Eye of the Storm

**Eye of the Storm** is the twelfth and final episode of Season 3 and the thirty-sixth episode of Escape the Night. It is also the second-part of the two-part finale of Season 3.

## Episode Description

One gunshot, five guests, one helper all alive, and our final chapter in the town of Salem is here at last. The Wraith is arising, Theodosia is continuing her plans to take down the guests, and the guests has one last challenge, one last hour, and one final conclusion, all to end the night. Will they make it out... alive?

## Episode Summary

### Episode 12

As a gunshot rings out, the statue of Valeria Pierre shatters and a gunshot wound blossoms in Valeria's chest, before she collapses in the guests' hands. Caspian, possessed by the Wraith, then rises out of the Hive with Theodosia at his side, as they headed out to destroy Salem. Celine and the guests then drag Valeria out of the hive, eventually finding themselves at the lake. Valeria then tears up, looking at her four friends, who had fought hard to get where they were, and told them to fight the Wraith and live their lives. She then wished them all farewell, thanking them for helping her break free of her old life. Valeria then lets go, as one final tear fell and one final breath exhaled, as Valeria died underneath the stars of the night.

In the distance, a tornado starts to form as their loyal scroll starts to speak to the three guests and helper, telling them that they needed to send the Wraith back to Hell by all means necessary. The scroll then tells them that they needed to collect objects that represent the different elements (air, earth, fire, water, life, death) to show they have control over the Earth, and not the Wraith. The scroll then uses their remaining magic to summon the artifacts, including Theodosia's pendant, to the group before the scroll disintegrates into ashes, leaving a guiding light behind.

The guests then follow the guiding light and are forced to brave the tornado and recover a weather vane (for air) that was caught in the swirling twister of wind before they were able to escape with help from Celine's training with Arthur. The guests then hurry to the lonely hill, where the guests recover the remnants of the firework (for fire) that Caspian and Alexander had fired off in Celine honor after she had "died" at the hands of the Krampus. Savannah and Luke then hurried to the docks while Celine and Vladimir fought off the ghouls of the deceased Necromancer. The couple were then able to work together in order to lift Blackbeard's anchor from the waters (for earth, as anchors anchor boats to the ground), before the magic shrunk it into a hand sized anchor. Soon after, one of Theodosia's hellhounds takes Luke captive, much to Savannah's dismay.

Celine and Vladimir then agree to Savannah's pleas and the trio headed to the observatory where Luke was being held captive, soon distracting the resurrected Headless Horseman that was guarding him. Luke was then able to grab his fallen cane that he had left behind, and he then stabbed the Horseman with a sharpened end he had made. The reunited quartet then headed to the campground lake, where they then dove for the pearl that once belonged to It (for water), fighting off the ghosts of the Blackwood manor and It itself off. They then hurry to the Banshee's wedding chapel, facing the Banshee herself before they then defeat her with a golden dagger Savannah had before taking the Banshee's veil off the remains of her corpse. They then are finally faced with the final object to collect, death itself, meaning they had to spill blood on their hands.

Vladimir then retrieves Caspian's crossbow that had been left behind by the Wraith from the hive and he then works with Savannah and Luke to create a fast acting poison while Celine was required to fight against the Keeper. Savannah and Luke then create a distraction at the town entrance, catching the attention of the possessed Caspian and Theodosia. Vladimir then rises behind the villainess of the season and shoots her straight and true into the back, much to the Wraith's horror as Theodosia dies before his eyes. With all six objects and eleven artifacts, the Wraith's storm got even worse, threatening to destroy the town. The four fighters then hurried to the center of Salem, the town square, where they placed all eleven cured artifacts in a circle, remembering the fallen friends they had lost. They then put the firework, pearl, anchor and weather vane at the cardinal points, before Celine and Vladimir held onto the weapon of death and Savannah and Luke held onto the veil of life, beginning the final ritual of Salem.

The ritual then gives Celine and the three guests powers beyond their wildest imaginations, before a vortex was torn open, showing the spirits of their friends trapped in a green void, as they told them to put an end to the Wraith. They then confronted the Wraith and his remaining monsters (the voodoo demons, pirates, aliens and Frankenstein's monster) and started their final showdown, destroying the monsters and forcing the Wraith toward the Gates of Hell. However, the Wraith is fighting back, wearing down the remaining guests' power, before Caspian's soul breaks free of his possessed state. Caspian then knows that the guests can't stop the Wraith without him, before he then forces his body to walk toward the Gates of Hell despite the Wraith trying to fight back for control over the Marksman's body. Caspian then turns one last time to Savannah, Luke, Vladimir... and his apprentice Celine, saying his final farewell before he walks through the gates, consumed by the gates of Hell as the doors slam shut, disappearing as a calm washed over the town of Salem.

As daylight broke over the horizon, the guests then realize that they had survived the night, all at the cost of their friends and their lives. Then a car is heard arriving by the town entrance, where they met Arthur Rove, who told them that he was there to take them home. However Celine then decides to give the suggestion of planting seeds for everyone who died throughout the night, The apprentice helper then gives the trio of guests a choice: to stay in 1925, or come to the present day in 2019. Vladimir then immediately says that he was staying and that he had family to go back to. He then hugged everyone goodbye, before the fixer left to see his beloved Vera and his friend Dmitri again. To honor his fallen friend, Gaston the Peacock, Vladimir and Vera open a shop that sells clothes to help women feel more empowered by what they wear. However, Savannah and Luke decide to come to the future, joining the AEA and meeting the survivors of the dinner parties hosted by Jordan Carpenter and Charlie Glitter. Celine, surrounded by her family and friends in 2019, then attend the funeral of Caspian Hunt, before they remember him and the other fallen, as the trees blossomed and leaves blew in the late autumn air. It's quiet, it's peaceful, it's home sweet home.

### Epilogue

After the funeral, Celine returns to the ranch in Oregon with Luke and Savannah in tow, Celine riding her horses with the guests, sometimes racing each other for fun and for more memories to have of each other. She misses Caspian, Alexander and Monica every day, but she recovers as Connor insists following her ordeal of surviving the night in Salem. Weeks later, Luke and Savannah get married, Celine as the maid of honor, Arthur as the best man and Connor officiating the marriage. Luke and Savannah then enjoy a nice honeymoon exploring present day Europe. To honor the fallen, the guests have a series of events planned, including a three-volley salute for Katelyn, a jazz party for Agnieskza and a musical event for Tyler. Luke and Savannah also adopts a litter of puppies for Alexander, nourishing them and continuing the fight for women rights in honor of the Daredevil and the Con Woman.

Celine returns to the cabin in the mountains of Oregon, meeting all of her old friends from Season 2. She tells them about what happened, where she realizes she's finally become the AEA member she always wanted to be, the one Caspian knew she was. Celine is then pronounced The Markswoman of the AEA and is handed a division to train for the coming days. She then helps other AEA members train their aiming and archery skills, like Caspian trained her, becoming their mentor. She becomes a respected member of the AEA as she continues her charity work with the Castillo Foundation, creating a branch to help children and teenagers who were suffering from domestic violence from their parents or being disowned by them, in order to find them safe and loving homes, remembering Marinette. She also adopts a cat, and, thanks to her time with Alexander, begins considering adopting a child of her own, someone to raise, love, and support.

Weeks later in the new year of 2020, Connor, Silvano, Arthur, Jackson, as well Luke and Savannah, came to the abandoned town of Salem, to assess the damage done to the town almost a century ago. There, the head of the AEA then sees a crystal, buried in the dirt. He then grabs it, and rips it out of the ground with a jerk.

In a realm, located in the 1990s, Jordan Carpenter is then broken free of his glass prison, before he then sees the area, a thriving museum. He then sees a large crystal in the center, crawling over to it, seeing Connor gazing into it. He then pleads for the AEA to come to help, explaining that he was in a strange museum that Connor realizes is the Museum of the Dead. Jordan then hears guards coming and then he runs for his life. He then hides in a garden of statues, before he then sees someone perched on a stone pedestal, a woman smiling with malice and bloodlust...

Theodosia.

## Characters

* Theodosia
* The Wraith
* Celine Harper
* Caspian Hunt
* Valeria Pierre
* Vladimir Volkov
* Savannah Ashworth
* Luke Nocells
* Arthur Rove
* Jackson Sharp
* Silvano Lupo
* Connor Fawkes
* Jordan Carpenter

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