Vampire Academy (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 10 - Ascension - full transcript

- Victor lied about his health

and his Strigoi daughter.

- Call upon me,
and I shall serve.

- Sonya healed me because
she believed in me.

- You don't get to
play the loving husband

and father now.

- I know I need to
get my quorum back,

to marry, and to learn,

and all of that will take time,

but I have a proposal for you.

- I hereby declare
Vasilissa Dragomir



heir to the throne.

- Guardian Belikov,
you are under arrest.

- I'm the one that
helped Sasha escape.

- The punishment for
treason is very serious.

- I'm leaving.

I need to figure out

who I am outside of you.

- This isn't goodbye.
- No.

It's just see you later.

- I thought somewhere inside,
you must still love me.

- We came here to feed.

- I'm done playing nice.

Now we're doing
things my way, Andre.

- This is not a drill.



This is what you've
been training for.

Be brave.

Show them no mercy,

for you will receive none.

- Hurry! Hurry, run!

- Come on! Keep moving!
Come on! This way!

- Get out!

Keep moving! Go, go!

- Where are we supposed to go?

- Hold my hand!
- I don't want to die!

- Out of the way!
- Let's go! Let's go!

- Miss!
- Close the door!

- Lady Dragomir, we need
to get you and the queen

to a defensible location now.

- Go.
- But you're hurt.

- Go!

- Evacuation zone
protocol is in place.

See Guardians for instructions.

- This is insane. There
aren't enough buses.

- Just stay with me.

Hey, wait. Where do
you think you're going?

You guys can't leave
without resealing the wards.

- Can't do it.
- Of course you can.

I've seen how. I've
seen the stake.

- The stake is missing.

Without it, we can't
seal the wards.

Get out while you
can, both of you.

- I did this.

This is all my fault.

- It's not your fault
your parents are terrible.

Parents suck.

Come on, this one. Hey!

- This one.
- No, I need to be on that bus.

- Non-Royals in the next wave.

- We're sticking
with that distinction

even during a fucking invasion?

- After the Royals
are evacuated,

the buses will return.

Now, step aside.
- She can just have my place!

- I said move on!

- You should be on that bus.

- Me? I'm going
to the archives.

- The archives, in a tunnel

where there could be any
number of Strigoi hiding?

- Well, the sun's
gonna come out soon

and we'll be safe
during the day,

but if we don't seal the
wards by tomorrow night,

we're done.

- Mia!

I've been looking
all over for you.

Can you ever forgive me?

- I'm not the one that
you should be asking.

- Mia. Mia, please.

Mia. Mia, wait!

Mia!

- What the fuck?
- It's true.

One of the Queen's drivers
owed me money from a bet,

so I got driving
lessons instead.

- And the car?

- The guy owed money
all over the Dominion,

so I bought his paper in
exchange for this baby.

You're a real mastermind.

Ooh, maybe we should
go to Las Vegas.

- Burn it up.
- Mm-hmm.

I wonder if I can
sense Lissa from there.

- Are you now?

Mm...

Just that something's up.

And everything in me
wants to race back, but...

she can take care of
herself now, right?

And she has Dimitri
anyhow, so...

- Well, not exactly.

- You should be on a bus,
not hunkering here with me.

- This is my place,
especially now.

- Has anything like this
ever happened before?

- No.

I remember discussing the
protocol for evacuation

with your brother
when he became heir.

I never thought it
would actually happen.

- Your feeder, Your Majesty.

- How can you be so calm?

- Victor won the trials,

saying a good ruler
must give up everything

for their subjects.

Sometimes it means
ignoring your own fear.

Something special?

- It's from Christian.

After all the
marriage stuff, he...

I'm sorry.

Right now is not
the time to dwell.

- I find the Marriage
Marking Ceremony

quite beautiful.

You?

- I didn't think I would...

but yes.

- There are such things
as happy surprises,

and there's always hope.

And sometimes the only
thing a good monarch has

is the ability to
project that belief

even when all you
want to do is weep.

- I think it's getting lighter.

- And in daylight,

the Guardians will
regain control.

You see, hope is nigh.

- She's dead, Your Majesty.

- I'm suddenly so terribly cold.

- It looks like poison.

- From the moment I
arrived in the Dominion,

I liked you, Andre.

When I ordered the Ozeras
to attack your limo,

you were my target.

I plan to be queen, and
you're going to help me.

- I would die first.
- Then Lissa will be second.

It's entirely your choice.

- Without me, there's
no obvious next heir.

Victor Dashkov is a
follower, not a leader,

but he'll never
support a stranger.

- That's why I plan to
appeal to the High Priestess

and the Elementalists.

I'll put on a show of faith,

instill fear, play up
the Strigoi threat,

then insist I'm the only
one who can keep them safe.

Is there any legal impediment
you know of to me being queen?

- Not as a Vogel.

There's an arcane decree

that requires the
heir to have a quorum,

but the Vogels are
a large family.

You should be fine.

- You couldn't know
your advice would lead

to the attack on St. Jude's

and cheat Lissa
out of the crown.

- Without a quorum, you
cannot sit on the throne.

- All in all, you've
been very helpful.

- All building interiors need
to be evacuated immediately.

It is not safe to remain.

- I have one question.

What's the emergency
protocol for succession?

Do all heads of
family need to vote?

- By all, you mean...

- Let me put him
out of his misery.

- Mm-mm-mm.

Not until I say.

- You'll still need me.

Ruling a divided
Dominion won't be easy.

- They can fight all they want.

I won't be queen for long.

- You've only ever talked
about getting the throne,

never ruling.

You don't want to be
queen. What do you want?

- I want you to shut your mouth.

- You'll leave him
alone until I say.

If, in an emergency session...

- You move like a Dhampir.

- It's not possible for all
Council members to vote...

- The vote should
be rescheduled.

Darling...

you've known me long enough.

Lissa's fair game if you
don't give me what I want.

Answer me.

- In the event of the absence...

Or death

of one or more of the
Council members...

The remaining members can
agree to call for a vote.

- Strigoi are
hiding in buildings.

You're safer outside
until sundown.

- This is a shitshow.

- I thought you'd be
miles away by now.

- I was worried about
Lissa. Where is she?

- She's fine. She's
with the Queen.

She's under protection.

- Are all these people
waiting to be evacuated?

- The Royals got
the first buses out.

- Cover up! You're
safer in the sun.

- We just got news
that the buses arrived

at their destinations,

but they're idling
at the tarmac.

- Apparently some of the
Royals aren't comfortable

walking 30 fucking feet
in the sun to the plane.

They're waiting till dusk.

- They're not coming back?

I know they'd do
this to Dhampirs,

but they're not
coming back for Moroi?

- Our only option is to
stay and protect them here.

- Like fish in a
barrel. It's suicide.

- And what do you suggest, Rose?

If you know of another way,
we'd all love to hear it.

- Actually, there is.

I mean, there might be a way.

There's...

a tunnel.

No one ever uses it.

Goes almost to the tarmac.

Christian reads those old books.

I read maps, okay?
- Yeah, so do I.

And it's not on
any I've ever seen.

What the fuck, Meredith?

- Well, obviously
it's gonna have

to be cleared first because...

- It's the perfect place
for Strigoi to hide

during the day.

- That's a suicide mission.

- Not if you happen to know

when they might be
coming around the bend.

All right.

Who's coming with me?

- It should be Dimitri.

He has more experience.

I'll go up top and
cover the entrance.

Be safe, Rose.

Let's go. Come on.

- Good luck.

Okay.

That was impressive...

and kind of disgusting.

- And this place is off-limits.

- I know, but I heard you lost
a stake that opens the wards.

- In the 15th century,
Saint Vladimir himself

made one unique
to each province.

I would not lose such an
object; it was stolen.

Go find a bus.
- No.

We have to defend this place.
- By tonight,

there won't be a
province to defend.

- Not if we make a new stake.
- It's impossible.

We have tried.
- With what? How?

Look, maybe I can help.

Can you at least tell
me how it's made?

- Oh, so you can tell
your Strigoi mother?

- So I can make up for
what my parents did.

- And how would you
know anything we don't?

- Because I read...

Stuff that you would
excommunicate me for.

- We repeat, avoid
all covered corridors

void of any light.

Follow the Guardians...

- It's heresy, you
know, to murder a queen.

- I'm sorry, Your Majesty.
Your doctor is missing.

And the Royals took
theirs with them.

There are no doctors anywhere.

- But there has to be.

- Thank you, Guardian.

Your hand feels so warm.

- And you are so strong.

You'll be fine.

- One of a queen's duties
is to face reality.

Though I should be fading fast,

it will come.

- No, I won't lose you too.

How
I wish that were true.

- Forgive me, Your Majesty.

I wouldn't leave you,

but there are Strigoi mobilizing

in the shadows of the castle.

They need us at the entrance.

- Of course they do, Felix.

You're one of our best.

- It's been an
honor, Your Majesty.

- For us both.

- Stay still.
- Oh!

You going all tough girl
again now that she's gone?

Ah, yeah.

I'd be cranky too if I just
had my ass handed to me.

Ah-ah-ah.

You're not supposed
to kill me yet.

Ow.

- It's not safe.
They're getting closer.

We need to leave.

- Not we.

You.

They weren't just
after me, Vasilissa.

Take her cape.

In your marriage preparations,

did you ever give
Christian a gift?

- A Dragomir necklace. Why?

- Then you have completed
the three marriage rituals.

- No, Christian never
actually gave me his gift.

- Didn't he?

In the eyes of the
church, you are married.

In the eyes of the state,
you have your quorum.

The Council could vote
you queen this day.

- But I need more time
to learn from you.

I'm... I'm not
ready to be queen.

- No one ever is.

But remember,

you're a Dragomir.

Now, go!

I'll cover you.

One last blast of air power
to show them what's what.

- I'll never forget you.

- I bloody well hope not.

Go!

- Okay.

- Mason and his team
will guard the entrance.

Another crew of Guardians will
meet you at the other end.

Once it's clear, we'll start
the second wave of evacuations,

if there's anyone
left to evacuate.

- Meredith...
- Please don't ask me again

how I know about this tunnel.
- I'm not.

I just want to say
that Mia will be fine.

- If you don't clear those
tunnels before sunset,

no one else will.

Okay.

- "The stakes were anointed
by the Blood of the Four

and imbued by the Paraclete."

A helper,

presumably Saint
Vladimir himself.

- Okay, but imbued?

- It's a tricky word.

We tried to replicate the stakes

with blood from Moroi

who specialize in each
of the Four Elements,

then added the blood of
the monk making them.

We even tried with Saint
Vladimir's own blood,

wasting the little we
had with no success.

- Wait, what...

What if Vladimir used
something other than blood,

something... rarer?

I think your stakes
aren't working

because the original stakes
were imbued by Vladimir

but not with blood.

He was a Spirit User.

I think he imbued the
stakes with Spirit...

The Fifth Element.

- What you are
saying is blasphemy.

- And if I'm right,

it would save a lot
of innocent lives.

- Why did you read these books?

- To understand
what my parents did.

- There are no excuses for that.

- Yeah.
- But...

it is not easy to accept
that for some things,

there are no answers.

Your father was sick.

Your parents came
to me for counsel

when they knew that...

death would part them.

I didn't know he was sick.

- They must have
wanted to spare you.

And I suppose the lure
of being together forever

was too much.

It was wrong,

but they weren't the only
ones ever to make that choice.

You can start with my blood.

I'm Air.

Only a monk can wield
a blade of this nature.

- And how does
one become a monk?

- In this Dominion,

a Moroi is a monk

when I say they are.

- Lissa?

- Wait, what happened?

- I was hiding in the cistern
with a bunch of students.

And there was a Strigoi attack,

and then a stampede,

and some fucking
idiot crushed my foot.

- Okay, well, I can...
- No, no, no.

No healing.

Hey, no crying either.

If you start, I'll start,

and I don't think
I'll ever stop.

- Mia, they poisoned the Queen.

I tried to heal her, but
it's not like a wound.

I wanted to, but I
couldn't cure her.

And she said they're
after me too.

- Then you can't stay here.

You need to take that off.

You're a big enough
target as it is.

We need to get you
to another province

until the wards are back up.

- I don't see how
without any buses.

- No, I know.

I think I have
an idea. Come on.

- You okay?
- Mm-hmm.

- Okay.
- Let's go.

- You could've been
miles away by now.

- Wondering where you were.

Where do you even live?

- Between here and The Shambles,

I get by.

What's this from?

A love letter from my father.

- What's he got against you?

- Now and then, I...

I leave the wards...

And I find some human.

And I bite,

and I feed...

as much as I want and
in the way that I want.

And I don't stop until...

Until just before they die.

That's the only thing
that's really...

That really separates
me from a Strigoi.

I've tried to stop, but I can't.

- What do you think
those are for?

Not polite feeding rooms

and dabbing blood with a hankie.

The Moroi spend their lives
repressing themselves,

and then they feel the need
to repress everyone else.

You're not in the wrong.

They are.

- It's not safe for you to stay.

- Then let's get out of here.

- Both of us?

- What are these?

- Alchemist symbols.

- Alchemists?

- Per the human treaty,

it's their job to keep us
a secret in the human world

and to provide the
Moroi with feeders.

- How have I never
heard of them?

- Only heads of families
and upper-level Guardians

know about them.

Alchemists think Moroi
and Dhampirs are evil,

an abomination
against their god.

- Then what are they doing here?

And how the hell did Meredith
know about this place?

- I don't know.

But if you ever see
one of these out

in the human world with Mason,

run.

- He's a good guy.

- He is.

- Why didn't you tell me
you were facing prison?

- Why didn't you tell
me you were going AWOL?

And why in the
name of the Saints

did you come back?

You were safe.
- What about Lissa?

If you're in the
dungeon, is she safe?

What happened to
"they come first"?

- Don't lecture me about duty.

- Really?

Because I've had nothing
but lectures from you

since we first met.

- Maybe because you
had a lot to learn.

- And maybe because you
like to tell me what to do.

You think you know me
so well, but you...

- I do know you.

- What's my favorite food?

- Anyone knows that.

Pizza.

What's my favorite book?

- That's not fair.

You have too many.

- The Queen is dead.

The Queen is dead.

The royal census
taker confirmed it.

- The Queen is dead.

Long live...

- Oh, sod that, Peter.

We need to get out of here.

Do we even have a plan?

- Stop that!

Guardians! We need Guardians!

- Open up!
- Where are the Guardians?

- Open that door!

- You've got company.

- We need your car.

- Fuck off.

- Jesse.

- Fine.

We'll all go.

- Okay.

- Fuck, Mia. Pick up the pace.

- Don't be a
fucking dick, Jesse.

- Thank you, Jesse, for
your profound generosity

during these troubled times.

Jesse.

Finally. Where the
fuck have you been?

- Dad, I...
- Right, Lissa can stay.

The rest of you, get out.

- There's room for everyone
if we just move up.

- Not her.

- It's certain fucking
death out there.

- Well, that's her
problem, isn't it?

I'm not getting in
until she gets out.

She's a filthy
fucking blood whore.

- You really need to get in.

- Oh, don't start with your
pathetic pleas for clemency.

- But, Lord Zeklos, please...

- Aah!

Jesse!

Son.
- Sorry, no room.

- There it is, up ahead.

- What's "Long Walk to Freedom"?

- It's an autobiography,

written by a great human.

- You read a lot about them.

- I do.

- Why?

- Even in the worst
possible circumstances,

they seem to have the ability

to believe something
better is possible.

I envy it.

There is more grace in that hope

than all the prayers
I've ever uttered.

You can't make a world
you can't envision.

You have that ability.

It's one of the
things that I love...

- Get off him!

You'll be okay.

The high will pass.

- Look at them.

At sunset, they're all just
sitting ducks to the Strigoi.

- Stop the car.

- It's not safe.

- It's Eddie.

He's wounded.

There are so many people here
who are wounded and scared,

and they can't just
drive out of here.

I'm sorry, but I can't leave.

Queen Marina didn't.

- And look what happened to her.

- This is my place,
especially now.

Thank you, Jesse.

- Wait.

Oh, fuck.

What?

I'm not gonna let
you do this alone.

Thanks, Jesse.

You're not always
a complete dick.

- Hey, try not to get
yourselves killed.

Don't worry. It's
gonna be okay.

- It was an honor to fight
with such a skilled Guardian.

- Me too.

- Let's go.

I brought backup.

We can start
evacuating the Moroi.

- All right, Mia.
It's your turn.

Come on.
- No, you've done too much.

Lissa, what about the Darkness?
- It's okay.

I know now that healing
doesn't fill me with Darkness.

It just takes my light.

Spirit needs light.

- But you're still pushing
it. Lissa, you have to rest.

- I was taking Rose's.

I saved Rose in
the car accident.

So now we have...

this link.

- Like Sonya with all
the birds that she saved?

And I called her the bird lady.

- She knew how much
you loved her...

Just like I knew how
much Andre loved me.

- I'm glad you know.

- I should have known
all this healing

would mean a visit from you.

- Andre.
- Mia.

- No, this can't be real.

- It is.

- Oh, Andre.

I never thought I
would see you again.

- I'm here, Lissa. I'm here.

- But how? Where
have you been?

- I'll tell you
everything in time.

And I know what
you've been through.

I am so proud of you.

But you have to get out
of the Dominion now.

Tatiana isn't who
she says she is.

It's not safe.

- Aah!

No, no, no, no!

- Rose!

- Aah!

No!

- Andre!

No, no!

No, no, Andre!! Andre,
please stay with me!

Stay with me!

- No!

- No, no!

- We have to hold the line
until the wards go back up.

They're just waiting
for sunset to attack.

We can't let them through.

- Mia.

The evacuation has begun.

There are teams
leading them through.

- At least some will make
it through the night.

- Mia, I...

- Hey, look, I know
it's a lot to ask,

but if this works,

I go to the ward line, I use
the stake and the pillar,

and we can close the wards.

And if it doesn't, the
Strigoi keep coming.

Will you try?

- I want to,

but I just don't think I
have anything left to give.

- Lissa!

- Andre, he...
- I know.

- They're here.

- Fan out.

- It's time. Let's go.

- It's now or never, Lissa.

- You're not alone.

We can do this together.

- Dimitri!

- I'll get her somewhere safe.

- Christian, I'll cover you.

Go!

- Sonya?

It's you.

You know I love you, don't you?

Can you ever forgive me?

- Christian!

Go, go, go!

Meredith, incoming!

- No!

Mason.

Whoo!

- Mason.

- Mason's down!

- Mason.
- Oh, no, no.

We have to get him
to the infirmary.

- No, Rose, you
have to find Dimitri

and get Lissa out
of the Dominion.

- No...

- Mason would understand.

- This Dominion was nearly lost.

Today was everything
I've been warning of.

Thankfully I was prepared.

And we are still standing.

Someone asked me why I
worked so hard to be queen,

and the answer is simple.

Why does anyone do anything?

For love.

And so, with the unanimous
vote of the Council...

I consent to be your queen.

- And a word for all
members of the Dominion.

If anyone knows the whereabouts

of Vasilissa Dragomir,

she's wanted for questioning

in the assassination
of Queen Marina.

- Mason is, um...

He's in surgery.

- Stay.

Yeah.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Am I going somewhere?

And last time I looked,
I was in a ball gown.

- That wasn't me.
That was Rose.

We're getting you
out of the Dominion.

Tatiana's calling you
a person of interest

in the death of Queen Marina.

- No one would actually
think that I...

- You were the
last one with her.

Someone poisoned
Queen Marina, and...

now they're coming after you.

- Tatiana.

Andre said she wasn't
who she says she is.

He told me as he handed me this,

but I have no idea what it is.

So...

Where are we going?

- I'm not.

My aunt was killed
in the fighting,

which means I'm the
new head of my family.

I know I'll never be able
to make up for all of this.

- You don't have to.

- Still, I have to try.

- Once I go,

I don't know if I'll ever
be free to come back.

- I know.

And if we never see
each other again,

I want you to know that...

- We're married.

- What?
- Yeah.

Queen Marina said the
primer you gave me

counts as a gift, and
so, according to her,

we're married.

- Oh.

Well, according to
High Priestess Irene...

I'm a monk.

It was the only way I could
wield the stake, so...

It's all kind of messy.

- You will see me again.

- Good.

Because whatever happens...

I love you.

- I love you too.

Wait, are monks allowed to kiss?

- Let's live dangerously.

- All I'm saying is,
you're not driving.

- You don't even
know if I can drive.

- The thought of waking
up to you every morning,

that face full of sleep...

- Even in the human world,
we were chased down.

There is no out there
or in here for us now.

There's just the world.

None of it's safe for Lissa.

- Until Tatiana is taken down...

And order is restored
in the Dominion.

Protection comes in many forms.

- You need to fight
for Lissa here.

It would have been...

Everything.

- Rose, I could come.

- But then you'd
be someone else.

- Maybe someone you like better.

But someone I'm not.

- No.

You are everything I never
wanted to fall in love with.

- You too, Roza.

- Rose.

- I know what
you're going to say.

I have to go.
- Of course you do.

Take care of her, and
take care of yourself.

If you ever need anything
when you're out there,

anything at all,
call this number.

Be safe, love.

- Hey. Who is this?

- Your father.

- I hope you know how
to drive this thing.

- I'm not sure,
but what the hell?

It's worth a shot, right?

- This is nothing
like we ever planned

when we talked about
getting out of here.

- We're nothing like the two
girls who made those plans.

- You ready?

- What do you think?