02x06 - The Staff of the Niktu

[bunniefuu]

He's there.

PREVIOUSLY

Who?

[dramatic music bellows]

Your dad.

-Dad!
-Eric!

-[evil laughter]
-[yelps and gasps]

I have an answer for this...
An answer and a solution.

ERIC: Now that we know my parents
and everyone else is in there,

we can't risk more people
finding out about this.

If they get rid of El Espanto,
we'll lose them all.

DOLORES:
I can't believe it.

If you really wanted
to protect your family,

you should have protected
others instead.

Don't you think?
Your aunt, for example.

-[roars]
-TERESA: [screams]

-TERESA: [panting, screaming]
-EL ESPANTO: [growling, roaring]

Call your grandpa...

[screams]

TERESA:
[panting] He'll know who to talk to.

-[screams]
-EL ESPANTO: [roars]

[screaming and roaring fades]

[eerie music drones]

[music intensifies]

[music bellows abruptly]

[squelching]

[music bellows dramatically]

CARMEN [yells]: No! No!

[music bellows and crescendos]

[creepy theme song plays]

[music crescendos]

[suspenseful music plays]

-ERIC: Mom!
-JULIA: Eric [gasps, pants]

-Did you hear my aunt?
-I don't understand.

Did you hear my aunt
like you heard Dad?

-[gasps] Carmen's here too?
-Yes.

But I can help her.
Besides, she's brave.

Maybe that's why
you didn't hear her scream.

-We need to find her.
-Yes-- No, wait!

Let's think logically.
That's a phrase from...

Dad.

He's the first one you need to rescue.
Your dad must know how to solve this,

-how to get us out of here.
-You're right.

Let's go.
Let's use your time here wisely.

What did you see in your dad's nightmare?

Not a lot, he was on the park's carousel,
and there was a mime there.

-The carousel?
-Uh-huh.

Your dad told me that one of the first
improvements he did to the park,

was replacing the central panels
of the carousel.

Did he tell you why?

There was something about the pictures,
he didn't like them.

I saw the original pictures once,
they were grotesque.

-And the mime?
-I have no idea.

Oh, Mom...
This place isn't a place--

It's alive.

[dramatic sounds distorting]

[music intensifies and
eerie carousel music begins]

ERIC: [panting] Dad!

Eric! My son! It's you! [soft chuckle]

Oh, my son!

-It is you!
-[soft gasping]

-Forgive me, son. All of this is my fault!
-Calm down, don't say that.

-You have to go. You have to go now!
-[music intensifies]

Dad, the central panels.

-It's coming.
-There were pictures, here.

Before you put these.

-Really?
-Don't you remember?

-No.
-ERIC: Try to. It's important.

-I think so.
-What were they?

They were ones I hated, when I was a boy,
I hated it, it was horrible.

What was the drawing?
What was it, Dad?

[music bellows loudly]

-It was a mime.
-MIME: [screams, distorted laugh]

[music intensifies]

Dad, it's just a drawing.

-[distorted voice] Take it.
-ERIC: Dad, don't!

[distorted voice] Take it.

-[music distorts and bellows]
-MIME: [laughs]

You've earned yourself another ride!
Forever! [laughs]

[laugh and music fade]

[thematic music bellows]

DANIEL:
I thought you were going to sleep forever.

What happened?

DANIEL: That's what I want to know.
What happened?

I don't understand.

-El Espanto didn't attack you.
-How do you know that?

He devoured Teresa... but you're here.

-Maybe it was full.
-I'll tell you what I think.

Your dad awoke that thing and
programmed it not to hurt you.

El Espanto is not a robot.
You can't program it.

What did Roberto want?

Did he want to k*ll everyone?
And keep the town to himself?

-No one is dead, they're all trapped.
-Enough lying!

The last honest Dalaras
was poor Abelardo.

-My grandpa?
-The park he founded was harmless.

He only had noble intentions.

-Tierra Incognita?
-Tierra Feliz was its name.

Tierra Incognita... Your dad named it like
that when he came here to ruin everything.

You're the one who could ruin everything.

-What will you do with El Espanto?
-I ask the questions here.

And I don't want to listen anymore.

DANIEL: You'll stay here and
tell me the whole truth.

[music bellows]

So start talking.

Right. Let's talk.
Let's talk about her.

[dramatic music distorts]

-[squelching off screen]
-[eerie gasping]

-[eerie panting]
-[music intensifies]

[screaming]

-DANIEL: [screaming continues]
-[eerie panting continues]

[music crescendos]

LIANG: I was so scared,
I thought my heart would stop.

Why do you think you saw Sabrina?

LIANG: I don't know.
I feel guilty for what happened to her.

We had our differences,
but she was my friend.

-PABLO: Hmm.
-LIANG: What did the mansion show you?

Come on, you can trust me.

-FEDERICO: What are you having?
-PABLO: [yelps, gasps]

[stutters] I was... I was just
thinking about seals...

Angry seals that... that...

We'll let you know.

[spooky theme music plays in cafe]

-Did you see Federico?
-Shh.

But... I don't get it. Federico?

Of course! How did I not see it?
You...

-What if you tell him?
-No. No.

-How can I tell him?
-LIANG: Tell him you like him, Pablo.

You've faced El Espanto.
This can't be harder than that.

-You think so?
-Do you need a fire extinguisher?

PABLO: [soft sigh]

I'm going home now.

PABLO: [soft chuckle]

[cafe music continues]

Do you have a minute?

Dalaras!
You need to leave this town.

The lights turned on when you arrived,
and people started to disappear.

-It's all you and your family's fault!
-Enough!

Don't ever talk about
my family like that again!

You're nothing compared to us!
You should be grateful!

You should respect us!
You should fear us!

-[night sounds]
-[dramatic music bellows]

-[slams door]
-AURORA: Eric!

Where have you been?
We were worried about you.

I have to tell you something.

That's what you wanted to tell me?

PABLO:
You need to understand.

Eric's not like that.
He's going through a rough time.

How is that my fault? No one cares
if I'm going through a rough time too.

-Well, I care.
-You? ...Really?

It's the first time we've spoken
about anything other than the menu.

[suspenseful music plays]

Was there anything else?

Yes... Be careful with Axel.
He only thinks about himself.

Axel's the only one who treats me
like a friend, and not like a waiter.

El Espanto?
The same that took Julia and Roberto?

Yes, but don't worry,
Carmen is alive, Mom and Dad too.

-How can you be so sure about that?
-Our research has advanced a lot.

We have some information Dad left behind.

-But the video--
-It was just the shape of Dad.

But it was El Espanto.
First it ate Mom and then Dad.

[dramatic music bellows]

-Is that what you saw that night?
-It's complicated, but you'll understand.

Everyone will understand.
I won't stop until I prove it.

-Eric... Be careful.
-You too, Uma?

-Eric protects Uma, Uma protects--
-I can take care of myself!

-Uma.
-What's wrong with you?

I'm sorry.
I'll go.

-[music crescendos]
-UMA: [heavy sigh]

[knocking on door]

[knocking on door]

[knocks back]

Excuse me.

-You're scared of me.
-No. Not of you.

-Of this.
-[dramatic music bellows]

Please, forgive me.

I'll never treat you like that again.
I won't let this control me.

You mean everything to me...

I need you and Grandma to trust me.

I always trusted you.
I want to help you.

-Where was Aunt Carmen?
-I saw her at the morgue.

It was horrible to see her like that.
It was her, but it wasn't.

After, this lady arrived,
the police officer,

-The one at the park?
-Yes.

When El Espanto was attacking her,
she told me...

What?
What did she say?

Hello. I need to talk to you.

[birds chirping softly]

AURORA: I'll be right back.

I asked you not to come back here.

-What are you doing here?
-Calm down, Grandma. I called him.

I don't understand why,
but Grandpa knows something we don't.

What's going on?
What have you done now?

Nothing.
I want you all to meet someone.

[themstic music bellows]

Good morning.

SANTIAGO:
Aurora, believe me. I had no choice.

-Your only choice was to lie to me.
-No! No!

[sentimental music plays]

You have to understand,

when the Lodge was created,
was to protect ourselves from El Espanto.

But after several centuries,
nobody believed it was real anymore...

When I took my father's position,
the Lodge was a social club,

-exclusive, and secret.
-You couldn't even tell me about it?

I'm sorry, Aurora.
I had to always be careful.

Cape Qwert is...
one step below.

-Why did you leave the Lodge?

After the Noche de las Luces,
they kicked me out.

They didn't want anyone
that had to do with Roberto.

El Espanto goes back a long time.
Dad didn't create this.

I know, Uma.

I know, but they thought that
everything that happened

was because of some crazy thing
your father did.

I confess I thought the same at first.

Losing Julia was really hard.

It was easier to blame your father,
than to try to understand what happened.

But you, Eric,
followed your instinct.

You came all the way here
to find the truth.

The truth that I couldn't see...
because I was a coward.

If I had listened to you,
Carmen would be here, with us.

And maybe we'd have Julia back.

[music continues]

That's why I'm asking you for this
chance. You need to trust me.

Together, we'll get Julia and Carmen back.

-And Dad.
-ERIC: And everyone else.

How are you planning to free them?

It is not impossible
to defeat El Espanto.

Then why didn't you do it before?

It was defeated.
But it awoke again.

-The Noche de las Luces.
-You need to tell me everything you know.

Arapy and I... have a plan.

-No, Grandpa, but...
-We have a plan.

Patience.

The end of the curse,
is getting closer.

[birds chirping]

THE MANSION

They told us to wait.

Yes. But I need to be ready,
in case I see Dad again.

-I need to understand his nightmare.
-LIANG: None of these looks like a mime.

-Pablo, did you find anything?
-Nothing.

Didn't they say how they
defeated El Espanto before?

No, they just said
they're taking care of everything.

Hey, what are you doing?

If your dad replaced the panels,
maybe he just covered them.

ERIC: She's right.

We shouldn't be here.

Hey, relax.

If El Espanto appears,
just run and leave it to me.

PABLO: [chuckles]

Right, we leave it to you!
Oh, you're serious.

We won't let you do
any more stupid things.

-No.
-You don't understand.

Remember I told you I was with my aunt,
and it didn't hurt me?

Well, in the caves I was also
with Zacarias turned El Espanto...

-He never tried to attack me.
-Why didn't you tell us before?

I wasn't sure.

But now, I think I know why
it won't attack me.

-The scar.
-PABLO: Of course.

He thinks you're like him.

It turns out people were right.
I'm half a monster.

-Don't say that.
-Not even joking.

Okay. Let's keep looking.

[thematic music plays]

ERIC: [grunts]

-LIANG: I found no mimes.
-Me neither.

-Not here either.
-Wait! I know where there's more of those.

SANTIAGO: Good afternoon.

Thank you all, for answering our call.

-What is she doing here?
-Please, let her talk.

ARAPY:
My people were attacked by Ucutau.

After the disappearance of several Niktu,
our shamans created a weapon.

With that weapon,
they defeated Ucutau and freed the people.

But we have reason to believe
that the original weapon still exists.

The Niktu preserved it like a treasure.

-So we think we know where it is.
-DOLORES: Oh, really?

-And where would that be?
-Right in this building.

No way.
These artifacts belong to the Lodge.

You mean they belong to the Niktu.
Everything was taken from my people.

Okay, we already know that speech,
accusing our ancestors of stealing.

-[curses in Niktu] Yilemelki okudo.
-CALIXTO: Arapy, please.

There's no need to be rude.
It's time to be responsible.

Let's vote. Those in favor of looking
for the weapon among the relics.

-Cape Qwert and Terlamit Hills in favor.
-Against?

[dramatic music bellows]

Rodolfo, this woman can't
be the one to decide our future.

If that weapon exists,
we should use it, not her.

In the case of a tie, the chairman
has a casting vote I'm sorry.

HAPPY LAND

Tierra Incognita was called Tierra Feliz?

-Yes.
-UMA: It's here!

ERIC: This must be it.

Look. They're all signed by...

-Abelardo.
-Our Grandpa.

-[birds calling]
-[wind gusting]

I think there are some
pictures of your dad in here.

[soft laugh] Huh, where did that mood go?

-It left me when I lost my parents.
-Oh, sorry... I didn't mean--

My parents are alive.
And we're going to rescue them.

-PABLO: [soft chuckle]
-Can I keep this one?

Sure, these pictures are for you,
of course!

UMA: I think I found one.

AURORA: [sighs]
Yes, this was your grandpa.

-Do you have a blue marker?
-Yes. Lots of them.

Which one?

-LIANG: What are you doing?
-Testing something.

What is it, Eric?

[whispers] Grandpa.

-LIANG: What?
-Grandpa is the mime.

What are you talking about?

-[door opening]
-[thematic music begins]

AURORA: How was it?

-What were you trying to accomplish?
-There is a weapon.

A weapon? Against El Espanto?

What is it? What? A sword!
A magic sword! A double edge spear!

-No, I've got it! It's--
-It's a staff.

-A staff?
-Where is it? We need to get it.

Nobody's going anywhere.

-ERIC: But Grandpa!
-Give me some time, and I'll solve this.

How much time?
How many more people must it eat?

I won't let you take that risk.

There must be another way.
And that's the end of it.

DOLORES:
I managed to delay things,

but if we don't hurry,
they'll take the weapon.

DANIEL: We won't let that happen.

I think it's best to have
Rodolfo on our side.

Never. Rodolfo kicked
me out of the Lodge.

In a way I did too.

What I mean is that I didn't see
how important you were for us.

[suspenseful music plays]

-We'll need to speed up the plan.
-I think we're going too far, Daniel.

[soft sigh] Maybe you're right.

Now that I think of it, no.

You're not right.
Where's the weapon?

There's nothing about it on the internet.

Makes sense for a secret
organization to be secret.

Yeah. But sometimes,
it's easier to hide in plain sight.

That doesn't seem to apply to Carmen.

-ERIC: Did you find anything?
-Another tourist brochure.

We need to find a clue.

-We have little time.
-ARAPY: Very little.

PABLO: [gasps]

Santiago is a good man,
but he sticks too closely to tradition.

-You have to recover the weapon.
-Us?

ARAPY: By the time
the weapon was finished,

there were no more Niktu warriors left.
The ones who destroyed Ucutau

were a group of youngsters about your age
who wanted to see their families again.

I think you need this much more than I do.

[thematic music bellows]

Sorry if it's messy.
I drew it from memory.

-I marked the place where you can enter.
-Thank you.

How will we recognize the weapon?

This belonged to my
grandmother's - grandmother.

It is said it's a part of the weapon
that defeated El Espanto.

[music bellows]

Find the staff that's missing this piece.

May our shaman's light...
guide your path.

[music intensifies]

This is everything we needed.

TIBURCIO SALINAS 479
TERLAMIT HILLS

When does the next bus to Terlamit leave?

[street sounds]

[waves crashing]

TERLAMIT HILLS

Come in, quick!

[soft panting]

That way.

-[door opens]
-[eerie sounds drone]

-It's a lot bigger than I imagined.
-What now?

We need to split up.

Liang, search the first floor.
Uma and I will search the second floor.

Pablo, take the third floor.

[music continues to bellow and drone]

[music continues]

TITLE DEEDS
[1880-1980]

TITLE DEEDS

PHOTO ARCHIVE
[1900-1950]

[music intensifies]

[soft panting]

[loud thud]

[dramatic music continues]

NIKTU PROPERTY

PLOTS OF LANDS RECORDS
SECTION-PLOT-SHIRE

CAPE QWERT: NO RECORD TO DATE
TERLAMIT HILLS - EL RELINCHO

NOTES

THERE'S NO REGISTRY

I knew it. Reptilians.

[music intensifies]

NIKTU STAFF

UNSOLVED MYSTERIES

I found it!

[music intensifies]

[footsteps approaching]

[music bellows]

Were you looking for this?

ERIC: [sighs]

[music bellows, crescendos]

[eerie music theme plays]

CHARACTERS AND EVENTS ARE FICTITIOUS,

RESEMBLANCES TO REALITY OR TO
PERSONS LIVING OR DEAD ARE COINCIDENTAL