Webisode 7/Transcript

Teaser Sequence
'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - MAIN LAB'''

[Scene opens in the lab in Sanctuary with Danu and her sisters suspended high in the air while the twirl about.]

WILL: I'm pretty sure we have rules about... floating and stuff.

[A wind is blowing through the lab and a computer near Will explodes.]

WILL: Whoa, whoa! What say you just come down and we talk about this?

[The monitors high above all start to explode and Will is knocked to the ground.]

WILL: Oh, crap.

[The glass on the containment habitats start to crack. Emergency shields (looks like concrete slabs) slam down in front of the habitats.]

[Bigfoot runs into the lab but he and Will appear to be in great pain.]

[Equipment continues to explode or shoot out sparks.]

[Will and Bigfoot collapse to the ground in pain.]

[The sisters are hit with a bright blue light that crackles like lightning, they scream as they fall to the ground.]

[Magnus is seen lowering a gun resembling an oversized shotgun.]

MAGNUS: That's quite enough of that.

WILL: I had everything under control.

[Will collapses into unconsciousness.]

Title Sequence
[Cut to Sanctuary opening title sequence.]

Part II, Act III
'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - MAIN LAB'''

[Henry is entering the lab where Magnus has Bigfoot up on a gurney while she tends to him.]

[Will is nearby standing at a worktable holding a compress to his head. Henry joins Will at the table.]

HENRY: Witches, huh? Been a while since we had to clean up from some of those. Hey, you must be the new guy. Henry Foss. Weapons, tech support, phone guy, you name it, I either build it or fix it. -Hopefully not in that order.

WILL: -Will Zimmerman.

HENRY: Yeah, I heard about you. Well, not much, actually, but I'm sure you're up for the task. More than the last guy, anyway. Look at this. You see that? I'm telling you, women plus technology equals mess.

WILL: Hey, don't take this the wrong way, but are you....? You know?

HENRY: [barks like a dog at Will] I'm just kidding. I am a normal boring Homo sapiens, just like yourself. My great great grandfather was Magnus' original weaponsmith back in London. [whispers] It's all about nepotism, dude.

MAGNUS: -Henry, is my lab operational?

HENRY: -Not yet.

MAGNUS: Then I suggest you stop talking and go and fix it.

HENRY: FYI: Around here, humans are second class citizens.

MAGNUS: Go.

HENRY: Especially men.

[Henry moves back to a console to fix it. Bigfoot jumps down off the gurney and follows him.]

MAGNUS: [to Will] Right. Your turn.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - HOLDING CELLS'''

[Cut to a slow pan of three darkened containment habitats where the three sisters lay upon gurneys unconscious.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - MAIN LAB'''

[Magnus and Will are near in the lab where it is Will's turn sitting up on the gurney being attended to.]

MAGNUS: Based on the supernatural forces at work here, I'd say you're lucky to be alive.

WILL: Yeah, I got nailed by three witches. It'll make a great story at my next medical conference.

MAGNUS: Is your bravado meant to be charming?

WILL: Isn't it?

MAGNUS: I find no permanent damage as a result of your injuries. As I said, lucky.

WILL: So what did they do?

MAGNUS: From what I can gather, our guests unleashed powerful psychic energy on a massive scale. Had it been left unchecked, the toll would have been quite substantial.

WILL: Psychic energy, as in they can read minds?

MAGNUS: I'm guessing that's how Danu was able to quickly learn our vernacular of English, and instantly pass that knowledge on to her siblings.

WILL: Okay, I saw them floating in the air, I watched them destroy the lab with their minds, I guess. But as for them being the actual Morrígan, there's no way.

MAGNUS: The markings on the ring. The memories of ancient battles. I'm entertaining the possibility.

WILL: Or they could just be three scared, lost, delusional women, albeit with some freaky powers. Not famous witches from 1,200 years ago. [sighs] But that's not what you want to hear, is it?

MAGNUS: I beg your pardon?

WILL: -We looked in that crypt for....

MAGNUS: -Elixirs.

WILL: Right. Ones that could help you with your condition. And instead, we found three people in coffins, three people who are now claiming to be even older than you by a long shot.

MAGNUS: I see. So I'm imposing my personal agenda on the situation, hoping that these three women can somehow help me help me find a cure for my longevity.

WILL: It's understandable. If they were in fact 1,200 years old, they may hold the key to helping you--

MAGNUS: You can't possibly understand. Life without end is not a gift. It's a curse. It means loneliness. Isolation. It means being less human. Now, if you can somehow prove that these three women are nothing more than misunderstood abnormals, believe me, I will be the first to applaud your efforts. But if they are indeed who I suspect, then you, more than anyone, are in mortal danger.

WILL: Because they hate men.

MAGNUS: The Morrígan were created for one purpose only. That's why you and my manservant were so affected.

WILL: Well, then we'd better hope that I am right.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - KITCHEN'''

[Cut to a darkened kitchen.]

[Will enters and goes to a cupboard not noticing Ashley sitting at the table]

ASHLEY: Hey.

[Will turns around and lets out a yelp.]

WILL: You scared the crap outta me.

ASHLEY: Because of my unbearable hotness?

WILL: God, you're a mess. Here, let me help you.

[Will grabs a gauze pad and starts to tend to her would on her leg.]

WILL: -So how is the shopping list going?

[Will takes some stuff from an open first aid kit and starts cleaning up a wound on Ashley's knee.]

ASHLEY: -Having the time of my life. Did I miss anything?

WILL: Yeah, witches.

ASHLEY: Cool.

[Ashley lowers her leg and stands up holding on to the table for balance.]

WILL: You might want your mom to take a look at that.

ASHLEY: Later.

WILL: Hey, listen, I know you're all about keeping up your mojo and not sharing things, but I promise you you're going to be in a lot less pain both physically and emotionally if you just talk about what you are going through. That's all I'm saying. Okay?

[Will puts his hand on Ashley's shoulder and she reaches up and grabs his hand by the thumb, stepping in close to Will.]

[Ashley does her best here to psych out Will.]

ASHLEY: You ever look at a ghoul, a really nasty one, right in the eye before you send it packing? You see one of two things. You see fear. It knows it's dead meat, and that's kind of sad. But others -- the really bad ones -- they never stop wanting to take you down, right up until the moment you pull the trigger. And those kills, they're the sweetest. An sometimes, when I nail something that mean and terrible, when I watch it die, I feel.... Well, it's hard to explain. But trust me. It's a thousand times more cathartic than lying on a couch, crying about how your life sucks... ...doctor.

[Ashley pushes away from Will and leaves.]

'''EXT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - ESTABLISHING SHOT - NIGHT'''

[Cut to outside scene of Sanctuary, panning down from the roof past the gargoyles.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - HOLDING CELLS'''

[Cut to the lab area and the containment habitats where the three sisters stand at the glass talking to Will.]

DANU: I can only say how sorry I am that you were the ones who found us. We should never have been disturbed.

WILL: Why are you sorry?

DANU: You were kind to us. Never passed judgement on our actions.

WILL: You mean your memories of killing those men? I hate to tell you this, but memory is probably the most untrustworthy thing our minds have to offer.

DANU: You shouldn't do this.

WILL: Do you want me to believe that you're evil witches from the Middle Ages? Danu, before your so-called memories returned, you and your sisters were kind, reasonable people. You said "please" and "thank you". So forgive me if I fail to believe that --

[Will stops in pain and raises his hand to his head, he collapses to the ground.]

DANU: I remember who I am, who we are. What we've done. You just refuse to accept it. Battles were lost and won because of our presence. We were the bringers of pestilence that destroyed men's souls. My power when I act alone is but a tiny shard compared to when we three are as one. A thousand men marched on Badon Hill that morning.

[Flashback to an ancient battlefield where soldiers lie dead on the ground, the sisters standing together amongst them.]

DANU: All were dead before nightfall, all without the touch of neither sword nor spear. And now that we are free, more will die. That is our purpose. When shall we meet again? In thunder, lightening, or in rain? When the hurly-burly's done. When the battle is lost and won.

[Will cries out in pain and blood runs from his nose as he loses consciousness.]

DANU: I told you. I remember who I am now.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - WILL'S OFFICE'''

[Cut to Will's office where he is lying on the couch, Magnus enters.]

MAGNUS: So that's what the couch is for.

WILL: Okay, you win. They're witches from the Middle Ages. What do we do with them?

MAGNUS: Keep them secure. Study them. Understand their power, and help them if we can.

WILL: Look, I realize I don't have a lot of experience dealing with witches, but I'm not sure I have the time or the talent to turn them into productive members of society.

MAGNUS: Yes, well, our work does have its limitations.

WILL: You know what bugs me is that before I jogged their memories, they seemed... ...normal. Well-adjusted. Not homicidal life-sucking sorceresses who killed a thousand men at a place called Badon Hill.

MAGNUS: Badon Hill?

WILL: Yeah, what about it?

MAGNUS: Wexford mentioned it as the site of the final battle that handed Arthur control of Britain.

WILL: So the thousand men....

MAGNUS: Would have been Saxons, not Britons.

WILL: Wait, wait, wait, you told me that The Morrígan were created to destroy Arthur, not help him defeat his enemies.

MAGNUS: What if they had no choice?

[Magnus quickly leaves the room followed by Will.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - LIBRARY'''

[Cut to the library where Magnus is passing books down to Will. They take the books to the table and sit down.]

MAGNUS: Of course. It makes sense. She would never have done that.

WILL: Who wouldn't have done what?

MAGNUS: What do we know about Morgan le Fay?

WILL: Uh....

MAGNUS: She was an evil sorceress who was Arthur's enemy. Now, ask yourself, who would have written that?

WILL: -Men?

MAGNUS: -Men. Exactly. This is revisionist history. What if The Morrígan were not created to wreak havoc, but rather to restore balance to the world? It follows what other revisionist scholars have already uncovered through ancient history. Patriarchal monarchies that were actually run by women, for example.

WILL: Whoa, whoa, whoa, before you get all Da Vinci Code on me, how do you know Morgan le Fay wasn't just simply evil?

MAGNUS: I don't. But I do know that throughout history, feminine energy never seeks to try to dominate, but rather tries to restore harmony to the world, to make it whole. Arthur wanted to control all of Britain. What if Morgan was simply trying to stop his rush to power? Here it is. These are Arthur's battles in his campaign to rule Britain.

WILL: Looks like he lost more than half of them. How does a guy become king of England with this kind of win/loss record?

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - HOLDING CELLS'''

[Cut to Henry in the lab, repairing some equipment. Behind him are the containment habitats with the sisters in them]

DANU: Henry....

[Henry looks like he is in pain.]

DANU: That's better.

HENRY: Oh. Please! I'm just an employee.

[Henry grabs his head in pain]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - LIBRARY'''

[Cut back to the library, where lightning flashes through the high windows.]

MAGNUS: Prior to Badon Hill, Arthur's armies suffered many defeats, but with very few casualties. Most of his men simply lost the will to fight and abandoned their posts.

WILL: -But then something changed.

MAGNUS: -At Badon Hill. A massive defeat was visited upon the Saxons by Arthur's forces. Now, legend says that most died, but without any marks on them.

WILL: The witches changed sides?

MAGNUS: My guess is that Merlin somehow brainwashed these women. He recognized them as Morgan's greatest weapon and tried to and a way to control them.

WILL: Okay. So Morgan le Fay creates witches to do good. Then Merlin captures them and uses them to hand Britain to Arthur?

MAGNUS: And then locks them away, keeping them alive in case they're needed in the future.

WILL: And the ghouls....

MAGNUS: They're an incorruptible army created by Merlin to ensure that The Morrígan would never be free again.

WILL: Well, no offence to Merlin, but he didn't do a very good job. I mean, if we can --

[Lightning flashes as the windows high above explode inwards.]

MAGNUS: Move!

[The Keepers of the Dead appear and jump down into the library.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - HALLWAY'''

[Cut to Will and Magnus running along a hallway.]

MAGNUS: I should have predicted this. Merlin's army is reclaiming their prize.

WILL: Yeah, would have been nice to have seen that coming.

'''EXT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - NIGHT'''

[Cut to outside the Sanctuary and the Keepers of the Dead are crawling up the walls as more pour onto the Sanctuary grounds.]

End Credits
[Cut to Sanctuary end title card.] /Credits