The Shannara Chronicles (2016) s02e09 Episode Script

1 ERETRIA: Previously on The Shannara Chronicles You're not the first girl to fall for Wil Ohmsford.
Let's just say I've been there.
I trained Bandon believing he was the one.
I said another had emerged.
Bring me the Codex or your daughter dies.
Burn the Druid and his daughter at the stake and scatter their ashes in the wind.
COGLINE: With your mother captured, you're the key to Heaven's Well.
If the Warlock Lord returns, he will be coming for the Well and you.
WARLOCK LORD: Why has a mortal boy (BANDON GRUNTS) WARLOCK LORD: awoken the Warlock Lord? ERETRIA: I can feel it trying to get inside my head.
COGLINE: That's because it senses the darkness in you.
MAN: And I'm on the hunt for magic users.
RIGA: Take him! (GRUNTS) The Four Lands will not be purged of magic.
(YELLS) (BOTH COUGHING) I'm sorry I couldn't protect you.
It wasn't meant to end this way.
This isn't the end.
(SPEAKING ANCIENT DRUID) Your mother would have been proud.
I guess I can ask her that myself soon enough.
(SPEAKING ANCIENT DRUID) Burn, you abominations! (PEOPLE CLAMORING) (MEN GRUNTING) GARET JAX: Don't breathe.
(SPEAKS ANCIENT DRUID) (GRUNTS) (GASPS) (BOTH PANTING) Are you all right? Riga has the Codex.
Big book of magic.
If it falls into the hands of the Warlock Lord, this war will be over before it's begun.
We must get to Greymark.
(WOMAN SINGING) I feel it running through my veins (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) And I need that fire Just to know that I'm awake (INDISTINCT CHATTERING) COGLINE: It's good to have you back again.
You and I have much to discuss.
Yeah, you're damn right about that.
If you knew who I was the entire time, why didn't you say anything? Would you have stayed if I had? In my experience, runaway princesses don't usually like too many questions.
The truth is, your royal blood didn't matter then.
All I cared was that you were happy here.
Unfortunately, that's all changed now.
With the Queen dead, you've inherited more than just a kingdom.
You're the only one that can open Heaven's Well, which means the Warlock Lord will stop at nothing to get his hands on you.
I didn't ask for any of this.
Real heroes never do.
If I'm such a hero, then why am I here hiding while everybody else is out risking their lives? Because you have no other choice.
I am the Queen of Leah.
And I will do whatever it takes to protect my people.
If the Warlock Lord finds you then your people will die, along with everyone else you love.
I know it's hard, but do not underestimate our enemy.
As long as this enclave remains a secret, it's the only place in the Four Lands that is safe for you.
I can feel his eyes sometimes, the Warlock Lord.
It's like he's searching for me in the dark, but he just can't see me.
Your mother's necklace.
Its golden Elfstone will protect you from his prying gaze.
Now, you must never remove it under any circumstance.
It's your last line of defense.
ERETRIA: You know you haven't said a word in the last three hours.
I wasn't complaining.
You were thinking about her, weren't you? I've made my peace with Amberle.
Eretria, if anything happens to me, will you keep an eye on Mareth? What are you talking about? Nothing, it's just with everything we're up against, you never know who might get hurt.
Don't even say that.
As long as I'm around, I won't let anything happen to you.
Okay? Aah! (MOANS) Eretria? I'm okay.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's not what okay looks like.
What's going on with you? I think I'm losing my mind.
It's more than that.
Something's been bothering you since we left Arborlon.
I need the truth.
Tell me.
I'm not who you think I am.
I'm not good.
Her darkness grows stronger.
A child of Armageddon, her mind speaks to me.
Let me show you.
(GROANS) She's with the Shannara.
She is resisting me, but not for long.
Why are you wasting time with her? She's nothing but a worthless Rover.
I sense your contempt, boy.
But what is it you desire? I desire to serve.
- Lies! - (GROANS) You will tell me the truth.
(YELLS) (GROANS) What do you desire? I resurrected he most powerful Druid so that I could learn from him.
So that I could be as strong as him, so that no one could ever hurt me again.
So it is power you desire? Come then, let me show you the answers you seek.
The Druid's Codex.
Did General Riga have that? The sum of all magic.
(SPEAKING ANCIENT DRUID) Thank you, master.
I understand now.
(WARLOCK LORD GRUNTS) What a fool I've been this entire time.
Searching for someone else to lead me, to show me my destiny.
(SPEAKING ANCIENT DRUID) You understand now, child? I am no child.
It was my power that resurrected you, remember? And how did you repay me? By humiliating me, just like all the others.
By desecrating Catania.
(WARLOCK LORD GRUNTS) I am my own master now.
(SPEAKS ANCIENT DRUID) (GROANS) Allanon was right about you.
Cogline tried to teach me how to control it, this thing inside me.
I'm trying, but ever since the eclipse I can feel the Warlock Lord's magic.
It's It's like a chill in my blood, spreading to my heart.
You are the strongest person I've ever met.
You can beat this.
No, you don't understand.
Sometimes I like the way it feels.
I know that feeling.
It almost destroyed me.
But I refused to let it win.
But what if my darkness is stronger than me? What if I end up like Bandon? I cannot sense the Warlock Lord's presence.
He has left this place.
I have failed you.
Over here.
GARET JAX: Damn.
I was hoping I'd have a chance to kill Riga myself.
The Codex.
It's gone.
We're too late.
Whether the Warlock Lord has it or not, he still needs Lyria to open Heaven's Well.
Then the Well's safe.
Cogline has the girl hidden.
Then we need to get to her before the Warlock Lord does.
Well, what are we still standing here for? No, wait.
Mareth and I will find Lyria.
You two must get to Leah immediately.
What for? If we fail, you'll be the last line of defense for Heaven's Well.
You must protect it from the Warlock Lord.
How? Leah is still crawling with Crimson soldiers.
GARET JAX: Back in the Border Legion, I used to tell my men that an army is like a serpent.
All you have to do is cut off its head.
Lyria.
Oh, you made it.
Wil, Lyria.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Took you long enough.
The Sword of Shannara.
Please tell me the Ellcrys restored it? - (METAL SCRAPPING) - BOY: Whoa.
We may just win this war yet.
COGLINE: Oh, well done lad.
Ah! Looks as new as the day I forged it.
What, you made this sword? Allanon didn't tell you? The Sword of Shannara was my greatest achievement before I left the order.
Its blade is infused with the sacred knowledge of the Druids.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Perfect congress of magic and science.
Next time I'll try to be a little more careful with it.
- Here.
- Thank you.
Did the Ellcrys reveal what you needed to see? What, you mean you're actually going to stay out of my head for once, instead of just reading my mind? As my magic wanes, certain abilities are no longer within my power.
Well, I guess there's a silver lining to all this.
Yes, the Ellcrys showed me what I have to do.
I'm ready.
Then we leave at first light.
What about Lyria? The queen will stay here.
Rest now.
You'll need all your strength for the battle to come.
(COGLINE SIGHS) This is it, old friend.
One last stand.
Magic and science, united again.
I have to admit, Wil isn't quite what I expected.
Was Shea? What about you? Are you prepared for what's next? I still have a fight left in me.
I'm not talking about the fight.
We both know what happens when you skip the Druid's Sleep.
What will become of our ancient order once you're gone? My daughter, Mareth, she will carry the Druid torch.
LYRIA: It's strange being back here again.
After all the nights we spent here together.
Those memories feel like they're from another lifetime.
Then maybe we should make new memories.
I can't do this again.
Do what? Lose you.
It's not gonna happen again, I promise.
There's nobody left to stop us.
You and I are meant to be together.
I'm getting tired of people telling me what I'm meant to be.
What are you talking about? I'm the one who chooses my future.
Do you understand that? Me, and no one else.
All of this will be over soon and we can go back to Leah together.
And then what? We live happily ever after? You're talking about a fairy tale.
So what? Don't people like us deserve happy endings? It's not that simple.
Actually it's a yes or no question.
What are you doing? Eretria will you be my queen? RED WRAITH: I know where you are.
Our master needs you.
You really must have a death wish coming back here, Weapons Master.
I'm not here to fight you.
I came here to deliver a message.
Your war is over.
The rest of your men have already surrendered their arms to my Gnomes.
I suggest you do the same.
So we can rot in a cell while we wait for our execution? I would rather my men died in battle, with honor.
(YELLING AND GRUNTING) Go on then.
Do it.
After everything the Crimson have done, the gallows is better than you deserve.
But we're facing a much bigger threat now.
We didn't kill Riga, the Warlock Lord did.
And he's coming for Leah next.
It's time to unite or die.
Fight alongside us, and your crimes will be forgiven.
We swore an oath.
I was a captain too, once.
I know how much these soldiers' lives mean to you.
But if we're going to survive, we have to start fighting.
Together.
And who is going to lead us in this coming battle? (RATTLING) It's a weird feeling.
If all these people die, if the Four Lands burn to the ground, it's all on me.
Listen to me, Wil, your father always blamed himself for every failure.
But he couldn't accept that his triumphs were just as important.
What a minute, did you just give me a pep talk? (CHUCKLES) I thought you were supposed to tell me I still have so much to learn, and, miles to go, and all that? I need to tell you something.
Right before the swords shattered, I had a vision, it was about you.
Whatever the Sword of Shannara revealed, that is for you and you alone.
But there is one truth that I must share with you.
I understand how Mareth feels about you.
I felt the same way about her mother.
But I always thought of it as being a weakness.
The truth is, once I'm gone, the strongest part of me will live on because of what Pyria and I had and what we made, our daughter Mareth.
I promise, I'll look after her.
(CLATTERING) Who's there? Eretria, what's wrong? I need your help.
When did this start? It's getting worse.
Even with the training you gave me, I thought I would have more time to teach you.
No one should have to bear a burden like this.
Just tell me how to fight this.
Have you been experiencing visions again? Seeing things? The Warlock Lord is trying to infect your mind.
The closer he gets, the harder it will be for you to resist him.
For your own safety, you have to stay here.
Wil and the others will go after the Warlock Lord on their own.
No, I'm not abandoning my friends now when it matters the most.
There are lives at stake.
Why are you talking to me like I'm some kind of monster? I asked you how to fight this, not how to accept it.
You're the one who said I could control my destiny.
I'm afraid we may be past that point now.
Well, if you won't help me, then I'll beat this thing myself.
Eretria, please.
With moves like that I should just give you the Sword of Shannara.
The Warlock Lord won't stand a chance.
Oh, I'm so Can May I come in? Tell me first, did you see Amberle inside the Ellcrys? Yeah, I saw her.
How'd it feel? Uh Both.
I loved Amberle.
But she's also the one who showed me that the past isn't what matters.
It's what we do now.
So what'd you have in mind? I have to tell you something first.
King Ander is dead.
What? Which means you're the heir to Arborlon's throne.
It's true Your Majesty.
Whoa, No, no, no.
No, that's impossible.
I don't want that.
I'm supposed to be a Druid, not a queen.
And I was supposed to be just another healer.
But sometimes our fate chooses us instead.
What do you mean we are in danger? Eretria.
If the Warlock Lord has gotten his claws into her mind already.
He could know where we are, and she can't be trusted.
What are you suggesting? She's like a daughter to me.
But measures must be taken.
I showed this to Lyria before you and the others arrived.
The electric current will prevent any Mord Wraith from passing through.
She'll be safe in here in case there's an attack.
(PEOPLE CLAMORING) Find Lyria and you keep her safe.
I'll find Mareth and Wil.
The Sword of Shannara is our only hope now.
- What's happening? - The Warlock Lord.
It has to be.
How did he find us? We need to get you out of here.
Cogline showed me where to go.
You go with them, I need to find Allanon.
(PANTING) (SOFTLY) Mareth.
Hello, my old friend.
WIL: Run! LYRIA: Hurry! In here.
(WRAITH SNARLING) Don't worry.
It can't get in as long as the current's on.
We're safe in here.
RED WRAITH: I found you.
You can't hide from me.
No.
Your blood brought me back, Druid.
Nothing can disguise the blackness of your soul.
You are weak, like your pupil.
You will pay for what you did to Bandon.
You cannot defeat me, Allanon.
Perhaps not alone.
But you've always underestimated the importance of allies.
Alliances are for those who are too weak to empower themselves.
- RED WRAITH: Eretria, don't fight me.
- No.
RED WRAITH: Embrace the darkness.
Stay here with Eretria.
That thing's still out there.
I have to go back and face the Warlock Lord.
I'm the only one who can end this once and for all.
- (ERETRIA GRUNTS) - LYRIA: Eretria! You're not going anywhere, Shannara.
Every second we waste, Lyria is in danger.
Her fate is in Wil's hands now.
We have our own war to fight.
(METAL CLANKING) (BOTH GRUNTING) Get up.
(ALLANON GRUNTING) (LAUGHS) My turn.
- (COGLINE GRUNTS) - (FIRING) (GRUNTS) Father.
Get out of here.
(GRUNTS) MARETH: No! Eretria, stop.
What are you doing? I know you're still in there, Eretria.
You are stronger than this thing.
You can beat it.
(LYRIA YELLS) No, no.
Eretria.
Please.
Please, it's me.
I know you're in there.
(WRAITH SNARLING) I'm so sorry.
I can't control it any longer.
You have to get out of here, now.
I don't care who you look like.
Nobody messes with my family.
(GRUNTING) So much pain inside of you.
Aah! Stay, stay away from me.
I promised I wouldn't leave you again and I meant it.
Whatever is going on you don't have to face it alone, okay, but you have to trust me.
Sweet Lyria.
You should have listened to me.