Season 2 - Episode 65: Lockdown

## Synopsis

An exhausted Bjorn, Henry, Sammie, and Oliver travel back to Thornvale. They arrive at the newly cleared out Fort and get Sammie into the oubliette to stop Jadis from taking control. As the anti-magic field from Helena's artifact wears off, Sammie's head and body is filled with pain as Jadis tries to fight for control. Bjorn tries to reassure Sammie that everything is going to be alright before he and Oliver get some rest. Stanley keeps an eye on Sammie and the two have a conversation about the "l-word" and whether or not Sammie loves Oliver. In the workshop, Miguel and Henry are reading through a journal from 1941 written by a Rogue. They find a purification ritual for something called the "witch's flu" that they think will work to cure Sammie.

## Episode Description

The heroes get Sammie home and lock her down. Meanwhile, Henry and Miguel do some research.

## Key Events

* The anti-magic field created by the shards in Sammie's hand wears off once they get her into the safe room. She is able to contain Jadis for now but doesn't know for how long.
* Henry and Miguel find a purification ritual made to cure something called the "witch's flu" that they think will help Sammie - they just have to remove Jadis from her body first.

## Summary

Bjorn, Henry, Sammie, and Oliver fly back to Miami and then catch the ferry to Thornvale. After getting some rest on the plane, they have a lot to discuss on the ferry to Thornvale. Bjorn tells the other that he's realized their conversations may not have been private and the Council may be aware of the Jadis situation. He says he'll handle Angelina if she's there waiting for them but they'll have to see what happens when they get there.

The clouds overhead are thick and the water is choppy as they make their way to Thornvale. Stanley meets them at the docks with his boat and then they travel over to the Fort - it is the first time they've arrived at the Fort through the water since the hydra destroyed it. When they pull into the Fort's dock, Miguel leads the way toward their safe room.

They ask Miguel how long Gideon will be alright outside of the safe room as this is where he was being held before. Miguel says that Gideon is still in his closet, but he'll be alright there for as long as they need. They drop the conversation as Stanley approaches. He ushers them all inside the room and then wheels back to his workshop to get back to his research, calling for Henry to come with him to help.

Sammie walks into the safe room and sits on a stone bench inside. Sammie and Bjorn fill Stanley in on what happened with the skinwalkers and Jadis. Stanley sets about getting the crew some food and drinks and Bjorn goes to the kitchen with him. He tells Stanley about Masa and confesses he used his alcohol. Stanley doesn't seem to mind and hands some food and drinks to Bjorn to take back to the safe room.

Sammie and Oliver are sitting on the bench. Oliver is nervously bouncing his leg up and down and looks like he wants to talk to Sammie about something, but Sammie is very withdrawn. They sit in silence until Stanley and Bjorn come back before Stanley ashamedly asks Oliver if he can make his own tea and Oliver and Stanley head back to the kitchen. Bjorn asks Sammie if she's alright and Sammie says she's as fine as she can be. Bjorn tries to reassure her that she's not in danger now, that the safe room will block the Rift magic inside of her and Miguel seems pretty close to finding something that will help. Sammie just says that she hopes Miguel does find a solution.

Miguel pulls Henry into his research. He hands Henry a book that looks more like a journal named "The Account of Heinrich Gottlieb, 1941." Miguel asks Henry if he recognizes the name and he doesn't. Miguel explains that Heinrich Gottlieb was the leader of a particularly nasty group of Rogues in Berlin. He asks Henry if he knows about the Rogues and Henry explains as much as he knows. Miguel says that one of the main problems with the Rogues is that they were a group of Dragon Knights who were using Rift magic, witch magic. He tells Henry that he's positive he read something in this journal about how they cured a specific sickness, but he needs Henry's help reading through to try and find the passage. They each take the opposite page and start to read through as quickly as possible.

Sammie's time on the anti-magic shards in her hand are wearing off. Between the room and her time running out, she's starting to feel strange - her head is fuzzy and starting to hurt. Oliver asks what's wrong and Sammie explains she's starting to feel off. Bjorn says it sounds like the room is doing what it's supposed to and blocking the part of her infected by Rift magic. Bjorn asks if they should just take the shards out now to see what kind of reaction she has to the anti-magic field wearing off. Bjorn tries to remove the shards, but the injuries begin to worsen and bleed. Sammie heals the wound with magic and removes the last shard. She immediately feels Jadis seethe with anger and tell her that this won't stop her from taking control. She starts to push against the runes of the room and Sammie's head explodes with pain. Sammie falls back onto the bench and says she'll be able to hold her for now.

Stanley, knowing that Bjorn and Oliver haven't slept, suggests that he take the first shift keeping an eye on Sammie and they head to the spare rooms to get some sleep. Stanley tells him to make sure Oliver actually goes to bed instead of sitting outside the room waiting for his shift. Bjorn walks out to find Oliver doing just that, sitting on the floor outside the oubliette only half awake. Bjorn tells Oliver that Sammie seems to be doing fine and Stanley is taking the first shift. After some convincing from Bjorn, Oliver follows him to where the spare rooms are. He exhaustedly falls into the first bed he sees and Bjorn walks into an adjacent room to get some rest as well.

In the workshop, Henry and Miguel find an entry about a "witch's flu" - a side effect from when Dragon Knights used Rift magic to make new Dragon Knights. Sometimes the Dragon Knights wouldn't get rid of all the Rift magic left in their bodies and they would get horrifically sick before most of them died. It sounds familiar to them, thinking about how Angelina said that Sammie's body was slowly being infected by Rift magic like a disease or sickness.

In the oubliette, Stanley checks in with Sammie to make sure she's okay and try to reassure her they'll figure this out. Sammie asks Stanley if she can ask him about something but only if he promises not to tell anyone else. Stanley agrees and Sammie confesses that after everything that happened with the dullahan, Oliver told her he loved her but she hadn't said it back. Stanley asks if she does love him and Sammie says she isn't sure, she's not sure what 'love' is supposed to look like or feel like and that if she does, it makes her more scared to lose him. Stanley says that he understands, he loved someone once and it didn't work out - he'd rather have loved someone then spent his whole life without. He tells her love isn't just a feeling, it's more of what you do. Sammie nods and says she can work with that before reminding Stanley not to tell anyone. Stanley smiles to himself and agrees.

Henry and Miguel continue to read the journal together in the workshop. Henry notices a passage that says the group didn't struggle with the witch's flu for long, that they found a cure for it. He finds a specific passage about a ritual on how they drew out the infection of Rift magic so that the Dragon Knight could live off their original, pure magic. The Rift magic was tearing the Dragon Knights apart as it vied for power within their own bodies. Witches or warlocks don't have the same problem with Rift magic because there is no innate magic within them to begin with. The ritual removes the infection of Rift magic and boosts the power of their innate magic to cleanse their body and allow them to live off their own, innate magic again. Miguel says that this has to be their solution but they need to get rid of Jadis first.

Before Henry can even say anything or ask Miguel any questions, Miguel rapidly wheels himself out of the room and down to the oubliette. He bangs rapidly on the door until Stanley opens it from the inside. Miguel walks in and throws the book down in front of Sammie and asks her how she'd like to be free.

## List of Appearances

* Bjorn Olafson
* Henry Marlowe
* Sammie Overbrook
* Oliver Allen Evans
* Stanley Marlowe
* Miguel Rodriguez
* Jadis

## Roll Tracker

 Hannah/Sammie
Glitch: Unwelcome Attention
 Wesley/Henry
 Wesley/Henry

## Trivia

Andrew says that he can't remember the last time he failed a roll - he actually only failed one time total in the entirety of the skinwalker arc when rolling "Leave No One Behind" to try and get Sammie out of the collapsing building.