Into the Badlands

(SCREAMS)

Vengeance!

I can awaken your gift.

But the only one who can turn it off is Pilgrim.

A new life has taken root.

You are with child.

The Widow's mine! Kill everybody else!

Get them to safety. Go!

Take everyone to the refugee camp.

Get to the tunnel. Hurry!

I never took you for a coward.

Tilda, get Henry out of here.

Go with them.

Please.

This is for Castor.

Where's Lydia? Where's Moon?

He was right behind me.

Your Azra will be a wasteland. Just like your soul.

Time to join your brother, dear one.

I'm sorry, Nathaniel.

Lydia deserved so much more than this.

I was hoping that when Pilgrim was defeated,

she will rule the Badlands in my place.

And what would be left to rule?

An empire of the dead?

It was our only shot. We had to take it.

Lydia did warn you not to provoke Pilgrim.

But we had to do things your way.

You did this.

The witch is the one who killed her.

No, Nathaniel's right.

All you do is fight for your people.

People who still need you. You're their Baron.

There are no Barons anymore.

We're too late.

Nathaniel? Lydia?

Flea?

Sunny...

It's Nix.

She saved my life. And, I wasn't here to return the favor.

There's nothing you could've done.

If Pilgrim got to Nix, then what if he found Henry?

No, no, no. Don't go there, all right?

We don't know anything at this point.

The Widow's body isn't here.

If she's still alive, there must be survivors.

All right. So where are they?

Congratulations.

You're lucky you don't have morning sickness yet.

Enjoy it while it lasts.

The witch was right.

What was that?

Nothing.

It just goes to show you that even in our darkest hour,

there is always a ray of hope.

Uh, don't breathe a word of this to anyone.

I told you, with the priestess' help,

it was only a matter of time before we got the chamber fixed and working again.

Our patience has been rewarded.

The chamber is restored.

Our family is reunited, and our army has just won its first battle.

Now, at last, I can begin the final stage of our work.

Leave it.

M.K., you haven't eaten since we got back.

People are worried about you.

No one's seen you since the battle.

Have you seen enough?

Look at them all.

Totemists, Clippers, Butterflies.

And to think,

it only took a psychopath like Pilgrim

to bring the Badlands together.

Hey, little man. Miss me?

I've never seen him smile like that before.

Thank you for protecting Henry.

You saved my son's life.

Look, we've both done things that can never be forgiven.

But if we're gonna leave a better world for Henry, for our future,

we're gonna have to put that behind us and fight Pilgrim together.

What's wrong?

We'll never defeat him.

But you've been fighting for the Badlands for so long.

And what good did that do?

He slaughtered my best fighters, and he murdered my people.

But we have to try.

Yeah, I already have.

I've already lost too much.

I can't risk that again.

Darkness is not meant to be a permanent condition,

even for one as strong as you.

Tell me, my son,

how long has it been since you last turned off your gift?

Hours? Days?

I've been trying to use it to heal myself.

I've seen The Master do it.

And were you able to?

What does it look like?

Then why do you persist?

'Cause at least it kills the pain.

I don't feel anything. It's the best feeling I can imagine.

It is not escape we seek, but ascension.

We are closer than ever to realizing the dreams of our ancestors.

But if we are to succeed, I need you now more than ever

to teach my followers how to control their newfound gift,

just as you once taught Nix.

Do not worry about how the world sees you, dear one,

be proud of what you have become.

Forgive me, Pilgrim. There's someone here to see you.

Hello, Taurin.

The greatest minds in the world

once gathered in this very hall,

hoping to save humanity from ruin.

Sweet Kannin.

How fortunate it is this that we are reunited in time

for you to see me complete their work.

Is it fortune? Or by her own design?

You fear me.

No need.

I was Taurin's protector once.

But you did not protect him.

You let Azra fall under your watch.

Mind your tone!

The Black Lotus are the ones to blame for what befell Azra.

Not you. My poor, dear sister...

Where have you been all these years?

All over these lands.

I never stopped searching for you. Or Sanzo.

Then I take it you found him.

He told me what you're doing, that's why I'm here.

I failed to protect you once, but I can still save you now.

You were just a child back in Azra,

but I was old enough to see the truth of that place.

Our elders wanted more than just to spread

their Gift through the world.

They were going to kill anyone who didn't have it.

Genocide. That is the true legacy of Azra.

If what you say is true,

then who am I to defy the will of our elders?

What are you saying?

My destiny is to fulfill the dream of Azra.

If humanity refuses to live peacefully with our kind,

then they will cease to live altogether.

Your soul is already poisoned.

You damned yourself when you took the Gift.

You were never meant to have it.

How dare you speak to your messiah this way?

You see things others cannot.

But when it comes to Taurin, you are more blind than anyone.

Look deeper, you'll see where his true path leads.

We need to strike back now.

Pilgrim and his acolytes won't be expecting a counter-attack

so soon after storming the Sanctuary.

And there's never been a stronger more capable group of warriors

than the ones standing right here.

Pilgrim is stronger.

No. Sunny's right. We don't have another choice.

Yes, we do. This world is bigger than the Badlands.

We need to get out while we can, find a new place to start over.

I'm not going anywhere.

Not till Cressida meets the end of my sword.

And how many more people will die before you satisfy your revenge?

Let's face reality, even the Master's no match for Pilgrim.

Then we need to find fighters who are.

Who? Even our best Clippers couldn't defeat Pilgrim's army.

Assassins trained to kill Dark Ones.

The Black Lotus? You can't be serious.

Yeah, yeah, I'm being deadly serious.

It's time to fight fire with fire.

We don't need them.

They are exactly who we need.

Listen, I know you don't like the plan.

But they are the only bloody hope we've got right now.

If words alone cannot convince you

of the righteousness of our quest,

then perhaps this will.

I remember hearing stories about this place when I was a girl.

The Meridian Chamber. Birthplace of Azra.

Magnificent, isn't it?

This temple is what our fathers spent their whole lives seeking,

and their fathers before them.

Our fathers were wrong.

This is no temple, it's a laboratory.