Huh?
Han! Han! Han! Han!
- Han! Han! Han! Han! - Han! Han! Han! Han!
Han!
I ask again, Meiyin,
where is the girl hiding?
My life is already forfeit.
You have nothing left with which to threaten me.
And I don't wish to.
You see, I've never understood why we are enemies.
Do you remember, Meiyin, when you first arrived here?
When I pulled you, shivering, from the waters,
and showed you the ways of this savage land?
Together, we were the strongest, the fiercest, the most powerful!
The consul you could have been in Rome
and what we could have built there.
We could have eaten this place down to the marrow,
and returned home with an army, fit to make the gods themselves
tremble in fear.
Your appetite is not to my taste, Nerva,
- and your home is not my home. - You told me of your past.
You fought a bloody war
to overthrow your corrupt emperor,
as did I, as I am still doing now.
When you first, as you put it,
"pulled" me from the waters, Nerva,
I did not know you as I do now.
I did not see, for a time, what you really were,
much like a mantis masquerading as a grasshopper,
your true nature soon revealed itself.
I will never forget what you did that day.
I would rather die than walk in stride
with a slaver and a murderer.
And that is all you will ever be.
You...
You will die before you see another sunrise.
Uh.
You two.
So popular I am tonight.
Why do you make it so much worse for yourself? Hmm?
Should I betray my friends as you did, Rockwell?
You should simply tell him what he wants to hear.
That's what I do.
Don't you understand, Meiyin? No one is coming for you.
I don't want them to.
Always so eager to die.
After all, in the Alliance, it was you who insisted
on that suicidal assault against Nerva
when you had no hope of victory!
We could have won if you'd stayed loyal.
This new world is far too valuable
to be left to your petty squabbles.
This place contains more wonders than you can dream of,
secrets that only I can unlock, secrets meant for me alone.
I could not risk leaving the ARK's fate
to your absurd "Alliance"!
So, I put my thumb on the scales of life and death itself.
All it took was a simple manipulation
of that buffoon, Kor, to keep him away from battle,
and your "Grand Alliance" crumbled from within.
A little concentrated narcotic of my own design,
placed within his creatures' feeding troughs,
and soon, they all passed silently into oblivion.
He never even knew what befell his many friends,
the mad fool.
Yes, you should be thanking me for sparing your life.
I'm sorry we couldn't come to an understanding, Meiyin.
But then you never could accept the true order of the world,
could you?
That plan won't work either, Henry.
Hmm.
Nerva's stronghold is the most heavily
fortified position on the entire island.
Its stone walls are too high to rappel over
and too strong to batter down.
We have to find a way.
We can't abandon our friends, especially Meiyin!
She would do the same for us.
I don't know why or how we have all come to be here,
but I do know that if we don't protect
and defend each other,
we will not be here for very long.
In the short time that I've known her,
Meiyin has made me a different person.
She helped me find a strength that I didn't know I had.
She's done the same for so many of the people here,
lifting us up when we fall. She believes in us.
That belief is why she founded the Alliance,
and she is the best chance anyone has of defeating Nerva.
I agree, Helena.
What Meiyin tried to tell me is clear now.
We will never truly be safe or free
while Nerva controls the island,
and we will need her strength and her vision...
to bring him down.
Henry, if it's still possible to make this right,
no matter the cost, we must find a way.
Then we will, old friend.
If we can't knock down the walls,
perhaps we can blow them up.
I've been experimenting with a new explosive compound.
- That sounds promising. - Promising, but volatile.
We'll still need to first get inside the stronghold
to place this spark powder where the walls are vulnerable.
So, unless you can climb a 200-foot vertical incline,
we'll have to find some other way
- to get up and over. - Hey!
Who's been stealing my savoroot?
I think we have our answer.
Alasie, how much of that stew can you make?
Are you kidding me?
I can feed the whole island if I need to.
Ready yourselves. We leave at first light.
Here you go!
There. All set for tomorrow.
I know I've said this before, but I will say it again.
I am proud of the person you have become, Alasie.
Thanks, Dad.
I know how scary everything is and how bad it might get,
but, Dad,
I can't help but be grateful that we're doing what's right.
We're going to rescue Meiyin, reunite the Alliance,
and...
...and then we're gonna free the whole island.
I have something for you, later...
after all this is settled.
Oh. Is it a new bow?
No, daughter.
Something that has already been yours
for a long time.
Now, rest. Tomorrow will be difficult.
Tomorrow.
You have become quite the archer.
I wish that was any comfort.
- Hmm. Nervous? - Terribly.
Hmm. Good.
Understanding fear can keep you alive.
Courage is simply the recognition
that there are things more important than fear.
Meiyin...
has experienced so much pain in her life.
She warned me we couldn't rest, and I...
There is darkness in this world.
But here, we have a chance to write a new story.
And your story, yours and Meiyin's together,
it's not done yet.
I'm so scared for her, for you, for all of us.
Don't you feel the same?
How can I fear death, Helena?
I have already died.
As have we all.
These are not my stars.
And this is no afterlife.
If it were, I would see my wife again.
I would hold my son in my arms.
But this place has given Alasie a new life.
And for that alone, it must be something sacred...
and surely has a purpose of its own.
Here, she will get to become who she has always meant to be.
- It's time to go, Helena. - Not tomorrow?
I'm sorry, Scary.
You can't come with us this time.
Huh?
Find Meiyin. I'll get into position.
You have the spark powders?
Place them near something flammable.
Nerva's oil stores should do.
And take this.
Fire it into the sky so I know you are safe.
You!
Huh?
Helena?
Meiyin, I'm here.
Hold on, Meiyin. Just a moment more.
I've got you.
You...
...you came for me.
As I hoped you would.
It was... it was a trap.
You let your own soldiers die just to capture me.
And you told me you were clever.
Oh, don't fear for Meiyin.
She'll stay alive as long as you cooperate.
And now, you still have something of mine, puella.
- Surrender, Nerva. - What was that?
Surrender now, General Nerva. No one else needs to die.
And why would I surrender to you?
Because I'm the only person
who will let you surrender at all.
Nerva!
- John! - Not today.
Today, you answer to Wakíya Natá U!
Get to Meiyin!
John!
Helena, go! Go now!
Come on!
Hurry!
Hmm.
Nerva!
Stand and face me, coward!
Huh?
"My daughter, Alasie...
there will never be enough time."
"There will never be enough words."
"These days we were given were a gift...
because of you."
"And what I can give you now is your life
to make of it whatsoever you will."
"Your life, and a Lakota name
that has always been yours to claim."
"My daughter...
...Ojinjintka...
...more than there are stars in the sky,
more than there is salt in the sea...
...this is how much I have loved you."
Helena...
...this, this is how it has to be!
Smiling? Why are you smiling?
The Beast Queen may have escaped,
but you are mine.
Hunt them down!
And you... ...you will feast.
Huh?
Prophet, I bring ill tidings.
Thunder Comes Charging has been slain by Nerva.
And Meiyin?
There is no word as to her fate.
Can you feel it?
The balance of nature has been altered.
Such movements are ominous.
Soon, the very pillars of the Earth will be alight,
and everything that we know...
will be destroyed!
We have a new home here now.
I would like to recognize one of the newest
of our number, Helena.
Scary, I have something for you!
Leave me alone! You don't know what it's like!
I do.
I know how much it...
it hurts to have someone you love taken from you.
I don't deny your estimable intelligence, Helena,
but leadership and individual aptitude
are two very different species.
Huh?
"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio,
than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Water. I need water. That voice.
Miss, do you have any water? I'm so thirsty.
But you made the choice that I could not.
You chose to save me.
Welcome, Helena, to our home.
Alasie, how you've changed since I last saw you.
Monkey and I have missed hearing your laugh.
They like this ship.
It's the fastest one they've ever seen.
Did they tell you that?
We still need to finish our match.
I was so lost, and you found me.
Oh...
Now!
An island haunted by serpents and ghosts.
You should have stayed away, Prophet!
She cries out to me, and she will be avenged!
Yes, I understand it now,
what this all means.
You know, I once thought you mad.
I must admit, I am impressed, Rockwell.
For what are the laws of nature
before the genius of man?
I did the impossible! I did it! I alone!
Charlotte?
And for you, I will remake the world.
Justice...
will be served.
Only the gods may judge me.
Give it to me!
Some target practice is gonna feel so good right now.
Indeed, Alasie.
Charge!
Let's do this.
We had the funeral reception for my mom there today.
Everything's still covered up in black.
There's no one left.
It's just me now.
Well, that's not exactly true, is it? You're here...
and I'm here.
I'm Victoria.
Uh. Helena. Helena Walker.