Motherland: Fort Salem (2020–…): Season 3, Episode 7 - She Returns - full transcript
Previously,
onMotherland...
To get Raelle, I need
to tap into the Mycelium.
Raelle has a
whole new life now.
We need to let her live it.
Please, Willa. Send
her back to me.
I saw a
vision where Raelle
released a Witchbomb that
was destroying the world.
We haven't much time
to find the pieces
of the First Song
whose music will heal the world.
Two pieces remain.
Any idea who tipped
off the Camarilla?
It had to have been a
member of the Council.
The Cession Council
had the fugitives
and didn't extradite, a clear
violation of the treaty.
The United
States military,
along with an elite
civilian force,
are preparing to invade
and occupy the Cession.
You built a militia?
I knew this
day would be coming.
I took precautions.
We have an invasion
to prepare for.
You and the others
are welcome to stay.
But you're going to need
to choose right now.
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
- Rae.
Why did you bring me here?
We used to do this every Sunday,
when I was home. Remember?
It's me. It's Mom. I swear.
How can I know for sure?
Because I'll shoot
straight with you.
You're healed, Rae.
Enough so we can
be out here or...
Well, then, I can leave.
If you want to.
It's your choice.
Stay, and we can be together.
We can have our Sundays again.
Every day in-between.
And if I go?
If something happens to you,
the Mother won't be able
to bring you back anymore.
And that world above is
even worse than you left it.
More hate. More death.
I know.
That's why I need
to go back, Mom.
I need to help.
Yeah.
I know you do, baby.
I also know that
isn't the only reason
you need to get back.
Come on. She's
waited long enough.
- Goodbye, Mom.
I love you.
I love you, too.
You should know, the Mother
will call on you at the end.
What do you mean?
Mom, what do you mean?
Mom!
Mom!
It'd be
foolish to go looking
for the Marshal now.
I've got reports.
Of U.S. troop convoys moving
fast toward our borders.
There's still time. Please,
just point us in
the right direction.
All the Marshals are connected.
They share a mental link.
We saw that when
they were chasing us.
Like Alder with the Biddies.
Similar, but I wouldn't
call them "Biddies"
to their faces.
So we find one of
them, he could lead us
to where Wade's hidden.
If you can convince him to talk.
The Iroquois Territory
Marshal is stationed
at a border crossing
east of here.
You better hurry.
You're not coming with us?
No. The Council's called
an emergency meeting.
You think they might decide
to turn us over, after all?
I won't let it come to that.
But they still don't know
about the militia yet,
and... I'm not sure
how they're gonna react
when I tell them.
There's one other thing.
There have been some...
complaints again.
About the smell.
We'll talk to her.
Nice menagerie you've
got going here.
No matter how hard I try,
there's nothing but silence.
You've done everything you can.
You even pulled Willa
back from the dead.
Just... have some faith.
I just need to tweak the
Working the right way.
Listen, Ramshorn, you miss her.
So do I, OK, we
all want her back.
But we need to make
sure Raelle still has
a world to come back to.
Um, yeah. You should all go,
and I'll stay and keep trying.
No. You're a part
of the Unit now,
and we need your help.
- But what if...
- Raelle will find you.
And until then, she'd want
you fighting alongside us.
What do you want me to do?
Thelma, my girl! Ooh,
you look famished!
Here - have some of
my world-famous Wasna.
You sure this place is secure?
Of course, it is.
My community center
is a sanctioned meeting place.
Yeah, so was the hotel.
Aw, it's scary times,
I admit, but, uh,
we must not be
afraid, cousin. Mm?
Oh, shall we start?
There's something I need
to say before we start.
Fellow councilmembers, I admit,
I always thought
this day would come.
We were never going to be safe.
Not while our peoples prospered,
shining in the face of the
nation that put us here.
And now, with the false charges
against a Bellweather Unit,
they found the
excuse they needed.
So, over the past year, I
have been building a militia -
growing numbers,
training, planning.
I know some of you
will be angry...
Angry! You went behind
all our backs with this.
You want a war, is that it?
What I want is to
avoid having our lands
taken from us again!
Please, we need to
calm down, Thelma.
You should've told us sooner,
but we're willing
to hear you out.
Thank you.
Why are we going off-route?
Hey! Where are you taking me?
- Mac?
- She's all right.
Just keep her away
from rooftops.
What are you doing here?
Same reason as you.
'Cause she brought us.
- Good work.
Hope you had a good
time back home.
We have a little
catching up to do.
You two stay here, out of sight.
I can feel it. That
fear in the air.
People won't be getting much
sleep in the days to come.
Unless we find Wade
and end this now.
I'm sorry this militia began
without your knowledge,
but I beg you, don't let
anger cloud your judgment.
Support me now.
Support my army.
And together, we can
fight back as one.
For the land of the Great River.
For each other.
Shit.
Adil, Abigail.
This is the Marshal
for the Iroquoian Territory.
I understand you want me to
contact the Head Marshal.
Yes. Can you help us find him?
He's been hard to reach
lately. Very secretive.
But our link spans the
length of the Cession.
Unless he's outside our borders,
I should be able to locate him.
Give me a moment.
That's
one of our convoys.
You sure the wards will hold?
Only the Council can
disengage the wards.
They'll hold. I need
to get back out there.
Contacting the Marshal
will have to wait.
Understood.
Sir, the wards!
Maintain your positions!
We need to
stay calm and out of sight.
The Marshal will handle it.
Bringing a
militarized force onto our land
is a direct violation of
the U.S. Cession Treaty.
I don't need to be
lectured on the treaty.
You were the ones that
broke it when you refused
to turn over the
Bellweather Unit.
Please take your troops and go.
The wards went down at
the exact perfect moment.
I thought
only the Council
could deactivate them.
Someone must be helping
from the inside.
No. Milly.
Oh, I am sorry, cousin.
If only you'd had some
of my home cookin'.
- Oh, God.
- You wouldn't have
such a headache.
You don't have to do this.
Mm, they came to me and
asked if I would help them.
They knew all about
how my territory
was kept out of the
big mining contracts,
how we had no good
land on the water,
all the issues I'd brought to
the Council year after year.
But, uh, unlike the Council,
they were ready to help.
Milly. What did you do?
What I had to.
They just want to
get those damn girls,
and then, they'll
be on their way.
Ah, this will just be a
quick in-and-out for them.
The wards. You can't...
They're already
down, Bearkiller.
Don't worry. I'm
no more interested
in being re-colonized
than you are.
You think
they'll just leave?
Milly. Have you learned
nothing from history?
The treaty is broken.
And we're all vulnerable
now, even you.
We've put the word out
about your Marshal,
though you know we prefer
to stay away from the law.
Thank you, Mac, for everything.
I wasn't sure
you'd even show up.
Oh, I was angry
about what went down.
But then, something
funny happened.
You realized you
were actually happier
not shipping paper all day?
Hm. That, and when
we got desperate,
the Cession took us in.
Our fellow witches
keep up safe, and...
And all that anger went away.
Safe. It's hard to use
that word these days.
I hope there's something
we can do to...
To repay the kindness that
the Cession has shown us.
We're happy to help.
- Did you find Wade?
- I didn't see anything
about Wade in the coming days,
but I think the
Council is in danger.
We should regroup with Abigail.
Not enough time. What I saw,
I think we can save them.
Just you and me, saving the day.
One battle at a time.
And we won't be alone.
Just so you know, we
close in 10 minutes.
- But feel free to peruse.
Hello? Is there something
I can help you with?
Lucky me.
To have such a woman
grace my store with her beauty.
Mm. I'm looking for
a man named Santos.
I am Santos.
Good. I need your help
locating an artifact.
I heard you have quite
the private collection.
Right this way, please.
Let's go have a look, shall we?
Couldn't even track down
a couple of rogue witches.
You people are
pathetic. Which is why
our peacekeeping force
is gonna scour every inch
of the Cession until
they're apprehended.
Now, step aside.
Under the
authority of the Council
of the Great River, I
demand that you leave, now!
- All of you!
I don't recognize any
authority other than
the President of
these United States,
and the president
himself sent us.
We are coming in.
What just happened?
His armor. Must
be the same tech
from the cage Hearst kept me in.
OK, so no direct
work. We can take him.
Stand down. The Marshal's OK.
If we go out there,
there will be bloodshed.
Well, we can't just
sit here any longer.
I won't tell you again.
Stand down.
You
should've let us in
when you had the chance.
We will encounter
hostile witches
like this one on our mission.
That is how you
neutralize the threat.
Arrest them.
Up
against the wall.
Come on, let's go.
We need to do something.
No, no. Listen to me.
You know as well as
I do, those people
don't care who they kill.
And if we go out there,
more people will die,
including some witches
who aren't here by choice.
We stick to the mission.
And leave the Marshal's
blood drying on the ground?
- And what about those guards?
- Our orders are clear.
Find Wade, get
back to Fort Salem.
Some soldiers are heroes
because of how bravely
they follow orders.
I am not one of those soldiers.
Your mother was clear. Avoid
bloodshed on both sides.
My mother will understand.
Or she won't, but this
is what I have to do.
OK. Good luck, soldier.
Everyone's in position,
ready to move.
Not yet. The guards are
changing shift soon.
I'll take two of them at once.
Just say the word.
I wonder if you'd
had your Sight,
back when you turned me in
for being Spree and all,
and you'd see us here
today, working together,
would you have believed it?
Probably not.
I mean, I was pretty sure
that if I ever saw you again,
you'd murder me.
Or vice versa.
You did what you did
out of love for Raelle.
Your love was brave,
it was fearless.
Mine was selfish.
Not anymore, it's not.
I saw a vision of Raelle.
She was... It's
difficult to explain.
But was she OK?
She was destroying the
world with the Witchbomb.
I don't know when or why,
but I know it's coming.
Well, could you tap
into the vision again?
Hey. All I know is that
once we have her
back, we'll find a way
to stop it from happening.
We have to.
It's time.
So, are we looking for
something in particular?
Ah! I have an
excellent assortment
of early ecclesiastical volumes.
You can stop
pretending now, Santos.
I know who you are.
Whatever
do you mean?
You were the Pontifex for
decades for the Camarilla.
Historian. Keeper of secrets.
You are descended from a
long line of witch hunters.
That was another
life, General Alder.
That was this life, Santos.
Not so many years ago.
I've left that all behind.
Started my little store.
That's always been my dream.
I'm not interested
in your dreams.
I want information.
I am not on their side anymore.
Ask anything of me.
The First Song.
All that you know.
My. Going straight
for the top, I see.
I was born into the
Camarilla, you know.
Never had a choice.
But... I enjoy collecting.
It was my favorite
part of the job.
And now, I just want to live out
the last years of
my life in peace.
Leave all that
violence in the past.
Invasion
Force, move in!
Well, if it isn't Bellweather's
little Tarim plaything.
Wind strike, on my command!
Ready... and...
Officer Cadet Bellweather...
I think you should run.
You sure about that?
They have troops of their own
moving up behind us.
We'll cover for you.
As long as we can.
Then you'll let the guards go?
Release them!
What's
your name, soldier?
Officer Cadet Guadalupe Cortez.
Call me "Lupe."
I know you're scared.
I know it's too soon.
It's always too soon.
And what's ahead
will be difficult.
But you must
protect the innocent
at any cost.
That is our greatest
calling. It always has been.
Never forget who you are and
whose army you fight for.
Employ every bit of Work
you have to complicate,
obfuscate, subvert, and
undermine Jarrett's objectives
while maintaining the
semblance of following orders.
Is that clear, soldiers?
Good.
You are General Petra
Bellweather's soldiers.
Make her proud.
I guarantee the Council
will be treated well.
You'll go with the
soldiers when they get here
for safekeeping
until this is over.
Stay inside, Miss Longhorse!
- Looks like you didn't
think this one through, Milly.
Guess this makes us even now?
Milly put something
in the Wasna.
We have to get the Council
to safety, then find her.
U.S. forces on the way.
I can wake them. But
I'm gonna need a minute.
A minute is all we need.
Get to the back door.
- Trust me!
Oh!
Keep going, Miss Longhorse.
You're almost there.
Sometimes, you eat
the bear, Milly.
Sometimes, the bear
eats you.
During the Inquisition,
we were able to gather
quite a bit of information
on these stewards.
Ah! Here it is.
The two lines
you're looking for.
Interesting.
Speak quickly, Santos.
Neither of these two lines
trace to a modern
living steward.
That can't be.
What we call the Abyssinian Line
has been lost
entirely, it seems.
And the other?
The Barbicarum Line was
snuffed out centuries ago,
before the steward
could pass it down.
There must be another
way to retrieve it.
I'm afraid not. Unless you've
a way to travel back in time.
The box.
That is from the
extinct steward's line.
A souvenir of sorts. From
one of her descendants.
But unfortunately, the
song had never been
passed down to her.
Her vocal cords...
Horrid, I know. It
was an old custom
that, I hate to admit, I
taught my students about.
One of them became enamored
with the possibilities
and has revived it, in a way.
Hearst.
That is all I know about the
First Song, I swear to you.
- Uh-oh.
Oh, my. I... I
forgot about that.
This is fake.
What do you mean?
I was there, remember?
I saw the real one.
Braided leather!
Please, I beg you.
I'm a fool. A sinful fool.
Dios perdóname!
I'm not the same man I
was. I am different now!
So am I.
Listen up. They're
coming for the Council.
They don't even know we're here,
so we have the element
of surprise on our side.
You may not have
trained for this moment,
but I know that all Dodgers
need to be strong to survive.
- Use that strength tonight.
And remember,
non-lethal Work only.
These soldiers are
our fellow witches,
and they did not
choose to be here.
- Let's go.
You've changed since
I last saw you.
Well, everything's changed.
Not everything. Tiffany
says hi, by the way.
She misses you.
Thank you, Mac. We just need
to buy the Council
enough time to get away.
Once this is over, take
your people and go.
Keep them safe. Send
my love to Tiffany.
All Council members are to
be taken into our custody.
Encounter any resistance,
and you are authorized
to respond with full
use of deadly force.
Understand me, soldiers?
Yes, Sergeant.
Now, move in!
I said move in, now!
I do solemnly pledge
to protect and defend
the United States of
America against all enemies,
foreign or domestic.
What is this? You
will obey my orders
or be charged with sedition!
the rules and articles
for the government of the
Army of the United States.
All secrets keep,
all lawful commands
willingly perform as
dictated by the Salem Accord.
Bring up the auxiliaries. Now!
- Move!
I'm real sorry about all this.
I don't want to slow you down.
Why don't you just leave me?
Shut up, Milly.
You're coming with.
Bought us some time, but
reinforcements are coming.
We got a civilian commander
approaching the east entrance.
And a unit of witches
approaching the back.
Shit. They don't look
like cadets to me.
We can take them.
They're special forces.
We go against them,
and lethal Work will
have to be used.
So be it.
No, there's another way.
What are you gonna do?
I'm going to do what
Raelle would do.
Whatever it takes to
keep my friends safe.
No matter the cost.
Bearkiller, I need your
help with something.
Stop! Now!
She's a Council member, go easy.
Do you
have any idea who I am?
What you're doing?
I'm sorry, Councilwoman
Bearkiller.
- I wish there was another way.
Congratulations.
You just caught yourself
an even bigger prize.
I love this armor.
That's Tally Craven.
Well, I guess it's my lucky day.
Sir, she's secure!
She's about to be dead.
Couldn't let you have
all the fun, Tal.
- Rae.
- Hi.
How did you find us? H...
I don't know. I
was... I was...
I was walking through
the darkness, and...
I could... I could feel
Scylla, I could hear her.
I... Where is she, Tally?
We're good to go...
Oh, God...
Is that who I think it is?
- I got you.
Hm. Tourist.
- Something like that.
- Mm.
Kinda picked a bad
time for your trip.
- There's a war starting.
- So I hear.
Just need a tune-up,
and I'll be on my way.
Oh, who's taking care of you?
Robin's Repairs,
soon as they open.
Mm. You know, Robin's been
closed down for a while now.
Damn, that's too bad.
Wonder what happened.
Hard to say. Around here,
people come and go
without much notice.
So it seems.
Well, thanks.
Mm-hmm.
We can use the Algonquian ports
to get people out quietly.
I'll send some of my
troops there to assist.
No luck with Wade?
Thelma, your Marshal.
He was killed. I am so sorry.
If it's
any consolation,
Abigail got the
bastard who did it.
This is just the beginning
of the bloodshed.
Which is why we'd like to enlist
in your resistance force.
I thought you were a soldier
of the U.S. Army, Bellweather?
Not anymore.
Glad to hear it.
Before we fight this war,
you should really
go see your friend.
Oh, my God.
Took you long enough, shitbird.
Hi, Abs.
Are you OK?
Yeah. Yeah, I think so.
Is it true? The
Mycelium took you?
Until I was healed, yeah.
Just like Scylla said.
Wait, where is she?
She led the troops away
to give the rest of us
time to escape.
We have to assume
she's been taken prisoner.
Then we'll find her.
Whatever it takes.
Thank you.
Well, you really know
how to make an entrance.
Are you here 'cause Rae's back?
- I came for you.
Let me guess. You need my help
to find another piece
of the First Song?
Hm. You are a
prophetess, after all.
I'm sorry, I...
I can't help you.
Something is
coming... with Raelle.
- What did you See?
A Witchbomb. The
end of the world.
And I need to stop it.
The only thing more
powerful than the Witchbomb
is the First Song.
You think... You think
it could stop this
from happening?
It may be the only
thing that can.
We must trust the Mother.
This is all her will.
How far ahead do
you need me to look?
Not ahead. You're going to
learn to see in the past.
I saw her myself.
When she was done,
there was nothing but
a pile of spores left.
She did us a
favor. I just hope we don't
have to go up
against a Witchbomb.
Hey!
Did you really see
her? The Witchbomb?
It was her. Raelle Collar.
I'd recognize her anywhere.
Why are you smiling?
Don't you know
where they're taking you?
They call it an
interrogation center.
Wouldn't be my first time.
We've been calling it
the Slaughterhouse.
None of the witches that
go in ever come out again.
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
onMotherland...
To get Raelle, I need
to tap into the Mycelium.
Raelle has a
whole new life now.
We need to let her live it.
Please, Willa. Send
her back to me.
I saw a
vision where Raelle
released a Witchbomb that
was destroying the world.
We haven't much time
to find the pieces
of the First Song
whose music will heal the world.
Two pieces remain.
Any idea who tipped
off the Camarilla?
It had to have been a
member of the Council.
The Cession Council
had the fugitives
and didn't extradite, a clear
violation of the treaty.
The United
States military,
along with an elite
civilian force,
are preparing to invade
and occupy the Cession.
You built a militia?
I knew this
day would be coming.
I took precautions.
We have an invasion
to prepare for.
You and the others
are welcome to stay.
But you're going to need
to choose right now.
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
- Rae.
Why did you bring me here?
We used to do this every Sunday,
when I was home. Remember?
It's me. It's Mom. I swear.
How can I know for sure?
Because I'll shoot
straight with you.
You're healed, Rae.
Enough so we can
be out here or...
Well, then, I can leave.
If you want to.
It's your choice.
Stay, and we can be together.
We can have our Sundays again.
Every day in-between.
And if I go?
If something happens to you,
the Mother won't be able
to bring you back anymore.
And that world above is
even worse than you left it.
More hate. More death.
I know.
That's why I need
to go back, Mom.
I need to help.
Yeah.
I know you do, baby.
I also know that
isn't the only reason
you need to get back.
Come on. She's
waited long enough.
- Goodbye, Mom.
I love you.
I love you, too.
You should know, the Mother
will call on you at the end.
What do you mean?
Mom, what do you mean?
Mom!
Mom!
It'd be
foolish to go looking
for the Marshal now.
I've got reports.
Of U.S. troop convoys moving
fast toward our borders.
There's still time. Please,
just point us in
the right direction.
All the Marshals are connected.
They share a mental link.
We saw that when
they were chasing us.
Like Alder with the Biddies.
Similar, but I wouldn't
call them "Biddies"
to their faces.
So we find one of
them, he could lead us
to where Wade's hidden.
If you can convince him to talk.
The Iroquois Territory
Marshal is stationed
at a border crossing
east of here.
You better hurry.
You're not coming with us?
No. The Council's called
an emergency meeting.
You think they might decide
to turn us over, after all?
I won't let it come to that.
But they still don't know
about the militia yet,
and... I'm not sure
how they're gonna react
when I tell them.
There's one other thing.
There have been some...
complaints again.
About the smell.
We'll talk to her.
Nice menagerie you've
got going here.
No matter how hard I try,
there's nothing but silence.
You've done everything you can.
You even pulled Willa
back from the dead.
Just... have some faith.
I just need to tweak the
Working the right way.
Listen, Ramshorn, you miss her.
So do I, OK, we
all want her back.
But we need to make
sure Raelle still has
a world to come back to.
Um, yeah. You should all go,
and I'll stay and keep trying.
No. You're a part
of the Unit now,
and we need your help.
- But what if...
- Raelle will find you.
And until then, she'd want
you fighting alongside us.
What do you want me to do?
Thelma, my girl! Ooh,
you look famished!
Here - have some of
my world-famous Wasna.
You sure this place is secure?
Of course, it is.
My community center
is a sanctioned meeting place.
Yeah, so was the hotel.
Aw, it's scary times,
I admit, but, uh,
we must not be
afraid, cousin. Mm?
Oh, shall we start?
There's something I need
to say before we start.
Fellow councilmembers, I admit,
I always thought
this day would come.
We were never going to be safe.
Not while our peoples prospered,
shining in the face of the
nation that put us here.
And now, with the false charges
against a Bellweather Unit,
they found the
excuse they needed.
So, over the past year, I
have been building a militia -
growing numbers,
training, planning.
I know some of you
will be angry...
Angry! You went behind
all our backs with this.
You want a war, is that it?
What I want is to
avoid having our lands
taken from us again!
Please, we need to
calm down, Thelma.
You should've told us sooner,
but we're willing
to hear you out.
Thank you.
Why are we going off-route?
Hey! Where are you taking me?
- Mac?
- She's all right.
Just keep her away
from rooftops.
What are you doing here?
Same reason as you.
'Cause she brought us.
- Good work.
Hope you had a good
time back home.
We have a little
catching up to do.
You two stay here, out of sight.
I can feel it. That
fear in the air.
People won't be getting much
sleep in the days to come.
Unless we find Wade
and end this now.
I'm sorry this militia began
without your knowledge,
but I beg you, don't let
anger cloud your judgment.
Support me now.
Support my army.
And together, we can
fight back as one.
For the land of the Great River.
For each other.
Shit.
Adil, Abigail.
This is the Marshal
for the Iroquoian Territory.
I understand you want me to
contact the Head Marshal.
Yes. Can you help us find him?
He's been hard to reach
lately. Very secretive.
But our link spans the
length of the Cession.
Unless he's outside our borders,
I should be able to locate him.
Give me a moment.
That's
one of our convoys.
You sure the wards will hold?
Only the Council can
disengage the wards.
They'll hold. I need
to get back out there.
Contacting the Marshal
will have to wait.
Understood.
Sir, the wards!
Maintain your positions!
We need to
stay calm and out of sight.
The Marshal will handle it.
Bringing a
militarized force onto our land
is a direct violation of
the U.S. Cession Treaty.
I don't need to be
lectured on the treaty.
You were the ones that
broke it when you refused
to turn over the
Bellweather Unit.
Please take your troops and go.
The wards went down at
the exact perfect moment.
I thought
only the Council
could deactivate them.
Someone must be helping
from the inside.
No. Milly.
Oh, I am sorry, cousin.
If only you'd had some
of my home cookin'.
- Oh, God.
- You wouldn't have
such a headache.
You don't have to do this.
Mm, they came to me and
asked if I would help them.
They knew all about
how my territory
was kept out of the
big mining contracts,
how we had no good
land on the water,
all the issues I'd brought to
the Council year after year.
But, uh, unlike the Council,
they were ready to help.
Milly. What did you do?
What I had to.
They just want to
get those damn girls,
and then, they'll
be on their way.
Ah, this will just be a
quick in-and-out for them.
The wards. You can't...
They're already
down, Bearkiller.
Don't worry. I'm
no more interested
in being re-colonized
than you are.
You think
they'll just leave?
Milly. Have you learned
nothing from history?
The treaty is broken.
And we're all vulnerable
now, even you.
We've put the word out
about your Marshal,
though you know we prefer
to stay away from the law.
Thank you, Mac, for everything.
I wasn't sure
you'd even show up.
Oh, I was angry
about what went down.
But then, something
funny happened.
You realized you
were actually happier
not shipping paper all day?
Hm. That, and when
we got desperate,
the Cession took us in.
Our fellow witches
keep up safe, and...
And all that anger went away.
Safe. It's hard to use
that word these days.
I hope there's something
we can do to...
To repay the kindness that
the Cession has shown us.
We're happy to help.
- Did you find Wade?
- I didn't see anything
about Wade in the coming days,
but I think the
Council is in danger.
We should regroup with Abigail.
Not enough time. What I saw,
I think we can save them.
Just you and me, saving the day.
One battle at a time.
And we won't be alone.
Just so you know, we
close in 10 minutes.
- But feel free to peruse.
Hello? Is there something
I can help you with?
Lucky me.
To have such a woman
grace my store with her beauty.
Mm. I'm looking for
a man named Santos.
I am Santos.
Good. I need your help
locating an artifact.
I heard you have quite
the private collection.
Right this way, please.
Let's go have a look, shall we?
Couldn't even track down
a couple of rogue witches.
You people are
pathetic. Which is why
our peacekeeping force
is gonna scour every inch
of the Cession until
they're apprehended.
Now, step aside.
Under the
authority of the Council
of the Great River, I
demand that you leave, now!
- All of you!
I don't recognize any
authority other than
the President of
these United States,
and the president
himself sent us.
We are coming in.
What just happened?
His armor. Must
be the same tech
from the cage Hearst kept me in.
OK, so no direct
work. We can take him.
Stand down. The Marshal's OK.
If we go out there,
there will be bloodshed.
Well, we can't just
sit here any longer.
I won't tell you again.
Stand down.
You
should've let us in
when you had the chance.
We will encounter
hostile witches
like this one on our mission.
That is how you
neutralize the threat.
Arrest them.
Up
against the wall.
Come on, let's go.
We need to do something.
No, no. Listen to me.
You know as well as
I do, those people
don't care who they kill.
And if we go out there,
more people will die,
including some witches
who aren't here by choice.
We stick to the mission.
And leave the Marshal's
blood drying on the ground?
- And what about those guards?
- Our orders are clear.
Find Wade, get
back to Fort Salem.
Some soldiers are heroes
because of how bravely
they follow orders.
I am not one of those soldiers.
Your mother was clear. Avoid
bloodshed on both sides.
My mother will understand.
Or she won't, but this
is what I have to do.
OK. Good luck, soldier.
Everyone's in position,
ready to move.
Not yet. The guards are
changing shift soon.
I'll take two of them at once.
Just say the word.
I wonder if you'd
had your Sight,
back when you turned me in
for being Spree and all,
and you'd see us here
today, working together,
would you have believed it?
Probably not.
I mean, I was pretty sure
that if I ever saw you again,
you'd murder me.
Or vice versa.
You did what you did
out of love for Raelle.
Your love was brave,
it was fearless.
Mine was selfish.
Not anymore, it's not.
I saw a vision of Raelle.
She was... It's
difficult to explain.
But was she OK?
She was destroying the
world with the Witchbomb.
I don't know when or why,
but I know it's coming.
Well, could you tap
into the vision again?
Hey. All I know is that
once we have her
back, we'll find a way
to stop it from happening.
We have to.
It's time.
So, are we looking for
something in particular?
Ah! I have an
excellent assortment
of early ecclesiastical volumes.
You can stop
pretending now, Santos.
I know who you are.
Whatever
do you mean?
You were the Pontifex for
decades for the Camarilla.
Historian. Keeper of secrets.
You are descended from a
long line of witch hunters.
That was another
life, General Alder.
That was this life, Santos.
Not so many years ago.
I've left that all behind.
Started my little store.
That's always been my dream.
I'm not interested
in your dreams.
I want information.
I am not on their side anymore.
Ask anything of me.
The First Song.
All that you know.
My. Going straight
for the top, I see.
I was born into the
Camarilla, you know.
Never had a choice.
But... I enjoy collecting.
It was my favorite
part of the job.
And now, I just want to live out
the last years of
my life in peace.
Leave all that
violence in the past.
Invasion
Force, move in!
Well, if it isn't Bellweather's
little Tarim plaything.
Wind strike, on my command!
Ready... and...
Officer Cadet Bellweather...
I think you should run.
You sure about that?
They have troops of their own
moving up behind us.
We'll cover for you.
As long as we can.
Then you'll let the guards go?
Release them!
What's
your name, soldier?
Officer Cadet Guadalupe Cortez.
Call me "Lupe."
I know you're scared.
I know it's too soon.
It's always too soon.
And what's ahead
will be difficult.
But you must
protect the innocent
at any cost.
That is our greatest
calling. It always has been.
Never forget who you are and
whose army you fight for.
Employ every bit of Work
you have to complicate,
obfuscate, subvert, and
undermine Jarrett's objectives
while maintaining the
semblance of following orders.
Is that clear, soldiers?
Good.
You are General Petra
Bellweather's soldiers.
Make her proud.
I guarantee the Council
will be treated well.
You'll go with the
soldiers when they get here
for safekeeping
until this is over.
Stay inside, Miss Longhorse!
- Looks like you didn't
think this one through, Milly.
Guess this makes us even now?
Milly put something
in the Wasna.
We have to get the Council
to safety, then find her.
U.S. forces on the way.
I can wake them. But
I'm gonna need a minute.
A minute is all we need.
Get to the back door.
- Trust me!
Oh!
Keep going, Miss Longhorse.
You're almost there.
Sometimes, you eat
the bear, Milly.
Sometimes, the bear
eats you.
During the Inquisition,
we were able to gather
quite a bit of information
on these stewards.
Ah! Here it is.
The two lines
you're looking for.
Interesting.
Speak quickly, Santos.
Neither of these two lines
trace to a modern
living steward.
That can't be.
What we call the Abyssinian Line
has been lost
entirely, it seems.
And the other?
The Barbicarum Line was
snuffed out centuries ago,
before the steward
could pass it down.
There must be another
way to retrieve it.
I'm afraid not. Unless you've
a way to travel back in time.
The box.
That is from the
extinct steward's line.
A souvenir of sorts. From
one of her descendants.
But unfortunately, the
song had never been
passed down to her.
Her vocal cords...
Horrid, I know. It
was an old custom
that, I hate to admit, I
taught my students about.
One of them became enamored
with the possibilities
and has revived it, in a way.
Hearst.
That is all I know about the
First Song, I swear to you.
- Uh-oh.
Oh, my. I... I
forgot about that.
This is fake.
What do you mean?
I was there, remember?
I saw the real one.
Braided leather!
Please, I beg you.
I'm a fool. A sinful fool.
Dios perdóname!
I'm not the same man I
was. I am different now!
So am I.
Listen up. They're
coming for the Council.
They don't even know we're here,
so we have the element
of surprise on our side.
You may not have
trained for this moment,
but I know that all Dodgers
need to be strong to survive.
- Use that strength tonight.
And remember,
non-lethal Work only.
These soldiers are
our fellow witches,
and they did not
choose to be here.
- Let's go.
You've changed since
I last saw you.
Well, everything's changed.
Not everything. Tiffany
says hi, by the way.
She misses you.
Thank you, Mac. We just need
to buy the Council
enough time to get away.
Once this is over, take
your people and go.
Keep them safe. Send
my love to Tiffany.
All Council members are to
be taken into our custody.
Encounter any resistance,
and you are authorized
to respond with full
use of deadly force.
Understand me, soldiers?
Yes, Sergeant.
Now, move in!
I said move in, now!
I do solemnly pledge
to protect and defend
the United States of
America against all enemies,
foreign or domestic.
What is this? You
will obey my orders
or be charged with sedition!
the rules and articles
for the government of the
Army of the United States.
All secrets keep,
all lawful commands
willingly perform as
dictated by the Salem Accord.
Bring up the auxiliaries. Now!
- Move!
I'm real sorry about all this.
I don't want to slow you down.
Why don't you just leave me?
Shut up, Milly.
You're coming with.
Bought us some time, but
reinforcements are coming.
We got a civilian commander
approaching the east entrance.
And a unit of witches
approaching the back.
Shit. They don't look
like cadets to me.
We can take them.
They're special forces.
We go against them,
and lethal Work will
have to be used.
So be it.
No, there's another way.
What are you gonna do?
I'm going to do what
Raelle would do.
Whatever it takes to
keep my friends safe.
No matter the cost.
Bearkiller, I need your
help with something.
Stop! Now!
She's a Council member, go easy.
Do you
have any idea who I am?
What you're doing?
I'm sorry, Councilwoman
Bearkiller.
- I wish there was another way.
Congratulations.
You just caught yourself
an even bigger prize.
I love this armor.
That's Tally Craven.
Well, I guess it's my lucky day.
Sir, she's secure!
She's about to be dead.
Couldn't let you have
all the fun, Tal.
- Rae.
- Hi.
How did you find us? H...
I don't know. I
was... I was...
I was walking through
the darkness, and...
I could... I could feel
Scylla, I could hear her.
I... Where is she, Tally?
We're good to go...
Oh, God...
Is that who I think it is?
- I got you.
Hm. Tourist.
- Something like that.
- Mm.
Kinda picked a bad
time for your trip.
- There's a war starting.
- So I hear.
Just need a tune-up,
and I'll be on my way.
Oh, who's taking care of you?
Robin's Repairs,
soon as they open.
Mm. You know, Robin's been
closed down for a while now.
Damn, that's too bad.
Wonder what happened.
Hard to say. Around here,
people come and go
without much notice.
So it seems.
Well, thanks.
Mm-hmm.
We can use the Algonquian ports
to get people out quietly.
I'll send some of my
troops there to assist.
No luck with Wade?
Thelma, your Marshal.
He was killed. I am so sorry.
If it's
any consolation,
Abigail got the
bastard who did it.
This is just the beginning
of the bloodshed.
Which is why we'd like to enlist
in your resistance force.
I thought you were a soldier
of the U.S. Army, Bellweather?
Not anymore.
Glad to hear it.
Before we fight this war,
you should really
go see your friend.
Oh, my God.
Took you long enough, shitbird.
Hi, Abs.
Are you OK?
Yeah. Yeah, I think so.
Is it true? The
Mycelium took you?
Until I was healed, yeah.
Just like Scylla said.
Wait, where is she?
She led the troops away
to give the rest of us
time to escape.
We have to assume
she's been taken prisoner.
Then we'll find her.
Whatever it takes.
Thank you.
Well, you really know
how to make an entrance.
Are you here 'cause Rae's back?
- I came for you.
Let me guess. You need my help
to find another piece
of the First Song?
Hm. You are a
prophetess, after all.
I'm sorry, I...
I can't help you.
Something is
coming... with Raelle.
- What did you See?
A Witchbomb. The
end of the world.
And I need to stop it.
The only thing more
powerful than the Witchbomb
is the First Song.
You think... You think
it could stop this
from happening?
It may be the only
thing that can.
We must trust the Mother.
This is all her will.
How far ahead do
you need me to look?
Not ahead. You're going to
learn to see in the past.
I saw her myself.
When she was done,
there was nothing but
a pile of spores left.
She did us a
favor. I just hope we don't
have to go up
against a Witchbomb.
Hey!
Did you really see
her? The Witchbomb?
It was her. Raelle Collar.
I'd recognize her anywhere.
Why are you smiling?
Don't you know
where they're taking you?
They call it an
interrogation center.
Wouldn't be my first time.
We've been calling it
the Slaughterhouse.
None of the witches that
go in ever come out again.
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.