03x07 - The Viaduct

[bunniefuu]

MAN: She will choose
among you a band.

[WHISPERS] One of
them will betray you.

Soon she will appear to us
carrying the spear to smite

the Roman Devils. ALL: Yeah!

ANIA: Prison camp's on
the plain, north of here.

Have they got Lucius?

There's a spear that
everybody wants.

Aulus wants it.

I have it. Hmm?

Oh, cool. GUARD:
Look to the general.

Hello, old friend.

What's the very last
thing Veran wants?

He has come.

I must see him. I
must speak with him.

He's not here to speak.
He's here to destroy.

[GROANS IN PAIN]

We have to go now.

Something is wrong. But whatever
Veran planned, it wasn't this.

Do you want to play?

ANIA: No fair. Again.

You won. Here, this is for you.

[MUSIC STARTS]

♪ Well you can bump and grind

♪ It is good for your mind

♪ Well you can twist and shout

♪ Let it all hang out

♪ But you won't fool The
children of the revolution

♪ No, you won't fool The
children of the revolution

♪ No, no, no

♪ Yeah! ♪

[HORSES NEIGHING]

CAIT: He must be in that one.

RAYNE: We have to
stop them on the road.

If they reach camp,
it won't get easier.

I said you'd need an army.

BLAIN: Good morning, General.
GENERAL: Morning, Blain.

- Did we sleep well?
- Yeah, like a log actually. - Ah.

GENERAL: Thank you,
Pilus. You may leave us.

[DOOR OPENS]

GENERAL: So you spoke
with the prisoner.

[DOOR CLOSES] My old
Praefectus, Lucius Validus?

Yeah.

What did he tell you?

Pretty much everything I reckon.

He said he knew he wasn't
going to be k*lled yesterday,

because he was on
a different path.

Go on.

Well...

Forgiveness.

Yeah, forgiveness.

No, sorry, can you
speak in sentences,

- not just individual words?
- And there's a sword. - A sword?

A special sword. The
Sword of the Sliding Door.

A spear perhaps?
Could be. In fact...

It was the Spear of the Silver
Dawn? Did he tell you where it is?

Yes. Yes.

Do you wanna? Yeah.
They... [CLEARS THROAT]

Buried it at the
High Ridge of Sultan.

East of

of uh...

Drumhummund. Pilus!

AULUS: I got your message.

Very enigmatic.

There was lots of discussion
about what it might represent.

Is it a sword perhaps? Or a
crucifix? Or maybe be a spear?

Why don't you tell
me about this spear?

In fact, just skip that, and
tell me where I can find it.

What was your message if it
wasn't "come and find me,"

you f*ck? Hm?

So I got your message and
I came to find you, f*ck.

So how many other people
have you reached out to?

How many more people are
coming to find you? Hmm?

Because this spear is only
half the story, isn't it?

This spear is actually
powerless in your hands.

Powerful enough to
drag a Roman General

and his cohort
across the country.

You want that spear so
badly it eats you up,

makes you do diabolical things.

But I have a light
inside, to guide me.

So I'll keep on following it.

See where it leads.

You know what I will do to you.

You, more than anyone,
know what comes next.

I have faced my wrongs.

You can't even begin.

HEMPLE: Where's this
road? You promised a road.

My husband's road, the
one he's following.

You said "near." It's
not near, is it? Is it?

If it were, we'd be
making good time.

Not wading through a f*cking jungle.
AMENA: It's a little further.

Don't worry, we'll find him.
I'm not his f*cking puppy!

Oh. [RINGING NOISE BEGINS]

I... I can't hear this side.

No. Stone deaf in this one.

Does it bleed?

There's no wound. Sure?

Mmhmm.

Why did you save me?

I want to know Lokka.

To serve him. I've
told you this.

You'd have sacrificed yourself?

Oh. You'd have done that?

I would.

[SNICKERS]

You do this well, little bird.

We'll put a pin in you for now.

MAN: Get your freedom!

Come on!

HEMPLE: You know,
all this is mad.

He's mad. He's
completely mad. He's mad.

[LAUGHS] He sacrificed
his own son.

[LAUGHS] That's mad.

Why ever would he do that?

Did he tell you

he started seeing things?

AMENA: No. He
never mentioned it.

Hmm.

What will you do to him?

Well, the beauty of it is,

when you get it right, and
f*ck me if I've got it right,

they do it to themselves.

They just need

a little push.

You're back.

[LAUGHS] You're rather
brilliant. This way.

[GIGGLES]

Then, there's the girl.

She's different strawberries.

She's alone. All alone.

We're just a rotting
old fable to cling to.

I sent her the boy.
That got things rolling.

[One of them will betray you.]

That's not nice.

That'll be on her mind.

Nibbling. Those others, right?

Who we got?

Huh. What the f*ck
was that? Hmm?

All my birds in one nest.

The twerps, they
can surprise you.

[GROANS]

Then there's my girl.

She's doing rather well. If
she keeps it up, we're in.

Steady now.

Let's not get
ahead of ourselves.

AMENA: You're seeing this?
How are you seeing this?

Are you serious?

I'm 900 feet tall.

I fly.

I see everything.

A monster.

I count 14 legs. How
does it stay up there?

PHELAN: It's made of
stone. DIVIS: Impossible.

We should leave this
place. Immediately.

I've seen this before. In Gaul.

The road the Romans are following,
this carries it across the valley.

So... It's a road in the air.

DIVIS: Sky is no
place for roads.

Sky belongs to the wild birds.

- Feather and wing.
- To cross it, they'll have to break formation.

It's perfect.

Right, they'll be up
there by nightfall.

If we stop them halfway...
that's when we go in.

Then we're in the trap too.

Our horses won't
last another night.

If it's not now, then...

I see doubt in you. I
chose everyone who's here.

So why would I choose a traitor?

If everything I do is the
prophecy, then explain that.

Why would I do that to us?

If we fail to rescue him,
that's the end, isn't it?

Then, what?

What happens after the end?

We won't fail.

Why don't I know that?

The river,

it belongs to Sulis.

It sprang from her womb
as the green world began.

It's her child.

She's a mother.

She would summon Morrigan,

mighty Senuna, Taranis
himself would answer her call.

Their eyes, flaming fury,

would swallow these devils
for what they do here.

[SCOFFS]

Where are they?

Where are they?

Count your lucky stars. At
least you've got Big Pebble.

[HEMPLE EXHALES]

- Who are you?
- Hmm?

Who the f*ck are you?

What's the game? I know the
game. Revenge on my husband.

Then I show up
and spoil the fun.

That's insane. You
know he told me.

Twisted your family
to pieces, didn't he?

Poor baby.

[GRUNTS] What's keeping
you? Show some ba*ls!

[HEMPLE LAUGHS] If
I wanted you dead,

you don't think I could've
done that? [LAUGHING CONTINUES]

I could've slit his throat
while you were sleeping.

I could've left you
to burn in that villa!

I saved your life. I did that!

No, you didn't.

AULUS: What do you remember?

In Rome.

The night you went away.

Do you remember everything?
I don't want to remember.

I hide myself in clouds.
So I don't think about it.

That night...

I took you somewhere.

It was dark. I didn't like it.

It was my fault, wasn't it?

What did I do, Daddy? Oh, no!

No, my love.

She won't take you again.

I'll be all yours and
you'll be all mine.

But I'm not just
yours anymore...

HEMPLE: I thought you knew.

Precious one.

I saw it from the
first time I met you.

What are you saying?

Your sacrifices.

You gave'd me away.

Have you forgotten
the promise you made?

What sacrifices?

What daddy did?

Your sister... [GASPS]

Your daughter?

[SNORTS] No.

No. No.

There you go. At the
edge of your eyes.

[WHISPERS] Now you understand.

CYRUS: Look at me.
I belong to her now.

No. Yes.

CYRUS AND HEMPLE:
She loves me. No.

He found you when
you were small.

He's always been in you.

Everything you've
done was for Lokka.

Spill the blood. Drink his love.

That's why you saved me.

[SCREAMING]

[CHUCKLES]

[YELLING]

[LAUGHING] [YELLS]

[CHUCKLING SOFTLY]

[GASPS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Oh! [CHUCKLES] That's a relief.

[SIGHS]

[VERAN CHANTING]

[CHANTING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[COUGHING]

[CHANTING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Can I trust you?
What's the matter?

Can we do this?
Of course we can.

We've got the finest military
brains in the land with us.

What's your problem?

We won't get another
chance. This is it.

Are we all going to die? The
thought had crossed my mind.

There is another
option. Tell me.

Run. [SCOFFS] I'm serious.

Leave this entire
charade to someone else.

There's still a world where you're
just Cait from the salt farm.

Trust me, it might feel that,

that girl is a long
way away right now,

but she isn't, she's still here.

Do you want the truth?

I'm not sure I even
remember her clearly.

I'm this now.

I made a choice.

That's what I was
afraid you'd say.

WILLA: I gave up
the red thread...

The witch was too strong.

I know. Don't cry, child.

Don't.

I'll show you.

My betrayal.

No, child. Your sacrifice!

[LAUGHS]

It's her!

[LAUGHING]

Sacrifice is all.

VERAN: Without it,
there is no faith.

How else shall the
Gods know we love them?

[LAUGHING]

It's for her!

[LAUGHING]

VERAN: We will see now.

We shall see if the
Gods chose right.

You all right?

About what you said earlier...

To get this far,
you had to believe

that you were the Chosen One.

That everything you
do is the prophecy.

But something different
must happen now.

Imagine what you've been is

like a bell.

[BELL RINGS]

You must become the
ring of the bell.

Oh, yeah!

The ring of the bell. Thanks.
That's done the trick.

You have to release
yourself from everything.

Take that step beyond.
How will I know I'm there?

I've never done it.

But these truths...
They come from the Gods.

ANTEDIA: Oh, leave
her alone, won't you?

Was I speaking to you? Get
out of her ear for once.

Give the girl some
space to think.

Our faith, not yours
maybe, but ours

it keeps this land whole.

It's hope in the darkness,
strength to the weak,

and she is the one who
will carry us through.

- She is the one the Gods.
- Have chosen. - No.

No, no, no. They didn't.

They did.

How would you of
all people know?

Because...

I was a Chosen One, too.

After my father died,
the druids came to choose

who would lead the
tribe. The mighty Veran,

not your Veran,
there's been plenty.

This other Veran,

he took quite a shine to me.

I was 14.

He walks straight past
my three older brothers

and sat me on his lap
and said I was to be.

The Chosen One, and
Queen of my tribe.

Promised to school me.

He gave the schooling
a good go. Trust me.

You say your faith
springs from the earth,

the rivers, the
trees. It does not.

It springs from mouths of men.

From Verans.

And every Veran only wants to
be feared, obeyed, worshipped.

That young woman over
there, no Gods chose her.

She's just a brave child.

And she's called Cait.

PHELAN: I was thinking, if
you and I both died out here,

what would become
of young Phelan?

Sorry, not the sort of thought
you might have right now.

I was rambling.

You were worried
about young Phelan.

Yeah.

All alone. No parents.

What happened to his parents?

Fair enough.

Bit cold, but I don't blame you.

I ran off so...

Just thought we could
be civil, tonight being.

Yeah, never mind.

This is the real
trial. Isn't it?

[SIGHS]

What? One of them
will betray you.

It's me. I chose everyone.

And it's done for
us. I did that.

So the one who
betrays me, is me.

You're right.

We should give up. We've lost.

- We've lost.
- You think so? We've lost Big Pebble.

[SIGHS]

It's a pebble. You
can find another.

Have I taught you nothing?

They've got us. They're
in amongst us right now.

Right here.

They're coming in ways we
cannot see. You know this!

We can try and try, but our
prophecies are made for this.

They've k*lled our
Gods, don't you see?

So...

You're all done.

The first thing you said.

You're wrong. This
isn't the real trial.

The real trial is beyond
anything you fear now.

It hasn't even begun.

You all right?

Lost.

Hey! We need to talk.

[SIGHS] They'll be here soon.

But you gotta go.

[MAN YELLING INDISTINCTLY]

MAN: Get back in line!

[PANTING]

[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

They're here.

They're here.

Where's she? Isn't she with you?

What?

[THUD]

Hold on. Stop. [NEIGHING]

Halt. Stop. [MEN
SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Light the torches.
MAN: Light the torches.

MAN: Move on.

[PANTING]

We need to move.

[HORSES NEIGHING AT DISTANCE]

[WAGONS APPROACHING]

Halt.

MAN: Wagons, stop!

f*cking builders. Clear the way.

[MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

MAN: Hey, bring some
in. Through here.

I want two teams on
it, clearing this path.

Now move. Move. MAN


Uncouple the horses.
Uncouple the horses!

MAN 3: Uncouple the horses!

MAN 4: Bring the
horses in the front.

[MEN GRUNTING]

MAN: Here!

Hmm. It's a bit
taller from down here.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[MAN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

MAN: Move it!

MAN 2: Not tonight.

MAN 3: Yeah, only
if you put it out.

Well, come out of there
and I'll piss on your leg.

Hold it.

- Have a reach.
- Nice. My lovely baby's busy.

Busier than you.

[GASPS]

MAN: Bring the
horses in the front.

[KNOCKING]

Listen closely.

Are you listening?

[KEYS JINGLE]

Lucius, it's me. Let's
get you out. Come on.

[CHAINS RATTLING] [GRUNTING]

[GASPS]

Lucius...

Oh, sh*t.

[GASPS] [SIGHS]

Ah, mate. That's
not good, is it?

Not having that.
Not on my watch.

Um...

Let me fix you up.

[LUCIUS GROANING]

Ahh. [SHUSHES]

[GRUNTING]

You know, I mean that
bungled m*rder attempt aside,

you were the best
Praefectus I ever had.

Maybe because of that,

I wish my current Praefectus
could bludgeon anybody

in their beds.

You know, I lost my son.

My little lad.

You met him, didn't you?
You gave him that sword.

Proper little
scabbard, the crests.

He was only this big,
he could hardly lift it.

He slept with it under his bed.

I never told you that, did I?

I should've told you
how much he loved it.

Oh.

Listen to me, I didn't get you
in here to bleed all over you.

These things happen, now
that there's a w*r out there.

We

We are the point of
the spear, aren't we?

No good if we piss
and whine about it.

[MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

AULUS: Do you know
how much I admire you?

Now I'm not stronger than
you. I'm not better than you.

And I wear this
uniform to hide that.

And you, you are a soldier
down to your bones.

- Where are you taking me?
- They never taught us how to surrender.

Turns out it's quite a thing.

LUCIUS: Well,
where are we going?

Where you have
always been going.

Where I'm too weak to go.

She was right about that.

But she'll welcome you

into her warm embrace.

You never met my wife, did you?

Felt her love.

It's a trap.

Ania, follow me.

Rest of you wait here.
I'm coming with you.

No. I know what you
want. Just stay here.

AULIUS: She brought
him back to me.

My son.

He was as close to
me as you are now.

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

No. No. This is not right.

Not now. Not now. Not now.

He was... he was here.

And I thought it was a miracle.

As perfect as I remember.

Help me tie him down, quick.

What is it? It's his demon.

- It's coming out.
- Nah, f*ck that. - Quick.

His beautiful eyes.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

And his golden hair.

[GROANS] Screw this.

[WAILING]

Oh, what a gift.

GIRL: Spill the blood.

Spill the blood.
Spill the blood.

Spill the blood. Drink his love.

Spill the blood.

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

- No! Don't! No! - MAN: I'm coming.
- No! Don't. Don't.

[GRUNTING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

♪ I'd love to change the world

♪ But I don't know what to do ♪

[WOMAN GRUNTING]

[MEN GRUNTING]

What?

♪ Everywhere is
freaks And hairies

♪ d*kes and fairies, Tell
me, where is sanity ♪

Take her alive!

♪ I'd love to change the world ♪

[MEN SHOUTING]

♪ But I don't know what to do ♪

[MEN YELLING]

Wake up. Stop.

[MEN YELLING] [ROARING]

♪ World pollution,
There's no solution ♪

Stay put. ♪ Institution,
electrocution ♪

No. ♪ Them and
us, stop the w*r ♪

[GROANS]

[PANTING]

Get her! Grab her!

Don't you... Grab her!
Grab her! [GRUNTS]

AULUS: f*cking f*ck!
DRELLA: Jump! Go!

AULUS: Get her! MAN: Get her!

WOMAN: Jump! Jump! [PANTING]

[SCREAMS]

[GRUNTING]

Hello. [GROANS]

[PANTING] All is lost.

Oh, f*ck. [SIGHS]

Come on. I've got you.