I should be grateful.

A lot of people would k*ll to have

this sort of thing happen to them.

But you can't blame

me for being confused.

There's gotta be a

reason this is happening.

Someone did this to you, and that

someone must have answers.

[DISTANT BELL TOLLING]

- [SIREN BLARING]

- [POLICE RADIO CHATTERING]

It was a rough first assignment.

But you did well, Camila.

Thanks.

You don't have to do that.

We can reassemble these fragments.

If we find out what holy relic

did this, we can trace it.

Never alone, never forgotten,

ever in our spirits.

May I?

[PRIEST] Tell me what happened.

[BEATRICE] They followed us

back here, Father. Engaged us.

[PRIEST] No, before this.

The recovery mission.

Your assignment.

[BEATRICE] There was more

resistance than we expected.

And by "resistance", she

means a private army.

Armed mercenaries were

at the delivery location.

We secured the area, but when

we went to retrieve the item,

there was a detonation.

Divinium mixed with expl*sives.

Sister Shannon was critically wounded,

so we pulled back to

our secondary position.

- But they followed us

- [MARY] Stop doing that.

This is Shannon.

You are talking like it's just

another incident to report.

I'm sorry, Mary.

I loved her, too.

I just

need something to focus on.

[PRIEST] What about the other

Divinium fragments at the dock?

We need to secure them before

someone else gets their hands on them.

I'll handle it.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Is Lilith ready?

Father Vincent, the monk

has something to show us.

I hid after we were att*cked.

And then she came in with El Halo

and put it inside a dead

body to keep it safe.

Here.

She was here.

What do you mean?

There was a corpse.

The body of a young girl.

Why would she do that?

Human skin and tissue dampen the

Halo's unique energy signature.

Makes it difficult to locate.

Unless its power is unleashed.

The girl, who was she?

Has it ever done that before,

brought someone back?

Not that I'm aware.

You're saying some random,

formerly dead civilian is out there

with an angel's Halo inside her?

Perhaps not entirely random.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[SIGHS]

[WOMEN CHATTING INDISTINCTLY]

[BOY] Are you an angel?

Ava?

I think so.

You're you're walking.

You you're walking.

[AVA LAUGHING] Yeah.

But but how?

You're not

You you d*ed.

Weirdly, that makes sense.

When, Diego?

[DIEGO] Yesterday.

You went to sleep, and

you never woke up.

They took you away.

Is this a dream?

[AVA] No.

No. I thought so, too.

I'm really here.

I'm alive. [CHUCKLES]

But I'm different.

I feel strong.

[EXHALES]

I think I have superpowers.

- Cool.

- Yeah.

My body can heal itself.

I can move through walls

sometimes.

[SCOFFS]

What's happening to me?

Maybe some kind of

delayed zombification.

Um, or your consciousness got

transferred into another host body.

Or you're a clone in some

horrible experiment.

Whatever it is,

you can't let anyone

here see you like this.

Yeah. The Catholics are a little twitchy

about who gets to be resurrected.

Unless they control the narrative.

Why do you want to know about her?

I'm following up an inquiry.

From whom?

I can't say.

The girl's family perhaps?

We were under the

impression there was none.

I don't want to get into

the details, Sister.

The girl is dead, as you said.

This is simply an attempt to gather

information for a concerned party.

Well, yes, but if I knew

I'm on official Vatican business.

At the highest levels.

I don't have a lot of time.

I don't know, Ava.

This whole thing could just be

temporary, like a glitch in the matrix.

If I were you, I'd make the

most of it while you still can

before whoever did

this to you finds you.

I'll fetch the girl's files.

Thank you.

And any information you

might have on her friends

or places she used to frequent.

I don't understand, Father.

Ava never left the building,

and she certainly didn't

have any friends.

That seems odd.

It's not odd at all.

You do know she was a quadriplegic?

[DOOR OPENS]

[NUN] Diego!

- What are you doing awake at this hour?

- There was a pájaro.

A bird.

It's gone now.

Not exactly twenty-first-century

care here, is it?

We do the best with the limited

resources we are given, Father.

Were you and Ava good friends, Diego?

Sí, Padre.

You must miss her.

Sí.

Very much.

She seems like a special girl.

She is was.

[WAVES CRASHING]

[INDISTINCT MUSIC BLARING IN DISTANCE]

[SHIP HORN BLARING]

["THEY RAN" BY MESSAGE TO BEARS PLAYING]

[SHIP HORN BLARING]

When we talked about where we'd go ♪

Never thought of how, how we'd run ♪

When we talked about where we'd go ♪

[SCREAMS]

Never thought of how, how we'd run ♪

When we talked about where we'd go ♪

Never thought of how, how we'd run ♪

[CRYING]

[VOCALIZING]

[AVA'S VOICE] I promise you, Diego,

I'm gonna make the most of this.

[HIGH-PITCHED SNARLING]

[AVA'S VOICE] And

just when you feel like

you got this whole situation in hand,

you see this sh*t.

And it draws you like a

helpless insect into a flame.

[AIR HISSING]

You follow, even though

you know it's a bad idea.

[WOMEN CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

[INDISTINCT MUSIC PLAYING IN DISTANCE]

["I FOLLOW RIVERS" BY LYKKE LI PLAYING]

Run deep, run wild ♪

I, I follow ♪

I follow you deep sea baby ♪

I follow you ♪

I, I follow ♪

I follow you deep sea baby ♪

I follow you ♪

I, I follow ♪

I follow you, dark room, honey ♪

I follow you ♪

- Hey.

- [AVA] Hi.

Do you want some?

Sure.

[GAGS]

That's alcohol!

Are you sober?

Well, not on purpose!

Hey! No spitting!

No spinning?

[LAUGHS]

Spitting!

- There! On the floor

- [BLOW THUDS]

- [MAN GRUNTS]

- [AVA SCREAMS]

[GLASS SHATTERING]

sh*t! Sorry!

[PATRONS MURMUR]

[AVA GASPING]

Ah!

Thank you.

I should probably go.

Bye.

How did Ava come to find herself

at the orphanage, Sister?

Ava was only seven years

old when she came to us.

She was already broken.

The result of a horrible car accident

that took the life of her poor mother.

God rest her soul.

They were here on holiday.

[CLICKS TONGUE] She

didn't know her father,

and there was no other

family that we could find.

But given that the

mother was a Catholic,

the child was placed in our care.

She was a difficult girl.

Ungrateful.

I would like to say that

she will be missed, but

[PRIEST] One more question, Sister.

How did Ava die?

[AVA'S VOICE] So tired,

but I can't go to sleep.

What if I wake up and I'm

back to the way I was?

No, I gotta stay awake.

There's still so much to do.

So many firsts to experience.

Yeah.

Cold water.

Shock to the senses.

This will do it.

Wait. Do my God powers include

swimming? Because I just realized

I can't swim.

f*ck!

[SCREAMS] Help!

Help!

[GASPS, SCREAMS]

Hold on! Hold on!

[AVA SCREAMING]

I got you! I got you!

It's okay. I got you.

[AVA GASPING]

Are you okay?

[AVA'S VOICE] Saved by a cute boy.

Check that one off the list.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I'm JC.

[AVA'S VOICE] Now try to focus, Ava.

Don't do that thing where

you forget to speak.

I'm I'm hungry.

Hungry?

Ava. I'm Ava. Sorry.

Okay, Hungry Ava.

I can fix that.

[AVA CHUCKLES]

Mmm.

Mmm.

Wow, you weren't kidding.

Mmm.

Mmm.

- [DOOR CREAKS]

- Yeah.

[WOMEN CHUCKLING]

[JC] Oh, long night?

Uh, so, this is Chanel,

Zori, and Randall.

Mmm

Hey.

Hello.

Okay. [SIGHS]

[GULPS] Nice to meet you.

Who are you?

Nobody.

I'm Ava. [CLEARS THROAT]

Where are you from, Ava Nobody?

Just

here and there.

Around.

How very obtuse.

What?

It means you're a mystery.

Come on. She's a mystery.

We all love a good mystery, don't we?

[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

The truth is, some people might

be looking for me right now,

so I'm happy to keep a low profile.

Where are you staying?

Um

Wait, is this your house?

No.

Don't worry so much about who owns what.

Just enjoy the view.

[SCOFFS]

I mean, it's not like you're

squatting here or something.

[MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVVING]

[SWORDS CLACKING]

[PEOPLE GRUNTING]

[BELL TOLLING]

Do we know who was at the docks?

Why they were receiving

a shipment of Divinium?

Not yet.

Let's distribute this

to the entire diocese.

I want every priest, deacon,

and nun in Andalusia

on the lookout for her.

[MARY] What happened to Shannon?

Divinium exploding into

her, ripping her to pieces.

This is how you k*ll a Warrior Nun.

And they knew we were coming.

Why else would there be

mercenaries waiting for us?

That has never happened before.

What's changed?

I don't know.

All the more reason to

find the Halo quickly.

Its power in someone

untrained, untested,

or unworthy is a danger to us all.

So, I find her, then what?

The Halo brought her back.

Will removing it k*ll her?

That's why you called me.

You need someone who's okay with that.

I need someone I can trust.

Lilith is driven by ambition.

Beatrice is brilliant but guarded.

You are who I rely on.

Who I've always relied on.

[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

- Hey.

- [JC] Hey.

I can stay here?

Oh, uh

Well, not forever, but

a few nights for sure.

We tend to keep a busy schedule.

Italy, France

Wherever the action is.

Yeah, something like that.

So, um, why are people looking for you?

Uh

Hey, you want to take

a walk on the beach?

Sure.

So, you're criminals.

We're opportunists.

What's the difference?

Well, we're not taking anything

that isn't already being

offered up for free.

Hmm.

That beach house?

The owner lives in Saudi Arabia.

They come to Spain once or twice a year.

The rest of the time it sits empty.

They don't rent it out.

They don't Airbnb it.

So we pop in, we use it for a few weeks,

we get it professionally cleaned

before the owners return.

And, yeah.

I don't know. Nobody

gets hurt. Life is good.

Look, the system is rigged

against people like us

getting money, nice houses.

They they say if you work hard,

you can get everything, etc., etc.

But that's a lie. Okay? You

gotta be in one of the

[AVA'S VOICE] Just

keep talking, pretty boy.

I don't care what you're talking

about. I just see lips I wanna kiss.

I understand.

You do?

Yeah.

Institutions.

[SCOFFS] I hate them.

You know, they focus

power in one direction,

and everyone under them is just abused.

Yeah, that's right. We're pushing back.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Making the most.

- We're trying to.

Can I help?

[JC] Sure. Yes.

The more the merrier.

Okay.

There's just something

that you need to know.

You're Interpol?

[LAUGHS]

No. [GIGGLES]

Um

I'm sort of new new to this. I

don't have a lot of life experience.

So, I may need your help

to figure some stuff out.

I mean, not help.

Okay, I'm a strong woman.

I don't need your help.

It's not like, "Oh, help", you

know? It's just a little help.

I do realize that I keep saying

that word again. Help. And

- I just said it again. I did it again.

- [LAUGHS]

But did you just say anything?

No?

I got you.

What are you doing?

[LAUGHS] I'm I'm wondering

what I'm going to wear tonight.

What's tonight?

Big party. There's a

dance rave at the prison.

At the pris Like a real prison,

or a club called the Prison?

A real prison,

once upon a time.

Cool.

I'm sorry about earlier today.

We were in rough shape.

Strangers tend to make

us a bit uncomfortable.

Yeah, no.

No problem. It's fine.

Hey, I think this could

look really great on you.

I can do some minor alterations.

Really? I I trust you. Yeah.

[LAUGHS] Oh, my God.

Good decision.

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

Yeah.

[DANCE MUSIC GROWS LOUDER]

Let's go ♪

f*cking epic.

[DANCE MUSIC CONTINUES]

Hey!

Hey!

Can I have one?

Are you sure?

No.

Yeah?

[BELL TOLLING IN DISTANCE]

[PLAYING MINOR PIANO MUSIC]

[JANGLES]

[PIANO MUSIC CONTINUES]

[WOMEN GRUNTING]

[MARY] You okay?

[SHANNON] Yeah, why?

[MARY] Normally, you kick my ass

in sparring and don't break a sweat.

Normally, you enjoy it.

Today

Today, you were fighting something

else while you were fighting me.

- Something's on your mind.

- I'm working it out.

I respectfully disagree.

Come on. Give me something.

I know it's not me. I'm a g*dd*mn gift.

- Language.

- Oh, bullshit.

You know I love you, right?

And I love all the girls here.

Yeah, I know.

You protect the ones you love.

And I'm protecting you.

And I'm protecting them.

I know this doesn't make

much sense right now, but

it will some point in the future.

Trust me.

Okay.

Just remember that we love you, too.

[CONTINUES PLAYING MINOR PIANO MUSIC]

That's the way every day goes ♪

Every time we've got no control ♪

If the sky is pink and white ♪

If the ground is black and yellow ♪

It's the same way you showed me ♪

Nod my head, don't close my eyes ♪

Halfway on a slow move ♪

Just the same way you showed me ♪

If ♪

Come join us, Father.

[PRIEST CHUCKLES]

Thank you, Camila,

but I have somewhere to be.

[SNIFFLES]

If you could fly,

then you'd feel south ♪

Up north's getting cold soon ♪

Just the same way you showed me ♪

You showed me ♪

You showed me love ♪

You showed me love ♪

You showed me love ♪

You showed me love ♪

You showed me love ♪

[SNIFFLES]

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

[VOCALIZING]

I want you and you want me, too ♪

I want you and you want me, too ♪

[VOCALIZING]

Are you okay?

I want you and you want me, too ♪

Yeah. I I gotta pee.

Be right back.

I want you and you want me, too ♪

I want you and you want me, too ♪

[VOCALIZING]

I want you and you want me, too,

I want you and you want me, too ♪

[WHIRRING]

[WHIRRING CONTINUES]

[BARTENDER IN SPANISH] Would

you like water with that, Father?

[IN SPANISH] No, I'm not

drinking it. Just looking at it.

I understand.

You know

Sometimes it helps to

share what's on your mind.

You and I have the same job.

Listening.

So Come on. [KNOCKS]

[PRIEST IN SPANISH] How do I explain?

What if I told you that

Demons were real?

That they were among us?

[AIR HISSING]

[PRIEST CONTINUES] Some are

ethereal monsters that feed off

our souls and push us to do evil.

[WHOOSHING]

[WHOOSHING, MOANING]

[SCREECHING]

[WAILING]

[PRIEST] Others are beasts from

Hell that could slice you in half

with a single swipe of their claw.

[CLANKING, CLATTERING]

- [SNARLING, SCREECHING]

- [SLASHING]

[PRIEST] You would nod your

head and say you understand,

because I'm a priest.

You expect me to say these things.

Things that might be

metaphorical and not literal.

[NO AUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

[PRIEST] But what if I weren't a priest?

What if I told you all this as a layman?

You would think that either I

was a madman or a prophet.

And these days, it's very

hard to believe in prophets.

[SNARLING]

[CREATURE SCREECHING, ROARING]

[SNARLING]

[VOCALIZING]