02x04 - The Ruin

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Theo! Previously... Why are you here?
I actually... like boring museums.

Something seriously weird
is happening with my magic.

SHE GASPS Be careful.

You could hurt someone.

Wha... what's going on?!

Months of being locked up
and now you suddenly open.

You had a vision.

Where is the oasis?

There's a story
here, I can feel it.

And I'm not going to stop
until I find out what it is.

Theo, I remember now.

What are you doing here?!

Where is here?

BIRDS CAW

This... this is...

Egypt.

I think.

Seriously?!

And we got here... how?

By magic.

Magic?!

You are kidding me.

I have questions.

So many questions.

Yep. So do I. Like,
how do we get back?

I'm sorry, what?

Well, it's like I said - magic.

You'll get used to
this sort of thing,

but the barge brought
me here for a reason.

I know it.

There'll be an answer
out there somewhere.

And you have to love the view.

{\an8}She can't have vanished!

{\an8}Well, let's face it
- she can, she has.

{\an8}But Maya too...

{\an8}Uh-oh.

{\an8}Even the barge.

{\an8}But I've only just
remembered her again.

Mate, I know, but it'll be OK.

Look, they'll get
back. Well, how?

Right.

Er, that is a tricky one
but, hey, it's Theo, right?

Er, more escapes than Houdini.

Theo! Where have you got to?!

OK, that's Dad. Look, we'll
have to cover for her.

I hope she's OK. At
least she's not alone.

All right? Her and Maya, I'm
sure they make a great team.

Hey, Theo.

CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS

That'll make a great
front page. What?! Maya...

Maya, Maya...

You know you cannot print that.

It's my duty. The world
needs to know magic is real.

Journalist, remember.

Yeah, for the school paper!

Which is a long, long way away!

OK, OK! Understood.

First priority, getting home.

Earth-shattering
news can come second.

So, what are we looking for?

Well, what we're
looking for is...

OK, I don't know

hieroglyphs.

Could be a strange
glowing portal or

a picture

of an oasis.

I had a vision and a chat
with some very strange people.

That last part I can believe.

So, let's get looking, I guess.

Well, she's supposed
to be sorting

more artefacts for
your mother in Cairo.

Maybe she's in the stores? Hmm?
No. No, I checked, I checked.

Perhaps she's still
at the Penny Arcade.

She went off for an ice
cream with Darius, you see.

Sorry?

Oh, new chap from school.
Interesting fellow.

Did you know he can
speak Ancient Egyptian?

Henry's a fan, aren't you?
Er, well, he's OK, I suppose.

I mean, not as OK
as Will. Obviously.

Er, maybe we should
go to the arcade.

If you would. I really
do need her help

if we're to have those artefacts
packed for the first boat tomorrow,

you see. Don't worry, Mr
Throckmorton, we'll find her.

Leave it to us. Well, I...

Yes, Dad! You can get on with
sorting that stuff for Mum.

Yes, OK.

Thank you, chaps. I
think you're right.

I'm sure she's close by.

I really wish he was right.

Can't your magic help with this?

If only.

It used to be I could
just call on the ancients

but, I don't know, now my
magic's gone all weird.

It's changing somehow.

Ugh!

Wait!

This has got writing
or something on it.

I've seen something like this!

Oh, wow, it says...

Rameses II. Quiet.

Dad thinks we're at the arcade
looking for Theo, remember?

We ARE looking for her.

Just in a kind of
roundabout way.

So, does Theo get ice
cream with Darius a lot?

Your dad made him
sound like quite a guy.

Oh, yeah, I mean, he's great.

I mean, it's not like he's...

I mean, you and Theo,
like, you're solid.

Yeah. Honest. You're right.

I just hope she's OK.

That's all.

Mate, you're worried about her.
I am too. And think about Maya.

I mean, zapped out of the
museum by a magic barge

that's quite a
thing right there.

Definitely a big first
day in the world of magic!

Ah, Rameses!

Why's Theo so interested?

She said she had a vision.

Erm, she saw him...

Standing on the barge. The
same one that brought us here.

Hasn't Rameses been dead
for thousands of years?

Yes, but I saw him!

He had magic like me,
and it was going wrong.

He was looking for something, and
maybe this place holds the answer?

Oh!

Oh, I wonder...

WHOOSH!

LOUD RUMBLING

The stones, they're moving!

Theo, what did you do?!

I have no idea!

Ah, Clive, good!

If you wouldn't mind helping
me sort this lot out.

There's a couple of packing
cases in the store too.

But it is my afternoon off,
and I told Mother I'd visit.

Er, she counts on me to
brighten up her week.

Yes, I'm sure. I'm sure you do.

I do apologise but with
Theo not here, you see...

Well, have you tried
looking for her? No, no.

She went off with Darius.

I sent the boys to the
Penny Arcade after her.

Unless, of course, she could have
walked him back to the school,

I suppose. He's a boarder, you see.
Well, there was a girl, er, here

from the school earlier,
looking for Theodosia.

Ah! There! Mystery solved.
She must be off with them!

Which means, I'm afraid,

I really will need to call upon
your services with this lot.

You know, the... the school
is on the way to Mother's.

I could check in. Always best
to know where Theodosia is, eh?

Oh, that's really very good of you.
Ah, please. Ah, anything to help.

Right, let's see
what we've got here.

Ooh...

BELL RINGS

"Let the child lead."

And, "Learn without learning."

"Follow the path of joy..."

Oh, goodness' sake! Why don't
you look where you're g...?

I'm most dreadfully sorry. Oh,
that's, that's... I'm sorry.

No, no, I'm sorry. I should have
been looking where I was going.

No, no, no. I'm sorry. Er...

Clive Fagenbush.

Right, yes, Mr Fagenbush.

Clive. Clive.

I'm sorry, may I ask you what
you're doing in my school?

We're normally closed
to family at weekends.

This is YOUR school? Yes.

So, you believe in all this?

Yes, I do. Right. Right.

OK.

Interesting.

It... it works, does
it? On the children?

They are remarkable creatures
and we do well to trust them.

Extraordinary.

I'm sorry, Mr Fagen.

Clive, but I must hurry.

We seem to have one of the girls
missing, one of the boarders,

and as I said, we're closed
to family during weekends.

No, no, no, I'm not family,
no. I'm not a parent.

No, no, definitely not.

Er... this girl who's missing,
was she about, er, so high

with a name of Mollie or something,
a friend of Theodosia Throckmorton?

More a friend of Henry's
but, yes, that could be Maya.

She was at the museum looking for
Theodosia, who is also missing.

Er, there was a chap
there called Darius.

At least I can confirm
that Darius is here.

Perhaps he can enlighten us.

Well, maybe I should
come and compare notes.

You know, we just want the
children to be safe, don't we?

Anything? Theo could
be in real trouble.

Well, it's just the usual
Rameses stuff, you know.

Built things, fought
wars, lived to 90.

How are you doing anyway?

It must be weird, you
getting your memory back.

I just don't want
it to go away again.

It's like having a hole
right in the middle of you,

but you just don't know it.

Only, you kind of do.

Not fun.

Plus, there's Josie.

I mean, we were
getting on really well.

Yeah, the whole kissing thing.

Oh, that reminds me, it was...

I couldn't even
remember Theo's name.

She didn't exist for me.

And anyway, it was
Josie who kissed me.

Theo will understand.

Oh... Well, probably...
after a lot of explaining.

Not cheering me up.

And what about Josie? She's
never going to understand.

She will. Somehow. But
first things first...

Yeah.

Getting Theo back.

Whatever you did, are you
sure you did it right?

This place looks rough!

It's worse than a plate of
doughnuts after Henry's attacked it.

CREATURE SCREECHES

Stupid of me, it's just a dog.

All the way out here?

It's more likely to
be a jackal. Jackal?

CREATURE SCREECHES

Right.

Oh, Maya! Look at this!

A way in!

SCREECHING GROWS CLOSER

And it sounds like
it's just in time too!

Maya, no, wait!

Agh! Ah...

Maya?! Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

How could you miss
the step?! Well, maybe

if someone put the temple
together the right way, then...

And, er, and that was
the last time I saw her.

She was heading back
inside the museum.

Right. Right.

Well, thank you, Darius,
for letting us know.

Very good of you
to come in person.

Do you think she's all right?

We'll make sure she is.

She's a clever,
independent girl.

Well, she's a pain in
the... CLEARS THROAT.

That is one way of looking
at it. Yeah, well. Yes.

Sometimes I worry she's
a little too independent.

If only I knew where she got to.

Don't forget, she has
Maya with her too.

And I'm sure between us, we can
narrow down where they might be.

Weird.

I can't tell if we're
upside down or downside up.

Blood doesn't know whether to
rush to my head or my feet.

Are you sure there's
a clue in here?

There has to be.

LOW SNARLING

That didn't sound like a jackal.

Well, it sounds close and
large and pretty angry.

OK, we should keep going.

Sounds good to me.

Hey, wait!

Seems OK.

Theo?

Theo, where are you?!

Agh!

This place is
seriously messed up.

Maybe... maybe if we
go through backwards?

No, wait.

This place is like
a maze, right?

So, we need to find a
way to retrace our steps.

Hmm...

Like Theseus and the maze.

Hang on.

Wasn't Theseus the
legend with the minotaur?

Do you think that sound
might be a minotaur?

Luckily for us, the minotaur's
labyrinth is miles away on Crete.

So, it's probably a
completely different monster.

Well, that sounds
exciting, I suppose.

GROWLING

Don't worry, I'm going!

There are loads of
books in Dad's office.

Maybe one of
them'll have a clue.

Dad... and Elena,

and Darius.

There you are. Good! No Theo?

Did you see Maya, perhaps? No.

Sorry, neither of them.

We tried everything
we can think of.

Look, I'm sure she'll
be OK, Dad. Yes.

Yes, that's what
everyone keeps saying,

but she's been
gone for hours now.

I think it's time...

Operator? Police, please.

I'd like to report
two missing girls.

And then we should make
another search ourselves.

Who knows where those
girls have got to?

So good to be the
right way round again.

Yeah. At least we can
retrace our steps.

Unless this place has
messed that up too.

Don't even think it. Please!

I...

Do you mind if we
take a breather?

You're not looking your best.

I know it's been tough
going, but we should...

I just...

Ever since we even set
foot inside this place,

I feel like I'm being drained.

Like, only my energy is
keeping this place together.

We could go back.

But there are jackals and
the groaning thing. No.

No, we go on.

There's something here. Something
we need to get back home.

I can feel it. I get that.

Like, journalistic instinct.

And your instinct
is always correct?

Mostly.

GROWLING

And right now, it's
saying we should hurry.

OK.

Right, now, does everyone
know where they're going?

This is really very
good of you, Clive.

You've already lost
your afternoon off.

Oh, please, anything
for dear Theodosia.

And I'd hate for Elena to walk
the streets alone, of course.

And you two, don't worry.

Just hold fort here
in case Theo returns.

Yes? Right, well, we'd
best be off, then.

OK, finally. Look,
back to Dad's books.

Are you sure you can carry on?

Oh, we have to.

We're so close to the centre of
the maze, I can... I can feel it.

Are you sure this isn't the
part we find a minotaur?

GROWLING

Well, at least we know where
the noise is coming from.

There is something on the
other side. I can feel it.

Half-bull, half-man
sort of thing?

GROWLING

Maybe with a stomach-ache.

We're going to walk
in there, aren't we?

Admit it, you want to
know what's behind there.

GROWLING INTENSIFIES

It's not good.

Don't think too long.

OK...

OK, yeah.

I've never interviewed
a minotaur before.

Your father really needs
more books on Egyptian magic.

Well, you know my dad.
"Magic isn't real, Henry!"

If only he knew.

Magic is real.

Spells are real.

Monsters are real.

Let's just hope Theo hasn't
run into any of them.

Er, no minotaur.

Bang goes the interview.

I really thought there
would be something here.

I mean, Maya, I felt it!

You know, I've been thinking.

What's the story
behind the story?

What if this whole place
is actually a test?

Worst exam ever.

You said there's something
important here, right? Right.

Can you think of anywhere
better than this?

We're at the centre
of the maze now.

And there's no more sounds.

No more weird corridors.

What if this is where
we're meant to be?

Yeah.

Yeah, OK. Let's just
see what we can see.

OK.

This... this might be something!

RUMBLING

Hear that? Maybe Theo's back?

And Maya.

Careful, it doesn't
look like Theo and Maya.

Tell me you're seeing this too?!

Oh, oh! That is Rameses.

Better have an answer for
us after all this. Erm...

He's going down the Nile.

He's searching. Erm...

What for?

What is he hiding in here?!

I get the feeling we're
about to find out.

Hey! What are you
doing?! You need to stop!

Right now!

Or maybe we could discuss it?

Look, it's an oasis.

That's what Rameses
was searching for.

It's so bright.

Can barely even look at it.

It looks normal to me.

It's blinding! Just
that raw power!

Gosh, if anyone
found it, they...

Oh, the clay people.

The clay people are
after its magic.

Sorry, the clay what?

OK. Do you remember when I said
I had a conversation with some

strange people?

Yeah, well, they
were made of clay.

Of course. So, that kind of
thing's normal for you, is it?

And look there.

You see the hands? They're
glowing, like mine!

Like their magic's
going wrong too.

Looks like drinking from the
water cures the glowy hand thing.

And if Rameses was
searching for a cure

then the oasis
must be the answer!

Look at those.

Looks like the ones that didn't make
it to the oasis, they're on fire.

Yeah.

That's, erm

when I lose control of my magic,

it feels like I'm
burning up inside, and

each time it happens
it gets worse.

That means you could
end up like them.

That's horrible.
Yeah, I don't...

I don't want to
think about that.

The important thing is,
we get to the oasis,

and we do it before
the clay people do.

RUMBLING

That went well, I thought.

At least they've gone.

We're lucky they just
wanted to get away.

Who were they anyway? I'm
not sure I want to find out.

Although I might
have a clue. RUMBLING

I don't like that sound.
It's coming from the barge.

Come on!

We have to leave.

It's OK.

We know what Rameses was searching
for, we just don't know where it is.

We go on. On?

Where?

You trust me, don't you?

Right now, no. Oh, well...

Agh!

To find the true path, seek the
one who watched over your birth.

Theo! You're back!

Will, you know me!

Yeah.

I survived.

I'm here. I can't believe it.

Welcome to the world of magic.

Theo! All of you, what
on earth is going on?!