The Voices

**The Voices** is the twelfth episode of the fifth season of Syfy's *Van Helsing* and the sixty-fourth of the series overall.

## Synopsis

Vanessa, Axel, Jack, Violet and Ivory finally reunite in the real world and begin their plan to take down The Dark One.

## Plot

After biting the Dark One, a battle ensues between Vanessa and Dracula. Vanessa learned some new tricks in the Dark Realm, shape shifting and dark energy blasts among them. Dracula claims that Vanessa’s bite did nothing, but it’s clear this is not the case, as Dracula starts to fight for control of her body with Olivia, who begs Vanessa to help her. Dracula never actually killed Olivia, rather took over her body, so the bite is allowing her to manifest. Vanessa attempts to bite Dracula again, but Dracula keeps her at bay. Olivia briefly takes over, allowing for Vanessa to get the upper hand long enough to stab Dracula and flee.

Bathory mumbles in a foreign language as Jack, Ivory, and Sgt. Weathers plan their next move. The Resistance has a second location, where Weathers offers to take Bathory. Jack comes to the realization that the scroll is the reason for Bathory’s condition, from having used before she was turned by the Dark One. Jack then says that they need to make contact with Vanessa. So Ivory goes to make contact while Jack goes with Bathory. Ivory kisses her goodbye and promises to join her when she can.

The Resistance has set up at their second location. Sgt. Weathers informs Jack that Bathory is safe and sedated, but there isn’t much they can do beyond that, as she’s seems to be psychotic.

While going to check for another message from Vanessa, Ivory runs into Axel and Violet, who have been rallying allies. They then run into Vanessa, who has shape-shifted into a local officer.

Jack joins Bathory, who is restrained to a bed. She tells Bathory that while she may have failed them before, she won’t fail them again. Jack promises that she’ll find a way to bring her back to sanity.

Dracula struggles to maintain control over her body, as Olivia attempts to gain control. So, she uses her own darkness to regain strength; she cuts her wrist open and recites a spell before drinking her own blood. Suddenly, Bathory begins mumbling for the Dark One to stay away from her, before awakening.

Axel puts the finishing touches on a plan while Vanessa, Ivory, and Violet join Jack, who reveals to Vanessa that the Oracle is an ally and was a vampire hunter in the past. They must find a way to restore her sanity in order to finish the plan.

Ivory begins to have flashes of her time as a vampire and also hears someone calling out to her. Violet approaches and asks if she’s okay. Ivory insists that she’s fine.

Vanessa and Jack enter the room to find that Bathory is bleeding out from a self-inflicted wound.

Axel and General Lannister save Vice President Newton as he is being taken away by Dracula’s vampire squad unit.

Sgt. Weathers manages to save Bathory but warns Jack and Vanessa that if she tries something like that again, there’ll be no saving her. Jack is admittedly feeling guilty. She recalls her time in the past, in which she and Bathory fought side by side. During that battle with the Dark One, for a moment, Bathory was able to weaken the Dark One. Jack inends to do the same this time around, but they can’t without Bathory. Vanessa then asks about Olivia, also revealing that she is still alive within the Dark One.

Axel arrives at base with the Vice President and convenes with Vanessa, Jack, Violet, Ivory, and Sgt. Weathers. Axel believes that he can get them inside. However, they must first convince the Vice President that President Archer is actually the Dark One.

Jack and Vanessa check on Bathory after hearing her scream. Jack recalls how Bathory said that using the scroll would come at a cost. Vanessa comes up with a plan to go inside of Bathory’s mind to help her fight the darkness. Jack fears it will overcome Vanessa, but they have no other choice. Vanessa places her hands on both sides of Bathory’s face and goes into her head.

The Vice President isn’t convinced that Archer is a vampire and calls them all crazy. Axel then reveals that President Parks is alive and plays the Vice President a recorded message from Parks. However, the Vice President still isn’t convinced. He even suspects that Violet is a vampire. To prove that she’s not, Violet bites him.

Vanessa manages to successfully make her way into Bathory’s head, though in doing so, Vanessa takes in the darkness possessing Bathory. Vanessa screams in pain but recovers, as does Bathory, who can not only see but is sane once more. Jack cuts loose her restraints and embraces Bathory, who thanks them both.

Now convinced that they’re telling the truth, Vice President instructs them on a way inside the White House undetected. They are joined by Vanessa, Jack, and Bathory, who Axel still blames for the death of Scarlett and wants no involvement with.

With a radio, the Vice President orders a directive for the White House to be cleared of all Secret Service and support staff so that the others can charge inside the White House without resistance.

Jack approaches Ivory, who is clearly distracted. Ivory claims that she has nerves about what lies ahead, but Jack explains that she looks burdened by something bigger. Ivory reveals that she’s been hearing voices calling to her, specifically her Sisters. At first, she thought it was the Dark One. Jack reminds Ivory that the death of her Sisters are not her fault. Ivory is aware and fights in their memory, even if at the cost of her life. Jack assures her it won’t come to that.

Vanessa wants to take the time to get to know Violet before they go up against the Dark One. She realizes that their relationship is strange, as it must’ve been an adjustment to make, but Violet insists that she’s fine. Vanessa tells her that it’s okay to feel and that she doesn’t have to harden herself, but Violet can’t allow herself to get to Vanessa because she fears it will end badly. Vanessa knows the feeling, as she felt unbearable pain when Dylan and Scarlett died. It almost broke her. But the truth that Vanessa has come to learn is that the darkness feeds on despair, sadness, and grief, and the more Violet tries to stuff that down, the stronger it gets. Additionally, Vanessa reveals that she thinks about Violet and Jack all the time, and she feels them in her heart often. No matter what happens, Vanessa tells Violet not to lose sight of that and hugs her. Jack joins them to return the amulet, but Vanessa tells her to hold on to it until the time comes for them to trap the Dark One.

Jack finds Bathory reading the scroll. While Vanessa may have cleared the darkness within Bathory, she still feels a bit off, as a connection remains between her and the Dark One. When Jack reveals their plan to bite Dracula and use the amulet to trap her, Bathory stabs Jack with a knife.

The Vice President has given them a map to the access tunnel and assures them that they should have a clear path. However, they realize that Jack is missing and find her bleeding on the bed. Violet removes the knife from her heart, and Jack reveals that Bathory took the amulet.

Vanessa, Axel, Jack, and Violet find Bathory standing on the ledge of the building with the amulet in hand. When Vanessa connected her mind to Bathory’s, she saw the confusion and fear. The Dark One still has a hold over Bathory to some degree. Bathory wants to be free of the Dark One as much as anyone. Just as Axel convinces her to come off the ledge, Dracula takes control of Bathory. Vanessa keeps her talking while Jack and Violet sneak up on her, but she throws them both to the ground and releases the Dark One’s power from the amulet. When Bathory comes to, she realizes what she has done and that the Dark One will never let her go. So instead of remaining the Dark One’s prisoner, Bathory jumps off the roof to her death. Jack is distraught — not only has she lost a friend, she’s also lost the key component to their plan.

After Dracula comes to terms with Bathory’s death, her power return to her in a cloud of darkness that surrounds the room before entering the Dark One’s body. With this, she has regained full power and unleashes a purple beam of energy into the sky.

## Cast

* Jonathan Scarfe as Axel Miller
* Nicole Muñoz as Jack
* Keeya King as Violet
* Jennifer Cheon Garcia as Ivory
* Jesse Stanley as Bathory
* Tricia Helfer as Dracula/Countess Olivia von Dracula
* Ali Liebert as Vanessa Van Helsing / Nina
* Peter Bryant as Vice President Eli Newton

Supporting* Luvia Petersen as Sgt. Weathers
* Reese Alexander as General Lannister

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Vanessa and Bathory Fight to Get on Dracula's Good Side - Van Helsing - SYFYJack Tries to Turn Bathory But It Doesn't Go as Planned - Van Helsing - SYFYVanessa Tries to Connect With Violet Before Stepping Into the Fire - Van Helsing - SYFY