A Heart of Gold

**A Heart of Gold** is the ninth episode of Season 4 and the forty-fifth episode of Escape the Night.

## Episode Description

The Curator is furious. Angry. What will happen next, will change the game. In the next exhibit of the Museum, our allies face off against the villains of the Golden Age of India! Here, our guests are forced against each other to compete for an abundance of treasures. Choices and betrayals may happen, but with the game of the Museum of the Dead changing, which one among them, will have the biggest heart of gold? It's up to the guests to find out, because not all that glitters is gold, as we enter the beginning... of the end.

## Episode Summary

The infuriated Curator glared at the guests as the storm raged on, before a mysterious cloaked figure appeared to confront the villainess. The cloaked figure then smiled before she took off her hood, revealing herself to be Theodosia, much to the guests' disbelief. The witch then pulled out the head of the gorgon she had killed previously in the Greek maze, and stoned the Curator. She then took the medallion that contained the Curator’s power, and absorbed the power for herself. However, before the witch could do anything to the guests, the ground shook, and a spectral form of the Curator broke free of her stone statue. As the Curator and Theodosia fought for the latter's body, the guests were forced to escape as the storm raged on. As the guests left the lounge, the Curator finally won her battle, and took Theodosia's body for her own.

Meanwhile the guests fled to their next exhibit, which ended up in the Golden Age of India. After the guests expressed their feelings about the betrayal, they then searched the exhibit, which was a fountain surrounded by an abundance of riches. As they searched, a disheveled woman came out, watching them before the guests then confronted her. The woman then revealed herself as the Princess, before she asked them if they were there to hunt Garuda down. After the Princess told them of a key that Garuda had, she then suggested that they search for where the mythological bird-man went. The guests then found a scroll that mentioned the riches, a diamond coin and a chest that held a key, before they discovered different animal brooches and indentations in the stone fountain. After they were able to match the indentations and brooches together, and locking them into the fountain, a hundred coins then pouring from the sky. The guests, just like in the last exhibit, then gathered all the coins the fountain had released. They then found another scroll that revealed that Garuda had stolen the princess's chest, which could only be unlocked with a diamond coin, before they learned from the Princess that they would need to stop Garuda. They then paid the princess for the information on his temple's whereabouts, and they headed off to the Shrine of Vishnu on the princess's orders.

They then arrived at the shrine, where they discovered that they had to complete the three tasks of Vishnu to retrieve the blades needed to kill Garuda so they could find their way to the next key. The first task then asked them to figure out who was the smallest and shortest of the guests, and have them carry two buckets of water on a pole on their shoulders across the shrine and back. Payton manages to succeed on her task, before they discovered that they had to find the seven prayer circles throughout the shrine and read the words in a complete order to make a prayer to Vishnu, or lose five coins each. The seven guests are able to succeed on the second task as a group, before they had to sacrifice five coins, one from each guest, to the god. After the third task was complete, Arthur then grabbed the blades from the chest that opened, as Garuda arrived on the scene. Garuda then attempted to attack Silvano before Arthur then slaughtered the bird man with the blades. They then retrieved a pouch from the birdman's body, which had a tag telling them to head to the Circle of the Fallen. Which no key, the guests reluctantly headed to the Circle. The guests arrived at the shrine before the pouch revealed that if the guests paid a coin each, they could have double fortunes and misfortunes in their upcoming game for survival. The guests then refused to take the chances, before they took their positions on the symbols they decided to choose.

After they got their scrolls, they learned that they had to follow whatever was written on the scroll, and the lowest two would be sent to the final death challenge for the diamond coin, without vote. Deklan started with his scroll, which said to name someone he disliked, and to give three coins to them. He chose Chris, even though he expressed that he did not dislike the Zoologist entirely. Valeria was next, as it was revealed she had to take half of someone’s coins and give them to someone else. She took Chris' coins on her friend's pleas and gave them to Payton, who had to give someone half her coins, which she picks Chris. Alexander discovered from his scroll that he had to give away 25 of his coins, split to whoever he wanted. He gave 11 to Deklan, 5 to Payton, 5 to Alejandro, 2 to Monica, 1 to Chris and 1 to Valeria. R Alehandro's turn was next. He had to name someone he considered a frenemy and either take half of their coins or give them half of his. He then decided to steal half of Deklan’s coins from him. Monica then read her scroll which revealed that she had to take 1 coin from each guest, much to her disappointment. Finally, Chris revealed that he needed to name someone who he considered a best friend, and take ten coins from them, prompting him to take them from Valeria to protect Payton. After all the scrolls were read, Alexander and Deklan were the bottom two, sending them into the challenge for the ninth key.

Alexander and Deklan then headed to the challenge, in an Indian temple, where they had to start by finding out what their challenge was by burning a map of India. However, the map was concealed in a vat of snakes and beetles, which prompts the two men to find the maps before burning them with their own methods. They then learn that it was a blood challenge, and that they had to spill a bit of blood, and answer some riddles to complete their current task. After they were able to complete their riddles, they then discovered that they must fight or die, and spill blood in the fountain to get the diamond coin. Alexander then refused to kill Deklan, before he told the Magician that he reminded him of his deceased bouyfriend and that he never could hurt him. Alexander then told Deklan to close his eyes and think of happy things, before the Cowboy then struck Deklan in the head, painless and quick. Deklan then collapsed into the fountain, where his blood was then spilt, as a light engulfed Alexander's vision. As the light dissipated, the Cowboy saw the Magician on the fountain, his body now a golden statue, that contained his heart of gold, and Deklan's open palm holding the diamond coin. Alexander then painted a heart on the statue with his own blood, before he found the princess's chest and retrieved the key from the chest. After Alexander returned, the guests swore to avenge Deklan and stop the Curator, before they headed back to the lounge.

After they got back to the damaged lounge, they then deduced that Theodosia or the Curator had won the battle as Theodosia was nowhere to be seen. Alexander then put in the ninth key after the guests swore to be a team together, before silence rolled over the lounge. Then a young fair-skinned man with black hair and brown eyes stormed into the lounge, before shutting the door close. He then told them to duck, before they heard gunshots that shattered the windows.

And the young man then stepped up and shot back at them, his eyes lacking mercy...

## Characters

* Alehandro Mercix
* Monica Castillo
* Payton Hawthorne
* Valeria Pierre
* Alexander Boucher
* Deklan Knox
* Christopher Shaw
* Arthur Rove
* Silvano Lupo
* Savannah Ashworth
* Jordan Winchester
* Theodosia
* Akmal Prasetyo
* The Curator

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