Matthew 7:13

**Matthew 7:13** is the fifth episode of the first season of *Warrior Nun*. It is the fifth episode of the series overall.

## Synopsis

While Mary squares off with Sister Lilith, Ava begins to open up to JC, and Jillian Salvius fires a warning shot at the Church.

## Plot

### Escaped

Lilith tells Ava that she bailed on her training and that she can't phase through the Cruciform Sword. Shotgun Mary then shows up with her shotguns pointed at Lilith and when Ava starts to bail, she asks where she thinks she's going. Ava comments that it looks like they have stuff to figure out, but Mary says she'll be with her in a minute. Lilith tells her that she's making a mistake but she replies it would be a bigger mistake to let her and Cardinal Duretti rip the Halo out of Ava. She then tries to escape with Ava, but ends up getting into a fight with Lilith, causing Ava to simply run off by herself.

She meets up with J.C., telling her that there are likely people following her. He thinks that she means Jillian Salvius of Arq-Tech, but she explains that it's someone else. The two plan to take a boat ride that will ultimately end in Africa. They take off on a ferry, Ava waving goodbye to the nuns who are pursuing her and giving them the middle finger.

At the Arq-Tech headquarters, Kristian and Jillian discuss Ava's escape. They agree that they need to find her, or everything will blow up in their faces. Jillian then gives a press conference. She announces a new era of enlightenment and shares her plans to use a device called the Ark as a quantum portal to another universe. She discusses Divinium, saying that some will call her work blasphemy, but that to deny humanity access to this bridge would be the true blasphemy. She calls for the Vatican to suspend all hostile operations against her, saying that Heaven does exist and that she has found a gateway to it. Following these dramatic declarations, Cardinal Duretti states that Jillian has just declared war on them. He, Father Vincent and Beatrice discuss what to do next and if what Jillian is claiming is even possible. Duretti declares that the Shield of Faith should be sent to the Vatican for safekeeping, angering Beatrice, given that the Warrior Sisters have protected it for centuries.

### Hiding the truth

On the ferry, Ava tends to her wounded arm in a bathroom and declares herself finally free. J.C. finds her and asks for an explanation of what happened, saying that she can trust him. She agrees to it, but says that they're going to need a drink. Shotgun Mary pursues Lilith, saying they aren't finished. She puts her arm on her shoulder and Lilith warns her that they will be if she touches her again. They argue about Ava and who should have had the Halo. J.C. asks Ava why people are after her and she tells him that she took something people really want back, a really weird, old ring. He asks to see it, but she tells him he can't, that she's hiding it. He says there's something else she's not telling her and she thinks to herself that she's screwed. She talks to him about her past in the orphanage. He says that it makes sense that she wouldn't want to talk about her past. They agree to just have some fun.

Beatrice visits Father Vincent, who tells her that he hopes she's there with an update about the Halo. She tells him that there's no news on Ava yet, but that Mary is persistent. She asks him why he's so concerned about turning the Shield of Faith over to the Vatican and he explains that he's concerned that Cardinal Duretti is trying to divide them by having them direct all their efforts against Jillian Salvius. He says that everything is different now and that his conscience may be getting the better of him. Beatrice loads the Shield of Faith in a car for transportation and she and Duretti have a talk about her past and her training. He tells her that he's impressed with how she fought her way through Arq-Tech to get the Shield, saying that could use more Sister Warriors like her. He tells her that loyalty is key and she strikes him as someone dedicated to keeping the chain of command. He says that in the coming days, he would like to know that she will remain faithful to the will of the Church. She tells him that he can always count on her to remain faithful to God. He purses his lips, then nods, grins and takes his leave.

Ava and J.C. enter a cabin on the ship, Ava rather drunk. They look over postcards that J.C. picked up, which he says is to figure out where they're going after they get to Lisbon. He asks her to pick one and she ends up on Cologne. They talk about it, but she says she doesn't want to go somewhere he's already been, that that's boring. She asks where he hasn't been. He tries to turn the question on her, but she says she only has places she's never been. He asks her to just pick any place and, indicating a postcard, she says she wants to swim in the Blue Grotto.

Shotgun Mary and Lilith meet on a dock. Mary tells Lilith not to make her put her down and Lilith asks why she's protecting Ava. She replies that she's just doing what she was told. They get into a fight and discuss how they stopped being friends. Mary says that she believes that nobody deserves the Halo but her. They start brawling again. Back on the ship, Ava muses that it's going to be worse for the longer that she waits to come clean to J.C. about the Halo. She privately thinks to herself that she's an embarrassment, but J.C. comments that he wishes he was her. She asks if he means that he wishes he'd been alone, stuck in bed his whole life. He tells her that what he means is being free like her to do whatever she wants not, having anything weighing you down and seeing everything for the first time. She describes it as a tingling sensation and a rush. There is a sound of a gate slamming and J.C. tells her that they need to hide or else they'll be made to get off the boat.

### Striking a deal

They hide in a storage closet and J.C. asks her to clarify what she meant about being stuck in a bed. Ava kisses him, diverting his attention from the question. They then take off their clothing and make out before the scene cuts. Father Vincent pays a visit to Jillian Salvius, telling her that they need to end the war before it begins. He tells her that he's offering her the Shield of Faith, that he can tell her how to get it off the transport. She asks what he wants in exchange and he says that he's not asking her to stop building her machine, just to stop her fight against the Church and back off of Ava. He tells her, at great risk he says, that the Order of the Cruciform Sword is at war with demons. He says that they can't be at war with each other and with Hell. She replies that while science tells them there are forces they yet to understand, "Hell" is a construct designed by men to subjugate the masses and particularly women. She continues that the Church sells dreams and it's time for someone to sell reality. She asks how he knows she'll hold up her end of the bargain and he replies that God wouldn't lead him astray.

On Ava and J.C.'s boat, Lilith approaches the two when she is intercepted by Shotgun Mary. The two begin brawling again. The confrontation ends when Mary handcuffs Lilith to a bathroom towel rack. At Arq-Tech, Jillian watches a video of Shotgun Mary. Kristian enters, saying she now has a man inside the Church, and she tells him that he'll always be her first. He asks how she can just give up the search for the girl, but she tells him that their mission remains unchanged. He replies that she loses her mole the second he finds out she's looking, but she says she's already gotten what she needed. She pays a visit to a child in a tube, hooked to a vitals monitor, who tells her that the angels said it's almost time.

### The Tarask attacks

On the ship, Ava wonders to herself why she can't just tell J.C. the truth, thinking it's because the second she does, he'll be gone. She pleads with herself to just tell him the truth. She turns around and finds herself face-to-face with Shotgun Mary. She tells her that she just stopped serious personal growth from happening because she was just about to tell J.C. the whole truth. She grabs Ava, warning her that if she doesn't come with, Lilith will be there next. She tells her that she can't keep running away and pleads with her to let her help her. She says that she'll at least give her a chance to say her goodbyes. In the bathroom, Lilith breaks free of the handcuffs.

Ava wakes J.C., telling him that they need to go. Lilith and Mary confront each other again, only to find that Ava is once again gone. They start chasing after her and J.C. He asks who's chasing them, then why they're running from nuns. She tells him that she'll explain later. They encounter a dead end and he tells her that he doesn't want to do this, that he needs to know what's happening. She sputters and he tells her that he's out and turns to walk away only to turn around and come face to face with Lilith, who tells him that she needs to talk with Ava. He tells her that he doesn't know what she wants and he doesn't care, only for her to punch him in the head and knock him out.

She and Ava fight and she tells Ava that if she's not willing to fight for people, then she needs to give back the Halo. She says that the Halo didn't give her a second chance at life, it gave her a purpose. She then starts trying to cut the Halo out of Ava, until Mary shows up and intervenes. Ava goes to J.C., rouses him, and the two escape while Lilith and Mary start fighting again. A Tarask then appears and grabs Mary, throwing her into the windshield of a car. It then tosses a car at Ava and J.C., who manage to dodge. Shotgun Mary shoots bolts of energy at it, to no effect. Lilith races at the Tarask and is impaled. Gagging on her own blood, she pleads at Ava to pick up the sword. Sobbing, Ava does so and swings it at the Tarask, causing it to burst into flames, then vanish along with Lilith. J.C. demands to know what just happened, but Ava is speechless. She drops the sword and runs through a nearby wall.

## Cast

* Toya Turner as Shotgun Mary
* Thekla Reuten as Jillian Salvius
* Lorena Andrea as Sister Lilith
* Kristina Tonteri-Young as Sister Beatrice
* Tristán Ulloa as Father Vincent
* Peter De Jersey as Kristian Schaefer
* Emilio Sakraya as J.C.
* Lope Haydn Evans as Michael Salvius
* Scheherazade Braithwaite as Reporter

## Quotes

*"God, or whatever you believe created us, gave us free will: the ability to think, construct, and invent. And He gave us Divinium, this extraordinary conductive metal, which has given life to my work. What if God provided us with the tools to find our own way to a realm where death doesn't exist?"*

― Jillian Salvius

*"I call upon the Vatican to cease all hostile operations. I am not an enemy. In fact, I have some very good news for them: Heaven does exist, because I discovered a gateway to it."*

― Jillian Salvius

*"Is it possible, what she claims the machine can do?"*

*"There is only one path to Heaven: by the grace of God. If she really has built a bridge, I assure you, it leads directly to Hell."*

― Sister Beatrice and Cardinal Duretti

*"We are in a war against evil and the Order of the Cruciform Sword is charged to stop it."*

― Father Vincent to Jillian Salvius

*"The Halo didn't give you a second chance at life. It gave you a purpose. And you can't even appreciate that."*

― Sister Lilith to Ava Silva

## Trivia

* The Bible text means, in general: Basically, stick to the straight and narrow path.